Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 207: Demon Suppression County Lieutenant
Most of the evil spirits practiced sorcery during their lifetime, which resulted in a heavy dose of resentful and evil energy in their bodies after death.

Even if they used pine and cypress as firewood and added kerosene, it took two full days to burn away the resentful and evil spirits in their bodies and reduce their bodies to ashes.

During these two days, Shang Lu led the county soldiers to guard the fire and burn the corpses to avoid any accidents.

Although the witch officials cast spells and performed rituals to suppress the corpses before cremating them to prevent them from transforming into corpses.

However, during the burning process of these corpses, resentful and evil spirits will escape, which can easily attract evil spirits.

If you don't take precautions, it can easily lead to disaster.

And this is indeed the case.

During these two days, county soldiers found several corpse-digging dogs with red eyes and blood tumors on their heads in the valley.

This is a demon dog that likes to eat human flesh.

They are as big as calves, their bodies are as hard as iron, and their claws are sharp, making them convenient for digging graves and corpses.

In addition to corpses, they often attack lone travelers.

Unfortunately, this time, the corpse-digging dog came to the wrong place.

As soon as they appeared, they were shot to death by the county soldiers, and after their skin and teeth were removed, they were thrown into the fire and burned together.

And the corpse-digging dogs were not the only ones attracted by the resentful and evil spirit.

The rampant soldiers and paper figures released by several witch officials also killed several sneaky people who thought they could make money in the past two days.

Fortunately, otherwise, if the corpse-digging dogs and ghosts really ate the corpses of these evil heretics and absorbed the evil spirits in the corpses, I really don’t know what kind of monsters they would become, and what kind of disaster they would cause!
Shang Lu stayed in the valley, in addition to guarding the burning of the corpses, he also had another very important task, which was to command the county soldiers to cooperate with the witch officials to demolish the large tomb built by Zhao Haixiu.

Zhao Hai was just a gang leader without any official position. He secretly built a tomb of a king, which was totally against the rules.

That means Zhao Hai is dead, otherwise, based on this incident, he would have been sentenced to beheading or even the extermination of his entire clan.

Although Zhao Hai is dead, he was able to build such a large-scale tomb in the valley without anyone knowing. There must be someone in the officialdom who helped cover it up.

Regardless of whether the chief clerk Zheng Quan did this or not, he has to take the blame.

Who made Zhao Hai the evil force he cultivated?

It has been a while since Zheng Quan was transferred to the county government. I don't know how the trial went. Was he forced to commit suicide out of fear of the crime?

"boom--"

At noon that day, as the last witch pattern left by the Chu wizard was eradicated, the witch officials activated the witch formation that had been set up long ago, causing the tombs in the valley to collapse.

At the same time, a raging fire broke out in the tomb.

Part of these raging fires came from the witch formation, and the other part came from the fire oil placed early by the county soldiers.

The raging fire will not only burn the tomb into ruins, but also change the feng shui pattern here, making it impossible for evil spirits to breed.

According to the survey results of several witch officials, the feng shui of this valley was indeed very good in the past, so the fortune teller suggested that Zhao Hai move his ancestral grave here.

It’s a pity that Zhao Hai was too greedy. Not only did he move the tomb, he also directly built it to the standard of a king or a prince, which made his ancestors simply unable to afford it.

Besides, he was too anxious. His father wasn't dead yet, and as the tomb was just completed, he couldn't wait to seal his father in the coffin.

After doing this, how could his ancestors still bless him?
What was originally a good tomb has become a bad one.

When the secret spies from the State of Chu arrived, they changed the Feng Shui of the valley, turning it into an evil place.

Zhao Haixiu's tomb has become an eyesore.

If left unchecked, this place will soon become a dark place, breeding ground for evil spirits.

Now that the tomb has been destroyed, if it is burned by a fire, the evil eye will be destroyed and the evil situation will be broken.

Although the feng shui in the valley cannot be restored to its previous state, after such an operation, at least it will not become a dark place where evil spirits breed.

This can be regarded as eliminating a hidden danger for the people of Luoshui County.

When the tomb collapsed and was burned to ruins by the fire, the bodies of the heretics and evil spirits were almost burned. After the fire was extinguished, Shang Lu commanded the county soldiers to clean out the ashes.

Some bones that were not burned to ashes were smashed with a hammer and buried in a pit that had been dug long ago.

At the bottom of the pit, there were witchcraft spells cast by the witch officials using cinnabar.

There are also some requirements for burying ashes: each layer of ashes must be sprinkled with a layer of lime powder.

After all the ashes are buried layer by layer like this, the corpses of the evil spirits will not mutate again, nor will they give rise to other evil spirits.

The county soldiers sprinkled a final layer of lime before covering it with soil and tamping it down to make it firm.

The witch officials stood around, chanted the evil-suppressing scriptures, and then said goodbye to Shang Lu.

"Shang County Lieutenant, the matter here is settled, we will go ahead."

"From now on, you should send someone to inspect the situation every month. I don't think anything unexpected will happen."

Several witch officials were very polite to Shang Lu.

On the one hand, thanks to Shang Lu, this operation had a good result.

On the other hand, Shang Lu is very likely to enter the Witch Academy. They have already regarded Shang Lu as one of their own, so their attitude is naturally different.

"Thank you for your hard work, witch officers." Shang Lu was also very polite.

Several witch officials waved their hands and used their own methods to either escape or ride on paper cranes or spirit pets, and soon left the valley.

After seeing off the witch official, Shang Lu rode on the black cloud, called the county soldiers, and left the valley.

On the way down the mountain, Shang Lu and his companions saw from afar a group of yamen runners carrying evil spirits' heads and parading on the official road for public display.

There were many passers-by on the official road, and they all saw this scene.

Those who were unaware of the situation were trembling with fear because of those strange heads.

When the bailiffs walked away, they could not wait to ask passers-by about the situation.

Just at this time, Shang Lu also took the county soldiers onto the official road.

Although he was some distance away from the group, Shang Lu was able to hear their conversation thanks to his extraordinary hearing:

"You don't know yet? A new 'Demon Suppression County Lieutenant' has been appointed in our Luoshui County. As soon as he arrived, he started to suppress and kill the evil spirits here! Those heads just now were the evil spirits who did evil! Not only were they killed, but their heads were also cut off and paraded to warn all people or demons who come to our Luoshui County to abide by the law and be honest. Otherwise, this will be the end!"

"Demon Suppression County Lieutenant?"

This name made Shang Lu, who was eavesdropping from a distance, stunned.

"When did I get such a nickname? But it sounds more domineering than "winged tiger" and "unrestrained". "

Many passers-by on the official road were attracted by the title of "Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant" and were curious about how powerful this new county lieutenant was and how many evil spirits he had killed to earn such a nickname.

"The storyteller in the city said that this demon-suppressing county lieutenant is ten feet tall and has a waist of ten feet. He has a green face and fangs, and is scarier than an evil ghost. That's why he can scare away evil spirits! Not only is he extremely strong, he also has many magical powers. Once he uses them, he will have three heads and six arms, and spit flames from his mouth. No matter how powerful the evil spirit is, it will be crushed into powder if it encounters him!"

Hearing this, Shang Lu became even more speechless.

I'm so damn handsome, how come I have a green face and fangs? I have three heads and six arms, and I breathe fire... Am I Nezha or Red Boy?

Passersby didn't know that the "Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant" was not far away.

After all, Shang Lu was not wearing an official robe, but rather the attire of a merchant caravan servant. The county soldiers who followed him had all changed into casual clothes because they were afraid of alerting the enemy.

So even though passers-by saw them from afar, they didn't think of the county lieutenant.

Besides, the county lieutenant has a green face and fangs, and his image does not match that of Shanglu.

Passersby kept talking: "These days, there is a storyteller in Yuhuchun Teahouse, telling the story of the 'Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant' challenging the witch with his golden spear. It is said to be very exciting. If you want to listen, you'd better go early tomorrow morning. If you go too late, you won't be able to squeeze in..."

(End of this chapter)