Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Trade fair?
Jiang Sheng was slightly surprised: "What trade fair? I've never heard Ming An and the others mention it."

Because Jiang Sheng was either practicing Buddhism or traveling, he delegated a large part of his authority to his good disciple, Tian Ming'an.

If the sect has any affairs, whether it's going on an external visit, conducting internal inspections, training Dao soldiers, or supplying materials, they basically contact Tian Ming'an, who then informs Jiang Sheng. Jiang Sheng then decides which ones to go to, which ones not to go to, which ones to pay attention to, and which ones not to worry about.

Jiang Sheng had never heard Tian Ming'an mention anything about trade fairs.

This made Jiang Sheng somewhat suspicious. Could this trade fair not be an internal event of the sect?
Seeing Jiang Sheng's expression, Lin Fan immediately understood and laughed, "Yuan Chen, what are you thinking? Within the sect, it's all small groups of three to five people trading privately. How can it compare to the scale of a trade fair?"

"This trade fair was organized by someone from the Qinghua Dao Sect. People from Penglai, Tianhe, Yaochi, Chixiao, as well as the Demon Emperor Palace, Jinchan Temple, Tianlong Temple, and other sects went. It was not trade between sects, but also private exchanges among us."

As he spoke, Lin Fan teased, "Yuan Chen, you've hardly ever seen auctions or trade fairs, have you?"

Jiang Sheng paused for a moment, then nodded: "That's true."

Lin Fan smiled even more broadly upon hearing this: "That's precisely why you should go and take a look."

"You, after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, traveled outside for about twenty years before returning to the sect to form the Core Formation. Then you went on a mission on behalf of the sect, inspecting the lower realms. After that, there was turmoil in the Southern Continent, the Dragon Clan's rebellion, and the Buddhist sect's probing."

"Following this, gods and Buddhas descended, and the three realms merged."

"Once the Three Realms have stabilized, you've been traveling around ever since you reached the Void Refinement stage. You've spent very little time in the Three Realms and haven't really had a chance to appreciate the scenery or experience the unique customs and cultures of other worlds, have you?"

"It's no exaggeration to say that you are a pure and ascetic, a kind of hermit."

As Jiang Sheng listened to Lin Fan's words, he silently pondered in his heart. Just as Lin Fan said, in the nearly 1,800 years since he established his foundation, he really hadn't had much time to relax. He said he went out to travel, but each time he was tied up by various things, so he didn't pay attention to the customs and culture of different worlds. He was always busy on the Great Dao.

"Yuan Chen, you've been busy for so long. Even if your body isn't tired, isn't your heart and soul tired?"

"It's time to take a break."

Lin Fan's words made Jiang Sheng nod in agreement. From the beginning until now, he has been busy for nearly 1,800 years without much rest. During this Xuanmen calamity, he was always at the forefront of the battle and had very little free time. Even later in the Xuanhuang Realm, he had no free time. He experienced countless intrigues and struggles on the Taiyin Star and the Taiyang Star before he survived the schemes of two powerful Dao-holding beings from the previous Yuanhui.

I'm really, really tired.

Jiang Sheng exhaled softly, watching the breath transform into a cloud crane and fly away. He looked at Lin Fan and said, "Yun Xuan, you're right. It's time to rest."

Lin Fan was extremely satisfied with the result: "That's right."

“Yuan Chen, we cultivators cultivate immortality, not divine techniques, for the sake of a carefree and unrestrained life.”

"The saying goes, 'In the morning, we travel to the North Sea and in the evening, we roam the vast world by day and raise our cups to invite the moon at night.' Only then can we show our carefree and unrestrained nature."

"Whether it's exploring the caves of our ancestors, visiting the ruins of the First Yuan Society, or going to see a unique auction in a certain world and experiencing the unique local customs, all of these are experiences."

“Cultivation is not just about meditating and practicing the Dharma; it also involves the three thousand worlds and human relationships. Otherwise, if you cultivate to become an immortal in the end, will you have become an immortal or will the Dao have replaced you?”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Sheng repeatedly begged for mercy: "Stop talking, stop talking, I've learned my lesson. Just tell me the time and place of that trade fair, and if you need an entry/exit pass, leave me a copy as well."

Lin Fan laughed and said, "Thirty years from now, 237 million miles west of Cangzhou, there is a small island with a circumference of 800 miles in the Cangming Sea. It is a small section of a mountain range that crashed into the Cangming Sea when Mingzhou sank. The trade fair will be held there."

"As for entry and exit credentials, you only need to bring your identity jade token, because everyone there is a fellow member of my Eastern Heaven Daoist family, so there is nothing special to hide."

“However, Yuan Chen, if you don’t want people to recognize you, then it’s fine to carry some magical artifacts to conceal your aura and appearance, as long as you have identification from my Eastern Heaven Daoist family.”

Thirty years.

This time really isn't long.

Let alone the immortals of the upper three realms who are theoretically immortal, even ordinary cultivators of the middle and lower six realms, except for those with meager cultivation in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realms, would basically not care.

After all, even a Purple Mansion Taoist can live for five hundred years, and a Golden Core True Person can live for eight hundred years. A mere thirty years will pass in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, Jiang Sheng could guess the origin of these thirty years to some extent. With the passing of Qian Tian Dao Jun, the Xuanhuang Realm, Xuanhu Realm, Jiushi Realm, Zuoshen Realm, and Shanhai Realm were no longer pulled by the vortex of calamity energy, and the distance between them and the Jiuzhou Realm was no longer shortening. Therefore, in the short term, the Dongtian Dao Family only needed to deal with the stability of the two great worlds, Tianyuan Realm and Huayang Realm.

These thirty years were spent stabilizing the two realms. After all, since the two realms merged with the Nine Provinces Realm, the battles between the pure Yang level beings within the Nine Provinces Realm had never stopped, which had affected the Tianyuan Realm and Huayang Realm to some extent.

Stabilizing the two realms in thirty years is already considered an extremely short time.

As for the five great worlds—Xuanhuang Realm, Xuanhu Realm, Jiushi Realm, Zuoshen Realm, and Shanhai Realm—the patriarchs have already made a decision: after the Jiuzhou Realm, Tianyuan Realm, and Huayang Realm have stabilized, these three Xuanmen Great Worlds will be merged into the Three Realms first, and then the remaining five Great Worlds will be merged into the Three Realms.

Firstly, it is to ensure that the Three Realms and the Great Thousand Worlds maintain their unique structure, so as not to cause turmoil and ripples due to the integration of the eight Great Thousand Worlds at once; secondly, it is also to ensure that the fortune of the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School is not seized by the Nine Provinces Realm.

If all the great worlds were truly integrated into the Nine Provinces Realm, the fortune and destiny of the Nine Provinces Realm would be extraordinary. If a few remnants of the Seven Sects or Qiankun Sects were to emerge, inheriting the unique fortune and destiny of the Nine Provinces Realm due to the fusion of the eight great worlds, the Eastern Heaven Daoist School would inevitably face great trouble.

Therefore, the patriarchs preferred to proceed slowly and steadily, ensuring that the fortune and merits belonged to the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School and were not taken advantage of by outsiders.

Jiang Sheng nodded: "In that case, see you in thirty years."

After seeing Lin Fan off, Jiang Sheng checked his upcoming schedule; he had a lot to do right now.

As a renowned new generation member of the Penglai Dao Sect, and the number one contemporary figure of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, jointly recommended by the true disciples of various schools, Jiang Sheng, known as the Pure Yang Seedling, has a lot to do. Having just escaped from the battles and intrigues, he now faces a host of busy affairs. This also makes Jiang Sheng understand why His Majesty and the two Heavenly Venerable Ancestors would create such a Xuanmen Calamity and the Investiture of the Gods, and why the Ancestors and all the senior uncles always have to create several clones.

If a group of capable ministers and officials are not selected to fill the various departments of the Heavenly Court, and a group of elite soldiers and generals are not selected to fill the Heavenly Court's army, the various affairs of the Three Realms and the various troubles inside and outside the Three Realms will be enough to make people unable to cultivate in peace and pursue the Great Dao.

Before the Investiture of the Gods, the Eastern Heaven Daoist Clan relied on the avatars and incarnations of its True Lords to handle various affairs in the Eastern Heaven and its subordinate continents. As you can see, when the Three Realms were first established and the Netherworld was without a master, many True Lords of the Eastern Heaven Daoist Clan had to send their avatars down to the Netherworld to open up a piece of Eastern Netherworld land for the Eastern Heaven Daoist Clan.

As various realms of the Great Thousand Worlds merge into the Three Realms, the Thirty-Six Great Thousand Worlds will be combined into the Ancestral Realm. Only geniuses know how vast the Ancestral Realm will be. Not to mention the True Monarchs of the Upper Three Realms and the True People of the Middle and Lower Six Realms who were knocked down by the Great Calamity of the Profound Gate, even if there were another Great Calamity of the Divine Path or a Great Calamity of the Buddhist Path, it is probably not possible to gather enough people to act as agents for the Thirty-Six Great Thousand Worlds.

Clearing his mind of the jumbled thoughts, Jiang Sheng initially intended to call Tian Ming'an, Qiu Buyu, and others to help him with some matters, but after thinking about it, he abandoned the idea: "The four of them are also very busy, so forget it, just make a few more clones, that will do."

Having said that, Jiang Sheng used the Yin-Yang magic to condense and forge a new clone from the essence of the sun and stars he had drawn from them.

As Jiang Sheng circulated his profound magic, using his own thoughts as a foundation, blending them with the essence of the sun and the Taiyi Orthodox Method, a handsome and dashing figure was formed amidst the hazy golden sunlight.

He wore a gilded Mao-sun crown and a Yang-patterned Yan-que robe. His figure, formed from the essence of the great sun, was full of masculine vigor, righteousness, and heroic spirit.

Although it only possesses the cultivation level of the Integration Realm and has not yet entered the First Tribulation, Jiang Sheng's purpose in enlightening this clone was not for combat, but simply to assist himself.

"Greetings, Your Excellency." The Sun Essence clone smiled and bowed to Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng returned the greeting and said with a smile, "You are Jin Yi Ri Hui Zhen Jun; together with Guang Han Yue Hui Zhen Jun, you will assist me in handling affairs, sorting out the earth's veins, and regulating the five elements to stabilize the three realms of Jiuzhou, Huayang, and Tianyuan, and prevent the three realms from causing chaos."

"Currently, the True Lord Guanghan Yuehui is still in Zhuzhou handling some matters of our Eastern Heaven Daoist Original Camp. For now, it's just the two of us here. When the True Lord Guanghan Yuehui returns in five years, the three of us can handle affairs together, and it will be much easier to inspect all sides."

Jin Yi Ri Hui Zhen Jun nodded slowly, then sat down at the jade table beside Jiang Sheng and began to handle matters with him.

Before we knew it, thirty years had passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past thirty years, Jiang Sheng, along with his two clones, has been traveling to various places in the Tianyuan Realm and Huayang Realm. In addition to being ordered by Chunyang Daojun to check whether there are any cracks in the places where the three realms are integrated, he also patrols various areas according to the orders of Dacheng Immortal Lord to ensure local stability. Everything is under the control of the Eastern Heaven Daoist family.

The merging of the three Great Thousand Worlds is simply too enormous. The Nine Provinces Realm alone, with its seven existing continents of Jun, Cang, Bian, Xuan, Hao, Zhu, and Yang, each has an area far exceeding that of a Middle Thousand World.

However, speaking of Zhuzhou, even a True Monarch from the three realms, who travels at an average speed of ten million miles per breath, would need more than a month to fly from east to west, which gives an idea of ​​its vast area.

The seven existing continents in the Nine Provinces Realm are all no smaller than the Zhu Province. However, even if these seven continents were combined, they would still be no match for the boundless ocean of the Nine Provinces Realm. The Tianyuan Realm and the Huayang Realm are both Xuanmen Great Thousand Realms comparable to the Nine Provinces Realm.

The merging of the three Xuanmen Great Thousand Worlds was simply too enormous. If it weren't for the fact that the Eastern Heaven Daoist had set up a series of teleportation arrays between the three realms, Jiang Sheng probably wouldn't have been able to make a round trip between the three Great Thousand Worlds even in thirty years.

Fortunately, with numerous teleportation arrays and the assistance of a group of Penglai disciples and the Sky-Patrolling Magic Boat, Jiang Sheng was finally able to finish his business within thirty years and could finally visit the trade fair that Lin Fan had mentioned.

"Gentlemen, I trouble you to guard Cangzhou. If there is any trouble in the sect, you are free to handle it within your authority. If you encounter anything that you cannot handle, you can contact me by sending a message through Yujue."

Jiang Sheng greeted his two clones, then flicked his sleeves and soared into the clouds toward the trading island Lin Fan had mentioned.

Leaving Cangzhou and traveling on the Cangming Sea, watching the vast blue waves and the clouds roll and unroll, Jiang Sheng, who had been busy for a long time, felt relaxed and refreshed.

“Yunxuan is right about some things. After being busy for so long, you should go out for a walk and get some fresh air.”

Jiang Sheng was riding the clouds when a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Is that the True Lord of Penglai Lingyuan right in front of you?"

Jiang Sheng turned around and found that she was an unfamiliar fairy, or more accurately, a demon fairy.

Upon seeing Jiang Sheng stop, the newcomer immediately stepped forward and greeted him with a graceful manner, saying with a smile, "Tu Shan Lian greets True Lord Ling Yuan."

Tu Shan Lian?!

After a moment's thought, Jiang Sheng immediately remembered this person. He had heard Mo Wenxin introduce her to him when they were on Guanlan Island. Tu Shan Lian was a holy maiden from the Tu Shan Holy Land in the Great Wilderness Realm.

Jiang Sheng just remembered that Tu Shan Lian didn't look like this back then.

"If I remember correctly, Fellow Daoist Tushan should not have this appearance and aura, right?"

Hearing Jiang Sheng's question, Tu Shan Lian smiled calmly: "It's just a little Tu Shan technique that can slightly modify appearance and aura. It's not worthy of True Lord's attention."

"It's fine if I don't make a move, but once I do, it's hard to conceal my aura. Moreover, appearance, aura, and magical power can be changed, but true spirit cannot. Therefore, this little trick is nothing more than a strange skill. I only use it to cover up for outsiders."

Jiang Sheng nodded thoughtfully: "I see. But I remember you, fellow Daoist, are all of the same ilk as that Dragon Prince, Mo Wenxin, and the others, right? If I'm not mistaken, your Tushan should have chosen the Qiankun Dao Sect. How dare you appear before me now?"

Jiang Sheng asked casually, but Tu Shanlian was shocked: Tu Shanlian had witnessed Jiang Sheng's strength firsthand. Even though Jiang Sheng did not intentionally attack her at the time, a casual strike almost took her life.

What impressed Tu Shanlian the most was that whether it was Binmiao or Ye Wenshu, they always looked wary whenever Jiang Sheng was mentioned. Later, the Fairy of Xiaogong from Zhenxiao Dao Sect also came to Yangzhou. That fairy, who had profound cultivation and great supernatural powers, was also very wary of Jiang Sheng.

Tu Shanlian knew that her cultivation and supernatural powers were no match for any of the three, let alone Jiang Sheng, whom all three feared.

Since then, Tu Shanlian has been actively searching for information related to Jiang Sheng, or trying to extract descriptions and impressions of Jiang Sheng from the three people, which makes Tu Shanlian increasingly curious about Jiang Sheng.

A celestial being, aloof and disliking worldly pleasures?

A highly skilled and ruthless god of war?
And what about gentle and refined, shrewd and calculating, indifferent to cause and effect?
All these impressions and labels made Tu Shan Lian very curious about Jiang Sheng, not to mention that Jiang Sheng is currently recognized as the number one in the contemporary era by the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School and even the Xuanmen School of the Heavens.

The thought of a True Lord who is less than 1,800 years old is truly astonishing.

Upon seeing Jiang Sheng again, Tu Shan Lian was even more shocked: What kind of True Lord of Integration is he who is not even 1,800 years old?
This is clearly a True Monarch of the Third Tribulation who is not even 1,800 years old!
He's not even 1,800 years old, yet he's already survived three tribulations of the Body Integration Realm!

Is this really not some reincarnation of a powerful being of pure Yang nature?!

Faced with Jiang Sheng's astonishing cultivation level, Tu Shan Lian no longer valued his appearance; even the best bone structure and flesh would only add a little luster to his cultivation level.

With her mind racing, Tu Shanlian bowed gracefully to Jiang Sheng's questioning, without revealing any of the arrogance of someone from a holy land: "I have not colluded with the Qiankun Dao Sect. I came to the Nine Provinces Realm with the Heavenly Court's Xuan Nu. I also helped the Xuan Nu and Xiao Gong Fairy in the Misty Cloud Trapping Immortal Formation."

Listening to Tu Shanlian explain her background, Jiang Sheng nodded. Although Tu Shanlian was not affiliated with the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School, she was still related to the Heavenly Court and the Zhenxiao Daoist Sect. Therefore, she did not need to be treated as an enemy.

As if some of the murderous intent had subsided, Tu Shanlian secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "May I ask, True Lord, are you going to that trade fair?"

Jiang Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Fellow Daoist, are you also going to that trade fair?"

Tu Shan Lian smiled and said, "It seems that True Lord does not know much about that trade fair. Although True Lord Xuanxin of Qinghua Dao Sect first proposed the trade fair, True Lord Mingxian of Tianhe Dao Sect, True Lord Xuyuanzi of Chixiao Dao Sect, and Venerable Guangwen and Venerable Guanghui of Jinchan Temple also followed suit."

"Then everyone got involved. Whether it was the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, the demon lords of the Demon Emperor's Palace, or the venerable ones and protectors of Buddhism, they were all happy to have such a place to exchange things. With everyone pooling their wisdom and efforts, this trade fair came about."

"I only wanted to go and see it because I heard that there was Qingqiu Heavenly Fox Fruit at the trade fair."

The Qingqiu Heavenly Fox Fruit, a sacred fruit of the fox clan originating from the Qingqiu Holy Land in Jurong Realm, brings immense benefits and opportunities to the fox clan. Jiang Sheng knew that the appearance of such a thing at this trade fair must be due to the involvement of a certain senior uncle from the Dongtian Dao family.

Seeing Jiang Sheng deep in thought, Tu Shanlian added, "I've also heard that someone will be bringing out rare and precious materials such as fragments of laws and sword bamboo and the Enlightenment Fruit at this trade fair."

Fragments of laws?!
Sword bamboo with translucent fruit?!

Jiang Sheng nodded upon hearing this: "The fairy certainly has a lot of inside information."

Tu Shan Lian smiled and said, "As long as it's useful to True Lord."

As she spoke, Tu Shanlian slightly raised her head to look at Jiang Sheng, without any deliberate affectation, and simply said softly, "My escape technique is too slow, I wonder if I could travel with you, True Lord?" (End of this chapter)