There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

After observing the mural for a while, Zhigong walked towards it involuntarily to observe it from a closer perspective.

If you observe this mural from a closer distance, you can find that it is really exquisite. Every line is so natural, especially the eyes of the characters.

The Jade Purity Sect monks were pure-hearted and had few desires; the Taiyin monks seemed to be calculating something, and most of them were stealing glances at the Nine Heavens Sage in the center of the mural; the monsters, apart from revering the Sage in the center, were dismissive of everything; the giant beasts in the sky were simple-minded, but powerful, and were closest to the Sage.

"According to the scene described in this mural, Tianmen should have four sects. The giant beasts in the sky above the demon clan ruins also belong to Tianmen." Zhigong talked to Wang Ping who was connected to the puppet bird.

The puppet bird's eyes, which were shining with green halos, were now staring at a spirit snake surrounding the saint. Next to the spirit snake was a blue-feathered night owl.

Wang Ping, who received all this through the puppet bird, had a lot of thoughts in his mind. After a moment, he made a rough guess based on the existing information.

Tianmen should indeed have four sects, or more accurately, four clans. The reason why the older generation of cultivators from the Yuqing Sect and the Taiyin Sect look down on the human cultivators is largely because their backgrounds are different from those of the human cultivators.

This is also the limit of cultivation mentioned by Lord Xiaoshan's projection before. Without the corresponding foothold, it is impossible to be promoted to the fifth realm. Therefore, Xuanqing merged Lingshan's consciousness for the sake of his foothold, and this is also what made Lord Yangde angry.

So far, Wang Ping has only heard of this kind of contempt chain in Tianmen, and has not heard of anything similar in Xuanmen. So, what does Xuanmen need to be promoted to the fifth level?

Judging from the current performance of Lord Rongyang and others, what they lack most at the moment is enough spiritual energy to allow them to break through to a state where they can be promoted. As for the things needed for promotion, they seem to have not yet accessed them. The only ones who can access this matter are Master Wangqing of Lingshan Temple and Ao Yi of Linshui Prefecture.

Wang Ping stopped thinking about this and kept his self-control. He looked at Hong Ze who was praying in front of the makeshift altar and asked, "Any news about your master?"

"Yes, but Master said he didn't know where he was either. Just like Senior Zhigong's speculation just now, Master came out of that hole and was sucked into the magic circle by a force he couldn't resist."

Hongze responded with his head down, not daring to look at Wang Ping's condition at the moment.

Wang Ping nodded, "It's good that he is here."

Yu Lian also separated from Wang Ping's spiritual consciousness at this time, and asked in the spiritual sea: "Your emotions were very volatile just now, did you observe something?"

Wang Ping did not hide anything and showed Yu Lian everything he saw through the puppet bird in the spiritual sea.

Yu Lian was immediately attracted by the mural, and after a long while she responded, "So I am also a disciple of Tianmen? Then why is there only Taiyin and Yuqing sects recorded in Tianmen today?"

Wang Ping was unable to answer this question, and his consciousness fell on the puppet again.

Zhi Gong turned around and looked behind him. There was also a mural on the other side. This mural recorded ten demons. Each of them had a solemn expression, and was wearing heavy armor and holding various weapons, looking at the front majestically.

This time, the mural is no longer headed by the tiger demon holding a trident. In the middle is a man with a beautiful humane monk's face. There is brilliant colorful light around him. He sits on a golden throne. He is wearing crimson armor and a black cloak with a lifelike peacock embroidered on the cloak.

On the right side of his throne there are five exquisite swords of different colors. The light emitted by the swords is the same color as the mysterious light around him.

"Demon Emperor Yao Xi!"

Zhi Gong uttered these four words, and the figure of the handsome man in the mural was reflected in his eyes.

That’s right, that extremely beautiful man is exactly the same as the current human world’s record of the Demon King, the gorgeous and powerful Peacock King, who possesses five equally gorgeous swords. Wherever the swords pass, the consciousness of all living beings will be imprisoned.

"it's beautiful!"

The bow sighed.

After a while, she looked at the other demon tribes in the mural. They were all surrounding the Demon King's throne. On the far right was the tiger demon holding a trident, followed by the ox demon, snake demon, monkey demon, rat demon, pig demon, fox demon, lion demon, sheep demon, and leopard demon.

These are the ten true gods in the monster clan legend. Now, according to the portraits of the true gods worshipped in Taoist rituals, only the tiger monster, ox monster, snake monster, monkey monster, rat monster and pig monster are left.

Moreover, their portraits now appear kind and peaceful, unlike the arrogance in this painting, with eyes full of competitiveness and ferocity.

"In other words, the original owner of this palace was a True Lord?"

Zhi Gong withdrew his gaze from the mural and turned to look at the broken stone chair on the high platform in front of the hall. He seemed to see the hustle and bustle of the hall in ancient times.

After counting the interest.

Zhi Gong retracted her gaze, composed herself and looked at the energy beam in the center of the hall again. This time she did not hesitate and controlled the tall tower in front of her to move forward slowly. When she was about to approach the beam of light, she took the puppet bird and completely hid herself in the earth spirit, allowing herself to merge into one with the earth spirit aura of the surrounding space.

When she reached the edge of the light column, Zhi Gong extended her spiritual consciousness. This time she did not encounter the corrosive force again. She easily penetrated into it along the gravity barrier constructed by the power of the earth veins.

"There's a gravity barrier underneath, and its main function is to stabilize the mantle layer."

Zhi Gong seemed to be relieved when she said this, and then she approached the energy column carefully, releasing some earth spirit energy first. When she sensed that the earth spirit energy was smoothly integrated into the column, she carefully entered the interior of the column.

The gravity that could crush everything did not act on Zhi Gong, because the earth spirit in her body allowed her to deceive the gravity barrier. However, despite this, Zhi Gong still flew downwards cautiously, stopping every time she advanced a short distance to release some earth spirit energy to explore the way.

During this period, Zhi Gong did not speak. Wang Ping could only observe through the puppet bird's line of sight. However, the sight was filled with a heavy earth spirit aura, but Wang Ping had enough patience to wait.

Zhi Gong is more patient. When she was promoted to the fourth level, she was able to endure hundreds of years of sitting still consciously. Now this little bit of time is just a piece of cake.

Time passed bit by bit, maybe half an hour, or maybe an hour, before the bow finally passed through the channel constructed by the energy light column. She obviously let out a sigh of relief, and then released a trace of earth spirit energy. After sensing that there was nothing unusual about the earth spirit energy, she carefully stretched her left hand out of the light column.

Not sensing any danger again, Zhi Gong slowly flew out of the light column and quickly looked around. There was no special expression on her face, because her spiritual consciousness had already detected it in advance.

First, she saw an ochre-colored halo, and then she saw a huge cave with a depth of more than ten kilometers. The dome, rock walls and ground of the cave were all covered with densely packed earth spirit array runes. The runes emitted an ochre-colored halo, which was not very bright, but enough to illuminate the entire cave.

"Kaka..."

It was a sound similar to the friction of gear valves. The sound was made by humanoid metal puppets at the edge of the ground magic circle. They were patrolling back and forth along the predetermined route, and their eyes occasionally emitted some golden light to scan the magic circle runes in the cave.

"It seems that there are no so-called natural treasures in this place. Even if there are, I'm afraid it would be difficult to collect them!"

Zhi Gong looked down as she spoke. Under her feet was the core of the magic circle connected to the energy beams around her. There was a huge confinement area at the core of the magic circle. There were dense energy vortices outside this area, pulling all the energy in the space. "The twisted pieces of flesh on the ceiling of the palace corridor above may be just the tip of the iceberg. There is a larger twisted creature inside the palace, otherwise it can't provide so much energy!"

Zhi Gong couldn't help but look up at the entrance she came in from, then shook his head vigorously to stop himself from thinking about those uncomfortable bloody images.

"Boom~"

The sound echoed like a war drum.

It was a sound that came from the core position of the magic circle. When the sound was rang out, the puppets patrolling outside the magic circle stopped immediately, and then they made a spell in unison. The khaki halo of the magic circle flickered, and then a more powerful gravity impact converged towards the core position of the magic circle along the rune lines of the magic circle.

"Don't watch the show, come and save me!"

It’s Ao Hong.

He was trapped in the gravity barrier at the core of the magic circle. The gravity that had just gathered pressed his entire body to the ground. The magic circles carved on the ground were madly absorbing the energy of the qi sea in his body at this moment.

Only then did Zhi Gong discover Ao Hong, and he saw her with his own eyes, because her soul could not penetrate the gravity barrier at the core.

"At that moment just now, the spiritual veins in my body lost control for a split second!" Zhi Gong looked at the seemingly harmless humanoid puppet with lingering fear.

She was telling Wang Ping that even a fourth-level earth vein cultivator would be trapped by the magic circle if he was not careful.

After saying this, she slowly descended. During the descent, she needed to pay attention to the puppets patrolling the edge while breaking through the gravity barrier formed by the magic circle.

So, it took her a quarter of an hour to cover a distance of only a hundred feet.

"Did Changqing ask you to come?"

Inside the sealing barrier at the core of the magic circle, Ao Hong saw the descending Zhi Gong and asked impatiently. He was soaring in the air at this moment, and the strong gravity was squeezing his body, trying to make him fall to the ground so as to absorb the spiritual energy from his sea of ​​​​qi, which made the surface of his body flash with ice-blue light.

"Greetings, Seventh Prince. I am here to help you!"

Hold the bow and salute with fists.

Seeing this, Ao Hong immediately returned the greeting and said, "Yes, my disciple has spoken highly of you. I am grateful for your kindness. If I can escape this time, I will be the first one to arrive whenever you have any problems in the future."

Zhi Gong smiled, dodged the scan of the puppets around the magic circle, moved to the side and bowed, saying: "Daoyou are too polite, I am just trying my best, everything was planned by Daoyou Changqing."

"You are you, Changqing is Changqing. I will never forget Changqing's kindness. Without him helping me cover up the secret, I would not be able to get here." Ao Hong responded generously, and then asked carefully: "You should have a way to deal with this place. It is pure earth vein power. With the earth spirit in your body as a fourth-level earth vein cultivator, you should be able to easily break through the gravity barrier here."

As he spoke, he looked around. There were many dry bones around him, some of which were old and some were relatively new. They were the unlucky ones who were dragged into the core of the magic circle after other monks ventured deep into the ground.

Zhi Gong nodded, acknowledging what Ao Hong had just said, but then he fell into deep thought. Seeing this, Ao Hong shut his mouth and waited quietly. After thinking for a while, Zhi Gong flew around the core of the magic circle while observing the puppet.

"You can't use force here, otherwise even I will be locked in by the aura." Zhi Gong said quickly: "The aura of the water spirit in your body is too strong. If you follow me in and out, you will definitely be sensed by the power of the earth veins."

"You tell me what to do? I'll do whatever you say!"

Ao Hong was not in a hurry and expressed his attitude calmly.

Zhi Gong was silent for two breaths before he said, "First, you have to release most of the spiritual energy in your sea of ​​​​qi. When the magic circle absorbs the spiritual energy, I will use the earth spirit in my body to open a hole in the direction of gravity. You only have a moment to get out. After you come out, you will definitely be locked by the puppets outside. At this time, Fellow Daoist Changqing's puppet will open a transfer magic circle to transfer us out!"

She spoke slowly, as if she was worried that Ao Hong didn't understand.

After hearing the plan, Ao Hong did not agree as eagerly as before, but fell into deep thought, because if he released the spiritual energy of his qi sea in one breath, it would be equivalent to handing his life into the hands of Zhi Gong and Wang Ping.

Wang Ping, who was outside the palace, used his luck formation to deduce. Among the thousands of pictures he saw, only a few were failures. All of these failed pictures showed that Ao Hong suddenly lost control of his human consciousness.

At the moment, Ao Hong was in good condition and it was impossible for him to lose control of his consciousness. Wang Ping immediately recorded the accurate prediction on the "Heaven-Covering Talisman".

Hong Ze, who was standing next to him, whispered after Wang Ping recorded the prophecy: "My master said that if Zhi Gong dares to cheat him, you must avenge him. After you avenge him, all the wealth he has accumulated for thousands of years will be yours."

Wang Ping and Yu Lian were both stunned when they heard this. If Wang Ping was not in a state of "self-control" at this moment, evil thoughts would probably arise subconsciously from his human nature.

"it is good!"

Wang Ping agreed, even though he knew the chances of Zhi Gong doing so were slim.

Hongze conveyed Wang Ping's promise to Ao Hong, who was sealed in the gravity barrier, through the altar. After receiving the promise, Ao Hong looked up at Zhigong and politely clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, fellow Taoist."

Zhi Gong quickly returned the greeting and said, "You are so polite, my friend. Remember, you only have a split second to get distracted. You have practiced magic, so it is best to switch to the state of 'self-control' now."

Ao Hong did as he was told. After a few breaths of preparation, he looked at the bow and said, "I'm ready!"

After saying that, the spells in his hands changed rapidly, and circles of water spirit magic arrays quickly took shape in the water spirit energy visible to the naked eye, and then the surging water spirit energy filled the gravity seal barrier at the core of the magic array.

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

The sound similar to that of war drums was heard again.

Zhi Gong stretched out his hand the moment the sound was heard, and pushed aside the gravity barrier in front of him. Just when a gap appeared in the barrier, Ao Hong seized the opportunity and turned into a ray of green light to break out of the seal. Just as he broke out of the seal, the entire earth vein formation in the cave flashed with light.

Neither Zhi Gong nor Ao Hong had the mind to look at the situation at the core of the formation, nor did they have time to pay attention to it. The transfer formation was activated at this moment, and a distorted space was forcibly opened under the state of gravity surrounding it.

The next moment, the two of them and the puppet bird were transferred out. (End of this chapter)