Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 66: Information Fee. (Second update!)

The night passed quickly.

The next day, at daybreak, the sound of roosters crowing could be heard outside the window.

In the inn room, Zheng Que finished his training and slowly exhaled. He glanced at Qingli hanging on the beam and Kulan sitting at the table, then immediately opened the soul-nourishing bag and put the two ghost servants in it.

Then, he left a few small mechanisms behind, got up and went out, heading straight for the offering square.

There were not many people in the market at that time, and Zheng Que easily received the patrol uniform from the Merit Bureau.

The color of the red fur is very bright and it is very conspicuous in the crowd. It is simply tailored and the size is obviously much larger than ordinary clothes. There are two straps at the waist to adjust it so that it can be worn by both men and women. Runes are outlined on it with white lines, exuding a faint spiritual energy.

This is considered a talisman.

The so-called talisman weapons are ordinary swords, spears, swords, or protective gear, with some runes engraved on them to give the weapons some special effects.

Zheng Que had just finished looking around and put on his vest when a monk who was also holding a red vest came over with a clear purpose.

This cultivator looked to be around thirty years old, a medium-sized male cultivator with regular features. He wore a rosewood robe and had an exceptionally pale complexion. Even when standing in the sun, he exuded an icy aura, and even his lips were bloodless.

He claimed his name was "Li Lian" and lived in Xinyuan Inn in the west of the city.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, put on their patrol vests together, and walked towards East Street.

Li Lian had obviously lived in Taiping County for some time and was familiar with everything here. At this moment, he took the lead and walked in front to lead the way.

After the two of them walked a distance away, Li Lian suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist, you don't look like a native of Taiping County?"

Zheng Que said, "I am from Changfu Town, under the jurisdiction of Taiping County, and I just came to the county seat recently."

Upon hearing this, Li Lian smiled meaningfully and said nothing more.

Soon, the two arrived at East Street, where a few shops had already opened. Servants carrying water and brooms were sweeping the streets. Among the sparse crowd, two monks, wearing "offering" vestments, sat at a wonton stall with their arms folded.

These were the two monks who were in charge of patrolling East Street yesterday. Now was the time for them to take over their shifts with Zheng Que and the other two.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Li Lian asked, "My two fellow Taoists, how did things go yesterday?"

One of the two monks said, "Everything is normal, no problem. However, Old Ge from Yangjia Lane has been ill for six months and has not been doing well recently. I estimate he will die in the next two days."

Li Lian nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, fellow Taoist."

After the shift was completed, Zheng Que waited for a while before he activated his [Spiritual Vision Technique] and carefully surveyed his surroundings, asking, "Fellow Daoist, what did those two just say?"

Li Lian glanced at him and suddenly smiled, "Fellow Daoist is not a local cultivator from Taiping County, so there are many things that you are not very clear about."

"How about this, give me five spirit stones, and I will explain to you some things you should pay attention to in the city."

Five spirit stones? ?
Zheng Que frowned and said immediately, "This is a mission for both of us. If anything goes wrong, neither of us will be in a good situation!"

Li Lian laughed and said immediately, "Fellow Daoist, you really don't understand the rules at all."

"This is the information fee." "Don't underestimate the simplicity of patrolling the streets. There are many tricks involved, which are beneficial to monks like us."

"Furthermore, fellow Daoist, your cultivation level is only at the third level of Qi training, and you're also practicing the 'ghost control' technique. Don't you want to know how to break through to the fourth level of Qi training? Or perhaps, you'd like to know more about the techniques of raising ghost servants?"

Hearing this, Zheng Que's expression immediately became serious. To break through the fourth level of Qi training, do you still need a method?
Do you still need to raise ghost servants?

Do you need to pay attention to skills?
He truly didn't know these things. His master hadn't told him, and the five old books at the mayor's house didn't mention them either. Ku Lan knew a lot about ghosts, but he hadn't touched on the cultivation of cultivators...

If this patrol mission was really related to what the other party said, he would really want to know, but the information fee of five spirit stones...

Just as Zheng Que was thinking, Li Lian suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, you must have taken a lot of [Quyin Pills], right?"

【Quyin Pill】!
Hearing the name of this pill, Zheng Que's face changed slightly. He had never used the [Quyin Pill], but he had found a bottle of [Quyin Pill] in the underground secret room of the mayor's house.

At the moment, he still didn't know what this [Quyin Pill] was for, so he hadn't dared to take it. But from what Li Lian said, it was obvious that he knew a lot about this [Quyin Pill]...

Zheng calmed down and replied immediately, "I only have half a spirit stone on me now."

He still had four and a half spirit stones yesterday, but he used up a whole one to practice with the medicinal requirements of that big medicine. In the second half of the night, he used half of the spirit stone to practice again. Now, he only had less than three and a half spirit stones left.

But it was impossible to ask him to use these three and a half spirit stones to sell information about the other party.

Upon hearing that it was only half a Spirit Stone, Li Lian frowned slightly, as if hesitating. After a long while, he reluctantly replied, "Alright, since you're a newbie, half a Spirit Stone will do, but you have to pay first."

Zheng Que did not hesitate, took out the small half of the spirit stone and handed it over.

Li Lian smiled after receiving the spirit stone, and then said, "This Taiping County is different from the small towns and villages below."

"The ghosts in the city have long been cleared out. In addition to the restrictions, there are also evil-suppressing instruments monitoring the surroundings. There won't be any problems at all."

"The patrols we're on now are mainly to reassure those mortals."

"As for what those two Daoists just told us, it's actually about a person who is about to die in the area we are patrolling."

"If that person passes away during our patrol and becomes a 'ghost', we need to deal with it promptly."

"If we fail to deal with it promptly and allow that 'vengeful spirit' to affect the peace of the city, it will be our dereliction of duty and the punishment will be severe."

Having said that, Li Lian stopped and began to patrol the streets seriously.

Zheng Que waited for a moment, and seeing that Li Lian seemed to have finished, he frowned and asked, "Anything else? What about breaking through the fourth level of Qi training, the [Qu Yin Pill], and the techniques for raising ghost servants?"

Li Lian coughed dryly, then replied seriously, "The way to break through the fourth level of Qi training is to take more [Qu Yin Dan] and not let the Yin Qi in the body accumulate too much."

"I can hardly see any Yin energy on you, fellow Daoist. I guess you've taken a lot of [Qu Yin Pills]. Breaking through to the fourth level of Qi training shouldn't be a problem."

"As for the technique of raising ghost servants, Li also cultivated the art of 'controlling ghosts'. That's a long story..."

Hearing this, Zheng Que's expression remained unchanged. He had tried his best to disguise the Yin energy in his body, but compared with ordinary cultivators, the Yin energy in his body was still too little!
Fortunately, from what the other party said, this [Quyin Pill] seems to be able to reduce the Yin energy in the cultivator's body, which can serve as a cover for him.

(End of this chapter)