Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 532 Tu Bo's Reward

"Afraid?"

The little black fox asked, with a half-smile on his face, very human.

Shang Lu was a little frightened at first, but after hearing what the little black fox said, he calmed down instantly.

Because he discovered that the little black fox, or rather the mountain ghost attached to the little black fox, was deliberately scaring him.

This kind of scare is not malicious, but rather a bit funny and teasing.

It's like a person teasing a dog...

Bah, bah, bah. Shang Lu spat in his heart: I am not a dog!

Again, the power of this god is far superior to that of Shanglu.

If one really wanted to harm Shang Lu, there was no need to waste time, the previous power of the mountain should have directly crushed him from a three-dimensional creature into a two-dimensional corpse.

Not to mention, on the soul-sacrificing altar, sacrifices were being made to Tubo and the pig-bodied, eight-legged, snake-tailed god.

If the god possessed by the little black fox was really the "mountain ghost" that lured the great wizard Zhongli into the evil way, Tu Bo would not have turned a blind eye and had no reaction.

And it is even more impossible for the god with a pig body, eight legs and a snake tail to surrender and retreat, allowing this evil spirit to refine his snake scales into a god tablet and occupy the position of the main priest, forcing him to be a supporting priest.

Not to mention, it was the masters of the Three County Witch Academy, as well as the two patrolling witches Rat and Snake, who hunted down the Great Witch Zhongli and the "Mountain Ghost" in the dangerous land of the Netherworld.

If only the masters of a county witch academy were fighting ghosts, it is possible that they would be tempted by the "mountain ghost" with the promise of "granting all wishes and making all dreams come true", and fall into evil ways like the great witch Zhongli and become a believer of the "mountain ghost".

But if the three counties' witch academies work together to encircle and suppress it, they will never let this happen and will never let the "mountain ghost" escape.

After all, the three counties are said to have a brotherly relationship, but the secret confrontations and fights have never stopped.

Even if they were interested in the "mountain ghost's" ability to "grant every wish and make every wish come true", with people from the other two counties watching them, they had to adopt an attitude of "I cannot coexist with evil spirits".

Not to mention, there were two inspectors from Weiwu who were supervising the army.

Under such circumstances, there would be absolutely no chance for the Great Wizard Zhongli and the "Mountain Ghost" to escape alive!
And they were indeed beheaded!
Shang Lu clearly remembered that the remains of the great witch Zhongli and the "mountain ghost" were put into a copper box of witch spells by the Chief Secretary and brought back to the Zhenshou Peak of the Witch Academy, where they were completely destroyed in the presence of the witch officials of Guling and Bizhi counties, as well as the witch envoys of Wei.

It is absolutely impossible to come back alive.

Therefore, the mountain ghost possessed by the little black fox in front of him could definitely not be the evil spirit that stole the power of God and deceived the world into killing their relatives.

Or, he deliberately gave a false name to tease Shang Lu.

Or maybe He is indeed called Mountain Ghost...

Shang Lu suddenly remembered that among the many gods worshipped in the land of Bashu, there really was a real god called Mountain Ghost!

This is a mountain god who is in charge of the mountains and forests in the world.

In some Nuo and witchcraft books, it is even believed that this mountain ghost has a deep connection with the Wushan Goddess. He is called "Yao" and is believed to be the incarnation of the Wushan Goddess.

Several hundred years ago, there was a great wizard named Lingjun in the State of Chu who wrote a Nuo song specifically for worshiping the mountain ghost, describing the mountain ghost as an amorous goddess.

Therefore, the mountain ghost in front of us should be the amorous goddess described by the great wizard Lingjun, the god of mountains, rivers and forests worshipped in the land of Bachu!

Shang Lu, who had figured out the other party's identity, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to the little black fox who was staring at him with a half-smile, nodded and said, "Disciple is indeed very familiar with the name of the Supreme God."

After a pause, he opened his voice and sang the Nuo song written by the great wizard Lingjun:
"There is a person in the mountains, wearing a lychee and a lady's vine. She is charming and smiling. Do you admire my gracefulness?"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

The little black fox repeatedly stopped Shang Lu from singing the Nuo song, and even raised his two little paws to cover his ears, protesting angrily:
"Lingjun's Nuo songs are elegant and beautiful, and can soothe my chaotic thoughts and strength. But your Nuo songs are full of mistakes and are simply killing me. You should practice hard and then sing to me again."

Although Shang Lu was embarrassed, based on the little black fox's words, he confirmed the identity of the mountain ghost that was attached to it.

She is the amorous goddess created by the great wizard Lingjun.

As for whether this goddess is really passionate, Shang Lu has not seen it yet. But her personality is really a bit eccentric.

At this moment, the mountain ghost said through the little black fox, shaking his head, "I thought that telling you my name would scare you. I didn't expect that you would react so quickly. It makes me feel so bored."

Shang Lu grinned and bowed again: "Thank you for the compliment, God."

I was stunned: Why did the mountain ghost think that speaking his name would scare me? Did he also know about the evil "mountain ghost"?

Could it be that the "mountain ghost" was not originally called "mountain ghost", but used His divine name in a fraudulent way? Was the divine authority that He had stolen also lost?
If you think about it carefully, it's not impossible.

In the land of Bachu, mountain ghosts are famous for their compassion, kindness and charity. They really like to help others and often appear in response to prayers. It can be said that they will grant any wish!

The evil "mountain ghost" stole the power of the real mountain ghost, but this power was polluted and changed, full of chaos and weirdness. As a result, the evil "mountain ghost" became more and more weird, using all kinds of flesh and blood sacrifices and inhumane rituals to gain power and deceive believers.

Shang Lu not only discovered the weirdness of the "mountain ghost", he also exposed it and asked the masters of the Three County Witch Academy and the witch guards to kill it... In a word, he not only helped the mountain ghost to avenge himself, but also allowed the divine power to return to the mountain ghost.

It is considered a favor to Him.

If this is true, it is not surprising that the mountain ghost is so warm and friendly to Shanglu, given his character.

However, if it was really the case that the mountain ghost had lost his divine power and had been usurped by an evil spirit, why didn't he go and kill the evil spirit himself and take back the divine power?

Or is there some secret hidden in this?
Shang Lu, with guesses in his mind, tentatively asked the mountain ghost about this matter.

This time, he did not dare to use clever words or sophistry.

But the little black fox squatting on the soul-altar laughed, neither explaining nor answering, just keeping inhaling the incense.

Seeing this situation, Shang Lu wisely did not ask any more questions.

After a while, the little black fox sucked up the second set of incense and did not let Shang Lu continue.

"Let's stop here today, lest Dongjun blame you for being partial."

Shang Lu heard this and nodded in agreement.

The little black fox licked his paw and said, "Remember, practice your Nuo songs well. Nuo songs can not only be used to communicate with gods and calm the spirits, but also have many other wonderful uses. If you learn it well, it will do you no harm. And if you can't even learn Nuo songs well, what kind of Nuo witch are you?"

Shang Lu responded again: "Yes, disciple will keep the teachings of the God in mind."

I couldn't help but think: Folk songs are popular in Bachu. Could it be because the mountain ghosts like to sing?
Then he asked again: "I just don't know whether the words of the gods count or not?"

"What?" asked the little black fox.

Shang Lu said: "If you learn the Nuo song well, I will be allowed to make a Nuo mask of the God."

The little black fox couldn't help laughing: "Wait until you learn the Nuo song well first."

When Shang Lu heard this, he immediately knew that the matter was settled.

The next step is to work hard to learn Nuo songs well.

It shouldn't be a big problem. After all, the mountain ghost gave me a divine tablet, and I can ask him for advice during my daily worship.

If the mountain ghost doesn't want to be tortured by the out-of-tune Nuo songs every day, he will definitely have to teach him well.

This time, he really made a fortune! Looking at this world, there are not many people who can be taught by gods themselves.

Among them, there are even fewer people who can withstand the pollution and not go crazy or change. After all, many gods, even in the two hours of Zi and Chou when they regained their sanity, rarely care whether the other party can bear it when imparting knowledge to others.

Often, massive amounts of knowledge are simply poured into people's brains.

The result is that endless and complex knowledge drives people crazy.

In comparison, mountain ghosts are very compassionate in this respect.

At least when He was helping Shang Lu to open his spiritual mind and correcting the mistakes in his Nuo songs, He did not pollute Shang Lu and drive him crazy.

This is also the reason why Shanglu dared to catch him and take advantage of him.

In fact, it is not really taking advantage of others, after all, Shanglu also gave incense as a gift.

While Shang Lu was thinking about these things, he did not forget to secretly observe the little black fox.

He found that the other party did not react. He didn't know whether the mountain ghost could not read minds or he didn't care about Shang Lu's plan.

And in the next moment, Shang Lu saw through the third eye between his eyebrows that the yellow-green aura covering the little black fox turned into a cloud of smoke and dissipated.

The little black fox squatting on the soul altar immediately looked frightened and terrified.

It screamed, looked around, then rolled off the soul altar and climbed out of the open window.

Not only did he run away very quickly, but he also left a trail of urine behind - he was scared.

In the eyes of ordinary foxes, people like Shanglu are even more terrifying than tigers in the mountains.

It's not surprising to be scared to the point of peeing.

But it was hard for Shang Lu, who had to hold his breath.

Fox urine is already very smelly, and after Shang Lu activated the statues in the five internal organs' temples, his five senses were greatly enhanced.

Therein lies the sense of smell.

In front of the sensitive sense of smell, the smell of fox urine is simply too strong!

Shang Lu quickly put the wind mist bead into his mouth, exhaled a strong wind, and blew away the smell of the fox's urine.

He called Uncle Huai into the house and asked him to find a few flower fairies and grass spirits to suck away the fox urine and release grass-scented nectar to neutralize the bad smell.

It was at this time that the county soldiers who were on guard in the parade ground noticed the abnormality in Shang Lu's house. They hurried over to help, but were stopped by Shang Lu from a distance.

The sacrificial ceremony in the house had not yet ended, and Tu Bo was still enjoying the incense. If these county soldiers came and offended the gods, they would be punished.

After the smell of the fox's urine dissipated and Uncle Huai left the house and stood guard outside, Shang Lu finally had the mood to check his other gains.

Sure enough, his internal organs still adhered to the usual spirit of "a thief never leaves empty-handed".

Although he failed to obtain the Nuo masks of Dongjun and Shangui, Wuzangmiao was able to intercept their divine power.

There is no need to say much about Dongjun's divine power, and a lot of it has been intercepted before.

Shang Lu was even more curious about the mountain ghost's magical power.

The divine power of the mountain ghost and the power of the pig-bodied, eight-legged, snake-tailed god do seem to have the same origin.

It's just that in addition to the heavy earthiness, there is also some vibrant wood energy.

According to Tushanhu's suggestion, the selection of Nuo masks should follow the principle of the five elements.

Dongjun's fire power is exactly what Shanglu needs.

As for the mountain ghost, although it is mainly earth-based, it also takes wood into consideration.

If a better wood-attributed deity cannot be found, it is also acceptable to let the mountain ghost take on both earth and wood duties.

Now it seems that only the gold and water elements are missing, and there is still no clue.

Shang Lu glanced at the soul-sacrificing altar and saw that the Tu Bo god tablet was slowly absorbing the incense without any abnormal reaction. He then activated the dragon and tiger Qi to refine the mountain ghost power that had just been intercepted by the Wu Zang Temple and integrated it into his own essence and Qi, making it a part of his own strength.

Soon Shang Lu entered a state of oblivion of himself and the world until Sanniang reminded him.

"It's almost time for the ugly hour!"

Upon hearing the voice, Shang Lu immediately came out of his state of oblivion and was about to send Tu Bo away and end the sacrifice to the god.

It was at this moment that he was surprised to see several things placed on the soul altar.

There were magical weapons among them, but most of them were damaged. However, their styles looked very familiar - especially the two soul flags and the two sheep skull staffs.

In addition, there are residual spiritual roots of the Zhoutian and Tongtian realms.

It also has its flaws and is even contaminated by the aura of chaos, but it is still precious enough to make many practitioners who are eager to break through to the Zhoutian and Tongtian realms fight for it.

In addition to these, there are several things similar to soul fire, floating above the soul altar, emitting a faint glow.

"Did Tubo give these to you?"

Shang Lu recognized the two sheep skull staffs as the magical weapons used by the two Chu witches who had reached the Tongtian realm.

But these things, along with Chu Wu's body and soul, had been taken to the underworld by Tu Bo.

Shanglu once felt sorry for it.

Unexpectedly, today, Tu Bo actually "vomited" all these things out.

Tubo's tablet remained silent, but Sanniang had seen what had happened before, so she nodded and said succinctly, "That's right."

"For me?" Shang Lu asked again.

After learning Nuo witchcraft, Shang Lu realized that the wizards in ancient times would always ask questions step by step and give accurate answers step by step when fortune-telling.

Just because misunderstanding the gods' meaning would lead to serious consequences, Shang Lu did not get tired of it.

And this time, the Tubo God Tablet finally responded.

The spiral pattern on the divine tablet twisted and turned into a single word: "Yes."

"Disciple thanks Uncle Tu!"

Shang Lu then thanked him joyfully, and then asked curiously: "I recognize witch weapons and residual spiritual roots, but what are these soul fires? Are they the souls of Chu Wu?"

However, this time, Tu Bo did not respond.

Shang Lu even saw through his third eye that the divine power of Tu Bo that originally existed on the god tablet had disappeared without a trace at this moment.

Shang Lu couldn't help but be stunned: I haven't even performed the ceremony to send off the gods, and Tu Bo has already put away his divine thoughts and left?
Did He not want to answer my question? Or did He think my question was too stupid and was too lazy to answer it, so He just walked away and turned a blind eye?

Shang Lu's face turned blue and white, which was quite interesting.

(End of this chapter)