Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 3 The Five Internal Organs and the Spleen
"Are you going to eat them?"

Shang Lu’s mind was full of ideas and he quickly thought of a possibility.

Since the deserted temple exists in the body, can we send it to the deserted temple by eating incense and candles into our stomach?

Empty dreams will not produce any results, so Shang Lu immediately decided to verify it with practical actions.

But before you eat the scented candle, there is one thing you need to confirm.

"Do you have more of this kind of scented candles?" Shang Lu asked.

If there are only so many incense sticks and candles, and they are eaten but cannot be sent to the deserted temple, it will be a disaster and we will have to find another way.

The courtyard and the house were quiet, and no one answered. But after Shang Lu finished asking, a few more candles appeared out of thin air in the bowl containing the bloody meat paste.

Seeing this, Shang Lu was relieved and said with a smile: "It's good if there are extra ones. Put them away first and keep them for future use."

A few incense candles also obeyed, the flames flickered and then disappeared.

Shang Lu ended his cold bath early, climbed out of the icy wooden barrel, reached out and grabbed two burning candles, and stuffed them directly into his mouth without blowing out the candles.

When the burning candle entered his mouth, it did not burn Shanglu. He took a breath and wrapped the candle flame.

The texture and taste of the candles were not good, making people feel nauseous. Shang Lu endured the discomfort and swallowed the two candles in a few bites without even chewing them.

Then, three incense sticks were also eaten in this way.

Shang Lu closed his eyes and focused his mind on his dantian. Soon he saw the deserted temple in his body and the flickering incense sticks on the altar in the temple.

"It's done!"

While Shang Lu was overjoyed, he discovered that the green smoke rising from the three incense sticks further dispelled the fog in the deserted temple.

Of the five statues in the temple, the central one can already be seen clearly.

This is a statue emitting a faint yellow light. The statue is very broken, as if it had suffered a great disaster.

What the statue steps on is not a lotus platform, nor auspicious clouds, mythical beasts, little ghosts, etc., but a ball of mud.

The soil that gives birth to all things.

Even this statue emitting yellow light seems to have "grown" out of the soil.

Who is this immortal? Shang Lu was very curious.

Unfortunately, he didn't know much about the gods in this world, and he had no clue no matter how much he thought about it.

However, when Shang Lu saw the mottled face of the statue, he was shocked.

The face of this statue looks exactly like him!
It was already strange to have a deserted temple inside my body, but the statue in the temple also had my own face on it...

This kind of thing is simply too weird!

"I became a god? When did it happen? How come I didn't know..."

Shang Lu was dumbfounded. How could a deity be so anxious to keep his position as a constable?

It was at this time that Shang Lu noticed the green smoke rising from the incense, which turned into a line of words:

【Five Internal Organs Temples·Spleen God】

"Stomach?"

Shang Lu was surprised and remembered something he had heard before. It is said that the five internal organs in the human body are controlled by gods, who are called the five internal organ gods.

The human body is a temple dedicated to the gods of the five internal organs, and is called the Five Internal Organs Temple.

He suddenly understood something:

"No wonder the face of this statue is the same as mine, because He is me, and this temple is my body. I died and came back to life, but my internal organs were damaged, so the temple is dilapidated and the statue is incomplete. What I offer sacrifices to is not another god, but myself..."

After figuring out the origins of the deserted temple and the statues, Shang Lu became curious about their functions.

The incense and candles offered in the temple of the five internal organs seemed to communicate with his soul. As he was thinking, the smoke rising from the incense and candles turned into another line of words:

[Sacrificing food to the spleen god can obtain qi and blood, and nourish the bones and internal organs]

Although Shang Lu was not proficient in medicine, he practiced martial arts and knew a little about medicine. He knew that the spleen belonged to the earth in the five elements and was called the foundation of the acquired constitution. It had the ability to digest food and generate qi and blood.

Previously, it was because the five internal organs including the spleen were damaged, which led to a significant reduction in the ability to generate qi and blood, which caused Shang Lu's cultivation progress to be slow.

I just don’t know how much qi and blood I can get by sacrificing food to the spleen god?

Shanglu immediately carried out the test and quickly ate the bloody meat paste in the bowl.

Just like incense and candles, after being eaten with blood and flesh, they are also sent to the internal organs and placed on the offering table.

The spleen god statue didn't make any movement, and the blood and flesh disappeared little by little.

At the same time, a pure and powerful stream of qi and blood appeared in Shanglu's stomach.

The strength and purity of this substance are many times higher than the bloody meat paste that Shanglu himself had eaten.

Shang Lu was very excited, but also a little regretful: "I wasted all the bloody meat paste before!"

He did not waste what he gained this time, and immediately began to practice the Five Beasts Health Preserving Technique.

Strong qi and blood flow throughout the body with breathing and movement, nourishing the muscles and bones and strengthening the skin and flesh.

After practicing a set of Five Beasts Health Preserving Exercises, Shang Lu was pleasantly surprised to find that the effects of improving his muscles, bones, and strength were far better than before.

"Okay, okay, this is really great!"

Shang Lu was very happy.

Although this body still had a rusty feeling when it was functioning poorly during cultivation, there were some positive changes after all, which gave him hope of recovering his cultivation and passing the performance test.

Shang Lu was full of energy and practiced tirelessly over and over again until the spleen god had completely digested the bloody flesh and the generated qi and blood were all absorbed by him, and then he stopped.

However, he did not want to rest, but planned to eat something to nourish his spleen so as to obtain qi and blood and continue practicing.

There was no more bloody meat paste. Sanniang only gave him one bowl of that thing a day. It was not that Sanniang was stingy, but although the bloody meat paste was effective, it was extremely cold.

With Shang Lu's current physical condition, even if he activated his five internal organs and spleen, he would not be able to bear eating too much bloody meat.

Diarrhea and loose stools are minor matters, but if not handled properly they can hurt the Yang energy and cause further damage to the five internal organs.

Fortunately, other foods can also generate qi and blood, but the quantity is smaller and the purity is lower.

But if the quality is not good, you can make up for it with quantity. Shang Lu asked himself that he could not be a genius, but being a good eater was no problem.

He immediately went out to find something to eat, but he discovered that there were new changes in his stomach.

In front of the spleen statue, green smoke billowed continuously, and a new line of text appeared:
[The five internal organs are damaged, and the qi and blood are deficient. Offering three sacrifices and eight precious medicines can replenish qi and blood and nourish the five internal organs]

Shang Lu was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed.

The biggest reason for his slow progress in cultivation was the damage to his five internal organs.

If you can maintain good health for the five internal organs, the speed of cultivation will definitely increase further!
By then, combined with the energy and blood obtained from sacrificing food, it would no longer be a luxury to recover before the performance exam.

"Three Sacrifices and Eight Treasures, huh? I'll go get them right away!"

Shang Lu put on his clothes and strode out the door.

Although he was extremely excited, he did not forget to turn around and say hello when he left: "I'm going out for a while and will be back soon."

The shade of the tree swayed gently, as if responding to his words, or as if happy that he saw hope.

The gate closed and the spots of light disappeared. The courtyard returned to coldness and darkness again, giving off an aura that kept strangers away.

After leaving the courtyard, Shang Lu went straight out of the county and headed straight for the Caoshi outside the city.

Although there are shops in the county town, it is not easy to find all the three sacrifices. On the contrary, it is easier to find these things in the grass market.

People from surrounding towns and villages would go to the market every fifth and tenth day of the lunar year. Hunters and fishermen would also bring their recent catches to sell at the market.

Therefore, every time the Caoshi market opened, it was very lively and also a feast for the yamen runners.

And today is the day when the Cao Market opens.

As soon as Shang Lu arrived at the grass market, before he had time to look where the geese, ducks and pheasants were for sale, he was stopped by two colleagues who were guarding the grass market and threw him a string of copper coins.

"Shang Lu, you came just in time. This is the money I just collected for the tea today."

"Thanks."

Shang Lu did not refuse and accepted the money.

Every time the Caoshi market was opened, the yamen runners would collect a sum of money for tea from the vendors. This was an open unspoken rule.

Shanglu had no choice but to accept this money.

If he doesn’t accept it, how can the two captains accept it? If the captains don’t accept it, how can the chief clerk and the county magistrate accept it?
Even though the county magistrate doesn't usually take care of things, if he can't collect the money, no one will have an easy life.

After chatting with his colleagues for a while, Shang Lu asked, "By the way, have you seen Old Zhang?"

Old Zhang was a hunter who often came to the grass market to sell his prey. Shang Lu wanted to ask him if he had any geese, ducks or pheasants for sale.

The colleague shook his head and said, "Old Zhang hasn't come to Caoshi for a while. I heard that the hill where their village is located has been covered by fog recently. I guess they won't come down the mountain until the fog passes."

"The weather this year is really weird. It's not even the rainy season yet, so why is there heavy fog and the mountains are closed?" Shang Lu complained.

"Who says it's not? It's strange that it's so hot before summer even arrives." The colleague agreed, wiping the sweat from his face.

After parting with his colleagues, Shang Lu found a food stall to sit down, ordered a bowl of mutton soup and a few large pot cakes.

While sprinkling chopped green onions and coriander into the mutton offal soup, he waved to a streetwalker and called him over. He threw him a few copper coins as a fee and ordered, "See who is selling wild geese, ducks and pheasants in the market, and bring them over."

The idle man got the money and was delighted. He immediately turned around to help find someone.

"Wait." Shang Lu stopped him again and asked, "Do you know what the Eight Treasures Medicine is?"

"I don't know." The idle man shook his head. He knew the Eight Bones, but he had no idea about the Eight Treasures Medicine.

This answer was within Shang Lu's expectations. He thought about it and ordered, "Bring me some of the people selling herbs in the herb market."

"Okay." The idle man nodded in agreement. Seeing that Shang Lu had no other instructions, he immediately went to find someone.

This idle man was originally helping people find things in the grass market. He was familiar with the place and soon led a few hunters and herbalists to Shang Lu.

These people were very nervous at first and thought they were involved in some case.

For ordinary people, getting into trouble is not a good thing. Even if they are not guilty, they will be blackmailed by the yamen runners and severely punished.

Only when they heard Shang Lu say he wanted to buy something did the hunters and herbalists breathe a sigh of relief.

It was from the introduction of the herbalist that Shanglu learned that the so-called eight treasures of medicine are ginseng, white atractylodes, poria, angelica, chuanxiong, white peony root, rehmannia root, and licorice, which are said to have the effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood.

The hunters and herbalists quickly gathered the three sacrificial animals and eight precious herbs, but they did not dare to ask for a price and gave them to Shanglu at a discount.

Shang Lu declined and wanted to buy it according to the market price.

As a result, the more he refused, the more frightened the hunters and herbalists became, and they had no choice but to give up.

When leaving Caoshi, Shang Lu saw a vendor selling wooden hairpins with good workmanship, so he went up and picked out a beautiful one, intending to take it back as a gift.

As soon as Shang Lu entered the county town, he was spotted by Sun Ying who was on patrol.

"Shang Lu? Why is he going out of town instead of recuperating at home?"

Sun Ying was a little surprised.

When Sun Ying saw the big bag of medicinal herbs and the wild geese, wild ducks, pheasants and other things in Shang Lu's hand, his brows furrowed even more.

"What does he want to do by buying these things?"

(End of this chapter)