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

Chapter 333 The Three Lights Divine Water, Kowtowing to Borrow Lifespan
Different road non-phase plan.

After parting ways with the Eight Banners Marshal, Xu Qing could no longer go to the other side's camp for secluded cultivation.

Furthermore, the tomb where the marshal resided was created by the Yin-Erosion Dharma King, and the Yin energy gathered inside was far less concentrated than before. After pondering for a moment, Xu Qing turned around and returned to the bone temple of the Exorcist True Lord.

"Was that sword light in the battle just now your doing?"

The Exorcist Lord recalled the devastating slash and could not reconcile it with the Demon-Slaying Sword.

"Sword light?" Xu Qing did not deny it: "True Lord, are you talking about the Mysterious Maiden Sword Technique? This sword technique is indeed extraordinary in power, but unfortunately I cannot use it a second time."

"Is this really the Mysterious Maiden Sword Technique?" Exorcist True Lord glanced at Xu Qing, disbelievingly saying, "How could the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden wield such a fierce sword technique? When I first saw it, I thought someone was using an axe to split mountains and seas."

Instead of answering, Xu Qing asked, "Has True Lord learned the Mysterious Maiden Sword Technique?"

"Never."

"Then how did you know that what I used was not the Mysterious Maiden Sword Technique?"

The Heavenly Gang Axe Technique has only one name: Heaven Opening.

Having practiced this method for a long time, Xu Qing deeply understood that the name of this supernatural power was not an exaggeration, but a realistic description.

A novice zombie who hasn't even touched the path of immortality yet possesses the power to create the world is no different from a three-year-old child wielding a sharp blade.

However, Xu Qing happened to be a zombie with immense strength, which allowed him to match the fierce attributes of the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique. If others were to cultivate it, they would not be able to do what he did, using a thousand years of cultivation to push the axe technique to more than twenty levels.

In the eyes of all the gods and Buddhas, this was no different from a child wielding a deadly weapon with such skill that anyone who saw it would be wary.

Fortunately, Xu Qing had the Mysterious Maiden Sword Technique as cover. In any case, there were very few people in the Three Realms who could learn this sword technique. If he said that the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique was a sword technique, then it was a sword technique.

"The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden split the mountain in two."

The exorcist lord found the image of Xuan Nu rolling up her sleeves and chopping down mountains like a brute absurd.

"What exactly did Master Yuan see in you that made him teach you such supernatural abilities?"

Arriving at the entrance to the tunnel behind the altar, Xu Qing, who was about to jump into the ghost cave, replied:
"That depends on what the True Lord saw in me. Wasn't the Demon-Slaying Sword a gift from the True Lord himself?"

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The Exorcist Lord was speechless.

At the bottom of the Ghost Cave, upon arriving at the entrance of the tomb chamber where the Five Plague Ghosts had once been sealed, Xu Qing turned to Jin Luan, who was almost completely blocking the passageway, and instructed her: "I will be in seclusion for a few days. You may patrol the east and west passageways of the Ghost Cave during the day, but do not enter the north passageway."

"Also, do not leave the Bone Temple area. The True Lord protects you within the Bone Temple, and ordinary ghosts and monsters dare not invade. If you perform well, I will take you back to the mortal world after I leave seclusion."

Upon hearing the word "return to the mortal world," Jinluan's eyes welled up with tears. It didn't know what was wrong with it; it had only been in the Yin River for half a year, yet it missed the mortal world even more than before.

It even felt a little nostalgic for the Master of Jingxu Temple, whom it feared the most.

After closing the tomb door, Xu Qing summoned the Box Garden and retrieved the corpses of King Pangzan and Yinshipanan.

Although the two skeletons are male and female, they share the same body.

Xu Qing did not choose to attempt to separate them for the exorcism, as only the complete form of the Yin Shi Dharma King was a skeletal ghost cultivator no less powerful than the Duo E Ghost King.

If the rituals are performed separately, and you only receive two low-level rewards, then it would be a loss.

Xu Qingning preferred to be conservative rather than take a risk.

With his needle and thread flying swiftly, Xu Qing was like a seasoned tailor who had been immersed in this craft for many years. Every stitch and every thread was just right, and watching him handle the needle and thread was a pleasure.

As the corpses of the male and female ghosts before him were tightly joined together, the Sutra of Salvation began to turn its pages.

The resounding sound was like a great bell, and from a great distance, it seemed to come the sounds of various scriptures, such as compassionate and ethereal chants or the babbling of a stream. Xu Qing saw the heavily fortified Gate of Hell, and on the left and right of the open gate, two giant skeletons knelt on the ground with their heads bowed.

On the left is a bull's skull, and on the right is a horse's skull.

Passing through the Gates of Hell, ahead lies the Bridge of Helplessness, where three bridges of varying widths—gold, silver, and iron—stand together on a single stone bridge. Beneath the bridge flows the murky River of Oblivion, where bronze snakes and iron dogs lurk.

Further on, Xu Qing saw the Stripping Pavilion, the Looking-Home Terrace, the Evil Dog Ridge, the Broken Money Mountain, the Bloodstained Pool, and the Meng Po Post Station.
During this time, Xu Qing paid special attention to the Mirror of Karma that the Exorcist Lord had mentioned in the cutscene.

However, all he saw was an empty, dilapidated stone platform; the Mirror of Evil, which should have been placed on it, had vanished.

The Mirror of Karma, also known as the Mirror of Karma, can reflect the sins committed by the deceased in their previous life, and can also distinguish between good and evil spirits.

Xu Qing felt that the mirror's effects were somewhat similar to his Good and Evil Netherworld Mirror, but he found it difficult to connect the mirror with the one that spoke with a flamboyant Tianjin accent with the legendary Karma Mirror.

It can't just be a matter of "when in Rome, do as the Romans do".
Regardless of the relationship between the Netherworld Mirror and the Karma Mirror, Xu Qing confirmed one thing: the mirror on the Netherworld Karma Mirror Platform was indeed no longer there, just as the Exorcist True Lord had said.

The transition scene flashed by, and what appeared before Xu Qing was a doorway emitting white light, with a gap wide enough for one person to pass through.

As the thought entered the portal, Xu Qing also saw the revolving lantern of the Yin-Erosion Dharma King.

King Pangzan was born with royal blood. Upon his birth, he was sent to the ancestral land by a great shaman to bathe his body with various shamanistic rituals.

At the age of three, the Dharma King Pangzan was already four feet tall, like a toddler, and his arms could lift a two-stone bow. At the age of five, Pangzan was seven feet tall and strong enough to lift a tripod. By the age of eight, the young Dharma King was already nine feet tall, and even the strongest warrior in the tribe was no match for him.

Xu Qing was stunned. Did this witchcraft technique involve forcing growth?

Unfortunately, Nancuo didn't have much of the 'holy water' secret medicine that could cultivate the Dharma King Pangzan.

Upon learning that the power of the Dharma King Pangzan was created through witchcraft, Xu Qing lost interest.

The opponent's divine power was utterly insignificant compared to the naturally powerful zombie.

Xu Qing was more interested in the various Taoist soldiers who could fight against the Nancuo witch soldiers.

Before he was ten years old, King Pangzan joined the army and fought in various battles. Before he was twenty, Pangzan ascended the throne of King of Namtso and built a true voodoo army.

At that time, the ordinary army of Dayong was no match for the witch doctors. In order to deal with the evil magic of Nancuo, Emperor Tianzhi personally invited a hermit who had the ability to raise Taoist soldiers to come out of the mountains.

The Gongsun clan is skilled at raising Canglang soldiers, who are kept in the mountains and grasslands. Each Canglang soldier has thick fur, wolf-like eyes, and claws capable of splitting stone. The Gu family's Four Symbols Soldiers are skilled in cultivating powerful magical weapons.

White Tiger's military strategy, Yin Metal suppresses the soul; Azure Dragon's military strategy, Chen Wood roams the true realm; Vermilion Bird's military strategy, Wu Fire flanks the enemy; Black Tortoise's military strategy, Zi Water guards the enemy.
In addition, there were the rampant soldiers of the Yin family in Nantang, who were kept in cemeteries or ancient battlefields.

The long snake soldiers of Longhu Mountain are kept in deep pools and ravines.
Xu Qing had never seen so many soldiers so different from ordinary ones. Although the number of Dao soldiers was limited, their battle formation capabilities far exceeded those of ordinary elite soldiers.

Unfortunately, even the largest number of the Gu family's Four Symbols Soldiers was only two thousand men.

Xu Qing suddenly remembered that when the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden descended, she transformed into the Yue Maiden and trained six thousand gentlemen for the King of Yue, who then defeated three thousand fish-gut soldiers of the Wu Kingdom.
Are those soldiers who learned the Gentleman's Sword Technique and the Fish Intestine Sword Technique also Taoist soldiers?

"The Four Symbols Army has a force of two thousand, while even the Gentlemen's Army only has six thousand."

Only then did Xu Qing realize just how powerful his nearly ten thousand elite troops were!
Throughout his life, King Pangzan had fought many battles, but aside from encountering numerous Daoist soldiers, there was nothing particularly noteworthy about him. The only one that Xu Qing should pay attention to was an extraordinary person that King Pangzan encountered after entering the Yinhe Ancient Road.

The strange man, who called himself the Master of Spiritual Enlightenment, gave the Dharma King Pangzan a middle finger of the King of Hell, saying that it contained a portion of the underworld's imperial fortune, which could help him divide the underworld's fortune, and that it was not impossible for him to become emperor here in the future.

Perhaps because he consumed too much voodoo hormones as a child, the Dharma King Pangzan, despite being hundreds of years old, still retains the intelligence of an eight-year-old.

He cheerfully accepted the severed finger, patted his chest, and said, "If I can truly conquer the underworld, I will appoint you as the Grand Preceptor and Grand Priest! We will share the world together!"

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Master Fuluan's eyelids twitched. He was always the one making empty promises to others, so why was someone making empty promises to him now?
Yin Shi Po Nan clearly saw through the other party's intentions, and she asked, "What do you want from us?"

Master Fuluan smiled and said, "These Yin River Ghost Laws are a stumbling block to the opening of the Underworld. I want you to cultivate diligently so that when the time comes, you will be able to lend me a hand and remove these Ghost Laws!"

Aside from the Ghost Law, who else? Me and the King?
Just as Yin Shi Po Nan was about to refuse, she heard Master Fu Luan explain, "You can rest assured that I will deal with the Ghost Law at that time, and I will never let you two put yourselves in danger."

Seeing that the Dharma King and Yin Shi Po Nan were still hesitant, the Venerable Fu Luan suddenly laughed and said, "I forgot to tell the Dharma King that the Eight Banners Marshal had previously obtained a share of the underworld emperor's fortune from elsewhere. The Dharma King probably doesn't want to sit idly by and watch the Eight Banners Marshal become too powerful, right?"

Seeing this, Xu Qing frowned. How come, besides the Ghost King Duo'e, the Yin Shi Dharma King and the Eight Banners Marshal also each obtained a share of the underworld's fortune?
Given the precedent of the Ghost King of Many Calamities, Xu Qing did not believe the words of the Spiritual Master. If the Eight Banners Marshals truly possessed a share of the destiny of an underworld emperor, it must have been bestowed upon them by the Spiritual Master.

If what the Exorcist True Lord said is true, then the fact that Ghost Law possesses a physical body is a weakness. Does that mean that Venerable Fuluan also wants to use this method to make Ghost Law devour the corpses of Yin Shi Fa Wang and the others, thus gaining a brief opportunity to eliminate Ghost Law?
Xu Qing shook his head. At this moment, it no longer mattered what Fu Luan Shangren's purpose was in placing these pieces.

He has already taken two of the three chess pieces, so Master Fuluan's plan is destined to be shelved.

Xu Qing's only concern now is when this long-lost land-based Nuo Immortal will come to the Yinhe Ancient Road to examine the chess pieces he once laid out.

However, Xu Qing was not worried about the other party finding out about him. He had the art of deception, the Ghost King Duo'e was dead and there was no way to verify it, and the Yin Shi Fa Wang died at the hands of another pawn.

Even if the Venerable Fuluan saw this situation, he could only accept his bad luck.

After the Dharma King finished the rites for the deceased, the Sutra of Salvation continued to turn its pages, and Xu Qing immediately saw the revolving lantern of Yin Shi Panan.

Yin Shi Po Nan was once the great shaman of Nan Cuo. She was extremely talented and followed the tribal shaman to practice witchcraft in her early years. She learned the tribal witchcraft in just half a year. Afterwards, she was unwilling to stop there and traveled to Nan Cuo to thoroughly study most of the tribal witchcraft.

Yin Shi Po Nan possessed extraordinary talent, and the defiled world greatly accelerated her cultivation.

In just ten years, Yin Shi Po Nan left Nan Cuo and traveled to Dayong territory to study under Tao Du Shan.

At that time, there was a shaman named Peng Qiu in Taodu Mountain. He took Yin Shi Po Nan as his disciple and taught him a secret shamanic art called Bai Shou.

There are two methods of offering birthday wishes: one is the "Shared Life Curse," and the other is the "bowing method," which is actually a way of kowtowing to borrow longevity.

After mastering his skills, Yin Shi Po Nan returned to Nan Cuo and served as a side assistant to the Dharma King.

This great shaman had a smooth and successful first half of her life, and her birthday rituals were always flawless, until she met her nemesis, the Eight Banners Marshal.

This person was fearless of life and death. Even if he was cursed with the "Shared Life Curse," he would rather perish together with the Dharma King and return to the underworld.

Yin Shi Po Nan ultimately failed to save the brave but foolish Dharma King, and she herself died under the curse.

Xu Qing recalled the battle between Yin Shi Fa Wang and the Eight Banners Marshal, during which Yin Shi Po Nan never used the birthday worship spell.

However, upon reflection, he felt relieved. The longevity ritual only works on living people. At that time, the Yin Erosion Dharma King had become a ghost, so the Gu technique naturally lost its effectiveness.

As the slideshow ended, Xu Qing looked expectantly at the reward given to Du Renjing.

This was the first time he had performed a ritual to help the deceased and their unborn child pass on.

A wisp of Emperor's Profound Qi of the Lower Heaven Rank, a drop of Sunlight Divine Water of the Lower Heaven Rank, and a Longevity Worship Technique of the Upper Earth Rank.

Xu Qing had already obtained one part of the Emperor's Profound Qi, and with this additional Profound Qi, he now possessed two parts of the Underworld Emperor's Fortune.

Secondly, there is the Sunlight Divine Water. Legend has it that the ancient witch tribe had a treasure called the Three Lights Divine Water.

Sunlight Divine Water can be used to restore essence, bones, and flesh;
Moonlight Divine Water can repair and strengthen the primordial spirit and soul;
Starlight Divine Water can enhance one's sensitivity to the Qi of Heaven and Earth, making one's cultivation and Qi absorption as if ascending a ladder to heaven.

These three waters, when separated, are the corresponding healing and strengthening medicines for the body, representing essence, energy, and spirit.

But if the water is used up, then the water supply will be exhausted.

Only when the three waters come together to form the Three Lights Divine Water can the divine water last forever. Even if it is used up in a day, it can be re-condensed into new divine water as the light of the sun, moon and stars accumulate.

After a moment's thought, Xu Qing stored the Sunlight Divine Water in the Landscape Painting.

He doesn't need to heal his injuries right now, and Xu Qing doesn't have high expectations for collecting the Three Lights Divine Water.

If we can gather all the divine water in the future, that would be wonderful. But if we can't, it will still be a miraculous remedy for emergencies.

The last method of offering birthday greetings.

The former is the "Shared Life Curse," which aims to ensure that people live and die together; the latter is the "Bowing Method," which aims to encourage people to kowtow and extend their lifespan.

Xu Qing's expression was strange. He was a zombie, not a living being. If he used the Life-Sharing Curse on a living person, wouldn't that kill the person instantly while he would be unaffected?
As for kowtowing to borrow longevity
It has become a method of keeping things in the dust; zombies have no lifespan, so Xu Qing doesn't need to borrow lifespan, nor does he need to kowtow to anyone.

However, both of these spells have limitations. The person being cursed cannot be too powerful, otherwise the caster will suffer a backlash from the curse.

Xu Qing ignored this restriction. What difference would it make if he, a zombie, suffered a backlash and died on the spot?

(End of this chapter)