Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Inside the dimly lit room at the Taixuan Sect's mountain gate, a disciple hurried in from outside and bowed respectfully to Shangguan Chengyuan who was sitting inside: "Master, Uncle Tang and Senior Xiang Yunchen from the Shangqing Sect are waiting outside. They said they have something very important to discuss with you."

"Tang Ning and Xiang Yunchen? Did they come together?" Shangguan Chengyuan frowned.

"Yes."

"Invite them here immediately." The disciple responded and left.

Soon, the two came into the room.

"Master Brother." Tang Ning bowed his head.

"Fellow Daoist Shangguan, I am sorry to bother you with something important to discuss with you. I hope you won't mind." Xiang Yunchen also bowed.

Shangguan Chengyuan glanced at the two of them and stood up to return the greeting: "Please take a seat. I don't know what important matter it is that has caused Junior Brother Tang and Fellow Daoist Xiang to come together."

The three of them were seated separately.

"Master, please don't blame me. I invited Brother Xiang to come with me. This matter is of great importance, and I am worried that one person cannot explain it clearly. Brother Xiang is one of the insiders, so I asked him to be a witness."

Shangguan Chengyuan remained calm: "What on earth is going on? Why did Junior Brother Tang go to so much trouble?"

"I really don't know where to start at this point. Fellow Daoist Xiang, you should tell me first! How did you come up with the idea of ​​going to the Spirit World to find me?"

"Well, let me throw out some ideas and Fellow Daoist Tang can add to them. This is a long story, but here's what happened. At first, Fellow Daoist Tang's rapid progress in cultivation attracted the close attention of Fellow Daoist Jiang Ting'an of the Human Chamber of Commerce. After checking Fellow Daoist Tang's files, Fellow Daoist Jiang discovered a detail. Fellow Daoist Tang had been missing in the Spirit World for some time, so he sent someone to the Spirit World to verify the matter..."

Xiang Yunchen told the story in detail, from how Jiang Ting'an sent people to find the Haiyue Clan, to how he lured Tang Ning to meet him, as well as the conversation between the three of them in the Haiyue Clan of the Spirit World, and finally going to Qinghai New Port to verify the space channel connecting to the fairyland.

Shangguan Chengyuan was stunned. Even though he was very shrewd, he was still shocked and unbelievable when he heard so many secrets beyond his understanding.

After a long silence, he finally gulped down his throat, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "Is everything you said true?"

These words were enough to show how shocked he was at the moment.

"Yes, that's right. The reason why I was able to advance so rapidly in my cultivation and reach my current level so quickly is because I met the incarnation of the immortal world's death god in the dead spirit world. It was thanks to her grace that I am where I am today. Because this matter is too important, I didn't want others to know about it, so I kept it a secret. It wasn't until Daoist Fellow Jiang Ting'an and Daoist Fellow Xiang found the residence of the Haiyue Clan in the spirit world and discovered the existence of the great god that I had to go to the spirit world to meet them and tell them about this matter."

Shangguan Chengyuan secretly swallowed his saliva, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that there would be such a strange thing."

"I was worried that the head brother would not believe me, so I asked you to come here as a witness."

"Since you have been hiding this matter before, why do you suddenly take the initiative to explain it to me today?"

"A few days ago, I captured a demon and learned from him that the real purpose of the demons' attack on Tianyuan was to find the space passage of Qinghai New Port. I decided to negotiate with the demons and ask them to withdraw. And this requires your support."

"Negotiate with the demons?"

"Yes, since their goal is to find a passage to ascend to the immortal world, why can't we resolve it through negotiation? I have met the leader of the demons who invaded Qingzhou before, he is Pa Zexi, an elder from the Demon Elders' Council. My condition is to share the passage from the Tianyuan Realm to the immortal world with the demons to resolve this war."

"But this is not something I can decide on my own. It requires the agreement of all the forces in the Tianyuan Realm. Therefore, I am going to hold a grand meeting and invite all the leaders of the four major sects, the four major families, and the three major chambers of commerce to discuss this case together."

Shangguan Chengyuan's eyes flickered, and he remained silent.

"Does the headmaster disagree with this case?"

"It would be best if the dispute could be resolved peacefully." Shangguan Yuancheng hesitated and said, "However, according to what you said, the space channel connecting to the fairyland is in Xingang. After this news spreads, it will inevitably attract the attention of the demons. In the future, not only the demons in Mubei, but also the demons in the world will frantically seize the territory of Qingzhou to occupy the space channel of Qinghai." "If the demons want to occupy this space channel, other Xuanmen, chambers of commerce and aristocratic families will naturally not sit idly by. Fellow Daoist Xiang, don't you agree?"

"Of course, I will propose that the Xuanmen, the noble families, and the Merchant Alliance jointly form a guard team to occupy the new port and guard this space passage. How can we let the demon race seize it?"

"Now it is urgent to solve the problem of the demons. The demons are powerful, and their Senate has ordered to occupy Tianyuan at all costs. They will never give up until they get that space channel. If we don't share that space channel, it will inevitably lead to endless wars."

"In that case, let's do as you say." Shangguan Chengyuan nodded in response, and then asked about many details.

Tang Ning answered all the questions truthfully. Only when he was asked how the clone of the God of Death left, he lied and said that he returned to the fairyland through the space channel of the Tianyuan Realm.

.........

Time flies, and several months pass in the blink of an eye.

In the majestic and spacious meeting hall of Shangqing Sect, the leaders of various major sects, aristocratic families, and chambers of commerce in the Tianyuan Realm gathered together. All of them had received handwritten letters from the head of Shangqing Sect, which were handed to them in person by the top leaders of Shangqing Sect.

The gist of the letter was that a method had been found to resolve the demon invasion, and that the leaders of all factions were requested to come to the Shangqing Sect's mountain gate in Tianyuan City on the same day to discuss the matter.

There are a total of fifteen people present, in addition to the four major sect leaders, the four family heads, the presidents of the three chambers of commerce, the head of the Nether Sea Organization, there are also the Shangqing Sect's Grand Elder Xiang Yunchen, the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce's Grand Elder Jiang Ting'an and Tang Ning.

The three were the last to arrive at the council hall. Before that, they had been discussing how to explain the next steps to the leaders of various forces and how to negotiate with the demons.

When the three people came in from outside, everyone's eyes were focused on them, and everyone had a different expression.

People like Lu Chen, Shangguan Chengyuan, and the presidents of the three chambers of commerce who already knew the truth did not show any unusual expressions. However, the others who did not know the truth looked somewhat surprised, wondering why Tang Ning was here, and seemed to be a key figure.

Because he was walking in the middle, Jiang Tingan and Xiang Yunchen were on both sides.

There were three chairs arranged above the main seat, obviously prepared for three people.

"Many Daoists have arrived. I hope you will forgive me for not welcoming you in person." Xiang Yunchen walked to the top of the stone steps and nodded to everyone. He pointed to the middle seat with his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist Tang, please take a seat."

Tang Ning didn't hesitate and sat down in the middle. The other two sat down on the left and right sides.

"First of all, thank you all for taking the time to attend this meeting. Let me introduce you to you, Fellow Daoist Tang Ning. I believe that even if you have never met him, you must have heard of him." Xiang Yunchen said, "The meeting held by our sect today to resolve the demon race problem was actually Fellow Daoist Tang's idea. Our sect is just offering a helping hand."

"Everyone knows that Fellow Daoist Tang is a disciple of the Taixuan Sect, but he actually has another identity. He is the messenger appointed by the immortal world's death god to the human world."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other people who did not know the truth were all shocked and looked at the two in horror and surprise.

"Gods from the Immortal Realm? Fellow Daoist Xiang, what do you mean by this?"

"What is a human messenger?"

"Where did the God of Death come from?" Suddenly, all the doubts were raised almost in unison.

Jiang Ting'an smiled and raised his hands to indicate silence: "I know you all have many doubts. Don't worry, we will explain it slowly."

"Let me first explain to you the origins of Fellow Daoist Tang."

"Perhaps some Daoists know, and some Daoists don't know, but Daoist Tang once went to the Spirit World to carry out the Merchant Alliance's expedition mission. It was during that time that he met the incarnation of the God of Death from the Immortal World, and from then on he got an amazing opportunity..." (End of this chapter)