Zombies: Cultivating Immortality at Maoshan, Becoming Stronger by Doing Nothing

"Have you said enough? Did I give you a chance to speak?"

At that moment, Uncle Nine spoke up.

"That's enough! That's enough!"

Qiu Sheng awkwardly retreated.

Uncle Nine rolled his eyes at the kid, then looked at Maoshan Ming.

"Brother Dao, since you are a disciple of Maoshan, you should know the precepts of Maoshan, right?"

Uncle Jiu said solemnly.

"I know, I know, good and evil are opposed, and they fight each other for life!"

Mao Shanming breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing Uncle Jiu and quickly replied.

After all, the other party might spare him because he was a disciple of Maoshan, but Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng would not.

"You still keep ghosts even knowing that?"

Uncle Nine sighed helplessly.

"Yes, we even have two!"

Wencai quickly interjected.

"I had no choice; I was just trying to make a living!"

Mao Shanming was also helpless upon hearing this.

"The world is vast! Let alone making a living, even three meals a day and a place to sleep are not difficult! As long as your heart is good and you keep doing good deeds, Heaven will protect you!"

I'm asking you, how were things before you were with those two ghosts...?

Uncle Nine also sighed, knowing that the other party was also forced by life's hardships.

Otherwise, given such a dire situation, at the very least, one's cultivation should be abolished.

At the very least, if Maoshan Ming had encountered Ao Tianlong, he would not have been able to preserve his cultivation.

"Life is tough!"

Maoshan Ming pondered for a moment, then slowly said.

"And what happens after you encounter it?"

Uncle Nine asked again.

Mao Shanming frowned upon hearing this.

"It seems like life is getting harder. Although we have enough to eat, we are being chased and beaten every day!"

Mao Shanming's face fell.

"That's right, ghosts are ominous creatures! They embody eighteen calamities, including poverty, decline, sorrow, and suffering. How can you possibly have a good life if you're with them every day!"

Moreover, as an outer sect disciple, you are still afflicted with three major tribulations!

Uncle Nine also sighed helplessly.

There's a saying circulating in the cultivation world: Without the protection of a patriarch, a Daoist disciple—that is, one who is expelled from the sect but remains nominally a disciple—is...

If you continue your cultivation, you can either do good deeds for the rest of your life without spending a penny, but if you do it for money, you will not escape the three tribulations.

Those are the legendary three calamities: poverty, premature death, and orphanhood.

If you're lucky, you'll only get one of them; if you're unlucky, you'll get all three.

"Pin" means poverty, Maoshan Ming means poverty, and of course, there is also "Gu" (孤), which means being alone for life, and even if one gets married, the other person will die.

As for premature death, that means dying young! These three calamities are almost an inescapable fate.

Of course, it is also a punishment for those who want to make money with Maoshan Taoist techniques.

After all, without a master or sect, there are no constraints.

It's easy for people to come along who take advantage of their limited cultivation to bully men and women and wreak havoc on the world! Maoshan Ming is alright, he just goes around swindling money!

That's why he was practically starving before he met Da Bao and Xiao Bao.

I almost starved to death on the streets several times.

In addition, Da Bao and Xiao Bao were also really pitiful, so they traveled together.

Unfortunately, although he was able to eat his fill, each meal was earned through immense effort, and he was even wanted by the authorities everywhere.

Yunnan Province is alright, they've only just arrived, but the other provinces and cities have already blacklisted him.

In addition, being with ghosts every day caused a conflict between yang and yin energies, which led to a decline in his physical condition. Even now, although he is still at the eighth level of the Human Realm, his strength is even inferior to that of an ordinary sixth level Human Master!

If this continues, it's only a matter of time before someone dies a violent death in the street!

In other words, even after finding Da Bao and Xiao Bao, he not only failed to escape poverty and loneliness, but also suffered another untimely death!

Mao Shanming wasn't stupid; he quickly figured it out.

"I understand, Uncle Jiu. I was too presumptuous before!"

Maoshan Ming sighed.

"Good to know. Qiusheng Wencai, find the jar!"

Uncle Nine nodded slightly, then spoke to Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng beside him. "Ah? Master, how can this be?"