Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 161 The Battle of Foundation Establishment. (Third update!)

A quick fix that damages the foundation?

Zheng Que frowned immediately. Was this ghost bride telling a joke?

Thinking about this, he was pondering how to subtly suggest to the other party that there was no need for such trouble, as it could help him cultivate the [Yin Yang Harmony Secret Record]... when a familiar figure suddenly walked in.

The newcomer was dressed in black with a black umbrella, so only his back could be seen. Even indoors, the silk umbrella completely covered his upper body, with only a section of hair peeking out from the edge of the umbrella. The hair was tied with a crimson ribbon with long tassels that hung down like blood, exuding a captivating charm.

Upon seeing this figure, Zheng Li immediately came to his senses; Ku Lan had returned.

At this moment, the purple-clad female cultivator looked at Zheng Que and the ghost bride in the room, and her expression instantly became solemn. The ghost bride in front of her was very strong!

She didn't sense the other person's presence when she was outside.

At the same time, the ghost bride was also looking at the purple-clad female cultivator with a puzzled expression. This seemed to be a living person! But her aura was similar to that of the withered orchid…

In an instant, the purple-clad female cultivator stopped in her tracks, facing off against the ghost bride in a tense standoff, and the room fell into a brief silence.

Zheng Que noticed nothing amiss. In his [Spiritual Eye Technique] vision, Ku Lan remained the same as before. Therefore, he immediately said, "Luo Fuyu, I will not practice cultivation methods that damage one's foundation!"

"The Yin-Yang Harmony Secret Manual is still better!"

As he said this, he took three steps in two to walk to "Ku Lan's" side, then very naturally put his arm around her, pushed the silk umbrella aside with his forehead, and lowered his head to give her a fierce kiss on her red lips that were so close to his.

After taking a bite, Zheng Que immediately felt that the touch was a little different from before. It was soft and sweet, with the warmth unique to a living person. The touch of his palm was also full of vitality, supple and warm. He unconsciously rubbed the other person's hands up and down a few times.

The next moment, "Ku Lan" suddenly turned her head and looked at Zheng Que with piercing eyes.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with murderous intent!
Zheng Que suddenly felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head, his muscles tensed involuntarily, and the aura of death rushed towards him.

Before he could react, the ghost bride suddenly appeared in front of him, grabbed his collar, and pulled him backward!
Almost at the same moment, "Ku Lan" slammed a palm at Zheng Que.

boom! ! !
With a deafening roar, Zheng Que felt a surge of crimson light before his eyes. The entire house seemed to have been struck by a heavy blow, with rocks and mud crashing down, burying most of the bridal chamber's decorations in an instant.

clack clack...

Cracks spread rapidly along the mountainside, and beds, tables, chairs, screens, cabinets... leaned to one side and fell down from time to time through the cracks that appeared on the ground.

Amidst the flying sand and stones, although Zheng Que was protected behind the ghost bride, he was still too close and was still shaken so much that he felt dizzy and his chest felt extremely stuffy.

Before he could catch his breath, a series of terrifying noises reached his ears.

Boom boom boom...

The entire house shook violently as if the earth had shaken, like a small boat stranded and helpless in a storm.

Zheng Que wanted to escape, but the surrounding air currents were rolling and crisscrossing. Even the aftershocks pushed his body back and forth, and his legs went weak. For a moment, he couldn't even stand up!
This is not a battle between ghosts in the [Tongue-Pulling Hell].

It was a battle between the [Scissors Prison] and a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

The "withered orchid" he was just embracing was actually a Foundation Establishment cultivator in disguise!
Just as he was thinking this, a magnificent bridal sedan chair suddenly appeared out of thin air beside him. As soon as the sedan chair appeared, the curtain rolled up on its own, and Zheng Que's body was uncontrollably sucked into the sedan chair.

Wow!

As the sedan curtain closed, the sounds of fighting and the chilling air currents outside vanished instantly.

Having finally caught his breath, Zheng Que suddenly broke into a violent cough, spitting out a mouthful of purplish-black blood with a pale face.

His cultivation level is too low right now. The battle between the Ghost Bride and that Foundation Establishment cultivator was just the aftershock of the battle, yet it had already caused him internal injuries!
"That was close!" "I was almost killed!"

"That Foundation Establishment cultivator's technique was so powerful that my [Spiritual Eye Technique] couldn't detect anything unusual."

“No, it’s not just me… This Shu Family Fortress is now the Ghost Bride’s territory. The fact that this Foundation Establishment cultivator was able to get right up to the Ghost Bride before being discovered clearly shows that he has a very powerful method of concealing his presence.”

"Xiao Yiyang also had a similar method back then."

"I wonder if this Foundation Establishment cultivator has any connection with Xiao Yiyang..."

With that thought in mind, Zheng Que quickly took out a healing pill from his storage bag and swallowed it.

The medicine took effect quickly, and while waiting for his injuries to heal, he finally had the time to look around.

The sedan chair looked like an ordinary sedan chair from the outside, but inside it was as big as two rooms. The outer room was furnished like a reception hall, with a scarlet brocade carpet with lotus patterns on the floor, a round table made of rosewood inlaid with mica and marble, and a round stool with a dragon playing with a pearl pattern on a black lacquer surface sprinkled with mother-of-pearl enamel. The openwork lattice doors leading to the inner room were all closed at this time, and in the center hung a picture of ladies playing with a cat inlaid with lacquer and gold.

However, the goddess's expression was resentful and vicious, and the fox spirit also exuded a fierce aura, lacking any of the usual serene charm of such paintings.

Zheng Que was injured and after looking at the lady a few more times, he suddenly felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if he was about to be sucked into the painting.

He immediately looked away, his brows furrowing slightly.

This ghost bride has a strange background, and the things in the bridal sedan chair are probably not from any legitimate source either.

Thinking of this, Zheng Que shook his head slightly. Just as he was about to circulate his cultivation technique to enhance the medicinal effect, he saw the sedan curtain roll up again, and a figure in a phoenix coronet and wedding robes stood outside the sedan.

Upon seeing the ghost bride, Zheng Que asked directly, "Did you win?"

The ghost bride's cold, clear voice rang out as she said indifferently, "It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."

"Come out and let's continue with the important business we were discussing earlier."

Before he finished speaking, with a flick of his wide sleeves, Zheng Que was instantly swept out of the bridal sedan chair by a gust of cold wind.

He stumbled and steadied himself, only to find that his surroundings were exactly the same as when he first woke up here. A pair of wedding candles were lit on the table, and a large red curtain with mandarin ducks playing in the water hung on the bed not far away. Inside was a silk brocade quilt with twin lotus blossoms, and a pile of porcelain pillows with intertwined branches was placed at the head of the bed... Everything was intact, with no signs of damage.

The bridal sedan chair next to it also quietly disappeared.

Watching this scene, Zheng Que silently calculated the time in his mind. The entire battle had lasted less than ten breaths.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator is nowhere to be seen. In this situation, either he has already been eaten by the Ghost Bride, or he sensed the danger and retreated before the battle was over...

Just then, the ghost bride suddenly took out a jade slip and handed it to him: "This is the [Burning Lamp Burning Yuan Technique]. Within seven days, raise your cultivation to the seventh level of Qi Refining."

"If your cultivation level does not meet my requirements by then, I will create an oil cauldron, a steamer, a bronze pillar, and a mountain of knives..."

"At that time, I will throw Young Master Zheng into a pot of oil to fry, then put him in a steamer to boil, then tie him to a copper pillar to brand him, and finally throw him into a mountain of knives to slice him into pieces..."

"Alright, young master, please hurry up and start cultivating, don't waste time!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que's face immediately froze.

His tribulation was still a little over a month away, so the task he gave to the ghost bride in the underworld was deliberately brought forward by half a month.

Now, the ghost bride is giving this task to her real-life identity instead?

Moreover, what was supposed to be half a month has now been shortened to seven days?
(End of this chapter)