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

Chapter 327 Qimen Dunjia, Filial Sons and Virtuous Grandsons

You have a fishing rod, a good spot to bait the hook, and you've learned how to fish. If you can still resist fishing at this point, you must be a reincarnation of Buddha or Bodhisattva. You're incredibly patient!

Xu Qing holds the fishing rod in his hand and is eager to fish.

With these methods for finding, fishing for, and slaying dragons, he would be doing a disservice to all his equipment if he didn't try to fish for the great dragon of the Great Yong Dynasty's national destiny!

"I can't catch the lurking green dragon in the Baisha River, but I can catch the old dragon in the capital!"

Xu Qing is a vengeful person; he has always remembered how Emperor Jingxing and Daoist Baiyun tricked Xuan Yu.

Previously, the capital was always guarded by the Great Dragon of National Fortune, preventing him from entering the capital. Now, with the Dragon-Fishing Technique, the situation is completely different.

Today is destined to be a memorable day.

The Tianxin Sect, which had been causing chaos for more than 20 years, was completely wiped out on this day. The Cangyi Group, which was also in the same boat, disappeared from the stage of the struggle for supremacy along with the passing of Ji Lingzhou and other core members.

Xu Qing also performed a ritual to help Ji Lingzhou's body pass on to the afterlife. The reward was two Qimen Dunjia techniques, one for humans and one for earth, ranked as high-grade in the human and earth categories respectively; the other was a battle formation technique called the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, ranked as low-grade in the earth category.

Legend has it that Qimen Dunjia was taught by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady during an ancient war, and was evolved by Feng Hou, thus becoming this art.

This technique is divided into three parts: Heaven, Earth, and Man. Ji Lingzhou only learned the two parts: Man and Earth. Moreover, the Earth part, which symbolizes the Earth character, was obtained by Ji Lingzhou when he went to Qishan to excavate his own ancestral grave.

The divine relics beneath the Bone Temple were deduced by Ji Lingzhou using the Earth-based Qimen Dunjia method.

"Digging up one's own ancestral grave makes one seem like someone who's about to do something big."

Xu Qing had to admit that the Holy Master of the Heavenly Heart Sect and the Commander of the Cangyi Gang were both talented individuals!
The remaining Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation combines offense and defense. It was created by the owner of Qishan Tomb during his lifetime and can be said to be the culmination of battle formations. It is a hurdle that many formations in later generations could not overcome.

"Battle formations"

Xu Qing thought of his own generals. He now had no less than a thousand generals under his command. If he could collect all the skeleton ghost soldiers near the Yinhe River in Tianjin, he might be able to increase his number of generals to more than ten thousand.

"The reason why the Ghost King Duo'e became the Ghost King is not only because he has a thousand years of cultivation, but more importantly because he has more than ten thousand subjects under his command."

"The troops led by the Eight Banners Marshal and the witch soldiers commanded by the Yin Shi Fa Wang also numbered in the tens of thousands."

Having over ten thousand henchmen seems to be the standard requirement for ruling the underworld.

"It seems I'm still a ways off from becoming a zombie king."

Xu Qing was acutely aware of his own shortcomings.

If the old neighbor, the Demon King Duo'e, heard these words, he would probably crawl out of the Scripture of Salvation immediately.

Xu Qing's general is worth dozens of skeleton ghost soldiers. What kind of troops would mistake a ghost general for a ghost soldier?
With over ten thousand ghost generals, let alone the zombie king, it wouldn't be impossible for them to even become a Yama, the King of Hell!
The Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation kept evolving in Xu Qing's mind. Once he mastered it, he would have a powerful army that could adapt to any situation and was capable of both offense and defense.

Xu Qing learned from Ji Lingzhou's revolving lantern that this formation was also obtained by the other party in Qishan, but it was not dug up from a grave.

When Ji Lingzhou was a child, his family often talked about how their branch of the family had the blood of the Zhou emperor and that their ancestors were nobles.

Unfortunately, Ji Lingzhou was a restless soul. Having heard too much about his ancestors' past glory thousands of years ago, a seed of ambition began to sprout in his heart. Gradually, that seed grew into a tree, its roots intertwined, and in the end, it was all about imperial dreams.

To become emperor, one needs both money and soldiers, and he has neither. What should he do? Ji Lingzhou was quick-witted. After a moment's thought, he turned his attention to his ancestral tomb, the legendary Qishan Tomb.

"Those who achieve great things throughout history have not been bound by trivialities. Even Emperor Wu of Wei was a tomb raider, engaging in grave robbing. I, Ji, am merely digging up my own ancestral graves to retrieve the belongings entrusted to me by my ancestors. What is that?"

As soon as Ji Lingzhou thought about it, the last bit of guilt in her heart vanished.

Besides, they're all from the Ji family, so instead of letting the things in the Qishan Tomb gather dust, we should give them some to use!
If he doesn't take it, it will benefit outsiders sooner or later.

But if he were to obtain his family's treasure and use it to conquer the world, extending the dynasty's reign to a thousand years, then digging up graves would no longer be shameful, but rather a way to bring glory to his ancestors and make them proud!

I am such a filial son!

And so, with his tools and relying on his ancestral "Human" trigram Qimen Dunjia, combined with the Wenwang Bagua deduction, Ji Lingzhou actually managed to find the location of his ancestral grave.

After rummaging through the tomb, the gold and silver treasures were revealed, and Ji Lingzhou also unexpectedly obtained the Earth-related Qimen Dunjia.

At this moment, Ji Lingzhou was filled with enthusiasm and was full of energy!

However, just as he was about to go to the main tomb chamber to "sweep the bed and pay respects to his ancestors and fulfill his filial duties," he caught a glimpse of an old gentleman walking out of the side tomb door. He was dressed in a vermilion and yellow hat, wearing an ancient robe, holding a tortoise shell in his hand, and had a kind and gentle expression.

Ji Lingzhou was startled and thought to herself, "I've encountered a ghost!"
Seeing Ji Lingzhou draw his sword, the old man quickly spoke in a human voice:

"How dare you be so rude! You unfilial grandson have already committed a grave offense by robbing our ancestors' tombs. Do you also intend to defy our forefathers and commit the heinous crime of betraying your master and ancestors?"

Huh? Ancestors?

No way! You say you're my ancestor, so you are? I could say I'm your ancestor too!
Who knows if you're here to raid graves like me?

Ji Lingzhou reacted and was immediately furious. He swung his sword, but missed. The old man's figure disappeared into thin air. When he looked up again, the old man was already a few steps away from him.

The old man was now truly enraged. He said furiously, "You unfilial and disobedient brat, if you continue to be so stubborn, be careful that I, your ancestors, will eat you up like meat soup!"

Upon hearing the words "meat soup," Ji Lingzhou shuddered. When he came to his senses and looked at the old man more closely, his figure was ethereal and faintly glowing, indeed not like a living person. Could it really be the spirit of his ancestors manifesting?
Seeing that Ji Lingzhou had calmed down and his expression had softened, the old man questioned him about why he had come to dig up graves and commit such an act that disgraced his ancestors.
Ji Lingzhou did not hide anything and said frankly, "Ancestor, please forgive me. I wish to rule the world, continue our Great Zhou Dynasty, complete its thousand-year reign, and make up for the regrets that you could not fulfill in your lifetime. My tomb raiding is just a pretext; in reality, I want to fulfill my filial duty to you!"

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Upon hearing this, the old man thought, "This grandson has ambition, and as for filial piety... well, he does have a little bit? It's just that the way he expresses his filial piety is a bit unfilial."

Ji Lingzhou then realized that the old man might really be his ancestor. He hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed respectfully, and begged his ancestor to teach him the strategy to seize the world, considering his filial piety.

Upon hearing this, the old gentleman shook his head and sighed, "It's easy to conquer the world, but difficult to rule it. Even with the abilities of your ancestors, they only ruled for eight hundred years."

"Furthermore, if you want to conquer the world, that's going against the will of Heaven, destined to fail and never succeed."

Ji Lingzhou's eyes turned red as he continued to kowtow, saying, "I have imperial blood, so why can't I rule the country? I beg the ancestor to teach me. If my Ji family cannot regain its former glory, I would rather die here!"

"You really think so?"

"Please grant our wish, ancestors! Your children and grandchildren would rather die on this road of no return than live a mediocre life and waste our old age!"

The old man stared at him for a long time, then his brows relaxed, and he sighed, "Very well! Now is a time of great calamity, and perhaps you really can achieve something. I will pass on to you a battle formation technique, so that you won't complain about your ancestors not loving their children and grandchildren, and stop having those crooked thoughts of digging up graves." And so, Ji Lingzhou stayed in the Qishan Ancient Tomb for about half a year. Before leaving, the old man gave Ji Lingzhou a final prophetic word.

"Your destiny is rich in metal, which signifies war and ruthlessness. Metal generates water, so you must avoid places with abundant water and be wary of people associated with water. Remember this, otherwise all your achievements will ultimately come to naught, and you will only be doing the work for someone else!"

Finally, the old gentleman added a sentence: "Earth can generate metal, so you can get close to people with the character 'earth' in their names, such as those whose names contain the characters for mountain, stone, or earth, or those who come from impoverished rural areas. You may be able to 'borrow' their fortune for your own use, which will help you achieve success."

Ji Lingzhou didn't take the first part of the prophecy seriously, but he kept the second part firmly in mind.

Later, he met Han Renshan, the Holy Master of the Heavenly Heart Sect. The other party's name happened to contain the character "Shan" (mountain). This man came from a poor mountain village, had been a bandit, and had a rustic air about him. Wasn't he the candidate that the ancestors had been talking about?

Just then, the Cangyi Army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Jingzhou and was in dire need of military funds, so Ji Lingzhou had the idea of ​​digging up graves again.

However, this time they didn't dig up the ancestors, but the deity's tomb in the Yinhe Ancient Road.

I've heard that there are still immortal opportunities in the relics of the gods. If one obtains an immortal opportunity, not only is it possible to break through to the Martial Dao Celestial Realm, but it's also possible to become an immortal ancestor!

A chance to become an immortal is hard to come by, and Ji Lingzhou knew that going to the Yin River alone would be extremely dangerous, so he needed to find someone to travel with.

Who is the most suitable? Han Renshan!
Ji Lingzhou, remembering the prophecy of his ancestors, made a plan in his mind. He brought all the capable leaders and envoys of the Cangyi Gang to the Yin River, so that after obtaining the immortal opportunity, he could leave Han Renshan in the Yin River.

At that time, the influence of the Heavenly Heart Sect in the north and throughout Tianjin will become the power that allows him to establish his rule over the world!
Xu Qing could only say that Ji Lingzhou had gone far away, and Han Renshan had no power left to steal. At most, he would only have some land that had been divided up by the Red-Clothed Sect, and that was all.

Otherwise, the leader of a religion would not have come to the Bone Temple alone.

After watching the revolving lantern, besides the opportunities that Ji Lingzhou had gained by fulfilling his filial duties along the way, Xu Qing also learned about an old story of a power shift.

Ji Lingzhou's Cangyi Group was originally part of the same organization as the Red-Clothed Cult.

The followers were originally benevolent people who truly spoke up for the people and never exploited them. However, since the previous leader chose Xie Hongying, who had the bloodline of the previous dynasty's royal family, to succeed him, the Cangyi Clan has developed cracks.

During this time, Ji Lingzhou proposed marriage to Xie Hongying, hoping to form a marriage contract with her so that he would have the opportunity to seize power in the group.

However, Xie Hongying resolutely refused, saying that she would never talk about personal feelings before the fall of the Great Yong Dynasty and the unrest of the world.

Ji Lingzhou harbored resentment and incited his followers to falsely claim that the old commander harbored selfish motives and that Xie Hongying, a mere woman, could not possibly lead the Cangyi Gang to prosperity.

At that time, the sect was already unstable. After Ji Lingzhou's actions, they eventually split up and ruled separately. Xie Hongying, who was unwilling to compete, led a small group of followers to form the Red Robe Sect, while Ji Lingzhou took sole power and became the commander-in-chief of the Cangyi Group, thus establishing the initial core of the sect.

"He is ruthless, brave and resourceful, and so devoted to filial piety. No wonder he was able to fight his way all the way to the north of Jingzhou."

"Unfortunately, we only listened to half of what our ancestors said."

After performing the rituals to deliver the two corpses from the dead, Xu Qing followed the path of the Hungry Ghost Tomb on the right to the tomb chamber where Han Renshan had obtained his immortal destiny. The layout of the chamber was almost identical to that of Ji Lingzhou's Rakshasa Ghost Tomb.

Here, Xu Qing controlled the paper figure to arrive in front of the tightly closed coffin.

On the other side, he quietly approached the inside of the coffin, holding a jade ruyi blessed with countless incense sticks.

When the paper figure lifted the double coffin lid, a beautiful and ethereal fairy, seemingly untouched by worldly concerns, immediately appeared inside.

"Neither smoke nor mist, yet shadows upon shadows, a wisp of heavenly fragrance lingers beyond the clouds."

A realm neither real nor illusory, a paradise where cranes descend to earth to bathe in the spring breeze.

As soon as the opening poem ended, five-colored mist drifted out of the coffin, resembling celestial radiance.

"Fated one, I see your innate qualities are pure and untainted. Would you be willing to follow me?"

Before the fairy could finish speaking, she felt something thick, large, and almost burning hot pressed against her lower back.

The fairy was shocked and turned her head quickly. The next moment she saw a fair-faced young man holding a jade ruyi, which was radiating a dazzling divine light.

Even as her body was swallowed by the divine light, the fairy still stared wide-eyed at the young man who had opened the gates without saying a word, her eyes wide with disbelief.

When the divine light dissipated, the evil spirits that attempted to spread the Five Plagues Method were also destroyed.

Putting away the jade ruyi, Xu Qing turned to look at the coffin.

The once ethereal, colorful clouds had transformed into miasma, poisonous fog, frost, putrid water, and festering sores.

"Even the most beautiful women and the most ethereal appearances are nothing more than a pile of rotten things."

After dealing with the hidden dangers inside the tomb, Xu Qing arrived at the fork in the road, picked up the two corpses on the ground, and turned back to look at the only unexplored tomb passage.

When he obtained the Qimen Dunjia, he used the Earth element method to deduce the foundation of the temple below.

The result was that every time, it was an extremely ominous sign, with the White Tiger appearing and evil spirits looming overhead!

The White Tiger symbolizes warfare; its malevolent energy signifies the harm of the netherworld; and its omen of death signifies the summoning of departed souls.

Xu Qing felt a crimson light, like blood, above his head as soon as he had the thought of going in to find out what was going on, and Mars was guarding his heart.

The thing that could make a zombie, a dead man, feel the ominous star flashing wildly could be more than just a single word like "ominous"!
"Could it be that the remains of the Mysterious Altar True Lord are really inside?"

Xu Qing frowned in thought. In his memory, the True Lord of the Mysterious Altar did not attain enlightenment through physical means, but rather through the path of divinity.

How could a deity who cultivates the path of divinity have a physical body?
"For example, Emperor Wenchang was reincarnated as a human after his death, and his divine memories were sealed. If the True Lord of the Dragon and Tiger Mysterious Altar returned to the Void in the Yin River, he should also be reincarnated as a human."

Xu Qing shook his head, deciding to stop thinking about it. He picked up the two corpses, used his gecko-like wall-climbing skills, and walked back to the bone temple as if on flat ground.

Inside the incense hall, the scene remained the same as before, except that the bone temple was now eerily silent. Not to mention the Eight Banners marshals, not even a single ghost soldier could be seen.

Xu Qing carried the corpse out of the incense hall, only to see the Eight Banners marshals and others who had retreated to the temple gate, not daring to approach.

"Marshal, what's going on?"

"The might of an immortal is truly sacred and inviolable!" The Eight Banners Marshal said cryptically, "Fortunately, Lord Xu is a mortal and not intimidated by divine light. If it were us..."

"The consequences could be unpredictable!"

(End of this chapter)