My wife has a secret

Chapter 181 Asking the Immortal
"It is not the place for outsiders to point fingers at the children of the Yang family."

Since Yang Xianning became the new head of the family, she rarely loses her temper with outsiders.

The people who usually made her angry the most were her third sister who was casual by nature and her second sister who was stubborn.

What Tianji Star Lord did touched the forbidden zone in Yang Xianning's heart.

Even though she had traveled a lot and fought in many wars, she could not tolerate outsiders making random comments about her parents and ancestors.

"The temperaments of your Yang family... are also surprisingly consistent."

Tianji Star Lord seemed to have completely ignored Yang Xianning's resistance. Instead, he walked up to her with steady steps and extended his hand to the famous female general of the Yang family.

Yang Xianning mobilized all the energy in her body and tried hard to squeeze out a little true energy to condense in front of her body. However, this weak golden energy wave was completely unable to block the mysterious Tianji Star Lord. The opponent passed through this last barrier with almost no hindrance.

But what froze Yang Xianning's expression was that Tianji Star Lord's withered hand stopped in front of her snow-white and tender cheek, as if frozen in time.

The other person's scarlet eyes were glowing faintly under the red mask. After staring at him for a while, he took the initiative to look away.

"The ceremony in the tomb is almost over. Soon, the entire Hengdi Mausoleum will collapse due to the explosion. If you want to survive... let me take you out."

Tianji Star Lord withdrew his hand, stood in front of the beautiful woman, and his tone returned to his previous calm attitude.

For some reason, he seemed to be deliberately pretending that nothing had happened.

"senior……"

Yang Xianning hesitated for a moment, but still took the initiative to change the way she addressed him.

Right now, her confusion about the identity of Tianji Star Lord was greater than anything else, all because of the contact between the two just now.

The Yang family's inherited martial arts skills are the result of their ancestors' research on martial arts for more than a hundred years. The Overlord Spear and Breaking Mountain Steps practiced by the Yang family have been continuously optimized to achieve a complementary effect.

But what people don't know is that because the Yang family's martial arts have been passed down from generation to generation, and their ancestors often used their own skills as a guide, this style of martial arts has become extremely overbearing and extremely exclusive.

If an outsider wants to practice this method, he will either never be able to become a top-notch practitioner, or his bones and meridians will be shattered by the energy rushing around, turning him into a cripple.

Tianji Star Lord's actions just now were ordinary, but he had indeed penetrated his own martial arts.

"I forgot that you still have some remnants of the Yang family's skills on you... I was really careless. The Saint clearly warned me not to reveal my true identity in front of others."

Tianji Star Lord seemed to have just reacted. He looked at Yang Xianning and continued to ask, "Why? After knowing that I have a deep connection with the Yang family, are you still worried that I will harm you?"

"..."

Yang Xianning lowered her head slightly and remained silent.

The ancestors of the Yang family shed their blood on the battlefield and fought bravely...Today, the elders of the previous generation of the Yang family are basically all dead. Even his mother who was stationed in Huangling Pass died on the city wall, leaving only himself and his two younger sisters.

If Tianji Star Lord is really an elder of the clan, why is he not recorded in the family tree?

Tianji Star Lord silently looked at Yang Xianning, without any sense of urgency in his expression or attitude. He was like a dead lake, quietly waiting for the other party's answer.

After a while, Yang Xianning raised her head and said, "Since you have the blood of the Yang family flowing in your veins, I have no doubt that you will do something bad to me."

"Then you want to go with me?"

For the first time, a strange color of desire appeared in Tianji Star Lord's eyes.

"Protecting the country is the ancestral motto of the Yang family."

"Good! Good! Good..."

Tianji Star Lord's pupils dimmed, and in response to Yang Xianning's well-considered answer, he said three "good" words in a row.

He had expected this answer. After all, if you read the Yang family tree to the end, there wouldn't be any cowards who would flee in fear. Being called a rare genius in the Yang family, how could Yang Xianning shrink back from the potential danger and run away with him, a remnant of the White Lotus Sect?
"As expected of a descendant of the Yang family."

Having said this, Tianji Star Lord didn't say much, but walked straight past Yang Xianning and walked towards the light outside.

He knew that the woman in front of him looked weak, but in fact she was smart and determined, and once she made a decision, she would follow through to the end.

"Dare to ask senior..."

Although Yang Xianning did not want to take advantage of the relationship between this mysterious man and the Yang family, from the few words just revealed, she knew that this Tianji Star Lord must know the ultimate goal of the White Lotus Sect.

"What are these rituals and collapses you just mentioned?"

Tianji Xingjun paused for a moment, then turned his head slightly and asked, "Why did the tomb owner here build such a huge tomb?"

……

The time in the tomb was extremely difficult to endure. Xu Qing couldn't count how much time had passed in this terrifying moment, nor how long it would take for the life-saving water from the Luo River to arrive.

But as time slowly passed, the screams in the city became less and less frequent, and it was only after a cup of tea that the cries of death could be heard.

After concentrating for a long time and fearing that the monster would break in, everyone was already exhausted and tortured beyond recognition by the unknown fate.

I don’t know if it was because of God’s blessing, but the monster never showed up in this yard.

"I feel like... that guy isn't coming, is he? I haven't heard any movement from him for quite some time."

A member of the Qiong tribe could not bear the pressure and took the lead in questioning the tribe leader Huang Qiong who was not far away.

He was the one in charge of the rope net, but his constantly shaking hands showed that he was not at peace inside and was filled with fear of monsters.

not good!

The moment this person opened his mouth, Xu Qing realized that something was wrong.

Although he didn't know how the monster moved, if someone spoke in such a quiet environment, it would definitely attract the other party's attention and retaliation.

Sure enough, the moment Xu Qing's mind moved slightly, the gray stone wall behind the man collapsed with a loud "boom" sound.

A huge cloud of dust swept in all directions, and as the flying dust dissipated slightly, the shape of a monster covered in flames was revealed.

The talkative Qiong tribe member from before was now burned by the flames and was burning into black charcoal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Sure enough, it showed up!"

This guy's appearance was within Xu Qing's prediction.

But what he didn't plan for was that the other party would go straight past the main door and break in from the side wall.

"No hurry! I'll stand in front, wait here first!"

Xu Qing shouted loudly to stop the people who were frightened by the monster and ordered them to act according to the previous assignment. However, because the monster first captured and killed a rope net worker, a huge flaw appeared in the rope net, allowing the monster to continue rushing out after killing people and attacking the trap set by Xu Qing.

"This is the moment!"

Following Xu Qing's loud command, the people next to the wall pillar swung the sharp blades in their hands and cut off the last load-bearing part of the pillar.

"Boom! Boom!"

Xu Qing quickly rolled over and fled. In the previous collision, he found that this monster was far more terrifying than he had imagined. The monster seemed to sense the impending danger and intended to speed up and pass through before the wall collapsed.

But how could Xu Qing let the other party succeed?
At the last moment when the other party was about to break in, he decisively shouted the agreed slogan and blocked the monster among the broken bricks and tiles.

After a huge noise, rubble was scattered all over the ground. Looking again, the guy's figure could no longer be seen.

"Great! We did it!"

Although this action destroyed half of the yard and a good fighter of the Qiong tribe, it was a good option to seal this thing underneath to prevent it from becoming a disaster.

So the expressions of the people present were excited, and they seemed to be grateful for having escaped death.

"wrong……"

Xu Qing suddenly remembered that since its birth, the monster had captured several adult men and crushed their bones with incredible strength.

Can the movement of such a monster really be restricted by a pile of rubble, broken stones and tiles?

As if to confirm Xu Qing's inference, strange movements began to emerge in the rubble pile. A member of the Japanese tribe who was standing about ten feet away was caught off guard and was suddenly pulled in by a hand that stretched out from the bricks and tiles.

"Still alive!"

Huang Qiong's eyes widened when he saw this scene.

Xu Qing had no choice but to speak again, reminding everyone to run outside along the previously planned route to buy enough time.

It was a matter of life and death, and everyone was worried that if they ran too slowly they would become someone else's scapegoat, so they ran for their lives.

After running a few steps outside, Xu Qing decisively changed direction and ran towards the direction where the altar was previously located.

……

Tomb, altar.

When Xu Qing returned to this empty place again, Chunshengshi was sitting alone on the high platform with his sunken eyes slightly closed.

An evil wind came from somewhere in this sealed tomb, but it blew up the robes of the Envoy of Spring, making him look like an immortal, like a hermit who did not care about worldly affairs.

As if sensing Xu Qing's presence, Chunsheng's weathered face moved slightly, and his eyes narrowed into a tiny slit.

After seeing Xu Qing walking up to the platform step by step from far to near and reaching his level, Chunsheng let out an indistinct laugh.

"Did the man of destiny see the way?"

Facing this Chunsheng envoy, with whom he had spent several days in prison, Xu Qing nodded as if he understood, with a complicated expression on his face.

"I saw a little bit, but I don't know whether it's right or wrong."

Xu Qing suddenly changed direction not because he was desperate and seeking death, but because he thought of something from the previous conversation between Chunsheng and the two envoys.

Judging from the time, there is still about an hour before the water from the Luo River flows into the tomb. The monster has enough time to eat everyone. We can only take a gamble based on this guess that sounds a bit outrageous.

"Please speak, man of destiny."

Xu Qing started by asking about an old story from the previous dynasty, "When Emperor Qi Heng built his mausoleum, were there members of the White Lotus Sect involved?"

The Spring Envoy replied calmly, "It is true. The supervisor of this mausoleum was the Imperial Master appointed by Emperor Heng himself, Bao Puzi... He was the previous Spring Envoy of our Holy Church and also my personal master."

"That makes sense."

Xu Qing said according to his guess: "Everyone knows that the late emperor was obsessed with alchemy and became an immortal. For this reason, he specially hired Taoist priests from the folk as state teachers to make elixirs for him to make immortality. There is no doubt that the original intention of building this mausoleum was naturally out of the selfishness of Emperor Qi Heng, because he wanted to become an immortal in his tomb after his death."

"Yes, my teacher told Emperor Heng in person that after taking the elixir he had refined, he would be able to maintain his immortal body for more than a hundred years, and be reborn in the prepared mausoleum, cultivating immortals and becoming a god. That's why Emperor Heng used all the power of the country to build a mausoleum of such a scale here."

As if to verify Xu Qing's inference, the secret that Chunsheng revealed made the old events of that year clearer.

At this point, he looked up and asked with a smile, "Does the man of destiny think that people in this world can attain the Tao and become immortals, and achieve the right result through cultivation?"

"Believe it or not."

"Oh?"

Chunshengshi's laughter was mixed with surprise and astonishment, and he looked at Xu Qing with interest.

"Why does the destiny man say that?"

"Emperor Heng believed what you, the White Lotus Sect, said back then, and that's why he firmly believed that he could become an immortal... If I remember correctly, there are several ways to become an immortal in the legend, and what you tricked him into doing was taking elixirs."

There was a hint of coldness in Xu Qing's words.

"The real purpose of the previous Spring Envoy was this huge mausoleum located in the dragon vein of Qi State and hollowed out in the belly of the mountain. In order to achieve your own plan, you specially prepared this method of becoming an immortal that does not require traveling around and practicing in seclusion. You used your identity as an alchemist to get close to Emperor Qi Heng, so that he would believe in the elixir of immortality you made up and spend the country's strength to build this place."

Chunsheng smiled and did not rush to speak. Instead, he patiently let Xu Qing continue.

"So you asked me if I believe there is a way to become an immortal in this world. Based on Emperor Heng's personal experience, of course there isn't."

The Spring Envoy continued to ask: "If you don't believe it, why do you still say you believe it?"

Xu Qing said: "If this was the only thing, I would naturally think that the White Lotus Sect was a bunch of people who deceived the world and stole the reputation... But in the classics handed down from generation to generation, in addition to the elixir, there are also ways to cultivate immortality by accumulating good deeds and being enlightened by masters."

"Well, which one do people of destiny believe in?"

Xu Qing shook his head, stared at Chun Shengshi and said word by word: "None of the above methods, I believe in the immortality of corpse transformation."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire space fell back into its previous dead silence.

Suddenly, a strange arc appeared on Chunshengshi's mouth corners, and an indescribable admiration rose in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

"Yes, the layout of the two generations of Spring Envoys of my Holy Church is the corpse transformation method of Seven Stars Converging the Moon and Slaying Dragons to Absorb Essence. It is about rebirth from the ashes and becoming an immortal through fire transformation."

After Xu Qing told the truth, Envoy Chunsheng confirmed the matter in person.

"My master once said that the best people can rise up into the sky, and they are called celestial immortals. The middle people can travel in famous mountains, and they are called terrestrial immortals. The lowest people can die first and then transform into corpses, and they are called corpse-transmutation immortals... I am not destined to be a celestial immortal. I am not blessed with the advantage of the earth, and I have nothing to do with terrestrial immortals. Therefore, I can only follow the immortal path laid out by my master, and take advantage of the opportunity to practice the corpse-transmutation method of the lowest people, and become a low-level immortal."

(End of this chapter)