The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 198 Yinshan Blessed Land
Yin Jin Luo Wang?

Li Qing took the Yin Gold Net with one hand, but as soon as he took it, he felt a tremendous force pressing down on him, almost causing him to lose his grip on the net.

"What a heavy net!"

Even Li Qing could only barely lift one net by mobilizing all his energy, yet Qu Hua could lift five or six nets at will?

Yes, the Cangshan Golden Elixir Dao of the Taiyue Shangxing Sect emphasizes that once the elixir enters the abdomen, one can ascend to immortality.

A true disciple of the Golden Elixir Dao like Qu Hua possesses a body that naturally exudes the fragrance of elixir and an extraordinary Daoist aura, like a walking elixir. He can even suppress magical artifacts with his physical body alone. In the Golden Elixir Dao, his life cultivation should be considered number one!

"The net made of Fengdu Yin Gold through a hundred refinements can even trap Yin Gods and Corpse Ghosts. Only in this way can the many Yin Scales be restrained."

"Do it!"

Qu Hua Daoist held up the five-sided net with one hand, made a hand seal with his left hand, and immediately a precious light rose into the void. Then a magic boat rushed out from it, and on the deck, ghost soldiers and ghost generals stood in a forest holding forks and spears.

As soon as Qu Hua boarded the Dharma boat, they immediately headed towards the blue waves of Huangze.

Li Qing only had one net, but this one net was meant to cover several miles to drive away the scaled fish, so the pressure he was under was considerable!
Without further ado, Li Qing stirred his Xuan Yin Yuan Qi, lifting the Yin Jin Net, which was as heavy as a mountain, and rode the wind towards the easternmost point of the Azure Waves...

The twelve gods, working together, each pushed one side of the net, and together with Li Qing on the left and right, they sank the edge of the net to the bottom, sealing off every inch of the easternmost part of the blue waves. After the net was spread out on all four sides, the net covering several miles began to slowly exert its force.

Li Qing was at the head, and Jia Chang was at the end. Together with the other Changs, they pushed the net with a loud rumble, driving the Yin Lin of the swamp to the west.

The Yin Gold Net, several miles long and wide, was spread out and moved against the current. It would take the strength to move a mountain to move it. But before the group could pull the net a long distance, the Yin Scales driven underwater began to exert their strength.

Beneath the azure waves of the Yellow Springs, thousands of black scales stirred in unison, some even casting shadows several meters long that throbbed underwater. [Boom!] One after another, ferocious scales crashed into the net, the terrifying swarm of fish like an underwater reef ramming into them. A tremendous force emanated from the net, instantly repelling the rampaging creatures, sending them tumbling into the azure waves of the Yellow Springs…

Only the armored madman, flying madman, and exquisite madman at the end had tough bodies, but they were already numb from the impact!
"What a ferocious scale! If it were left to roam freely for another hundred years or so, wouldn't it eventually turn into a Yin Scale Tide?"

Li Qing raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but admire. At that moment, Li Qing flicked three golden beans from his sleeve, which turned into soldiers, transforming into Yellow Turban Sea-Sweeping Warriors. These warriors, each a hundred feet tall, possessed the strength to overturn rivers and seas.

As soon as these three hundred-foot-tall strongmen appeared, they immediately took over the actions of the crowd. These were Taoist strongmen capable of moving mountains and filling seas, and no one was more suitable than them for setting up altars and performing rituals.

Then they saw three giants, each a hundred feet tall, standing on the surface of the Yellow Springs' blue waves, pulling the massive net westward with all their might.

Such a large-scale net scooped up the scaled fish underwater and chased them headlong westward.

Above the water, the fish, startled by the shock, leaped out of the water in a panic, hoping to escape their cage.

The shadowy figures, several meters long, grew increasingly impatient. With a single, menacing gulp, they startled the scaled fish nearby, sending them scattering and leaping out of the water.

This is the Tyrannosaurus Rex scale, the way of fish and dragon, which is called the carp leaping over the dragon gate, hence the name Tyrannosaurus Rex scale.

This creature is aggressive and has prominent horns. It has already grown dragon whiskers and is beginning to transform into a ghost dragon. Once it becomes a dragon, it will reach the pinnacle of the Purple Mansion. At its ultimate form, it will transform into a ghost dragon, which will be a Yin God Nether Beast!
The Netherworld is now broken and desolate, and there are no longer any spontaneous Yin Gods or Nether Beasts. But perhaps the Lords of the Underworld can devote their efforts to cultivating one.

"What a ferocious creature!"

Beneath the surface, a massive shadow rapidly approached from the water's depths, seemingly intent on directly attacking Li Qing and the three powerful warriors.

"Edict."

But as Li Qing threw the Soul Banner out of his sleeve, it immediately rose a thousand feet high, scattering boundless soul threads that transformed into countless soul arrows, which then attacked and killed the monstrous scales.

These water beasts possess extraordinary water control abilities. Just look at this one scaled beast at the Purple Mansion level; with a single movement in the water, it can immediately lift up a force of ten thousand jin!

Soul threads fell like raindrops, knocking off the ferocious scales. Only then did Li Qing and the group of strongmen manage to drag the net towards the westernmost point.

However, there were so many Yin scales underwater that the water was dark and gloomy. The more Li Qing and the others stretched out the net, the more difficult it became. When they were almost in the middle of the swamp, even Li Qing could no longer maintain his wind control technique. His legs left two deep ravines on the water's surface.

With the help of the Yellow Turban warriors, and given the extraordinary material of the net, anyone who crossed the line was met with a swift and coordinated attack from the horde, making the operation relatively smooth.

But things started to change on Qu Hua's side.

But then, a ghost dragon actually emerged from the swamp. Its winding body, nearly three zhang long, was covered with black scales like armor, incredibly hard. Once caught in the net, it dragged the ghost soldiers and generals, along with the net, into the azure waters of the Yellow Springs.

This beast was extremely ferocious. Even though Qu Hua used several spells, it still managed to break through the first encirclement while carrying the net!
"You beast! I was hoping to harvest you sooner, but you actually devoured a whole bunch of fish and grew into a dragon."

"Very well, I'll spare your life. You can stay in the Yellow Springs and become a guardian beast!"

With a sigh, Qu Hua pointed to the huge wave being dragged eastward, and the Qu clan ghost god beside him immediately set off. His pale ghost body leaped into the water like a fish, and in a few steps, he stirred up the boundless water, which gathered into a dark whirlpool and huge wave that sucked the ghost dragon in.

As soon as the Qu clan demon entered the swamp, Li Qing, who was not far away, immediately sensed it. In that instant, the vast expanse of Yellow Springs underwent an extreme change, and a sense of threat, like a thorn in one's back, lingered in every drop of the lake.

The entire swamp seemed to have come back to life, and in the darkness, Li Qing suddenly had a sudden realization.

This is the authority of Youbo Prefecture; all the rivers and streams flow into Youbo!
"Is it that ghost god of the Qu clan who has started to make a move? Youbo Jiushui is originally a waterway domain?"

Beneath the Yellow Springs and Azure Waves, the remnants of the Nine Waters Dharma Domain from years past overlap with the Azure Waves!
I fear that if either Qu Hua or the water ghost were to return to the Yin God realm, the legendary Qu clan of the Nine Waters would rise again, and the top-tier waterway ghost domain would be brought back under their control. What a sight that would be!

Li Qingyin gazed into the distance and saw that the aura entered the water, churning in the huge waves for more than ten breaths. The pale ghostly figure quickly rose from the bottom of the Yellow Springs Blue Waves, picked up a huge ghost dragon horn in its hand, and dragged it to the continental underworld in the center of the swamp!
"Alas? Don't harm it. It's truly a rare and precious thing to have transformed from a fish or insect into a beast spirit!"

Seeing that the ghost seemed to want to devour the ghost dragon whole, Qu Hua immediately made a hand seal and cast a restriction to restrain the old ghost.

Such is the current state of the Six Heavens Clan: they possess spirit but lack knowledge. Although they can protect their descendants in the dark, they are mostly beyond their control.
Otherwise, why would he need to ask outsiders for help?

Looking into the distance, Young Master Qu couldn't help but look at Li Qing with newfound respect.

The ability to scatter beans to create soldiers and the Yellow Turban Warriors are unique supernatural powers possessed by the Southern Palace royal family and belong to the Three Immortal Sects overseas. However, Li Qing's three golden beans possess both of these, making them quite precious!

The guardian warriors were a superior means of protection compared to Dao soldiers and cavalry. Even within the Great Dao Sect, such golden beans were extremely rare, and this Li Erlang was indeed fortunate. The three warriors used their combined strength to pull the net around much faster than Qu Hua himself, and within just a few hours, they had spread the remaining faceless net into two encirclements.

"The net is now in place. Fellow Daoist Li, shall we begin to capture Yin Lin?"

"Two-tenths will be taken by Fengdu Heaven, and half a percent will go to you, fellow Daoist. I ask you, Lord Li, to bear witness for me!"

Fengdu Heaven possesses an ancient and powerful artifact of law, sufficient to monitor whether he has abided by the Fengdu Contract, but Qu Hua is too lazy to look into that ghost mirror, and he disdains such petty gains.

Fengdu Tian did indeed provide great assistance to him when he was expanding the underworld, and he was happy to share the profits with him!
Qu Hua even intended to take over Fengdu Remnant State after advancing to the Yin God realm, to stand on equal footing with those Ghost Lords, and to explore the supreme remnant state left behind by the Mu Clan of Fengdu, one of the Six Heavenly Crown Clans...

So the two of them went to great lengths and spent another day filling eighteen high-grade water purification vessels with the scaled fish from the vast blue waves. Each vessel contained more than 30,000 large scaled fish over two feet long, which was an extremely large number!

"Alas, this is truly a difficult situation. My magical power has been completely drained."

After everything was finished, the young master Qu sat down heavily on the beach, with eighteen water bowls lying in front of him, and sighed deeply.

“When I entered the Underworld years ago, my cultivation was not as good as yours, Fellow Daoist Li. At that time, I borrowed ancient treasures and a large amount of resources from Fengdu Heaven several times to expand this Netherworld Water Palace and scattered 100,000 Yin Scales. Today, it has truly come time to reap the rewards.”

"Fellow Daoist, please take these two bowls!"

Qu Hua sat cross-legged on the beach and pushed two bowls of Yin Scales in front of Li Qing with a large hand. At this moment, the two of them looked like two fellow Daoists of the younger generation of the Immortal Sect, sitting cross-legged and talking with laughter.

In the Netherworld, there were once many treasures and spiritual materials. The spiritual materials east of the Heavenly Capital could boost one's energy, the Netherworld plants east of the Netherworld could nourish the soul, the treasures of the Western Capital could benefit one's essence, the treasures of the Western Netherworld could strengthen one's spirit, the resources of the Northern Capital could sustain life, and the things of the Northern Netherworld could nourish one's nature...

This is the Yin and Yang aspects of a vast realm; to attain the Yang God status, both are indispensable.

It's not that Qu Hua is being arrogant, but these numerous Yin Scale Fish Beasts, with their strong souls, nourished natures, and gentle spirits, would be worth a fortune if placed on the land of Tiandu!
Among all the lords of the Fengdu Heavenly Underworld, only his Youbo Water Mansion has such output.

Qu Hua had done some research on this Li Erlang. He didn't care about anything else, but the ghost mother seemed to have the surname "Cui".

Among the six clans, the first one that comes to mind is the Qishan-Cui clan, one of the six crown clans.

Although judging from Li Erlang's clueless and clueless state, there was a 99% chance that the Cui family he married into was just an ordinary small clan, Qu Hua was still willing to do him a favor.

With 60,000 Yin Scales in the two water bowls, it's possible to create at least a Netherworld with tens of thousands of ghost soldiers from scratch!
"Fellow Daoist Li should know that you and I are ultimately different from the ghosts and gods in the Netherworld. This Netherworld treasure that strengthens the soul and nourishes the spirit is priceless once it enters the Heavenly Capital."

"Make good use of it!"

With Qu Hua's guidance, how could Li Qing not understand his intention? He immediately nodded and bowed in thanks.

The two talked for a long time when suddenly, a towering shadow fell over their heads, obscuring the radiant light emanating from the underworld.

How could Li Qing not be so shocked that his three corpses jumped up in frenzy? With a wave of his right hand, he put the two water bowls into his sleeve, and a wooden box that was slowly stained with blood immediately appeared in his right palm. In less than the blink of an eye, Li Qing had already flown hundreds of feet away, putting distance between himself and the shadow.

"Don't panic, this is the headless ghost king..."

Qu Hua was surprised by Li Qing's quick reaction, and at the same time, he suddenly felt the deadly aura in the blood-stained wooden box in Li Qing's hand. His pupils immediately dilated.

What is that? Just one glance at it gave me a suffocating feeling of impending death.

Is this his trump card for saving his life in front of a powerful Yin spirit at the Osmanthus Mansion in Jiangnan...?

After Young Master Qu finished explaining, the blood-stained wooden box that had just appeared in Li Qing's hand immediately disappeared, as if it had never existed.

Since that's the case, Qu Hua simply pretended he hadn't seen it. After all, who among someone of his stature doesn't have some trump cards up their sleeve?

"The Headless Ghost King was also a primordial spirit born from the essence of darkness that sank to the north of the Netherworld after the Six Heavens shattered, and was created by the union of heaven and earth..."

Headless, Red Demon, Luxurious Corpse, etc., are all new spirits and ghosts born after the shattering of the Netherworld. They are born as Yin Gods, but their Netherworld has been taken over by the Heavenly Palace. It seems that the Heavenly Palace wants to rebuild one of the six Heavens of the Netherworld.
This is a highly malevolent creature that can be considered a top-grade Yin spirit. As its name suggests, it is covered in phosphorescent armor and is extremely robust, but it has no head. Instead, a mouth is split open on its abdomen, which is truly terrifying!
"Ghost King, please don't be impatient. I will take care of it for you later and then present you with a hundred catties of Soul-Strengthening Fish Soup."

"It will take some time to simmer the fish soup. I'm afraid those traitors from the Heavenly Palace will come to cause trouble again. Would you mind going to patrol the mountain for me and make preparations?"

Qu Hua's words, a mix of coaxing and deception, completely fooled the headless monster. It said "Yes," glanced at the stranded ghost dragon on the shore, and immediately went to patrol the mountain, muttering "Heavenly Palace thief."

This left Li Qing speechless with disbelief.
He... such a fierce person... was actually coaxed into a kitten by his clumsy skills?

Qu Shi turned back and explained with a wry smile, recounting how he met the headless ghost whose foundation had been robbed, and how he invited him to enter the Netherworld Water Palace to take charge...

With one fierce and malevolent spirit, and another old ghost with the blessing of the Nine Water Ghost Realm who has traveled extensively every day, this Youbo Water Mansion is comparable to an ordinary immortal sect.

"In the Cui family's underworld, is there a similar method to summon the ox-headed corpse and the horse-faced spirit?"

This dangerous thought was immediately extinguished by Li Qing.

The Cui family's underworld has rules, including the territory of the mansion, land deeds, patrolling corpses, and guardian owls. These established rules are a kind of constraint and protection for all beings in the underworld, and the rules should not be disrupted without certainty.

Moreover, those two fierce beasts were so powerful that even the Yin God True Person fled at the mere touch of them; they didn't seem like they could be controlled like this!
Having lingered for a long time in this secluded water palace, and having received some teachings from Qu Hua on how to cultivate the blessed land of Yinshan, Li Qing suddenly asked before parting:
"My Netherworld originated from an ancient dynasty's underground master - the land deed. It has a house, two acres of lotus pond, and four surrounding streets. There is not much yin soil to nurture spiritual plants, nor yin springs to raise dragons and fish. There are only a few nests of yin birds that come and go, which is really difficult to develop."

The development of the Underworld was truly giving Li Qing a headache. Although the Yin Land was vast, it was mostly filled with residences, unlike the vast Yellow Springs and the Youbo Water Palace, which, with just sixty years of nurturing, yielded extremely rich income.

"Oh, the underworld mansion of the ancient dynasty's decree appointing a lord of the underworld?"

"That's indeed a difficult situation... Perhaps, Fellow Daoist Li could first raise a few Yin Scales in the lotus pond and then see how the Yin Bird fares?"

"Is that Yin bird the Nether Crow? This creature does possess some protective abilities and can freely enter and exit the realms of Yin and Yang. Fellow Daoist, you may first sign a contract with that Yin bird clan and make them work for you..."

The two then discussed the blessed land of Yinshan once again.

(End of this chapter)