Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

The vast North Sea stretches to the horizon, where water and sky meet.

On the seabed, crystals are piled up to form a city, with palaces and towers layered upon each other, pavilions and towers scattered in an orderly manner, and corals everywhere shimmering with dazzling light, while jellyfish above are swarming in a misty, glassy color.

The breathtaking scenery of the underwater dragon palace left Qingyan, Qingyu, and the others, who were seeing such a sight for the first time, somewhat overwhelmed.

Although they also came from the vast world, the Weiyu Realm was the world of the Feathered Clan. They had roamed the skies and soared over mountains and rivers, but they had never seen such a magnificent underwater landscape.

Moreover, the luxurious and magnificent North Sea Dragon Palace opened their eyes to a whole new world. Even though they were from a holy land and were direct descendants of the lineage, they had never seen so many rare and precious materials piled up to form a city.

Ao Feiyun had previously said that they were adorned with jewels and precious stones, but what were their magical treasures and artifacts compared to this Crystal Dragon Palace?
The immortal plants of the Xuanmen, the Buddhist treasures of the Buddhist school, and the divine treasures of the Divine Court can all be seen here. A crystal dragon palace seems to tell the story of the extravagance of the three realms.

And this is just one of the Dragon Palaces in the North Sea. According to Ao Feiyun, there is one such Crystal Dragon Palace in every part of the North Sea. It is the place where the Dragon Lord is stationed and where the dragons of this part of the sea gather. Whether they are true dragons or jiaos, they will all have a place in this Dragon Palace.

At the same time, the Crystal Dragon Palace is also the training ground for the dragons' soldiers. The shrimp soldiers and crab generals that accompany the true dragons when they travel are all trained in the Crystal Dragon Palace. Moreover, each Crystal Dragon Palace has a teleportation array that leads to the nearest dragon palace. With these teleportation arrays, the dragons use the dragon palaces as hubs to connect the entire North Sea.

Qingyan, Qingyu, and the others naturally understood what Ao Feiyun meant: there are more than a hundred crystal dragon palaces like this in the entire North Sea.

Upon entering the Crystal Dragon Palace, one could see soft and lovely clam maidens, charming and alluring merfolk, and various other sea creature beauties everywhere. Qingyu and his companions saw that every corridor had luminous corals for lighting, and every palace had glass jellyfish hanging like lamps on either side. It was truly a dazzling display of colors that made one's eyes dazzled.

Even the proud and arrogant Qingyan couldn't help but sigh: "It is said that the Dragon Palace in the Three Realms is magnificent and there is a saying that there are no treasures in the Dragon Palace. Seeing it today, I can see that it is indeed true to its reputation."

"The wealth of the Dragon Palace is truly astonishing. If you come to the Three Realms and don't visit the Dragon Palace, you haven't really seen the world."

Upon hearing this, Ao Feiyun sighed and said, "Fellow Daoists, the North Sea is a notoriously impoverished place. The North Sea Dragon Palace is not even as wealthy as the West Sea, let alone the East Sea and South Sea, which are famous throughout the heavens."

"If you fellow Daoists have the opportunity to visit the Dragon Palaces of the East Sea and the South Sea in the future, that will truly broaden your horizons. As for the North Sea, it is too petty to be worth mentioning."

When Qingyan heard Ao Feiyun say that the North Sea Dragon Palace was not worth mentioning, he didn't know if Ao Feiyun was being modest or was being sincere. If the North Sea Dragon Palace was not worth mentioning, then what was their Weiyu Realm Tianyu Palace?
The sacred land of the Feathered Clan is not even comparable to any one of the hundred or so Dragon Palaces in the North Sea of ​​the Three Realms.
For a moment, Qingyan and the others fell silent again. They thought of the boundless sea they had seen during the day, the towering waves and the fierce winds that seemed to shake the heavens and earth, the countless stars hanging in the sky like grains of sand at night, and the faintly visible sun and moon.
The Three Realms are vast; a single sea area far surpasses a middle-thousand world, teeming with countless beings, including many from the upper three realms. There are hundreds of such sea areas in the entire Northern Sea, making it larger than several great thousand worlds. Moreover, the entire Three Realms Great Thousand World has three other vast oceans, and the Four Seas of the Three Realms Great Thousand World are equivalent to countless other great thousand worlds. Even all those great thousand worlds combined are not as wealthy as the Four Seas of the Three Realms, nor do they possess such astonishing resources.

The Three Realms and the Great Thousand Worlds are far more than just the Four Seas; there are also the continents in the east, west, south, and north, each encompassing a vast expanse of land. There is also the Netherworld and the Nine Heavens, where countless immortals, Buddhas, and saints reside.
Is the vast and magnificent Three Realms really as simple as they imagine?

For example, is the Heavenly Court's Judicial Lord, whom Qingming mentioned with great fear, or the Penglai Lingyuan of the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School, really as easy to deal with as they think?
Ultimately, that Heavenly Lord of Justice ascended to that position by stepping over a host of geniuses from all the heavens and myriad realms, including the proud and powerful White Bright Demon Lord from the Chongming clan of their Weiyu Realm.

Previously, they were arrogant and had never seen the vastness of the Three Realms. Now, having only traveled to a region of the North Sea for a few days, they have already glimpsed a small part of the boundless world of the Three Realms, which stretches across the center of the universe.

Along the way, everything they saw and heard subtly told them about the vastness of the Three Realms and their own insignificance, which made them feel a little hesitant: Would it be better to return to Kunlun Continent and go back to the elders?
Ao Feiyun had no idea what the others were thinking. He assumed that these fellow Daoists from the Great Thousand Worlds were simply amazed by the North Sea Dragon Palace upon their first arrival. After all, all beings from the outside world would be awestruck by the vast and boundless icy sea when they first arrived in the North Sea. Especially after witnessing the icy winds and tsunamis of the North Sea, and then seeing the magnificent and dazzling Crystal Dragon Palace in the deep sea, the awe caused by nature would transform into awe at the nobility of the North Sea Dragon Clan.

Yes, the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas has worked tirelessly day after day, year after year, to maintain the grandeur of their various Dragon Palaces. As the saying goes, nothing is more majestic than a magnificent crystal Dragon Palace, and nothing can better reflect the nobility of the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas.

"Speaking of which, fellow Daoists are quite lucky. The Three Realms are changing every day. Even the North Sea Dragon Clan has not been able to explore every part of the North Sea. Currently, the North Sea Dragon Clan controls about a hundred parts of the sea, but even in these areas, not all Dragon Palaces have built teleportation arrays."

"In other words, the original twenty-three sea areas of the North Sea, because they are close to the Northern Continent, the Western Continent and the Central Continent, have put a lot of effort and spent countless rare and precious materials to create the teleportation array that spans the Dragon Palace across the twenty-three sea areas."

“Through the teleportation arrays in these twenty-three sea areas, it would take ordinary people hundreds of years to travel by magic boat. But through the Dragon Palace, it would take at least twenty-three days and at most twenty-three months. This saves a lot of effort.”

"Fellow Daoists, look, that is the teleportation array of my North Sea Dragon Palace!"

Qingyan, Qingyu, and the other three looked up and saw an exceptionally magnificent palace standing in front of them in the beautiful Crystal Dragon Palace. Dragon soldiers stood at the main entrance of the palace, and shrimp soldiers and crab generals patrolled everywhere. The fluctuations of the magical restrictions and Dao traces within the palace could be faintly felt. Even outside the palace, a dazzling pillar of spiritual energy could be seen bursting out of the palace and almost breaking through the dome of the Dragon Palace.

That is the teleportation array of the North Sea, which is the core hub connecting the twenty-three sea areas near the North Sea. Although you can't reach the four Heavenly Gates through this teleportation array, you can successively reach the Western Buddhist continent of Xijuehe, the Northern Demon Continent of the Northern Demon Clan, and the Central Heaven Continent under the rule of the Heavenly Court.

"My North Sea Dragon Palace's teleportation array connects to the East Sea in the east and the West Sea in the west. The Eastern Tianhua Continent, the Western Juehe Continent, and the Central Tianyan Continent are all within the coverage of my North Sea Dragon Palace's array!"

"Moreover, the teleportation arrays in the adjacent sea areas of the Four Seas Dragon Palace are interconnected, so it can be said that one can travel within the Four Seas through the arrays of my Dragon Palace!"

Ao Feiyun spoke with obvious pride. The Four Seas Dragon Palace had spent a great deal of effort building the teleportation arrays, and it wasn't for nothing. The maintenance and repair of these long-distance teleportation arrays across the seas cost the Four Seas Dragon Palace an unknown amount of money. Therefore, even though the Four Seas Dragon Palace was wealthy, it only opened the arrays once a month. Once a group of people were gathered, they would be teleported away all at once. If they missed this opportunity, they would have to wait until the following month.

Of course, if it's a true dragon from the four seas, and the celestial beings in the heavens need a teleportation array, that's another story.

Qingyan, Qingyu, and the others were no match for the Four Seas True Dragon, let alone the celestial gods and immortals. Therefore, they could only wait for this batch of people to gather before traveling together.

The teleportation array at the North Sea Dragon Palace costs money, as does staying here, eating, and drinking.

Ao Feiyun explained, "This teleportation array opens once a month. Once there are enough people, we can leave. Right now, we don't need many more. Fellow Daoists, you can stay here for a day or two. I'll take care of everything and make sure you don't spend any extra money."

Qingyan and Qingyu were certainly not short of money. After all, they came from the holy land of the Weiyu Realm and were members of the clan of Qingming, the Yaochi Qingniao Envoy. They had a lot of wealth on hand. Moreover, Ao Feiyun was generous and took the initiative to contact people. After several rounds of persuasion, he managed to get a discount, which reduced Qingyan and his group's expenses by another ten percent.

Finally, Ao Feiyun thoughtfully escorted them to their temporary accommodations and repeatedly told them to contact him if they needed anything, which made Qingyan and the others exclaim that they had met a true friend.

Qingyu couldn't help but sigh, "Fellow Daoist Feiyun is such an honest and kind person!"

Qingzhao also said, "Yes, it's a pity he's not a true dragon bloodline, otherwise he could truly be considered our friend."

Clearly, in Qingzhao's eyes, Ao Feiyun was only a fellow Daoist he had met temporarily, not a true friend. After all, he wasn't even a true dragon bloodline, so how could he be on equal footing with them, who were born into noble lineages of the Azure Phoenix bloodline?
Qingyan neither confirmed nor denied this, but simply said, "Tell me, the Three Realms are so vast, how are we supposed to find Hewei and Heyin's whereabouts?"

Clearly, after witnessing the vastness of the Three Realms, Qingyan couldn't help but feel a sense of retreat. Qingzhao said discontentedly, "We've already come all this way, are we going to give up just because it's difficult? How are we going to face the elders when we go back? And how are we going to face Sister Qingming?"

"Is it really as the elders say, that we are ignorant and arrogant? Are we just going to let Sister Qingming treat us like children?"

Qingfeng also said, "That's right! Now that we're here, why should we back down? If we shrink back just because the Three Realms are vast, or hesitate because of some background, then what's the point of our cultivation?"

"If your thoughts are not clear and your Dao heart is not open, are you destined to live your whole life hiding under the wings of the elders?"

"Then what kind of prodigies are we?!"

Qingyu looked at Qingyan: "They have a point. Now that we're out here, there's no reason for us to go straight back. Let's go to the South China Sea and take a look first."

"Didn't Sister Qingming say that the Heavenly Lord of Justice saved Heyin? The Heavenly Lord of Justice's temple is in the South China Sea. It's not too late for us to inquire about the situation in the South China Sea before making a decision."

"Moreover, if anything goes wrong, Sister Qingming won't just sit idly by."

Qingzhao said, "That's right, Sister Qingming won't abandon us!"

Qingfeng also said, "With Sister Qingming and the elders here, as long as we don't provoke that Judicial Heavenly Lord, how can he ignore Sister Qingming and our background?"

Seeing their nonchalant expressions, Qingyun hesitated. He felt that things wouldn't develop as they expected, but now that things had come to this point, there was no turning back.

Ao Feiyun, who had just left Qingyan and the others' residence, also revealed a satisfied smile. He looked at the steward in charge of the temporary accommodations and whispered, "These fat sheep must have cost you a lot, right?"

The steward laughed, "It's more than just a lot! These are all truly wealthy people. Do you know what they brought out? It's talisman coins produced by Yaochi!"

"This is real hard currency, it carries the celestial essence of Yaochi!"

"Among the three realms, there are only a few places where talisman coins are most accepted. The talisman coins of Yaochi are one of the five largest coins in the East. Not only in the three realms, but they are accepted in all the heavens and myriad realms. Every hundred coins can be exchanged for a piece of Immortal Source Jade in the Heavenly Court! And these masters paid 30,000 talisman coins in one go!"

Thirty thousand?!
Ao Feiyun gasped, "So many?!"

He knew about the Five Eastern Coins, which referred to the talisman coins circulated by the Penglai, Qinghua, and Tianhe families and the Chixiao and Yaochi families in the Eastern Heaven. These five families were the representatives of the Xuanmen sect. The three families in the Eastern Heaven stood firm with the backing of three Heavenly Venerables, while the Chixiao and Yaochi families had the Four Emperors of the Heavenly Court in charge. Therefore, the talisman coins of the five families were absolute hard currency, circulating throughout the Three Realms and usable in all directions.

Startled, Ao Feiyun's eyes immediately lit up: "So, you're going to give me three thousand coins? That's equivalent to thirty Immortal Sources. Good heavens, it's true what they say, 'No business for three years, but a big one lasts for three years.'"

"If I come across a few more of these easy targets, I'll really be rich."

The steward scoffed, "How many more will we run into?"

"Although there are quite a few wealthy people who come to the Three Realms for the first time, most of them go through the South Heavenly Gate. Even if they travel, they mostly travel in the East Sea and the South Sea. How many of them come to our North Sea? We can only find one such fat sheep every hundred years."

"Don't be greedy, or you'll die from insatiable greed."

As he spoke, the steward stuffed a storage bag into Ao Feiyun's arms. Ao Feiyun carefully opened it and looked at the three thousand talisman coins shining brightly inside, and couldn't help but show a gratified smile: "I've saved up another sum of money, good."

Seeing Ao Feiyun looking like this for the first time, the manager couldn't help but ask curiously, "Speaking of which, you are also a dragon, although you can't compare to the true dragon of the North Sea, you are still a figure in this sea area. Why do you still look like you're short of money?"

"Could it be that you're planning to save up money to buy a blessed land to marry a noble lady from the Dragon Palace?"

Ao Feiyun carefully put away the storage bag and casually said, "I'm carefree on my own. How could I afford a blessed land? You know how expensive the blessed lands of the Dragon Palace are. As for marrying a noble lady from the Dragon Palace, that would cost even more!"

The manager was puzzled: "Then why are you saving money? Are you dreaming of breaking through to a higher realm?"

Ao Feiyun shook his head: "My aptitude is inferior. I only have a little dragon blood on me. It is already a stroke of luck that I was able to break through to the Void Refinement Realm. There is no possibility of further progress. Let alone breaking through to the next realm, even advancing one level is as difficult as ascending to heaven. If I am not careful, I will be reduced to ashes."

"I'm saving money for my cousin. She's a true dragon descendant from the North Sea and also has the bloodline of the Azure Dragon clan from the East Sea. She's different from me. It's just that my aunt couldn't support her on her own, so she sent her to the East Sea. She's all alone in the East Sea, and she's soft-hearted. Plus, she's living under someone else's roof. How can she manage in that kind of environment without a lot of money?"

Hearing Ao Feiyun's words, the steward couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, when our dragons from the North Sea go to the East Sea, they are ostracized everywhere, which is considered good. Even if they are bullied, they have nowhere to complain."

"The East Sea is rich, and the dragons there are all arrogant and look down on our North Sea. In the whole world, only the South Sea can make the East Sea take a second look."

"If you don't have enough money, you'll really be looked down upon by the East Sea."

Seeing this, Ao Feiyun quickly said, "Right? Why don't you give me two more, so that we people from Beihai won't be looked down upon in Donghai."

The manager immediately backed away, saying, "Get lost! Is this money mine?"

"Of the thirty thousand coins, seventy percent went to the Dragon Palace. The rest I'll give you some, some to my men, and how much will I have left?"

After some playful banter, the steward asked curiously, "By the way, what's your cousin's name? In a few days, a merchant caravan from our Dragon Palace will be going to the East Sea. I can ask someone to bring you some things."

Ao Feiyun chuckled:
"Her name is Ao Li, and she is currently cultivating under the tutelage of Dragon Lord Ao Hui in the East Sea's Bixing Sea region." (End of Chapter)