Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 283 The Underworld Messenger's Inspection. (Second Update!)

"Waaaaah... clang... waaaaah..."

The sounds of music shattered the night sky over Danqiu Peak.

The ghost bride sat upright in a palanquin, her face as white as frost beneath her veil, directing the wedding procession through dense forests. After trekking through mountains and rivers, the yellowish-brown courtyard walls appeared once again ahead.

Looking at the Wanshan Temple, the ghost bride sneered. This "strange" thing really can hide!

However, I've managed to find it myself!
Thinking of this, in order to prevent this "strange thing" from escaping again, the ghost bride did not waste any words this time. She got off the sedan chair, ordered the wedding procession to wait where they were, and led the eight ghost sedan chair bearers towards Wanshan Temple.

On the yellow mulberry wall of the courtyard, the once magnificent gate still stands, the door ajar, a dark line of light peeking through the crack, as deep and mysterious as the sea.

The ghost bride, accompanied by eight ghost sedan chair bearers, strode over, pushed open the door, and rushed inside.

Behind the door was a familiar screen wall made of turquoise glazed tiles, depicting a deer carrying a lingzhi mushroom.

Behind the screen wall, the courtyard opens up, and the moonlight spreads across the ground like frost. When the night wind blows, the branches and leaves shake and break the frost and snow, which is lovely and charming.

The ghost bride ignored all of this and walked straight inside.

As she walked, she quickly realized the problem.

The yin energy in this Wanshan Temple seems to have decreased significantly, just like this "strange thing" has inexplicably weakened!

Realizing this, the ghost bride didn't care, since it didn't affect her purpose in entering this "strange" place.

Soon, she arrived at a spacious courtyard. The courtyard was quite large, and seven carriages were parked in a row at the back. Each carriage had several flags on it, with numbers such as A, B, and C on them.

In front of the chariot, there were also corpse puppets tied to the reins, serving as its legs.

At this moment, these corpse puppets, perhaps unaware of any orders, stood there motionless, like statues in the moonlight.

The ghost bride glanced at them and was about to order the sedan chair bearers to move all these things away, but soon her gaze fell on the shadows of the corpse puppets.

The shadows of these corpse puppets were exceptionally dense, and the darkness was like an abyss, almost sucking people in. Inside, shadowy figures seemed to be constantly drawing in this "strange" yin energy!

"【Iron Tree Prison】?"

"Hmm... It's the same even if the [Iron Tree Prison] comes!"

Thinking of this, the ghost bride immediately ordered, "Don't take the corpse puppets! Take all seven carriages away!"

Upon hearing this, the eight-headed sedan chair bearer ghosts immediately sprang into action, quickly stepping forward to remove the bridles and reins from the corpse puppets and throwing them onto the carriage shafts. Then, they carried the carriages one by one and strode outwards.

The sedan chairs bearing the characters "乙", "丙", "庚", "辛", "壬", and "癸" were all carried away by the ghostly sedan chair bearers.

However, even with the two sedan chair bearers pulling together, the lead "甲" carriage could not be moved at all.

There seems to be something special inside this carriage, something that even the ghosts of the [Scissors Prison] cannot harm.

Watching this scene, the ghost bride shook her head slightly. These difficult-to-move items should definitely be left until last. First, all the easy-to-move items should be moved.

Let's hope there's not enough time...

So the ghost bride immediately said, "Move the others first, this one last."

Then, she led the remaining two sedan chair ghosts and continued walking inside.

Unlike before, the ghost bride had a very smooth journey this time, without encountering any obstacles.

Soon, a courtyard appeared ahead, with a plaque that read "Crane Rest Hall" hanging above it. The ghost bride walked in without hesitation, and as soon as she entered, a few golden ginkgo leaves drifted down from above.

Looking around the courtyard, the ground was ablaze with color, and the air still carried the scent of Zheng Que.

Without further hesitation, the ghost bride drifted towards a nearby guest room with a clear objective.

When she reached the door, she didn't make a sound, but the two sedan chair ghosts immediately seemed to receive some kind of order and quickly stepped forward to begin dismantling the door.

Ping Pong Pong...

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Inside the guest room, Mu Xiangu seemed to sense something and suddenly turned her head to look at the door.

Zheng Que was unaware of what had happened when he suddenly heard a knocking sound coming from outside the door.

Ping Pong Pong...

Zheng Que immediately became alert; was there a ghost from the Wanshan Temple outside the door?
However, with Mu Xiangu right beside him now, if any ghosts from Wanshan Temple were to rush in, this "Painted Skin" he had warned in the underworld should protect him...

Just then, Mu Xiangu suddenly pushed him down onto the bed, then leaned down and pressed herself against him very intimately.

Feeling the cool, soft body throw itself into his arms, Zheng Que was taken aback, and then a wave of blissful pleasure washed over him.

This……

For a moment he thought he was hallucinating, but soon he heard Mu Xiangu's stern voice: "The underworld messengers have arrived, cooperate with this immortal!"

The underworld messengers have arrived?
He never dispatched any underworld messengers, so where did these underworld messengers come from?!
but……

who cares!
In a flash, Zheng Que quickly wrapped his arms around Mu Xiangu's slender waist, began circulating the [Yin Yang Harmony Secret Record], and cooperated with her acting.

"Um...ah..."

Mu Xiangu's entire body trembled slightly, and she involuntarily let out a soft moan. She immediately bit her lips and glared angrily at Zheng Que.

This human cultivator has some nerve!

They actually started divining her right in front of her!
Despite her overwhelming anger, Mu Xiangu listened to the increasingly audacious and obvious commotion outside the door, but did not resist Zheng Que at all.

Seeing that Mu Xiangu didn't stop him from using the [Yin Yang Harmony Secret Record], Zheng Que suddenly became bolder.

He tightened his grip on Mu Xiangu's arm slightly, then suddenly exerted force, causing Mu Xiangu to lie on her side on the bed. He then sat up and lifted one of Mu Xiangu's legs...

Mu Xiangu let out another suppressed cry, and she quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

He, a dignified [Painted Skin] at the peak of [Scissors Prison], could have easily killed this Qi Refining cultivator with a single slap!
But the current situation is that this damned human cultivator is shamelessly exploiting her...

The more Mu Xiangu thought about it, the angrier she became. Despite her tightly covered mouth, she couldn't help but let out increasingly louder sounds.

"Um... um..."

click!
Just then, the door to the room was suddenly ripped off and lifted open to the outside. Through the wide-open doorway, a strikingly red figure sauntered in.

The newcomer was dressed in a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, with a pair of fair wrists revealed from the wide sleeves, holding a pair of jade bracelets. Her demeanor was dignified, and she was surrounded by a sinister aura. She was none other than the ghost bride!

(End of this chapter)