Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 59: Second Imperial Conferment. (First update!)

As the last wisp of black air sank into the [Book of Life and Death], the [Book of Life and Death] once again condensed an imperial decree.

Just like before, the imperial edict floated in the air for a moment before sinking into Zheng Que's brow.

Zheng Que raised his hand to press his head, and had a headache for a while. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the bronze tripod.

Inside the dark cauldron, the spirit stone in the palm of his hand was the only source of light.

Zheng Que looked down and saw that only a quarter of the original size was left of the spirit stone, and it could still be used for cultivation one last time.

He slowly exhaled, and now, the edicts between his eyebrows had been superimposed on five.

Changfu Town was destroyed, and there are now more than a thousand names recorded in the [Book of Life and Death].

And every forty-nine names can condense into an imperial decree...

If this trend continues, in the next period of time, he will be able to condense a new decree every time he practices.

Thinking of this, Zheng Que put away the spirit stone, then pushed open the lid of the tripod and looked outside.

Qingli stood guard beside the bronze tripod, and nothing happened around her.

At this time, the air was filled with gloomy air, the air was as cold as ice, and the sky was extremely dark, like the eve of dawn.

Zheng Que couldn't help but nod secretly. The effect of spending the night in this bronze tripod was better than he had imagined. Throughout the night, it seemed that no ghosts could sense his breath of life.

Of course, when practicing in this bronze tripod, one cannot absorb spiritual energy from the outside world, and can only use spiritual stones for practice.

Thinking of this, Zheng Que silently calculated the time and estimated that it was almost dawn, so he jumped out of the bronze tripod.

After landing on the ground, he did not immediately release the withered orchid from his palm. Instead, he looked at Qingli and asked directly, "Qingli, your cultivation has improved again. Have you mastered any new ghost skills or Yin techniques?"

Qingli, who was originally on guard around, heard this and immediately showed an extremely arrogant expression on her face. She replied without hesitation: "My aunt just learned two new methods."

"One is [Hundred Hands], which can grow two more arms."

"The other one is [Soul Roar], which can attack the minds of living people and the souls of ghosts."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que was certain that in order for the ghost servant to inherit the methods of other ghosts, he, the owner of the [Book of Life and Death], must be present.

So, he continued to ask: "Are these two methods ghost skills or Yin skills?"

Qingli replied in dissatisfaction, "You little human child are so ignorant! How can I know whether it's a ghost skill or a Yin technique?"

"This talk of ghost skills and shady arts must have been made up by that little bitch. Otherwise, how could I, with my extraordinary talent, not know about it?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que immediately realized that he had asked in vain. Qingli was a "vengeful spirit" born and raised in Changfu Town. His knowledge of the world of cultivation was on par with that of his master... He knew nothing!

Thinking of this, he looked at Qingli and pointed at his eyebrows. His spiritual power circulated, and a pattern that looked like an insect or a fish with an ancient aura appeared at his eyebrows, and then quickly dimmed.

Then, Zheng Cheng said seriously: "I just received another imperial decree, this time intending to confer a title on Ku Lan. After all, during the day..."

Before Zheng Que could finish his words, Qingli perked up and said immediately, "We can't confer an imperial title on that little bitch!"

"That little bitch looks dishonest!"

"He must be thinking every day about how to hang you, a human child, from a tree and strangle you to death!"

"Unlike my aunt, who thinks about how to save the life of a human child like you every day!"

"I suggest that we kill that little bitch immediately, so that I can possess that little bitch's Yin Qi and means..." "Uh..."

As if realizing she had let something slip, Qingli quickly added, "What my aunt meant was that that little bitch wanted to kill you, a human child, and only my aunt can protect you."

"This decree must give my aunt greater safety!"

Zheng Que's face suddenly turned dark when he heard Qingli, the most dishonest one, confidently accusing other ghost servants of being dishonest. In addition, in two sentences, he cursed Ku Lan once but cursed his master twice.

This Qingli is too unreasonable. I have to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson!
Then, I'll use the [Spirit Descent Technique] to let Ku Lan possess my body, and have a fair and just duel with the opponent...

Thinking of this, Zheng calmed down and began to think about the current problem.

Qingli had already received an imperial decree once, and this time she actually wanted his imperial decree again... However, this didn't seem to be a big deal. Anyway, he still had a lot of imperial decrees, so it wouldn't hurt to give Qingli one more.

It’s a good opportunity to see whether enfeoffing a ghost servant that has already been enfeoffed can further enhance Qingli’s strength?

After a while of thinking, Zheng Que finally nodded: "Okay!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pressed his brow, and the spiritual energy in his body circulated, drawing out an imperial decree and pointing it at Qingli.

Qingli, just like the first time she received the imperial decree, stared at the insect-like and fish-like pattern with her red eyes full of desire.

The decree turned into a ray of mysterious light and sank into Qingli's brow.

And then the next moment...

"what!!"

Qingli screamed and fainted on the ground as if she had endured great pain.

Zheng Que was stunned for a moment and called out tentatively: "Qingli? Qingli..."

Qingli fell straight to the ground, his eyes closed, his face pale, and he didn't respond at all.

Zheng Que quickly activated his [Spiritual Eye Technique] to check Qingli's condition. The Yin energy in this woman's body was stable, without any major changes. Overall, everything looked normal, and it seemed that she was simply unconscious.

Zheng Que couldn't help but frown. He didn't know what was going on, but this was the wilderness and danger could occur at any time. He couldn't let Qingli lie on the ground like this.

Thinking quickly, he immediately took out the soul-nourishing bag and put Qingli in it.

Then, Zheng Que quickly used the [Ghost Controlling Technique] to release Ku Lan from his palm.

Blood spurted out and turned into a figure holding an umbrella on the ground.

Ku Lan's cultivation at this moment has reached the peak of the fourth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison]. The murderous aura on his body is particularly heavy, which makes his quiet figure look particularly evil.

After realizing that she had returned to reality, Ku Lan immediately turned around, bowed to Zheng Que, and greeted him softly, "Sir!"

Zheng Que nodded slightly. Fortunately, he now had two ghost servants, otherwise, if Qingli had been in trouble just now, he would have been finished alone!

Thinking of this, he did not hesitate and immediately pointed his finger at his forehead. As his spiritual power circulated, a pattern resembling an insect or a fish appeared at his forehead, exuding an ancient and vicissitudes of life.

As soon as he saw this pattern, Ku Lan, like Qing Li just now, instantly became excited and looked at the pattern with great desire.

Zheng Cheng immediately said solemnly: "This is an imperial decree, which can confer a title on a ghost..."

(End of this chapter)