There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

At the edge of the huge underground cave, surrounded by the surging power of the earth veins, the golden barrier on the surface of the kingdom of God constructed by Wang Ping continued to echo with ripples. The wood spirit energy that was as substantial as substance was surging in the kingdom of God and was madly absorbed by the transfer array in the center of the kingdom of God.

"open!"

Wang Ping kept the fixed magic formula in his left hand, pointed at the center of the transfer formation, and issued an order.

The shaking space was finally broken. After seeing Zhi Gong and Ao Hong coming out from the gap in the space, Wang Ping fixed the spell in his hand and constructed a transfer array with the "Golden Ball Exploration" and "Cave Mirror" at the same time.

The moment the transfer array was formed, the power of the earth veins surging in the dark cave increased several times, and along with it came a strong sense of gravity and the pulling force of the earth veins that could be seen everywhere. The pulling force formed dense whirlpools in various places in the cave.

Just when the vortex was about to swallow up the kingdom of God, Wang Ping changed the magic gesture of his left hand and the transfer array was activated again.

The golden light emitted by the Kingdom of God disappeared in an instant, and the cave returned to its previous darkness. A dull sound echoed in the darkness.

Wang Ping felt a familiar feeling of weightlessness flash by, and then he appeared in the cave where he had been transferred before. The puppet was guarding here faithfully.

When the golden light re-lit up the cave, a slight roar was heard.

It was seen that the mantle rock layers that were broken by the support bow were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the rock layers seemed to be moving slowly, generating greater pressure as they moved.

However, these changes do not pose a threat to Wang Ping and others for the time being.

"Oh, after thousands of years of practice, this is the first time my consciousness feels real stimulation."

Ao Hong's voice rang out. He was in a very bad condition at the moment. His skin was covered with green spots, and it looked like the water spirit in his body was about to go berserk. After he said this, he took out a medicine bottle from his storage bag and poured all the pills in it into his mouth.

Hong Ze, who was standing by, saw that his master's brows were full of joy. When he was about to salute, he saw that his master was meditating. He had to swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and then silently clasped his fists and bowed.

When Zhi Gong steadied his body, he took a look at Wang Ping's kingdom of God. There was some shock between his brows, but he quickly hid the shock. Then he pinched out a fixed spell with his left hand, and used the earth spirit in his body to sense the changes in the power of the surrounding earth veins.

"The rock formations within a radius of tens of kilometers are moving slowly. This is the normal law of the universe. The magic circle under the palace not only has the power of the earth veins, but also utilizes the laws of the universe. I estimate that it is driving the entire planet. It is really a big deal!"

After explaining, Zhigong thought for a moment and added, "There are probably many more earth vein arrays like this underground!"

Wang Ping nodded, and as the spells in his hands changed, he exited the state of 'self-control' and put away the magic array. The moment the magic array disappeared, a light screen panel popped up in front of him. It was the progress of his fusion of the 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' that increased by two points because of this incident, reaching (54/100).

When the magic circle dissipated, Yu Lian shrank and slipped into the collar of Wang Ping's chest.

At this time, Ao Hong recovered, and the blue spots on his body disappeared in the blink of an eye. When he opened his eyes, he waved to Hongze who was about to salute him, and then bowed to Wang Ping and said, "Thanks to you, fellow Taoist, for this time, otherwise I would have really capsized in the gutter."

Wang Ping smiled and replied, "It's just a little thing." Then he looked at Ao Hong and asked, "This place is nearly a thousand kilometers away from the place where you were sealed. How did you get here?"

Yu Lian poked her little head out and looked Ao Hong up and down, her eyes full of pity.

Ao Hong looked depressed when he heard this. He looked at the environment surrounded by the power of the earth veins and said, "Let's talk about this issue somewhere else."

Wang Ping agreed in his heart.

But the girl next to her was a little hesitant, as if she wanted to continue exploring the secrets of the underground palace.

"It can be confirmed that this is the magic circle left by the True Lords. Fellow Daoist, please don't take it too seriously. Even if there are treasures inside, it is not something you and I can get our hands on!"

Wang Ping reminded softly.

Zhi Gong suddenly came to his senses upon hearing this and bowed silently to Wang Ping.

Wang Ping looked at Ao Hong and asked, "Let's go to my dojo first?"

"Okay, I'm afraid I'll have to bother you for a long time. You know, I just exhausted all the spiritual energy in my sea of ​​​​qi in order to escape the seal of the gravity barrier, and my dojo was seized by the third brother, and the energy crystals stored in it also belonged to him!"

"No problem, my dojo is huge!"

Wang Ping said as he once again summoned the 'Golden Exploration Ball' and 'Heavenly Cave Mirror', connecting them to the transfer array constructed in the sea area south of Mozhou Road, and then through this array connected to the transfer array of Qianmu Temple.

The next moment, as the space twisted, everyone disappeared from the spot.

When they appeared again, they were already at the mountaintop dojo of Qianmu Temple. It might be the first time for Hongze to experience such a long distance teleportation, and he was unable to keep his body steady and sat on the grass.

"Don't embarrass yourself here, step back first."

Ao Hong waved unceremoniously at Hongze who was sitting on the ground.

Hongze quickly stood up, clasped his fists and said "yes" to Ao Hong, then walked out of the mountaintop dojo in an orderly manner along the path next to him.

After Hongze left, Yulian crawled out from Wang Ping's collar and lay on Wang Ping's shoulder, staring at Ao Hong and said, "You chased him away because you were afraid that he would hear you escaping from the predicament?"

Ao Hong: “…”

Wang Ping smiled and invited Zhi Gong and Ao Hong, "Sit over here."

He pointed to the coffee table under the old locust tree.

As the three of them sat down politely, Wang Ping drove the puppet in the small courtyard next door to make tea.

Yu Lian looked at Ao Hong impatiently and asked, "Can you tell me now? How did you get involved in the earth vein formation?"

Ao Hong first straightened his sleeves, then leaned back on the small chair and said with a little depression: "When I designed the sealing barrier to avoid it, I thought that if the bad guy Lao San blocked me outside, I would be locked up for life, so I made some adjustments in advance when designing the sealing array."

"The third elder asked his disciples to stabilize the seal outside, which required a lot of energy. All the energy they blessed was used by me to build the teleportation array inside. When the energy gathered by the teleportation array can break through the gravity barrier on the seabed, I can escape the seal through it. I think, with the 'Water-Fixing Pearl' on me, I can handle any danger on the seabed."

"But what I didn't expect was that during the teleportation process, the teleportation array was affected by the underground pressure, causing the transmission to deviate. My soul clearly felt a strong pulling force from the ground, forcibly pulling me to the vicinity of the earth vein array. It felt to me like a trap set early in the morning. At first, I thought it was the third brother's doing!"

"However, when I followed the pull of gravity and drilled out of the rock layer and entered the underground cave, I knew that it was not the work of the third brother. I know him too well. With his ability, he could not have arranged such a magic array. If I had not been curious at the time, the subsequent events would not have happened."

He raised his head and looked at Wang Ping, "When I was resisting the power of the earth veins, I clearly felt that there were immeasurable flesh and blood spirits in the palace. If I can completely transform them into energy, and with the true dragon breath of the Dragon King, I will be able to reach my eldest brother's realm in one fell swoop. By then, the third brother and the Vajra Temple will be no problem." His words surprised Wang Ping and Yu Lian. Zhi Gong was also a little surprised. Because of the previous experience of Ao Hong being trapped, they were extremely careful when entering the underground, trying their best to move along the power of the earth veins. They never thought of confronting it, so they did not sense the 'flesh and blood spirits'.

Ao Hong didn't notice their expressions. He lowered his eyelids and continued, "But as soon as I flew up and had no time to observe the surrounding situation, I was grabbed by a huge pulling force. When I tried to break free, it was too late. In the blink of an eye, I was pulled into the gravity seal barrier."

"I tried to use the communication token, but I couldn't connect to anyone. The communication jade card couldn't be used either. The puppet bird you gave me couldn't fly out either. I don't know how I got through that period of time. The magic circle blocked the water spirit energy and drained the spiritual energy from my sea of ​​​​qi from time to time. I was thinking about forcibly blasting the seal at a crazy cost. However, at the critical moment, I remembered the magic technique I cultivated."

"Although my divine arts are not enough, I can barely condense the fantasy kingdom of God. The saint is merciful. Among the tens of thousands of believers, there is still Hongze who prays every day. I tried to communicate with him hundreds of times before I could pass on my status. You all know what happened later."

Ao Hong first gave a general account, and then a detailed description. When he was almost done, the tea brewed by the puppet was ready. He couldn't wait to take a sip of the tea and said, "I was able to escape death this time thanks to the two Taoist friends!"

He repeated this many times during the detailed description just now, and it can be seen that he is really grateful. This shows that, as he said, he was already desperate when he was trapped in the gravity seal barrier.

Yu Lian used her tail to roll up the teacup and swallowed the hot tea in one gulp. She looked at Ao Hong and said first, "Your awareness of humanity is much richer than before. This will save you many years of hard training. It can be considered a blessing in disguise!"

"Haha!" Ao Hong smiled bitterly, "I would rather practice hard than feel that way."

Zhi Gong held the teacup and looked at Ao Hong and said, "You may be right. The earth vein array may really be a trap. It attracts many monks who want to dig up the underground demon tribe ruins, and then use their flesh and blood spirits as energy to nourish the array. However, considering the size of the array, this energy alone is not enough. Its real core must be very special."

What she cares about is the secret deep in the palace.

Wang Ping pointed his finger, and a chessboard appeared on the coffee table. He invited Zhi Gong and said, "If you have any guesses, you can tell me. There are no outsiders here."

Taoist Zhigong politely picked up the white chess piece and motioned Wang Ping to go first, while saying, "Could it be the physical body of a demon clan master?"

"possible!"

Wang Ping responded casually.

Ao Hong's expression was calm.

Yu Lian patted the puppet's arm with her tail, signaling the puppet to pour her tea.

Zhi Gong sensed the emotions of Wang Ping and others and immediately understood what was going on. She also remembered Wang Ping's warning when she wanted to continue exploring the depths of the palace.

Afterwards, the topic of the three people revolved around the chessboard. After drinking a few cups of tea, Yu Lian soared into the sky, ran to Dongshui Mountain to find the calico cat, and then went to see Shen Xiaozhu together.

At the end of the game, before the winner was confirmed, Zhi Gong stood up and said goodbye.

While Wang Ping was collecting chess pieces on the board, he was calculating the two players' moves. This is one of the joys of playing Go. After Zhi Gong left, Ao Hong sat in Zhi Gong's position, and it seemed that he wanted to play a game with Wang Ping.

“I lost so much!”

Wang Ping shook his head slightly.

Ao Hong smiled and said, "She never surrounded you from the beginning to the end. Your chess skills are too far behind hers. It's not unfair that you lost. Besides, you played black first."

Wang Ping quickened the pace of cleaning the chessboard.

"My chess skills are definitely not as good as those of Zhigong Daoyou, so let me play black first."

As Ao Hong spoke, he snatched the black piece from Wang Ping.

Wang Ping took out the metal ball and refined the Star God Core inside while waiting for Ao Hong to make his move. When Ao Hong made his move, he asked, "What are your plans next?"

"clatter"

While he was asking, Ao Hong dropped a piece.

Then Ao Hong bowed and said, "Let's settle down here first and recover to our best condition before making other plans." He said this first, and then said, "Tell me about the current situation of all parties."

Wang Ping nodded.

The two chatted leisurely while playing chess.

Half an hour later.

Yu Lian brought the calico cat back to the dojo, and seemed to want to tell Wang Ping about Shen Xiaozhu's condition, but when she heard the serious business that Wang Ping and Ao Hong were talking about, she took the calico cat and flew into the sky. Judging from the direction she was flying, she should be going to Baishui Lake for a trip.

Another half hour passed.

The two players had only reached the middle stage of the game, and the situation was relatively loose, with no intention of competing against each other.

"My third brother is still the same. His methods of calculation are still the same. The last time the Zhongzhou divine weapon was replaced, it was your Taiyan Sect that caused the chaos. This time, I'm afraid it's the Zhenyang Sect that wants to cause trouble. My third brother is obviously trying to fish in troubled waters."

Ao Hong was playing with chess pieces in his hand. After saying this, he seemed to remember something and said with some heartache: "Hey, I have been thinking about the 'Starry Sky Umbrella' in Yang De's hand for a long time. I didn't expect that bastard Rong Yang got it. He can't use the full power of the 'Starry Sky Umbrella' at all. It's really a waste of resources!"

Wang Ping kept smiling and did not comment on this.

After Ao Hong finished complaining, he asked, "Tell me, what does Rong Yang need in order to be willing to sell the 'Starry Sky Umbrella'?"

"You can go talk to him yourself, but you were wrong just now. The Starry Sky Umbrella in Fellow Daoist Rong Yang's hands can increase his combat power by at least 10%."

"That's true. The shortcoming of fire cultivators is speed. With the 'Starry Sky Umbrella', even if he can only use it to escape, it will be a great improvement for Rong Yang."

The two of them started chatting about this gossip, all of which were useless topics.

It was not until the sky darkened and the game between the two finally reached the middle stage that Ao Hong started talking about business. "The things that deserve our attention now are the four realms quota of Yuqing Sect and the four realms promotion on the first day, as well as the upcoming replacement of Zhongzhou's artifacts. Oh, there is one more thing, the four realms quota of the earth veins that the True Lords promised to give you, and the legacy of Lord Liuyun."

Wang Ping nodded. He was more or less involved in all these issues. (End of this chapter)