There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Qianmuguan.

In recent years, the resident troops in the temple have been in a state of looseness on the outside but tightness on the inside. The cultivators above the second realm are almost never allowed to leave the temple unless it is something important. When these people have free time, they continue to recruit disciples, and the number of inner disciples has more than doubled.

The somewhat deserted mountains of the inner sect gradually became populated by people. At this moment, the inner sect disciples were all looking towards the direction of Qianmu Mountain, where spiritual energy suddenly surged. In some places, the spiritual energy was so dense that it could be observed with the naked eye.

But no one dared to get close, because that was Qianmu Mountain, and even most of the inner sect disciples did not have the qualifications to enter. Just now, an order was passed down from the front hall that from now on, flying in the inner sect was not allowed to exceed a hundred feet high.

Shen Xiaozhu's dojo was extremely quiet at the moment. The spirit gathering array constructed by the spirit trees, driven by the entire sect's 'Nine Extremes Great Array', gathered rich wood spirit energy, which was enough for her to be promoted.

There is an isolation barrier opened in the small courtyard of the Taoist temple. Outside the barrier, Shen Xiaozhu's two new disciples are guarding on the left and right. There are also many monks who have entered the temple to guard inside and outside the temple. These monks who have entered the temple are all followers of Shen Xiaozhu. Most of them are of ordinary backgrounds like Shen Xiaozhu. They are not from southern aristocratic families. They are a considerable force in Qianmu Temple.

At the top of a small hill north of Qianmu Mountain, Dong Can from Dongshui Mountain and Yuan Zheng from the Fire Academy's Alchemy Room were personally on guard to prevent any accidents from happening. Yang Rong, the eldest disciple of Liu Shuang, was personally guarding the sky above Shen Xiaozhu's dojo.

The sect's protective barrier had already been opened to prevent any outsiders from spying on Qianmu Temple.

Suddenly.

A figure appeared beside Yang Rong without any sign. Yang Rong, who had been prepared, had a look of surprise on her face. Facing Yu Lian's pair of vertical pupils looking at her, she clasped her fists and said, "Greetings, Master-master, hello..."

"Alright, there's nothing for you to do here, so please leave. With so many people's consciousness gathered here, we don't have to worry about disturbing Xiaozhu who is in meditation."

Yu Lian interrupted Yang Rong.

Yang Rong looked up at Wang Ping, and seeing that Wang Ping didn't seem to want to speak, she clasped her fists and bowed, then slowly descended to the ground, leaving with Shen Xiaozhu's two disciples and those followers.

At this moment, Wang Ping's soul consciousness quietly passed through the barrier of the Taoist courtyard below and explored the situation inside the courtyard. Shen Xiaozhu was sitting cross-legged on the cushion on the cloud bed in the main room. She was in good condition, and a blank talisman was floating in front of her. Since this was inside Qianmu Temple, the spiritual creatures in the world of inspiration could not penetrate the external barrier at all, so she did not have to worry about her consciousness being disturbed by the spiritual creatures.

Her pet black cat sat in front of her respectfully, its consciousness completely immersed in Shen Xiaozhu's spiritual sea, paying full attention to the changes in her spiritual veins and consciousness, and providing Shen Xiaozhu with basic human consciousness.

Shen Xiaozhu seemed to sense the return of her master. She raised her eyelids and looked at the sky, then closed most of her consciousness, and then her humanity also disappeared for the most part.

Her current state is almost the same as when she was promoted before.

Wang Ping couldn't help but use the luck formation to speculate. This time, thousands of pictures appeared in front of his eyes, and both success and failure were possible.

"Is there any result?"

Yu Lian asked with a hint of worry, she rarely showed such emotions.

Wang Ping did not answer this question, but reached out and gently stroked Yu Lian's head to comfort her.

At this time, Liu Shuang's figure appeared beside Wang Ping along with a stream of light. When she was about to salute, Wang Ping asked, "Has the quota issue been resolved in advance?"

Liu Shuang nodded and said, "Yes, I asked Senior Dong Can to solve it."

Yu Lian rose into the sky, her body expanded to about two feet, and said to Liu Shuang, "Thank you for your hard work."

Liu Shuang replied: "Uncle Master, what are you talking about? Xiao Zhu is also my junior sister."

Wang Ping looked at Liu Shuang and said, "Go and do your thing. Tell the other courtyards in the sect not to make a fuss. Xiao Zhu's promotion will last for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shuang immediately took his leave.

At this time, an illusory shadow passed through the void from the direction of Qianmu Mountain, and then a auspicious cloud appeared beside Yu Lian. Above the auspicious cloud was the calico cat left behind by Zuo Xuan.

"Meow~"

"Don't make trouble, Xiaozhu is at a critical moment now."

Yu Lian did not play with the calico cat.

Upon hearing this, the calico cat sat obediently on the auspicious cloud, staring curiously at the dojo below. Perhaps infected by Yu Lian's emotions, it also acted a little nervous, standing up and turning around from time to time.

This time, Shen Xiaozhu was particularly cautious. She communicated with her spirit pet in advance when she closed most of her consciousness. At this moment, she retained a trace of instinct through her spirit pet, which allowed her to better control her own condition.

She was in this state for a few breaths. When her humanity and rationality were in a delicate balance, she decisively crushed the Three Realms Tai Yan Yuanshen that she had prepared in advance, and sacrificed a blank talisman that was fused with the 'Soul Inducer', driving the wood spirit energy around her to draw the 'Tian Tong Talisman' on the surface of the blank talisman.

Yu Lian suddenly became very nervous.

Wang Ping glanced at Yu Lian and reached out to stroke her head. Yu Lian shrank her body and wrapped her arms around Wang Ping's hand, then climbed up his arm to his shoulder. Then she stretched her neck to stare at the courtyard below. The calico cat next to them might have sensed Yu Lian's nervousness, and kept standing up and sitting down on the auspicious cloud.

The last time Shen Xiaozhu was drawing the 'Tian Tong Talisman', the locust tree consciousness in her soul suddenly awakened, causing her to stop drawing the 'Tian Tong Talisman' halfway through.

Wang Ping was actually a little nervous, but he couldn't be nervous now, so he directly entered the "self-restraint" state of the magic and observed Shen Xiaozhu with the most rational emotions.

Fortunately, she did not fail this time, because of the last failure, and the spiritual energy that Ziluan gave her later, her soul had become infinitely close to the strength of the primordial spirit, and she could easily suppress the locust tree consciousness.

When the 'Tian Tong Talisman' was formed, the humanity that the black cat maintained for Shen Xiaozhu became extremely active, and drove the soul to absorb the 'Tian Tong Talisman' at the fastest speed. When the power of heaven and earth was poured into Shen Xiaozhu's body at this moment, her humanity was immediately suppressed. Shen Xiaozhu took this opportunity to change the hand gestures, activated the thunder magic altar around the dojo, and then sacrificed the 'Purgatory Banner' from the storage bag.

A shadow emerged from the 'Purgatory Banner'. It was the spirit of the banner, Mingshui. After he appeared, he immediately constructed a purple isolated space around the courtyard.

"Boom"

A thunder sounded from the sky, and an illusory lightning flashed across the void, illuminating Qianmu Temple inside and out, and passing through the outer barrier of Qianmu Temple.

This is the thunder tribulation that occurred when cultivator Tai Yan was promoted to the third realm!

At the same time, flashes of lightning appeared on the high ground around Shen Xiaozhu's dojo. Those were the thunder altars that had just been activated. When they were activated, the purple lightning became stronger and attracted the lightning falling from the sky.

This set of thunder magic altar was the thunder magic that Wang Ping had recorded on the time screen panel when he observed Liu Chang's water leakage. It has now become one of the required spells for the core disciples of Qianmu Temple.

When the continuous electric arcs spread inside and outside the dojo, many spiritual trees suffered. Wang Ping and Yu Lian could not interfere, otherwise the next thunder punishment would be even more powerful.

"Boom"

The arcs inside and outside the dojo continued to spread, and another bolt of lightning fell from the sky.

In an instant, the electric arcs on the ground increased exponentially, and everything was burned to charcoal wherever the arcs passed. Hideous arcs appeared on the ground around the dojo.

Because of Xuan Ling and Xia Wenyi's experience, Shen Xiaozhu had enough thunder altars around the dojo to absorb the arcs generated by thunder. With the barrier created by the 'Purgatory Banner', Shen Xiaozhu did not suffer any harm. Under the protection of the 'Purgatory Banner', Shen Xiaozhu felt the great power of the 'Heavenly Talisman'. During this process, her human consciousness showed signs of being lost. Fortunately, her pet black cat barely maintained her last bit of humanity.

"Boom"

Another thunder punishment fell.

The electric arc almost completely devoured the outer perimeter of the dojo, and Shen Xiaozhu's human consciousness was still in a daze.

"Boom"

The thunder punishment continued, and each time it became more violent than the last, as if it would not stop until it completely devoured Shen Xiaozhu.

"The strength of this thunder technique is much stronger than when you were promoted." Yu Lian looked at the dojo ravaged by the arcs and said, "Perhaps the rules of heaven do not allow her to be promoted."

"Don't think too much. The rules of heaven are to maintain the balance of heaven and earth. How could they target one person specifically?" Wang Ping looked at the spreading electric arc. Shen Xiaozhu had not been affected by the electric arc at this moment, but two thunder altars had shattered under the heavy burden.

Wang Ping looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with rational indifference. Just as another bolt of thunder was about to fall, the dark clouds that gathered in the sky disappeared in an instant.

Everything returned to its previous sunny and peaceful state.

However, the arcs on the ground continued to rage, and Wang Ping reminded him, "Mingshui, put away your purgatory barrier and let the power of the thunder punishment suppress the 'Heavenly Talisman'."

The illusory figure of Mingshui looked up at Wang Ping, and then really took away the Purgatory Barrier. When the Purgatory Barrier disappeared, the spreading electric arc immediately surged towards the courtyard where Shen Xiaozhu was.

When the electric arc approached the main house where Shen Xiaozhu was, the surging wood spirit energy continued to spread and intertwined with the electric arc of thunder punishment. With bursts of roaring sounds, the barrier of the courtyard collapsed in an instant, and dense deep pits appeared on the ground.

The isolation formation of Qianmu Mountain blocks all the noise within the five-kilometer radius of the dojo. Otherwise, half of Qianmu Temple would tremble, and the strong wind caused by the lightning would cause disaster to Zhonghui City.

Wang Ping just waved his hand lightly, and the turbulent energy generated by the interweaving of electric arcs and wood spirit energy in the dojo was directed to the sky, blowing away all the clouds in the sky.

Shen Xiaozhu seized the opportunity at this time, got rid of the great power of heaven and earth formed by the 'Tongtian Talisman', and her humanity returned at the call of her spiritual pet. She felt her body full of inspiration finally opened its eyes, and then used the 'Tongtian Talisman' to absorb the spiritual energy in her body to achieve the body of the primordial spirit.

After a few breaths, the abundant wood spirit energy reappeared and slowly spread to the scorched earth torn by the electric arc. The scorched earth quickly regained its vitality, and countless young sprouts of vegetation broke through the scorched earth. In the blink of an eye, the scorched earth turned lush green.

"Is this successful?" Yu Lian's tense mood relaxed a little, and she asked Wang Ping with a lingering fear in her tone.

Wang Ping nodded gently, "The most dangerous process is over. Now we just have to wait for her soul to take shape."

Yu Lian nodded but said nothing more, as if she was afraid that the sound of her voice would disturb Shen Xiaozhu's practice.

three days later.

The mostly destroyed yard was now covered with lush spiritual grass inside and out. Shen Xiaozhu's soul, which was suspended above her body, had become observable to the naked eye. She circulated the wood spirit energy driven by the spiritual veins in her body to form a transparent energy beam that connected heaven and earth. There was also a beautiful light green aurora around the beam.

Shen Xiaozhu is still in seclusion. The form of her soul keeps changing with her thoughts. Most of the time, it maintains the form of a cat. If you look closely, you will find that this cat is exactly the same as the black cat.

"Stupid cat, don't interfere with Xiaozhu's thoughts."

Yu Lian was a little annoyed.

The black cat lying in front of Shen Xiaozhu looked up at Yu Lian, then went back to doing its own thing, seemingly not intending to pay any attention to Yu Lian.

Yu Lian was very angry, but she couldn't get angry.

"Meow~"

The calico cat on the auspicious clouds meowed.

The black cat below heard the calico cat's cry and flipped its ears back, then hid behind Xiao Zhu. It seemed that it had given in.

Yu Lian praised: "Good cat!"

The calico cat raised its head, then changed its posture and continued to lie down to rest.

Two months later.

Shen Xiaozhu is still in a state of meditation, his consciousness is still stable, his soul already has the rudiments of a spirit, and appears in a translucent human form.

"You only needed twenty days to reach this state."

Yu Lian said with some concern.

Wang Ping thoroughly read the "Heavenly Talisman" in Shen Xiaozhu's soul and responded to Yu Lian: "Xiaozhu has accumulated a lot of experience. Her future practice will no longer rely on talent, but on the practice of human nature. She may go further than Xia Wenyi."

As he spoke, he stretched out his left hand and calculated, whispering: "The number of Taiyan Three Realms is just full. In recent years, humanity has prospered, and many people have captured the spiritual creatures evolved by Taiyan monks, which has expanded the number of Taiyan Three Realms monks to sixty-five."

"Is this a good thing? Or a bad thing?"

Yulian asked.

Wang Ping did not answer, because when he was deducing just now, he found that the destiny of Zhongzhou Continent was in chaos for a moment, so he quickly summoned the "Dongtian Mirror" to observe the heaven and earth.

"Something happened? Is it important?"

Yu Lian asked again.

Wang Ping was silent for more than ten breaths before saying, "The regime of the Datong Dynasty in the northwest is already in danger. It has been forced to Shanwu Road by the powerful armies of the Xin Dynasty and Zhenyang Mountain. Now it plans to surrender to the Southern Court. In addition, the Third Prince is attacking the Xin Dynasty's defense line in Qingpu Road."

"that's it?"

Yu Lian asked in confusion, because these two questions should not cause Wang Ping to think.

Wang Ping was even more puzzled. He did see the chaos, but he couldn't find the source of it. When he was wondering, the violent fire spirit aura from the north made him raise his head.

After hesitating for only a moment, Wang Ping partially lowered his consciousness into a puppet he had at Zhenshan Pass in the north. This puppet was a captain of the garrison inside the pass. Standing on the city gate and looking to the north, he could see that the sky, which should have been gloomy, was now red as if it was burned by fire.

Wang Ping was very familiar with the feeling of this energy fluctuation. It was the same when Xu Chun was promoted successfully! (End of this chapter)