Most of the ordinary people on the Tian Yuan Continent live a hard life, and they often work all year round and can barely make ends meet. Just like in ancient times, the people here are reunited with their families on the day of the 'winter solstice' to celebrate the arrival of the new year.

'Donghaikou' is built by the sea and the climate is pleasant, and it does not feel very cold in the middle of winter, and this year there is not a single snowflake falling. The festival is just three days away, and usually by this time, the wharf has long been gone, but this year's harbor is a busy scene.

The Chen family, who have been in charge of the sea trade for hundreds of years, in order to celebrate the birthday of the Sea Emperor, set up the "East China Sea Banquet" on the "Trap Island" and invited warriors from all over the world to attend the meeting. The mage warriors from all over the mountain, as long as they give a little birthday gift, they can eat for nothing on this island for half a month, not only can they watch various magic competitions, but the Chen family will also send a return gift to each participant when they leave.

This magic event, which is difficult to encounter once in hundreds of years, has made this barren island that has been hollowed out of magic mines lively again. In the past, the quiet and peaceful 'Trap Island' is now full of people and buildings, and the only two small docks on the island are blocked by all kinds of boats of all sizes in the morning. By noon, hundreds of ships were still trapped on the surface of the sea, unable to move at all.

Farther out in the sea, there was a small dilapidated dhow, which was hesitant to look for a gap for fear of being overturned by other ships.

The dozen or so passengers on the ship saw that the 'Trapped' was close at hand, but the one-legged captain named Hal refused to move forward, and after a while they all became angry, shouting that they were about to rush over and beat people.

Among them, two orc warriors in black vests shouted the loudest, one with a bull's head and a horse's face, and the big sticks in their hands were 'whining' wildly, so frightened that the one-legged Harr shrank his neck vigorously.

"You old man really don't know what to do, my 'bluegrass duo' can ride your broken ship, you are a blessing for several lifetimes! Since you have received the ticket for half a gold coin, you will send us to the island as soon as possible. If you annoy our brothers, a few sticks will tear down your broken ship. The more the minotaur spoke, the louder it became, and the one-legged captain who was foaming at the stars covered his face, raised his leg and kicked off a piece of the deck.

This poor captain Hal has been running out of bad luck since he was hit by Chen Jace and broke his mast half a year ago. He raised money everywhere to buy a rotten ship, and ran out to repair it, hoping to take advantage of the good opportunity of the 'East China Sea Feast' to make a profit, but he could not suffer any more losses.

Seeing that these people were very angry, he hurriedly bowed down, promised everyone to set sail immediately, and drove the broken ship into the big pile with trembling.

With decades of sailing experience, the one-legged Hal drove the little wrecked boat like a dance, and walked around in front of the dock for more than an hour, and finally grabbed a narrow position, and leaned crookedly to the shore.

Because this 'Trapped Island' was filled with a strong magical atmosphere, ordinary mortals didn't dare to stay for a long time, and after the one-legged Hal nodded and sent the passengers away, he hurriedly sailed away. He estimated that if he made three trips back and forth every day, he might be able to buy a decent big ship in half a month.

After the 'Bluegrass Twins' came ashore, they lined up with the crowd to offer a few shriveled grass fruits, and then received two bronze signs, which allowed them to live and dine in the corresponding places on the island.

A few steps further, the two of them saw more than a dozen simple houses of different shapes, and the flags and emblems of different participating families were hung outside the houses, which looked very messy. There were still people shouting and soliciting in front of these houses, hoping to pick out some good players from the people who went to the meeting and add them to their ranks.

In front of the recruitment office of the 'Zhangjia outside the Ling', there was a bald man holding a huge iron horn, shouting loudly about the great achievements of the Zhang family, and said that as long as he could smash a gray-brown fruit with his strength, he would be able to enter the silver medal area with the team, and ten gold coins would be distributed on the spot as a labor.

The 'Bluegrass Twins' looked at the crowd for a while, and when they saw that someone was really happily invited to the house with coins to eat wine and serve tea, his heart immediately itched. The horse-faced man relied on his long hands and long feet, squeezed into the pile of people and smashed the stick, but unfortunately this unknown big fruit was really hard, and it actually broke the big stick he had carried for many years into two pieces, but he only jumped on the spot twice without damage.

The horse-faced man failed to pass the test, and he also folded the guy who was eating by himself, coupled with the ridicule of the onlookers, his face was suddenly flushed, and he fled to a distance with the minotaur covering his face. The two of them knew their catties, so they put out the idea of participating in the competition and winning the prize, but they relaxed for a while, comforted each other and praised each other, and walked towards the rest area.

I heard from the people next to me that the organizer of this time, the 'Donghai Chen family', set up ten 'canteens' in the bronze medal area, serving meals twice a day, not only free but also full, it is said that there are some dishes made of demon plants and demon meat at each meal, but it is estimated that there will be no left if you go late.

It's a high-end ingredient that can only be tasted by a magician with status, and a bite of it can be worth the employment fee of the 'Blue Grass Twins' for several days, and it would be a great loss if you couldn't eat it.

The two of them hurried to a 'canteen' to line up to receive the meal, and they really saw a piece of 'six-eyed flying fish' meat on the full rice bowl, and the taste was sweet and sour and particularly delicious.

The 'Bluegrass Twins' took their rice bowls, squatted under the eaves and ate fragrantly, when they suddenly saw a group of escort warriors coming in the distance, shouting loudly to disperse the crowd in front of them, and then let out a mortal with a face full of oil, saying that he was invited to inspect the quality of the food.

Standing among the many warriors, this mortal not only did not have the slightest fear, but put on a posture of being shy and high, contemptuously took out a pair of silver chopsticks from his arms, dipped them in the soup dipped in 'bad fish fillet', tasted it, and spit on the ground with a 'bah'.

After he finished spitting his saliva, he pulled the cooking magician over and scolded loudly: "How many times have I told you, put less sugar, put less sugar, why can't you remember?" 'Elder Wang' He is an old man, and he often teaches us to 'cook with our hearts', do you meditate every day? I know that you were introduced by Aunt Xu, who is in charge of the matter, and you have more face than others. But what a big sin it is to cook too sweet, if you let 'Elder Wang' know, no matter what kind of person is in charge, he will not be able to manage things!"

After the oil-faced mortal finished scolding, he was still angry, and he reached out and grabbed a few broken bowls and smashed them on the ground, until the scolded magician obediently stuffed a few gold coins, and begged for a long time to 'Steward Zhao, Steward Zhao', before he lost his breath, and turned around with a smile on his face and bit the gold coins and left here.

A mortal not only dares to walk on the 'Trapped' Island, but also openly insults the mage for accepting bribes, is this simply going upside down? As soon as this Steward Zhao turned around and walked away, several new orcs made a noise, clamoring to go up and kill this mortal and maintain the dignity of the warrior.

But these people didn't make trouble for long, and they were appeased by a few old people, who said that this Zhao steward was because of the good dishes he cooked, especially the exquisite cooking of 'scallion roasted sea cucumber'. He won the favor of the Chen family's 'Elder Wang', and was named the 'Trap Island Catering Manager', in charge of all food supplies on the island. was also personally given a three-grade magic tool by the eldest lady of the Chen family, not only in and out of the island, but also after the daily charge, it can also rebound the three attacks of the junior mage, and it is rampant in this bronze medal area, and there are several fools who are not eye-opening have been repaired by him so miserably, you must not go to provoke.

The 'Bluegrass Twin Heroes' originally wanted to join in the fun with their rice bowls, but when they heard that the other party was not easy to provoke, they were the first to retreat, and while others were not paying attention, they also sandwiched two more pieces of fish and meat, and ran to the back of the big tree to enjoy it.

The overlord of the bronze medal region, Grand Steward Zhao, only transferred three 'dining halls' today, and heard rumors that the 'white jade snail' that 'Elder Wang' named to eat had been delivered, and asked him to pack it up and send it over immediately.

But when the oil-faced steward arrived at the port, he was really embarrassed, he looked at the slimy thing in front of him, and really didn't know how to start, can this thing be eaten?

He was not only afraid of losing a bad reputation for not knowing good goods in front of everyone, but also afraid that this thing would really eat 'Elder Wang' in his stomach and damage his body. After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered the famous saying that 'Elder Wang' said, 'Everything can be sashimi!', so he gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, reached out and took out a snail meat, threw it raw into his mouth, and chewed it.

Seeing that this mortal actually ate snails raw, and bit such a disgusting thing with a mouth full of juice, those snail meat pieces that were still active were squirming out. In the crowd of people watching around, a few people vomited at that time, and everyone took several steps back in horror.

After gritting his teeth and stomping his feet, Steward Zhao swallowed this fishy and sticky minced meat, stood there and waited for a while, feeling that he was not only a little disgusting, but also something unusual, so he opened his eyes and shouted: "'Elder Wang' is really a dragon and phoenix among people, and the ingredients selected by his old man are really delicious!" Then he picked up the snail basin, and surrounded by a group of guards, got into a carriage and hurried to the depths of the island.

The carriage and horses hurried along the main road of the island for half an hour, and came to an elegant courtyard. Steward Zhao sent this pot of snails to the rat orc Moss, and also took out a large handful of gold coins and stuffed it, wanting the red man in front of this elder to say a few good words for him, and convey his feat of testing poison to 'Elder Wang'.

Seeing that there were still two pieces of wriggling white flesh hanging from the corners of his mouth, Moss also felt like vomiting for a while, he picked up the snail and turned around and walked into the courtyard, ignoring what this disgusting mortal with an oily face was saying.

At this time, 'Elder Wang' was taking a nap, of course he couldn't go to disturb him, Moss didn't know what to do with these snails, so he took a large basin and stood outside the house to wait, so that the elder could go to ask for instructions as soon as he woke up.

This new Elder Wang is naturally Wang Sheng, since he was in the limelight at the 'Juxian Conference' last time, and now he has been appointed as a guest elder by the Chen family. You don't have to participate in any work, and you can enjoy the worship of the family elder for the rest of your life, and the only requirement is to ask him to show up at the 'East China Sea Feast'.

Those guards who came to protect and serve him naturally didn't have to worry about him, and they were respectfully led by the Chen family to settle down on the same day. After learning that the old swan Scott had recovered, Wang Sheng completely lost his worries. In addition to eating and practicing every day, he broke some formation vocabulary with Chen Qing'e, and stole some cool air from the 'Phantom Mirage', but he also lived a leisurely life.

However, this quiet and peaceful life was completely shattered that afternoon, and a secret letter sent by the red fox Mei'er was placed on his dining table along with the long-awaited 'white jade snail'.

On the fragrant pink letterhead, only one line of juanxiu small characters was written: 'Chu Yuan, the special envoy of Fengpeng City, arrived in Heluo City yesterday and will come to the East China Sea to attend the meeting on behalf of the Guan family. ’