fairy family

Chapter 315 Stealing the Divine Position, Nearing the Primordial Spirit

During spiritual practice, one becomes unaware of the passing of days and months.

Yu Que was so engrossed in the incense and good fortune of the Yama Temple that he completely forgot himself.

The surging fortune was not only refined into his own body, but also absorbed into the Immortal Garden.

Especially those incense offerings that he considered rather mixed up.

He placed this item in the Immortal Garden, where it was quickly refined into pure spiritual energy before entering his body to nourish his physical body and spirit.

In addition, the Qi that Yu Que had stored in his inner world beforehand also entered his body strand by strand as his cultivation progressed.

Under such circumstances, Yu Que's cultivation speed increased again, returning to the momentum he had when he was preaching on Mount Huang.

Within a few days, he had perfected the mid-stage of Qi Refining, leaving no flaws whatsoever.

Even if he breaks through to the late stage of Qi Refining, it's nothing to him now that he's gained the luck of the King of Hell. He only needs to hone his skills for a few days, and it will be a natural thing.

Just as Yu Que was cultivating with even greater enthusiasm, something happened at the Yama Temple.

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the several memorial tablets in the temple, which were also carved with human figures.

One could see unfriendly and displeased gazes emanating from these memorial tablets, fixed on his location.

Yu Que found himself, for reasons unknown, suddenly becoming the target of everyone's criticism.

After pondering for a while, he suddenly thought to himself, "It's not just that I seem to be, but that I have become a thorn in the side of other immortals."

He discovered that he had seized seventy percent of the incense offerings and good fortune currently filling the Yama Temple and brought them all to his side.

The other deities in the temple could only share the remaining 30%.

And that's not the most crucial point. The most crucial point is that Yu Que keenly noticed that compared to when everyone first entered the Yama Temple, the incense offerings and fortune in the temple have now been reduced by more than half.

This means that the temple's incense offerings and fortune are likely finite and will not be replenished with the cultivation of its inhabitants. Or rather, the rate at which the temple's incense offerings and fortune are replenished is far slower than the amount consumed by the inhabitants' cultivation.

As a result, Yu Que, this "big eater," naturally incurred the hostility of the other immortals. They must be cursing him in their hearts right now.

The situation was exactly as Yu Que had imagined.

The other deities were cursing loudly: "Damn it! What on earth came to the Yama Temple and swallowed up so much incense and fortune?"

"If this person continues to devour the temple, the temple's fortune will be exhausted before the major undertaking even begins."

Fortunately, once inside the temple, people couldn't whisper to each other; at most, they could only make eye contact. Also, since everyone was looking at the portraits on the memorial tablets, it was difficult to confirm each other's identities.

Therefore, no one knew that the person who possessed 70% of the incense offerings was actually Yu Que.

Faced with this situation, Yu Que frowned.

It's impossible for him to be so generous and polite as to give up his incense offerings and good fortune to that person for nothing; only a fool would do that.

However, the situation on the field was indeed offensive, and he strongly suspected that when his luck was about to run out, these immortals would risk being kicked out of the ancestral temple to do something sneaky and try to drag him down with them.

With a buzzing sound, Yu Que immediately summoned the primordial spirit Dao soldiers within his body, placing them on his left and right as a precaution.

With this item in hand, and with his inner world as a backup, the immortals from other Dao Palaces would certainly not be able to break through his defenses.

However, after Yu Que shifted his gaze from the ancestral tablets of the immortals who were hostile to him, his brows remained slightly furrowed as he stared intently at the incense and fortune in the Yama King's ancestral temple.

"What a pity, what a pity. Is this all the fortune of an ancestral lineage can offer? The incense offerings for this one day are truly stingy." He sighed inwardly.

Little did Yu Que know that this situation was deliberately orchestrated by the bureaucrats of the dynasty.

Although these deities were allowed into the temple ahead of time, the temple could not be allowed to freely use the temple's fortune.

Even though the fortune of a temple is not the private property of the incense offerings, but rather shared by all the immortals in the world, the incense offerings are merely acting as its temporary guardians.

Furthermore, the fortune in temples is limited. If you take in more, others will take in less, because the realms, powers, and methods of the various deities differ, and the amount of incense fortune they can absorb is naturally not the same for everyone.

The deities in the same temple, if their incense offerings and fortune differ slightly, will become hostile towards each other, and may even form a grudge. Once they leave the temple, they may immediately retaliate.

In previous years, around this time, the officials and deities who had been worshipping the gods for a long time would specially step forward to uphold justice and act as peacemakers.

Occasionally, they would appear to be suffering a huge loss, yet be willing to sacrifice the nation's fortune to quell the discord between various sects and palaces, thereby gaining a great deal of favor.

Inside the Yama Temple.

Yu Que frowned in thought, and suddenly his gaze fell on the tablet in the very center of the temple, which was the tablet of "King Yama" standing in the shrine.

"The incense offerings in a temple are limited in number; I wonder if the incense offerings on the King of Hell are also limited..."

He immediately felt a surge of desire.

However, as soon as this thought arose, heavy concerns and fears also arose in his mind.

It should be known that this place is the ancestral home of immortals and the source of immortal studies in the world.

If you cause trouble here, you might really provoke the legendary "King Yama" to show up and give you a good beating.

"However, as far as I know, although Yama has the word 'Yama' in his name, he is not regarded as a personified deity by the immortals."

Moreover, almost every Taoist temple and every classic text states, "Immortals respect their ancestors and gods but keep them at a distance," and should not be regarded as human beings, but rather as the Tao.

Yu Que pondered to himself, "An inhuman deity, even if it reacts, is nothing more than an inanimate object. If I ask it to borrow some incense offerings and fortune, it probably won't object."

Lacking intelligence and unable to speak, it naturally wouldn't know how to refuse. Or perhaps even if it were refused, its behavior would be merely rigid and unresponsive, leaving plenty of loopholes to exploit.

Thinking about all this, Yu Que's heart began to stir even more.

Without much hesitation, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he made his decision:
“Let’s do it! We’re already here, we can’t just sit back and accept the charity from others and then go back home in peace.”

In this era of great strife, the more peaceful and honest one is, the more easily one misses opportunities.

Of course, the biggest reason he made this decision was that he had Dao soldiers protecting him and the Immortal Garden as his backing.

Even if something unexpected happens, such as being worn down by the immense incense and fortune of the Yama Temple, he can still rely on the two items in his hand to hold off the enemy and escape.

Immediately, Yu Que stopped paying attention to the other immortals and focused his gaze on the shrine in the temple, where he immediately spread his divine sense wildly.

Sizzle! After his divine sense spread beyond three inches, it indeed began to become sluggish again, and waves of pressure descended from the sky, landing on Yu Que's heart, making him feel extremely heavy all over.

Fortunately, before he could come up with a solution, the primordial spirit Dao soldiers protecting his body began to show their power.

A purple glow enveloped him, making his consciousness more resilient and temporarily reaching the level of a primordial spirit.

In that instant, his divine sense seemed to transform from a piece of paper into a steel blade, swiftly slicing through the obstacles in front of him and striking out fiercely.

In an instant, Yu Que's divine sense spread beyond three zhang, and was only halfway away from the Yama King's tablet.

But at this moment, every inch his divine sense took forward consumed a great deal of his true energy.

Fortunately, Yuque had its inner world as a backup, which enabled it to withstand such a drain.

At this moment, he no longer cared about the other gods and immortals. He immediately opened his mouth wide and used his expanded divine sense to frantically sweep through the temple's incense offerings and fortune, transporting them into his body.

Whoosh! The other immortals noticed the unusual activity and were all awakened from their cultivation.

They looked in the direction of Yu Que with suspicion and uncertainty:
"How hateful! Which Dao Palace does this kid belong to, that he dares to be so shameless?"

"You've finished eating, what else is there for this old Taoist to eat!"

Curses rose up in the hearts of these immortals, and Yu Que's ancestors for eighteen generations had been thoroughly cursed.

At first, they were somewhat hesitant, their attitudes showing a reaction, but their actions remained unchanged. Some of the spirits even worried about potential traps, and deliberately slowed down their absorption of the incense offerings and fortune, becoming wary of those around them.

Meanwhile, Yu Que had a great appetite, and the abundant incense offerings flowed into his body, generating a massive amount of spiritual energy.

With this assistance, his divine sense continued to spread forward, finally reaching the location of the shrine.

At this moment, Yu Que's divine sense was suppressed by the pressure in the Yama Temple to the point that it was reduced to a thin thread. He also discovered that although there seemed to be no protection on the left and right sides of the shrine, the pressure from the object was already at its peak.

The incense offerings surrounding the shrine were already solidified, forming a barrier that prevented Yu Que's divine sense from peering in.

But at that moment, the other immortals couldn't take it anymore.

They watched as the temple's incense offerings and fortune rapidly dwindled, estimating that it might not even last a day and a night.

With a whoosh, the immortals couldn't help but use their methods. A thunderbolt suddenly appeared from one of the memorial tablets, and as it flashed, it suddenly leaped toward where Yu Que was.

However, before the thunderbolt could reach Yu Que's side, it vanished on its own within the ancestral temple.

With a series of clanging sounds, the ancestral tablet of the immortal who had unleashed the thunderous power began to sway and shake.

Not only this person, but other immortals in the temple also unleashed their magic, with firelight, cold wind, and golden energy rushing towards Yu Que.

However, these people's magic could only propel them three zhang (approximately 10 meters) at most before they disappeared.

Yu Que noticed these people and quickly discovered that among the immortals who were casting spells, the portraits left on the memorial tablets of some of them had rapidly dimmed, and their faces appeared panicked.

Clearly, they are being kicked out of the ancestral temple because of their disrespectful behavior there.

It was precisely the disturbances created by these deities, in more than one place, that caused the energy flow in the Yama Temple to change, and the incense offerings and fortune to fluctuate, suddenly becoming unstable.

Many of the empty memorial tablets in the ancestral temple were also making a clanging sound.

Such a commotion even caused the Yama King's tablet to tremble slightly, and cracks appeared in the solidified aura around it.

Yu Que was overjoyed. He seized the opportunity and his divine sense flew over and probed into the shrine.

Boom!

The moment Yu Que's consciousness came into contact with the tablet of the King of Hell, it was as if a thunderclap exploded in his mind, followed by a series of shouts:

"Alas! We have successors, we have successors..."

Yu Que was startled. When he came to his senses again, he heard no sound, but he found that his field of vision had become much narrower.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that he had moved from his original memorial tablet to a different one.

And this place is where the tablet of the King of Hell is kept in the shrine.

In his sight, it seemed to be a shrine built of bones, both simple and exquisite. The material looked like ordinary bones that could be found anywhere, but they were built up in layers, which was extremely ingenious and contained a few traces of the principles of heaven and earth.

When Yu Que landed in such a thing, he suddenly felt a sense of clarity from head to toe, and even a kind of deathly calmness.

"What are the specific benefits of this place?" he wondered to himself.

So immediately, Yu Que released his divine sense again.

To his surprise, his divine sense could now freely enter and exit the temple, and the immortals who had entered the temple with him were completely unconcealed under his notice.

Of course, the most surprising thing was that when he extended his divine sense out of the shrine, the incense and fortune around him seemed endless and flowed into his body on its own.

Yu Que quickly calmed himself down and focused on digesting the sudden surge of incense offerings.

Fortunately, he had the support of Daoist soldiers and immortal gardens, so after a brief period of confusion, he quickly became adept at connecting with the incense offerings and spiritual energy that were being used by the surrounding area.

His mind was involuntarily immersed in the process of refining fortune and cultivating true energy.

Quietly.

When Yu Que came to his senses, his cultivation had broken through the mid-stage of the Qi Refining realm and advanced to the late-stage, and it was still climbing.

This made Yu Que very happy.

After breaking through his cultivation level, a thought struck him, and he immediately used his divine sense to trace the source of the continuous incense offerings and fortune in the shrine.

Soon, his divine sense spread into a vast net, which was woven in the sky, stretching for countless miles.

As soon as Yu Que came into contact with it, his mind was shaken violently, and he almost lost himself in it, unable to extricate himself.

Fortunately, after his divine consciousness dissipated, a new divine consciousness was generated in his Jade Palace, allowing him to continuously generate divine consciousness, maintain his soul, and prevent him from getting lost.

Furthermore, what Yu Que couldn't notice was that in this state, his Yin Spirit was growing rapidly, heading straight towards the Nascent Soul realm...

(End of this chapter)