There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Taoist Chongxing was wearing a narrow-sleeved combat robe with metal plates of a defensive magic circle inlaid on key positions of his waist and limbs. The halo emitted by the magic circle made Taoist Chongxing look like some kind of illusory existence under the interweaving black and white light.

Facing Wang Ping's puzzled look, Taoist Chongxing maintained an open-minded smile and said, "Over the years, outer space has been reporting what happened in Zhongzhou. The True Lords are really generous. With a wave of their hands, they have cut off the plans of countless people that have been in existence for hundreds or even thousands of years. They really treat us like ants."

He laughed out loud. "Yu Xiao's plan failed. They don't care about civilization at all. They won't be bound by order and civilization. The only way to restrain them is with a stronger force. But once we have this force, we will become one of them. This matter... is still an unsolvable problem in the end."

As he spoke, a ball of unknown energy exploded under the distant starry sky, causing a circle of ripples that could be seen with the naked eye. That was the leakage of extraterritorial energy.

"The extraterritorial creatures have been particularly active recently. The bait we set up under the starry sky can attract them almost every ten hours."

Taoist Chongxing looked far and wide, and his eyes met with Wang Ping's. He exhaled a breath of turbid air and continued, "We came here in the name of the Taoist Palace, but now the Taoist Palace is in name only, and we are still restricted. I originally thought that Yuanwu wanted to take the quota of the fourth level of Taiyan, but now it seems that I was wrong. Things here are more complicated than I thought."

Wang Ping's heart moved, and he followed up with the words and asked, "Did you find out anything, fellow Taoist?"

Taoist Chongxing looked towards the ecological zone in the distance and said in a low voice: "The environment inside the Star God Alliance can already be described as extremely bad. You should have felt it when you repaired the transfer array. The biggest reason why Yuanwu transferred us to outer space is to adjust the contradictions within the Star God Alliance, but this is only one of the reasons."

Wang Ping agreed with what he heard. He had used puppets to travel between various transfer points over the years and discovered that each ecological zone was independent and extremely xenophobic. They excluded cultivators from other ecological zones even more than they excluded Wang Ping and others. However, the relationships between some ecological zones were unusual, and there were independent transfer arrays between these ecological zones.

They are willing to pay more to maintain these independent transfer arrays, and use the best materials.

If Wang Ping were to use these teleportation arrays to arrange factions, he could now arrange five or six factions of varying sizes within the Star God Alliance, and the teleportation arrays he had repaired were less than one-fifth of the total.

"What's the second one?"

Wang Ping looked at Taoist Chongxing who had fallen into silence and asked.

Taoist Chong Xing glanced at Wang Ping, then looked at the endless starry sky and responded, "I don't know either. When I was free in Dongzhou, I always liked to think about them. I thought I had figured them out, but now I find that I have no idea what they are going to do. The only thing I know is that the conflicts within the Star God Alliance will arise sooner or later, which will definitely affect our Xuanmen. You should make plans early."

Wang Ping felt the low mood in Taoist Chongxing. He could understand this low mood, just like he himself would sometimes confidently guess what the other True Lords were thinking. For example, in the matter of True Lord Lieyang this time, he thought that the outcome he guessed through deduction was the truth.

Although what actually happened was almost the same as his deduction, the timeline was completely different from his deduction.

"hehe!"

Taoist Chongxing chuckled, turned to look at Wang Ping and said, "I am very satisfied that I can see the Taiyan Sect re-established in my lifetime, but there is still a long way to go for the Taiyan Sect to live up to its name. Don't pin your hopes on Xiaoshan, he is not the future of the Taiyan Sect."

Wang Ping remained silent about this question. Before the matter was concluded, he would not tell anyone about his intention to reach the fifth realm, even if that person was already dying.

Therefore, silence fell between the two.

After a long while, Taoist Chongxing said, "I should have been able to live for some time because of the extraterritorial energy that supported my life. However, I used the last of my life energy to drive the 'Luck Borrowing Talisman' to calculate some things. Although Xiaoshan cannot be used as a place of hope, he is indeed very useful. You made the right move."

Wang Ping raised his eyebrows and subconsciously wanted to ask more, but when he thought of the backlash effect of the prophecy, he finally just nodded to indicate that he already knew.

Then there was another silence between the two.

After a long while, Taoist Chongxing broke the silence and said, "I will find a place where no one knows about it to assimilate into a true spirit. I have already found this place. I want to leave this position to my useless apprentice. If he is really not capable, you can find someone else to take over."

As he spoke, he stretched out his left hand and made a gesture. Suddenly, a white light overflowed from his soul and sank into the puppet's consciousness before Wang Ping could react.

Wang Ping resisted instinctively but then carefully read the memory. It was a dense transfer network diagram, the same as the transfer array constructed inside the 'Golden Sphere'.

"Remember, you must leave behind the inheritance of Taiyan Sect before taking the last step. Yu Xiao was so unreliable back then that he even left behind a small mountain to support Taiyan Sect."

After Taoist Chongxing finished all this, he turned into a stream of light and flew towards the distant ecological area. Wang Ping looked at his back, and then his consciousness left the puppet with his memories.

Qianmuguan.

In front of the locust tree in the starry sky fantasy, Wang Ping's soul summoned the 'Golden Ball' to read the internal records of the transfer network in outer space. Half an hour later, he finally found the place marked by Taoist Chongxing. He didn't think much about it and immediately marked the location clearly in the 'Golden Ball'.

"I can feel Chongxing's regret."

Yu Lian said when Wang Ping came to his senses that she had just connected with Wang Ping's soul and witnessed the conversation between Wang Ping and Chong Xing with her own eyes.

Wang Ping looked up at the endless starry sky, stretched out his hand to take a locust tree petal, and responded: "Yes, it is a pity, and I am unwilling to accept it. If I don't move forward, Chongxing's ending may be where you and I belong."

He was a little depressed. "Even a calculating person like Grandmaster Yuxiao could only become a joke because he didn't take the last step. Senior Xinshi must have felt regretful and lonely when he left, right?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Lian stabbed out her snake tongue, and her huge body swayed gently on the ground. Sadness rarely appeared in her emotions, and she then said, "He was very sorry that he didn't get to see the Grandmaster again."

Wang Ping did not reply.

Not long after, he entered into meditation again.

...

In the blink of an eye, another five years passed.

The locust tree is nearly twenty meters tall. The wood spirit energy emanating from inside and outside the starry sky fantasy is so strong that it can be observed with the naked eye. As a result, many natural treasures with wood spirit attributes have been born in the mountains of Qianmuguan in recent years.

Liu Shuang and Yang Rong's cultivation, which had stagnated, has made a lot of progress due to the influence of the wood spirit's aura. However, the wood spirit veins in their bodies have reached their limit, and now they can only strengthen their spiritual consciousness.

Yang Rong was not one to wait in place. She had already gone out to look for opportunities, and this time she was heading to the Demon Realm. Taiyan Sect now had a close relationship with the Demon Realm, and they were particularly friendly to Yang Rong. There was even a possibility that a demon who knew how to cultivate wood would study the fourth level of the "Art of Gathering Wood" with her. Liu Shuang was cultivating in Qianmu Temple, and she would wait for Wang Ping to come out of retreat before going out to train.

Without the burden of Qianmuguan on Liu Shuang, she felt particularly relaxed, and sometimes she even didn't want to continue struggling.

Because when she thought about it carefully, she felt that her life was enough. The few regrets she had were that her junior brother did not practice with her, and that Zhao Yuer and Liu Ling became enemies. These regrets had long been forgotten over the years.

Without regrets, pursuits or future, she naturally had no fighting spirit. This made her mind calm. She played the piano, played chess and made tea in the courtyard of her dojo every day. Occasionally, she would climb to the top of the mountain to look into the distance or fish by the river.

She was not even willing to know what was happening in the outside world. She handed over all the information sent by Taiyan Sect to Zhao Mingming to handle, and she learned everything about the outside world through the regular gatherings.

The beginning of September in the tenth year of the mainland new calendar.

Liu Shuang suddenly received a letter for help from Taoist Yuanzheng through the communication token of the gathering. She immediately summoned all the monks of the three realms to rush to Hushan Kingdom.

Zi Luan was shocked when he received the news, and immediately asked Xuan Ling to select several side sect monks from the five academies to go and help. Facts proved that his caution was correct. When Xuan Ling and his men arrived, Liu Shuang had already started fighting with the opponent.

The opponents are several third-level cultivators from the Shangdan Sect and the side sects under the Yuqing Sect.

Perhaps it was because of the true fire. After the arrival of Xuan Ling and others as reinforcements, Yuan Zheng directly used the Samadhi True Fire and fought with his life, seriously injuring a Yuqing side sect cultivator.

Seeing this, the monks on the opposite side had no choice but to retreat in shame, and Xuan Ling and Liu Shuang did not pursue them.

Originally, everyone thought that the matter would end like this. After Liu Shuang, Yuan Zheng, Xuan Ling and others left, more than ten Yuqing monks from the side sects and their disciples invaded Haizhou Road.

Zi Luan seemed very calm after hearing the news. He originally planned to find out the opponent's strength first, but Li Miaolin reminded Zi Luan that there were still some demon cultivators under the command of Taiyan Sect.

Zi Luan was sure of Li Miaolin's intention, but he did not adopt it immediately. However, those Yuqing monks from the side sects actually invaded Mozhou Road directly, which forced Zi Luan to make a decision.

The fighting power of the demon clan was indeed strong. In just half a month, they drove those side-door Yuqing monks out of Mozhou Road. Li Miaolin, as the deputy head of Taiyan Sect, went to Haizhou Road in person, shouting the slogan of leading the southern monks to resist the invasion of Hushan Kingdom.

Taoist Yuanzheng, the fuse of this incident, is currently at the mountaintop dojo of Qianmu Temple, telling Wang Ping's puppet how things developed.

"At the beginning, they said they wanted to elect a new headmaster. As one of the few third-level cultivators in Shangdan Sect, I was naturally called back by them to vote. At least that's what I thought at first. At that time, Zhongzhou had just experienced a disaster, and my thoughts were a little confused. You all were very busy, and it seemed that I couldn't help much, so I thought it would be good to go out and relax. I also have some friends in Youhushan Country who I haven't seen for a long time."

"But after I returned, I found that the Shangdan Sect was in chaos. Even the two fellow disciples who were practicing in Linshui Mansion wanted to get their hands on the position of the head of the Shangdan Sect. I really couldn't understand what was so good about the position of the head of the sect? The vote that was supposed to be completed in just over a month, they dragged it out for ten years and still couldn't get it done."

"Last month, my disciple told me that the new mountain gate had been built. I didn't want to continue to spend time with them, so I said goodbye to them and left. I thought the matter was over, but they actually sent people to kill me, saying that I had the inheritance of Shangdan Sect and was not allowed to take it away from Shangdan Sect."

"Master Yu Heng never said anything about me when he was here. Why should they?"

Yuan Zheng's last sentence reflects the unyielding spirit of his youth, as well as his inherent arrogance.

Liu Shuang asked, "So you took action first?"

Yuan Zheng nodded. "Is there anything wrong with that? A few old bastards, plus some Yuqing side sect members who came from who knows where, want me to surrender. Do they really think I'm easy to bully?"

Liu Shuang thought about it and nodded, looking at Wang Ping and said, "That's true. Fellow Daoist Yuan Zheng is already the alchemist of our Qianmu Temple. Even if they don't consider the face of their fellow disciples, they have to consider the face of our Qianmu Temple. Since they dare to speak rudely to us because of the face of our Qianmu Temple, this matter will not be that simple."

Her tone and way of thinking at this moment returned to that of the dean.

Wang Ping didn't want to think about so many questions. He knew that Liu Shuang's words were an explanation for Yuan Zheng. After all, Yuan Zheng's incident this time had caused a big stir, making both Taiyan Sect and Yuqing Sect somewhat embarrassed.

"You guys can handle this among yourselves. Just don't really cause trouble with the Yuqing Cult."

After Wang Ping left these words, his consciousness left the puppet.

Liu Shuang and Yuan Zheng immediately stood up and saluted, then respectfully left the mountaintop dojo.

In the starry fantasy world.

Yu Lian asked curiously, "Aren't you worried about a conflict with the Yuqing Sect?"

Wang Ping said confidently: "Zi Luan is very smart. He knows what Tai Yan Sect needs now. He will help Tai Yan Sect get out of this incident in a decent way."

"Do you trust Zi Luan so much?"

"Trust should not be placed on him. He is suitable, otherwise I would not let him be the headmaster of Taiyan Sect."

After Wang Ping finished speaking, he entered into meditation again.

He was right. Zi Luan later contacted Linshui Prefecture and made certain promises. Within half a month, he forced the cultivators from Hushan Kingdom in Haizhou Road to retreat.

The most controversial issue in this conflict was the participation of the demon cultivators, but the Taiyan Sect turned a deaf ear to it.

Wang Ping ignored it. There were only so many people in Zhongzhou now, so he didn't need to worry about anything. He didn't need to worry about the Taiyan Sect even more. If there was any problem, he could even suppress it with force.

Time flies, and another ten years have passed.

When Wang Ping's puppet was repairing the transfer array in outer space, he met Yu Heng from the Shangdan Sect and Zixuan from the Yuqing Sect. (End of this chapter)