There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Xin Shi thought about this question for more than ten breaths, and finally said in an uncertain tone: "Yu Xiao appears to be upholding tradition, maintaining order, and abiding by the rules set by the True Lords. He even appears to be particularly enthusiastic about it, but I don't know what the actual situation is."

His gaze shifted from Yu Lian to Wang Ping. "But one thing is clear. If he really was upholding the old rules and traditions, he wouldn't have had so many plans and would probably still be alive and well now."

Wang Ping nodded involuntarily, thought for a moment and asked, "Senior, are you sure that when I reach the same level as my master, I can go to the Misty Sea?"

"How can I be sure? Maybe you will be able to be sure yourself when you reach the other side of your cultivation. For example, you must know more now than when you were in the third realm, right?"

Wang Ping also agreed with this.

The conversation fell silent at this point.

But the silence was short-lived, and then Xin Shi's eyes fell on Yu Lian and he said, "I have said what I need to say, now let's talk about the purpose of your coming here."

Wang Ping sensed a rare nervousness in Yu Lian's emotions at this time, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch Yu Lian's head to calm her nervousness.

As Xin Shi spoke, he opened his mouth wide, and then a green bead that looked like a night-shining pearl came out of his mouth. The bead was very small, but it contained a special energy rule, similar to the rule of the five elements spirit body in the body of a fourth-level cultivator, but unlike the rich rules of the five elements spirit body, it was very simple.

It is simple in the literal sense, simple energy fluctuations, without any consciousness at all.

"May I take a look at it?"

Wang Ping asked.

Xin Shi said indifferently: "Of course, whatever you want."

Wang Ping immediately probed into his soul consciousness. The first thing he saw was the layers of water spirit runes on the surface of the bead, which were similar to the runes formed by naturally formed spirit veins. Deeper inside was a void and empty space similar to a spirit gathering array, constructed by the interaction of water spirits.

“It’s amazing!”

"There are many miraculous things in the world, such as our lives, which are the most miraculous existence." Xin Shi said this in an unfathomable way, and then added: "This is a sentence that Yu Xiao often says."

Wang Ping automatically ignored Xin Shi's unnecessary response and asked, "If Yu Lian merged this inner elixir, what about you, senior?"

"Me? Of course I sleep all day long!"

"Um, are you worried about whether something will happen to my body?"

"Don't worry, what can happen to me? At most, my life form will fall to the third realm, which means I will live a few fewer years."

Xin Shi said nonchalantly: "You need this inner elixir more..."

His eyes fell on Yu Lian. "Just swallow it into your stomach. The inner elixir you generated when you entered the country will automatically merge with it. You have the purest Yuan Shen of our spirit snake clan. You don't need to practice specially. You will succeed in a hundred years at most."

"Successful fusion does not mean promotion. If you want to advance to the fourth realm, you will probably have to sleep for more than 300 years. And..." Xin Shi looked at Wang Ping, "The cultivation world is different now. To advance to the fourth realm, you still need the consent of the True Lords. Although they can't control us, we have to be on guard."

"Don't worry, senior. I will keep Yu Lian safe."

"There's nothing to worry about. Our Spirit Snake Clan's advancement is natural, so there won't be much noise. If we don't cast spells, no one will know that we have reached the fourth realm. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Junior understands."

Wang Ping nodded. He didn't expect this to go so smoothly. According to the calculations he made before coming here, it should take some time.

But now it seems that it can be done overnight.

Then the only thing that will take time is the relocation of the spirit snake clan.

"What are you standing there for? Swallow it. I've cut off the connection with it!"

Xin Shi urged.

Wang Ping felt a little nauseous in Yu Lian's mood, perhaps because the inner elixir was vomited out by Xin Shi.

However, the inner elixir is not dirty. Its surface is smooth and bright, without a trace of impurities or dirt.

Yu Lian did not let Xin Shi wait too long. Under the gazes of several pairs of eyes, she soared up from Wang Ping's shoulder. Her body expanded to a size of fifty or sixty feet. Then she swallowed the inner elixir with all her might.

The imagined vision did not happen. It was as if Yu Lian had swallowed a fish or shrimp, nothing happened.

"how do you feel?"

Lan Yang asked expectantly.

Before Yu Lian could answer, Xin Shi said, "What can he feel? I've already said that the fusion of the inner elixir is very slow. If it's too intense, this little guy will die immediately!"

After he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and shouted angrily, "Where's my grilled fish? Bring it to me now!"

At this time, Yu Lian communicated with Wang Ping in the spiritual sea: "It just feels a little cold. After it entered my Qi sea, it connected with the inner elixir of the Qi sea like a magnet."

“Very cool!”

She sighed, then shrank again and landed on Wang Ping's shoulder, leaning against Wang Ping's cheek.

Lan Yang had already left the palace dejectedly, and Zizhu followed closely behind. At this time, Xin Shi said, "You guys should leave too. I like to be alone. I get angry when there are too many people around."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping could only clasp his fists and say, "Thank you very much for the inner elixir given to me by Senior!"

Yu Lian also bowed her head and saluted, "Thank you, ancestor!"

"Remember to remind Lan Yang about my grilled fish..."

Xin Shi said this in a very tired tone, and then he dived into the pool. Then he saw a green halo emerging from the water spirit formation in the pool.

"crash"

The pool was turbulent at first, with water splashing into the canals dug around it, but after a few breaths it returned to calm. It was the water spirit formation that forced the turbulent waves to calm down.

Yu Lian asked in the spiritual sea: "Is the ancestor really okay?"

Wang Ping had just used his spiritual consciousness to investigate and found out that Xin Shi had actually already separated his inner elixir and was waiting for the appearance of his successor. This required a rich aura of water spirit to maintain his original form, which was why he looked so tired.

He felt a lot more relieved after losing his inner elixir just now, but his strength, which had already evolved to the fourth level, would probably fall back to the third level in the next two to three years, and he would continue to age. Originally, he had tens of thousands of years to live because of the protection of the water spirit, but now he would probably die of old age within a thousand years.

But even so, it is miraculous enough. If it were a human cultivator, if the spiritual veins in his body were cut off, he would die suddenly or go crazy at any time.

"Don't worry, it's okay for now."

"temporary?"

"Every living being will experience birth, aging, sickness and death. Although we are all cultivating immortality, immortality is too illusory."

"Oh..." When Wang Ping walked out of the palace, the sun outside was even more scorching, as if it could bake people to death. Yu Lian liked this kind of sun very much. She lay on Wang Ping's shoulder and stretched out her body comfortably.

"It's settled..."

Wang Lai whispered that his purpose of coming to the Gray Water Pond had been achieved, and it only took less than half a day.

Very unexpected.

The next thing to discuss is the relocation of the Spirit Snake Clan.

This was unexpected, yet reasonable. Deep down, Wang Ping had planned to persuade the Spirit Snake Clan to move some of their members to Qianmu Temple, allowing them to select disciples of the right age from Qianmu Temple and sign a spiritual contract with them.

It was just that it was a little hard to say this, but he didn't expect that the Spirit Snake Clan cared about this matter more than he did.

When Wang Ping turned into a stream of light and returned to the small courtyard where he had just been, he did not see Zizhu and Lanyang busy with the relocation, but they were busy grilling fish. A round wooden dining table was set up in the middle of the courtyard, and it looked like they were preparing for a celebration.

"Wow, what a delicious grilled fish!"

Yu Lian was so excited that she flew over immediately and landed next to Zizhu, staring at the grilled fish on the rack. Then the family chatted through telepathy.

Wang Ping sat quietly at the round wooden table and watched.

About half a minute later, Yuanyuan, who had just been driven underwater by Yu Lian, returned to the courtyard. This time, she brought another spirit snake with her.

Just as Wang Ping imagined, it was Yuan Yuan who found help.

Then, Yuanyuan and the helpers she found were beaten out of the yard by Yulian.

About half a quarter of an hour later, Yuan Yuan quietly crawled back from the waterway, flew to Lan Yang's side, and silently looked at the grilled fish that was almost cooked.

As the aroma of the grilled fish filled the air, Yuan Yuan said, "I want to eat the meat from the fish head!"

Yu Lian responded generously: "No problem, sister will let you go, but the prerequisite is that you have to call me sister first!"

"Sister~"

The sound was very small, but it was indeed a shout.

Lan Yang and Zi Zhu ignored the two children. After grilling the fish, Lan Yang immediately used his spiritual energy to roll up one of them and flew towards the palace.

At this time, two water soldiers came in with a man wearing a leather apron in front of him. The man was fat, with a bald head, and was holding a food box in his hand.

"Your Highness Zizhu, the meal you ordered is ready, please take a look..."

"Put it over there!"

Zizhu's snake tail pointed at the wooden table in front of Wang Ping.

The fat man immediately came over with a smile on his face, and when he saw Wang Ping, he nodded in greeting with a smile, then opened the food box.

The food box was filled with all kinds of delicacies, which were obviously ordered specially for Wang Ping. Although Zizhu and Lanyang looked a bit unsophisticated on the surface, they were still considerate. At least they remembered that the disciples of Qianmu Temple did not eat fish.

The fat man smelled heavily of cooking oil smoke, and it was obvious that he was the chef in the kitchen. The food box in his hand had five layers in total. With his skillful operation, ten dishes were soon placed on the wooden table.

The main course was a serving of steamed bear paws, which were more than a foot wide and steamed until they were crystal clear. Other wild delicacies included bamboo shoots, mushrooms, etc. Wang Ping only knew the types and had no idea of ​​their specific names.

The chef placed the dishes on the table, put away the empty food boxes as quickly as possible, smiled politely at Wang Ping, and then greeted Zizhu who was standing next to the grill.

Zizhu ignored the chef, and the chef didn't care either. He soon left the courtyard under the escort of the water tribe soldiers.

Lan Yang also returned from the palace at this time. Two shrimp soldiers came from a path on the left. They were carrying a huge wine jar that was three feet high and walked unsteadily to the wooden table.

"You can go down now."

Lan Yang asked the water tribe soldiers who were already drooling with greed to retreat, and walked into the main house in the courtyard. Soon he came out with a stack of wine bowls polished with five-element stones in his hand. He spread them out on the wooden table as if offering treasures, and said:

"Look at this wine bowl of mine. It was forged by the alchemy master of the Shangdan Sect using their Samadhi True Fire. Some special pollen was added during the forging process. Drinking wine from it will have a floral scent."

While he was talking, Zizhu brought the remaining grilled fish to the table. Yulian and Yuanyuan followed Zizhu to the table without being asked. Yulian naturally curled up in the chair next to Wang Ping, while Yuanyuan sat next to Lan Yang.

Wang Ping looked at this family and found them particularly interesting.

There were no etiquette rules in human society at the table. Following Zizhu's invitation, Yu Lian and Yuan Yuan started eating first, while Lan Yang poured wine for Wang Ping.

This wine is fruit wine with a low alcohol content. It tastes very sour and has a hint of sweetness. Yu Lian and Yuan Yuan both like it very much.

If this meal was in an ordinary human family, it would probably take an entire afternoon, but here it only took less than half an hour, and all the dishes on the table were finished, including the large jar of fine wine.

After eating and drinking, Lan Yang immediately cleaned his precious wine bowl with water spirit magic and put it away. Zizhu ordered two shrimp soldiers to come and clean up the plates, table and wine jars.

In the blink of an eye, the yard returned to the way it was when Wang Ping first arrived.

Just when Lan Yang was feeling sleepy and was about to take Zizhu and Yulian to the mountain to bask in the sun, Wang Ping reminded him, "Let's talk about the relocation of the Spirit Snake Clan."

"Oh, yes, I ate too much and almost forgot about the important things!" Lan Yang also realized that now was not a good time to bask in the sun. When he was about to say something, he looked at Zizhu again.

Zizhu looked at Wang Ping and asked, "Should we not make any big movements?"

“It’s better to keep a low profile.”

"Then we will swim over from the bottom of the sea. We swam over from the bottom of the sea more than 1,200 years ago, and no one discovered us."

Yu Lian's eyes lit up when she saw this: "It looks like it's fun."

Wang Ping resisted the urge to hold his forehead and asked, "How long did you swim?"

Zizhu thought for a moment and replied, "We swam for a while and then stopped for a while, and it took us about a hundred years..." At this point, she understood what Wang Ping meant, and she changed the subject and assured him, "This time we have a clear goal, and we can swim across in ten years at most."

After thinking for a while, Wang Ping really felt that this method was not bad, so he said: "It doesn't have to be so troublesome. After arriving in the southeastern sea area, I have my transfer array, which can reach Sanhe Prefecture in an instant."

"Let's do it this way, I'll go get ready!"

It sounds easy to prepare, but when Zizhu went to prepare, he found that he really couldn't leave in a short time.

Because migrating the entire tribe is not just a matter for her, the planted herbs need to be moved to a special magic array space, the magic arrays arranged in various places need to be completely dismantled, and most importantly, it will take time for the tribe to hatch the next generation!
All of this cannot be accomplished in a day or two, especially for hatching the next generation, which may take up to three months. The most important thing is that all of this must be done without anyone noticing.

So Wang Ping temporarily settled down in this nameless town. (End of this chapter)