The fishing rod is in hand, the fishing spot is chosen, and the fishing technique is mastered. If one can resist fishing now, they must be the reincarnation of Buddha himself!
Xu Qing held the fishing rod, his heart stirred with desire to fish.
With the methods of seeking, catching, and slaying a dragon at his disposal, if he didn't try to catch the dragon of Dayong's national fortune, it would be a waste of his gear!
The Celestial Heart Sect, which had caused chaos for over twenty years, was completely eradicated today. Together with it, the Cangyi Group also vanished from the arena of world domination, following the death of Ji Lingzhou and other core members.
Xu Qing took the opportunity to send off Ji Lingzhou's corpse, receiving a two-tier reward of Qi Men Dun Jia, rated as top human and earth tactics; another was a battle array technique called the Nine Palace Eight Trigram Array, rated as lower earth grade.
It is rumored that the Qi Men Dun Jia was a technique bestowed by the Profound Lady of the Nine Heavens during ancient wars and evolved by Feng Hou into this art.
This technique is divided into three parts: heaven, earth, and human. Ji Lingzhou only learned the human and earth parts, and the earth part, symbolizing earth's path, was obtained from digging his family's ancestral grave in Qishan.
The divine relic beneath the bone temple was deduced by Ji Lingzhou using the earth part of Qi Men Dun Jia.
"Digging one's own ancestral grave indeed makes one like a person destined for great undertakings..."
Xu Qing had to admit that the Holy Master of the Celestial Heart Sect and the leader of the Cangyi Group were quite talented!
The rest of the Nine Palace Eight Trigram Array, balancing offense and defense, was created by the owner of the Qishan tomb during his lifetime. It can be said to embody the essence of battle array techniques and is a hurdle for many future arrays.
"The art of battle arrays..."
Xu Qing thought of his Fierce Generals. Now, his subordinates number no less than a thousand. If he could gather all the Skull Ghost Soldiers near the Yin River of the Jin Sect, the number of Fierce Generals might reach the scale of 'ten thousand ghosts at command.'
"The reason why the Ghost King of Many Tribulations became a Ghost King is not only because he has a thousand years of cultivation, but more importantly, he commands more than ten thousand subordinates."
"The battalion of the Eight Banner Marshals and the Witch Soldiers of the Yin-Eating Dharma King each number ten thousand."
Having over ten thousand minions seems to be the standard for kings in the underworld.
"It seems I'm still a bit short of becoming a Zombie King."
Xu Qing deeply realized his own shortcomings.
If the Ghost King of Many Tribulations from the Sutra of Salvation heard these words, he might just climb out immediately.
Your one Fierce General can rival dozens of Skull Ghost Soldiers. Whose army would treat Ghost Generals as mere Ghost Soldiers?
With more than ten thousand Ghost Generals, one could not only become a Zombie King but also a regional Yama.
The Nine Palace Eight Trigram Array constantly evolved in Xu Qing's mind. Once mastered, it would be equivalent to possessing a formidable army, capable of both offense and defense.
Xu Qing learned from Ji Lingzhou's life that this array was also acquired by the other party in Qishan, although not by digging a grave.
As a child, Ji Lingzhou often heard his family talk about their lineage being of the blood of King Zhou, and their ancestors were once noble dragon descendants.
Coincidentally, Ji Lingzhou was an unrestrained master. After hearing too much about his ancestors' glory from thousands of years ago, thoughts started to grow in his mind, eventually growing into a tree with intertwined roots, filled with imperial dreams.
But to become an emperor, one needs silver and soldiers, both of which he lacked. What could he do? Ji Lingzhou, being resourceful, quickly thought and turned his attention to his family's ancestral grave, the rumored Qishan tomb.
"Those who achieve great things do not dwell on trifles. Emperor Wu of Wei also engaged in tomb robbing. I'm merely digging my family's ancestral grave to reclaim the belongings left by my ancestors, so what does it matter!"
With this in mind, Ji Lingzhou's remaining sense of guilt disappeared.
Moreover, being part of the Ji Family, the items in the Qishan tomb, rather than collecting dust, were better put to use by him!
If he didn't take them, they would eventually go to outsiders.
But if he obtained his family's treasure and used it to conquer the world, extending their former empire for a thousand years, the act of grave digging would no longer be shameful but rather honorable, bringing glory to his ancestors!
I am truly filial!
With such moral justification, Ji Lingzhou boldly took his tools, relying on the inherited human grade Qi Men Dun Jia, combined with King Wen's Eight Trigrams deduction, seeking dragons and locating their dens. Incredibly, he actually found the location of his ancestral grave.
Upon opening the tomb, the treasures saw the light of day, and Ji Lingzhou unexpectedly acquired the earth grade Qi Men Dun Jia.
At this moment, Ji Lingzhou's heart burned with enthusiasm, and he was full of vigor!
However, just as he was about to visit the main burial chamber to 'pay respects and fulfill filial duty to his ancestors,' he caught sight of an old gentleman stepping out from the side tomb door, dressed in vermilion and yellow garments, wearing an ancient robe, holding a turtle shell, amiably smiling.
Ji Lingzhou was so startled, he thought he had encountered a ghost!
Seeing Ji Lingzhou draw his sword, the old gentleman quickly spoke in a human voice:
"Do not be rude! You unworthy descendant, robbing your ancestors' tomb is already a grave disrespect. Do you also intend to defy your forebears and commit the sin of betraying your ancestors?"
Ah? Ancestor?
You say you are my ancestor, and you are? I might as well say I am your ancestor!
Who knows if you aren't here to rob the tomb like me.
Ji Lingzhou swung his sword into the air, and the old gentleman's figure vanished into thin air, reappearing a few steps to his side.
This time, the old gentleman was genuinely enraged, exclaiming angrily, "You rebellious and unworthy descendant, if you remain stubborn, watch out, I will turn you into flesh soup as well!"
The words 'flesh soup' made Ji Lingzhou shiver. After regaining composure and looking closely at the old man's translucent, ghostly figure, which did not seem like that of a living person, he wondered if it was truly an ancestral spirit.
Seeing Ji Lingzhou calm down, the old man's expression softened slightly, and he then questioned why Ji Lingzhou had come to plunder and desecrate the ancestral tomb, committing such a disgraceful act against his forebears.