"The Lizhi Sea contains thousands of islands, but that's not including rocky reefs. I'm talking about islands of a substantial size, with their own ecological systems, covered in vegetation, capable of sustaining basic living conditions.
Those designated for occupation are all of some valuable interest, such as Spirit Pearl Veins, Cultivation Minerals, marine resources, and important sea routes, amounting to several hundred. As for the rest, the insignificant ones or those where the sea conditions are too perilous, we don't send people—it's meaningless."
Hou Niao nodded. The Cultivation World is very pragmatic, focused on benefits and not about to send disciples to such remote and dangerous places just for the sake of face. There has to be some gain, whether for the interests of the islands or for the human struggle against the Sea Clan for territory. It was probably just like that.