Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 290 Something is fishy
These believers did not escape.

There was no need for Shang Lu, Lu Yang and Lu Dao to chase after him, and they didn't even have to take action to stop the thief.

As soon as these believers ran to the temple gate, they were kicked in the face by several strong horse legs and rolled back into the temple courtyard.

The person didn't escape, but several of his bones were broken.

Some people were even kicked in the face, with their noses broken and blood all over their faces.

At this time, Qiu Dao just caught up with him, holding a knife.

They grabbed these people by the hands or feet, dragged them to the center of the temple, and threw them together with the believers who did not escape.

He sneered, "You guys think you can run away? We can't do anything to the demons pretending to be gods, so how can we deal with you?"

At the same time, several figures swaggered in from outside the temple gate.

These were the official horses brought by Shang Lu and his men.

Leading the way is the black cloud.

This guy tilted his head, stuck out his tongue, his eyes were as contemptuous as possible, and his expression was as asking for a beating as possible.

In other words, he can't speak, otherwise the ridicule of Heiyun would definitely be more heartbreaking and more painful than the words of the thieves.

Shentu walked towards an official horse and took out a bamboo basket covered with red talisman paper from the bundle on the horse's butt.

On the talisman paper, there were twisted little snakes drawn.

Shentu raised his hand and threw the bamboo basket into the group of believers.

Although it was unclear what was strange about the bamboo basket, several believers reached out their hands and wanted to grab the basket and throw it away.

The bamboo basket wrapped with red talisman paper is creepy no matter how you look at it.

Not to mention that there seemed to be something hidden in the bamboo basket, and there were pairs of cold eyes spying on the people outside.

“Ding beep… ding beep…”

As soon as these people grabbed the bamboo basket, the sound of bamboo flute rang out.

At the same time as Shentu threw away the bamboo basket, he took out a bone flute from his bag and put it to his mouth and blew it.

Although there is no rhythm, it doesn't sound good at all.

But the sound of the bamboo flute awakened the things hidden in the bamboo basket.

Let them come out.

"Ah—it's a snake! Snake!"

"Oh my god, there are so many snakes!"

"Stay away from me, don't come over here!"

When these mountain ghost followers saw what was coming out of the bamboo basket, they immediately let out screams of panic.

Snakes with dark red patterns quickly crawled out of the bamboo basket.

The small bamboo basket seemed like a bottomless pit. In an instant, dozens of snakes crawled out.

Far more than it can store.

These snakes wrapped around the believers, opened their mouths, showed their fangs, and looked like they were ready to bite them.

But as long as the believers do not move, the snake will not bite.

But once they move or try to run, these snakes will bite them hard, causing the believers to immediately collapse to the ground.

Although he didn't die, he couldn't move and was in great pain.

The believers did not dare to move and stared at the snakes that were entangled with them.

That bamboo basket is also a magical weapon in the thieves' office, called a snake cage.

Although it is small in size, it houses hundreds of snakes.

These snakes can not only identify friend or foe, but can also attack the enemy under the control of the flute, or guard prisoners like now.

The people in the Thief Cao's Office like to wear snake cages when they are carrying out arrest missions.

These snakes are much more convenient and more deterrent than tools like handcuffs and shackles.

Shang Lu glanced at the mountain ghost followers in the yard and saw that their strength had dropped sharply after the evil spirit on them was extinguished. They were no longer a threat, so he handed them over to Shentu and others for disposal.

He walked quickly into the hall.

Inside the hall, apart from the broken fragments of the statue, there was only a foul smell of blood and rotten flesh on the ground.

Shanglu released a stream of blood energy, which lifted up a green leaf and several pieces of bamboo armor in the dirty blood.

Sanniang, holding the oil-paper umbrella, blew out a gust of cold wind, blowing away all the rotten flesh and blood that were stained on the leaves and bamboo armor.

At the same time, it also blows away the evil spirits that attempted to pollute them.

Just then, Shang Lu heard footsteps behind him.

It was Lu Dao who followed.

Shang Lu was shocked, fearing that Lu Dao would notice the cold wind blown by Sanniang and discover Sanniang, leading to misunderstanding.

Just as he was about to explain, Lu Dao leaned over to take a look at the object in his hand. He was not curious about the leaves given by Uncle Huai, but was interested in a few bamboo armors.

"Is that a pangolin used to build up strength and strengthen the body?"

"Yes. Uncle Lu has a good eye."

"It has nothing to do with eyesight. I've used this thing before, so I'm quite familiar with it."

Lu Dao looked at Shang Lu and said in amazement: "I just didn't expect that the tools used for practicing martial arts could be used by you as a talisman, and it actually stuns the mountain ghost."

"It was just a fluke."

Shang Lu would never tell Lu Dao that the Panic Armor was able to subdue the mountain ghost because he had infused divine power into it.

With the divine power, the "mountain" moved by the pangolin is not only heavier, but its power will not disappear after leaving Shanglu.

Not to mention that the spiritual energy that Shanglu used to refine his essence was obtained from the god with a pig body, eight legs and a snake tail.

The god with a pig body, eight legs and a snake tail is actually a mountain god!

The spiritual energy he gave was full of earthiness. After Shanglu refined and absorbed it, it not only greatly replenished the spleen and spirit, but also could move bigger and heavier "mountains" when using the moving pangolin.

Shang Lu discovered this as early as during his cultivation.

This is the first time it is used in a battle against the enemy.

"Luck is also a manifestation of strength."

As Lu Dao spoke, he waved his hand and a few pangolins flew into his hands. After taking a look, he didn't see anything special about them. They were just ordinary pangolins. He couldn't help but marvel at them and then returned them to Shang Lu.

From beginning to end, Lu Dao did not notice the cold wind that just blew in the hall.

He didn't even notice Sanniang's existence.

Afterwards, Lu Dao took Shang Lu and Lu Yang to search the hall carefully, but found no clues.

As the three of them walked out of the hall, a series of "Gugua, Gugua" sounds came from Lu Dao.

Lu Dao reached into his arms and took out a jade token.

It is similar to Shanglu and Luyang's, but with more witchcraft patterns.

"This is a message from Great Wizard Zhongli."

Lu Dao glanced at the message on the jade token, raised his head and said, "He attaches great importance to the fact that we have captured the demon soul. He asked us to take the demon soul and rush to Feiwu County immediately. He will be waiting for us there."

"Yes, disciple, accept the order."

Shang Lu and Lu Yang responded with their hands folded.

Lu Dao turned to Shen Tu and said, "You stay here and interrogate these mountain ghost believers and the people from Xipinggou.

I will ask the county and the shire to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

Once the troops arrive, you must immediately conduct a check on the surrounding villages and towns, and arrest and interrogate all those who worship the mountain ghost or pray to it!"

Shentu crossed his hands in response, feeling a little excited.

He had just been in the Great Immortal Temple, so he knew very well that many people who prayed to the mountain ghosts offered sacrifices related to humans.

Human blood, human flesh, human organs...even the souls of living people!

Offering obscene sacrifices to demons and ghosts is a serious sin.

Not to mention, they were using humans as sacrifices!

This is a big case!
As Shen Tu was thinking, Shang Lu also spoke up, "Let me add one more thing. You must also carefully identify the children born nearby in the past two years. If there are any abnormalities, you must exorcise the evil spirits in time!"

When Lu Dao heard this, he immediately understood what Shang Lu meant and nodded seriously, "That's right. Do as you, Shang Zecao, said, and I will ask the witch officer to come and help." Lu Yang thought about it for a moment and said seriously, "We must check it! And we must check it carefully, and we can't be careless!"

"Check on the newborn baby?" Shentu was a little surprised.

This couldn't be blamed on him. Although he had just followed into the Great Immortal Temple, because of his lack of cultivation, he was afraid of being contaminated by evil spirits and didn't dare to look around too much.

Unlike Shanglu and the other two, they saw the process of the mountain ghost's "blessing" very clearly.

Shang Lu explained his doubts: "Among the believers who were praying just now, there were several who were praying for children. Do you remember?"

"I remember." Shentu nodded.

Although he did not see the process of the mountain ghost "blessing", he did hear someone express the wish to have a child.

Moreover, Shentu also heard that after the mountain ghost accepted the sacrificial blood and food offered by these people, it gave them "magic pills" to eat.

The mountain ghost also told these people that if they ate the "magic pill", they would be able to give birth to the children they wanted when they returned.

In the eyes of believers, what the mountain ghost bestowed were "immortal pills" that shone brightly with golden light and overflowing with rosy clouds.

However, Shang Lu and the other two were not blinded by the evil spirit.

They saw clearly that what the mountain ghost gave was not a "magic pill" at all.

"What the mountain ghost feeds to those believers who want to have children is rotten meat cut from its own soul, which is full of evil spirits!" Shang Lu said.

When Shentu heard this, he suddenly realized.

There is no guarantee that the child born from eating this weird thing will not have some strange features.

Then think of the mountain ghost, who has three burrows and asks believers to build a spiritual body for him everywhere.

Could these children also be a kind of spiritual body?
Or maybe it was just a monster child born from a mountain ghost?
This matter must be investigated and cannot be neglected!

Shen Tu also looked serious, crossed his arms and said, "I understand, I will investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Lu Dao looked at Shang Lu, and in addition to satisfaction, there was also a bit of surprise in his eyes.

"What Jiang Cai said is indeed correct. You are thoughtful and thoughtful, and you are indeed very suitable for the Discipline Department. When your cultivation breaks through to the Zhoutian realm, you might as well consider joining our Discipline Department."

Shang Lu bowed and said, "Thank you, Uncle Lu, for your appreciation. I will seriously consider it when I reach the Zhoutian realm."

Lu Dao nodded without saying anything more.

Shang Lu has just started to learn Qi training and is still far from the Zhoutian realm.

It is even hard to say whether one can break through to the Zhoutian realm.

It’s still a long time before you can enter the Discipline Department.

After glancing at the believers in the yard and then at Shentu and the others, Lu Dao took out a stack of talisman papers from his sleeve.

As he made hand gestures and chanted incantations, the talisman paper immediately flew out of his hands and stuck to the foreheads of the believers.

These believers were already entangled by snakes, so even if they wanted to take off the talisman paper on their foreheads, they didn't dare to move.

Lu Dao took another bell and gave it to Shen Tu, saying, "As long as you ring the bell, these people will follow you on their own, even if they are injured or have broken bones."

When Shang Lu saw this set of talisman paper and bells, he guessed that they were probably derived from the corpse-driving technique of Chu.

The corpse-driving technique can even drive corpses, so it is naturally possible to drive living people as well.

Shentu took the bell given by Lu Dao and felt a little flattered.

He tried it according to Lu Dao's instructions.

Sure enough, even those believers with broken legs howled and got up from the ground when they heard the bell, and jumped after him.

Some people who couldn't bear it tried to tear off the talisman paper stuck on their heads.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he was bitten by the snake.

The poison spread throughout their bodies, causing them to lose their strength and collapse instantly.

But even though he was lying down limply, his body was still bouncing along with the ringing of the bell.

And the pain is still there, even more intense.

But this time, they didn't even have the strength to scream in pain.

Lu Dao also gave the thieves a few magic talismans and asked them to carry them with them in case of emergency.

Then he took out a flag from his sleeve and called Shang Lu and Lu Dao to come closer.

Seeing this, the black cloud hurried over as it didn't want to be left behind.

Before leaving, Shang Lu did not say a word of advice to Shen Tu.

"Shen Zuoshi, you are fully responsible for the affairs here. Remember not to be careless. If you have any needs, just ask Chen Ze Cao."

Shen Tu crossed his hands and replied, "Don't worry, Mr. Shang, I will definitely live up to your trust!"

At this time, Lu Dao waved the flag, and rolling dark clouds emerged from it, transforming into a cloud boat, carrying three people and a horse, and galloping towards the direction of Feiwu County.

Watching the dark clouds fly away, Shentu called his men to steal, "We're leaving too."

He strode out of the Great Immortal Temple, shaking the bell in his hand, causing the group of mountain ghost believers to jump and follow him.

Several thieves were scattered on both sides and at the rear of the team, in case someone failed to keep up or was looking for an opportunity to escape.

Fortunately, there was no one in the mountains late at night, otherwise, seeing this scene would have scared the hell out of people.

The dark cloud flying boat flies at an extremely fast speed.

Moreover, when traveling from the sky, there is no obstacle from the terrain.

At about three quarters past midnight, the three men and the horse arrived outside Feiwu County.

After feeling the flying of the clouds, Shang Lu was very impressed: "Flying is indeed faster. If I were to ride on the black cloud, I'm afraid it would take another two or three hours, and I might not be able to reach Feiwu County."

When Heiyun heard this, he snorted loudly to express his dissatisfaction.

Lu Dao controlled the dark clouds and landed outside the city.

At this moment, on the top of the city wall, several crossbows filled with witchcraft spells were aimed at the dark clouds he was controlling.

If you don't reveal your identity and get closer, these witchcraft crossbows will activate automatically.

After the three men and their horse landed, the guards on the city wall also discovered them and hurriedly rang the gong to warn them.

Lu Dao raised his hand, and the witch spirit lifted up the jade token and sent it to the top of the city.

"I'm Lu Dao, and I need to enter the city immediately."

Immediately, a guard took the jade token with both hands and sent it to the general guarding the city for inspection.

After confirming the authenticity, the guard personally went up to the top of the city wall and bowed to Lu Dao, saying, "So it's Officer Lu who has returned. I will open the city gate right away."

"No need to bother."

As he spoke, Lu Dao stretched out his hands.

He grabbed the Shanglu with his left hand, lifted the black cloud with his right hand, stepped on the witchcraft smoke, and flew to the top of the city.

Seeing this, Lu Yang, who did not get on the "car", hurriedly made a sword gesture, summoned a sword from the sword box behind him, jumped up, stepped on the flying sword, and chased Lu Dao to the top of the city.

Because their identities had been verified, the crossbows and witch formations on the city walls were not activated.

"Has the Great Wizard Zhongli returned?"

Lu Dao took the jade token handed back by the guard with both hands and asked.

"not yet."

"Not back yet?"

Judging from the time, Great Witch Zhongli should have returned to Feiwu County earlier than them.

Did something go wrong?
Lu Dao was slightly startled and quickly took out the jade token to contact the great wizard Zhongli.

After a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief, put away the jade token, and said to Shang Lu and Lu Yang:
"On their way back, the Great Witch Zhongli and his men found clues to the mountain ghost's true identity and are currently investigating. Let's go to the Witch Temple and rest first."

Shang Lu and Lu Yang looked at each other and both felt that this was a bit too coincidental.

They had just captured a remnant of the mountain ghost's soul and were about to hand it over to the Great Wizard Zhongli, when Zhongli and others discovered clues to the mountain ghost's true identity.

Is there some conspiracy here?
Lu Yang was very serious and said anxiously, "Uncle Lu, do you want to remind the great wizard Zhongli to be careful of fraud?"

"I've already reminded you. Don't worry, what you can think of, Zhongli Dawu and the others can definitely think of as well."

Lu Dao smiled and said to the two of them, "You've worked hard tonight. Follow me to the Witch Temple and have a good rest. Zhongli the Great Witch and the others should be back tomorrow."

"Even if it's a trick, Zhongli the Great Wizard and his men can handle it. And when we get to the Wizard Temple, if the mountain ghost dares to come, we can just capture it."

(End of this chapter)