Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 534: Sudden All-out Attack

Shang Lu soon discovered that this new divine power in his body did not appear out of thin air, but was intercepted by his internal organs. It should have come from the "blessing of the gods" on the sheep skull staff.

It’s just that this strand of divine power is different from the divine power that has been intercepted by the five internal organs in the past. In addition to being chaotic, it also carries strong pollution and toxicity.

The reason why it eroded the kidney water was because this ray of divine power was of water attribute. Once it entered the temple of the five internal organs, it went straight to the kidney statue and stuck to the statue, preventing the spleen statue from refining it in the first place. Moreover, it carried strong dampness and pollution, which caused damage to the kidneys.

Fortunately, Shang Lu now has rich experience in handling divine power. Even if the situation is strange, he can respond calmly, activate the inner scene map, and mobilize the power of the spleen and earth to suppress and refine this water-attributed divine power.

The liver wind also blows in the five internal organs, helping the spleen to purify pollution.

The amount of this divine power was not large and was quickly refined and absorbed, becoming a part of Shang Lu's own strength.

In addition to pollution and dampness, this strand of divine power also contains many impurities.

It didn't take Shang Lu much time to refine it, but it took him a lot of energy to remove impurities and purify it.

After a lot of tossing and turning, all the refined divine power poured into the kidney statue.

Its pollution and impurities are completely removed, but the moisture and poison are retained.

Fortunately, this dampness and poison has also become a part of the power of Shanglu, and is under the control of the kidney god, and will no longer cause harm to Shanglu.

On the contrary, Smilax glabra can also use dampness and poison to harm the enemy.

Shang Lu tried it. He let the dampness and poison hide in his essence and qi, and then released the essence and qi to wrap around a wooden cabinet in the room.

The wooden cabinet absorbed moisture at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye it became moldy and rotten, and then fell apart with a loud crash.

"It's interesting."

Shang Lu tried a few more times until there was no other furniture in the room except the bed for him to destroy, and then he put away his damp and poisonous essence.

Instead, he activated the power of the sun, using the high temperature to kill all the damp and toxic mildew that filled the house, and also swept away the damp and rotten smell in the house.

"Although the 'divine blessing' applied to the sheep skull staff is strange, it is not bad to be able to continuously intercept the water attribute divine power through it. However, you must be fully prepared and not be greedy each time you intercept it, so as not to be bewitched and contaminated."

Shang Lu's original plan was to seek help from Gongshu Ling first to see if he could seal or reduce the divine pollution of the sheep skull staff.

If not, go to a ghost market like Heifengdu to sell it in exchange for other magical weapons or cultivation resources.

But now it seems that we have to adjust our plans.

The sheep skull staff can be used as a prop for practicing. As long as you take adequate precautions and have Sanniang by your side to help protect you, there won't be any problems.

I just don't know which god this water-based divine power that carries poison and pollution comes from?

The Rain Master? The River God? But I have never heard that their divine authority has anything to do with dampness and poison. Could it be that they have gone mad because of being polluted?

Although Shang Lu was curious, he had no clue about it, so he didn't think much about it.

After resolving the kidney crisis, he regained his confidence and decided to fight Sanniang for three hundred rounds... Ah, it was the Yin-Yang Cantong Qi that he had practiced all night!
Time passed quickly and it was the next day.

Shang Lu left the room early in the morning.

After a night of hard training, the yin and yang energies in his body became full and harmonious, and his spirit was quite vibrant.

Sanniang, who floated out of the room with him, had a hint of red on her fair face.

After being injected with yang energy by Shanglu again and again, Sanniang looked more and more like a living person.

"Master, mistress."

Uncle Huai was standing outside the room.

Although he has become a spirit, he still likes to use the sky as his tent and the earth as his bed.

Last night, Uncle Huai took root outside Shanglu's house and turned back into a locust tree.

The county soldiers on guard duty were frightened at that time. Fortunately, Shang Lu greeted them, and Tu Bin and Du Feng helped to explain. In addition, they had seen some of Uncle Huai's methods before and knew that it was a monster, not a human, so the county soldiers did not do anything extreme.

Of course, with their strength, even if they did something extreme, they could not hurt Uncle Huai and could only suffer themselves.

"Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Huai." Shang Lu nodded and smiled, and asked Uncle Huai to help restore the broken furniture in the house to its original state.

Although Uncle Huai is not a carpenter, he is a tree spirit and is also good at carpentry.

Uncle Huai nodded in agreement, and while instructing the flower and grass fairies to bring breakfast from the kitchen, he went into the house to prepare to repair the furniture.

Seeing the scattered furniture on the floor, he was also a little dumbfounded. He was not sure how much fun the master and mistress had in this room last night...

At this time, the county soldiers in the barracks also woke up, dressed neatly and walked out, just in time to see the flower fairies and grass elves carrying out meals from the kitchen.

They were stunned and surprised.

"I only knew that these flower demons and grass spirits were quite capable in combat, but I didn't expect that they could also cook?"

"I really envy Sima. I wish I could have a group of flower fairies and grass fairies like this. I can let them prepare meals for me every day and then go out to work and hunt to make money. I can just lie at home and be a useless person who eats and waits to die."

"When you go to sleep at night, find a few rocks to put under your head, and maybe you will have a beautiful dream like this."

"That's right, you're not even a witch officer, and you still want to raise flower demons and grass spirits? Can you afford it? You might as well dream, there are all kinds of things in dreams."

The two military officers, Zhuang Fan and Zhu Quan, came out from their respective huts.

Seeing everyone pointing at the flower demons and talking about them with envy on their faces, they shouted, "What are you all standing there for? Go and help. The flower demons and grass demons have already prepared the food, and you are still reluctant to move. Do you really want them to feed you?"

The two military officers spoke, and the county soldiers responded and ran to the kitchen to help.

Zhuang Fan and Zhu Quan, along with Du Feng, Tu Bin and a few others, came to Shang Lu and greeted him.

Shang Lu asked them, "Did you guys sleep well last night?"

"Not very good." Du Feng, Tu Pi and others shook their heads in unison.

Shang Lu was startled, thinking that maybe he and Sanniang's practice last night affected the rest of the county soldiers? This shouldn't be the case. Although they were very busy, they released fog to block the sound, so the county soldiers shouldn't have heard it.

Fortunately, Tu Pi gave the reason in time: "Perhaps the killing and tension in Xingshan affected the mood of the brothers. Although everyone was tired, they did not sleep well and woke up from time to time. Fortunately, Uncle Huai discovered this situation and asked the flower demon to release fragrance to help sleep, and it got a little better."

"So that's how it is." Shang Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After thinking for a while, he added: "The atmosphere here is indeed full of restlessness. We need to let everyone vent this restlessness, otherwise we will definitely be affected."

Du Feng was stunned for a moment, and whispered: "Sir, you don't want the brothers to find prostitutes, do you? I saw it on the way here yesterday. In this military town, let alone prostitutes, there are not even many hens and bitches."

Shang Lu's face darkened and he cursed, "Bullshit, can you stop thinking about these things?"

Zhu Quan asked curiously: "What does Sima mean?"

Shang Lu snorted, and instead of telling them his plan, he asked them a question instead.

"Does anyone among you know anyone from the border troops here?"

Zhu Quan, Du Feng and several other people who were originally clerks in the thieves' office and county government offices all shook their heads.

They have been in the local area for a long time and have no connections in the army.

Although Zhuang Fan was a military officer of the county army, he knew several generals of the border army. Tu Pi was also from the border army and had acquaintances in Xingshanwei.

"I just don't know whether these people are still alive or in the military town." Tu Pi spoke directly as always.

Shang Lu ordered: "Go find your respective acquaintances and see if you can ask them to invite a group of border troops to help train the brothers and give them some strength."

Zhuang Fan and Tu Pi bowed in agreement and had no objection.

The duties of the county soldiers are mostly to suppress bandits. Compared with the border troops, they are much inferior in strength and training level.

Now that they have arrived at the frontier town, they naturally have to train at the level of frontier troops so that they won't collapse when they are really sent to the battlefield.

Zhuang Fan and Tu Bin received Shang Lu's order and hurried out of the barracks without even having breakfast.

It was almost noon when the two men came back, each bringing with them a few grassroots officers from Xingshanwei.

Most of them are squad leaders or platoon leaders.

Although their official positions are not high, these people have been in the border areas for a long time and have rich combat experience.

Moreover, they all had injuries to varying degrees, and it was obvious that they had just withdrawn from the battlefield to rest.

Being able to survive on the battlefield is enough to show that they are extraordinary.

Shang Lu received them personally and gave enough face to these sergeants and squad leaders of Xingshan Guard.

With the help of his eloquence and sophistry, these people's favorable impression of Shang Lu increased rapidly.

The key is that Shanglu not only gave enough emotional value, but also gave real money as compensation.

After this show of operation, several squad leaders and sergeants of Xingshan Guard wanted to bow down to Shang Lu. They were also very dedicated to the training of the county soldiers, and they all swore in their hearts that they must show Shang Lu that his money was well spent.

The squad leaders and platoon leaders of Xingshan Guard did their best, but the county soldiers were not happy.

Especially during training, they were constantly criticized and scolded, which made them even more unhappy.

These county soldiers thought they had fought a battle with the Chu army on their way here, and the one they fought was the elite Chu army's Shen Xi division. So they thought they were very powerful and stronger than these border troops.

So, after being reprimanded by the Xingshan Guards' captain for being slow in arranging the battle array, some veteran soldiers took the lead in making a fuss:
"What qualifications do you have to train us? Have you ever seen the Master of Shenxi? We have seen him and killed him!"

"So what about the border troops? They just rely on their better equipment than our county soldiers. They have more witch talismans and residual spirits than us. What's so great about that? If a fight really comes, we are not afraid of you!"

"Do you have any military achievements? How dare you say we are not good enough in this or that?"

When the two military officers Zhuang Fan and Zhu Quan heard the county soldiers' commotion, their faces instantly darkened. They wanted to step forward and reprimand them, but were stopped by Shang Lu.

"They are unwilling to accept the situation. Even if you try to suppress it, it will be useless and will only make the conflict worse."

Shang Lu looked normal, and was even smiling, but his smile was a little cold.

"Don't they think they are very powerful? Let them compete with the border troops and let them know their own strength! Pigs can fly, not because they are powerful, but because the wind is strong enough!"

The two military commanders, Zhuang Fan and Zhu Quan, looked at each other and both knew that their brothers would probably suffer a serious punishment this time.

But like Shang Lu, they also wished that the county soldiers would suffer losses.

These guys are getting too carried away now. We need to give them a blow to wake them up.

It is better to suffer losses on the training ground than to lose your life on the battlefield.

Zhuang Fan and Zhu Quan quickly conveyed Shang Lu's order.

The county soldiers cheered and clamored to let their border army brothers see the skills of the inland county soldiers.

The few soldiers from the border army said nothing and just warmed up silently.

Soon the county soldiers selected ten people. The border army asked them to select more people, but they were not happy about it, thinking that the border army was looking down on them.

As a result, at Zhuang Fan's command, the border troops with the same equipment launched an attack like wolves and tigers, coordinating well and forming the battle formation very quickly.

The county soldiers held out for a while, but eventually they couldn't hold out and were badly defeated.

The defeated county soldiers were not convinced and thought they were not prepared. They clamored for another fight, but were defeated again, even faster.

This time, the county soldiers didn't dare to shout anymore.

Zhuang Fan and Zhu Quan did not speak until this moment and scolded the county soldiers.

"Do you really think that it was your ability to defeat the Chu army? If it weren't for Sima, you would all be dead! And you still have the nerve to brag about your military achievements. Do you really think that those military achievements were made by you? It was all thanks to Sima!"

"You must accept defeat. From now on, everyone must follow the border army brothers in training! If anyone dares to make trouble again, disrespect the instructors, or disobey orders, they will be punished by military law!"

Seeing that the two military officers were angry, and although Shang Lu did not say anything but just watched with a cold face, the county soldiers did not dare to get angry anymore and accepted the training obediently.

The two military marquises, Zhu Quan and Zhuang Fan, were also not idle.

They did not have to participate in the training of ordinary soldiers, but during the breaks in training, they, together with Shang Lu, took the border troops of Xingshanwei and asked them many questions about the battlefield.

In particular, he made detailed inquiries into the tactics of the Chu army and the characteristics of the Chu witches.

Only by figuring out the enemy's situation can we take targeted measures and respond calmly.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

In the past few days, Shang Lu not only inquired about the situation on the battlefield from various sources, but also did not forget to explore more uses of his spiritual mind and wisdom eyes, as well as practice several newly learned witchcrafts and master the use of magical tools such as the moving mountain bag.

As of now, the purpose of spiritual mind and wisdom eye is still reflected in observing qi.

Especially when combined with the combat skill [Strike the Void], Shang Lu can see the changes and directions of the aura inside and outside the body of others in time, which is very useful for finding weaknesses and attacking vital points.

Sanniang was also practicing the new ghost-controlling witchcraft she had learned.

After seeing this scene, Shang Lu remembered what the border soldiers said, that there were often many corpse ghosts mixed in the Chu army. So he asked Sanniang to use the newly learned witchcraft to strengthen and drive the rampant ghosts, and to increase the intensity of the training of the county soldiers, so that they would be able to deal with the corpse ghosts of the Chu army calmly when they encountered them in the future.

As the rampant ghosts joined the training, there was not only a chilly wind blowing on the training ground every day, but also constant screams.

The squad leaders and platoon leaders of Xingshan Guard were all dumbfounded and discussed privately that Shang Sima from Baiyi County was simply too cruel and treated his county soldiers as Chu bandits.

However, through such training, although the individual skills of the county soldiers did not improve significantly, they made rapid progress in formation and coordination.

On the battlefield, these skills are more useful and can save lives better than their personal cultivation.

During these few days, Shang Lu did not forget to ask people about the news of Wang Chao and others.

Unfortunately, no matter how much I asked, no one could explain it clearly.

These people were not seen in Xingshan Military Town.

Mostly on the front lines of the battlefield.

I just don’t know where I am exactly, or whether I am alive or dead.

Early that morning, Shang Lu and his classmates got up early as usual, ran laps in the training ground, waiting for the instructors from Xingshanwei to come.

But what he heard was the sound of hurried horse hooves outside the barracks.

When we walked out of the camp gate, we saw that Xingshan Military Town was like a pot of boiling water, completely boiling.

The messengers rode back and forth on war horses.

Teams of fully armed border troops set out in a hurry, followed by groups of wizards.

"What happened?"

"Is the war getting intense?"

Zhu Quan, Zhuang Fan and others who were following Shang Lu were also surprised.

Just at this moment, a group of border troops rushed towards Shang Lu and his men.

Among them were several familiar faces, who were the ones who had helped train the county soldiers in the past few days.

They also saw Shang Lu and others, and they stepped out of the queue and came over to say goodbye.

"Sima Shang, we can no longer help you train the county soldiers. We just received an order and we must return to the front battlefield immediately."

"What's the situation ahead? Didn't you just retreat to rest? Why are you going back again?"

Several squad leaders and sergeants of Xingshanwei hesitated for a moment before answering: "Now almost everyone in the military town knows about this matter. It is not a secret and it is okay to tell Sima Shang. In the past two days, the Chu State suddenly changed its style of the previous few months and launched fierce attacks in many places. The Xingshan defense line is now in danger..."

"what?!"

Shang Lu, Zhuang Fan, Zhu Quan and others were shocked.

Shang Lu couldn't help but wonder, why did the Chu suddenly launch an attack? Did the Wei Wu find out their secrets in the restricted area? Or did they go a step further and destroy the secrets inside, which angered them and made them jump?

Just as they were thinking about it, suddenly a loud "buzz" sound exploded in everyone's ears.

Many people covered their ears in pain, and blood flowed from between their fingers.

"what sound?"

"Where did it explode?"

As everyone was discussing, they were surprised to find that the entire world had turned blood red!

I subconsciously raised my head and saw that the sun was no longer in the sky.

Instead, there was a blood-red crescent moon hanging upside down in the sky.

It was like a strange giant eye, looking down at everyone in the military town.

"what--"

Many people screamed and felt stinging pain in their eyes.

Countless strange whispers sounded in their minds.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

At this moment, the heads of many soldiers exploded strangely, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.

Those whose heads didn't explode were also driven crazy by the strange whispers, and many strange changes occurred in their bodies.

(End of this chapter)