There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Wang Ping waited for a while and confirmed that the consciousness of 'Star Sea' had dispersed. Thinking of how Grandmaster Yuxiao used the 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' to conceal the existence of 'Star Sea' after he was promoted to the Fourth Realm, he also followed suit and used the 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' to conceal the existence of 'Star Sea'.

Afterwards, he imitated the way Grandmaster Yuxiao practiced before, holding the 'Sea of ​​Stars' on the palm of his right hand, and connected the runes on the surface of the 'Sea of ​​Stars' with the wood spirit in his body. Soon he felt a pure spiritual energy from the inside of the 'Sea of ​​Stars' flowing into his spiritual veins through his palm, and then gathered at the wood spirit in his chest.

This treasure is indeed very powerful. Grandmaster Yuxiao almost relied on it to advance to the fourth level of perfection. However, Grandmaster Yuxiao himself is also good at calculating. He began to manage his circle of friends in the third level and maintained an image of kindness and compassion. Until he disappeared in the foggy sea, the entire cultivation community had a positive evaluation of him.

And what Yu Lian said was right. With the energy inside the 'Star Sea', even if Wang Ping couldn't gather the 'Origin of the Wood Spirit' now, he could still successfully cultivate to the fourth level, and the speed would not be very slow, because just now he clearly felt the growth of the wood spirit in his body, but the energy he absorbed was negligible for the 'Star Sea'.

However, Wang Ping did not intend to rely on the 'Star Sea' to cultivate the wood spirit in his body, because he really did not need it at the moment, at least not for the time being. The most important thing was that he almost witnessed the formation of the 'Star Sea' with his own eyes, and felt that this treasure must have a more important use.

At this moment, Wang Ping suddenly thought of Lord Lieyang and Lord Xiaoshan. They both asked him to go underground in Sanhe Prefecture. So, did they know about the existence of the "Star Sea"?
But when Wang Ping read the past scenes of 'Star Sea', nothing related happened. Could it be that it happened after Grandmaster Yuxiao was promoted to the fourth realm?
Wang Ping thought about this and asked the question directly.

It took a long time for Xinghai to respond, "After Yuxiao reached the fourth level, he had some plans with Zhenyang, but Zhenyang didn't know I existed. Every time Yuxiao discussed things with Zhenyang, I couldn't even hear him. Later, when he was going to the Misty Sea, he asked Xiaoshan to go to the underground of Sanhe Mansion after he got into trouble, but Xiaoshan never came."

After he finished speaking, he turned to Wang Pingyan and said, "Tell me what happened in these years."

"I'll come and tell you." Yu Lian loves telling stories the most. She rose up from the branch of the old locust tree next to her and landed on the other side of the coffee table.

The Star Sea conjured up another illusory figure, looked at Wang Ping and said, "Yu Xiao said that when talking to someone, it's best to have a physical body, otherwise the other person will find it impolite."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Ping knew that although Xinghai looked mature and steady, he actually had a similar mentality to Mingshui. This might be the reason why he could exist alone for countless years without going crazy.

Yu Lian really has a talent for storytelling. She described the events that happened after Grandmaster Yuxiao disappeared vividly. Of course, there were some exaggerations in some places. For example, when she talked about Wang Ping leading the southern monks to attack Zhenyang Mountain, she put all the credit on Wang Ping.

When the story was almost finished, Liu Shuang's breath came from the sky, but the 'Sea of ​​Stars' disappeared first.

"Master, Uncle Yu Lian."

Liu Shuang stood at the end of the path and saluted respectfully, seeming a little reserved.

Yu Lian asked curiously, "What's wrong with you? Why are you so timid? This is Qianmu Temple, your home ground. You need to act like the head of the temple."

Liu Shuang's breath stagnated when she heard this. The fire that day was still lingering in her mind, so she subconsciously felt awe towards Wang Ping and Yu Lian.

"Come and sit."

Wang Ping poured out the cold tea, picked up the kettle on the stove and prepared to make tea for Liu Shuang himself.

Liu Shuang came here to report the losses. After hearing what her master said, she sat down at the coffee table, smelling the light aroma of tea. The scorched earth all over the ground came to her mind again, and her consciousness suddenly became a little dazed.

"Wang~"

A dog barking sounded nearby. It was Liu Shuang's spirit dog. Probably it had noticed Liu Shuang's mood changes. The spirit dog, which had originally run to play with the calico cat, suddenly stopped and looked at Liu Shuang.

Liu Shuang reacted when she heard the barking of the spirit dog, and felt that the spirituality in her body was almost in chaos. She quickly used her primordial consciousness to forcibly sort out her spiritual veins. By the time she calmed down, Wang Ping had already brewed the tea.

"Come, have some tea."

Wang Ping pushed the teacup under Liu Shuang's eyelids.

When Liu Shuang picked up the teacup, Wang Ping smiled and said, "Keep calm, the sky won't fall."

Liu Shuang nodded and took a sip of tea. The endless scorched earth inevitably emerged in her mind. She had to use her cultivation to forcefully expel these images, then put down the teacup and talked about business: "Senior Hu Yin has passed away. In order to protect her people from being engulfed by the fire, she cast a secret method that caused excessive consumption. In addition, her death was approaching, so she was unable to withstand the burning of the fire."

Wang Ping paused slightly, and the scene of his first meeting with Hu Yin emerged in his mind. At that time, he had just been promoted to the second realm and was ordered to go to Ningzhou Road to quell the unrest of the demon clan. At that time, Hu Yin helped him and even indirectly saved his life.

"Zhao Mingming was also seriously injured. Fortunately, he was in Haizhou Road. At the critical moment, Yuxing Mansion Lord of Yuqing Sect intervened and blocked the spread of the flames, saving his life."

“Yang Rong’s disciples and the disciples of all the junior brothers and masters also died in the fire!”

Wang Ping frowned. At this moment he personally felt the cruelty of the fire. It was indeed a little hard to accept. He silently picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Liu Shuang continued to report the losses: "Except for some third-level cultivators in various parts of the south, most of them have died in the fire. The surviving third-level cultivators are also a little dazed, and some have gone crazy. The only one left of the Single Blade Sect, which is closest to us, is the Sect Master, and..."

She spoke slowly.

Wang Ping heard despair in these words. He could understand why those monks went crazy, because they found that they were actually no different from pigs and dogs.

It's not just them. Wang Ping sometimes feels desperate, but he won't go crazy, because God has given him a chance, and he will seize it and fight for that glimmer of hope.

The monks who survived must have the same idea as Wang Ping. After this baptism, their humanity and rationality will be improved to the maximum extent. To describe it in one word: the future is promising.

After Liu Shuang reported all the losses, Wang Ping looked at her and asked, "You haven't rested for a long time, right? Why don't you take this opportunity to have a good rest for a while?"

"Thank you for your concern, Master. I can still hold on. Besides, as the dean, how can I back down at this moment?"

Liu Shuang decisively refused.

Wang Ping nodded, and after the master and disciple chatted for a while, Liu Shuang stood up and said goodbye.

After Liu Shuang walked away, Yu Lian said to Wang Ping: "Sometimes you protect Liu Shuang too well. Although I understand your feelings, it's time for her to go her own way. Otherwise, one day in the future, you will have to watch her exhaust her life."

Wang Ping frowned and said, "It is precisely because she has nowhere to go that I want to make her life easier." After he said this, he let out a breath, slowed down his speech and said, "I understand what you mean. Since Shuang'er was promoted to the third level, she has been busy with the things I arranged. I will give her a long vacation after the Taiyan Sect is re-established." As his voice fell, a cold wind suddenly blew, and then the sky was full of rain that was about to spread to Qianmu Temple. The wind emanated an atmosphere that Wang Ping was very familiar with.

It’s Ao Hong.

Wang Ping immediately took Yu Lian up into the clouds. As a wood spirit aura emerged, the strong wind and heavy rain suddenly subsided. Feeling the panic of the people in Zhonghui City, he looked at the heavy dark clouds in the south with a little dissatisfaction and asked, "What do you mean, fellow Daoist?"

Ao Hong took on a human form and appeared in front of Wang Ping. He clasped his fists and said, "Since you are bringing rain, I will help you."

Yu Lian said angrily: "The disaster brought by Ao Bing has just passed. If you do this, the people will be scared to death by you."

Ao Hong retorted: "This disaster was brought about by the True Yang Cult!"

While Wang Ping stretched out his hand to comfort Yu Lian, he said to Ao Hong: "Let's not talk about this matter for now. Come to my dojo and have a cup of tea, how about it?"

Ao Hong smiled heartily, "I came to see you just to ask for a cup of tea."

Half an hour later.

In front of the old locust tree in the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain, Ao Hong drank Wang Ping's tea.

"You have kept this place very well."

"The place is intact, but the disciples have suffered heavy losses. The Southern Daoist Sect has been destroyed in my hands. In the future, we will have to depend on the attitudes of the Vajra Temple and the Taiyin Sect."

Wang Ping responded very low-key.

Ao Hong couldn't help but nod his head upon hearing this. "That's true. The True Yang Sect set a huge fire on my southeastern sea area, leaving not a single tree or crop behind. This time I came here to ask fellow Taoists to lend me a hand and give me some spiritual trees. Otherwise, I won't even be able to build a spiritual gathering formation."

He looked a little embarrassed, and he cursed after he finished speaking: "Damn Rong Yang, I will make him pay when I recover!"

"In a hurry?"

"It's quite urgent. We need enough spirit gathering arrays to recover. There is too much spiritual chaos in the sea to be cleared. Or you can give me some pills to restore spiritual energy."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping's spiritual consciousness spread silently, and he soon observed the Southeast Islands clearly. Thanks to the water spirit formation that existed between the islands, most of their people were still alive, but the subsequent high temperature caused many diseases, plagues, and necrosis of food and forests.

Plague and disease were easy for Linshui Mansion to deal with, after all, most water spirit spells could cure diseases. However, the dead forests and food made them troubled. There was also spiritual chaos caused by the riot of fire spirits in the sea. Some evil Taiyin cultivators took the opportunity to cast sacrificial spells and killed a large number of marine life.

Wang Ping did not agree to Ao Hong's request immediately. He first asked, "Do you plan to buy food from Yuqing Sect?"

Ao Hong nodded, "That's right." He answered and then asked, "Do you need food? If you do, I'll buy some more as a favor to you."

Without Wang Ping's reply, Yu Lian rushed to ask, "Do you think we need food?"

Ao Hong laughed, "I almost forgot that you are wood cultivators. If you are willing, you can harvest a batch of food in a month. Otherwise, I won't go to Yuqing Sect to buy food, and I will buy it from you. How about that?"

Wang Ping shook his head and said, "That is the last resort. We usually don't use it because people's minds are unpredictable. We still have to do business with Yuqing Sect. In the future, we need Yuqing Sect as an ally to share the pressure with us. Also, I think Yuqing Sect will be the protagonist of the next era."

Ao Hong pretended to understand something and said, "Then I need to buy more. Can you lend me some money first?"

Wang Ping responded nonchalantly, "This is a small matter, but don't deal with these matters yourself. Let your two younger brothers do it. They are familiar with our Qianmu Temple."

Ao Hong was obviously stunned for a moment. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to hide his expression of thinking about the problem, and then said: "Are you talking about Jiang Cun and Yang Shu?"

Wang Ping did not answer this question which he already knew the answer to, but just quietly picked up the teacup and drank the tea.

Ao Hong looked at Wang Ping and couldn't help but smile. "You are right. The Dao Palace is now in name only. I really shouldn't come to Yuqing Sect in person. I will leave this matter to my two younger brothers."

After saying that, he stood up and said goodbye directly.

After Ao Hong left, Yu Lian commented: "He is an interesting person. He is not like Ao Bing who wants to control everything."

Wang Ping did not respond to this comment. He took out 'Xinghai' and placed it in front of him, trying to continue the conversation with it and ask about some past events he did not know about, but 'Xinghai' did not respond to him this time.

After a while, Wang Ping stopped disturbing 'Xinghai'. He first checked the damage of the puppets deployed in various places in Zhongzhou Continent...

The two puppets who were arranged to practice at the cave gate were safe and sound, and by the way, they also explored the situation of the northwest cave gate. Except for a small number of disciples who were invaded by chaotic spirits, they suffered almost no losses.

The puppet that practiced the "Jade Purity Secret Method" beside Taoist Huai Mo was also unharmed. In addition, the monks of the Xizhou Vajra Temple also suspended their actions to attack the Taiyan puppets.

The next step is to add puppets and let them completely control Zhongzhou Continent so that he can use the wood spirit of Zhongzhou Continent to refine the 'Wood Spirit Origin' in the future.

However, this matter needs to be done slowly. Wang Ping has too many things to do now, such as refining the 'Jia Shang Ling Si', completely controlling the 'Exploring the Golden Ball', searching for the two Tai Yan Fourth Realm True Spirits that Taoist Chong Xing mentioned, and absorbing the two 'Wood Spirit Origins' in the body as soon as possible to make the wood spirit in the body mature and complete the second part of the fifth realm practice.

In addition to the issue of cultivation, there is also the reconstruction of Taiyan Sect, which is the top priority!

Just when Wang Ping was thinking about whether to refine 'A-Level Zero Four' first, or to completely master 'Exploring the Golden Ball' first, Taoist Master Zi Chen of the Zhenyang Sect stationed on Nanlin Road handed over a visiting card.

After Yuan Zheng handed over the visiting card to Taoist Master Zi Chen, he first came to the mountaintop dojo to report the status of the party members to Wang Ping. It was bad news. The party members he had developed over the years were almost all lost in the fire. (End of this chapter)