There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Yu Lian sensed Wang Ping's change and the water spirit runes on the surface of her scales suddenly emitted green light, as if she was ready to fight at any time.

Wang Ping was not in a hurry. He stretched out his left hand to deduce and used the "Tian Tong Fu" to distort the consciousness of the firebird, causing the firebird that was about to attack Wang Ping to become sluggish in an instant.

After a few breaths, he summoned a golden-armored soldier, and put "armor talismans" on both himself and the golden-armored soldier. Then they flew up one after the other. Before entering the passage, Wang Ping cast two "transfer talismans" into the void.

Feeling the increasingly strong repulsive force of the channel personally, Wang Ping couldn't help but speed up. The moment he passed through the foggy area and arrived at the water palace, the repulsive force of the channel suddenly increased several times.

However, it still posed no threat to Wang Ping, but the puppet could no longer bear it. Wang Ping stretched out his hand to stabilize the puppet while looking outside the passage.

Outside, covered in fog, the sky was full of rain, and there was a biting cold wind in the rain, coupled with the rich water spirit energy, making the effect of this heavy rain just like the 'dripping water wears away the stone' performed by the water cultivators of Linshui Mansion, with very obvious destructive power, and penetrating every hole.

Under the hazy fog formed by the heavy rain, one can see an island full of swamps and jungles. There is a pool of water in the center of the island. When Wang Ping's spiritual consciousness explored it, he sensed that the water spirit energy inside it had become substantial.

Wang Ping took out a refined thousand-year-old spiritual wood from his storage bag and threw it out of the passage. He saw that the rain seemed to have corrosive power, and instantly corroded the spiritual wood until nothing was left.

Seeing this, Yu Lian's body swelled up to two meters in length, and she opened her big mouth and spit out a water bullet toward the outside of the passage. When the water bullet rushed out, it split the rain and cold wind outside into two parts, revealing an area several meters wide.

"The repulsive force of the passage is getting stronger and stronger. Should we try to cross this area directly, or go deeper into the swamp to see if we can find the so-called sect token?"

Yu Lian turned her head to look at Wang Ping, and Wang Ping's figure was reflected in her pair of golden vertical pupils.

Wang Ping's soul carefully explored the passage ahead. He could feel that the repulsive force of the passage would double almost every ten feet he moved forward. When approaching the foggy passage leading to the Wind Palace, the powerful repulsive force prevented Wang Ping's soul from moving forward even a little bit.

At this moment, the heavy rain outside suddenly stopped, because the water mist formed by the heavy rain dispersed in just a few breaths under the rolling of water spirit energy.

If there were no fog, it would be a sunny day here at this moment. Unfortunately, under the fog, both the sky and the earth are dim, and there is no possibility of a blue sky.

The jungles and waterways of the island were therefore filled with the smell of corruption. Wang Ping first observed whether there was a gathering place like the Mountain Palace here. After confirming that there was none, he controlled the golden-armored soldiers to fly out of the passage, and then he and Yu Lian followed suit.

"What a pity that there is such a strong water spirit energy."

Yu Lian swung her slender tail to dispel the strong water spirit energy that was attached to her. "They are flawless and uncontaminated, but they cannot be absorbed."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the black ball hanging on Wang Ping's waist and asked, "I wonder if Xinghai can absorb the spiritual energy here?"

At this moment, Wang Ping felt that the transfer formation he had set up in the Fire Palace was slowly disintegrating. At the rate it was disintegrating, it would lose its effect if no intervention was made within five hours.

After hearing Yu Lian's question, he immediately communicated with 'Xing Hai', but received no response, which meant that 'Xing Hai' could not absorb the spiritual energy here, otherwise he would not be polite.

Yu Lian did not continue to dwell on this question. She stared at the deep pool below and said, "If this is really the sect's headquarters, and we are invaders who have already invaded here, shouldn't there be a more powerful force to stop us?"

"Isn't it the rain just now? In an environment like that, ordinary fourth-level cultivators would find it difficult to resist." As Wang Ping spoke, he landed above the deep pool with Yu Lian.

The deep pool that looks clear and blue from a distance turns out to be extremely turbid when you get closer. Not only is the pool water turbid, but even the crisscrossing waterways around it are equally turbid. However, it exudes a pure aura of water.

"What happened here?"

Yu Lian's tone was full of regret.

Wang Ping's gaze fell on the rotten dead grass around the deep pool, where criss-crossing deep pits could be vaguely seen. He stretched out his hand and tapped lightly. A stream of wood spirit energy emerged, clearing away the rotten dead grass, revealing its original appearance.

There was also turbid water beneath the rotten dead grass. The rock and soil layers on both sides of the deep pit were very neat, and it was obvious that they were chopped out with magical weapons such as long swords, which meant that a great battle had once taken place here.

"Has anyone fought here? So the things that were supposed to stop us have been cleared out by those who came here first? What do you think is under the water?"

Yulian asked.

Because the turbid pond water was too full of spiritual energy and there was no telling what danger it might contain, Wang Ping and Yu Lian did not dare to use their spiritual powers to investigate.

As Yu Lian spoke, she flicked her tail lightly, performing the simplest "Water Dividing Technique".

The next moment, the dirty pool water began to slowly separate to both sides. Wang Ping did not stop Yu Lian, but quietly set up a transfer array in the surrounding space.

Time passed slowly, and the turbid water in the deep pool slowly receded. After about ten breaths of time, a huge skeleton was revealed in the retreating water. It was a skeleton similar to the one of the giant beast at the bottom of Baishui Lake, but there was still some rotten flesh left on the skeleton, and it was obvious that the beast had not been dead for too long.

Wang Ping became more alert.

More than ten breaths passed, but nothing dangerous happened. Sword marks like deep pits appeared on the surface of the giant beast's skeleton. Then, its skull was shattered. It was obviously crushed by the strong inertia. What made Wang Ping more concerned was that there was a metal ring of unknown material on the neck of the giant beast, which seemed to be specially used to lock it.

Soon, a skeleton that was not completely decayed appeared on the side of the broken skull, but it only had half a skull. The remaining half of the skull was buried in the mud, and the metal ring that locked it could be clearly seen on its neck.

When Wang Ping saw this, he immediately opened his eyes to observe the skeleton of one of the giant beasts...

After a few breaths, countless images emerged in Wang Ping's mind, and quickly under the influence of his powerful spiritual consciousness, he sorted out these confused images.

The first scene was in the cold and dark deep sea. This was the birth scene of the giant beast. Beside him were two huge sea lion-like creatures with thick hair on their bodies and mysterious water spirit runes on their heads. It spent a long time in the seemingly endless ocean. Occasionally, it would come out of the water and soar into the sky with its own magic. In such a scene, Wang Ping saw a planet that was mostly ocean, with scorching stars in the sky, and the distant starry sky was extremely brilliant.

One day, the group of giant beasts passed through the atmosphere, wandered in the universe for hundreds of years, and arrived at another planet with abundant water resources.

But one day, a group of leather-armored dragon creatures descended on their gathering place, and what happened next was chaos. Apparently someone had concealed the secret. When the scene recovered, a metal ring had been put around the giant beast's neck. The adult beasts had disappeared, and it had become very docile. There were also some metal puppets teaching it how to cast water spells.

When he grew up, he was led by two metal puppets to a beautiful marshland. He was then instilled with the consciousness to protect this marshland. After that, the secrets of heaven were completely blocked.

The 'Water Dividing Technique' that Yu Lian had performed at this time had completely separated the turbid water in the deep pool, and even the water in the nearby river was separated into two sides. The underwater was littered with countless skeletons of giant beasts, and their flesh and blood rotted very slowly due to their high density and rich water spirit energy, while also adding more rich water spirit energy to the place.

"Okay, that's it."

Wang Ping took Yu Lian up for a distance and carefully observed the deep pool and its surrounding areas. He confirmed that there had been a great battle here and all the giant beasts guarding here were killed.

Yu Lian was naturally very obedient, and then slowly gathered the separated pools of water together. She turned to look at Wang Ping and said, "It seems that there is something here that can stop us, but it has been cleared away by our predecessors."

When she saw that the turbid sewage below had almost recovered, she shrank her body and flew over to land on Wang Ping's shoulder. As the water below rippled, she looked up at the passage near the fog above and asked Wang Ping, "What should we do now? Should we force our way over? Can we withstand the repulsive force of the passage?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping took Yu Lian and flew higher again. He observed the swamp with his Sky Eye and got a similar picture as before. Those metal puppets buried a spirit gathering formation under the swamp, and concealed the secret at the critical moment.

After calming down, Wang Ping, Yu Lian and the golden-armored soldiers entered the foggy passage leading to the Wind Palace. Suddenly, a strong repulsive force came over him, as if a mountain was hitting the wood spirit in his body. In this state, he could not hold on for more than ten breaths at most before being repelled.

At the same time, it started raining heavily outside again. It should be that after the passage detected the intruder, the defense formation here was activated automatically. If it was an ordinary fourth-level cultivator, he would have most likely been cleared out at this moment and then swallowed by the rain outside.

"Do you want to rush through by force?"

Yulian asked.

Wang Ping thought quickly in his mind. According to his previous experience when he entered the water palace, he would definitely be unacceptable to this area as an invader. Moreover, the repulsive force of the passage to the next area would be even stronger. Perhaps as soon as he entered, he would be repelled and attacked by the defensive formation.

So, after thinking it over again and again, he held up the 'Armor Talisman' and left the passage. The sound of cold rain hitting the protective shield instantly echoed in his ears. Wang Ping sensed the consumption of the 'Armor Talisman' to resist erosion. Fortunately, for his current level of cultivation, such consumption is almost a drop in the bucket. If he had just reached the fourth realm, he would have to find a way to leave in less than half a minute.

"Are you planning on going through the fog and into the next area?"

Yu Lian guessed what Wang Ping was thinking.

Wang Ping responded: "As long as we don't come into contact with the fog in the core area, I should be fine with my cultivation level. I feel that there may be more turbulent fog later, so we have to adapt to it in advance."

Yu Lian didn't say anything after hearing this, but just wrapped her arm around Wang Ping's left wrist obediently.

Wang Ping was not being impulsive. He had been measuring the intensity of the fog in various areas since he entered the foggy sea. The intensity of the fog in this area could barely be considered as the fourth realm, which was more than enough for his current level of cultivation.

According to the documents recorded in the archives of the Second Seat of the Taoist Palace, these areas within the Misty Seat come together to form a huge Bagua formation. Each area corresponds to a Bagua direction, and the Holy Palace in the core area is in the middle.

So, theoretically, every area can directly enter the core of the fog sea, but the intensity of the fog between each area and the core is simply beyond his ability to contend with, so he can only pass it one level at a time.

After waiting for more than ten breaths, the heavy rain stopped as Wang Ping had guessed. Wang Ping did not hesitate any longer. He decisively used the golden armored soldiers to hold up the "Armor Talisman" and entered the fog.

Wang Ping himself used the part of his consciousness attached to the puppet to sense the strength of the five elements' spiritual energy inside the fog, and quickly found the area where the fog was weakest. Moreover, the energy intensity of this sea of ​​fog was just as he had guessed, equivalent to the level of just reaching the fourth realm, and posed no threat to him.

Wang Ping first cast two transfer talismans, then entered the fog in a rational state, and controlled the golden armored soldiers to speed up their pace, while observing the progress of the five elements of spiritual energy in the fog assimilating the barrier held up by the "Armor Talisman".

"boom"

The golden-armored soldier leading the way in front collided with an invisible barrier, and the five elements of spiritual energy in the mist accelerated the erosion of the barrier constructed by the 'armor symbol' around the golden-armored soldier's body.

Wang Ping did not panic, as this was also within his expectations. He immediately summoned a puppet with a 'painted mask', and after using 'clairvoyance' to clearly observe the strength of the barrier in front, he directly distorted part of the barrier's existence, making it disappear.

The golden-armored soldiers passed through the barrier smoothly, and Wang Ping followed closely with Yu Lian. The moment they passed through the barrier, Wang Ping sensed that the intensity of the fog had increased several times.

Although it still could not threaten Wang Ping, Wang Ping did not dare to stay any longer. He immediately controlled the puppet to speed up and followed closely with Yu Lian.

In just a moment, they passed through the fog. When the dim light was projected onto Wang Ping's eyes, he sensed a very familiar spiritual toxin, and it was the spiritual toxin generated by the wood spirit's spiritual energy!
At the same time, a whistling sound of wind echoed in his ears. When Wang Ping felt this, he immediately recalled the golden-armored soldier in front of him. At this moment, only the core parts of the golden-armored soldier were intact, and the limbs had been assimilated when they passed through the last section of fog.

Now the surface of its core area is also contaminated with some spiritual toxins, and the moment the strong wind here blows across the surface, marks like sword marks appear.

Wang Ping waved his hand to dispel the spiritual poison, put away the golden-armored soldiers, and observed the Wind Palace...

First of all, what you see is still an island with continuous high mountains on it and some ruined buildings on the mountains. There is an ancient locust tree on each peak, but they are all in a necrotic state.

"So, the five areas from Kun Palace onwards correspond to the five elements of Xuanmen?" Yu Lian asked doubtfully, "But why are the strengths different? If this is really a sect's headquarters, it shouldn't be like this, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the trunk of an old locust tree on one of the peaks suddenly split open, and then a humanoid creature with pale skin jumped out... (End of this chapter)