The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 149 Speak of the Laws

The Five Poisons Sect has four Venerable Ones in the Purple Palace.

The Five Poisons Ancestor, Qingchan Daoren, refined a jade toad-shaped Gu, using it to control the jade's precious light. With each breath of the toad-shaped Gu, a green aura spread for hundreds of miles. He was a cultivator who had reached the pinnacle of the Purple Mansion Foundation Establishment, a master-level figure!
Below this ancestor are three Daoists of the Purple Mansion.

The Number One Gu Daoist controls hundreds of Ghost Butterfly Illusion Gu, and his spiritual energy can capture all kinds of magic and encompass all things. He is also the personal disciple of the Green Toad Ancestor!

The second Daoist of the Purple Mansion was named Luo Wang.

This person neither raises Gu nor concocts poisons; he only keeps a human-faced demon spider. This demon spider is most skilled at weaving webs, which are as fine as gossamer threads and can filter out divine thoughts. Once touched, even a goose feather cannot be lifted, and a tiger or ox cannot escape. In the southern lands, all the demons in the wilderness are extremely afraid of this person's reputation and dare not approach the Poison Gu Department in the slightest...

The third-ranked Zifu is Lin Shuyi. However, she did not come from the Southern Lands, but from a powerful family in Tiannan Prefecture.

As the saying goes: "The mouth of a green bamboo snake and the stinger of a wasp are not poisonous, but the most poisonous thing is a woman's heart!"

This female Taoist priest had previously studied at Tiannan Temple, but due to her limited talent, she struggled to attain enlightenment after seven years. She then received a formal letter of introduction from the head of the Bailong Courtyard in front of the Wanfa Hall and subsequently joined the Nandu Gu Clan...

The Poison Gu Department is based on the Five Poison Gu Techniques, which are never passed on to outsiders, and even many Gu Masters rarely leave.

Only the poison cultivation and insect master techniques, which are branches of the Five Poisons lineage, can be leaked out.

But who would have thought that once this person entered the Southern Land, he broke through the bottleneck of Qi cultivation in just half a century, directly attained the Purple Mansion Daoist level, and further developed a body of poisonous magic power, mastering the minor supernatural power "Woman's Heart"!
The four Purple Mansions, led by the still-young Green Toad Ancestor, wielded influence across prefectures and counties, and were certainly qualified to establish their own unorthodox sects.

The Qingdu Mountain was already bustling with activity before dawn.

Many prominent scholars in the prefecture had never seen a true immortal sect, but in this southwestern side sect filled with flower fields and spiritual insects, the breath they exhaled, imbued with spiritual energy, made them all hesitate.

This founding ceremony of the Five Poisons Sect was also a grand initiation ceremony.

All the young men and women who participate in this ceremony will have the opportunity to be admitted to the Five Poisons Sect and learn the immortal cultivation methods!

In a corner of the mountain gate's Taoist temple, in the still-empty residence, two Gu practitioners, around ten years old, huddled against the steps of the front porch, drowsy and swaying, yet struggling to stay upright to protect the Taoist priests inside.

These two are children from Nantu Village. After entering the Poison Gu Village, they have been mixing herbs and dealing with the five poisons since childhood. Now that they have reached the age of marriageable age, they have been able to cultivate spiritual power, so their aptitude can be considered quite good!
However, the customs of the southern lands are rife with the law of the jungle, and the village witches and even children, due to their extraordinary spiritual beauty, are more likely to become the playthings of certain Gu masters.

The two Gu-wielding girls were captured by the "Gu Daoist" and, before he could even enjoy them, were handed over to the Upper Observation Daoist. Fortunately, this man didn't even bother to glance at them, which relieved the two girls, but also made them even more fearful!
The young Taoist priest sat cross-legged in the hall, meditating and absorbing qi. He practiced the method all night, and the profound yin qi filled the main hall, making the entire courtyard feel much colder.

As dawn approaches, the purple aura of the morning glow is about to emerge.

With a creak, Li Qing pushed open the door and exhaled a long breath. Immediately, wisps of white smoke flew out from the various orifices of the head. The breath entered the body and merged with the pure energy of heaven and earth. In an instant, it turned into hazy clouds, which spread and rolled, evolving into shapes such as celestial horses, flying snakes, mammoths, and dragons.

The two Gu practitioners serving on either side were immediately startled awake by the commotion and straightened up to stand on either side, as if to cover up their rudeness of dozing off!
"You've troubled me, now go and rest."

Li Qing waved his hand, dismissing the two. At this moment, the smoke he exhaled had slowly dissipated, and his star-studded face was faintly visible in the white smoke. His profound yin energy seemed to echo the purple aura of the morning glow on the horizon.

The two Gu practitioners, half doubtful and half timid, stood there for a long time. Seeing that the Taoist priest was too lazy to pay attention to them, they bowed and took their leave.

"Please wait a moment, Your Excellency. The opening ceremony will begin at the end of the 9-11 PM. I will go and fetch incense and soap for you to wash your hands..."

The next few days were all dedicated to the mountain opening ceremony, so how could these two dare to slack off and rest during the day?

Seeing that the Taoist priest had gotten up early, they obediently withdrew from the courtyard to fetch soap to fumigate his hands and light incense to cleanse him of worldly dust...

After the two troublemakers left, Li Qing stood silently in the courtyard, pointing with two fingers of his right hand.

Instantly, a pure energy arose from his fingertips, riding the waves and rising into the clouds, ascending a hundred feet into the sky, drawing in the purple energy of the eastern heaven, the inner heavenly yin energy and the outer heavenly purple essence, and condensing them into a cycle. After thirty-five breaths, it returned, perfectly matching the feeling of yin gathering yang.

After entering the Purple Palace realm, within the One Primordial Qi Dao, one must ascend to the Purple Palace and Crimson Palace, internally cultivating a single breath of Primordial Ancestral Qi, using the Circulation of Qi as a warm bed, solely seeking to give birth to the Yin Spirit and the Primordial Essence in the formless.

He exhaled a breath of primordial primordial energy, drawing in the essence of the morning sun and dispelling the extreme yin state, before letting it sink back into the crimson palace of his dantian...

This is called "holding the mysterious yin and turning the lesser yang," which means reducing excess and supplementing deficiency!

There's no need for long-term refinement; simply take a stream of ancestral energy along with the essence of the morning glow on a clear, bright day, and practice the microcosmic orbit. You will then achieve success.

Just as Li Qing finished his practice and opened the inner courtyard gate, a knocking sound suddenly rang out from outside the courtyard.

"Is Brother Youhuangzi here?"

A clear, unfamiliar female voice called out!

There were no restrictions or barriers in the Five Poisons Sect's residence area. Li Qing could clearly sense three or four breaths outside the courtyard gate, as well as the auras of the two Purple Mansions.

The wooden door creaked open.

Outside the courtyard, a female cultivator in a tourmaline-green robe stood with three Taoist priests at the entrance, seemingly having been waiting for a long time.

After the fluctuations of primordial energy in the courtyard ceased, the Taoist priests called out to each other. Before long, a young man opened the courtyard gate.

Without any barriers or restrictions, there were almost no defenses between the various Taoist temples.

Ordinary walls and stone walls, in the eyes of the Purple Mansion Daoist, were practically naked, offering no shelter whatsoever.

"Yes!"

The courtyard gate slowly opened, and a young Taoist priest emerged from the courtyard. He wore a crown with seven stars on it and a robe of brocade clouds. His features were delicate and distinct, and a phoenix butterfly landed on his hair bun, adding an eerie touch to his aloof appearance.

This is a Purple Mansion Daoist who is completely unfamiliar to all the Daoists in the Tiannan cultivation circle!

These Daoist practitioners from Tiannan, who had not returned to their sect for a long time to participate in the ordination ceremony, were seeing Li Qing for the first time.

"Fellow Daoist Youhuang! This humble Daoist greets you."

The middle-aged Taoist priest dressed in a purple robe from the south was the first to bow to Li Qing and greet him.

"I am Zhou Yuanyi, the humble Left Director of the Law Enforcement Bureau. I have been stationed at the Five Poisons Sect with my disciples for three years, temporarily assisting the Five Poisons Ancestor, the Green Toad Daoist, in managing various affairs..."

"This is Fellow Daoist Lin from the Five Poisons Sect. Hmm... he was also enlightened at Lin Yuan and comes from a prestigious family."

The purple-robed abbot immediately introduced himself, then turned and introduced Lin Shuyi, the female Taoist priest of the Five Poisons Sect, to Li Qing.

The Law Enforcement Bureau was directly involved in bringing down the Southern Poisonous Gu Tribe from the mountains. After decades of preparation and another five or six years, the problem of the Tusi Poisonous Gu Tribe has finally been completely solved.

And now, the founding ceremony of the Five Poisons Sect is not being preached by the head of the Law Enforcement Academy!

First, there were rumors that the Dingshan Daoist of the Imperial Edict Academy would preach the Five Poisons Daoist lineage, and now, a young Daoist who has just advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage has been parachuted in? This inevitably makes the Daoists of the Law and Order Academy somewhat unhappy.

Isn't this just picking the fruits of others' labor?

"This humble woman is Lin Shuyi, greetings to fellow Daoist." Lin Shuyi was unaware of the struggles that had taken place in Lin Yuan Mountain, nor did she care. Her current identity was quite peculiar; to the outside world, she was the Third Elder of the Five Poisons Sect, one of the four pillars of the sect.

Internally, she will always be a graduate of Tiannan Foreign Languages ​​Institute, and she will always be a member of the prominent Lin family of Tiannan, serving as the link between the two families!
All she needs to do is act as a bridge, balancing the energy of both sides.

However, with the grand opening ceremony just around the corner, this preacher who has parachuted in from Lin Yuan Mountain is indeed a bit late. Everyone needs to rehearse what he should do and how he should do it.

This female Taoist priest surnamed Lin is not a Qi cultivator, but she seems to have a very close relationship with Tiannan Temple. At this moment, she does not avoid the suspicion of the Five Poisons Sect and actually comes to visit with the head of the Law Enforcement Academy.

"Indeed, if Lin Yuan didn't have his own people in the chieftain's poison and poison department, how difficult would it be to subdue the Five Poisons lineage without bloodshed?"

Li Qing raised an eyebrow, as if he had a general idea. He exchanged glances with the two men, then looked at the two blue-robed Daoist disciples behind them, and immediately returned their bow before inviting them into the courtyard.

After several conversations, the abbot held up a silver scroll, which listed the ceremonies that Li Qing needed to attend and their purposes.

The female cultivator beside him also occasionally uttered a few words, seemingly to add to his statement...

"Oh? Does that mean I, Abbot Zhou, am going to steal the show today?"

Li Qing sat on one side of the stone table in the courtyard, squinting as he pondered the ritual in the silver talisman inscription, his voice unconsciously rising.

To accompany the Green Toad Ancestor to receive the worship at the founding ceremony? After the establishment ceremony is completed, Li Qing must bestow the Immortal Sect's lineage book to legitimize this unorthodox lineage. Of course, Tiannan Temple should also guarantee and supervise it.

In other words, is it considered an affiliated sect?

"Yes, this matter is of great importance. The entire Law Enforcement Bureau has devoted themselves to this task for years, and today is the day to see how it is accomplished."

"I've heard of Ghost Lang to some extent... Fellow Daoist Youhuang, I wonder if you are up to the task?"

"There must be a limit, and... we absolutely cannot be too impolite!"

Although this was Zhou Yuanzheng's first time meeting Li Qing, the name "Ghost Gentleman" had been renowned throughout Jiangnan, Lingnan, and Tiannan for the past two years.

He was involved in a tragic love affair in his youth, and his dowry was displayed in a grand procession. However, he was later robbed in Liuhuangzhou, which resulted in the deaths of the two elders of the White Bone Path. In Jiangnan, two Yin Gods disappeared because of him...

This guy is no pushover!
The founding ceremony of the Five Poisons Sect must be held in front of the people of the three prefectures, and the distinction between primary and secondary roles must be clearly made.

In this Tiannan Prefecture, Lin Yuan Mountain reigns supreme!

However, he was somewhat worried that this Daoist Youhuang might not be able to withstand the pressure from that old monster. He had often heard that this Ghost Gentleman couldn't stand losing and often overturned tables.

I'm afraid that Li Qing is young and, after suffering a loss, will realize the humiliation and use some strange and mysterious magic to forcefully drag the Green Toad Ancestor into the Netherworld to vent his anger. If that happens, the mountain-opening ceremony will be over.

"Just Wenxun."

"But... I observe that the Five Poisons Sect has lax discipline and has not changed its Southern barbarian habits, even treating its Gu disciples as slaves."

"I had just settled down last night when someone brought two young Gu practitioners, who had just come of age, into my courtyard..."

"What do you think, fellow Daoist?"

Li Qing didn't care about the academy head's hesitation. If Yin Zu wanted him to preside over the Five Poisons Sect Grand Ceremony, he certainly wouldn't let Tiannan Temple lose face.

But since it is an affiliated sect, Tiannan Temple should not allow such illicit sexual activity to occur. It should establish proper rules and regulations for it in accordance with the laws of the Southern Kingdom.

These are young men and women who have cultivated spiritual energy. In decades or even centuries, they will become the backbone of the Five Poisons Sect.

If you treat her like a slave today, she will treat you like an enemy tomorrow.

But if one manages to overcome all obstacles, achieves success in cultivation, and adheres to the law of the jungle in the South, turning against his own side and committing murder is not an issue at all!

If this habit is spread to the prefecture, within sixty years, the Five Poisons Sect will lose the hearts of the people and even disrupt the atmosphere of the prefecture.

With the blessing of Taoist cultivation and transcendent magical power, human greed, anger, ignorance and desire become like a raging flood. If they are not restrained, they will not be far from destruction!
Li Qing's words immediately made the others' eyebrows twitch.

Several Taoist priests from the Law Enforcement Bureau were most annoyed by this, as they had long harbored this intention.

But the Five Poisons lineage has just bowed its head, and they have just established their lineage. It's not right for you to start setting rules and suppressing people.

The Green Toad Ancestor was notorious for taking away his sons and disciples to refine poisonous gu. His subordinates, the Purple Mansion Daoists, were also ruthless characters, so it was only natural for them to overstep the rules.

If we were to impose the precepts right away, wouldn't that immediately drive them to rebel?
"This matter cannot be rushed; it should be delayed."

Zhou Yuanzheng looked uncertain and troubled. After hesitating for a moment, he finally refused.

The lineage of poisonous insects has only just submitted. Establishing rules is certainly a good thing, but reality is often not as black and white as described in the Taoist scriptures.

One must be careful to grasp the right timing when doing things; Youhuang Daoren is still too young.

The female cultivator beside her changed her expression several times, but ultimately did not speak. Having lived in the South for half a century, she knew the customs and traditions of the land well; they were something ingrained in her very being.

"I can't slow down!"

"Master Zhou, my role in assisting the Five Poisons Sect's founding ceremony and bestowing titles upon the unorthodox lineages is merely following the instructions left by our patriarch before his departure, and is simply a matter of convenience."

"I, Li, have no desire to preside over the ceremony of establishing a heretical sect, only to be gossiped about years later, with people saying that I, the Taoist Li, am the guarantor of this heretical sect, thus tarnishing my reputation for life!"

"Treat your disciples like servants. If this behavior is not restrained, it will lead to disaster sooner or later!"

"At that time, if she offends any prominent family members or descendants of noble clans who have joined the Five Poisons Sect in that prefecture, their fathers, grandfathers, and clans will not tolerate it, and they will inevitably cause trouble..."

Li Qing's face showed a hint of displeasure, and he flicked his sleeve to fold the scroll of silver pages into his sleeve.

"If we don't decide now, and we want to set the rules later, then it will be decided by blood and heads."

"Today, I must get the Five Poisons Sect to establish precepts, in accordance with the laws of the Southern Immortal Sects. Otherwise, I will not provide this guarantee for the unorthodox sect."

He had heard of the wisdom of the Green Toad Ancestor and was also aware of the talent of this abbot-level figure.

But if you're going to open a new lineage, how can you be so unruly?

If we don't establish strict rules now, and then try to do something in the future, those Gu practitioners who have violated the rules will probably be terrified and feel insecure.
Besides, if that Green Toad Ancestor really rebelled just because of this? Li Qing really looked down on him.

The Southern Kingdom has its own laws and regulations. The immortal sects and aristocratic families jointly govern hundreds of millions of people. If the unorthodox sects of the immortal sects were not bound by laws and regulations, they could corrupt a region within a few decades.

This arrogance must not be encouraged!
(End of this chapter)