Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 71: Selling Ghost Servants. (First update!)

Everything went smoothly throughout the rest of the day. Zheng Que patrolled the streets without encountering any accidents.

The shadow of the sun shortens and lengthens inch by inch.

The streets were bustling with people, and the sounds of hawking were dense and noisy, but then gradually subsided.

Before we knew it, a day had passed, the sun was setting in the west, and the sky was gradually getting darker.

When people finish their day's work, their shops close, and vendors pack up their things and go their separate ways.

As the day came to an end, the yin energy slowly spread and the temperature around began to drop significantly.

In the silence, Zheng Que looked around. Every house had its doors closed. He was the only one on the empty street.

He immediately found a corner with high walls on both sides and a lush tree above his head, opened the soul-nourishing bag, and released Qingli.

"Qingli, I want to practice now, you protect me."

"While I'm training, if any demons from the Tongue-Pulling Hell appear nearby, just kill them."

"Remember, don't affect the mortals in the city."

Zheng Que instructed carefully.

Qingli snorted coldly, then floated to the treetop above and hung herself up.

Seeing this, Zheng Que did not hesitate. He immediately sat down on the ground, took out a spirit stone, and started practicing.

Time passes bit by bit.

The night passed quickly and everything was peaceful in the city.

Amid the crowing of roosters, Taiping County welcomed the dawn of another day.

When it was dawn, Zheng Que stopped practicing, opened his eyes, looked at Qingli hanging on the treetop, and immediately opened the soul-nourishing bag and put it away.

Then he brushed off the dew on his body and walked towards Old Getou's house in Yangjia Lane.

creak.

Pushing open the thatched hut and walking into the inner room, the original smell of medicine had dissipated a lot in the dim room, and the air was mixed with a faint stench of corpses.

Li Lian was lying beside Old Ge's body, motionless, with no intention of waking up.

However, Old Ge's corpse, perhaps due to the climate, had already become noticeably smelly, with traces of maggots wriggling under the skin. Zheng Que had originally wanted to deal with Old Ge's corpse, but as soon as he approached, he found the odor too strong and felt it would be better to let Li Lian take care of it...

So, Zheng Que checked Li Lian'an's condition briefly, and after confirming that there was no problem, he immediately walked out of the hut, closed the door with his backhand, and turned directly to walk towards the main street of East Street.

A moment later, he arrived at the wonton shop that had been set up early.

I found a place to sit in the corner, and before long, two monks wearing red vests came over.

The two cultivators, one fat and one thin, were both at the fourth level of Qi training. They had been looking around since they came over. After seeing the red-skinned armor on Zheng Que, they walked up to him with a clear purpose. It was obvious that they had also accepted the task of patrolling the streets and came to hand over the shift to him today.

However, after approaching and seeing Zheng Que alone, the fatter cultivator asked in confusion, "Fellow Daoist, why are you alone?"

Zheng Jue immediately replied, "My fellow Daoist Li Lian'an was too tired yesterday and is now sleeping at Old Ge's house in Yangjia Lane."

"Old Getou from Yangjia Lane passed away yesterday, and the 'grudge' he left behind has been dealt with."

"Other than that, everything in the city is peaceful."

The two monks nodded slightly upon hearing this and said, "Thank you, fellow Daoist!"

After the handover was completed, Zheng Que did not delay and stood up and walked towards the offering square.

There were not many people in the offering square at the moment, so he quickly walked into the Merit Office, handed back his vest, and narrated the whole story of Old Getou in Yangjia Lane again, and successfully received the task reward.

Holding the two spirit stones that had completed his mission, Zheng Que looked at the old man in brocade robes behind the counter and immediately asked, "Senior, I have three 'Wrathful Spirits' to sell. Do you have any advice?" Upon hearing this, the old man in brocade robes said calmly, "If you want to sell them for a high price, rent a stall outside and place the three 'Wrathful Spirits' there. Cultivators who need ghost servants will come to you and ask for the price. How much you can sell them for depends on your ability to negotiate a high price."

"If you just want to make a quick move, you can collect it here."

“But the price won’t be too high.”

Zheng Que did not hesitate and said immediately: "I don't have time, so I will sell it to you."

As he spoke, he took out a soul-raising bag with a bone mark on it from the corner. After opening it, he directly released the three "vengeful souls" inside.

These three "vengeful spirits" were all extremely weak. As soon as they came out of the soul-nourishing bag, they fell directly to the ground and couldn't get up no matter what. Their souls and the yin energy around them were all extremely depleted.

The old man in brocade robe didn't care much at first, but when he saw the three "vengeful spirits", he raised his brows, quickly walked out of the counter, and looked at the three "vengeful spirits" carefully.

Among the three "vengeful spirits" in front of him, the one with the highest cultivation level is only the fourth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison], which is nothing surprising.

However, a strange evil energy had been injected into the bodies of these three "vengeful spirits", causing them to be unable to even stand up!

This doesn't look like something done by a monk, it should be the ghost servant of the monk in front of him.

The opponent's ghost servant possesses a very powerful Yin magic!

Thinking of this, the old man in brocade robes immediately said, "The fourth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison] costs four spirit stones."

"For the two levels of the second and third levels of the Tongue-Pulling Prison, I'll give you two spirit stones for each."

"A total of six spirit stones."

"If you accept this price, I can give you the spirit stones now."

Six Spiritual Stones...

This price seems too cheap...

Zheng Que frowned, but what he lacked most now was time, and he had no time to set up a stall outside.

Zheng Que nodded and said, "Deal!"

The old man in brocade robe did not hesitate and immediately took out six spirit stones and handed them to Zheng Que.

Zheng Que took the spirit stone and did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked, "Senior, do you have any missions with higher pay?"

Hearing this, the old man in brocade robe smiled and said, "My friend, your ghost servant should be quite powerful."

"However, that is not your own ability after all."

"High-paying missions require you to leave the city."

"All missions outside the city require a cultivation level of at least the fourth level of Qi training to accept."

"Or, if you have a companion who has reached the fourth level of Qi training, that would be fine."

A companion at the fourth level of Qi training...

Zheng Que frowned slightly. Although his cultivation was only at the third level of Qi training, Qingli and Kulan, one at the sixth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison] and the other at the fifth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison], were no worse than cultivators at the fourth level of Qi training!
Thinking of this, Zheng Que immediately asked, "How much is the reward for a mission out of the city?"

The old man in brocade robes replied, "It depends on the mission. For missions like picking spiritual plants and herbs, the starting price is usually ten spiritual stones."

"If it's a mission to kill a ghost, the reward is roughly around fifteen spirit stones."

"Some particularly powerful ghosts can be worth thirty spirit stones."

"There are also some exploration missions, the rewards range from ten to twenty spirit stones..."

(End of this chapter)