He had noticed Chen Zhiyi’s changes years ago.

After a near fatal bait mission, Chen Zhiyi soon left the hunting team and never joined another, choosing to hunt alone.

Others thought he was foolish, but the captain did not.

Instead, he paid even closer attention.

Gradually, he realized that from a certain point onward, Chen Zhiyi had become stronger and stronger.

He could always accurately identify the weaknesses of sea beasts.

Even Tier 2 beasts could be hunted alone.

He frequently entered the dangerous sea region where he had once nearly died, and his cultivation progressed at an unusually fast rate.

Now he had even successfully reached Foundation Establishment.

The captain was certain that Chen Zhiyi had encountered a great opportunity and one powerful enough to allow such a breakthrough.

The captain was a Golden Core cultivator and originally would not have been interested in a Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment cultivator’s fortuitous encounter.

However, he had a single daughter whose talent was extremely poor.

Her cultivation progress was very slow and she had no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment.

For the sake of his daughter and also for the possibility of obtaining resources useful for Golden Core cultivation, he set his sights on the Chen brothers.

After the Chen brothers returned home once and later set out to sea again, the captain secretly followed them.

He was a cautious man.

A Golden Core cultivator’s divine sense could extend for thousands of meters.

Chen Zhiyi who is limited by his cultivation and divine sense could not constantly use his eyes ability.

As a result, he never noticed that he was being tracked.

Thus, in the perception of the hunting captain, the two brothers carried out various experiments. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

They even attempted to bring Chen Qingzhi into the secret realm and they succeeded.

After entering the realm, Chen Qingzhi was still only at Qi Refining stage.

The secret realm was extremely dangerous.

Chen Zhiyi insisted on not letting him explore it.

Instead, he brought him to a safe location and told him to focus on cultivation.

Chen Zhiyi himself carefully explored the outer areas and mapped out the portions he had discovered.

About seventy more days passed like this.

Then both he and Chen Qingzhi were suddenly teleported out.

In the outside world, only seven days had passed according to the sand timer.

Aside from the resources they obtained, one of them broke through to Foundation Establishment early stage and the other reached Qi Refining level eleven.

Before they could fully process their gains, the hunting captain launched an attack on them.

While fighting, he revealed how he had discovered their suspicious behavior and intended to capture them for interrogation.

That day, they went through a fierce battle and finally managed to narrowly defeat and kill the hunting captain.

They originally thought that killing him had eliminated all danger.

However, since the captain had exposed their secret, the two brothers decided to temporarily seal the place.

When their cultivation was still low, they would not return.

After all, the resources they had already obtained were enough to support their cultivation for several years once sold and exchanged. Thus, they cleverly hid the entrance to the cave.

Things continued like this until this year.

Seeing that Chen Yufei had been cultivating for five years but still could not sense spiritual energy and considering her five spiritual root with poor purity, the only way to change her situation was to use spirit cleansing grass to refine her spiritual roots and improve her talent.

However, White Silver City had insufficient resources and no way to obtain such an herb.

Leaving White Silver City to search elsewhere would require traveling too far.

Anything could happen on such a journey.

The only solution the Chen brothers could think of was to return to the secret realm to search for opportunities.

Moreover, since the counter-kill of the hunting captain, no suspicious individuals had appeared in White Silver City, so their vigilance had relaxed.

After making full preparations, they once again went to that sea region.

Unexpectedly, they discovered that cultivators from Penglai Immortal Isle, one of the Three Immortal Islands, were present in that area.

The status of the Penglai Immortal Isle sea region was extremely high.

Within the vast and boundless ocean, only two other immortal islands held equal standing with it.

These three islands were on the same level as the major sects on the mainland.

The customs and rules of the Three Immortal Islands were different from those of the mainland.

The islanders revered the island lord as their king and obeyed all commands without question.

Their actions toward outsiders were domineering and arrogant, and anyone who offended them would have no way out.

Anyone who made a living at sea could not afford to offend the people of the Three Immortal Islands.

This was an unspoken rule.

Because the clothing styles of each island were distinctive, ever since the day he began hunting sea beasts, his seniors had taught him how to identify cultivators from the Three Immortal Islands and to avoid them from a distance.

However, the Chen brothers were extremely concerned about why Penglai Immortal Isle cultivators were entering that sea area.

They had no choice but to rely on Chen Zhiyu’s eyes to hide their traces and gather information.

After great effort, they finally learned that at the end of last year, the young island lord of Penglai Immortal Isle, Ying Yuan, had taken in a concubine.

That concubine was extremely beautiful and every gesture carried a seductive charm.

The young island lord was very fond of her.

Not long after she entered the island lord’s residence, she actually presented him with a sea map and claimed that a great treasure was located at a certain position on it.

Ying Yuan came from a noble background.

The Three Immortal Islands had countless rare treasures, so he did not care much at first.

However, under the coquettish persuasion of the concubine, he still listened to her explanation.