Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 517: Chu Army Ambush

Shang Lu still has the mood to learn new witchcraft, but the aristocratic sects far away in Baiyi County do not have the leisure to do so.

They are now in a state of panic.

Although it has not reached the point where everyone is in danger, people are still worried.

Because Wei Wu started arresting people.

Wei Wu's action was very sudden, and no news was leaked beforehand, so that the aristocratic sects in Baiyi County were caught off guard and caught off guard.

The Li and Wang families were particularly at odds with each other over the disappearance of Li Hong and Wang Sen. They were about to fight, but suddenly they were surrounded by Wei Wu and his men.

At first, they thought that the other party had called Wei Wu over, and they were shocked and angry, scolding the other party for having no martial ethics.

When they realized that Wei Wu was targeting them and wanted to confiscate their property and kill their entire family, they were horrified and hurriedly tried to rally their allies and in-laws to resist together.

The Li and Wang families and others clamored that Wei Wu had arrested people without reason and they would never obey, and at the same time they spread the word that Wei Wu had bullied them without reason today and would attack other aristocratic families and sects tomorrow.

For a time, the aristocratic clans in Baiyi County really felt a sense of crisis and almost united to fight against Wei Wu.

As a result, Wei Wu produced conclusive evidence to prove that the Li and Wang families, as well as several other aristocratic families and sects, had colluded with foreign races to embezzle military supplies and make a fortune from the national crisis, and he also produced the decree of the King of Ba.

Now, the aristocratic sects in Baiyi County dared not act rashly.

Colluding with foreign races, embezzling military supplies, profiting from national disasters... Every accusation made by Wei Wu was a serious crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the clan!
Not to mention, Wei Wu also had detailed and solid evidence and had requested the king's order.

Even if the aristocratic sects in Baiyi County wanted to help the Li and Wang families, they did not dare to help them openly.

Otherwise, you are likely to be implicated and charged as an accomplice, or even convicted of conspiracy to rebel.

By then, the aristocratic sects in the other three counties would probably be happy to follow Wei Wu to Baiyi County to “suppress the bandits” and divide the profits.

More aristocratic families quickly severed ties with several aristocratic families and sects involved in the case, and secretly called them idiots. They didn't even know that Wei Wu had detailed evidence in his hands. What else could they be but idiots?
At the same time, they also learned their lesson and hastily began a self-examination, fearing that the shameful things they had done would be caught by Wu Wei.

However, this time in Baiyi County, Wei Wu did not drive all the aristocratic families and sects to the opposite side of himself.

They found several second- and third-tier aristocratic families and sects, asked them to assist them in solving the case and arresting the suspects, and promised to give some of the resources of these families involved in the case to these aristocratic families and sects.

These second- and third-tier aristocratic sects were not stupid either. They saw that Wei Wu wanted to use them. They also guessed that Wei Wu wanted to cause internal strife among the aristocratic sects in Baiyi County and disperse their firepower.

They secretly colluded with each other and agreed that none of them would become Wei Wu's lackeys.

However, as soon as the chain reaction ended, someone immediately went to find Wei Wu and not only agreed to assist Wei Wu in solving the case and arresting the criminals, but also offered a "letter of surrender" and sold out all the allies in the chain reaction.

But they have a tacit understanding and can almost move in sync.

In the message that Zishu Xunshou sent to Shanglu, he described in detail the scene where the patriarchs and clan leaders of those families were taken to meet each other after selling out their companions.

That was so embarrassing.

If Wei Wu's men hadn't been nearby, I'm afraid the clan leaders and patriarchs of these families would have started fighting on the spot!
We agreed that you guys are not allowed to be dogs, but now you guys are running faster than each other?!
Although a full-blown fight did not break out in the end, these families have already developed grudges against each other and will definitely be wary of each other in the future.

As a new force, they are the vested interests who have stepped on other aristocratic families and clans to gain power. They are also labeled as "running dogs of Wei Wu". In the future, they will definitely not be welcomed by other aristocratic families and clans in Baiyi County.

The aristocratic sects in Baiyi County were also worried that their allies and in-laws would sell them out at the next moment.

Therefore, although the aristocratic sects in Baiyi County were not completely destroyed, they were no longer a united front after this incident.

From then on, the Wei Wu had plenty of opportunities to destroy it bit by bit and slowly.

Even Zishu Xunxiu revealed a piece of news to Shanglu, saying that aristocratic family and sect had already contacted them secretly and wanted to file a lawsuit against them.

Some want to make up for their mistakes, while others simply want to gain more benefits...

The aristocratic families and sects are all selfish and have never been a monolithic entity. As long as there is profit and opportunity, they would rather "let their friends die than let me die".

The incident of Wei Wu arresting people in Baiyi County caused a lot of uproar.

Not only did the well-informed Bai Lingxu know about it at the first time, he also told Shang Lu about it as a topic of conversation.

Even Gongshu Ling, who lived in a cave and concentrated on making tools, heard about it. He sent a rare message to Shang Lu, saying that he left at the wrong time and missed the big melon.

Shang Lu really wanted to tell Gongshu Ling that he knew more about this big melon than she did, and he was almost a part of it.

But in the end, Shang Lu resisted the urge to share and didn't utter a word.

What Shang Lu didn't expect was that Lu Yang actually sent him a message. After complaining about the despicableness of the aristocratic sects, he said that he also planned to go to the Xingshan front line to hone himself and improve his cultivation in the fighting.

[A sword cannot be made into a useful weapon without being sharpened. As a sword cultivator, it is not enough to just rely on seclusion. You must temper yourself in battle to improve yourself.]

After obtaining the Star Marrow, Earth Milk and Thousand Family Millet, Lu Yang has been preparing for a breakthrough.

However, despite many retreats, his cultivation was still unable to reach the perfection of the Zhoutian stage.

If it was far away, it would be fine. But I just wandered outside the door and couldn't get in.

This time, when Wei Wu was arresting people in Baiyi County, Lu Yang also went to help and made some contributions.

But this also offended many people, and he was alienated and targeted.

It happened that at this time, he received guidance from the Rat Patrol, who asked him to go to the front battlefield, hone his swordsmanship in the fighting, and get a chance to break through.

After reading Lu Yang's story, Shang Lu couldn't help but guess in his heart: "Could this Lu Yang be the helper sent by the Rat Patrol to help me?"

He immediately used the Impermanence Order to send a message to the Rat Patrol to inquire about the matter.

The Rat Patrolman quickly replied, confirming Shang Lu's guess and telling him:

[Lü Yang is quite capable, and you have a good understanding. There is something strange going on in Xingshan, so it would be better to have more helpers. By the way, you should also observe him and see if he can be developed into one of our members.]

It is indeed a good thing to have more helpers. Shang Lu is also looking forward to Lu Yang's arrival.

In the past two days, Shang Lu, apart from practicing martial arts, also learned about what happened in Baiyi County from Bai Lingxu.

He knew that the Rat was busy with his work and did not disturb him.

But Bai Lingxu was different. He was a natural gossiper. Even if Shang Lu didn't ask him, he would broadcast live and tell Shang Lu which family had someone arrested today, which faction had arrested people and fought on the street, and so on.

This caused Shang Lu's jade pendant to keep ringing "ding ding dang dang".

The disciples of the Baizhi County Witch Academy, who had already been suspicious, became even more certain after seeing this scene that their Master Uncle Shang must have hooked up with a wealthy woman from some aristocratic family.

Looking at the frequency of these messages, you can tell how much that rich sister dotes on Uncle Shang.

The disciples of the Witch Academy of Baizhi County soon had a new question: What kind of extraordinary ability does this Uncle Shang have that can make the rich sister so enthusiastic?

Especially a few male disciples, they secretly found Shang Lu in private, wanting to learn a few moves from him.

His attitude was so pious that he almost bowed down and called him his foster father. Three days later, the grain transport team left Bozhi County.

The disciples of the Baizhi County Witch Academy who had been escorting them all the way stopped and said goodbye to Shang Lu after the team passed the boundary marker of Baizhi County.

Once they leave Baizhi County, even if something happens to Shang Lu's team, it will have nothing to do with them.

However, these disciples of the Wu Academy of Bozhi County still gave Shang Lu some reminders:
"Uncle Shang, the area ahead is the jurisdiction of Xingshan Guard, so we won't continue to see you off."

"You can follow the official road. If everything goes well, you can reach Xingshan Camp in three days!"

"I heard that recently, wizards and soldiers from the Chu State often passed through the Xingshan front line and sneaked in to harass the food supply route. You must be careful. Don't let your guard down just because you are close to the Xingshan camp and let the people of Chu take advantage of you."

Shang Lu noted their words, and said with a cupped hand: "Thank you for reminding us. We will never neglect this! When we come back from Xingshan, we will find a few brothers and sisters to have a drink together to express our gratitude."

He gave enough face, so the disciples of the Baizhi County Witch Academy naturally had a warm attitude and said:
"Uncle Shang, you're too polite."

"I wish Uncle Shang a safe journey!"

After parting with the group of people from Bizhi County, Shang Lu led his team forward.

Without the help of the disciples from the Witch Academy of Baizhi County for patrolling, Shang Lu not only released more paper figures, but also sent out wooden kites, wooden dogs, copper ants, and asked Uncle Huai to send out a large number of flower fairies and grass spirits.

Du Feng brought scouts with him and expanded the scope of reconnaissance and surveillance.

Long before setting out, Shang Lu had read many files and checked relevant maps, and knew that Xingshan Wei had become a jagged area because of the invasion of the Chu State.

In many places, there is a complex situation where you are in me and I am in you.

In order to protect the grain route, Xingshanwei arranged several troops to garrison at several important nodes.

Even so, the grain route remained the main target of harassment by the Chu State.

Therefore, even without the reminder from the disciples of the Witch Academy in Baizhi County, Shang Lu would have been extremely careful along the way.

His caution also affected the grain transport team.

Everyone held their breath and kept silent involuntarily, and quickened their marching speed, all wanting to reach Xingshan as soon as possible to avoid any accidents.

However, in this world, what you fear often comes true.

Just when the people in the grain transport team were praying for a smooth journey and not to encounter the Chu army, a team of strange-looking Chu soldiers, using magical weapons and talismans as cover, passed through the front line and lurked here.

Leading the way were five Chu witches.

The Chu army they brought with them looked quite strange. They were not wearing armor, but were wrapped in cloth strips all over their bodies.

The strip of cloth was covered with strange spells written in blood.

In addition, there was a strange mucus seeping out from the bodies of these Chu soldiers, making the cloth strips look mottled and weird.

This team of Chu troops had ambushed a grain transport team at another section of the grain route not long ago.

Not only did they wipe out the Pakistani army and civilians who were transporting food, they also burned all the supplies. After finishing the job, they quickly moved and came here to ambush.

"Crash..."

The soul flag in the hand of a Chu witch suddenly fluttered wildly without wind.

Several ferocious ghosts appeared under the soul banner and bowed to the five Chu witches to report: "A grain transport team is coming, twenty miles away."

"Hahaha, another business is coming."

"After we take out this grain transport team, we can go back."

"I hope there will be some good stuff in this grain transport team."

"I hope they can be a little more capable and not collapse after another charge."

The five Chu witches spoke to each other, their words full of disdain and arrogance.

However, they never expected that their whereabouts had been exposed.

"Is there a demon scouting from a distance?"

Shang Lu heard Sanniang's reminder and immediately ended his training on horseback. He whispered, "Where is it?"

Sanniang floated beside Shang Lu, raised her hand and pointed in the direction where Chu Wu and the Chu army were hiding: "Which direction did they run to?"

"Let the soldiers... No, I'll send the wooden kite and the bronze ant to investigate."

Shang Lu originally wanted Sanniang to send out soldiers to conduct reconnaissance, but considering that the other side was also using ghosts, most of them were ghost sorcerers who were good at this. If he sent soldiers over, he was afraid that he would alert the enemy before he could get any information.

So he changed his words halfway through.

Sanniang nodded without objection.

Uncle Huai, on the other hand, pulled out a grass spirit with three oblong lanceolate leaves on its head from under his robe and offered to help it: "Master, this guy is good at spying. Take him with you. He may be useful."

Shanglu recognized the grass spirit as a dandelion spirit. He even cut off its "hair" for dinner the day before yesterday.

Previously in Chengfeng County, when Shang Lu killed Wang Sen and Li Hong, he had already witnessed the abilities of the flower demons and grass spirits.

Although the cultivation level of these monsters is not high, they all have some strange abilities.

Uncle Huai is a man who never messes up important matters.

The spirits he recommended will definitely be useful.

So Shang Lu nodded and let the dandelion spirit follow the bronze ant and climb onto a wooden kite.

Then the wooden kite took off and flew in the direction Sanniang said.

Because he didn't know the opponent's background, Shang Lu was afraid that the wooden kite would be exposed, so he didn't let it get too close. He glimpsed from afar that there seemed to be people hiding in the mountains below, so he dropped the bronze ant down.

At the same time, the dandelion spirit lying on the wooden kite shook its little head rapidly.

With a few "bang bang bang" sounds, flowers and fruits began to bloom rapidly on the dandelion spirit's head.

Tiny dandelion seeds, riding on the wind and holding up umbrellas, flew out from the dandelion spirit's head and soon floated to the place where the Chu witch and the Chu army were ambushing and hiding.

Whether it is the copper ants or the dandelion seeds, they all hide their scent very well.

The Chu witches and Chu troops in ambush were completely unaware of their arrival.

They had no idea that their every move was being watched by Shang Lu...

(End of this chapter)