Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 461 The Coffin Shop. (First Update!)

Twelve fragments?
Zheng Que was taken aback. He thought that the “law” in this “strange” corresponded to the “five senses”, but now it seemed that it did not.

At this moment, Song Jiaoyin continued, "I'm not entirely sure how many people are currently inside this 'strange' place."

"All we know is that there are definitely more than twelve living people."

"As for the fragments of 'Law', everyone who comes in gets one at the beginning."

At this point, Song Jiaoyin immediately stopped.

She has answered all of Xue Shuangzi's questions.

Although some details were only partially revealed, the transaction was already complete!
The next moment, Song Jiaoyin's figure vanished from the long street, disappearing completely in the blink of an eye.

The two subordinates who were originally standing behind her, along with Zheng Que, also disappeared without a trace.

Soon, only Xue Shuangzi remained in the spot.

Xue Shuangzi turned her head and looked at the empty street, wondering what she had been doing standing there just now.
She took a couple of steps in confusion, then, like a lost ghost, began to wander aimlessly through the empty, bustling street…

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Beneath the familiar archway, Zheng Que felt a slight dizziness before his eyes and found himself in a place that seemed strangely familiar.

He glanced around instinctively and saw the young female cultivator next to him wearing a gorgeous dress and holding an ivory fan. It was Song Jiaoyin. Behind Song Jiaoyin were two older female attendant cultivators.

A little distance away from the four, eight people stood in twos and threes: three cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining; Le Jingxuan from Tuzhou City; a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a scar on his face; a Foundation Establishment cultivator who was thin and had a vine wrapped around his waist; Yan Dong from Yinshan Prefecture in Hengzhou; and Liao Zhanbo, a rogue cultivator who claimed to have come to Xuetong Pass to seek an opportunity to form a Core Formation.

Zheng Que stared at this scene, slightly stunned.

Did I end up back in the place where I first entered the "strange" place?
But soon he noticed that the people in his line of sight all had an extremely strong aura of yin energy.

The most eye-catching was Liao Zhanbo, a rogue cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. His body was radiating yin energy, and the blackish-gray mist was almost solidified, constantly emanating from his body, blurring his aged face, leaving only his cold and indifferent eyes.

Such a dense Yin energy is even more severe than that of Song Jiaoyin, and even surpasses that of Xue Shuangzi, the "Rouge Demon"!

At this moment, Liao Zhanbo looked exactly like a real ghost!

Behind him stood three cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining. The one on the far left was Bu Jianliang, whom he had met before. Although he didn't recognize the other two, Bu Jianliang judged that all three should be examinees from Chongzhou. The yin energy emanating from these three was also extremely thick, and at the moment, each of them had a cold expression, without the slightest fear or apprehension between their brows. They seemed indifferent to everything around them, showing no signs of being alive at all.

Zheng Que frowned slightly and continued to look at Le Jingxuan, the Tuzhou examinee who had just acted with him. He was in better condition than the three Chongzhou examinees, but his whole body was also shrouded in a thick layer of yin energy.

As for the scarred Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was originally Yin Congyi's subordinate. Although his Yin energy was also very strong, it was much weaker than that of Le Jingxuan. In addition, this Foundation Establishment cultivator coughed from time to time, as if his throat was very uncomfortable.

The other gaunt Foundation Establishment cultivator was also Yin Congyi's subordinate. His condition hadn't changed much since the last time he was seen, except that his Yin energy had increased slightly.

Yan Dong, on the other hand, appeared to Zheng Que as a figure shrouded in black smoke and exuding a strong yin aura, not unlike Song Jiaoyin in that situation.

Zheng Que frowned, then quickly came to his senses, looked around, and searched for his ghost servant.

Soon, his gaze fell on Song Jiaoyin. At first, he looked puzzled, but then he seemed to recognize her little by little and couldn't help but nod slightly. The ghost servant has been found!

At this moment, Song Jiaoyin turned to look at Yan Dong, who was a little distance away, and asked calmly, "You found a chance to come out?"

Yan Dong nodded slightly, not replying to Song Jiaoyin's words, but looking at Le Jingxuan and saying, "Le Jingxuan, this 'strange' is very dangerous."

“Next, you will act with me!” Upon hearing this, Le Jingxuan was stunned for a moment. Just as he was about to nod, he saw Liao Zhanbo also looking at him and saying, “Fellow Daoist Le, if you act with me, I will guarantee your safety.”

A hint of doubt immediately appeared on Le Jingxuan's face. He looked at Yan Dong, then at Liao Zhanbo, and for a moment, he seemed to want to agree to both Yan Dong and Liao Zhanbo's requests.

After some hesitation, Le Jingxuan finally walked towards Yan Dong and stood beside him.

Yan Dong didn't delay. Seeing that Le Jingxuan had made his choice, he led him in one direction.

Seeing this, Liao Zhanbo smiled slightly and did not continue to press the matter. Instead, he looked at the Scarface Foundation Establishment cultivator and the Gaunt Foundation Establishment cultivator and said, "Fellow Daoists, this 'strange' place is extremely dangerous. Why don't we act together?"

"Although I am a rogue cultivator, I am at the peak of Foundation Establishment and I believe I have some skills to protect you two."

Scarface Foundation Establishment and Gaunt Foundation Establishment were originally Yin Congyi's subordinates and would never accept someone else's offer to recruit them. However, at this moment, both of them had their brows furrowed, and it was unclear whether they had lost their memories or if something had happened. They remained silent for a long time.

At the same time, Song Jiaoyin did not intend to waste any more time here. She waved to Zheng Que and then set off in one of the directions of the market.

Seeing her take a step, the two older female nuns quickly followed.

Zheng Que had a gut feeling that something was amiss, but he moved his feet and followed closely behind.

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Yin Congyi suddenly opened his eyes and found himself lying in a dark and cramped space. He subconsciously raised his hand and felt the touch of wood on his fingertips, accompanied by the faint smell of new paint and the yin energy that permeated the surroundings like cold water.

He immediately regained his senses, and with a burst of strength from his waist and abdomen, he sat up.

boom!
The thick coffin lid was flung open, and Yin Congyi sat in the dark coffin, quickly squinting to adjust to the outside light before he could see the surrounding environment clearly.

This is a shop, with three rooms combined into one, making it look very spacious. In the center hangs a hanging scroll of water lilies, the color of which is so vibrant it seems unreal against the backdrop of the coffins on either side.

On the offering table below the main hall, incense sticks were inserted into the incense burner, but they were not lit.

The shop was completely empty, with not a soul in sight.

Yin Congyi frowned slightly, then immediately jumped out of the coffin and headed straight for the bolted door.

Squeak!

He went behind the door, pushed it open, and walked outside.

As soon as Yin Congyi stepped out of the door, everything went black. In an instant, he found himself back in the coffin, his arm still in the motion of pushing open the coffin lid. Before him was the familiar coffin shop.

Seeing this, his expression changed, and he immediately used magic to check his own condition.

Soon, he discovered that he had no injuries whatsoever, except for his body below the neck, which was filled with intense yin energy.

The yin energy had completely suppressed the yang energy in his body. In the halo of light, which was mostly black and mostly white, the halo representing yang energy was now just a border. Only the area around his head still retained a relatively pure white light, filled with enough yang energy.

This is not a good sign!

Too much Yin energy will affect the grade of his Dao foundation!
In a flash, Yin Congyi jumped out of the coffin again and rushed towards the door.

Just like before, nothing happened when he reached the door, but as soon as he stepped out, he would instantly return to the black coffin he had just been in.

After several attempts, Yin Congyi finally stopped; he was trapped here!
(End of this chapter)