I Only Want to Lie Flat But Am Forced to Cultivate Immortality-Chapter 916 - 441

The witch Yi carries the bloodline of the witch clan and is the only Primordial Witch left in today’s mundane world.

Before the founding Emperor, people’s cultivation consisted of four realms, ranked from low to high: refining essence to transform Qi, refining Qi to transform spirit, refining spirit to return to void, and refining void to combine into the Dao.

These four realms were also the primary cultivation paths for ancient Qi refiners.

Following that, calamity prevailed, with demons rising and Dao waning, making the path from these four realms unpopular and replaced gradually by the six Yin realms, creating the current cultivation path of borrowing life to cut life.

However, Witch Yi, with her witch bloodline, was different.

Witch Yi never cultivated the four realms method nor the six Yin realms but focused on the witch clan’s ascension methods.

First-grade witch priest, second-grade witch practitioner, third-grade Great Witch, fourth-grade Primordial Witch, and the fifth-grade being the highest, Ancestral Witch.

Ancestral Witch stands above the Immortals and is on par with the Celestial Emperor and the Buddha.

Xu Qing’s understanding of the witch clan’s cultivation system mostly came from the exorcising of the medicinal corpse when he toppled the Hundred Infant Tower years ago.

That medicinal corpse was once a downgrader Great Witch.

In that person’s memory, Xu Qing saw that ascending to witch priest in the witch clan required walking the mountain of knives and the fire sea, a truly grueling path of tempering spirit and body.

To achieve the rank of Great Witch, one must endure pain that even Immortals cannot suffer; no wonder the witch clan’s bodies and divine techniques have always been so powerful.

Being a third-grade Great Witch, Witch Yi must have an exceptional disposition.

Zhang Ping Sheng and others initially weren’t confident about recruiting this Shu Region Great Witch to the Da Luo Sect for their use.

The witch clan is known for climbing mountains and chasing the sun, famously reckless and unafraid of death, so direct approaches are doomed to fail, as for indirect approaches...

Cultivators of the witch clan take pleasure in hardship, how could they be moved by sugar-coated bullets?

Yet, just as Zhang Ping Sheng and others believed their trip to Taodu Mountain in Shu Region was destined to be fruitless, their Sect Leader suddenly revealed all the sufferings the host of the grand formation might face in front of Witch Yi!

Zhang Ping Sheng thought they were doomed; why did the Sect Leader spill the truth?

They couldn’t succeed with flattery and deceit; now that the truth is out, who would willingly join Da Luo Sect?

Zhang Ping Sheng assumed the Sect Leader’s words were the prelude to action, but the next moment that Great Witch’s eyes lit up, just like an old lady hearing about free eggs, and declared that no matter what, they wanted to join Da Luo Sect.

Even if there’s no salary, working for free was acceptable!

Zhang Ping Sheng and the others didn’t understand the witch clan’s cultivation or its reasoning; they exchanged glances, wondering if the Great Witch held some peculiar hobby?

"In my early days as a wandering Daoist across Shu Region, I heard the men here are henpecked, the harsher the wives beat them, the more excited the husbands get. This Witch Yi fellow has cultivated in Shu Region for many years; it’s hard to say if he has been affected by the local customs."

Zhuang Tongsheng spoke convincingly, and hearing his words, the other altar masters became more certain of Witch Yi’s unusual nature.

Will anyone ask a friend to slice them a thousand times to experience their sword skill?

What sane person would enjoy being flayed?

Zhang Ping Sheng wouldn’t, nor would Zhuang Tongsheng.

Only Witch Yi!

On the way back to the Da Luo Sect, Xu Qing, who is well-versed in various punishments from exorcising the Embroidered Robe Envoy, talked eloquently, offering Witch Yi new ideas for cultivation.

"Meeting the Sect Leader late is my regret. Had I known these methods back when I was a witch priest, I wouldn’t have trekked through the mountain of knives and fire sea for nearly ten years."

"..."

Xu Qing suddenly felt he underestimated Witch Yi; the interrogation methods he obtained from exorcising those ’eunuch stewards’ and Embroidered Robe Envoy might not satisfy Witch Yi’s appetite now.

However, this didn’t trouble Sect Leader Xu, who was adept at promising things to his followers.

"These are child’s play. I know the Demon Exorcism True Monarch of the Underworld. If the day comes when you truly break the calamity, I can recommend you to the 18 levels of hell, where you’ll experience iron trees, tongue removal, steam baskets, copper pillars, and boundless fire sea and Nine Netherworld’s cold ice; these are the Underworld’s signature dishes..."

"That’d be great!"

Witch Yi was instantly filled with expectation for the future within Da Luo Sect.

Xu Qing cheerfully turned to ask Zhang Ping Sheng and others: "You are also our Da Luo Sect disciples. Anyone with intentions of visiting the Underworld in the future can speak to me. I do have some connections!"

"..."

No need! Zhang Ping Sheng and the others politely declined, leaving the hell business to Witch Yi!

When they joined Da Luo Sect, it was with the aspiration of achieving Immortal status; places like Nine Netherworld and Underworld are meant for whoever wishes to go!

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Besides the witch Yi from Shu Region, Xu Qing, when traveling to Cangzhou, was introduced by Bai Qiu Yu to recruit...invite a demon clan Auspicious Beast with spiritual power comparable to Primordial Spirit for Da Luo Sect.

In the overseas western chronicles, it is mentioned that in the country of white people, there is a Huang Riding Beast, resembling a fox, with a horn on its back, and riding it grants a life of two thousand years.

The notable Auspicious Beast, is the last surviving Huang Riding Beast residing in Cangzhou.

The Da Luo Sect established by Xu Qing and the Bao Sheng Temple, unlike the Cat Immortal Hall, offers thorough selection of Immortal disciples and temple priestess, whereas Da Luo Sect accepts all kinds, provided that one’s disposition meets the standards, whether they be demon, human, deity or ghost, all are welcome.

The Huang Riding Beast in Cangzhou is named ’Huang Yue’.

Huang Yue and the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox are both auspicious beasts of heaven and earth, and also the native victims most affected by the Five Filthy Evil Worlds.

When Xu Qing first met Huang Yue, she had buried herself in the ruins of the country of white people, reminiscent of when Bai Qiu Yu was found by the unknown old woman in the ruins of Qingqiu.

Huang Yue had clearly heard from Bai Qiu Yu about the various unspeakable sinister deeds committed by the old woman.

When learning that Xu Qing wanted to recruit her to Da Luo Sect to serve as the Supervisor Altar Master and concurrently the great deity guarding the mountain, overseeing rituals and holding authority over internal discipline, Huang Yue resolutely refused.