Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 110 Soul Wind. (Third update!)

Shujiabao.

Ghost cellar.

Behind the stone gate.

click, click, click...

A series of muddy footsteps sounded. Li Li'an's shoes were soaked with blood, and his robes were stained with several crisscrossing streaks of blood foam. With his eyes glazed over and his expression dazed, he pushed open the stone door and entered the ghost cellar once again.

At this moment, the ghost cellar was filled with flowing blood, dripping like a babbling brook. The air was thick with a pungent, fishy smell. The once neatly arranged [Yin Vessels] were overturned and scattered everywhere, with broken pottery shards flying everywhere. Corpse parts, bits of flesh, and internal organs were scattered like rain.

Several bizarre-looking ghosts were feasting on various limbs.

The sounds of crunching and chewing filled the entire haunted cellar, creating a chilling atmosphere.

Li Lian'an's gaze was unfocused, as if he couldn't see these ghosts at all, and he walked out in a daze.

Sensing the presence of a living person, these ghosts immediately turned their heads and looked at Li Li'an.

"Roar……"

But as soon as the ghosts revealed their murderous intent, they seemed to have received some order, and immediately put away their ferocious expressions, making way to both sides. Not a single ghost tried to stop Li Li'an.

Soon, Li Li'an left the ghost cellar.

As soon as he stepped into the passageway and the door behind him closed, Li Li'an instantly regained his senses. His face turned deathly pale, and he was covered in cold sweat!

This Shu family fortress has a magical artifact called the Soul-Summoning Banner, which can control numerous ghosts!

However, the information given by the Jia siblings was incorrect; there was actually a ghost at the sixth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell] guarding this fortress.

There were nine of them who broke into the haunted cellar, and he was the only one who managed to escape alive.

The rest of the people, including Wu Rushou, who was at the fifth level of Qi Refining, all died at the hands of that ghost at the sixth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison].

Now, we must escape this Shu Family Fortress as soon as possible, return to Taiping County, immediately gather all the cultivators we know, and hire a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator with spirit stones to come to this Shu Family Fortress and search for the Soul-Summoning Banner!
A magical artifact capable of controlling ghosts—such an opportunity is rare and hard to come by!
Even if it costs more spirit stones, we absolutely cannot miss it!
Thinking of this, Li Li'an immediately quickened his pace and walked towards the entrance of Shujiabao.

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Shujiabao.

Ancestral Hall.

Inside the semi-circular cave, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The figures standing there were like characters in a painting, without a sound or movement.

Deep within, the ivy-covered canopy hung silently, and ebony memorial tablets peeked out from between the branches and leaves, their names painted in gold lacquer, adding a touch of eeriness to this strange scene.

Staring at the scene before them, Jia Bin and Jia Miaoniang were both stunned. Memories of their last visit to Shujiabao quickly surfaced in their minds...

At that time, there were five of them entering Shujiabao, and they entered the Ghost Cellar of Shujiabao very smoothly.

Then, a [Yin Vessel] was opened, releasing a "fierce spirit" at the seventh level of [Tongue-Pulling Hell].

Next, the other three were killed, and the brother and sister escaped into a stone chamber, and then...

Upon realizing this, the brother and sister's expressions suddenly changed!
The last time they entered Shujiabao, they didn't escape using their strength, but rather because the thing locked in that stone chamber needed more living people and deliberately let them go!
The information about the Soul-Summoning Banner was also given to them by the other side.

Their memories have been altered!

This is a trap!
Realizing this, the brother and sister were about to run away when a sudden, chilling wind swept around them, blowing towards them in a mighty torrent.

"what!"

The two of them immediately let out a scream as they were thrown away by the seemingly insignificant gust of cold wind and crashed to the ground.

Ignoring their injuries, the brother and sister hurriedly got up and fled outside without looking back.

※※※ Shujiabao.

The passageway.

Zheng Que opened his eyes. The dark clouds summoned by the [Gathering Yin Technique] had already dissipated, leaving only a faint chilling aura of dense Yin energy around him.

Qingli found a slightly protruding rock and hung herself on the cliff face to swing; Kulan held an umbrella and turned her upper body back and forth, as if she was keeping watch on her surroundings.

The two ghost servants were surrounded by yin energy, like billowing black smoke, and had fully recovered.

Zheng Que stood up immediately. He had just summoned the two ghost servants into the underworld in turn to enhance their yin energy.

Previously, outside Taiping County, Qingli had killed the three ghost servants of the Jia siblings, but after receiving an imperial edict from him, she fell into a coma, which prevented him from having the opportunity to improve their strength.

Just now in the underworld, Qingli absorbed the yin energy of the three ghost servants of the Jia siblings from last time...

As for Kulan, she hasn't killed any ghosts during this period, so her Yin energy hasn't increased much; she's just recovered to her original state.

In a flash, Zheng Que turned his head towards the direction of the living quarters and asked in a deep voice, "Did anyone come out from over there just now?"

Ku Lan immediately stopped spinning, turned around to face Zheng Que, and softly replied, "Young Master, no."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que knew that Xiao Yiyang was still trapped in the "strange" situation!
He nodded slightly, then asked, "When I was cultivating just now, did any other ghosts approach?"

This time, Qingli immediately spoke arrogantly: "With this lady here, how dare a mere wandering ghost approach?"

"However, a few gusts of wind did blow, which made this old lady very uncomfortable."

Soul Wind?

What Qingli was referring to was probably the strange, eerie wind he had encountered before.

Zheng Que pondered for a moment, wondering if this soul wind was emitted by that magical artifact.
It is extremely effective against ordinary ghost servants!

However, for those underworld officials like Qingli and Kulan who have been granted official titles, they are basically unaffected.

So Zheng Que continued, "Can you determine which direction that soul wind is blowing from?"

Qingli snorted coldly and stopped talking.

The withered orchid beside it remained silent.

Seeing this, Zheng Li immediately understood that neither Qing Li nor Ku Lan could trace the origin of that soul wind...

Having roughly figured out the situation, he immediately said, "Let's go!"

Before he finished speaking, he walked towards the hall where he had just entered through the passageway.

Seeing this, Qingli floated down from the mountain wall and followed closely behind.

The withered orchid followed suit.

They hurried along and soon saw the door they had come through.

Zheng Que pushed open the door and walked out. Suddenly, the light in front of him brightened, and they were back in the small round hall where they had split up earlier.

Everything here remains the same: the intersecting ghost hands, the black pottery jars, the simple houses, the pickaxe and the incense burner, and the five doors standing quietly in a row.

He had just stopped when he saw two familiar figures rushing out of the ancestral hall's entrance.

The two figures were quite different. One was tall and imposing, carrying a long sword on his back; the other wore a crimson short jacket and a light pink long skirt. The two had a striking resemblance in their features, and it was clear at a glance that they were related by blood.

It was Jia Bin and Jia Miaoniang!

(End of this chapter)