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

Chapter 458 The Physical Body of the Kuiba, the Path of Immortality

"Then the Goddess of Life Protection and you must have a very close relationship, otherwise she would never have entrusted this treasure to you."

The Manifestation Saint True Lord seemed to be deep in thought.

Xu Qing chuckled, completely unconcerned.

He and the deity Baosheng share the same pants and sleep in the same coffin every day, so their relationship is anything but close!
Seeing Xu Qing smiling and seemingly oblivious to any danger, the Manifestation Saint True Lord couldn't help but remind him:

“The rank of the goddess’s disciple is not much lower than that of the celestial maiden. You should always be vigilant. Now that a great calamity is approaching, it is far from the time to talk about romance. If you are not always on guard, be careful that the movement of the Red Phoenix Star will turn into a peach blossom calamity.”

"When that time comes, not only will your Victorious Buddha brother be unable to save you, but even the Buddha himself will be unable to help!"

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Xu Qing suddenly came to her senses.

So the True Lord of Manifestation sees him as a playboy who's two-timing!
Regardless of how much the story of stepping on the Heavenly Maiden's ship is inaccurate, he wouldn't possibly step on himself.

"What are you thinking, True Lord! I am wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao and have no other intentions."

The True Lord of Manifestation said earnestly, "It is good that you have no ulterior motives. Although the Heavenly Maiden has fallen to this state, her divinity still remains. If you live in seclusion here with her, it will not disgrace you."

What nonsense!

It's as if he's the one who married into the family.

Is he the kind of person with a bad stomach?

The True Lord stopped there and did not discuss Xu Qing's romantic relationship any further.

"This is the treasure left behind by the goddess. Now you are handing it over to the goddess's disciple, which can be considered as returning it to its rightful owner."

Xu Qing accepted the lotus-shaped magic lamp handed to him by the Manifestation Saint True Lord and asked calmly, "What is this magic treasure?"

"This treasure is called the Wisdom Lamp, also known as the Heart Lamp, and can only be used by those who have accumulated abundant merit."

After hearing the words of the Manifested Sage, Xu Qing roughly understood the function of the precious lamp in front of him.

The Lotus Lantern uses incense and offerings as its wick. When the lantern shines brightly, it can not only purify the defilement of a region or even a world according to the amount of merit accumulated, but also transform merit into divine power and spiritual cultivation.

The more merit and incense the person holding the lamp puts in, the more divine power and spiritual cultivation the lamp wick will generate.

Why isn't this light on?

Xu Qing tried to activate the magic lamp without offering incense, but there was no response.

The Manifestation Saint True Lord said expressionlessly, "The precious lamp chooses its master. If you have no merit, the precious lamp will dim itself."

Xu Qing asked doubtfully, "This lamp has existed for many years, has it never had a wick?"

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Could the Manifestation True Lord say that the wick inside the lamp had been used up? Of course not!
The merits accumulated by the goddess who mended the sky are stored everywhere. There are millions of incense sticks in this treasure lamp. If he admits that his family used up these incense sticks while keeping the treasure lamp, what if the goddess's disciple asks him to repay them?
Ten million incense offerings is no small sum!

The True Lord avoided the main point and said, "This precious lamp can gather a million incense sticks to form a thousand-year-old wick. If a person consumes it, their magical power will increase by a thousand years. If the precious lamp is burned with all its might, it can protect an entire state and can also be used for personal protection to resist attacks from others."

"If you put in ten million incense sticks, you can condense a wick that lasts for ten thousand years. If a person consumes it, they can increase their magical power by ten thousand years. Even the dead can be brought back to life on the spot just by shining the precious lamp on them!"

Xu Qing's eyes lit up; what he had in abundance was offerings of incense.

"May I ask, True Lord, how many times can ten million incense sticks revive you? If they were used as armor and shields, what kind of attacks could they withstand?"

"That depends on who you want to resurrect," the Manifestation Saint True Lord explained. "If you want to resurrect ordinary people, as long as you are not afraid of disrupting the order of the six realms and incurring the punishment of heavenly laws, you can use this treasure lamp to save a hundred people. But if you want to resurrect immortals, ghosts, gods, or spirits, even millions of incense offerings may only save one."

For every hundred ordinary people, it would take ten thousand strands of incense to revive them once.

Xu Qing's top three teaching staff members can revive one person every two years. If performance-based pay is included, it is not difficult to get one spot per year.

Now, with the combined incense offerings of the three religions in his possession, he could probably resurrect at least a thousand people at a time.

"How much attack can those millions of incense offerings withstand?"

The Manifestation Saint True Lord said with a smile, "With ten million incense offerings, even if you cultivate the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique to around the thirtieth level, you can still withstand a hundred axe blows."

"To put it bluntly, even if the Buddha or the Heavenly Emperor were to come, they could still neutralize his full-force attack."

Xu Qing estimated the amount of incense in his hand, but shook his head.

The lamp in front of me is clearly more inclined towards auxiliary functions such as defense, purification, and healing.

Xu Qing wanted to rely on this magic weapon to deal with the Heavenly Emperor and all the gods and Buddhas he might offend in the future, but he couldn't.

Unless his merits are so great that they are inexhaustible.

But that level is infinitely close to the sacred, and only deities like goddesses or primordial masters can achieve it.

Seeing Xu Qing shake his head, the Manifestation Saint True Lord said with some amusement, "I have heard of the Goddess of Life Protection. She is a deity with great merit. Giving this lamp to the goddess disciple is making the best use of it. The reason you feel it is not good is simply because this treasure is not suitable for you to use."

"Let alone you, even if I wanted to use you once before, I would have thought it over again and again."

Xu Qing was speechless.

With the rise of evil and the decline of righteousness, it is already difficult for ordinary immortals and gods to accumulate merit. In addition, the Heavenly Emperor has severed the connection between heaven and earth for many years, so this precious lamp has become nothing more than a decorative vase!
"I haven't even asked you yet, how many levels of the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique have you comprehended since I taught it to you?"

"Twenty-nine floors, still a bit short of thirty."

Xu Qing blatantly lied, unwilling to reveal his true strength.

"That's right, but with your current level of progress, it's far from enough to enter the world of tribulation and save the world."

The Manifestation Saint True Lord sighed.

He and that monkey were really dreaming!
That makes sense. They themselves are powerless to face their own tribulations, so how can those who find their way through the mundane world become those who enter the world to save it from its tribulations?

However, Xu Qing, as a mortal, has already exceeded his expectations.

In the past, he would never have believed that Xu Qing could eliminate all the gatekeepers of the Yin River and also open the Heavenly Road in the process.

“You have done enough. From now on, you can live in peace and cultivate in Chishui. I will come to visit you from time to time.”

The Manifestation Saint True Lord patted Xu Qing on the shoulder, clearly acknowledging him as his new brother.

Xu Qing smiled innocently and replied, "Don't worry, Second Brother, I will cultivate diligently and will never disgrace the reputation of the Great Sage and Second Brother."

Reputation?

The Manifestation Saint True Lord remained silent.

He and the monkey had a decent reputation in the mortal world and were quite respected in the upper realm, but that respect wasn't solely due to their good reputation.
"Your Great Luo Sect has no shortage of disciples, so even in Chishui, you should be able to contact the Goddess's disciples. Therefore, I will not make a special trip to visit you. If the Goddess's disciples visit one day, I hope you will convey my regards to them." Xu Qing readily agreed.

After watching the True Lord Manifestation depart, Xu Qing, standing on the banks of the Red River, suddenly heard Nüba's voice behind him:

"You have clearly been cultivating in the mortal world, so how could you know and be so close to immortals and gods in the upper realm?"

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Xu Qing approached Nüba and then, omitting the beginning and end, recounted in detail how he received the inheritance from the Ersheng Temple, met his goddaughter and mentor at the Haihui Temple, and became sworn brothers with the monkey at the Xiaoshuilian Cave.

After listening, Nüba felt that something was not quite right, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

She glanced at Xu Qing several times, but hesitated to speak.

This strange feeling was as if everyone else had reached a certain consensus, but she alone was detached from it and completely unaware of it.

"Xu Xuan, do you know something about me that you're deliberately hiding?"

"How could that be!" Xu Qing said with a serious face, "I know the Heavenly Maiden only a fraction of what she knows, how could I possibly know things that even the Heavenly Maiden doesn't know, let alone hide them from her!"

Nuba stared at Xu Qing for a moment. She wanted to ask the question that was on her mind several times, but she felt it would be too presumptuous. At the same time, she was too embarrassed to speak because of her status.

As a celestial maiden, how could she possibly ask a junior about matters that are still unresolved based on mere conjecture and speculation?

"I will believe you for now."

Nuba glanced at Xu Qing, dismissing it as her own overthinking. What about a perfect match and a happy ending? Those words from the gods and immortals were probably just unintentional remarks.

Or perhaps she suffered hardship in Chishui for so long that she became out of touch with the times, and these are the kinds of words that immortals and gods use to greet each other nowadays.
Nüba could never have imagined that the precious robe she was wearing would be a wedding dress in the mortal world.

The wedding dress looked like a poster pasted on the back, brazenly announcing to everyone that the celestial maiden had been married.

Immortals and gods naturally avoid discussing matters of love between men and women, so they cannot directly express their judgment on the relationship between two people in their words.

After a while, the person involved began to feel that something was off.

Xu Qing pretended to be confused and acted as if he couldn't understand the unspoken meaning behind the words of the immortals and gods.

Nuba treated Xu Qing as a junior, so she would never directly ask him anything.

Gradually, Nüba began to get used to this strange feeling.

"Ying Gou was buried in Taodu Mountain in Shu. You and I can travel along the Yinhe Ancient Road. As long as we are not discovered by the immortals and gods of the upper realm, we will be fine."

"When you attain the Dao Fruit of Kuiba, you will leave Chishui. As long as you don't flaunt it too much, they probably won't say anything."

Nuba led Xu Qing southwards.

Upon arriving at the Bone Temple of the Exorcist True Lord, Xu Qing saw Marshal Zhao, the True Lord of the Mysterious Altar, hiding in the Bone Temple and refusing to return to the Upper Realm, as well as the black divine tiger kept by Marshal Zhao.

"The Heavenly Path has been opened, does the True Lord truly not intend to return to his immortal position?"

The True Lord of the Mysterious Altar said in a low voice, "What's the point of going back? To receive punishment and suffer retribution? Black Tiger, do you want to go back?"

The black tiger's head shook like a rattle drum.

It was free in the Underworld River, but had no desire to return to the Upper Realm and be confined there all day.

Xu Qing clicked his tongue and then looked at the place where the Yin-Yang Boundary Stele had once stood.

"Where did this boundary marker go? Could it have been washed away by the Sanzu River?"

Beside him, the Exorcist True Lord explained, "That boundary marker is the monument erected by King Yu to control the floods. It was carried by the Bixi (a mythical creature). Not long ago, the Sanzu River filled the riverbed. The Bixi, which should have died under the boundary marker, was awakened by the water vapor and went south along the river."

Xuan Tan Zhenjun then said, "Bixi belongs to the water element and has the ability to control water. Kong Ren is a recognized water god, but he is still inferior to Bixi."

"Otherwise, King Yu should have embedded the boundary marker on Kong Ren's body, instead of Bi Xi's body."

Xu Qing felt little emotion upon hearing that Bixi had fled.

Only after leaving the Bone Temple did Nüba express her regret:

“I thought the Bixi was already dead, but I never expected it to be severely injured and hibernating here. If I had known this earlier, I should have taken the spiritual pearl from its body for you to use.”

"With this water-attribute spirit pearl, you might be able to attain the Water Demon Dao Fruit without having to go to Peach Capital."

Xu Qing smiled, feeling no disappointment whatsoever.

His Three Lights Divine Water is a collection of the essence of the sun, moon, stars and all kinds of heavenly water. It is a true treasure of heaven and earth. How could Bixi's spiritual pearl compare to it?
Over the next few days, Xu Qing and Nüba traveled south together. Along the way, Nüba kept an eye out for Bixi's whereabouts, but unfortunately, Bixi had already sunk to the bottom of the Sanzu River and could not be found.

Upon arriving at Taodu Mountain, Nüba finally stopped worrying about the lost 'big turtle'.

"Xu Xuan, you must not let me down."

Nuba's gaze fell on the place where Ying Gou was buried. In that barren land stretching for thousands of miles, there was a blue-gold aura, but compared to the treasure aura, there was more of a soaring resentment that was inseparable from the treasures left behind by Ying Gou.

It is conceivable that if Xu Qing did not expel the lingering resentment of Ying Gou after his death when refining the treasures here, he would surely turn into a true corpse monster influenced by Ying Gou's remaining will!
"What venomous resentment!"

Xu Qing's eyelids twitched. Even if the demon herself were to remove the binding force from this resentment, she would have to pay a considerable price.

If you were to try to refine it after separating it, even one eon wouldn't be enough!

After much deliberation, Xu Qing was about to ask the Heavenly Maiden to stop when he heard her say, "This Ying Gou does not cultivate the ways of drought demons and water demons, but rather uses a wisp of azure-gold energy born from heaven and earth to temper himself and forge an indestructible body."

"If you can obtain this wisp of azure-gold energy, you can also refine your internal organs, flesh, and even your entire body's incorruptible bones to the level of the Kuiba."

"This type of Kuiba has no water or fire enhancement, only pure physical strength! Even if a saint who has attained the Dao Fruit of Origin makes a move, he cannot completely destroy such a physical body."

Nuba gestured for Xu Qing to look at the desolate place before them and said, "Look at those corpse energies shrinking towards the center. If I'm not mistaken, after a few more eons, Ying Gou will be able to reassemble the Corpse God and regain his freedom."

"The aura of lapis lazuli."

Xu Qing originally thought Ying Gou was a drought demon, water demon, or hairy beast, but he never expected that the other party was based on the original habit of zombies being fond of metal and earth, and used his physical body to prove the Dao fruit of Kui Ba.

This is quite similar to when he used the buried coins to refine Yin Metal Qi and break through the Golden Armor Corpse.

If he were to obtain this wisp of azure-gold energy born from heaven and earth, wouldn't he have an additional layer of protection on top of the Water Demon, Drought Demon, and Hairy Hou?
Having figured out the key points, Xu Qing looked at the perilous place in front of him again, not only without any intention of retreating, but also revealing the excitement that only comes with seeing prey!

It might be difficult for the Heavenly Maiden to refine Ying Gou Yuan Sha on her own, but what if she added the Lotus Treasure Lamp in his hand?
Ying Gou never imagined that while he could escape the divine ravages, he couldn't escape the fact that his peers would team up to steal his essence.

If He had been missing even one companion, He wouldn't have encountered this calamity!

Once Nüba and Xu Qing succeed, there will truly be no way to eliminate Kuiba in the Three Realms.

After all, the method to eliminate Kui Ba came from Nü Ba and Xu Qing.

(End of this chapter)