The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 162 The Ten Absolute Dao Seeds
To the west lies Black Mountain, beside the Dragon Flag.

A three-zhang jade platform, with a hexagonal base, was built and engraved with restrictive incantations, eventually rising to become a spiritually clear barrier, its pure light filling the sky.

Three hundred paper flowers were folded from a hundred-eyed spirit paper and clustered in front of the altar. Sixty-four five-colored flags were placed in the incense burner, and nine incense burners were lit to create a mountain of lights and a sea of ​​flowers, shining brilliantly.

The four-legged cauldron of Tanzhen.

A cauldron of spiritual dew, burned with talismans and boiled in water, is offered to the spirits and deities of the four directions;

A cauldron of five grains and five animal skulls is prepared, using the skulls of pigs, cattle, sheep, dogs, and chickens, preferably those that are spirits or monsters. These skulls are used to bind the souls of the animals. The brush is dipped in cinnabar, and the skulls are used to inscribe ancient talismans. This is called the "Five Animal Talisman Bone". The five grains are used as offerings, and the five animal skulls are used as sacrifices, mainly to communicate with the gods

With a base of incense ash, thirty-three sticks of yellow incense are lit, communicating with the distant and mysterious...

when! !

As the incense smoke drifted gently, only the distant and desolate sound of bells could be heard. The altar's protective barrier rose three heavens high, and the stagnant energy descended to the earth.

The altar finally began to change. Within the three cauldrons, the yellow incense burst into flames, the talismanic water vanished abruptly, and the five sacrificial animal skulls visibly turned black and cracked, as if some unknown deity in the darkness had begun to enjoy all of this.

The Hunyuan King's chariot sat in the center of the altar, adorned with colorful paper flowers, five-colored flags, swirling incense smoke, ever-burning candles, and a dazzling array of lanterns and flowers, all in a magnificent and resplendent display. The offerings were abundant, including the five grains and five kinds of sacrificial animals...

The two powerful generals, Flying General and Silver Armor General, stood like guardian deities on either side of the royal carriage, with four paper lanterns hanging at each of the four corners, making the pearl-adorned curtains around the carriage shine even brighter.

An incense table was set up in the carriage, and behind the soft seat was a painted altar. Scrolls of divine talismans hung on the altar, with black imperial gold patterns, like swirling flames and clouds, outlining the shape of inexplicable great power!
On the altar, the twelve deities, with the offering of five sacrificial animals and three sacrifices, appeared even more majestic and solemn, their divinity overflowing, almost as if it were being fed back into the deities themselves.

Linglong looked around and felt as if a powerful divine intent had suddenly poured down upon her, reconstructing the Daoist essence within her. The invisible divine intent almost filled every inch of her Daoist body.

"My lord, after ascending the altar, will we then possess immortality?"

At this moment, Linglong raised an eyebrow and looked over, sensing the changes within her body while asking in surprise.

"Immortality? That's a bit of an exaggeration!"

"At the time of the ascension, the gods will control the Qi, and the Qi will unite with the gods, merging the positions of the Six Ding and Six Jia with yours. During this period, it will be nothing more than the restoration of what was created, the immortality of those who were beheaded, and the regeneration of those who were cut in half..."

Li Qing shook his head slightly. At this moment, the royal carriage ascended the altar and descended with divine will. It was empowered by boundless power, patrolling the mountains and searching the valleys, protecting the altar and performing rituals. It was capable of everything!
Looking around at the various demons, Li Qing, who controlled the central altar and held the power of command, solemnly issued another decree:

"The Six Ding and Six Jia have ascended the altar. For these three days, they will be favored by Heaven and should perform their duties to protect the altar, ward off evil, punish evil, and break demons."

"By day he patrols the Black Mountain, by night he roams the heavens; whatever is called, he will surely respond..."

At the summit of Black Mountain, a young Taoist priest could be seen wielding his power, mobilizing troops. The five directions were faceless, the three paths were rampant, the four fields were roaming, and the six sides were covered with a net, causing a continuous drizzle to cover the western mountain, completely sealing off the void above the mountain.

When all was accomplished, the once rampant gods roamed the heavens and earth, leaving only the Silver Armor General and the Flying Rampant General to guard the altar day and night. As the swirling incense smoke dissipated and the azure barrier opened, the Black Mountain of the Western Extremity returned to peace once more.

Beside the altar, the defeated Taoists, bound to the ground by golden ropes, hurriedly moved their bodies further away from the jade platform!
As soon as the slow, heavy footsteps sounded, the group of cultivators became even more alarmed.

This Grand Competition of the Ten Great Masters is not something ordinary Taoists like them can participate in. Just that Taoist Jiang Shiqi alone has mastered all the methods and can suppress four or five of them in the Purple Mansion realm. He can be considered a master of the unorthodox sects.

The one who came next was even more terrifying. His breath was like riding the wind, and his exhalation was like a sea of ​​qi. His troops moved through the void, and the air was filled with yin energy, which was truly chilling.

"Is it better?"

The young man in cloud-patterned robes, with his seven-star crown, slowly approached from the jade platform, carrying a precious jade lantern. He looked at the defeated man leaning against a corner of the rock, and sent a stream of primordial energy into the body of Daoist Jiang, asking in a low voice.

The influx of primordial energy into his body served two purposes: to help Jiang Shiqi stabilize his heart and life, and to allow Li Qing to take the opportunity to examine his internal condition.

The various demonic handprints left by Zhu Changdingfa, along with the demonic talismans that restricted his magical power and disrupted his dantian, could be considered a kind of seal. However, the most serious one was the Iron Mountain Lean that the Silver Armor General used to cross a thousand feet without any reduction in force.

That single blow shattered Jiang Daoren's ribs, causing damage to his internal organs, making it extremely difficult for him to regain his fighting ability in the short term.

"Cough cough cough! Cough cough." The Taoist priest Jiang weakly lifted his eyelids, leaned against a stone pillar, and looked up at the newcomer with difficulty.

"I lost."

Jiang Shiqi conceded defeat quite readily. He accepted his loss wholeheartedly. "Tiannan Youhuangzi, with a flick of his sleeve, exterminates all evil," this was a powerful and established exorcism technique. "The four directions of the Purple Palace roam freely by day, and faceless ghosts roam at night," coupled with this true disciple of the Qi Dao…

He truly saw no chance of winning.

"it is good!"

"We are both guests of the Dragon Palace, and we are here only to seek an opportunity. We have just met by chance, and I, Li, do not wish to push things to the extreme."

"How about we follow the rules of duels in the cultivation world of my Southern Kingdom?"

Li Qing nodded, not wanting to make things difficult for Jiang Daoren, and tentatively inquired.

The cultivation world in the South is different from that overseas or in Brazil. It always stops short of serious conflict. In ordinary battles, the winner simply chooses a piece of spoils from the loser.

The winners profit, the losers survive, that's all!

"Hmm." Jiang Shiqi gritted his teeth and endured the pain, raising his body a few inches higher. With a wave of his right hand, the magic sword, the treasure fan, and several golden locks landed on the ground in front of him.

"The Separation and Reunion Golden Sword is a sword with 680 restrictions, produced in Brazil; the Eight Treasures Fan is a magical artifact with 600 restrictions, obtained from a battle in the East China Sea; as for the Binding Golden Rope, it's just an ordinary magical artifact with 100 restrictions, and you can't activate it without cultivating the Qimen Dunjia technique!"

Jiang Daoren acted decisively, and after losing, he also explained the origins of the three magical artifacts to Li Qing in detail.

To put it bluntly, each of these three types of magical artifacts is his main weapon in combat, and Jiang Shiqi cannot do without any of them!
But whether it's a contest of skills or an adventure, it's always the same: if you lose, you have to accept it; if you get hit, you have to stand up straight. Having such unwritten rules isn't necessarily a bad thing.

"Let's have this Eight Treasures Round Fan!"

Li Qing raised her hand and immediately took the eight-treasure fan into her palm, then turned her sleeve and put it away.

This fan, with its eight-treasure divine light, can stabilize, suppress, break, and strike. While it may not be unparalleled in power, it excels in its comprehensiveness. Even if Li Qing doesn't need it, it can be bestowed upon his disciples in the future. It is indeed a superior magical artifact.

In the blink of an eye, he tossed another medicinal pill into the Taoist's hand, and then released the speech and breathing acupoints of the many bound Taoists beside him, so that they would not have to crawl on the ground and could have a little more dignity in moving freely.

"Therefore, this matter is considered closed."

"However, the Ten Great Masters Tournament has only just begun, so we will have to trouble you all to wait here for two more days!"

"If I am victorious, I will certainly free you all from your bonds. If I am defeated, I will still sit with you all..."

These words, though intended as reassurance, demonstrated remarkable magnanimity. Both Master Jiang and the defeated Taoists captured and bound by him took notice of these words.

"Brother Dao, where did you get these words? Just as you said, it's nothing more than success or failure!"

The defeated Daoists, having freed Li Qing from some of his restraints, truly breathed a sigh of relief. Only then were they able to make large movements, straightening up from the ground and bowing to Li Qing in gratitude.

They were severely bound just now, and if they hadn't climbed all the way to the jade platform, they would have been torn apart by the gale-force winds. They were already extremely grateful to have gained some freedom.

"Hey, Jiang Shiqi, you wicked guy, you've finally met your match. Hahaha."

The group of cultivators couldn't hold back any longer and turned around to mock Jiang Daoren.

At this moment, everyone is a loser, so there's not much to say, and we're on equal footing.

If he had known this would happen, why did he go to such lengths in the first place? It's only because this Taoist priest from Tiannan Temple has such magnanimity; if they had acted, they would have crippled this Jiang fellow...

(End of this chapter)