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

Chapter 349 Relationships and Instincts of Diviners
Normally, if her ancestral graves were desecrated, Daoist Yizhen should have been furious, but she couldn't bring herself to do it in the face of her junior brother's good intentions.

What can we do? We can only temporarily make do with our ancestors. My junior brother says it's the Tushanji site, so let's just consider it a site for now.

Xu Qing taught her the methods of Earthly Element Technique, Bewitching Heart Mantra, and Tushan Prayer Technique one by one. In a daze, Master Yizhen returned to the time when Hu Baosong was telling her about his last wishes before his death.

However, it was her junior apprentice who played the role of Hu Baosong.

"Senior Sister possesses the bloodline of the Earth Mountain, which is the body of a spirit fox, bestowed by the Nine-Tailed Fox. Therefore, Senior Sister's cultivation must be closely related to the Nine-Tailed Fox."

Xu Qing came to the table, picked up a pen and wrote while explaining the most fundamental traditions of the fox clan in Tushanji.

"The nine-tailed fox is skilled in illusion magic and understands the changes of the mysterious and the dark; while the fox of Tushan Village is in charge of the love contract and manages the marriages in the mortal world. This is related to the 'high beauty' position given by the goddess who mended the sky, and it is also closely related to Tushan, the wife of Yu the Great of Tushan Village."

“If Senior Sister wishes to trace the origins and lineage of the Hu Yang clan and rebuild the past traditions of Tushan Village, she may follow this path. In this way, when Senior Sister discusses her origins with others in the future, she will have the Goddess of Mending the Heavens as her backer, and others will naturally give her some respect.”

“These items, such as the Fox-Light Mirror, the Moon-Worshiping Banner, the Twin Swords with Silk-Pulling Threads, and the Yu King's Zither, are clear evidence of the true lineage of Tushan!”

Xu Qing focused intently on providing Yi Zhen with comprehensive guidance on his cultivation.

The female Taoist priest stood beside Xu Qing, gazing absently at her junior brother who was unusually serious.

"Sister?"

Finding that there was no sound and no one was responding, Xu Qing looked up.

At this moment, Daoist Yizhen lowered his eyes and began grinding ink.

“Junior brother, please continue. I will carefully remember it.”

Xu Qing withdrew his questioning gaze and continued:

"The nine-tailed fox bestows auspicious omens to fulfill the mandate of heaven, and performs prayers to harmonize yin and yang. Its way integrates the three realms of heaven, earth, and man, encompassing the three categories of illusion, emotion, and protection."

"Confusion is the foundation of illusion and illusion, emotion is the pivot of cause and effect and the future, and guarding is the basis for securing the soul and calming the spirit."

In the side room, Xu Qing slowly began to recount his story.

The nine-tailed fox has been considered an auspicious creature since ancient times.

The Classic of Filial Piety states: "When virtue reaches even birds and beasts, the fox will have nine tails."

The meaning is that when the king's benevolence extends to birds and beasts, the nine-tailed fox will appear, which is an auspicious omen symbolizing peace and prosperity for the king.

The same is true in the "Illustrated Compendium of Auspicious Omens": If a king is not swayed by lust, then a nine-tailed fox will appear.

It is said that when a ruler's virtue reaches its highest level, the nine-tailed fox will manifest as an auspicious omen.

In the Tushanji area, the folk song "Tushan Song" from the time of the First Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty is still circulating.

The poem reads: A white fox, graceful and slender, with nine magnificent tails. My beloved Jia Yi, a guest of kings. May they establish their homes and families, and may I bring them prosperity.
This folk song tells of the auspicious omen that the nine-tailed fox of Tushanji transformed into the Tushan clan to help King Yu establish his family and career, thus making the dynasty prosperous.

Therefore, the nine-tailed fox clan has never been good at the art of attack, but rather uses illusion, emotion, and defense as their means of survival.

Master Yizhen's eyes shone with a strange light, as if a lost person had suddenly been illuminated by a beam of light and instantly found the way forward.

When the clouds parted and the light of day appeared, Master Yizhen thought she was lucky enough. But then Xu Qing taught her a life-sustaining technique of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, as well as a visualization diagram of the Tushan Fox Ancestor and Tushan Fox Maiden.

This is tantamount to having a bright moon guiding the way above the heavens.

"Senior sister, do you still remember what I said just now?"

Before Master Yizhen could respond, Xu Qing answered on his own: "Senior Sister has the bloodline of a nine-tailed fox. She only needs to follow the clues and imagine the divine essence of the ancestral fox to unleash her potential, cultivate a spirit fox body, and awaken the divinely bestowed method of the nine tails."

Master Yizhen's breath caught in her throat. After seeing the visualization of the Fox Ancestor of Tushan in the form of a white fox, she felt a sense of spiritual detachment and an urge to immediately sit down and meditate, returning to her true self.

Suppressing the pounding in his heart, Xu Qing's voice rang out again:

"How many tails can you see in this picture of the white fox appearing?"

The visualization diagram of the Tushan Collection corresponds to the degree of awakening of the visualizer's bloodline. For each tail awakened, the visualizer can see one tail of the white fox in the diagram.

When one cultivates to perfection and all bloodlines are awakened, one can see all nine tails at the same time, and each time a tail is awakened, a new innate divine power is unlocked.

Two beams of white light leaped out from between Master Yizhen's eyebrows. The white light was like silkworms spinning silk, circling around the female Taoist priest and finally settling behind her waist.

"I can see two tails, but the third tail is indistinct and I can't see it clearly."

Yi Zhen didn't hear Xu Qing's reply. She glanced to the side and saw her junior brother staring at her waist and hips.

Following the other person's gaze, Daoist Yizhen saw two illusory milky-white fox tails swaying slightly behind him.

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The female Taoist priest blushed instantly, quickly composed herself, and her tail disappeared from her sight.

Xu Qing reluctantly withdrew his gaze. The legendary nine-tailed fox was a genuine protected animal. Just seeing it once was worth the ticket price!
"Senior Sister must have cultivated for many years and awakened a part of her bloodline, which is why she possesses two illusory tails. If Senior Sister can fully integrate with her ancestral heritage one day, she should be able to freely transform into a spirit fox body."

Master Yizhen nodded.

Unable to contain her curiosity, Xu Qing couldn't help but ask, "I read in ancient books that the nine-tailed fox possesses a unique supernatural power with each tail. After visualizing this image, could you perhaps have discovered your innate supernatural power?"

Seeing that Daoist Yizhen was lost in thought and remained silent, Xu Qing chuckled and said, "Senior Sister, there's no need to be embarrassed. I was just asking casually. This is a secret of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, so it's natural that it can't be said casually. I understand."

While pondering how to respond, Master Yizhen suddenly became somewhat anxious and said, "Junior brother, please don't be so polite to me! You asked me, how could I refuse to answer? It's just that I'm dull-witted and don't know where to begin. Is it because I'm unwilling?"

Seeing the female Taoist priest's face full of shame and anger, Xu Qing felt puzzled.

His senior sister is usually calm and unassuming, truly embodying the tranquil charm of a Taoist practitioner who cultivates herself and adheres to the natural way.

But how did his casual remark ruin everything today?
After a moment's thought, Xu Qing could only attribute it to the influence of the visualization diagram.

The fox clan's path of cultivation seems to be related to the seven emotions and six desires; if one remains calm and undisturbed, it is not the true path.

After calming down, Daoist Yizhen revealed all the Nine-Tailed Divine Powers that the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan cherished as their lifeblood, without any reservations.

Foxes with nine tails are considered the most auspicious. They resemble ordinary foxes, but their tails are divided into nine strands. The most intelligent foxes grow one tail every 150 years. When the tails are fully grown, supernatural powers manifest. Once all nine tails are complete, the fox can control wind and thunder, communicate with yin and yang, transform into human form, and understand destiny.
If we categorize them and describe their details, then there are nine kinds of supernatural powers.

One type has a single tail and is primarily associated with seduction. It often uses alluring techniques to bewitch people, confuse their minds, and hypnotize them.

The second feature is a double tail, which can open the senses. It can unlock three kinds of knowledge: broad visual knowledge, clear auditory knowledge, and extensive hearing knowledge.

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing was secretly astonished. Even after breaking through to the peak of the Undying Bone Realm, he had only increased his six senses from the original four senses (sight, hearing, smell, and taste) to include the two senses of body and mind.

The body is a strong body and consciousness, capable of climbing rocks and walking on walls, touching and sensing mountains, without any hope of being deterred or hindered. When cultivated to a high level, it can be divided into forms and dispersed into countless variations, its form extending to the eight extremes and shrinking to the smallest microscopic size.

Xu Qing's 206 bones have returned to their true nature and remain unchanged. The Heavenly Pillar Bone's ability to penetrate the depths of the earth's veins is just right to deal with the Senses of the Mountain. As for the deeper levels, he has also comprehended the method of dismemberment.

As for consciousness
This means that the mind and consciousness, once opened, transcend all dharmas, preventing external demons from entering and internal demons from arising, leaving everything empty and pure. Xu Qing gained this understanding from the White Bone Visualization Diagram given to him by the Demon Exorcist True Lord. After mastering the White Bone Flowing Light Visualization, he naturally gained enlightenment of the mind and consciousness.

Now, Xu Qing only has the wondrous speech consciousness, the ultimate perception consciousness, and the hidden light consciousness yet to be awakened. The latter two consciousnesses cannot be attained without the simultaneous arrival of conditioned phenomena, and Xu Qing does not demand them. As for the wondrous speech consciousness…
To cultivate this knowledge, one must first silence and conceal one's breath, thus gathering inner energy. Xu Qing does possess a method of silence incantation for cultivating silent meditation.

To practice this method, one must reduce verbal karma and refrain from committing the four sins of lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, and frivolous speech. In addition, one must also suppress a feeling of resentment in one's mouth that cannot be expressed.

If one can remain silent when encountering all the injustices in the world, that is the day when one has simultaneously achieved mastery of both silent meditation and profound verbal awareness!

When that time comes, he will exhale a mouthful of pent-up anger, releasing the culmination of countless years of hard work in a single day, and its power will be immeasurable.

However, Xu Qing could not cultivate this method. He was a funeral director, a sect leader, and a victim deeply influenced by the gossipy culture of Tianjin. It could be said that he relied on his mouth to do things and relieve boredom. If he were to shut up, the silent meditation skills he accumulated in a year would be equivalent to ten years of others' skills!

Therefore, Xu Qing's eloquence was never fully developed.

The only hope is that one will eventually obtain a different method of practice than the silent meditation.

Based on his own experience, Xu Qing fully understands the difficulty of unlocking each level of general knowledge, while the nine-tailed fox only needs to grow a second tail to unlock all three levels of general knowledge at once.
According to Senior Sister Yizhen, after the two tails are formed, each tail can gain a new innate divine power and also gain a new level of knowledge.

Xu Qing did a rough calculation and realized that the eight-tailed spirit fox would be able to unlock all general knowledge.

There's not even a need to specifically look for methods to unlock the corresponding general knowledge!
Xu Qing was truly envious; having a lineage and not having one were worlds apart.

Those without a lineage are like orphans without a mother, or wild grass by the roadside.
Beside him, Daoist Yizhen was still revealing the unique characteristics of the other seven tails.

Three tails, phantom.

It can change its appearance and transform into countless different forms.

Four tails, praying for blessings.

One can pray to heaven and earth to improve one's fortune and enhance one's own or others' blessings through the prayer method. However, one should not exceed the limit of one's own ability to pray, otherwise one will damage one's own spiritual cultivation and suffer the consequences of dog calamity, human calamity, etc.

Five tails, to ward off disaster.

It can offset one's own or others' misfortunes to a certain extent, serving as a method to avoid disasters and primarily aimed at eliminating calamities and resolving difficulties.

Six tails, a void.

As the name suggests, it is a supernatural power that can see through illusions and perceive everything.

Seven tails, born from transformation.

Manipulating the vitality of nature to revive withered trees and turn barren soil green again can also consume one's essence and blood, and a hundred years of cultivation, to extend the life of a dying person by one cycle. Similarly, such methods of defying fate will also invite divine retribution.

Eight tails, Tianhui.

Mastering the wonders of the Mind and Understanding the Gate of Change allows one to glimpse the secrets of Heaven and defy fate. By using the mind as a mirror, one can see the future; it is a divine power of foresight and prophecy.

Nine-tailed, auspicious.

Knowing the rise and fall of a thousand years, and purifying the calamities and filth of a region, can only be activated when one is favored by Heaven and the Way of Heaven. Otherwise, one will be devoured by the calamity and afflicted by the raging flames of karma. If one does not have the merit to resolve the calamity, one's soul will instantly vanish into the void.

Upon hearing about the Nine-Tailed Fox's abilities, Xu Qing suddenly remembered Bai Qiuyu, who had once been taken in as a disciple by the nameless old woman.

Bai Qiuyu is a fox from Qingqiu, and also possesses the bloodline of a nine-tailed fox. The old woman has been dedicated to resolving calamities, and the nine-tailed immortal fox who has awakened the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Auspicious Divine Power happens to have the ability to sacrifice itself to purify the world.
Xu Qing frowned. If this logic holds true, was the abbot of Jingxu Temple, who had always wanted to open the path to heaven and ascend to immortality, also seeking disciples with the same goal?
However, Xu Qing quickly overturned this conclusion. Everything has a cause before an effect. Master Yizhen's mother, Zichen, was originally a Taoist priest of the Five Elders Temple. If Hu Baosong hadn't abducted Zichen, Master Yizhen wouldn't have been born.

Ultimately, it was because Granny Jingxu took Zichen's daughter as her disciple that the two became connected, not because she took a disciple to deal with the great calamity.

Furthermore, given Xu Qing's observation of the relationship between the master and disciple, even if Daoist Yizhen wanted to sacrifice himself, the old woman probably wouldn't agree.

"Junior Brother Xu"

After receiving all the inheritance, Daoist Yizhen suddenly looked at Xu Qing, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Xu Qing laughed and said, "Senior sister, there's no need for thanks. We're not strangers, so there's no need for formalities."

Master Yizhen pursed his lips, then finally took out an array plate from his Qiankun sleeve and said:
"Senior Sister had heard from Xuan Yu that Junior Brother had a deadly feud with the White Cloud Cave Demon Fox, so she spent some time asking Master and Fellow Daoist Bai to work together to refine this array plate."

The usually kind and gentle Daoist Master Yizhen revealed a dangerously faint smile at this moment.

"When it comes to understanding fox demons, no one can compare to Senior Sister, and no one can compare to Fellow Daoist Bai. Junior Brother, with this array plate, although we cannot guarantee that we can eliminate the fox demon, we can at least reduce its power and save your life."

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Xu Qing took the array plate containing more than a dozen arrays, including the Illusion Array, the Golden Light Array, and the Nine Luminaries Demon-Subduing Array, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

No wonder the abbot of Jingxu Temple said those strange and sarcastic things to him when he met him before; it turns out that was the reason.

He lived in the Yin River for many years, and Master Yizhen had been concerned about his affairs all those years.

Fortunately, he did not forget the girl entrusted to him by his old friend, and brought back the heritage of the Tushanji clan.

Otherwise, it would be truly difficult to dispel this feeling.

"Isn't Bai Qiuyu in the shop?"

Having figured out how to use the array plate, Xu Qing suddenly asked a question.

Master Yizhen laughed and said, "To pay off the funeral expenses he owed his junior brother, Fellow Daoist Bai has been going out all day to set up a stall and tell fortunes for people."

"However, Fellow Daoist Bai only performs three divinations a day, and charges only a few coins per divination. Judging from the current situation, he will probably be back soon."

It's said that there are certain stories about Tianjin, and the two of them only mentioned Bai Qiuyu, the white fox from Qingqiu, before returning to the coffin shop.

"What are you all standing at the door for? Strange, in broad daylight, why is there an array set up inside the room? Could it be that Fellow Daoist Yizhen is in seclusion again, tinkering with her array plate?"

"Hey! Why are you pulling me like that peach tree? Ugh! You crazy girl, why are you covering my mouth? Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, you smell like pollen!"

The door creaked open, and Xu Qing straightened his clothes and stepped out.

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Bai Qiuyu, the fortune teller who was bantering with Tao Sanmei, immediately fell silent.

The two stared at Xu Qing as he walked out of the house, their gazes freezing on each other.

The abbot of Jingxu Temple narrowed his eyes, also looking at Xu Qing.

The latter seemed unaffected, cheerfully cupping his hands in greeting and saying, "Fellow Daoist Bai, how have you been?"

However, Bai Qiuyu's gaze skipped over Xu Qing and landed on the female Taoist priest who walked out of the side room right after her.

A divination is coming! The diviner's instincts told her that a divination was definitely coming today, and it would be a major divination!

(End of this chapter)