There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Chapter 891: The ‘despicable’ Taiyan monk
outer space.

Near the ecological zone of Vajra Temple, the original monitoring array had been removed and the third-level disciples had also left. Kaiyun looked at the golden light faintly visible under the distant starry sky with an expectant expression.

Wang Ping's clone stood beside Kaiyun, trying to capture the true spirit that was looming in the golden light. He found that its speed was really fast, making it difficult for Wang Ping to capture it. No wonder Kaiyun needed his help.

"It has a certain level of consciousness. In the previous times, it immediately fled when it saw that the situation was not right. We were unable to catch up with it even with our flying boat. This time, we have to rely on the help of fellow Taoists. It should be interested in the aura of the wood spirit."

There was a rare hint of urgency in Kering's tone.

Wang Ping did not answer Kaiyun. He exuded a heavy aura of wood spirit and transformed into a stream of light to meet the fast-gliding true spirit.

As the black and white light of the starry sky continued to stretch in his sight, after more than ten breaths, Wang Ping saw a golden light that stretched for tens of thousands of miles. The true spirit was not flying fast, but traveling through space.

The method of the True Spirit traveling through space is very direct. It uses the property of the Golden Spirit to tear apart space. It tears open passages in space and then forces its way through. It looks as shocking as racing in the starry sky.

To Wang Ping, the starry sky that stretched for tens of thousands of miles was no different from the difference between a firefly and the sun and the moon. However, he did not retreat at all. He captured the direction of the true spirit with the transfer talisman, landed in front of it in advance, and then deployed a wood spirit formation of thousands of kilometers.

As soon as the magic circle was unfolded, wood spirit energy observable to the naked eye emerged and formed a continuous forest in the illusory starry sky. Small saplings instantly became towering trees. Between these densely packed trees there were densely packed barrier runes, and the surface of the tree trunks was covered with constantly twisting vines.

Just as Kaiyun said, when the true spirit sensed the rich wood spirit energy, it rushed over regardless of everything, and suddenly large areas of space collapsed. Under the sight of Wang Ping's "Tian Tong Fu", he saw surging golden spirit particles cutting through the space, and inside the cut space was a dark passage.

Along with the pitch-black space channel, there are some twisted black lines in some places. They are intertwined with the rules of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang, like an automatic production machine, stitching the torn space at a speed visible to the naked eye.

According to the rules of the wood spirit, Wang Ping sensed a special breath, which seemed to be able to connect the future and the past. It must be the actual future and past, but he could only feel it but could not observe or use it.

This is the space-time characteristic that accompanies space!
Just when Wang Ping sensed these changes, the true spirit carrying the power of heaven rushed towards the area where Wang Ping was. Countless giant trees in the forest were crushed in an instant, and the rich wood spirit breath turned into nothingness under the stirring of space cracks and golden spirit energy.

In just a moment, most of the forest in the starry sky was destroyed. Wang Ping's consciousness even sensed a strong tearing sensation around the clone, trying to devour the clone completely.

Wang Ping remained as still as a mountain, like a small boat in a strong wind. He quickly activated an 'Armor Talisman' to form a protective barrier around his body. When he sensed the appearance of the True Spirit within the range of the barrier he had set up, he quickly made hand gestures with his left hand.

Immediately, an invisible barrier was formed, and at this moment, Wang Ping's eyes had hinted at the appearance of a true spirit. It was a golden bull body, similar to the wild bulls in the southern plains of Xizhou, with long horns, a majestic body and limbs.

Its huge body crashed into the defense barrier constructed by Wang Ping using the "Armor Talisman". The defense barrier suddenly cracked and was then swallowed by the torn space. However, when the defense barrier shattered, Wang Ping's clone had already exited the range of the barrier through the transfer talisman.

A very strange cry spread through the spiritual energy inside the barrier, sounding like the low cry of some bird. Wang Ping quickly changed the spell with his left hand, and the vines with wood spirit runes quickly intertwined inside the barrier, encircling and blocking the true spirit while strengthening the barrier.

"You still won't take action?"

Wang Ping looked at Kaiyun not far away.

Kaiyun did not respond to Wang Ping. When Wang Ping looked at him, golden light suddenly shone around his body, and his body instantly expanded to a hundred feet.

He directly used his Dharma body!

Along with a sharp sound coming from the chaotic spiritual energy, Kaiyun's huge Dharma body drilled into the barrier and collided with the true spirit that was destroying the forest.

"Dang~"

The echo like bell sound penetrated into Wang Ping's ears through the surging chaotic spiritual energy. Countless spiritual creatures emerged from the cracks under the starry sky. They frantically attacked the barrier constructed by Wang Ping, but were shattered in an instant by the powerful force driven by the chaotic spiritual energy.

An even more turbulent golden spiritual aura emerged around Kaiyun's Dharma body. Mysterious runes appeared on the surface of his dark and huge arms, tightly strangling the neck of the bull's true spirit.

All the wood spirits in the barrier were cleared out at this moment, and a dazzling golden light suddenly appeared, illuminating Wang Ping's entire body with distinct light and dark.

That was the sealing formation constructed by Kaiyun. The formation was spreading outwards continuously with his Dharma body as the core. His true spirit was struggling to break free at the moment, causing the torn space to leave many scars on Kaiyun's arms, but they recovered in a blink of an eye.

With a sound of metallic friction, dense metal chains emerged from the core of the magic circle. The surface of the chains was engraved with golden spirit runes shining with golden light. The moment it appeared, it entangled the true spirit from head to tail.

After a few breaths, the True Spirit stopped moving, but Kaiyun did not relax. He still held the True Spirit's bull-like neck tightly, and with his other hand he made a complicated spell.

The next moment, an even richer aura of golden spirit emerged. Kaiyun directly peeled out part of the golden spirit in his body and created a giant metal box out of thin air to seal the true spirit locked by the chain.

Kaiyun then loosened his hand that was pinching the True Spirit's neck, and his body changed back to normal human form. He took out another metal box engraved with sealing runes and directly framed the huge metal box containing the True Spirit.

After completing all this, Kai Yun's serious face revealed an unconcealable smile. After a long while, he moved his gaze away from the metal and cleared the chaotic golden spiritual energy under the starry sky with his hands, looked in the direction where Wang Ping was, and then appeared several feet away from Wang Ping.

"Thank you for your help, I will remember this favor."

Kaiyun put away the metal box and bowed to Wang Ping in a Taoist salute.

Wang Ping politely returned the greeting and said, "Daoyou, please retreat and practice as soon as possible. The situation on Zhongzhou Star is becoming increasingly tense, and the Dao Palace is now in name only."

He looked as if he was following Kering's lead.

Kering laughed out loud, and at this moment his laughter was extremely sincere.

After a round of false politeness between the two, Wang Ping finally said goodbye and left. Kaiyun was in a hurry to go back to absorb the energy from the true spirit's body, so he pretended to try to keep Wang Ping and then parted ways with him.

…"In this way, Vajra Temple will not only have one more person who has reached the perfection of the fourth realm, but also one more quota for the fourth realm. Aren't you afraid that Kaiyun will regret it later?" Yu Lian asked after Wang Ping took back his clone.

"I have already achieved perfection in the four realms. The future is something that those who come after me should worry about." Wang Ping was not worried at all, and he would not regret it.

Yu Lian tilted her head and said, "You have left a big problem for those who come after you. There are the powerful Zhenyang Sect and Vajra Temple. The Yuqing Sect has now merged with Shangqing. According to the plan of Xuanqing Zhenjun, another Yuqing cultivator of the fourth realm will be born in the near future."

Wang Ping has also been thinking about this problem recently. If he is promoted to the fifth realm, he will definitely need enough Tai Yan fourth realm cultivators to work for him, otherwise some of his plans will not be able to be carried out.

Wang Ping was not worried about the promotion quota. There were originally three quotas marked in the 'Golden Exploring Ball'. Adding Taoist Chongxing's quota, there were four quotas. There was also Cheng Xi's quota and the quota left after Wang Ping's own promotion, which made six quotas. In addition, the 'Golden Exploring Ball' itself had one quota, which made seven quotas.

In other words, excluding the one occupied by Taoist Miaoqing from outer space, only one of the four realms of Taiyan is missing.

But having a quota doesn't mean that someone will be able to succeed in the promotion. As for puppets...

Wang Ping could only use one quota at most. If he used too many, he would definitely be suspected by other fourth-level cultivators. He didn't want the future Tai Yan fourth-level cultivators to be full of suspicion. After all, he had many ideas in his mind that he wanted to realize, and some unknown questions that he wanted to explore.

"As long as the quota is in my hands, I can make plans once my cultivation is sufficient. Everything else is a small matter." Wang Ping reached out and gently stroked Yu Lian's head.

Yu Lian did not continue the topic. His eyes were fixed on a nearby vendor selling grilled fish. The vendor was grilling small fish the size of a palm, using black charcoal and sprinkling some unknown spices. The southern cities of Xizhou did not produce spices, so this thing was a little expensive.

Wang Ping felt Yu Lian's gaze and walked over to buy a grilled fish, but Yu Lian took one bite and threw it to a child on the side of the road in disgust.

"The taste of spices is too strong. It reminds me of the dried toad meat I ate when I was a child. It was so disgusting." Yu Lian said to Wang Ping.

Wang Ping smiled without saying anything, thinking of Yu Lian's mischievousness and endless questions when she was a child. He saw a horse-drawn carriage waiting for someone nearby and went up to ask the price.

He plans to continue his unfinished journey.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was already the 245th year in the new calendar. Twenty years had passed since we helped Kaiyun capture the True Spirit.

Wang Ping has lived a very free and easy life in the past twenty years. He has traveled all over the country with Yu Lian without any burden in his heart. As time goes by, he has become a little addicted to this feeling.

He did not slack off in his meditation at night. After all these years of hard work in Zhongzhou, the average progress of forest coverage and refining reached (27/100), but the degree of harmony with the destiny of heaven and earth decreased instead of increasing, reaching (37/100).

The current situation is not suitable for planning for promotion, and Wang Ping did not force it. He just used puppets to do things step by step every day.

It is worth mentioning that as long as the believers in Zhongzhou have worshipped Wang Ping, they will be compatible with him without deliberate guidance, because after the fire set by True Lord Lieyang, most of the people in Zhongzhou are descendants of immigrants from Zhonghui City in the south and Shangning City in the north.

It might be God's will. Nearly 70% of the aristocratic families in these two cities have blood of the Wang family. They have an obvious causal relationship with Wang Ping from the root. Their worship of Wang Ping is equivalent to worshiping their own ancestors, and the degree of compatibility will naturally increase.

If things continue to develop, when Zhongzhou once again reaches prosperity, Wang Ping may only need a little guidance to achieve his goals for promotion. In Yu Lian's words, 'God is helping him.'

The carriage brought Wang Ping to a nearby town. Wang Ping paid the fare and was about to take Yu Lian to visit a Taoist temple near Linshuifu when Kaiyun suddenly sent a message inviting him to visit the Vajra Temple.

Wang Ping immediately made a deduction upon receiving the news and confirmed that Kaiyun had reached perfection in the fourth realm. He couldn't help but smile when he entered the Linshuifu Taoist temple. As for Kaiyun's invitation, he had no intention of going and refused on the grounds that he was in seclusion to practice and refine the magic weapon to seal Ao Yi.

He was not going, but the Taiyan Sect wanted to send a representative. After much deliberation, Wang Ping decided to let Zi Luan go in person, and told Zi Luan to fully cooperate with the Vajra Temple in any future matters related to the dispute with the Linshui Prefecture.

When Zi Luan received the order, he took it very seriously and immediately called Hu Qianqian, Que Cai, Xuan Ling, Leng Kezhen and Qingjiang to his dojo to discuss the matter.

"This is the first time since Ao Yi took charge of the Guan Dao Palace that the Lord of the Prefecture has given us a clear order to unite with the Vajra Temple to fight against the Linshui Prefecture."

After everyone gathered, Zi Luan announced Wang Ping's order and said this.

The others remained silent. Zi Luan looked at Leng Kezhen and said, "Master Leng is in charge of the internal affairs of our sect. What do you think?"

Leng Kezhen raised his head and answered in front of everyone's eyes, "Over the years, we have relied on the network of relationships we have developed with Linshui Prefecture over the past hundreds of years. On the one hand, we have united with Yuqing Sect and Diku Sect to harvest spiritual energy in the name of justice, and on the other hand, we have cooperated privately with Linshui Prefecture disciples to make up for the previous losses. The order from the Prefecture Lord only asks us to assist Vajra Temple in fighting against Linshui Prefecture. I think we can continue with the previous method, but when we harvest spiritual energy openly, we can use the name of Vajra Temple."

Que Cai couldn't help but nodded and said, "I think it's feasible. By the way, I can make up for the remaining third realm, and then take advantage of the troubled waters to use the harvested spirituality to capture some third realm Tai Yan True Spirits!"

Although the others didn't say anything, Zi Luan could see that they all had the same mentality.

From the message Wang Ping sent him this time, Zi Luan heard that the current Vajra Temple is very strong and is strong enough to fight against Ao Yi and Linshui Prefecture.

What Ao Yi did after his appearance let all the cultivators in the world know that it was for promotion. Similarly, all the cultivators in the world also knew that no one except Linshui Mansion would support his promotion.

This is the situation on the surface, and only God knows the secret struggle.

So Zi Luan thought about it again and again, looked at Hu Qianqian and said, "Fellow Daoist Hu, why don't you ask the Lord of the Mansion in detail? We can also do our best to handle this matter well."

Hu Qianqian just nodded.

Half an hour later, Wang Ping received a message from Hu Qianqian using the communication token. Hu Qianqian delivered the message verbatim, including the speeches of other people at the meeting.

Wang Ping couldn't help laughing after reading it. He felt that the Taiyan Sect might have had its own fault for being targeted in the past. However, when faced with the benefits of this, he did not oppose the plans of Zi Luan and others.

(End of this chapter)