How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

To put it another way, curses are a form of shared damage. If I slash you, I suffer half the damage, and you might even use your spiritual energy to find me and stab me a few more times.

Just like the top dog of curse magic, the Seven Arrows of Nailhead, after cursing someone to death, you will also incur a huge karmic debt.

Cutting through one's luck is like wielding a big sword and swinging it around; I'll cut you with a knife, and apart from the effort involved, there won't be any other losses.

After the Heavenly Gate was destroyed, most of the curse spells became second-rate techniques.

Furthermore, it has spawned various other forms of curses, such as the circle-drawing curse, the verbal abuse curse, and the mental victory curse...

It's the kind of low-class skill that only evil cultivators would use to wipe out a group of lowly minions with a single area-of-effect attack.

For example: [Mountain Bandit Sorcerer LV15], [Roaming Mage LV17], [Demonized Scholar LV20], [Taoist Disciple LV20]...

As for Hei Yang Hong Li's demonic powers...

Is that a curse?!

That was legitimate self-defense!

Item: Weakening Curse

Quality: Gray

Effects: Reduces immunity, disrupts endocrine function, and causes sleep disturbances.

Synopsis: Oh no, I suspect I might be under a curse!?

"In this way..."

Qing Yiyi frowned and looked at Qing Tianming: "Did someone in the capital place a curse on you?"

"It's probably because our Five Colors Clan members recently returned, causing the clan's strength to recover and expand considerably..."

Qing Tianming's eyes flickered: "So it provoked some competitors. But if they like to play dirty tricks, well, I can roughly determine which force did it..."

"Oh, Dad, you're always walking by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet..."

Hei Muguang said quietly, "You've dedicated most of your life to the family; it's time for someone else to share some of the burden."

It's true that the capital is more prosperous than the Five Colors City, but it's also a more chaotic place, full of intrigue and backstabbing, where you can easily be tricked if you're not careful.

It was precisely because they didn't want to get involved in those troublesome matters that Hei Muguang and his brothers chose to stay in their hometown of Five Colors City.

As for Hei Yang, he was even more troubled by these intrigues and schemes. Back in the capital, he felt uncomfortable all over, and the people on the street were either indifferent or forced smiles, which was very strange.

"Yiyi, you don't need to worry about this. I'm confident I can handle it."

Qing Tianming shook his head, turned to look at Qing Yiyi, and suddenly said, "Actually, the reason I brought Lianlian here this time was because I was thinking about whether to leave her in our hometown and ask Yiyi and the others to take care of her so that she wouldn't be plotted against in the capital."

"Has someone already started planning to make a move against Lianlian?!"

Qing Yiyi was both shocked and furious: "She's still a child!"

"It's precisely because children are prone to using their hands that they're more likely to be tricked, and they also tend to have some willful tempers, making them easier to get out of trouble."

Qing Tianming said quietly, "I just noticed that the atmosphere around Lianlian was a bit strange lately, so I simply took Lianlian away from the capital to prevent them from having any inappropriate thoughts."

"If you want me to say..."

Hei Yang muttered under his breath, "Grandpa, why don't you just stay in your hometown and relax with us instead of going back?"

"Xiaoyang, don't say things like that..."

Hei Muguang frowned and said in a low voice, "Your maternal grandfather is the head of the Qing family. Although not all the family members rely on him for their livelihood, without him as the backbone, the Qing family would immediately fall apart and be swept out of the game."

"Uh……"

Hei Yang muttered under his breath, "Then let's bring all the Qing family members back?"

"If they all come back to Five Colors City, will you provide them with a place to live? Or will you support them?"

Do you really think the entire Qing family will agree to come back, and there won't be any disagreements about it?

"Forget it..."

Hei Yang immediately shut up; these matters were too complex for him to handle.

Just because you have some spiritual cultivation now doesn't mean you can unilaterally act as a benevolent person and make choices for others. If you do that, your goodwill will no longer be goodwill, and you will only be met with hostility in return.

We cannot ignore a person's will and protect them in a greenhouse just because we care about them.

Just like how parents, though reluctant, still send their children out to be independent, it's the same principle.

For Hei Yang, managing his own family and loved ones is his ultimate pursuit.

"In this case……"

Hei Yang lowered his head, flames erupted from his hands to burn away the curse, then he clasped his hands together and rubbed them together until he created a small red crystal shaped like a fish, which he handed to his grandfather.

"Grandpa, please take this. It can protect you. As for other things, I don't have the ability to manage such a large family for you. I can only help you avoid being schemed against by such people who directly target individuals."

"Xiaoyang, you're only a teenager, you don't need to worry about these things..."

Qing Tianming took the little firefish, carefully placed it in his pocket, and smiled helplessly.

"It was agreed from the beginning that you chose to stay in your hometown of Five Colors City and give up going to the capital, so we shouldn't have dragged you into these matters."

"Yes, and those people from the Five Colors family who didn't stay in Five Colors City or go to the capital back then, we've long since lost contact with them, and I wonder if they still bear the same surname."

"Sigh, how can you just separate these things like that?"

Qing Yiyi sighed and looked at Qing Tianming.

“You are my biological father, and Lianlian is my younger sister. How can I just stand by and do nothing?”

Don't worry about Lianlian, just be careful after she recovers and goes back home, and don't catch anything else that will worry us...

There's not much else I can advise you on, just like Mom advised you back then...

"Well, anyway, please take good care of yourself. Before you act impulsively, remember that your daughter is here and cares about you. If something happens to you, people will be heartbroken and saddened. That's all."

"Yes, I know. I feel relieved knowing you're watching over Lianlian."

Qing Tianming smiled, looked at the two from the Medicine King Sect, and solemnly thanked them, saying, "Thank you both for your help and timely reminder! I will remember this kindness in my heart."

"Ah? Ah!"

When Shi Xing and Yao Yang were rubbing the small fish in the black sun, their eyes were involuntarily drawn to it. They had never heard of such a special flame full of vitality, but it made them both very excited.

How wonderful it would be to use this kind of flame when refining pills...

Awakened from their reverie, Shi Xing and Yao Yang exchanged a glance and smiled helplessly. There are plenty of good things in the world, and you can't force things if you're not meant to be.

However, if we can get along well with this Fellow Daoist Hei Yang, we might be able to get some help from him if he refines any important pills in the future.

With a thousand thoughts swirling in his mind, Shi Xing waved his hand to refuse Qing Tianming's thanks, and sighed, "I and Elder Yao have long since owed Fellow Daoists Hei Yang and Hong Li a life. We should be the ones thanking them."

Even if we didn't remind you, I believe your two fellow Daoists could have resolved your illness.

"But if it weren't for the help of you two fellow Daoists, we would surely have perished without a burial place!"

"That was a favor done by Xiao Yang and the others; it has nothing to do with this old man like me."

Qing Tianming shook his head: "Would I possibly take advantage of a junior?"

"Oh dear, that kind of thing isn't a big deal, right? Just let it go..."

Hei Yang waved his hand somewhat awkwardly and turned to look out the window.

"Besides, you've sent so many things. We agreed before that we'd settle things evenly, so just treat this as a transaction..."

"That won't work!"

Shi Xing and Yao Yang shook their heads. They had thought so too, but your fire was just too tempting.

The two men looked serious and said righteously, "How can such a life-saving grace be offset by such mundane things?"

This is just a small fee for the service!

"Ah, that's it..."

Hei Yang chuckled awkwardly. If it were only Shi Xing and Yao Yang around him, he wouldn't have felt anything.

But whenever there are elders around, he gets nervous and has to think twice before doing or saying anything.

Most people are probably like this; they don't want their parents to know what kind of crazy person they are when they're having a wild time outside...

Throughout the ensuing conversation, Hei Yang stood by with a professional smile, nodding unconsciously from time to time, trying to minimize his presence.

Mature adults like this: even after finishing discussing important matters and there's nothing left to discuss, they still want to stay and talk about a bunch of random topics, instead of just leaving.

Hei Yang knew without even thinking that the final conversation would probably go something like this.

Huh? They're leaving already? It's still early! (My goodness, how can you talk so much? They're finally gone!)

Hey, it's getting late. I still have to get back to work on the reconstruction of the Medicine King Sect. I can't stop running around!

(Just let me go already. Didn't you hear I'm busy? Are you forcing a conversation just because you have nothing to say?)

Huh? Why don't you eat before you leave? That family just bought some meat...

(A second attempt to persuade them to stay, expressing sincerity.)

No, no, I have some at home too.

(Let me go home!)

Haha, well then, goodbye?