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

Chapter 240 The Immortal Tribulation at the Bottom of Bright Moon Valley, Suppressing Demons and Evil in White Cloud Cave

The White Cloud Cave is a world apart. When Xu Qing first saw it in the old Taoist's dream, he didn't think much of it. But when he personally entered the dream entrusted by the Holy Maiden, he realized how extraordinary this cave was.

The cave is surrounded by plains spanning over a thousand acres. Looking into the distance, towering ancient trees stand as if they have stood forever, and exotic flowers and rare herbs bloom eternally. Before entering the cave, it seems cramped, dark, and without sunlight. But once inside, one realizes that this is a secluded paradise, a place where immortals dwell!
No wonder that Taoist Baiyun trusted the Holy Maiden so much.

If Xu Qing hadn't known about the Holy Maiden's actions beforehand through the Scripture of Salvation, he probably would have been intimidated by her at first sight.

"Young man, are you also here seeking immortality and enlightenment?"

The old woman leaned on a bamboo cane with a hundred joints, and spoke with a peaceful expression, just like an old monk or nun who often meditated and worshipped Buddha.

Xu Qing squinted at the old hag in front of him, his gaze extremely unfriendly!
The old woman who initially guided Daoist Baiyun to use the Nine-Lives Mystic Cat as a medicinal ingredient to refine the Immortal Longevity Pill was also an old woman. Later, the mastermind behind luring Xuanyu into Yunmeng Mountain and causing him to fall into Daoist Baiyun's trap was also an old woman.

Xu Qing had heard this information from Eunuch Liao's revolving lantern and had also received confirmation from Xuan Yu.

Although Xu Qing has never seen the old woman's face, it doesn't stop him from projecting all his prejudices onto the old woman in front of him.

Suppressing the urge to attack, Xu Qing calmed his agitation and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Seven years ago, you were the one who commanded the White Cloud Demon to lure and capture the Nine-Lives Mystic Cat, weren't you?"

The old woman who called herself the Holy Maiden was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Although I taught him the art of longevity elixir, which does contain a nine-life ingredient, I never told him about it. I never expected that he would actually find it."

A hint of doubt appeared in Xu Qing's eyes. Could it be that the old witch who seduced Xuan Yu was someone else?
That's it! The old woman who deceived Xuan Yu had once walked the world and lived with Xuan Yu for a period of time, while the old woman before him seemed to be locked in the White Cloud Cave, unable to leave on her own.
Xu Qing quickly sorted out his thoughts, but even so, his disgust for the old woman in front of him did not diminish in the slightest.

Even if she didn't deceive Xuan Yu, the old woman in front of her indirectly caused Xuan Yu to lose his life by teaching Baiyun Daoist the evil method of alchemy!

Not to mention those infants who were refined into 'immortal medicine' by the White Cloud Taoist as soon as they left their mother's womb.

The old woman completely disregarded Xu Qing's thoughts. She said urgently, "I am a disciple of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, known as the Holy Maiden. Because the Bodhisattva has bestowed upon me sixteen kinds of heavenly books, I am waiting in this White Cloud Cave for a destined person. I see that you, sir, have an extraordinary appearance and a sincere desire to seek immortality. If you are willing to become my disciple, I am willing to bestow upon you the divine sword refining method and the art of longevity obtained from the heavenly books."

The familiar divine blade, the familiar art of immortality.

Unfortunately, while these two things might be incredibly tempting to others, they were not to Xu Qing's liking.
Is the divine blade as powerful as his Heavenly Gang Axe? As for the art of immortality, he wouldn't even give it a second glance if it were thrown on the street!
Xu Qing tried to glance at the stone wall behind the Holy Maiden, which was engraved with celestial runes, but was blocked by her.

That old hag.
"I've heard that Baiyun Cave is where Master Yuan cultivated, but I've never heard of any Holy Maiden." Xu Qing grinned and said, "Old man, you can fool others, but you can't fool me!"

“Your first disciple, Yuan Kong, was killed by the demonic Baiyun. Instead of standing up for your disciple, you took the demonic Daoist as your disciple. Now that I have killed that old Daoist, you want to take me as your disciple.”

Xu Qing looked at the old woman in front of him, as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Your method of forging the divine blade must be the way you escaped this grotto-heaven, right?"

Whether it was Baiyun Daoren or him, when the old woman appeared in his dream to transmit the Dharma, she was transmitting the Ghost Head Divine Blade and the method of refining evil pills.

Once those pills are refined, they are mostly used by people and do not have the ability to open the seal of Baiyun Cave. Only the evil divine blade that evolves by eating blood is most easily targeted by traps.

The old woman's expression changed drastically upon hearing this: "The immortal techniques I have passed down all come from the Nine Heavens Secret Manual, and there is not a single falsehood in them. It is one thing for you, young man, to doubt me, but do you dare to question whether the Heavenly Book is flawed?"

"I don't know if the Heavenly Book is flawed, but I do know that what you're transmitting are all insidious and immoral methods. If the Heavenly Book contains only this kind of stuff, then it's not the Heavenly Book!"

Xu Qing approached the old woman, his gaze falling on her back: "If you are truly a disciple of the Bodhisattva, why not reveal the true form of the Heavenly Book and let me take a look?"

However, the old woman stubbornly refused to move aside the passage outside the stone wall.

"Your heart is not sincere! I will not pass on this Pharaoh's teachings to you. Leave at once, lest you defile my sacred place!"

As soon as the old woman finished speaking, Xu Qing felt a force repelling him from his surroundings, and he began to show signs of wanting to wake up.

But can the old woman really send him away so easily?

Of course not!
As the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. Now that the Goddess of Life Protection is coming to investigate the case of Ruyi Temple, and has finally found her way to Baiyun Cave, how could she possibly give up now!

Xu Qing decisively used his dream-making technique to forcefully hypnotize himself, who was about to wake up, back into sleep.

The more Xu Qing recited the Dream Awakening Mantra while in a dream, the more energetic he became.

The Holy Maiden stared wide-eyed, wondering why she still couldn't send this person away.

The hundred-section bamboo staff swung forward in a whirlwind, but Xu Qing seemed rooted to the mountain rocks, remaining completely still.

The Holy Maiden, refusing to believe in superstition, lifted her skirt, revealing her hairy legs, and bent over, pointing her buttocks at Xu Qing.

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A pungent, fishy smell wafted over, and Xu Qing saw the fox's rump and tail peeking out from under the other woman's skirt!

That filthy old fox actually peed on him!
Xu Qing was disgusted.

The dream-weaving technique was used once again, and Xu Qing conjured up a chamber pot out of thin air.

To conceal the heavenly book, the old fox dared not leave without permission, and could only stand in front of the stone wall passage, letting the thick, strange soup from the chamber pot splash onto her.

"You rude boy!" The old lady raised her wide sleeves and awkwardly responded.

Now it was the old fox's turn to have an unstable dream.

The dreamscape of Baiyun Cave was constructed by the old fox's magic. If Xu Qing is driven away by her, he will be fine. However, if she, as the master of the dreamscape, is driven away by Xu Qing, who has taken over, she will inevitably suffer a backlash from her supernatural powers.

The old man was so angry that his body trembled, and even his hunched back straightened a little from the anger.

In all her years of cultivation, apart from Master Yuan's master, this was the first time she had encountered another person who constantly restrained her.

Seeing that the young man was difficult to deal with, the old fox finally unleashed his own divinely crafted blade.

Xu Qing looked up and her heart sank.

There was definitely something wrong with this knife!
The White Cloud Demon used the resentment of an infant spirit to consecrate his sword, but the sword's malevolent aura was less than half that of the old woman in front of him.

It is evident how many innocent lives this old fox had killed using this method during his lifetime.

The old woman discarded her bamboo cane, patted the scabbard three times, and then a great howl resounded throughout the entire cliff, as if hundreds of babies were crying in unison, or as if a fierce god from the underworld was baring his claws and roaring across the sky.

As the divine blade roared, a crimson rainbow of light shot from south to north, slicing straight toward Xu Qing's neck!

That knife is too dangerous to catch, you can't take it!
Even Xu Qing, who was in the third stage of the Corpse Transformation, did not have the confidence to take over the whole thing.

This old fox is at least a thousand-year-old fox demon!
In the dream, wherever the rainbow light passed, the flowers and plants withered, and all the ancient trees that could reach the sky were destroyed.

The old woman holding the scabbard smiled.

However, the next moment.

When the smoke cleared, she found that the white-robed youth standing in front of the cliff had disappeared, replaced by a fairy-like goddess, Baosheng Niangniang, whose whole body radiated a holy glow.

The old woman believed that her demeanor and manners could deceive all ordinary people in the world. Even before she was imprisoned in Baiyun Cave, people would call her Holy Aunt or Living Bodhisattva.

Some people even once thought she was the reincarnation of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. But now, in front of Xu Qing, all her poise and demeanor vanished.

The old woman fell silent.

She understood what this meant; only those who had truly performed great acts of kindness and made lofty vows would possess such an expression.

No matter how convincingly she tries to imitate, it's nothing more than a poor imitation. Compared to the real thing, this fake saintess is nothing more than a beast stripped of its human clothing, utterly devoid of any dignity.

The Holy Maiden had cultivated for nearly a thousand years and possessed over a thousand years of Taoist cultivation, yet she felt inferior in front of the Goddess of Life Protection.

I can't even lift my head up.

At this moment, the jade ruyi in Xu Qing's hand shone brightly, while the ghost-headed divine blade, instead, concealed its bloody light, bumping and knocking against the mountain rocks, and fled back into its sheath as if escaping.

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This attack caused the incense offerings in the Blood Lake Dharma Realm to decrease by tens of thousands once again.

Xu Qing remained expressionless. He estimated that the remaining incense in the blood lake could only withstand three more attacks at most.

To prevent the old fox from discovering his outward strength but inner weakness, Xu Qing decided to strike first.

Putting away the Mother Gas Bottle and the Jade Ruyi, Xu Qing took out his own mountain-splitting axe.

Saintess Liang, who was about to unleash the divine sword again, was stunned once more.

A goddess dressed in luxurious attire, with an elegant and dignified demeanor, suddenly changed her style and took out a 'Xuanhua Great Axe'. This difference in appearance made even the Holy Maiden, who had lived for nearly a thousand years, feel strange.

Xu Qing didn't care about anything else, focusing all his strength on the axe handle. When the Heavenly Gang Technique reached the seventeenth level, he gritted his teeth and roared, instantly shattering the surrounding airflow. The Goddess of Life's cloud-shaped shoulder, sleeves, and even the hem of her skirt were all fluttering loudly.

The Holy Maiden was horrified and hurriedly summoned her divine blade. But just as the crimson rainbow light transformed into a celestial dog and lunged at Xu Qing, a jade ruyi flew out to protect its master, forcing the divine blade back once again.

The incense offerings at Xu Qingxue Lake Dharma Realm have once again dwindled sharply.

However, at this moment, his axe power had already accumulated to the eighteenth level, a level he had never reached before.

Xu Qing's face was filled with murderous intent, and the ancient blade of his axe suddenly burst forth with dazzling light!
In the White Cloud Cave, atop the stone cliff, the sun seems to rise in a dazzling display.

The Holy Maiden was terrified and was about to unleash the divine sword for the third time when the Goddess of Life Protection in front of her had already brought down the giant axe in her hand!
A burst of light spread eight or nine zhang (approximately 33-40 meters), and the axe, enveloped in the light, transformed into a white rainbow piercing the sun, instantly tearing through the mountain cliffs and clouds.

Wherever the axe blade passed, all the dream creations were easily cut apart like cloth. The Holy Maiden of White Cloud Cave stood at the narrow stone cave entrance, her whole body swaying like a candle in the wind.

Then, like a sand sculpture in the desert, she and the cave were scattered by the storm.

Ruyi Guan, in front of the altar.

Xu Qing, who was lost in a dream, suddenly opened his eyes. Xuan Yu was still holding his sword and earnestly protecting him. The paused scripture of salvation began to turn its pages again.

After obtaining the 'fate to immortality,' the Taoist Baiyun immediately realized that the way the immortals practiced was exactly what he wanted.

Before he embarked on his spiritual practice, he enjoyed robbing other people's money.

Now that he has embarked on cultivation, he can actually steal other people's lives to make up for his own. This is simply a cultivation method tailor-made for him. Daoist Baiyun seems to have already seen immortals beckoning to him, and the steps to heaven have been laid out beneath his feet.

Over the next thirty years, under the pretext of helping pregnant women and infants at Cizhao Temple, Baiyun Daoren not only raised enough donations for the temple, but also found a cover for obtaining the medicinal ingredients he needed.

One day, when the Taoist Baiyun was holding a religious ceremony and explaining the art of alchemy to his disciples, an old woman suddenly walked into the middle of the scripture hall.

This old woman was not a disciple of the temple. Ruyi Temple had not invited any outsiders to today's fasting ceremony. If this old woman had not suddenly walked to the front of the hall, Daoist Baiyun would not have even noticed her presence.

"Who are you? How did you get into the prayer hall?"

Daoist Baiyun was horrified.

He was talking about methods for refining longevity elixirs using humans as medicinal ingredients. If the old woman in front of him were a righteous person with great supernatural powers, he would surely be in big trouble!
However, the old woman in front of him did not scold him. Instead, she explained to him how to refine the best longevity elixir.

"The elixirs you concoct, even if consumed in the end, will only result in a complete transformation, a return to infancy, and a rebirth. But I possess a true formula for immortality."

"There are rare and precious beasts and birds in the world, such as the Nine-Lives Mystic Cat, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, the Immortal Phoenix, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Pill. The Nine-Lives Mystic Cat has nine lives. If one uses the method of seizing the heavens to take its life and refine it into the Nine-Turn Mystic Pill, a person who takes it can increase their lifespan by nine lifetimes."

For ordinary people, a major calamity occurs every hundred years. After a hundred years, if one lacks virtuous deeds to protect them, they will face a minor calamity every month and a major calamity every year. Minor calamities are difficult to avoid, while major calamities will inevitably lead to death.

The old woman remained serious and her expression never changed.

"But if one takes the Nine-Turn Profound Pill, one can live for nine hundred years. If you add that to your own lifespan, wouldn't you have a lifespan of a thousand years?"

A thousand years is enough to make one an immortal.

No! If he lived for a thousand years, he could already be called an immortal or an ancestor!
Baiyun Daoren was captivated, so he couldn't wait to ask, "Where can these rare and precious beasts be obtained?"

The old woman pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, "The latter is unattainable, while the former is hard to find."

"It is better to seek something than to not find it."

The old woman, who had been expressionless, suddenly twitched the corners of her mouth, revealing a strange smile: "I once saw a black cat, which happened to be one of the few nine-lived spirit cats in this world."

Later, Xu Qing saw the scene of the Taoists of Ruyi Temple surrounding and capturing Xuan Yu. At this time, although Xuan Yu's Taoist cultivation was not high, he was able to completely transform into nine clones.

If it wanted to escape, even the most powerful Taoist priests at Ruyi Temple would have a hard time catching it.

But just as Xuan Yu stepped out of the Ruyi Temple gate and was about to disappear into the mountains, the old woman who had lived with it reappeared in front of the Ruyi Temple.

Behind the old woman was the White Cloud Taoist, holding a sword to her neck.

Xu Qing remained silent.

He never imagined that Xuan Yu had been captured voluntarily. From the moment he saw the old woman appear, Xuan Yu stopped trying to escape.

Xu Qing continued reading. After Xuan Yu was captured by Baiyun Daoist, the old woman leisurely walked to the specially made iron cage.

The person and the cat stared at each other for a long time.

The old woman remained silent until the end. Finally, she shook her head, turned around, and left Ruyi Temple.

At the temple gate, the Taoist priest Baiyun tried to give the reward to the old woman, but she refused to accept it.

After watching Baiyun Daoren's revolving lantern, Xu Qing's questions were not resolved; instead, they became even more perplexing.

Finally, the Scripture of Salvation rewarded the user with a Void God Protection Technique, ranked as a high-grade Earth-level technique, and a low-grade Heaven-level Immortal Seeking Technique.

However, Xu Qing had no interest in paying attention to these two supernatural abilities at the moment.

(End of this chapter)