Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 420: The Eight Ghost Immortals and Emperor Shennong
"I don't know the specific situation of Pingdu Mountain. This is a topographic map drawn according to Heke's description. It may be different from the actual situation. Just take a look at it as it is."

Yan Tao made a witch gesture, and wisps of witchcraft energy flowed out from his fingertips, gathering into a picture of mountains and rivers.

He pointed out two peaks with his hand and introduced them, "This is Guanhai Peak, and this is Jiangjun Rock. Between them is a valley covered by miasma. The rice fields opened up by the rice farmers are hidden in it."

At the same time, he did not forget to explain: "He Ke is what these thieves call themselves."

Shang Lu snorted coldly: "Calling yourself a wheat farmer? It seems that they are quite proud of the fact that they grow people as wheat."

Yan Tao sneered, "They regard this as the path to becoming an immortal, and they also say that we are ignorant, unable to sever our worldly ties, unable to let go of worldly thoughts, and that no matter how we practice, we cannot attain enlightenment and become an immortal."

Lu Dao asked, "What arrangements are there in the valley?"

"The two thieves don't have a high status in the Grain Customers. They are new Grain Customers recruited in recent years. In the valley, they can only stay in the outer area. They don't know the specific layout. They only know that there are many traps and layers of magic arrays. Especially the core Grain Field area, it is managed like a ghost den, comparable to a dangerous place. They have no right to get close to the Grain Field, but just looking at it from a distance, they were shocked by the resentful and evil energy emanating from the Grain Field and lost their minds, and almost went crazy."

Although the two Heke were not aware of the detailed layout of Pingdu Mountain due to their status, they still explained a way into the valley.

They also told him all the traps and mechanisms they knew about along the way.

Lu Dao wrote down the information in detail and asked, "Did they tell us how many people are there in the Heke organization? How strong are they?"

“They knew of four to five hundred rice farmers, but most of them had low cultivation levels, only below the Qi Refining Stage, and were responsible for the dirty, tiring and miscellaneous work of growing rice.

There are about a hundred other people, whose cultivation is above the Qi Refining Realm, who are responsible for protecting the rice fields and going out on field trips, such as going to the ghost market to sell goods and purchase goods, and kidnapping people from various places to grow rice seedlings.

The really powerful ones were the original group of beggars.

Among the beggars at that time, half of them died unexpectedly on the road to becoming immortals, but nine people survived.

Among these nine people, eight of them have cultivation bases above the seventh-grade Tongtian realm, and one has even reached the sixth-grade Mingxin realm, and is called the 'Eight Ghost Immortals' by the Heke. Another person is honored by the Heke as 'Emperor Shennong', and his cultivation base is unknown. According to the guess of the two Hekes, even if he has not reached the fourth-grade Tianxiang realm, he is not far away. "

"How dare you, an evil demon, call yourself the Emperor Shennong?"

Although they knew that the evil method of cultivating by eating humans could indeed make one's cultivation progress rapidly, Shang Lu, Lu Yang and Lu Dao had never imagined that among these monsters who called themselves He Ke, there was actually a master of the fourth level of the celestial realm, who even called himself the Emperor Shennong and was not afraid of heaven's punishment!

The reason why the Huangting Sect was able to squeeze into the ranks of the first-class sects in Guling County was because there was a fourth-grade celestial realm master in charge. And their decline also began with the death of the fourth-grade celestial realm master.

Even in the Witch Academy of Baiyi County, only the Chief Priest and the Dean had reached the Celestial Realm.

The cultivation level of the great wizard Zhongli is only one step away from the celestial realm.

This step has troubled him for decades and he still hasn't been able to overcome it.

As for Lu Dao's cultivation, it is at the sixth level of Mingxin Realm.

Equivalent to the 'Eight Ghost Immortals' in Heke.

Therefore, even if there are no traps hidden in Pingdu Mountain, "Emperor Shennong" and the "Eight Ghost Immortals" alone are not something that ordinary wizards can deal with.

With such strength, it’s no wonder that Heke can lure batches of new people to join.

I just wonder if these new rice farmers will eventually enter the rice fields and become a kind of human rice with unique effects?

Lu Dao's original plan was to immediately take his men to Pingdu Mountain to conduct a secret investigation and make preliminary preparations for capturing He Ke.

Unexpectedly, Heke's strength far exceeded his expectations, so he had to make some adjustments to his plan.

After a moment of hesitation, Lu Dao said, "I will take my men back to the Wuyuan first and report the case to the county governor and the chief priest. The Heke in Pingdu Mountain are extraordinary. To completely wipe them out, we must unite with the other two counties to act together."

Lu Yang nodded in agreement. He Ke’s strength also shocked him.

Shang Lu was a little worried: "Will the news leak out if we contact the other two counties? Will He Ke find out?"

Lu Dao was not worried about this and sneered:

"This is not an ordinary case. When the time comes, not only will the three counties take joint action, but the witch guards will also definitely get involved. They have many ways to monitor everyone.

By then, if anyone leaks the news, not only will he be finished, but his family, sect, and even the county witch academy will all suffer!

Wei Wu is now eager to find out some problems so that he can intervene in local affairs.

Even if there are people in the three counties who really have dealings with Heke in Pingdu Mountain, they will only distance themselves from the relationship and will never inform Heke of the situation at this time."

Shang Lu was still a little worried, but since Lu Dao said so, he didn't say anything more.

We can only hope that Wei Wu can really intimidate those who have ulterior motives in the three counties.

I don't ask these people to be of any help, just don't hold me back.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Dao issued new orders to Shang Lu and Lu Yang:
"You two stay here and arrest all the Heke who drugged and kidnapped children in Longyou County. Bring them back to the Discipline Department and hand them over to your Uncle Master Yan for torture and interrogation. If there are special circumstances, you can just kill the thieves!"

After saying that, he stared at the two of them sharply and asked, "How about it, can you do it?"

"can do it!"

Shang Lu and Lu Yang responded in unison, crossing their hands to accept the order.

Yan Tao told them that there were five Heke people in Longyou County who disguised themselves as peddlers and barbers and went around drugging and kidnapping children.

The cultivation levels of these five people are all above the Qi Refining Stage, but have not reached the Zhoutian Stage, so they were assigned such a difficult task.

With the strength of Shang Lu and Lu Yang, it is not difficult to capture them.

But we must act quickly and not let these thieves send out a warning signal.

After listening to Yan Tao's description of the approximate locations of the five farmers, Shang Lu asked, "Where are the farmers in other counties?"

"Don't worry about the other counties. I will send law enforcement officers who are good at tracking to search for them when I return to the Discipline Department."

Shang Lu crossed his hands and agreed, then discussed with Lu Yang and decided to act separately in order to capture He Ke and bring him back as soon as possible.

The two men chose sides by playing rock-paper-scissors. Shang Lu was responsible for capturing the two Heke in the north, while Lu Yang went south and captured the other three thieves.

They assigned the tasks and set off immediately without wasting time, lest the harvesters contact the lumberyard and discover anything unusual.

As he was in a hurry, Shang Lu did not bring Tu Bin and other bandits with him. He ordered them to rush to Xiahuai Village to meet Du Feng. After taking the ashes of Chen Li and others, he went straight back to the bandit office.

"After you go back, don't tell anyone about the death of Chen Zecao, and don't disclose the details of this case." Shang Lu warned seriously.

The thieves crossed their arms and accepted the order: "Don't worry, sir, we have all learned the confidentiality regulations, and we will not tell anyone before the case is solved."

Shang Lu nodded, said no more, used the art of paper-cutting to make weapons, tore out a paper bird, rode on it, and soon flew away from the lumberyard.

When it was bright, Shang Lu flew outside Taolin Town.

According to the two workers in the lumberyard, one of their accomplices disguised himself as a traveling doctor and was active near Taolin Town.

Shang Lu landed a paper bird in the woods several miles away from the town, took out a mask and put it on.

This mask was the ghost face that Senior Sister Gongshu had helped to improve. After Senior Sister Gongshu's refining, the mask had become a witchcraft weapon, and Shang Lu named it "Baibian Mask".

Not only did the ever-changing facial makeup no longer have any negative effects, its power of change was also taken to a higher level. Not only could it change the shape of the body, but even the tone of voice and breath could all be changed to be exactly the same.

With this mask, the magical powers of transformation of Sun Wukong in the storybook have become a bit useless for the time being.

However, the Hundred-Change Face Mask can only transform people, but after evolving, the Monkey King’s transformation ability can transform into all things.

From the long-term perspective, supernatural powers are more worth looking forward to.

Shanglu put on a mask of various shapes and used his magic power to activate it.

Countless granulations were seen growing crazily from the mask, spreading like a tide, and within just a few breaths, they covered the Smilax glabra from head to toe.

Fortunately, the forest chosen by Shang Lu was remote and deserted, otherwise anyone who saw it would be scared - after Shang Lu's body was covered with granulation tissue, it changed rapidly and he became another person in an instant.

It was exactly the same appearance as one of the farmers in the lumberyard.

Or it could be said that it was Kiba Ti-Liao played by He Ke.

These flesh buds even changed the clothes Shang Lu was wearing, completely turning it into Muba Tiling's outfit.

After the appearance was fixed, Shang Lu called out Sanniang again and asked her to help look around. After making sure there were no flaws, he left the forest and headed towards Taolin Town.

After entering the town, I asked a random passerby and found out that the traveling doctor was giving away medicine at the stage in the town.

The passerby was quite kind: "Sir, are you here to ask for medicine for your child? The doctor said that many nearby villages are suffering from epidemics, and children are especially susceptible to infection. If you have children at home, hurry up and ask for medicine to take back for your children."

Shang Lu raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that these Heke were quite cunning. Before, they hid the corpse poison in sugar pills and sugar cakes. Now that the news of the epidemic has spread, they have changed their method and hid the corpse poison in medicine, which is more likely to deceive people.

"Did you get the medicine?" Shang Lu asked.

"of course."

The passerby nodded and showed the paper bag in his hand to Shang Lu.

"That doctor is a very kind person. As long as there are children in the family, he will give them medicine without asking for money! When I go back and give the medicine to the children at home, I will go to the witch temple to pray for him."

These people clearly prayed for poison, but they didn't realize it and even prayed for He Ke who poisoned their children... It's really a joke from hell.

The passerby didn't know what Shang Lu was thinking. Seeing that he was fine, he bowed and said goodbye, and hurried back to take the medicine to give to his children at home.

Shang Lu walked towards the town's stage.

But when he turned around, he flicked his fingers quietly.

A strong wind whistled out and shattered the paper bag held by the passerby, causing the pills inside to fall out silently and roll to a secluded place on the side of the road.

Then, with a "boom", fire broke out, and even the pills and the corpse poison inside were burned clean by Shang Lu's anger.

Taolin Town is not big, and the stage is right in the center of the town.

This place is most lively during festivals.

There was a troupe performing on the stage, and below the stage were vendors coming from all over the place, even from the next town or county.

Even if there is a large open space under the stage, it will be packed with people.

Although the situation under the stage today was not as lively as during festivals, there were still many people gathered.

A medical banner was stuck in the ground, with words like "miraculous healing" and "cure for all diseases" written on it. It looked no different from those traveling doctors who went from village to village.

However, Sanniang immediately reminded: "That is not a medical flag, it is a soul flag."

Shang Lu asked in a low voice: "When we start to arrest people later, can you control the soul flag so that the rampant ghost inside cannot come out?"

This place is not like the woodyard.

The lumberyard is in a remote location with no one else around, so it doesn't matter even if the noise from arresting someone is loud.

But there are many people in Taolin Town, and this man has put on a disguise of providing medical treatment and medicine. Not only must he catch the man quickly, but he must also make little noise, otherwise it will be easy for the news to leak out and alert Heke in other places.

"No problem." Sanniang replied.

With Sanniang's words, Shang Lu felt relieved.

But he still did not immediately walk towards He Ke under the stage. Instead, he asked Sanniang to search the surroundings using the soul-searching method to make sure that He Ke had not released the rampant ghost in advance before he walked over.

He Ke, who was in the crowd, quickly noticed Shang Lu and was stunned.

Then he saw Shang Lu put his hands on his waist and made a few quick gestures.

This is the secret code used by the Hekes to confirm each other's identities.

After taking the elixir, many Heke transformed themselves into strange babies, parasitizing in the bodies of others.

Of course, they did not think this was a strange change. Instead, they boasted that this was the true return to the innate from the acquired and they had cultivated themselves into "innocent children."

He Ke, who was disguised as a traveling doctor, saw Shang Lu's secret signal and immediately returned a gesture. Then he saw Shang Lu turn around and walk out of the town.

The farmer did not hesitate and immediately said to the people around him:

"All the pills I brought have been given away, but don't worry, I'm going to go out of town to collect herbs now. You can come back in the afternoon. I guarantee that everyone will get a pill."

After hearing what he said, everyone became anxious but had no choice but to disperse.

He Ke, disguised as a traveling doctor, quickly caught up with Shang Lu and walked out of the town with him.

At the same time, he whispered, "Why are you here?"

"Let's talk about it after we leave town." Shang Lu was afraid of being exposed, so he didn't say much.

He Ke looked around and saw many people greeting him. Some even offered to help him find and collect herbs. It was indeed inconvenient to talk about it, so he nodded without any doubt.

The two of them left Taolin Town quickly. He Ke looked back and made sure no one was following them before asking, "What happened?"

As soon as he said this, his expression suddenly changed and was filled with fear.

Because the medical flag in his hand suddenly disappeared.

Before the terrified He Ke could figure out where the medical flag had gone, a dagger suddenly stabbed into his chest.

At the same time, he heard his companions say, "Take a deep breath, it's normal to feel dizzy... No, it's normal to have air leaks. Don't be afraid, it's useless to be afraid."

(End of this chapter)