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

Chapter 406 Forming a Group to Learn Skills, Celestial Colleagues

Inside the Demon Orb Temple, which was drafty on all sides.

A young man surnamed Xu was sitting imposingly on the corpse of a Kui beast that emitted a faint red light.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas describes Kui as follows: Kui is shaped like an ox, with a blue body and no horns. It has one foot and when it enters or leaves the water, there will be wind and rain. Its light is like the sun and moon, and its sound is like thunder.

Besides the Kui beast, Xu Qing was surrounded by the corpses of many sea yakshas, ​​turtle demons, sea pythons, and some shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

These demons of unknown origin suddenly set their sights on this dilapidated temple by the sea. Xu Qing had been in seclusion for less than three days when all sorts of water monsters and demons pounced on him like hungry wolves smelling meat.

He captured a sea monster midway through his journey and tortured it to extract a confession. Only then did he learn that someone had spread a rumor that there was a great philanthropist in the temple who had accumulated ten lifetimes of merit. It was said that if one ate a bite of his flesh, one would gain a hundred years of spiritual cultivation. If one could swallow him whole, one would be on par with the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas.

Xu Qing couldn't understand how so many sirens could believe such a low-level scam that wouldn't even fool a child.
To keep things peaceful, Xu Qing even changed the signboard of the Demon Pill Temple to a warning sign that read, "Cultivation is not easy; beware of scams."

Even the couplets outside the temple were replaced by him with wise and admonitory words such as "Giving away Taoist practices for free is a scam, and even the most virtuous people of ten lifetimes hide in traps."

But it would have been better if Xu Qing hadn't written the slogans. After he did, even more demons came from outside the temple, some even forming groups to dismember and devour him, hoping to share in the Great Dao!
Xu Qing couldn't understand, so he asked the demons:
"There are clear signs outside the temple saying this place is a trap, why do you still come here to die?"

The demon replied, "You humans have an old saying, 'This place has no silver buried here.' Since there are no virtuous people here, why would you say that the claim of virtuous people being virtuous for ten lifetimes is false?"

Xu Qing didn't know whether to call these demons clever or foolish. If you say they're stupid, they can read and write, and they can think in reverse.

But if you say it's smart, it can't distinguish the most basic truths.

"There are no virtuous people here, but there is a funeral director!"

Xu Qing's face immediately fell. Since reasoning didn't work, he decided to use physics instead.

The Demon-Slaying Sword vanquishes demons and monsters, adding another splash of blood to the Demon Orb Temple.

After finishing all this, Xu Qing simply took out the array plate and set up seven or eight arrays outside the temple to completely hide the small temple. Even if those demons with low cultivation came here, they would lose their way and not be able to find the location of the Demon Orb Temple.

Every immortal in the Immortal Hall must have a special skill. Since the mourning horse did not understand array formations, Xu Qing gave his horse dozens of array formation classics, such as "Introduction to Array Formation", "Outline of Ten Thousand Array Formations", and "Mysterious Array Formation Manual", so that it could study them carefully.

Now that he had some free time, Xu Qing once again immersed his thoughts in the divine realm and continued to deduce the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique.

At this time, the Eastern Sea Palace.

The Demon Lord of the Cave, who commands a group of water demons, stared at the scene in the Heavenly Water Mirror with a gloomy expression.

In the mirror, a young man was meditating with his eyes closed, undisturbed by the outside world, as if he were settling down in the Demon Orb Temple and making this place his long-term cultivation cave.

During this time, the master of the Demon Temple also tried to control the tides to flood the temple and dispatched shrimp soldiers and crab generals to harass and drive away various sea monsters. However, no matter what he did, the other side always managed to resolve the situation and refused to leave!

What I'm saying is, my little temple offers neither shelter from the wind nor protection from the rain, so why are you lingering here?

Looking across the entire realm, he had seen people with heavy buttocks, but he had never seen anyone like Xu Qing with nails growing on his buttocks!

Seeing that force wouldn't work, the master of the Demon Orb Temple simply stopped concealing his presence and left the Water Palace, heading straight to the location of the temple.

However, he still spent quite a while dealing with the complex arrays set up by Xu Qing.

Breaking this formation by brute force wouldn't be difficult for him, but breaking it piece by piece would be no easy task.

After fiddling with it for a while, he had a strange feeling, as if he were facing the intricate chess game back then.

"Illusionary Heaven Formation, Six Harmonies Formation, Lesser Heavenly Capital Formation"

The Demon Orb Cave Master was amazed by Xu Qing's mastery of formations, but he never imagined that behind this formation master stood the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, who were proficient in all the illusion formations in the world, as well as the true teachings of the Five Elders Temple, which had left its legacy in the lower realm.

At the same time, Xu Qing also learned several ancient formations at the Two Saints Temple.
A formation that combines the strengths of illusion defense, enemy defense, and the five elements transformation is no ordinary formation.
If it weren't for Xu Qing's cultivation level holding him back, the master of the Demon Orb Cave would have had to put in a lot more effort to enter this array plate!
Inside the incense hall, Xu Qing, who was practicing the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique, suddenly opened his eyes.

At the entrance of the hall, a delicate young man dressed in a lotus-patterned fairy robe appeared out of nowhere.

The boy had a feminine appearance, was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with rosy lips and white teeth, as if sculpted from jade. If one didn't look closely, one might mistake him for a girl who had run away from home!
"Who is your Excellency?"

Xu Qing's heart stirred slightly, and she spoke first to ask.

The young man stepped forward, looking Xu Qing up and down with a half-smile, and said, "Who am I? I'm your uncle, and you're my good nephew! Why don't you come forward and greet me!"

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Xu Qing remained unmoved. The connection between heaven and earth was now severed, and immortals and gods of the upper realm could not descend to the mortal world. If the other party truly was the master of the temple descending...
However, this is not very reasonable.

Xu Qing subconsciously activated his Heavenly Eye and Heart Pupil, but the boy in front of him didn't seem surprised and still had that same smiling expression.

"You say you're my uncle, but do you have any proof?"

The boy replied, "The master of the Ersheng Temple is my senior brother. Since you have received his teachings, you are half his disciple. How can I not be your uncle?"

Xu Qing's eyes flickered as he tentatively asked, "The Demon Child Havoc in the Sea?"

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The boy's smile faltered, but the other party clearly had no intention of letting him off the hook. The young man, seemingly oblivious to the concept of offense, continued:
"Return the bones to the father, and the flesh to the mother?"

Seeing the unfriendly look in the young man's eyes, Xu Qing immediately cupped his hands and said, "So it is the Great God of the Sea Assembly in person. Junior Xu Qing greets the Great Immortal."

The boy's expression softened slightly, and he coldly snorted:

"You're quite lucky to have found the location of the Two Saints Temple and gained your senior brother's favor. Now you've even come here to me; it's clear you have some good fortune."

At this point, the young man changed the subject, saying, "However, since you have received your senior brother's inheritance, I have nothing to teach you. If you have nothing else to do, you should leave as soon as possible, lest you delay your uncle's search for the destined person."

Xu Qing hurriedly said, "Teaching one person is teaching, and teaching two people is also teaching. Since the Great Immortal is looking for a destined person, and the Great Immortal and I have such a predestined connection, isn't this a case of fate upon fate, and kinship upon kinship?"

"This junior is unworthy, but is willing to follow the Great Immortal to learn some principles of conduct and methods of protecting the Dao, so that I may uphold the lineage of my sect."

"You're so greedy!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the young man refused outright, saying, "The path that Senior Brother has chosen is his path; if I were to seek a destined person, I would certainly seek someone else, so as not to be accused by others of being unable to find a disciple and instead trying to benefit from Senior Brother's fame."

"Stop talking nonsense. I don't have much time to spend in the mortal realm and have no time for idle chatter with you. You should remove the array outside the temple and leave quickly, lest your uncle have to discipline you, a junior!"

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Xu Qing felt somewhat annoyed. What kind of situation was this?

The divine opportunity is right before my eyes, yet it's like looking at flowers in a mirror—I can only see it, but I can't grasp it. It's truly frustrating.

"Then this junior wishes the Great Immortal to soon find his destined one and return to the celestial realm."

Seeing Xu Qing walk briskly and gracefully out of the hall, the young man raised an eyebrow and turned back to call out:
"Senior brother has very high standards, and very few people can catch his eye. Now that you have received his true teachings, you must cultivate diligently and not slack off!" "When I take on my own disciples, I might have to have him spar with you. Don't disappoint me."

A friendly competition?

Xu Qing's heart stirred slightly, and he suddenly asked, "Does the Great God of the Sea Association have any conditions for selecting disciples to walk among mortals? Does it mean that as long as one has outstanding talent, regardless of one's character, one can be accepted as a disciple?"

The young man was stunned for a moment. His desire to leave behind a lineage in the lower realm was a spur-of-the-moment decision, a temporary one made in imitation of his senior brother. As for what kind of disciples he should choose, he hadn't really thought about it in detail.

What is your character and qualities like?

The boy was outspoken and straightforward.

Xu Qing blinked, and a corner of the Cat Immortal Hall's Dharma Realm unfolded, instantly filling the small temple of the Great God of the Sea Assembly with tens of millions of merits and incense offerings.

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Finally, Xu Qing took out the Shouyang Great Axe and stacked the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique to twenty-nine layers, as if to reveal his own talent.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief. When he saw the massive amount of merit, he thought he had encountered another prodigy. Fortunately, apart from his extraordinary virtue, the other party's innate talent was only above average, nothing extraordinary.

The difference between the 29th and 30th levels of the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique is like heaven and earth. If Xu Qing can now deduce the 30th level, he will be very impressed.

If he could deduce the thirty-first or thirty-second level, he would probably face great pressure in finding outstanding disciples.

If it's above the 33rd floor
Absolutely impossible!

In this world, evil is on the rise and the righteous is declining. How could those in the lower realms who uphold the righteous path and practice the true Dharma possibly achieve such a level within a hundred years?

Unless it's a monster!

Moreover, only an unparalleled demon with an incredibly solid foundation could possibly have evolved the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique to this extent!

Xu Qing, who had already advanced the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique to the thirty-third level, concealed his true strength and kept a low profile.

At this moment, he was merely the head of a celestial hall who did not advocate violence but cultivated virtue.

Thinking he had figured out Xu Qing's background, the young man said frankly, "When I accept students, I must do the same as my senior brother. They must have both talent and virtue. If either of these is lacking, they cannot be admitted to my school!"

Xu Qing nodded, bowed again, put away the array plate, mounted his funeral horse, and headed towards Tianjin without looking back!

The master of the Demon Orb Temple said that anyone who meets the requirements, except for Xu Qing, has a chance to inherit the Demon Orb Cave Heaven.

In terms of virtue, who can compare to the immortals of his Cat Immortal Hall and Baosheng Temple?

In terms of qualifications.
After a moment's thought, Xu Qing had already made up his mind about a few candidates.

In terms of aptitude, the two golden carp children, He Xin Ru Yi, the child-protecting maid Shi Yue under the Goddess of Childbirth, the spirit of Zi Yun Mountain Qi Shan Shi, as well as Xuan Yu of the Cat Immortal Hall, the guardian red-tailed monkey, and the instructor Lu Xiu, can all be considered to have excellent aptitude.

Being in a good position, he could easily send his family to the Demon Temple to interview the demon child. He could then select the best among the best, or at the very least, one of them would catch the eye of the Great God of the Sea.

Xu Qing was not worried about this at all. According to the standards of the Demon Pill Temple Master, apart from his own temple lineage, he might not be able to find anyone who fit the criteria in the entire secular world!

Furthermore, since the other party is eager to return to the upper realm, they will inevitably lack the patience to make excessive demands.

At this critical juncture, his dispatch of immortals to seek out a destined path to immortality was perfectly timed!
In October of the first year of Hongcheng.

A black cat was traveling in the East Sea when it came across a dilapidated temple. The temple enshrined the Great God of the Three Altars Sea Assembly, and the altar was occupied by a statue of a deity with three heads and six arms.

The black cat possesses a vast amount of merit and has cultivated for over a thousand years, making its aptitude truly outstanding.

However, just as the boy in the temple became interested, he discovered that the Nine-Lives Mystic Cat possessed the sword pellet of the Goddess of the Nine Heavens, and its swordsmanship was also that of the Goddess of the Nine Heavens.

How could a great god like him compete with the Goddess of the Nine Heavens for a disciple?
"My lineage is passed down only to disciples, not to outsiders. You may leave!"

The boy spoke clearly, and Xuan Yu, looking at the boy who resembled a lotus demon, couldn't help but ask, "Then let me ask you, are you human?"

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This cat's tone isn't aggressive, but why does it sound so harsh?

"Although I am an incarnation of a lotus, I was a human being when I was in the Western Sea."

The young man, unusually patient, said, "Furthermore, my sect does not like to accept non-human beings. Instead of coming here to seek immortality, you might as well go to find the owner of this sword pellet and become her disciple."

"You mean the Goddess of the Nine Heavens?"

Xuan Yu's eyes lit up, and she subconsciously asked, "Who is more powerful, you or the Goddess Xuan Nu?"

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The young man was silent.

"I understand, thank you for your guidance, Master."

What do you understand?
The Great God of the Sea was resentful, but the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's status was indeed extraordinary; even the Heavenly Emperor had to give her some face.
After finally getting rid of the picky Xuan Cat, a few days later, a monkey carrying a Dragon-Binding Cudgel came to his temple.

For some reason, the monkey gave him an unusually strong sense of déjà vu, and it even seemed to have a lot of merits to it.

This is truly strange. Could it be that all the monsters these days have started to reform and start chanting Buddhist scriptures?

"What kind of immortal destiny are you seeking here, you monkey?"

The red-tailed monkey grinned and said, "It's easy to find a teacher of scriptures, but difficult to find a teacher of people, let alone a master of immortality. I see that this temple is no ordinary place, so I must have found traces of a master of immortality here. To tell you the truth, I've come here to become a disciple and learn from him."

The Great God Haihui ignored him and asked in return, "What methods have you studied before, and who was your master? Let me hear it."

The red-tailed monkey scratched its head and chuckled, "I don't have a master, but back in Zhongzhou, I did follow a celestial being for a while and learned some techniques."

At first, the Great God of the Sea did not take it seriously, but when he heard that the other party had learned the Qitian Staff Technique, his expression suddenly became strange.

Why did that monkey, having nothing better to do, also take up the business of preaching and teaching?
However, no matter what, he couldn't teach that monkey's disciples. Besides, what would people say if word got out that he took a monkey as a student?

No, no!
With a few words, the Red-tailed Monkey was sent away, and the Great God of the Sea continued to wait.

Another half month passed, and another person arrived outside the Demon Orb Temple.

The man was dressed in a scholar's robe, with a refined and approachable demeanor, and he looked no ordinary person.

But when the Great God of the Sea saw the other person's face, his expression changed immediately.

How could the world be so small? How could he, staying in his own temple, still see his former celestial colleagues?
(End of this chapter)