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apologize?

Jiang Sheng looked Fuyun Immortal up and down, making Fuyun Immortal feel uneasy and uncomfortable: "Brother Lingyuan, why are you looking at me like that?"

Jiang Sheng shook his head: "It's nothing. Could I know which company commissioned you to come, brother?"

Without hesitation, Immortal Lord Fuyun said, "Ao Xuan, son of the Dragon Lord of Changyuan Sea Realm."

Changyuan Sea Border?!
Upon hearing this place name, Jiang Sheng immediately envisioned the division of the four seas and continents in the human world.

The human realm today is divided into thirteen continents and four seas.

The thirteen continents are: Dongsheng Shenzhou, Dongtian Huazhou, Dongjiu Xuanzhou, Dongxuan Shizhou, Dongshan Haizhou, and Dongcangwuzhou in the east; Xijuehezhou, Xifutuzhou, and Kunlunzhou in the west; Nanxiaoyuzhou and Nanshaoguangzhou in the south; and Beiyu Luzhou and Zhongtian Yanzhou in the north.

Each of these thirteen continents is comparable in size to the Great Thousand World, vast and boundless. Even a great cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, who could travel day and night for a thousand years, might not be able to traverse a single continent. Even those in the Upper Three Realms would need to travel tirelessly for hundreds of years.

The Three Realms consist of such vast thirteen continents. To support these thirteen continents, which are comparable to the Great Thousand Worlds, the Four Seas are said to be boundless and unfathomable. Each of the four seas is divided into a hundred or so sea realms, and the area of ​​one sea realm is equivalent to a Middle Thousand World. The hundred or so sea realms combined are nearly the size of seven or eight Great Thousand Worlds, which shows just how vast a sea is.

The Heavenly Court has records of the thirteen continents of the human world and the four seas of the east, west, south, north and south. The Heavenly Lord of Justice also has a backup. The Changyuan Sea Realm mentioned by the Immortal Lord of Floating Clouds belongs to the South Sea.

Jiang Sheng asked Immortal Lord Fuyun, "The Changyuan Sea Realm in the South China Sea?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun nodded: "Brother Lingyuan, you are in the South China Sea, so you must know about the Changyuan Sea Realm, right?"

Jiang Sheng nodded slightly. He was familiar with the Changyuan Sea Realm: "Back when the Three Realms were not yet unified, the South Sea of ​​the Mountain and River Realm was divided into more than ten sea areas, named Liuyu, Zhaoming, Xuanmo, Liuguang, Chengyue, Changyuan, Luolian, Suixing, Zhaojue, Liuyue, Liuyu, and Huanlang."

“I once traveled in the South China Sea, visiting the Liuyu, Xuanmo, Zhaoming, and Liuguang sea areas.”

"With the establishment of the Three Realms, the mountains and rivers, the Panfeng, and the Hengsha are now the Three Realms. In addition, after the Xuanmen Great Calamity, many Great Realms have been merged into the Three Realms, and the number of continents in the Three Realms has increased, and the area of ​​the four seas has become increasingly vast and boundless."

"In order to control the increasingly vast Four Seas, the Heavenly Court, after discussing with the Eastern Heaven and the Western Heaven, divided the Four Seas into sea realms according to the old system of the Mountain and River Boundaries. Each realm could not exceed the size of a Middle Thousand World. At the same time, a Dragon Lord was stationed to guard each sea realm, which resulted in each of the Four Seas having a hundred or so sea realms."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng sighed with emotion: "Although the South China Sea now has a hundred or so sea realms, each with its own characteristics, abundant resources, and numerous creatures, making it a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery, famous throughout the heavens; I spend my days either in the Heavenly Court or patrolling around. Apart from the Liuyu Sea Realm, which I still know quite well, the other sea realms have long since changed beyond recognition."

Upon hearing this, Immortal Lord Fuyun couldn't help but sigh, "Things have changed, people have changed; who can say otherwise?"

"I was originally just a forest boy from the foot of Pingzhou Mountain in Shanyuan County, Sanhe Prefecture, Lin Kingdom, a small kingdom in Cangzhou of the Xiaoyun Realm. In the blink of an eye, ten thousand years have passed. Lin Kingdom has long since disappeared, Shanyuan County has also disappeared from the map, and even Pingzhou Mountain is now just a small hill."

"Even if I were to go back and look for it, I wouldn't be able to find the mountain village where I used to live."

For a moment, in this corner, the dignified Judicial Heavenly Lord who holds the laws of Heaven and the Taibai Star Lord who assists the Longevity Emperor in handling the affairs of Heaven, two figures who are renowned in Heaven and in the Three Realms, were actually sighing.

"What are you two talking about here?"

The appearance of Fairy Moonflower broke the lingering memory in the air. Immortal Lord Floating Cloud immediately laughed and said, "Oh, I was chatting with Brother Lingyuan about the past, reminiscing about what happened. I remembered that the little mountain village where I was born and raised has been gone for ten thousand years and I can't find it anymore. I can't help but feel a little sentimental."

Fairy Moonflower had no doubts: "So that's how it is. Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I've been back to the town where I was born."

As she spoke, Fairy Yuerui seemed lost in memories: "The town where I was born was called Yueming Town, located in the Southern Qi Kingdom near Mingyue Lake, south of the Kunlun border. It was truly a beautiful place."

When Immortal Lord Fuyun saw Fairy Yuerui begin to reminisce about the past, he immediately pulled her aside and chatted about how the world had changed, making Fairy Yuerui forget her purpose for coming here and her desire to get to the bottom of things.

Fairy Yueping waited and waited, but Jiang Sheng and Immortal Lord Fuyun did not appear. Even Yue Rui had disappeared, leaving Fairy Yueping wondering what had happened. She could only search around for them.

When Fairy Yueping found the three of them, she saw Fairy Yuerui sitting on the jade railing of the corridor with Immortal Lord Fuyun, talking about something. As for Jiang Sheng, he even started brewing spiritual tea on the side.

Watching the three of them chatting away, Fairy Yueping chuckled in exasperation: "Well, you three certainly have a good time!"

"I was frantically searching for you, worried sick that something might have happened to you. While I was living in fear, you were here chatting and laughing!"

Fairy Yuerui's heart skipped a beat. Recalling the important matter, she couldn't help but feel ashamed and wanted to avoid it. However, when Fairy Yueping came to find her, Immortal Lord Fuyun's expression remained unchanged and he even smiled and said, "Since you've come, Fairy, don't be in a hurry to get angry. Why not try Brother Lingyuan's tea?"

"This tea was personally brewed by the Heavenly Emperor of Justice; not many gods in Heaven receive such treatment."

In just a few words, Fairy Yueping also became interested and came over. This made Jiang Sheng sigh that Immortal Lord Fuyun was indeed quite capable. With his smooth nature, it was no wonder that he could handle the affairs of the Heavenly Court for the Great Emperor of Longevity. Even with the complicated relationships among the Thirty-Six Departments, Jiang Sheng felt that this old fox could navigate among them without getting hurt.

After drinking three cups of tea, the four went about their own business. Fairy Yueping went to keep an eye on the affairs of Langhuan Terrace, Fairy Yuerui went to check the wine, meat, fruits and vegetables brought by Immortal Lord Fuyun, while Immortal Lord Fuyun pulled Jiang Sheng aside to talk about the unfinished topic.

"The son of the Dragon King of Changyuan Sea asked you, brother, to mediate and apologize to me."

"Absolutely."

"Why is he the son of the Dragon King? Where is the Dragon King?"

"Then I don't know."

Did they say why they wanted to apologize to me?

"I don't know either."

Jiang Sheng looked at the Floating Cloud Immortal who seemed clueless, unsure whether to praise his tight-lipped nature or criticize him: "Then what do you know, sir?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun chuckled, "I knew those three carts of giant clam shells that Ao Xuan sent were truly beautiful, and those hundred pots of pearls were all round, plump, bright, and translucent, not to mention that batch of rare and precious materials." Hearing Immortal Lord Fuyun's boasting, Jiang Sheng couldn't help but laugh and say, "You really do things for money, don't you?"

Instead of feeling ashamed, Immortal Lord Fuyun proudly declared, "Who in the Three Realms doesn't know that I, Fuyun, am renowned for my reliability? What's wrong with doing things for a fee?"

“Brother Lingyuan, you don’t know how many of the gods and immortals in the Heavenly Court will not do things for you even if you pay them. Some of the heavenly officials and celestial clerks are only responsible for a few trivial matters. They will make things difficult for you even if you don’t pay them. They all have a bigger temper than me.”

"I am the dignified Taibai Xingjun of the Heavenly Court, assisting in the administration of the Heavenly Court and mediating among the thirty-six departments. I am busy every day, but as long as someone is willing to pay me, I will do what I can. If I can't do it, I will refund the full amount without delay. In the entire Three Realms, from the Heavenly Court to the human world and the underworld, how many people have such a good reputation as me?"

After saying that, Immortal Lord Fuyun smiled smugly again: "Moreover, that brat Ao Xuan came to me and said he asked me to tell you, but he didn't ask me to make sure I could invite you. Anyway, I've put my word here. Fairy Yueping and Fairy Yuerui can both testify that I came to find you, and I even chased you all the way to Yaochi. As for the rest, it has nothing to do with me."

Jiang Sheng really didn't know how to evaluate Immortal Lord Fuyun. After all, what Immortal Lord Fuyun said sounded strange but was the reality. The Heavenly Court suppressed the Three Realms, and all the continents and seas in the human world were nominally under the rule of the Heavenly Court, not to mention the Three Thousand Worlds outside the Three Realms. With such a vast territory, people would naturally come to the Heavenly Court for favors every day, and this demand would naturally give rise to a series of industries.

As for the celestial officials and celestial clerks in the Heavenly Court, they are the ones who are in charge of various affairs. It is only natural to spend some money to let them loosen their grip and ask for their help. We can't just dismiss all the celestial officials and celestial clerks in the Heavenly Court because of this, can we?

Are you kidding me? Are you going to make all those True Lords of the Eastern Heaven handle those tedious matters themselves?

Rubbing his temples, Jiang Sheng sighed, "Brother Fuyun, you really are an honest man."

"Fine, I'll go then."

Immortal Lord Fuyun was surprised to hear that Jiang Sheng wanted to go: "Brother Lingyuan, the things that Changyuan Sea Realm gave me are enough to make me ask for help. I didn't ask you to be invited."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Sheng laughed instead: "It's alright, it's alright. It's also a way to enhance your reputation, brother. When Changyuan Sea Realm spreads the word, everyone in the Three Realms will know that you can get things done. When that happens, won't you give me a share of the profits?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun's eyes widened in surprise. The old immortal lord took several steps back, looking Jiang Sheng up and down with suspicion, as if he were seeing through Jiang Sheng's true colors for the first time: "You actually want me to share the profits?! This isn't you!"

“Brother Lingyuan, aren’t you supposed to be aloof and eccentric, with a simple nature, disliking extravagance, and averse to wealth and worldly affairs? Aren’t you the aloof and indifferent Judicial Lord? How come you’ve become as mercenary as a commoner like me?”

Jiang Sheng was also puzzled: "I do not like crowds, nor do I like to join in the fun. I do indeed prefer simplicity and dislike the mundane. But I am also a human being with desires and emotions. It's just that I usually suppress them well."

"As for romantic love and worldly desires, I am indeed not interested in those. But it's not that I have no hobbies. For example, I love drinking tea, I love spiritual fruits, and I like spiritual beasts and immortal birds. Isn't that common knowledge?"

"Furthermore, it's not that I don't love wealth, but the wealth that Penglai and the Heavenly Court send every sixty or one hundred years is enough, so I don't have to run around and toil everywhere."

"However, just because I am not short of wealth does not mean that my disciples are not. I support a huge Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace, with the Three Departments and Five Capitals, which is a lot of people. There are dozens of True Lords and tens of millions of Dao soldiers. Their daily cultivation, the repair of magical artifacts, training and performance of spells, food, drink and sanitation, all of these cost money?"

"The pills that Dao soldiers eat on a daily basis, the spiritual rice and vegetables they consume, as well as the fruits and meats they eat, all amount to a large sum of money. Not to mention their training, which involves consumption. Even if the Dao soldiers' magical artifacts are mass-produced consumables, the accumulated cost over time is still a significant amount."

"As for the True Lords of the Three Offices and Five Capitals, let's not even mention them. Penglai is full of my own junior brothers and sisters, and Qinghua, Tianhe, Chixiao, and Yaochi are all my fellow disciples. If I have to ask them to pay for their own elixirs and spiritual fruits and drink imperial wine and tea, what will become of my reputation?"

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng sighed, "Brother Fuyun, it's not easy for me either. If it weren't for the fact that Little Penglai is a Taoist temple that can provide some money, I wouldn't be able to support the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion for a long time."

"So I'll help you gain fame, and if you make money in the future, share some with me. If you get into trouble later, I promise to cover for you and not arrest you, how about it?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun was taken aback. After a long silence, the old immortal lord slowly spoke: "Everyone says that you, Brother Lingyuan, are a cold and aloof person who is single-mindedly cultivating the Xuancan Method. You are of pure Yang nature and are not burdened by worldly affairs or external things. Everyone says that you are as pure as a lotus, but who knows that you are black when you are cut open?"

Jiang Sheng laughed and said, "It's settled then. Brother Fuyun, you should contact them. Set the date before the Peach Banquet. After all, I need to go back to the sect to watch the sect competition after the Peach Banquet, and there are still many things to deal with. As for the few gifts that Changyuan Sea Realm sent this time, I don't need them. Next time you make money, don't forget to send a portion to my Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion."

After saying that, Jiang Sheng left gracefully, leaving Immortal Lord Fuyun standing there dumbfounded, as if he were meeting Jiang Sheng for the first time.

Is Jiang Sheng short of money?
There's absolutely no shortage.

Not only does Jiang Sheng have no shortage of resources, but the Heavenly Lord's Palace of Justice and Little Penglai also have plenty.

Xiao Penglai spans a radius of twelve million li, a place of outstanding natural beauty and spiritual energy. It is the essence of the Liuyu Sea Realm. Not to mention the Liuyu Sea Realm, few in the entire South China Sea can compare to it. Xiao Penglai is self-sufficient, not only possessing all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, as well as rare and precious materials, but also producing spiritual minerals and bamboo, nurturing immortal herbs and precious medicines. Its elixirs and magical artifacts are sufficient to supply the entire Xiao Penglai system with a surplus.

A small Penglai can support Jiang Sheng with millions of Taoist and demon soldiers. These are Jiang Sheng's private troops and the origin of the three departments of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace.

As for the troops of the Five Capitals, the Daoist troops of the Five Capitals are all produced by the five sects: Penglai, Qinghua, Tianhe, Chixiao, and Yaochi. Each of these five Xuanmen Pure Yang Holy Lands has contributed three to five million Daoist troops for their respective true disciples to command. This is the foundation of the troops of the Five Capitals of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion. Not to mention that these true disciples also have their own private armies, and Jiang Sheng does not need to exert any effort in these matters.

The money, goods, pills, and magical artifacts allocated by the Heavenly Court are sufficient for the daily operation of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace. Moreover, the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace can also produce its own pills and magical artifacts, and even grow spiritual rice and fruits and vegetables.

The Eastern Heavenly Daoist School, Chixiao, and Yaochi will also provide additional subsidies of resources and food to these five capitals. After all, the three departments of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace are directly under Jiang Sheng's command, while the five capitals are equivalent to the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School, Chixiao, and Yaochi's extension of their reach in terms of the Heavenly Court's laws and decrees. They can do a lot for each sect. Everyone knows this, so they will not let Jiang Sheng, a junior, pay for it.

The only things that Jiang Sheng truly cared for were the Three Divisions of Army and the Divine Firmament Thunder Palace.

However, Penglai would send resources to Jiang Sheng every sixty years, and every five hundred years it would also provide him with celestial treasures, divine iron, and rare materials. In addition to his salary from the Heavenly Court, Jiang Sheng always had a surplus and never suffered a loss.

However, the Floating Cloud Immortal Lord was unaware of the situation inside the Heavenly Lord of Justice's Palace.

Moreover, Jiang Sheng wasn't concerned about the money itself. What he wanted was to snatch a portion from the greedy old fox, Immortal Lord Fuyun. Seeing the old fox's conflicted expression—painful yet forced to pay—was far more important than the money.

After entrusting the affairs inside and outside Yaochi to the Three Departments and Five Capitals and the Divine Firmament Thunder Palace, Jiang Sheng returned to the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace. A short month later, Immortal Lord Fuyun sent a message: "The Dragon Lord of Changyuan Sea Realm has prepared a banquet and is waiting for you to attend, brother."

Jiang Sheng smiled. If he wasn't mistaken, Chang Yuan Hai Jing's apology to him must be related to the Dragon Palace Market. He just didn't know if the dragons in the Dragon Palace Market were their people, or if it was their idea to bewitch his four idiots.

Jiang Sheng didn't care about any of this. He would go to Changyuan Sea Border and watch their performance.

"Someone, prepare the cloud carriage; we're going to the Venus Star Lord's residence." (End of Chapter)