Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 118 Interrogation. (Second Update!)

Shujiabao.

In the passageway leading to the arena.

In the dim light, the intermittent counting could be heard one after another: "One...two...three...four...five..."

Accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps, the counting gradually faded into the distance.

Only after the sound completely disappeared did Xiao Yiyang finally release the magic seal in his hand.

Although he didn't know what was going on with the Jia siblings, fortunately, Li Li'an had already helped him get rid of the trouble.

Now, we can proceed normally.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yiyang slowed his pace and walked forward alone.

After walking along the passage for a while, he saw a half-open door ahead. It was quiet and dark outside.

Xiao Yiyang did not hesitate and went straight out the door.

Outside was a fairly large grandstand with tiered seats surrounding a lotus-shaped depression. At this moment, the grandstand was empty, and the lotus-shaped depression was dark as black water, making it impossible to see anything.

However, as Xiao Yiyang looked around, he suddenly noticed a slender and eerie figure on the opposite seat across the depression. It was a girl wearing a dark black dress with silver embroidery. Beneath her high-tied hair, a pair of cold and venomous eyes were staring straight at him.

The moment Xiao Yiyang saw the figure, he immediately realized something was wrong. He turned around and looked around, only to find himself in a lotus-shaped depression. In front of him stood a figure radiating yin energy, almost completely suppressing his spiritual power.

The figure's sleeves billowed, his expression was twisted, and his brows were filled with a ferocious look. His eyes were bloodshot, and his skin was a mixture of blue and white, making him look neither human nor ghost.

It was Ying Yi, who was at the fifth level of Qi Refining!
Upon seeing Xiao Yiyang, he did not hesitate for a moment and immediately attacked him.

"Kill, kill, kill!!"

"They will all die!"

"You all must die!"

Ying Yi roared incoherently, his facial muscles twitching unnaturally, appearing spasmodic and extremely eerie. His aura was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, but his body was filled with surging Yin energy, which was even more powerful than spiritual energy.

Seeing this, Xiao Yiyang immediately had to be careful. However, at this moment, a bone-chilling wind swept in, relentlessly scraping across his body like a steel knife.

Xiao Yiyang's mind was immediately shaken, and an unstoppable, intense killing intent surged from the depths of his heart.

But he quickly regained his composure and broke free from the sudden murderous intent.

At the same time, Ying Yi had already rushed in front of him, and a heavy punch was thrown directly at his head.

boom!
Xiao Yiyang raised his hand to block the attack, and then struck Ying Yi in the chest with a backhand.

boom……

Ying Yi was immediately sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground, unable to get up for a moment.

After defeating Ying Yi in one move, Xiao Yiyang turned his head, his masked face immediately looking at the figure of the girl with her hair in a high bun on the stands.

This one should be one of the main souls of the summoning banner he is looking for!

Xiao Yiyang immediately spoke up: "May I ask if you are the original main soul of the Soul-Summoning Banner?"

"Is it a main soul refined by the Shu Family Fortress?"

"My name is Xiao Yiyang, and I have come to help you."

The girl with her hair in a high bun immediately let out a soft, sinister laugh. "Hehehe..."

"he he he he he……"

A clear, bell-like laugh echoed through the empty, dimly lit arena, like flowing water, gradually turning into a hysterical roar that shook the surrounding area.

Amidst the laughter, Ying Yi, who had just been knocked down by Xiao Yiyang, stood up again.

His body was filled with surging, dark energy, like billowing black smoke that enveloped his entire body and dissipated violently, making him appear like a demon returning to the world.

Around this Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator, figures emerged one after another from the lotus-shaped depression. Some of these figures looked somewhat familiar to Xiao Yiyang, as they were the fellow cultivators who had entered Shu Family Fortress with him earlier. Others were completely unfamiliar, and their clothing was not of recent style...

All these figures were enveloped in a thick layer of yin energy.

Feeling the surging killing intent, Xiao Yiyang's expression became serious. He didn't know what he had said wrong.
The main soul at the moment has no intention of communicating at all.

It seems the other party only wants to kill him!
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In a dilapidated space.

Zheng Que sat high above, with black energy continuously disappearing into the Book of Life and Death between his brows.

"That's all I know..."

From below came the voice of the tall ghost, who was kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise his head, his whole body trembling like a leaf.

Zheng Que nodded slightly.

According to the tall ghost's confession, the "strange creature" locked in the ghost cellar was the original main soul of the summoning banner!
Back then, the Shu family obtained the Soul-Summoning Banner, but due to the low cultivation level of the entire family, they were unable to truly control it. So they devised a method to lure the main soul out of the Soul-Summoning Banner, seal it away, and then use the bloodline of the clan to refine a new main soul into it...

However, the plan did not go smoothly.

As for what exactly happened in between, the tall ghost, being part of the Shu family's wealth sealed within the [Yin Vessel], wasn't entirely clear on it.

All he knew was that the final outcome was that the Shu family fortress had created a new main soul, but that new main soul only obtained part of the power of the Soul Summoning Banner and could not truly enter the main banner.

The former master's soul, "Strange," was sealed within the body of the head of the Shu family and locked deep within the Ghost Cellar.

During this process, almost all the cultivators from Shujiabao who participated in the sealing were assimilated by the "strange phenomenon"...

Currently, neither of the two main souls is the true main soul of the Soul Summoning Banner, and they are both vying for the position of the true main soul!

The original main soul, "Strange," harbored extreme hatred towards the disciples of the Shu Family Fortress; while the new main soul refined by the Shu Family Fortress was the opposite, exhibiting extreme hatred towards outsiders.

To obtain the Soul-Summoning Banner, one must gain the approval of either the old or the new main soul...

After questioning all the questions, Zheng Que remained expressionless. In the stone chamber deep within the Ghost Cellar, the locked cultivator's physical body was that of Shu Guizhi, the former head of the Shu Family Fortress, but the soul within that body was the original main soul of the Soul-Summoning Banner, [Dream Weaver].

The "strange thing" they encountered in their living quarters was most likely a product of the assimilation of the many cultivators of Shujiabao by the [Dream Weaver].

"Ancestral hall, underground mine, ghost fighting arena..."

"Of the remaining three areas, one of them should contain the new main soul refined by the Shu family."

"That summoning banner is most likely also in one of those areas..."

Thinking of this, Zheng Que wasted no time and immediately used the [Ghost Control Technique] to take the tall ghost into his palm.

Next, looking at the Book of Life and Death before him, he immediately called out, "Qingli..."

(End of this chapter)