Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 207 Anomaly. (First Update!)

Along the forest path, beside the "Geng" shaped carriage, with Shu Yunying's move, a hole instantly appeared between the newcomer's eyebrows.

However, no blood flowed out of the hole; instead, a thick, sticky ink quickly gushed out.

Immediately afterwards, the hole between his eyebrows began to expand rapidly, and the ink inside flowed out like a stream, quickly staining his face black. Then, it dripped down his chin and onto his clothes, turning his entire body into a dark black color in the blink of an eye, while also emitting a rich ink fragrance.

In a short time, most of the visitor's body was soaked in ink, making him look like an ink person, and his entire body began to melt and soften rapidly.

Just as the cultivator was about to turn into a pool of ink, he immediately raised his hand, unbuttoned his clothes, and threw them one by one to the ground.

The moment he took off his clothes, his appearance changed instantly. His original indigo clothes, triangular eyes, and bushy eyebrows quickly disappeared, and he transformed into a figure wearing a black outfit and a silver crane cloak.

At the same time, the ink between his eyebrows disappeared, and his whole body was completely unharmed, without a single wound.

Seemingly aware of Shu Yunying's prowess, the figure dressed in black with a silver crane cloak immediately fled towards the front of the convoy.

Whoosh!
The next moment, Shu Yunying shot out another beam of black energy, piercing through the figure's back.

Just like before, a neatly cut hole immediately appeared in the back of the figure, from which jet-black ink flowed out.

But then, as the figure ran, it reached out and took off its outer silver crane cloak.

As soon as the crane cloak was removed, it twisted and transformed again, turning into the appearance of a capable middle-aged female cultivator wearing an autumn-colored dress and with her hair in a coiled bun. It was none other than Yin Dan!
After taking off two pieces of clothing, the figure resembling Yin Dan vanished in an instant, leaving behind only a blue and a silver outer garment, which were lightly tossed aside by the roadside.

These two pieces of clothing look no different from normal clothes, but upon closer inspection, it is discovered that they are actually two complete human skins. The so-called clothes, along with some accessories, are just a picture painted on the human skin!

The painting was exquisitely detailed, with every detail of the clothing's folds, patterns, and shades rendered with remarkable realism.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Que frowned and was about to say something when a series of light footsteps sounded from behind the "Geng" carriage. It was Linghu Yuniang, who was originally responsible for guarding the rear, who came over.

Seeing a ghost at the ninth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell] suddenly appear beside Zheng Que, Linghu Yuniang was startled and instinctively stopped. However, seeing that it didn't seem to have any intention of attacking her, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, what happened?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que did not answer the question immediately, but instead turned to look at Nian Nu again.

This time, without Zheng Que asking any questions, Niannu quickly replied, "Young master, this is a living person!"

Zheng Que nodded slightly, then looked at Linghu Yuniang and said, "Fellow Daoist Linghu, the three carriages 'A', 'B', and 'C' in front, as well as the three carriages 'Xin', 'Ren', and 'Gui' behind, have all disappeared."

"The current situation is that our four cars, 'Ding', 'Wu', 'Ji', and 'Geng', have encountered a gathering of scholars."

"The ghosts in this gathering can disguise themselves as monks we know."

"Just now, we dealt with one of the ghosts from the gathering below."

"I wonder if anything unusual has happened on your side?"

Did they encounter a literary gathering?
Linghu Yuniang's expression immediately changed. They had encountered this "strange" gathering, and what's more, Senior Lu Maohong, a peak ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator, hadn't even come in yet...

Thinking of this, she quickly came back to her senses and glanced at Shu Yunying next to Zheng Que. This ghost, who was at the ninth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell], seemed to be Zheng Que's ghost servant as well.
The three-headed demon servants are: one with the seventh level of the Tongue-Pulling Hell, one with the eighth level, and one with the ninth level!
Even disregarding Zheng Que's own cultivation level, in terms of realm alone, Zheng Que's three-headed ghost servant should be about the same strength as Senior Lu Maohong!
Things weren't too bad yet... In a flash, Linghu Yuniang said, "Nothing happened on my end."

"I waited for a long time and heard that Fellow Daoist Zheng and Fellow Daoist Yuan seemed to have a conflict. I was worried that something might have happened, so I came over to check."

A conflict with Yuan Zhiqi?

That happened just before he entered the underworld!

Linghu Yuniang walked from the back of the carriage to the front of it. How could it take so long to cover such a short distance?
Zheng Que couldn't help but frown slightly; this world in the painting truly had too many strange aspects.

Just as he was pondering, Linghu Yuniang asked, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, where has Fellow Daoist Yuan gone now?"

"Although you and he had some disagreements just now, among us, only Fellow Daoist Yuan has experienced this elegant gathering."

"With Fellow Daoist Zheng's strength, and if we combine it with Fellow Daoist Yuan's intelligence, we should be able to leave!"

Zheng Que listened, came to his senses, and immediately shook his head, saying, "Yuan Zhi tried to kill me just now, but after being defeated by my ghost servant, he ran to the caravan in front."

"I'm going to look for him too."

As he spoke, he glanced at the car with the character "己" in front of him. Just like the car with the character "庚", even though he had been standing still, the distance between these two cars, which had been moving at a constant speed, and him had remained unchanged.

Zheng Que continued, "Fellow Daoist Linghu, please continue to oversee the tax collection for the 'Geng' character carriage."

"I need to summon another ghost servant before I go find Yuan Zhi."

Previously, Ku Lan had been unable to escape from the Tongue-Pulling Hell, but now, Shu Yunying's seal has been broken, and the white jade plum vase that sealed Shu Yunying was the one he brought out from the Tongue-Pulling Hell.

He wanted to try and see if he could bring the white jade plum vase into the Tongue-Pulling Hell, then put the withered orchid inside, and bring them out of the Tongue-Pulling Hell together!
The flow of time in this world depicted in the painting is highly problematic.

The operation he envisioned would take a long time in the real world, but in this world within the painting, it would only take a few breaths.

Therefore, it would be safer to spend a few more breaths summoning Ku Lan as well, rather than going to find Yuan Zhi right now.

Upon hearing this, Linghu Yuniang was taken aback and summoned another ghost servant.
This fellow Daoist Zheng also has a powerful ghost servant?

With such extravagance, could the other party be a disciple from some major sect who has come out for training?
Thinking of this, Linghu Yuniang didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly nodded in agreement: "Okay, okay, Fellow Daoist Zheng, please give your instructions. I will go to the back of the carriage and continue to guard the tax collection."

As she spoke, she quickly turned around and walked towards the back of the car.

Zheng Que did not hesitate and then instructed Shu Yunying, the Soul-Summoning Banner, and Niannu, "Protect me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he sat cross-legged on the ground and began to cultivate.

(End of this chapter)