Chapter 1 Twilight Boundary

The Zhi Shou Hall pharmacy had always been divided into Yin and Yang sections, one for refining Yang elixirs and the other for Yin medicines, something Miss White Wine had already thoroughly investigated.

Coming willingly, stepping into the trap, settling the karma – and now, seizing the opportunity with all the capable people gathered here, it was truly time to enter the real, secret pharmacy and see the truth of the capital city built by the Undying Wang family.

And this glance did not disappoint her.

Entering the unlit room, her feline vision far surpassed that of others. Even without lamps, the dim light from outside was enough to illuminate the pharmacy.

It was clean, like the rooms of every doctor who concocted medicine, tidy and even somewhat empty.

But in this room stood a dan furnace (elixir furnace). The hollowed-out furnace cover exuded a metallic, cold aura. Most importantly, the furnace…

Flesh and blood extended bit by bit from somewhere beneath the earth, like a great tree, perfectly integrated with the furnace. Half metal, half flesh, linked in such a unified way.

As the white cat gently approached, she could see faint purple Qi (spiritual energy) steaming from the furnace.

A wisp, a strand, remarkably similar to the aura of burning life incense in a Benming Lingmiao (Personal Spirit Temple).

The white cat seemed stunned by the enormous flesh and blood furnace, staring fixedly. Finally, her gaze slowly shifted to a series of meridian diagrams hanging on the wall – skeleton, meridians, blood vessels, the three souls and seven spirits, and finally a diagram of…

…a Benming Lingmiao!

She suddenly shivered, instantly understanding everything. The emotional impact was so great that even the fur on her neck stood on end.

"Fake, it's all fake..."

"The Da Luo Dharma Sect colluded with the Undying Wang family. This plan probably started more than a decade ago..."

Amidst her panic, she heard countless shouts and the sound of running in the distance. Torches flickered as the people of Zhi Shou Hall approached from afar.

"She's using soul-shifting magic!"

From another pharmacy, a voice roared in anger, "Indeed a demonic being! I don't know how many years it took, how much suffering she endured, to transplant her three souls and seven spirits, even her supernatural bloodline, into another person's body..."

"She refined her own body into a medicine person!"

"Master Zeng, she's your daughter. Has she been practicing such evil arts without you noticing?"

"..."

Someone else urgently said, "This is not the time for recriminations! Quickly, we must capture her!"

The white cat's agility far exceeded that of humans. She suddenly exhaled softly, her form leaping forward, transforming into a human shape – slender figure, skin like frost and snow.

Tiptoeing forward quickly, the flesh and blood furnace seemed to sense her presence. When she existed as a cat, it had no reaction, but after she transformed into a human, it suddenly extended countless fleshy tentacles, quickly entangling her.

But Miss White Wine was agile, flashing slightly to arrive before the row of paintings and detaching the one at the very end.

As she flashed out the window, her body transformed back into a white cat, lightly leaping into the shadows nearby.

All around, the firelight drew closer, and the voices swelled.

The white cat nimbly shuttled between the eaves and beams of the houses, difficult to detect, heading towards the city gates. She didn't even care if she could escape, only wanting to find a quiet, deserted place to use her Benming Lingmiao to transmit what she knew.

"Beware of the capital city Reincarnators!"

"Beware of the Wang family's creation technique!"

"..."

She was so anxious, but as she fled, someone among the Wang family pursuers quickly found the pharmacy with the flesh and blood furnace.

Ordering the others not to enter the pharmacy, Wang Changsheng, the Undying Wang family head, personally entered the dan room. The next moment, he rushed out, his face full of anger, and shouted, "She absolutely cannot be allowed to escape!"

"Use the Soul-Guiding Bell! No matter what, immediately capture this evil being!"

"..."

Upon hearing this order, everyone was filled with anger. Suddenly, countless figures rushed to the high points in the city.

At the same time, they took out a silver bell with a yellow talisman attached, tore it off, and shook it vigorously.

The sound of the silver bell spread quickly through the city like ripples.

At that moment, everyone in the vast capital city, whether they were working, sleeping, patrolling the streets, gathering in a large house to drink and gamble, or embracing a courtesan in a brothel, all heard the bell.

Then, everyone in the capital city suddenly fell silent. Their movements stopped, and they stood up stiffly.

Like a set of zombies, they stood silently in the city, heads lowered.

And when all the living things in the city became stiff and silent at this moment, the white cat traversing the shadows of the capital city suddenly became special.

Countless silent,僵立 (jiang li - stiffly standing) figures, upon seeing the white cat jump past, suddenly raised their heads, then, woodenly and stiffly, raised their arms, pointing blankly in the direction of the white cat.

"Demon, prepare to die!"

In an instant, someone took the opportunity to find Miss White Wine's location, and quickly chased after her.

Countless bell sounds, like life-threatening calls, approached quickly from all directions.

…

…

Meanwhile, Hu Ma was trapped by the Imperial Advisor and four Reincarnators. Outside the city, the Grain Protection Army had already begun their attack. The Reincarnators who had arrived early were not polite, attacking one after another. A clash clearly gave the capital city's garrison unexpected pressure.

Especially at the point where the Grain Protection Army charged, the bloody aura soared to the sky, limbs flew, and there was an atmosphere of chaos.

However, the number of capital city guards was more than twice that of the Grain Protection Army. Moreover, they had received a death order, never to leave the city and attack, but only to garrison outside the city, welcoming all attacks. In that crowd, many capable people from the Ten Surnames had also taken action.

The four surnames of Divine Hand Zhao, Observing Mountain Zhu, Impermanence Li, and Living Ghost Chen, not only sent their own descendants into the army to fight these evil beings, but also dispatched countless top-notch Daotist experts from their sects, and even the main Daotist officials.

Various capable people, mixed in the army, took on the magic of various Reincarnators. For a time, the sound and momentum were fierce, and the killing intent was great, but after pushing madly for a long time, they still had not approached the city walls.

"Damn it, how many capable people are there in the Ten Surnames?"

At this time, in the battle formation, "the master of the Ghost Walker Hu family," Erguotou (a type of strong Chinese liquor), used the magic on the Zhen Sui Shu (Book of Suppressing the Year) to set up an altar in this battle formation. That he had not been backlashed and killed by this fierce military aura was already unimaginable to ordinary people.

But enduring here, although his face was fierce, he cursed inwardly, "The Ghost Walker's magic is ultimately not greater than the Four Surnames..."

Not only was it not greater, he could even feel that the Four Surnames helping to defend the city had not exerted their full strength at all.

Only the Daotist officials under their command led various capable people, and they were already evenly matched with the Reincarnators outside the city.

The real masters of the Ten Surnames were still watching the excitement on the city walls, never really making a move. The only time one could be considered to have made a move was when a Reincarnator took advantage of the fierce military momentum to use evil magic, almost costing the life of one of a pair of twins from the Impermanence Li family.

Then, on the city wall, a master waved his sleeve, and without even seeing what magic he used, he resolved the crisis that had climbed to the junior's brow.

How could they fight like this?

The difference in strength was obvious. The entire battlefield now seemed to be relying entirely on himself and the Grain Protection Army to resist.

Unexpectedly, on the city wall, the four masters were actually somewhat curious, looking at him a few times, discussing with each other: "Among those evil beings, there are actually people who can use the Hu family's orthodox magic? Is it old Hu's handiwork, or young Hu's idea?"

"No matter who it is, this trick of making the fake real is quite interesting."

"What's even more interesting is the one who set up the altar. I secretly attacked him once, but the altar didn't break."

The person next to him couldn't help but smile upon hearing this: "More than just you? I also made a move once. Old Li and Old Chen were both itching to try, so they probed a little..."

Looking at each other, they couldn't help but sigh:

"Truly sturdy..."

But anger was anger, entering the capital city was simply impossible. Even though the Reincarnators were glib, they knew very well in their hearts that they had not yet encountered the real experts of the Ten Surnames.

Especially since the one who had appeared in front of the battle formation was not even the Zhou family, who were most skilled in battle formations among the Ten Surnames. If it was impossible to enter at this time, what would happen when the Zhou family arrived?

A burst of energy diminishes with each effort. Now that the city head was extremely difficult to chew on, people were already beginning to doubt. Could it really not be stopped?

But at this moment, outside the battle formation, an old, clumsy ox cart was slowly heading towards the capital city.

Before the ox cart, a man wearing a white robe, with his hair loose, was walking slowly.

At the same time in the city, seeing that the Undying Wang family had made a real move, Miss White Wine only saw silver bells pressing in from all directions, almost to the point of leaving her with no way to heaven and no door to earth. Even someone of her nature seemed to have given up hope.

But at this moment, the sound of wheels rang out in front of her, extremely clear in the silent city.

Looking up, she saw a young woman pushing a wheelbarrow, wearing cloth clothes. There were two large buckets on the cart, and even with lids, a foul odor wafted out.

When the white cat saw her, the whole cat was stunned.

The young woman spotted the white cat at a glance, hurriedly darted forward, lifted the lid of a fragrant bucket on the cart, and warmly said to the white cat, "Little kitty, quickly hide inside..."

The white cat narrowed its eyes, vowing never to go inside.

The young woman sighed helplessly, then suddenly, her hands came together, as if pulling some invisible threads. Amidst the rustling sounds, she saw paper figures flying into the air from behind the layers of houses, flying back and forth.

Whoosh!

Facing the countless figures chasing after her, countless paper money drifted from the paper figures. The vast capital city was like a heavy snowfall, dazzlingly white.

A surprised voice rang out from within: "Hahaha..."

"The Ghost Walker Little Daotist is here! Aren't you going to give up your lives!"