Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 397. I stayed up all night. (First update!)

what?
Does Master Qu only have two disciples?

Did I just sleep in a fake bed?

Fairy Yanluo's expression froze instantly. The voice in the [Transmission Talisman] continued to ring out: "By the way, some time ago, Elder Qu's disciple Chen Zhentao was murdered in Yaotai Mountain."

"If it's convenient for you, Steward Yanluo, could you please help investigate this matter?"

Upon hearing this, Fairy Yanluo finally came to her senses, and replied with a gloomy expression, "I understand."

With that, she abruptly cut off the telepathic communication.

boom!
Fairy Yanluo slapped the exquisitely crafted and ornately carved dressing table to pieces.

Amidst the flying sawdust, her eyes were as cold as stars, filled with chilling killing intent.

Outrageous!

I was actually tricked into giving away my body by a rogue cultivator!

Moreover, one of the photos was taken by the other party!

Thinking of this, Fairy Yanluo was about to set off to capture Zheng Que, but upon closer inspection, she suddenly felt something was amiss...

I'm not stupid!
If the other party were a fake disciple of Master Qu, wouldn't she be able to tell?

Which rogue cultivator could possess such profound knowledge?
She cultivated with Zheng Que all night yesterday, and there was almost no yin energy on him!

Furthermore, the other party completed the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment using the inner core of a [Soul Puppet] that was over three hundred years old, and afterwards did not suffer any side effects from the ghost's inner core.

How could an ordinary rogue cultivator possibly possess such abilities?
More importantly, Zheng Que looks remarkably like Du Anyong from back then!
This resemblance is not a physical resemblance.

The disciples of the Daoist Qu were all selected from piles of dead people. Each of them, in addition to the tribulation of entering the Dao, had experienced at least one karmic tribulation.

This Zheng Que, just like Du Anyong back then, has definitely experienced karmic tribulations!

Ordinary Core Formation stage cultivators might not be able to tell, but she studied Du Anyong for so long back then, how could she not notice?
In addition, the batch of top-quality ghost servants that Zheng Que consigned for auction also had problems.

When she searched the souls of those top-tier ghost servants, her soul suffered a backlash and she almost suffered a major setback!

Although she didn't know exactly what was going on, she could guess that it was definitely related to the [Nine Netherworld Relics].

Aside from the six major sects and the imperial court, only Daoist Qu possesses a special [Nine Netherworld Relic] in this region…

With this thought in mind, Fairy Yanluo quickly calmed down; sleeping for nothing was risky.

However, being a Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment cultivator, Zheng was definitely not some rogue cultivator!
Just in case, I'll go back to Xuanyuan Pavilion this time to meet with Qu Daoren's two disciples.

As for the time lost in between, he could easily make up for it by sleeping in more often after he got back...

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Crane Cry Tower.

As soon as Zheng Que stepped out of the bronze-carved door, he saw a limp corpse lying on the thick carpet in front of him. The corpse was dressed in fine clothes and the body was intact. It seemed as if there were no bones inside. It was completely limp on the ground, like a cartilaginous creature.

Beside the corpse, a stack of papers containing detailed accounts lay scattered on the ground, resembling paper money. Zheng Que immediately realized that this was the cultivator who had come to report the matter to him last night while he was cultivating with Fairy Yanluo.

Judging from this, it seems that after the other party reported everything, they were directly killed by Fairy Yanluo...

While pondering, Zheng Que walked around the corpse that was bleeding from all seven orifices and whose bones were completely shattered.

A moment later, he arrived at a hall in the Crane Cry Tower, where he found a maid in colorful clothes. She led him to a quiet room where he met Steward Ren Duanwen.

At that moment, Ren Duanwen was organizing some documents. When he saw Zheng Que coming over, he immediately put down his work, invited him to sit down, and exchanged pleasantries with him very politely.

However, Ren Duanwen made no attempt to bring up or subtly inquire about why Zheng Que was allowed to stay overnight at Heming Tower after visiting Fairy Yanluo, instead engaging in conversation about trivial matters like the weather.

Preoccupied with his business, Zheng Que exchanged a few polite words before immediately taking out the jade pendant shaped like a flying crane and saying, "Manager Ren, now that the auction is over, I wonder about the consigned spirit stones..."

The reason he came to find Ren Duanwen after leaving Fairy Yanluo was because the ten ghost servants auctioned at Heming Tower had fetched a total of 560,000 low-grade spirit stones, and he hadn't had time to collect them yesterday because of Fairy Yanluo's summons.

They were there to collect spirit stones, of course.

Upon hearing this, Ren Duanwen nodded and, without hesitation, took out a storage bag that he had prepared beforehand. He handed it to Zheng Que and said, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, the items you consigned for auction yesterday fetched a total of 560,000 low-grade spirit stones."

"After deducting the agreed-upon 20%, that's 448,000 low-grade spirit stones."

"Please take a look at the inventory, fellow Daoist."

Zheng Que took the storage bag, opened it, and glanced at it. Inside were 448,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Having confirmed that the number was correct, he nodded, cupped his hands, and said, "The number is correct, thank you, Steward Ren."

As he was about to take his leave, Ren Duanwen suddenly reminded him, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, please be careful when you go out."

"There are a few people outside who might want to get back at you."

Ok?
Zheng Que was slightly taken aback, but quickly smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and strode outside.

He has just reached the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment stage. As long as the people outside who want to deal with him are not Core Formation stage cultivators, he is not afraid at all!
In fact, he wanted to test the strength of his Heavenly Grade Dao Foundation!

Following the waiter's directions, Zheng Que passed through the ornately decorated corridor and soon entered the main hall of Heming Tower. It was still early morning, and the entire main hall was filled with colorful maids bustling about, preparing for the opening.

There weren't many guests coming in yet. The gentle morning light streamed through the windowpanes, casting dappled patterns on the intricately patterned carpet.

Zheng Que walked straight out the door, and as soon as he stepped outside, he saw four familiar figures.

Feng Guangchang of Dongcen County is at the early stage of Foundation Establishment; Mao Yanxin of Fengmu County and Yuan Zhonghao of Taoli County are both at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment; Jing Zhengjie, the disciple of the rumored Core Formation cultivator, is at the peak of the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

At this moment, the four people gathered in front of the building, staring intently at any figure that walked out of the building. Each of them had thick dew on their hair and eyebrows, clearly indicating that they had been waiting here all night!
Yuan Zhonghao was the most annoyed. Manager Pang had promised to check on Fairy Yanluo's situation, but a whole night had passed and the other party hadn't replied at all!

Seeing Zheng Que finally emerge, the four of them immediately fixed their gazes on him.

Jing Zhengjie spoke first, asking, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, what is your relationship with Fairy Yanluo?"

As he spoke, he stared intently into Zheng Que's eyes, not missing any subtle changes in the other's expression.

(End of this chapter)