There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Chapter 890 The Death of Taoist Chongxing
After Youhan left, the topic of discussion shifted from the civil strife in the Star God Alliance to Ao Yi's affairs. They exchanged some recent intelligence and then ended the conversation.

"For just these two things, why don't you just use the communication token to inform us?"

Yu Lian didn’t quite understand.

Wang Ping looked at the dim night and explained, "There is not much intelligence to organize a temporary gathering. If everything is done through communication tokens, there will be no meaning for the gathering. Besides, more gatherings can increase the cohesion of the organization."

Yu Lian understood, and she lay on Wang Ping's shoulder, staring at the rolling mountains in the night, and soon fell asleep.

Wang Ping was thinking about the so-called organization of the Diku Gate. He also did not think that Master Diwen would wake up in a short time. However, if an accident occurred in the process of awakening Master Diwen and the original plan went astray, it would be a loss.

I should find an opportunity to test the bow!
This was Wang Ping's subconscious thought, but before that he had to find out the specific situation. The internal affairs disciples of Taiyan Sect were not suitable for investigation, so it could only be done by his puppet.

After arranging the matter, Wang Ping no longer paid too much attention to it.

Several months passed unknowingly, and Wang Ping took Yu Lian to travel to Qingpu Road. His puppet bought a manor near the mouth of Pingjiang River. In the manor, they could see the sunset at the seaside every day, and observe the ebb and flow of the tide at the estuary.

Yu Lian particularly liked the environment here, so Wang Ping decided to live here.

One summer noon, the puppet left in the mountaintop dojo sensed the breath of Zhigong. Wang Ping immediately used the transfer array to transfer the clone in the outer space ecological zone back to the mountaintop dojo. The clone followed the breath and sensed an unfamiliar fourth-level cultivator.

It’s Taoist Yunsong!
Wang Ping was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhi Gong to bring Taoist Yunsong to see him.

"interesting."

Wang Ping whispered to himself. Yu Lian knew what Wang Ping was doing by looking at his expression, and quickly flew over from the eaves and connected to Wang Ping's spiritual consciousness.

...

Outside the mountaintop dojo.

Zhigong and Yunsong were led by a puppet and landed in front of the old locust tree. Seeing Wang Ping brewing tea in front of the old locust tree, Zhigong bowed and said with a smile, "Fellow Taoist, you are in a good mood."

"I am so happy to have distinguished guests!" Wang Ping smiled and extended his hand to invite them, "My two Taoist friends, please take a seat."

Zhi Gong first introduced Wang Ping: "This is Taoist Master Yunsong."

When Taoist Yunsong looked at Wang Ping, a moment of hesitation flashed across his face, and then he clasped his fists and bowed, saying, "Greetings to Lord Changqing."

"sit!"

Wang Ping invited again.

Zhigong did not hesitate this time and took Yunsong to sit next to the coffee table.

Taoist Yunsong has been observing Wang Ping since he appeared. At first, he just regarded Wang Ping as a junior who had just entered the fourth realm, and believed that everything Wang Ping had was bestowed by the True Lord.

But now he didn't dare to think so, because when his soul explored Wang Ping's body, he saw surging energy, and there was also a counterforce that almost stagnated the earth spirit in his body.

"Fellow Daoist Yunsong, why are you coming back now instead of staying at the border outside the domain?" Wang Ping looked at Yunsong with a smile, and although his tone was gentle, his questioning attitude was also very obvious.

“Lord Rong, it’s not that I’m shirking my duties, but the internal wars of the Star God Alliance have been going on for a while, and many cultivators in my brigade no longer obey my orders. The Dao Palace has no power over them.”

Taoist Yunsong changed his arrogance when he first landed at the mountaintop dojo and became very humble. "They are now not in the mood to resist the creatures from outside the domain. They are only focused on fighting among themselves."

He changed the subject and said, "According to the news I received, not only am I back, but Taoist Duxue from Linshui Prefecture and Zen Master Lingxi from Vajra Temple have also returned."

Wang Ping was stunned, then looked at Zhi Gong and said, "We spent a lot of effort to send them to the front line." He didn't say the second half of his sentence. Yuanwu Zhenjun must have had other arrangements for arranging these people outside the domain, but his arrangement now seems to have been wasted.

Zhigong nodded as if he understood, but did not expand the topic.

Taoist Yunsong understood what Wang Ping meant. He thought for a moment and said, "I heard outside the domain that the True Lords stopped paying attention to this world a long time ago and entrusted all specific matters to True Lord Yuanwu."

"Let's not talk about it."

Wang Ping picked up the teapot and poured tea for the two of them while changing the subject.

Taoist Yunsong glanced at Wang Ping and tactfully shut his mouth. In the past, he followed behind Lord Liuyun and participated in some transactions with the Star God Alliance. He knew a lot of inside information, but the situation was different at that time.

Wang Ping really has no interest in knowing the internal affairs of the Star God Alliance, at least he is not interested in knowing it now.

"Are you here today just to discuss the matter of Fellow Daoist Yunsong returning to Zhongzhou Star?" Wang Ping asked after taking a sip of tea.

“It’s not just about this…”

Zhi Gong answered hesitantly, "Fellow Daoist, do you still remember the demon tribe ruins we found underground when we dived to save fellow Daoist Ao Hong?"

Wang Ping nodded, "Of course I remember."

"After I came back, I ordered the disciples of the Cave Sect to search for the same underground ruins in various places. Over the years, we have actually discovered three ruins. One is in Xizhou, one is deep in the West Sea, and one is in the Far East Continent."

Zhi Gong looked at Wang Ping's expression while he was speaking. Seeing Wang Ping's inquiring look, he continued, "We found that the magic arrays carved in these three ruins are interconnected, and we also sensed the aura that our cavemen monks are most familiar with."

"Is it the aura of Master Diwen?"

Wang Ping interrupted softly, he needed to take the initiative in the conversation.

Zhi Gong took a deep look at Wang Ping and responded, "Yes, it is the breath of Master Di Wen. We have set up an altar outside, and we can even hear Master Di Wen's breathing when we pray."

Wang Ping put down the teacup in his hand and interrupted again: "So you are trying to wake up Master Diwen?"

Zhi Gong's breath froze when he heard this, and the Taoist Yunsong beside him changed his expression slightly. Wang Ping saw their reactions, took a sip of tea and said, "Everyone knows about your affair a long time ago."

Taoist Yunsong reacted quickly, put down the teacup in his hand, and bowed to Wang Ping and said, "Lord Changqing, please don't misunderstand. We, the Diku Sect, have no intention of hiding this matter. This time we came to see you to talk about this matter."

Zhigong nodded in agreement.

Wang Ping smiled silently, facing the two people's gazes, and said: "You shouldn't explain this matter to me. This concerns the True Lords, so you should explain it to the True Lords." His expression became serious, and his tone was also filled with a warning: "Don't forget about Liuyun Mansion Lord. His body is still in your hands, right? Go and take a look at his body when you have nothing to do, and perhaps you will understand what reverence is."

After hearing this, Zhi Gong was silent for more than ten breaths, then he looked at Wang Ping and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you for your reminder, fellow Taoist. I will go back and burn incense and pray."

After saying that, she stood up.

Taoist Yunsong also stood up.

Wang Ping bowed in greeting, but made no move to stand up and see him off.

As two ochre-green lights flashed across the sky, Zhi Gong and Yun Song returned to the sky above the northern mountains in a few breaths.

"Has Lord Changqing really practiced for less than a thousand years?" Yunsong looked towards the south and asked in confusion.

"Indeed!"

"Too incredible." Yunsong took out a fist-sized crystal ball while speaking, "A-level 15, this is a magic weapon given to me by True Lord Diwen. It can frame the soul of a cultivator of the same realm for analysis, and at a certain price, it can be used to attack the opponent's soul."

Zhigong asked in confusion: "Why do you mention it suddenly?"

Yunsong said in an incredulous tone: "It didn't find the soul of Lord Changqing just now, so it was just a clone, and the strength of this clone is even greater than mine!"

Zhi Gong understood what Yun Song wanted to express, and she also found it incredible. You know, she is still suppressing the riot of the earth spirit in her body, and she is afraid that it will take about 20 years before she can proceed to the next step of practice.

"When we met several times before, everyone said that Brother Changqing had made great progress in his cultivation. I thought it was just a compliment." Zhi Gong recalled the previous meetings with Wang Ping.

Yunsong whispered, "It's more than just a simple improvement in his cultivation. I'm afraid he has already perfected the fourth realm and is at the same level as Ao Yi, Rong Yang, and Wang Qing."

After he said this, his human consciousness became particularly active, which was caused by the unsuppressible jealousy and envy.

"you sure?"

The sound of the bow was a little sharp. Her "understanding" just now was just that Wang Ping's cultivation was higher than Yunsong's.

Yunsong tried hard to control his emotions. "It can't be wrong. I personally experienced the strength of Lord Yuxiao back then. His clone is just like Lord Changqing now."

"But why does he keep giving in to Ao Yi?"

Zhigong asked.

Taoist Yunsong said, "This is what makes him so scary. Ao Yi's promotion is at stake this time. We need to maintain our alliance with the Taiyan Sect. This is something that only you and I need to know."

At this moment, he was somewhat glad that he had listened to Zhi Gong's advice and visited Wang Ping first.

After Zhigong calmed down, he replied, "Don't worry, I know my limits." She tried not to think about it, and then asked, "What about our relationship?"

Taoist Yunsong replied, "We will follow the instructions of Lord Changqing. We were indeed not thoughtful enough before."

...

Wang Ping was not sure about the reactions of Taoist Yunsong and Taoist Zhigong. After meeting Zhigong, he withdrew all the puppets that were originally investigating the cave gate. After all, Zhigong took the initiative to bring Yunsong to pay a visit, which meant that their actions would not target Taiyan Sect.

However, those who were withdrawn were only puppets for the investigation. Surveillance will certainly continue, and more manpower will be added.

For a long time afterwards, Wang Ping stayed in the manor in Qingpu Road until the 219th year of the new calendar, when Linshui Prefecture occupied most of Xizhou. The Qingpu Road port became more and more prosperous as Linshui Prefecture gained control over Xizhou. Wang Ping took Yu Lian on a merchant ship to Xizhou.

The journey takes about two years, because it does not cross the entire strait, but passes through hundreds of ports along the shallow waters of the mainland, and purchases and ships goods at the corresponding ports. One trip can bring in tens of thousands of taels of silver.

When the merchant ship sailed south and arrived at the southernmost port of Hushan Kingdom, Wang Ping suddenly received a jade slip sent back by Taoist Chongxing using a transfer talisman. The content of the jade slip was very simple. Taoist Chongxing decided to end his life before his death.

Chong Xing asked Wang Ping that he would use the remaining wood spirit energy in his body to preserve the "Heaven-Covering Talisman" for more than 500 years with a secret method.

In other words, if Wang Ping could take away the true spirit and the 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' left by Taoist Chongxing within five hundred years, there is a high probability that a third-level Taiyan cultivator could be promoted to the fourth level.

Taoist Chongxing was able to achieve this, it must be for the benefit of his disciple.

Wang Ping had no intention of stealing this achievement, but the prerequisite was that Li Miaolin was available.

After reading the contents of the jade slip, Wang Ping used his clone in the ecological zone and the transfer array that he had previously set up to maintain the extraterritorial starry sky to rush to the place marked with "Explore the Golden Ball".

After Wang Ping arrived in Xizhou and traveled in the southern plains of Xizhou for several years, Wang Ping's clone finally arrived at the location marked by Taoist Chongxing.

This was a very clean starry sky, with only black and white lights interwoven beneath it. After searching for a long time, he could not find any trace of Taoist Chongxing. In the end, he was still too late.

Several more years passed before Wang Ping captured the breath of the Wood Spirit. At this moment, there were endless spiritual creatures gathered around it, as if a king was using spiritual energy to build an illusory palace under the starry sky, and it was sitting in the center of the palace.

When Wang Ping's clone captured the breath of the true spirit, the true spirit also discovered the clone, and then the true spirit rushed over with countless spiritual creatures, and in an instant a surging breath of wood spirit was rolled up in the starry sky.

Wang Ping placed a part of his spiritual consciousness into his clone, dodging the attacks of the true spirit while carefully observing the situation of the true spirit.

He saw a clear 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' inside the True Spirit's body, and the True Spirit was driving it to try to distort Wang Ping's thoughts.

During the chase, Wang Ping discovered that the True Spirit seemed to be able to command those spiritual creatures. They formed a simple top-down social framework with the True Spirit as the center, influencing the spirituality of the starry sky and forming a strange space similar to the mortal kingdom in a fixed area.

During the fight with Wang Ping, the strange space continued to expand, and even with the strength of Wang Ping's clone, he could not escape from this space. Even if he used the transfer talisman, as long as he did not transfer out of this space, those weak spiritual creatures would appear beside him and try to get into his consciousness.

"No wonder these true spirits are fixed in one position. It turns out that they will demarcate an area as their territory." Wang Ping thought to himself, and after struggling with the true spirit for a while, he used the transfer formation he had set up in advance to directly leave this starry sky.

Wang Ping did not take the opportunity to collect the true spirit because he had no better way to keep the 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' in the true spirit. If the 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' disappeared, it would be a loss.

The probability of this piece of starry sky being discovered is almost zero, because the starry sky is too vast. Compared with the starry sky, the true spirit is like a grain of sand in the ocean. It is impossible to find it without knowing its exact location.

Coincidentally, on the second day after Wang Ping controlled his clone to return to the ecological zone, his other clone sent news that the magic circle set up by the Vajra Temple had finally captured the movements of the true spirit.

(End of this chapter)