Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 453 The Reason. (Second Update!)

Thinking of this, Zheng Que didn't care about anything else for a moment and immediately read aloud from the Book of Life and Death: "Shadow Play!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the mist rose again below the hall, revealing a pale, crystalline seven-fingered bone hand when it parted.

The bone hand was surrounded by a black, smoky aura, occupying less than the space of a floor tile, and looked rather small and exquisite.

Suddenly appearing in this vast and majestic palace, [Evil Shadow Play] was clearly taken aback for a moment, but soon it saw the familiar inverted sea of ​​blood. All around, pitch-black giant pillars stood like mountains, and layers of yin energy and thick fog hung down like heavy curtains, concealing the subtle rustling in the depths, which sounded like noisy voices or the rubbing of iron chains, constantly approaching it.

Above, on the towering red steps, sits a huge and magnificent figure, whose very presence seems to burn away every inch of his soul with just a glance.

Upon realizing where he was, [Shadow Play] immediately bent two fingers, his entire skeletal hand kneeling down. "Crackling sounds," each finger bone seemed to tremble, emitting a faint, continuous crackling sound, as he explained in a trembling voice, "M-Master!"

"This sinful slave will obey your orders, my lord, and serve that human cultivator as a slave, a servant, a beast of burden, a pig, a dog... I dare not disobey in the slightest."

"However, that human cultivator's cultivation level is too low, and he might fail in his mission because of it. I know of a rare and precious herb that is extremely useful to human cultivators and can help them with their cultivation..."

“The Sinner never ran away. The Sinner was in a hurry to return to Blood Pass to guard that rare and precious herb for that human cultivator.”

"That rare and precious herb will take another five hundred years to mature, so this sinner cannot leave for the time being..."

Obey your own orders?

Treasures from heaven and earth?

Five hundred years to mature?
Upon hearing this, Zheng Que was so angry that he laughed. Did this [Evil Shadow Play] think he, the Lord of the Underworld, was a fool?
Thinking of this, he picked up the gavel next to him.

Snapped! ! !
The crisp sound echoed throughout the entire hall.

For Zheng Que, it was just a loud voice, but for the [Evil Shadow Play] below the hall, it was as if he had been struck by lightning. His entire bone hand seemed to have undergone an extremely terrifying torment, and he lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to move at all, and unable to utter a single word of defense.

Looking at the limp [Evil Shadow Play], Zheng Que nodded to himself.

This gavel seems to be equally effective against the ghosts of the Iron Tree Prison.

If this [Shadow Play] doesn't know anything, he'll just smash the other person's bones with this gavel!

While pondering, Zheng Que coldly spoke: "Slightly deeper into the area of ​​Xue Tong Pass, there is a barren wasteland where not a blade of grass grows, and there is a 'strange' thing on it."

"The 'strange' place was actually an unmanned market."

"You brat, quickly tell me the origin and details of that 'strange' incident!"

His voice was majestic and powerful, like thunder rolling down from the steps of the palace, striking directly into the mind of [Evil Shadow Play].

Feeling the immense pressure, [Evil Shadow Play] quickly kowtowed repeatedly while nodding his head.

Only after Zheng Que finished speaking did the immense pressure lessen, allowing him to stammer, "Yes, yes!"

"The 'strange thing' you mentioned, along with the other 'strange things' around Xue Tong Pass, all originated from the market town that the Great Li Dynasty established when it intended to occupy the Xue Tong Pass area."

"Those human cultivators covet the resources and rare treasures of Blood Pass."

"Therefore, after establishing the market town as an outpost, they continued to penetrate deeper into Xue Tong Pass."

"Later, someone, we don't know who, disturbed the seal deep within Blood Pass..."

"After that, all the living things in Xue Tong Pass disappeared." "The remaining markets were also transformed into 'monsters'."

“Those ‘strange things’ have their own rules, and sinners cannot enter them, so they do not know the specific situation inside.”

"In reality, very few of those 'strange' ghosts can actually enter the entire Blood Pass..."

seal?

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que's expression immediately turned serious. The "strange" situation he was in was a transformation of the market town that the imperial court had once established.

The living people in the market disappeared because the seal deep within Xue Tong Pass was broken.
We need to find out what that seal really is!
Thinking of this, Zheng Que immediately asked, "What does that seal seal?"

Upon hearing this question, [Evil Shadow Play] was extremely puzzled. Could it be that the lord on the Dan Chi platform also not know what was sealed there?
Or is he deliberately testing himself?

Must be the latter!
The great man on the steps is far more terrifying than that seal!
So, [Shadowplay] quickly replied, "No, I don't know..."

"That seal existed before the sin slave was born."

"This time, the ghost tide at Blood Pass might also be due to someone tampering with that seal!"

what?
Zheng Que was startled. Someone had previously tampered with the seal on Xue Tong Pass, causing all the living people in Xue Tong Pass to disappear without a trace, and all the markets and hamlets established by the imperial court there to fall. This ghost tide was also caused by someone tampering with that seal.
Will I even be able to survive?
Zheng Que quickly turned to the second page of the Book of Life and Death, and seeing that his lifespan after his name had not changed, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the Shadow Play below the hall suddenly said tremblingly, "My lord, this is all I know."

"However, next to that seal, there is a ghost king... and a large ghost guarding it."

"May I ask, sir, if you would like to summon that great demon for a consultation?"

Ghost King?

To be called the Ghost King by the [Evil Shadow Play], one's cultivation must be above that of the [Iron Tree Prison].

With his current Foundation Establishment cultivation level, if he were to actually go looking for that Ghost King, he would probably be killed by a sneeze before he even saw the Ghost King's face!

Send the Ghost Bride and Mu Xian Gu there?
He had finally managed to acquire these two obedient female ghosts from the Iron Tree Prison, and he didn't want them to go to their deaths.

We still have to let [Shadowplay] handle it...

However, given the nature of this "Shadow Play," if you were to actually entrust such a task to it, it would most likely run away as soon as it returned to reality.

In a flash, Zheng Que shook his head slightly. With his current strength, he was not capable of plotting against a Ghost King.

The most important thing now is to solve the problem within that "strange" entity where the physical body resides.

Zheng Que then asked, "Since you, little devil, can't enter those 'strange things,' have you seen any other people or ghosts enter those 'strange things' and successfully come out?"

[Shadow Play] hurriedly replied, "Reporting to my lord, this sinful servant greets you!"

“I never paid attention to those ordinary rogue cultivators.”

"But once, the Sinner saw a monk from the Shepherd's Palace enter one of the 'strange' ones."

"When he came out, that cultivator from Muyou Palace had become a 'vengeful spirit'..."

(End of this chapter)