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

Chapter 451 A son who lives off his wife, a freeloader

Behind her, Nüba's unyielding voice rang out.

broken!

Xu Qing's heart skipped a beat. Even with his sharp mind, he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

“The words of demons should not be believed by the Heavenly Maiden. I have the utmost respect for you, senior, and have no intention of disrespecting you.”

As a disciple of the goddess of the Zhonghuang Temple, Xu Qing was more aware than anyone of the consequences of disrespecting the sacred.

Regardless of whether the phoenix coronet and embroidered robe are wedding attire or not, his attitude must be proper.

As for the fact that he wore the wedding dress...
Apart from Xuan Yu and Shi Yue, no one else knew about this, and the Heavenly Maiden could not possibly leave the Yin River to see them.

Furthermore, wedding gowns are generally similar across the world, and even Xuan Yu and Shi Yue might not be certain that this is Xu Qing's dress.

With no one left to testify, Xu Qing, who had just silenced the warlord, instantly regained his self-righteousness.

Nuba stared at Xu Qing for a long time. This junior, dressed in her fairy robes, did not seem like someone who would offend the gods.

But why would the warlord utter those words?
Nuwa frowned, and just as she was about to ask something else, the ancient Yinhe Road suddenly trembled.

In the distance, the sound of the flood breaking through the dam was like thunder. Xu Qing looked up in the direction of Nüba's gaze and saw the Three Crossings River flowing backwards and surging forward like ten thousand horses galloping, rushing straight to the Heavenly Gate!
The Heavenly Gate is a magnificent palace, impregnable and formidable. However, water and fire are merciless. No matter if it is the abode of immortals and gods in the upper realm or a grand hall and pavilion in the lower realm, once floods and ferocious beasts arrive, they will not care whether you are the Heavenly Emperor, Buddha, king, or general.
As Xu Qing watched the Heavenly Gate open, the massive, dark, and menacing Three Paths Beast was like a thug who had no regard for women. With a deafening roar, the giant hand that was covering the Heavenly Gate was instantly pushed aside by the surging Three Poisons River!
Amidst cries of alarm from the gods and Buddhas, the ferocious beast broke through the pass, instantly crossed the forbidden area of ​​Thunder Pool, and crashed into the Heavenly Gate!

In a mere instant, the Heavenly Palace trembled, countless precious lights scattered across the sky, and magical treasures fell to the ground.

The Five Virtues and Nine Luminaries Star Lords, who had set up the Heavenly River Star Array, retreated in disarray, and countless celestial artifacts fell into the Three Crossings River.

The waters of the Sanzu River contain the three poisons and six desires, making it no different from highly poisonous water to immortals, gods, and magical treasures full of spiritual power.

The Kunlun Mountains contain the Weak Waters, so deep that even a feather cannot float on them, and neither immortals nor mortals can cross them; they can even drown gods and immortals.

The waters of the River of Three Crossings are even more pungent than the Weak Water. Their waters are icy cold and can burn the soul. If ordinary immortals or gods touch them, their true spirits will be tainted, and they must enter the cycle of reincarnation to be cleansed.

If any magical artifact or treasure touches it, its spiritual light will be instantly sealed, turning it into duckweed that drifts with the current.

Xu Qing glanced around and saw magical treasures and immortal artifacts floating haphazardly in the River of Three Crossings. These treasures included jade tablets, purple lightning swords, and soul-capturing mirrors.
Xu Laojiang, who came from the lower realm, had never seen such a scene before.

Before my eyes, golden and purple light mingled like woven fabric, and each lost treasure was like a widow who had lost her husband, evoking pity.

These are all low-to-mid-grade Heaven-rank treasures; even the worst one looks like it's at least high-grade Earth-rank.
Compared to the naive Xu Qing, Nüba appeared remarkably calm.

When she lived in the Xuanxiao Palace in the Heavenly Realm, what kind of magical treasures and weapons hadn't she seen?

These objects that have fallen into the Sanzu River may be precious to ordinary gods and immortals, but they are not that important to Nüba, who has never relied on external things.

"You will eventually follow me to cultivate the path of Kuiba. These magical treasures are of little use to either of us, so you don't need to rely on them too much."

"If you really like it, when you attain the Dao Fruit of Kuiba one day, I will give you the divine sword I used in the past."

Nuwa spoke in a calm and collected manner, but to Xu Qing, it always gave off a strange feeling of a dependent wife relying on her husband.

In Tianjin, "傍家儿" means someone who lives off a woman.

Wearing Nüba's clothes, taking Nüba's house key, and using Nüba's divine sword—could Xu Qing be such a spineless person?

Xu Qing resolutely refused!

Nuba glanced at the young man who was swaggering around in his fairy robes, but she didn't believe his words of modesty at all.

At this time, the Sanzu River had already crossed the Thunder Pool, rushed through the Heavenly Gate, and continued to penetrate deeper into the Upper Realm, sweeping across various celestial palaces and pavilions along its course.

In recent years, apart from a certain horse herder who caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace, when has there ever been such a big disturbance in the Heavenly Realm?
In an instant, the fairy maidens fled in fright, and the gods paled.

In the golden palace amidst the clouds, even the Heavenly Emperor was moved.

"Your Majesty, this is because the River of Three Crossings has fallen, impacting the Heavenly Road. Now the Heavenly Gate is wide open, and the waters of the Three Poisons have already flooded the Heavenly Palace!"

The Great God of the Sea, who had just returned from Tianmen, also reported:

"Your Majesty, the matter of the Sanzu River breaking through the Heavenly Gate and engulfing the Heavenly Palace is not the most important thing. I, in command of five battalions of troops, have been overseeing the ten realms above and below. I discovered that outside the Imperial Temple in the lower realm, the place where the Goddess mended the sky was affected by this disaster. Fortunately, divine light descended and saved the heavens from collapse. However, the divine light can only temporarily postpone the calamity. If the divine light is exhausted one day, the sky will surely collapse again!"

The Great God of the Sea dared not admit that he had secretly descended to the mortal realm using the Heaven-Mending Channel, but he also could not arouse suspicion. After all, what respectable person would have nothing better to do than go to the remote Heaven-Mending Ruins and pay attention to the changes there?

Regarding the safety of the Butian Ruins.
Only a goddess as divine as herself could mend the heavens. If something were to go wrong at the site of the mending, even if all the gods and Buddhas knew, they would be powerless to resolve it.

Since we are powerless to do anything about it, we might as well believe in the goddess.

Now, the Great God of the Sea suddenly brought up the changes at the Heaven-Mending Ruins and added the excuse of overseeing the Ten Directions Realm. The gods simply assumed that the Great God of the Sea was doing his duty and could even see the places that the gods had overlooked.

At the head of the table, the Great Heavenly Venerable Xuanqiong Gaoshang remained silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice:

"Divine light has descended upon the ruins of the Heaven-Mending Site, which must be the work of the Goddess. You need not worry. The most important thing now is to find out the cause of the damage to the Heavenly Road and to apprehend the person who caused the Three Crossings River to overflow."

At this point, the Great Celestial Venerable glanced at the white-robed old man leading the civil officials' procession.

The old man looked around, and seeing that no one could cover for him, he had no choice but to step forward and say, "Your Majesty, while it is important to find out the root cause of the chaos, controlling the floods of the Three Paths is of paramount importance. Looking across the Three Realms, besides the True Lord Yisheng, only the Pure Altar Messenger of the Buddhist Kingdom is skilled in controlling floods."

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The Heavenly Emperor's face darkened, and he felt extremely frustrated.

When the Clean Altar Messenger was still serving in the Heavenly Court, this matter was relatively easy to handle; it was just a matter of issuing a decree.

But now that the Cleansing Altar Messenger has left his official post in the Heavenly Department and gone to the Buddha Land, and He has a long-standing grudge against him, if He were to ask for his help now, he would likely be ridiculed.

The Heavenly Emperor's majesty cannot be violated, nor can he tolerate ridicule. Thus, the Heavenly Emperor had no choice but to turn his gaze back to the old man in white.

The white-robed old man, Jian, was favored by the emperor and immediately offered his services, saying, "I am willing to ask the Clean Altar Messenger for assistance, but this matter requires Your Majesty to request some celestial dew and nectar, or immortal peaches and fruits, to fulfill the name of the Clean Altar."

"Granted."

The Heavenly Emperor immediately ordered the Jade Maiden to go to the Jade Pool to retrieve the celestial delicacies. The white-robed elder below continued, "Once we invite the Cleansing Altar Messenger to descend, I will go down to the mortal realm with him to investigate the matter and give Your Majesty an explanation."

The gods kept their eyes closed and their hearts at bay. Any deity who understood the relationship between the underworld's corpse and the celestial gods knew the reason behind this. The so-called explanation was merely giving the Heavenly Emperor a way out; as for what happened next...
No one can fathom the truth. However, someone must be held responsible for this. Others may escape punishment, but anyone in the mortal realm who is involved in the damage to the Heavenly Road will likely be severely punished.

At this moment, in the Netherworld.

The Nine Netherworld Dharma Lord, who had already refined most of the Yinshan authority, suddenly stopped his seclusion.

In the past, when the leaders of the Yinhe Sect were eliminated several times, He remained unmoved. However, the strange events that occurred at the Zhuoshui Dojo completely disrupted His plans.

The evil corpses of the ancient Buddha, the Jade Pure True King, and the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha all manifested their Dharma forms.

In the ten palaces of Fengdu, amidst the red pillars, sutras, and flying eaves, countless tall figures rise from the ground: the Yin Corpse Bodhisattva sits cross-legged, the Crimson Palace Immortal stands on a black lotus platform, and the Dharma Corpse of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva appears in two forms. Occasionally, flashes of crimson lightning and eerie ghost flames shroud the entire underworld in dark clouds.

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds gazed into the distance, and it took him a long time to recover from the shock of the collapse of the Heavenly Road.

He looked at his ministers and asked, "Do you know the changes in the Yin River?"

The assembled Dharma corpses looked at each other in bewilderment, while the Dharma Master's gaze fell upon Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

At this time, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is a rare exception where the principal deity and the Dharma corpse achieve a brief strategic consensus.

The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva riding on the Di Ting (a mythical beast) is dressed in a plain robe and a fine kasaya. In his left hand, he holds a string of Mani beads, from which a pure spirit floats, conveying a profound sense of saving countless people.

Aside from the precious jewel for saving sentient beings, Ksitigarbha also holds a nine-ringed staff in his right hand, and sits on a nine-grade red lotus platform of karmic fire.

Beside him, the corpse of Ksitigarbha was dressed in a crimson robe, and the Mani beads in his hand were devoid of pure spirit, with only turbid and vengeful ghosts floating about. He also sat on a nine-tiered black flame lotus platform.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sensed the Dharma Lord's gaze and chanted the Buddha's name: "The Yin River Zhuoshui has fallen, and Kong Ren, a subordinate of the Lord of War, for some unknown reason destroyed the Heavenly Road, causing the Three Paths River to overflow. Now the Heavenly Gate is open, and the Three Realms are interconnected."

The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, seated on the black lotus platform, then spoke: "This humble monk sent Di Ting to investigate the Zhuo River and observed that the leaders of the sect, including Bingzhu and Kong Ren, had been eliminated by their former nemesis, Hanba. Hanba had henchmen by her side who, although not as powerful as Nüba, helped her defeat Bingzhu."

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds said coldly, "How dare Nuwa and her accomplices attack my soldiers and ruin my grand plan?"

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The assembled monks, their eyes fixed on their noses and their noses on their hearts, were all unwilling to engage in conversation.

They are now the evil bodies of the three corpses severed by the gods and immortals. If they were outside, they would definitely be demons and evil spirits!
When humans subdue demons and monsters, do they have to report to the underworld?
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva patiently explained, "Nüba is virtuous and compassionate, and has a heart to save the world. Perhaps her elimination of the warlord was merely to remove the source of worldly calamities and chaos."

"In my humble opinion, the one who wants to defy the Dharma Master and become our enemy is actually Nüba's accomplice, the one who calls himself the leader of the Great Luo Sect."

"The Yinhe Sect Leader's Taoist skills and supernatural powers are extraordinary. In the mortal world, almost no one can subdue him. And now it seems that only this person has the ability to defeat the Yinhe Sect Leader."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva speculated, "Although he used the pretext of the military leader condoning his troops to destroy the heavenly road to take up arms against the military leader, it is hard to guarantee that he originally intended to kill the military leader and ruin the Dharma leader's grand plan."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva judges by actions, not intentions. No matter how eloquently Xu Qing spoke during his confrontation with the Lord of War, He did not care.

All He saw was Xu Qing's 'wolfish ambition'.

When the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds suddenly remembered that when his clone went to the Yin River in an attempt to find the mastermind behind the destruction of Qingchi Wuchang, the Heavenly Maiden, the Azure Dragon God, and the Mirage Ship Owner appeared at the cost of their lives to stop him.

"That's right. That Heavenly Maiden once prevented me from pursuing and eliminating the person of Wuchang. Now that the Great Luo Sect Master and the Heavenly Maiden have joined forces to ruin my plans, it seems that the person she protected back then must be this person."

Nearby, Di Ting, who was used to eavesdropping and liked to find out news from the outside world, suddenly whispered a few words to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva frowned slightly and ignored him.

Instead, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's corpse chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, you may not know this, but the celestial maiden and the Great Luo Sect Master seem to have some private affair. The celestial maiden is wearing a phoenix coronet and a wedding robe, while the Great Luo Sect Master is wearing the celestial maiden's attire. It is evident that the two have already fallen into worldly desires and become Daoist partners."

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The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds did not comment on the matter. He had no time to concern himself with such matters of personal feelings; all he cared about was his grand plan!

"The Heavenly Road is damaged, so I cannot go to Zhuoshui at will. However, I must inform the Heavenly Venerable of the Upper Realm about this matter, so that He knows that Kong Ren's actions were not at my behest. Furthermore, the Heavenly Maiden left Chishui without permission and joined forces with that Great Luo Sect Leader to ruin my plans. She must be severely punished!"

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds glanced at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, his intentions self-evident.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva looked around and saw that all the other Dharma corpses were uninvolved, none of them willing to go to the Underworld River to negotiate with the gods and immortals of the upper realm.

They were originally the physical bodies of gods and Buddhas from the upper realm. If they went to the Yin River and saw their true forms from the lower realm, how embarrassing would that be?

Unlike Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, whose principal form and the deceased share the same goal, even if their horoscopes are incompatible, they at least won't undermine each other, dig up each other's dark pasts, and then, in a fit of anger, kill each other.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had no choice but to accept the decree. When the Heavenly Road was blocked, the Dharma Lord and the Heavenly Emperor might have been able to go to the Underworld River in person, but now that the Heavenly Road was open, both of them had to avoid suspicion and unnecessary disputes.

"Do not worry, Your Majesty. This humble monk will punish that Great Luo Sect Master and buy Your Majesty more time."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva never mentioned killing Nüba. After all, Nüba was a celestial maiden, and her background was far beyond that of any great Luo sect leader.

Furthermore, the drought demon is immortal and indestructible. Even if the Buddha came, he would be powerless against it. Even if he wanted to destroy the drought demon, he would need to have the ability to do so!

The ancient Yinhe Road, the path to heaven.

The jade belt bridge that once connected heaven and earth and guided immortals and mortals has suddenly reappeared in the world.

"The Heavenly Gate has been opened, and this matter cannot be kept secret from the Upper Realm, but you need not be afraid."

Nuwa stepped forward, blocking Xu Qing's path, and looked up at the heavens, saying, "With me here, no one can take you away!"

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "The Heavenly Maiden has already violated a taboo by leaving the Red River without permission. If she were to further defy the laws of Heaven..."

"It's probably not going to be easy."

Xu Qing was not afraid of the immortals and gods of the upper realm. He was now someone with a background. As long as Nüba left, he could use the name of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden to exonerate himself, or he could go elsewhere and seek help from the master of the Little Water Curtain Cave.

At the very least, the God of Justice still owes him a treasure he hasn't repaid.
Nuba chuckled upon hearing this, "Don't underestimate me. Being banished to Chishui was my own choice. Do you really think anyone, apart from those deities outside the Three Realms, would step forward to stop me?"

Heavenly maidens possess a compassionate heart, therefore gods and Buddhas are not afraid of them, nor do they worry that their appearance in the world might cause disasters.

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing's strange feeling intensified.

What does it feel like to be forcibly fed?

(End of this chapter)