Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 553 Assigning Tasks. (First Update!)

A moment later, Fu Tao left the ward master's mansion, and just like when he came in, Linghu Yuniang escorted him all the way out of the market.

As soon as Fu Tao stepped out of the array range of the market, he saw Linghu Yuniang's figure disappear from his sight in an instant.

He glanced around and was about to turn and leave when he suddenly frowned. Where was the corpse puppet he had left outside?
A vast expanse of blood mist filled his vision, and behind him lay nothing but emptiness. Everything was exactly the same as before, except that his corpse puppets had vanished without a trace, leaving only a few remnants of corpse energy in their place.

Fu Tao immediately used his magic to control the corpse puppets, but he couldn't sense anything. His corpse puppets had completely lost contact with him!

Were they killed by the ghosts of Blood Pass?

Fu Tao's expression immediately turned serious. He had no intention of continuing the search and used his escape technique without hesitation to quickly flee.

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Inside Zhengshifang Market.

After watching Fu Tao leave the formation, Linghu Yuniang turned around and continued to supervise the construction of the method.

At this moment, the details of the market are almost complete. Only in a few scattered corners, there are still some plants, trees, and rocks that need to be adjusted.

The corpse puppets moved back and forth busily, and their numbers seemed to have increased a few times.

But Linghu Yuniang didn't care at all. The task Zheng Que gave her was only to oversee the construction of the market town; everything else was none of her business.

Thinking this, her cold gaze immediately turned in one direction.

Yin Hui'er couldn't find anything else to do there, so she found a large broom somewhere and started sweeping the floor diligently. Cold sweat beaded on her forehead as she worked very hard, not daring to slack off at all.

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The owner's mansion.

Main hall.

Zheng Que picked up the jade slip that Fu Tao had just given him and was examining it carefully.

This jade slip contains three Foundation Establishment stage techniques. However, all three techniques are related to "corpse raising" and require a corpse puppet to use.

Since the Shadow Play has taken control of Ancestor Shiqi, he doesn't lack corpse puppets, but it's not enough to make him switch to the path of corpses just for these few techniques...

Thinking of this, Zheng Que couldn't help but frown slightly.

During the Qi Refining stage, there are many techniques related to "Ghost Control," but after Foundation Establishment, most of the techniques he can access have little to do with "Ghost Control."

Not only magic, but it seems that the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators who practice "ghost control" has also suddenly decreased significantly.

Especially the six major sects, as well as those cultivators with backgrounds and influence in the imperial court, rarely practice the art of "ghost control"...

It is evident that while there are many cultivators who follow this path, very few are truly able to achieve anything significant in it.

This is only the foundation building stage.

Perhaps there will be even fewer people with cultivation levels above Core Formation.

“Ancestor Shiqi also cultivates the art of ‘corpse raising’.”

"His three disciples were all the same."

"Master Qu Daoren should have the techniques I need, but I can't find him right now."

"Um……"

"Even if I could find him, he might not want to get involved in karma, and he might not be willing to teach me directly."

While pondering, Zheng Que summoned Qing Li, Nian Nu, and Shu Yun Ying.

The once clear main hall was suddenly filled with a chilling aura. Amidst the billowing black and gray mist, four slender and graceful figures were shrouded in a chilling atmosphere, their beauty tinged with a sense of menace.

Qingli looked around and found it all unfamiliar, but she didn't care. She simply picked a beam she liked and hung herself up there, while Niannu quickly hung up next to her.

Shu Yunying walked directly to a seat across a tea table from Zheng Que, sat down with an air of authority, looked down over the entire main hall, and nodded slightly with a hint of arrogance.

Xue Shuangzi watched this scene from the side, pondering to herself.

Zheng Que had introduced her to these three female ghosts before, and their cultivation aura was not as strong as hers.

But at this moment, when they looked at each other, they all gave her a vague sense of threat.

Clearly, the true strength of these three-headed female ghosts far surpasses their apparent cultivation level...

Currently, apart from the Ghost Bride and Mu Xiangu being absent, Ku Lan is staying at the resource point of [Five Fiends Ghost Eye Orchid] to guard it, while Linghu Yuniang is supervising the work outside.

The other female ghosts and servants are all here.

Zheng Que's gaze swept around and landed on Qing Li and Nian Nu: "Qing Li, Nian Nu, I need to cultivate for a while. You two, help me search the vicinity for any unformed 'strange' creatures."

"Come back and tell me as soon as you find it."

With the two Iron Tree Prisoners, [Evil Shadow Play] and Mu Xiangu, currently in charge of this Zheng Clan Market, he is very safe for the time being.

It's a good opportunity to get rid of these female ghosts around me and go out to carry out various missions.

Among all the ghost servants, Niannu is the most obedient, so the task of finding the unformed "strange creature" is definitely best left to Niannu.

The reason Qingli was asked to go along was mainly to prevent any accidents from happening.

It would be safer to hang the two women together.

Immediately afterward, Zheng Que looked at Shu Yunying and Xue Shuangzi and said in a calm voice, "Xue Shuangzi, go find [Evil Shadow Play], get a few 'Shadow Play' creatures, go to Kulan's place, and bring back all the resources Kulan has collected."

"Shu Yunying, you are in charge of managing all the resources transported back to the market..."

Soon, Zheng Que assigned tasks to all the female ghosts, and the four female ghosts left one after another, leaving the main hall empty and empty, with only him left alone.

He then sent a telepathic message to [Shadowplay], instructing it to cooperate with his ghost servant's mission.

After doing all this, Zheng Que finally began his cultivation.

He focused his mind and skillfully extracted the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which was enveloped in a cold aura. The sound of surging spiritual energy gradually echoed in the main hall. After a long time, Zheng Que opened his eyes and saw the familiar dilapidated hall.

As usual, he glanced around and, finding nothing amiss, looked at the Book of Life and Death in front of him. He then turned to the third page, where several new names had been added.

Three of them are ghosts from the Iron Tree Prison.

Category: Evil spirit.

"Species: Azure-eyed Spirit".

"Real name: None."

"Native Place: Xuetongguan."

"Lifespan in the underworld: 1082 years..."

"..."

Category: Evil spirit.

Species: Snow Gnatifida

"Real name: None."

"Native Place: Xuetongguan."

"Lifespan in the underworld: 973 years..."

"..."

"Type: Wraith."

Species: Punishing Ghost.

"Real name: None."

"Native Place: Xuetongguan."

"Lifespan in the underworld: 864 years..."

These three [Iron Tree Prisons] are: the first is the [Azure Pupil Spirit] guarding the [Five Fiend Ghost Eye Orchids]; the second is the [Snow Corpse] guarding the Ice Soul Cold Spring.

As for the last one, the "Punishment Ghost," it was a "vengeful spirit" that I had never seen before, and it looked completely unfamiliar from the information.

In addition, there were two cultivators at the Core Formation stage, namely "Ancestor Shiqi" and "Shengdu".

Looking at the five newly added names, Zheng Que nodded slightly.

Of these five names, the first two, the ghosts of the [Iron Tree Prison], were both the work of Mu Xiangu.

Even the Old Ancestor Shiqi was only controlled by the Evil Shadow Play after being defeated by Mu Xian Gu.

As for Sheng Du, who was in the early stage of Core Formation, he was killed by [Evil Shadow Play].

The last ghost from the "Iron Tree Prison" that I had no recollection of was probably the work of the Ghost Bride's side...

(End of this chapter)