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

Chapter 369 If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.
On the fifteenth, the night of the full moon, celestial secrets were revealed.

The immortals, each holding paper and pen, entered the cave one by one, resembling students waiting for the imperial examination in the examination hall.

The abbess of Jingxu Temple stood on her disciple's shoulder. Upon seeing Xu Qing, the old female Taoist priest unusually addressed him as "fellow Daoist."

Given the circumstances of today, it's no longer a matter of gratitude or not. Old Kun felt that if he didn't sell out his disciple, things wouldn't end well.

“Old Abbot, there’s no need for you to be so polite. In the end, all those who have come here today to seek enlightenment are fellow practitioners. Now that the world is still in a state of confusion, since we are all on the same path, we should help each other and support one another.”

Xu Qing recounted what he had told Lu Xiu to Abbot Jingxu, and said with a smile, "Even demons and monsters are allies. If we don't work together, when will this great calamity ever end? Besides, when I was traveling, didn't the abbot also pass on the wonderful methods of the Five Elders Temple to the immortals of the Immortal Hall?"

The abbess of Jingxu Temple was utterly ashamed. What she had taught was hardly a miraculous method. It was just that the immortals in the Immortal Hall never had a proper lineage and mostly practiced unorthodox methods. Even though Xu Qing had passed down some supernatural abilities, they lacked a systematic cultivation method.

That's why these immortals would pick out the sweet bits from the dregs of medicine, and be overjoyed to learn even a little bit about Taoism.

He looks exactly like a country bumpkin who's never seen the world!

The abbess of Jingxu Temple felt ashamed and didn't say much to Xu Qing. In any case, the old female Taoist had already made up her mind that no matter how much immortal opportunity she could obtain today, she would do her best to teach the immortals in the future.

It was late at night, inside Baiyun Cave.

Sure enough, green characters appeared on the blank wall inscribed with the celestial script. The characters varied in size, with the thick characters being as big as a palm and the thin characters only the size of a copper coin. Moreover, they were all in the form of thunder and cloud seal script, which could not be recognized by anyone who was not from the ancestral lineage of the Celestial Court.

Xu Qing burst out laughing.

The saying goes, "If you want to establish yourself, help others to establish themselves; if you want to achieve success, help others to achieve success."

By the time he went to the Populus euphratica Mausoleum, he had already learned eight or nine-tenths of the text. Even if there were one or two parts that needed to be verified, Xu Qing was not worried.

Right now, isn't there a living antique of Taoism right beside him, someone who is proficient in all kinds of thunder and cloud script?

The secret of heaven was revealed, and Huang Xiaoliu of the Chuantang Immortal Clan trembled with excitement. It should be noted that even if the conditions for stealing the Heavenly Book on the night of the full moon are met, not everyone can see the words in the Heavenly Book.

The fact that it can see the words floating around means that Huang Xiaoliu also has a connection with the immortals!

Following Huang Xiaoliu, Tao Sanmei, who possessed him with a peach branch, also saw the Heavenly Book runes.

Other spirit mediums, feng shui spirit mediums, and even shamanic disciples such as Sun Erzhuang and Liu Su'e all witnessed some manifestations of supernatural powers and wonders.

Xu Qing, however, had a furrowed brow and a sullen expression on his face.

This zombie of his was used to fine food and possessed several heavenly divine powers. He didn't even bother to look at the stone wall engraved with earthly evil techniques.

The left hand is considered the most honorable, and when the time came, the first thing Xu Qing looked at was the cave wall engraved with the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Techniques.

However, the stone wall was just a fluorescent green screen, with not a single word showing up.

Xu Qing refused to believe in superstition. He used his Qi-gazing technique, opened his Heavenly Eye and Yin Pupil, and even took out the incense from the Blood Lake to use as lighting, but still gained nothing.

"Could it be that the Heavenly Gang Technique is just a rumor, and this cave only contains the Earthly Fiend Technique?"

Xu Qing refused to believe that it was because he lacked talent and fortune. As the main culprit who opened the White Cloud Cave to steal books, if even he couldn't grasp the Heavenly Gang Divine Power, it would be even more difficult for other immortals to learn it.

Left with no other choice, Xu Qing turned to look at the stone wall on his right, which was engraved with the Earthly Fiend Technique.

All seventy-two earthly fiend techniques were displayed on the stone wall without exception, but Xu Qing did not feel much joy.

Heaven is yang, earth is yin; heaven is empty, earth is solid; heaven is revered, earth is humble; heaven is simple, earth is complicated.
These earthly supernatural powers have not yet reached the level of the Great Dao being simple. Although they can command all sentient and tangible things after cultivation, they are ultimately only capable of dealing with the changes in the human world and are inevitably bound by the will of Heaven.

The Heavenly Gang Laws are different. If you master the Heavenly Gang Laws, you will either travel to the Heavenly Palace in spirit or become famous among the immortals. All the gods in the Heavenly Realm, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, and even the Three Realms and Six Paths will have to show you respect.

Even the Heavenly Emperor cannot control it!
Xu Qing had always been thinking about the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Powers, but the blank wall on his left was a great disappointment to him.

We're saying, even just one Heavenly Divine Power would be fine!

While Xu Qing was feeling depressed, the red-tailed monkey on the right-hand stone wall secretly moved to the left-hand side.

Monkeys are mostly ambitious and unrealistic. Ever since he learned from Xu Qing that the rarest Heavenly Gang Technique is the most powerful supernatural ability, this monkey has been keeping a close eye on it.

The red-tailed monkey stood in front of the stone wall, its eyes glazed over, and remained motionless for a long time.

Just as Xu Qing was wondering, he saw the red-tailed monkey suddenly wake up. Then the monkey paced back and forth in front of the wall engraved with the Heavenly Gang Law, scratching its ears and cheeks, looking very agitated.

Xu Qing smiled knowingly and stepped forward to comfort him, saying, "The Heavenly Gang Technique requires a high level of talent and good fortune, so it's not surprising that you can't see it. If you can concentrate on learning the Earthly Fiend Technique, that would be a great blessing for you."

However, as soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, he heard the red-tailed monkey say, "It's not that I can't see them, it's just that I've only learned the skills of 'Mass Controlling Size' and 'Subduing Dragons and Tigers.' These are only two supernatural powers. There are still thirty-four that I can't see or touch, which is really making me anxious."

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Xu Qing's eyelids twitched, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "You said you learned two Heavenly Gang Divine Powers? But didn't you say you never learned Thunder Script and Cloud Seal?"

The red-tailed monkey glanced at the group of immortals on his right who were copying down the Earthly Fiends' magic texts with paper and pen, and explained:
“This Heavenly Gang Method is different from the Earthly Fiend Method. Just now I saw the tadpole-shaped runes on the wall moving around, but once I calmed down, my mind didn’t go into the runes.”

"It was only within those runes that I realized that the so-called Nine Heavens Secret Manual was actually the 'Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Book,' and that the text of the Heavenly Gang Method was alive. Only those who were destined to be with the treasure book could travel beyond the heavens and earth and receive the true Heavenly Gang Method."

Seeing that Xu Qing remained silent, the red-tailed monkey subconsciously asked, "Sect Leader, you have also read the Heavenly Gang Technique, how could you not know it?"

Seeing Xu Qing's deep gaze, the red-tailed monkey immediately shut up. This monkey was very clever. Its eyes darted around, and it scratched its head and said with a forced smile, "There's nothing much to learn about the Heavenly Gang Technique. I only managed to learn two supernatural abilities before breaking my meditation."

Seeing Xu Qing's increasingly strange expression, the red-tailed monkey felt a chill and hurriedly headed towards the stone wall engraved with the Earthly Fiend Technique, saying as it went:

"I'll go learn the Earthly Fiends Method; those methods are also a blessing."

Xu Qing sighed inwardly.

It's a good thing for the Immortal Hall that the Red-tailed Monkey can learn the Heavenly Gang Technique. At worst, he can just go back and ask the monkey for guidance to see if he can learn those two Heavenly Gang Divine Powers.

Here, Xu Qing contemplated the Flowing Light of White Bones, and a pink skull with Sai Yuxian's face appeared in his mind. The next moment, all the distracting thoughts in his mind were swept away.

On the right side of the stone wall, Xu Qing held a wolf-hair brush and wrote furiously. In just one hour, he compiled all seventy-two Earthly Fiend Techniques into a book.

During this period, apart from the red-tailed monkey, Xuan Yu, Daoist Yi Zhen, the spirit fox of Qingqiu, Shi Yue, the Qishan clan, and even Guan Dazhuang and Li Tiezhu all stopped in front of the stone wall engraved with the Tiangang Law.

Xu Qing remained focused and did not disturb them, letting them each seek their own path to immortality based on their own abilities.

Three thousand worlds, four Brahma realms.

In a land beyond the four seas, a divine ox covered in mysterious runes is conversing with a child on its back.

Why is the Patriarch so busy today?

The child in red, riding an old ox, smiled and said, "Years ago, I left behind a scroll of Ruyi in the Golden Palace of Clouds. It contains my lineage, waiting for those with the right affinity to read and cultivate it. Now, perhaps the time has come again."

The Divine Ox Monster said, "In previous years, there might not be even one person seeking the Patriarch in an entire cycle. In the most recent cycle, apart from the Mysterious Maiden and that Three-Eyed Official, only two monkeys have seen the Patriarch. How come so many people have come all of a sudden today?"

The child in red didn't take it seriously: "The Tao follows nature. Since they were able to find this place, it means their destiny has arrived. Let alone a monkey, a fox, or a scholar, even if several more came, it wouldn't matter."

Before the patriarch could finish speaking, another nine-lived black cat appeared before them.

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"Child, do you know where this is? I was clearly in the White Cloud Cave, so why have I come here?"

Xuan Yu spoke without thinking, and the divine ox, seeing this, immediately said in a deep voice, "With the patriarch in front of you, you must not act rashly!"

The child in red patted the divine ox's back, then jumped down, looked at Xuan Yu, and said with a smile:
"You fox spirit, this is beyond the four seas, a foreign land, not some White Cloud Cave. Let me ask you, are you also here to learn skills?"

Xuan Yu was quick-witted and understood the situation perfectly.
It immediately stepped forward, first raising its front paws and bowing several times like a human, its gaze as devout as a believer praying to the cat god in a cat temple. "Junior Xuan Yu was unaware that the Ancestral Master was in person, please forgive him."

The child was delighted to be addressed as "Master".

Looking at the black cat now, it was filled with a pure aura of merit, which was truly rare.

The patriarch was in a great mood and taught the Heavenly Gang Techniques several more times than the Red-tailed Monkey.

"I see you have some talent, so I will teach you the Nine Divine Arts: Spiritual Control, Seeing Through Walls, Breath Control in Nine Breaths, and Returning Wind and Fire."

Xuan Yu nodded repeatedly. Although it didn't understand what these supernatural abilities were, they sounded impressive and must be quite extraordinary.

The patriarch was even more delighted. This cat was much more clever than the monkey. When he was teaching the monkey, before he even started, the monkey was already thinking about how to learn all thirty-six supernatural powers, without considering whether they were suitable for him or whether he could understand them.

If you teach it a special skill, it will say something unpleasant: good things always come in pairs!

But if you teach it two things, it says two is not as good as three, after all, three gives birth to all things, and three represents vitality.

Monkeys may be clever, but the patriarch didn't really like them. There were just too many monkeys, so many that the patriarch could easily dismiss them with a wave of his hand.

Therefore, even when the red-tailed monkey knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, claiming to be the fiercest general under the great philanthropist Xu, a divine monkey, a spirit monkey, a holy monkey who saved the world from imminent collapse, the patriarch remained unmoved.

These monkeys are adept at saying one thing to your face and another behind your back. Their behavior is typical of those who are not controlled by their thoughts. Among the monkeys taught by the patriarch, none of them have been free from trouble. In the end, wasn't the Heavenly Book of White Cloud Cave also the work of monkeys?

The patriarch didn't spoil the red-tailed monkey; in the end, he only taught it two supernatural abilities.

But the cat in front of me is different. Look at its calm and composed appearance. You can't see any impure thoughts in it. It would never eat or take anything!
Of course, the main reason was the novelty; the patriarch had never seen a cat come to him to learn his skills before.

Seeing that Xuan Yu was focused and earnest in his studies, the Patriarch couldn't help but ask, "You, my fox spirit, are learning so many supernatural powers so that you can go back and benefit all living beings?"

Xuan Yu nodded and then shook its head, truthfully replying:
“This junior dares not deceive the patriarch. This junior once formed a bond with the Xu immortal and cultivated the immortal path together. However, the Xu immortal could not see the wordless heavenly book in the White Cloud Cave, so this junior wanted to take the supernatural powers I learned back to teach the Xu immortal.”

"There are other good deeds that benefit all living beings, which the younger generation and Master Xu have always done wholeheartedly, and even without supernatural powers, this will not change."

Why is it related to someone surnamed Xu again?

The patriarch finally realized what was going on.

This isn't some kind of fate; it's clearly a group of people messing with his divine book. Who knows, that guy surnamed Xu might be the mastermind behind it all.

It was rare for the usually easygoing patriarch to become serious.

A mysterious light appeared in the eyes of the child in red. At this moment, the Three Realms, the Six Paths, the Nine Netherworlds, the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars seemed to be contained within his eyes.

A moment later, the usually composed patriarch let out a surprised exclamation.

Something's not right. Nine out of ten things are wrong!
It seems that something terrible has come to White Cloud Cave today.

It's not entirely dirty; it's more like a ball of dung wrapped in honey, with oil mixed in with the honey, somehow managing to blend together seemingly unrelated things in a way that's quite convincing, leaving no room for criticism.

How strange!
The patriarch's heart stirred slightly. He immediately pointed three times at the fox spirit in front of him and said, "Sincerity brings results. If the Xu Immortal you speak of is sincere, how could he not learn the true method?"

Xuan Yu's eyes lit up, and he once again followed the example of humans, bowing repeatedly to his ancestor.

Inside the White Cloud Cave, Xu Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief after copying the last of the Earthly Fiend Techniques.

It's already past midnight, and in another half hour, the Heavenly Book of White Cloud Cave will once again disappear.

"Xu Xianjia!"

Xu Qing had just put away the Heavenly Book of the Earthly Fiends when a familiar voice came from behind him.

He turned around and saw Xuan Yu jump onto the stone table, gesturing for him to lower his head.

Although Xu Qing was puzzled, he still lowered his head slightly.

Seeing Xu Xianjia lower his head, Xuan Yu immediately imitated the ancestor's technique, raised his cat paw, and patted Xu Qing's forehead three times with the soft pad in his palm.

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Xu Qing raised an eyebrow and looked around. If they weren't in a public place, he would have definitely scrutinized the cat from head to toe.

There's no reason for a cat to pet a person. Doesn't the sect leader have any dignity?

"Hurry up and study the wondrous methods here, lest you waste the time!"

Seeing Xu Qing brush away his claws and reveal a serious expression, Xuan Yu finally couldn't help but speak:

"Xu Xianjia is not smart!"

"Who isn't smart?" Xu Qing raised an eyebrow, about to retort, when he heard the cat in front of him mimicking his words and urging:
"Xu Xianjia, hurry and comprehend the Heavenly Gang Technique, lest you be late!"

"Sincerity brings results. Master Xu, remember you must be sincere, otherwise you're not smart!"

Xu Qing was not stupid after all. He noticed Xuan Yu's unusual behavior and asked, "Immortal Xuan Yu, could it be that you have also learned the Heavenly Gang Divine Power?"

Xuan Yu raised his long neck and said with some pride, "I have mastered the Nine Gates Divine Power."

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Without further hesitation, Xu Qing got up and went to the stone wall on the left. At this moment, only Qishan Shi was still lost in thought in front of the stone wall.

Calculating the time, Xu Qing did not choose to interrupt the mountain spirit's enlightenment. He took the opportunity to ask Xuan Yu which supernatural abilities he had learned, and then asked Senior Sister Yi Zhen, Bai Qiuyu, Lu Xiu and others for details. After memorizing the names of all twenty-one supernatural abilities, Qishan also recovered from his meditation.

Xu Qing asked her what supernatural powers she had learned.

Qishan replied, "There is a divine power that can move mountains and cross seas. After practicing it, I will be able to move freely without fear of heavy pressure."

"A wondrous method of transformation, flowers bloom in an instant, and once mastered, one can control the life force of mountains and forests, instantly turning barren mountains lush and green."

"There is also a technique called 'Standing Without Shadow,' which, once mastered, allows one to become invisible and even make famous mountains and great peaks disappear from the world, making them difficult to find even if immortals and gods visit."

Xu Qing memorized these three divine abilities, and now the entire Immortal Hall, in total, has twenty-four Heavenly Divine Abilities.

He never inquired about the details of the immortals learning supernatural powers. If this matter could be discussed, even Xuan Yu would be the first to tell him the truth.

Now that he has received Xuan Yu's guidance, he no longer needs to worry about these things. As long as he can get his hands on the Heavenly Book, what is there to fear about not knowing its ins and outs?

Xu Qing arrived at the stone wall on the left and greeted it with the salutation of a master, but the Heavenly Book remained unmoved.

Undeterred, he immediately spoke sincerely:
"I, Xu Qing, have heard that the Great Dao is profound and mysterious, and that without utmost sincerity one cannot knock on the gates of Heaven, and without a wise teacher one cannot seek the path to immortality."

"It is truly wrong of me to attempt to secretly read the heavenly book, but my heart is sincere in seeking the Dao."

"I know that the universe operates according to its own mechanism, plants wither and flourish, and the seasons follow their own order. However, I know very little about things beyond Yin and Yang and beyond the Five Elements. These are the key mechanisms of creation, and no fool can fathom their wonders."

"Although I am dull-witted, I have heard that the superior man, upon hearing the Way, diligently puts it into practice."

"This junior does not aspire to attain enlightenment overnight, but only seeks to obtain the method of clear vision and understand the principles of creation, then I may die content in the evening!"

Xu Qing rambled on for a long time, and then added a sentence at the end.

As you hear the news, you can die in the evening.

He's a zombie. If he could hear the Dao every day, even if he died every day and kept dying, he would be happy to do so!
(End of this chapter)