Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

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Shujiabao.

Small Round Hall.

Zheng Que stood in the corner. Not far away, Qing Li, Ku Lan, and Nian Nu were filled with surging Yin energy and chilling killing intent. On the floor of the round hall, there were shards of pottery scattered everywhere, and Yin energy surged wildly, forming a thin layer of blackish-gray frost on the ground.

The ten [Yin Vessels] brought out from the Ghost Cellar have all been smashed.

Looking around, Zheng Que nodded in satisfaction. All the ghosts in the ten [Yin Vessels] had been dealt with by his three ghost servants.

Among them, the blue-faced "fierce spirit" at the eighth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison] was killed by Qing Li.

The three "fierce spirits" of the seven levels of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell] were all killed by Kulan.

The remaining six levels of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell] ghosts were all dealt with by Niannu.

Given the current situation, Zheng Que wasn't sure if Qing Li and Ku Lan could improve their cultivation levels again, but Nian Nu should be able to advance from the fifth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell] to the sixth level...

Thinking of this, Zheng Que kicked away a few pieces of broken pottery at his feet and was about to continue his cultivation when, not far away, a series of rapid footsteps suddenly came from behind the door with an incense burner pattern on the door frame of one of the five fan-shaped doors. It sounded as if more than one person was running wildly.

Zheng Que immediately turned his head and looked toward the gate leading to the ancestral hall.

Bang!
The half-closed door was pushed open, and two familiar figures rushed out of the passageway. The two figures, a man and a woman, were Jia Bin and Jia Miaoniang.

Looking at the brother and sister, Zheng Que frowned. Hadn't the two of them already left Shujiabao?
Why did you go to the ancestral hall again?
At this moment, the Jia siblings also saw Zheng Que. They immediately stopped and were about to say something when their eyes caught sight of Qing Li behind Zheng Que, and their expressions changed instantly.

After a brief silence, Jia Miaoniang broke the ice. She chuckled, clasped her hands in a fist salute to Zheng Que, and asked in a gentle voice, "Fellow Daoist, may I ask your honorable name?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Niannu several times, intentionally or unintentionally.

This female ghost with her hair styled in a bun and wearing a pink blouse and colorful skirt looks like the ghost servant that was taken from her before!

Although the female hanging creature's appearance and attire have changed drastically, she, as its former owner, recognized it at a glance.

Ok?
Zheng Que was about to ask the two why they hadn't left Shujiabao when he heard this question and was immediately taken aback.

Didn't Li Lian already introduce himself when we met?

Is it that these two people don't trust Li Li'an?

Or is there something wrong with Li Li'an?
Thinking of this, Zheng Que cautiously spoke: "My name is Zheng Que."

"Why are you and your sister still in Shujiabao?"

"But what clues did you find?"

Upon hearing this, Jia Bin immediately shook his head and said in a deep voice, "We were just led into the fortress by an illusion. We did not find any clues about the Soul-Summoning Banner on this trip."

"I wonder if you've found anything here, my friend?"

Zheng Que frowned. The Jia siblings' answers and reactions were almost exactly the same as when they first met!
After thinking for a moment, he immediately replied, "I just went to my quarters and encountered a strange thing there. Luckily, I managed to escape."

"The only clue we have now is that the magical artifact is not in the living quarters."

As he spoke, Zheng Que deliberately avoided mentioning his visit to the Ghost Cellar, and instead repeated his own answer from their first meeting.

If the Jia siblings can't detect the problem, then he'd better be careful!
At this moment, seeing that Zheng Que had no intention of making a move, the Jia siblings breathed a sigh of relief. Jia Bin immediately said, "In that case, that magical artifact should be in the underground mine or the ghost fighting arena."

"Fellow Daoist, are you going to the mine or the Ghost Fighting Arena next?" Upon hearing this familiar assessment, Zheng Que's face immediately darkened. In his [Spiritual Eye Technique] vision, the brother and sister appeared perfectly normal, without any problems. However, their current situation was clearly very strange.

Thinking of this, Zheng Que replied calmly, "I am not going to the underground mine or the ghost fighting arena now, but to my residence to retrieve something."

"If you two have nothing else to attend to, I will take my leave now."

With that, he immediately led his three ghost servants toward the passageway leading to his living quarters.

The Jia siblings seemed to have completely forgotten all their memories of their first meeting.

Although I don't know what happened to these two, given the current situation, it's definitely best to stay away from them.

In the blink of an eye, Zheng Que had already led his three ghost servants into the passageway of the living quarters.

As soon as he left, the Jia siblings looked towards the long corridor leading to the outside world.

They desperately wanted to escape from Shujiabao, but for some reason, they both felt a strange fear of the gates of Shujiabao not far away.

Therefore, Jia Bin immediately said, "This Shu Family Fortress is extremely dangerous. We should all act together for safety."

"Since Fellow Daoist Zheng is going to his residence now, my brother and I will go with him."

Jia Miaoniang felt equally heavy-hearted and was extremely reluctant to go to the gate. Upon hearing this, she immediately nodded and echoed, "My ghost servant is also in the hands of this Fellow Daoist Zheng... It is indeed safer to follow this Fellow Daoist Zheng now."

So the Jia siblings also entered the passageway leading to their living quarters and chased after Zheng Que in the direction he had left.

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Shujiabao.

Ghost fighting arena.

In the lotus-shaped depression, Xiao Yiyang stood in the middle, breathing slightly. Beneath his mask, sweat slowly slid down his forehead, a tingling sensation like insects crawling on his face.

At this moment, his body was brimming with spiritual energy, his robes fluttered without wind, and his fighting spirit was high.

In the series of battles just now, Xiao Yiyang killed several batches of "vengeful spirits".

Ying Yi, who was at the fifth level of Qi Refining, was also killed on the spot, and his soul, which had transformed into a "fierce spirit," was scattered by him four or five times!

however……

huh... huh... huh...

As the familiar soul wind swept by, sending chills down one's spine, familiar figures once again crawled out from the lotus-shaped depression in the ground: Ying Yi, a middle-aged male cultivator in fine clothes with a short beard, and a thin, dark-skinned cultivator...

All the "vengeful spirits" and "fierce spirits" that had just been killed by Xiao Yiyang regrouped in the arena.

These rapidly converging "vengeful spirits" and "fierce spirits" were surrounded by surging Yin energy, seemingly becoming even stronger than before!

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yiyang's expression behind his mask became extremely solemn. He looked up again at the figure of the girl with her hair in a high bun on the stands.

He was now certain that the other party was not the original main soul in the Soul-Summoning Banner, but the main soul that the Shu Family Fort had created!

Therefore, I have just made a very serious mistake!

(End of this chapter)