Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 198 Traveling Day and Night. (Second Update!)

The mountain path was winding and shrouded in miasma.

The convoy wound its way along, encountering various ghostly attacks from time to time. However, under Lu Maohong's leadership, each ghost attacking the convoy was quickly repelled by the combined efforts of the group.

Two days later, the convoy passed through the area of ​​Falling Star Bay, leaving the faint roar of the water behind, and entered a valley.

This valley is covered with lush bamboo, and the varying shades of green converge and surge, like a vast blue ocean.

As the procession walked beneath it, even under the blazing sun, there was a refreshing coolness and no discomfort.

A clear stream meanders beneath bamboo groves, its flow as gentle as a casually strummed string, its melodious notes plucked into the ear.

The convoy drove alongside the clear stream, and looking down, one could see fish swimming in the water. Perhaps because no one had passed through this place for many years, these fish and shrimp were not afraid of people. When they noticed the shadows cast on the stream, they even curiously surfaced to look.

Before long, a stone tablet appeared ahead, with the three large characters "Baozhen Valley" engraved on it.

There are also some faded ink marks on the stone tablet, most of which are blurred, with only three or five sentences still discernible. These are all lamentations by predecessors, seemingly expressing their feelings about the hardships of the journey and their tragic life stories.

After passing this stone tablet, the originally serene and lovely scenery suddenly changed. The green bamboos towered into the clouds, and the intertwined branches and leaves filtered the sunlight layer by layer, leaving only a thin light that barely illuminated the road ahead.

This change is like suddenly going from daytime to nighttime.

The forest was so dense that the mountain wind made a sound like waves crashing overhead, but the forest floor remained completely still, deathly silent, with a faint sweet fragrance permeating the air—the subtle mist rising from the forest floor.

From near and far, ghostly howls rose and fell.

Zheng Que walked behind the "Geng" shaped carriage, proceeding at a leisurely pace.

In the past two days, he has been improving Qingli and Niannu's cultivation every night. Now, Qingli's Yin energy intensity has reached the peak of the eighth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison], and she is not far from the ninth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison].

As for Niannu, he is also close to reaching the eighth level of the "Tongue-Pulling Hell".

As for Kulan, he had been stuck in the Tongue-Pulling Hell, and since he didn't know how to get the other party out, he hadn't been able to enhance the other party's Yin energy...

Just as they were pondering, they heard Lu Maohong's deep voice from ahead, which instantly spread throughout the entire team: "Speed ​​up, travel day and night."

"No rest before leaving Baozhen Valley!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the speed of the convoy in front immediately increased.

The atmosphere in the entire team seemed to turn tense and deadly.

Yuan Zhi immediately manipulated the array plate, commanding the corpse puppets pulling the cart to increase their speed.

Zheng Que also quickened his pace and caught up with the "Geng"-shaped carriage.

Along the way, the convoy encountered several more attacks from ghosts, but as before, the ghosts were quickly repelled thanks to the intervention of many cultivators.

The stream babbled, the sunlight shifted, and the gloom in the forest remained, with the terrain feeling uneven and rugged.

Zheng Que walked behind the "Geng" shaped carriage, constantly observing his surroundings with vigilance.

Suddenly, he realized something and turned to look behind him. He saw that there was nothing behind him except for a patch of lush green bamboo. The "Xin", "Ren", and "Gui" carriages had all disappeared!
Zheng Que's pupils dilated slightly, and he immediately realized that the three cars behind him had been in an accident!

Without hesitation, he immediately walked towards the car with the character "庚" on it.

Seeing this, Linghu Yuniang, who was standing guard on the side of the carriage, immediately asked, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, what's wrong?"

Zheng Que replied briefly, "All the vehicles behind have disappeared. They may have encountered a situation. I'd like to trouble Fellow Daoist Linghu to go and keep watch at the back while I go and inform Fellow Daoist Yuan."

Linghu Yuniang looked surprised, but quickly nodded and walked towards the back of the carriage.

Zheng Que walked to the front of the car, and Yuan Zhi noticed him and immediately turned to look.

Zheng Que stated bluntly, "The three cars behind disappeared; they probably encountered that gathering."

Yuan Zhi frowned, then sighed as he came to his senses, saying, "Those three fellow Daoists in those cars are truly unlucky. Not only did they encounter the Forget-Worry Inn at Falling Star Bay, but they've only just entered Embracing Truth Valley, and they've already run into an elegant gathering..."

"Fortunately, it wasn't us who got into trouble."

As he spoke, he glanced at the convoy ahead and then said, "You keep an eye on the 'Geng' car for now."

"This is a matter of great importance. I need to go to the front and report to Senior Lu."

Zheng Li nodded immediately. Linghu Yuniang had told him that the probability of encountering two "strange" events in one mission was very low. Unexpectedly, they actually encountered one.

Fortunately, it wasn't them who got into trouble...

So Zheng Que said, "Okay."

Yuan Zhi didn't linger any longer and turned to walk forward.

The convoy maintained its original speed and continued its journey.

The sound of the well pulley continued incessantly in the dim light.

The bamboo groves on both sides begin to thin out slightly, and the overlapping of the branches and leaves overhead gradually decreases. The area under the grove becomes brighter little by little, and you can see some wildflowers and grasses growing under the bamboo, swaying gently with the babbling of the stream.

In the dim light, there seemed to be many whispers coming from the woods.

Zheng Que looked around warily, but his [Spiritual Eye Technique] could not detect anything unusual.

Just then, he suddenly noticed that one of his soul-nourishing bags had begun to shake irregularly.

Zheng Que looked down at his waist. He was currently using three soul-nurturing bags: one to contain Qing Li, Nian Nu, and Ku Lan; one to store the Blood Skull of the Blood Skull Technique; and the last one, which contained the white jade plum vase that sealed Shu Yunying.

The constantly shaking soul-nourishing bag is the very one that contains the white jade plum vase that sealed Shu Yunying.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Que was suddenly struck by a thought: Shu Yunying had finally woken up from her deep sleep?

Just as he was about to open the Soul Nourishing Bag, he heard a familiar sound of footsteps coming from ahead. He saw Yuan Zhi walking back with a gloomy expression.

Seeing this, Zheng Li immediately stopped what he was doing. Instead of opening the Soul Nourishing Bag, he looked at Yuan Zhi and asked, "Fellow Daoist Yuan, what did Senior Lu say?"

Yuan Zhi replied with a grim expression, "We couldn't find Senior Lu."

There are only three cars ahead: 'Ding', 'Wu', and 'Ji'.

"Cars A, B, and C have also disappeared!"

"It wasn't the vehicles behind us that encountered the gathering; it was us who encountered the gathering!"

what?
Were they the ones who encountered the literary gathering?
Zheng Que was stunned. A few days ago at the Forget-Worry Inn, he encountered four carriages: “Geng”, “Xin”, “Ren”, and “Gui”.

This time, the four carriages that were pulled into the gathering were "Ding", "Wu", "Ji" and "Geng".

Their car, bearing the character "庚" (Geng), was chosen by two "strange" events in a row?

At this moment, Yuan Zhi, his face ashen, cursed, "Damn it!"

"I've taken on so many tax-delivery missions over the years, but this is the first time I've been this unlucky!"

"Last time I entered this gathering, I was able to come out alive because Senior Wei Changyang, who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, was leading the team."

"This time, Senior Lu, who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, didn't even come in!"

"Hopefully, the host of this gathering won't show up this time, otherwise, we're all going to die here!"

(End of this chapter)