Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 30: Uneasy. (Second update!)

Zheng Que's expression suddenly became serious. This was the third time he had seen a person without a shadow in the town!
The first time was when he had just passed the tribulation of entering the Dao. When he went to see his master in the morning, he saw that several passers-by had no shadows. At that time, he was not sure and wondered if he had seen it wrongly.
The second time was yesterday morning, on his way to see his master, he saw several townspeople going out to work. Again, there were no shadows. This time, he saw them very clearly, without any dazzle.

Moreover, the situation of the townspeople yesterday was the same as that of Trinelle now. Except for the lack of shadows, everything else was very normal. Even in the vision of [Spiritual Vision], there was no problem.

Now this is the third time...

Zheng Que took a deep breath. He remembered clearly that when he rescued Cui Ni'er from the well and brought her into the room yesterday, there was still no problem with the other person's shadow.

But today...what the hell happened?
At this time, Cui Fugui was already saying to his daughter, "You are such a fool! Of course you should kill both of them. Clean them up, hang them in a basket, and pick out a basket of fresh eggs. Go!"

Trinier immediately responded, "Okay!"

As she spoke, she carried two chickens and walked towards the backyard, looking like she was going to slaughter them.

Zheng Que came back to his senses and said hurriedly, "Wait!"

Cui Ni'er stopped and turned to look at Zheng Que with a questioning look.

Zheng Que stared at the girl in front of him and asked seriously, "Where is your shadow?"

Cui Ni'er suddenly looked puzzled and subconsciously looked down at her feet. The sun was shining brightly at this time, but there was nothing under her feet, and even the two chickens in her hands did not leave any shadows on the ground.

Cui Fugui also noticed something was wrong, his face changed drastically, and he asked hurriedly: "Zheng Que, what's going on?"

"Didn't we kill all the water ghosts?"

"Please! You must save my daughter!"

Zheng Que frowned. The four water ghosts from yesterday had cultivation level of only the second level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison], and they had all been dealt with by him. It was impossible that the water ghosts had done this!
Thinking of this, he continued to ask Trinier: "Have you been out today? Where did you go? Or, did you encounter anything special?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Ni'er immediately shook her head and said bewilderedly, "I, I didn't encounter anything special... This morning, I changed my clothes and went to the small pond in front to wash yesterday's dirty clothes."

"I met Aunt Hua in the middle and said hello to her."

Cui Fugui also added, "Yes! That's what happened. Because there was a problem with the well, our family hasn't dared to use the well water these days. We drink water and feed the chickens ourselves by fetching water from the neighbors outside. We also wash clothes by the small pond... Zheng Que, you know that small pond, it's right outside Aunt Hua's courtyard wall. It's considered a relatively clean water source in town, and there's never been any problems..."

The small pond next to Aunt Hua’s house?

Zheng Que did know that the pond was not very large and the water was very clear. People who did not have a well nearby would wash rice and clothes there. As far as he could remember, nothing strange had ever happened there before.

He quickly made a decision in his mind that he had to go to that place to take a look.

Also, Aunt Hua, who greeted Cui Ni'er, should pay attention...

Thinking of this, Zheng Que said in a deep voice: "From now on, you should stay at home and don't go out."

"I'll go take a look at that little pond."

Having said that, he turned and walked out.

Seeing that Zheng Que was leaving as soon as he said he would, Cui Ni'er rushed over and said, "Zheng Que, if you don't have time to eat, then take these two chickens away!" As she spoke, she had already run to Zheng Que, quickly put the two chickens together in one hand, and with her free hand, she pulled Zheng Que's arm and stuffed the two chickens into his hands.

Zheng Que was about to refuse, but the moment Cui Ni'er grabbed his arm, he suddenly felt an inexplicable fear in his heart, and an almost instinctive fear surged like a tide, as if he was being stared at by some extremely terrifying existence. In an instant, the hairs on his body stood on end, and his mind was shocked!
Without any hesitation, Zheng Que swung his arm away!

boom!
He was very strong now, and Trinier had no power to resist. She was thrown away in an instant and fell to the ground in a daze.

Zheng Que came back to his senses. The palpitation he had just felt like a thorn in his back came and went quickly. It all seemed like an illusion.

Looking at Cui Ni'er lying on the ground, and Cui Fugui who was staring at him in shock, Zheng Ding calmed down and was unsure for a moment whether he had really had an illusion just now?
At this time, Cui Fugui finally came to his senses, hurried over to help Cui Ni'er up, and scolded her quickly: "Ni'er, what are you doing!"

"You're so reckless all the time, you can't even do the smallest things!"

"I'm going to give you a beating today!"

While scolding his daughter, he quickly apologized to Zheng Que, "Zheng, Zheng Que, Ni'er is still young and naive. I didn't mean to offend you..."

As he spoke, there was a hint of fear in Cui Fugui's eyes when he looked at Zheng Que.

He had no idea why Zheng Que suddenly became angry, but Zheng Que could even kill ghosts now, so he didn't dare to offend him at all.

Zheng Que shook his head slightly. Seeing that Cui Ni'er didn't fall seriously and just had some scratches on her hands, he didn't explain anything to Cui Fugui. He took a deep breath and left quickly.

After leaving the Cui family's courtyard, he immediately asked, "Qingli, did you notice anything about Cui Ni'er just now?"

Qingli replied without hesitation: "The meat is more tender and should taste more delicious than a human child like you."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que immediately understood that Qingli, like him, did not see any problems with Cui Ni'er.

Thinking of this, he didn't have the heart to go to the small pond to investigate for a moment, and walked directly towards his home.

With his current level of cultivation, he can’t solve Cui Ni’er’s problem!

He had just been touched by Trinier, and he almost lost his mind. If he tried to force himself to investigate the root of her problem, he might not even know how he died...

A moment later, Zheng Que returned home. Just as he was about to start practicing, Qingli immediately asked, "Human boy, do you have anything else to do today?"

Zheng Que nodded. He was supposed to go to the mayor's house again today, but what happened at Cui's house just now made him feel a little uneasy.

In order to prevent any accidents, he decided to practice for a day and go to the mayor's house tomorrow.

At this time, seeing Zheng Que nod, Qingli immediately said: "Since you, a human child, have nothing to do, then stay here honestly. I have to go out for a while."

Ok?
Qingli also wants to go out and kill ghosts during the day?

The ghost servant voluntarily works overtime, which is great!
So Zheng Que immediately responded, "Sure, but you have to come back before dark."

(End of this chapter)