I become a god in another world

Chapter 690 The True Form of the Ghost Tree
Chapter 690
As soon as Cheng Mengyin finished speaking, an angry expression appeared on her face.

But he dared not speak out in anger.

Zhao Fusheng is terrifying.

Her enormous size and the way her face approached him were incredibly intimidating, as if she could swallow him whole, making him feel like an insignificant speck of dust.

Furthermore, the various vengeful ghost powers she had previously displayed posed a significant threat to Cheng Mengyin.

Within Wuqing County, Cheng Mengyin's words were tantamount to a kind of 'rule'.

He always keeps his word; the moment the date was set, it proved that 'today' must be the fifth day of the second lunar month.

The Qiankun Pen once said that Chang Hao would die on the fifth day of the second lunar month, and that his vengeful ghost would revive after his death.

Combining this with some clues Yu Lingzhu had mentioned earlier, Zhao Fusheng suddenly looked up at Yu Lingzhu:
"Lingzhu, tell him to be quiet."

Her voice was as loud as a bell, so loud that even the ghost realm trembled and buzzed.

Yu Lingzhu was bewildered and instinctively looked up at her:
"Why, why?"

"The space here is chaotic; perhaps we've been here before at some point in time," Zhao Fusheng said with a serious expression.

"It's possible that you've completely reset time."

Time was of the essence, and she couldn't go into too much detail:

"You mentioned that Chang Hao became mute as an adult, which could indicate that he can no longer speak. If he does speak, he might be killed by a vengeful ghost that resurrects—"

In cases involving vengeful ghosts, no detail should be taken lightly.

Yu Lingzhu's mention of this point was not superfluous, as it might mean that Chang Hao was unable to speak.

If he speaks, bad things might happen to him.

Chang Hao is still alive, and the worst-case scenario is that if he speaks, he will be devoured by a vengeful ghost.

The fact that the Ghost Tree of Wuqing County seems to be under suppression and is not in its full-fledged state of resurgence indirectly confirms Zhao Fusheng's guess—that the Ghost Tree is currently in a semi-dormant state, and the reason for its dormant state is that its killing principles have encountered obstacles.

Perhaps its laws should have killed Chang Hao, but Chang Hao did not die (Zhao Fusheng guessed that the reason Chang Hao did not die was that he became 'mute', making it impossible for the vengeful ghost to accurately locate his position), which put the ghost tree in a state of restraint.

This situation is strikingly similar to the one where the carriage lost the Time-Space Golden Bell and was trapped by Zhao Fusheng at the Ding'an Tower in Bao County.

The Ghost Tree Law is restricted, preventing it from actively marking again, which leads to the Blood Mirror and the Reincarnation Blood Pool killing people.

Once Chang Hao dies and the Ghost Tree revives, the combination of these three factors will mark the beginning of a true catastrophe.

In that split second, the thought struck Zhao Fusheng, and he immediately felt a chill run down his spine and voiced his thoughts.

Yu Lingzhu understood immediately and realized what was happening. She then looked at Chang Hao in horror.

"Xiao Hao, don't speak—"

She didn't have time to think about the consequences; all she wanted was to save Chang Hao's life.

The Qiankun Brush once prophesied: On the fifth day of the second lunar month, the vengeful ghost of Chang Hao would revive after his death.

"Don't speak, I don't want you to die—"

As soon as she finished speaking, Chang Hao had already opened his eyes completely.

He didn't hear Yu Lingzhu's words, but the moment he saw her, hope shone in his eyes.

"Great-aunt, great-aunt, there's a ghost! The Chang family is haunted! My great-grandmother—"

When the child saw Yu Lingzhu, he couldn't wait to tell her what he had discovered.

The moment he opened his mouth, the vengeful spirit marked him instantly.

Numerous vines sprouted from his body, piercing his mouth and nose.

Countless tiny, white, worm-like buds burst forth from his eyes, nostrils, and lips.

His ears sprouted lush buds.

“It hurts—”

The child's last sigh lingered, and then the ghost realm in this place completely spiraled out of control.

"Do not!!!"

Yu Lingzhu was stunned for a long time, then screamed in agony.

Countless ghost vines pierced through Chang Hao's body, instantly robbing him of his life force.

His body had long been possessed by vengeful ghosts, and he was left with only a breath of life.

At this moment, the child's head was deformed by a large number of vines, and in the blink of an eye, the ghost vines of varying thicknesses completely tore Chang Hao's head apart.

The curse of the Qiankun Brush has come true.

With the Ghost Tree freed from its restraints, it fully revived, and disaster finally struck Wuqing County.

The earth began to tremble, and terrifying giant trees began to rise from the ground.

The ghostly mist in mid-air formed a giant umbrella that covered the sky. Ghost Street was destroyed, and the houses under the blood-red ghost domain were broken one by one.

'Boom.'

Amidst a deafening roar, the terrifying giant tree revealed its form.

All the cries of the evil fetuses ceased.

Cheng Mengyin's expression froze for a moment, then his lower body broke off without warning. The severed half of his body was immediately wrapped by a flying branch as it fell, and then another long vine suddenly pierced through it.

The ghost fetus let out a weak cry, and was then pierced by the vine, hanging in mid-air like a piece of dried meat.

Cheng Mengyin seemed unaware that her body had broken.

Because above his head, a finger-thick ghost vine pierced through his forehead from the back of his head, tied a knot on top of his head, and suspended his head in mid-air.

"The master is angry! The master is angry!"

Cheng Mengyin was left with only her head, yet she remained oblivious and continued to shout loudly.

This scene sent chills down everyone's spines.

Wu Ciping, who was originally standing among a group of people in Wan'an County, also underwent a strange change.

As the ghost tree revived, a bloody hole the size of a thumb appeared on Wu Ciping's head.

A vine pierced through his bloody hole, suspending him in mid-air.

Because his gaze was fixed on Cheng Mengyin, he noticed her unusual behavior immediately.

It was like waking up suddenly from a nightmare.

Wu Ciping recalled his journey into Wuqing County.

He entered the county in a daze and was trapped here, unable to get out. At the time, he thought he was trapped by the Chang family's rules, but now it seems that he was bewitched by the ghost realm without realizing it. Over the years, he may have been like Cheng Mengyin, having his body devoured by the ghost tree, and probably only his consciousness remains.

Thinking of this, Wu Ciping tried to move his toes, but he found that his body was already out of control.

From the neck down, that part of his body was numb, like rotten wood, and had lost all sensation.

But based on his instincts, he felt that his toes were dangling in the air and he couldn't get a firm footing.

Through the terrified eyes of Wu Shaochun and the others, he had already 'seen' his own fate.

In addition, as the ghost tree revives, the true form of the vengeful ghost begins to manifest.

Those ghost fetuses that were calling for their souls on the ground were also strung up and hung up like Cheng Mengyins.

On the streets and in the houses, hundreds of thousands of people in Wuqing County, regardless of whether they were ghost controllers or not, from the powerful and wealthy to the common people, were all pierced by ghost vines and hung in mid-air.

……

After the vengeful spirits revived, the ghost realm lost its allure, and the true face of Wuqing County was revealed to everyone.

The foundations of the city center had long since collapsed, and the shadows of towering trees loomed over the entire city. People who once lived here were hung from the trees, their corpses swaying like abundant 'fruits' under the dense shade of the trees when viewed from afar.

Beneath the enormous canopy of trees were dilapidated houses.

This place feels like a lost city that has been abandoned for decades.

In Yu Lingzhu's early memories, the luxurious manor that the Chang family had spent countless years building was now in ruins.

Giant tree roots of varying sizes twisted and pierced through the skeleton of an unknown animal, recklessly tearing through the manor's foundation, walls, and roof, completely overturning it.

A stench mixed with the damp, musty smell assaulted the nostrils, making everyone's eyes water.

This is the taste of death.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

Only Cheng Mengyin's angry shouts continued to ring out: "You have angered the master and offended the gods—"

"They should fall into the cycle of reincarnation, becoming pigs or dogs—no one can escape Wuqing County; they will all die here—"

He was consumed by rage and seemed to have lost his mind, unaware of the countless hanging mummies all around him.

At this moment, Fan Wujiu, unable to bear it any longer, shouted loudly:
"Shut up!"

He had long wanted to fight this former general of Lizhou.

Since this person appeared, he has been arrogant and has caused trouble for everyone many times. Now that he is about to die, he still dares to speak nonsense.

"If anyone's going to die, it'll be you. You're already trapped in the cycle of reincarnation. No, you're not reincarnated. You only have a head left; your body has been completely devoured. And you call yourself a god—"

Fan Wujiu cursed:
"The god you worship has devoured you completely."

"You bullshit!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Mengyin flew into a rage:
"I am the rule-maker under the Chang family. I worship the gods and have established the laws of ghost sacrifice. Within my domain, all living beings obey my commands—"

"I'm not lying. You only have a head left, and your body is gone. Why would I lie to you?"

Fan Wujiu shook his head.

Cheng Mengyin said:

"I do not believe."

"If you don't believe me, look up. Can you see your feet? Can you see the top of your head?" Fan Wujiu said.

"At the very least, look into our eyes. Our eyes are much bigger now; they can see your situation. And look around you—"

His words were like the most terrifying babbling in the world to Cheng Mengyin at that moment.

Cheng Mengyin warned herself deep down not to turn her head to look, but she couldn't help wanting to turn her head.

He couldn't explain why he did it; perhaps it was to refute Fan Wujiu's words.

But when he tried to move his body, it was out of control.

It felt like something was holding him in place above his head.

He was suddenly filled with fear and dared not look up in any direction.

In fact, many corpses had already turned into ghostly spirits and were hanging from the treetops, but he dared not face reality.

But Fan Wujiu's words influenced him.

He looked at Zhao Fusheng as if possessed, and Zhao Fusheng happened to be not far in front of him.

At this moment, she was using the divine power of the Law of Heaven and Earth, her figure was tall, and her eyes were not far from his, like a special mirror.

Cheng Mengyin warned herself not to look, but she couldn't help but glance at it again. Upon seeing it, her resolve immediately crumbled.

Through Zhao Fusheng's eyes, he saw his own current situation.

As Fan Wujiu said, he was left with only a withered head, and a ghost vine pierced through his skull, hanging him in mid-air.

His neck was torn apart, and his lower body was missing.

"Aaaaaah!!!" Cheng Mengyin let out an extremely shrill scream.

The reality shattered his previous understanding.

The moment he saw the truth, the ghost vine pierced through his eyes and mouth.

A large amount of vines quickly and eagerly squeezed out of his two ears.

Then Cheng Mengyin's head deformed, and her whole body looked like a broken doll.

In the instant he was torn apart, many memories flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern: back then, when he learned that a ghostly calamity might have occurred in Wuqing County, he led a group of people into the county at night.

He heard that there was a canyon path that could get him to the county quickly, but on the night he entered the canyon, it rained heavily, and he mistakenly entered a haunted mountain village.

Cheng Mengyin and her group were trapped inside the ghost village, suffering heavy casualties.

He later learned that he had entered Wuqing County, and that the person who had harmed him that day was Wu Ciping.

From then on, the two became enemies.

He could not leave this place and became the law maker of Wuqing County.

……

Later, when the real Wu Ciping entered Junqing County many years later and "again" saw this "enemy" who had once trapped her in the Ghost Realm, Cheng Mengyin was furious.

From the very beginning to the very end, it was destined that the two could not coexist peacefully.

……

All of this felt like a dream. When the truth was revealed and she realized that she had not been a glamorous and respectable "chief steward" all these years, but was just a skeleton trapped on the ghost tree, and now only her head remained, her death was imminent, Cheng Mengyin's mentality collapsed.

As death approached, he was filled with nothing but resentment and fear, and then he cursed loudly:
"Wu Ciping, you're the one who killed me! You deserve a terrible death! Under the laws of reincarnation, you can't be reborn as a human; you'll be reborn as an ox or a horse to pay for my life!"

Before he finished shouting, a large number of ghost vines burst out of his mouth.

The rattan cane filled his mouth and tore his paper-thin skin.

As soon as Cheng Mengyin died, his vengeful spirit was resurrected.

The resurrected vengeful ghost was instantly stuck to the ghost tree, turning back into a ghost corpse and hanging from the treetop—at the same time, the curse left by Cheng Mengyin before her death began to come true, or more accurately, the law was activated.

The moment Wu Ciping was cursed by the law, before he could even utter a sound, the ghost vine tore him apart.

Large clumps of branches sucked up his remaining blood, devouring him completely.

But a moment after it began to devour him, a heavy, black, honeycomb-like object solidified at his location.

The black mist dissipated, and Wu Ciping, who had undergone 'reincarnation' once again, hung in mid-air.

At this point, 'he' was no longer human. Countless ghost vines had transformed his body, twisting his head and covering his face with a large number of parasites, forming a monster resembling a bull.

The slender ghost vines lashed down from mid-air, striking his head with a 'smack, smack,' leaving a deep, almost bone-revealing mark with each lash.

Wu Ciping was trapped in a nightmare, only able to gasp and wail helplessly.

This is the true scene of reincarnation in Wuqing County!
……

The moment Ding Datong saw the truth, it was as if he were in hell on earth.

He had experienced ghostly calamities, entered ghost realms, and encountered dangers, but none of the ghost realms were as terrifying as what he had seen and heard now.

Those marked by the vine are like meat on a chopping board, subject to the laws of the ghost tree.

Whether it was Cheng Mengyin's death or Wu Ciping's sudden transformation into a 'cow' and his subsequent whipping, everyone's life, death, and fate were not in their own control, but were all dominated by vengeful ghosts.

……

(End of this chapter)