Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 478 Reassembled. (First Update!)

In the vast darkness, Zheng Que had no sight, no touch, and no hearing. He could no longer feel the existence of his own body. It was as if only a ball of consciousness remained, floating in this boundless confusion. He could only rely on the position he remembered from before and instinctively command his body to sit forward.

Because he has no sense of touch, he doesn't even know if his body has made the "sitting" motion.

All commands to the body are executed by the memory in the brain.

The next moment, a strange feeling suddenly welled up in my heart.

In Zheng Que's mind, a familiar image immediately appeared: a simple bamboo stick, suspended in the air, the stick was yellowish and had a worn luster, with a red silk thread tied to it, the thread fluttering upwards and disappearing into the air.

At this moment, a fragmented character appeared on the bamboo stick that was originally blank.

This font has a total of three strokes, and these strokes are constantly changing, making it difficult to determine what character it is at first glance.

Zheng Que immediately understood that this bamboo stick was his "law", and the extra incomplete character on the bamboo stick was a fragment of the "law" he obtained in this "strange" place!

Following his mysterious intuition, with a slight thought, the incomplete character on the bamboo stick suddenly floated down and appeared in the void beside him.

The incomplete character stopped changing immediately after it detached from the bamboo stick.

Zheng Que was slightly taken aback, but then realized that he was already sitting in that seat.

This seat allows one to see not only one's own "law" and fragments of "law," but also to separate the fragments from "law."

This is what Song Jiaoyin meant by "shattering"!
Realizing this, Zheng Que quickly put the incomplete character back onto the bamboo stick.

Just like before, the incomplete characters, once they returned to the bamboo skewer, immediately began to change again.

Zheng Que realized that the seat he was sitting in now not only allowed him to shatter the fragments of "law," but also to piece them back together.

This "strange" place seems quite special!

With this thought in mind, Zheng Que did not hesitate and immediately separated the incomplete character from the bamboo stick.

Immediately afterwards, he focused his mind and caused the originally intact bamboo skewer to be evenly divided into four pieces.

The first of the four freshly baked bamboo skewers bears the inscription: "A single meeting of golden wind and jade dew surpasses countless encounters in the mortal world."

The second piece reads: "Riding a swift horse in the spring breeze, one can see all the flowers of Chang'an in a single day."

The third inscription reads: "The sea presses down on the bamboo branches, which then rise again; the wind blows at the mountain corner, which is dark then bright."

The last piece reads: "Wanting to cross the Yellow River, the ice blocks the way; wanting to climb Mount Taihang, the snow covers the mountain."

These four bamboo sticks are fragments of his "rule".

Seeing that his original "law" could also be separated, Zheng Que was moved, but soon he became puzzled.

He originally thought that his "law" was composed of three pieces, corresponding to "marriage", "path", and "life and death".

But after using the power within this "strange" thing to separate it, it became four pieces.

There are no problems with "marriage" and "path of enlightenment".

But in the end, what corresponds to "life and death" are two fragments.

"Life" and "death" are separate.

Just as I was thinking about it, the incomplete character suddenly lost a stroke.

Under Zheng Que's watchful gaze, the original three strokes were reduced to two strokes.

Zheng Que frowned slightly and immediately realized that Liao Zhanbo was trying to steal his fragment!

The situation was urgent, and he had no time to think carefully. He immediately began to reassemble the "laws." In a flash, Zheng Que moved the two bamboo sticks corresponding to "life" and "death" to the front, while leaving the bamboo stick representing "the path" untouched.

The bamboo sticks representing "marriage" were placed last.

Zheng Que did not touch the incomplete character that only had two strokes left, in order to prevent any accidents, and therefore did not piece it into his "rules".

Soon, the four bamboo skewers were pieced together again into a single, blank bamboo skewer.

Zheng Que immediately wanted to activate this newly created "law," but he soon discovered that this "law" could only be used when he was on the verge of death.

This is different from the "law" used by the "law demon" in Wanshan Temple!

Did I just assemble it incorrectly?

and many more!

"Life" and "death" are separate.

The "Law Ghost" in Wanshan Temple has two forms: one is the Master of Dream Temple, and the other is the Master of Yao Temple.

The Dream Master corresponds to "life"; the Jade Master corresponds to "death".
When the "Law Demon" used the "Law" on him, the first person he saw was the Dream Master.

Then, in the illusion, when he was about to die, Abbot Yao would appear...

The order is wrong!

Just as I was thinking about it, the incomplete character was missing another stroke.

At this moment, only one lonely stroke remains of this fragment, like a random mark, making it almost impossible to tell that it is part of the script.

Zheng Que took a deep breath and immediately shattered the "law" again. The four bamboo sticks, each bearing a character, quietly separated and floated in the air, sometimes sinking and sometimes floating.

Looking at the four bamboo sticks, Zheng Que quickly placed the stick corresponding to "life" at the front; the second was "path"; the third was "marriage"; and the last was the stick corresponding to "death".

Unsurprisingly, this is the "law" controlled by the "law demon" in Wanshan Temple!
The Dream Master is the beginning, and the Jade Master is the end!

As for the order of "path" and "marriage" in the middle... Chen Zhentao from Xuanyuan Pavilion drew lots before him. The other party chose "path", and then he chose "marriage", so "path" should come first, followed by "marriage".

In the blink of an eye, the four bamboo skewers were reassembled into a single, blank bamboo skewer.

Zheng Que immediately activated this new "law," causing his internal energy to rapidly deplete...

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The main hall of the Yuwen Mansion.

Liao Zhanbo sat in the main seat, with three figures standing behind him. The yin energy spread like black smoke, enveloping his entire body, making him look like a vengeful ghost.

At this moment, he slightly turned his head and stared intently at Zheng Que below him.

Zheng Que lay crookedly in the armchair, his posture quite strange, but he was indeed sitting in the chair.

Liao Zhanbo looked at the cold, inky black color on his body with a puzzled expression.

He recognized it as the imperial court's "Golden Cicada Robe".

However, its defensive capabilities are much stronger than those of ordinary cultivators' Golden Cicada Armor.

Despite his peak Foundation Establishment cultivation, he failed to injure his opponent despite several attempts just now.

Of course, this is because the "law" he currently possesses is incomplete, with too few fragments. The vast majority of his true essence must be used to suppress the assimilation of the "strange" into himself, leaving only a small portion of his power available to deal with Zheng Que...

(End of this chapter)