The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 82 The Objects of Ghosts and Gods

Even though it was a Purple Mansion, it was first plotted against and had its main magic weapon stolen, then it was afflicted by the Ten Thousand Soul Silk, and then it was besieged by five groups of rampant soldiers. It inevitably fell into a disadvantageous position.

At that moment, Linglong leaped forward, about to use her skinning ghost technique to forcibly restrain the old Taoist Li. But the old fox was still the most cunning. Taking advantage of the appearance of the Ghost Lord, a huge gap appeared in the gloom. The old man flashed away from the group of ghosts and transformed into a sword light, directly approaching Li Qing.

The Azure Spirit Sword was unleashed, instantly breaking through the defenses of the rampaging soldiers and the ghost realm, and fiercely slashing in front of Li Qing.

Those rampant soldiers are just rampant soldiers after all. The most dangerous thing about their unpredictable movements is losing their master. At this moment, Linglong has fallen into the trap of greed, coveting the Purple Mansion skin, which is a major taboo for losing the master!
Li Qing remained standing at the back. Seeing a sword light pierce through the inner room and head straight for his face, he was not annoyed, but instead praised it:

"At this moment, old man, you are finally behaving like a true master of the Purple Mansion!"

If a mere battalion of unruly soldiers were to use some petty tricks to kill someone outright, then the Purple Mansion would truly become a joke.

With a flick of his right hand, Li Qing summoned hundreds of strands of soul-binding threads that descended from the black banner, forming a protective glow around him.

He doesn't know the secret techniques of the White Bone Path, and can't combine them with Ghost Path spells to transform the Myriad Soul Silk into vengeful ghosts, but he can use it as a pure Soul Banner, creating arrows, precious lights, and the Ten Directions Net from the Myriad Soul Silk...

It was this wisp of soul light that collided with the sword light. After a stalemate of about four breaths, the Azure Spirit Sword Light gained the upper hand, shattering the myriad soul light and heading straight for Li Qing's body.

But who could have imagined that after the Myriad Souls Treasure Light was shattered, there was still a Heavenly Mansion Profound Yuan Qi surrounding Li Qing!

The spiritual light on the magic sword dimmed slightly, and when it collided with the Heavenly Profound Qi, the immense force rebounded, causing Old Daoist Li's wrist to tremble and almost causing him to lose his grip on the magic sword.

The first volume of the Southern Dipper Longevity Scripture contains three great techniques. Among them, the Southern Bright Sun Technique is too violent and often affects the user. Li Qing cannot use it in many situations.
The Demon Star's Fate-Slaying Spell relies too heavily on the Fate Fire and the Southern Dipper's Life-Extending Lamp; it is currently only at the beginner level.

However, Li Qing cultivated this Heavenly Palace Profound Origin Qi every day, with half of the Profound Yin Qi in the Heavenly Palace nourishing this Profound Origin Qi that had reached its ultimate form.

The surging, powerful energy of Tianfu is no less potent than a long river of qi, and it is truly unafraid of ordinary flying needles and swords...

The sword energy from the Purple Mansion was blocked by the treasure light of the Soul Banner and struck the Heavenly Mansion Profound Yuan Qi. The Qi shield did not even tremble in the slightest, but Li Laodao's sword was repelled by the powerful Yuan Qi.

"If it were that top-grade Precious Banner Spear, I, Li, would certainly not dare to be presumptuous, but this sword light, sir, your cultivation is really not that great!"

As the magic bell rang, Li Qing chuckled, and in the next instant, hundreds of soul threads transformed into black arrows that shot out.

boom……

Another exchange of offense and defense occurred, and the dark haze descended once more, obscuring Li Qing within it.

However, the Five Paper Gods surrounded them again. The Armor God charged with an Iron Arm, while the Exquisite God used his Ghostly Space to adjust the direction and distance.

Even if the old Taoist priest wanted to dodge, he couldn't. His magic sword was knocked away by the ferocious creature, and he himself was thrown several feet away, crashing into the stone wall of the inner chamber.

By observing the heavens and the earth, and comprehending the fundamental principles of heaven and earth, one can obtain a "Taoist scripture," a classic of the Tao that points directly to the path of immortality.
If one obtains another method within the Dao, it is called "Dao Fa" (Daoist Method). When Dao Fa is perfected, one can attain Yin Shen (Yin Spirit) and Yang Shen (Yang Spirit), and roam freely in the world.

There is a technique obtained from the Dharma called "Dharma Techniques," which has incredible power. When practiced to its fullest extent, it can generate Dharma intent and form a Yin spirit!

The difference between "Taoist methods" and "magical arts" then began to emerge.

The Peng Kingdom Li family's "Gale Treasure Book" is also an excellent spell, accompanied by three to five secret techniques. Its wind magic power is 30% stronger than that of ordinary people.

However, Li Qing was only at the peak of Qi Refining. With the help of a Yin God-level Daoist technique called "Southern Dipper Life Extension," he condensed a Heavenly Mansion Profound Origin Qi, commanded a group of Paper Demon soldiers, and relied on the Yin Rain Ghost Realm to calmly fight against the Li family's Purple Mansion.

In fact, it was Old Li who was about to give up first.

"You are not from the Yinlu White Bone Path!"

"Its vital energy is as strong as a river, flowing endlessly; its innate primordial energy is comparable to the magical power of the Purple Palace..."

"Are you a true disciple of the Dan Ding lineage? Or perhaps a Qi cultivator from an ancient Daoist tradition?"

If the battle has progressed to this point and Li Laodao still hasn't figured out Li Qing's background, then his two or three hundred years of cultivation will have been in vain.

This damn guy really is a true disciple of the immortal sect!

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Li Laodao could feel that his internal organs had been severely damaged by the Ten Thousand Soul Silk, and that two of his ribs had been broken by the rampaging soldiers made of silver-armored corpses.

By this point, the old Taoist priest knew that things were unlikely to end well.

Li Qing remained silent, hidden in the gloomy black mist. Only the four paper-wielding figures could be seen tiptoeing and leaping after him again. But how could the old Taoist priest be willing to die at the hands of a junior?
Old Li made a Five-Element Thunderfire Talisman in his palm, rolled twice, and retreated to the back of the inner room.

"And by maintaining a distance of twelve zhang, the explosion radius of these Five-Special Thunderfire Talismans is twenty zhang. At this point, let's take a gamble and see who has the better luck."

Old Li's expression hardened. He stepped over the second step, creating distance between himself and Li Qing, and rushed straight to the back of the secret chamber, intending to distance himself to understand the Five-Element Thunderfire Talisman.

suddenly!

With a loud "thud," before the Five-Element Thunderfire Talisman in Li Laodao's hand could be activated and before he could even fully charge forward, the old Taoist was suddenly cleaved in two at the chest and abdomen. His two severed bodies crashed to the ground, and a torrent of blood immediately gushed out...

Upon seeing this, Li Qing was greatly alarmed. He immediately summoned the four groups of soldiers to his side to protect him, and looked around in fear.

Who did it?
Is there a ghost here?

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Li Qing flicked his sleeve, turning the five groups of rampant soldiers, including the paralyzed flying rampant soldier, into paper scraps and putting them into his sleeve. He picked up the exquisite rampant soldier in one hand and turned to retreat.

But this time.

Everything in the world has changed. The stone walls surrounding Li Qing are no longer the stone pagodas, nor is the underground palace of the Mu Temple.

Instead, there are cascading black waterfalls!
Before Li Qing could leave the inner room, she was suddenly tripped by a foreign object and almost fell over.

What you see above, below, and in all directions is not a black waterfall, but rather strands of wet black hair hanging down, as if peeled off from the scalps of ghosts, with trickles of ghost blood accompanying the slow dripping of those strands of black hair!

Li Qing only glanced at it, but felt a strong stench of blood wafting towards her.

"This is... a ghost realm?"

The gloomy and misty world was instantly compressed, and all the gloom and fog disappeared. Li Qing looked up.

The path she had come from had vanished, and Li Qing seemed to have sunk into another illusory world. This was the Ghost Realm!

The so-called Dharma Domain of Tiandu means a territory under the complete control of immeasurable magical power... When this Dharma Domain is cultivated to its most profound level, Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, spiritual energy, gravity, distance, and even time are all completely controlled by the Domain Lord.

In Jiuya Prefecture of Jiangbei Dao, the Three Emperors Great Dao Sect, a lineage specializing in the cultivation of the Dharma Domain, is known as the "King of the Dharma Domain."

Some ghosts are born with power comparable to that of the Dharma Realm; these are the Ghost Realm.

But Linglong Chang's Cloud and Rain Shadow Ghost Realm, inherited from the Skin-Peeling Ghost, was already quite powerful, capable of contending with the Purple Mansion Daoist. Yet, she was still suppressed to the extreme in this Blood Ghost Realm of the Lost Hair!
"Is it a vengeful ghost of the Yin God level?"

Li Qing's throat suddenly felt dry, and she felt uneasy.

In the dim light of the surroundings, Li Qing could not understand, but the spot directly in front of him, where the old Taoist Li had died, still lingered in the ghost realm.

This means that the old Taoist priest triggered the red line—the red line that caused the ghost realm to go out of control! Is the culprit right there?

Gazing at the four stone statues of court ladies on the second step, and the mutilated corpse lying a step away from the wooden bed on the third step, Li Qing felt a chill run down his spine, instantly clearing his mind.

If it were a vengeful ghost, Li Qing would certainly be under attack right now, and this ghost realm would not be so calm.

It's more like the night Li Qing first obtained the Ghostly Book and Contract...

"It's a talisman, a talisman left behind by ghosts and gods!"

Li Qing's heart suddenly pounded; it was another artifact comparable to the Yin Book of the Underworld.

The next moment, Linglong stood guard behind them, and Li Qing clapped his hands on the gourd, scattering white paper in all directions. In an instant, the paper figures transformed into paper figures, which slowly groped their way up the steps of the corpse chamber!

The twelve paper figures stepped onto the second stone chamber in unison. There was no attack here. The four stone statues of ladies might have been ghosts or gods, or they might have just been decorations.

But just as one of the paper figures stepped onto the last step of the stone chamber, with a sharp crack, the paper figure was instantly cleaved in two and fell to the ground with a thud.

Sure enough, the third level of the stone chamber was where the forbidden red line was located.

Li Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, and with a flick of his wrist, the next paper figure ascended to the third step again. With another "sizzle," the paper figure fell to the ground.

Is there something on the wall? Or does this happen simply because you get close to it?
Slowly surveying the third step of the stone chamber, Li Qing once again controlled the paper figure to step onto it. This time, she placed her left foot only halfway up the step, and then placed her right foot on the edge. Sure enough, nothing happened.

Moving left or right is also fine.

Just as Li Qing was wondering, suddenly, the paper figure that was continuing to move forward was once again cut in two by an invisible and terrifying force, and all connections were severed!

This time, Li Qing finally saw things clearly.

The height corresponding to the torn parts of the paper figure and Old Zhao was precisely the table on the right.

A bronze mirror was placed on it, but Li Qing saw the dark brown blade that was covered by the bronze mirror and exposed.

That looks like a pair of hair-cutting scissors!

"Can the Cloud and Rain Ghost Realm still be opened up?"

Li Qing looked back at Linglong Chang, only to see that the original Cloud and Rain Demon Realm had been completely suppressed on her skin and hair. The trickling rainwater flowed continuously along her body, but it just couldn't leave her body...

Clearly, the exquisite artifact is on a completely different level from the talisman in this inner room!
"Only by activating that powerful artifact can this ghostly realm be altered?"

Just as the thought crossed his mind, he saw a paper figure in the second step slowly move to the right and reach out to grab the ghost scissors.

The paper figure had barely approached the demonic scissors when it instantly turned to ashes and vanished. The paper figure couldn't withstand the pressure of the demonic artifact!
"Xingchang, go ahead."

Li Qing took out a statue of a wandering spirit from his sleeve.

Linglong Chang is the ruler of his paper-based soldiers and horses. Yunyu Guiyu is the core magic for mobilizing these soldiers. It can only be carried by his side and must not be lost.

Jia Chang is currently the strongest soldier under Li Qing's command. It is forged from two pieces of silver armor and three pieces of bronze armor, making it extremely powerful. He is also reluctant to part with it.

Xing Chang took two steps forward and slowly moved towards the table on the right side of the third step. His pale, ghostly hand reached out and picked up the bronze mirror and the black scissors below it.

Instantly, the entire ghost realm erupted in chaos.

Suddenly, a strand of wet hair fell down in the dim light, wrapping around the neck of the paper sage and pulling it up to the dome. In the dim light, only the bronze mirror and black scissors crashed to the ground with a clang.

The scissors seemed to glide across the paper figures unintentionally, tearing them apart instantly. Even Li Qing, who was far away, suddenly felt a chill on her neck.

Just a hair's breadth away, just a hair's breadth away, and Li Qing would have been decapitated.

However, the ghost realm had already erupted in chaos, and those strands of blood-stained wet hair seemed to come alive, with terrifying malice surging forth from all directions.

"Damn it, we can't let it riot!"

Li Qing frowned, and in the next instant, he crossed several meters, circled behind the black scissors, and picked up the approximately four-inch-long ghost scissors and forcibly took control of them.

In that instant, Li Qing dodged the strands of black hair hanging down from the dim dome, while the strands of hair wrapped around the handle of the Ghost Scissors suddenly climbed up Li Qing's right hand.

Those strands of ghostly hair, like threads of soul, instantly drew blood from Li Qing's hand, just as the ghostly hair merged with her blood and bone.

Within the strands of hair, thick with boundless hatred, a will was transmitted:

I once pitied you for dying with no memory of you, and now I send you this red scissors to express my longing!
The dead king forever missed his beloved wife, now separated by death and the passage of time... His most passionate and profound love ultimately transformed into a curse that could kill anything.

The Yin God and the Great Ghost, King Mu's Obsession - The Eternal Regret of the Ghost Scissors.

This is a priceless treasure...

(End of this chapter)