Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 170 She stole it... (Third update!)

After a brief moment of surprise, Zheng Que quickly came to his senses.

He just saw the Shu family in the underworld!

I initially thought it was just an illusion, but now it seems that Shu Family Fortress has been absorbed by the underworld?
He had lived in other places before and this had never happened...

As Zheng Que pondered, a possibility quickly came to mind...

The "strange" among the ghosts will assimilate into other ghosts and creatures that enter them.

And his underworld has the same function as "strange"?

However, the "strange" is assimilated into ghosts and living beings.

And his underworld is assimilated by yin dwellings and "strange things"?
No, it's not assimilation, it's absorption!

Furthermore, the Ghost Bride has many subordinates of the Ninefold [Tongue-Pulling Hell], but now not a single one can be seen...

As he was pondering rapidly, a figure dressed in black with a black umbrella suddenly appeared beside him. The silk umbrella covered her face, with only a section of hair tied with a red ribbon peeking out from the edge of the umbrella. She was serene and elegant, and it was Ku Lan.

Upon seeing Kulan return, Zheng Que was about to say something when Kulan, without uttering a word, grabbed his wrist and immediately fled into the distance.

Kulan's power was extremely strong. Zheng Que was instantly pulled off the ground and forced to move away from the original site of Shujiabao.

Zheng Que immediately realized something was wrong. Although Ku Lan secretly harbored ulterior motives towards him, she always treated him with great respect on the surface!
But this withered orchid at this moment is silent and acts rudely, which is very different from the real withered orchid!

This is not a withered orchid!
It was the Foundation Establishment cultivator who attacked him that day!

In a flash, Zheng Que hurriedly shouted, "Luofu Rain..."

He had barely uttered a sound when he felt Ku Lan tighten her grip on his wrist beside him, her right hand moving like lightning to instantly grab his neck.

In an instant, Zheng Que's shouts stopped abruptly, and he couldn't utter a sound.

However, at almost the same moment, a figure in a phoenix coronet and wedding gown appeared in front of the withered orchid. Her wedding dress was as red as blood, and her wrists were adorned with jade bracelets. It was none other than the ghost bride.

The ghost bride is now on the verge of going mad, her body radiating a chilling aura like billowing black smoke, constantly spreading outwards and soaking the entire area into an ice cellar.

Ignoring whether it would hurt Zheng Que, he raised his hand and struck "Ku Lan" with a palm.

"Ku Lan" snorted coldly, threw Zheng Que aside, and raised her palm to face the ghost bride.

boom! ! !
A deafening roar shook the heavens and the earth. Shards of stone flew out like a sudden rain, and spiritual energy mixed with yin energy transformed into a turbid gale that swept outwards.

Zheng Que had barely landed, and before he could even feel the pain in his body, he was thrown back by a pile of rocks and crashed heavily to the ground.

bang bang bang bang...

The next moment, a fierce battle broke out in mid-air.

Amidst a series of deafening roars, sand and stones flew, the ground shook, and deep craters appeared one after another, quickly turning this wasteland beyond recognition.

"Cough cough cough..." Zheng Que fell to the ground, completely disoriented. His body, head, and face were covered in a thick layer of sand and mud. His face, in particular, was stinging from the small pebbles embedded in the sand. He saw stars before his eyes and it took him a while to recover. He spat out the sand from his mouth and struggled to his feet, looking up at the sky. He saw the ghost bride and the fake withered orchid locked in combat. Both were moving with lightning speed, leaving afterimages in their wake. Zheng Que couldn't see their movements clearly at all; he could only see red and purple lights swirling around, occasionally unleashing terrifying shockwaves like arrows raining down from the sky. Sand and gravel flew everywhere they went, and in the blink of an eye, a row of pits of varying depths appeared on the once flat ground.

He squinted and examined the situation closely for a moment before he could barely discern that the cultivator who was impersonating Kulan was actually a slender female cultivator wearing a veil and a light purple outer robe.

At this moment, the two sides were locked in fierce combat. The female cultivator had removed all her disguises, but due to her speed, he could not see anything clearly except for the color of her outer robe and the veil on her head.

Looking at the blurry purple figure traversing the sky, Zheng Que's face darkened. This Foundation Establishment female cultivator had actually been waiting outside for him ever since her failed attack that day!

Thinking of this, he immediately shouted loudly, "Luofu Rain!"

"Your dowry was stolen by this Foundation Establishment female cultivator!"

Upon hearing this, the ghost bride, who was fighting with the purple-clad female cultivator, was instantly enraged. She was filled with anger and needed to vent it. Without caring whether Zheng Que was telling the truth or not, her Yin energy erupted like a volcano, and black smoke seemed to cover the area with a black veil. She charged towards the purple-clad female cultivator with full force.

Boom boom boom...

The battle between the two sides instantly intensified, with the ghost bride displaying her demonic power and the purple-clad female cultivator gradually falling into a disadvantageous position.

Seeing that the mission could not be completed, the purple-clad female cultivator immediately tried to escape, but the ghost bride was no longer as easy to fool as before. The purple-clad female cultivator used several escape techniques and talismans in succession, but the ghost bride followed closely behind like a leech, giving her no chance to escape.

Boom boom boom boom boom...

As the two sides fought further and further apart, Zheng Que secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The disappearance of the dowry seemed to be a great blow to the ghost bride.

Thinking of this, he immediately opened his soul-nourishing bag and released Niannu from it.

The figure of a girl in a pink dress and colorful skirt appeared. During this period, Niannu had accompanied Zheng Que in his cultivation many times and had not killed any ghosts to replenish her strength. As a result, her figure was somewhat illusory and her aura showed signs of weakness.

However, after she came out, she glanced around, bowed to Zheng Que, and immediately asked very respectfully, "My lord, are we going to start saving Lady Qingli again?"

Zheng Que really wanted to nod, but given the current situation, he didn't know when that purple-clad female cultivator would return to kill him.

So he quickly said, "It's not safe here. Sensing the location of the withered orchid."

Upon hearing Zheng Que's order, Niannu immediately complied, pointing in a direction and saying, "Over there!"

Zheng Que turned his head to look in the direction Nian Nu pointed, which was exactly the opposite of the direction from which the Ghost Bride and the Foundation Establishment female cultivator had fought.

Zheng Que nodded, then immediately opened his storage bag and took out a small wooden boat.

He channeled his spiritual energy into the wooden boat and then tossed it into the air.

The wooden boat swelled in the wind and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a magic boat capable of carrying many people.

This magical boat resembles a multi-story ship, with an ancient and simple design. It has three floors, with the top floor being a suite that has been opened up for the owner to live in. The furnishings are also exceptionally luxurious, making it an extremely precious mode of transportation for low-level cultivators.

This was the magic boat of the Jia siblings. Now that the Jia siblings have all perished, the magic boat has naturally fallen into his hands.

Zheng Que led Niannu aboard the magic boat, glanced down at the original site of Shujiabao, and, confirming that nothing was left there, immediately maneuvered the magic boat and flew in the direction Niannu pointed.

(End of this chapter)