I was forced to cultivate immortality when I just wanted to lie down

Chapter 237 Blood Lake Treasure Repentance

"Old man, your time has come!"

The old Taoist priest Baiyun was filled with alarm. The reason he had been able to live so long, besides the fact that he could refine elixirs to prolong his life, was that he was afraid of death.

Yuan Gong of Ruyi Temple was merely a manifestation of a spirit through incense offerings, so Baiyun Daoist was not afraid. However, when he learned that the one who shielded the heavenly secrets and could not be seen was not Yuan Gong, but Xu Qing, he immediately became uneasy.

Who knows who that cat demon has latched onto? What if it's a powerful figure with profound skills or a deep-rooted background? Regardless of whether he can defeat Xu Qing, the outcome won't be good.

Weighing the pros and cons, if he can really defeat the other party, that's fine. Even if Xu Qing really has a powerful background, he can still escape thousands of miles away. At worst, he can go to the Western Regions, Nancuo, or a wild and desolate place to live.

If all else fails, hide in the Yinhe Ancient Road.

But if they can't defeat Xu Qing, then they will truly only face death and annihilation.

Knowing the stakes involved, when Xu Qing and the cat demon disguised as a little girl were about to make their move, Baiyun Daoren laughed loudly and said, "You're right, but it's not my time to act that has come. It's my time to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir and reach the pinnacle of immortality!"

"Today, this old Taoist priest will refine you into elixirs, which you will consume to achieve immortality!"

After speaking, the old Taoist Baiyun took out a blood-red ghost-headed blade. The ghost-headed blade was wide open, and it was unknown how many infant souls it had swallowed. As soon as it appeared in the world, a cold wind instantly rose on the entire altar, covering the sky and the sun, just like the Netherworld!
Xu Qing's hair stood on end, not because he was afraid of the knife, but because he could sense the countless infant spirits that had died by it.

"This sword is called the Ghost Head Divine Sword. Whenever it is drawn, a head will fall to the ground. I obtained it in the White Cloud Cave. It is a genuine secret technique from the Nine Heavens. Now listen!"

The White Cloud Taoist slapped his hand on the scabbard three times, each time with more force than the last. On the altar, only the howling of the evil wind could be heard, like the wailing of thousands of wronged ghosts. But to Xu Qing's ears, the noise sounded like the crying of countless infants.

Legend has it that Baiyun Cave is the abode of immortals, and the secret techniques of the Nine Heavens carved on the stone walls inside the cave are genuine celestial books.

How could such a divine cave, left behind in the world, contain such evil sacrificial arts?

If what Daoist Baiyun said is true, then Baiyun Cave is not a so-called immortal's abode, but a den of demons and monsters!

Baiyun Daoist only patted the scabbard three times, but that completely shattered Xu Qing's expectations of the widely circulated rumors that there were immortals in Baiyun Cave.

Inside the Ruyi Temple, a sharp whistling sound swept across the altar. Suddenly, the ghost-headed knife in the hand of the White Cloud Taoist leaped up, reaching a height of about ten feet. Before the ghost knife fell back into its sheath, a blade of light and baleful energy that had condensed into a tangible form transformed into a black demonic dog, which pounced straight at Xu Qing.

The demonic dog had a dog's body and a ghost's head, with a hidden blade concealing its deadly intent. When Xu Qing saw the blade that the other party had unleashed, he suddenly understood why Xuan Yu had been captured by the White Cloud Taoist.

Cats and dogs are natural enemies. The dog-like demon nurtured by this demonic blade is even faster than the blade light wielded by a master. Even if a cat has superhuman speed, it will have difficulty dodging it.

Xu Qing did not choose to dodge. The moment the dog-demon leaped out of the demon head blade, the incense in the Blood Lake Dharma Realm completely enveloped him and Xuan Yu.

The image of the Goddess of Life Protection appeared, and Xu Qing had two more items in his hands: a small red bottle and a jade-colored ruyi scepter.

The red bottle is the Blood Lake Mother Gas Bottle, and the Ruyi is the Jade Ruyi for Giving Children.

Both have the benefits of stabilizing pregnancy and aiding childbirth, as well as the function of warding off disasters and eliminating harm.

The moment the dog demon pounced, Xu Qing threw out the jade ruyi in his hand.

That ghost-headed knife was originally the old Taoist's infant-slaying knife, and the dog-like ghost that ran out of it was just a manifestation of the resentful spirit of an infant. Now, facing the angry Goddess of Childbirth, it was like a naughty child seeing his old mother with willow branches. Before he even got close, he had already lost three-tenths of his courage.

The jade ruyi struck down, hitting the dog demon squarely in the body.

Under the cleansing influence of the incense offerings from countless mothers and children, the ferocious aura of the dog demon was almost completely gone. When it rushed up to Xu Qing and saw the image of the Goddess of Life Protection with her eyes filled with hatred and resentment, the dog demon abruptly stopped its attack and hesitated.

Xu Qing wouldn't give the murderous blade a chance to react. He immediately flipped the Mother Qi Bottle, pointed the mouth at the dog-like demon, and locked it up instantly.

Leaving aside the dog-ghost imprisoned in the Mother Qi Bottle and subjected to incense offerings for salvation, let's talk about how the White Cloud Taoist released the vicious dog and then fled out of the Ruyi Temple without looking back!

It turns out that this Taoist priest had no intention of fighting Xu Qing to the death at all. Even his earlier threats to use Xuan Yu to refine pills were just to intimidate Xu Qing and Xuan Yu. He had already prepared to abandon the dog ghost and run away on his own from the beginning.

"You wicked Taoist! You forged this demonic blade and still dare to dream of becoming an immortal? Even if we had no past grudges, I will not spare you today!"

Xu Qing flung the crimson flag toward the direction in which Baiyun Daoist had taken flight. As the flag caught up with Baiyun Daoist, Xu Qing's figure flashed in front of the flag.

At the same time, he also flung out the second blue flag in his hand.

Then came the black and gold flags.

The four flags, like flowing light, took turns relaying, and in no time, Xu Qing caught up with the White Cloud Taoist who was riding the wind and mist.

Xu Qing had obtained a cloud-climbing talisman from a Taoist priest in the Celestial Master's Mansion, but when he used the cloud-climbing talisman, he could only go up to five or six zhang high. In the time it takes to eat a meal, he could only go about three li away at most. How could he catch up with the demon Taoist who was good at using the art of controlling the wind and mist?
If we're really talking about pursuing and capturing the enemy, his flag is faster than theirs.

"Who are you?"

The old Taoist looked at Xu Qing, his heart filled with surprise and uncertainty.

At this moment, let alone the White Cloud Taoist, even if the real Master Yuan descended to earth, he would probably be stunned for a long time.

There are many practitioners of the divine path in this world, but those who can condense a Dharma form are all beings with great vows and great merits.

Looking at Xu Qing, who was now in a male body but with a female appearance and was constantly radiating maternal divine light, Baiyun Daoist felt extremely uncomfortable, as if he were sitting on pins and needles.

It felt like a child trafficker being caught red-handed by the child's mother, especially since the mother was a hot-tempered and fierce woman.

If you get caught, getting bruises all over your body is the least of your worries; the worst that could happen is that you end up with bruises all over your body!

"Xuanyu!"

Xu Qing did not respond to Baiyun Daoren's words. After blocking the other party and forcing him to the ground, the first thing he did was to call on the sword-wielding girls in the arena to come and gang up on him.

Xuan Yu understood Xu Qing's intention: it needed to eliminate its inner demons and also needed to use Baiyun Daoist's life to further enhance its 'momentum'!
The demon race faces a life-or-death struggle to condense their demon core. Without unwavering perseverance and great courage, even with eighteen lives, it is difficult to survive the lightning calamity.

If one survives, one lives; if one fails, one dies. If one has the chance to avenge one's enemy before facing death, then even if one is about to face a lightning calamity, one will no longer feel the slightest fear.

This is momentum!

From Bailong Village to Ruyi Temple, the malevolent energy accumulated by Xuanyu has already taken shape. Now, facing its former enemy, it no longer shows the fear it once had.

As the saying goes, a cat in power is more ferocious than a tiger, and at this moment, Xuan Yu was even more ferocious than a tiger.

Upon hearing Xu Qing's instructions, Xuan Yu remained silent, but instead gripped his sword tightly and transformed into a blur as he swept towards Baiyun Daoist, who had been forced back to the Taoist temple.

A meowing cat doesn't catch mice, and a hunting cat never hisses, because only the weak make noises.

The White Cloud Taoist, though outwardly fierce, said weakly, "Seven years ago, I could take one of your lives, and now I can still take the rest!"

Seeing the girl turn into eight afterimages and rush towards him like a ghost, the White Cloud Taoist once again drew his Ghost Head Evil Blade.

As soon as the evil blade was drawn, a torrent of blood swept out of the scabbard. As the ghost-headed blade sliced ​​through his body, the surging blood turned into a river of blood, protecting the White Cloud Taoist within it.

Meanwhile, infant spirits continued to crawl out of the Blood River, baring their fangs and claws as they pounced on Xuan Yu.

As Xu Qing, who was watching from the sidelines, recited the "Blood Lake Repentance Sutra," the infants, upon hearing Xu Qing's kind and gentle voice, visibly stopped their wildly waving claws and teeth, and at the same time, their pitch-black eyes lost their direction of attack.

After a brief moment of confusion, these infant spirits lowered their arms and then wandered aimlessly back and forth in the river of blood, as if searching for something.

The Blood Lake Repentance Sutra can liberate the spirits of those who died due to difficult childbirth, abortion, or other blood feuds, and can also resolve blood debts and help the deceased be freed from suffering.

At this moment, the Blood Lake Treasure Repentance Sutra, spoken by Xu Qing, exerted an unprecedented effect.

This scripture from the Dongxuan section, which Xu Qing obtained by performing a ritual to help the Taoist priest of Ruyi Temple, is so perfectly suited to the Goddess Baosheng that it seems tailor-made for her.

Who could have imagined that a scripture for salvation from a legitimate Taoist canon would become the death warrant for the White Cloud Taoist?

The infant spirits trapped in the Blood River were plunged into chaos. No matter how Baiyun Daoist tried to persuade them, the infant spirits refused to take a step forward. All they wanted now was to find the source of that familiar voice.

Outside the surging curtain of blood river, the Xuan Yu sword tip bypassed the infant spirits and pointed directly at the White Cloud Taoist protected by the blood river.

At first, Daoist Baiyun relied on the Blood River to protect him. As long as the Blood River was still there, no matter how others attacked, there would be a blood-red curtain to block them. But now that the infant spirit was out of control, the entire blood curtain in front of him was also tearing and churning. If this blood curtain barrier was really broken, Daoist Baiyun was not confident that he could escape unscathed from Xuan Yu's sword.

This cat demon, whom I haven't seen for several years, has already surpassed me in skill!
Daoist Baiyun couldn't understand how this monster, who didn't do anything but kill people and refine pills, could improve his cultivation faster than him. He had worked hard to kill people and refine pills, but his cultivation had only increased by about ten times over the past seven years.
Baiyun Daoist's Dao heart was unstable, but Xu Qing didn't care about that. After sensing the fluctuations in the blood curtain that the other party had unfolded, he began to recite the Blood Lake Scripture again.

When he heard Xu Qing kicking him while he was down and continuing to chant the Blood Lake Repentance, the White Cloud Taoist could no longer sit still.

He roared in fury, "This is a feud between me and this cat demon. What business is it of yours? Since you claim to be a righteous person, you shouldn't bully the weak with numbers and resort to underhanded tactics. Even if you defeat me today, it won't be honorable, and if word gets out..."

Xu Qing paused in his chanting, and just as Baiyun Daoist was secretly delighted, he suddenly heard the chanting resume, and the sound was even louder than before!

Little did Baiyun Daoren know that although the Baosheng Niangniang in front of him looked as upright as could be, if she were to discard her Dharma form and reveal her true form, no one would dare to utter a single word of righteousness.

Zombies, the righteous path?
It's good enough that it doesn't bite!
Only someone who has eaten poisonous mushrooms and drunk fake alcohol would say such a thing.

Xu Qing was completely unmoved by this.

Because he never considered morality when dealing with enemies!

Zombies are not favored by God in the first place. If they don't do the things that evil spirits are supposed to do, then what's the point of being a zombie?

Baiyun Daoist worked hard to maintain the Blood River curtain, while simultaneously making hand seals with his left hand and shifting his feet to set up a new formation.

However, just as he felt a little relieved, a pungent stench suddenly came from outside the blood curtain. When Baiyun Daoist looked to the side, he saw that the little girl who had been holding a sword had somehow taken out a chamber pot and was splashing it onto his blood curtain!

The viscous liquid hissed and emitted black smoke upon contact with the rushing river of blood.

The old Taoist priest was well-versed in alchemy and pharmacology. With just a cursory sniff, he could tell that the chamber pot contained all sorts of extremely filthy things.

Human urine yellow, Tiankui water, and boy's urine are all mixed up and are not things a girl should do!
Everyone says cats are clean, so how come this cat demon's methods are so dirty?
Seven years ago, when he met her, she was clearly not like this.
He couldn't understand how a cat that was so reasonable and polite, and that would even bow and worship at Taoist temples and monasteries, could suddenly become so unruly and immoral.

Baiyun Daoist's face alternated between pale and green, it was hard to tell whether it was from the holy water in the chamber pot or because the once naive and foolish cat had become less easily fooled.

In the end, the blood curtain formed by the ghost-headed blades could not withstand the double attack from Xu Qing and Xuan Yu.

Taking advantage of the opening, Xuan Yu's eight clones simultaneously unleashed countless cold stars. It remembered Xu Qing's words, and apart from the throat, all other vital points were targeted by its sword light!
Baiyun Daoist felt that he was surrounded by endless killing intent, and that if he made the slightest mistake, he would die and his Dao would be destroyed.

In his fear, the old Taoist priest hurriedly threw away the Ghost Head Sword, then stood still, made a hand gesture to avoid the enemy, and kept chanting the incantation to avoid the enemy. His feet were firmly planted on the Kui Gang position, and he did not move an inch.

This protective technique was also obtained by him in the White Cloud Cave. The holy master in the White Cloud Cave once told him that this weapon avoidance technique is the number one protective technique of the Nine Heavens Secret Techniques. When practiced to its extreme, not to mention cultivators of the sixth realm in the mortal world, even terrestrial immortals and true immortals descending from heaven may not be able to break through this technique.

The old Taoist priest Baiyun always kept his feet on the Kui Gang position. Under his feet, an invisible blue light disappeared into the ground and then spread to all parts of the Taoist temple like the roots of an old tree.

The girl's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and countless sword lights fell continuously, but no matter how she struck, she could not do anything to the old Taoist.

The sword light struck the old Taoist's forehead, shattering the main gate of the Ruyi Temple into pieces.

The sword pierced the old Taoist's throat, and the scripture hall where the disciples of Ruyi Temple used to chant scriptures collapsed with a crash.

The sword light struck the old Taoist's heart, and a gap the size of a vat appeared above the main hall in the center of Ruyi Temple, where deities were enshrined.

Xu Qing looked at the scene before him and felt it was strangely familiar.

Is this the substitution method?

(End of this chapter)