fairy family

Chapter 317 Taking Control of Ancestral Lineage, Coveting Other Temples

The "King Yama's Talisman Seed" jumped out.

Yu Que's entire attention was immediately drawn to it.

In an instant, time seemed to stand still in his perception, and the ghostly aura and fortune in the Yama Temple also disappeared.

The pitch-black talisman seed, like a dark sun, absorbed all divine sense and light, hanging in mid-air, majestic and awe-inspiring.

It took Yu Que a while to realize that something was wrong.

He quickly shook his Yin spirit, gathered his divine sense, and withdrew his attention from that "King Yama's Talisman Seed".

The moment he gazed at this talisman seed, a wealth of information about it surfaced in his mind.

Along with this, the origins of this Yama Temple, and even the "Yama God" statue from earlier, were all clearly explained to Yu Que.

Just as he had predicted.

The "King Yama" from earlier was merely a puppet spirit used to guard this temple.

The other party was a primordial spirit left behind by a celestial being who rebuilt the ancestral temple and moved it here at the beginning of the Tai Sui dynasty.

This item was crafted from the spirits of fallen heroes collected by Tai Sui during his reign of subjugation of the world, especially the souls of half-step Nascent Soul immortals. The general principle is similar to that of the Six Ding and Six Jia in Yu Que's possession.

However, unlike the Six Ding and Six Jia, this thing has many restrictions inside, and its spirituality has been reduced as much as possible. Every other day, the memories of the Yama and the ghosts will be deleted by themselves, leaving only a little impression of the passage of time.

The reason for this is that the immortal spirit who left this object behind, in order to prevent it from taking advantage of the Yama Temple to grow powerful and embezzle incense offerings and fortune, broke free from its restraints.

Even with so many restrictions and constraints, the primordial spirit immortal, in order to ensure no mistakes were made, limited the "lifespan" of the Yama King and the Ghost God to a thousand years.

When the millennium is up, it will "ascend" to heaven.

In reality, it meant complete annihilation, crushed into dust by the immense incense and fortune within the Yama Temple.

As Yu Que sorted through the information, he thought to himself, "Just as I thought. Luckily, I wasn't intimidated by those Yama and ghost gods."

According to the information revealed by Fu Zhong, once he is intimidated, he will truly become the 128th generation temple guardian deity to succeed the King of Hell.

Yu Que's eyes flickered. He squinted at the Yama Talisman Seed, then suddenly reached out and grabbed it, holding it in his hand without any concern about being entangled by it.

Zizizi!
As soon as the talisman seed was in his hand, the ghostly energy on it seemed to writhe wildly in Yu Que's hand, trying to penetrate his body.

However, with precautions in place and the purple light of his primordial spirit emanating from Yu Que's body, how could he allow a mere inanimate object to harm him?

Holding this thing, Yu Que immediately poured his divine sense into it again and began to refine it.

The spirits that guarded the temple had been suppressed by him in the inner world.

This Yama King Talisman Seed is the key to the entire Yama King Temple. Currently, there is no one in charge. Once it is refined, Yu Que will be able to control the temple and freely manipulate the incense and fortune accumulated over thousands of years.

Furthermore, it was Yu Que who refined this thing with his own power, rather than the thing refining him.

So even if he has the power over Yama, it doesn't mean he will be trapped here for a thousand years.

Buzzing.

Soon, the pitch-black Yama talisman transformed into a crown, swirling and landing on his head. It was jet black, shaped like bone, and slender and delicate.

When the object landed on Yu Que's head, his aura surged violently.

His divine sense and magical power expanded and surged dramatically, instantly reaching the Nascent Soul realm, which was terrifying!
Yu Que's mind was instantly captivated by this state.

"This! Is this the Primordial Spirit Immortal? The soul is immortal, reincarnated and possessed..."

His mind was shaken, and he felt as if he were a frog at the bottom of a well, which had suddenly leaped up, escaped the well, and seen the vast blue sky.

However, Yu Que has not yet truly cultivated to the primordial spirit realm.

It was merely that the power of the King of Hell had been bestowed upon him, making his soul and spirit comparable to that of a primordial immortal.

As long as he puts down the Yama Talisman Seed or leaves the Yama Temple, his soul and spirit will be forced to return to their original form and become weak again.

Even knowing the truth.

Yu Que was still experiencing his current state, which felt incredibly mysterious and he couldn't break free from it for a long time.

After a period of intense emotional turmoil, he finally broke free from the illusion of his primordial spirit's power and began to clearly reflect on himself:
"The blessing of this Yama King's position is far more powerful than the blessing of the Primordial Spirit Dao Soldier; it is almost indistinguishable from the real thing."

If I were to appear before the world in my current state, even a true immortal would likely find it difficult to discern my true nature.

He was combing through his hair.

However, what is obtained through deception is ultimately just that—deception—and is not truly genuine.

Yu Que's eyes flickered, and he immediately warned himself: "Although the position of Yama is good, I am only refining it to borrow its power to help me cultivate."

Immediately, he suppressed all the distracting thoughts in his mind and began to mobilize the power of Yama, which he controlled, one by one in the Yama Temple.

Whoosh!
At that moment, Yu Que released a number of ghosts from his inner world.

He stood in the temple and simply sprayed his true energy into the ghosts. The ghosts all transformed, donning ghost clothes and wielding ghost weapons. Some became Ox-Head and Horse-Face, while others transformed into Black and White Impermanence.

In the past, turning these ghosts into ghost soldiers required him to spend time refining them. Even with real fire and real water, it still took a lot of effort.

Now that he has become the King of Hell, he only needs one breath to turn ghosts below the sixth rank into soldiers in the blink of an eye.

Even for those of the sixth rank or above, it only requires him to exhale a few more breaths.

Having tested his skills briefly, Yu Que narrowed his eyes and summoned his own primordial spirit weapon. He then boldly used the power of the King of Hell to refine the Six Ding and Six Jia weapons.

Buzz!

The Yuan Shen Dao Bing was already closely related to Yu Que's life; Yu Que could control it with a single thought.

However, now, under the influence of Yama's authority, he finds his connection with the Primordial Spirit Soldier has become even closer.

Now, with a single thought, he can not only have his primordial spirit Dao soldier possess his body and perform various actions, but he can also divide his attention at any time to see what the Dao soldier sees and observe what the Dao soldier observes.

To this extent, the primordial spirit weapon can be considered to have transformed into his external avatar.

Besides the deepening of their connection, when Yu Que was refining this item, his thoughts were blessed by the King of Hell, and many strange ideas and flashes of inspiration came to him.

He reflected that in just a short time, his skills in controlling ghost soldiers and generals had improved considerably.

If he were to put his insights into practice one by one, his skills would improve even more.

"Miao miao miao!"

Yu Que was overjoyed: "Solving the Dharma alone in a quiet room is not as good as Yama patting my head." The gains in refining the technique alone made him feel that refining this Yama talisman seed was not in vain.

After a moment of great joy, Yu Que suddenly felt a stirring in his heart.

Inside the Yama Temple, a surge of energy was felt, and the Yama spirits he had just taken into his Immortal Garden suddenly reappeared in the temple.

As soon as it appeared, it began cursing and shouting, "You scoundrel! How dare you deceive me!"

Its body was shrouded in black mist, and its face was ferocious. It was about to grind Yu Que to dust and annihilate his soul.

But a cold snort came from Yu Que's mouth.

The man in black robes froze on the spot, looking at Yu Que with a puzzled and incredulous gaze: "You... how come you're also the King of Hell?"

The other party stared intently at the crown on Yu Que's head. Not only was his magical power suppressed by Yu Que, but his thoughts were also frozen, and he was frightened by Yu Que.

Yu Que smiled as he looked at the monstrous creature, but did not immediately attack it.

After a while, the man in black robes slowly came to his senses and looked around in surprise and doubt.

Yu Que then released the man's restraints and bowed to him, saying:
"Thank you for your hard work, fellow Daoist, guarding the ancestral temple for the lineage of Yama for a thousand years."

Fellow Daoist, you may now step down.

Yu Que straightened up, pointed at the other party, and the information carried in the Yama Talisman Seed immediately flooded into the black-robed man's mind.

The other person's surprised and suspicious gaze first became even more unbelievable and incredulous, and their mental state even showed signs of being on the verge of collapse. Then, they slowly calmed down, and their gaze became extremely complicated.

The man in black robes looked around, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

In the end, it simply looked at Yu Que and bowed to him, saying, "Thank you, fellow Daoist, for granting me a new life."

At this moment, this Yama, the King of Hell, had already understood its origins and its mission, and also understood why Yu Que had suddenly bestowed memories upon it, allowing it to understand these things.

Yu Que nodded with a smile and accepted the bow without hesitation.

The next moment, the two looked at each other in silence. The man in black robes took the initiative to spread his hands, allowing the divine sense that was looking around to enter his body and implant a series of restrictions and runes.

Furthermore, its most familiar Yama power also worked within its soul, causing it to change towards becoming a ghost soldier or ghost general.

This was precisely Yu Que, who, by using the blessing of his Yama King status, immediately performed a purification ritual on the previous Yama King.

In the Yama Temple, a Yuan Shen Dao soldier is refined.

Not only will it allow Yu Que to put the knowledge and inspiration he has just gained into practice, but it will also allow him to create another primordial spirit weapon.

In this way, he will have more confidence if there is any change in the incense offerings!

Whoohoo!
Whether the Yama King and the ghosts resigned themselves to their fate or were grateful for Yu Que's cooperation, Yu Que's refining process went exceptionally smoothly.

In less than half a day, he had completely eradicated the memories in the other party's mind and the spirituality in their soul. Then, he added a bit of his own divine sense, making them completely different from before, turning them into a unique Liuding Liujia that belonged only to him.

"good!"

When Yu Que came to his senses, he was overjoyed to see the primordial spirit weapon that had quickly taken shape in front of him.

The moment his thought crossed his mind, a portion of his consciousness shifted to the Yama Dao Soldier, and immediately afterward, the Immortal Mountain Dao Soldier was also imbued with his divine essence.

For a moment, Yu Que was multitasking, his perspective shifted to three: his own body and the two Dao soldiers.

Three figures stood in the Yama Temple, bowing to each other, and solemnly said:
"I've met Taoist friends."

The three of them then looked up and burst into laughter.

The next moment, Yu Que's thoughts retreated, and the two primordial spirit weapons, which were like incarnations, instantly shrank back into his body, protecting him at all times.

After all this charade, since the refining of the Yama Dao Soldier relied solely on his own cultivation level and did not involve the use of the Little Black Gourd.

Yu Que then retrieved the Yama Dao Soldier and thoroughly examined it to see if any problems had been left over from its forging process.

Fortunately, after a thorough inspection, Yama Daobing was found to be unharmed, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Having acquired a new primordial spirit soldier in the Yama Temple, Yu Que was not particularly afraid even when he was surrounded and attacked by the incense burner and the immortals who had entered the temple with him when he left the Yama Temple.

However, after his initial joy, his expression gradually calmed down.

Yu Que thought to himself, "Although Dao weapons are good, they are ultimately just external objects. They can protect the Dao, but they do not help with longevity."

He immediately turned his gaze to the immense celestial fortune within the Yama Temple, which he could currently draw upon at will.

Having just exhausted his energy to refine the remaining fragments of a primordial spirit soldier, he did not rest but continued to seize the time, sitting cross-legged in the Yama Temple, and began to absorb and expel qi to cultivate.

in the following time.

He was like a silkworm that never tires and keeps gnawing on mulberry leaves, refining the fortune in the ancestral temple little by little.

With the blessing of the King of Hell, in just a few days, his own Yin Spirit had completely reached the "half-step Primordial Spirit" realm, only half a step away from breaking through to become an immortal.

It was Yu Que himself who firmly suppressed this step.

He then focused his energy on his own physical body, and began to carefully refine it.

Although the Yama Temple is convenient for Yin spirits to cultivate, with its vast incense offerings and the Baiyujing Immortal Garden serving as a spiritual energy transfer center, his physical body has become incredibly powerful at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people. He first approached the primordial spirit realm and then stepped into the half-step primordial spirit realm!
However, at this point, Yu Que still did not choose to rely on the unimaginably vast immortal fortune to allow his Yin spirit or physical body to break through to the Yuan Shen.

He chose to immerse himself in the immortal garden within his body, consuming the immense immortal fortune to refine and expand the immortal garden, causing it to grow from a few hundred miles to a thousand miles in size!

When the Immortal Garden is only half a step away from breaking through to a size of a thousand miles, that will be the time when Yu Que, the three of them, truly ascend to become a Primordial Spirit Immortal.

But soon, he was suddenly startled during his cultivation.

He discovered that the immense fortune within the Yama Temple, which he had so recklessly consumed and used, especially when poured into the Immortal Garden, had become visibly thinner.

Yu Que came to his senses and, after a quick assessment, realized that his own Immortal Garden had consumed the most, already depleting 30% of the temple's accumulated fortune.

If he continues to squander his power so recklessly, he might consume more than half of the Yama lineage's fortune, or even drain it completely.

Such actions are truly akin to "selling one's father's land without a care in the world."

However, given Yu Que's current state of cultivating both body and spirit, he does indeed need a large amount of luck to nourish himself, especially his inner immortal garden.

Torn between conflicting thoughts, Yu Que narrowed his eyes and suddenly looked outside the Yama Temple.

He thought to himself, "Speaking of which, there are five ancestral temples in this place, not just the Yama Temple."

(End of this chapter)