Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 120 A Cry for Help. (First Update!)

Shujiabao.

Small Round Hall.

click, click, click...

The tall ghost accepted the order and strode towards the passageway leading to the ghost cellar.

As the ghostly footsteps faded into the distance, Zheng Que shook his head slightly.

While we were in the underworld, this tall ghost revealed all the information it knew.

According to the clues provided by the other party, the "Dream Weaver" in the ghost cellar is the original main soul of the Soul Summoning Banner.

The "strangeness" of their living quarters is a product of the Shu family's children being corrupted by the "Dream Weaver".

The other main soul, as well as the soul-summoning banner, are obviously hidden in the three areas of the ancestral hall, the underground mine, and the ghost-fighting arena.

However, when the Jia siblings ran out of the passageway leading to the ancestral hall, they had nothing in their hands and looked extremely panicked. The summoning banner was most likely not in the ancestral hall, and the other main soul was probably in the same situation; otherwise, the siblings shouldn't have survived...

After all, the main soul created by the Shu family fortress harbored extreme hatred for outsiders and would not let the two of them go.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the Soul-Summoning Banner and the other main soul should be located in the underground mine and the Ghost Fighting Arena.

While pondering, Zheng Que took a deep breath.

Unfortunately, the tall ghost just now was not one of the ghosts in the Soul-Summoning Banner, and it didn't know much about the Soul-Summoning Banner; nor was it a "vengeful spirit" transformed from the dead members of the Shu Family Fortress, and it also didn't know much about what happened in the Shu Family Fortress.

He is now sending the tall ghost back to the ghost cellar to determine when the main soul inside will awaken.

The main soul in the ghost cellar can use soul wind to forcibly dispel his [Ghost Control Technique]. Once he finds that he has lost the connection of the [Ghost Control Technique] with the tall ghost, it will prove that the main soul has awakened.

His decree will enhance the power of the ghosts.

The main soul was sealed by the Shu family fortress and could not leave the ghost cellar, but after obtaining the power of the imperial edict, it might be able to break free.

At that time, a "monster" from the Scissors Prison will roam the entire Shu Family Fortress. Unless it is immediately dragged into the underworld, anyone who encounters it will die!
Thinking of this, Zheng Que immediately turned his head and looked at a pile of pottery jars beside him.

These "yin vessels" contain the ghost servants that the Shu family once collected.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the [Ghost Control Technique] is used on the [Yin Vessel], the ghost servants inside can be controlled.

However, according to the tall ghost's explanation, these [Yin Vessels] have been stored in the Ghost Cellar and have been assimilated by the main soul inside. To refine the ghost servants inside, one cannot use [Ghost Control Technique] on the [Yin Vessels]. Instead, one must first break the [Yin Vessels] to release the ghosts inside, and then use [Ghost Control Technique] on the ghosts inside according to the normal procedure for subduing ghosts.

Of course, even if the Shu family succeeded in doing this, a gust of soul wind could still break his [Ghost Control Technique]...

Therefore, for ordinary cultivators, these [Yin Vessels] are of no real use whatsoever; on the contrary, in a sense, they are a burden and a hidden danger.

However, he is different...

After a quick thought, Zheng Que pointed to the surrounding [Yin Vessels] and asked, "What are the specific cultivation levels of the ghosts in these [Yin Vessels]?"

Upon hearing this, Niannu immediately replied, "Reporting to my lord, these six contain 'vengeful spirits' from the sixth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell]."

"These three contain 'fierce spirits' at the seventh level of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell]." "This one contains a 'fierce spirit' at the eighth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell]."

Niannu, as if reciting a familiar story, quickly introduced the cultivation levels of all the ghosts in the ten [Yin Vessels] to Zheng Que.

【Tongue Pulling Prison】The eighth level?
Zheng Que listened with slight surprise, but he quickly came to his senses and immediately picked up the Yin Vessel containing the eighth level of the Tongue-Pulling Hell ghost, asking Qing Li and Ku Lan, "Can you two handle the 'fierce soul' of the eighth level of the Tongue-Pulling Hell?"

Ku Lan immediately replied softly, "Young master, there's no problem."

Qingli snorted coldly and replied disdainfully, "One of us is enough!"

Zheng Que nodded, then said to Qing Li, "Then, this 'fierce spirit' is yours."

As he spoke, he released his grip, and the black pottery-clad [Yin Vessel] crashed to the ground with a "thud." As pottery shards scattered, a thick, cold black smoke suddenly broke free from its confinement, rapidly expanding and transforming in the blink of an eye into a ghostly creature with a blue face, fangs, and a burly back.

This ghost was several meters tall. Unlike the tall ghosts that were long and narrow, this one was robust and had a thick mane all over its body, making it look like an iron tower. It resembled an ape, but it had no nose or ears. Its eyes were two vertical slits with seven or eight pupils moving in all directions. Its mouth was located on its chest, revealing fine, sharp teeth when it opened and closed.

Upon its arrival, it filled the originally spacious small round hall to the brim.

The blue-faced ghost seemed a little unaccustomed to stretching its body, lowered its head, and its bloodthirsty gaze immediately locked onto the only living person present, instantly revealing its ferocious nature.

Without hesitation, Qingli's figure blurred, and four long arms emerged from her sleeves, like venomous dragons emerging from their caves. They clashed and reached out to grab the "fierce spirit."

boom! ! !
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Shujiabao.

The passageway.

Li Lian stood straight at the very front of the line, his body still in a forward-walking posture, but his head was strangely twisted behind him.

Amidst the crisp sound of bones shattering, his neck had been twisted and broken. However, as a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining, his vitality far exceeded that of ordinary people. Despite the excruciating pain that surged like a tide, he did not die immediately.

"Help... help..."

Li Li'an was filled with fear and shouted with all his might.

However, when the words came out, only a muffled and unclear sound could be heard, and no normal speech could be heard at all.

At this moment, whether they saw his miserable state or discovered something else, the Jia siblings in his sight suddenly changed their expressions, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying. Without uttering a single word, they turned and ran!

Li Lian felt his neck becoming increasingly painful, turning from excruciating pain to numbness, which then spread rapidly throughout his body. Under the shadow of death, his emotions grew increasingly agitated. With great difficulty, he reached out in the direction the Jia siblings had fled, desperately shouting, "Help...help me..."

At first, Li Li'an could only utter indistinct syllables, like a series of intermittent murmurs echoing in the corridor, but gradually, his pronunciation became clearer and clearer, and also colder and colder.

"help me……"

"help me……"

A mechanical, monotonous, and cold voice echoed repeatedly in the dimly lit passageway.

(End of this chapter)