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

Of course, the reason they were able to recognize these spiritual energies was mainly because the Taoist and Buddhist practices they usually used could mobilize some spiritual energy.

Therefore, they are extremely familiar with it, but they can only mobilize it, not control or absorb it into their bodies.

To absorb spiritual energy, one needs to possess the corresponding spiritual body.

At the same time, being able to absorb it into the body means that the cultivator possesses a spiritual body with this kind of spiritual power.

If you absorb it rashly, the spiritual energy will run rampant in your body.

In severe cases, it can even lead to death.

The power of fire spirit entering the body will instantly burn the cultivator to death.

The power of water spirits, on the other hand, will drain all the water from the cells, turning the person into a dried-up corpse.

The wind spirit's power entered his body and was immediately shattered into fragments.

If someone like Ling Yan Yan were to absorb wind spirit power so frantically, even a Celestial Master would instantly turn into minced meat if they weren't a wind spirit body.

"Okay, I didn't try to deny it!"

Ling Yan Yan was speechless. He couldn't very well say that he had just awakened his spirit body, could he?

"Amitabha! Daoist Ling Yanyan's talent is truly extraordinary. It has broadened my horizons. It seems that the cultivation world will soon be dominated by Daoist Ling Yanyan!"

Master Ikkyu couldn't help but sigh.

"Nonsense, this is my junior brother. But speaking of which, junior brother, you just said you broke through? Tell me, what realm are you at? Don't try to hide it from me this time!"

Master Simu was initially proud, then looked at Ling Yanyan expectantly.

To create such a commotion with a wind spirit body, one must be at least at the third level of the Earth Master realm, right?

An eighteen-year-old geomancer at the third level of the Heavenly Realm—just thinking about it is exciting!

Sure enough, even Master Yixiu and Jiale looked at Ling Yanyan expectantly, "He's only just reached the fifth level of the Earth Master realm!"

Ling Yan Yan pondered for a moment, then decided not to continue concealing his cultivation level.

Unfortunately, as soon as he said that, Master Ikkyu and the others all widened their eyes in shock.

Time quickly passed and it was late at night.

"Master, where did you get this coconut shell? And what is this thing you made? It looks weird."

In the living room, Jiale watched curiously as Master Simu brought out two halves of a coconut shell and stuffed them with cotton, wondering what he was doing.

But Jia Le felt that something was off about this look.

"You don't know? These are earplugs, you know what earplugs are?"

Master Simu's reply was rather listless.

"Why are you putting earplugs in?" Jiale was bewildered.

"Enough with the nonsense! Have you offered incense and made offerings to the ancestral master yet? Hurry up and go!"

Master Four Eyes snorted coldly upon hearing Jia Le's words. Why? Isn't it all because of your dead grandfather?

"Oh right, junior brother, I almost forgot, haven't you learned the art of summoning spirits yet?"

However, at this moment, Master Four Eyes suddenly brightened up and looked at Ling Yanyan, who was drawing talismans not far away.

Of course, he didn't look closely. If he had, he would have been shocked to discover that the talisman Ling Yanyan drew was actually a low-grade Heaven-rank talisman.

Although it seems somewhat unskilled, barely reaching the passing level, it is already extremely terrifying.

"Summoning spirits? I've never actually learned that!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Yanyan raised an eyebrow, showing interest.

In this era, the Maoshan spirit-summoning ritual can no longer summon deities; it can only invoke the ancestral master of the family in the underworld.

Furthermore, a large amount of ghost money is required.

It's worth mentioning that this ghost money isn't just any kind of printed ghost money; only ghost money printed by the underworld officials of the Yin Money Bureau can connect the Yin and Yang realms.

These ghost money coins carry powerful yin and yang energy, so the more you burn, the more powerful the ancestral master you summon will be.

Of course, which patriarch can be summoned depends on how proficient one is in the art of summoning deities.

In theory, the Summoning Divine Technique, when used properly, can be far more powerful than even Heavenly Rank Daoist Techniques.

After all, it would be extremely difficult for a cultivator at the fifth level of the Earth Master realm to kill the Zombie King, even if they had comprehended a Spirit-level Dao technique.

However, if one can invite an extremely powerful ancestral master and is capable of handling the situation, one might even be able to kill the zombie king.

"Hahaha, come on, come on, senior brother, I'll teach you how to invite the gods today."

Upon hearing that Ling Yanyan had not studied it, Master Simu was immediately delighted.

After saying that, he led Ling Yanyan directly towards the ancestral hall.

Upon entering, I saw Jiale offering incense and then drawing out a portion of his spiritual energy to infuse into the ancestral tablets.

In the center of all the ancestral master tablets, there is a clay sculpture, which absorbs most of the spiritual energy.

This clay sculpture is the ancestral master that Master Simu mainly worships.

Ling Yanyan glanced at it and discovered that this patriarch was a tenth-generation disciple of Maoshan.

If you calculate the time, it's over 1,500 years ago that our ancestor was.

It is considered extremely ancient. As we all know, the more ancient the ancestor, the greater the probability of him being powerful. After all, even in the underworld, the ancestor can still cultivate, and the more ancient the ancestor, the richer the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The more powerful the cultivators, the more powerful they will become.

Of course, you can't just worship any ancestral master for as long as you want. It mainly depends on whether the ancestral master accepts your offerings during the annual ancestral worship ceremony.

You can also choose the oldest ancestral master to worship.

Of course, you can also set up a memorial tablet for other ancestral masters at the same time.

After all, if the ancestral master you invite doesn't have time, you can invite other ancestral masters instead, so you won't be killed because of a failed attempt to invite a god.

There is also another point, which is that there were rumors.

The more meritorious a person is, the more favored they will be by both the Yin and Yang realms.

Therefore, if one has accumulated great merit, during the process of inviting the gods, the Yin and Yang realms will transmit your petition to an even more powerful ancestral master.

It can even reduce the cost of summoning gods, allowing you to summon a more powerful ancestral master to assist you using the same amount of ghost money.

"Junior brother, these are the basic precautions for invoking the gods."

These are the runes and Taoist incantations needed for the summoning of spirits. Take a good look at them, and once you've learned them, you can try your first summoning!

Master Simu explained the precautions to Ling Yanyan and then handed him a book.

Ling Yanyan took a close look, and then immediately started learning using the automatic martial arts training function.

The automatic martial arts training system has been upgraded to level Lv4, which is incredibly powerful. It provides a thousand years of experience per day, and even an hour's training can provide fifty years of cultivation experience.

After Ling Yanyan finished reading the entire book, which took half an hour, he had cultivated all the runes and Taoist techniques he needed to a level of over 50%.

After all, judging from its difficulty, the Summoning God Technique is only a low-grade Earth-rank Daoist technique.

His real challenge lies in his own lineage and whether he has been favored by his ancestral master.

Maoshan is definitely a major sect, and its founding patriarch originated from an even more powerful sect.

It belongs to the Shangqing lineage.

Therefore, if the lineage is passed down step by step, theoretically, one could even invite the Shangqing Patriarch, one of the Three Pure Ones! "Senior brother, that's enough!"

However, at this moment, Ling Yanyan slowly spoke!

"Have you finished reading? If you have, then study hard. I only took three months to get the basics right. Junior brother, with your talent, I think you'll only need a month at most!"

Master Simu spoke with a smile.

However, Ling Yanyan felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. According to the learning speed, it should have taken him a year to get started.

"Ahem, what I mean is, senior brother, I've already mastered the basics!"

Ling Yanyan said helplessly.

"what?"

Master Four Eyes exclaimed in surprise, his eyes widening instantly.

"I'll give it a try, senior brother, and you'll see!"

Ling Yanyan smiled, then took some materials from the ancestral hall and went to the courtyard to find an open space.

Ling Yanyan then began to rapidly form hand seals.

“Buzz!!!!”

In an instant, a surge of powerful spiritual energy erupted from his hands.

The spiritual energy struck the void at an extremely fast speed, gathering into mysterious runes.

"Hiss, you actually learned the summoning incantation runes, and this doesn't look like you're even at the beginner level!"

Upon seeing this, Master Four Eyes gasped.

At this moment, he finally understood why Uncle Nine's expression was somewhat strange when he asked him to teach Ling Yanyan.

Damn it, this kind of genius is just here to crush people!

"Heaven and earth unite with me, and I unite with heaven and earth; gods and men come to me, and I come to gods and men; essence and energy unite completely, and spirit and energy unite as one; in the vast and mysterious, heaven and earth bless the master."

They arrive immediately upon being called, and come at the summons...

Ling Yanyan began chanting the incantation to summon the gods.

In an instant, all the runes began to tremble wildly.

Then Ling Yanyan took out a handful of ghost money from his pocket and scattered it all out.

This ghost money was taken from the altar of Master Simu.

"Wow! This kid is so wasteful, throwing away so much all at once."

Master Simu immediately felt a pang of regret.

This is worth thirty or forty silver dollars worth of ghost money! Normally, one-tenth of that would be more than enough for a first-time invocation of the gods.

After all, it's not like we're inviting the patriarch to subdue demons.

“Buzz!!!!”

As all the ghost money was scattered, a large amount of Yin and Yang energy emanated from it.

Then all the ghost money flowed into the runes.

The runes instantly transformed into channels connecting to the depths of the endless void.

"It's done!!!"

Upon seeing this, Ling Yanyan lit a large handful of incense and then bowed three times in the air.

"I, by burning incense, summon the messenger, the official in charge of rites, to report to the divine officials that upon hearing of this summons, they shall swiftly proceed to the altar."

"Raising my head to offer incense, I respectfully invite the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, all the revered masters of past generations, and all the immortals to descend before the altar!!"

At the same time, he loudly recited the final incantation.

“Buzz!!!!”

Suddenly, with a ripple, each incense stick lit by Ling Yanyan seemed to come to life and rushed directly into the channels connected by the runes.

"Holy crap? All eighteen incense sticks were accepted? Is my junior brother that sought after?"

Upon seeing this, Master Si Mu's eyes widened.