Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 256 A "Strange" One. (First Update!)

Before Zheng Que could react, a distorted human face in Zhang Guitu's shadow suddenly leaped up and shot towards Zheng Que's eyes like an arrow released from a bow!
The distorted face moved with incredible speed, reaching within inches of Zheng Que in an instant.

brush!
The next moment, Zheng Que's figure disappeared from his original spot and instantly reappeared ten feet away.

This is the [Phantom Escape Technique]!
Bang!
Almost simultaneously, the beam aimed at Zheng Que's face was struck by a condensed black aura, instantly transforming into a pure and dense yin energy that dispersed in all directions.

However, Shu Yunying intervened in time. Even if Zheng Que hadn't dodged, the distorted face would have been hit by the black energy it emitted, and wouldn't have been able to harm Zheng Que in the slightest.

Zheng Que barely managed to stand firm. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately took out the Soul-Summoning Banner and looked at Zhang Guitu warily: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, are you still alive?"

Zhang Guitu stood motionless, offering no response, as if he had lost all perception of the outside world.

The shadow behind him began to writhe as if it were alive. In the blink of an eye, this dark shadow rose from the ground and slowly floated into the air. Unlike when it was spread out on the ground, twisting and dragging, making it difficult to describe its specific shape, at this moment, it could be clearly seen that this dark shadow was also a huge human face.

Its diameter is about ten feet, and it is pieced together from many faces filled with resentment and malice.

The space between the eyes was empty, like two deep, dark pools.

Among those faces, Zheng Que recognized a few that seemed familiar; they appeared to be the monks escorting the tax collectors.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Que frowned and was about to make a move when Nian Nu, who was beside him, suddenly turned ferocious. His body was filled with yin energy, and his human-like peaceful and docile temperament vanished in an instant, replaced by a ghostly ferocity and killing intent.

“Niannu, what’s wrong with you…” Zheng Que noticed Niannu’s strange behavior and immediately asked, but before he could finish speaking, a strong sense of hatred suddenly welled up in his heart.

He hated that this world was in chaos. He had finally managed to travel here, but he was living in poverty and hardship, and was under the threat and fear of ghosts almost every moment.
He hated Daoist Qu. He had clearly passed the test and respected his teacher, never disobeying him. Yet, the other party only taught him for forty-nine hours, and most of the techniques were from the original opportunities in Changfu Town, before leaving in a huff.

He hated Taiping County, which was full of cultivators, but ignored many villages and towns, including Changfu Town, leaving ordinary people to live in fear all year round.

He hated the Shadow Play for its duplicity and its disappearance; otherwise, with the Iron Tree Prison's ghost servants by his side, why would he need to be so cautious...

As these distracting thoughts surged and hatred rose, Zheng Que's eyes gradually turned bloodshot, his breathing became noticeably rapid, and the spiritual energy within his body began to become disordered.

Just as Zheng Que and Nian Nu were momentarily distracted, the human-faced ghost suddenly extended a hand formed from numerous human faces, whistling as it reached out to grab Zheng Que.

Almost simultaneously, Shu Yunying covered her mouth and laughed again. Two huge ghostly hands instantly extended from the top of her head. One grabbed the palm of the human face, while the other took the opportunity to smash the human face ghost.

All the faces on the human-faced ghosts looked at this scene with venomous hatred, and immediately opened their mouths, letting out a series of high-pitched and ear-piercing ghostly howls.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

Amidst the ghostly wails, there seemed to be the howls and roars of hundreds of people, their voices chaotic and fluctuating in pitch, like the agonizing cries of countless people, almost weeping blood.

The sound was filled with an almost extreme pain, a pain so tangible it seemed to be able to be transmitted.

Shu Yunying's usually calm expression suddenly turned into one of unspeakable pain, and the ghostly hand that had smashed towards the human-faced ghost instantly disintegrated and vanished without a trace.

Just as her ghostly hand, which was covering the human face, was about to collapse, she suddenly lowered her sleeve and let out a strange, cold laugh.

"Hehe...hehehe..."

"Hehehehehe..." The clear, ethereal laughter, filled with malice, instantly diluted the pain in the howls of the human-faced ghost.

Shu Yunying immediately stabilized the scattered Yin energy around her, and at the same time cast a strange spell. The Yin energy around her instantly transformed into dozens of black arrows, which shot towards the human-faced ghost.

Boom boom boom...

Shu Yunying and the human-faced ghost instantly became entangled in a fierce battle, causing sand and stones to fly and broken branches and leaves to fall all around.

Hearing the sounds of fierce fighting around him, Zheng Que suddenly broke free from his boundless resentment. He looked up and saw Shu Yunying fighting fiercely with the human-faced ghost, while Niannu beside him was raising her arm, her ten fingers tightly gripping her head, her face contorted in extreme pain.

Zheng Que immediately realized that Niannu, like himself, had been attacked mentally!

He was able to recover in time because his spiritual strength was far beyond that of ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivators, and he had no Yin energy on his body.

In a flash, he opened the Soul Nourishing Bag, put Niannu inside, and released Qingli and Kulan at the same time.

Qingli and Kulan were both asleep, but as soon as they were outside, the two ghost servants immediately woke up.

call……

Zheng Que immediately shook the soul-summoning banner, capturing Qing Li's main soul into the banner. Then he shook the banner again, and the black banner flowed like water, stirring up a chilling soul wind that howled towards the human-faced ghost.

At the same time, Ku Lan opened her black silk umbrella, her gaze fixed on the human-faced ghost, and quickly turned her neck backward.

click!
The human-faced ghost's movements froze instantly, and the faces that made it up turned around in unison, as if flipped over.

huh... huh... huh...

The next moment, the wind lashed out like knives, slashing at the human-faced ghost.

At the same moment, Shu Yunying once again unleashed her giant ghost hand, smashing it hard into the human-faced ghost.

boom! ! !
With a loud bang, the human-faced ghost exploded instantly, and a powerful surge of yin energy spread like black mist, plunging the surroundings into darkness and temporarily obscuring the moonlight.

Zheng Que accidentally inhaled a breath of yin energy, and a strong sense of resentment and hatred welled up in his heart once again.

"Well……"

Zheng Que's expression turned ferocious, and he let out a low growl of discomfort. He immediately held his breath and quickly broke free from the overwhelming resentment and hatred.

Looking around again, she saw that the human-faced ghosts had disappeared. Shu Yunying slowly gathered her sleeves, stood gracefully, and stopped attacking.

Seeing this, Zheng Que didn't even have time to catch his breath before turning to Shu Yunying and asking, "That 'weird creature,' has it been dealt with?"

Upon hearing this, before Shu Yunying could reply, Zhang Guitu, who had been standing still, suddenly turned around and looked at Zheng Que with indifferent eyes: "Gentlemen, since you have come to our temple to stay overnight, it is already late at night, why don't you go inside and rest?"

(End of this chapter)