Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 332 Wild Dog, the Art of Vow

In the mass grave, wild dogs that were searching for rotten corpses to eat raised their heads when they noticed someone approaching.

If it was daytime and the sun was shining, the wild dogs might hide, but at night, the cemetery was their domain.

The wild dog's eyes flashed with a strange bloody light in the dark night.

Streams of fishy, ​​sticky saliva flowed from the corners of their mouths.

On their faces, there is no loyalty and closeness to humans that a domestic dog has, but only greed and desire for human flesh and blood.

"Ouch——"

A dog barked loudly, and all the wild dogs followed suit. They dropped the rotten corpses and pounced on Shanglu, wanting to tear him into pieces.

A rotten corpse is not as delicious as a living person.

"A dog that eats people must not be kept alive!"

Shang Lu waved his hand and a strong wind blew out, blowing down a handful of leaves from a nearby tree.

Under the stimulation of the essence and energy, the leaves became hard and sharp, like an arrow shot from a bow, or like a roaring Maxim, whistling towards the aggressive wild dogs.

For a while, the muffled sound of "puff puff puff" was heard continuously.

The wild dogs that attacked Shanglu fell to the ground one after another.

Foul-smelling blood flowed out of their throats or hearts.

These wild dogs, which were more ferocious than wolves, were strangled to death by Shanglu using the method of picking flowers and leaves.

"Ouch——"

Seeing that most of the wild dogs were killed or injured in just a short moment, another dog barking was heard from the graveyard.

This bark was higher-pitched, louder, and more ferocious than the barking of other wild dogs.

Hearing the barking, the surviving wild dogs stopped and no longer charged forward to die.

But they stopped rushing, and the flying leaves did not stop.

The muffled sound of "puff puff puff" did not stop, and the harvest of Rhizoma Coptidis continued.

The wild dog barked loudly, obviously completely enraged by this situation.

Soon Shang Lu saw a figure rushing towards him at an extremely fast speed.

Although this figure also has a dog's head, its body is human-shaped.

However, the way it ran did not look like a human, but more like a dog imitating the way a human walks.

Weird and spooky.

The monster with a dog's head and a human body was running while waving its hairy arms to block the leaf blades.

Some of the leaf blades were deflected and destroyed.

But the leaf blades also cut wounds on the monster's hairy arms.

However, no blood was seen flowing out of these wounds, only some rotten pus.

Although it was pitch black in the graveyard, Shang Lu was still able to see the situation clearly with his strong eyesight.

He immediately made a judgment: the monster's arms, and even its entire body, were rotten corpses rather than living things!

The monster with a dog's head and a human body took advantage of this fact and was not afraid of the leaf blades and had no sense of pain.

But the leaf blades of Shanglu can do more than just chop and injure people.

"boom--"

The leaf blades flying all over the sky suddenly burst into flames, burning the monster's rotten body with crackling sounds.

At the same time, it also illuminated the monster with a dog's head and a human body, allowing Shang Lu to see it more clearly.

This monster gives people a strange feeling of tearing.

The dog's head doesn't look like it's growing on a human body, it looks more like it's been grafted and sutured.

In other words, a dog bit off the human head, hollowed out the human body from the neck, and then crawled in.

He tried to use this method to give himself a human body.

"It turned out to be a wild dog."

Shang Lu snorted coldly, recognizing the monster's identity.

Wild dogs are wild dogs that roam around mass graves and burial sites.

They live by digging graves, digging up corpses and eating carrion.

Once they eat enough human corpses and rotten flesh, they will want to become human.

But the wild dogs have never practiced cultivation, nor do they know how to do it. Apart from madly devouring rotting corpses and human flesh, the only "adult" method they can think of is to dig out a human corpse and drill into it.

This "adult" approach is so crude that it can only deceive themselves.

However, because the wild dog has eaten a lot of rotten corpses and human flesh, not only has its temperament become crazy and cruel, bloodthirsty and bloodthirsty, it also has the strength of a bear, and its claws are highly poisonous.

Not to mention ordinary people, even yamen runners and county soldiers would be in great danger and would have a hard time surviving if they encountered them alone.

Because it had killed someone before, the wild dog was not scared even though Shanglu was able to pick Ye Feihua.

It was determined that as long as it rushed to Shanglu, it would be able to bite the human's head to pieces in one bite.

The wild dog took a fancy to Shanglu's body.

It wanted this young and strong body so that it could get inside it and become more human.

The wild dog, which was charging, suddenly jumped up and pounced on Shanglu like a meat bomb.

But the next moment, it fell heavily to the ground, creating a hole in the ground.

The wild dog struggled desperately, trying to get up.

But a huge force pressed down on it.

It was pressed so hard that it couldn't move.

The pressure also made its bones and flesh crackle.

The wild dog felt terrified as if it was carrying an invisible mountain on its back and could be crushed into meat paste at any time.

It screamed and neighed, trying to get the wild dogs to rescue it.

But the wild dogs in the mass grave had all been strangled by the leaves of the Chinese smilax, and no dog could come to save it.

Instead, Shang Lu, riding on the black cloud, quickly came in front of Ye Gouzi.

Without saying a word, he drew his sword and chopped off the wild dog's head.

As soon as the dog's head fell, the rotten corpse occupied by the wild dog immediately rotted and turned into a pool of smelly pus, revealing the dog's body hidden in the rotten corpse.

In order to hide better in the rotten corpse, the wild dog's body has already been deformed.

Except for its relatively large head, its torso has become very small, and its limbs have completely degenerated into thin, ugly tentacles covered with blood vessels and soft tendons.

Wild dogs use these tentacles to control corpses.

Shang Lu used a knife to pick up the wild dog's head and its strange body.

He took out an empty cloth bag and put these things in it, intending to take it back to Longyou County and hand it over to the county lieutenant and the temple keeper.

In a mass grave not far from the county seat, stray dogs appeared. The county lieutenant and temple priest of Longyou County all had unshirkable responsibilities.

At least in key areas such as mass graves, monitoring and disinfection are not timely.

After collecting the wild dog's corpse, Shanglu waved his hand and collected the pangolin from the foul-smelling pus that had transformed from the corpse on the ground.

It was this pangolin that just now suppressed the wild dog and made it unable to move.

Heiyun snorted, and the horse's face was full of contempt.

It is now able to carry the pangolin for exercise, but the wild dog is unable to move because of the pressure.

This makes it look down on stray dogs.

The little episode about the wild dog did not delay Shanglu too much of his time.

After entering the cemetery, Sanniang held up the tube-shaped banner and let it float in the air.

Liuquan floated under the banner and led the way. Along the way, Shang Lu noticed that many bodies in the mass graves were simply wrapped in mats and buried in hasty pits.

Because the pits were not dug deep enough, wild dogs dug up the bodies, dragged them out, and gnawed them into a mess.

Shang Lu sighed and released several paper figures to help rebury the bodies.

Soon, Shang Lu followed the guidance of the banner and found Liu Quan's grave.

Liuquan's grave was not damaged by stray dogs.

There was an uncomfortable, chilly atmosphere about the place.

The wild dogs digging up corpses in graves are very sensitive to scents. If there is something strange about this place, they will naturally not come here.

Shanglu got off the horse, took out a shovel and started digging.

Sanniang and Heiyun also came to help. After a few moves, they dug up the grave and revealed a coffin.

This is a very ordinary coffin, made of cheap wood.

But on the coffin lid, there was a stone slab as big as a book, with a grinning animal head carved on it.

The coffin lid was nailed shut at the four corners with nails soaked in the blood of some unknown animal.

"No wonder your soul has been in the coffin, unable to get out or leave."

Shang Lu put on a pair of leather gloves and then picked up the animal head stone slab.

"This is a method of suppressing corpses and ghosts in the method of Yan Sheng. It is used to prevent corpses from transforming into evil ghosts. It seems that the person who buried you was afraid that you would become a corpse ghost and seek revenge on him."

Shang Lu collected the animal head stone slab and kept it as evidence.

At the same time, I was very puzzled: "Since this person is afraid of your revenge, why doesn't he just burn your body?"

Before Liuquan could answer, he reacted on his own:

"Yes, you were a big shot in Longyou County at that time. When you were buried, there might be many people coming to see you off. That person couldn't do anything too extreme, so he could only use these methods to suppress your body and soul.

His methods are very effective. If you hadn't met us, you would have been waiting to die in your coffin!"

Even though the yin energy in this place is very strong, Liu Quan has no experience in cultivation and cannot make use of it. At most, he can let his soul stay for another year or two.

But when the time comes, your soul will still be scattered.

Shang Lu waved his hand, and four blood-soaked nails flew out and were also collected as evidence.

The coffin lid was opened, revealing Liuquan's body.

Because the place was filled with strong yin energy and there were no insects or ants, its corpse did not rot and was preserved relatively well.

But it's also very thrilling, not much better than Lady Xin Zhui.

Shang Lu took out the storybook, activated the character card of the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant, and borrowed the ability of "Seeing Through Fire".

With this ability, plus the enhanced vision of the Liver God, Shang Lu quickly discovered some problems on Liu Quan's body.

"It seems that your guess was correct. You did not die of illness."

As he spoke, Shang Lu had just inserted a thin iron needle into the heart of Liu Quan's body.

He pulled out the iron needle and rubbed the yellow paper. Immediately, a black mark appeared on the paper and spread rapidly, corroding the entire yellow paper in an instant.

"There is poison left in your body. You were killed by someone using a curse."

Liuquan, who was floating on the grave, immediately knelt down to Shang Lu and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Please ask the Great Wizard to help me, please ask the Great Wizard to avenge me!"

Shang Lu said: "Don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised. And as a thief official, how can I sit back and watch when I encounter a case of murder and robbery?"

Just when Shang Lu was about to take the body out of the coffin, Sanniang made a witch gesture with her left hand, pointed at the body with her right hand, and quickly recited a few spells.

The streamer immediately flew over the coffin, dropped its white tassels, and covered the corpse.

Then Shang Lu saw that Liu Quan's soul attached to the corpse through the tube flag.

Immediately afterwards, the corpse's shriveled eyeballs began to move, and then its hands and feet began to move.

"The corpse is like this, how can the soul go back?" Shang Lu was very surprised.

Sanniang knew what he was surprised about and explained, "This is not resurrection, it's just letting the soul temporarily attach to the body and control the body's actions. It's the same principle as attaching the soul to paper figures and objects."

"So that's how it is." Shang Lu was relieved.

Liu Quan controlled the mummy and jumped out of the coffin staggeringly.

He looks scary. If he were to walk into the county town like that, it would cause chaos and scare the county residents.

So Shang Lu took out a hooded cloak from the bag that Heiyun was carrying, asked Liuquan to wrap it around him, covering himself completely, and then took him away from the graveyard.

As Shang Lu was leaving, gray shadows appeared in the mass graves under the night sky.

It is the people who are buried here.

They did not speak, and seemed unable to speak. They just stood on the graves overgrown with weeds, bowing to Shang Lu and thanking him for saving their bodies from the claws of wild dogs.

After leaving the graveyard, Shang Lu rode on the black cloud, and Liu Quan followed behind.

The jumping speed is quite fast.

When we returned to Longyou County, the three city gates had been closed.

The county soldiers and strong men on the city wall did not get nervous when they saw someone approaching late at night. They just thought it was a traveler who missed the closing time.

It was not until Shang Lu showed the badge of the thief Cao Yuan that they hurriedly lowered the hanging basket, lifted Shang Lu and his men up to the city, and made apologies.

After entering the city, Shang Lu went straight to the theater in the east city.

Although it was already night, there seemed to be no curfew in Longyou County.

Especially in Washe, the lights are bright as day, and the lively and exciting performances are one after another, which is far more exciting than during the day.

Shang Lu didn't look around, but criticized with his peripheral vision, and kept exclaiming "WTF" in his mind.

But the speed of running did not slow down at all.

Soon they arrived near the Bumuxian Teahouse and met Zhu Quan there.

Zhu Quan saw Shang Lu from afar and hurried to meet him.

He first glanced at Liuquan curiously.

Liu Quan lowered his head so that his face could not be seen, but Zhu Quan could still smell the deathly aura and corpse odor emanating from his body.

Zhu Quan was full of curiosity, but since Shang Lu didn't say anything, he didn't ask, but just reported in a low voice:

“Sir, I went to the Bu Mu Xian Tea House as you requested.

When their servants and tea doctors heard that I was Liuquan's relative, their reactions were normal. They all expressed regret and advised me to mourn less.

Only the owner of the teahouse, after seeing me, although he tried his best to conceal it, still avoided my gaze and looked nervous.

I asked him where Liuquan was. He said he died of a sudden illness and was buried in a mass grave outside the city. He asked me to wait for him outside the city tomorrow and he would take me to find his grave.

I saw it clearly. When he said this, there was a fierce light flashing in his eyes. It was obvious that he had something to hide. He might attack me tomorrow."

"Oh, this is a confession!"

Shang Lu snorted coldly and said, "Come on, follow me to meet the owner of this teahouse."

"Yes."

Zhu Quan took the order and waved his hand, and several people immediately jumped out from the darkness nearby.

It was the thief who was under his command.

Upon hearing about the case, Zhu Quan immediately gathered together all the thieves who were there to have fun during the holiday.

Although Shang Lu didn't say anything, he nodded.

He was obviously very satisfied with Zhu Quan's arrangement and the reactions of the thieves.

When Zhu Quan saw Shang Lu nod, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

Soon, the group broke into the Bumuxian Teahouse.

As soon as he entered the door, Shang Lu activated the character card of "Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant" and used the ability of "Seeing Through Fire" to search around.

(End of this chapter)