Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 71 The Strange Corpse

Shang Lu walked closer and saw that what Sanniang was looking for in the land god shrine were actually some fruits.

It should be the fruit offering to the land god when the surrounding people burn incense.

Even the land god's shrine was occupied by the rat demon and his family. Naturally, the offerings were taken away by this nest of rats and hidden in the hollowed-out statue.

However, these offerings did not seem to be regarded as food by the rat demon.

Because most of them are ripe and fermented, they emit a sweet wine smell.

After Shang Lu smelled the aroma of the wine, his mouth actually began to salivate and he wanted to have a sip.

This feeling had never been experienced before even when I drank their signature wine in a restaurant in Luoshui County.

Shang Lu quickly glanced around and saw that the detectives were searching carefully and no one was paying attention to this side, so he lowered his voice and asked:
"Sanniang, these fruits are not simple?"

"They are just ordinary fruits like pears and apricots."

Sanniang said without even turning her head: "It is only because it has been contaminated by incense and was pickled by the rat demon in a special way that it is quite spiritual and can help your cultivation."

So that's how it is. Shang Lu nodded repeatedly, thinking that Sanniang was very virtuous and always wanted to help him improve his cultivation.

Sanniang carefully collected the ripe and fermented fruits one by one, blew away the dirt and dust on the fruits with the cold wind, and put them into a clay jar.

This clay jar had been in the belly of the land god statue before, and it contained a lot of fermented fruits and some yellow-green juice.

Shanglu had just stepped on the statue of the land god and crushed it, causing a lot of residue to fall into the clay jar, making the juice turbid.

It seems that I have to filter it again when I get back and remove the dregs from the clay jar.

But fortunately, the clay jar was not crushed.

Shang Lu wanted to help, but Sanniang slapped his hand away.

"These fruits are ripe. Your hands are too heavy and they may break easily. You should go collect the rat monsters."

“Can those mice be eaten?”

After Shang Lu asked this question, he raised his hand and slapped his forehead, thinking that he had asked a nonsense question.

Not to mention in this world, even on Earth, there are many people who eat rat meat.

Although this nest of mice are all evil and weird, the spleen god and liver god have been activated in Shanglu's internal organs.

Even if the meat of this nest of rat demons really contains weirdness and toxins, the spleen god can digest them, and the liver god will excrete the toxins.

In the eyes of others, these rat monsters may be as poisonous as arsenic.

But here in Shanglu, there is flesh and blood food that can improve one's cultivation.

After figuring this out, Shang Lu immediately turned around and collected the corpses of the fat rat demons on the ground.

After thinking about it, he found the burnt shadow puppets one by one and piled them together with the rat demon's body.

No matter whether it’s edible or not, just take it back first.

Constable Liu and his companions searched the surroundings but found nothing unusual, so they came back to report to Shang Lu.

After Shang Lu heard this, he pointed at the pile of rat demon corpses on the ground and ordered: "Pick them up and follow me to the funeral home."

Constable Liu and his companions originally thought that Shang Lu was going to burn the bodies of these rat demons, but they didn't expect that he was going to take them away.

They were very curious and didn't know what Shang Lu wanted to do with the corpses of these rat demons.

I want to ask, but I don’t dare, so I can only keep my curiosity in my heart.

No one thought that Shanglu was going to eat these rat monsters.

Evil spirits are often full of weirdness and danger. Unless you know how to cook them, eating them rashly will only lead to poisoning or even possession.

Constable Liu and his men followed the order with doubts, and each of them picked up a few pieces of the rat demon's corpse and followed Shang Lu to the funeral home.

They didn't notice that after they left, a clay jar took advantage of the cover of night and floated quickly towards Shang Lu's residence.

Soon, Shang Lu and Constable Liu and several others rushed to the funeral home. Along the way, they did not encounter any evil spirits.

But some shouting was heard.

Shang Lu also sent constables to check, but they said that it was other officers from the yamen who were patrolling and searching for evil spirits.

"It seems that tonight, in addition to the rat demon family and the corpse-driving craftsman who used paper figures, there are other evil spirits causing trouble and arresting people to inquire about the situation in Yunhua Mountain..."

Shang Lu was guessing in his heart.

When they arrived at the funeral home, a team of constables had already arrived. They not only sealed up the shop, but also brought in a coroner to perform an autopsy.

There were five corpses neatly laid out in the shop.

"what happened?"

Shang Lu walked quickly into the funeral home, looking at the corpse on the ground and asking questions.

"Captain Shang!"

When the detectives from the funeral home saw that it was Shang Lu who came, they all saluted with their arms crossed.

The constable who led the team quickly reported to him:

"Captain Shang, when we arrived at the funeral home, the owner, Mr. Zhang, and his family of five were all dead.

Their deaths were very strange, with their mouths stuffed with paper money and strange patterns made with blood at several key locations on their bodies, which was suspected to be some kind of spell.

According to the autopsy performed by the coroner, all five members of Zhang's family were killed tonight.

Their cause of death is very strange. Judging from the scene, one person strangled another and strangled their loved ones to death..."

Shang Lu didn't believe that Zhang Sheng's family of five would strangle themselves to death.

They must have been killed by the corpse driver.

Zhang Sheng's family may have seen the corpse driver and knew his situation, so they were killed to silence him.

At the same time, the corpse driver was preparing to enter Yunhua Mountain to explore the secret realm.

For a corpse driver, the corpse is obviously the best and most trustworthy helper.

That's why Zhang Sheng and his family died in such a strange way.

It was just because he suffered a loss at Shang Lu's home and the detectives arrived too quickly, the corpse driver did not have time to completely refine the five corpses. He could only abandon them and escape first.

After figuring this out, Shang Lu asked again, "Have you asked a witch to summon the soul and ask the ghost?"

The constable raised his hand and pointed towards a corner of the shop.

"The witch has arrived and is casting a spell there."

Shang Lu looked in the direction of his finger and saw an old woman with white hair and beard, wearing a witch's robe. She was waving something that looked like a spirit-calling banner in her hand, walking in circles with strange steps and muttering to herself.

Most of what she said were incomprehensible spells. Only when she read the names of the funeral shop owner and his family, and the words "Soul Returned", could people understand a few words.

In addition to the old woman, there was also a young girl beating a hand drum to accompany the group.

Shang Lu did not go forward to disturb the witch from casting the spell. He quietly arranged for a few constables to go to the witch's side to help protect the spell.

Then he asked someone to find a bamboo basket in the funeral home and put all the bodies of the rat demons in it, so that the whole family would be together.

Carrying a bamboo basket, Shang Lu came to the five corpses and looked at them carefully.

Although he did not understand magic, the battle with the paper dolls, rat demons and shadow puppets tonight opened his eyes and gained a lot of experience.

After taking a closer look, Shang Lu confirmed his judgment.

The corpse driver was not simply killing people, he really wanted to refine Zhang Sheng's family into puppets for him to control.

Whether summoning souls from ghosts will yield any results depends on whether the corpse driver arrives in time to take action on the souls of Zhang Sheng's family.

(End of this chapter)