Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 526 The Mark. (Second Update!)

How about applying the "rules"?
Zheng Que was slightly taken aback, but quickly pulled Xue Shuangzi into his arms.

At this moment, Luo Fuyu seemed to have thought of something. He immediately waved his wide sleeves, and a chilling wind appeared out of thin air, sweeping Zheng Que and Xue Shuangzi up. In a bizarre and fantastical manner, they passed through layers of curtains and walls and quickly appeared in a bedroom that looked like a maid's room.

There were four beds by the window in the room, all of which were empty at the moment. The bedding was neatly folded on them, and several spare maid dresses were hanging on the clothes rack next to them.

Whoosh!
A cold wind swept Zheng Que and Xue Shuangzi away, landing directly on one of the beds.

Wow.

Immediately afterwards, the curtains fell down on their own, obscuring the scene on the bed.

Zheng Que did not hesitate and immediately began to operate the [Secret Record of Yin-Yang Harmony].

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Bloodstained Tongguan Pass.

Thousand-faced Peak, cave.

Yin Congyi sat cross-legged on the ground, with a small spirit-gathering array made of spirit stones beside him. His eyes were slightly closed as he concentrated on his cultivation.

At this moment, his aura was flowing around him, and he had reached the peak of the early stage of Foundation Establishment, about to break through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

Under normal circumstances, a cultivator who has just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage could not possibly have such a fast cultivation speed.

However, Yin Congyi was a late bloomer. Several years ago, his cultivation had already reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining. After that, in order to achieve the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment, he had been suppressing his cultivation, repeatedly training his physical body and spiritual power, but had not broken through.

Now that the foundation has been truly established, the accumulated strength from the long period of time has suddenly burst forth, and the cultivation level has naturally begun to advance by leaps and bounds. The progress during this period far exceeds that of a normal Foundation Establishment cultivator.

As his true energy gradually receded, Yin Congyi opened his eyes, ending this round of cultivation.

He is now ready to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment at any time, but what he has established this time is only a pseudo-heavenly grade Dao foundation.

Therefore, when breaking through this minor realm, he planned to be cautious and first consult his master.

Thinking of this, Yin Congyi stood up, walked to the cave entrance, and looked down.

My cultivation this time took a bit too long; the ghost tide below seems to have ended some time ago…

"The ghost tide has ended; we can continue with the immortal examination."

"With my current cultivation level, I will definitely be able to rank on the Heavenly Ranking in this Immortal Examination."

"However, Master said that Zheng Que, whom we encountered last time, was also a Heavenly Grade Dao Foundation cultivator."

"He should be able to make it onto the Heavenly Ranking too!"

"This time, he is probably the only one who can compete with me for the top spot on the Heavenly Ranking."

"But unfortunately, he comes from a humble background and is not from a prominent family. He also lacks a master like my master to guide him. Now that we all have the foundation of a Heavenly Grade Dao Foundation, in the end, he will definitely be inferior to me!"

Yin Congyi thought confidently, then took out the black pottery incense burner, placed it on the ground in front of him, and then took out three half-burnt incense sticks from his storage bag, inserted them into the burner, and lit them by performing a hand seal.

As the black incense sticks burned, a large amount of smoke billowed out, hovering in mid-air and quickly coalescing into a graceful figure.

The figure only has the upper body and one arm, both graceful and incomplete.

Only half of the incense stick burned out quickly, yet wisps of smoke continued to rise from the incense burner, suggesting that the other half of the incense stick was still burning, but that other half was not in the incense burner.

At this moment, Yin Congyi straightened his robes, bowed respectfully to the graceful figure, and said, "Disciple Yin Congyi greets Master!"

The graceful figure opened her eyes, saw Yin Congyi, and nodded slightly: "What is it?"

Yin Congyi immediately said, "Master, I am about to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Is there anything I should pay attention to?"

As her graceful figure floated and sank, ethereal as a fairy, she calmly pointed out, "What you have built is a pseudo-heavenly-grade Dao foundation. You only need to pay attention to one thing... um..." Before she could finish speaking, Yan Bingyi's originally steady voice suddenly fluctuated, and her only remaining arm quickly rose up to cover her mouth tightly, her body trembling slightly.

Puzzled, Yin Congyi quickly asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

Yan Bingyi took a deep breath and replied haltingly, her voice trembling slightly, "Your teacher... Your teacher is not feeling well..."

"You can directly... break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage..."

"However, before obtaining the new 'Law', one cannot... cannot form a core."

"Alright, your master will protect you now, you can break through immediately!"

Is Master not in good condition?
It must be because helping him build his foundation last time consumed too much energy.

Thinking this to himself, Yin Congyi immediately lowered his head and respectfully replied, "Yes!"

As he spoke, he immediately sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and continued his cultivation.

After breaking through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, I should have the strength to go find Zheng Que and take back the remaining half of the Bone Fragrance that my master left behind!
With this in mind, Yin Congyi focused his mind and began to concentrate on breaking through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

At this moment, Yan Bingyi trembled all over, her eyes involuntarily rolling back. She moved with lightning speed, hurriedly setting up a soundproof array around her.

"what……"

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In the maid's room, with the doors and windows tightly shut, the curtains swayed like waves, accompanied by the creaking of the bed, seemingly without end.

Zheng Que activated the [Secret Record of Yin-Yang Harmony] while simultaneously manipulating his two "laws".

His aura continued to grow, and in less than ten breaths of cultivation, his cultivation level had already broken through the bottleneck of the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and entered the late-Foundation Establishment stage.

His cultivation speed was so fast that even he was caught off guard!

But in his perception, his true essence was solid and abundant, without any sense of emptiness. On the contrary, his foundation seemed to have been refined and solidified, becoming even more stable.

At that moment, a familiar voice came: "I think I know what's going on."

"Take this opportunity to leave a mark on this [Rouge Demon]."

"This mark should not be left on her upper body, but on the part of her body that has changed."

"In this way, once the symptoms subside, we can use this mark to find the part of the incense she swallowed."

This is Luo Fuyu's voice transmission!

Zheng Que immediately snapped out of his daze and asked telepathically, "What mark?"

"How about my [Flowing Cloud Guide]?"

Luo Fuyu quickly denied it: "Don't use magic!"

"The opponent's cultivation level is too high. If it is a spell, it will be directly erased and will not have any effect at all."

"use this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a purple brush, soaked in ink and carrying a hint of ink fragrance, suddenly drifted into the tent.

Zheng Que reached out and caught it, immediately feeling its icy coldness. Upon closer inspection, he recognized it as the [Soul-Eating Ink Weapon] that Mu Xiangu had lent him before!
Luo Fuyu must have borrowed it from Mu Xiangu on short notice.

While pondering, Zheng Que picked up the pen without hesitation and quickly wrote a tally mark on Xue Shuangzi's strangely round thigh...

(End of this chapter)