There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Wang Ping used the "Golden Ball Detector" to mark out Master Yuxiao and did not pay any more attention to him.

More than half a month passed. Wang Ping observed a large area of ​​the starry sky through the wood spirits scattered throughout the starry sky. He marked some specific places with the "Golden Ball" to prepare for possible accidents in the future.

The main structure of his temporary Taoist temple was also completed. After sending the puppet back to Zhongzhou Star, Wang Ping was about to discuss with Lieyang and Tianshang the time to meet near Mu Ling when Quan Wen of the demon clan set up the altar and humbly sent a message to Wang Ping, telling him that he had learned from the Star God Alliance that Taoist Lin Shuang had been secretly transferred to the border outside the domain.

This surprised Wang Ping. When he learned that the Star God Alliance intended to take in Taoist Lin Shuang, he deliberately left a mark in the starry sky transfer network to monitor Taoist Lin Shuang's breath, but he did not get any feedback.

In other words, in addition to the public transfer network, the Star God Alliance also has another secret passage to the outer border. This made Wang Ping give up the plan to inform Lieyang and Tiangong, and continue to use the wood spirit to sense the starry sky near Zhongzhou Star, trying to find their secret passage.

But unfortunately, this method is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, wasting several days of time. Yu Lian sensed Wang Ping's mood and asked what he wanted to know. After learning the situation, she smiled and reminded him:
"If you don't want to get too entangled with Yuan Wu, isn't there a gathering organized by Quan Wen? I remember there was a fifth-level star god at the gathering, right? You can ask him about this question, and also ask about the specific situation within the Star God Alliance. I think the price you have to pay won't be too high. In addition, there is a demon from the Daluo realm, who probably knows some secrets that other True Lords keep secret. And you have now been promoted to the fifth realm, so it shouldn't be a big problem for you to ask Quan Wen to arrange a temporary gathering?"

Wang Ping didn't expect that he would immediately find Quan Wen's consciousness in the map of the Kingdom of God and pass on the message.

Half an hour later, Quan Wen set up the altar and replied, and agreed to start a temporary gathering in twenty hours.

"Which side do you think that fifth-level member of the Star God Alliance belongs to?" Yu Lian gave up communicating with the believers, and Teng Yun came over and landed on Wang Ping's shoulder to ask.

"Most likely a member of the new generation!" Wang Ping gave the answer in his mind.

"Oh? Then you are not enemies?"

"There is no such thing as enemies in the cultivation world. As long as it serves our interests, it's fine." Wang Ping stood up and walked to the stream in the ecological zone. He looked at the magic circle that constructed the spring at the source, and after confirming that there was no problem, he returned to the coffee table in the courtyard and sat down.

In the next few hours, Wang Ping was drinking tea and chatting with Yu Lian. When they ran out of topics, Wang Ping entered into meditation. He had almost no time for himself since he was promoted to the fifth realm. Now that he finally had some free time, the first thing he naturally did was to adjust his human consciousness.

For Wang Ping, it seemed like just a blink of an eye and the time for the agreed gathering had arrived. Without anyone reminding him, his consciousness instinctively woke up, and then, under Yu Lian's expectant gaze, he took out the communication token for the temporary gathering.

Under the familiar round wooden table and dim light, Wang Ping saw that the two special seats that had been empty were now occupied. One of them was wearing leather armor with exquisite carvings and inlaid with gold edges, and the other was wearing a green silk wide robe with a cross-collar and the same green long crown on his head.

The man in leather armor has long arms and no beard, but his face is a little long, and looks ugly as if it has been squeezed. It is obvious that he has lived in outer space since he was a child. The man in Taoist robes has a burly body and a beautiful beard that falls to his chest. If he wears heavy armor, he will definitely look mighty and domineering. The Taoist robes on him also give him a sense of a Taoist master.

"Greetings to Changqing Zhenjun!"

When the two saw Wang Ping appear, they first stood up and saluted with their fists. Although they had always been arrogant and indifferent to the party before, they were now humble.

Wang Ping raised his head slightly, because the two men were quite tall, then he clasped his fists in return and said, "My two Taoist friends, you are too polite. I have yet to ask you a question..."

The man with long arms was the first to bow and say, "Xiaodao Zhixin, what I cultivate is the ability of 'secret'."

Wang Ping looked at him carefully. Not only did this man have long arms, but his legs were also long, as if they had been pulled by someone, which made him look very uncoordinated. This made his height exceed seven feet, and the leather armor on his body fit his slender body perfectly.

Before Wang Ping could respond, the person next to him also bowed and said, "I am the Taoist Quan Wei, and I am from the same clan as the kid Quan Wen. I am honored to meet the True Lord Changqing."

Wang Ping greeted the two men again, and after a round of politeness he sat down at his seat.

Quan Wei and Zhi Xin were very polite. After they sat down, they congratulated Wang Ping and others. After a long while, Wang Ping seized the opportunity to talk about the purpose of holding this temporary gathering: "I found that the Star God Alliance has a secret transfer channel under the starry sky. I want to know the specific status of this channel."

Zhixin bowed and responded, "There is indeed such a passage. This passage was built by using the 'stealth' ability to travel through darkness. I have personally constructed the main magic array runes for this passage, but it is not as convenient as I imagined, at least not as useful as the transfer array you set up."

"Oh?"

Wang Ping cooperated and showed a puzzled expression, hoping to hear more useful information.

Zhixin also cooperated and continued, "The starting point of this passage is outside the meteorite belt. Because it relies on the 'stealth' ability to travel through the darkness, it is not a teleportation in the strict sense. Therefore, we specially built dozens of flying boats to fly within the magic circle we have drawn. It takes at least twenty Zhongzhou years to travel from Zhongzhou Star to the outer border.

Wang Ping felt relieved after hearing this. The Star God Alliance's approach was very smart. The passage they arranged was just within the acceptable range of the True Lords. But it was also their cleverness that made Wang Ping more alert.

"Any more?"

When Zhixin stopped explaining, Wang Ping asked casually.

Zhixin glanced at Wang Ping and said cautiously, "That's all I know. I am mainly responsible for resisting extraterritorial creatures, and I rarely ask about unnecessary matters to avoid suspicion."

Wang Ping nodded, showing an understanding look, but then asked: "Can you get information about his passage?"

Zhixin said, "It's not difficult for me, but I have always behaved like a nonconfrontational person for the past two thousand years. If I suddenly ask about this matter, it might arouse unnecessary suspicion." Wang Ping could tell from Zhixin's answer that the Star God Alliance was complex. Before Wang Ping could ask, Zhixin explained, "The Star God Alliance seemed to be established at about the same time as the Daozang Palace, but its predecessor can be traced back to 10,000 or 20,000 years ago, or even longer. Its members were mainly criminals dispatched by the Jade Purity Sect and the demon race to clean up pollution outside the domain."

"I am a typical descendant of a sinner. This state is not convenient. The reason why I did not change my form when I was promoted to the third realm is because this form has some privileges within the Star God Alliance."

"This is the result of typical self-esteem in human nature. It has evolved to a point of paranoia. Within the Star God Alliance, we divide members into four categories. The first category is the earliest sinners. The second category is the descendants of sinners like us. The third category is the descendants of sinners and the descendants of sinners who have just been exiled to the front line. The fourth category is the sinners who have just been exiled to the front line."

"The earliest batch of sinners are gradually withdrawing from the ruling class, especially in the last few hundred years. They hardly ask about the affairs of the Star God Alliance, which has led to most of the ecological zones being controlled by the descendants of sinners. I have always gone with the flow and never asked about their affairs."

"The earliest batch of criminals refers to Yuan Wu and others?" Wang Ping asked.

"According to the rumors I heard, Senior Yuanwu was originally a disciple of the Jade Purity Sect. He was considered the most outstanding among the human cultivators. He reached the fifth realm very early. He was also the one who built the earliest ecological zone on the border of the outer domain. At that time, there was no transfer array, and it was all up to Senior Yuanwu to run back and forth. So even though Senior Yuanwu sometimes did not stand on the side of the descendants of sinners, no one openly opposed him."

Wang Ping nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "The new generation doesn't have a unified opinion?"

Zhixin replied as a matter of course: "Every one of the Five Realms has his own ideas. They have all been cultivated for countless years. How can they reach a consensus? At present, they are just temporarily cooperating because of common interests. Of course, the most important thing is that the energy outside the domain is indeed very attractive."

He paused, as if he was organizing his words. Wang Ping did not interrupt him and waited quietly for his next words.

Zhixin was silent for more than ten breaths, then he exhaled and said, "The power of the Five Realms is very strong, so strong that people can get lost in it without realizing it. However, the True Lords are like an insurmountable wall. As time goes by, people begin to hate it, perhaps because of the influence of the energy from outside the domain, or perhaps it is just like that in their hearts. Finally, someone mustered up the courage to oppose the rule of the True Lords."

"But not everyone wanted to solve this problem through force, so we got into a long argument and even fought each other. We tested each other countless times, but in the end, the argument was stopped because two of us joined forces, and we reached a unified opinion."

"Which two people?" Wang Ping had an answer in his mind, but he still asked.

"It was Wei Ling and Qian Xi who possessed the abilities of 'time' and 'space' respectively. After the two of them joined forces, none of us could contend with them, and the dispute was naturally resolved."

Zhixin had an attitude of going with the flow.

Yu Lian complained in the Spiritual Sea: "As expected, whoever is the most powerful will be the one to listen to. All calculations are nothing but illusions in front of true strength."

Wang Ping did not respond. What he said was true, but not absolute. Grandmaster Yuxiao was the best example. He manipulated Huishan with just his mouth.

This is human nature!
As for Wei Ling and Qian Xi mentioned by Zhi Xin, Wang Ping only remembered the names of these two people. These were the two names recorded in the Erxi file, but there was no record of any detailed circumstances.

When these two names flashed through Wang Ping's mind, many more names appeared. As these names gradually became clearer, Wang Ping stared at Zhi Xin and said, "The information I currently have about the Star God Alliance is very limited. According to the information I have, there should be two Star Gods of the Five Realms with the ability of 'time' and 'space', right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhixin quickly explained, "Yes, the other two are Senior Hexi and Senior Nianchu. They have been following Senior Yuanwu since I started practicing. When Senior Yuanwu withdrew from the management of the Star God Alliance, they also withdrew. No one knows where they are now."

Wang Ping had heard this and understood that these two people must be taken out of this starry sky by Yuan Wu. Hearing this, he recalled the questions he had just raised, looked at Zhi Xin and asked, "What do you want to exchange for these?"

A temporary gathering is a trading platform, and Wang Ping will not rely on his status to break the rules of the gathering.

Zhixin clasped his fists and said, "I only hope that when the future True Lord clashes with my Star God Alliance, he will spare me and my disciples for today's sake."

Wang Ping was surprised, stared at Zhixin and asked, "Are you so sure that we will win this fight?"

Facing this question, Zhixin showed a serious expression and answered, "I have been practicing Taoism for more than 5,000 years. I have seen many geniuses die midway. I have also seen too many ambitious people who were originally cautious in their practice but were dominated by desires and died. Now they are because they have absorbed too much demonic energy and their consciousness is dominated by their inner desires. Without exception, these people will not have a good end."

"Even if we allow them to gain a short-term victory, they will eventually suffer the consequences!" Zhixin's tone was firm, with an open-minded attitude of having seen life and death, as if he had comprehended some great truths, "God rewards hard work, only by taking one step at a time can we cultivate the supreme path, otherwise everything is empty talk."

Upon hearing this, Yu Lian couldn't help but make a little joke in her mind: "You see, he is pointing a finger at you, saying that you took a shortcut to get promoted and you won't achieve much in the future!"

Wang Ping: “…”

“I didn’t take any shortcuts!”

Wang Ping responded to Yu Lian. He felt that Zhi Xin's theory was very correct. Everything in this world has cause and effect, and the Heavenly Dao operates on its own. Extraterritorial energy is just a way of practicing. Moreover, using it to practice requires great perseverance and wisdom to balance human nature, and it can only be an auxiliary to practice. If you indulge in it completely, you will definitely be unacceptable by the Heavenly Dao.

However, that is only the way of the starry sky, or it can be said to be a hidden rule, and the life forms outside the domain are obviously not adapted to this set of rules. This is what Wang Ping is really worried about, and it is probably also something that other True Lords cannot tolerate.

Now that the price has been agreed upon, Wang Ping asked many detailed questions about the Star God Alliance. After the two talked for nearly half an hour, Wang Ping asked two key questions: "Does the Star God Alliance have any plans against us recently? In addition, have other Five Realms been born in the past thousand years?"

After thinking for more than ten breaths, Zhixin sighed and said, "There are two things. First, they plan to clean up the spies that Yuanwu originally arranged at the border outside the domain. Second, I accidentally heard that Master Bai Yan seemed to have contacted several five-level star gods and conducted some secret transactions." (End of this chapter)