Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 622 Heavenly Laws and Decrees. (First Update!)

Zheng's Fang City, the owner's mansion.

Training room.

Zheng Que sat cross-legged on a futon, his eyes closed, completely focused on controlling the soul puppet.

Seeing that the battle was over, he did not hesitate at all and immediately controlled the soul puppet to step forward and grab the [Demon Suppressing Bronze Bell].

However, at almost the same moment, a magnificent red sedan chair appeared strangely next to the Demon-Suppressing Bronze Bell. The sedan chair curtain rolled up and directly sucked his soul puppet inside.

Whoosh!
The next moment, Zheng Que severed his connection with the soul puppet.

He was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously opened his eyes to look at the cultivation room in front of him.

In the spacious room, a figure dressed in a phoenix coronet and wedding robes appeared out of nowhere, sitting upright on a chair not far away with her hands folded on her knees.

It is Luofu Rain!
Zheng Que frowned and said with great dissatisfaction, "Luo Fuyu, I was just trying to help you, why are you still so wary of me?"

"This is nothing short of judging a gentleman by the standards of a petty person!"

“A righteous cultivator like myself, who is upright, magnanimous, and of noble character, would never do such petty theft.”

"If you don't believe me, you can try putting the Demon-Suppressing Bronze Bell in my hand..."

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Fuyu said directly, "Your cultivation has reached the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, and your Qi Sea is full of true essence, showing signs of overflowing."

"The Qi is harmonious and subtly restless. It seems that the refinement of the Dao Heart is almost complete."

"I'm just one step away from forming my core."

"You came to see me earlier to ask about the Core Formation, didn't you?"

Seeing that Luo Fuyu was getting straight to the point, Zheng Que's expression immediately became serious. He said, "A noble cultivator told me that if I want to condense my Dao Heart, the first step is to use my Foundation Establishment stage strength to enslave a ghost from the Iron Tree Prison."

"The second step is to compete for the top spot in this immortal examination."

“A few days ago, the ‘Demon in the Belly’ that I created using the [Yin God Devouring Resentment] unexpectedly escaped my control and gained sentience.”

"However, I later refined it again."

"Does this process count as completing the first step?"

Upon hearing this question, Luo Fuyu replied without hesitation, "Judging from your current aura, it definitely counts."

"However, there's something wrong with what that high-level cultivator said."

"For a Foundation Establishment cultivator to enslave a ghost from the Iron Tree Prison is almost impossible for both independent cultivators and imperial cultivators."

"But many of the core disciples of the six major sects can accomplish this."

"A task that many people can accomplish cannot be a condition for cultivating one's Dao heart."

"It's only because your 'weird' creature is very special and rarely seen in this region that you were able to succeed by chance."

Success by sheer luck?

Zheng Que was immediately dissatisfied upon hearing this, as the "Demon in the Belly" was far stronger than the ordinary ghosts in the Iron Tree Prison!
The [Yin Spirit Travel] technique, unleashed by the "Demon in the Belly" after it has parasitized other ghosts, would likely be impossible for other Foundation Establishment cultivators to even touch...

But he quickly realized that Luo Fuyu's meaning was very simple.

Among the prodigies of the six major sects, there are others who, with the strength of the Foundation Establishment stage, can take down the "Devil in the Belly" just like him!
However, "deviousness within the belly" is quite rare, and those geniuses have never encountered it before... In the blink of an eye, Zheng Li immediately focused his mind and continued, "According to that high-level cultivator, the first step belongs to 'Dao'; the second step belongs to 'heart'."

"Besides competing for the top spot in the Immortal Examination, is there any other way to take this second step?"

"That high-level cultivator said that if one possesses the [Nine Netherworld Treasure], one can treat one's 'law' as one's true nature?"

Luo Fuyu readily nodded this time. The crimson gold tassels on her ornate veil swayed with her movements, and a clear voice came from beneath the veil: "There is indeed such a saying."

But she quickly added, "But that's impossible."

"With your current strength, even if you were to obtain the [Nine Netherworld Relic], you would only end up being controlled by it."

"You don't actually think that the [Nine Netherworld Treasures] are just a pure opportunity, devoid of consciousness and at the mercy of cultivators, do you?"

"It would be much easier to just participate in the Immortal Examination and win the top prize."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Que frowned. Competing for the top spot on the list was not difficult for him now. The problem was that the Immortal Examination would not be over for several months. Was he just going to wait like this for the next few months?

Of course, he wasn't in a hurry to wait a few months.

The key point is that his next tribulation will be shortly after the end of the immortal test!

Judging from the difficulty of the previous tribulation, the sooner one forms the Golden Core, the better, in order to successfully overcome the next tribulation!
After a brief silence in the cultivation room, Zheng Que quickly said, "I can ask that lord for the [Nine Netherworld Treasures]."

"That lord should agree to bestow this upon me."

"You only need to tell me how to use the power of the [Nine Netherworld Relics]."

Upon hearing that Zheng Que could obtain the [Nine Netherworld Treasure] from that person, Luo Fuyu immediately sat up straight and replied quickly, "If you really can obtain the [Nine Netherworld Treasure] from that person, then why bother to go against the grain and borrow its power?"

"The imperial examination for immortality is announced to the world and can be used to refine one's Dao heart."

"The Six Major Sects' Grand Competition, held once every hundred years, can also be used to refine one's Dao Heart."

"However, both of these are substituting 'humanity' for 'the way of heaven'!"

"None of these are the right paths."

"That's why there are so many restrictions."

"The imperial examination for immortals restricts one's background, age, cultivation level... and even limits true prodigies!"

"For example, right now, your cultivation level is far superior to that of the other candidates. If it weren't for that initial ghost tide, and if the other candidates hadn't cheated, then even if you won the top spot in the Immortal Examination, such an easy achievement wouldn't serve the purpose of tempering your Dao heart."

"The Six Sects Competition was a little better, but only a little better; it wasn't perfect in reality."

"There are two more perfect methods to refine one's Dao heart."

"One is to find your true self. If you have lived for hundreds of years, seen the vicissitudes of life, the warmth and coldness of human relationships, and experienced the changes of the world, you can give it a try."

"Secondly, to complete a true decree of Heaven!"

"Instead of asking that lord for the [Nine Netherworld Treasures], you should directly seek a decree from the Heavenly Dao!"

"Given that great person's status, His words are the decrees of Heaven!"

(End of this chapter)