Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 506 Taking advantage of the situation
"Which mountain?" Shang Lu asked.

In the past two days, the grain transport team entered the area of ​​mountains and rivers in Baizhi County. Along the way, there were either undulating mountains or winding and fast-flowing rivers.

According to the deduction Shang Lu made on the map before setting off, food robbery was very likely to occur on this section of the road.

Originally, Shang Lu was still worried that Li Hong’s “disappearance” would affect the grain robbery.

Now it seems that no matter whether Li Hong is dead or alive, the grain robbery will proceed. Because this matter involves too many interested parties, the arrow is on the string and has to be fired.

“It’s right there on that hill.”

The guard turned around and raised his hand, pointing to a mountain more than ten miles ahead.

The mountain is not very high, but it is full of rugged rocks and lush vegetation. There is also a river rushing below, and the surging water vapor is like fog, covering most of the mountain.

If there really is someone hiding in this mountain, it would be hard to find him unless you get closer and take a closer look.

Although Du Feng and his companions were enhanced by the military skills released by Shang Lu, they did not notice the presence of the thief sentinel until they reached the foot of the mountain.

Shang Lu chanted a spell and borrowed the magical power of "Seeing Through Fire" of the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant from the novelist's notes.

At the same time, the liver statue in the temple of the five internal organs also responded actively, blowing the liver wind directly into the eyes.

With the double blessing, Shang Lu could see far and accurately, and soon caught a few furtive figures among the strange rocks and plants in the mountain mentioned by the personal guard.

He immediately ordered: "Let Du Feng lead his men to rush over and catch the tongue."

"Understood!" The guard responded with his hands crossed, took out a magic talisman from his arms and slapped it on the warhorse's butt.

Wisps of black gas gushed out from the witch talisman and transformed into strange tentacles that pierced into the warhorse's body.

The warhorse immediately neighed, its eyes instantly became bloodshot, a large amount of saliva came out of its mouth, and the muscles on its four legs suddenly swelled. It carried the guards and galloped out like the wind.

The speed is much faster than usual.

After the man left, Shang Lu ordered his personal guards, "Go and call the two military officers, Zhu Quan and Zhuang Fan, quickly."

Immediately, two guards crossed their hands and received the order, and rode out on horseback.

Shang Lu turned his head again and glanced at Sanniang who was floating beside him.

Without him saying anything, Sanniang sent out several soldiers in succession, who transformed into several gusts of dark wind and flew towards the bandit sentry on the mountain ahead.

Shanglu also released two wooden kites to conduct reconnaissance.

Just as he finished these tasks, Zhu Quan and Zhuang Fan, two military officers, came over with their personal soldiers, crossed their arms and saluted, and then asked, "Sima called us here, what do you want to tell us?"

Shang Lu raised his hand and pointed: "Du Feng and his men have found a thief sentry on the mountain ahead. Tell your county soldiers to be alert and be prepared."

Zhu Quan immediately accepted the order and Zhuang Fan asked, "Should we stop the team?"

Shang Lu had been observing Zhuang Fan with his [Seeing Through Fire] ability, but could not see anything wrong from his expression or eyes.

But Shang Lu did not relax his vigilance and continued to act, sneering: "They are just a few thieves, and we still have to avoid them? If we tell others, we will be laughed at! If these thieves really dare to come, we can just add a few heads of merit to our collection!"

Zhu Quan had confidence in Shang Lu and nodded in agreement: "That's exactly what should be done."

Zhuang Fan seemed to be hesitant to speak, but finally he crossed his hands and accepted the order, and went to arrange his county soldiers to be on guard along the way.

The grain transport team continued to move forward.

Not long after they walked away, there was a commotion.

It was the thief sentry on the mountain ahead. After seeing Du Feng and the others sneaking up the mountain, they not only did not turn around and leave, but instead appeared on the flat and unobstructed top of the mountain. They were afraid that the grain transport team would not find them, so they deliberately shouted.

"Look, there's someone over there."

"It's the bandits! We're being targeted by the bandits!"

"They must be here to rob."

In the grain transport team, several civilians took the lead in calling out, which immediately attracted more people's attention and made them pay attention to the arrogant thief sentry on the hill ahead.

The civilians in the team suddenly fell into panic, and this panic spread quickly like a plague, affecting the county soldiers and making them nervous.

Although the team was not thrown into chaos by the appearance of a few bandit scouts, it made everyone know that they were being targeted by the bandits.

"You deliberately want to alert the enemy so that everyone will be pre-empted? So that when the military funds are stolen, you can prove that it was the bandits who robbed the road?"

Shang Lu sneered in his heart. This method was not brilliant, but it was very useful.

With hundreds of people testifying, he and Baizhi County had no choice but to take the blame.

Seeing more and more exclamations and discussions in the team, and the commotion getting bigger and bigger, Shang Lu took a mouthful of essence in his mouth, pinched the witch spell and shouted: "Why are you panicking? They are just a few thieves. Keep going, don't slow down because of this."

With this shout, Shang Lu used the method of the soldiers and witches to boost morale. When the people in the grain transport team heard it, the panic in their hearts was effectively curbed.

Only a few people were still shouting, but they soon realized something was wrong and quickly shut up.

But they had already been targeted by Shang Lu, and they did not capture him immediately because they did not want to alert the enemy.

After showing off for a while, the bandit sentry on the hilltop quickly disappeared.

By the time Du Feng and his scouts reached the top of the hill, the men had completely disappeared.

Du Feng divided the scouts into several teams, each chasing in a different direction, but still found nothing.

When Shang Lu saw this scene, he frowned slightly and realized that something was wrong.

With the speed of Du Feng and his group, even if the thief scout ran far away, they should still be able to see him.

But the thief whistle seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

Not to mention the figure, not even a horse hoof print was left.

Fortunately, the wooden kites made by Senior Sister Gongshu were not simple. Shang Lu used them to quickly discover the residual fluctuations of witchcraft on the top of the mountain and locked onto a location.

He told Sanniang about the situation, and saw the rampant soldiers who had rushed to the top of the hill immediately burrow into the mud.

After a while, a few pieces of gray-black paper ashes were brought out.

"paper man?"

Shang Lu was very familiar with these paper ashes. He sneered in his heart: "I was wondering why the thief scouts could run so fast, it turns out they are just paper figures."

He originally wanted to ask the soldiers to bury the ashes to avoid alerting the enemy. But when he turned around, he saw Sanniang taking out the yarrow. His heart was moved and he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Chang Bing quickly returned to Sanniang with the paper ashes.

Sanniang dipped yarrow in paper ashes and began to tell fortunes, and soon got the result.

The few rampant soldiers immediately turned into dark wind and disappeared.

Shang Lu hurriedly used the sound transmission method to ask her: "Did you find the person?"

Sanniang nodded.

Shang Lu asked again: "Can the soldiers target them? Will they not be discovered?"

Sanniang rolled her eyes at Shang Lu.

Although she didn't say anything, Shang Lu seemed to hear her say in a bad mood: "Nonsense!"

Shang Lu chuckled: "My Sanniang is really amazing! Let the soldiers keep a close eye on them and find out their cultivation level."

This time, Sanniang finally spoke and agreed.

On the way ahead, "thief sentries" appeared from time to time on the ridges on both sides of the official road.

During this period, there were even "thief scouts" who shot a few arrows at the grain transport team, but because the distance was too far, these arrows did not hurt anyone and fell into the mountains and forests.

However, these scenes made everyone in the grain transport team more convinced that they were being targeted by the bandits. The county soldiers began to take turns to put on armor so that they could fight at any time.

At the same time, obstacles began to appear on the road ahead - either fallen trees or huge rocks blocking the way.

These methods are useful against ordinary caravans, but they are not enough against Shang Lu and his men.

Shang Lu didn't even need to do it himself. Tu Bin took a few strong county soldiers and rushed forward on horseback, moved the tree away, and pushed the boulder away.

The actions of Tu Bin and others also boosted the morale of the grain transport team.

The laborers were amateurs who were just watching the fun and exclaimed in surprise.

The county soldiers were experts and were even more shocked.

Everyone's exclamations and praises made Tu Bin and the soldiers he brought with him hold their heads high. They felt as if they had infinite power in their bodies that would never be exhausted.

Their strength was indeed increased, but it did not come from the exclamations and admiration of the civilians and county soldiers, but from the military skills that Shang Lu secretly activated to increase their combat power.

Unlike Tu Bin who was in the limelight, Du Feng was very depressed.

He brought his scouts and discovered many thieves along the way, but every time he tried to rush over to catch them, he came up empty-handed.

Those thief sentries were like daytime ghosts, disappearing just as they were about to get closer.

Du Feng didn't know that Shang Lu had already seen through the true identity of the thief scouts, and even learned through Sanniang that the three wizards were the masterminds behind them.

He also gained insight into the approximate abilities of the three wizards.

Not that high, two are at the Qi Refining stage and one is at the Zhoutian stage.

Such a combination is enough to deal with a civilian wizard who just broke through to the Zhoutian realm a few months ago.

It seems that not only Li Hong, but even the aristocratic sects that planned this matter did not expect Shang Lu's progress in cultivation to be so rapid that he actually broke through to the Tongtian realm.

However, Shang Lu suspected that these three wizards were just here to bluff and create chaos.

By then, the person who actually robs the military supplies will probably be the traitor hiding in the team.

Shang Lu wanted to catch all these people in one fell swoop, so even though he knew the location of the three wizards, he was not in a hurry to take action. He just urged the grain transport team to speed up their journey.

In order to make the play more realistic, he not only sent more scouts, but also scolded Du Feng in front of everyone.

Du Feng was the first one to follow Shang Lu. He knew Shang Lu's temper well. Although he was scolded, he saw that Shang Lu was not really angry. Considering the strangeness of the thief whistle, he had some guesses in his mind, but he kept silent and made preparations secretly.

It was getting dark.

In this place where mountains and rivers intersect, there is no city in the front and no town in the back, and there are mountains all the way.

The grain transport team could only find a relatively flat place to set up camp.

Because they encountered enemy sentries many times during the day, without Shang Lu's instructions, the two military officers Zhu Quan and Zhuang Fan called on their county soldiers to make arrangements around the camp.

Not only were caltrops scattered around the area, but people were also sent to cut down trees, make chevaux de frise, and pile them up all around.

The laborers were not idle either. They dragged tents, fences and other items from the carriages and began to set up camp.

In order to make the trick more realistic, Shang Lu walked around the camp. He first directed the laborers to set up camp, then arranged for the county soldiers to set up traps outside the camp, and personally arranged several checkpoints.

But these are just sleight of hand to divert the attention of the traitor.

The real trap was set by Sanniang, her soldiers and paper dolls.

The camp was set up and it was already completely dark, so everyone started to cook.

After dinner, the laborers went into their tents to sleep while the county soldiers took turns on duty.

Shang Lu returned to the big tent, but did not take the elixir to practice as usual.

He knew that something was bound to happen tonight. As long as the gang showed up, he had to take action, and delaying it for another day would not be good.

Especially after leaving this place where mountains and rivers intersect, you will be very close to the Xingshan front line.

By then, they will have little chance to take action.

Unfortunately, the soldiers sent by Sanniang were afraid of alerting the enemy, so they just watched from a distance and did not get close, so they were unable to eavesdrop on the conversation, otherwise they would have been able to grasp the plan of this gang more accurately.

Soon it was late at night.

In the camp, the laborers had already fallen asleep.

Although they were nervous and afraid of bandits attacking their camp, the fatigue from traveling during the day and the psychological fear made them very sleepy, and no one could endure it.

Even the county soldiers on duty couldn't help but yawn.

In the big tent, Shang Lu was in high spirits.

Just now, Sanniang told him that three wizards were approaching the camp.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a series of sharp whistles suddenly sounded outside the camp, one after another, and were particularly loud and piercing in the silent night.

In the camp, someone immediately started shouting:

"Thieves are attacking! Thieves are attacking!"

"The thieves are coming!"

"Run! The thieves are coming. If you want to live, run!"

The county soldiers were fine, but the civilians were already in a panic after being awakened by the whistle. When they heard the shouting of these people, they couldn't help but shout along and rushed out of the tents one after another, trying to escape the camp.

The few people who were leading the commotion were about to continue shouting and lead the civilians to rush towards the escorted military supplies, but they suddenly felt a chill on their backs, as if something was lying on their backs.

They turned back subconsciously and saw a group of ghost faces with pale complexions and bloody eyes, staring at them affectionately.

“Ghost, ghost… woo, woo…”

These people wanted to shout again, but no sound came out. They wanted to run, but they couldn't move.

It was like being cast into a spell, freezing me in place. I couldn't do anything except tremble.

Shang Lu lifted the curtain of the tent and strode out.

Following the whistle sound, I saw shadows outside the camp, as if there were thousands of troops rushing towards them.

"What are you panicking about? All the civilians, return to your tents immediately. Do not shout or make any noise, and do not leave the tents without permission! Anyone who disobeys my order will be killed!"

Shang Lu's roar not only utilized his eloquence, but also the military skills used by military strategists to stabilize the morale of the troops.

It was like a wake-up call, instantly dispelling the panic in everyone's hearts and allowing them to regain their sanity.

Although many people were still afraid, they stopped shouting and some even obediently returned to the tents - they had no choice but to go back, as the military judge had already pounced on them with a big knife in his hand, like a wolf or a tiger.

If they dared to disobey orders, they would definitely be beheaded.

They don't want to be the chicken to scare the monkeys.

Seeing that Shang Lu suppressed the explosion with just one sentence, the three wizards hiding outside the camp groaned in unison.

"This guy's reaction is quite fast!"

"It's not surprising that a soldier wizard has this trick. But it doesn't matter. When our paper soldiers rush into the camp, there will be chaos!"

"Send a signal and tell the people in the team that it's time to take action!"

The three wizards chanted a spell and suddenly a strong wind blew up, sand and stones flew everywhere. Countless paper figures with pale faces mixed in the sand and stones, like a huge army, rushing towards the camp with great momentum.

In the camp, other traitors received the signal and began to act.

(End of this chapter)