Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Fellow travelers?!
Jiang Sheng glanced at Tu Shanlian briefly: "In my humble opinion, your escape technique is quite fast."

"Speak frankly, fellow Daoist, do you wish to travel with me to avoid someone or to escape something?"

As Jiang Sheng bluntly pointed out the key point, Tu Shanlian seemed somewhat helpless: "True Lord clearly knows, yet you insist on forcing me to say it. Can't you show me some mercy this once?"

Jiang Sheng smiled but didn't speak; showing tenderness and compassion to women depends on the person.

Although the foxes of this sacred land of Tushan are beautiful and look delicate, Jiang Sheng's nose can still detect even the faintest scent on them.

Even if Tu Shan Lian is not a demon, but a human, not affiliated with the Eastern Heaven Daoist family, and not an ally of the Mountain and River Daoist sect, why would Jiang Sheng have any reason to do something like showing mercy to a beautiful woman?

Since Jiang Sheng embarked on his cultivation journey, more than one or two fairies and heroines have died by his sword. If Tu Shan Lian tries to implicate him without explaining the reasons, Jiang Sheng wouldn't mind adding another fox to the list of those who have perished by his sword.

Seeing that Jiang Sheng did not express his opinion, Tu Shan Lian had no choice but to say, "Please forgive me, True Lord. Tu Shan Holy Land is a well-known neutral place in all the heavens and myriad realms. It never refuses the visits of immortals, gods, demons and Buddhas from all the heavens. Therefore, Tu Shan Holy Land will not form an alliance with any force."

"Non-alignment and absolute neutrality are the principles that our Tushan Holy Land has always adhered to. However, although Tushan does not form alliances with any party, Tushan people inevitably encounter some karma and setbacks when traveling outside."

"Although I have always tried my best to be on good terms with all parties, I still cannot avoid making enemies. Although I have made some minor contributions in this Xuanmen calamity along with Her Highness Xuan Nu and Fairy Xiao Gong, these contributions still inevitably arouse jealousy."

Jiang Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Jealousy?"

"You mean someone is jealous of you because of that bit of luck and merit?"

“Fellow Daoist, no matter what, you are backed by Tushan, which is one of the holy lands of the heavens. Those with higher cultivation and status than you look down on that meager fortune, and those with lower cultivation and status than you, how dare they be jealous of you?”

Upon hearing this, Tu Shanlian sighed helplessly: "True Lord, Princess Xuan Nu comes from the Heavenly Court and is a deity personally appointed by His Majesty. Even so, how many people in the Eastern Heaven Daoist School truly respect her?"

"Furthermore, Fairy Xiaogong comes from Zhenxiao and is a disciple of Daoist Qiongyun. But everyone knows what Zhenxiao Dao Sect did during the Xuanmen Calamity. Let alone the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, how many people in Yaochi Holy Land and Chixiao Dao Sect would even look up to her?"

"As for me, how can I compare to the two of them in terms of status and background? Even they are envied by many, let alone me."

"And I am willing to give this as a gift, only wishing for a safe journey."

Before she finished speaking, Tu Shanlian had already presented a wooden box to Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng looked down and saw that the wooden box was about a foot square, decorated with gilded gold, flanked by auspicious clouds and feathers, with dragons and phoenixes on the top, and jade lining the four corners. It was simple and elegant, with a faint fragrance.

Ordinary people who see this jade box will only find it elegant, but they will not see any of the extraordinary features of this wooden box.

But Jiang Sheng's vision is far beyond that of ordinary immortals and gods.
Looking at the faintly visible dark gold essence on the wooden box, Jiang Sheng raised an eyebrow: "It's actually a box made of dragon marrow purple sandalwood. This kind of box is most suitable for nurturing precious pills and spiritual objects. The left and right sides are decorated with auspicious cloud patterns to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the four corners are decorated with spirit-sealing jade ornaments to seal the internal spiritual energy and prevent it from leaking out. Finally, dragon and phoenix patterns are used to suppress any lifeless intelligence."

"The contents of this box seem to be quite extraordinary."

Tu Shan Lian laughed and said, "True Lord is certainly knowledgeable and experienced. This is nothing special; it's just a little bit of a local specialty of the Great Wilderness Realm."

Jiang Sheng slightly opened the box, and a pleasant fragrance wafted out, followed by a faint golden light.

After only one glance, Jiang Sheng resealed the wooden box.

Jiang Sheng already knew what was inside the wooden box: the Heavenly Soul Demon Pearl, a unique item of the Demon Clan Royal Court in the Great Wilderness Realm.

The Heavenly Soul Demon Pearl is made from the remnant soul of a fallen demon of the Heavenly Demon level and the essence blood of a demon with extraordinary bloodline. Its craftsmanship is unique to the demon race. Apart from the twelve royal courts of the Great Wilderness Realm, even the demon races of Jurong Realm and Zhuming Realm do not have such skills.

The blood of a great demon that can be used to make the Heavenly Soul Bead must have a Heavenly Demon of the Upper Three Realms if its lineage is traced back three generations, and a Demon Lord of the Great Ascension Realm if it is traced back five generations; the remnant soul must also be a Heavenly Demon of the Upper Three Realms.

The Heavenly Soul Bead, crafted in this way, can allow demons to revert to their ancestral bloodline and can help great demons break through to higher realms. It is a treasure that great demons of the demon race dream of.

Jiang Sheng knew about the Heavenly Soul Demon Pearl. According to his understanding and some records in Penglai, this thing was much more useful for immortal birds and spirit beasts than the series of beast pills researched by the Xuanmen, Shendao, and Buddhist families and the cultivation with rare and precious materials.

Such a treasure is indeed suitable for a box made of Dragon Marrow Purple Sandalwood, and it does need dragon and phoenix patterns to suppress its spirituality. After all, the Heavenly Soul Demon Pearl contains the remnant soul of a heavenly demon and the blood of a great demon. If it is nurtured in the spiritually rich Dragon Marrow Purple Sandalwood for a hundred years or so, it will inevitably develop intelligence and try to escape and ascend to heaven.

The only thing Jiang Sheng hadn't expected was that Tu Shanlian would actually be able to produce this item.

Tu Shan Lian bowed again: "I have heard that True Lord has many powerful demons under his command. I think this item may be useful to True Lord."

"My own karma will not involve you, True Lord. I only ask that you take me with you to the trading island. After the transaction is completed, I will have my own way to leave."

Jiang Sheng seemed to be deep in thought. Tu Shan Lian's words clearly came from a solid foundation. Although Jiang Sheng had already intended to give Tu Shan Lian a ride, he still wanted to ask clearly: "Do you really have a way to leave on your own, and won't ask me for help later?"

Tu Shanlian took out a palm-sized jade plate from her sleeve. The jade plate was decorated with the Eight Trigrams and Nine Palaces, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and various array patterns and spiritual traces. Its spiritual charm was restrained, and there were faint signs of spatial fluctuations.

Jiang Sheng immediately recognized the jade disc: "It turns out to be a teleportation disc made of Void Jade. Judging from its grade, it is a teleportation disc powered by a circle of twenty-four spirit beads. Its maximum teleportation distance should be 180 million li, right?"

"With this jade plate, knowing that an anchor point has been set up in Cangzhou in advance, it is indeed easy to teleport back. At least those below the Mahayana level will not be able to intercept you, and those above the Mahayana level will not attack you."

"It seems that you have made thorough preparations, fellow Daoist."

"I have one last question. May I ask which fellow Daoist recommended you to come to me?"

Tu Shanlian remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "It is Her Highness Xuan Nu."

"Her Highness Xuan Nu said that among all the heavens and myriad realms, the True Lord Lingyuan of Penglai is known for his integrity and trustworthiness. He will always keep his promises. Moreover, he has little prejudice against the divine path, the demon race, the Buddhist sect, or the unorthodox sect. Therefore, if I want to be safe, I have no choice but to seek help from the True Lord."

Hearing that Ye Wenshu had recommended him, Jiang Sheng understood. He didn't care whether Tu Shanlian's goal was the Heavenly Fox Fruit of Qingqiu or not: "In that case, let's go together, fellow Daoist." Tu Shanlian smiled and said: "Thank you, True Lord."

Jiang Sheng and Tu Shan Lian left one after the other, and after the two were gone, a figure hurriedly arrived and landed in this airspace to search around.

The newcomer was shrouded in a robe, his entire body hidden in shadow and indistinct. He made a hand seal, summoning wisps of turbid energy from heaven and earth to gather into a blurry figure: "Tu Shan Lian stayed here before."

"Ha, you still dare to linger here? Do you really think I can't catch up with you?"

Before he could finish speaking, he sensed something amiss and cautiously stirred up the turbid energy of heaven and earth once more. The wisps of turbid energy gathered and dispersed, making it difficult to reveal the figure of the person who had previously stayed there.

Looking at the murky energy that was so difficult to gather, the newcomer felt a sense of alarm: "Something's not right!"

In the next instant, the turbid energy suddenly and effortlessly gathered into the figure of a young Taoist. Immediately afterward, the young Taoist, formed from the turbid energy of heaven and earth, turned his head sharply to look at the newcomer. Under the horrified gaze of the newcomer, a sword light pierced through the sky!

"No! It's Lingyuan!"

Sword light pierced the sky and shattered the universe. As space shattered and collapsed, the world was filled with lingering sword threads. The figure wearing a robe fell out of the void in a sorry state. The tattered robe could no longer conceal his true appearance. The person under the hood was none other than the Heavenly Demon Binmiao.

At this moment, Binmiao looked into the distance with extreme apprehension: "Tushan Lian actually thought of asking Ling Yuan for help."

“No, based on Tu Shanlian’s previous impression of Ling Yuan, she would never dare to go to Ling Yuan at this time. Someone must be giving her advice.”

"And yet, they dared to offer advice to Tu Shan Lian and even implicate the people of Ling Yuan."

Thinking of that mysterious woman, Binmiao almost lost his temper but managed to suppress it. Neither Jiang Sheng nor Ye Wenshu were people Binmiao could afford to offend.

Thinking of this, Binmiao felt even more aggrieved. He was a dignified demon, a free and unrestrained being in all the heavens and myriad realms. He could do whatever he wanted wherever he was.
But ever since he got entangled with Jiang Sheng and was tricked by Zizai Xuanjun, he has been stuck here, working hard and being treated like a slave, only to end up with nothing and being reprimanded.

Looking back on the hundreds of years he had spent busily working in the Nine Provinces, helping the Qiankun Dao Sect and contributing to the Heavenly Court, serving Ye Wenshu hand and foot, he hadn't gained a single bit of the promised human fortune or merit, and the whole plan had come to nothing.

Ye Wenshu leisurely participated in the final battle of the Xuanmen Calamity to earn fortune and merit.

So what is he trying to achieve by running around here?
For a moment, Binmiao felt as if there was a pair of eyes watching him from the shadows, watching his efforts go to waste, watching his efforts fail, as if they already knew he was destined to fail and were deliberately watching his busy and futile state, as if watching a joke.

As for the owner of those eyes, Binmiao dared not think about it, dared not speak of it, and even subconsciously dared not utter the name of that person.

Even though she knew that he was deliberately teasing her, Binmiao dared not complain or harbor any resentment.

The saying goes, "What you keep in mind will eventually come back to you." If he had any bad thoughts, he couldn't imagine what would happen to him.

It is difficult for anyone who is not a Heavenly Demon to know the extent of that person's control over the Heavenly Demons. All the Heavenly Demons in the Chaotic Universe, whether they are lower-level miscellaneous demons, higher-level Heavenly Demons, or even Heavenly Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords, are almost all under that person's manipulation, like puppets, whose lives and deaths are determined by that person's will.

With a helpless sigh, Binmiao quickly packed up and turned to leave.

He had already lost his last bit of gain in the Nine Provinces Realm, and staying here would be futile. He might as well find a way to leave the Nine Provinces Realm to avoid attracting the attention of those Dao Lords of the Xuanmen.

The vast and boundless sea stretches to the horizon.

After Yanzhou and Mingzhou sank, a large number of islands emerged in the Mingyan Sea and Cangming Sea. These islands ranged in size from hundreds of thousands to millions of miles in circumference to only a few miles or a dozen miles in circumference.

These islands, large or small, are all part of the broken Yanzhou and Mingzhou. It is said that someone once discovered the ruins of a spiritual herb garden of the Qiankun Dao Sect on one of the islands, which attracted many disciples and followers of the middle and lower six realms of the Dongtian Dao Family and its affiliated forces to set sail in search of opportunities.

After all, during the great war, facing the star-strewn scenes of battles between pure Yang level cultivators, chaotic battles between Mahayana Immortal Lords, and melees between True Lords of the Upper Three Realms, they were not even cannon fodder. Now that the great war is over, these True Lords of the Upper Three Realms have no interest in them, so it is naturally their turn to reap the rewards.

The Eastern Heaven Dao Clan was well aware of this. The disciples had fought so hard for so long, and they deserved to reap the rewards. After all, it was the Eastern Heaven Dao Clan that had grown stronger through the disciples' efforts.

Therefore, the immortals of the three realms of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School have an unspoken agreement not to compete with the younger generation for opportunities on the islands in various seas. Whether they are disciples of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School itself or disciples of affiliated immortal sects and palaces, they can all obtain their own opportunities, and how many depends entirely on their individual abilities.

Even if you manage to find a direct path to the Pure Yang realm, that's your own skill, and the Eastern Heavenly Daoists won't interfere.

This attracted the presence of various True Immortals of the Middle Three Realms across the vast ocean. As these True Immortals searched for opportunities on the boundless ocean, they also discovered many hidden remnants of the Seven Sects. In the process, these remnants of the Seven Sects were naturally wiped out, eliminating another batch of hidden dangers.

Along the way, Jiang Sheng and Tu Shan Lian saw many streams of light belonging to the Eastern Heaven Daoist School. Those Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators roamed freely on the vast ocean, exploring the heavens and earth with great spirit. Jiang Sheng was not offended by this; on the contrary, he felt a strange joy, like an old farmer watching his rice seedlings in his field continuously absorbing nutrients and growing strong. The performance of these Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators made Jiang Sheng very happy. The talents of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School were growing generation after generation. Was there anything better in the world?
Concealing their tracks to avoid disturbing the younger generation, Jiang Sheng led Tu Shan Lian straight to the trading island. As the void shattered like a mirror, Jiang Sheng led Tu Shan Lian out of the void turbulence and arrived at the trading island.

Looking at this island, which was only 80,000 li in circumference, Jiang Sheng's eyes were filled with a hint of surprise. After all, on this island, which was only 80,000 li in circumference, the spiritual energy of the Upper Three Realms was so abundant that Jiang Sheng could not count it at a glance. Looking up, hundreds and thousands of stars in the sky gathered here, and the dense starlight illuminated the area within a million li. If many True Monarchs of the Upper Three Realms stayed here for a long time, under such dense starlight, it was inevitable that some rare and precious natural treasures, exotic beasts and rare treasures would be born in this area within a million li.

"Well, Lingyuan, so that's why you didn't come with me. It turns out you had this charming fox spirit with you."

Lin Fan's voice came, and before Tu Shanlian could react, she saw a Penglai True Monarch standing in front of her.

At first glance, Lin Fan left an extremely deep impression on Tu Shanlian. It wasn't just that Lin Fan had striking features, but also that his innate affability and charisma made Tu Shanlian feel that Lin Fan was like a rising sun. He had an uplifting and spirited aura, and his confident demeanor made people unconsciously believe in him.

Looking at Lin Fan, Tu Shanlian was momentarily lost in thought. Such a handsome and dashing True Lord was a rare sight.

Jiang Sheng noticed Tu Shan Lian's absent-mindedness and then smiled and said, "Ling Zhao, this is the Holy Maiden of Tu Shan Holy Land, Fairy Tu Shan Lian. We just happened to meet, so we traveled together."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng casually pointed in a direction: "Ling Zhao, I've made an appointment over there to exchange some things. I'll leave the care of Fairy Tu Shan to you."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Sheng had already vanished without a trace. (End of Chapter)