Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 299: Unworthy of being a parent official

"Yes, I'll go right away." Lu Yang nodded and accepted the order.

He raised his hand and several broken flying swords immediately returned to the sword box.

Lu Yang didn't care about his swords and rushed to the county government office.

"Uncle Lu, I'll go with Brother Lu."

Shang Lu volunteered.

"I have worked in the county and am also a thief official in the county. If the local chief officer has a problem, I can take over the command of the officers and carry out the tasks assigned by Uncle Lu."

Shang Lu's words reminded Lu Dao.

In Feiwu County, even the shamans in the witch temple were seduced by the mountain ghost and succumbed to desire.

The county magistrate, the chief clerk, the county lieutenant and others might also be believers of the mountain ghost.

Otherwise, how could so many mountain ghost believers be hidden in Feiwu County without being discovered?

However, Lu Dao was still worried about Shang Lu's situation.

"Can your body hold up?"

"Uncle Lu, haven't you checked? My body is fine for the time being." Shang Lu said, patting his chest.

The evil miasma was sealed by the Yin-Yang fish and could not cause any trouble at all.

Instead, it is the liver god and spleen god among the five internal organs that draw out the evil miasma bit by bit, purify and absorb it, transform it into the essence of the Shanglu itself, and fill it into the Qi sea.

If Shang Lu had not been afraid of causing surprise and suspicion from Lu Dao, Lu Yang and the others, he would have wanted to speed up his practice so as to absorb the evil miasma as quickly as possible, cultivate his essence, improve his cultivation, and refine his qi.

Lu Dao thought about it and felt that there was indeed nothing wrong with Shang Lu’s current situation.

So he nodded and agreed: "Okay, you go to the county government with Lu Yang. When you get there, there is no need to call the county magistrate and other officials, just arrest them for trial! Even if they are not colluding with the mountain ghosts, they are still guilty of dereliction of duty. You take over the Feiwu County Government and manage the affairs here. If they dare to resist, just kill them."

As he spoke, Lu Dao took out a token from the Discipline Department from his arms and threw it to Shang Lu.

Let Shang Lu and Lu Yang act under the name and identity of the Discipline Department.

In this way, even if the local officials were killed, others would not be able to find fault.

"Yes!"

"Students take orders!"

Shang Lu and Lu Yang obeyed the order in unison.

Lu Dao also instructed two other students from the Witch Academy to rush to the city walls, parade grounds, etc. to check the situation of the local county soldiers.

Those with problems will be arrested, those without problems will be restrained, and patrols will be arranged to maintain order in the city.

The two witch academy students took the order and left the Jinwu Tower separately.

After the four people left, Lu Dao glanced at the corpse on the ground, quickly calculated the direction, walked to the location of the death gate, and inserted the sheep head soul flag into the ground.

Then he made the witch gestures with his hands and chanted the spell.

The Sheep Head Soul Flag moves without wind.

One by one, ghosts floated up from the corpses along with the wind blown out from the soul flag.

Different from the ghosts of Xin Yu and mountain ghost.

These ghosts all looked confused, as if they had lost their self-awareness after death.

However, their resentful and evil aura is stronger than that of ordinary ghosts.

As the spell on the sheep-head soul flag lit up, all the ghosts were taken in.

After doing all this, Lu Dao turned around and entered the Jinwu Tower to thank the Jinwu for appearing and helping him.

At the same time, Shang Lu and Lu Yang had just walked a short distance out of the Jinwu Tower when they encountered the black cloud hiding there.

Although Heiyun is an official horse, its combat power is enough to deal with evil monsters below the Qi Refining Realm.

If you encounter an evil monster above the Qi Refining level, or even a Zhoutian or Tongtian level evil monster, you will be really not worth dealing with.

So Shanglu did not take it to Jinwu Pagoda, but hid it here.

Heiyun understands human nature. He knows that he is not capable enough, so he does not try to be brave and disguises himself very well.

When they saw Shang Lu and Lu Yang coming, they knew the war was over, so they hurried to greet them.

The two men and the horse soon arrived at the county government office.

The door of the county government office was open, and the people inside were in chaos.

The guard at the door looked flustered and didn't know what to do until Shang Lu, Lu Yang and Hei Yun came close. Then he reacted and drew his sword and shouted:

"who?"

"What?"

The black cloud was like a wild dog that had broken free from its leash. It rushed up with a whoosh and kicked over the officer who had drawn his sword.

Before they could call for help, Shang Lu and Lu Yang came forward and let the light of the lanterns shine on them.

The officers at the gate of the county government office, as well as the people inside who heard the noise and ran to help, at this moment, saw clearly the wizard robes on Shang Lu and Lu Yang.

Not only was he so scared that he put away his knife, he also quickly saluted and said, "Greetings, Witch Officer."

During this period, many witch officials came to Feiwu County, but they were not surprised.

But tonight, some strange things happened in the yamen.

Just now, outside, there were strange explosions and roars, as well as flashes of blood and fire...

The witch official came to visit at this time...Isn't he here because of these strange things?

Thinking of this, the officers dared not act rashly.

The officer who was kicked to the ground by Heiyun also hurriedly apologized, saying that he had no intention of offending anyone.

"return."

Shang Lu called Heiyun back to his side and took out the discipline commander card given by Lu Dao.

"We are here on orders from the Discipline Department! Where are your county magistrate, chief clerk, and county lieutenant?"

"In reply to Officer Wu, our Feiwu County is a lower-ranking county. We are only equipped with a county magistrate and a county lieutenant, but no chief clerk." An officer replied cautiously.

Many middle and lower-level counties were only equipped with a county magistrate and a chief clerk.

For example, Luoshui County where Shanglu was previously located.

But in Feiwu County, there is a county lieutenant but no chief clerk.

It is probably because this place is often plagued by bandits.

Shang Lu remembered that people in the Bandit Office had said that Feiwu County was often plagued by bandits. Many villages and towns probably worshipped mountain ghosts for this reason.

From this we can see that even if the officials of Feiwu County did not collude with the mountain ghosts, they were still suspected of incompetence and dereliction of duty.

"Where are they?" Lu Yang asked with a stern face.

He had just fought a fierce battle, and the sword energy on his body had not yet dissipated. The cold and sharp aura frightened the people in the county government office. They all broke out in cold sweats and dared not lie.

"They suddenly rushed out of the county government office just now."

"There were also a few night shift leaders, who also led the brothers from the third shift and the sixth room, chasing after them..."

“We asked them what they were doing, but they didn’t answer.”

"Everyone's eyes were red, as if... as if they were crazy."

The officers who stayed in the county government office told Shang Lu and Lu Yang what had just happened.

There was one thing they didn't dare to talk about.

The people who rushed out of the county government office, whether they were the county magistrate, county lieutenant, or the clerks and runners, all seemed to have strange deformations on their bodies.

Shang Lu and Lu Yang looked at each other.

"You guessed it right, Feiwu County Government Office was also invaded by mountain ghosts!
The county magistrate, county lieutenant, witch doctor... all of them are followers of the mountain ghost. No wonder the mountain ghost can develop so many followers here!

If the mountain ghost hadn’t wanted to recruit followers, the situation in Feiwu County would have been discovered at some point.”

Lu Yang snorted, and immediately gathered all the officers who remained in the county government office. He made sword gestures with his hands, released sword energy, and planted a wisp of sword energy on each officer.

If these servants behave strangely or the evil spirit breaks out, the sword energy will be activated immediately and kill them.

The officers didn't know that Lu Yang had planted a "life and death talisman" on them.

After they gathered, Shang Lu immediately ordered them to be divided into two teams.

A team rushed to Jinwu Pagoda, waiting for Lu Dao's orders.

Another team patrolled the city to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos and beat gongs to appease the people.

"Just say there is a flood somewhere, it's not a big deal, it has been put out, let everyone stay at home and don't run around!" Shang Lu ordered.

The officers crossed their hands and agreed, but they were complaining in their hearts: The noise just now didn't sound like a fire, so who would believe this?
However, they also knew that at this time, it didn't matter whether the people believed what the government said or not.

The important thing is to keep them at home and not run around.

After arranging the servants, Shang Lu and Lu Yang were not in a hurry to leave.

The two of them searched the county government office carefully, looking for evidence that the county magistrate, county lieutenant and others believed in and worshipped mountain ghosts.

Also, see if there is any evil thing hidden in here, so as to search it out and hand it over to Lu Dao to deal with, so as to avoid causing other incidents.

This search really allowed Shang Lu and Lu Yang to discover a lot of information.

They found a one-horned and three-legged mountain ghost statue in the county jail.

The statue was placed in a prison cell.

The magistrate and lieutenant of Feiwu County turned this prison into an altar for blood and human sacrifices.

When Shang Lu and Lu Yang checked here, they found that many people were tied up in this prison.

Some of these people were beggars in the city, some were traveling merchants... Almost all of them were the kind of people who, after they died, no one would run to the county government to report the crime.

Some of them had been tortured to death and offered as sacrifices to the mountain ghosts.

Some are still alive, but dying.

Lu Yang burned the one-horned and three-legged mountain ghost statue.

Shang Lu called the clerks from the county government to rescue the dying man from the prison, and sent people to the city to find a doctor.

"As a county official, not only did he not protect the people, he even used the blood of the people under his jurisdiction to sacrifice to the demons... They deserve to self-destruct! Even self-destruction is too easy for them!"

Lu Yang gritted his teeth in hatred.

Shang Lu was feeling lucky that the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Feiwu County were not very powerful.

Otherwise, if there were two more enemies with the same strength as Xin Yu and the gatekeeper in the previous battle, the outcome would be hard to predict.

Shang Lu and his friends reported what happened here to Lu Dao through the Witch Academy badge.

Lu Dao replied quickly, saying that the bodies of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant were found with the help of officials from the county government.

These two guys turned into monsters under the pollution of evil spirit, but their faces did not change and they could be recognized.

However, their strength was not as great as that of Xin Yu and the gatekeeper, which were greatly improved with the help of the mountain ghost.

From this we can know that what they obtained from the mountain ghost should not be cultivation.

When Shang Lu and Lu Yang learned the news, they immediately went to the residences of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant.

After a search, a large amount of gold and silver was found in the residence of the two men, as well as letters exchanged with the county's Gongcao clerks and others, and records of gift giving.

It turned out that the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Feiwu County were both quite old.

They had no hope of spiritual practice and no chance of promotion, so after believing in the mountain ghosts, they just prayed for wealth.

Even though he was giving gifts to county officials, he also wanted to keep his official position in Feiwu County and not be transferred elsewhere.

In this way, one can better worship the mountain ghost and obtain money.

In addition to seeking wealth, they also pray that their descendants will have a bright future.

Under the "blessing" of the mountain ghost, their descendants were indeed very smart, and their practice progressed rapidly during this year. They were even able to go to the witch academy to study.

It’s just that they were afraid that their descendants would be found to have problems after entering the witch house, so they didn’t send them to the witch house.

Instead, he continued to stay in Feiwu County and grew up under the "protection" of the mountain ghost.

They thought that as long as the mountain ghosts blessed them, their descendants would be able to achieve extraordinary skills.

At that time, even if you are seen as something strange, you will become a talent that many parties will fight for.

However, this time, their descendants were also bewitched by the mountain ghosts and rushed to the vicinity of the Jinwu Pagoda, where they exploded and turned into evil miasma.

"If you ask for help from demons and ghosts, you will surely die from them. This is the end of taking the wrong path!" Lu Yang snorted coldly.

Shang Lu felt that rather than saying these people died from demons and ghosts, it would be better to say that they were killed by their own desires.

After destroying everything related to the mountain ghost, the two men returned to the Jinwu Pagoda with the gold and silver valuables they had searched from the residences of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant.

After inspecting the items, Lu Dao ordered, "Take 10% of the spoils."

Paying 10% is a recognized unspoken rule, and even the witch officials of the Discipline Department think it is natural.

Shang Lu and Lu Yang didn't hesitate and took their own portions immediately.

Yellow and white things are very important to those who practice cultivation.

Having money is not everything, but having no money is absolutely impossible.

The officials who were carrying the corpses to be burned nearby were filled with envy when they saw this scene.

But I didn’t dare to look at it any more.

They could only suppress their envy in their hearts and quickly follow Lu Dao's orders to pile up and burn the deformed corpses.

In a blink of an eye, the night began to fade and a hint of dawn appeared in the east.

The sky gradually brightened.

In Feiwu County, the sounds of cocks crowing and dogs barking began to be heard.

At this time of day in normal times, people in the county would have already gone out and started working for their day's livelihood.

But today, no one dared to go out.

Because the county officials and soldiers had been patrolling the city and beating gongs to warn people to stay at home and not go out without permission.

"What do you mean by fire? Does this look like fire?"

"Could it be that bandits have entered the city?"

Many people were at home, curious and nervously speculating.

In addition, there are many people who are in panic.

However, these people discovered that their relatives had disappeared!

They didn't know where these people had gone or what had happened to them, and could only wait in fear and anxiety for notification from the government.

At daybreak, Great Witch Zhongli, along with three witch officers from the Discipline Department and several students from the Witch Academy, finally returned to Feiwu County.

Before they even entered the county town, they sensed a strange atmosphere.

The Great Wizard Zhongli's expression suddenly changed.

Only when he saw Lu Dao, Shang Lu and others did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Then, he frowned and asked, "Junior Brother Lu, what happened here?"

Lu Dao was stunned when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "Why, Senior Brother Zhongli, you didn't receive my message?"

(End of this chapter)