There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Su Hai's visit only allowed Wang Ping's human thinking to diverge to a certain extent during his practice. Su Hai only stayed in Qianmu Temple for a month, then took a boat south from the port to start his last journey of his life.

Wang Ping is still practicing hard in the garden temple on the top of the mountain, keeping a distance from the world in order to achieve a balance between humanity and rationality.

A few months later.

A brisk autumn morning.

A crane landed at Wang Ping's Taoist temple, bringing a letter in which Ao Bing once again obtained the title of Lord of Lengle Prefecture. From this, it can be seen that the Dragon King seemed to like Ao Bing more. He suppressed Ao Hong for only a few months and then took back the title of Lord of the Prefecture, which Ao Hong had not obtained even after being in charge of Linshui Prefecture for more than a hundred years.

Yu Lian learned about this and commented: "I'm afraid that when Ao Hong escapes from this calamity a hundred years later, Linshui Prefecture will be in turmoil, and he might do something crazy."

When Wang Ping heard Yu Lian's evaluation, he couldn't help but think of Ling'er and Yu'er. The root of their misfortune was caused by Liu Shuang's favoritism in his early years.

This incident was just a small episode. Time passed slowly, and when the Spring Festival was approaching, Man Su and Bu Qiong returned to the Zhongzhou continent. They used the communication token to briefly communicate with Wang Ping about Wei Kong's final judgment.

Wei Kong was eventually deprived of his life. There was a fierce quarrel within the Star God Alliance over this matter, and quite a few people wanted to spare Wei Kong's life.

After Wang Ping talked with them, Tong Yulian said, "Everywhere is a mess, and it feels like it will get out of control at any time."

Yu Lian responded indifferently, "The fact that they can still argue shows that there is still room for negotiation. There are countless people in the Star God Alliance who want to rebel like Wei Kong. Those who are against the execution of Wei Kong on the surface are not dangerous. On the contrary, those who acquiesce in the execution of Wei Kong are the real danger."

Wang Ping agreed with this, but he could do nothing about it.

As the Spring Festival approached, the disciples who had delivered documents to the members of the Second Seat returned to Qianmu Temple one after another. Wang Ping took the time to have a brief communication with each member of the Second Seat, confirming that the next Second Seat meeting would be held on the second day of March next year, and confirmed the agenda of the meeting.

The day before the Spring Festival, Shen Xiaozhu, who had been out for training, returned to Qianmu Temple. She had successfully merged with the soul of the locust tree. Wang Ping asked her about the memories she had gained.

Shen Xiaozhu thought for a moment and replied, "It was an endless fire spreading across a forest, followed by endless ruins, the ruins after the fire!"

"anything else?"

"No, there was only fire from beginning to end!"

Wang Ping recorded Shen Xiaozhu's memories and uploaded them to the archive used by Er Xi.

Wang Ping had a very good Spring Festival, with the company of Liu Shuang and Shen Xiaozhu. After the Spring Festival, a few more little guys from the Spirit Snake Clan came to visit, adding some vitality to the deserted mountaintop dojo.

It is worth mentioning that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Ao Bing delivered a document to Wang Ping, in which Taoist Du Xue of Linshui Prefecture was sent to the border outside the territory to serve for five hundred years.

Wang Ping had known this information long before the Spring Festival, because Linshui Prefecture convened cultivators from all over before the Spring Festival to discuss this issue openly. In the end, Taoist Du Xue volunteered to go to outer space.

In addition to the eldest master, the third prince and the seventh prince, there are two other human cultivators in Linshui Prefecture, namely Taoist Duxue and Taoist Ruhui. Both of them are Kun cultivators. It is rumored that they were once the companions of the Dragon King, but this is just a rumor.

It is also worth mentioning that before the Spring Festival, Taoist Yu Heng of the Shangdan Sect took his third-level disciples to serve in outer space, causing the prices of elixirs in various places to soar after the Spring Festival.

At the same time, the Yuqing Sect fell into complete chaos after the Spring Festival. The Yuqing Sect headquarters in Haicheng became like the mortal world of Hushan Kingdom, divided into several camps that fought each other every day.

As the second-chairman of the Taoist Palace, Wang Ping sent several third-chairmen of the Taoist Palace to investigate the civil strife in the Yuqing Sect as per convention, and to monitor whether the spirituality of the Hushan Kingdom had become chaotic.

According to the Taoist Palace's rules, if the spirituality of Hushan Kingdom is in chaos, the Taoist Palace can directly intervene in the civil strife of Yuqing Sect.

However, whether it is a mess or not still requires a certain degree of bargaining.

Time passed quickly and it was February. The second regular meeting was getting closer. Man Su and Bu Qiong both visited him in person to confirm that there would be no additional topics for the March regular meeting.

At the end of February.

The weather in the south is gradually warming up. On a sunny morning, Liu came to the garden temple with a visiting card in both hands.

"Master Liu Shuibin, a disciple of Senior Wan Zhi, wants to see you."

"Ok?"

Wang Ping seemed to have thought of something, a hint of interest appeared on his face, and he said, "Let the disciples take him up directly."

Yu Lian, who was lying on the old locust tree basking in the sun, felt the change in Wang Ping's mood, opened her eyes, flew up into the sky, and landed on Wang Ping's shoulder.

After a while.

Liu Shuibin appeared three feet away from Wang Ping.

"Greetings to Lord Changqing."

The ceremony he performed was the most natural one since Wang Ping was promoted to the fourth realm, except for his disciples. This might be because most of the people Wang Ping knew well had not yet adapted to his new identity.

But Liu Shuibin doesn't need to care about these.

Wang Ping smiled as he looked at Liu Shuibin, who was standing respectfully three meters away. He had no intention of inviting him to sit down, and said, "Let me guess the purpose of your visit. Have you investigated the issue of Lord Liuyun?"

"Your Majesty has a keen eye, this is indeed the case!"

"tell me the story."

Wang Ping showed appropriate interest, and Yu Lian also looked at Liu Shuibin curiously.

Liu Shuibin lowered his head, clasped his fists and said, "According to the confessions of some disciples in the Underground Caverns who are related to Lord Liuyun, Lord Liuyun knows some secrets of the Star God Alliance. He uses this to threaten the Star God Alliance and wants the Star God Alliance to do something for him."

"What's going on?"

Yu Lian's eyes glowed.

Liu Shuibin shook his head, "No one knows, they just know that this happened."

Wang Ping looked at Liu Shuibing, who didn't want to continue talking, and asked, "That's it?"

Liu Shuibin lowered his head and responded, "That's it. The rest are just trivial matters. If you want to know, I can give you a detailed report."

Wang Ping waved his hands, and various thoughts flashed through his mind. He immediately figured out the key point. During this trip to outer space, the Star God Alliance probably promised Liuyun Mansion some things, but only promised on the surface. In fact, they wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Liuyun Mansion. In other words, even if Wang Ping had not intervened during the last trip to outer space, Liuyun Mansion would probably have died. Cangyue had received a favor for nothing, and Wang Ping had no way to tell the truth.

Yu Lian said in the Spiritual Sea: "So, Bu Qiong and Man Su are both good candidates. I was wrong again. These two people look harmless and like they are working for the public good, but they are more ruthless than anyone else. Well, think about it. They have both been on the front line for thousands of years. How could they not have any tricks?"

Wang Ping thought of more. When Cangyue said he wanted to kill Lord Liuyun at first, he found it unbelievable because this matter would definitely alarm the True Lords. Now he thinks this matter should have alarmed the True Lords long ago, otherwise Lord Liuyun would have died, and the True Lords not only did not say anything, but also deprived Lord Liuyun of most of his inheritance in disguise.

No, it shouldn’t be all the True Lords, it can only be a few of them!

Thinking of this, Wang Ping couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He had a new understanding of what Ao Hong had said before, "We must follow the general trend." Lord Liuyun might have been silently abandoned just because he hindered the general trend in some aspects.

Wang Ping thought a lot for a few breaths, then met Liu Shuibin's eyes and said, "This matter ends here. Don't investigate further. Do you understand?"

"I understand. Master has warned me!"

"Very good. Also... have you found the chess piece that Lord Liuyun arranged?"

"Not yet, but there is a general location. It's on a small island in the sea between East Continent and West Continent. He is currently integrated with the earth veins, so it's not easy to find him. But as long as he dares to plan for the fourth realm, he will be exposed sooner or later."

Wang Ping nodded. Currently, this quota was in his hands. This person was planning to enter the fourth realm just to steal his things. "Continue to monitor him. If there is any situation, immediately communicate with Qianmuguan."

"Yes!"

"Anything else?"

"Nothing."

"Then stand down."

"Yes!"

...

After Liu Shuibin left, Wang Ping fell into deep thought again. After a while, he exhaled, lay on the soft spiritual grass, and looked at the blue sky.

Yu Lian lay quietly on the branch of the old locust tree and looked at Wang Ping, without coming down to disturb Wang Ping.

After a long while, Wang Ping sat up, looked at Yu Lian and said, "We have to be more low-key in the future. If we find anything, we can pray to the True Lords first."

"I understand. It's better to be prudent and protect yourself. All plans in the world must be based on this premise!"

Yu Lian was shaking her head as she spoke, and it was obvious that her words were from a vernacular novel. Most vernacular novels in the mortal world were written by scholars who studied poetry and books diligently, and these people must have had a wide range of knowledge, at least they had failed several examinations, so they were no worse to read than some traditional books.

Wang Ping lay down again, letting the early spring sun shine completely on his body, feeling the warmth of the sun. He lay there until the sun set. When night fell, he stood up and sighed, "No wonder you all like to bask in the sun. This is really a kind of enjoyment. I don't even want to move a finger when I lie down."

Yu Lian responded, "You can also empty your mind, let my soul consciousness travel the universe, and achieve a balance between life and reason. Next time, you can consider unfolding the magic array and communicate with the believers while basking in the sun."

“Let’s try it tomorrow!”

Wang Ping tried it for a few days and found it very interesting indeed, but it made him feel very depressed and like a useless person with nothing to do.

In fact, he really has nothing to do at the moment, and there is nothing else he needs to pay attention to in terms of spiritual practice except his daily exercises.

This was the first time that Wang Ping had nothing to do since he started practicing, and it was also the first time he felt bored. He would have to go through thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years of such years in the future.

After a boring wait, the second day of March finally arrived.

Wang Ping entered the projection hall of the second meeting in the evening. Man Su and Bu Qiong had been waiting for a long time. Facing their gazes, Wang Ping remained friendly on the surface, but was secretly on guard in his heart.

Then, Lord Rongyang and Ao Bing appeared almost at the same time. Ao Bing greeted everyone politely without any awkwardness, while Lord Rongyang just closed his eyes to rest.

After a while, Cangji, Kaiyun and Yuxing Fujun appeared at their respective seats.
"Everyone is here, let's get started."

As the meeting host, Wang Ping spoke as soon as everyone arrived and set his eyes on Man Su. "Before the formal agenda, Daoist Man Su has a detailed report on some matters concerning the encirclement and suppression of Wei Kong in outer space."

This was discussed by Man Su when he came to Wang Ping some time ago. Wang Ping had a special discussion with the two chairmen, and everyone except Lord Yuxing expressed their support for this matter.

"First of all, on behalf of the Star God Alliance, I would like to thank everyone for their help in the encirclement and suppression of Wei Kong. Although we encountered some problems during the encirclement and suppression, fortunately, Wei Kong was finally captured."

As Man Su spoke, he glanced at the empty seat of Lord Liuyun: "We adopted Lord Changqing's opinion and named the extraterritorial energy 'demon energy'. According to the orders of the True Lords, from the moment Wei Kong was executed, all cultivators who study demon energy will be defined as demon cultivators, and they will become the primary targets of the Dao Palace."

The two seats present were listening attentively, and on the surface they seemed to support this decision, but in fact most of them were indifferent.

"My fellow Taoists, you must take this to heart. Demonic cultivators are extremely dangerous. After they succeed in cultivation, they can surpass their original cultivation in a short period of time and perform all kinds of incredible spells. Although this will cause their lifespan to be shortened by more than ten times, it can cause unimaginable disasters!"

"Fellow Daoist Liuyun was careless for a moment and misjudged the opponent's strength, which led to his death in the last encirclement and suppression operation..."

Man Su paused for a moment, "Let's take Wei Kong as an example. When he fights, he can create small black holes out of thin air. For a fourth-level star god with the ability of 'Gravity Pulverization', the cost of casting this spell is the destruction of his own star god core, but he can use it dozens of times in a short period of time without any damage."

"If this power is abused, everyone, then even a third-level demon cultivator can give us a headache, because there will be no cultivators of the same level who can stop him, and we will be very busy!"

"You're a bit of a worrier."

Lord Rongyang said indifferently, "You just said that they will pay more than ten times their lifespan as a price. If they dare to overload their magic power, they will die before we can make a move."

Man Su still had a serious expression, looking directly at Lord Rongyang and saying, "There are nearly one million cultivators registered in the Dao Palace, plus the unregistered cultivators, as well as cultivators from West Continent and East Continent, there are probably tens of millions of cultivators in the world. They don't have the same firm will as you fellow Taoists. If the evil cultivators spread the news, only God knows what will happen."

Bu Qiong added: "Back then, the secret method of integrating demons and soldiers was not common. How many years have passed now? About seven hundred years, right? Look at how many people in the world have practiced this secret method? I'm afraid that one-third of the cultivators in the world are practicing this method? This is the human heart!"

The reason why the secret method of fusing magic soldiers has become popular so quickly is because it is easy to get started and has the same purpose as magic cultivation, so Bu Qiong's example is very appropriate.

Wang Ping said: "Since this is the rule set by the True Lords, we should abide by it. Why say more?" He looked at Lord Rongyang as he spoke.

Lord Rongyang then shut up and stopped talking. (End of this chapter)