Fangzhang Immortal Island.
Inside the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild... Employee Training Hall.
To existences like Daluo Golden Immortals who could freely manipulate space-time, creating an infinitely expanding world was child's play.
And this employee training hall was created by Xuanjian with his bare hands.
At this moment, hundreds of millions of sea clan living beings were gathered within the hall.
Men and women alike had assumed the form of Innate Dao Bodies, sitting cross-legged as they looked respectfully toward Xuanjian.
These beings all hailed from the sea clan.
There were members of the Shark clan, Whale clan, Jellyfish clan, Sea Snake clan, Jiao-dragon clan, and more, with cultivations ranging from Heavenly Immortal to Profound Immortal.
As for their exact numbers, a single sweep of Xuanjian's Essence Soul made everything clear.
A total of ten billion sea clan beings.
Ten billion beings—looking across Honghuang, it was like a single hair on an ox's back... Well, not quite that exaggerated.
However, if only serving as merchant guild employees, these ten billion sea clan beings were more than enough for temporary use.
Aside from the sea clan, another thousand pureblood True Dragons had been sent to Xuanjian by the Dragon Clan.
All were placed entirely at his disposal.
Among them was the eldest daughter of Western Sea Dragon King Ao Quan—Ao Run.
Indeed, another familiar name.
Only... the gender seemed slightly off, didn't it?
Xuanjian sized up the young maiden standing before him. Her cascade of deep-blue hair naturally draped behind her back. Atop her head grew two small, curving dragon horns; from the size of the horns, one could tell which stage of growth this True Dragon was in.
Horns like Ao Run's still belonged to the juvenile stage—she was merely a baby dragon several hundred thousand years old.
Yet, though Ao Run was young in age, her appearance and features were not youthful at all; she belonged to the alluring, enchanting type.
Her skin was like congealed fat, with willow-leaf eyebrows, almond eyes, a jade nose, and cherry lips. Her figure was tall and graceful, and wearing a form-fitting gradient blue gown accentuated her slender, curvaceous physique even more.
“You said your name is Ao Run?”
Xuanjian, finding it hard to believe, asked once more.
At this moment, Ao Run was merely a dragon whelp at the Profound Immortal realm. No matter how mature and seductive she looked on the outside, inwardly she was still a little dragon maiden who had not experienced stormy seas or seen the wider world.
Faced with the questioning of a Daluo Golden Immortal, Ao Run replied somewhat timidly, “In... In response to the exalted immortal, this little maiden is Ao Run.”
Xuanjian: “Is your gender not mistaken?”
Ao Run did not understand. “Ah?”
“Uh...” Xuanjian waved his hand. “Never mind. Why did your father send you here?”
Hearing this, Ao Run did not dare conceal anything and answered truthfully, “In response to the exalted immortal, my arrival was decided unanimously by the four Dragon Kings. They instructed me to serve at the exalted immortal's side and handle minor, insignificant matters for you. At the same time, I am also the representative for this group of one thousand pureblood dragons.”
“So that's how it is.” Xuanjian nodded, a glint flashing in his eyes. These four old dragons.
“All right, then.”
“Then you shall stay. From now on, you will be the sales manager here at headquarters.”
Xuanjian appointed Ao Run to a position: Sales Manager.
Apart from Ao Run, the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild currently had three other managers.
Namely: Purchasing Manager Zhaobao, responsible for traveling across Honghuang to specifically acquire all kinds of treasures at low prices.
Individual Business Management Manager Nazhen, responsible for developing offline networks—street markets, commercial firms, and shopping malls, with each scale corresponding to a different tier of environment.
To put it simply, where the highest resident cultivators were at the Heavenly Immortal realm, a street market would be established.
Where the highest resident cultivators were at the Profound Immortal realm, a commercial firm would be established.
Where the highest resident cultivators were at the Golden Immortal realm, a shopping mall would be established.
And so on by extension.
Developing commercial forces of varying scales, responsible for localized regional trade.
Finally, there was Security Manager Da Yi, responsible for managing the security and escort teams formed by the Wu tribe members.
To put it simply, an army held in the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild's hands!
Now, the Treasure Vault Merchant Guild had gained a fourth manager.
Sales Manager Ao Run, responsible for sales operations, market expansion, and more.
“Thank you, Exalted Immortal.” Hearing this, a look of delight appeared on Ao Run's charming face, and she hurriedly bowed in gratitude to Xuanjian.
Although Ao Run did not know what “manager” meant, it was certainly a position of high standing.
“Mm.” Xuanjian nodded, turning back to face the ten billion aquatic clan beings.
A Daluo Essence Soul was vast; in just a few breaths, he instilled the entire PowerPoint presentation into the Essence Souls of these ten billion sea clan beings.
What an employee was, their duties, obligations, welfare benefits, and so on—Xuanjian directly crammed it all into their Essence Souls.
There was no need to waste time conducting training.
Having handled this, Xuanjian handed the subsequent tasks over to Ao Run.
Assigning posts!
...
Xuanjian himself returned to Xuanjian Palace atop Mount Tianzhu.
He first checked on his Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots.
Finding that they were growing well, he felt reassured and returned inside the palace.
He began his secluded cultivation!
During this seclusion, Xuanjian intended to break through to the late stage of Daluo Golden Immortal!
By then, he would be merely two steps away from the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm!
...
The torrent of time rolled forward; none could halt the subjective time of heaven and earth in Honghuang.
In the blink of an eye, one yuanhui passed.
One hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years!
During this single yuanhui, Quasi-Saint Great Almighty Beings emerged one after another.
The Innate Sacred Beings made their choices between the Saint Dao and the Hunyuan Dao.
Those who found the Hunyuan Dao too difficult to tread embraced the Saint Dao.
Using Innate Spiritual Treasures as mediums, they successfully severed their Good Corpses.
Among them were well-known Innate Sacred Beings such as the Three Purities of East Kunlun, Queen Mother of the West of Western Kunlun, Nuwa and Fuxi of Mount Fengqi, Dijun and Kunpeng of the Demon Court, Zhenyuanzi of Mount Wanshou, Hongyun of Huoyun Cave, and Minghe of the Blood Sea!
With the emergence of Quasi-Saints, Honghuang entered the era of Great Almighty Beings!
However, one person did not choose to walk the Saint Dao. He embraced the Hunyuan Dao, forcefully breaking through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm with the laws of the Solar Great Dao!
This person was none other than the one on Honghuang's list of reckless hotheads—Eastern Emperor Taiyi, whose eyes and mind were solely filled with cultivation and the thrill of battle!
Indeed, when everyone else chose the Saint Dao, Eastern Emperor Taiyi walked the path of the Hunyuan Dao alone.
Forging ahead with all his might, his Dao Heart unwavering!
As for the Twelve Ancestral Witches... they were still advancing toward the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, far from choosing between the Saint Dao or the Hunyuan Dao.
However, while cultivating the Immortal Dao, the Ancestral Witches did not forget the root of their existence: the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art!
During this yuanhui, with an endless supply of fiend qi and blood qi from the Blood Sea, Dijiang and Xuanming took the lead in breaking through to the Fifth Revolution of the Mysterious Art!
A physical body at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm!
With this, the Wu tribe also had Hunyuan Golden Immortals overseeing them!
As for Xuanjian, he had already broken through to the late stage of Daluo Golden Immortal fifty thousand years ago.
However, he did not emerge from seclusion. Instead, he utilized the River of the Dao of Commerce's Fortune to continue cultivating the laws of the Dao of Commerce!
Now, his comprehension of the Great Dao of Commerce's laws had reached fifty-eight percent!
With just one further sudden enlightenment, bringing the Great Dao of Commerce's laws to fifty-nine percent, Xuanjian would be able to break through to the great perfection of Daluo Golden Immortal!
The Dao flower bearing fruit!
At the realm of Daluo Golden Immortal, things like spiritual qi were no longer important; what mattered was one's comprehension of the Dao Heart and laws.
Once these two were achieved, cultivation would naturally progress to the next realm as water flows to form a stream.
“Over this one yuanhui, four shopping malls, four hundred thousand commercial firms, and four million street markets have been opened within the Four Seas. With more and more people engaging in commerce, it is impossible for the Dao of Commerce not to flourish.”
Xuanjian looked up, his smiling eyes gazing at the River of the Dao of Commerce's Fortune.
Ten million zhang!
“The River of the Dao of Commerce's Fortune has already reached a scale of ten million zhang. Next, it should manifest a divine beast of fortune. I wonder what my Dao of Commerce's divine beast of fortune will be?”
As Xuanjian's words fell, the quietly flowing River of the Dao of Commerce's Fortune began to stir.
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