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

Chapter 454 It's getting cold, please add more clothes, Master.

Master Fuluan's injuries have not fully recovered, and the Exorcist True Lord, whose primordial spirit has returned to its place, is severely depleted of magical power. The two are evenly matched, and Xu Qing is not worried about them fighting each other. What he is worried about is that the two will not fight at all.

Go ahead and fight! Stop just talking. I didn't bring back any local specialties for my cat, so let's put on a show of gods fighting. Even if it's not a box office hit, it'll still be a spectacle, right?
With Xu Qing's encouragement, the two enemies who were about to have a full-blown fight immediately stopped.

Xu Qing glanced at the two of them. Since they weren't going to fight anymore, let's get down to business!

"I would be grateful if you, Brother Exorcist, could return to the Bone Temple and request the assistance of the Mysterious Altar True Lord."

"Master of the Spiritual Altar, you should go with us. On the way, you can explain the reason to the two True Lords."

In the following days, Xu Qing traveled to Shuozhou, Bayu, Heluo, Cangwu, Beizhao and other places until he refined the last corpse of the sect leader. Only then did he tell the eleven altar masters and two True Lords in the sect about the beginning and end of the opening of the Heavenly Road.

However, Xu Qing omitted the details of how he angered Kong Ren, only saying that the God of Sin was tyrannical and unruly, releasing the three beasts of the Three Paths, while he and the Heavenly Maiden were righteous people acting on behalf of Heaven to eliminate the God of Sin.

Now, immortals and gods from the upper realm are about to descend and judge merits and demerits.
"Although eliminating sinful gods is acting on behalf of Heaven, it is suspected of overstepping one's bounds. Previously, our sect arbitrarily eliminated the other leaders of the Yinhe Sect, which can be described as benefiting all living beings and having merit for generations to come. However, in the eyes of the immortals and gods of the upper realm, it is probably a case of half merit and half demerit, and the demerit may even outweigh the merit."

Inside the Great Luo Sect, Xu Qing, with his back to everyone, looked at the statues of the sect leader, the attendant, and the eleven altar masters enshrined in the incense hall, and said:
“The laws of Heaven are different from the laws of secular ethics. The laws of Heaven emphasize that merits and demerits do not offset each other. One is rewarded for merits and punished for crimes. There are few exceptions throughout history.”

Xu Qing turned around and looked at everyone, saying, "You are all disciples of my Great Luo Sect, and you have all contributed greatly to our sect. Our sect will not conceal your merits, but as for your mistakes..."

"As long as our sect exists, we will not make you bear the slightest burden. This is the justice of heaven and earth, and also our sect's selfish desire."

Xu Qing gestured to Qingwei Boy to fetch an incense stick, placed it in the incense burner, and solemnly said:
"Today, our sect disregards the laws of Heaven, but uses this incense to worship the justice of Heaven and Earth. When the gods descend, our sect will seek a future and a way of life for you all, and will not allow those who carry firewood for the people to perish in the wind and snow!"

Zhang Pingsheng and the others were all moved upon hearing this. The reason why they chose to join the Great Luo Sect was not entirely due to Xu Qing's coercion, but more so because they were willing to take the risk and wanted to gamble on their future.

Now that the bet is about to be revealed, everyone is already prepared.

As for whether the leader was using them, the crowd didn't care much. But after hearing Xu Qing's promise today, they felt a sense of belonging to the Great Luo Sect from the bottom of their hearts.

With such a dedicated and protective leader, how could they not be moved?

In the following days, in addition to taking precautions and arranging affairs for the three religions in advance, Xu Qing also took the time to accompany Xuan Yu on a day trip to the Flower and Bird Street.

Just a few streets away, the two people, a zombie and a cat, always seem to be there for the first time, finding it all so novel!

Wow! That's unusual.

Today, the flower and bird market even has a new star attraction: a Persian cat from the West!

Xu Qinggang reached out to grab it, but before his hand could even get close, the little girl next to him grabbed his arm and bit him!
Why does your cat bite people?

Although Xuan Yu's attack couldn't break through Xu Qing's defense, he still withdrew his hand that was about to grab the Persian cat.

Since you won't let me touch other cats, then I can at least rub you, right?
Xu Qing raised his hand to touch Xuan Yu's head, but the other party nimbly dodged it.

We've been living together for over a hundred years, what's wrong with touching it?
Feeling uneasy, Xu Qing turned to another stall. The cat owner there kept Siamese cats that looked like they had just crawled out of a stove chimney, but compared to Xuan Yu's black cat, they were nothing.

Seeing that Xu Xianjia was flirting with other cats in front of it again, Xuan Yu didn't bite anyone this time.

Xu Xian's teeth are too hard; biting into them too much will hurt your teeth.

Xuan Yu, settling for second best, unleashed her original aura, scaring all the Siamese and Persian kittens into trembling fear. They no longer dared to act coy and whimper, trying to entice people to pet them.
After doing all this, Xuan Yu, with a tense little face, grabbed Xu Qing's hand and put it on her own head in front of the stall owner.

Seeing Xu Qing standing there motionless, she stiffly rubbed Xu Qing's hand back and forth as if she had grabbed a wooden comb.

The stall owner exhibiting baby cats nearby was stunned. How was this child bride raised? He'd never seen anything like it!
After spending a day traveling with Xuan Yu, Xu Qing went to the coffin shop to play a few games of chess with his senior sister. Under the peach tree, Daoist Yi Zhen listened quietly to Xu Qing's words. When he heard something interesting, his eyebrows would curve into crescent moons, falling into the water and turning into a small boat, rippling with autumn waves.

"Why does my senior sister nod at everything I say?"

Xu Qing mentioned a half-brother he had known a few years ago, who was a close friend of the Five Elders of the Five Directions.

If we round it up, he would also be the brother of the Five Emperors worshipped at the Five Elders Temple.

Now that the Five Elders are no longer in the mortal realm, he, as one of the Five Elders' brothers, should take good care of the Taoist temple for his brothers.

If we follow this logic, then theoretically, half of the Five Elders Temple that Senior Sister Yizhen will inherit should belong to him.
Xu Qing's original intention was to joke with his senior sister, but to his surprise, the female Taoist priest in front of him nodded in agreement after thinking about it seriously for a moment.

As long as she inherits the Taoist temple from the abbot of Jingxu Temple in the future, then Xu Qing's name will be added to the temple's property deed!
Xu Qing's eyelids twitched as he listened. Although his words were not unfounded, no one would believe that he was on friendly terms with the Five Elders of the Five Directions.
When Master Yizhen heard Xu Qing ask the question, he smiled slightly and said, "I may not believe what you say, junior brother, but I will definitely listen to you."

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What's the logic behind this?
Xu Qing was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What if I asked my senior sister to return to secular life?"

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In September, the peach trees in the courtyard were not yet in bloom, but Master Yizhen's face already had a peach-blossom hue.

Seeing that the female Taoist priest seemed to be nodding in agreement, Xu Qing interrupted her, saying, "Senior sister, don't mind me. I was just talking nonsense. The one I admire most is the Taoist priest!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the peach blossoms in the courtyard appeared even more vibrant.

Xu Qing felt the atmosphere was getting increasingly awkward as they talked, until his senior sister took out the newly refined Illusionary Heaven Array Plate and handed it to him, at which point he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His senior sister was clearly different from Xuan Yu. Xuan Yu was the type to say one thing but mean another, but Senior Sister Yi Zhen wouldn't even utter a single word of complaint about him.

Unable to bear the torment of such extreme contrasts, Xu Qing went to the Shuimen Bridge villa to listen to the female ghost and her apprentice sing a little tune for a long time to calm his mind.

There is a give and take in everything. When the play was almost over, Xu Qing transformed into a storyteller and told Liu Su'e and Xiu Niang many stories about the Yin River and the Upper Realm.

After completing all this, Xu Qing returned to the Great Luo Sect, only to find that the eleven altar masters of the sect had been waiting for him for a long time.

What are you doing here?

Before them, eleven altar masters held various objects in their hands. Zhang Pingsheng held a Taiji lotus crown on a tray, while Fuluan Shangren held a Wuji Daoist robe embroidered with starry clouds on a tray.

Ge Hongwen held a pair of Seven Star Cloud-Ascending Shoes in his hands, while the abbot of Jingxu Temple held a three-thousand-horse yellow-white-haired, silver-threaded whisk on a tray.

Sensing the familiar aura emanating from the whisk, Xu Qing subconsciously looked at Cheng Huang, who was hiding behind the altar masters.

The woman in yellow was looking at Xu Qing with a resentful expression, and it was unclear what she had sacrificed.

Xie Qiongke and Zhuang Tongsheng stepped forward together, escorting Xu Qing to the altar of the sect leader in the incense hall, and bowed, saying:
"Our leader will soon meet with the angels of the upper realm. We should provide him with a robe that represents our Great Luo Sect, so that our sect's rituals will appear solemn."

Xu Qing's mouth opened slightly, about to reply, when she heard the two of them say in unison:

"Please put on more clothes, Master!"

(End of this chapter)