Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 409 Sparring. (First Update!)

Linghai Cave.

After entering, Zheng Que looked around as usual to make sure there were no problems. He then summoned Qing Li, Ku Lan, and Nian Nu to protect him. Afterward, he strode to the main seat, sat down, and quickly took out the badly worn tortoise shell and the ancient coin that Mu Xian Gu had bought.

After observing the two items on the long table for a while, Zheng confirmed that the runes on the tortoise shell, which looked like natural patterns, were exactly the same as the runes on the ancient coins that were heavily corroded and worn. Clearly, they were closely related.

At the auction at Heming Tower, Yu Rulan's first bid was for ancient coins. If Mu Xiangu hadn't been using the identity of Fu Qingge from the Heavenly Artifact Sect, the other party probably wouldn't have given up so decisively...

However, aside from the certainty that there must be a connection between the two, Zheng Que held the two items in his hands and pondered them over and over for a while, but could not figure out anything else.

I remembered that Xiang Songnian once said that the tortoise shell was used for divination.

As for using tortoise shells for divination, Zheng Que knew a little about it.

While he was thinking, he threw the ancient coins into the tortoise shell, picked up the shell, and shook it vigorously.

"bang bang bang..."

At first, the copper coins inside the tortoise shell made crisp sounds, but gradually, the sound of the coins hitting the tortoise shell became sharper and louder, as if a sharp sword was rampaging through the tortoise shell, cutting out a sharp whistling sound.

At the same time, a rune on the tortoise shell began to glow with a hazy light, as if it had ignited some kind of power.

However, at this very moment, the true essence within Zheng Que's body began to surge into the tortoise shell.

The tortoise shell wasn't large, but in the moment of perception, it felt like a bottomless abyss. Zheng Que's abundant true essence rushed into it at a rapid speed, and in the blink of an eye, his dantian was completely empty, reaching its bottom!
However, of the five runes on the tortoise shell, only one was lit up.

clang!
Zheng Que stopped shaking his hands without hesitation, his chest heaving slightly, and took several deep breaths to steady himself.

The secrets of this tortoise shell and copper coin seem to be beyond my current cultivation level to fathom!

Moreover, he was a Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the true essence within his body was far more profound than that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.

If it were an ordinary early Foundation Establishment cultivator, he would probably drain all his true essence by just shaking the tortoise shell a couple of times!
Given the current situation, I might need to raise my cultivation to the late Foundation Establishment stage before I can even attempt to uncover its secrets...

Thinking of this, Zheng Que put away the tortoise shell and the copper coins, and then began to cultivate the [Transformation Scripture] to quickly restore his true essence.

Time passed slowly, and the cave was filled with abundant spiritual energy.

After some time, Zheng Que's condition returned to its peak, and he immediately began cultivating the [Heavenly Wheel Profound Fire Technique] again.

This technique can raise the level of Core Formation by one level, which is very important to him.

During the Qi Refining stage, this [Heavenly Wheel Profound Fire Technique] can cultivate three rounds of profound fire.

Now that his cultivation has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he is able to cultivate three more rounds of Profound Fire.

In the blink of an eye, Zheng Que's hands formed a series of complex hand seals...

As the water clock in the corner beeped, dusk gradually fell outside the cave. As night fell, Zheng Que successfully cultivated the fourth round of Xuan Fire.

He stopped practicing the [Heavenly Wheel Profound Fire Technique] and pondered for a moment.

He had a premonition that he could only cultivate the fifth round of Xuan Fire once his cultivation reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage...

After a brief test of the current power of the [Heavenly Wheel Profound Fire Technique], Zheng Que went out to the Xuanyuanfang trading company and bought a batch of corpse puppet heads.

After returning to the Spirit Sea Cave, he took the heads and began to cultivate the [Blood Skull Technique].

The cultivation of the Blood Skull Technique is much simpler than that of the Heavenly Wheel Profound Fire Technique. Zheng Que only took an hour or so to successfully refine nine crimson blood skulls, each exuding a ferocious aura.

After collecting all the bloodied skulls into his soul-nourishing bag, Zheng Que finally looked up at his three ghost servants. At this moment, Qing Li and Nian Nu were still hanging from the beam of the cave, swinging back and forth like swings, their skirts fluttering in the wind. Ku Lan was sitting in a seat not far from him, maintaining a quiet posture with an umbrella in hand, while her head turned around nimbly.

Zheng Que looked at Nian Nu and said, "Nian Nu, come with me to the magic testing room and try your skills out."

Although I won this battle against Dai Nanji, my lack of practical combat experience cannot be ignored.

With only a few days left until the Immortal Examination, he could use this opportunity to spar with a few ghost servants and familiarize himself with the various techniques he now possessed, as well as his practical combat experience.

Of course, this must start with the weakest Niannu...

Upon hearing this, Niannu immediately floated down from the beam and replied, "Yes, sir!"

So Zheng Que led Nian Nu into the magic testing room.

The gate closed, the protective runes in the spell testing room activated spontaneously, and the demon statue in the center seemed to come alive, ready to be ravaged.

Zheng Que ignored the statue, stood in the open space, and seeing that Nian Nu opposite him was also ready, immediately said, "Begin!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Niannu's gaze immediately locked onto Zheng Que.

Suddenly, a thick hemp rope appeared out of thin air around Zheng Que's neck and tightened rapidly.

brush!
The rope pierced right through Zheng Que's neck, leaving only an afterimage of him.

The next moment, Zheng Que's true form appeared behind Nian Nu and threw a punch at Nian Nu's back.

Bang!
Niannu turned around abruptly, blocking Zheng Que's fist with one hand in the blink of an eye, while the other hand reached for Zheng Que's throat.

Zheng Que was slightly taken aback. His current strength was comparable to that of a sect disciple in the late Foundation Establishment stage, while Nian Nu's cultivation was only at the third level of the [Scissors Prison], not even reaching the middle level of the [Scissors Prison], yet she could block his punch head-on?
In the blink of an eye, Niannu's ghostly hand, filled with intense yin energy, was about to touch his neck.

Zheng Li immediately took defensive action...

Bang bang bang bang bang! !

The two moved like the wind, entangled in a rapid exchange of blows.

After a dozen or so moves, Zheng Que forced Nian Nu back with a single palm strike and immediately unleashed a complex incantation.

The soul-nourishing pouch at his waist opened instantly, and nine blood-red heads, dripping with blood and shrouded in malevolent energy, flew out. Without the slightest hesitation, these blood-red heads rushed straight at Niannu.

At this moment, Niannu's body was filled with Yin energy, constantly emitting billowing black smoke. She quickly used the ghost technique [Riding the Wind], and her speed suddenly increased, leaving behind afterimages in the magic testing room.

In an instant, nine bloody skulls crisscrossed, bobbing up and down, emitting sharp shrieks that rose and fell in mid-air, but they kept grazing Niannu's clothes and missed her completely.

brush brush...

While dodging, Niannu kept looking for openings to strike, extending her sharp, long-armored claws, and quickly tore three of the blood skulls to shreds.

Zheng Que maintained the incantation of the Blood Skull Technique and immediately used the power in his Dao Foundation to enhance the technique.

The next moment, the six blood skulls that were constantly attacking Niannu suddenly surged with murderous aura!

brush!
Niannu raised her sharp claws and reached for another bloodied skull.

puff!

The blood skull seemed to be made of tofu. In the blink of an eye, it was torn to pieces by Niannu. One half turned into blood rain and fell from the sky, but the other half stuck to Niannu's arm. The surface was still wriggling and growing fine fleshy buds, which were deeply embedded in Niannu's arm, as if it were parasitizing this arm!
At this moment, the remaining five blood-red skulls attacked Niannu once more...

(End of this chapter)