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

Chapter 6: The Yellow Bird and the Cicada
The soul-chasing bell can drive away ghosts and spirits, while the corpse-chasing whip can drive away ghost fetuses in the flesh. These two can be said to complement each other and are both magical instruments that can grow.

Xu Qing thought, if he had a max-level Soul-Chasing Bell in one hand and a max-level Corpse-Chasing Whip in the other, wouldn't he be able to walk around the underworld?
Suppressing those seemingly unrealistic thoughts, Xu Qing shifted his attention elsewhere.

The following rewards are similar to the Book of Documents obtained by the infatuated scholar, and they are all books on skills and techniques.

The first book, "Thirty-six Incantations for Driving Corpses", records all the incantations that a corpse driver might use when he is driving. For example, the incantation for raising corpses can make a dead body sit up in shock, or stand upright.

The walking corpse curse can command corpses to walk on their own. Others include the turning curse, downhill curse, bridge crossing curse, mute dog curse, etc.

After Xu Qing digested it, he had his own ideas in mind. These basic spells to control zombies were like the commands shouted by the rider when driving a donkey or a horse. Whether to walk fast or slow, turn or jump, each had its own way of driving them.

The only relatively rare one is the last of the thirty-six spells - the "Resurrection Spell".

It's called a spell, but it's more like an independent skill, allowing the spirits of the dead to possess the body. The deeper the skill of resurrection, the more souls the corpse-carrier can restore, and the easier it becomes to drive the corpse.

Let’s look at the second book, “Funeral and White Affairs Book”, which is a subject that talks about the moving of corpses, burials, and worship rituals. Corpse drivers often deal with the dead when they travel around, so they will more or less know a thing or two about it.

As for the "Yin Gui Ding Xue Fa", traditional corpse drivers do not deliberately study it. After all, they are corpse drivers, not looking for dragons, determining the location of the tomb and digging up people's ancestral graves.

It's so unethical to do that!

To put it bluntly, this thing is actually an external trick that Liu Youdao learned privately in order to improve himself and expand his corpse-driving business, so that he can better steal people's graves and find more "good sources of goods".

These things are icing on the cake for Xu Qing.

What really came to the rescue were "The Theory of Corpse" and "The Book of Raising Corpse".

The Corpse Theory includes methods for identifying and dealing with various types of zombies, as well as a detailed classification of the types and levels of corpses by practitioners. For example, Xu Qing belongs to the lowest level of wandering corpse, but the only difference is that as a wandering corpse, he possesses a complete ideology.

According to the corpse theory, there are five stages of zombie cultivation and evolution, namely wandering corpse, crouching corpse, undecayed bones, flying zombie and the legendary corpse fairy.

Among them, wandering corpses and crouching corpses each have three categories and three changes. The three categories of the former wandering corpses are iron-armored wandering corpses, silver-armored wandering corpses and gold-armored wandering corpses.

The three transformations of Fu Shi are hairy zombie, fire zombie and black zombie.

When the zombie reaches the third level, it is called the unchangeable bone. This is also the qualitative change stage of the zombie. It will give birth to wisdom like ordinary people, just like a new life.

So my current state is that I have the wisdom of the unbone stage and the physical strength of the wandering corpse stage?
Isn’t this Lu Bu riding a dog?

After pondering for a moment, Xu Qing focused his attention on the last two realms.

Flying zombies, also known as black monsters and flying yakshas, ​​are zombies at this level that can fly into the sky and into the ground. They have unfathomable and profound skills, and few things in the world can threaten them.

As for the legendary corpse immortal, they have already reached the stage of immortality and ascension.

There is a record in the Corpse Theory that in recent ancient times, there was a loyal and righteous man named Yan Qingping. He was originally an official, but was unfortunately captured when he was suppressing the rebels. He was later hanged to death. After Yan Qingshu's death, his body did not decay and was still lifelike. Fortunately, a high-ranking official was moved by his loyalty and taught him the Corpse Theory.

Yan Qingping then practiced for nearly a hundred years and eventually ascended to heaven and attained enlightenment in Luling Mountain.

Can one become an immortal by entering the Tao as a corpse?
Xu Qing's heart was pounding. Even a living person would be moved by the word "immortal". Now that he, a wandering corpse, knew that he had the hope of touching the path to immortality, how could he not feel any waves in his heart?

As for the zombie cultivation method...

Xu Qing's mind couldn't help but focus on the last reward, which was an article called "Corpse-Raising Sutra".

The Corpse Raising Manual was supposedly Liu Youdao's manual for cultivating and improving zombies. However, judging by the results, it could, given the right environment and sufficient materials, elevate ordinary zombies to the level of Golden Armored Zombies.

The only pity is that the Golden Armored Wandering Corpse is the upper limit of the cultivation of the Corpse-Raising Sutra, but not the upper limit of the zombie's practice.

"The materials in the Corpse-Raising Sutra are mostly related to driving corpses. If I just find a random graveyard to lie down, I'm afraid it will take a long time to cultivate into a golden corpse."

"Besides, even in the cemetery it might not be safe."

Thinking of the strange things he encountered after leaving Linhefang, Xu Qing fell into deep thought.

Even humans are subject to the law of the jungle, so who can guarantee that there are no classes among ghosts, monsters and zombies?
Looking at Liu Youdao's body which was still cold, Xu Qing suddenly seemed to think of something.

The reason why Liu Youdao died, besides bad luck, was that he did not abide by the rules passed down by the older generation of corpse drivers, which offended too many people and forced him to move here. Even if he had not met the monsters from the Tianxin Sect, he would have died at the hands of others sooner or later.

In other words, if Liu Youdao abides by the rules of the corpse driver, it will be difficult for him to provoke powerful people based on his status as a "brother" in the world.

People who do business like moving corpses for burial and lifting corpses are looked down upon by spiritual practitioners and avoided by secular people. Regardless of whether the times are prosperous or chaotic, this profession can generally keep itself out of trouble.

The more Xu Qing thought about it, the brighter his eyes became!

Driving corpses, raising corpses, and saving people, when these things were connected together, a bold idea emerged in Xu Qing's mind.

Liu Youdao has no relatives or friends in his life and is alone. Perhaps he can take over and inherit the other party's mantle and return to the funeral shop in Linhefang. In this way, he can avoid the invasion of evil spirits outside the square, and rely on the special nature of his profession to contact the dead and obtain resources for salvation.

After all, who would have thought that a corpse driver could be a zombie?
After coming up with an idea, Xu Qing began to consider the feasibility of the details.

The biggest obstacle for him to return to Linhefang and integrate into the secular world is his zombie identity.

However, there is a corresponding solution to this.

In the book of thirty-six corpse-driving spells, there is a spell called the Mute Dog Spell. It only needs to be combined with some powder to confuse the sight and hearing of others. Even a dog with a keen sense of smell cannot smell the scent of a zombie.

In addition, there are many ways to conceal corpse qi in corpse theory and corpse-raising methods.

Besides, it’s normal for corpse drivers who often come into contact with corpses to have some corpse aura on their bodies, right?

Xu Qing took a gray cloth bag from Liu Youdao, which contained not only the deodorizing powder used in conjunction with the dumb dog spell, but also incense, talismans, inkstone, cinnabar brush and inkstone, compass and magic furnace, gold and silver incense and candles, and other items.

Among them, what caught Xu Qing's attention most were a pair of corpse tooth pliers and a pair of golden corpse scissors.

As the name suggests, these two are the tools Liu Youdao uses to cut off the sharp teeth and claws of zombies.

Subconsciously touching his canine fangs, which were about two fingers long, Xu Qing made up his mind and picked up the corpse tooth pliers with even higher density and cut off all four canine fangs.

Then there are the sharp, narrow, alien nails on both hands and feet.

After finishing all this, Xu Qing changed into the spare clothes in Liu Youdao's bag.

Straw-toe shoes, green cloth clothes, and a black belt tied around the waist, a standard corpse-driver's outfit.

It seemed like something was missing. Xu Qing touched his empty waist and turned his gaze back to Liu Youdao's body.

Yes, the three corpse-driving bells on the other party have not been taken away yet.

After taking the bell and tying it around his waist, Xu Qing, who looked refreshed from head to toe, finally revealed a smile of fulfillment.

These things just now seemed to take a lot of time, but in fact, they only took him less than a cup of tea.

After touching the corpse, he looked back at the still motionless line of zombies behind him. In a flash, Xu Qing gave up the idea of ​​liberating these zombies.

The white-clothed man from the Tianxin Sect was moody. He used a trick to deceive the imperial pursuers and also returned to kill Liu Youdao.

But Xu Qing didn't think his plan would always work.

Those two officers and soldiers were definitely not simple-minded, otherwise they would not have been able to track him all the way from the capital to here.

It is possible that the captain named Zuo Zixiong and his companions might discover the problem at any time and return.

"It's better to have less trouble than more. As for these corpses..."

Xu Qing suddenly had an idea and took out the corpse-driving whip rewarded by the Sutra of Salvation. He waved his hand and whipped the motionless zombies a few times.

The next moment, these zombies carrying stretchers were like horses with their butts slapped, running all the way to the charity cemetery ahead.

After doing all this, Xu Qing did not linger any longer and headed straight towards Linhefang.

Twenty miles north of Liucun Charity House, Zuo Zixiong, who was running all the way, suddenly stopped.

"No! We fell into a trap!"

Cui Yuanlong, who was following beside him, was confused and asked, "Why did Zixiong say that?"

Zuo Qianxiong frowned and said in a deep voice, "The demon from the Tianxin Sect is extremely vicious and murderous. Since he asked the corpse driver for directions back to the capital, why didn't they kill him to silence him, but instead left a flaw for us to discover?"

"You mean that bastard cheated us and he never returned to Beijing?" Cui Yuanlong became furious after hearing this. This monster was really cunning!

"That's fine. As the saying goes, the monk can run away, but the temple cannot. He was stabbed by me, so he can't get far. Let's turn back and continue chasing him towards the Tianxin Sect branch. This time, we must bring him back to the capital no matter what!"

At the same time, the Liucun Charity House, which had been quiet late at night, became lively.

A dozen men, women, young and old, holding torches, looked at the group of zombies running into the charity cemetery with an expression of disbelief.

They are not surprised when corpse drivers drive zombies here to store or sell them, but are used to it.

But this was the first time they had seen a group of zombies coming to the charity cemetery on their own without a corpse driver leading the way.

"Guests are welcome, so don't just stand there. Hurry and invite the guests into the coffin and have a good rest. We can talk about anything tomorrow."

The head of the charity cemetery saw that leaving it alone was not a good idea, so he ordered the master and apprentice to properly arrange these zombies, including the cold corpses on the stretchers.

As for the origin of these zombies, they will not investigate.

After all, they run a charity cemetery and are responsible for miscellaneous matters such as storing, transporting and burying corpses.

Furthermore, there are so many dead people these days, and these corpses are not wearing expensive fabrics. It is obvious that they were insignificant people in their lifetime, so there is no need to treat them specially.

Wait a few days and someone will come to go through the process. In the end, those that can be moved will be sent to mine, and those that cannot be moved will be thrown into a mass grave and buried!
To be honest, Yizhuang wishes there were free zombies rushing here every day. After all, those who can be sent to the mine are paid for it. Who would not want such money that is delivered to their door?

The air is thick with yin in the dead of night. At this time, all the unclean things hidden in the forest come out.

Xu Qing walked along the way he came, but he didn't feel cold. Instead, he had a refreshing feeling like a fish returning to water or a tiger returning to the forest.

"I have indeed become something unclean."

Xu Qing felt melancholy, but it was only for a brief moment before he became alert again.

"Didn't a hero like Yan Qingping also cultivate the Way of the Corpse, and even achieve immortality in the end? Isn't that better than those who live a mediocre life for decades and then completely turn into smoke after death?"

"What's wrong with being a zombie? I didn't eat your glutinous rice!"

Xu Qing instantly felt righteous. When he was alive, he worked like a slave. Now that he was dead, why was he still wasting time?
The bad thing about walking alone at night is that you tend to think about random things.

Seeing the mass grave that he had passed by before, Xu Qing glanced to the side and saw a yellow fox carrying a chicken in its mouth and crawling into the grave.

He immediately thought of the 'dirty thing' that had climbed on top of his head and hitchhiked on the way here.

So that thing is you!

Xu Qing smacked his lips, and when he saw that the yellow-skinned creature had disappeared into the grave, he withdrew his gaze and continued on his way.

This time, he hadn't walked far when he met the familiar ghost again.

He saw a graceful figure in red carrying the lead sheep, floating towards him happily.

Xu Qing made way and let her pass first.

The female ghost glanced at him, chuckled, and then disappeared from the spot. When she reappeared, she was already several feet away from him.

No, sister, you actually stole a sheep from the shepherd!

Xu Qing looked at the direction where the red-clothed female ghost left, and then looked at the mountain path leading to Linhefang.

Tsk, this night is really lively, but I wonder how many yellow sparrows and cicadas there are.

When the dirt road came to the end, Xu Qing did not meet the old man who lost his sheep again.

He walked through the woods, onto the official road, and following the direction he remembered, he soon returned to Linhefang.

At four o'clock in the morning, although there were few people on the streets of the neighborhood, Xu Qing could still clearly sense the "popularity" contained in those houses and courtyards.

This is the hunting instinct he developed after becoming a zombie.

Just like a cat can smell the scent of a mouse deep inside the cave through the entrance.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Qing's stomach actually made a slight rumbling sound.

Yes, it was the darkest night of the month. He had been traveling for most of the night without any moon essence or energy to replenish his energy. It would be strange if he wasn't hungry.

But seriously, zombies are the most resistant to starvation. They can survive even ten or eight years of starvation without any problems. This is because their hunger isn't the hunger of not having enough to eat, but the hunger of wanting to reach new heights and become even stronger zombies!

In order to avoid trouble, Xu Qing took out the medicine powder from the package and sprinkled it on his body. At the same time, he chanted the mute dog spell from the book of thirty-six spells for driving corpses.

Maybe it was because he was a zombie himself, but after casting the Mute Dog Curse, Xu Qing clearly felt that the power of this spell had increased a lot. All the aura exposed to the outside of his body was absorbed into his seven orifices in just an instant!

He even sneezed several times because his nose was constricted too tightly.

In this way, the external breath was gathered inside the body, and the surface of the body was covered with special medicinal powder to conceal the corpse qi, so he really became a normal person!
Following his memory, Xu Qing first passed the street where Cui's Mill was located, and then after several twists and turns, he came to the underground street where there was a chain of funeral shops.

(End of this chapter)