There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Chapter 851 Today is different from the past

Wang Ping stared into Kaiyun's eyes and saw that he didn't seem to be joking. After a few moments of silence, he said, "Are you cultivating for this life or the next?"

Kaiyun raised his eyebrows. He did not expect Wang Ping to suddenly discuss Buddhism with him. He clasped his hands together solemnly and replied solemnly: "When I first started practicing, I practiced Taoism. Later, my master saw the sufferings of the world and led me and other brothers to travel the world and made a great wish to help all living beings in the world to transcend."

"The Taoist sect does not tolerate us, so we can only retreat to Zhongshan State and establish Buddhism. I cultivate in this life and in the next life, hoping to use my great magic power to help all people in the world transcend."

Wang Ping listened to Kaiyun's self-narration calmly, then nodded in agreement, but said sarcastically: "Since you want the people of the world to be liberated, and what I saw in Zhongshan Kingdom was an endless sea of ​​suffering, your liberation has a threshold."

Kaiyun smiled and responded, "How can one transcend without entering the sea of ​​suffering? When a baby is born, he has no thoughts. There may be people who can transcend from the beginning, but I have never met one. How can he understand what transcendence is if he does not cultivate in the sea of ​​suffering and does not experience the worldly world?"

Yu Lian stretched her neck to stare at Kai Yun and said, "So what is the difference between your transcendence and the Taoist practice? Isn't it redundant for you to do this? Is it to make yourself stand out, or is it for the sake of practice?"

Kaiyun looked at Yu Lian with eyes that showed neither sadness nor joy, and kept a smile on his face. He said, "I have also been thinking about this question. Perhaps, as you said, we do this just to show that we are different from others."

“Why be different!”

"Because many people are ignorant and cannot understand Taoist thought, but if you tell them about the blessings in this life and the next, they will instantly understand what is going on."

"You use desire to bind desire?"

"Fellow Daoist Yu Lian has great insights!"

Wang Ping then cast his gaze towards the direction of Xindu. Today, Xindu is bustling with people, a scene of prosperity and prosperity. He said, "It is the best state for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. Why should we tell them about the sea of ​​suffering, this life and the afterlife? The artifacts of the Central Continent are different from those of the Western Continent, so how can there be a fight for luck?"

Kaiyun put down the Buddhist gesture he was maintaining with his left hand, still smiling, and said very frankly: "Fellow Daoist, you haven't had much time to practice, but you should remember the prosperity of the Xia Dynasty and the Datong Dynasty. During those hundreds of years, so many cultivators of the first and second realms were born, and the number of side-door third realms increased several times. I remember that when you besieged Linshui Prefecture, you mobilized hundreds of third-realm cultivators."

"Fortunately, the battle did not start, otherwise the chaos in Zhongzhou would have come earlier. Am I exaggerating? You should know better than anyone that this world cannot afford two artifacts. Unless you drive the third-level cultivators out of this planet, even with our cultivation, we cannot suppress their desires."

Wang Ping fell silent after hearing this.

He admitted that what Kaiyun said made sense. During a hundred years of human prosperity, there would be thousands or even tens of thousands of monks entering the country through side doors. Then the country would face a shortage of resources. They would fight each other in order to advance to the second realm, disrupting the stable spirituality. When they advance to the third realm, they would become even crazier.

It would have been best for him to accept Kering's advice, but Wang Ping's human nature was fully demonstrated at this moment. Although he knew that his choice would bring disaster to the cultivation world, he still did not want to give up his own interests.

Kai Yun looked at the silent Wang Ping and said, "If you insist on doing what you want, I will cut off the supply of gold and silver to Zhongzhou Continent!"

"Outer space has inexhaustible reserves of gold!"

Yu Lian retorted.

Kaiyun ignored Yulian and asked Wang Ping, "What do you think, fellow Taoist?"

Wang Ping knew that this was Kaiyun giving him a way out, so he pretended to think for a while and then said, "Then let's do as you say."

As he spoke, he glanced at the prosperous new capital again.

With his current level of cultivation, it would not be too easy for him to destroy the Lan Kingdom's court.

Yu Lian communicated with Wang Ping in the spiritual sea: "Have you agreed to this?"

While inviting Kering, Wang Ping responded in the spiritual sea: "We have enough time to plan for the future. Kering's words just now reminded me that this planet is still too small."

Yu Lian immediately understood Wang Ping's plan and asked, "You want to build a new ecological zone in outer space to accommodate those third-level monks? But is this possible? Which third-level monk didn't go through hardships before being promoted? Will they stay in the ecological zone you built in an orderly manner?"

"It's not urgent."

Wang Ping stopped Yu Lian from having wild thoughts, and also stopped his own wild thoughts. When he was talking with Yu Lian in the spiritual sea, he had already invited Kai Yun to the dojo on the top of the mountain.

Kaiyun followed Wang Ping and landed in front of the old locust tree. Looking at the old locust tree and the small courtyard next to it, he said, "After so many years, the monks of Taiyan Sect are still the same as before. The dojo looks simple, but in fact it is more complicated than the dojos of other Xuanmen and Tianmen monks."

Wang Ping smiled without saying anything. He invited Kaiyun to sit down and lit the stove with magic. Yu Lian picked up the kettle on the stove and flew towards the pond in the Taoist temple. When she flew up, the calico cat on the old locust tree also took off and followed Yu Lian.

“Your place is really nice.”

Kaiyun stretched out his right hand while speaking, and a touch of golden spiritual energy gathered at his fingertips, feeling the spiritual energy gathered by the 'Nine Extremes Great Formation' of the mountains.

Wang Ping smiled and said, "You are joking, my friend. This place is not as majestic and grand as the Vajra Temple."

Kaiyun smiled and said, "That's just used to confuse believers. It's more peaceful and quiet here, fellow Taoist. I want to build a thatched cottage and settle down here."

"I welcome you, but I'm afraid the Vajra Temple can't do without you."

"There is no one in this world who cannot live without."

At this time, Yu Lian flew over with a kettle, and the calico cat jumped onto the branch of the locust tree, staring at Kai Yun with a pair of eyes, and it seemed that she didn't like this guest very much.

Yu Lian put the kettle on the stove. When a sizzling sound was heard, she looked at Kai Yun and said, "Are you the ones behind those Taiyan sect traitors in Xizhou? Sometimes they say too much. One day when I can't bear it anymore, I might fly to Xizhou and drown them."

She was in charge of Wang Ping's Kingdom of God believers. Over the years, she had often heard Xizhou believers accuse the traitors of their bad behavior. Now when she thought about it, she couldn't help but speak frankly to Kering. In her subconscious, Kering and Wang Ping were in a hostile and competitive relationship, and she could say whatever she wanted to the enemy.

Kaiyun did not avoid Yulian's question. He faced Yulian and said, "They just have different ideas, but they are not traitors. They are currently monks in Xizhou. For the stability of Xizhou, Vajra Temple will naturally not allow the chaos to expand. Similarly, if Taiyan disciples encounter danger in Xizhou, our Vajra Temple will not stand idly by."

Yu Lianluo curled up on the side of the coffee table, stretched her neck to look at Kaiyun and said, "Do you think you are being fair?"

Without waiting for Kaiyun to answer, Yu Lian continued, "According to your logic, your disciples from the Vajra Temple are Zhongzhou monks when they come to Zhongzhou. Even if they rebel against the Vajra Temple, it has nothing to do with you. In order to prevent the situation in Zhongzhou from becoming chaotic, it is reasonable for us to protect these people, right?"

Wang Ping looked at Yu Lian with amusement, then looked at Kai Yun who wanted to continue talking. He reached out and picked up the teacup and said, "It's just a small matter. There's no need to be so serious."

After he finished speaking, he laughed first, and then continued: "My Taiyan disciples have rarely suffered setbacks in recent years. Keeping those people will also help my Taiyan disciples train, which is not necessarily a bad thing."

After that, he raised his eyelids and looked at Kaiyun, changing the subject, "Our friendship is not yet at the point of small talk. I will just say what I want to say. Whether the matter of the Demon Realm can be accomplished or not is of no concern to me. Fellow Daoist, you don't have to use this matter to hold me back. Just tell me what you want."

Kaiyun looked at Wang Ping, and after hearing what Wang Ping said, he bowed and said, "Daoyou is right. The matter of the Demon Realm is a trivial matter. Whether the demons leave the Demon Realm or not is actually irrelevant to you True Lords. Anyway, they can't make any waves, at least for the time being."

"I stopped the demon realm just to gain more benefits, and there is no other intention. In addition, I just want to trouble you to do a small favor."

Wang Ping nodded slightly upon hearing this, and turned his gaze to the stove beside him, where the flames were blazing and had already boiled the water in the kettle. He first took out the tea leaves and poured them into the teapot, then picked up the kettle and asked, "What kind of small favor is it?" He knew that Kering's 'small favor' was the key.

Kaiyun bowed again and said, "We found a true spirit with golden attributes in outer space. It is a true spirit that practices the Six Secrets of the Golden Body. I would like to ask fellow Taoists to help set up a trap to capture it."

Wang Ping was a little surprised by this request. This was a fourth-level quota in the Vajra Temple, so there was no need to worry that the other party would ask for too much if he was asked for help. So, he pretended to be thinking about it.

Yu Lian glanced at Wang Ping, then looked at Kai Yun and asked, "Can't you do this on your own?"

Kaiyun explained: "I tried several times, but it escaped every time. These true spirits naturally reject those of the same attributes, so I would like to ask fellow Taoist to set up a wood spirit trap."

Wang Ping asked as he made tea, "Have you determined the location?"

"Yes, although the activity area of ​​the Four Realms True Spirits is very large, it is a fixed area. As long as you know the general direction and search slowly, you will find it one day."

"Is this urgent for you?"

"It's not urgent. Let's talk about it when you are free."

"Then you may have to wait for a long time. I will basically be busy in the next thousand years."

"We can still afford to wait a thousand years."

Wang Ping looked at Kaiyun seriously. He could hear from his words that this was something Kaiyun wanted to do personally, not Vajra Temple. Otherwise, Master Tiangong would have taken action long ago.

This is interesting.

"Try my tea."

Wang Ping pushed a cup of tea in front of Kering.

Kaiyun picked up the teacup with a smile, "It is said that all the fine tea in the world comes from Qianmuguan. I must taste it carefully."

Wang Ping also said with a smile: "These words are just excuses made up by those merchants in order to sell tea at a good price. Daoist friend, you won't even believe this, right?"

"But this tea is really good. It's more refreshing than the tea from my Zhongshan Kingdom."

“It’s just a different region.”

The two started chatting.

But the chat became boring after less than half an hour, and Kering did not force her to stay, so she took her leave when the teacup was empty.

Wang Ping let him do as he pleased and didn't even send him off.

After Kaiyun left, Yu Lian asked, "It seemed like we talked about something, but it also seemed like we didn't talk about anything."

Wang Ping gently stroked Yu Lian's head and said with a smile: "We don't have much to talk about. He knows my core interests very well and what I want even better. We can be said to have each gotten what we need."

"Your core interest is Taiyan Sect. As long as Taiyan Sect is stable and safe, Taiyan Sect is the key to your advancement to the fifth realm, and what you want is advancement to the fifth realm!"

Yu Lian wasn't quite sure when she said this.

Wang Ping nodded. "Maybe he is waiting for my failure so that he can take over the entire Zhongzhou in one go. Or maybe he has other plans."

"What's the plan?"

"He is only one step away from reaching perfection in the fourth realm. I feel like he can take that step at any time, but he didn't do that. Why do you think that is?"

"His goal is not to achieve perfection in the fourth realm, but to seek the higher fifth realm? However, it doesn't look like that!"

"That doesn't look like it. In the cultivation world, if you don't understand what a person does, then he has only one purpose, and that is to get promoted!"

"Right!"

"Meow~"

The calico cat jumped down from the locust tree and sat in the position where Kaiyun had just sat.

Yu Lian rolled up the teapot with her tail, poured a cup of tea for the calico cat, and said to her, "After we finish this cup of tea, let's go to Baishui Lake to have a look."

"Meow~"

Wang Ping smiled at the two little guys, then stood up and walked to the pavilion at the edge of the garden, leaned against the fence, and looked at the scenery among the mountains.

When it was getting dark, Li Miaolin's presence appeared outside the mountains.

After he entered the Qianmuguan Mountains, he immediately restrained the defiant expression on his face and landed carefully at the foot of Qianmu Mountain.

Wang Ping guessed that Li Miaolin was most likely here to deliver the Natural Wood Spirit, but he did not send a message to let Li Miaolin fly up directly. This man's consciousness was too murderous and crazy, and he needed to temper his temper occasionally. After all, there was a fourth-level quota waiting for him.

If nothing unexpected happens, he doesn't want to go back on his word to Taoist Chong Xing, after all, the other party has helped him a lot.

Since there was only one small path left on the mountain trail, which was paved by the Spirit Snake Clan when they were building a waterway for the mountains, it took Li Miaolin half an hour to reach the top of the mountain.

Wang Ping guessed correctly, he came to deliver natural wood spirits, a total of six.

"These are the wood spirits that are currently available for purchase. We have news on more than ten more, but they have all been made into magic arrays, so we need to discuss them slowly."

Li Miaolin explained carefully. After all, Wang Ping wanted fifty coins, and the number he got now was far from fifty.

Wang Ping took out a wood spirit and placed it in his hand. It looked like a piece of green amber. When he sensed the pure wood spirit energy inside, he subconsciously came up with the idea of ​​releasing its internal energy to flush his soul.

(End of this chapter)