Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 547 Self-Directed and Self-Acted. (First Update!)

Bloodstained Tongguan Pass.

Amidst the surging blood mist, a spring of icy blue suddenly appeared embedded in the desolate mountain. Its color was pure, like flawless crystal. In this place filled with yin and evil energy, it still exuded wisps of spiritual energy. Within a three-zhang radius around the spring, a thick layer of ice had solidified.

Within the ice, there were shadowy outlines, some resembling monks, others ghosts, all looking bizarre and terrifying.

This is a spring of icy essence.

Boom boom boom...

As the deafening roar subsided, the great battle beside the spring finally came to an end.

Zheng Que and Xue Shuangzi stood not far away, gazing at the battlefield ahead.

Mu Xiangu stood in mid-air, and diagonally below him, a ghost from the [Iron Tree Prison] lay dead on the spot, transforming into large gusts of yin energy that rapidly dissipated, stirring up howling yin winds and causing the blood mist to fluctuate for a while.

Zheng Que took a deep breath; there were indeed many resource points in this area.

However, the vast majority of them had already been occupied by other candidates who had set up protective formations.

Currently, he only has Mu Xian Gu in his Iron Tree Prison. Therefore, to be on the safe side, he did not attack the resource points that were already occupied, so as not to attract the two Core Formation stage cultivators again.

The remaining unclaimed resource points are all occupied by the ghostly creatures of the [Iron Tree Prison].

This icy spring is guarded by a ghost called the Iron Tree Prison, which is quite powerful. Even Mu Xiangu had a hard time dealing with it...

While pondering, Zheng Que stepped forward, surveyed the surroundings, and after confirming that there was no danger, immediately began to set up the formation.

A moment later, the formation was completed, and he was about to leave Niannu there when he suddenly heard a loud noise in the distance.

Rumble…

The commotion was quite earth-shaking, accompanied by a powerful pressure that emanated from afar.

Zheng Que paused slightly, then looked at Mu Xiangu.

Mu Xiangu calmly said, "Two cultivators in the mid-stage of Core Formation got into a fight."

"One of the auras is that of the Core Formation cultivator who just appeared in the Crimson Marrow Crystal Mine."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que frowned, but quickly realized that the Crimson Marrow Crystal Mine was initially occupied by Zhuo Tingchen of the Zhuo family of Yanzhou.

Of the two Core Formation cultivators who are currently engaged in battle, one is from the Zhuo Clan of Yanzhou, so the other must be from the forces behind the other examinees!
Zhuo Tingchen is not the only candidate from this area who has connections to the imperial court!

Upon realizing this, Zheng Que became alert and immediately abandoned the idea of ​​leaving Niannu there. He then casually summoned a few [Tongue-Pulling Hell] ghosts from the Soul-Summoning Banner and ordered them to guard the formation.

After doing all this, Zheng Que had no intention of joining in the fun or looking for other resource points. Instead, he quickly returned to Zheng's Market with Mu Xiangu and Xue Shuangzi.

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Ping Pong Pong...

Zhengshi Market was still bustling with activity.

After this period of intensive work, the outline of the market town has been largely completed, with only some finishing touches remaining.

Ancestor Shiqi maintained his posture of standing in mid-air, busily manipulating the corpse puppet, constantly handling various details.

Jing Zhengjie had already set up all the formations and was now carefully sweeping inside and out with a broom.

As for Yin Hui'er, she looked distressed and hurried between the houses, with Linghu Yuniang following closely behind. The constant chilling aura emanating from her made her dare not stop for a moment.

Just then, the formation fluctuated slightly, revealing Zheng Que, Mu Xiangu, and Xue Shuangzi. Upon entering the market, Mu Xiangu said, "A battle has just taken place here."

Zheng Que was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. Before he could ask any questions, a corpse puppet carrying stone slabs for paving the road immediately came over and explained, "Two extremely cunning, treacherous, despicable, and evil human cultivators have just arrived!"

"I am by no means a ghost who indiscriminately kills innocent people. I originally wanted to get along with them, but I did not expect that those two human cultivators had ill intentions and treacherous motives, and actually wanted to take over this market!"

"This damned ghost was forced to take action to protect the market."

"Zheng Que, you must believe me. I have evidence!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure in a red robe suddenly walked out of a house not far away.

The newcomer was obese, with a water pipe tucked into his waistband. He was none other than the early-stage Core Formation cultivator from the Zhuo clan of Yanzhou. His face was lifelike, but there was nothing beneath his feet, and he cast no shadow.

As soon as the red-robed cultivator arrived, he quickly said, "I am Sheng Du, a retainer of the Zhuo clan of Yanzhou, and one of the two human cultivators who just broke into this place."

"My companions and I have come here to kill Zheng Que, [Evil Shadow Play], the Ghost Bride, the Old Ancestor of Shiqi, Jing Zhengjie, and Yin Hui'er..."

"I am definitely not a good person!"

"Throughout his life, he committed countless evils, including murder, arson, rape, kidnapping, swindling, massacring entire cities and exterminating entire clans, boiling people alive, and eating young boys and girls raw..."

No sooner had Sheng Du finished speaking than the corpse puppet carrying the stone slab eagerly said to Zheng Que, "Look! He admitted it himself!"

"Unfortunately, he had a wicked companion at the mid-stage of Core Formation who eventually escaped..."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que fell silent.

The prosperity of the Zhuo family of Yanzhou.

It was those two Core Formation cultivators from the Zhuo clan of Yanzhou who had been tracking him!

【Evil Shadow Play】is indeed right. Those two Core Formation cultivators suddenly arriving at his market must have had ill intentions.

However, this "evil" clearly spoke without fault and responded appropriately, but it felt strange that it was bringing a "shadow" that had already been controlled to direct and act in front of it.

It's like... they're making a fool of him?
Just as he was pondering, Linghu Yuniang floated over. Upon seeing Zheng Que, she immediately stepped forward to pay her respects and then said excitedly, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, the market is almost finished."

"My senior sister Yin is about to become useless!"

Zheng Que snapped out of his daze and immediately said to the corpse puppet beside him, "I understand."

"Have Shengdu open his storage bag for me."

[Shadow Play] Immediately did as instructed, Sheng Du, under its control, opened his storage bag and very obediently handed it to Zheng Que.

Taking the storage bag, Zheng Que nodded with great satisfaction. He wasn't in a hurry to check its contents, but first said to the corpse puppet, "[Evil Shadow Play], you did a good job this time!"

"Don't worry, I'll speak to that official about it and ask for credit for you."

The corpse puppet quickly replied, "These are all things I should do."

"My loyalty to that lord is as clear as the sun and moon. For that lord, I would not hesitate to go through fire and water."

"If you put in a good word for me then, I know there is a rare and precious herb in Blood Pass that will be extremely beneficial to your cultivation."

"At that time, I will personally go and pick that rare and precious herb for you!"

(End of this chapter)