Chapter 145: Chapter 141 Gouchen Grand Formation! Chapter 145: Chapter 141 Gouchen Grand Formation! I believe it won’t be long before we see Ye Wenjie arrested and convicted by the police!

Ten minutes later.

“Huh? Why has it suddenly become so cold?”

Li Ping’an couldn’t help but rub his hands together, eyeing the top of the floor where the True Immortal Taoist Temple was located:

“It’s only September, the height of the hot weather, and the streets outside are so hot at noon that it’s unbearable to stand out there. Even now at night, it shouldn’t be this cold, right? Could the air conditioning system be broken, only blowing cold air?”

As Li Ping’an was scrutinizing the central air conditioning around him, he suddenly noticed that more and more ghosts were gathering inside the True Immortal Taoist Temple where there had been none before—one of the ghosts was even one he had seen on his way to Dragon Capital Sky Tower.

The ghosts flooding into the True Immortal Taoist Temple were like an unstoppable deluge, hurling themselves towards Li Ping’an and the other cultivators.

With the influx of ghosts, the temperature kept dropping, and the chilly air filled the surroundings of the True Immortal Taoist Temple. Even the nearby glass windows had started to frost over, and this was during the hottest September!

As the temperature kept dropping, the floor where the True Immortal Taoist Temple was located seemed like a giant ice cellar, and among the chanting male and female cultivators, those with weaker constitutions had already begun to shiver, arms crossed. Frost even started creeping up their eyebrows and hair.

One, two, three… more and more male and female cultivators were freezing until they passed out, completely losing consciousness. The remaining male and female cultivators, although still trying to sit atop the formation, were also shivering from the cold, unable to speak a word, and only the clearly visible breaths they exhaled stood out the most.

“How could this suddenly happen? It makes no sense! Secluded Cave!”

In the state of Divine Power: Insight into the Hidden, Li Ping’an clearly saw that these increasingly numerous gathered ghosts were devouring the lifespans of the male and female cultivators.

“Ghosts eating humans? No, ghosts eating human lives!”

Having discovered these male and female cultivators’ special birthdates, Li Ping’an knew they had been carefully selected by Ye Wenjie. But he hadn’t expected that these incoming ghosts would continually devour their lifespans. Those who were ‘consumed’ would have their lives shortened, those who were ‘spent’ would be left disabled, and those who were ‘plagued’ would surely fall ill…

“This Ye Wenjie is really selfish!”

Although Li Ping’an didn’t understand this formation, he was already shocked by the scene before his eyes. At this moment, he knew he had been wrong!

Wrong to underestimate Ye Wenjie, to underestimate her Book of the Earth. Although he didn’t know if the so-called Gouchen Grand Formation and Five Prison Immortal Transformation Array could truly achieve her goal, everything was developing in the direction Ye Wenjie hoped for.

And what was driving all of this forward was not just the two strange formations, but these male and female cultivators’ lives!

Once their lifespans are devoured by the ghosts, leaving them as ’empty-shelled’ people, death is inevitable!

So do these cultivators know this outcome?

Whether they know it or not, Ye Wenjie is committing a grave sin!

Using other people’s lives to achieve her own goals, how is this any different from the Dog Emperor Li Gai in the world of “Black Myth: The Fated One”?

However, Li Ping’an was not so kindhearted; all these were choices they had made themselves, unrelated to him. Everyone has their own destiny—it’s all up to themselves!

Li Ping’an also suddenly understood why, when he was on his way to see Council President Ye Wenjie, everyone in the entire building was leaving. It seemed that Ye Wenjie did not want to kill too many people, which looked like a sign of conscience, but these methods… were indeed bloody!

He just glanced over them briefly and then stopped paying attention to them!

At this moment, the floor where the True Immortal Taoist Temple was located was packed densely with innumerable ghosts that gathered from all directions, and there were even more continuously flooding in through the windows.

Ordinary ghosts squeezing in was one thing, but what was critical was that many fierce ghosts with deep resentment had also drifted in—like the fierce ghost Xiao Xianlü that Li Ping’an had previously vanquished in Silver Dragon Tower in Hehuang City—such as the long-tongued Hanging Ghost, the swollen-bodied Drowned Ghost, the Headless Ghost clutching its head, the Big-headed Ghost with only a head and no body, the Resentful Poisonous Ghost draped in long hair and dressed in red…

Ordinary ghosts were nibbling away at the life matrices of the male and female cultivators present, but those fierce ghosts had set their sights on the “delicious” and “extremely tasty” Li Ping’an, all squeezing their way towards him!

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“What Gouchen Grand Formation, Five Prison Immortal Transformation Array? Now it seems to be nothing more than a Gathering Ghosts Great Array. But this Ye Wenjie does have some tricks up her sleeve. What on earth is she collecting these ghosts for? To commit suicide? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! But this place is almost too crowded!”

Li Ping’an felt helpless—fixing the ever-increasing number of fierce ghosts that were lunging at him to kill. If it were in another place, with his temperament, he’d directly unleash the Five Thunder Righteous Method and turn all the ghosts present into dust. However, if he acted rashly, he might destroy Ye Wenjie’s formation and plans.

Here, he was a guest, and guests should comply with their host; here, he was also an onlooker, wanting only to watch Ye Wenjie’s machinations calmly.

But he was too “tasty” and too tempting for these ghosts—they would only be waiting for death if he did not take action!

Having no other choice, Li Ping’an quickly formed the Nine-Ranked Lotus Platform Seal with both hands. Mana surged, and upon completing the seal, a clearly materialized Ninth Grade Lotus Platform appeared around Li Ping’an. Nine illusory lotus leaves, as though they were transparent walls of copper and iron, firmly blocked all the ghosts outside of the Dharma Seal.

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In that moment, Li Ping’an suddenly thought of a question: Did the Netherworld Gate Ye Wenjie spoke of truly exist?

If it existed, it would be impossible for so many ghosts to be floating between heaven and earth, right? They should all be in the Netherworld Palace. Could it be that this world truly is the Nineteenth Layer of Hell that connects the Three Realms?

As the saying goes, “When Hell is empty, the devils are here in the human realm.” At this moment, Li Ping’an was somewhat inclined to believe what Ye Wenjie had said.

But if it did not exist, what exactly was Ye Wenjie obsessed with? Allowing fierce ghosts to devour one another to form even more powerful evil spirits, thereby destroying the world?

“Ye Wenjie, I’ll say it again, I don’t care what methods you use, your quest to become an Immortal is your own business, and it’s unrelated to me, but what are you gathering so many ghosts for? Huh? Do you want me to die here as well?”

Li Ping’an once again used Divine Travel and communicated with Ye Wenjie, who was chanting with closed eyes, eager to uncover the truth!

“The formation has been activated, so there’s no need to hide anymore. Immortal Li, listen carefully!”

Ye Wenjie then conveyed the truth to Li Ping’an through thoughts:

Forty years ago, Ye Wenjie accidentally acquired the Book of the Earth. The book not only predicted that this world was going to change completely but also contained the method to change this world: Gouchen Grand Formation!