Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 327: Lightning Strike Yin Yang Willow Charcoal
Shanglu bent down and took out a piece of charcoal from the ashes.

Different from ordinary charcoal, although this piece of charcoal is burnt black in color, it has streaks of lightning and fire scattered throughout.

In addition, this piece of charcoal not only has a metallic luster, but is also very heavy.

Shang Lu even became aware of waves of icy Yin energy and scalding thunder breath flowing through Tan's body at the same time.

“Is this the Yin Yang Willow?”

Shang Lu identified the willow wood, or the former identity of the willow monster, through some traces on the charcoal that had not been completely destroyed.

This made him surprised and he couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that the Yin-Yang Willow he was looking for had actually become a spirit and a monster.

Shang Lu searched in the ashes and found five similar pieces of Yin-Yang Willow charcoal.

Some are big and some are small. The small one is about the size of a fist, while the big one is almost as big as a tortoise shell.

Every piece of Yin-Yang Willow charcoal contains Yin energy and thunder breath.

Perhaps it is because the Yin-Yang Willow itself is a combination of yin and yang, the yin energy and the thunder breath did not fight each other, but instead coexisted harmoniously and complemented each other.

Shang Lu took two pieces of Yin-Yang Willow charcoal in his hands and touched them together, making a crisp "dangdang" sound, just like the sound of metal colliding.

Moreover, it can be felt that the hardness of the Yin-Yang Willow Charcoal is only stronger than metal.

"What is this, lightning-struck wood?"

Shang Lu was amazed, but he didn't know whether such a Yin-Yang Willow could be used to make Nuo masks.

He fished out the Witch Academy Jade Token from his bosom and scanned the light and shadow on a piece of Yin-Yang Willow charcoal.

Afterwards, he sent this "photo" to Feng Boyuan via message, asking if it could be used to make Nuo masks.

Feng Boyuan was probably busy with something. Shang Lu waited for a long time but received no reply from him, so he put away the Yin-Yang Willow Charcoal first.

During this process, Shang Lu thought of Bai Lingxu again.

Senior Brother Bai was not only engaged in the business of controlling and taming animals. He boasted to Shang Lu more than once that he was a know-it-all in the Witch Academy and that he could help find a way to get anything as long as the agency fee was high enough.

"Perhaps Senior Brother Bai can also give me the answer."

With the idea of ​​giving it a try, Shang Lu sent the photo of the Yin-Yang Willow Charcoal to Bai Lingxu.

He had just sent the photo and had no time to ask any questions when Bai Lingxu sent him a message.

“Junior Brother Shang, where did you get the Lightning-Struck Yin-Yang Willow? Judging from its quality, it’s quite good!”

Shang Lu guessed that opening the door meant something good, and replied: "I eliminated a willow monster and got this thing. Senior Brother Bai, you are knowledgeable. I want to ask you, if the Yin-Yang Willow turns into charcoal, can it be used to make Nuo masks?"

Bai Lingxu said, "If it was ordinary charcoal, of course it wouldn't work. But the charcoal in your hand is the lightning-struck Yin Yang Willow, and the quality is pretty good. Whether it's used to make Nuo masks or witchcraft tools, it's fine. It's even better than ordinary Yin Yang Willow."

Shang Lu felt relieved. It seemed that he didn't need to waste time looking for another Yin-Yang Willow.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Bai Lingxu sent another message: "Junior Brother Shang, how much of this lightning-struck Yin-Yang Willow charcoal do you have? Would you like to pass it on?"

What the hell is transmission?

Shang Lu was stunned for a moment, guessing that Bai Lingxu was asking him whether he wanted to sell it.

Can't you just say it directly? Why are you speaking in jargon?

Shang Lu complained secretly.

After thinking about it, he neither said he wanted to sell it nor rejected it: "Brother Bai, please let me think about it."

Bai Lingxu was obviously used to this kind of answer, so he didn't push her: "No problem, no problem, you should think about it carefully. If you want to sell it, come to me. I can help you find a good seller, and the price will definitely be much better than if you just put it up on the Yunshang Market."

Shang Lu asked curiously: "Brother Bai, you not only buy and sell information, but also run a dental business?"

Bai Lingxu sighed, "There's nothing I can do. Cultivation is difficult. If I don't expand my business to earn contribution points, how can I afford the spiritual fluid and spiritual fat? Not to mention the materials for breakthroughs. People like us who come from small families can only rely on ourselves in cultivation, so naturally we have to do our best."

After finishing, he repeated what he had said before, telling Shang Lu to contact him for arrangements if he planned to take action.

This time Shang Lu didn't give a perfunctory answer and replied "OK".

After finishing the message with Bai Lingxu, Shang Lu thought for a while and sent another message to Gongshu Ling, asking whether the Yin-Yang Willow charcoal struck by lightning could be used to make magical tools. If so, what kind of tools would they be and what effects they had.

Like Feng Boyuan, Gongshu Ling was probably busy at the moment. Shang Lu's message was sent but it fell on deaf ears and there was no response for a long time.

Faced with such a situation, Shang Lu was anxious but there was nothing he could do.

He searched carefully and made sure that nothing was missed before he had the ashes collected and carried out of the cave. He mixed them with cinnabar, black dog blood, or rooster blood, and then dug a hole in the ground to bury them.

Several yamen runners from Wannian County bowed and accepted the order, and then did the job carefully.

Shang Lu watched for a while, and after making sure that they had done a pretty thorough job, he turned around and left the cave.

Sanniang did not follow him out, but stayed in the cave, looking here and there, as if she was searching for spoils of war.

After coming out of the cave, Shang Lu saw that there were several piles of corpses in the bandits' camp.

Among them, there are bones dug out from the ground, as well as puppet corpses that were burned into charcoal by thunder and fire.

Some people had already cut down pine and peach trees in the mountains and placed them next to the pile of corpses, waiting for the sun to come out tomorrow to expose the corpses to the sun before burning them and burying them. When Shang Lu and his men arrived at Gexian Mountain, it was already afternoon. After climbing the mountain and fighting fiercely, it was already dark. In the bandit camp, in addition to these old corpses, there were also many new corpses of bandits who were killed during the escape.

In addition, the captured bandits who surrendered also squatted in the camp dejectedly.

There were clear horse hoof prints on the faces of many bandits.

Heiyun held his head high and walked past the group of prisoners with an arrogant look.

Every captured bandit trembled in fear when they saw him.

It was as if the black cloud was not a horse, but a ferocious beast more terrifying than tigers and leopards.

At this time, Sun Chen, with a few people, also came to the bandit camp.

Most of the yamen runners and county soldiers under his command were deployed to cooperate with the thieves' office in searching the mountains for thieves and preventing any fish from escaping the net.

After entering the mountain stronghold, Sun Chen didn't have time to check the situation here. He looked up and saw Shang Lu. He hurriedly walked up to him and complimented him repeatedly: "Shang Zei Cao, under your command and leading by example, the bandits entrenched here have been defeated."

As he spoke, he looked at Heiyun who was inspecting the captives, and sighed, "I didn't expect that not only are the men under your command, Shang Ze Cao, brave and good at fighting, but even your horse is very powerful! Just now, when we were at the foot of the mountain, blocking the fleeing bandits, we saw it charging left and right with our own eyes, unstoppable! Many bandits were going to fight back, but after being charged by it, they cried and begged for mercy on their knees."

It can be seen that Sun Chen is particularly fond of Heiyun.

Although he had a lot of war horses under his command, none of them were as brave and capable as Heiyun.

At home, Shang Lu always scolds Heiyun, but outside, he still gives Heiyun face.

He smiled and said, "Heiyun was specially allowed by the wizard academy teacher to attend classes as an auditor. Even many wizards from other academies call him Brother Hei and ask him for advice on what they have learned."

"hiss……"

Sun Chen took a breath of cold air.

Before, he just thought that Heiyun, the warhorse, was very powerful. But now, after listening to Shang Lu's words, when he looked at Heiyun again, his eyes were no longer filled with admiration, but envy and admiration.

Although now, Heiyun is still a horse.

But it has already been auditing the training in the Witch Academy. Maybe in a few years, it will officially enter the Witch Academy, practice to become a demon, or even cultivate a human body.

At that time, when Sun Chen sees it again, he will probably have to bow respectfully and call it "Black Wizard Officer".

And after several years, maybe we will have to call him "Old Ancestor Black Cloud".

At that time, what kind of existence would Shanglu, who used the black cloud as his mount, be?
I can't even think about it.

Sun Chen was shocked and wanted to compliment him, but before he could open his mouth, he heard Shang Lu say, "There is a willow monster hiding in the cave. It drives wild beasts to hurt people, and it also makes the bandits kidnap people to feed on them. The corpses and bones here were all found in the cave."

It was only at this time that Sun Chen noticed that the village was filled with corpses.

He took a step back in shock and asked in horror, "How many people did that willow monster harm?"

Shang Lu said: "There are hundreds of people hanging from the trees, and there are at least hundreds of corpses in the ground."

"so many people?!"

Although the corpses piled up in the mountain village had already given Sun Chen some guesses, he was still shocked after hearing Shang Lu's words.

There was a willow monster hiding on Mount Gexian, and it had killed hundreds of people. As the local county lieutenant, he had known nothing about it before... This was a serious crime of negligence.

“But I haven’t heard of so many people dying in the county…” Sun Chen murmured.

"County Lieutenant Sun is usually in the yamen, right? Does he seldom patrol the local area and investigate the people's sentiments?" Shang Lu asked.

Sun Chen looked embarrassed and wanted to find an excuse, but he didn't know what to say.

Shang Lu also worked his way up from the grassroots level, and he knew very well that the clerks in the yamen believed that it was better to have less trouble than more.

They will not take the initiative to investigate unless the people report the case.

And the people did not dare to report to the authorities easily.

Because once you enter the government office, even if you are the one reporting the case, you will be subjected to layers of extortion and bribery.

There is a stamping fee for the agent to stamp, a registration fee for the notice of registration, a subpoena fee, a paper and pen fee for the manuscript, a shoe and sock fee for the messenger to accept the bill, a receipt fee, a horse fee for the investigation, a bed fee for sitting in the court, a settlement fee for closing the case, and a settlement fee for requesting a settlement...

In the end, it is unclear whether the case can be solved, but all the savings will definitely be extorted.

As the saying goes, the government office is open, but if you don't have money, don't come in.

The people did not report the case, the police did not report it, and Sun Chen seldom inspected the local area, so how could he know that such a big thing had happened in his jurisdiction?

The imperial court changed the evaluation from once every three years to once a year in order to motivate local officials to be more active and reverse the situation of laziness and inaction.

But now it seems that the effect is just average.

"Captain Sun, it has already happened. It is useless to regret it. You might as well find a way to remedy it."

When he heard the word "remedy", Sun Chen's eyes lit up.

He hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "Please ask the thief Cao to help me save me!"

(End of this chapter)