Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 329 Confirming My Identity. (Third Update!)

The outskirts of Taiping County.

On an unnamed hillside.

"...As for the larger piece, we will spare no effort to devour the smaller one!"

Eat it?

Zheng Que was taken aback. When he was trying to elicit the imperial edict, the piece of wood hadn't come to him to claim ownership.

Or did they want to devour his edict?

Thinking of this, Zheng Que frowned and looked again at the piece of broken wood outside the floating city.

The piece of broken wood remained unremarkable, yet it continued to absorb the yin energy of the surrounding ghosts.

However, the number of ghosts surrounding them is decreasing.

The great battle between the Iron Tree Prisons was merely an aftershock, yet it wiped out more than 90% of the ghosts that lacked sentience.

boom! ! !
At this moment, the battle situation high in the sky underwent a tremendous change.

Zheng Que immediately saw the enormous human face covering the entire Taiping County town, carrying the overwhelming Yin energy of the [Iron Tree Prison], being struck and plunging headfirst into the town. The impact caused the thick city walls to collapse as if they were made of paper.

Amidst the swirling dust, the city walls that had protected the county for countless years crumbled layer by layer, like a phantom, revealing the county's buildings behind them.

Those once neat and beautiful houses, which still retained traces of peaceful and prosperous life, were all reduced to ruins in the aftermath, turning to dust along with the corpses.

The bizarre human face smashed through the earth in an instant and fell into the ground.

The Ghost Bride and Mu Xiangu immediately gave chase.

Upon seeing this, Zheng Que's face lit up with joy.

He was initially worried that the two female ghosts who had just broken through the Iron Tree Prison wouldn't be able to defeat the "weirdness" of the Iron Tree Prison... Now it seems that his worries were completely unnecessary!

Seeing that the crisis seemed to have passed, Zheng Que looked at Gao Yinxia and asked her some more questions about the [Nine Netherworld Treasures] and the Taoist Qu.

Unfortunately, although Gao Yinxia was a disciple of an elder of the Heavenly Artifact Sect, she did not know much about the [Nine Netherworld Relics].

Aside from what I just mentioned, Gao Yinxia didn't know the answers to any of the other questions Zheng Quexin asked.

As for Qu Daoren...

It is said that Qu Daoren planned to establish a sect more than 500 years ago. During this time, he took in many disciples, each of whom was a genius. Even compared with the six sects, which had deep roots and had been operating in this region for a long time, they were not inferior.

However, the vast majority of the disciples had already perished...

It is even unknown whether Qu Daoren still has any disciples alive.

For more than a decade, Master Qu has lived a secluded life, rarely appearing in the sight of the Six Sects, and has not accepted any more disciples...

The main reason Gao Yinxia wanted to search his soul just now was to find out what his relationship was with Qu Daoren.
Gao Yinxia initially thought he was just an ordinary rogue cultivator, but seeing that he possessed four extraordinary ghost servants and extremely pure spiritual power, she began to suspect that he was indeed Qu Daoren's disciple.

But seeing that he used only the methods of a rogue cultivator and lacked common sense, I once again concluded that he was just a lucky rogue cultivator who had obtained some fortuitous opportunity...

And now...

"Your true identity is probably that ghost bride's slave, isn't it?"

“Many highly intelligent ghosts secretly raise multiple talented human slaves. The human slaves will periodically lure their own kind to the ghosts for the ghosts to enjoy.”

"Sometimes, if a ghost takes a fancy to a human cultivator but can't find an opportunity to strike, it will send a human slave to lure the cultivator away..."

"Your current cultivation level is only the eighth level of Qi Refining, yet that ghost bride actually came all the way here to save you."

"You must have given that ghost bride quite a few blood offerings, right?" Gao Yinxia's slightly mocking voice suddenly rang out.

Human slave?

Zheng Que was taken aback; it was the first time he had ever heard this term.

As he pondered, he frowned slightly, momentarily at a loss for how to explain the matter.

You can't just tell the other person directly that the ghost bride is half a ghost servant of his.

If that happens, it's fine if the other party doesn't believe it, but once they do, you can't let them leave alive!
In the blink of an eye, Zheng Que suddenly realized something was wrong and immediately turned to look in the direction of Taiping County.

It's been so long, why haven't the Ghost Bride and the Painted Skin come up yet?
Moreover, there wasn't even the slightest sound of fighting?
We need to go check on the situation right away...

I definitely can't go there myself, it's too dangerous!
Sending ghost servants there could easily result in them having their yin energy absorbed by that piece of broken wood.

Ok……

This Gao Yinxia is just right!

So Zheng Que lifted Gao Yinxia up from the ground, then untied the rope from her legs, held the other end of the rope firmly in his hand, and said to Gao Yinxia, ​​"You, go to Taiping County and see what's going on."

"Don't worry too much. If we encounter any danger, I'll pull you back with a rope immediately!"

"If you don't want to go, that's fine too."

“I can put you into the summoning banner first, and then send you there.”

Upon hearing this, Gao Yinxia was furious, but after glancing at the soul-summoning banner in the other party's hand, she quickly calmed down and said in an icy voice, "I will remember you!"

With that, she strode off toward Taiping County without looking back.

Gao Yinxia is now completely bound, only able to walk on her legs. Her gait is somewhat strange, and as she staggers along, her exquisite and elaborate clothing contrasts sharply with the rough hemp rope.

Even though she was in a sorry state, she still habitually held her head high and puffed out her chest, which made her look quite arrogant. However, she was dragging a long hemp rope behind her, which looked very strange.

Zheng Que stood on the small hillside, his eyes fixed on Gao Yinxia's condition, while instructing Qing Li to continuously extend the rope.

However, Gao Yinxia hadn't gone far when she suddenly froze in place, motionless.

Zheng Que did not hesitate and immediately pulled the rope, bringing him back.

When Gao Yinxia got closer, she showed no signs of recovering.

Upon seeing this, Zheng Que stepped forward and bent down to examine the Heavenly Artifact Sect disciple. He saw that the disciple's eyes were unfocused, his gaze was empty, and his expression was blank, just like when he was trapped in the illusion!
Upon seeing this scene, Zheng Que immediately frowned.

He is currently unaware of the situation of the Ghost Bride and Mu Xian Gu.

Sending ghost servants to investigate would result in the yin energy being absorbed by the broken wood, while sending Gao Yinxia would cause the other party to fall into an illusion...

With this in mind, Zheng Li immediately made up his mind to hurry to the underworld to check on the condition of the ghost bride and Mu Xian Gu.

In addition, he wanted to use a final decree to confer a title upon one of the female ghosts, in order to prevent any accidents!

So Zheng Que glanced at the soul-summoning banner and quickly said, "Qingli, I need to cultivate for a bit now."

"If I'm still cultivating when it's almost 9 PM, then let Niannu possess me directly!"

Then, he turned to look at Ku Lan and Shu Yunying and instructed them, "Ku Lan, Shu Yunying, you two protect me."

"Also, if Gao Yinxia wakes up, you must keep a close eye on her and not let her escape!"

(End of this chapter)