Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 629 A Huge windfall! (Second update!)
The blood mist surged and billowed, while the towering cliffs stood tall like pillars, piercing the clouds.

At the top of the cliff, Ning Jiushan's sleeves billowed as he held a compass in his hand. Around him, talismans floated up and down, their light flickering intermittently.

At this moment, one of the communication talismans suddenly lit up, and a familiar voice came from it: "Reporting to my lord, it seems that I have been discovered while tracking two Core Formation cultivators from the Qiu family of Mizhou."

"I am ashamed, for I have now fallen into a trap and am trapped in a market town full of ghosts."

"The Iron Tree Prisons are rampant here, and there are countless of them. I am trapped in their clutches and would need ten billion spirit stones to escape!"

One billion spirit stones?

Ning Jiushan was stunned, thinking he had misheard.

Given her status, a billion low-grade spirit stones wouldn't be much, but for a subordinate to inexplicably come and ask for so many spirit stones seems very strange.

Thinking of this, Ning Jiushan frowned slightly and immediately asked, "Since we are surrounded by ghosts, what use are spirit stones?"

"If a ghost asks you for spirit stones, it means that the ghost has an owner."

"Ask who the owner of those ghosts is?"

"If they are cultivators from the Six Sects, they should state my name and tell them to come to me to collect their spirit stones!"

The voice in the transmission talisman seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and immediately replied, "Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the talisman fell silent. After a moment, it began to glow faintly again, and the examiner reported in a very strange tone, "Sir, this ghost is Zheng Que's ghost servant, [Rouge Demon]."

"Her master was Zheng Que."

"May I ask, sir, what should be done now?"

"If I do not hand over the spirit stones, I will not be allowed to leave the surrounding Iron Tree Prison."

Zheng Que?

Ning Jiushan frowned and immediately understood that the so-called market full of ghosts that his subordinates had entered was the market that Zheng Que had built for the immortal examination.

Whether the subordinate pays the spirit stones according to the market rules or exposes the examiner's identity to escape, it will affect this immortal examination!
If any setbacks occur during the immortal examination, she, as the chief examiner, will be held fully responsible.

Thinking of this, Ning Jiushan immediately asked, "Since it's Zheng Que's [Rouge Demon], how come you didn't recognize it immediately?"

The voice in the transmission talisman immediately explained, "Reporting to the master, this [Rouge Demon] has already reached the peak of [Scissors Prison] and seems to be about to break through to [Iron Tree Prison].

"His cultivation level is different from what I remember of Zheng Que's [Rouge Demon] hair."

"I thought it was just a resemblance, but I didn't expect it to be the same person."

Zheng Que's [Rouge Demon] has already reached the peak of [Scissors Prison] in cultivation?

Ning Jiushan was somewhat surprised. As a Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment candidate in this Immortal Examination, he was naturally her main target of attention.

She clearly remembered that the [Rouge Demon] in the other party's hand was subdued by the [Painted Skin] female ghost.

At the beginning, the cultivation level of [Rouge Demon] was only the seventh level of [Scissors Prison]. Now, in less than a month, the [Rouge Demon] is about to break through to [Iron Tree Prison]?

It must have been after the ghost tide that [Rouge Demon] obtained some kind of opportunity in Blood Pass, which allowed it to improve so quickly.

Thinking of this, Ning Jiushan immediately said, "Give the communication jade talisman to that [Rouge Demon], and I'll say a few words to her."

The voice in the transmission talisman seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Yes!"

Soon, a clear female voice came from the communication talisman: "You're also a cultivator? The communication talisman counts as one person, so you also need to pay ten billion spirit stones!"

Upon hearing this, Ning Jiushan understood that this was the voice of the [Rouge Demon]. She didn't waste any time and said directly, "I am Zheng Que, your master."

"You must immediately allow this human cultivator in front of you to enter the market, and do not stop him."

"Then you'll forget everything that just happened."

Ning Jiushan spoke in a flat tone, her voice unchanged, and seemed unremarkable. However, Xue Shuangzi on the other end of the communication talisman immediately mistook her for Zheng Que.

The next moment, Xue Shuangzi's voice, which was clearly much more subdued, came out: "Understood."

The message ended, and the unexpected problem on the subordinate's end was successfully resolved.

Ning Jiushan didn't waste any time and immediately started dealing with the situations encountered by the other examiners.

However, not long after, the communication jade talisman, which had just gone out, lit up again.

Immediately afterwards, the examiner's voice came again: "My lord, I have been blocked by several Iron Tree Prisons again."

"This time, we need to pay rent, yin energy tax, spiritual energy tax, and protection fee..."

???

Ning Jiushan frowned immediately. Was this Zheng Que opening the market like this?
Transaction tax, rent, yin energy tax, spiritual energy tax, protection fee... which cultivator would dare to enter the other party's market?
Moreover, if they dare to collect taxes like this when they are building the market, wouldn't they become even more ruthless and exploit the local people if they were to take charge of the area in the future?
In a flash, Ning Jiushan shook his head slightly, but quickly replied, "Give the communication talisman to the ghost in charge, and I will speak to them."

The examiner immediately did as instructed.

Before long, a haughty female voice came from the talisman: "Who are you? Are you going to pay protection money for this old human?"

Ning Jiushan said calmly, "I am Zheng Que, your master."

"Do not collect any more taxes or fees from this human cultivator in front of you, and do not allow the other [Iron Tree Prison] ghosts to keep an eye on him."

"Then, forget everything that just happened!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Qing Li's dissatisfied grumbling came through the communication talisman: "You mere human brat, wasting my time!"

After the telepathic transmission ended, Ning Jiushan's expression immediately became somewhat strange.

It seems like I was cursed by one of the examinee's ghost servants?

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In the exquisitely furnished flower hall, Luo Fuyu, dressed in a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, sat regally in the main seat, with a graceful female ghost standing beside her, whose beauty was not concealed by her simple clothes and hairpins.

The female ghost had her hair styled in a droopy bun, with a wooden hairpin inserted at an angle. A section of her duck-egg-shaped blue herbal hairpin was exposed, revealing a patch of snow-white skin. Her emerald green outer garment was as soft as willow branches, which accentuated her graceful and charming appearance. She held an abacus in her hand, which made her seem very shrewd and capable.

She was the same proprietress of the Forget-Worry Inn on Yaotai Mountain.

At this moment, Luo Fuyu turned her head slightly, her gaze passing through the veil and fixed on the inner room beside her. The doors and windows of the inner room were tightly closed, and the curtains were drawn low. Intermittent strange noises could be heard, mixed with the rustling of clothes and the tapping of hairpins and pillows.

Listening to these embarrassing remarks, Luo Fuyu sat quietly without making any move.

The official had instructed that all of her dowry maids would serve as concubines for Zheng Que.

Conversely, from now on, Zheng Que's concubines will all be his dowry maids!
Ok……

This is the account she got from the innkeeper next door, who has been an accountant for over 300 years.

The proprietress said she made a fortune!

(End of this chapter)