Chapter 1035: Chapter 1035: Handover Chapter 1035: Chapter 1035: Handover “Come, young friend, please follow me.” Guan Shan said with a chuckling smile to Huang Xiaolong as he led the way.

Huang Xiaolong did not dawdle and followed him. He was not the least bit worried that Guan Shan might play tricks.

Guan Shan kept his promise and did not demand the Immortality Elixir from Huang Xiaolong in advance.

Behind the auction house, within a quaint small hall, there was a small Formation.

After entering the small hall, Huang Xiaolong expressed his surprise. “A teleportation array?”

In central Huaxia, teleportation arrays were extremely rare, so much so that even Huang Xiaolong had never seen one!

It should be noted that crafting a teleportation array was quite complicated and required a considerable amount of Mana.

In fact, this small teleportation array was relatively crude and could not achieve long-distance teleportation.

“Hahaha~~ I didn’t expect, young friend, that you would recognize a teleportation array,” Guan Shan smiled amiably. “This small teleportation array was merely drawn by me on a whim, and it leads to a secret chamber controlling the Formation of Guan Shan Island. Come, young friend, step in.”

Huang Xiaolong stepped into the teleportation array without any suspicion.

Guan Shan released his Mana, causing Mana fluctuations that spread over the teleportation array like ripples.

The whole teleportation array lit up.

Streams of faint spatial force were drifting about.

The glorious spatial force enveloped both Huang Xiaolong and Guan Shan.

Guan Shan muttered a few incantations, which served as the password to activate the teleportation array.

The bodies of Huang Xiaolong and Guan Shan gradually began to fade, eventually turning into nothingness.

Dozens of breaths later, Huang Xiaolong found that he had arrived in a stone chamber where every wall was engraved with Formations.

The backgrounds of these Formations were the maps of the island.

Upon inspection, Huang Xiaolong saw that some Formations were set beneath the mountain ranges of the island, some beneath clusters of buildings, some at the docks, and some even floating in the air. For instance, beneath the foundation of the auction house, a fierce attacking Formation was set up that, once activated, would slaughter the people inside!

It could be said that this stone chamber was the core and the critical location of the entire island!

“Hehe, young friend, this is where all the Formations of Guan Shan Island are located. Forty-nine Defensive Arrays and forty-nine attack Formations,” Guan Shan said with a smile, “All these Formations were crafted by me with painstaking effort. Without reaching the mid-stage of Tribulation Transcendence, nobody would dare to invade!”

During the conversation, a hint of pride also emerged in Guan Shan’s expression.

Huang Xiaolong glanced briefly and was somewhat disdainful in his heart!

‘These Formations are just barely passable, such rubbish! If I were to slightly modify them, the power of these offensive and defensive Formations would increase exponentially!’
It should be known that Huang Xiaolong had learned various ancient techniques of Alchemy, weapon crafting, and Formation setting in the underworld, and additionally, he had assimilated the divine sense of the Qingcheng Sect’s great power Dugu Hong, just in terms of Formation alone, he could outclass this Guan Shan by hundreds, if not thousands, of times!

Dugu Hong was a mighty figure from the late stages of the Divine Physique Realm, an ancient giant!

“Impressive, most impressive,” Huang Xiaolong said perfunctorily.

“Young friend, I have treated you with sincerity. Now, I will erase my own imprint left on these Formations!” Guan Shan thought to himself, with a wave of his hand!

Puff~~~!!!!

With a sweep of Mana fluctuations, the Formations on all four walls emitted a buzzing sound which took a while to quiet down.

“These Formations are now ownerless, young friend, refine them with your blood and take control,” Guan Shan said with a smile.

“Island Master Guan is indeed a straightforward man.” Huang Xiaolong did not elaborate further and directly handed over the Immortality Elixir to Guan Shan.

Upon receiving the Immortality Elixir, Guan Shan’s heart trembled!

Lifespan!

He could feel, within the Immortality Medicine, that powerful vitality!

“Young friend, I won’t stand on ceremony,” Guan Shan said as he sat down cross-legged and immediately consumed the medicine, closing his eyes to refine its power within him.

Guan Shan was also very cautious. With such a precious medicine in hand, it was imperative to consume it immediately, rather than risk a prolonged wait.

Though he was powerful, in the world of overseas cultivators, there were not a few stronger than him. Should the news leak, he wouldn’t just fail to preserve the Immortality Medicine, but could also lose his life!

While Guan Shan was refining the Immortality Medicine, Huang Xiaolong also bit his finger, squeezing out some fresh blood to douse over the formation inscribed on the walls.

Boom~~!!!

The formation emitted a trembling sound.

One after another, the formations absorbed Huang Xiaolong’s blood and were quickly refined and controlled by him.

Now, Huang Xiaolong was very clear about the specific locations and functions of these formations. He could use them as easily as moving his own limbs, at will.

With just a slight thought, he could perfectly activate any one of the formations, or even activate all the formations at once!

‘Interesting, very interesting~~’ A subtle feeling surged in Huang Xiaolong’s heart. ‘I’ve just arrived in the world of overseas cultivators and already have my own territory. Now, I’m the Island Master~~ Hehe, this island must be renamed; it cannot be called “Guan Shan Island” anymore.’
“Young friend,” Guan Shan stood up, his entire body brimming with vitality, as if every strand of hair was pulsating with formidable life force. “Hahaha~~~ Young friend, excellent, the Immortality Medicine is truly miraculous! Now, the vitality within my body flows endlessly, never to be exhausted! Hahaha~~ Immortality! Immortality! So this is the taste of immortality! It’s so comfortable!”

Guan Shan was radiant and somewhat lost in his euphoria. “Come, young friend, let’s return to the auction hall. Now, you are the master of this island! I am not a fussy person. Right away, I can complete the handover with you! I will leave tonight!”

“Oh? A handover?” Huang Xiaolong was slightly taken aback.

At that moment, Guan Shan activated the transport formation, and the two returned to the quaint small hall behind the auction house.

They then walked back to the main hall together.

In the hall, the early-stage Tribulation Realm tycoons had already left, and even those Divine Skills cultivators, including Young Master Chang, had all departed.

In the vast auction hall, only Huang Xiaolong’s two wives, Ying Aoshan and Song Yuru, three little demons, six Loose Cultivators who had followed Huang Xiaolong, as well as Miss Zhan, Mr. Dongfang, and other auction house staff remained.

“Island Master, congratulations on achieving immortality,” Mr. Dongfang immediately noticed that Guan Shan had refined the Immortality Medicine, his vitality and blood immensely vigorous, giving off a rejuvenating aura.

“Congratulations to the Island Master~~~!”

All the staff members, including Miss Zhan, respectfully expressed their congratulations.

“Enough, there’s no need to call me Island Master anymore,” Guan Shan said with a smile and a wave of his hand. “This island has changed hands. Now, I am going to hand it over to this young friend.”

“Miss Zhan, go now and gather all the guards, stewards, watchmen, including every inn manager, every restaurant manager… Have everyone come here,” Guan Shan said solemnly.

“Yes,” Miss Zhan acknowledged and went to carry out the order.

Guan Shan looked at Huang Xiaolong. “Young friend, the people on this island aren’t really my subordinates; I hired them all with Spirit Stones. Now, as I hand over to you, those who wish to stay can continue to assist you in managing the island’s affairs. You just have to pay them the corresponding Spirit Stones monthly as their remuneration. However, if they wish to leave, then… I will take them with me.”

Having said this, Guan Shan also smiled.

Huang Xiaolong was somewhat speechless.

To gather everyone together, and have those willing to stay remain, while Guan Shan takes all those who wanted to leave.

Damn… this was indeed a masterstroke of removing the pan from under the fire!

Guan Shan had exchanged the island for Huang Xiaolong, but from the looks of it, he intended to take away all the island’s staff. In this way, Huang Xiaolong would be left completely in command of nothing but an empty title.

The island’s marketplace could no longer operate effectively.

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