Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 192 Escape from Happiness. (Second Update!)

At this moment, Linghu Yuniang and Shi En also realized that the landlady and the boss were about to move towards them while they were fighting, so the two of them immediately got up and ran away.

As soon as they left, the direction in which the landlady and the boss, who had been fighting, moved closer to Zheng Que's side.

Zheng Que's expression changed. The fight between the two looked no different from that of ordinary people, but it gave him a very dangerous feeling!

If you are injured by their sharp blades or scissors, it will be a serious matter!
Thinking of this, he did not hesitate and immediately took Qingli and Niannu and fled outside.

Dang Dang Dang...

Behind them, sharp blades and scissors clashed repeatedly, producing a series of crisp metallic sounds, mixed with the couple's shouting matches and the clatter of overturned tables and chairs.

At the same moment, a series of chaotic footsteps came from the stairs. Yuan Zhi and his three companions ran down the stairs at that moment. Before they could even see their surroundings clearly, the landlady and the boss were already approaching them while they were fighting.

Seeing the gleaming blade so close at hand, and witnessing the various "accidental injuries" inflicted during the couple's fight, the four men's expressions changed drastically. Without a word, they fled towards the inn's main gate.

boom!
The inn's main gate slammed shut on its own. The spacious lobby was a mess, completely empty. All the guests had fled, and the two tables of people who had stayed to eat and drink had been hacked to death, lying motionless in pools of blood.

The proprietress and the proprietress immediately stopped what they were doing and looked around.

"They've all left?"

"gone."

"How many times have I told you! Next time you cook, put less meat in the dishes! It's because you put in too much meat that we're losing money!"

"I know, I know!"

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The Forget-Worry Inn, in the courtyard.

The mountain breeze rustled the branches and leaves, and the shadows of the trees stretched longer and longer. This moment was a rare moment of tranquility in the mountains, and the air was filled with the fresh scent of grass and trees.

Beside the four carriages, the two remaining cultivators could no longer hide their anxiety.

One of the two was Tian Zixin, dressed in a green brocade robe, tall and slender, with a soul-nourishing bag hanging from his waist; standing beside him was a female cultivator in a light blue dress, with her hair in a bun and adorned with a few silk flowers, her brows furrowed; she was Bi Qinfang, dressed in a Ren.

Both of them were at the sixth level of Qi Refining, which was quite a respectable level for a caravan escorting taxes. However, they were extremely nervous as they faced this "strange" creature, which was notorious among the tax escort team.

Seeing that none of the eighteen people who went in before and after him had come out, he was completely thrown into chaos!

Just as the two were feeling extremely uneasy, the inn's door suddenly opened, and two familiar figures rushed out.

It was Linghu Yuniang and Shi En who had just entered the inn!

Tian Zixin and Bi Qinfang immediately perked up. Tian Zixin quickly took two steps forward and asked first, "Fellow Daoist Linghu, Fellow Daoist Shi, how is it inside?"

Linghu Yuniang and Shi En were both deathly pale. Linghu Yuniang had bruises on her neck. They were about to speak when they saw Zheng Que also escape from the inn's main gate with two ghost servants.

Immediately afterwards, four more familiar figures rushed out from the door; they were Yuan Zhi and three other fellow cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

As soon as everyone rushed out of the inn, the entire Forget-Worry Inn, along with the surrounding low walls, hitching posts, and stone troughs filled with clear water... all turned into a misty mountain fog and disappeared in an instant, leaving only rocks, grass, trees, and the narrow mountain path winding through it.

All nine people present were stunned by what they saw.

Has the Forget-Worry Inn disappeared?
"They escaped?" Zheng Que quickly came to his senses and was immediately puzzled.

This Forget-Worry Inn didn't seem as scary as Shi Shaoshan had described. He went upstairs once, then went downstairs again to ask about the price, and then came out without encountering any danger!

and many more!

There were a total of twenty cultivators, how come there are only nine left?
At this moment, Yuan Zhi and the others also realized what was happening. Yuan Zhi glanced around and quickly said, "Let's go!"

As he spoke, he quickly took out the array plate, controlled the "Geng" shaped chariot to start, and quickly left the original place.

Zheng Que and Linghu Yuniang disregarded everything else and immediately followed behind the carriage with the character "Geng".

The other three cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining also immediately steered their vehicles to follow the "Geng" car.

Amidst the sound of the well pulley, four carts laden with taxes, escorted hastily by nine people, quickly left the place where the Forget-Worry Inn had appeared and disappeared into the lush mountains and forests.

The sky was still bright, but the sun was setting in the west, and the sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, casting dappled patterns.

After rushing along for quite some time, the Forget-Worry Inn never reappeared, and nothing unusual happened in the group. The people escorting the tax collectors finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Linghu Yuniang immediately asked, "Fellow Daoist Yuan, Fellow Daoist Zheng, what exactly happened inside the inn?"

Before Zheng Que could even speak, Yuan Zhi quickly replied, "The information provided by Shi Shaoshan is wrong!"

"Of the twelve of us, only Zheng Que left first; only Sun Zhengyi, Xie Jie, Zhang Xingmei, and I survived..."

Soon, Yuan Zhi recounted everything that had happened in the guest room.

Linghu Yuniang listened with a solemn expression, then said, "We waited outside for a long time, thinking that everything inside had happened to them, so we sent Fellow Daoist Miao Xirong and Fellow Daoist Zuo Baozhi into the inn first..."

Next, Linghu Yuniang gave a brief account of what she knew.

After listening to the two men's words, Zheng Que frowned, and roughly understood what was going on.

It seems that the cultivators who initially moved into the second floor were treated as food by the Forget-Worry Inn!
The food that the cultivators who came in later were made by the cultivators on the second floor!

If you choose to stay at this Forget-Worries Inn, you will be treated as food.

Choosing to eat at the hotel means you'll be eating the food of other guests, and you'll then become part of this "strange" situation...

He walked out of the guest room, thus avoiding both of those options.

The only thing that puzzled him was that he had only stayed in the inn for a short while, which didn't match up with what Linghu Yuniang had said about waiting outside for a long time.

The flow of time outside the inn is not the same as the flow of time inside the inn.

Thinking this, Zheng Que noticed that Yuan Zhi and Linghu Yuniang were both looking at him, so he calmly explained, "After I left the guest room, I began searching for my ghost servant..."

He quickly recounted his experiences in general terms, omitting all the information that Kulan had given him.

The three had just finished exchanging information when they heard the sound of a convoy moving along the mountain road ahead. Several bright flags fluttered among the lush foliage, and on one of the flags was the familiar character "己" (ji).

It was the tax collection convoy ahead of them!
(End of this chapter)