I Am Immortal In The Cultivation World novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20 Yuniang, the Vengeful Spirit

The remnant souls in the courtyard were too weak to interest Zhou Yi. According to his guess about ghosts in his previous life, there was definitely a place where real ghosts existed.

Sky Prison.

There were many people who were imprisoned and tortured to death all year round, which fit the conditions of vengeful spirits.

“The reason why prison guards’ lifespans are short might be because they are accompanied by ghosts day and night, and their lifespans are damaged by yin energy. I’ve been in the Sky Prison for more than twenty years, but I’ve never heard of malicious ghosts harming anyone, so they’re not powerful people. “I’ll draw another House Suppresion Talisman and try it tomorrow in the Sky Prison.”

Zhou Yi planned to stay in the mortal world for a few hundred years until his cultivation could no longer improve. Then, he would think of a way to come into contact with the cultivation world.

During this period, the Sky Prison was considered a base. He had to clean up the ghosts hiding in the dark. Firstly, it was to prevent the Dao Fruit of Eternal Life from being leaked. Secondly, no one was willing to let ghosts spy on them.

After drawing the first House Suppression Talisman, Zhou Yi started drawing again. It was much smoother. After destroying more than ten talismans in a row, he finally succeeded in drawing them again.

“It doesn’t seem that difficult to learn the basics of talismans. Yu Jie has someone guiding him for several years without succeeding. Could it be that I have some talent in talisman crafting?”

Zhou Yi was quite proud of himself. Although making talismans was not as rich as refining pills, it would also be a skill to make a living in the cultivation world in the future.

The next day.

When he arrived at the Sky Prison early in the morning, Zhou Yi was not sure about the effect range of the House Suppression Talisman, so he specially found a central position to activate it. An invisible wave swept across the cell, causing a cold wind to blow. The wind was mixed with faint cries and wails. The cold air brushed past his ears like someone whispering.

“There are indeed many ghosts!”

Zhou Yi looked around the prison. It could be said to be the lair of ghosts.

A humanoid shadow hung from the roof, like a bat hanging upside down in a cave. Pairs of red eyes looked at Zhou Yi in unison. Most of them were cold and heartless, while some were filled with hatred. They should have died at Zhou Yi’s hands when they were alive.

There were more of them in the cells. There were those squatting in the corners, those lying on the walls, and those lying on the straw mats in various postures. Prisoners slept with ghosts every day. Even if there was no torture, they would not live long after being corroded by the yin energy day and night.

A shadow emerged from the ground and silently lay on Zhou Yi’s back. The arm condensed by the fog was wrapped around his neck.

“Hmph!” Zhou Yi’s true essence seeped out of his body, and the shadow melted into nothingness amidst his screams. “I’m merciful, so I’ll send you to reincarnate!”

His true essence turned into sword energy and swept over as fast as lightning. The remnant soul did not even have time to escape before it was shattered.

“Senior, please spare me…”

The woman’s cry came from the roof. A shadow slowly changed, and a human face appeared above her head. A misty fog condensed into an emerald-green gauze robe.

“A female ghost!”

Zhou Yi’s figure flashed and landed in front of the woman. He sized her up with interest. “You look familiar?”

The woman said, “Senior, I’m Huang Yuniang, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, Huang Heng. I was imprisoned a year ago, and you took good care of me…”

“You’re Huang’s daughter?”

Zhou Yi quickly recalled Huang Heng. A year ago, he was wrongly accused of embezzlement.

A mere fifth-grade official was charged with embezzling 3,000 taels of silver. He was originally not qualified to enter the Sky Prison, let alone his wife and daughter.

The reason for this was very simple. The famous old pervert in the Divine Capital, Duke Wei, had accidentally seen Huang Yuniang’s beauty. Ignoring his reputation as a duke and the jokes of the world, he had actually sent someone to the Huang family to propose marriage.

He said that he would take Huang Yuniang as his concubine and protect Huang Heng’s promotion and wealth in the future!

Huang Heng prided himself on being from a scholarly family. How could he accept such humiliation? So he scolds Duke Wei for being shameless. Within a few days, he was reported by his colleagues that he had received 3,000 taels of silver from the merchants during the renovation of the Imperial College.

Duke Wei’s original intention was to lock the family of three in a prison to sober up and continue to be in-laws in the future. Who would have thought that Huang Heng would die in just a short month? His wife also left in depression. In order to avoid being bullied by Duke Wei, Huang Yuniang committed suicide in prison.

Zhou Yi pitied the Huang family. When he delivered food, he would always scoop a few spoonfuls of thick porridge.

“At that time, you were disheveled. I was wondering why Duke Wei was so anxious and actually liked you.”

“Father said that many women in the Sky Prison were humiliated and asked me to dirty my face so that…” Huang Yuniang corrected herself. “You’re different. You only know how to punish bad people and evil people. You have never mistreated anyone.”

“You saw everything?”

Zhou Yi’s voice was calm as he slashed out with his True Essence.

After Huang Yuniang turned into a vengeful spirit, she was extremely sensitive to auras and hurriedly explained.

“I know that you are a Connate Grandmaster and like to drink. You like to listen to prisoners tell stories and secretly kill evil people who try to escape from prison. You turn a blind eye to those who escape with grievances…”

“Yeah.”

After Zhou Yi had mastered the Heaven Devouring Demon Technique in the past two years, he could not increase his True Essence by devouring inner Qi, so he did not expose anything abnormal. The only flaw was probably that his appearance would never change!

“Why are you different from those remnant souls?”

There were more than a hundred ghosts in the Sky Prison. Apart from Huang Yuniang, they were all muddle-headed remnant souls.

Huang Yuniang answered obediently, “Senior, after my death, my soul was attached to the jade hairpin. I was nurtured by the jade hairpin to preserve my spiritual memory.”

Zhou Yi asked again, “Do you know any divine powers or spells after becoming a ghost?”

“I can absorb human essence and strengthen my ghost body. I can also possess and disturb people’s souls.” Huang Yuniang said, “However, I can only possess ordinary people who are weak. It’s difficult for me to approach those who have strong Yang energy in their bodies. Those martial arts experts who have cultivated well have dense and powerful blood qi. If I get close, it’ll be like a fire burning

me.”