Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 372: Ghost Market Opens
Shang Lu prepared to return to the inn, but before that, he had to deal with the bodies of the three spies first.

Although the souls of the three spies were either put into the Tongzi Banner or sent to the Netherworld, it was impossible to find them and ask about their identities and causes of death by searching their souls.

However, there were many witches who were good at finding traces, and there were also some experienced officials in the government who were good at investigating cases.

If they see the body, they might find out something.

Shang Lu doesn't want to get into trouble because of this.

He looked at the fast-flowing Qiang River and thought, "How about tying some rocks to it and throwing it into the river?"

But he quickly shook his head and gave up the idea.

There must be something strange hidden in the Qiang River, so Heifengdu did not set up defenses along the river.

Throwing the three bodies into the river would be no different from throwing them directly in front of the government office in Heifengdu.

By then, the people of Heifengdu will not be able to turn a blind eye.

Digging a hole to bury it? That's not very realistic either.

Black Wind Ferry was different from other places because there were witch officers leading patrols. A body buried in the ground could be hidden from ordinary police officers, but it was difficult to hide from the witch officers' detection.

Just when Shang Lu was racking his brains over how to deal with the aftermath, Sanniang waved her hand, and three ghost shadows appeared in the corpse.

Immediately afterwards, the bodies of the three spies moved and quickly climbed up from the ground.

"Sanniang, what are you doing?" Shang Lu asked in confusion.

Sanniang explained: "The body cannot be left here. I will let the soldiers possess it and take it out of the city for burial tomorrow. You should also give them the clay pot containing the echo insects, and they will take it out of the city tomorrow."

Shang Lu thought about it and felt that this was indeed a solution.

In Heifengdu, there are not only strange and eccentric practitioners from all over the world, but also many ghosts covered in human skins and corpses, paper people, puppets and other things.

These ghosts, paper figures, puppets and other creatures are not here to cause trouble or harm anyone. Instead, the controllers behind them send them to trade on behalf of others because the items to be traded are rather special and they are afraid that they will be targeted if they come themselves.

Heifengdu allows this kind of behavior.

As long as these ghosts, paper figures, puppets and other creatures abide by the rules and do not cause trouble, they will not hinder us.

Therefore, it is completely feasible to use ghosts to control corpses out of the city.

Even if someone sees it, no one will be suspicious.

"Okay, let's do it." Shang Lu gave a thumbs up: "Sanniang is really quick-witted. I almost forgot about the special situation of Black Wind Ferry. This special method can indeed be used."

He immediately handed the clay jar containing the echo insect to the three corpses controlled by ghosts.

The corpse took the clay jar, said goodbye to Shang Lu and Sanniang, turned around and disappeared into the night, but returned to the inn where the three spies were staying, and would leave when the city gate opened tomorrow.

Seeing that the three corpses were walking normally under the control of ghosts and there was nothing unusual, Shang Lu was completely relieved.

After erasing all traces of the battle, he and Sanniang left the place.

About quarter of an hour after they left, a team of patrolling soldiers arrived.

The person leading the team was also a witch officer. After arriving here, he even sniffed and his expression instantly became serious and alert.

"What's wrong, sir?" Seeing this, the soldiers in the team suddenly became nervous. They drew their swords and asked anxiously.

"Someone died here not long ago." The witch officer said in a deep voice.

At this moment, under the effect of witchcraft, his nose no longer looked like a human nose, but more like a dog's nose.

"what?!"

The soldiers patrolling the city were shocked and angry.

Tonight is really an eventful night. First, a thief was caught stealing, and now there is a murder case...

Do these bastards know the rules? If there are conflicts and disputes, and they want to rob and plunder, they should leave Black Wind Ferry before doing it! If they do it in Black Wind Ferry, won’t it cause trouble for these police officers and force them to investigate?
The witch officer pointed to the fishing boats moored by the river and ordered: "Go ask the people on these boats what happened here just now."

He continued to move his nose, trying to identify the direction of the smell of blood and death, trying to track it.

Some patrolling soldiers immediately followed his orders and went to wake up the people on several fishing boats and inquire about the situation, causing chaos.

The witch officer quickly determined the direction of the smell of blood and death, and led his men to follow it.

However, after a while, the witch official brought his men back to the bank of the Qiang River.

"Ghost Wall? What a good trick..."

The witch official looked solemn.

At this time, the patrol soldiers who went to the ship to inquire about the situation also came back. They told the witch officer: "No one on the ship knows what happened here. They have been sleeping before and have heard neither fighting nor screaming."

The witch official frowned and said, "He was taken down in one move? It seems that the person who did it is very powerful..."

The patrolling soldiers looked at each other and asked cautiously, "Sir, what should we do now?"

The witch officer did not speak in a hurry. After a moment's silence, he said, "There is no scene, no body of the victim, no witnesses, and no one has reported the crime... That means nothing happened here! Let's go and patrol somewhere else."

Several patrolling soldiers heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and echoed: "Yes, yes, nothing happened, nothing happened!"

They were afraid that the witch official would insist on launching an investigation, which would not only be time-consuming and laborious, but might not yield any results.

Once a case is filed, if it cannot be solved, all of them will have to bear the brunt of the consequences and will have points deducted from their performance evaluations.

Even if they found a clue, it would not be a good thing for ordinary soldiers like them.

So, since there are no clues in this case now, it would be best to pretend that nothing happened. It will not hurt anyone.

They had handled difficult cases in the same way before, and it had become a routine, and no one thought it was bad.

Otherwise, in a place like Heifengdu where all kinds of people gather, if they take everything seriously, wouldn't they be busy to death?

As long as the matter doesn't get out of hand, we will turn a blind eye and cover it up if possible.

The patrolling soldiers followed the witch officer to another place and continued their patrol.

At the same time, Shang Lu and Sanniang had already returned to the inn.

Shang Lu returned to the room, took out "Inaudible" again, and activated the soundproofing.

Then he took out the stack of talisman paper he had seized and asked the two ghosts about its use.

Some of these talismans are armor and horse talismans.

It is a talisman that the Eagle Ghost and the Swift Ghost tie to their feet to increase their speed.

This kind of talisman paper has a galloping horse drawn on it with an incantation. Once used, the person can run as fast as the flying horse, comparable to a war horse, hence the name.

According to the two ghosts, these armor and horse talismans were official standard witch talismans, which were sold at a discount and secretly brought to Black Wind Ferry. However, they were deceived into buying them with sweet talk.

In addition, there are some golden armor talismans, sharp blade talismans, five elements talismans and so on.

The Golden Armor Talisman can create a layer of golden armor to enhance defense. The Blade Talisman can make the weapon sharper and lighter, while the Five Elements Talisman is similar to enchantment, which can give the weapon the attack effects of the five elements.

These magic talismans were military supplies, but they were taken to Black Wind Ferry and sold. It seems that the corruption in the army is not much better than that in the government offices in various places.

Whether it is the Armor Horse Talisman, the Golden Armor Talisman, the Sharp Blade Talisman, etc., they are too weak for Shang Lu to use at all. However, they can be given to Du Feng and Qiu Dao to improve their combat effectiveness.

Shang Lu put away the witch talisman, removed the "Don't Listen", sat cross-legged on the bed in the guest room, activated the secret of the alchemy scripture, and cultivated the cyclone in his dantian.

In a blink of an eye it was dawn.

When the city gate opened, Shang Lu received a message from Sanniang, saying that the ghost she sent out had controlled the bodies of the three spies and successfully left the city.

"Great!"

Shang Lu was very happy. This was indeed good news.

After finishing his training, Shang Lu went to the common room, leaving the thieves to rest in the inn and guard the luggage and war horses. He only took Zhu Quan, Du Feng and Tu Bin with him to the market in the city to buy chicken blood and fine sand needed to feed the shadow snake.

In Heifengdu, it is true that you can buy anything if you have money.

Shang Lu walked around the market and easily bought all the chicken blood and fine sand.

Even the chicken blood and fine sand here have different categories.

For example, chicken blood is not only divided into male and female, old and young, but also has regional differences. There are more than a dozen types in total.

The same is true for fine sand, which is classified into many categories based on its fineness, origin, and even properties.

Shang Lu was surprised, but he also used his eloquence to find out the whole story.

It is because chicken blood, fine sand and other things are useful in drawing talismans, refining elixirs, making tools, etc. Different categories have different effects and meet different needs, so they are divided so finely.

Shang Lu didn't know which kind of chicken blood mixed with fine sand Yingxu liked to eat, so he simply bought a little of each and let Yingxu choose by himself. Once it had determined its "recipe", he would purchase in large quantities.

As soon as they walked out of the market, they saw Lu Yun, Xiang Yang, Tang Ling and several other witch officials, leading a group of yamen runners and soldiers, escorting Liu San and several others sitting in a prison cart, parading through the city, heading to Caishikou for execution.

At the front of the team, several yamen runners were ringing gongs to clear the way and loudly announcing the crimes of Liu San and his companions.

But after that night, the crimes "committed" by Liu San and his companions were actually much more than what they actually did.

These include not only acts of defrauding and stealing other people's property, but also murder and robbery and many other crimes.

There is no doubt that Liu San and his gang were regarded as "the Great Sages of Settling Accounts" by the officials of Heifengdu.

All the cases that had been filed but not solved were now pinned on Liu San and his gang.

In this way, not only were many unsolved cases solved, but Liu San and his gang were also portrayed as serious criminals.

The credit for “capturing” them naturally becomes even greater.

The parade made a lot of noise and attracted a lot of people to watch.

Among them, there were some people who had been deceived and robbed by Liu San and his gang.

Some others were involved in other cases, but because the Heifengdu government pinned the cases on Liu San and his gang, they also regarded Liu San and his gang as their enemies.

So when Liu San and his men were being paraded through the streets, many people were cursing angrily. If it weren't for the witch officers like Lu Yun, Xiang Yang, and Tang Ling who were there to stop them, I'm afraid someone would have rushed into the team and tore Liu San and his men apart.

Shang Lu noticed that Liu San and his group all looked listless and drowsy.

It was obvious that a spell had been cast on him.

It seems that Lu Yun and others are also afraid that they will publicly "reverse the verdict" when they are paraded through the streets.

Of course, many people also saw the clues and sneered inwardly.

This is the case with Shang Lu and his men.

Except for Tu Pi who was transferred from the border army, Zhu Quan and Du Feng were both veterans in the yamen. They saw through the wishful thinking of their colleagues in Heifengdu at a glance.

As for Shang Lu, he knew the inside story even better.

Du Feng sighed in a low voice: "These people from Black Wind Ferry are too arrogant. Aren't they afraid that if the case is reported, it will be discovered?"

Zhu Quan sneered and said, "What are they afraid of? The witch officials took most of the credit. Even if the people above suspect that there is something strange in the case, they will not say anything and may even help fill in the loopholes."

Tu Pi was totally confused and didn't even ask what was going on.

After Du Feng explained it to him in a low voice, he finally understood, but he was not surprised. Because he had seen similar things in the border army... such as killing innocent people and claiming credit, etc. Although the means were different, the essence was the same.

Tu Pi was just curious: "They pinned a lot of unsolved cases on Liu San and his gang. Now that the cases are 'closed', aren't they afraid that the victims will come looking for them and ask for the money they were cheated of or robbed of?"

"What's there to worry about?"

Du Feng and Zhu Quan both laughed.

Du Feng told Tu Pi: "Old Tu, you have never worked in the government, so it's normal that you don't know the ins and outs of it. Let me tell you, even if there are victims who come to the government and want to get their property back, the government has plenty of ways to deal with it. If you meet someone who is soft-hearted and kind-hearted, they may return a little bit of your property. But most of them will find an excuse, saying that the property has been squandered by the criminals, and then send the victim away. Some cruel people will even take the opportunity to blackmail the victim again."

Tu Pi was stunned when he heard this. After a long while, he exclaimed, "It's so dark! It's so damn dark!"

Shang Lu and his companions did not follow the parade to Caishikou to watch the beheading.

Since Liu San and his gang have become the "Great Sage of Settling Accounts", they will definitely not survive!

After watching the parade go away, Shang Lu and his friends returned to the hotel.

Unfortunately, it was already past the morning bell, and Shang Lu could only wait until the evening drum to take out the handkerchief that trapped the shadow snake.

He tried various kinds of chicken blood and fine sand, and found that the shadow snake was not picky and would eat anything given chicken blood or fine sand.

And he ate everything very quickly, showing his positive attitude towards being a fan.

This is much more convenient for Shanglu.

Soon another night came.

Shang Lu sat alone in the room, practicing the secrets of the alchemy classics.

When the time came to midnight, following Sanniang's reminder, Shang Lu ended his training and took out the extradition order given by Xi Feng from his arms.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a fog suddenly poured into the room.

No, this is not like fog, it's more like the smoke produced by burning incense and paper.

Shang Lu was cheered up and said to himself, "Here it comes."

Sure enough, the next moment, he heard a knock on the door.

Shang Lu chanted the Stone Armor Curse, causing the stone armor to instantly spread all over his body. He stroked the knife with his right hand, grabbed a few green aphid coins with his left hand, activated his spirit, and opened the door.

Although he knew that the person knocking on the door was most likely the "person" who came to take him to the Ghost Market, Shang Lu still did not take it lightly.

After the door opened, the outside of the house was already filled with smoke.

An old woman whose appearance could not be seen clearly was standing outside the door, holding a tattered lantern.

Seeing Shang Lu open the door, she greeted him in a strange and cold tone, "The business is open", and then turned and left without waiting for Shang Lu to do anything.

Seeing this, Shang Lu hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)