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

Chapter 326 Hunter and Prey? A Clever Method of Nesting!
The search for the dragon veins and the severing of destiny are about finding the dragon veins and severing fate.

Xu Qing's body is made of 204 pieces of indestructible bone, making him a truly hard bone, even harder than refined gold and stone.

If there is any weakness, it might be the two bones in his body, Huangting and Beihai, which have not yet been refined.

However, these weaknesses were reversed when Xu Qing refined the first piece of Undying Bone, and they no longer existed!
Even if a zombie that has reached the Undying Bone Realm has its bones and flesh scattered or even burned by external forces, as long as the Undying Bone remains, its original consciousness can still continue. It can control the surviving Undying Bone to absorb the Yin Sha death energy, resentment energy, and even the essence of living beings in the world, to re-condense flesh and blood, restore bones, and ultimately reshape a complete zombie body.

This process can be extremely long, and the recovery speed will vary depending on the environment, but these factors do not change the fact that the uncorrupted bone is the zombie's 'only weakness'.

The only way to kill this type of zombie is to completely destroy the incorruptible bones.

It can be said that the Undying Bones are the source of Xu Qing's immortality and indestructibility, but also his fatal weakness. Han Renshan's Dragon-Seeking and Meridian-Severing Technique can only defeat him by destroying all the Undying Bones on his body.

However, Xu Qing's incorruptible bone is precisely the hardest part of his body. Not to mention those of the same cultivation level, even cultivators with a thousand years of cultivation would not be able to easily destroy a piece of incorruptible bone.

Physical strength is the forte of zombies, and to counter it requires far greater magical power or a power specifically designed to subdue zombies.

Such as supremely yang and powerful supernatural abilities, and magical artifacts that transcend the mundane.
At this moment, Han Renshan clearly did not have these conditions. The other party's ability to find the dragon veins and sever the meridians was such that even the smallest piece of uncorrupted bone on Xu Qing's body could not be damaged.

But the first place Han Renshan wanted to break was Xu Qing's Tianzhu spine.

"Impossible! How can a person not have weaknesses?"

Han Renshan's pupils dilated sharply; this was the first time he had failed since he started using the Dragon Seeking and Meridian Severing technique.

Xu Qing grabbed Han Renshan's outstretched hand and grinned, "It's not that I have no weaknesses, but rather that my weakness is precisely my strongest point."

Unable to escape, Han Renshan once again used the Five Plagues Technique. Xu Qing watched as the fungal sacs on his body burst open, and a five-colored poisonous mist instantly enveloped the two of them.

Xu Qing frowned and slapped Han Renshan across the face.

"Don't you have any sense of public decency? You may not mind the filth, but I certainly do!"

"The environment of Tianjin has been ruined by people like you who discharge pollutants haphazardly!"

"You dare to glare at me? If I said anything wrong, you're acting all aggrieved."

After several slaps, Han Renshan's cheeks visibly swelled up.

The Holy Master of the Heavenly Heart Sect had never suffered such humiliation. His teeth chattered, and he asked angrily and fearfully, "Why are you unaffected by the Five Plagues?"

Another slap landed, and Xu Qing cursed, "It doesn't affect me at all! You've turned my all-white clothes into five different colors. Anyone who didn't know better would think I was wearing a patchwork tunic by a beggar. You call that not affecting me?"

"You've tarnished my image as a funeral director, you've committed a grave sin!"

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Han Renshan let out a hoarse laugh, completely driven mad by the young man in front of him.

He growled, "If you won't let me live, I won't let you live either."

After he finished speaking, Xu Qing saw Han Renshan's whole body swell up, with countless sources of poison and disease overflowing from his body. He wanted to fight to the death with him!

Whether the net breaks or not is unknown, but this fish is definitely not going to survive today!
Xu Qing grabbed Han Renshan's wrist with his backhand, and the deathly aura around him instantly engulfed the other party like a tide.

Han Renshan sensed the life force fading, but his laughter grew even more manic:

"This is the legacy of a ghost immortal. You cannot kill me. I am the Lord of Plague and King of Plague, possessing the power to dispel plagues and command all poisons. Once I shed this mortal form, a celestial master will descend to guide me directly to the Jade Pool Immortal Palace!"

Xu Qing's expression was strange. Was he, like Ji Lingzhou, encountering a con artist who preys on idiots?

"Save your breath, don't you feel something's off?"

Han Renshan's smile froze. He suddenly realized that his body was no longer swelling, all the poison glands and sacs in his body were no longer functioning, and he could not feel the existence of his body!
It felt as if I had truly become a corpse!
No! It should be that this plague-ridden ghost lost its second life, a feeling even more terrifying than a ghost turning into a venomous creature.

"what did you do to me?"

Han Renshan's pupils were unfocused. The young man in front of him seemed to have become the Yama, the ruler of life and death, and he felt nothing but fear.

"I'm a funeral director, so of course I'm doing what I would do for every corpse."

As the pages of the Salvation Sutra were turned, Han Renshan, now a ghostly corpse, completely lost his last means of resistance.

Xu Qing looked at the corpse in front of him, which also had two lines of clear tears flowing down its face, and didn't know how to comment.

No matter what, you two are the leaders of the Heavenly Heart Sect and the Cangyi Group, so how come you both have such poor mental fortitude, dropping your little pearls at the drop of a hat?
Shaking his head, Xu Qing cleared his mind of distractions and began to savor the fleeting moments of a holy ruler.

Before becoming a renowned sage ruler, Han Renshan was once a poor young man.

His father, Han Lao Jiu, lived up to his name, being a heavy drinker; his stepmother, Huang Shi, had a sharp tongue and constantly beat and scolded Han Renshan; and he also had a younger brother born to his stepmother, who, taking advantage of their parents' favoritism, always bullied him, the quiet and reserved one.

If someone else had been stuck with this family, they wouldn't have been able to survive!

But fate is fickle; God just happened to slip a sweet treat to Han Renshan in this difficult situation.

Besides his younger brother, with whom he didn't get along, Han Renshan also had a stepsister, Xiaodie, who was brought by his stepmother and treated him very affectionately.

The table was laden with good food, but Han Renshan never got a share under his stepmother's nose. Xiaodie would always secretly hide some and then quietly hand it to Han Renshan, urging him to eat quickly.

This innocent childhood friendship became Han Renshan's only reason to stay in this family.
When Han Renshan was nineteen, his stepmother, Huang, wanted to marry off Xiaodie, who was only fifteen years old, to a rough man from another village in order to get a few strings of cash for the dowry.

It was called marrying off a daughter, but in reality it was like selling livestock.

That rough man didn't have a good reputation. The reason he was going to propose marriage this time was because he had accidentally killed his wife before the New Year.

These days, if the people don't complain, the officials won't investigate, and the rough man will start planning to marry a new wife again the following year.

After Xiaodie learned of this, she cried every day and refused to comply no matter what.

Han Renshan saw all of this and felt extremely distressed.

Finally, on this day, Han Renshan used the money he had scraped together to buy a scarf and gave it to his stepsister Xiaodie. He said, "I've seen other people give a bolt of new cloth to the bride when they propose marriage so she can make new clothes. I don't have any money, so I can't afford new cloth. I can only buy this scarf. Would you like to come with me?"

Xiaodie nodded and then shook her head.

Han Renshan asked her what it meant to nod or shake her head. He said, "If you're willing, I'll take you away, and we can live our own lives from now on."

Xiaodie understood what Han Renshan meant, but this time all she could do was shake her head.

She sobbed uncontrollably, "Brother... two years ago I begged you to take me away, but you wouldn't listen. Now, I'm no longer pure, I'm not good enough for you anymore, how come you've only just said this..."

Upon hearing this, Han Renshan's head buzzed, and he stood there dumbfounded.

"What do you mean by that?" he stammered.

Xiaodie smiled sadly, wiping away her tears, and said, "My younger brother bullies me, my stepfather bullies me, my younger brother, stepfather and mother gang up on me. This is not a home, this is the eighteenth level of hell!"
They are not human, they are beasts, they are demons! They torment me every day!

"Only my brother treats me like a human being, but now... how can I be worthy of my brother?"

Han Renshan was completely stunned after hearing this; he stood there speechless.

Seeing this, Xiaodie felt even more miserable. In her eyes, her brother was disgusted by her uncleanliness and didn't want to talk to her.

Han Renshan sat outside all night that day.

The next morning, as if he had made a decision, he walked quickly home and excitedly knocked on Han Xiaomei's door, but no sound came out.

Inside the main house, Han Lao Jiu and his stepmother Huang were cursing and swearing, saying, "What are you banging on so early in the morning? Are you wailing?" As soon as the two of them went out, they saw Han Renshan burst open the door to the girl's room and stand outside, trembling all over.

Inside the door was Han Xiaomei, who had hanged herself, using a red scarf given to her by Han Renshan as the rope.

Han Lao Jiu and his stepmother were hurling very foul insults at each other inside the door:
"You brat! Raising you all these years has only resulted in a financial loss! Dead? Bah! Even if you die, don't expect your family to pay for your coffin. You're better off being thrown into a cemetery to feed the stray dogs!"

Han Renshan's lazy and good-for-nothing younger brother, rubbing his eyes, came out and added, "Dad, Mom, burying them is such a waste. Why don't we ask around and see if anyone needs a ghost wife? A ghost marriage can bring in some pocket money..."

Han Renshan's head was pounding. He picked up the machete he usually used for chopping wood, and for some reason, he wanted to chop everything in front of him clean!

After killing the man, Han Renshan did not flee, allowing the authorities to arrest him. As fate would have it, on the day of his execution, bandits stormed the execution ground and rescued him as well.

Han Renshan followed the bandits into their den, and gradually he became bloodthirsty and murderous, his heart turning to stone.

If anything displeases me or gets in my way, I'll draw my sword!
He was being far too naive, believing that this way he could eventually carve out the peaceful world he envisioned!

As he continued killing, Han Renshan eventually became the Holy Master of the Heavenly Heart Sect.

During this time, a master from the Celestial Master's Mansion saw his extraordinary physique and wanted to ordain him as a Taoist priest, but Han Renshan refused.

He's destined to rule the world, why would he want to be a Taoist priest?
That's not something he should do!

However, before leaving, the Taoist priest left him two things: a mysterious prophecy and a secret technique for finding dragon veins and severing their branches.

The prophecy says that he has a bit of imperial destiny, and if he achieves success in the future, he should not forget the good deeds he has done today.

Finally, the Taoist added a special note: "Lord Han's destiny lacks fire, and his fire element is weak. He must avoid water and stay away from marshy areas."

Han Renshan snorted after hearing this, not taking it to heart.

Fire avoids water? What a joke!
The fire in his heart will eventually burn across the world, so why should he be afraid of a few drops of water?

Xu Qing continued reading. Han Renshan was burning with anger, but his body was weak. He had taken in Bai Luo, who had also wiped out his entire family, Jin Luo, who had killed his parents because of gambling, and Qing Luo, who had poisoned the entire opera troupe.
These people, like him, harbored resentment and were kindred spirits; they should work together to achieve great things!
At this point, Han Renshan had already fallen into a trance!

Later, Han Renshan came to Tianjin.

Tianjin happens to be located at the mouth of the sea and is also a place for canal transport, and the Baisha River flows year-round.

The character "津" (Jin) also contains the radical for water. If we're talking about watery and marshy places, there's no place that better fulfills the prophecy of the Taoist priests of the Celestial Master's Mansion than Jinmen!
Sure enough, in just ten years, the raging fire ignited by the Tianxin Sect was completely extinguished by the invisible water that was everywhere in Tianjin!

Ten years later, Han Renshan finally met the man who extinguished the fire in his heart.

That man was outrageously strong!

He couldn't muster the slightest thought of resistance as the demonic fire within him dissipated. In his final moments, the last thing Han Renshan saw was the smile of his stepsister, Xiaodie, as she secretly brought him food behind their parents' backs.

Even a great and sagacious ruler was, in fact, a man of tragic love.

As Han Renshan's story ended, Xu Qing looked at Du Renjing's reward.

A secret method for finding dragon veins and severing their branches, a nameless spark, and a trace of the purple aura of a mortal emperor.

The Imperial Purple Aura is a familiar sight, ranking among the top-grade of the Human category. Xu Qing had previously given Zhu Huai'an five points of Imperial Aura, and now he has received an extra point.

If we were to rate it out of ten, the fortune of the Great Yong Dynasty would probably be running out.

Given the emperor's nature, Xu Qing felt that even without his intervention, Emperor Jingxing's imperial fortune would eventually be completely dissipated.

As for who will divide the remaining imperial aura, that remains to be seen.

It could be Zhu Huai'an, or it could be other rebels or traitors, or it could be him.

Xu Qing casually stored the imperial purple aura into the landscape map; this portion of fortune didn't take up as much space as before.

Aside from the Imperial Purple Qi, which Xu Qing disliked the most, the rest were all top-grade Earth-level rewards.

The nameless fire, also known as the hidden arrow fire, is cultivated and refined from human anger.

Humans have seven souls and seven emotions. The Corpse Dog represents joy, the Hidden Arrow represents anger, the Sparrow Shadow represents sorrow, the Devouring Thief represents fear, the Non-Poison represents love, the Cleansing Filth represents evil, and the Foul Lung represents desire.

The seven souls interact with each other, and when the Hidden Arrow Fire is unleashed, both humans and ghosts tremble in fear.

Therefore, Fushi defeated the Devourer, and Shigou defeated Fushi.

This technique is based on the soul; those without a soul cannot perform it.

Zombies are inherently soulless and spiritless, but there are exceptions among them.

For example, Ying Gou, Hou Qing, Han Ba, and Jiang Chen, these four types of zombie progenitors, all had their bodies and souls mutated for various reasons. Even though they were zombies, their mutated souls still dominated their thinking.

Xu Qing's situation was similar to that of these zombie progenitors. The only difference was that when his soul was affected by resentment, he was blessed with spiritual light and purified by the purifying character, which prevented his true self from changing.

Now, like those corpse ancestors, his soul and body are fused together, inseparable.

Therefore, while ordinary corpse demons cannot use the Hidden Arrow Fire, Xu Qing can.

It was just a nameless fire.
Xu Qing tried several times and found that the fire had to be ignited in conjunction with anger in his heart; if there was no fire in his heart, the nameless fire would not extinguish.

"anger"

Xu Qing racked his brains, and when he thought about how the old female fox of Baiyun Cave wanted to destroy his wonderful life with cats, ghosts, and corpses, he immediately felt a surge of anger rising in his heart.

Below the Bone Temple, at the bottom of the Ghost Cave.

A pale-faced youth with a ferocious expression, seemingly lost in thought, sprouted corpse hair on his face and revealed corpse teeth in his mouth. As he opened his mouth wide, a burst of nameless yin fire, accompanied by a deafening corpse roar, burst forth from his mouth.

Wherever the fire passes, the rocks and mountains are burned. It is foreseeable that if this roar were directed at a living person, that person would be burned to ashes in an instant, turning into a pile of charred remains!
Xu Qing discovered that this nameless fire, combined with the roar of the corpse, not only seemed to burn people's bodies and souls, but also to instill fear in them.

"The lord of the Devouring Thieves was terrified, so he used hidden arrows to defeat them; this is how it happened."

Xu Qing suddenly realized that the greatest use of the Hidden Arrow Fire was probably to enhance his Corpse Roar Technique, giving this sonic technique a profound boost.

After studying the advanced version of the Corpse Roar Technique, Xu Qing turned his attention to the secret technique of finding dragon veins and severing meridians from the Celestial Master's Mansion.

To put it bluntly, this secret technique is simply a more direct "dragon-slaying technique." The fact that the Celestial Master's Mansion passed this secret technique on to Han Renshan clearly indicates that they had their own calculations involved.

However, in Xu Qing's view, this technique has obvious flaws.

The Dragon-Seeking and Vein-Severing Secret Technique before us can only find and sever dragons, but it cannot make the dragon appear before our eyes.

To put it bluntly, they can see fish in the water, know where to bait the area, and know how to kill and eat the fish, but they just don't know how to fish.

Under such circumstances, using the Dragon-Seeking and Vein-Severing Technique will only lead to one outcome: the air force will be defeated.

"Fish bait."

Xu Qing suddenly remembered that when he performed the ritual to help the fisherman He Xiaosheng pass on to the afterlife and rescued the golden carp boy and girl, he had obtained a dragon-fishing technique.

The Dragon Fishing Technique records all the methods used by ancient dragon-raising households to fish for dragons. If the secret techniques of finding dragon veins and severing their pulses are combined with the methods of dragon fishing...
Xu Qing clicked his tongue.

This isn't some secret technique for finding dragon veins and severing ties; it's clearly a brilliant method for creating a breeding ground!

(End of this chapter)