Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 515 Anomaly. (Second Update!)

Bloodstained Tongguan Pass.

Step, step, step...

As he walked, his clothes fluttered in the wind, stirring up swirling clouds of blood.

Following his intuition, Zheng Que, along with Mu Xiangu, Xue Shuangzi, Shu Yunying, and Linghu Yuniang, quickly entered a stone forest.

This place was clearly severely damaged by the ghost tide. The ground was a mess, piled with large and small pebbles. The original stone forest was reduced to only a few tall pillars, standing alone in the blood mist. Most of the stone pillars showed obvious breaks, and black mist emanated from them, clearly the result of a large amount of yin energy erosion.

Walking along the rugged rocks into the stone forest, you will see a huge, deep pit. The pit is filled with a dense, eerie atmosphere, like black smoke slowly rising.

At this moment, the pit was filled with the shells of many ghosts. Each of these ghosts had a deep bruise on its neck. They lay dead on the ground in a mess, their ghostly bodies collapsing in all directions like a sand tower crumbling.

In the middle stood Qingli and Niannu, back to back. The two female ghosts were now so yin energy that they were almost invisible, and their eyes were filled with murderous intent. Four arms were sticking out from Qingli's sleeve, indicating that they had just experienced a great battle.

Seeing Zheng Que approach, Qing Li immediately turned around. Her figure swayed slightly, and her arm returned to normal. Her voice was somewhat tired, but her arrogance remained: "Human brat, it seems you are alright."

"This time, your aunt won't need to come to your rescue."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que stood on the edge of the pit, looking down at her. He nodded slightly and calmly replied, "You are a lowly ghost servant. Your Yin energy is greatly depleted. I have important matters to attend to and do not have time to wait for you to recover. You should go inside the banner and rest properly."

As he spoke, he took out the Soul-Summoning Banner and unfurled it in the wind, taking Qingli and Niannu inside.

After taking back the two female ghosts, he now only lacks one ghost servant, Kulan.

Just like before, Zheng Que used the [Ghost Control Technique] to roughly pinpoint Ku Lan's location.

So he turned around with the four female ghosts and fled to a certain place.

Along the way, one can see traces of the original terrain being washed away and leveled by the ghost tide, and many original resource points have also been completely destroyed in the ghost tide.

Moreover, after this ghost tide, the number of high-level ghosts in the surrounding area has clearly increased.

Along the way, Zheng Que never encountered any ghosts from the "Tongue-Pulling Hell"; all he encountered were ghosts from the "Scissors Hell."

Even the ghosts of the Iron Tree Prison encountered several of them in succession.

Fortunately, with Mu Xiangu by his side, most of the ghosts in the Iron Tree Prison refrained from attacking him out of fear of Mu Xiangu...

Some time later, Zheng Que returned to the mountain valley where he had previously established a stronghold. Of course, his stronghold had long been destroyed beyond recognition, leaving not a trace.

Looking at the devastated ruins, he shook his head slightly and then walked towards the opposite cliff.

There used to be a small open-pit spirit stone mine here, which was excavated by Kulan.

At this moment, part of the cliff has collapsed, but the main body still exists, and most of the vegetation on it has also been preserved.

Zheng Que led the way and walked up. After a few steps, he saw Ku Lan holding an umbrella and standing idly in the open space.

However, upon sensing Zheng Que's presence, Ku Lan, who had been standing leisurely, immediately folded her silk umbrella and began to pretend to be working hard.

Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding...

The sounds of collecting spirit stones immediately echoed throughout the surrounding area.

Looking at this scene, Zheng Que was somewhat surprised that the spirit stone mine that Ku Lan was in charge of had not been destroyed in the ghost tide.
But soon, he reacted.

This is a spirit stone vein, one of the most spiritually rich resource points in Xue Tong Pass.

Most ghosts are drawn to yin energy and abhor spiritual energy.

Even amidst a horde of ghosts, the spirits will actively avoid places with such abundant spiritual energy...

Thinking this, he immediately walked towards the withered orchid.

Ku Lan immediately turned to look at him and said very seriously, "Young Master, I didn't slack off at all. I had already mined eight million catties of spirit stones, but a few days ago a massive ghost tide suddenly broke out. All the spirit stones that I painstakingly mined were washed away by the ghost tide!"

Eight million catties of spirit stones?

Zheng Que smiled slightly, understanding dawning on him. Since the ghost tide broke out, Ku Lan hadn't done any work...

Of course, this is just a small matter.

He had already prepared for the resource point to be destroyed, so it was already very good that he still had a spirit stone mine.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered, "I need to speak with Luo Fuyu."

"Use your Yin magic [Red Attire]."

Upon hearing this, Ku Lan did not hesitate and immediately began to cast the Yin Technique [Red Attire].

Soon, the black dress she wore, along with the black silk umbrella, was stained with a blood-like color. At the same time, the yin energy around her rose steadily, conveying a sense of murderous intent.

In the blink of an eye, Ku Lan changed into a bright red dress that resembled a wedding gown, and the silk umbrella in her hand was also vividly colored, as if she had just been pulled out of the blood.

The [Red Attire] spell was successfully cast, but Ku Lan suddenly looked bewildered. Clutching her silk umbrella, she took a light step and walked in one direction.

Seeing this, Zheng Que frowned and immediately realized that Ku Lan's condition was not right. He was about to reach out to stop her, but was blocked by Mu Xiangu beside him.

Mu Xiangu frowned as she looked at Ku Lan, and explained in a calm voice, "That ghost bride has run into trouble."

"This Umbrella Woman borrowed the power of the ghost bride and also went out of control."

"If you encountered this 'umbrella woman' right now, it would be the same."

Is there a problem with the ghost bride?
Zheng Que frowned even more deeply and immediately asked, "Can you save her now?"

Mu Xiangu shook her head and said, "I don't even know what happened yet, so how can I save you?"

"Follow this Umbrella Woman first. She's out of control right now, and judging from her behavior, she's definitely heading towards the Ghost Bride."

"Only after I see the ghost bride and find out what happened to her can I take action."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que nodded. Judging from Mu Xiangu's words, Kulan should be alright for the time being.

As for the ghost bride, even Mu Xian Gu had no idea what had happened...

This is a bit strange!
He had entered the underworld space many times in the past few days, but he couldn't find anything wrong with the ghost bride in the Book of Life and Death...

What happened to the ghost bride just now?

Or is it that the other person's problem cannot be seen in the Book of Life and Death?

In a flash, Zheng Que quickly decided to follow Ku Lan to find the ghost bride.

If Mu Xiangu can solve the problem at that time, that would be the best outcome.

If Mu Xian Gu can't handle it, then summon the Ghost Bride and Ku Lan to the Underworld together...

Zheng Li immediately replied, "Okay, then we'll follow Ku Lan now."

As they spoke, Ku Lan had already left the mining area and headed deeper into Xue Tong Pass.

Zheng Li immediately followed.

Other female ghosts followed closely behind.

(End of this chapter)