Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 531 Mount. (First Update!)

Monks from the imperial court?
Were they also candidates taking the Immortal Examination?

Or is he an examiner who came in to investigate the ghost tide?

Thinking of this, Zheng Que quickly calmed down and immediately asked, "How many people are there? What are their cultivation levels?"

Luo Fuyu quickly replied, "Three people: two Foundation Establishment cultivators and one Core Formation cultivator."

Core Formation Stage!
Were they examiners for the imperial court?

wrong!

There were no Foundation Establishment cultivators among the examiners; those two Foundation Establishment cultivators should have been the examinees.

It was after the ghost tide broke out that some candidates at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage forcibly broke through to the Core Formation stage in order to survive.
In a flash, Zheng Que shook his head slightly.

To prevent any accidents, he said, "Stop here for a moment, I'll take Mu Xiangu over to check on the situation first."

Luo Fuyu nodded slightly, and the sound of pearls and jade clashing came from under her veil. Then, with a flick of her sleeve, the ghost wedding procession, along with the red sedan chair, came to an abrupt stop, and the music that had been playing outside vanished without a trace.

Zheng Que immediately stood up and stepped out of the red sedan chair.

Outside the sedan chair, a blood mist filled the air, reducing visibility to very low. The procession, adorned in red and green, stretched out like a long dragon in the mist, and those further away could only see silhouettes, making it particularly eerie in the stillness.

The moment Zheng Que stepped onto the ground, he sensed something and immediately looked up at the sky. Above the blood mist and among the dark clouds, a huge bone hand was faintly visible. When its seven fingers were spread out, it was like a huge net, tightly ensnaring this sky.

That's Shadowplay!
Zheng Que withdrew his gaze, glanced left and right, but did not find Mu Xiangu's figure. Instead, he saw Ku Lan following closely beside the red sedan chair. As soon as he came out of the red sedan chair, she immediately floated over.

Upon approaching, Ku Lan greeted him with a bow as usual: "Young Master!"

Zheng Que nodded, looking at the slender figure in black with a black umbrella in front of him. Although this Ku Lan had many ambitions towards him, her master, she had always been quite good at putting on a show!

Thinking of this, he asked, "Where is Mu Xian Gu?"

Kulan immediately replied, "Reporting to the young master, the [Painted Skin] is up there. She fought two battles with that skeleton."

"Once, after Bone Hand was taught a lesson by Luo Fuyu, he was not convinced and directly fought with [Painted Skin]."

"Another time, [Painted Skin] wanted Bone Hand to be his mount, but Bone Hand refused, so they fought again..."

As they spoke, the skeletal hand above, enveloped in surging yin energy, rapidly descended.

When the bone hand descended to a certain height, the yin energy surged like a reversed Milky Way, causing the surrounding blood mist to swirl and disperse. Only then did Zheng Que see two graceful figures standing one after the other above the bone hand.

The one standing in front, dressed in a simple and elegant ivory-yellow dress, was none other than Mu Xian Gu; half a step behind, in a servant's posture, was Xue Shuang Zi.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Que was slightly taken aback. He didn't know the reason for the first battle between [Evil Shadow Play] and Mu Xian Gu; but the second battle...

Unexpectedly, Mu Xiangu, like him, also wanted to use the [Evil Shadow Play] as a mount because of its appearance...

However, while the cultivation level of this [Evil Shadow Play] is higher than that of Luo Fuyu and Mu Xiangu, his true strength is neither as great as that of Luo Fuyu nor Mu Xiangu.

Presumably, the opponent's cultivation level is only slightly higher than Luo Fuyu and Mu Xiangu, mostly between the fourth and sixth levels of the [Iron Tree Prison].

Among the three members of the Iron Tree Prison—Luo Fuyu, Mu Xiangu, and Xie Yingxi—Luo Fuyu is likely the strongest!

After retrieving the missing portion of her dowry and accompanying ghost servants, this ghost bride's [Ten Miles of Crimson Evil] grants her "strange" properties, enabling her to trap ghosts similarly bound by the [Iron Tree Prison]. Furthermore, besides ghostly methods, Luo Fuyu seems to also be able to use cultivator's techniques and supernatural abilities…

Next up is Mu Xian Gu.

At the same level, Mu Xian Gu fought Luo Fu Yu several times and was slightly weaker than Luo Fu Yu.

Of course, those battles of wits all took place when Luo Fuyu was missing her dowry.

The final [Shadow Play] is the weakest of the three [Iron Tree Prisons].

This is because, firstly, Zheng Que has not improved the cultivation of this "evil creature" to date, resulting in the foundation of [Evil Shadow Play] being inferior to that of Luo Fuyu and Mu Xiangu.

Secondly, the Shadow Play is merely a messenger of the underworld, while Luo Fuyu and Mu Xiangu are already soul-reaping messengers.

At the same level, the Yin energy of the Yin Messenger is far less than that of the Soul Reaper...

Just as Zheng Que was deep in thought, the Mu Xian Bone on his bone hand suddenly grabbed at him from a distance.

Zheng Que was suddenly pulled into the air by a powerful force.

Before his eyes, the blood mist, yin energy, bone hands, and ghostly wedding procession spun around him, and in the blink of an eye, he had landed beside Mu Xian Gu, standing in the palm of the [Evil Shadow Play] body.

As soon as Zheng Que steadied himself, the bone hand immediately began to rise, the wind whistling in his ears, and the yin energy mixed with blood mist surged and churned for a while.

At the same time, [Shadow Play]'s very dissatisfied voice came: "You [Painted Skin], you're always using your position for personal gain!"

"That lord ordered me to come here to assist the human cultivator Zheng Que, not to obey your orders!"

"To attack me is to disrespect that lord!"

"When that lord summons me again, I will definitely file a serious complaint against you!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Xiangu showed no fear whatsoever, only replying coldly, "I am also carrying out a mission under the orders of that lord."

"Moreover, you were the one who struck first."

"Even if the case goes to that sir, who is discerning and has eyes to see everything, he will surely sentence you to the eighteenth level of hell, to suffer all kinds of tortures, and never be able to be reborn!"

As she spoke, Mu Xiangu smiled disdainfully to herself.

This [Evil Shadow Play] is already the [Iron Tree Prison], and its origins are "evil sins," making it even more special than Luo Fuyu's "vengeful spirit." Yet it is merely a lowly underworld official, clearly having only recently been appointed and yet to achieve any merit!
When she was first bestowed the title, she was severely reprimanded by Zheng Que's ghost servants, who were currently only in the "Scissors Hell," and was almost sent to the eighteenth level of hell...

Now, as a senior Soul Reaper, I naturally have to strengthen this newcomer, the [Shadow Play]!
When she enters the underworld next time, she will show the other party what it really means to file a complaint!

At this moment, [Shadow Play] suddenly fell silent.

It clearly didn't know much about the rules of the underworld and wasn't sure whether what Mu Xian Gu said was true or false.

Seeing that the problem with [Evil Shadow Play] had been resolved, Mu Xiangu turned to look at Zheng Que and said calmly, "The mark you left behind is deep within Xue Shuangzi's soul."

"To be precise, it's hidden in Xue Shuangzi's memory."

"This must be the method of a high-level cultivator."

(End of this chapter)