Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 475: Heavenly Pillar Divine Gate
The three thief officials all crossed their hands and accepted the order, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past two months, relatives of Chen Li and others have come to the Cao's office more than once to inquire about the situation.

However, because it involved a major case of rice thieves, they did not dare to disclose the news of his death and only said that he was on patrol in another place.

But no matter how much we patrol, it is impossible to disappear for more than two months.

Whenever they saw their comrades and relatives coming to them with worried faces, they felt bad and wanted to tell them the truth more than once.

They all hope that their comrades can be laid to rest as soon as possible.

Although there is no shortage of incense and offerings for the corpses placed in the Hall of Heroes, and the low-temperature witchcraft in the Hall of Heroes can also keep the corpses from rotting and stinking, it is not a good thing after all if the corpses are not buried for a long time. It is easy to accumulate resentment and cause problems.

Shang Lu was of course aware of this situation, so he ordered the thieves' officials to prepare the best coffins.

A good coffin can eliminate the resentment accumulated in the corpse and allow the body to be buried peacefully.

Even Shang Lu had made plans to ask the local shamans to help perform a ritual to pray for the souls of the deceased when the bodies of Chen Li and others were buried.

After all, we are comrades in arms, and we must see you off well on the last leg of the journey.

Zhu Quan crossed his hands in response and said, "I will prepare all the information and send it to the Gongcao Yamen."

After a pause, he asked again, "Sir, would you like to report our office's achievements during this period of time?"

Shang Lu nodded and agreed: "Of course we have to report it. This is what we fought for with our lives. However, when the reward from the county government comes, we must first send a copy to the families of the deceased brothers."

"Yes!" Zhu Quan replied with his hands crossed.

"My lord is kind and righteous!"

The other three thieves' officials had no objection to Shang Lu's arrangement. Instead, they praised him in unison with sincere tones from the bottom of their hearts.

Working in the bandit office is not as dangerous as walking on the edge of a knife, but it is not much less dangerous.

No one in the Thief Cao's Office, even the clerks themselves, could guarantee that they would not die in the next mission.

They have long been indifferent to life and death, but they worry that after they die, their parents, wives and children will not be able to survive because they will no longer be supported.

Shang Lu is now willing to share some of the credit and rewards with the deceased Chen Li and others.

If one day, these people died, Shang Lu would definitely not treat them unfairly. Therefore, many people hoped that Shang Lu's arrangement could become a regular practice so that their families could have more protection.

Not to mention, ever since Shang Lu came to the bandit Cao's office, he has led them to accomplish great feats.

At present, the "performance" of the thief Cao's office has exceeded that of the whole of last year.

It will be no problem for them to pass this year's performance evaluation, and they can even get the worst "upper-middle" evaluation.

Under such circumstances, the reward given by the government will not be small.

Even if they give some to the families of their deceased brothers, they will still get a lot.

After giving instructions on applying for compensation and reporting merit, Shang Lu made arrangements for the next work of the Bandit Cao Office.

With four thief clerks as assistants, Shang Lu did not need to do many things himself, as the thief clerks would lead the team and take charge.

No one would report to him unless there was a major case that could not be solved.

After arranging the work and sending away the four thieves' officials, Shang Lu turned his attention to Du Feng and Tu Bin.

He first showed concern for the two's work and life during this period, and then tested their cultivation, asking them to practice the skills they had bought in Heifeng Ferry in the yamen.

"Tubi, there is a problem with the power of your move. When you change the move, the power will be weakened."

"Du Feng, your technique of stimulating strength is wrong. It should be like this..."

After watching Du Feng and Tu Bin's training, Shang Lu corrected them one by one regarding their problems in training.

Although Shang Lu had not practiced the martial arts of Du Feng and Tu Bin, his cultivation was much higher than the two of them, and his eyesight had been honed long ago.

Now, when he watches Tu Bin and Du Feng practice, it is like a college student watching elementary school students doing addition and subtraction problems; he can see the problem at a glance.

It would be strange and a joke if you really couldn't see it.

Tu Bin and Du Feng were Shang Lu's confidants brought from Luoshui County, so Shang Lu not only helped them point out the mistakes in their cultivation, but also provided solutions and even personally demonstrated to them.

Du Feng and Tu Bin watched very seriously.

This is the guidance from a Zhoutian realm wizard. If it happened somewhere else, it would be something that one would not even dare to think about!
Look at those thieves and clerks in the government office. Which one of them is not full of envy and wishes to replace them?

Even though Shang Lu was pointing out problems with Du Feng and Tu Bin's cultivation, this group of people opened their eyes wide and pricked up their ears, listening very seriously, hoping to learn ways to solve their own problems from him.

After instructing Du Feng and Tu Xiong on their training, Shang Lu said in a serious tone, "I brought you to the thief Cao's office. You must train well and don't embarrass me."

"Yes!"

Du Feng and Tu Pi responded in unison, almost swearing an oath to the heavens and the earth.

Shang Lu was very satisfied with the spirit of the two men. He nodded slightly and waved his hand to send them away.

"Go down, practice well, and correct all the problems I found for you today. I'll come back to check in a few days."

Du Feng and Tu Bin accepted the order with their hands folded, thanked Shang Lu, left the yamen, and went to the training ground in the thief Cao's office to practice seriously.

Shang Lu was not in a hurry to leave the thieves' office, but continued to sit in the yamen to deal with official documents.

It was not until the time for the office to be dismissed that he left the thief Cao's office and returned home.

As soon as he entered Mingyue Lane, Shang Lu sensed a strong scent of wood blowing towards him, giving people a feeling that all things are competing and full of vitality.

Looking at the ground on both sides of the alley, the wild flowers and grasses are growing very beautifully, and there is a hint of spirituality in them.

Needless to say, these must be the "spies" released by Uncle Huai.

For the people living in Mingyue Lane, it is also a good thing to stay in such an environment with strong wood energy and vitality every day.

Elderly people can use the vitality to prolong their lives. Patients with serious diseases can also use the wood energy to recover and heal. Even ordinary people without any illness or pain will feel better and better if they stay in such a place for a long time.

"With Uncle Huai here in Mingyue Lane, I'm afraid the housing prices will go up a lot." Shang Lu said with a sneer.

Think about it, when he bought a house in Mingyue Lane, the price was very low because there was a haunted house in the lane.

Now, I’m afraid it’s completely different.

Shang Lu walked into the alley and greeted a wild flower at the corner with a smile: "I'm back."

Just as he finished speaking, the door of his house deep in Mingyue Lane creaked open.

Then Uncle Huai came out of the house and bowed to him: "Welcome the master and mistress home."

Shang Lu took two steps forward and looked at Uncle Huai carefully, and found that his appearance had changed a lot compared to before. Although there were still many "wrinkles" on his body, he looked more like a human than a tree demon, and at most he would be mistaken for an octogenarian.

Even so, Shang Lu was very surprised and happy.

"Congratulations, Uncle Huai, your cultivation has greatly improved."

After Uncle Huai bowed, he smiled and said, "Thanks to the master and mistress, with the skills taught by the master and the elixirs left behind, my cultivation has reached the perfection of Qi Refining."

Shang Lu shouted "OK" repeatedly and said with a smile: "First stabilize your cultivation. Once I help you purify the spiritual roots of the python, I will let you refine and break through."

When Shang Lu hunted the Basque snake, he not only took away a large amount of snake meat and bones, but also the Basque snake's spiritual roots.

However, at that time, Shang Lu had just entered the Witch Academy and his vision was still limited, so he did not recognize the spiritual roots of the Basashi.

It was not until they started eating the python meat that they discovered that there was a piece of snake meat that was different from the others. It was full of spiritual energy, but also extremely chaotic and crazy. After using clever tongue tricks and asking Lu Dao, Bai Lingxu and others, they realized that the unusual piece of meat was the python's spiritual root.

When the Bashe was hunted by Shanglu, its strength was at the minor stage of Zhoutian. Its spiritual roots were exactly what Uncle Huai needed.

It just needs to be purified before it can be used.

Because the Basashi is the experimental subject of the Huangting Sect's "Refining Human Pills", a large amount of chaotic and evil elements have accumulated in its spiritual roots. If it is not handled properly and is taken rashly, even if it can break through, it is very likely to go crazy.

Uncle Huai was very excited after hearing Shang Lu's words, and immediately bowed to the bottom: "This old servant thanks the master first."

Shang Lu helped him up, but his eyes passed him and looked into the courtyard.

Although there was a screen wall behind the gate, Shang Lu was still able to catch a glimpse of the situation inside the courtyard from the side.

I saw Sanniang had returned to the yard at some point and was setting up a pot and lighting a fire.

At the same time, she threw a piece of red basset snake meat into the pot along with some strange ingredients.

That piece of Basque snake meat was the spiritual root of the Basque snake. It was also the meat on its forehead, and it was faintly starting to grow horns.

Once the horns are fully grown, even if the Basah's cultivation has not reached a breakthrough, it will complete its species evolution - from a strange snake to a dragon.

By that time, the speed of Bashe's cultivation will be greatly improved, and the difficulty of breaking through will be reduced.

Unfortunately, it met Shanglu, and its dream of transforming into a dragon was cut off by a single sword, giving Uncle Huai the advantage.

Shang Lu retracted his gaze and said with a smile: "It seems that you don't need to thank me. Sanniang can't wait to help you purify the spiritual roots of the python."

Uncle Huai knew what was happening in the yard without even looking back.

His body was shaking with excitement. He wanted to continue thanking Shang Lu, but he also wanted to turn around and go back to the yard to thank Sanniang.

Shang Lu couldn't help laughing when he saw Uncle Huai spinning like a top. "Alright, we are all family. Sanniang and I are very happy that you can break through. No need to say polite words. Go and arrange some food. I am really starving. It's time to feed my stomach."

"Yes, yes, I'll have them ready right away."

Uncle Huai agreed repeatedly, bowed and accompanied Shang Lu into the courtyard, then saw a group of grass elves and flower fairies rushing into the kitchen, some lighting fires and some cutting vegetables.

Shang Lu saw this scene and nodded and praised: "Uncle Huai, it seems that you have taught well. These grass spirits and flower demons are becoming smarter and more capable."

Uncle Huai's face was wrinkled with smile, and he was just about to say a few good words for these grass elves and flower fairies, when he saw that some careless grass elves and flower fairies made things worse - they set themselves on fire and cut themselves.

Fortunately, the cuts will grow new branches soon.

The one who set himself on fire was running around in the kitchen with a huge flame on his head, scaring the other grass spirits and flower fairies into rushing to get out of the way, causing the scene to become a mess and Uncle Huai's face to become as black as the ash at the bottom of a pot.

Shang Lu was also stunned, thinking that this group of grass and flower fairies really couldn't stand the praise.

Uncle Huai had a gloomy face and said nothing. He flashed into the kitchen, raised his hand to grab the burning grass spirit above his head, and pressed it into the water tank.

There was a hissing sound and a large cloud of smoke came out of the water tank, and the fire on the grass spirit's head was put out.

Although Uncle Huai saved it, he did not let it go. He waved his hand and threw it out of the kitchen and directly onto the locust tree in the yard.

Immediately, vines scurried down like snakes, tied up the grass spirit, and hung it upside down in the air.

Immediately afterwards, several new vines flew out and lashed at its body with crackling sounds.

The grass spirit also knew that not only had it embarrassed Uncle Huai in front of its master, but it had also nearly caused a disaster. Even when it was hung upside down and whipped, it did not dare to struggle or cry out, but just endured it silently.

Uncle Huai asked the grass elves and flower fairies to fetch more water, then he left the kitchen and apologized to Shang Lu.

"Master, I am ashamed of your expectations. I have not taught these grass spirits and flower demons well..."

Shang Lu waved his hand generously: "It is not easy to teach a spirit well. You have done a good job. Just be careful not to cause any more safety accidents."

Uncle Huai quickly agreed: "Yes, Master, I will remember your instructions."

After Shang Lu gave some instructions, he joked with Sanniang a few more times before walking into the main hall.

As soon as I sat down, I saw a few small grass elves following in and leaning directly into the oil lamp. I heard a crisp "crackling" sound and flames ignited.

The flame is not big, but the light is quite bright.

Shang Lu was startled, thinking, isn't this way of lighting a little too cruel? And he just told us to be careful, why did this happen?
Shang Lu waved his hand and was about to take these little grass spirits out of the oil lamp, but he heard someone explain: "Master, they are originally spirits of lamp grass, and they cannot be burned. This is their way of cultivation."

Turning around, he saw Liu Quan who stayed at home with Uncle Huai.

After listening to Liu Quan's words, Shang Lu looked at the several wick elves carefully.

Sure enough, although they set themselves on fire, they did not show any signs of pain.

Shang Lu even felt a special feeling of comfort from these wicker spirits...

Oh my god, do these wicker spirits have such unique preferences?
What kind of perverts do I have in my house?

Shang Lu shook his head and complained, at the same time he took out a handful of incense candles and stuffed them into his mouth, then chewed them up a few times and swallowed them, thus providing new incense for the statues in his stomach.

Fortunately, Liu Quan couldn't hear Shang Lu's true feelings.

What he was doing now was not much better than what this group of wick elves did.

"Master, these days, I have written two more storybooks according to your instructions. Uncle Huai handed them over to the storyteller, and the response has been very good..."

Liu Quan came to report to Shang Lu on the progress of the storytelling creation.

In fact, Shang Lu only needs to open the novelist's notebook and check the growth of the character cards to know the results of Liu Quan's work.

But he still listened very carefully and nodded from time to time.

After finishing, he encouraged Liu Quan again and put forward some new requirements, asking Liu Quan to focus on describing abilities such as "eagle eyes and golden pupils" and "heart as hard as a rock" in his next creation.

This trip to Pingdu Mountain and Mingxu made Shang Lu see some of his own weaknesses and defects, so naturally he had to find ways to correct and remedy them.

Liu Quan listened very carefully, even spit out a pen and paper from his mouth, wrote down all of Shang Lu's requests, and then floated out of the main room and went to the side room specially prepared for him to start new creation.

Shang Lu took another look at the wick spirits soaked in the lamp oil to make sure they were fine, then he took out the breakthrough manual left to him by Lu Dao from his arms.

At this moment, Shanglu smelled a faint fragrance coming, which actually had a calming effect on people's minds.

"what?"

Shang Lu raised his head and followed the scent, and found that the fragrance came from the burning wick spirit.

Wow, it turns out that these lamp wick spirits can not only be used for lighting, but also for refreshing the mind?
Shang Lu was secretly amazed and quite satisfied at the same time. He thought that these lamp wick spirits were burning very well and he could burn more in the future.

Night fell quickly and darkness enveloped the entire world.

Shang Lu held the breakthrough manual in his hand and read it very carefully.

The roasted snake meat had already been cooked, but he was too focused and Uncle Huai didn't dare to disturb him, so he could only hang it on the wall of the stove to keep it warm.

The contents of the breakthrough manual attracted Shang Lu so much that he forgot about time and his hunger.

Not only did he look carefully, but he also stopped to think from time to time.

By the time I finished reading the manual, it was already past the hour of Hai.

Putting down the manual, Shang Lu exhaled a breath and raised his hand to rub his swollen temples.

After reading the manual, Shanglu not only knew the usage of Star Marrow, Earth Milk and Millet.

At the same time, he also figured out the origin of the huge strange door standing in the nebula deep in the universe that he saw when he "left his body and traveled through the sky"...

That is the legendary Tianzhu Divine Gate!

(End of this chapter)