Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 501: Leaving the City and Killing People

While everyone in the Li Mansion was busy helping Shang Lu to clean up the aftermath, Shang Lu, carrying the bodies of Li Er and others, took advantage of the cover of night and quickly shuttled through the streets and alleys of Chengfeng County.

His experience as a clerk in the Thieves' Division and a law enforcement officer in the Discipline Department played a huge role at this moment.

The thieves in the city, the patrol routes of the county soldiers, and the movements of the "eyes" of the night wizard in the sky were all under his control.

He knew where to go and when to hide.

Coupled with Sanniang's accurate warning, the journey was very smooth. Not only was there no one to see them, but they didn't even encounter any wild cats or dogs on the road.

Originally, Shang Lu planned to find a random city gate, and use his eloquence and sophistry to trick his way out of the city by using the identity of "Li Hong". However, Wang Sen took the initiative to inform him that the commander of the west city gate was promoted through Li Hong's connections, and was considered an official of Li Hong's faction.

"Sir Shang, Lord Shang, since you are disguised as the evil thief Li Hong, you might as well go through the west gate. The guards there will definitely not dare to stop you and will only serve you like their own father."

Shang Lu thought Wang Sen didn't look like he was lying, and after hearing what Wang Sen said, Li Hong started cursing, cursing Wang Sen for betraying his master and dying a miserable death, which made Wang Sen pounce on him and bite him again.

But Shang Lu did not completely believe Wang Sen's words. He confirmed with Huang Jin and others: "Is what Wang Sen said true?"

Huang Jin and the others had already been transformed into fierce ghosts by Sanniang, so they naturally would not lie to Shang Lu, and they all nodded:
"It's true. The commander of the West City Gate rose to power by currying favor with Li Hong. He even sent his wife to Li's mansion every now and then to serve him."

"You even don't let go of your own men's wives? Li Gongcao, you're really good at playing tricks! No wonder they all hate you to the core."

When Li Hong heard Shang Lu's ridicule, he wanted to retort, but before he could say anything, the Yin Wind and Yin Fire that shattered his three souls and refined his seven spirits became even stronger, leaving him with no strength to talk back.

Fortunately, Shang Lu did not waste his breath.

After confirming that Wang Sen was not lying, he immediately changed his route and rushed towards the west gate with the corpses.

Soon, Shang Lu arrived at the west gate smoothly.

When the garrison commander heard that Gongcao Yuan "Li Hong" had arrived, he hurried over to greet him. His attentive attitude was even more enthusiastic than serving his own father.

"My Lord, you came here in the middle of the night, but what happened?"

Shang Lu frowned and ordered, "Open the city gate. I need to go out to do something."

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, the guard looked at "Wang Sen", who was being held by the housekeeper and guards of the Li Mansion, with a pale face and distorted features. Fearing that he would be taken out on, the guard did not dare to hesitate at all and hurriedly called on his guards to open the city gate.

At the same time, he couldn't help but speculate: "Wasn't Wang Sen imprisoned in the Gongcao Yamen prison? How come Li Hong brought him out in the middle of the night and beat him up like this? Where is Li Hong taking him?"

Although the guard was curious, he did not dare to ask too much. He just asked Shang Lu kindly if he needed horses.

"No need for horses." Shang Lu refused.

It is inconvenient to bring a horse with you, and it is also easy to be exposed.

Thanks to the efforts of the guards, the heavy city gate covered with witch patterns was soon opened a crack.

Shang Lu took the bodies of Li Er and others and passed through the gap out of the city.

Before leaving, he coldly told the guard: "Do your job well and don't betray me, otherwise Wang Sen will be your fate!"

When the garrison commander heard this, he was shocked and swore to the heavens and the earth that he was definitely Li Hong's most loyal dog and would not have the slightest rebellious intention.

The defending general, who was eager to show his loyalty, would never have thought that the man in front of him was not Li Hong at all.

The real Li Hong was in the tube banner, being tortured by the cold wind and fire, and was in great pain.

When he saw the guard, he screamed for help, but his voice could not be heard by the banner.

But Sanniang deliberately allowed him to see clearly what was happening outside.

He had to watch helplessly as Shang Lu escaped from the city under his identity.

This was more painful for Li Hong than torture, and he almost lost his soul.

Only after Shang Lu and his men had gone far away did the guarding general order his soldiers to close the city gates.

An assistant came up and whispered, "Sir, something seems to be wrong... Everyone in the team led by Li Gongcao smells of blood."

"Shh!"

The commander signaled him to shut up, and gave a stern order to all the city gate guards present: "If you want to live, keep your mouth shut and don't talk nonsense outside!"

Then he whispered to his deputy, "It's not surprising to smell blood. Didn't you see Wang Sen's appearance? He might be dead this time!"

I was curious in my heart. Wang Sen was Li Hong's confidant, but he actually betrayed him? I don't know why.

However, Wang Sen was in trouble, and the guard was only happy. He had been manipulated and threatened by Wang Sen many times before.

At the same time, he was thinking in his mind that when Li Hong came back, he would ask his wife to go to Li's house again to find out the news and find out how Wang Sen betrayed Li Hong.

However, after his wife went to Li Mansion several times, she became increasingly thin and listless, as if she had been drained of her essence and blood. She was afraid that she would not live long...

Shang Lu, who left Chengfeng County, did not take it lightly.

Although there were no more thieves and county soldiers outside the city, there were more "eyes" of the night patrolling witch officers.

After all, the Witch Academy is right next to Chengfeng County, so even if it’s just a show, we have to make it look real.

Fortunately, with Sanniang's guidance, Shang Lu was still able to accurately avoid layers of detection.

Only when he was completely away from Chengfeng County and out of the area under close surveillance by the night watch wizards did Shang Lu find a remote dense forest and put away the paper man.

Without the control of the paper man, the bodies of Reiji and others were like puppets with their strings cut. They all fell to the ground and never moved again.

Shang Lu pulled out a jade bottle from his arms, opened the stopper, activated his vital energy, and let the liquid medicine in the bottle fly out, falling on the corpse like raindrops.

The corpses immediately rotted at an extremely fast speed. In a short while, they turned into pools of blood.

When Shang Lu left the dense forest, a group of wild dogs with faint green eyes smelled the blood and ran over, licking the blood on the ground clean.

In a few days, these wild dogs will die suddenly in different places...

After Shang Lu dealt with the bodies of Li Er and others, he said to Sanniang, "Tell Uncle Huai that we can close the net now!"

Sanniang nodded. No one knew what method she used, but Uncle Huai, who was far away in Shuanggui Village, immediately received the order.

During the days since Uncle Huai came to Shuanggui Village, he had already thoroughly understood the people sent by Wang Sen.

If he hadn't been afraid of alerting the enemy, he would have taken action long ago.

Receiving Sanniang's order, Uncle Huai did not hesitate at all. He immediately left the two osmanthus trees at the entrance of the village and headed towards the hiding place of the unlucky guys - a small temple about five miles east of Shuanggui Village.

The god of grain is worshipped in this temple.

Every year at the time of sowing, people from all over the place would come here to worship the God of Grain and pray for a good harvest.

The group of people sent by Wang Sen were hiding in this small temple.

They are different from the hooligans in the Black Wind Gang. They are all gangsters who have made a name for themselves.

But it's not a good name.

They are not monks, but they all have the ability to cut bones and cleanse marrow, and many of them have mastered special secret techniques.

Not to mention ordinary constables and county soldiers, even the gang of thieves in the thieves' office would be in great danger if they met them.

Following Wang Sen's instructions, this gang of gangsters did not show off after arriving in Shuanggui Village.

They killed the old priest in the Heshen Temple and hid here. They disguised themselves every day, used various identities as cover, and took turns to go to Shuanggui Village to make sure that Shanglu's parents were still there and had not left.

They thought they were doing all this without anyone noticing, but little did they know that their every move had long been seen clearly by the god worshipped in Shuanggui Village.

When Uncle Huai arrived, the old god told Uncle Huai about the situation of these people.

Uncle Huai had already made arrangements for the Temple of Goddess He.

This makes these people like birds in a cage.

Just waiting for harvest!

Now is the time to hunt!

However, this group of gangsters were unaware that death had come and were drinking in the He Temple.

Among them, there was a man who learned the art of raising ghosts, and all the people he killed with his knife were raised into ghosts by him.

After arriving in Shuanggui Village, every night he would release the ghosts he had raised to keep an eye on the elderly couple Shang Mingqiu and Wu Guizhi on their behalf.

But this man is not a cultivator after all, and he does not control the ghosts through normal magic.

He must feed his minions fresh blood every day, and it must be human blood.

Ever since he was ordered to come to Shuanggui Village, this man was afraid of alerting the enemy and was not willing to kill people or raise ghosts near the village.

Fortunately, other gangsters also had to rely on this man’s minions to help them keep watch at night, so they agreed that one person would go every day to help him “hunt” in a distant place.

Such days are torture for these gangsters.

After a few drinks, this shirtless gangster with a body full of evil ghost tattoos couldn't help but complain.

"We are all good men, but we were sent to such a rural place to look after two old men. It's a waste of talent... I don't know how long this life will last."

This statement immediately aroused the echo and complaints of everyone in the small temple.

"Isn't it? Here, you can neither kill nor rob, and you can't even play with women. You're really going to get sick from being idle."

Someone even turned around and shouted to the only strong man in the small temple who hadn't drunk, "Boss Sang, why don't you tell the nobleman to take action in advance? It's a fire anyway, it doesn't matter if it happens early or late."

The man called Boss Sang snorted and cursed with a cold face: "Even wine and meat can't stop your mouth? How can I say what the noble ordered? If I had that kind of face, why would I be here to listen to your farts?"

After a pause, he continued, "Stop complaining. I think we should start in the next few days. We have endured many days, but we can't stand a few more? The nobleman has promised that as long as we do a good job and don't leave any clues, he will accept us as his retainers! By then, we will all be henchmen of the noble families. If our performance is good enough, we will be recommended to the Witch Academy and become the best of the best!"

Among this group of gangsters, several of them have reached the standards for applying to the Witch Academy in terms of their cultivation.

But they didn’t dare to take the exam.

Because they have a bad background, they have a criminal record and are wanted.

Going to the Witch Academy to take the entrance exam is like walking into a trap.

But if you become a retainer of a nobleman or a lackey of aristocratic family, it would be a different story.

At that time, not only will he be able to clear his identity, but he will also be able to work as an official, or even enter the witch academy and embark on the path of cultivation.

After being promised a great deal by Boss Sang, several gangsters couldn't help but get excited.

But just as they were about to imagine the future, they suddenly heard a series of "pop" and "pop" sounds coming from the tightly closed temple door.

It was like someone was knocking on the door.

This group of gangsters reacted very quickly. Someone immediately threw a hidden weapon or released a poisonous insect at the tightly closed temple door.

Boss Sang pulled out a huge ghost-head knife with a "clang" sound, leaped up, flew behind the temple door, opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, blasted the temple door open, and chopped down with the ghost-head knife whistling.

However, this powerful blow missed.

There was no one outside the temple gate, only a locust tree standing next to the gate.

The "pa pa" knocking sound was the branches of the locust tree, blown by the evening breeze and hitting the temple door.

Boss Sang was worried, so he looked around again and confirmed that there was no one around. Then he put away his knife and turned back to say to the gangsters in the temple, "It's okay, it was a false alarm. It was the locust tree next to the temple gate that was blown by the wind and knocked on the temple gate."

“It’s a tree.”

"I thought it was going to be fun, but this is it? Big disappointment!"

"Keep drinking, drink."

A few gangsters, either relieved or disappointed, shouted to continue drinking.

But at this moment, a gangster suddenly remembered something.

His face immediately changed and he exclaimed: "No, there are no trees outside the temple gate!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the gangsters reacted.

Yes, there are no trees outside the temple gate.

What was the tree that Boss Sang saw? Where did it come from?

Upon hearing this, Boss Sang's expression changed drastically.

He hurriedly wanted to turn around and swing his knife to chop down the locust tree that shouldn't be there, but found that he couldn't move.

At the same time, a sharp pain came from his back.

It was as if something had drilled into his back and came out from his chest. He almost fainted from the pain, and all his strength and vitality quickly drained away with the pain.

Boss Sang lowered his head and saw a branch piercing his chest.

There were two bloody things sticking out from the tip of the branch.

Boss Sang had killed many people and had done many things like digging out hearts and lungs. He recognized at a glance that what was poked out by the branches were the heart and lungs.

His heart and lungs.

Boss Sang stretched out his hand, tremblingly trying to take back his heart and lungs.

However, before his hands could touch his heart and lungs, his soul was taken away by the locust tree.

In the Temple of the God of Rice, a few gangsters wanted to rush out of the temple when they realized that there should be no trees outside the temple gate.

But they couldn't move either.

However, unlike Boss Sang, it was not branches that pierced their chests.

Instead, countless vines had crawled into the Temple of the God of Rice at some point and entangled their feet.

These vines were extremely tight and had sharp thorns that pierced into their ankles and sucked their blood crazily.

"what--"

The gangsters were shocked and in pain, and tried to shake off the vines, but they couldn't. They drew their swords to cut them, but as soon as they cut off one, the second and third vines would come up immediately.

In an instant, the bodies of several gangsters were covered with blood-sucking vines.

This time, they were completely unable to move.

They could only watch helplessly as these vines ripped open their bellies and dug out their hearts and lungs...

(End of this chapter)