Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 115 A Similar Scene. (Second Update!)

Shujiabao.

The passageway leading to the living quarters.

In the empty passage, a figure in a crab-green robe and wearing an ancient bronze mask appeared out of thin air; it was Xiao Yiyang.

At this moment, he was surrounded by yin energy, his exposed skin was a mix of blue and white, and a crack had appeared on the bronze mask that covered his face completely, making him look quite disheveled.

It's finally out!
After appearing, Xiao Yiyang quickly looked around and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If this drags on any longer, even he risks being assimilated by this "weird"!

Fortunately, he figured out one of the rules in this "strange" place in time, and escaped by following that rule.

However, this is strange!
How did that kid get out of there when he didn't do anything?
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yiyang immediately cast a strange spell, and his spiritual power vibrated slightly in a peculiar way, quickly dispelling the yin energy that had been clinging to his body. His skin, which had been a mix of blue and white, also quickly returned to normal.

Without hesitation, he immediately rushed back to the entrance he had come from.

In the dim light, Xiao Yiyang moved like the wind, leaving behind afterimages, his speed incredibly fast. In no time, he returned to the small round hall where they had split up.

He had just stepped out of the passageway leading to his living quarters when he saw two familiar figures rushing out of the passageway leading to the ancestral hall. The two were a man and a woman. The man was tall and burly, carrying a long sword on his back, while the woman was pretty and agile in a red blouse and yellow skirt. They were the initiators of this mission, Jia Bin and Jia Miaoniang.

Did the Jia siblings also enter Shujiabao?

Xiao Yiyang immediately stopped and was about to go forward to greet them when a familiar figure rushed out from the portal leading to the Ghost Cellar.

The man was dressed in a sandalwood-colored robe, with a soul-nourishing bag hanging from his waist. His face was pale, and his brows were furrowed with shock. It was Li Li'an.

Li Lian had just run out of the passageway when he stared blankly at the small round hall in front of him.

He remembered that he had just run towards the Ghost Cellar, intending to meet up with Zheng Que. The ghost servant in black clothes and with a black umbrella was quite powerful. Zheng Que, this country bumpkin, was not very cunning. As long as he said some nice things, he could get protection...

But how did I end up in this round hall at the entrance again?

Besides, didn't the Jia siblings just disappear?

Why now...

Before Li Li'an could continue thinking, Jia Miaoniang looked at Xiao Yiyang and asked with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, may I ask your honorable name?"

Xiao Yiyang calmly glanced at the Jia siblings and Li Li'an, and quickly replied, "I am Xiao Yiyang."

"I wonder if you and your brother/sister discovered anything in the ancestral hall?"

Jia Miaoniang's smile remained unchanged as she softly said, "So it's Fellow Daoist Xiao."

"I never expected you to be a Qi Refining Level 7 expert. I was unaware of your name before, so please forgive my rudeness."

"Unfortunately, my brother and I found nothing at the ancestral hall. I wonder if you discovered anything on your trip?"

Xiao Yiyang shook his head and said calmly, "I just went to the living quarters, and found nothing except a 'strange' creature."

Upon hearing that Xiao Yiyang had also come up with nothing, Jia Bin nodded slightly and immediately said, "In that case, it seems that the magic artifact should be in the underground mine or the Ghost Fighting Arena."

"Where are you going next, my friend?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yiyang immediately asked, "Where is the Ghost Cellar?"

"Since the virtuous brother and sister came from the ancestral hall, how can you be sure that the magical artifact is not in the Ghost Cellar?"

As he spoke, he turned to Li Li'an and quickly said, "Fellow Daoist, please tell me everything that happened in the Ghost Cellar." At this moment, Li Li'an felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and waves of cold air surged from the bottom of his heart.

Such a similar scene, similar Jia siblings, similar dialogue...

The only difference throughout the whole process was that the person who came out of the living quarters just now was Zheng Que, but now it was Xiao Yiyang!

Everything else is exactly the same as before!
He himself was the same!
This...this is "weird"?
Did you encounter something "strange"?
Or perhaps, I am now already a part of this "weirdness"...

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Shujiabao.

Ghost cellar.

Seeing his three ghost servants recklessly attacking the ghosts inside the [Scissors Prison], Zheng Que felt a chill run down his spine. Just as he was about to find an excuse to retreat, he saw Qing Li suddenly rush into the prison.

Zheng Que's expression changed. Qing Li's cultivation was only at the sixth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison]. Even with her Yin official position, she could not possibly be a match for a [Scissors Prison] ghost!

Thinking of this, Zheng Que immediately followed, while pointing two fingers at his brow, ready to strike at any moment.

Seeing this, Kulan and Niannu quickly followed behind Zheng Que.

Soon, Zheng Que followed Qing Li through a stone door and found that it was a special prison cell. Apart from the stone door they had entered through, there were no other entrances or exits. Behind a row of bars made of [Crimson Blood Ore], a disheveled cultivator was locked up.

The cultivator had been locked up here for who knows how long. He was disheveled, his clothes were tattered, and he looked like a middle-aged man. He had a broad face, a wide mouth, three long wisps of beard under his chin, and dark blue eyes.

At this moment, Qing Li stood arrogantly outside the fence. Inside the fence, the locked cultivator remained in the position of being pulled by chains, sitting cross-legged on the ground. His thighs were covered with bloodstains, and the wounds were covered with thick scabs. He was completely still, with blank eyes, like a wooden sculpture.

Zheng Que quickly looked around but found no ghosts. He immediately asked, "Where is that ghost from the [Scissors Prison]?"

Qingli pointed to the cultivator locked inside the fence and replied disdainfully, "This is it."

Isn't this a living person?

How could it be a ghost from the [Scissors Prison]?

In a flash, Zheng Que didn't hesitate and immediately drew out an edict from between his eyebrows, pointing it at the cultivator.

The decree transformed into dark light and entered the brow of the bound cultivator.

"what!!!"

A shrill scream rang out, and the locked cultivator's head lolled to the side, where he fell unconscious on the spot.

Zheng Que didn't mince words and asked directly, "This ghost can't move right now, can we kill it?"

Qingli replied decisively, "We can only kill its physical body, but that body doesn't belong to it."

Kulan, standing nearby, chimed in, "Young master, this ghost is now sealed away, so killing it is quite simple."

"We just need to seal off this place and prevent other living beings from entering."

"In a few hundred years, this monster will surely be worn down and killed by this seal!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que understood that Ku Lan had been sealed in the bronze cauldron and had almost been worn down to death by this method.

Thinking of this, he dared not take the risk and immediately ordered, "Leave here first!"

(End of this chapter)