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Chapter 914: A meeting with other True Lords
Under the starry sky, time seemed to pass faster. Wang Ping and Yu Lian had just designed the barrier formation for the ecological zone when the communication token received a message from Lieyang, reminding him of the meeting in an hour.

This is a meeting of all the True Lords, which is equivalent to a meeting in the Taoist Palace. It is considered the highest-level meeting in this starry sky, and this time it is specially prepared for Wang Ping.

As a newcomer to the fifth realm, Wang Ping still had some expectations. He deliberately changed into a wide-sleeved robe, and when the time came, he used the communication token to project part of his consciousness over.

As his sight quickly shifted, he saw a hall that was ten meters long and wide. There were no pillars in the hall, which made the roof very high. Several thick beams were connected to the entire roof with a complex mortise and tenon structure. The surrounding windows were open, and the black and white light outside could be vaguely seen.

On the front of the hall are golden statues of two saints, with eight yellow cushions on each side and several incense burners placed on both sides of the cushions.

At this moment, there were already eight people sitting cross-legged on cushions in the hall, leaving eight cushions empty. The eight people present cast their eyes over to Wang Ping when he appeared.

Wang Ping met their gazes generously. Before he could say anything, Lieyang, who was in the second seat, stood up, bowed and said, "You should pay your respects to the two saints first."

He pointed to the golden statues of two saints in front of the hall.

Wang Ping did not dare to neglect it. When he stepped forward to pay his respects, the others stood up from their cushions one after another. When he finished paying his respects, Lieyang stepped forward and pointed to the empty chief seat and said, "This seat belongs to Lord Long, but he rarely participates in our meetings."

Lieyang smiled as he finished speaking, pointing to the seat where he had just sat, "This seat is usually occupied by me."

Wang Ping subconsciously bowed to Lieyang. At this moment, Lieyang was wearing a gray-white robe with wide sleeves. There was a wide belt around his waist with a pattern representing the Zhenyang Sect, and a fiery jade crown on his head, which did not match his robe at all.

After bowing, Wang Ping quickly glanced at Yuan Wu. Logically, Yuan Wu should be the one to introduce him.

"This is Master Tiangong..."

Lieyang pointed to the third seat and introduced, "I heard that you like to play chess with others. Master Tiangong has been beating us for thousands of years in a row. You have a chance to try it."

Wang Ping turned his eyes and looked at Master Tiangong, who was wearing a simple light yellow monk's robe. His face was clean, he looked white and plump, his smile was particularly kind, and he had a bald head. He looked like a middle-aged man enjoying the cool outside a farmyard.

"I am definitely no match for the master."

Wang Ping bowed and responded modestly.

Master Tiangong folded his hands, nodded slightly in return, and said with a kind smile: "We like to cooperate with the Yuanshen deduction when playing chess. This is what the Taiyan Sect is best at. If you have nothing to do, you can come to my dojo to play a game of chess."

Wang Ping nodded thoughtfully and responded politely, "I will definitely bother you when I have time."

Lieyang said, "Xuanqing is also an expert in this area, but unfortunately he has never had the time." He pointed to the empty seat opposite Master Tiangong and introduced it to Wang Ping, "This is Xuanqing's seat. His condition is even worse than mine. He hasn't appeared here for two thousand years."

After that, Lieyang took Wang Ping one step down and pointed to the next seat, saying, "This is Daoist Fellow Bai Yan's seat. He was delayed by something. I'll introduce you to him next time I have the chance."

"Fellow Daoist Yuanwu, you have met me many times, right?" Lieyang looked at Yuanwu and said to Wang Ping with a smile. Then he pointed to the two empty seats between Yuanwu and said, "One of these two seats belongs to Fellow Daoist Diwen, who has been sleeping for these years, and the other seat belongs to you, Fellow Daoist."

Wang Ping nodded. He didn’t expect that his seat was above that of Yuanwu Zhenjun. Moreover, the seats in this meeting were very strict at first glance, at least stricter than those in the second-seat meeting.

Yuan Wu was dressed more formally today, wearing a regular blue Taoist robe and a long crown that was popular among the older generation of Taoist monks. When Wang Ping looked at him, he bowed first.

Wang Ping quickly returned the greeting.

Lieyang then looked at the person who was attacking Yuanwu. He was a burly man wearing armor, with a face full of flesh and short hair that was more in line with Wang Ping's aesthetic.

"This is Fellow Daoist Wang Xian from the Tiger Clan."

He is a demon.

Without waiting for Wang Ping to express his opinion, Wang Xian was the first to clasp his fists and say, "Greetings to Changqing Zhenjun" after Lieyang introduced him.

His voice was so loud and his attitude was so respectful that Wang Ping was a little surprised. He immediately clasped his fists and said in return, "You're welcome, fellow Taoist."

Lieyang didn't look at Wang Xian for long. He shifted his gaze to the other three people and introduced them together: "These three are Niu Pan from the Ox Clan, Zhu Wu from the Pig Clan, and the last one you must know, Xing Meng from the Star God Alliance."

Niu Pan looked like a modest gentleman, wearing lavender clothes, a jade belt around his waist, and a golden crown on his head. Zhu Wu was even more exaggerated, looking like a wealthy man from the mortal world. His slightly fat body was dressed in a green silk robe with wide sleeves and a round collar, and a tall hat on his head.

The one called 'Star Dream' by Lieyang was the Nine-tailed Fox Star Banshee, but she was still in human form, looking like a lady in palace clothes. Her manners were not glamorous, but rather dignified and generous.

Niu Pan and Zhu Wu both clasped their fists and called him "True Lord Changqing", while Xing Meng just bowed in greeting.

Wang Ping returned the greetings one by one. Lieyang pointed to the remaining four seats and said nonchalantly, "Three of the remaining seats belong to the demon tribe. They only showed up once when this meeting was held. The rest of the time they were in seclusion. The last seat has been vacant."

Looking at the remaining four seats, Wang Ping remembered the seats of the True Lords that each sect would worship when holding large-scale rituals. Among them were six demons and some five-level star gods. All six demons were present at this meeting, but there were only two star gods, Yuanwu and Xingmeng. It was no wonder that the Star God Alliance wanted to rebel.

also…

Wang Ping's eyes swept over Lieyang and Master Tiangong. The seemingly powerful Xuanmen and Tianmen, but today's meeting had only three people including himself. Considering that Lieyang's condition had only recovered in the past few hundred years, the previous Xuanmen and Tianmen probably only had Tiangong and Bai Yan.

"Okay, these are the people. You'll get to know them slowly. Now let's talk business."

After Lieyang finished speaking, he returned to his seat and sat down. The others did the same. Wang Ping followed Lieyang's previous arrangement and sat in the seat belonging to his Taiyan Sect.

After everyone sat down, there was silence for a while, and Lieyang spoke again: "There are three most important things for us right now."

"First, we must clear Huishan's consciousness as quickly as possible. Xiaoshan is probably unable to suppress it any longer. Once Huishan's crazy consciousness takes over again, the five elements of spiritual energy in this starry sky will probably be polluted by more than half."

Tian Gong smiled and continued, "Now that Fellow Daoist Chang Qing is here, even if Hui Shan's consciousness is revived, it won't cause too much impact."

Yuan Wu continued, "If it were a normal time, we could take our time, but now the problems within the Star God Alliance are very serious. I'm worried that they will use Huishan's crazy consciousness to do something. And since Changqing has taken over the authority of Taiyan Sect, he should be the one to guard the Jupiter Dojo instead of relying on an unstable Huishan." Tian Gong looked at Yuan Wu and asked, "You seem to have made up your mind to leave?"

Yuan Wu responded positively: "I have lived for more than 20,000 years. I want to go out and see what I can do while I can still do something. Maybe I can gain something."

"The saint is merciful, and fellow Daoist Yuanwu is righteous."

Tian Gong performed a one-handed Buddhist salute to Yuan Wu, and his eyes fell on Lie Yang again, saying: "In this case, this matter should indeed be dealt with as soon as possible. After the meeting, we will meet near the dojo in Huishan."

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Ping again. It was obvious that the 'we' he mentioned referred to himself, Lieyang and Wang Ping.

Zhu Wu then reminded them carefully: "The order of the future starry sky depends entirely on the three of you to maintain. The demons hiding in the dark of the Star God Alliance are probably waiting for the three of you to gather together so that they can take advantage of the opportunity..."

He didn't finish his words, but his meaning was clear.

When Wang Ping heard Zhu Wu's reminder, he naturally felt a little pressure, and he also understood why the other True Lords would agree to his promotion. This was a complete mess.

"Ha ha!"

Lieyang laughed. "It's just right that they are here. We can take this opportunity to do something and let some people understand why we can define the order of this starry sky."

Xing Meng also reminded: "It is better not to be careless. I can sense that their strength is extraordinary after refining the demonic energy."

Tian Gong thought for a moment and looked at Yuan Wu: "Fellow Daoist Lieyang is right. We should take this opportunity to test them. However, if the three of us show up at the same time, I'm afraid they will attack Zhongzhou Star, and then we will have to trouble Fellow Daoist Yuan Wu."

Yuan Wu cupped his hands and said, "It's my job, but if this happens, the conflict between us and the extraterritorial ecological zone will erupt directly, and even if I intervene, it will probably be useless."

Lieyang said proudly: "With Changqing promoted to the fifth realm, he has obtained the Taiyan Talisman to assist him. Even if he cannot completely suppress those who harbor dissidents, he can calmly suppress them and stop them from continuing."

Tian Gong seemed not to have heard Lie Yang's words. He looked at the three demon cultivators and said, "There is a barrier we have set up on Zhongzhou Star, so those with ulterior motives cannot easily enter. It just so happens that the cultivators in Zhongzhou have not paid much attention to our incense in recent years. We can take this opportunity to teach them a lesson and let them know who is protecting Zhongzhou."

"You three can watch from the sidelines, and Fellow Daoist Yuanwu can deal with them. Let the cultivators of Zhongzhou handle the rest themselves!"

Wang Ping raised his eyebrows.

Yu Lian complained in the Spiritual Ocean: "This old monk Tian Gong looks kind, but his heart is so evil. He actually let the Zhongzhou cultivators face the five-level star gods by themselves, just to teach them a lesson. He is exactly like the villain in the story."

Wang Ping did not respond. Over the past thousand years, since the decline of the Daozang Hall, the faith of the True Lords had indeed been declining day by day. A large part of the reason for this was due to the competition for luck among various parties, and Wang Ping was also a promoter of this. But now that he has sat in this position, it is impossible for Tiangong to blame him.

No one opposed Tiangong's plan, even Yuanwu, who always defended the humanitarian monks, did not speak.

In this starry sky, all living things do not have much to do with cultivators below the fifth realm. In their eyes, the common people are like ants. For the sake of spiritual balance and to ensure that their own human consciousness does not go wrong, the five-realm cultivators of Xuanmen and Tianmen must vigorously safeguard the basic interests of all living things. This forms a perfect closed loop, but this does not mean that they will obey the people's demands like they did during the Xia Dynasty.

Lieyang did not continue the topic. He looked at Wang Ping and said, "You should prepare well. If there are indeed some fifth-level cultivators outside the border who want to fish in troubled waters, we should try to keep one or two of them."

Wang Ping quickly replied: "Okay!"

He now has many ways to retain people, so he is not worried about this matter.

"Then let's move on to the second thing..." Lieyang's gaze remained on Wang Ping, "The second thing is to purify the spiritual pollution in Daoist Xuanqing's consciousness. This requires Daoist Changqing to take the time to visit him and use the ability of the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman' to continuously define his state."

Wang Ping clasped his hands and said: "I will do my best"

This was to repay the karma with the Yuqing Sect. He had originally planned to take some time to go and take a look, but he didn't expect Lieyang to bring it up at such a meeting, and it was a formal proposal.

"it is good!"

Lieyang showed a look of joy, then looked at Tiangong and said, "The third thing is about Fellow Daoist Diwen. Back then, we destroyed the core of Zhongzhou Star and almost led to the destruction of all living things. It was Fellow Daoist Diwen who stepped forward and was willing to repair the core of Zhongzhou Star's earth veins at the cost of falling asleep. Thousands of years have passed in a flash, and his mission has been completed."

He paused, looked around at everyone and said, "The border outside the domain is unstable now, we need to wake it up as soon as possible. I have instructed the disciples of the Cave Gate to organize this matter, but there has been no progress."

His eyes fell on Wang Ping, "The energy of the earth veins is more sensitive to wood spirits. Fellow Daoist should guide the Taiyan Sect to help the Diku Sect complete this task."

Wang Ping's heart skipped a beat. He understood why Yunsong could return to Zhongzhou Star, and he also understood why Zhigong and the others dared to do this. Facing Lieyang's gaze, he nodded and said, "I will do my best."

Yuan Wu reminded: "If the 'Ji Min Hui' knew about this, they would most likely try to stop it. I think we can completely wipe out this organization."

Lieyang did not respond, but looked at Wang Ping and asked, "What do you think?"

Wang Ping thought for a moment and said, "The Jiminhui is complicated internally..." He glanced at Yuan Wu before continuing, "We might as well try to control them, starting with the moderate members."

Tian Gong heard this and said, "Why not let me handle this matter?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Wang Ping's mind. He looked at Lieyang, who then said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you, fellow Taoist."

After saying that, he looked around and said, "Is it settled on awakening Fellow Daoist Diwen?"

He used a questioning tone, but from the look of him he was not asking, but confirming this matter.

After saying these three things, Yuan Wu clasped his fists and said in silence for a few breaths, "I have made up my mind to go out and see what happens. I will leave after I have dealt with the matter at Huishan. After fellow Taoist Xingmeng and I leave, I recommend Zang Yi and Yue Xi to take over for us."

(End of this chapter)