Longevity Chronicles
Chapter 467 - 327: The Girl Summons the Corpse from the Water, Tao Qian Solves the Poison of the Yellow Robe

In the cabin, Tao Qian and Lin Bujue exchanged glances, both revealing a bitter smile.

Lin Bujue moved quickly, flipping open the small window on the side to take a look outside. He saw that on the dock, in addition to a group of soldiers who had obviously cultivated some life-draining Evil Technique, there was a general surrounded in the center. The man was riding a beast that resembled a horse, covered in Red Flames, wearing a crimson Armor, even his hair and beard were red.

If this man had been better-looking, his attire would have appeared even more imposing and domineering.

But the general was unbearably ugly, his face covered with fleshy bumps and pus-filled sores, making one want to vomit their dinner from the night before.

After a quick glance, Lin Bujue let the curtain fall and said with a troubled expression,

"So it turns out, the great disaster awaiting this young lady was destined to occur here."

"The person outside is called 'Chen Tiande,' the son of the Chen Family in Shangyang City, also the ex-fiancé of Xia Xinlan. However, he has been brutal and cruel by nature since childhood. After Xia Xinlan learned of his temperament, she forced a breakoff of their engagement with a hunger strike, thereby antagonizing the Chen family."

"At the time, because the Chen family was not as powerful as the Xia family, they suppressed their anger. Later, it was said that Chen Tiande found some opportunity and was taken in by Black Evil Sect to cultivate abroad."

"I am also aware of the Black Evil Sect. It's a minor demon path sect within New Moon Province, practicing the way of soldiers and evil spirits. The sect is full of brutes."

"Looking at Chen Tiande's appearance, I fear he has come for revenge. If he manages to take the young lady away, she will certainly be tortured to death. It's inevitable even her body and soul will be refined into some evil object, unable to find release."

"What a disaster indeed!"

"The Spirit Coffin Lamp is really playing hardball. No wonder it was confident that a single possession would assure the elimination of the price. It was waiting here for me."

While Lin Bujue complained, she immediately began to take action.

With the situation critical, indeed there was no time for delay.

She was unceremoniously quick, biting her pale delicate finger and drawing blood.

As the blood flowed out, she crouched down and began painting some sort of Array.

While drawing, she explained to Tao Qian, who was hiding nearby,

"The abilities I can use after possession are limited, and this Corpse Summoning Technique is one of them."

"It might seem somewhat eerie and bizarre, but the Forbidden Technique, including its ritual forms, has been modified by my master, and its violent energies have been expelled.

"Even when casting with a mortal's body, it doesn't hinder me from directing them in action."

Hearing Lin Bujue say this, Tao Qian understood very well; she was worried that he would misunderstand her after witnessing the strange phenomena to come.

That was understandable. People like Zhong Ziyang, Chen Xiyi, and Qi Daozhen, each of them was a True Practitioner.

Just by cultivating, without revealing their identities, anyone could tell they were from Righteous Great Sects.

But Lin Bujue was different. Commanding an array of gods and ghosts, indeed if you weren't favorably biased, it could easily be mistaken that she was from the Evil Path, Demon Path, or someone belonging to Heterodox teachings.

Tao Qian shook his head and chuckled, then directly sent a telepathic message,

"Daoist, there's no need to worry about any misunderstanding on my part. I have been traveling and gaining experience for many years; I never judge people by sight. You can cast your spells without concern, Mr. Lin Daoist."

"Good!"

As they finished speaking, Lin Bujue stepped into the blood-painted Array using Xia Xinlan's body.

At that moment, the outside world was becoming increasingly chaotic.

Those who ran flower boats in this place, which family didn't have backing? Which didn't keep some Martial Artists, strange persons, or even low-level Cultivators and Magicians?

Chen Tiande seemed troublesome, but with a joint resistance from a dozen families, who was there to fear?

Especially the matron who had purchased "Xia Xinlan," who was willing to hand over an unopened Money Tree to be played with until death?

Urged on by the matron's vigorous encouragement, the bosses of all the flower boats and pleasure barges quickly ordered a resistance against the group of savage soldiers and bandits.

A fierce battle immediately ensued.

All sorts of Evil Talismans, evil objects, Demon Skills… a myriad of forces clashed.

But Tao Qian had seen too many powerhouse battles, naturally disregarding these minor skirmishes.

He then chuckled again, looking at the young girl in front of him who seemed to be having a seizure.

Lin Bujue, was this how you used someone else's body, Xia Xinlan's?

In the circle, her hair disheveled, she danced and pranced about like a madwoman.

At the same time, she chanted mnemonically, "White Bones Receiving Energy, rotten corpse's soul returning to life, Nine Earths Clear and Pure, Earth Official Peace, Salvation of All Living Beings... Earth Corpses of this place, heed my command, come forth quickly."

After chanting it once, she continued to dance and chant a second time.

After hearing it three times, Record exploded in Tao Qian's mind:

[You have learned the mnemonic of the "Corpse Summoning Technique." This technique is from the Record of Nourishing Character and Extending Life in the Seven Secret Chapters of the Mysterious Corpse, part of the Great Book from the Outer Realm. Having only the mnemonic and lacking the rest of the Secret Technique, you cannot cast it. Forcibly casting it would result in backlash... However, some protections are exempted! The summoned corpses may not obey the caster's commands.]

Looking at this Record, Tao Qian's eyebrows rose.

Coming here to save someone, incidentally witnessing a unique Magic Skill, and even learning a new Divine Skill.

While he was contemplating whether he should seek Lin Bujue afterward to demand the Corpse Control Secret Technique,

Suddenly, Tao Qian's Divine Soul trembled, and a new sensation emerged.

Without any extra movements, he merely stamped his foot, and his invisibly Divine Soul sank beneath the boat. He then saw an extremely horrifying sight:

In many rivers and lakes near large cities, corpses are typically found at the bottom.

Lanshui, a land of fireworks and pleasure, was the same.

On ordinary nights, whether there were corpses or ghosts, buried in the mud and unnoticed.

But tonight was entirely different, as Lin Bujue activated the Corpse Summoning Technique.

At this moment, beneath the waters of Lanshui, all kinds of corpses were writhing from the mud and watery caves, converging in swarms, extending their rotten claws towards the flower boat.