Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 388 Sending the "God of Plague"

As the night faded and the day came, the inn, which had been quiet all night, became lively again.

The guests left the rooms one after another. Some planned to go to the market, some were going to the government office to buy ferry passes, and some had been to the ghost market, completed the transaction, and wanted to leave the city as soon as possible.

Strangely, not only did the inn not open its doors, but when these people were clamoring for the door to be opened, the innkeeper stepped out and said, "Dear guests, you cannot leave."

Many people were furious when they heard this: "What do you mean? Is this a shady place and you want to force us to stay here?"

Some people even drew their swords and knives. If the store owner didn't give them a satisfactory answer, they would take action and rush out to protect their money and goods.

The innkeepers were startled and shouted:
"Do not misunderstand."

“Don’t be impulsive.”

The shopkeeper remained calm and quickly explained the reason: "It's not that I don't want you to leave, but the government sent people to say that the whole city is under martial law. Not only are the city gates closed, the market is not allowed to open, and people are not allowed to go out on the streets without permission..."

As if to prove that the shopkeeper was not lying, at this moment, a team of patrolling soldiers walked past the inn, led by a witch officer.

One of the officers held a conch shell that could amplify the volume and kept shouting:

"Everyone, stay inside the house and wait for inspection. You are not allowed to go out on the street or leave Black Wind Ferry until the inspection is completed and approved! Anyone who disobeys this order will be executed without mercy!"

Although the door was closed, the people in the inn could still clearly hear what was coming from outside, and they were immediately in an uproar.

Many of them either have identity issues or the origin of their wealth cannot be disclosed.

The reason why we come to Heifengdu to trade is because here they don’t check identities or ask about origins.

As a result, now that there is a sudden announcement of an inspection, all those who have problems are becoming uneasy, not knowing what the government is investigating and whether it is targeting them.

For a moment, many people were on edge. Some of them looked around, while others leaned over to look out through the crack in the door, all trying to find a chance to sneak out of the inn and avoid the search by the government.

The innkeeper knew more about the inside story. When the yamen runners came to his door, he had already used money to inquire about the situation. Now that they looked like they were about to run away, he was afraid that they would act impulsively and implicate him, so he hurriedly tried to appease them:

"Everyone, everyone, listen to me. The matter that the government wants to investigate has nothing to do with your identities or the money and goods you carry!
I have already found out that there was a ghost in the witch temple last night, and many people died, including the witch and an important person from the county government. This made the government furious, and they searched the whole city to find out the origin and whereabouts of the ghost that harmed people..."

"A witch temple is haunted by evil spirits? This is a rare thing."

"What kind of evil ghost dares to go to the witch temple to cause trouble? You old man, are you trying to trick us?"

"Hehe, you Ba people are really useless. Even the witch temple can have ghosts. It's really shameful."

Some people believed the innkeeper's explanation, while others were skeptical, and there was a lot of discussion in the inn.

But believe it or not, after the panic, this group of people figured out one thing: if the Heifengdu Yamen was really coming for them, there was no need to make such a big fuss!

Not only did they discover that there were witches and soldiers patrolling the streets outside, they also noticed that Black Wind Ferry had activated the city protection magic circle, and there were also powerful auras that were openly urging people to perform magic.

Such a big commotion certainly didn't seem to be directed at them.

As a result, many people felt relieved, and the topic of their thoughts and discussions changed from how to escape to what exactly happened in the Black Wind Ferry Witch Temple?

The idea that evil spirits were causing trouble was too outrageous, but they didn't believe it.

Unfortunately, the shopkeeper didn't get much information. He only knew that something strange happened in the witch temple last night. Everyone in the temple died. Their deaths were extremely strange, as if they had fought each other to death. But their appearances had changed, and each one was more weird and more like a monster than the other.

In the common room, Shang Lu, who had reunited with his men, also heard the discussions inside the inn.

Du Feng even went out to investigate, and when he came back he told everyone about the situation, and they were all amazed.

"Sir, do you think this Black Wind Ferry Witch Temple is really haunted? When we were drinking and eating meat there the day before yesterday, everything was fine. How come it has changed so much in just one day?"

Zhu Quan didn't think it was haunted: "The witch temple is not only equipped with layers of traps and magic arrays, but also has statues of gods. What kind of evil ghost is so bold as to go to the witch temple and cause chaos? And even kill the temple keeper and his gang?"

A group of people were curiously discussing what happened in the witch temple in Heifengdu last night, but Shang Lu was the only one who did not participate.

He had already guessed that the strange things happening in the Black Wind Ferry Witch Temple were most likely related to Tu Bo.

Shang Lu pondered secretly: "It seems that the person who gave me the strange silver ingot last night was a disciple of Huangting Sect. It's just that they didn't expect that I would give the strange silver ingot to Tu Bo. As a result, they tracked it all the way to Tu Bo, triggering chaotic divine power. Because he couldn't bear it, he went crazy and killed each other..."

A lot of people must have died last night, and perhaps all the Huangting Sect members at Heifengdu were wiped out.

With such a major incident, even if other sects were secretly happy about it, they still had to do their best to save face.

So we have today's total martial law and city-wide manhunt!
Of course, other sects also had their own plans, wanting to use this incident to find Shang Lu and force him to tell them the origins of the incense and candles. Shang Lu had already discovered that there were more than one group of people in the Fairy Market, trying to follow him secretly.

Shang Lu was not worried about what these sects could find out. Last night, he ate some of the remaining incense and candles on him as an offering to his stomach, and gave the rest to Sanniang to hide.

Even if someone came to check on him today, there would be no way they could find any problems.

It is even more impossible to suspect that the affairs of the Witch Temple are related to him.

After all, his cultivation level doesn't seem like that of a terrifying existence that could drive Xi Feng and his gang crazy!

Sure enough, around noon, Xiang Yang, who had dealt with him before, came to the inn with a group of yamen runners and interrogated the people there.

When Xiang Yang saw Shang Lu in the dormitory, he bowed to him enthusiastically.

Shang Lu gave him the credit, so Xiang Yang's attitude would naturally not be bad. He smiled and said, "Brother Shang, we are just doing our routine work. Please cooperate with us."

"No problem." Shang Lu nodded in response, acting very frankly, and pretending to be curious, he asked: "Brother Xiang, I heard those people talking about the witch temple being haunted last night? What happened?"

"Haunted? How is that possible! Senior Brother Shang, don't listen to those people's nonsense. What kind of ghost dares to cause trouble in the Wu Temple? Last night, a group of villains wanted to kill people and rob goods in Heifengdu, but they were discovered by Dr. Xu from our Guling County Wu Academy. In order to protect everyone's lives and property, he led Senior Brother Wuzhu Xi and others to engage in a fierce battle with them..."

"So that's it."

Shang Lu pretended to be suddenly enlightened.

"Dr. Xu, Senior Brother Xi and others are truly role models for wizards of our generation. Are they not injured?"

Xiang Yang squeezed out a heavy and sad expression: "Dr. Xu, Senior Brother Xi and others were all killed. That's why we searched the whole city today to find the criminals who escaped and avenge them!"

After explaining to Shang Lu, Xiang Yang asked the yamen runner who came with him to tell this story to other people in the inn to dispel the rumors.

However, many people did not believe it after hearing it.

The incident happened in the witch temple.

How could some criminals sneak into Black Wind Ferry, not rob the caravans or steal from the inns, but go to the witch temple to steal and rob?
And turned the witches and others into monsters?

It must be haunted! The Witch Institute and the government felt that this was too embarrassing, so they made up an excuse!

If Xiang Yang had not asked the yamen runners to dispel the rumor, many people would still think that the story of the witch temple being haunted was unbelievable. As a result, after the rumor was dispelled, many people believed that the story was true...

During the conversation with Xiang Yang, Shang Lu used his eloquence and sophistry to get some real information out of him. He learned that Xi Feng, Lu Yun and others had all turned into strange creatures and died in the witch temple.

At the same time, there are several strange places in the witch temple.

One is that there is a force in the end that kills all the crazy and weird people, which prevents them from rushing out of the witch temple to harm people.

Second, the Witch Temple is now shrouded in a strong aura of chaos, making people afraid to approach. The elders of several sects who are in charge of Black Wind Ferry have all been dispatched to find out the source of this chaotic aura, but so far, there has been no results.

In addition, Xi Feng, Lu Yun and other disciples of the Huangting School, including the soul of Dr. Xu, have all disappeared.

The elders of several sects tried their best to summon the spirits and ask the ghosts, but there was no response.

Otherwise, there wouldn't have been such a large-scale lockdown of the city and business, and city-wide search.

This will cause huge damage to the reputation and profits of Heifengdu.

"It seems that there might be some powerful people among that group of bad guys! Senior Brother Xiang, isn't it dangerous for you to search like this?" Shang Lu looked concerned.

At this time, Xiang Yang was already confused by Shang Lu's eloquence and sophistry. He just thought that Shang Lu really cared about him and was very touched. He sighed and said, "There is nothing we can do even if there is danger. We have to follow the orders from above. Fortunately, all the elders and doctors in Heifengdu have been dispatched. If there is really danger, they can come to rescue us in time."

Although he said this, Xiang Yang was obviously lacking in confidence.

After chatting for a few sentences, he stopped talking about this topic and took out two treasures.

One of them was a residual eyeball, which was placed in a transparent glass box.

Xiang Yang adjusted the angle and stared at Shang Lu. He soon saw a few wisps of black air emerging from the glass box, but they were not strong.

"Brother Shang, did you go to the ghost market last night?" Xiang Yang asked, glancing at the glass box.

"Yes." Shang Lu nodded in acknowledgment, guessing that the eyeballs in the glass box were probably used to check for evil spirits.

The ghost market is a transformation of a secret place with evil spirits. It still has evil spirits, but they are relatively weak. However, people who have been there will be affected by them to some extent. Fortunately, the impact is not great. Unless you stay there for a long time, you will not go crazy or become weird.

"Brother Shang, please take your time in answering."

Xiang Yang put down the glass box and picked up another treasure, which turned out to be a magical weapon, a palm-sized bone tablet with a xiezhi painted on it using some unknown blood.

Shang Lu understood at a glance that this magical weapon was most likely used to detect lies, because the Xiezhi had the magical power to distinguish right from wrong and truth from falsehood.

Shang Lu immediately became alert.

Xiang Yang did not notice this and just motioned Shang Lu to answer again.

Shang Lu's mind was as fast as lightning, and he came up with a countermeasure in an instant. He said cooperatively: "I went to the ghost market last night."

Xiang Yang glanced at the Xiezhi bone card, and seeing that it did not react, he continued to ask: "What did you buy?"

"I bought the Five Evil Stones and the rampant ghosts at the ghost market."

Shang Lu deliberately added the prefix "ghost market" to this sentence.

In this way, if I didn't mention Xuanqi Powder, Qi Renshu, etc., it wouldn't be considered a lie.

Because the following items were bought in the Fairy Market.

At the same time, Shang Lu also used his eloquence and sophistry to make Xiang Yang unaware that he was playing word games.

Seeing that the Xiezhi dominoes did not react, Xiang Yang thought that Shang Lu was not lying and just continued to ask questions as a matter of routine:
"Did you see anything unusual in the ghost market?"

"Yes, I saw a lot of strange black air appearing."

"Have you been close to the black energy?"

Shang Lu did not say whether he had approached the black gas, nor did he say whether he had entered the Fairy Market. He just said: "Senior Brother Xi reminded me that the black gas in the Ghost Market is very dangerous. If you see it, you should immediately go find the Ghost Market guards. So I ran to the Ghost Market guards and hid behind them."

These are all true.

When the black gas appeared, Shang Lu immediately hid far away, wanting to watch the fun, and did not take the initiative to approach.

When I went to the Fairy Market, I was also entangled by the black air.

Because Shanglu was telling the truth, the Xiezhi dominoes naturally would not react.

Under the influence of his eloquence and sophistry, Xiang Yang did not realize that Shang Lu was evading the main point and did not directly answer his question. Instead, he made up the answer that Shang Lu had never been to the Fairy Market.

So Xiang Yang relaxed more and asked the last question according to the procedure: "After Brother Shang came back, did you meet anyone during this period before dawn?"

"I only met the people under my command. I haven't seen anyone else." Shang Lu replied.

Sanniang is not a human being, so there is no lie in this sentence.

"Okay, I have finished my questions. Thank you, Brother Shang, for your cooperation." Xiang Yang put away the Xiezhi bone tiles.

Look, he wants to thank us. Shang Lu suppressed his smile and nodded, "You're welcome. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"No, we can handle it." Xiang Yang refused without hesitation.

If Shang Lu was really asked for help, the people of Baiyi County would definitely make fun of them for this matter, saying that they, the people of Guling County, were not good at fighting or investigating cases, and they still needed help from the people of Baiyi County, etc.

When the time comes, Xiang Yang will definitely have to eat the leftovers.

In order to prevent Shang Lu from interfering in this matter, he took out several travel passes and distributed them to Shang Lu, Du Feng and others.

"Brother Shang, Black Wind Ferry has been in turmoil recently. We cannot guarantee your safety. You should leave quickly. With these passes, you will be able to travel freely."

Shang Lu took the pass and asked sincerely, "You really don't need my help? I'm good at investigating cases, and maybe I can really help you find the whereabouts of that gang of criminals. Where are you going to investigate next? I'll go with you."

"Thank you, Brother Shang, but we really don't need any help. You should leave quickly."

The more sincere Shang Lu was and the more eager he was to help, the more anxious and afraid Xiang Yang became.

In the end, Xiang Yang even became worried that this guy would take it upon himself to help investigate the case, so he simply handed the investigation work over to other people and personally sent Shang Lu and his gang out of Heifeng Ferry.

It looks like he is sending away the god of plague.

However, Xiang Yang didn't know that the "plague god" he sent away was exactly the person they were looking for.

Shang Lu did not expect that he could leave Heifeng Ferry so easily and smoothly in this way.

Riding on the paper horse, Shang Lu looked back at Xiang Yang who was waving goodbye. He used all his strength, even summoning the power of his mind and spirit, to suppress the impulse and not laugh out loud.

(End of this chapter)