Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 533 Weird Forbidden Zone
Although he was despised, Tu Bo's reaction proved that Shang Lu's guess was correct.

These little blue flames emitting a chill are the soul fire.

But Shang Lu was still a little puzzled: "Why did Tu Bo give me the soul fire? This thing, even if I give it to Sanniang to refine the rampant ghost, it won't work. Wait, could it be..."

Shang Lu suddenly had a guess in his mind. He glanced at the few residual souls and magical weapons given by Tu Bo, then stretched out his hand and tried to touch the soul fire.

As soon as his fingers touched the soul fire, a bone-chilling chill emanated from the soul fire and instantly spread throughout his body, freezing the surrounding air into a layer of frost.

If it were someone else, even if he was also a Tongtian realm cultivator, as long as he was not a ghost witch, he would feel very uncomfortable when he first came into contact with the coldness released by the soul fire, and even his blood and witch spirit would be frozen instantly.

But Shanglu has no such feelings.

He took cold baths every day and practiced yin and yang with Sanniang. He had long been accustomed to the cold and did not feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, he felt a sense of comfort.

Especially here in Xingshan, because of the fierce fighting, witchcraft attacks and so on, the air is always filled with a strange feeling of dryness and heat, which affects people's minds and makes people easily impulsive and angry. The stimulation of soul fire and yin energy actually reduces the impact of dryness and heat to a minimum.

After the soul fire was contaminated by the yang energy of the living person on Shang Lu's body, it dissipated like a bubble, releasing wisps of faint light, flying into Shang Lu's eyebrows, and turning into pictures and pieces of information in front of Ling Xin's wise eyes.

Shang Lu took a quick glance and thought to himself that it was true.

What appeared in front of Ling Xinhui's eyes were several sorcery techniques that Chu Wu had used before to control ghosts and corpses and to stimulate the ferocity and power of the corpses.

Although Shang Lu does not follow the path of ghosts and witches, these witchcrafts are of little use to him, but Sanniang is proficient in this art.

Moreover, many wizards in Chu are good at controlling ghosts and corpses.

Even if you don't learn these witchcrafts, having some understanding of them will help you to respond promptly and effectively when you encounter other Chu witches in the future.

"Sanniang, get me a pen and paper. I'll tell you what to do, and you'll write it down."

Shang Lu greeted him and wanted to make a joke: "Please remember, I will make the following deployment adjustments." But he held back.

After Sanniang prepared the pen and paper, Shang Lu recited aloud the practice, usage, and formulas of several witchcrafts recorded in the soul fire.

Sanniang wrote very quickly, writing down all of Shang Lu's words. Not only did she write quickly and accurately, her handwriting was also very beautiful.

After Sanniang finished recording these pieces of witchcraft knowledge, Shang Lu checked them and made sure they were correct. Then he gave them to Sanniang and asked her to learn them. He then repeated the same trick and reached out to the other soul fires.

Each soul fire contains the memories of those Chu witches during their lifetime.

In addition to the witchcraft of controlling ghosts and corpses, there are also curses, witchcraft, and methods of moving mountains and borrowing power.

Some of these techniques can be used by Shang Lu, and even if they cannot be used, they can be taught to Sanniang and Uncle Huai so that they will not be wasted.

There is also an introduction to and usage of the captured witchcraft weapons and residual spirits.

For example, the "mountain moving bag" that can turn soil into a mountain, and the sheep skull staff, etc., all have detailed records.

Shanglu was very interested in the "mountain moving bag" and carefully wrote down the usage.

If it wasn't the middle of the night and they were not in the Xingshan military town, Shang Lu would have wanted to practice while the iron was hot for fear of causing an incident like a camp roar.

Shang Lu was not interested in the two soul banners. At the same time, he did not practice Gu magic, and his interest in the Gu pot was also gone. He even planned to give the Gu pot to Uncle Huai and the soul banner to Sanniang.

As a tree spirit, it naturally attracts insects, so it is reasonable for it to raise some poisonous insects.

Didn’t that python also breed a bunch of strange parasites on its body?

Shanglu was quite interested in the sheep skull stick.

According to Chu Wu's memory, the sheep skull staff is a magical weapon that can enhance the owner's spiritual energy and magical power, thereby making spells and other methods stronger and more powerful.

However, this kind of gain has side effects.

In other words, they are somewhat similar to Nuo masks, requiring the user to make sacrifices in order to gain benefits.

The sacrifices in Nuo masks are sometimes blood, and sometimes essence, qi, and witchcraft power.

But what the sheep skull staff offers is spiritual and physical pain!

"Sacrifice pain in exchange for power? This is also a magical tool that requires hard practice?" Shang Lu was amazed and looked at Chu Wu's memory more carefully.

Then he discovered that the power brought by the sheep skull staff was more like a kind of divine pollution.

The greater the power you want to gain, the more self-harm you must endure, and the greater the pollution to your divinity.

Shang Lu couldn't help but think of the scene when the two Chu witches at the Tongtian realm were sacrificing themselves to ask the God of East to come down.

They all seemed to be committing self-mutilation in order to gain greater power and thus trigger a greater world-destroying heavenly fire.

But Dongjun is not a god who likes to let his believers hurt themselves, so the punishment he brought down was not only because of Shanglu's manipulation, but also because the two Chu witches brought their own deaths into the picture?
"It actually has divine contamination... Did it receive the 'blessing' of some god?" Shang Lu guessed.

Today, the offerings made to gods by various countries have become more normal. But in the previous dark ages, there were many living people sacrificed, and even cruel killings were used to please the gods in exchange for power and divine revelation.

Even today, some gods still retain a special hobby and like to make their believers express their piety and please them through pain, self-mutilation, etc.

These gods are either inherently cruel, or have been polluted and gone mad.

Shang Lu has always kept his distance from these gods. Once he offered sacrifices to them, he might become a sacrifice in their mouths one day.

"The sheep skull staff can increase combat power, which is indeed good, but it requires sacrifice of pain or even self-mutilation, which is a bit weird and dangerous... I wonder if Senior Sister Gongshu has any way to change this 'side effect'?"

It was at this time that Shang Lu suddenly had an idea in his mind and wanted to try the effect of the sheep skull staff.

He subconsciously stretched out his hand and grabbed a sheep skull stick. As he activated his vital energy, a rustling and noisy sound suddenly rang in his ears.

In an instant, these noisy and low sounds turned into a dull sound filled with the smell of decay and blood.

That’s right, Shanglu not only heard the sound, but also seemed to smell the odor and even feel the corruption.

"Want power? Pain, decay, disease, can all bring power..."

Shang Lu reacted quickly, realized something was wrong immediately, and immediately activated the Heart Tempering Method.

A blazing flame suddenly burst out from the statue of the heart in his internal organs.

At the same time, the Yin-Yang Bell also rang, and a big fire turned into a golden crow and flew out.

The two flames instantly burned away the pollution that entered Shang Lu's mind.

But that dull and corrupt voice kept ringing in Shang Lu's ears.

"Fortunately, I have tempered my mind and have a fire in my heart that can ward off evil. If it were someone with a weak will, I'm afraid I would have suffered and embarked on a path of self-mutilation and asceticism..."

Shang Lu couldn't say whether this path was good or not, but he didn't want to go down this path.

"The sheep skull staff is good, but it cannot be used lightly. At least, it must be used with caution before the seal is contaminated."

Shang Lu reminded himself secretly.

Even though it can withstand pollution now, if it is used more, the pollution will gradually increase, and there is no guarantee that there will be no problems one day.

However, at this moment, the essence and energy had already been infused into the sheep skull staff, and Shang Lu did not let it go immediately, but instead felt the enhanced power.

Shang Lu’s cultivation level is at the entry level of Tongtian. After being enhanced by the sheep skull staff, he can actually burst out the power of Tongtian’s minor achievement... It’s really amazing.

"No wonder the two Chu witches, knowing the dangers of the sheep skull staff, always hold it in their hands. The effect is really hard to let go." Shang Lu muttered.

At the same time, I was a little curious. Two Chu wizards who had reached the Tongtian realm had this kind of sheep skull staff in their hands. Could it be that there were many of them in the Chu State?

Even if Chu was a big country, it wouldn't be so arrogant, right? The key is how did they get the "blessing" from the gods above?
At this moment, he was tempted again to try to use pain and self-mutilation to exchange for more powerful power.

Fortunately, he finally held back and did not act impulsively.

He let go of the sheep skull staff, and the noise in his ears and the impulse in his heart disappeared instantly.

Exhaling a breath, Shang Lu put the two sheep skull sticks into the Impermanence Order, then took out the Witch Academy Jade Card and sent a message to Gongshu Ling, wanting to ask about the sheep skull sticks.

As a result, this message could not be sent no matter what.

"Senior Sister Gongshu blocked me? There's no reason."

Shang Lu was stunned.

But he soon remembered that when he was in the Witch Academy, he had heard someone mention that in Xingshan, due to the interference of witchcraft on both sides, the communication function of the jade token became a decoration and it was difficult to contact people.

When Shang Lu first arrived at the Wu Academy, he sent messages to Senior Brother Wang Chao who was in Xingshan several times, asking about the situation in Xingshan, but he never received a reply. "Is the Wu Academy Jade Plate disturbed?"

Shang Lu made this judgment, and tried to send messages to Lu Yang, Bai Lingxu, Feng Boyuan and Lu Dao, but they failed to get through either.

Shang Lu also tried to log into the Witch Academy's cloud market to check the tasks issued by the Witch Academy...but he could only see some distorted text.

It was obvious that there was interference.

Shang Lu shook his head helplessly, and then he remembered something else: "The Wuyuan Jade Card was affected so badly, what about the Impermanence Order?"

He quickly put away the Witch Academy Jade Card, took out the Impermanence Order, and tried to send a message to the Rat Patrol: "Are you there?"

After a while, Wuchang Ling actually received a reply from Zishu Xunshou.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't ask if I'm here."

That is to say, the Impermanence Order has no expression function, otherwise the Rat Patrol would definitely send an angry expression to Shang Lu.

Although Shang Lu could hear the bad tone of the Rat Patrol, he breathed a sigh of relief. The Impermanence Order was not affected, which was great news. If there was any danger, it would not delay the dispatch of people.

At the same time, Shang Lu replied: "Nothing..."

He originally wanted to say that nothing happened and he just wanted to try whether the Impermanence Order could be used to communicate, but halfway through his words, he realized that he couldn't say that.

So he quickly changed his words: "I arrived at the Xingshan Military Town and reported to the imperial inspector."

The Rat patrol officer had no doubts and thought that Shang Lu really came to report. Although he wondered why he didn't report earlier but waited until midnight, he didn't ask any more questions and just said, "I already know about this. I also know that you annihilated a group of Chu troops on the way. You did a good job."

After praising Shang Lu for a few words, Zishu Xunshu talked about the situation in Baiyi County. Finally, he did not forget to remind Shang Lu not to forget the task he had assigned to him before.

"Don't worry, Patrol Officer. I'll keep this in mind. If I find any clues, I'll report to you immediately."

Shang Lu mentioned the witchcraft interference at this point: "I was originally worried that the Impermanence Order would be interfered with, but now that I can contact the patrol, I feel relieved."

Rat Patrol said proudly: "Your Impermanence Order was made by our Wu Wei himself, and it was blessed by the Great Blessing. It uses an encrypted frequency band, which is not comparable to ordinary Wu Academy jade cards. Although Xingshan's witchcraft interference is strong, it cannot interfere with the Impermanence Order."

Shang Lu felt more relieved after hearing this. He chatted for a few more sentences before ending the call with Zishu Xunshou, putting away the Impermanence Order, and continuing to touch the remaining soul fires.

"what?"

The information that appeared in the soul fire this time was neither any martial arts or witchcraft, nor the usage of magical weapons.

Rather, they were fragments of memory of several Chu witches about Xingshan and the war.

Shang Lu quickly browsed through these memory fragments and identified several useful pieces of information.

First of all, these Chu wizards, as the Ba spies had previously discovered, had no idea that they were going to attack the Ba.

Even after the war started, they were confused.

There was also endless debate about this matter in the court of Chu.

Because this war was advocated by the King of Chu alone, the Prime Minister and the Grand Priest of Chu did not agree at first and even went into the palace to try to stop the King of Chu.

In the end, no one knew how they discussed with the King of Chu in the palace. When they came out, the Prime Minister and the Grand Master stood on the side of the King of Chu and advocated marching towards the State of Ba.

After taking over most of Xingshan, the King of Chu, the Prime Minister and the Great Blessing jointly ordered the army to stop advancing and build a defense line in Xingshan, showing an attitude of fighting a protracted war.

Military generals proposed several times to continue the attack and advance all the way to Wushan, but were rejected by the King of Chu, the Prime Minister and the Great Blessing.

Although the army did not continue to advance, the fighting surrounding Xingshan has never stopped in the past few months. The intensity is very high and casualties have remained high.

Shang Lu had heard about these things from Zishu Xunshou before.

It's just a rough description, not as detailed as in Chu Wu's memory.

As for the following news in Chu Wu's memory, Shang Lu was unaware of it.

These Chu wizards were the first group to arrive at Xingshan. They were also the commanders of Shen Shixigui. Their status was higher than other wizards and they knew more inside information.

In their memory, Shang Lu discovered that in the Xingshan area that was captured by the Chu State, there was an area that was turned into a restricted area and no one was allowed to approach, not even wizards like them.

The restricted area is located between Longmen Peak and Wangjiang Peak.

During these days, several Chu witches brought the Shen Shixi ghost into the territory of the State of Ba to attack the grain route. Every time they took back the internal organs and souls of the dead and handed them over to special personnel to be delivered to the restricted area.

If there is an opportunity, Chu Wu will do the same on battlefields elsewhere in Xingshan.

Regardless of friend or foe, once a person dies, their internal organs and soul will be brought back and sent to the restricted area.

As for what is inside the restricted area, what is being done, and why internal organs and souls are needed, the Chu wizards are not clear.

It's not like they haven't inquired about this matter. But those who know the inside story won't say a word. Those who don't know the inside story are just making up all kinds of nonsense, which is totally unreliable.

"restricted area?"

Shanglu took out the map of Xingshan and found the locations of Longmen Peak and Wangjiang Peak. He discovered that there were seven or eight large mountains between the two peaks, and the distance was hundreds of miles.

Such a large area is actually designated as a restricted area?
What is Chu hiding? Why is it afraid of even letting people get close?
While Shang Lu was marveling at it, he also realized that this might be a very important piece of information. He hurriedly took out the Impermanence Order and sent a message to Zishu Patrol.

As expected of the name "rat", the Rat Patrol was more energetic at night and immediately replied, "Where did you find out about this?"

"From the Chu Wu who attacked the grain transport team earlier."

There is a mixture of truth and falsehood in Shanglu's words.

"At that time, several Chu witches summoned the God of the East, but were severely injured by Captain Fan Changsheng, which disrupted the ritual. As a result, the God of the East punished them and burned them to ashes. Before their souls were completely annihilated, I was lucky enough to capture a remnant soul and interrogated them to get this information."

The Rat Patrolman asked again, "Why didn't you tell me this information just now?"

"It has not been interrogated yet."

Shang Lu could lie without blushing or breathing heavily.

Of course, he wasn't completely lying.

He certainly didn’t “interrogate” this information just now.

The Rat Patrol had no doubts and thought that this was the case and was very happy.

"You will gain something as soon as you arrive in Xingshan. It is indeed right to ask you to go to Xingshan!"

Then, the Rat Patrolman told Shang Lu, "During this period, both our people and the border troops of Xingshanwei have captured prisoners. But they either know nothing when asked, or die suddenly when they open their mouths, or their bodies and souls are destroyed together. It is obvious that they are cursed. So far, only you have interrogated and obtained information, and it is very likely a very important piece of information!"

Shang Lu was a little worried when he saw the news. He was afraid that the Rat Patrol would ask him how he got the information from the interrogation. Why could he do it when others couldn't? He really didn't know how to answer.

He didn't want to reveal his relationship with Tu Bo for the time being.

As a result, not only did the Rat Patrol not ask about this matter, but he also helped Shang Lu find a reason:
"It must be the divine fire of the Lord of the East that burned away the curses on the Chu witches, allowing you to have such a harvest. I have to say that you are really lucky! I will report your contribution to the Great Blessing. If there is really an important situation in that restricted area, you can wait for a generous reward!"

The Rat Patrol made a promise to Shang Lu to keep up the good work and find out more information, and then he stopped responding to the message.

I guess he was busy reporting this discovery to Dazhu.

Shang Lu put all the spoils given by Tu Bo into the Impermanence Order and only gave the two soul flags to Sanniang.

The spirits in these two soul flags are gone, and they have become two empty flags. However, in Xingshan, it will probably not take long to fill them up...

"Sanniang, we haven't practiced Yin Yang Can Tong Qi for quite a while. Today is a good opportunity for us to try out the bed in this barracks to see if it is hard enough and whether it needs to be reinforced."

Shang Lu put the Impermanence Order in his pocket, closed the window, and took out the Wind Mist Beads, spraying a mist that lingered in the room to prevent anyone from peeping or eavesdropping.

Then he sat on the edge of the bed, and patted the bed with his hands, with a look of anticipation on his face.

Sanniang rolled her eyes at Shang Lu but did not refuse.

It’s good to practice martial arts. She also likes practicing martial arts and she is addicted to it.

However, just as Shang Lu was ready to fight, he suddenly let out a "Huh".

As the Yin-Yang Cantong Qi was working, Shang Lu discovered that a strange divine power had appeared in his body without him noticing when.

Moreover, this divine power is still polluting and eroding his kidney water!

Where did this evil god come from? He actually wants to hurt my kidneys and cause me to have kidney failure?!
It's so vicious!
(End of this chapter)