My Cultivation Has a Progress Bar

The ability to activate the Spiritual Poison was a pleasant surprise for Wang Ping, as he had already planned on giving up. His real focus was refining the Profound Jade Token. By leveraging the connection between the Xiao Shan Lord’s Golden Body Divine Statue and the Array, the token’s refinement progress had now reached (98/100).

He had a feeling he would be able to completely refine the Profound Jade Token within two days. With it in hand, he would have an extra life-saving tool when entering Shangjing City, and an escape route if things went south.

After testing the power of the Spiritual Poison, Wang Ping took out ten Sword Talismans that sealed iron bamboo swords and infused the Spiritual Poison into them.

He also practiced the ’killing array’ several more times. Wang Ping’s ’killing array’ could now simultaneously control over a hundred iron bamboo swords. By temporarily consuming some elixirs to enhance his Primordial Spirit Consciousness, he could even control two hundred at his absolute limit. But he didn’t do so, instead choosing the optimized number of eighty-one swords.

As for Soldier Talismans, the only ones Wang Ping found truly useful were the two special puppets Zi Luan had given him. The greatest purpose of these puppets was to prevent sneak attacks by Gold Cultivators; the other Soldier Talismans were nothing more than cannon fodder.

In a chaotic battle, a Wood Cultivator’s greatest fear is a sudden sneak attack by a Gold Cultivator, especially an ambush by several of them. Wang Ping wasn’t worried about facing other Cultivators, not even Artifact Cultivators who had manifested a Primordial Spirit.

That was why, for some time now, Wang Ping had tasked everyone at Qianmu Temple with collecting Demon Soldiers that could counter Gold Cultivators. Unfortunately, he had yet to receive any news.

Whenever she sensed this emotion from Wang Ping, Yu Lian would say, "If we run into Gold Cultivators, leave them to me. I’ll cook them alive like shrimp!"

...

「Two nights later.」

Before entering his trance, Wang Ping cast a Holy Trigram for himself, then settled into his meditation and cultivation with peace of mind.

As expected, the refinement of the Profound Jade Token was completed that day. The very moment of its completion, his Primordial Spirit formed a wondrous connection with the token.

He could even feel the heartbeat of a peculiar life-form inside the token. When he used his Primordial Spirit to observe it carefully, a black-and-purple, illusory figure emerged from within. It looked like a snake, but it had no head; its entire body was covered in tiny, dark tentacles. It was about six feet long and as thick as a grown man’s wrist.

Wang Ping remained calm. He could sense that this monster bore him no ill will, but no goodwill either. It was simply a result of him nourishing the token with his own Spirit Vein for a period of time, causing the token and his Primordial Spirit to resonate with each other to some extent.

’This little thing must be from beyond this realm!’

Yu Lian spoke aloud, "The karma entangled with it is nearly zero—it’s even cleaner than that new disciple of yours."

An idea struck Wang Ping. He took out a dozen or so True Essence Pills and two Lingyuan Pills, then used his Wood Spirit Qi to convert the elixirs into pure energy. At a thought from his Primordial Spirit, this energy surged into the inky-black monster.

The next moment...

Complex Arrays appeared on the surface of the Profound Jade Token, which began to pulse with a purple halo. The halo instantly expanded, forming a purple isolation barrier around Wang Ping.

But the barrier was there and gone in a flash.

"That was over a thousand silver worth of elixirs, and all it did was last for a moment?"

Yu Lian’s voice was filled with a pained reluctance, but Wang Ping thought it was a great deal. He didn’t, however, try it again.

When Wang Ping’s Primordial Spirit stopped focusing on the Profound Jade Token, the inky-black monster vanished without a trace, and its heartbeat ceased to exist.

"So, otherworldly things can be alive," he murmured softly.

"That can’t be considered life," Yu Lian replied. "It has no spiritual nature and doesn’t conform to the Heavenly Dao Rules. If you must label it, it’s an energy body formed from consciousness."

"Mm."

Wang Ping had many thoughts, but since he could not see the truth for now, he cut off any needless speculation and looked up at the sky.

The sky was not yet light.

He resumed his trance.

「Time passed quietly until the end of the second month.」

All of Zhongzhou had become unusually quiet over the past twenty-odd days.

During this time, the Chu Country to the south successfully suppressed the recent turmoil, which had been caused by the punishment of several Third Realm Cultivators. New farms were now visible everywhere along the newly planned Chuanchong Road, True Yang Road, and Dongjiang Road.

The great clans of Jianglin Road were busy dividing the new power structure, making the spring planting season especially hectic. In the Liangjiang Region to the east, the populace had been pacified by the Chu Kingdom Court, and relief and reconstruction efforts in Pingzhou Road were proceeding in an orderly manner. The armies at the front had also been replenished during this time, and they had established an impenetrable blockade north of Shangjing City from their position on the South Bank of the Nong River.

Six days ago, Wang Ping received a message from Hu Qianqian that the Transfer Talisman he was arranging in the northern forests of Ningzhou Road was complete. Three days ago, Lu Shan from Shanwu Road and Guangxuan from Shangning Road also sent word confirming that their Transfer Talismans had been placed.

One day ago, Yuan Zheng Taoist sent a message saying a Transfer Talisman had been secretly placed near a pier in Right Huai Prefecture, an area controlled by the Daoist Palace. His eldest disciple was personally watching over it. He also added that he would be coming to the front lines in the next day or two to give Wang Ping something good.

Early this morning, Wang Ping attempted to use the Pocket World Mirror to connect with the various Transfer Talismans.

Except for the Transfer Talisman on Shangning Road, which he was unable to use, he could sense all the others perfectly. The issue with Shangning Road was that it was too far away. According to Wang Ping’s plan, he still needed to place additional Transfer Talismans in He Xin Road, West Stone Road, and Shangyuan Road while laying siege to Shangjing City.

This way, as long as he could break out of Shangjing City, he could directly teleport back to Ningzhou Road if he encountered danger. However, a transfer over such a long distance would certainly cause a degree of damage to his Primordial Spirit and Spirit Vein. Moreover, it required all the Transfer Talismans in every region to remain stable.

Therefore, at the critical moment, with the exception of the Transfer Talismans in Ningzhou Road and near Moon Mountain, the other locations could be revealed. He could dispatch disciples from Qianmu Temple or mobilize the Chu Country army to protect them. Casualties would be unavoidable, and it could even lead to a river of blood!

He had originally wanted to place a Transfer Talisman within Qianmu Temple as well, but he feared that something uncontrollable might follow him through the portal.

「The morning of the thirtieth day of the second month.」

Wang Ping awoke from a long meditation and subconsciously looked up at the dim morning sky. For some time now, a message had been waiting for him every time he emerged from his trance.

Today was quiet for a change. But just as he was about to accompany Yu Lian to a nearby town to sort through the nature of humanity, Yuan Zheng arrived as promised.

"After I advanced to the Third Realm, didn’t I promise to help you reactivate the furnace in the Qi Sea of Yuan Hu’s body? A while ago, I refined a batch of Solid Foundation Pills. With your master’s help, I used Yuan Hu’s Spiritual Body as a casting medium and successfully reignited the extinguished furnace within him. If you then use a Heaven-Reaching Talisman to reconstruct his body’s Qi Sea, you’ll be able to use the Samadhi True Flame just like a Pill Cultivator the next time you activate the body."

Seeing Wang Ping, Yuan Zheng eagerly took out Yuan Hu’s body, which had undergone a simple refinement by Yu Cheng Taoist. "Your master has already repaired its meridians. All that’s left is the Qi Sea and the consciousness, which you’ll have to handle yourself."

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