Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 493, page 2. (Second update!)

In the dilapidated hall, Zheng Que opened his eyes and immediately saw the familiar mottled long table, with the Book of Life and Death and the gavel placed quietly in front of him.

Before he could habitually look around, he realized that his cultivation level had returned to the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

This is because you've escaped the illusion!
Without delay, he immediately looked at the Book of Life and Death in front of him.

The last time he left the underworld, this Book of Life and Death was on the third page.

But now, the Book of Life and Death has turned to the second page.

The first name recorded on this page is his own.

Zheng Que quickly looked at the "Lifespan" column.

"Lifespan: 17 years, 3 months, and 28 days".

He immediately felt relieved. His lifespan hadn't changed, which meant he could get through this crisis smoothly. Or perhaps, the one who had borrowed his "law" earlier didn't intend to kill him.

However, the necessary preparations still need to be made!
Thinking of this, Zheng Que was about to turn to the third page of the Book of Life and Death when he suddenly noticed that the second page of the Book of Life and Death seemed to be a little different from the previous one.

The originally yellowed paper was now stained with a faint blood color. Within the blood color, complex shadow-like patterns emerged. These patterns resembled worn-out engravings, outlining ancient designs: two burly, grotesque figures were pressing down on a bound figure, pinning him to a bench resembling a torture device. Another figure held a huge object, aiming it at the bound figure.

Due to the blurriness of the pattern, the details are not clearly visible, but the cold cruelty contained within, as well as the despair and pain emanating from the bound figure struggling, are extremely intense.

In the very center of the image, a thin vertical line divides it in two.

This……

Zheng Que was slightly taken aback. He remembered that a similar situation had occurred on the first page of the Book of Life and Death.

The result was that the Book of Life and Death swallowed the entire Shu Family Fortress, and then the first level of hell, the Hell of Tongue-Pulling, was opened.

Is this the second level of hell, the Scissors Hell, about to open?

[The Book of Life and Death] Is it going to swallow up that "strange" market outside?
As a flood of doubts arose in his mind, Zheng Que suddenly noticed that several names had appeared on the second page of the Book of Life and Death.

Le Jingyu's name was among them, along with several other unfamiliar names, presumably people who died in the "strange" events.

However, the last name is a bit strange...

Category: Strange

Species: Yin Yang Ruins.

"Real name: Yuwenfang."

"..."

That's the "weird" name!

Zheng Que was immediately startled. He hadn't even dealt with that "strange thing" yet, so how could the Book of Life and Death have already started recording the other person's name ahead of time?
Moreover, only half of them were included?
"Is it because the 'law' pulled the whole 'weirdness' into the illusion?"

"wrong!"

"Yan Dong, Song Jiaoyin, and Liao Zhanbo's names did not appear in the Book of Life and Death, so they have nothing to do with the illusion!"

"Is it because of the fragments?"

"The complete fragments I have now are five pieces."

"Of the remaining seven pieces, three are with Song Jiaoyin and one is with Liao Zhanbo."

"Yan Dong still has two pieces, but I'm about to take one of them."

“The strange young cultivator in the ‘Strange’ story has a piece, or rather, half a piece, on his body.”

"Half of that fragment is also with me..."

"Five fragments, less than half, so it shouldn't be because the Book of Life and Death includes the name 'strange'."

"It must be because of the memories within the fragments!"

"The memories contained in these five fragments include the memories of when this strange market was formed..."

Thinking of this, Zheng Que took a deep breath. Time was of the essence; he hadn't even had time to examine the memories of the fourth and fifth fragments yet. He was currently in the underworld, seemingly safe, but he simply didn't have the time!
In a flash, Zheng Que disregarded the anomaly of the second page and immediately turned to the third page of the Book of Life and Death.

On the third page of the Book of Life and Death, a new name appeared: "Category: Vengeful Spirit".

Species: Jiao Po.

Real name: Chi Luming.

"His lifespan in the underworld: 1,084 years, 3 months, and 16 days."

"Yin Duty: Yin Messenger (dispatched)."

"Term of office: half a decade."

Upon seeing the newly added name, Zheng Que did not hesitate and immediately said, "Chi Luming!"

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Fantasy.

Everything in the market was peaceful, and the streets were bustling with people, a scene of prosperity.

The charred ghost of the Iron Tree Prison maintained its enormous size and wandered aimlessly. It lingered on the long street, following the crowd, wandering without purpose, just like Xue Shuangzi who had lost her memory before.

As the wandering continued, the charred ghost gradually began to shrink in size.

If things continue like this, it seems that after a while, they will become just like the ordinary people on the street, truly becoming a member of the market...

However, at that moment, the charred ghost suddenly vanished into thin air.

This disappearance doesn't just happen in illusions!

In reality, the charred, ghostly figure also disappeared.

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The Illusion, Yuwen Mansion, Main Hall.

The graceful figure stood with her sleeves tucked in, glanced at Yan Dong and Liao Zhanbo who were locked in fierce combat, then looked at the shrinking [Rouge Tears] opposite them, before quickly turning her gaze to Yin Congyi beside her.

At this moment, Yin Congyi remained motionless in the armchair, half of his face still resembling that of the unfamiliar young cultivator.

The unfamiliar young cultivator's aura indicated he was at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, only a hair's breadth away from the Iron Tree Prison, but he had never succeeded.

As for Yin Congyi, his aura at this moment was also at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and he had even established a Heavenly Grade Dao Foundation.

This is not Yin Congyi's true cultivation level, but rather the cultivation level of the other party within this illusion.

This is the illusion that Zheng Que just created for Yin Congyi. Every step of his cultivation was arranged very reasonably within this illusion.

Therefore, apart from Zheng Que, everyone else who was pulled into this illusion saw this as Yin Congyi's cultivation level.

Thinking of this, the graceful figure stood aside, quietly observing Yin Congyi's situation.

Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators versus peak Foundation Establishment cultivators... I hope this disciple won't disappoint me again...

This is my own tribulation; if I can overcome it, I will usher in a qualitative change!

As her master, she couldn't directly intervene, but she could target others around her.

What she's doing right now is simply using the "law" of that truly Heavenly Foundation Establishment kid to pull everything around her into an illusion.

The rest did nothing.

They didn't make that Foundation Establishment kid do anything...

Of course, this indirect approach will inevitably bring some unnecessary "karma" upon oneself...

But there was no other way; she needed this disciple to rebuild her physical body, so she couldn't just stand by and watch something happen to her disciple.

Just as she was thinking this, the graceful figure suddenly noticed something and abruptly looked in one direction.

Did that Iron Tree Prison escape?
(End of this chapter)