Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 311 On the Road. (First Update!)

On the boundless plains, weeds grow in abundance, spreading out a vast expanse of green.

The official road winds its way through the area, eventually disappearing into the distant horizon.

Several monks surrounded the lone carriage, moving at high speed.

Behind the vehicle, on the road at a distance.

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

The wind, sharp as a knife, roared and swept across the area, quickly engulfing all the ghosts that had attacked the convoy into the banner. The official road, which had been blocked, was now completely clear, with no more eerie scenes of gathering yin energy and wandering ghosts.

Having easily dealt with the attack, Zheng Que, carrying the summoning banner, quickly caught up with the convoy and returned to Lu Maohong's side.

Lu Maohong turned his head, glanced at the soul-summoning banner on his shoulder, and nodded slightly, saying, "Zheng Que, the power of your soul-summoning banner is getting stronger and stronger."

"However, this is, after all, a magical artifact."

"With your current cultivation level, you can only control this banner through your main soul, so it's best to be careful."

Zheng Que smiled and calmly replied, "Senior Lu is right. I know what I'm doing."

The two chatted casually as they continued on their way.

Knowing that Zheng Que was collecting wandering souls for the Soul-Summoning Banner, Lu Maohong tacitly let Zheng Que take action alone whenever they encountered ghost attacks along the way.

After all, they were almost at the prefectural city, and these wandering ghosts of the "Tongue-Pulling Prison" no longer posed any threat to tax revenue.

Amidst the rumble of the well pulley, the "A"-shaped cart, pulled by the corpse puppet, rapidly rolled across the road. In the following period, the convoy encountered several more attacks from ghostly creatures.

Zheng Que made a series of moves, collecting all the ghosts that attacked the convoy into the banner, and the spirit wind of the summoning banner was noticeably enhanced.

The yin energy that enveloped the banner also manifested as a tangible black mist.

If you get closer, you can almost hear faint ghostly wails coming from within the black mist.

Time slowly passed, and the shadows gradually shortened and then slowly lengthened.

By the time of Shen Shi (3-5 PM), the area around the official road was still an endless expanse of open space. In sight, there were only a few miscellaneous trees and ruins, with no trace of proper buildings, let alone the prefectural city.

Zheng Que felt a little uneasy, but the thought that the ghost bride was following behind him quickly calmed him down.

His calamity will occur tonight at 9 PM, which is almost three hours from now.

Although Lu Maohong said he could reach the city before sunset today, just in case, he should find an opportunity to enter the underworld beforehand.

Thus, one purpose was to further enhance the cultivation and strength of the four ghost servants beside her; the other was to remind the ghost bride to prepare herself.

Besides, Mu Xiangu has been gone for quite some time now, but she hasn't come looking for me yet. It's probably because Xuanyuan Pavilion's methods are too clever, and the other party has been unable to complete the mission, so she's still lingering in the elegant gathering in Baozhen Valley.

Therefore, he wanted to summon Mu Xiangu to his side before his own tribulation arrived. The restriction on the [Three Talents Storage Bag] had not been lifted, so he would not lift it. His own tribulation was more important!
After making up his mind, Zheng Que looked around to make sure that the surrounding area was calm and there was nothing unusual. He then said to Lu Maohong, "Senior Lu, I have consumed a lot of spiritual energy in these few battles. May I go to the car to rest for a while?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Maohong nodded slightly. Zheng Que's Soul-Summoning Banner was a magical artifact, and activating it did indeed consume a great deal of spiritual energy.

That's why he reminded the other party earlier.

Moreover, they were about to arrive in the prefectural city, and there would be no more danger after that.

Thinking of this, Lu Maohong readily agreed, "Okay!" "Go and rest first. I will let you know if anything happens."

Zheng Que immediately replied, "Thank you, Senior Lu!"

Without hesitation, he took a few steps back, came to the front of the "A" shaped carriage, and jumped on.

Boom!
Because Zheng Que controlled his strength, his landing on the carriage shaft did not cause much of a commotion. The entire "甲"-shaped carriage only shook slightly before maintaining its original speed and continuing to move forward.

At the same time, Lu Maohong opened the door of the "A" car, revealing its exquisite interior furnishings.

Zheng Que quickly went inside, and the car door closed behind him.

Looking at the carriage where he was all alone, he casually found a place to sit down, placed the soul-summoning banner beside him, embraced his spirit and focused on oneness, and began to cultivate.

With practiced calmness and tranquility, his mind entered a void, rapidly drawing in wisps of the chilling spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body...

This process repeated itself, and before he knew it, Zheng Que opened his eyes again, and there before him was the dilapidated palace.

He habitually glanced around, then looked at the Book of Life and Death in front of him.

With a quick glance, Zheng Que noticed that the first page of the Book of Life and Death had been updated with a large number of names.

The names were so numerous that they were difficult to count at first.

Zheng Que was immediately surprised. He had indeed killed some ghosts in the past two days to improve his ghost servant's cultivation, but it seemed that the total number was not this many...

Was it the ghost bride, or the ghost that Mu Xiangu killed?
Thinking of this, Zheng Que carefully looked at the newly added names: "...Cheng Ada. Place of origin: Taiping County, Tuzhou, Dali Dynasty. Lifespan: 31 years, 6 months and 25 days, died suddenly at 2:45 PM."

"...Li Cuiniang. Place of origin: Taiping County, Tuzhou, Dali Dynasty. Lifespan: ...died suddenly at 2:45 PM."

"...You Dachang. Place of origin: Taiping County, Tuzhou, Dali Dynasty. Lifespan: ...died suddenly at 2:45 PM."

"...Fang Yingxin. Place of origin: Bozhou City, Dali Dynasty. Lifespan: 147 years, 8 months and 3 days, died suddenly at 2:45 PM."

"...Xiao Liu. Hometown: Yaotai Mountain. Death age: 82 years, 7 months and 14 days. He died at noon when his soul was scattered."

After quickly glancing at the names, Zheng Que discovered that the vast majority of the newly added names in the Book of Life and Death were from Taiping County, and all of them had died suddenly.

There is also a small group of names whose ancestral home is Yaotai Mountain. Judging from the fact that they have no lifespan in the human world but only in the underworld, they seem to be born ghosts.

Zheng Que frowned immediately. These names, originating from Yaotai Mountain, must be from the Ghost Bride or Mu Xian Gu, who had killed ghosts and had their names recorded in the Book of Life and Death.

After all, he had never encountered any ghosts from Yaotai Mountain since he left Wanshan Temple.

However, how is it possible that so many names come from Taiping County, including some with lifespans exceeding one hundred years and clearly belonging to cultivators?

The ghost bride should have been following me all along... Could it be that Mu Xiangu went to Taiping County to carry out a massacre and extermination of the entire clan?

In a flash, Zheng Que shook his head slightly.

We'll ask Mu Xiangu about this later.

The most important thing now is to quickly improve the cultivation level of the ghost servant.

(End of this chapter)