Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 25: Cui Family in Zhendong.

While thinking, Zheng Que looked up at the sky. It was the end of the morning, the shadows were getting shorter, and the sky was bright.

He calculated the time in his mind, then walked directly to the dead tree and sat cross-legged, activated the [Spiritual Eye Technique], and stared at Qingli hanging on the treetop.

At this time, although the Yin energy on Qingli's body stopped swaying, it was obviously much thinner. The black energy rising from her body was also faint and almost non-existent. In the vision of [Spiritual Eye Technique], the woman's skirt seemed exceptionally white.

Time passed slowly, and it was not until about three quarters past noon that the yin energy in Qingli's body finally recovered completely. Her whole body was once again shrouded in a cold atmosphere, and the pure white dress seemed to be covered with a thick layer of black gauze, becoming dim and unclear.

"A period of weakness for an hour..."

"The side effects of this [Spiritual Advent Technique] seem to be quite severe."

"However, during this hour, although Qingli was very weak, she was not completely without any fighting power."

"Only when [Spirit Descent] was lifted, Qingli was unable to move for about ten breaths..."

Zheng Que summed up the advantages and disadvantages of the [Spiritual Descent Technique] in his mind. After confirming that Qingli had fully recovered, he closed his eyes and began to practice directly.

He skillfully gathered his mind, his consciousness sinking into the void, constantly intercepting the icy aura and absorbing it into his body...

Zheng Que's body temperature slowly dropped, and the Yin and spiritual energy in his body increased rapidly. Unconsciously, he opened his eyes and saw the dilapidated palace with a cold wind howling in the gaps.

The yellowed [Book of Life and Death] was spread out in front of him, with black air bubbling between his brows, sinking into the volume like a long dragon.

Zheng Que looked at his life span written in the Book of Life and Death: sixteen years, seven months and ten days.

There are still three days left...

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At dusk, Zheng Que finished his training and walked out of the dilapidated temple with Qingli and headed home.

There were few people along the way, the atmosphere was bleak, and only his footsteps echoed quietly in the streets.

Turning the corner, Zheng Ji immediately saw an old man wearing a half-worn brown robe and a sweat towel on his head standing at the door of his house. He looked anxious and raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from time to time.

The old man was short and thin, with a dark complexion and a kind face. His eyes were full of sorrow, as if he had encountered some difficulties.

Zheng Que glanced at his face and immediately recognized him as Cui Fugui, the head of the Cui family in Zhendong. The Cui family used to have several people, but they met with misfortunes one after another, and now only the father and daughter are left to depend on each other.

Changfu Town is not big. Although Zheng Que has no special relationship with the Cui family, he has met them a few times on the streets before, but they are not very familiar with each other.

At this time, Cui Fugui also saw Zheng Que and immediately came forward, saying anxiously: "Zheng Que, I heard that you can now perform magic and have helped the Zhao family exorcise ghosts..."

Before he could finish his words, Cui Fugui suddenly saw a translucent figure following Zheng Que not far behind. A pair of red eyes between messy hair were staring at him intently.

It's a ghost!
Cui Fugui was so frightened that his face suddenly changed. He turned around and tried to run away, but his legs and feet did not move in time. He staggered from side to side like a drunk and almost fell down after taking a step.

Zheng Que quickly supported him and asked, "Uncle Cui, what do you want to talk to me about?"

As he spoke, Zheng Que had already activated his [Spiritual Vision Technique]. In his field of vision, Cui Fugui was covered in gray, without a single halo. Everything was normal, just an ordinary person.

After confirming that Cui Fugui was alright, Zheng Cheng immediately released his hand. Seeing that he was still looking at Qingli beside him in fear, he immediately explained, "This is my ghost servant. Without my orders, he won't hurt anyone. Uncle Cui, don't worry."

Upon hearing that no one would be hurt, Cui Fugui finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still hurriedly took a few steps back, as if he wanted to stay as far away from Qingli as possible.

After calming down, Cui Fugui didn't dare to waste time and said hurriedly: "I, my family also encountered strange things."

"Zheng Que, you can even command ghosts and monsters now. You must have learned some great skills. You must help me!"

"As long as you are willing to help me, I will give you half of the family's future food rations!"

"No matter what you ask for, as long as my family can do it, we will definitely not refuse!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que's face remained calm and he did not agree immediately. He still didn't know what the strange thing Cui Fugui was talking about was.
What if he was asked to help deal with a particularly powerful ghost? He didn't have the ability to do that right now. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly and said, "Uncle Cui, I don't even know what happened in your family right now, how can I help you?"

"You'd better tell me what happened!"

Cui Fugui came back to his senses and said immediately: "There is a well in my home that was passed down from my ancestors."

"This well has been used by our family for several generations, and nothing has ever happened to it."

"But, but these past two days when I went to fetch water, I kept seeing a few children playing by the well out of the corner of my eye."

"But as soon as I got closer, or looked carefully, there was nothing there!"

"Also, this morning, my Ni'er was standing by the well, talking to herself for no apparent reason, and in the end, she almost jumped in!"

"Luckily I discovered it in time and stopped it..."

Cui Fugui's voice trembled slightly as he spoke, as if he was still frightened by what happened in the morning.

Zheng Confirmed listened carefully and nodded quickly.

Well, child...

The situation that Cui Fugui encountered at home was most likely a water ghost.

In addition, when the water ghost attacked Cui Fugui's daughter, he was stopped by Cui Fugui, which shows that the water ghost's strength is probably not too strong.

If Qingli and I join forces, we should be able to deal with it!

If he kills ghosts now, he can improve Qingli's strength. This kind of ghost that comes to the door and is not very powerful can't be missed!
Thinking of this, Zheng Que immediately asked, "After discovering that there was something wrong with the well, did you drink the water from the well again?"

Cui Fugui immediately shook his head and said, "No! Ever since I noticed there seemed to be a child by the well, I haven't drunk the water from that well since then!"

Zheng Que nodded. The waters occupied by water ghosts would be contaminated with the ghosts' yin energy. If ordinary people drank from them, accidents would easily happen.

But now that no one in the Cui family has ever drunk water from the well, he will only have to deal with the water ghost.

After confirming the situation, Zheng Que immediately said, "I almost know what's going on."

"I can go to your house now."

Seeing Zheng Que agree, Cui Fugui's face lit up immediately and he quickly said, "Thank you very much!"

"follow me."

As they were talking, Zheng Que followed Cui Fugui towards the east of the town. Soon, they came to a small courtyard with a private entrance.

The courtyard was built with adobe bricks, and the walls were covered with some half-rotten straw. The spring couplets on the wooden door were faded, and there were several thatched huts inside.

As the two of them walked to the gate, Zheng Que heard a few familiar voices...

"Drown her! Drown her!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"She's dying!"

"Serves her right! Haha...she deserves it..."

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