Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 587 Changing Ground. (First Update!)

Zheng's Market.

The owner's mansion.

Training room.

The room was silent. Zheng Que closed his eyes slightly, his mind immersed in the soul puppet in the distance, controlling it with complete focus.

Suddenly, he frowned, his left eye remained closed, and his right eye immediately opened.

"【Shadow Play】!"

Zheng Que shouted loudly.

The next moment, a corpse puppet shrouded in corpse energy walked into the corridor and pushed open the door to the training room.

This corpse puppet is one of the "Shadow Play" sent by the [Evil Shadow Play] to transport resources.

He strode up to Zheng Que and stopped, then opened and closed his mouth, uttering the voice of [Evil Shadow Play]: "Zheng Que, what business do you have with me?"

Before Zheng Que could answer, the corpse puppet continued, not forgetting to claim its own contribution, "I just saw a [Scissors Prison] imp impersonating you at the Crimson Mine Crystal Mine."

"However, that brat has already been dealt with by me in a moment of ease."

"Humph!"

"Such tricks might fool those stupid human cultivators, but to think they can deceive me is a pipe dream!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que's face darkened, and he immediately said, "That's my soul puppet!"

"And the 'weirdness' inside the belly of that [Scissors Prison] ghost is also my magic."

"Don't make any rash moves from now on!"

"By the way, are there really tombs of high-level cultivators at the Crimson Mine Crystal Mine and the hillside where the [Five Fiends Ghost Eye Orchid] is located?"

Upon hearing this, the corpse puppet in front of it let out an "Ah," seemingly not expecting that the [Scissors Prison] ghost it had just dealt with was Zheng Que's soul puppet.

As for the tomb of that high-level cultivator... how would it know if it's real or fake?
When it first took over the hillside where the Five Fiends Ghost Eye Orchid was located, the human cultivators inside had already used that rhetoric.

Among the various rhetoric techniques used by those human cultivators, the one that attracted the most "shadows" was that particular rhetoric.

Therefore, it led more "shadow actors" to begin uniformly spreading that rhetoric...

Thinking of this, the corpse puppet controlled by [Evil Shadow Play] immediately replied, "I'm not quite sure."

Not sure?
Zheng Que frowned. Had the Shadow Play of the Iron Tree Prison not noticed that the two resource points, the Five Fiend Ghost Eye Orchid and the Crimson Marrow Crystal Mine, contained the tombs of high-level cultivators?

Is this so-called great opportunity a lie?
wrong!

So many examinees and independent cultivators have gathered near the hillside where the Five Fiends Ghost Eye Orchid is located. If the information is false, will so many people be deceived?
No!

We need to continue the investigation!
If he really gets the opportunity, but another candidate gets it, wouldn't he have wasted those two resource points?

Therefore, Zheng Li immediately said, "In that case, you should stop leading other cultivators towards the Crimson Marrow Crystal Mine."

"I need to investigate that place thoroughly."

Upon hearing this, the [Evil Shadow Play] controlling the corpse puppet was immediately in a dilemma. That rhetoric had attracted a large group of Core Formation stage cultivators, and it couldn't deal with them all at once, so it lured them into the Crimson Mine Crystal mine in batches to kill them.

Now that Zheng Que is preventing it from using that mine to divert the flow, how will it then turn all those cultivators into its "shadows" without missing a single one?
However, the problem was not pondered for long before Shadowplay came up with a solution.

Zheng Que now has more than just those two resource points. Since he can't lead people to the Crimson Mine Crystal Mine, he can lead them to this market town!
Of course, I'll have to talk to the ghost bride and that "painted skin" female ghost about this. When they catch a cultivator, they'll have to give some of those two female ghosts a share...

Therefore, [Shadowplay] calmly replied, "I understand."

As soon as the words were spoken, the corpse puppet controlled by [Shadow Play] instantly fell to the ground, turning into a shadow and disappearing.

Seeing that [Evil Shadow Play] had received his command, Zheng Que no longer hesitated. He closed his right eye again and cast [Demon Soul Substitute Puppet] again, beginning to control the new soul puppet.

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Red marrow crystal mine.

On the flat ground at the entrance, Fu Changxin remained in the position of having his mouth wide open. No matter how hard he tried or what methods he used, he felt as if he was frozen in time and could not close his mouth.

The "Demon in the Belly" hovered in mid-air, then rapidly collapsed into a dark shadow from its tail, surging into Fu Changxin's mouth.

Just as the "weird" creature completely burrowed into Fu Changxin's mouth, Fu Changxin's mouth finally closed.

Puff puff puff puff...

Immediately afterwards, a series of muffled thuds appeared, and countless holes appeared on Fu Changxin's abdomen. Accompanied by clear chewing sounds, it seemed that something was gnawing on his flesh and internal organs inside.

But soon, the blood and debris flowing from the holes in Fu Changxin's abdomen turned into scattered pieces of paper.

Its entire body quickly withered away, turning into a paper figure. On the paper figure, its birth date and time were written in blood, and complex runes were drawn.

This is the [Substitute Paper Doll], a life-saving artifact from the Heavenly Artifact Sect!

brush brush...

The paper figure was instantly riddled with holes from being eaten away, and fragments flew everywhere.

Fu Changxin's true form slowly appeared beside him at this moment. His face was pale, and his expression was a mixture of shock and disbelief. He had almost perished in a daze just now!
What's the story behind Zheng Que, whom Fu Tao invited?

How did it suddenly turn into a ghost?
Moreover, the ghost of the Iron Tree Prison in front of us also crawled out of Zheng Que's body just now.

Before Fu Changxin could figure this out, the Fu clan member who had just patted Zheng Que's arm quickly came over: "Clan leader, are you alright?"

As he spoke, the member of the Fu family raised his hand and reached out towards Fu Changxin.

Just as Fu Changxin was about to answer, he suddenly realized something and moved to retreat in a hurry to avoid being touched. However, the Fu family member who usually kept a low profile was faster than him!
In just a moment, the arm of this member of the Fu family was already pressed against Fu Changxin's chest. If he had moved forward just a little more, he would have touched Fu Changxin's body.

Just at this time……

boom! ! !
A violent palm strike crashed down, instantly obliterating the Fu clan member!

At the same time, a slender figure dressed in a dark blue robe appeared beside Fu Changxin. He had long eyebrows and bright eyes, and three long wisps of beard on his chin. He had a refined and scholarly air, and his body exuded the unique pressure of the Core Formation stage.

Having nearly stepped into the gates of hell twice in a row, Fu Changxin's heart was pounding wildly, and his face was filled with uncertain emotions. But soon, he came to his senses and looked at the Core Formation cultivator beside him.

This is a Core Formation stage retainer sent by the Fu clan of Luanzhou to assist him!

(End of this chapter)