Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 80: Harvest. (First update!)

In the underworld, time passes slowly.

Zheng Que stared quietly at the [Book of Life and Death] in front of him, and the black air between his eyebrows gradually became thinner.

After a while, the last wisp of black air sank into the [Book of Life and Death]. Suddenly, huge amounts of yin energy rose from the yellowed volume, like billowing black smoke, winding around the entire hall.

Just like before, the yin energy that was so thick that it was almost sticky collapsed and changed in mid-air, and once again condensed into an imperial decree and cast into his brow.

Zheng Que felt a pain in his forehead and opened his eyes again. He saw long grass and no one in the wilderness. He had returned to reality.

The setting sun cast a thin golden hue on him. In the warm glow, the fields were vast, the grass and trees were fragrant, and the big trees above his head swayed slowly in the wind, making rustling sounds.

If it weren't for the ghost cries coming from afar, the scene would seem particularly peaceful.

Zheng Ding finally gathered his consciousness and looked at the black-clad figure holding an umbrella beside him. Ku Lan had originally turned his back to him, concentrating on protecting the Dharma. When he noticed that his master's training had come to an end, he immediately turned around and nodded, saying, "Young Master!"

Zheng Que nodded slightly and estimated the sky. There was still some time left before the two hours he and Qingli had agreed upon.

While thinking, he opened his storage bag and took out the second [Breath-Suppressing Talisman] from it.

The effect of a [Breath-Suppressing Talisman] only lasts for one hour.

The time he had just spent practicing was far more than an hour, and the [Breath-Suppressing Talisman] that had been attached to his body before had become ineffective.

Fortunately, we are outside the city and there is no one else around, so we don’t have to worry about our identity being exposed.

despair.

Zheng Que stuck the second [Breath-Containing Talisman] inside his clothes. Soft spiritual power flowed out from the talisman, enveloping his entire body like a cocoon, and the breath that had originally leaked out was quickly restrained.

Immediately afterwards, he did not continue to practice the [Seed Life Art], but sat where he was and waited patiently.

After a while, a figure in white clothes and black hair finally appeared in the distance. She was slender and graceful, with red eyes and a very obvious bruise on her neck. It was Qingli.

Qingli walked ahead with an arrogant look on her face, her sleeves fluttering in the wind as her hands were empty. A woman in a pink top and long skirt followed closely behind her.

The female hanged woman was dressed in delicate clothes and had a beautiful face. A pair of gourd pendants on her ears made a crackling sound with her steps. The ice flower knot made of colorful silk ribbons fluttered in the wind. There were bruises on her neck that were unique to female hanged women. In her hand, she was dragging a rough rope, and the other end of the rope was tied to the necks of ten ghosts like straw.

The ropes were tied very tightly, and the ten ghosts were pressed together in a very uncomfortable posture. The ghosts on the periphery had obvious dents on their necks, and were forced to squeeze together and be dragged around like cargo.

Seeing Zheng Que, Qingli immediately said with a proud look on her face: "Human child, the ghost you want!"

Having said that, she didn't do it herself, but gestured to the woman behind her.

The female slave immediately exerted force and dragged the ten ghosts onto the ground, causing them to swing their tails and stop in front of Zheng Que, trailing a cloud of dust.

At the same time, Nian Nu looked at Zheng Que and Ku Lan very carefully.

Looking at this scene, Zheng Que had a calm expression. He had already known in advance through the underworld that Qingli had bestowed a new female crane on him. However, he didn't know what means Qingli used to make this female crane so obedient?
As he pondered, his gaze fell on the ten ghosts Qingli had captured this time. Among these ten ghosts, six were human-like, and the other four had strange appearances that were difficult to describe.

Judging from the intensity of the Yin energy surrounding them, the rarest one here is undoubtedly a "evil spirit" of the sixth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison], which looks like a butcher.

There are also three "vengeful spirits" in the fifth level of the [Tongue-Pulling Hell].

The rest are all "vengeful souls" of the fourth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison].

Zheng Que looked at these ghosts carefully, thinking in his heart, if these ghosts were taken directly to the Merit Bureau to sell, the fourth level of [Tongue-Pulling Hell] could be sold for four spirit stones each; the fifth level of [Tongue-Pulling Hell] could probably be sold for eight spirit stones; the sixth level of [Tongue-Pulling Hell] might be a little more, but with the Merit Bureau's fierce price-cutting, it would probably be only a dozen spirit stones.

If he set up a stall in the offering square, he should be able to sell more spirit stones, but that would take a lot of time, and what he lacked most right now was time...

Thinking of this, Zheng Que asked, "What kind of ghost skills and Yin magic do these ten ghosts have?"

Qingli glanced at him with disdain after hearing this, then turned her head and nodded at Niannu with her chin: "Niannu, you go ahead."

Nian Nu had been quietly observing Zheng Que and Ku Lan. She was a little unsure: between this human cultivator and the "evil spirit" with the same Yin position, who was the master and who was the servant?
Hearing Master Qingli's words, she nodded quickly. Remembering Master Qingli calling the human cultivator a "human child," she immediately understood and ignored Zheng Que. She respectfully addressed the "evil spirit" whose Yin Qi was clearly more powerful than hers, "This 'evil spirit' of the sixth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison] possesses a species talent, a ghost skill, and a Yin technique. Its species talent is..."

Next, Nian Nu introduced the species, talents, ghost skills and Yin techniques of the ten ghosts.

The ten ghosts possess a total of sixteen kinds of species talents, ghost skills and Yin techniques.

Among them, there are several ghosts of the fourth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison], who only mastered one species talent, while the rest, in addition to their species talent, also mastered a ghost skill or Yin technique.

There is not a single ghost that masters more than three methods.

Zheng Que listened very carefully, but he didn't know what was going on with this new female gangster. She kept talking to Ku Lan, which made him very unhappy!

Zheng Que's mind raced, and he didn't have time to dwell on such trivial matters. He immediately asked, "How strong are the ghost skills and Yin techniques of these ten ghosts?"

"Are there any particularly powerful ones?"

The ghost skills and Yin techniques of ghosts need to reach a certain level of strength before they can be transferred to other ghost servants through the underworld.

Therefore, before starting to transform these ghosts, he had to ask relevant questions clearly first.

Hearing this, Nian Nu finally looked at Zheng Que and said, “Only the ghost skills and Yin techniques of the three-headed ghost are stronger.”

"The other ghosts, ghost skills and Yin techniques are all very ordinary."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and pointed out the three ghosts. One was a hunchbacked old woman, a fourth-level "ghost" of the Tongue-Pulling Hell; one was a fifth-level "ghost" of the Tongue-Pulling Hell, like moving charcoal; and the last one was the sixth-level "evil spirit" of the butcher.

After confirming the information of all the ghosts, Zheng Que nodded. Although these ten ghosts looked numerous, their appearance was very average. He could only create one decent ghost servant...

Thinking of this, Zheng Que no longer hesitated. He immediately opened his palm and cast a series of spells, starting to use the [Ghost Controlling Technique] on the "evil spirit" of the sixth level of [Tongue-Pulling Prison].

(End of this chapter)