Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 495 The hunting begins!
Ever since leaving Chengfeng County, Shang Lu has deliberately kept a stern face, and no matter what happens, his expression never changes.

This strange situation naturally attracted the attention of others.

In particular, Shang Lu deliberately rode a horse and shuttled back and forth in the team. Before long, all the county soldiers and civilians saw that he had an expressionless and serious look.

At first, everyone thought that someone had angered Lord Sima, and they were all very cautious, not daring to breathe, for fear of becoming a scapegoat and being implicated by his anger.

Even Zhu Quan and other old subordinates were not sure what was wrong with Shang Lu. They looked at each other, wanting to ask but not daring to say a word.

It was not until the sky turned dark that the convoy arrived at a small town. Shang Lu arranged for Zhu Quan and another military officer named Hou San to set up camp outside the town. Tu Pi, who was serving as Zhu Quan's assistant, saw that he still had a stern face, so he asked, "Sir, has anyone made you angry?"

When Shang Lu heard Tu Bin's question, he wanted to shout, "Finally asked!"

He had been hanging around in the team for so long, waiting for this sentence. But everyone was frightened by his stern face, and no one stood up to cooperate with him in the performance.

"He has to be such a straightforward person without any ulterior motives... No wonder Cao Mengde likes married women. Ah, he likes Xu Chu. There is a reason for that."

Shang Lu sighed in his heart and responded, "No one made me angry. I just went wrong when practicing Nuo magic."

His words not only encouraged eloquence, but also used the technique of sophistry, making everyone who heard it believe it without a doubt.

The practice of a wizard is full of weirdness and mystery.

Especially for Nuo witches, who have to deal with gods, if they are not careful, they will not be able to withstand the influence of the gods and will have all kinds of strange changes in their bodies.

Although everyone had never practiced Nuo magic, they had heard some rumors about it.

Even if they had never heard of it, there was no shortage of people in the team who loved to show off, and soon someone told them about the situation, and added prefixes such as "There is a wizard in our village" and "My uncle is in the witch academy" so that everyone would believe what they said.

After secretly breathing a sigh of relief, Zhu Quan, Hou San and others began to care about Shang Lu's situation.

Shang Lu continued to use his eloquence to deliver the speech he had prepared long ago.

"It's nothing serious, just facial stiffness and paralysis. It will recover after some time."

After hearing this, everyone felt relieved when they looked at Shang Lu and saw that apart from his stiff face, there were indeed no other signs of change.

In the following days, Shang Lu maintained an expressionless face, which made the fact that he "went wrong in practicing Nuo magic" deeply rooted in people's minds and made everyone accustomed to his stern face.

With the help of witchcraft and magic talismans, the team's speed was not slow. Although it was not as fast as a few riders running, it was much faster than ordinary people walking.

In addition, they were taking the official road and were protected by county soldiers all the way. Even if any evil spirits or thieves saw them, they would avoid them from afar and would not dare to get close.

At least within Baiyi County, they had a pretty smooth journey.

According to the schedule, they will leave Baiyi County in less than two days. Shang Lu is ready to take action!

Before setting off that day, Shang Lu made hand gestures and chanted spells to activate the witch armor.

Then he summoned Liuquan, asked him to put on the witch armor and put on a ever-changing mask.

In the past few days, Shang Lu had asked Liu Quan to put on the witch armor and the mask more than once to change into his appearance. He borrowed the monkey's magical power of transformation in the novelist's notes to change himself into another appearance, and even put on the face of the Zongheng family seized from the Black Wind Ferry.

That face has the ability to interfere with other people's senses and cognition, making it impossible for them to remember its appearance, while also enhancing the power of eloquence and sophistry.

With the help of Monkey King's magical power of transformation, Shang Lu disguised himself as a personal soldier and followed Liu Quan, and did not let the people in the team notice anything wrong.

After several days of practice, Liu Quan's portrayal of Shang Lu was not very lifelike, but it was enough to deceive everyone.

If there are occasional flaws, they can be covered up by saying that "something went wrong during practice."

It was precisely because of the previous series of "drills" that Shang Lu was able to rest assured and keep Liu Quan, letting him impersonate himself and continue to lead the team forward.

There will be no problems within Baiyi County, but once you leave Baiyi County, you will be in danger at every step.

Shang Lu must seize this brief opportunity to kill Li Hong, Wang Sen and others.

While surviving the disaster, he also made the stagnant Baiyi County boil!
Before leaving, Shang Lu explained to Liu Quan.

"Don't be nervous. During the few days I'm away, just do what you did before. Leave the military affairs to Zhu Quan, Hou San and the others. You just need to stroll around the team a few times a day to let everyone see that I am in the team and have never left for a day."

Liu Quan bowed and accepted the order: "Master, rest assured, I know what to do. I will make sure everyone believes that you are always in the team."

After all, he was a storyteller and had become quite famous. His other skills might not be so great, but he was very experienced in showing off his eloquence and dealing with emergencies, and he also had superb acting skills.

Shang Lu also knew this, so after briefly explaining a few things, he raised his hand and wiped his face, putting on the Nuo mask of the god with a pig body, eight legs and a snake tail.

He made some witch gestures and chanted some incantations, then used his magical powers to drill into the ground and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Not long after Shang Lu escaped, someone came to the outside of the tent and asked when they would set off.

"Bury the pot and make rice."

Liu Quan also made arrangements in an orderly manner: "We will set off after dinner."

The people outside the tent bowed and accepted the order, then immediately passed it down, and the officers made detailed arrangements.

Soon, wisps of smoke began to rise from the camp.

After breakfast and cleaning up the camp, the convoy set off and continued along the official road.

Liuquan followed Shanglu's instructions, mounted his horse, and strolled back and forth in the team.

Fortunately, he was riding a war horse and secretly pasted a mountain-moving talisman on the witch armor. Otherwise, with the weight of the witch armor, ordinary mules and horses would not be able to bear it and would be exposed.

While Liu Quan was helping Shang Lu create an "alibi", Shang Lu was running away underground.

Along the way, he made some observations in advance and concealed his aura, so he didn't have to worry about this escape attracting irrelevant attention.

Shang Lu traveled day and night without stopping for a moment, and returned to Chengfeng County on the afternoon of the third day.

Several miles away from Chengfeng County, Shanglu emerged from the ground.

This is a remote forest with no one around.

Shang Lu used his magical powers and his facial features to change his appearance, then walked onto the official road, all the way to the city gate, and took out the talisman to be inspected.

As early as when he was transferred to the Bandit Cao's office, Shang Lu took advantage of his position to make several talismans.

At that time, I thought that having a variety of masks and a few more talismans would be convenient for changing clothes when investigating cases. I never thought that this idle chess move would come in handy at this moment.

The guard at the city gate took the talisman handed over by Shang Lu and put it into the mouth of a wooden beast head, whose eyes immediately flashed green light.

"The talisman is fine, go in."

The guard at the city gate took the talisman out of the mouth of the wooden beast head, but did not return it to Shang Lu immediately.

It was not until Shang Lu took out a few copper coins from his arms and stuffed them into his hand that he snorted lightly, threw the talisman to Shang Lu, and stepped aside to let him pass.

Shang Lu pretended to be a traveler from another place, bowed to the guards at the city gate with a smile, and then quickly walked through the city gate.

After entering Chengfeng County, he went straight to look for Wang Sen based on the location of the bronze ant.

After Wang Sen was released from prison, he only returned home on the first day, and then he moved into the house where he kept his mistress.

The pretext was that this was to avoid being discovered that he had escaped from prison.

In Wang Sen's opinion, even his wife didn't know where his mistress was, let alone others.

Unfortunately, he calculated everything, but he didn't expect that there had been spies planted on him long ago.

No matter where he hid, Shang Lu had it all under his control. Shang Lu even knew exactly what Wang Sen ate for three meals a day, how many breaths he could last with his mistress, and what positions he liked to use.

Shang Lu entered the city and went straight to this house.

When he arrived nearby, he did not rush in, but found a secluded corner and hid there.

Chengfeng County, as the county seat of Baiyi County, not only has patrols by thieves, constables, and county soldiers, but also wizards from the Witch Academy who will patrol the city at fixed points every day.

If you act rashly, you will easily be exposed and discovered.

Fortunately, Shang Lu was not only a clerk in the Thieves' Division, but also a witch officer in the Discipline Department. He was very familiar with the patrol rules of various places in the city.

I also know what to do after killing someone in order to delay time to the maximum extent and prevent the case from being discovered too early.

Shang Lu hid in this remote corner of the alley for about two quarters of an hour, and suddenly looked up at the sky.

I saw a strange-looking bird, making a "quack, quack" sound like a frog, and flying across the sky with its wings flapping.

These are the "eyes" sent by the wizard on duty.

As soon as the strange bird went away, Shang Lu immediately took action.

He walked quickly out from the secluded corner of the alley, making a "cooing" sound from his mouth.

When Uncle Huai left, he left a group of flower fairies and grass spirits in the city.

After Shang Lu discovered that Wang Sen was hiding here, he asked Sanniang to contact Uncle Huai and asked him to send flower demons and grass spirits to sneak outside the house.

These flower monsters and grass spirits dig into the soil, and as long as they are not moved, they are no different from ordinary flowers and plants.

Wang Sen was only at the Qi Refining stage, and these flower demons and grass spirits did not enter his house. They just hid in the outer walls and alleys and concealed their aura so that he could not detect them at all.

Upon receiving Shanglu's signal, these flower fairies and grass spirits responded immediately.

Flowers bloom rapidly, releasing intoxicating fragrance.

As the fragrance filled the air, a cool breeze rose from nowhere, carrying the intoxicating aroma over the courtyard wall and into the house.

In just a few breaths, the fragrance spread throughout the entire house.

"What a nice smell, what flower is blooming?"

For a moment, everyone in the house, whether it was the beautiful concubine that Wang Sen kept, or the maids and servants who served him and his concubine, all smelled this intoxicating fragrance.

Before these people could check the source of the fragrance, they all started yawning.

A strong feeling of weariness came over them.

Without waiting for these people to react, he fell to the ground with a thump as if he had drunk too much, and fell into a deep sleep with a snoring.

Shang Lu came to the outside of the house, and a gust of cold wind swirled around him, blowing away the intoxicating fragrance.

Although these aromas were not enough to overwhelm Shanglu, Sanniang was still very cautious.

There can be no mistakes in this operation.

Shang Lu walked to the courtyard wall, raised his hand and wiped his face, and put on the Nuo mask of the god with a pig body, eight legs and a snake tail again.

Sanniang showed up and crawled through the wall in front of her to enter the garden.

Shang Lu immediately followed and used the earth escape technique to get into the yard.

The reason why Wang Sen dared to hide in this place, besides thinking that no one else would know, was that he had set up many traps here early in the morning.

Once an outsider breaks in, even if he is not hurt by these mechanisms, as long as he is trapped in them or triggers an alarm, he will have enough time to escape and give the alarm.

Wang Sen did learn his lesson and became more cautious this time, but unfortunately he encountered a male and female evil duo who were experienced and had seen the world.

Sanniang was already proficient in divination and witchcraft. Shang Lu had also seen a lot of things through the eyes of the bronze ant in the past few days, and he told Sanniang all of them.

Therefore, Sanniang had already planned the route before coming here. At this moment, she was traveling quickly with Shang Lu, but not a single mechanism was triggered.

Wang Sen was not in the main house.

In this house, he not only set up many traps, but also built a secret room.

At this moment, he was hiding in a secret room, refining the meat pill he had eaten a few days ago.

That meat pill not only contains powerful strength, but also has addictive toxicity.

Anyone who has taken the meat pill must take it again after a period of time. Otherwise, not only will their cultivation level drop sharply, but they will also suffer from the onset of drug addiction and may even go crazy.

The reason why Wang Sen was so "loyal" to Li Hong was because he was controlled by this meat pill.

At this moment, Wang Sen, who was practicing to refine the medicinal effects of the meat pill, showed an expression of intoxication and satisfaction on his face.

Just when he was about to reach ecstasy, a wisp of intoxicating fragrance entered the secret room.

Wang Sen sniffed his nose subconsciously, and then felt dizzy and sleepy.

This made him realize immediately that something was wrong.

“The aroma is poisonous!”

"Who is it? Who is attacking me? How does he know I'm here?"

Wang Sen was shocked and immediately held his breath. He tried to force out the poison gas he had inhaled into his body while reaching out to grab the talisman to activate the alarm.

"Shh-"

A dazzling knife light suddenly appeared in the secret room.

Wang Sen felt the pain in his eyes from the knife light and closed his eyes subconsciously. When he opened them again, his head had already flipped in mid-air.

His neck and hands were cut in half.

From the wound, blood gushed out like a fountain.

What a quick knife!

When Wang Sen’s head hit the ground, his eyes widened instantly.

"It's you……"

He saw the man who appeared in the secret room and cut off his head.

It’s Smilax glabra!

Wang Sen couldn't figure it out. Didn't Shang Lu leave Chengfeng County? Wasn't he about to leave Baiyi County?

When did he come back? How did he come back?
Why did the spies we sent out not send back any information?
Wang Sen still couldn't figure out how Shang Lu found this place and how he found the secret room.

He couldn't understand why Shang Lu was so decisive. He showed up and killed him with one blow, not even giving him a chance...

Could it be that Shang Lu knew about their plan?

But how is this possible? How did he know? Who leaked the secret? Could it be that... Li Hong sold me out?
(End of this chapter)