Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 423: Is it cultivation or killing with a borrowed knife?
When Shang Lu first received the Feixun message, he did not take out the jade token to check the content.

He didn't want to be like Bai Lingxu, who was punished to take care of Li Li during her confinement because of playing jade cards in class.

I heard that during this period, Senior Brother Bai has made rapid progress in the knowledge of "Postpartum Care for Sows". I believe that in the future, even if he leaves the Witch Academy and no longer works in the government office, he will be able to make a good income with this skill.

However, Shang Lu ignored the jade token, but the vibrations from the jade token continued, and they were very rhythmic: first three long and two short, then two short and three long...

Such a rhythm meant that the message came from the Discipline Department, and it was urgent.

Shang Lu then took out the jade token and checked the message sent by Lu Dao.

The military wizard teacher, who was teaching how to use morale, saw Shang Lu dare to blatantly take out the jade token in his class, and his eyes suddenly flashed with anger.

He immediately formed a witch's hand gesture, and a stone under his feet whizzed up and flew straight towards Shang Lu's forehead.

This student who doesn't listen carefully in class and dares to play with jade cards should be taught a lesson.

But Shang Lu raised his head at this moment and said to him quickly: "Teacher, the Discipline Department has an urgent matter to call me over."

The stone that was heading towards his forehead immediately turned around, almost brushing past him, and hit a tree next to him. It pierced through the trunk with a "bang" and was nailed into the rock.

Teacher Bingwu opened his mouth, but in the end he could only say: "Go quickly."

"Yes." Shang Lu responded with his hands crossed, and said a few words of apology. He was very polite and gave enough face to Teacher Bingwu, which made him feel much better.

However, after Shang Lu rode on the paper bird and flew away, Teacher Bing Wu turned his attention to the other students in the class, but he frowned again and snorted:
"Listen carefully in class. Why are you looking at others? Do you understand all the knowledge points I'm talking about? Ba Yan, come on up. I see you've been staring at Shang Lu. I guess you understand everything I've said. Come and explain it to everyone."

"what?"

Ba Yan, who was called out, was confused.

Everyone was looking at Shang Lu just now. He just turned around a moment late, but he didn't expect that he would be caught as an example.

He immediately looked sad.

He didn't understand the knowledge points just now, so how could he explain it?

Shang Lu didn't know that someone had suffered an unexpected disaster because of his departure.

Because Lu Dao told him to "go quickly" in the flying message, he drove the paper bird with all his strength along the way.

When we reached the main peak of Bijia Mountain and landed in front of Jiuhe Pagoda, we saw a sword light flying from a distance.

After a moment, the sword light landed in front of Shang Lu, it was Lu Yang.

"Junior Brother Shang, have you also received the message from Uncle Lu?"

Lu Yang jumped off the flying sword and asked in a low voice.

Seeing Shang Lu nod, he continued, "What did you say Uncle Lu asked us to come for? Hey, could it be that he changed his mind and wants us to go together to wipe out the He bandits?"

Shanglu was also very puzzled.

However, calculating the time, the preliminary work such as contacting the other three counties and investigating Pingdu Mountain should be almost completed, and it is indeed time to close the net.

Are we really going to take them with us to suppress the bandits?

But didn't Master Lu say before that this case was too dangerous and he wouldn't let them participate? Why did he change his mind now?

"It's no use for us to guess here. We'll know when we meet Uncle Lu."

"That's right, let's go and ask Uncle Lu."

The two entered the Jiuhe Tower and walked all the way to Lu Dao's office, but did not see anyone.

However, a picture of a spirit monster hanging on the wall of the room emitted a green light after seeing Shang Lu and Lu Yang.

A beautiful snake in green clothes emerged from the spirit demon picture.

She spoke in human language and said to the two men, "The master has ordered you two to go back and make preparations quickly. Return to Jiuhe Pagoda before 15:00 and follow the army into battle."

"Excuse me, Fairy, where does Uncle Lu want us to go with the army?" Lu Yang asked with his hands crossed.

When Shang Lu heard this, he secretly glanced at Lu Yang and thought to himself, Brother Lu, you with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, have actually learned to flatter.

"I am just a snake spirit, I don't deserve to be called a fairy."

Sure enough, although the snake spirit said that she was not a fairy, she could not hide the smile on Cone's face.

She waved her hand to close the door, then uttered three words: "Pingdu Mountain."

really!

Shang Lu and Lu Yang looked at each other and asked, "Uncle Lu said before that we should not be involved in this case. Fairy, do you know why he changed his mind?"

"That's what the Chief Supervisor meant." Snake Spirit really knew it. It seemed that Lu Dao had guessed that they would have such a problem and made arrangements in advance.

Hearing this, Lu Yang was surprised and delighted: "Supervisory Minister? He was the one who appointed me as a general? He even knew about someone like me?"

"I'm not sure about that." Snake Spirit shook his head.

Shang Lu frowned secretly. He didn't expect that it was the Supervisor's idea to let them go to Pingdu Mountain.

But how did the Chief Justice know about him and Lu Yang?
Did the Supervisor notice that he was strange and was discovered by him? Was he trying to kill him with a borrowed knife?
But if that's the case, wouldn't it be better to just kill him? Why make so much trouble?

With Jian Cheng's strength, if he really wanted to harm him, he could definitely do it without anyone knowing, right?
Did the Supervisor have some concerns and couldn't do it directly, so he needed to use the hand of the thief to kill him? Or was he overthinking it, and the Supervisor actually had no such idea?
In just a short moment, several thoughts flashed through Shang Lu's mind.

But these speculations are hard to express out loud.

The two thanked the snake spirit for the message and said goodbye.

The snake spirit called them back, "The master has already informed the Remnant Spirit Cave, you can go and get a remnant spirit that you can use. He suggests that you take something that can save your life in case of an emergency."

"Thank you for the reminder, Fairy. Thank you for your care, Uncle Lu."

Shang Lu and Lu Yang expressed their gratitude in unison from the bottom of their hearts.

After leaving Jiuhe Tower, the two headed straight for the Canling Cave.

The cave keeper had indeed received instructions from Lu Dao, who not only took them to select usable residual spirits, but also gave them advice.

Shang Lu and Lu Yang did not hesitate, followed the advice of professionals, and chose two residual spirits that could save their lives.

These two remnant spirits are both of the seventh grade, and can be barely used with Shang Lu and Lu Yang's cultivation level, and can protect their lives at critical moments.

It’s a pity that this kind of residual spirit is transformed from magic and supernatural powers, and can only be used as a magical treasure, but cannot be used as material for breakthrough.

That is another kind of residual soul, and it will not be placed here, let alone allowed wizards to claim and use it.

Shang Lu and Lu Yang did not stay in the Remnant Soul Cave for long.

They couldn't stay for long. After getting the remaining soul, the cave keeper urged them to leave quickly.

Before leaving, Shang Lu went to check the mountain ghost's head again.

This ghost head is the same as before, with no changes.

But this time, Shang Lu did not feel any resentful gaze.

So the feeling I had here before was really an illusion caused by the chaotic evil spirit?
Shang Lu left the Cave of Remnant Spirits with doubts, said goodbye to Lu Yang temporarily, and went straight home, taking with him all the magical weapons, remnant spirits, and strange beasts such as the shadow toad and the air-eating centipede.

He also told Uncle Huai to take good care of the house, and kept Liu Quan at home so that he could concentrate on writing and write more vernacular stories.

Shang Lu instructed Uncle Huai: "At Liuquan, whenever you write a book, you should take it to the brothels and have the storytellers tell it."

Uncle Huai knew that Shang Lu had a novelist's notes in his hand. The more widely the storybook was spread and the more people listened to it, the stronger the abilities of the character cards in the storybook would become. He agreed immediately.

At the same time, Uncle Huai pulled out a grass monster from the yard and handed it to Shang Lu.

"Sir, please take this 'Ghost Seer' with you. Don't underestimate it, its leaves have very good hemostatic and healing effects."

Shang Lu was very surprised. He really didn't expect that the group of flower and grass monsters raised by Uncle Huai could not only be used as servants, but also trained into "mobile blood packs" and "medics" that could be used on the battlefield.

Shang Lu certainly would not refuse such a little demon. He immediately agreed and handed the Ghost-Seeing Demon to Sanniang for care, to prevent it from withering due to lack of water and nutrition when he needed it to save its life.

After taking all the necessary items with him, Shang Lu went straight to the thieves' office. Qiu Dao, who was on duty at the gate of the office, was surprised to see him.

Because at this time normally, Shang Lu should be studying and practicing in the Witch Academy.

Zhu Quan and other thieves and officials were equally surprised.

The thieves did not dare to ask Shang Lu why he came back so early, but they had no such concerns. They came forward one after another, and after paying their respects, they asked in a low voice: "Sir, why did you come back so early today?"

Shang Lu quickly explained, "I'm going to go out with the Discipline Department to handle a case. During my absence, if there is anything going on in the office, the four of you can discuss it. If there are any differences of opinion, listen to Old Zhu."

Although Shang Lu did not say what case he was going to investigate, the four clerks all had rich experience in criminal investigation and guessed something or other in an instant.

Knowing that they were going to handle Heke's case, they naturally didn't ask too many questions.

Zhu Quan crossed his hands and accepted the order: "Don't worry, sir, we will do our best."

"Don't worry, sir!" The other three thieves also hurriedly crossed their hands and accepted the order.

But their reactions were a little slower than Zhu Quan's, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: "No wonder Old Zhu can gain the adults' trust. This cleverness is worth learning from."

"You two, stay in the office and practice well, and learn more from the four thieves' clerks and the senior thieves in the office." Shang Lu gave Du Feng and Tu Pi a few more instructions, then went to the armory and weapons warehouse, received a batch of weapons, and took a few residual spirits.

Although the residual souls stored in the Thieves' Office are not as good as those collected in the Residual Soul Cave of the Discipline Department in terms of quality and grade, they are very effective in professional fields such as investigating cases and tracking. Carrying some with you can be prepared just in case.

By the time Shang Lu finished these things and returned to the inner mountain of Wuyuan and rushed to the highest peak of Bijia Mountain, it was almost 15:00 in the afternoon.

A group of people had gathered in front of the Jiuhe Pagoda.

Shang Lu took a look at the wizard robes on these people and found that not all of them were from the Discipline Department.

That's right, there aren't that many people in the Discipline Department, and a group of them went to Xingshan, otherwise when Great Witch Zhongli and Uncle Master Lu Dao were searching for mountain ghosts in Feiwu County, they wouldn't have issued the task through the Witch Academy Jade Plate and sent people to assist.

However, among these people, there are many who are like him, students of the Witch Academy whose cultivation level is at the Zhoutian Realm.

Are these people also going to participate in this mission?
Shang Lu was guessing when he suddenly heard someone calling him, "Shang Junior Brother. Here, here."

Following the sound, I saw Bai Lingxu.

Shang Lu went to meet him, and only spoke after he came close to Bai Lingxu, his tone revealing surprise: "Senior Brother Bai, are you also going to participate in this mission?"

"What do you mean by that? Are you looking down on me?" Bai Lingxu raised his eyebrows and said unhappily, "Although I haven't joined the Discipline Department, my cultivation is also at the Zhoutian Realm, not worse than yours."

Shang Lu shook his head and explained: "Brother Bai, you misunderstood. I don't doubt your ability. I'm just afraid that you can't keep a secret."

Bai Lingxu laughed. Although Shang Lu suspected that he was not careful, he was not angry. He smiled and said, "You don't know me when you say that. Although I sell information, I have my limits and bottom line. I won't sell all the information."

Shang Lu was about to apologize and say that it was a misunderstanding, but Senior Brother Bai changed the subject and said, "If you want to buy the information about this mission, you have to pay more. You have to pay more! After all, if I leak the information, I will face the crazy pursuit of the Discipline Department. If you don't pay enough, even if you kill me, you can't get any information from me!"

"Senior Brother Bai is really honest." Shang Lu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.

Bai Lingxu was very satisfied with his evaluation and proudly puffed out his chest: "When doing business, integrity is the basis. Cheating and fraud will not last long." Then, he lowered his voice and asked: "Junior Brother Shang, you are in the Discipline Department, do you know what the mission is this time?"

"Brother Bai, don't you know?"

"They said they were going to support Xingshan. The Supervisor ordered a group of talented people with Zhoutian realm and above to be selected. They wanted to train them in actual combat to create reserve talents for the Witch Academy and the court."

Shang Lu nodded slightly, thinking that it was right to use the support for Xingshan as a cover, otherwise if the news became known to everyone before the team even set out, wouldn't that alert the enemy?

At the same time, he also confirmed one thing from Bai Lingxu's words: the students of the Witch Academy selected by the Supervisor to carry out the mission this time were not only him and Lu Yang, but also a group of others whose cultivation was above the Zhoutian Realm.

So, it’s not that the Supervisor wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife?
Shang Lu thought quickly and said, "Didn't the mission say we were going to support Xingshan?"

Bai Lingxu didn't believe it: "You are not telling the truth."

Shang Lu looked at Bai Lingxu in surprise. He didn't expect him to be so perceptive.

That’s right, if you are not sensitive, you won’t be able to do big business.

Although he could see that Shang Lu was not telling the truth, Bai Lingxu did not ask any more questions and muttered, "I'm here anyway, and I'll know when I get to the place. No matter what the job is, it's better than taking care of Li Li during her confinement."

Shang Lu was a little surprised: After so many days, Senior Brother Bai's punishment for playing with jade cards in class has not ended yet? He is still taking the course "Postpartum Care for Sows"?
Then he couldn't help but wonder: Normally, playing with jade cards in class wouldn't be punished for such a long time. Could it be that the teacher of the beast witch class forgot that Senior Brother Bai was still undergoing "transformation"?
Just as he was hesitating whether to tell Senior Brother Bai about this guess, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice rang in his ears: "You are here, it made it easier for me to find you."

When Bai Lingxu heard this voice, his expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said: "Junior Brother Shang, I suddenly remembered that the piglets have not been fed yet, so I'll go first..."

Shang Lu thought to himself, you are already on a mission, why are you still feeding pigs?

However, Bai Lingxu's reaction, as well as the surrounding witch academy brothers and sisters who all made way like the receding tide, allowed Shang Lu to instantly guess who the person was.

He bowed in the direction where the voice came from.

"Sister Gongshu, are you going to participate in this mission as well?"

But when Shang Lu saw clearly what was in front of him, he was stunned.

What came was not a person, but a huge set of armor.

There was no one inside the armor, which was filled with wisps of black witchcraft energy, giving off a mysterious and strange aura.

Moreover, this huge battle armor is more like a mobile weapon rack, with a lot of messy weapons all over its body. Their shapes are very strange, and it is impossible to guess their purpose.

Gongshu Ling's voice came from the huge battle armor: "I still have experiments to do, so I can't spare the time. But if my natal magic weapon goes there, it means I am gone."

As soon as he finished speaking, three wooden kites flew out from the box on the back of the huge armor.

The size of these wooden kites is larger than those used by Shanglu before.

"This is a modified wooden kite based on your suggestion. I'll give you three. Help me test them carefully to see what deficiencies there are and what needs to be improved."

"no problem."

Shang Lu agreed immediately: "Sister Gongshu, do you have any other new treasures to test? Give them to me."

Naturally, the more free treasures you have, the better.

Even though the effect is not as good and there are many shortcomings, Shang Lu doesn't mind.

It's a free baby, even if it explodes by itself, it must be due to your own improper operation.

Shang Lu originally asked tentatively, but he didn't expect that Gongshu Ling's natal armor actually carried several newly developed treasures.

Seeing that Shang Lu volunteered, he immediately gave him a few.

Gongshu Ling also knew that many people in the Witch Academy were afraid of her.

Even though her real body didn't come at this moment, her innate armor still made many people retreat.

She didn't want to bother with these people, so she gave the treasure that needed to be tested to Shang Lu, and let her natal armor leave the crowd and wait in a deserted place nearby.

When the giant battle armor walked away, Lu Yang, who had arrived at Bijia Mountain at some point, came up to Shang Lu and gave him a thumbs up: "Senior Sister Gongshu is famous for her mood swings. You actually dared to help her test the treasure. That's amazing."

Shang Lu was puzzled: "I think she has a good temper, not as weird as you say."

Lu Yang chuckled: "She's not angry now, so you naturally don't think there's anything wrong. When you finish testing the baby and can't give her any advice, you'll know how powerful she is."

Shang Lu couldn't help but wonder, what would happen if Gongshu Ling got angry?

Just as he was about to ask the question, he suddenly felt a powerful pressure descending from the sky and covering Bijia Mountain.

On the mountain top, the people who were gathered in groups of three or four to discuss things immediately shut their mouths.

Everyone looked up and saw a huge, ginkgo leaf-shaped flying boat appear in the sky. Its shadow was cast on the mountain, covering everyone.

More than a dozen figures flew out from the flying boat, transformed into streams of light, and instantly landed in front of everyone.

The leader had a stern face and a sinister look, and Shang Lu didn't recognize him.

But he saw Zhongli the Great Wizard, who was in seclusion before, standing one step behind this man. He also saw Uncle Master Lu Dao, standing farther back.

"It's the Chief Supervisor!" Lu Yang exclaimed in a low voice, "He actually led the team himself."

Is this the Supervisor? Shang Lu's heart moved, and he looked at him secretly.

(End of this chapter)