Chapter 198: Resurrection of the Dead, the Queen Arrives
Under the moonlight.
Li Daoxuan's body was sitting cross-legged, without any breathing or heartbeat. Even the most skilled doctor would have said that there was no way he could be saved.
But his "corpse" had rosy and elastic skin, and looked as if he was just sleeping.
However, if a cultivator opens his Dharma Eye, he will see that Li Daoxuan's Yin Spirit is sitting cross-legged in the air, with brilliant five-colored divine light flowing around his body, and he is in a state of enlightenment.
However, after cultivating the five-colored divine light, he has gradually awakened from that state. As long as he waits for the Yin Spirit to return to his physical body, he will have completely entered the Yin Spirit realm and consolidated his foundation in the Tao.
But just when he was about to finish his task, a cold wind suddenly howled around him.
One after another, evil ghosts appeared. There were skeletons covered with maggots and rotten flesh, water ghosts who drowned in the river with pale faces, long-tongued women who hanged themselves, and even ghost messengers holding long whips...
They broke through the fog array, but were blocked by rays of light.
Zhang Qianyang sneered, thinking that his disciple was about to succeed, but these evil spirits were still a step too late.
He knew from the beginning that the Hollow-Bellied Ghost King would not give up.
The disciple killed the female ghost of Zhaofu River and the ghost mother of Yushan, and destroyed the plan of the Xudu Ghost King in Liling City. With the other party's vengeful nature, how could he swallow his anger?
Even if the Empty-Dulled Ghost King did not dare to leave the Underworld, he would definitely send his men to take revenge, and Li Daoxuan's breakthrough into the Yinshen Realm would be a perfect opportunity.
Sure enough, they showed up.
Fortunately, Zhang Qianyang and Wu Dabao set up an extra layer of fog array, which delayed the opponent's time. Now the overall situation has been decided and there is no need to worry.
Even so, he and Wu Dabao still stood around the magic circle, holding magic weapons, ready for battle.
However, no one noticed that Wu Wei's eyes gradually changed.
His initial concern gradually turned into numbness and dullness.
The process was very slow and careful, as if afraid of attracting the attention of Zhang Qianyang and Wu Dabao.
Slowly, Wu Wei began to approach Li Daoxuan's body.
His eyes were dull and his movements were stiff. If it were before, Zhang Qianyang and Wu Dabao might have noticed him, but at this moment, the two of them were attracted by the evil spirit outside and did not notice it at all.
Wu Dabao even shouted, "Ah Wei, this is the last moment, you just stay by your brother's side and don't leave!"
"Yes, Master."
There was a hint of stiffness in Wu Wei's voice.
When Zhang Qianyang heard his voice, he had a bad premonition in his heart. He subconsciously turned his head and saw Wu Wei with a dazed expression. He had already walked to the side of his apprentice's body and stretched out his hand.
"not good!"
Zhang Qianyang shouted and immediately cast a talisman to immobilize the person.
But he was still a step too late. Wu Wei stretched out his hand, and a black snake as thin as a hair swam out from his sleeve. It was only three inches long, but it had a prominent head and horns, like a dragon's horn.
The little snake opened its mouth and bit Li Daoxuan's neck.
Its fangs easily pierced Li Daoxuan's tough skin, and the dark snake body quickly faded, as if injecting all the venom in its body into Li Daoxuan's body.
Afterwards, the little snake quickly aged and decayed, turning into ashes that were blown away by the wind, as if the venom had drained all its life essence.
The immobilization talisman was attached to Wu Wei's body, and he suddenly became unable to move. At the same time, his eyes slowly became clear again.
I...what's wrong with me?
He was confused and didn't understand why he suddenly lost consciousness.
"Evil disciple!"
He heard his master roar angrily and look at him with an unprecedented look, full of disappointment, sadness and anger.
At this time, Wu Wei finally saw clearly what was happening before his eyes.
I saw my senior brother’s body sitting there, but it was no longer as quiet and peaceful as if he was sleeping. Instead, his face was black, his lips were purple, and it emitted a strong stench.
Why did senior brother become like this?
Wu Wei wanted to rush forward to help his brother, but found himself stuck with a talisman and unable to move at all.
Zhang Qianyang rushed up like crazy, hugged his apprentice's body, and cast one longevity talisman after another, trying to purify the snake venom.
However, the longevity talisman that had always worked in the past was completely ineffective .
The snake venom spread at an alarming rate, quickly corroding Li Daoxuan's body and destroying his tendons, veins and bones. If he had not cultivated the fourth level of Purple Qi and had magic power to protect himself, he would have turned into a pool of blood long ago.
Zhang Qianyang had never seen such a powerful snake venom.
His hands were shaking, his eyes were bloodshot, and a crazy murderous intent emerged in his heart. He wished he could bite his teeth to pieces.
…
In the air, Li Daoxuan's Yin Spirit gradually came out of that mysterious state.
Suddenly, he felt a huge sense of panic in his heart, which even the Tiandun sword intent could not cut off.
It was as if I was about to become an untied boat, drifting away.
The world is so big that it seems there is no place for him anymore.
The soul has nowhere to rely on, the spirit has nowhere to return to, and the spirit has no one to nourish. In the dim and distant world, it becomes a lonely ghost .
He suddenly opened his eyes, and the five-colored divine light on his body dissipated. He stood in the air, looking down at the body below.
When Li Daoxuan saw his master almost going crazy while holding his physical body, his heart sank. It turned out that there was something wrong with his physical body.
He immediately flew down from the air, ready to rush into the body.
However, the physical body that had attracted him before now seemed like an icy high wall that was impossible to enter.
"Disciple... I am sorry for you!"
Zhang Qianyang looked at his disciple's evil spirit, his eyes filled with regret and self-blame.
I took all kinds of things into consideration, but I only forgot to take Wu Wei into account!
Li Daoxuan frowned and said, "Master, what is going on?"
Zhang Qianyang quickly recounted what had happened before, and then said with shame: "My disciple, the venom of that snake is so strong that I have never seen it before. In just one breath, your body has lost all vitality and can no longer contain your soul!"
The body of a living person can nourish and protect the soul, but the body of a dead person is as cold as a rock and cannot possess a body at all.
Of course, if he was not completely dead, he could still use secret techniques to revive the body, but the problem was that the snake venom was too strong, and Li Daoxuan's body had lost all vitality and was completely dead.
Ghost, Wu Wei, snake venom...
Li Daoxuan was still calm and able to think. He had a vague feeling that someone was setting up this, a trap specifically targeting him!
My junior fellow apprentice Wu Wei might have fallen into someone else's trap.
But now is not the time to track down the murderer, Li Daoxuan hurriedly asked: "Master, what should we do now?"
Zhang Qianyang sighed, as if he had suddenly aged a lot.
"There are only two choices. Either you change your body, or... you can only follow the path of ghost cultivation."
After entering the Yin Shen realm, one can practice the secret method of reincarnation and give oneself a new body.
But this action is against the will of heaven and will put one in mortal danger. The lower the cultivation level, the lower the success rate. Even for a powerful Yang God, the chance of success is only one in ten.
Moreover, after using a corpse to revive, the difficulty of practicing will increase significantly, and the tribulation when breaking through will be even more terrifying. Therefore, no one dares to use the technique of using a corpse to revive unless they are at their wit's end, as this is equivalent to destroying their own future.
It is said that when Li Tieguai's soul was traveling, his apprentice did not follow the master's instructions and burned his master's body a day in advance, resulting in Li Tieguai having no choice but to use the body of a dead beggar to revive his soul.
From then on, the handsome Li Xuan turned into an ugly and lame beggar, and thus got the nickname Tieguai Li.
Li Daoxuan refused without any hesitation.
"Master, I still don't want to give up my body. Is there really no other way?"
Wu Dabao came over and carefully examined the snake venom that had poisoned him. Finally, he sighed and said in shame, "With my medical skills, I can't cure this poison. I'm afraid there is only hope if an immortal descends to earth."
Immortals descended to earth?
Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up. How could he forget about the Empress? She was a genuine ghost fairy and god!
But before he could ask his master to find the Qingming Order, wisps of flawless immortal light burst out, outlining a figure as holy and otherworldly as moonlight.
The evil spirits outside the formation were illuminated by the immortal light, and they turned into ashes without even a scream.
For a moment, divine light was shining, the room was full of strange fragrance, and there was a clear air falling from the sky, like the Milky Way.
