May 4th!
The World Government ships, accompanied by the Celestial Dragons' fleet, arrived at God Valley, which opens only once every forty years.
After everyone landed on the island, they were all attracted by the scenery in front of them.
Above the island, it was a scene of singing birds and fragrant flowers! The scenery was delightful, and the whole valley was lush and green, brimming with vitality.
Saturn Saint, the Five Elders member wearing a hat, let out a sigh of relief after seeing this scene.
"I haven't been here for forty years. I didn't expect the scenery on the island to still be so charming!"
Saturn Saint's words made the three people behind him startle.
Especially Garp, who even stopped munching on his doughnut and stared blankly at the Five Elders.
"Let's go! This event will last for ten days. After ten days, God Valley will close again. We must arrange everything properly! Otherwise, we'll have to wait another forty years!"
Saturn Saint ordered.
Then he led the way off the ship.
The other ships also lowered their ramps, and people disembarked.
Garp and two CP0 agents walked behind, quietly observing the surroundings.
"Here you are!"
Suddenly, an old voice rang out, drawing everyone's attention back.
"Yeah! I remember you're from the Donquixote family, right? Is it your turn to guard this island this year?"
Saturn Saint glanced at the old man in front of him and asked.
"Yes! Most of the Celestial Dragons on this island are about to die of old age. Only us old guys are left. If you didn't come, God Valley might have to change its name!"
This old man was clearly in a good mood and even made a joke, though it wasn't very funny.
Saturn Saint nodded.
"Don't worry! I've brought a new batch of Celestial Dragons to replace you and continue guarding our sacred relic!"
Saturn Saint turned to look at the Celestial Dragons walking off the ship one by one.
Most of these Celestial Dragons didn't know that their future fates were about to be linked to this island.
They were all chatting and laughing, pointing at the surroundings. Some of them had even started ordering their slaves to fight one another.
Apparently, these people were extremely bored after several days of sailing.
They desperately needed to vent their emotions.
"Poor them. They don't know their own fates! Sigh! Weren't we in the same situation back then!"
This old Celestial Dragon sighed as he looked at these young Celestial Dragons.
"Don't worry! Lord Imu won't forget your contributions. Your descendants will also get their due rewards."
Saturn Saint looked at the man in front of him and consoled him.
"Yeah! That's good! Hurry up and make the arrangements. I won't trouble you anymore!"
With that, this white - haired Celestial Dragon was supported by an equally white - haired servant and walked away.
The conversation between the two shocked the people behind them, especially Garp.
What's this about guarding the sacred relic and having the Celestial Dragons guard this island?
All this confused Garp.
He felt like he was about to learn some big secret.
But his intuition told him that it was better not to know.
"Hurry! Move the slaves and treasures into that great hall. All the Celestial Dragons should also go to that great hall!"
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Saturn Saint pointed remotely at the faintly visible great hall.
"Roger!"
All the World Government officials, CP0 agents, Navy soldiers, and the slaves began to carry the goods from nearly a hundred ships.
This was definitely a huge project.
After giving the orders, Saturn Saint led everyone to the center of the island!
Soon, the once hazy great hall suddenly stood before everyone.
The great hall was filled with a sacred and solemn atmosphere.
Even those lawless Celestial Dragons couldn't help but fall silent.
"Let's go! Get in!"
Saturn Saint led many Celestial Dragons, as well as the high - ranking combat forces of the Navy and CP0, inside.
After entering the hall, everyone saw that in front of twenty thrones, there were nineteen old men sitting on nineteen of them.
Garp immediately recognized one of the old men as the one who had greeted them at the port.
These twenty thrones were split on both sides, and there was also a supreme throne at the top, behind which was a flag of the World Government.
Saturn Saint bowed slightly towards the empty throne!
"Everyone! The ceremony can begin!"
Saturn Saint said to the nineteen old men.
Those men just nodded slightly in agreement.
Then, a dark passage suddenly appeared in the corridor between the thrones on both sides.
Saturn Saint nodded to the chief of CP0 beside him.
The masked CP0 immediately understood his meaning and also nodded to the CP0 agents behind the Celestial Dragons.
Then these CP0 agents all sprang into action.
They led out the Celestial Dragons one by one.
There were a total of forty Celestial Dragons, including both men and women. Without exception, they all had intellectual disabilities and looked like imbeciles at first sight.
"Go in!"
Saturn Saint said to the Celestial Dragons with his eyes closed.
There were about forty Celestial Dragons. Each of them looked like an imbecile, but after seeing "that person", they looked at each other in dismay.
"Go in!"
Saturn Saint shouted again.
After hearing this thunderous voice, these forty Celestial Dragons still walked in hesitantly.
Saturn Saint watched the Celestial Dragons walking in one after another without saying a word. He just closed his eyes and quietly waited.
During this time, there were also some Celestial Dragons who wanted to resist and didn't want to enter the dark passage.
But they were all pushed in by the masked CP0 agents behind them.
This made Garp and some people in the dark look at each other in astonishment.
But no one said a word. After the last Celestial Dragon walked in.
Thud!
The passage that had appeared in the corridor instantly closed, leaving everyone stunned, having no idea what was going on!
However, more than a dozen Celestial Dragons were looking at the ground seriously, with extremely tense expressions.
These people clearly knew something and were extremely frightened!
The hall was very quiet, and even the sound of breathing could be clearly heard.
This made everyone hold their breath, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.
After a while.
Everyone was suddenly startled.
A strange noise came from underground. This noise made everyone furrow their brows, and the Celestial Dragons were terrified.
Their faces were extremely tense, as if there were some prehistoric beasts underground.
Even Saturn Saint frowned and closed his eyes slightly.
This puzzled Garp, who was standing beside them.
He seemed to sense that these people were afraid. What on earth were they afraid of?
Garp had no idea. He wanted to use his Observation Haki to check what was going on below, but it was as if there was some kind of restriction that prevented him from seeing what was happening underground.
Saturn Saint opened his eyes and glanced at Garp. This made Garp quickly pull back his Observation Haki and give an awkward smile.