Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 433 Clear Distinction Between Gratitude and Grudges. (First Update!)

Zheng Que nodded slightly. Linghu Yuniang's situation was different from Qingli and Niannu's, but somewhat similar to Shu Yunying's.

Although Qingli and Niannu were human in life, after they were corrupted into "vengeful spirits", they are completely separate individuals from their former selves.

To be precise, Qingli and Niannu never considered their former selves as themselves.

However, this Linghu Yuniang possesses memories of her previous life and, like Shu Yunying, acknowledges her past identity.

Shu Yunying still thinks about Shu Family Fortress, and Linghu Yuniang, while in the underworld, also thought about her sect and family...

Thinking of this, Zheng Que immediately said, "Fellow Daoist Linghu, I only survived the events in Taiping County by sheer luck."

"The situation was urgent at the time, and it was a great pity that we were unable to save you, fellow Daoist."

"I wonder if you will blame me?"

Upon hearing this, Linghu Yuniang hurriedly shook her head. She thought Zheng Que was already dead, but who knew he was still alive?

After all, Zheng Que was targeted by the "weird" creature of the Iron Tree Prison; normally, he wouldn't have survived at all...

In a flash, Linghu Yuniang replied, "What are you saying, Fellow Daoist Zheng!"

"I was saved once by you while I was escorting the taxes. I am already repaying you, how could I possibly have such an ungrateful thought?"

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, I, Linghu Yuniang, have always repaid kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge! I have come here now to repay a debt of gratitude!"

“Fellow Daoist follows the path of ‘Ghost Control’. I know two cultivators, one named Jing Zhengjie and the other named Yin Huier. Both of them have strong souls and lively spiritual power. The souls of such cultivators are most suitable for extraction to serve as ghost servants.”

“If you don’t mind, give me a month, and I will definitely drug these two… I will definitely send their 'vengeful spirits' to you!”

???

Jing Zhengjie and Yin Huier, one is Linghu Yuniang's senior brother, and the other is Linghu Yuniang's senior sister... This Linghu Yuniang, she just wants a complete sect.
Zheng Que fell silent for a moment, then, without exposing the other party, calmly said, "We'll talk about this later."

"We still have important business to attend to."

As he spoke, he opened his palm and began to perform the [Ghost Control Technique].

The spiritual blood transformed into a blood mist that flew into the air, swirling around Linghu Yuniang and casting a blush on her pale face.

As she felt the runes being imprinted into her body, Linghu Yuniang instinctively tried to struggle, but she soon discovered that Zheng Que's spiritual blood contained an extremely domineering power that she was unable to resist at all, even with her current cultivation level of the ninth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison]!
Foundation building period!
This Zheng Que has actually already established his foundation!
Moreover, the opponent's [Ghost Control Technique] is different from ordinary [Ghost Control Technique]...

Before her thoughts had completely died down, Linghu Yuniang let out a muffled groan. The blood seal was now complete, and she had become Zheng Que's ghost servant!

Having successfully enslaved Linghu Yuniang, Zheng Que continued, "Alright, Fellow Daoist Linghu, come with me first."

With that, he got up and left the cultivation room, leading Linghu Yuniang outside.

The base was bustling with activity, as teams of temporary ghost servants continuously transported materials from three directions, storing them in the warehouse one by one.

Thanks to the warehouse, the previously chaotic outpost is now much tidier.

Zheng Que glanced around to make sure there was nothing wrong, then led Linghu Yuniang to the shop. The shop was bare, with only the [Stunning Smoke Skirt] on the shelf.

Zheng Que stopped and turned to Linghu Yuniang, saying, "This is Xue Tong Pass."

"I am now going to build a market here."

"However, we are currently short of manpower, so please do your best to help me."

"This shop will be under your management from now on, fellow Daoist." "Right now, we only have one robe, the [Stunning Smoke Skirt], available for sale."

"If anyone comes to sell supplies, as long as they are related to cultivation, we can accept them..."

While explaining the situation, he took out a storage bag, put tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones and five hundred mid-grade spirit stones into it, and handed it to Linghu Yuniang.

Linghu Yuniang was once a cultivator, and she knows just as much about various resources and prices as he does, making her the most suitable person to help him manage the shop here.

After arranging this matter, Zheng Que did not go to occupy any new resource points. Instead, he summoned a group of ghost servants from the Soul-Summoning Banner to follow behind him, forming a caravan to search for other cultivators' strongholds.

He has now successfully established a base and captured three resource points, which are now being effectively mined.

By this calculation, I have already reached five points.

However, although the shops and caravans have been established, they have not yet conducted any effective transactions and cannot earn points for the time being.

Therefore, he now needs to contact the other candidates' locations and establish a trading route...

While pondering, Zheng Que, holding the soul-summoning banner, led a group of ghosts out of the stronghold in a grand procession.

As soon as they left the stronghold, a vast expanse of blood mist rushed towards them.

Zheng Que identified the direction and headed directly towards the outer perimeter of Xue Tong Pass.

Cultivators like him who head straight for the depths of Blood Pass are few and far between.

The vast majority of candidates chose to play it safe and securely, first occupying resource points near the edge of Xue Tong Pass and establishing corresponding strongholds in the vicinity. Once they had the resources, they would assess the situation and develop further.

Therefore, if he wants to find other candidates' hideouts, it will definitely be easier to find them on the outskirts.

Step, step, step...

After traveling rapidly for an hour or so, Zheng Que finally saw the figure of the cultivator.

However, these cultivators all looked flustered, and it seemed that they were not trying to enter the depths of Xue Tong Pass to find resource points, but rather that they were fleeing from the outer direction.

Upon seeing Zheng Que alone, they neither approached him to greet him or inquire about his whereabouts, nor did they attempt to take advantage of his numbers to make a quick buck. Instead, they bypassed Zheng Que and continued their escape deeper into Xue Tong Pass.

Zheng Que was not surprised by this. The auras of those cultivators were not strong. The one with the highest cultivation level was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. In this situation, they had most likely encountered some powerful ghost and were fleeing for their lives.

Candidates who clearly haven't even established a foothold are not the targets I'm looking for, and there's no need to pay them any attention.

While pondering, Zheng Que continued forward.

However, those few hurried examinees seemed to be just the beginning.

Zheng Que had walked a short distance ahead when he saw the second and third groups of cultivators rushing towards the depths of Xue Tong Pass.

Some of these cultivators were only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, while others had reached the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, or even the late-Foundation Establishment stage.

As Zheng Que continued his journey, the number of cultivators he encountered retreating from the depths of the Blood Pass increased.

Even at the resource points that appeared along the way, not a single passing cultivator showed any intention of mining them.

Seeing that the situation was unusual, Zheng Que immediately stopped.

(End of this chapter)