Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 417 Wooden Man

As soon as the demon dog appeared, Shang Lu took out the toad that Lu Dao gave him and squeezed it.

Seeing that the toad didn't move, Shang Lu frowned slightly and pinched it a few more times, each time with more force.

He pinched the toad until its mouth opened wide and its eyes bulged out.

Seeing this, Lu Yang hurriedly stopped him: "Brother Shang, stop pinching. If you continue to pinch this toad, its urine will come out."

"It's not responding. Is it broken?"

"It's not broken. If you pinch this toad, the toads in Uncle Lu's and the others' hands will react. And the toad in your hand will only react when Uncle Lu and the others give you a warning."

"I see. I was reckless." Shang Lu was a little embarrassed.

He had never used this kind of spiritual object before, and Lu Dao was in a hurry to leave, so he only gave a few brief instructions and did not tell him the details of using the toad, which led to his misunderstanding.

Fortunately, although this toad was pinched and its tongue was sticking out and its eyes were bulging, it was still alive. It should be fine and can still be used...

While Shang Lu was checking the toad's condition, he discussed with Lu Yang:

“Brother Lu, there are demon dogs appearing in both righteousness towers. Why don’t you and I each watch one side and see where these two demon dogs are going to take the children…”

Before Shang Lu could finish his words, the toad in his hand opened its mouth.

But no sound was uttered.

This made Shang Lu's heart skip a beat, and he thought to himself, could it be that he really broke the toad?

Fortunately, three bubbles as big as fists soon flew out of the toad's mouth one after another.

Shang Lu was stunned for a moment. The first thought that came to his mind was that the toad had become sick because of what he had squeezed. Although it didn't urinate, it was foaming at the mouth.

But soon he discovered that there were images emerging on the bubbles.

It was a series of maps, each with a dot flashing on it.

Shang Lu remembered what Lu Yang had just introduced, and suddenly realized that this should be the way the toad sent messages?
It wasn't a cry, but bubbles...

"It seems that the Yi Tower that Uncle Lu and the others were following has also encountered problems at this moment."

Shang Lu and Lu Yang looked at each other and said in unison.

Originally, they were thinking about warning Lu Dao and the other two and asking them to come over to reinforce and act together.

In this situation, I'm afraid we'll have to fight on our own...

Shang Lu thought about it quickly and said, “Brother Lu, let’s split up and track the demon dog.

If the demon dog took the child to the same place, we can just meet up with Master Lu and the others and then take action. If they took them to different places, we can focus on monitoring them and secretly send someone to report the situation. "

"Okay!" Lu Yang agreed immediately, but added: "Don't act rashly unless it is absolutely necessary or you are absolutely sure."

"I thought so too." Shang Lu nodded in agreement.

Lu Yang said: "I'm going to the Yi Tower next to Xiahuai Village."

"Okay, I'll go to another place." Shang Lu responded, and then ordered Chen County Lieutenant: "You take the county soldiers under your command and follow Lu Wuguan and follow his command."

County Lieutenant Chen bowed and accepted the order. He called on his county soldiers to mount their horses and follow Lu Yang to the Yi Tower next to Xiahuai Village.

Lu Yang thought that Chen Xianwei and his men were riding too slowly, so he said, "This is an emergency. I'll go ahead."

As he spoke, he slapped the sword case on his back with his backhand, and two swords flew out of it.

One of the swords was hovering in front of Lu Yang. He jumped up and then made a sword gesture with his hand, letting the other sword fly towards County Magistrate Chen.

"This sword will give you directions, just follow it."

Lieutenant Chen crossed his hands and accepted the order. He immediately called on the county soldiers to mount their horses and set off with the flying sword.

Shang Lu did not join Tu Bin and the other thieves. He took out a talisman paper, quickly tore out a night owl, pinched his fingers and chanted a spell to make the night owl grow bigger.

Then he leaped onto the back of the paper owl and flew straight into the sky.

Just when Tu Pi and the others were stunned, several paper figures floated down and spoke in human language:

"I'll go ahead too. You guys follow the paper man and be careful to stay hidden on the road. Don't make any noise and alert the enemy."

Butcher and others hurriedly responded to the thief's request, mounted their horses and galloped after the paper man.

Although the warhorse is fast, it is still not as fast as the paper owl flying in the sky.

Moreover, Sanniang stirred up the cold wind behind the paper owl, further increasing its speed, so fast that it drew a line of clouds in the night sky.

The distance of more than ten miles was reached in a flash.

Shang Lu did not get too close because he found that near the Yi Tower, there were many rampant ghosts wandering and patrolling.

These rampant ghosts hid very well, but Shang Lu had the Tu Bo seal on his body, and was a living ghost messenger. He was very sensitive to the existence of ghosts and could see through their hiding place at a glance.

In order not to alert the enemy, Shang Lu did not get too close. At the same time, he sent a message to Lu Yang, informing him of the situation and reminding him to be careful.

Lu Dao gave him the toad before because he was afraid that the message transmitted by the jade token would be interfered with or eavesdropped.

Although this demon dog is strange, its strength is limited. It is impossible for it to interfere with or eavesdrop on the jade token's flying messages. Shang Lu can contact Lu Yang with confidence.

Sure enough, after Shang Lu sent the message, the demon dog didn't react at all.

It was busy getting the children who had turned into dogs out of Ita.

The method used by the demon dog was not complicated, but it was quite strange - as it roared, the bones and ashes that had been burned by the fire in the Tower of Justice quickly gathered together and formed a bone bridge.

The child who turned into a dog was controlled by the barking of the demon dog and crawled out of the Tower of Yi along the bone bridge.

If the curse in the Tower of Justice had not been broken and the magic circle had not been destroyed, the demon dog's methods would have been impossible to carry out.

Unfortunately, the spells and magic arrays were now ineffective, allowing the evil dog to succeed easily.

The shamans in each county and the temple priests in each town do not have witchcraft maps in their hands. They can only determine the situation of Yita through regular inspections.

If nothing unexpected happens, the shamans and temple priests from all over the country will usually conduct inspections only once a quarter.

This is considered diligent.

If you encounter a shaman or temple priest who just lies around and idles out his days, they will probably only inspect him once a year.

As a result, the burning of rotten corpses in the Yi Tower to pray for the souls of the dead was reduced to once a year.

Although the assessment method has raised the requirements in the past two years, there are still many shamans and temple priests who are just sitting there doing nothing and just passing the time.

After discovering the rampant ghost, Shang Lu stopped and watched from a distance.

Under the cover of night, neither the demon dog on the slope nor the rampant ghosts patrolling the surroundings noticed Shanglu's presence.

Amid the barking of dogs, the children who had turned into dogs all climbed out of Yita along the bone bridge.

When the last child who had turned into a dog climbed out of the Tower of Justice, the Bone Bridge collapsed and returned to its previous appearance.

The demon dog raised its head and barked twice, as if giving orders.

Then he rushed down the slope and ran to the north.

The children who turned into dogs were obviously unwilling to follow the demon dog.

But after their bodies grew dog hair, they no longer obeyed their commands. This was also the case at this moment. Although they were unwilling, their legs moved on their own and followed the demon dog.

The demons were hovering around, investigating along the way.

Even so, no one noticed Shang Lu riding on a paper owl and following them.

Under the leadership of the demon dog, the children who turned into dogs moved very quickly.

This is the result of squeezing out vitality.

If these children who have turned into dogs are not nursed back to health afterwards, even if they do not die suddenly, they will be weak for a long time and suffer from chronic diseases.

If he wasn't afraid of alerting the enemy, Shang Lu would have wanted to rush down directly, kill the demon dog, and save these poor children.

Now he could only suppress his anger and murderous intent, follow the demon dog, find its master, and then catch it in one fell swoop!
The demon dog had no idea that someone was following it in the sky.

It ran wildly in the night with its children who had turned into dogs.

After running for dozens of miles, they arrived at a river.

Shang Lu rode on a paper owl and flew in the sky. He saw from afar a lumberyard by the river.

The outskirts of the woodyard are haunted by ghosts, with many rampant ghosts wandering around and patrolling.

Inside the lumberyard, one could only vaguely see that it was full of wood, but the specific situation could not be seen clearly - there was a force covering the lumberyard, hiding the real situation inside.

However, as the children who turned into dogs were brought into the lumberyard, Shang Lu saw what was going on inside through the paper figures hidden on them.

The lumberyard was full of wood, and there was a man putting a raft on the river bank.

In addition to the group of children who turned into dogs and followed Shanglu, there were more than a dozen other dogs in the lumberyard.

A man who looked like an official was chanting spells at the dogs.

As the spell was cast, the dogs looked in pain and opened their mouths to scream, but strangely, no sound came out.

However, the fur on their bodies quickly faded away during this process, and they turned back into human form.

However, these children are still unable to move.

The man who looked like an official grabbed a wooden spoon, scooped out a spoonful of blood with a strong fishy smell from the bucket beside him, and poured it on the children who had turned back into human form.

The child, who was covered in blood, looked more and more painful, and the sores on his body became more severe.

The flesh in some parts was even rotten, and the internal organs could be seen through the pus and blood.

The strange thing is that although the injuries of these children became more serious and the pain became greater, their vitality and energy strangely became stronger.

However, those who looked like officials were not trying to save these poor children by doing this.

After splashing the blood, he began to make hand gestures and chant incantations, causing the bodies of these poor children to twist again.

Then, pieces of bark flew out from the wood piled nearby and wrapped around the children, turning them into the shape of wood. They then connected them head to tail to form two logs.

At this time, the person guarding the river raised his hand and two freshly baked "logs" immediately rolled over and fell into the river.

The man made a hand gesture and chanted a spell. Several ropes immediately emerged from the raft floating in the water. They wrapped around the two logs like snakes and tied them together with the other logs on the water, making them part of the raft.

After seeing this, Shang Lu finally understood how these people transported the children.

I also understood why the person who was watching at the intersection didn't notice me.

These guys actually hid the children in wood and transported them by water on rafts.

Moreover, judging from the scale of this lumberyard and the official robes and clerk uniforms worn by the people inside, it is obviously a government lumberyard.

Maybe the people transporting the raft had all the necessary badges and documents!
This made Shang Lu wonder: "Could it be that behind this group of thieves, there are high-ranking officials and prominent families backing them up?"

As he was guessing, he made the paper figures fly off the children who had turned into dogs and hid aside to avoid being discovered.

Suddenly, I felt a shock in my arms, and it turned out that the Witch Academy Jade Token had received the message from Lu Dao.

Lu Dao did not use a toad, but directly sent the message through a jade token. He must have discovered that these thieves could not interfere with or eavesdrop on the jade token.

Shang Lu took out the jade token, glanced at the content of the message, and was suddenly surprised.

Lu Dao also tracked over and was hiding in the woods next to the lumberyard.

It was indeed good news that Master Lu was nearby, which made Shang Lu feel much more at ease.

He wasted no time and landed the Paper Owl immediately.

He put away the paper owl and ran all the way to the location Lu Dao mentioned.

Shang Lu did not continue riding the paper owl, nor did he use the earth escape technique, for fear of creating witchcraft fluctuations that would alert the thieves in the lumberyard.

When Shang Lu found Lu Dao, he discovered that two other seniors from the Discipline Department were also there.

After a moment, Lu Yang also came over.

The five people talked in a low voice and found that the situations they encountered were similar: a demon dog turned the children into dogs and brought them all the way here, and they followed and tracked them here.

After everyone arrived, Lu Dao began to make operational arrangements:

“If everyone in the lumberyard leaves later, we’ll all follow them.

If only part of the raft goes, then Lao Zhan and Lao Peng will be responsible for tracking the raft and finding out where it is going.

Shang Lu and Lu Yang will stay with me and prepare to arrest people!"

The two witch officials, Zhan and Peng, together with Shang Lu and Lu Yang, bowed and accepted the order.

Soon, half an hour passed.

In order to prevent the ghost from noticing, Shang Lu and Lu Yang did not let Tu Bin, Chen Xianwei and others get close, but asked them to stay more than 20 miles away.

Finally, all the dozens of children who were brought into the lumberyard tonight were wrapped in bark, turned into logs, and pushed into the water.

A man in official uniform jumped onto the raft, holding a bamboo pole in his hand to hide his identity, but in fact he was chanting spells and controlling the raft to drift downstream.

There were still two people, a dozen demon dogs, and many ghosts left in the lumberyard.

Upon seeing this, the two witch officers Zhan and Peng immediately took out witch talismans and stuck them on their bodies to absorb all the aura.

Then he made hand gestures and chanted a spell, turning into two flying birds and chased after them.

Lu Daoze told Shang Lu and Lu Yang: "Wait until the raft goes far away, then we will start arresting them!"

Shang Lu and Lu Yang nodded in unison.

Tracking and arresting are carried out together, and whichever side has the clue will benefit.

Lu Dao made detailed arrangements: "There are not only soul flags in the woodyard, but also a magic circle. I will be responsible for destroying the magic circle and locking up the rampant ghost. You must capture the thieves and demon dogs in the woodyard as soon as possible. Can you do it?"

Shang Lu and Lu Yang looked at each other and said in unison: "We can do it!"

"Very good, very energetic."

Lu Dao nodded in satisfaction, and immediately began to chant spells in preparation for destroying the magic circle.

Shang Lu and Lu Yang held their breath.

Just wait for the raft to drift away and the magic circle to be destroyed, then rush into the lumberyard with the force of thunder to catch the thief and catch the dog!
(End of this chapter)