Starting with the Earth God, the path to immortality is deduced!

The Great Ling Dynasty, Xichuan Prefecture, Fengcheng.

"I've actually time-traveled!"

Zhou Yuan sat up from the wooden bed as if he had risen from the dead, and memories flooded his mind like a revolving lantern.

By the dim moonlight, I could see that he was in a small hut.

The strong smell of blood made him want to vomit.

One second he was in the modern world, and the next he was transported to an ancient world and became a young man named "Zhou Yuan".

"Is the original owner already dead?" Zhou Yuan felt something stick to his face. He wiped it hard and his hands were covered with congealed blood scabs. A strong smell of blood hit him.

From this, it can be inferred that the original owner of this body lost a lot of blood before he transmigrated. In the dim moonlight, bloodstains could be seen everywhere on the wooden bed.

"This is actually a world full of strange powers and evil spirits," Zhou Yuan said, digesting the memories with a shocked expression.

The body he transmigrated into originally belonged to an orphan who was taken in by a local earth god named "Uncle Liu". Earth gods are people in the lowly profession of carrying coffins, digging graves, and burying the dead during funerals.

The original owner had been working as a "local shaman" with his "adoptive father" since childhood, handling funerals and burying the dead on auspicious days.

Some time ago, Zhou Yuan's adoptive father, Uncle Liu, went out, leaving Zhou Yuan alone at home. He took on a "dangerous" job.

Zhang Yingying, the daughter of the owner of a cloth shop in the city, was getting married. On the day of her wedding ceremony, she hanged herself at home while still wearing her wedding dress, turning a joyous occasion into a funeral.

Shopkeeper Zhang found the original owner and asked him to break ground for his daughter's burial.

Then, on the day of the burial, something happened.

When the coffin was placed into the pit, it opened automatically and could not be closed no matter what.

Such a strange event caused even the Zhang family to dare not proceed with the burial, so they had to leave the coffin at the mortuary in the city. Zhou Yuan, who was a local deity, also stayed at the mortuary to keep vigil.

In the dead of night, the original owner was awakened by a strange noise. When he opened his eyes again, a female ghost in a red wedding dress appeared in front of his bed. Then his memory disappeared and was replaced by Zhou Yuan's transmigration.

Is she a ghost, or an evil spirit? Does this world contain immortals, demons, gods, and monsters?

As Zhou Yuan processed the memories in his mind, he couldn't help but feel a chill—this world was too dangerous.

"My lord...didn't you promise to marry me?"

Just then, a faint voice sounded behind Zhou Yuan.

The sound reached Zhou Yuan's ears, causing him to freeze instantly.

She's here!

"Why don't you dare look at me... Am I not beautiful enough?"

"Turn your head around..."

The woman's voice gradually grew impatient and fierce.

An inexplicable force was causing Zhou Yuan to turn around uncontrollably.

A figure in a red wedding dress hung upside down in front of him, her long hair falling onto Zhou Yuan's shoulders like a slippery wet cloth, her pale face and scarlet eyes staring at him.

A long, red tongue protruded from her mouth.

"I am not your husband... Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. Miss, you have the wrong person." Zhou Yuan said stiffly, holding his breath.

"Husband...didn't you promise me you'd come and marry me? You said you'd come and marry me! You lied to me, you lied to me! Come with me, I'll take you with me!" The female ghost in the red wedding dress seemed to be provoked by Zhou Yuan's words. She gradually went mad, opened her mouth to reveal sharp teeth, and her body began to melt, turning into a blood-red mist that poured into Zhou Yuan's nose, ears, and eyes, seemingly forcibly drilling into Zhou Yuan's body.

It's like she's possessed!

Zhou Yuan felt as if his body was being taken away. His face was bloodshot, and he felt as if his eyes and tongue were about to explode into a bloody mist.

Ah!

Just then, a female ghost's scream came from inside Zhou Yuan's body, and then disappeared.

Zhou Yuan regained his senses and sat down heavily on the bed, his clothes soaked with cold sweat.

"What on earth is going on?" Zhou Yuan was in a daze.

Supernatural Tales

At this moment, Zhou Yuan felt as if something had suddenly taken root and sprouted in his mind, and a book appeared in his mind.

[You encountered a vengeful spirit and successfully sealed it away. Unseal the first page.]

[The Vengeful Ghost]

[Resentment accumulated during life may not dissipate after death; it can transform into malevolent spirits and harm others. If not eliminated, it will continue to fester and become a source of great misfortune over time.]

You sacrificed a vengeful spirit and obtained seven streams of Yin energy.

[You have acquired the Taoist skill: Walking on the Underworld]

[Gained Yin Energy: Seven Paths]

[Current accumulation of Yin energy: Seven paths]

After processing this information, Zhou Yuan understood what was going on—it turned out that there was a mysterious and illusory book inside him. When the red-clothed female ghost tried to possess him, she was accidentally sacrificed by this mysterious book, "Strange Tales of Gods and Monsters".

"Isn't this 'Tales of the Supernatural' the book I have at home?" Zhou Yuan carefully observed the "Tales of the Supernatural" in his mind and recalled its origin.

This book of supernatural tales was an ancient book passed down from his ancestors before he traveled through time. He had read it since childhood, and it recorded some strange and supernatural stories. But now, the book seems to have undergone some incredible changes because of his time travel.

"It seems to be able to sacrifice evil spirits and perform Taoist rituals."

After studying it for a while, Zhou Yuan understood what was going on with the sacrifice of evil spirits. The sacrificed evil spirits would become a page in "Strange Tales of Gods and Monsters".

However, Zhou Yuan still didn't understand the deduction of Yin energy, so he decided to give it a try.

[Whether or not a strand of Yin energy is consumed, the deduction of the Taoist technique "Walking in the Yin" begins.]

Zhou Yuan selected "confirm".

You begin practicing the Taoist art of "walking in the underworld." A month later, you attempt it. Your soul is weak, as faint as a candle flame, and is eroded by the yin winds during the journey, living in constant fear. However, your soul also grows stronger as a result.

As the Yin energy dissipated, Zhou Yuan's mind was flooded with various experiences of walking the Yin path, and at the same time, he felt his spirit gradually grow stronger and more powerful.

Zhou Yuan understood the deductive function of this "Strange Tales of Gods and Monsters": one wisp of Yin energy is equivalent to one month of cultivation deduction, and seven wisps of Yin energy are equivalent to seven months of cultivation deduction.

"Continue the deduction." Zhou Yuan immediately decided to devote all the Yin energy he currently possessed to the deduction of the Yin-Yang Transmission Technique. In such a world of supernatural forces and chaos, only strength can provide any guarantee.

[In the second month, you continued to practice the Taoist art of "walking in the underworld." Your soul gradually adapted to walking in the underworld and became more and more stable under the tempering of the yin winds.]

[In the fourth month, you are still learning to walk in the underworld. Under the tempering of the yin winds, your soul is still growing stronger, but you find that you lack a complete method of Taoist cultivation and cannot comprehend the complete Taoist arts.]

[In the seventh month, during your seven-month-long practice of walking in the underworld, your spirit and soul gradually stabilized, and your soul sensed the yin energy. You had a sudden flash of inspiration, drawing inspiration from the "soul-soothing incantation" you recited day and night. Combining this with the methods of walking in the underworld, you explored and developed a Taoist technique. You felt that this technique was only the beginning, with profound and complex implications, but this initial flash of inspiration was not enough.]

[You have mastered the art of spirit communication: the Soul-Soothing Incantation]

Zhou Yuan consumed seven streams of Yin energy and completed seven months of Yin-walking deduction. Various insights into Yin-walking flooded his mind. He seemed to have become an extraordinary person obsessed with Yin-walking, feeling as if he had control over his own soul and could start Yin-walking at any time. He also sensed a kind of divine power from the "Soul-Soothing Words" that the original owner had memorized since childhood.

"Truly amazing." After digesting the Yin-Yang divination, Zhou Yuan let out a deep breath.

In this world of supernatural beings and strange phenomena, he at least has some means to protect himself.