Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 608 Retrieving the "Strange" (First Update!)

Bloodstained Tongguan Pass.

Zheng's Market, Cultivation Room.

Various clothes were scattered around the room. Xue Shuangzi was limp and lying on the soft couch, her chest heaving violently as she inhaled and exhaled yin energy.

Beneath the disheveled skirt, the ink-stained character "正" (zhèng, meaning upright) on her thigh, along with the horizontal and vertical strokes below it, was rapidly fading away.

The incense that had been emanating from her body quietly dissipated, revealing her normal physical form.

After finishing his cultivation, Zheng Que put away the [Soul-Eating Ink Weapon] he had just borrowed from Mu Xian Gu and couldn't help but exhale a breath of turbid air.

His cultivation level increased dramatically again after training with Yan Bingyi this time!
Despite his extreme restraint and the fact that he stopped the operation of the [Yin Yang Harmony Secret Record] halfway through his cultivation, his cultivation level has still reached the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

The matter of forming the Golden Core cannot be delayed any longer!
"Yan Bingyi said last time that if I want to form my core, I need to achieve something in the path of 'ghost control'."

"The simplest way to achieve this is to use your Foundation Establishment cultivation to enslave a ghost from the [Iron Tree Prison]."

"This process cannot be carried out with the help of external forces."

“Luo Fuyu, Mu Xiangu, [Evil Shadow Play]... none of them can participate.”

"Even Xue Shuangzi cannot be brought along."

"Xue Shuangzi obeys my orders now not because of my strength, but because she fears the underworld."

"Only ghosts enslaved through the normal use of the [Ghost Control Technique] can be considered my own power..."

While pondering, Zheng Que had already dressed. Before enslaving a ghost from the Iron Tree Prison, he needed to retrieve the "Demon in the Belly".

Although "The Devious One in the Belly" has now reached the level of "Iron Tree Prison," in essence, it is still under the control of "Yin God Devouring Resentment" and is a part of his own power.

Just now, when he was cultivating with Yan Bingyi, he confirmed with her several times that as long as the "demon in his belly" did not develop sentience, it would not affect his completion of his "Dao"!
In a flash, Zheng Que summoned three ghost servants from the soul-summoning banner.

The Yin energy in the cultivation room suddenly became denser. Three ghost servants stood side by side not far away. They were all [Scissors Prison], and there was nothing unusual about them.

After examining the three ghost servants, Zheng Li immediately activated the [Demon Soul Substitute Puppet].

One of the ghost servants immediately began to wriggle rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into Zheng Que's appearance, with the same aura, mannerisms, and expression, as if they were twins.

Zheng Que closed his eyes, and the soul puppet that resembled him opened its eyes simultaneously.

Immediately afterwards, under Zheng Que's control, the soul puppet, along with the other two ghost servants, escaped from the training room.

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Below the hillside, the blood mist rippled slowly.

The "Demon in the Belly" floated in mid-air, its long, slender shell spiraling like a ribbon. Its mouth, filled with sharp teeth, slowly opened and closed, seemingly searching for new food as the teeth rubbed against each other.

Below, as the blood mist surged, fresh skeletons were revealed, their flesh and blood licked clean, leaving only stark white bones, mixed with clothing, scattered haphazardly across the ground.

Suddenly, the "monster in the belly" seemed to sense something, and one end of it suddenly turned and pointed in a certain direction in the distance.

Through the thick fog, two figures stood in the distance, seemingly out of thin air.

These two figures were dressed in exquisite clothes and had an imposing presence. Their aura was harmonious and without any leakage, making them seem like ordinary mortals.

Their eyes were indifferent, and each of them wore a small official seal at their waist, clearly indicating that they were all examiners of the imperial court! After a moment, the examiner on the left did not speak, but directly transmitted his voice: "This 'weird creature' has discovered us."

The examiner on the right nodded slightly and replied telepathically, "This is not a ghost from Blood Pass. It may have been deliberately lured here from somewhere else."

"Also, we can send a message to Lord Ning now: the rumors about the tomb of a high-level cultivator are false."

"This is just a resource point for the Five Fiends Ghost Eye Orchid; there are no cultivators' tombs here."

"It must be that some examinee discovered the 'strangeness' of the [Iron Tree Prison] here and deliberately spread false information, trying to use someone else to do their dirty work and reduce their competitors in the Immortal Examination."

The examiners on the left nodded in approval. They had originally entered Xue Tong Pass to secretly investigate the cheating of the examinees, but they had inadvertently overheard the opportunity in the tomb of a high-level cultivator.

With the aim of serving the imperial court, they immediately reported the matter to the chief examiner and rushed over.

To their surprise, as soon as they arrived, they saw a rogue cultivator at the Core Formation stage, along with six or seven disciples, all of whom had been devoured by that "strange" creature...

Not only did they make a wasted trip, but they also wasted their time investigating the cheating incident.

With that in mind, the two examiners showed no intention of dealing with the "strange" creature.

After all, during the celestial examination, the examiners cannot interfere with any other unexpected events that occur except for cheating by the candidates.

Even during the sudden outbreak of the ghost tide, these examiners simply stood outside Blood Pass and watched.

Thinking of this, the two examiners were about to turn and leave when three more figures appeared in the distance.

The newcomers were led by a figure in the center, a simply dressed young man with a cold expression and an abundance of yang energy. He had a storage bag and a soul-nourishing bag hanging at his waist, clearly indicating that he was a cultivator who practiced "ghost control." To his left and right were two "fierce spirits" from the [Scissors Prison], both with ferocious appearances and heavy yin energy, but at this moment they followed closely behind, like servants.

Three figures rushed over together, heading straight down the hillside with a clear objective. When they approached the "monster in the belly" that was perched in mid-air, the leading boy immediately stopped, and the "evil spirits" following him also quickly stopped.

The boy looked up at the "strange" Iron Tree Prison in mid-air.

Seeing this, the two examiners who were about to leave immediately stopped.

It's that Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment cultivator from Qingrao Prefecture in Tuzhou!
The opponent's cultivation level is already at the late Foundation Establishment stage?!

In the blink of an eye, the examiner on the left immediately transmitted his voice, saying, "This Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Heavenly Rank has also been tricked into coming here by the tomb of a high-level cultivator?"

The examiner on the right, with piercing eyes, stared at the figure through the blood mist, but slowly shook his head and whispered, "Doesn't seem like it."

“This kid locked onto that ‘weird’ creature from the very beginning.”

"He seems to be heading straight for that 'weird' creature."

Upon hearing this, the examiner on the left paused slightly, then frowned: "This is the 'weirdness' of the Iron Tree Prison, not the 'vengeful spirit'."

"Even a Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn't stand a chance in the late Foundation Establishment stage."

"Be prepared to act at any time!"

"The imperial examination is important, but we can't let a promising Foundation Establishment cultivator fail here!"

The examiner on the right nodded seriously: "I understand!"

(End of this chapter)