Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 319 A Piece of Wood. (Second Update!)

This world.

The city gate of Taiping County.

The car with the character "甲" was grabbed and lifted into the air by a giant ghostly hand.

Lu Maohong and the others watched this scene helplessly. All they could think about was escaping. However, no matter how much they struggled, their movements seemed to be slowed down a thousand times. Even lifting their feet was as if they hadn't done anything at all. For a long time, they remained standing in the same spot.

hoo hoo hoo!
The howls of the ghosts continued, and amidst the surging of the gathering yin energy, several fast ghosts had already broken through the ghost horde and pounced towards them.

A ghostly creature, resembling a skinned animal, its body bright red and dripping with blood and black liquid, grabbed Zhang Shiwei's body, opened its blood-red maw, and bit down without hesitation.

puff!
Zhang Shiwei was powerless to resist. His head was bitten off, and blood spurted from his chest cavity, spraying onto the ground nearby.

At the very moment of his death, a semi-transparent figure floated out from the headless corpse.

The figure looked exactly like Zhang Shiwei, with its head and body separated.

This is Zhang Shiwei's spirit!

As soon as the soul appeared, the dense yin energy around it quickly poured in. The soul briefly maintained its human form before it rapidly twisted and deformed, and in the blink of an eye, it degenerated into a grotesque, inhuman demon.

Immediately afterwards, the demon raised its scarlet eyes, looked at its companion Feng Jian beside it, and pounced on him without hesitation!

Dong Zhongsheng was grabbed by the limbs and head by five small ghosts. The five ghosts exerted their strength at the same time, and Dong Zhongsheng didn't even have time to let out a scream. With a muffled sound of his flesh being torn apart by tremendous force, his body was instantly ripped into pieces. His colorful internal organs fell to the ground with a "whoosh", and amidst the stench of blood and steam, blood flowed everywhere.

Like Zhang Shiwei, Dong Zhongsheng's soul also immediately left his body, and under the catalysis of Yin energy, it degenerated into a ghost and rushed towards the other cultivators.

In just a few breaths, Zhang Shiwei, Dong Zhongsheng, Feng Jian, and Wei Yingjuan all died on the spot!

A ghost with an exceptionally long neck rushed towards Lu Maohong, its head protruding like a snake, and bit Lu Maohong's shoulder. Blood splattered instantly, but the ghost quickly released its grip, letting out a shrill scream.

White smoke rose from the ghostly form, all caused by the yang energy in Lu Maohong's spiritual blood...

click!
Just then, a muffled thud came from high above, and the entire "A"-shaped car was crushed to pieces!

A familiar figure, in the nick of time, just before the "A" car was crushed, slipped out of the carriage like a wisp of smoke.

Seeing Zheng Que escape from the carriage without being slowed down, Lu Maohong hurriedly called out, "Zheng..."

He wanted Zheng Que to use the Soul-Summoning Banner to clear a path for them, but his movements were incredibly slow, and even his voice was extremely sluggish.

He managed to utter only the first word of a very simple sentence!

Just then, Zheng Que, who was in mid-air, suddenly lost consciousness for some unknown reason, and plummeted straight down from the sky like a weight. Bang!
Zheng Que crashed directly onto the solid mud, creating a large crater. Before the flying sand and gravel had completely subsided, the surrounding ghosts pounced on him like wolves and tigers.

But then, the soul-summoning banner in his hand moved on its own without any wind. The banner fluttered rapidly, and gusts of soul wind blew out. All the ghosts that came near were swept into the banner by the knife-like soul wind.

The Yin energy of the summoning banner began to increase rapidly...

At the same time, the enormous, eerie face high in the sky paid no attention to Zheng Que, Lu Maohong, and the others. It opened its huge, ghostly hand and precisely clamped a box from the crushed remains of the carriage.

This box is pale gold in color, with dense black chains wrapped around its entire surface and covered with various talismans. It is the [Respectful Treasure Box] containing the taxes levied on the "Jia" type cart!
Although the "A" chariot is gone, the box is still intact, and the seal on it is undamaged.

But as soon as it fell into the giant ghost hand's grasp, the dense, viscous yin energy began to rapidly infiltrate the box. The talismans burned and peeled off one by one, and the chains quickly developed spiderweb-like cracks. Then, the debris fell off in a flurry. Despite the heavy seals and numerous methods, it couldn't even withstand the pressure for a blink of an eye before it shattered.

Snapped!
The next moment, the [Treasure Box] was crushed by a giant ghostly hand, revealing the true appearance of the contents inside.

It was just a small piece of wood, about an inch long, with jagged edges, as if it had been violently broken. It looked ordinary and unremarkable.

Without the support of the [Treasure Chest], the piece of wood immediately fell to the ground.

The moment the piece of wood appeared, all the ghosts inside and outside Taiping County froze, turning their heads to stare intently at it.

All the ghosts, including the eerie human face floating high in the sky, were filled with intense desire!
In an instant, all the ghosts took a step forward and rushed towards the falling piece of wood.

The eerie human face hanging high in the sky also raised its enormous ghostly hand, composed of skulls, and reached for the broken wood. At the same time, another ghostly hand made of skulls extended from the human face, its five fingers spread wide, and slammed heavily against the surrounding horde of ghosts rushing towards the broken wood.

boom! ! !
Amidst the earth-shattering roar, numerous ghostly creatures vanished into thin air in an instant. The earth trembled violently, and a series of crackling sounds echoed through Taiping County as some dilapidated houses collapsed on the spot, unable to withstand the impact, raising clouds of dust and smoke.

However, the horde of ghosts was fearless at this moment. After only a slight pause, they surged forward again like a tide, rushing towards the broken pieces of wood one after another.

The ghostly figures with human faces that roamed around the “weird” high in the sky rushed toward the wood chips like sharks that had seen blood.

These ghostly creatures were originally controlled by the "weird" human face floating in the sky, but the moment this piece of wood appeared, they all broke free from control and seemed to have developed their own consciousness, determined to get that piece of wood at all costs!

At the same moment, Lu Maohong and the surviving Linghu Yuniang also instantly returned to normal.

Seeing that all the ghosts around him were attracted by the imperial court's tax collection, Lu Maohong didn't have time to think and immediately shouted, "Let's go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to look at the spot where Zheng Que had just fallen, only to see a graceful female cultivator in a purple cloak with wide sleeves and a tulip skirt, who had appeared beside Zheng Que before him.

The female cultivator wore her hair in a snake-like bun, with two jade hairpins inserted diagonally. She had delicate eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and lips like cinnabar. A pendant hung from her waist. Her aura was pure and refined, quite different from that of ordinary rogue cultivators.

He is a disciple of the Heavenly Artifact Sect!
(End of this chapter)