Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy
Chapter 228 - 135, 136. Return to Tang River Village, Confrontation with the Human Skin Ghost (Big Chapter - Subscribe Request.)_4

It was an evil spirit that Su Ningyu had sealed with great effort, but when he went to look for it later, he found it gone.

The Sun Nine-Patterned Golden Coffin could prevent evil spirits, even ghost servants.

If ordinary martial artists happened to pass by, completely ignoring the terrifying battlefield left around, and foolishly opened the golden coffin... then, the Rotten Poison Ghost should have been released.

However, as of now, Song Cheng had not detected any ghost servants of the Rotten Poison Ghost, which meant... the Rotten Poison Ghost might still be in a sealed state, just taken away by someone.

The Northern Border would become his temporary refuge, he did not want such a great hidden danger nearby.

What is a hidden danger?

Anything unclear is a hidden danger.

All these could potentially harm him or his family.

Now, the Prefectural City still looked populous, but once it shrank, the numbers would sharply decrease, and who knows what mischief might arise from this Yin Soil.

Song Cheng, carrying the Sun Nine-Patterned Golden Coffin, moved swiftly through the forest.

In the forest, the putrid smell was intense, and upon closer inspection, there were numerous carcasses, mostly of beasts.

Yet after his gaze swept the surroundings, there were still quite a few data and silhouettes of wild animals flashing before his eyes.

Upon closer inspection, these beasts seemed newly born, and were not ordinary animals, but small demon beasts.

They had probably been born after the Ghost Tide had passed.

Because the path he took was seldom trodden, Song Cheng’s wandering quickly attracted the nearby ghost servants.

Most of the ghost servants around Hanping Prefecture were "Stitched Skin Ghost Servants," such as deformed leather spiders and the like...

Song Cheng casually annihilated the ghost servants, single-handedly replicating the effect of Zhao Hua leading the Tiger Leopard Cavalry in a charge.

However, killing these ghost servants was not even considered a drain on him.

At night, he found a clearing in a dense forest, built a bonfire, roasted a newly killed "Demon Beast Pig," feasted to his heart’s content, and then rested leisurely against the golden coffin.

A night passed, and Song Cheng was safe and sound.

He continued on his way...

Thus, several days later, he finally stepped into the familiar entrance of the village.

The grey ground, drifting with a faint putrid smell, the distant rooftops as if soaked in ink, appeared even deeper, pitch-black... ominous...

The weeds were untended and grew wildly.

The old trees seemed to be affected by some strange power, growing twisted and contorted like deformed monsters, their trunks pocked and branches sharp and jagged...

Tang River Village, he had arrived!

Revisiting the old place, Song Cheng was not nervous, he only cautiously watched the distance, repeatedly scanning for data, and if he was sure there was none, he would continue walking a few steps inward.

He knew, although the Human Skin Ghost was in the mountains behind Tang River Village due to the fight with Yune, Tang River Village was very likely its territory as well.

He... had already stepped into the territory of the Human Skin Ghost.

This was his first time facing an evil spirit head-on.

Even though the evil spirit was asleep, he would not be careless.

Perhaps sensing the approach of a living being in this ghostly land, the entire village suddenly trembled.

Song Cheng closed his eyes, feeling a wave of ink-like tide rushing from afar, turning into a bone-chilling cold wind that blew across his face, fluttering his black hair.

In the village, fog suddenly arose.

Clearly, even though the Human Skin Ghost was sleeping, it had noticed his arrival.

The fog grew denser, gradually covering up to his knees.

Song Cheng was not in a hurry, he knew that rushing for a quick victory in an unfamiliar battlefield could easily lead to accidents, and moreover... he had come today with the intention of learning.

He wanted to deepen his understanding of the evil spirit.

To know what it truly was.

Crack!!

He unfastened the Sun Nine-Patterned Golden Coffin and placed it on the damp soil at the entrance of the village.

He sat down on the coffin, watching as the fog rose like a tide, slowly covering the bottom of the coffin and then reaching his dangling legs.

Suddenly, a piece of data appeared abruptly in the distance.

Faint red, without any warning, as if it suddenly became a living person.

Song Cheng looked, but saw that the strength data was only "10~10," but strangely... there was also an affection level under that strength data.

And that affection was "90."

The mist grew denser, and a human silhouette emerged from within.

Song Cheng took a clear look, only to see a beautiful woman with a delicate figure.

He squinted his eyes and then called out the woman’s name, "Nan Hui."

Nan Hui was intact, but her clothes were tattered. She hurried forward, urging, "Big Brother Song, you must run, run! There are ghosts here!"

Song Cheng pointed to a large rock not far away, "Stop there. If you come any closer, I won’t be polite."

Nan Hui stamped her feet, seemingly at a loss.

Curious, Song Cheng examined this very unusual Ghost Servant and thought to himself, ’Is this the first generation of Ghost Servants? Can they really reappear after so long?’

Meanwhile, Nan Hui said, "Big Brother Song, why do you feel different from before?"

Song Cheng, very patiently, smiled and asked, "Where is it different?"

Nan Hui said, "I remember you were running away, I was holding onto the corner of your clothes, and later, halfway up the hill, your clothes tore, and I fell down... Your clothes were not the cloak you are wearing now. And now..."

Her eyes showed strong amazement.

Song Cheng was stunned, and he asked about some past events.

Surprisingly, Nan Hui answered them fluently.

After a while, more figures with strengths of several tens and likability also at 90 appeared in the mist.

When it got closer, it turned out to be a woman in ragged clothes, but with a complexion as clear as snow and as beautiful as a flower.

The woman, seeing Song Cheng, exclaimed joyfully, "Mr. Song! Are you alright? Quickly, take me and let’s escape! There are ghosts here!"

Song Cheng squinted at her.

It was Guan Xi...

He asked again, only to find that Guan Xi’s memories stopped on the day they "encountered Extreme Joy World."

Following that, Uncle Fuhai, Er, and other villagers Song Cheng knew, all emerged from the mist.

All of them began urging Song Cheng to leave quickly, each one with a panicked expression, saying there were ghosts.

Song Cheng finally understood.

Was this Human Skin Ghost trying to negotiate because it knew it could not defeat him?

Looking at these familiar faces, he was just about to say something when suddenly... all these people froze, becoming as motionless as statues, standing in the gray mist without moving.

Suddenly, weird creaking sounds of wheel hubs came from the mist.

A cart pulled by oxen appeared from afar, accompanied by the sound of metal.

An expressionless man in fine clothes was driving the ox cart.

The cart carried a cage covered with a thick black cloth.

Creak...creak...

The ox cart stopped, coming to a halt opposite Song Cheng.

A low and suppressed female voice came from the black cloth cage, "If anything happens to me, the souls of these people will dissipate."

Song Cheng, curious, said, "Are you saying that their souls did not go to reincarnation, but are bound in your Ghost Domain?"

"Yes."

"Do you still have humanity?"

"No."

Song Cheng was very curious about the state of the Human Skin Ghost in the black cloth cage.

Suddenly, he lifted his hand, his power of the Grey Membrane causing a surge of air, as if a deity controlling wind had cast a spell, and a fierce wind blasted forth.

The black cloth, subjected to great force, did not lift like ordinary cloth, but made a heavy metallic "clack clack" sound.

Annoyed, Song Cheng clicked his tongue and only then did the black cloth give up resisting and lifted, revealing an evil spirit huddled inside the black cage, her hair disheveled, curled up like a leopard.

And his action, as if a provocation, also directly triggered the most primal killing instincts of the Human Skin Ghost.

Everything around began to warp and change.

Nan Hui, Guan Xi, and all these people disappeared.

In the cage, the evil spirit was gone, replaced by a fiercely beautiful woman crawling like a leopard.

"How about that, isn’t the heavenly woman of my Extreme Joy World impressive?" A mustachioed man in elaborate clothes leaned in close, whispering with a smile, "Whatever I want her to be, she becomes, and right now she is a mother leopard choosing her mates... want to try?"

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Note: That’s all I’ve written for today...