Cultivating Immortality from the Book of Life and Death

Chapter 89: Mission out of the city. (First update!)

Zheng Chi stood up immediately. Just as he was about to go out, there was a knock on the door.

Boom boom boom!
"Daoyou, is it convenient?"

A strange female voice came from outside the door.

Zheng Que quickly calmed down and looked at Ku Lan: "Is that a living person outside? Or a ghost?"

Ku Lan said softly, "Sir, it's an evil cultivator... a living person."

Zheng Que secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately put the withered orchid into the soul-nourishing bag. He then took out a [Breath-Suppressing Talisman] and stuck it inside his clothes. Then he walked to the door and unbolted it.

When the door opened, a familiar female cultivator was seen standing in the corridor outside. She had long eyebrows and eyes, and a pretty face. She wore double buns, a crimson short jacket, and an autumn-scented long skirt under an emerald green waist belt. Her outfit was gorgeous and neat. She had a soul-nourishing bag hanging around her waist, and her aura was that of the fifth level of Qi training.

After seeing the other person's face clearly, Zheng Que was stunned for a moment and immediately recognized that this was the female cultivator from the man and woman who had quarreled with the Fulai Inn that day.

The female slave that Qingli snatched away belonged to this female cultivator!
Now the other party came to find him, was it because he sensed Nian Nu?
After returning to the city, I clearly didn't let Nian Nu out...

Thinking quickly in his mind, Zheng Que quickly calmly asked, "Fellow Daoist, what is the matter?"

The female cultivator with the double-knife-shaped bun looked Zheng Que up and down, and found that Zheng Que's aura was difficult to read. She frowned slightly and said, "My fellow Daoist, I am Jia Miaoniang, a member of the Jia family. My brother and I are going on a mission to leave the city. We are short of manpower at the moment. I wonder what your cultivation level is. Would you like to go with us?"

A mission to leave the city?
Isn’t it about Nian Nu?
I'm about to leave the city now!

Zheng Que quickly regained his composure and replied without asking any questions, "So you're from a famous family. I've heard a lot about you!"

"I am at the fourth level of Qi training. Since fellow Daoist has personally invited me, I would be disrespectful to refuse!"

Jia Miaoniang was stunned for a moment, as if she had not expected Zheng Que to agree so readily. After she came to her senses, she immediately understood that this casual cultivator was probably attracted by the reputation of the Taishan Jia family and was trying to curry favor with them.

This kind of monk is very easy to use.

She immediately smiled and said, "In that case, please come downstairs and have a chat."

As she spoke, she turned around and motioned Zheng Que to follow her.

The two of them went downstairs one after the other and came to the hall. Usually there were few people here, but at this moment there were seventeen or eighteen monks of various appearances, both men and women, gathered here, whispering and discussing something.

Zheng Que took a quick look and found that the cultivation levels of these cultivators were all at the fourth and fifth levels of Qi training.

"What kind of mission requires so many people?"

"I heard from the Jia brothers and sisters that it seems to be a mission from Shujiabao..."

"Haha, the Jia brothers and sisters are really generous this time. The mission reward is 30 spirit stones per person. Just hiring people must cost several hundred spirit stones, right?"

"It is said that there is an opportunity in Shujiabao that is very compatible with the techniques practiced by the Jia brothers and sisters."

"We're lucky. The Gongfengfang suddenly issued a lot of compulsory missions, and a large number of cultivators were forcibly transferred there. The Jia brothers and sisters couldn't find anyone, so they had no choice but to call us, the independent cultivators staying at the inn, over here..." As everyone was talking, they saw Jia Miaoniang and Zheng Que approaching. They all stopped talking and bowed to Jia Miaoniang, saying, "Fellow Daoist Miaoniang."

Jia Miaoniang looked around, nodded slightly, raised her voice slightly, and said, "Everyone, almost everyone is here. If there are no problems, we can set off now."

Upon hearing this, a monk with a goatee asked in confusion, "Where is Fellow Daoist Jia Bin? Why are you the only one in charge of this matter?"

Jia Miaoniang replied calmly, "Brother and the others are already waiting at the city gate. We need to go over and join them now."

Having said that, she did not intend to continue answering everyone's doubts and walked straight out the door.

The other monks looked at each other and followed.

Zheng Que quickened his pace and blended into the crowd. He was not interested in the Shu Family Fort mission, but he didn't know what was happening in the city right now. A large army was about to leave the city, so it would be safer for him to move with the large army.

As for the so-called Shujiabao mission... he heard the Jia brothers and sisters mention it last time. It is said that there is a "vicious spirit" in it who is at the seventh level of the [Tongue-Pulling Prison].

With Qingli and Kulan by his side, he wasn't afraid of any of the seventh-level ghosts in the [Tongue-Pulling Hell].

While he was thinking, a group of monks had already walked out of the inn and headed towards the city gate.

The morning light shone on the city, and the atmosphere along the way was very different from the previous two days. The scattered mortals on the street, noticing the monks passing by in groups, hurriedly took shelter aside in fear and trepidation. The shops that were about to open also seemed to be very cautious.

Along the way, on almost every street, you can encounter several teams of monks wearing "offering" vests patrolling. Their red skin is like clusters of flames, lighting up the streets and alleys.

The number of talismans pasted on the door frames and walls of shops, houses and other buildings along the street has increased significantly.

Although it was already daytime, the gloomy aura lingering in the city was still very strong, almost the same as at night.

Zheng Que frowned slightly. The number of patrolling monks suddenly increased several times!
Something must have happened in this city!
Soon, Jia Miaoniang brought everyone to the east gate of Taiping County.

More than twenty monks had gathered here. The male monk standing in the front was wearing dark blue clothes, carrying a long sword on his back, and had a few unhealed scratches on his cheeks. He was Jia Bin, who had met Zheng Que once before.

Most of the cultivators behind him were similar to the cultivators in the inn. Their cultivation levels were between the fourth and fifth levels of Qi training. There were half men and half women, and they were dressed differently. Almost all of them had soul-nourishing bags hanging around their waists, or were surrounded by corpse energy. It was obvious that they were following the path of "controlling ghosts" and "raising corpses".

Li Lian, whom Zheng Que had met before, was also among them. He had changed into a sandalwood robe, his face still pale. He was whispering something to a short and strong monk next to him, and seemed not to have noticed Zheng Que for the time being.

However, Zheng Que paused slightly when his [Spiritual Eyes Technique] swept across a monk in a crab-green robe at the edge of the crowd.

This cultivator wore a conical hat with drapes hanging down to his neck, hiding his features. He had two storage bags hanging around his waist, but no trace of a soul-nourishing bag. His whole body was filled with restrained energy, and no trace of his cultivation level could be seen. It was obvious that he had used a [Breath-Concealing Talisman] or some other technique to conceal his aura, but the depth of his aura was unclear.

When the two sides reunited, Jia Bin glanced at the crowd, as if quickly confirming the number of people, and immediately said, "The destination of this mission, my sister must have told everyone, is Shu Family Fort on the Red Rock Beach."

"Everyone is clear about the mission content."

"If there are no problems, let's go now!"

(End of this chapter)