Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 430 Mysterious Yellow Earthly Flame. (First Update!)

Deep within the Blood Pass, nestled in a mountain valley.

After supervising Qingli and Kulan, Zheng Que returned to the stronghold.

At this moment, the transportation of timber and spirit stones has returned to normal, and materials are once again piled up haphazardly on the open ground.

However, the construction of the house has not progressed at all.

Shu Yunying, her clothes fluttering, still maintained her reserved and proud demeanor, standing beside the unfinished foundation, waiting for him to return and start working.

Zheng Que's face darkened. All of his ghost servants were problematic female ghosts!

At this moment, seeing Zheng Que return, Shu Yunying immediately urged, "Shu Que, stop wandering around and come get back to work!"

"I've already thought of a name for this house. It will be called Shu Family Branch Fortress."

"If you keep doing this, running off halfway through a job, when will this house ever be finished?"

"In life and in work, one must be persistent and focused in order to achieve something."

"Alright then, considering how diligently you've served me these past few days, I'll make an exception and promote you to head butler."

"In addition to the previous tasks, I'll also give you the opportunity to marry into my Shu family as a concubine..."

Listening to Shu Yunying's endless, unrealistic promises and attempts to gain control from above, Zheng Que fell silent.

This Shu Yunying is much more difficult to deal with than Qing Li and Ku Lan!

Although Qingli and Kulan, the two female ghosts, have many ulterior motives, they will immediately compete with each other as long as he produces a higher-level edict.

However, this Shu Yunying considered herself a living person and didn't care about the imperial edict at all!
There's no point in trying to reason with them about this directly!

Thinking of this, Zheng Que took a deep breath and immediately took out a pile of casting materials from his storage bag, saying to Shu Yunying, "I can build the house by myself."

"Use these materials to forge another [Stunning Cloud Skirt]."

"I'll take care of the stove problem."

"However, you will need to fetch the earth fire required for casting yourself."

"About twenty miles to the northwest of the mountain valley, there is a [Mysterious Yellow Earth Flame]."

"This matter concerns whether the Shu family's business in Xue Tong Pass can gain a foothold. As the eldest daughter of the Shu family, you should prioritize the overall situation and not be negligent!"

Upon hearing that it was about forging ceremonial robes, Shu Yunying immediately nodded, seemingly very happy about it, and quickly replied, "No problem."

"From now on, don't be lazy either."

"You belong to Shujiabao. Remember, only when Shujiabao prospers can you prosper!"

"This young lady will go fetch the earth fire first!"

With that, Shu Yunying took the casting materials and turned to walk out of the ravine.

Zheng Que had no intention of following them. There were no [Iron Tree Prison] ghosts lurking around here, and the ghosts at the surrounding resource points were easy to deal with.

With Shu Yunying's strength and intelligence, there would be no danger in her going to a place twenty miles away to fetch some earth fire on her own.

After watching the "living dead" leave, Zheng Que examined the foundation in front of him, quickly selected a spot, and began to build a furnace for casting.

It took about half an hour to set up the initial casting site.

He then went on to build a house.

Clang clang clang... Zheng Que is now a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Although he is the only one working in the entire stronghold, he is not slow at all.

In addition, Niannu was very obedient, and Ghost Stones were continuously transported over, so there was no shortage of materials. Zheng Que quickly began to build the walls along the outline of the foundation.

About half an hour later, the wall was almost completely built.

At this moment, Shu Yunying finally returned, looking travel-worn. Her hair and dress were as neat as ever, but the yin energy around her had been greatly depleted, clearly indicating that she had just experienced a major battle.

At this moment, Shu Yunying's right palm was facing upwards, holding a ball of turbid yellow flame suspended in the air.

The flame was not brightly colored and its frequency of movement was very low, giving people a sense of weight and stability. It was exactly the "Mysterious Yellow Earth Flame" that Zheng Que had mentioned, located twenty miles to the northwest.

It can be used for alchemy or casting.

Zheng Que wasn't surprised to see Shu Yunying retrieve the Earth Fire; rather, he noticed that the amount of Yin energy she possessed was excessive, which seemed rather unusual...

He was well aware of Shu Yunying's current strength, which was not much different from his own.

He had just cleared three resource points in one go, and the true essence he consumed was less than half of the opponent's current yin energy.

What kind of powerful ghost is lurking at that resource point twenty miles to the northwest?

Thinking of this, Zheng Que immediately asked, "Why has it taken so long?"

Shu Yunying casually replied, "I encountered a little trouble when I was retrieving this earth fire."

"However, I have already dealt with everything, except for the ugliest ghost that escaped."

Did it run away?
Zheng Que frowned slightly. To escape from Shu Yunying's grasp, the creature must be at least a ghost at the seventh level of the [Scissors Prison]...

When occupying resource points, we still need to be careful. The monsters lurking at each resource point vary in strength and danger...

While he was thinking, he pointed to the furnace he had built and said to Shu Yunying, "This is where you cast your artifacts. You can use it as you please."

Shu Yunying nodded in satisfaction: "Shu Que, you're getting more and more clever at doing things now."

"It's pretty good."

"My chief steward of Shu Family Fort should have such insight!"

After praising Zheng Que a couple of times, she swaggered over to the stove, glanced at it briefly, and then lit the fire under the stove.

boom!
The earth fire transformed into a beam of eerie light and shot out, and in the blink of an eye, the flames intensified, almost enveloping the entire stove. In just two breaths, the stove was burned to a deep red.

This is a flame from the Foundation Establishment stage. Even a Qi Refining stage cultivator would find it extremely difficult to get close to it.

However, with Shu Yunying's cultivation level, it was not difficult for her to control it.

Upon seeing this, Shu Yunying immediately cast a spell, and the [Mysterious Yellow Earth Flame Fire] quickly contracted under the influence of its Yin energy.

Next, Shu Yunying began to put pieces of casting materials into the furnace one by one in a specific order, starting the process of refining the materials before the actual casting...

Meanwhile, Zheng Que worked quickly and efficiently, having already completed the outer walls of all five rooms. He then walked to the nearby timber pile and began selecting beams.

Time passed slowly, and as night fell, the first building of the outpost was finally completed.

The house occupies a large area. Originally, according to Shu Yunying's design, it seemed to copy part of the layout of Shu Family Fort. However, after Zheng Que took over, in order to save time, he directly omitted all the unnecessary parts.

At this moment, the building is roughly divided into three parts: one is the casting room for Shu Yunying, one is the cultivation room for himself, and all the other spaces are warehouses for storing materials.

After glancing at the convoy of stone, timber, and spirit stones that was still being transported, Zheng Que selected a spot in the stronghold and began building the first shop there...

(End of this chapter)