Chapter 77 Burying His Mother

  The eighth article of Qing Lei Zhen Jie finally has the content that Bai Qi wants to see, which is a summary of Taoist techniques.

  The eighth article of the Taoist technique, with a total of tens of millions of words. Such content can only be seen after Bai Qi's body has been completely transformed into a demon fairy. He was glad that he didn't cultivate this eighth article too early. In the summary, there are also many oral formulas, which describe the outline of Taoist techniques from the Hua Shen period to the He Dao period.

  The Taoist techniques of Qi transformation are not mentioned at all in Qing Lei Zhen Jie.

  In the eighth chapter, thousands of Taoist rules are described, and the explanation is not detailed, it is indeed just a chapter that leads people to the door.

  Bai Qi knew that this eighth piece couldn't be mastered in one go, and he needed to practice it himself. After browsing through the Qing Lei True Explanation, Bai Qi had a new understanding of equipment refinement. He also understood the methods used by the ancient immortal emperors. He took out the jade token obtained from Luo Xiu of Qingcheng and reinserted it into the Huoqing Lian, where it gradually changed shape under the refining power of the demonic flames.

  In this jade token, the hidden gun technique has transformed into a symbolic seed. The jade token changes shape within the demonic fire as Bai Qi's heart intention changes. However, Bai Qi does not continue to refine it, but instead constantly familiarizes himself with the material of the jade token, using the demonic fire to sense it.

  Lu Xiu said that this jade token is also a celestial jade, and did not deceive Bai Qi. It's just that this celestial jade is difficult to store any celestial energy, so the celestial being will only use this jade token to make things like jade slips. However, Bai Qi knew that something that can condense into a talisman seed is not considered a jade slip, but rather a celestial symbol.

  This piece of sacred jade has no other advantages, it's just extremely hard and pure. This material is barely sufficient for refining a sword, but it's qualified for refining a spear.

  After Bai Qi became familiar with the characteristics of this immortal jade, he opened the fire in the green lotus and directly injected the talisman seed of the Seven-Star Fumo Gun into the immortal jade. A long gun was instantly formed.

  This long spear is about two zhang in length, with a completely black body. On the spear shaft, there are only some silver stars scattered about. These stars do not seem simple under the perception of the White Starter's divine messenger. Among these star points, there are seven Star Stones, arranged in the pattern of the Big Dipper. These seven stars can change and move positions at will under the control of the White Starter. As they shift, the aura emitted by the Seven-Star Demon-Slaying Spear is different each time.

  The so-called reversal of fortune and change in destiny, this Seven Stars Fowling Gun is a move that conforms to the will of heaven.

  The handle of the ladle rotates, with life and death changing instantly. It's as if the four seasons are shifting, with breaths being irregular.

  Bai Qi only then realized that he had taken advantage of Luo Xiu, this Seven Star Fumo Gun, no matter what, was within the scope of immortal techniques. This gun technique had no one to cultivate it, because the beginning was too difficult, and later on, there were things that nobody was willing to try, so they took advantage of themselves.

  If he hadn't cultivated the eighth piece of Qing Lei's True Solution, Bai Qi wouldn't have been able to refine this divine spear. Bai Qi couldn't help but start practicing on the spot, and the Seven Star Fumo Gun was like a fish in water within the Starry Sky Chessboard, flying freely in front of him without needing to be held. The thirty-six talisman seeds were all transformed from inverted scale crystals, and when Bai Qi controlled them, he felt no unfamiliarity at all.

  The only thing that made Bai Qi dissatisfied was that the seven-star Fumo gun's Taoist technique had transformed his true dragon seven-killing gun, and he could no longer use it. The true dragon seven-killing gun could not be cultivated from now on, and the skill passed down by his father was cut off.

  However, on the position of the Pojun Star of the Qixing Fumo Gun, that star stone was particularly eye-catching. Under the scan of divine consciousness, in that star stone, there were already seven faint true dragon phantoms.

  The Big Dipper, representing the seven star lords of ancient times. In those years when the immortal realm still existed, the one in charge of all heavenly stars was the Supreme Emperor of the Purple Subtlety of the North Pole. The star lords of the Big Dipper were also among the highest-ranking star lords under this Supreme Emperor.

  Could it be that this Seven Stars Fumo Gun is the legacy of Zhongtian Beiji Ziwei Taishang Huangdi?

  Bai Qi thought about it and could only shake his head, this situation was unlikely. The ancient immortal had all disappeared, the fairy world was gone, how could the Taoist lineage be left behind? Even if there was a Taoist lineage passed down, this starry sky way, because of the loss of Xing Jun's power, was just some exquisite fairy magic, far from reaching the realm of ruling the heavens.

  Bai Qi was initially uninterested in cultivating the Tao, so he just smiled and put the matter aside.

  When he once again put away the Starry Sky Chessboard, Zihong had already put away his magic chessboard. Bai Qi saw that Zihong's green silk was flying about, with sword energy and thunderous sounds swirling around him nonstop. Immediately, those ten thousand strands of green silk condensed into a single sword pellet. In an instant, the sword pellet shot out like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into tens of millions of sword energies.

  Zi Hong unexpectedly cultivated the sword technique of separating light and shadow at this time.

  Her green silk sword pellet was very unusual, originally it could transform into tens of thousands of sword lights. It's just that the more this sword light splits, the weaker its power becomes, even if there is a realm with sword energy and thunderous sounds, its lethality will decrease by a lot. Only when cultivating the Splitting Light Shadow Sword Technique to success, can one pellet transform into tens of millions of sword energies, at this time, the sword technique can be considered as having reached great completion.

  Bai Qi stood up and laughed: "Congratulations, Master Sister, your swordsmanship has been successful. This time when we go back, we won't have to be afraid of those Night Emperor's lackeys anymore."

  Zi Hong was also delighted, and Bai Qi gave her 108 Reversal Scale Crystals. With these crystals, she broke through to the late stage of the Hua Shen realm, and her swordsmanship reached the level of Splitting Light and Shadow. Now, even if a Golden Elixir strong practitioner were to attack, she would have the power to fight back, at least being able to escape with ease.

  That prismatic sword technique, for many years, only Golden Elixir strong practitioners have been able to cultivate it. She, a late-stage Refining Qi cultivator in this incarnation, was able to master it because the number of Lihuo Mingxin Sword talismans had already reached seventy-two.

  "Junior brother, let's go back."

  Na Poluo Tongzi hastily returned the demon spirit gourd, and he himself also jumped in. Zi Hong set up his sword escape, bringing Bai Qi to transform into a blue light flow, and disappeared from the original place in an instant.

  This space interlayer is also tens of thousands of miles wide, and Zihong flew all the way without stopping. After flying out for more than 2,000 miles, he found another entrance to the interlayer. After passing through seven interlayers in a row, Zihong's sword light suddenly plunged into a cold river. Bai Qi was overjoyed and said, "Master sister, this is the Yin River. Let's go in that direction."

  The white finger pointed to was the upper reaches of the Yin River, wanting to leave these spatial layers, after finding the Yin River, it was going downstream, and soon found the confluence of the Yin River and the underground river between yin and yang, going upstream would still be the underworld.

  His swordsmanship had reached a point where his speed in Sword Escape was no different from that of a Golden Dan strong practitioner. The only difference was that the Golden Dan strong practitioners were full of vitality, while the cultivators of the Transformation God stage were far inferior. Zi Hong was now generous with elixirs, and the ability of Sword Escape became too prominent. In this Yin River, Water Escape Technique would not work, not to mention its slow speed, but also consuming ten times more vitality.

  Two people flew upstream, traveling no more than two hundred miles, and came to a vast expanse of water. Zi Hong stopped the sword light and said: "Younger brother, do you still want to go forward?"

  "Down."

  Zi Hong nodded and took Bai Qi to rush straight into the depths of this vast ocean-like waters.

  There was no sign of life underwater, so Bai Qi observed the surroundings and suddenly saw a golden rock at the bottom of the water. He pointed there and said: "Sister, let's go over."

  Two people broke through the icy water flow and arrived at the golden giant stone, Zi Hongdao said: "Shidi, this is Mingluo Rock, it looks beautiful but cannot be refined into a tool. If brought to the human world, it will disintegrate and shatter."

  Bai Qi was taken aback, nodded, and this rock was enormous underwater, stretching hundreds of feet. He stuck to the rock, found the edge, and slid down. Zi Hong followed behind Bai Qi in confusion. In this vast ocean, it was a source of the River of the Underworld, and the other side was the Netherworld.

  Bai Qi saw that the Mingluo Rock was very hard and difficult to damage with a magic weapon, so he decided to bury his mother's body here. In fact, there were no living creatures in the Yin River water, and it was all the same to be buried anywhere, but Bai Qi feared that changes in the terrain would destroy his mother's corpse.

  He brought out the Moon Wheel Sword Maru, releasing the Kyōsen no Kokoro, transforming into a bright moon. Without the Kyōsen no Kokoro, it would be difficult for his sword maru to dig out the grave. The sound of "shii" was heard incessantly, as Byakuren used the Moon Wheel Sword Maru to dig out the grave on that Meikyu rock. He originally intended to dig nine zhang deep, but between the sword maru's cuts, Byakuren heard a hollow echo, this Meikyu rock was empty.

  He couldn't help but feel curious, Sword Maru urged him on, and with a loud rumbling sound, the dark spiral rock was pierced by Bai Qi, creating a large hole. The river water of the Yin River surged into the cave, and Bai Qi followed, waving his hand to release a talisman that sealed the entrance of the cave.

  As he looked around, he found that the cave was not man-made, but naturally formed. On the inner wall of the cave, there was a semi-transparent gel-like substance. What surprised him was that in the middle of the huge cave, a pearl was suspended in mid-air.

  The diameter of this bead is almost larger than the well mouth, and Bai Qi rode the wind to fly over, came to the side of the bead, the bead was dull and weak. Bai Qi used his divine thought to explore, but found that in the bead, there were dense and numerous talismans condensed.

  This is the inner elixir of some unknown demon creature. After the demon creature died, the power of the inner elixir gradually dissipated and turned into this huge bead floating here.

  Lost the elixir of immortality, and the talisman condensed, indestructible and imperishable, it's indeed rare.

  Bai Qi put away the nameless inner elixir and looked at the thick layer of adhesive substance on the four walls around the cave. He had already gained some insight. It seemed that the giant Dark Shell Rock itself was the outer shell of a demon creature. This demon creature didn't know why it flowed down to the source of the Dark River and died here.

  However, that gelatinous substance was also a rare refining material, so Bai Qi didn't intend to let it go. The Moon Wheel Sword flew out and began to cut and collect the gelatinous substance into his storage ring.

  Zi Hong broke through the layer of talismanic seals and followed him in, seeing Bai Qi cutting open the adhesive substance. He exclaimed: "This is the coagulated blood essence of a demon fairy, younger brother..."

  "One for each." Bai Qi urged, and Zi Hong swung into action. His sword flashed, and the myriad green threads crisscrossed, instantly cutting away all the demonic blood on the walls of the cave.

  The two of them divided the gelatinous substance equally. Only then did Bai Qi say: "Master sister, I was thinking of burying my mother's body here."

  Zi Hong nodded silently after a moment of stunned silence.

  Her parents are still alive, but they live far away in the north. Her master sent her a lot of elixirs, but unfortunately, ordinary people who don't cultivate can only prolong their lifespan by several decades with these elixirs, and will eventually die.

  There are shortcuts on the path of cultivation, but there is no way to achieve immortality without cultivating.

  Parents are old, and it's estimated that they won't be able to use them for much longer, and soon they will be separated from the world. But what can she do? She didn't help Bai Qi dig graves, but stood aside, her mind already flying thousands of miles away.

  Bai Qi dug a shallow grave in the cave, took out Yulin's body and buried it. He thought for a moment, still not leaving behind the portrait of his biological father. His mother had killed that person with her own hands, probably not wanting to use his portrait as a burial object either.

  Inside the cave was all rocky, Bai Qi spread the gel-like substance condensed from the blood of the demon fairy on the body of Yu Linling, then covered it with cut stone slabs.

  "Sister, let's go."

  "Why not pay your respects?"

  "The demon clan doesn't care about this, besides... they're all here." Bai Qi pointed to his own chest with his hand, the part where his finger poked felt a tearing pain. Until today, when the corpse was covered by that stone slab, Bai Qi only realized that his mother was no longer alive.