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Chapter 871: Fifty Years, Out of Seclusion
The main peak of Taiyan Mountain Range.

On a mountain in the north, there is a very inconspicuous courtyard Taoist temple. Surrounding the temple are dense spiritual trees. These spiritual trees form a most basic spirit gathering array, which gathers the rich wood spirit energy of Taiyan Mountain to the surrounding area of ​​the courtyard.

This is Zi Luan's current Taoist temple. At this moment, the sky has darkened. Zi Luan is worshiping the statue of his master, Xiao Shan Zhen Jun, in the main house of the courtyard as usual.

The reason why he worshipped the statue of Xiaoshan Zhenjun every day was because he had some thoughts in his heart, but he had never received a response.

Today, when he was about to offer sacrifices, a wave of energy suddenly came from the communication token he had placed on his waist, causing him to immediately stop offering sacrifices and pick up the communication token.

After a while.

Zi Luan let out a long sigh, then walked out of the main house, looked up at the dim sky, and kept thinking about the current situation in the cultivation world in his mind. He also activated a deduction formation in the courtyard to deduce future events.

Two hours later.

When it was late at night, Zi Luan finally woke up from his deduction. He then sat on a stone bench in the courtyard and stayed there until dawn.

At three quarters past three in the morning, he called Que Cai, Xuan Ling and Li Miaolin.

"Last night, the Lord of the Mansion sent me a message and told me five things..."

When Que Cai, Xuan Ling and Li Miaolin sat down, Zi Luan bowed to Nan Fang and said, "The first thing is to tell us to develop Tai Yan Sect's own outer space ecological zone, but this must be done in secret."

"The second thing is that the Lord of the Palace has instructed us that if there are other Xuanmen or Tianmen who want to build an ecological zone in the outer sky, we can take it up as long as the price is high."

"The third thing is to strictly control the number of people in the Southern Daoist cultivation world and the direction of the wars between the various princes in the mortal world. No new divine weapons can appear."

"The fourth thing is to try to meet Linshui Prefecture's demands as long as we can, while maintaining our alliance with Linshui Prefecture."

"The fifth thing is that the Lord of the Mansion has instructed us not to pay attention to the unrest within the demon race, and the core disciples must not lean towards any side. However, there is no need to suppress the disciples other than the core disciples too much."

After hearing these five things, the three of them fell into a brief silence, and then Li Miaolin broke the silence and said, "Leave the third thing to me. I promise to control the number of people in the Southern Taoist practice world and the mortal world within a reasonable range."

Zi Luan did not doubt that Li Miaolin had this ability. He thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, but everything should be done in moderation. Don't cause too much trouble. The Southern Daoist tradition is our foundation."

Li Miaolin assured: "Don't worry, in less than a hundred years, both the common people and the practitioners will be grateful to our Lord."

After the two of them finished talking, Xuan Ling asked, "What is the fifth thing? Hasn't the demon clan's civil unrest been suppressed?"

Zi Luan's eyes fell on Xuan Ling, and he began to explain, "Given the nature of the demon race, how could they let this matter go? Although they will not make any moves on the surface, they will make small moves in secret. The Lord of the Mansion wants us to bet on both sides. By then, they should send representatives from both sides. I will handle this matter personally, and you don't need to ask about it."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Que Cai who had been silent the whole time and said, "Organize some people, go through the secret passage we established with the Zhenyang Sect in outer space, and find an open starry sky to establish an ecological zone. This ecological zone does not need to be very large, and this matter must be kept secret."

The affairs of outer space are secrets among various factions. Even many cultivators who have reached the third realm only know that something is happening in outer space, but they don't know the details. This is a situation deliberately maintained by the True Lords. The barrier they set up in the atmosphere is like a cage. If a cultivator of the third realm does not have a special passage, it is almost impossible for him to pass through this barrier.

Que Cai accepted the task silently. Her disciples had helped the demon clan and the Star God Alliance to set up ecological zones over the years and had gained a lot of benefits.

"Also, select some inner disciples from each academy and send them to the ecological zones of the demon race and the Star God Alliance to improve our bases, especially the independent transmission channels."

Zi Luan ordered again: "This is our retreat, we must ensure its stability."

"Do not worry!"

Que Cai answered seriously.

Li Miaolin looked at the two people's serious expressions and said with a smile: "Is it necessary to be so pessimistic? I think the fun has just begun."

Zi Luan ignored Li Miaolin's words and instructed, "Since the birth of the master of Linshui Mansion, the situation has been wrong. Our Taiyan Sect has just been re-established and seems to be in high spirits, but only we know the actual situation. The Lord of the Mansion has been in seclusion for many years, so try not to get involved in some things if you can."

The other three nodded.

Then they talked about some details and left.

The entire southern cultivation world, because of the five things Wang Ping ordered, has gradually become somewhat chaotic from its original steady development. Coupled with the infighting among the demon clan, it seems as if the world has fallen into chaos overnight.

But in reality it did not seem too chaotic, because every time a major disturbance was about to occur, the Dao Palace branch in the southern territory would step forward to stop it.

As time went by, some unspoken rules slowly formed in the southern cultivation world, and various sects and local lords schemed and fought against each other under this set of rules.

...

Fifty years passed in the blink of an eye.

The southern part of Zhongzhou looks prosperous, but in fact there are constant wars every year, and the hatred between monks will occasionally lead to large-scale battles.

Although each place seems to be in disarray, they are all worshipping the True Lords and Lords of Taiyan Sect and Linshui Prefecture at the same time.

In recent years, Linshui Prefecture has focused on Xizhou. A great battle has already taken place with the monks of Vajra Temple in Xizhou. Both sides have won and lost, and it was difficult to determine the winner for a while.

Hushan Country is still the same as before. Lord Yuxing has not left Langtou Mountain all these years. Taoist Huai Mo's consciousness is stable, his soul has long gotten rid of his inner demons, and the golden elixir in his body is absorbing the strange space formed around him, and it has absorbed most of it. If nothing unexpected happens, I am afraid that he will successfully be promoted to the fourth level in a few decades.

As for Qianmuguan…

Almost no one has visited in these years. Liu Shuang seems to plan to live in Dongzhou for a long time. He has only come back once in these years. Shen Xiaozhu is also very successful in Xizhou, and has a good relationship with both the Vajra Temple and Linshui Mansion. Xia Wenyi has come back twice in these years. He has done a good job in Dongzhou and completely replaced the influence of the previous "First Religion" and "First Day".

The two little ones who followed Hu Qianqian have reached the time to condense the fake pill, so she has been living in the dojo near Qianmu Mountain for these years.

Under the Qianmu Mountain.

The king of the kingdom of God, which was shining with a golden halo, was as calm as water. The map of the kingdom of God under his feet had expanded a lot. It was mainly the land of Dongzhou and the scope of Zhenyang Sect in Beizhou, because his golden statues were also placed in the Taoist temples under the Zhenyang Sect. With Yu Lian's efforts over the years, he had gained many believers in Beizhou.

At this moment, Yu Lian was lying on the map of the kingdom of God, connecting to Wang Ping's soul consciousness to communicate with the believers.

The 'Origin of the Wood Spirit' that was gathering in front of Wang Ping was almost complete, and around Wang Ping's body, the magic circle that gathered energy emitted a green halo. These halos were emitted by the carved rune lines, and they formed a formation similar to the Bagua.

In the eight directions of this formation, there are talismans that gather spiritual energy. They are attached to the constantly surging roots of vegetation, constantly transforming the wood spiritual energy absorbed from all over Zhongzhou.

These wood spirit energies will first flow into Wang Ping's physical body, and then gather into the 'wood spirit origin' with the vitality of the physical body. After being continuously washed by the wood spirit energy over the years, Wang Ping's physical body has become somewhat transparent, and the densely packed meridian lines inside are looming. The surging energy inside the wood spirit in the chest looks heavy.

The vitality evoked by the wood spirit flowed in the body with a gurgling sound echoing, and the acupuncture points connecting the meridians were like complex stars arranged horizontally and vertically, and the vitality brought by it gathered in front of him into the 'origin of the wood spirit'.

Suddenly, Yu Lian, who was communicating with the believers, turned her head as if she sensed something and looked at Wang Ping's soul floating on the top of the kingdom of God. She saw Wang Ping's soul, which was like a physical entity, suddenly opened its eyes and suddenly landed in front of the "Origin of the Wood Spirit", using the powerful energy in the soul's body to fully drive the surrounding magic array.

Suddenly, a more dazzling light flashed in the cave, overwhelming the golden light emitted by the kingdom of God. Then, more turbulent wood spirit energy gathered through the crisscrossing roots under the earth.

At this moment, some sparsely inhabited jungles in Zhongzhou withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the earth instantly turned into sand.

Wang Ping's soul returned to his body at this time, and then his body recovered in the blink of an eye. After all the energy gathered by the wood spirit energy in the cave was completely absorbed by the 'Wood Spirit Origin', he opened his eyes and stretched out his left hand to pick up the 'Wood Spirit Origin' that had been gathered.

"Done?"

Yu Lian couldn't wait to ask, and the illusory figure of 'Xinghai' also floated over, revealing a pair of dark eyes staring at 'Wood Spirit Origin'.

Wang Ping took away the Heavenly Sword with a wave of his hand, then smiled and replied, "That's right."

Yu Lian flew up into the sky and landed on Wang Ping's shoulder. She subconsciously rubbed Wang Ping's cheek with her little head, then stretched her body to look at the 'Wood Spirit Origin' in Wang Ping's hand.

'Xinghai' shook his illusory head vigorously, then looked at the energy crystals piled up next to him, controlled his spiritual energy to roll up a piece of crystal and absorb all the energy inside.

Wang Ping glanced at the 'Sea of ​​Stars', then swallowed the 'Origin of the Wood Spirit' in one gulp. The wood spirit in his body immediately sensed the existence of the 'Origin of the Wood Spirit', activated the sea of ​​qi in his meridians to drive it to his chest, and swallowed it up in the blink of an eye.

After a few breaths, the wood spirit began to absorb the energy of the 'wood spirit origin' autonomously. Wang Ping did not feel any discomfort during this process.

Yu Lian had been using her soul to observe the 'Origin of the Wood Spirit'. After seeing the Wood Spirit in Wang Ping's body swallow it up, she asked, "It feels like a waste of time. Why not just absorb the Wood Spirit Qi from Zhongzhou? Why do we have to gather the energy from the origin?"

Before Wang Ping could answer, Xinghai said, "Xin Shi had the same question at the beginning. Yuxiao said that after a wood spirit reaches adulthood, it is difficult to make it grow again by simply absorbing spiritual energy, and it will also be a waste of effort. The Wood Spirit Origin is different. It is the essence of heaven and earth gathered through the wood spirit power in the body of Taiyan cultivators."

"Then why not just use the vitality of the wood spirit to directly absorb the essence of heaven and earth?"

"In theory, it is possible, but not in this starry sky, because direct absorption will cause a lot of waste. In an instant, it can drain the wood spirit energy of the entire Zhongzhou. This will cause the absorbed wood spirit energy to fail to meet the standard, which will cause permanent damage to the wood spirit energy in the body."

Wang Ping answered this question. He paused and added, "The wood spirit energy in the starry sky is sufficient, but there are too many impurities in the spirit energy in outer space, and there are countless spiritual creatures that come to cause trouble. It is not as cost-effective as absorbing energy crystals."

Yu Lian understood. She looked up at the top of the cave and said, "So the higher the level of cultivation, the more we want to escape from this world. But the True Lords have imprisoned us here. Don't they want to get out of this starry sky?"

"The world outside is not beautiful. This is the real paradise, unless you can clear away the chaotic consciousness outside the domain."

Wang Ping said no more. He had seen the ruined universe through 'Xinghai's' past and knew that what 'Xinghai' said was true. However, the creatures in this world must go out, otherwise there will be no future.

But it was too early for him to think about this question now, so he did not respond and returned to the ground with Yu Lian and "Xing Hai".

"Wow~"

Yu Lian instantly forgot all the unhappiness, rushed into the air at the fastest speed, her body continued to expand, and then suddenly dived down to the river below the mountain.

As a white wave of water exploded, two spirit snakes basking in the sun on a nearby hill were frightened. After sensing the breath of the rain lotus, they quickly hid in a nearby cave.

In recent years, the Spirit Snake Clan has opened up the waterway between Mingyuetan and Qianmuguan, but only the Spirit Snake Clan can use this waterway.

Yu Lian quickly sensed the aura of her people, and then the surging water spirit energy pulled all the hiding people to her side. As the queen, she taught them a lesson one by one and told them to get out.

Hu Qianqian, who was at the foot of Qianmu Mountain, sensed Yu Lian's breath and immediately flew to the mountaintop temple to pay homage to Wang Ping. Wang Ping glanced at Hu Qianqian, and in an instant he saw everything that had happened to her during his retreat.

"Those two youngsters of your family are about to condense the fake pill, right?"

When Wang Ping asked, he stretched out his hand and lightly tapped in front of him. Two blessing talismans appeared. "When they condense the fake pill, they carry these talismans with them. It can bring good luck and avoid disaster!"

Hu Qianqian's eyes lit up, her furry tail wagging back and forth, and then she clasped her fists and bowed, saying, "Disciple thanks Master on behalf of my two younger generations."

Wang Ping smiled warmly, looked at the overly dense spiritual trees around him, and said with a smile: "Go and do your own thing. Don't make my exit known."

He did not intend to make public his release.

(End of this chapter)