Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 542 Wedding Rain. (Second Update!)

The music was loud and clear, showing no intention of concealing itself, but rather exuding a kind of clamor as if it wanted others to hear it.

Zhuo Tingchen frowned slightly and immediately asked, "Who's causing such a commotion?"

"Even with a powerful formation concealing the stronghold, this is still Blood Pass! What if we attract the surrounding ghosts here?"

The subordinate beside him hurriedly replied, "Yes, I will investigate immediately and make sure they are careful in the future!"

Seeing that Zhuo Tingchen had no further instructions, he immediately turned and walked down the tower.

However, after the subordinate had been gone for a short while, the sound of gongs and drums not only did not disappear, but instead grew closer and closer, without any sign of abating.

Zhuo Tingchen was immediately very dissatisfied. Just as he was about to send another subordinate to deal with it, he suddenly discovered that a huge "囍" character had been pasted on his newly built tower at some point!

Seeing the "囍" character that had inexplicably appeared on the wall not far away, Zhuo Tingchen frowned and immediately ordered another subordinate beside him in a deep voice: "Go and tear down that '囍' character!"

The subordinate immediately replied, "Yes!"

As he spoke, he walked directly toward the character "囍".

Upon arriving at the "囍" character, which appeared to be nothing special except for its exceptionally bright and festive appearance, the subordinate, to prevent any accidents, took out three talismans from his storage bag and affixed them to his body.

After preparing himself, he carefully reached out and tore off the "囍" character.

However, the moment his palm touched the "囍" character, the three talismans attached to his body immediately began to burn!
Whoosh!
In just a moment, all three talismans turned to ashes.

The subordinate remained motionless by the wall, still holding the "囍" character removed.

"Lu Ren?"

Zhuo Tingchen frowned even more and shouted in a deep voice, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.

The subordinate named "Lu Ren" ignored his calls and remained standing there, unresponsive.

Seeing that something was wrong, the other subordinates in the tower also changed their expressions slightly, quickly got up, and gathered around Zhuo Tingchen.

Zhuo Tingchen looked around but found no other problems. In a flash, he took a deep breath and ordered, "Everyone, stay away from the '囍' character."

"Summon a corpse puppet and try to pull Lu Ren away!"

"If that doesn't work, then set up an array to seal the character '囍'!"

Just as Zhuo Tingchen was giving orders, Lu Ren suddenly moved. He turned around abruptly and stared straight at Zhuo Tingchen.

At this moment, Lu Ren rolled his eyes upward, revealing only the whites of his eyes. His face was as pale as paper, devoid of any color. In the instant he turned around, his clothes transformed into those of a servant, a brand-new khaki robe adorned with red and green decorations, exuding a festive air. He held a large "囍" character in his hands, which looked as if it had just been torn from somewhere.

But the "囍" character on the wall behind him was still perfectly intact.

Lu Ren maintained this posture, the corners of his mouth turned up high, as if he were freezing a constant smile, and walked towards Zhuo Tingchen step by step.

Seeing this, Zhuo Tingchen's expression changed slightly, and his subordinates surrounding him immediately attacked, throwing all sorts of spells and talismans at Lu Ren.

Boom boom boom...

The tower trembled violently, cracked and broken in many places, and emitted gurgling black smoke.

Lu Ren, dressed as a servant, was instantly blasted into a bloody mess, smeared all over the ground. However, although he was killed to pieces, the servant's robe he wore, along with the huge "囍" character on it, was completely undamaged and even remained in brand new condition.

The next moment, the servant's robe, adorned with red and green decorations, floated up on its own, and the flesh and blood that had been blasted into red and white fragments by the magic automatically filled it.

In the blink of an eye, a strange body, haphazardly constructed of flesh and blood, dressed in a brand-new servant's robe and adorned with a large "囍" character, continued toward Zhuo Tingchen and his group.

"This...this thing can't be killed!"

"Is it a ghost from Blood Pass?"

"Don't let it touch us, or we might end up like it!"

"We can't stay here any longer, young master, let's go!"

Zhuo Tingchen's many subordinates were sweating profusely, and their chatter revealed a clear sense of fear.

Zhuo Tingchen didn't waste any time and said in a deep voice, "Let's go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and fled downstairs, with the others following closely behind.

Soon, the group rushed out of the tower, and below was the main street of the market, with various houses under construction on both sides, looking very neat.

Zhuo Tingchen stood on the newly built street, about to order his subordinates to seal off the tower behind him, when he suddenly noticed that all the houses around him were covered with bright and festive "囍" characters.

On some buildings, there is more than one "囍" character.

click, click, click...

At this moment, the caravan led by the corpse puppets happened to pass by. This caravan, which had been carefully selected and trained by Zhuo Tingchen, now had all the boxes and corpse puppets covered with large and small "囍" characters.

The entire market was filled with a chilling aura, and a sudden gust of cold wind made many cultivators shiver.

As Zhuo Tingchen gazed at the seemingly overwhelming "囍" characters, a chill suddenly ran through his heart. Without further hesitation, he immediately took out a jade talisman, a communication talisman left to him by the two Core Formation cultivators sent by his clan to help him.

To prevent the imperial examiners from noticing, the two Core Formation cultivators specifically instructed him not to contact them unless it was an extremely urgent matter.

Furthermore, when you really need to contact them, you must choose a time when no one is around...

The situation was urgent, so he couldn't worry about anything else and immediately activated the jade talisman.

However, although the jade talisman was activated very smoothly, there was no response from the other party for a long time.

Zhuo Tingchen looked anxious, waiting as if each day was an eternity, when he suddenly sensed something was wrong. He turned around alertly and saw that one of his subordinates closest to him had a "囍" character pasted on his body at some point!

The subordinate, oblivious to his surroundings, remained close by, looking around warily as if on guard against something.

These strangely appearing "囍" characters not only stick to buildings and corpse puppets, but also to cultivators!
Realizing this, Zhuo Tingchen's expression changed drastically!
"Waaaaah... Waaaaah..."

The cheerful music continued to come, getting closer and louder, almost exploding right next to my ears.

Judging from the direction, the sounds of gongs and drums had entered the market area.

(End of this chapter)