Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 1 It's not easy to be a constable these days
As soon as day broke, the detectives of Luoshui County Government gathered in the third shift courtyard, yawning and waiting for the roll call.

The weather has been very strange recently. It's not summer yet, but it's very hot and humid. Even though it's early morning, there's no coolness at all. The sky and the earth are like a huge steamer, which makes the detectives very irritable. They just want to get off work as soon as they get to get off work.

Moreover, this strange hot and humid weather has also fostered people's tempers.

During this period, everyone is easily irritated. Sometimes, just a small matter can make people angry and lead to conflicts...

The two captains Niu and Ma were also a little impatient with the bad weather, so they ended the roll call hastily and asked the constables to disperse and find places to fish.

Only Shang Lu was kept by Captain Ma and called into the police room.

"You will have your performance test next month. You don't need to report to the government office during this period, and I won't assign you any errands. Rest well at home and try to recover your skills before the performance test so that you can keep your status as a regular soldier."

Captain Ma gave careful instructions, and every word he said showed his concern for Shang Lu, acting like a good boss.

Even after seeing that Shang Lu was in a bad mood, he went out of his way to comfort him:
"Don't be too stressed. Even if you fail the performance test, I will intercede for you in front of the county magistrate and try to get you a free job."

"Thank you, Captain Ma."

Shang Lu bowed and thanked him. He seemed to be grateful, but he was sneering in his heart.

He knew very well that Captain Ma's words were just for listening and not to be taken seriously.

If we were to say who in the Luoshui County government was hoping that he would fail the exam, Captain Ma would definitely be one of them.

After dealing with the leader's hypocritical flattery, Shang Lu left the station.

As soon as he left, a white servant sneaked in. Seeing that there was no one around, he smiled and greeted, "Brother-in-law..."

Captain Ma, however, had a stern face and interrupted sternly: "I've told you many times that you should refer to your position when you are working."

Brother-in-law Sun Ying quickly stopped laughing, bowed and called the head of the police station, then expressed his doubts:
"I don't understand why you still want to give Shang Lu a chance? If he passes the performance test, how can I fill his vacancy?"

Captain Ma picked up the palm-leaf fan on the table and fanned himself, narrowing his eyes and sneering, "Shang Lu's cultivation has been completely lost. It will take him a year, not to mention a month, to recover. I did this to prevent anyone from finding fault and gossiping."

Sun Ying was still worried: "There won't be any more accidents this time, right? Before, you asked our family to give you 100 taels of silver, saying that you would definitely let me become a regular soldier. In the end, the money was given, but the matter was not fulfilled..."

Upon hearing this, Captain Ma was furious. He opened his eyes and cursed in a low voice: "Are you blaming me? Or do you want the silver back? Is that silver for me? It's all for the county magistrate and the chief clerk. It's you. If you were an outsider, you wanted to exchange a 100 taels of silver for a regular military service quota? Dream on!"

Sun Ying was scolded so much that she dared not say a word.

In fact, he knew that out of the one hundred taels of silver, at least twenty taels went into his brother-in-law's pocket.

But he didn't dare to expose it, so he could only smile and say: "How dare I blame you, I'm just afraid of another accident."

"You said it was an accident, how can it keep happening?"

After swearing a few times, Captain Ma felt relieved and his anger subsided. Thinking back to what happened before, he also felt a lot of emotion.

"Who could have imagined that Shang Lu, who was about to be buried, could come back to life. But don't worry, he will definitely fail the performance test next month, so the vacancy in the regular service will still be yours."

After getting the promise, Sun Ying left the office contentedly. Seeing that Shang Lu was not far away, he could not help but sneer in his heart. However, he did not make any more trouble and turned around to do his own thing.

Shang Lu greeted a few familiar constables, and gave a few instructions to the white-collar worker who followed him. Then he left the Sanban Courtyard and walked out of the yamen.

He did not live in the official residence of the yamen, but rented a small courtyard in the city.

As he walked, Shang Lu was thinking about his performance evaluation.

In fact, he was not from this world. Two months ago, his original body died while catching a bandit. When he was about to be buried after seven days of mourning, he traveled through time and space. Everyone in the mourning hall was so scared that they thought he was a corpse and almost threw feces, urine, black dog blood on him.

Shang Lu was also confused when he first came here, and it took him several days to slowly accept the fact.

He was still very satisfied with his identity as a regular constable, which was much better than starting with just a bowl.

Although the regular servants were not officials, they were also clerks with a fixed salary. Their salary was a little lower, only eight or nine taels of silver a year. However, the people in the government offices never lived on meager salaries, and various gray incomes emerged one after another.

Otherwise, no one would be willing to spend hundreds of taels of silver to get a regular position. Even for non-staff personnel like Baiyi who have no salary, you can't get the position without dozens of taels of silver.

The only thing that Shang Lu was worried about was that Captain Ma would make things difficult for him.

Not long after he "came back to life", he heard people talk about the matter of Sun Ying spending money to buy the job.

However, after he recovered from his injury and returned to the yamen, Captain Ma had not yet had to endure the hardship of being tortured by the police, but he heard even worse news: the once-in-three-years performance evaluation would be held next month, and those who failed to meet the evaluation standards would be demoted or dismissed, and in serious cases would be held accountable and investigated.

Shang Lu was shocked when he heard the news. He never thought that the civil servants in this world were so inward-looking.

The original body would definitely not be afraid of performance tests, but the current Shang Lu is not like that. Although he is "alive", his five internal organs are damaged, his qi and blood are greatly depleted, and his cultivation is completely lost.

He was originally a low-ranking official, and there was no place for him to be demoted. If he failed the performance test, he would be dismissed. At most, he would be given a portion of government rice because he was injured on duty. But how much government rice was that?

In order to support him in training martial arts and to enable him to become a regular constable, his parents not only spent up the savings of several generations, but also mortgaged their ancestral land and borrowed a large sum of money to buy such a real position for him.

If he could continue to work as a regular constable, it would not be difficult to repay the loan and the high interest. Even if he died in the line of duty, he could barely repay the debt with the pension silver given by the court.

But isn't he alive?

The moment he opened his eyes, the pension money was hurriedly taken back by the county magistrate, and not a single copper coin was left.

If he really fails the performance test and is dismissed, he will definitely not be able to repay the loan and will definitely not be able to keep the ancestral land.

Without his ancestral land, he could barely feed himself with only the meager food from the government, so how could he support his family? Not to mention that he wanted to make progress!

"We must keep the establishment!"

Shang Lu walked out of the yamen, exhaled a breath, and encouraged himself in his heart.

There is only one way to keep your position, and that is to recover your skills and pass the performance test.

According to the laws of the State of Ba, there are certain cultivation requirements for the third shift yamen runners.

The regular service requires a minor level of bone cutting, and the unofficial service also requires a basic level of bone cutting.

Cultivation is the most important part of performance evaluation.

However, when Shang Lu traveled through time, this body had lost all its cultivation.

Although the original body left behind a set of cultivation techniques, and Shang Lu practiced even harder after learning about the performance test, it would take more than just one or two months to achieve the minor success of bone-breaking cultivation.

The original body practiced hard for ten years!
Although there are reasons such as his original body's average talent and comprehension, and the ordinary skills he learned, Shang Lu does not think that he can be much stronger than his original body.

Unless there is a miracle.

"What a strange fate..."

Shang Lu raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Speaking of coincidences, he actually has two of them.

One who helped him recover from near-death injuries to being able to walk, jump and practice in just over a month.

But the other one, he still hasn't figured it out until now.

Shang Lu glanced around. There were few people on the streets in the early morning, and even fewer in front of the government office. So he simply closed his eyes and focused his mind on Dantian. Soon, he "saw" a dilapidated temple in his body.

This was what he discovered when he first practiced after crossing over. Afterwards, he asked others indirectly, but none of them had encountered a similar situation.

In this dilapidated temple that exists in the body, there are five statues enshrined, all of which are shrouded in a layer of fog and their appearance cannot be seen clearly.

In the past days, Shang Lu had made many attempts, but he failed to dispel the fog, nor did he get any response from the five statues.

After opening his eyes, Shang Lu sighed secretly and continued walking towards home.

Before daybreak, we arrived at an alley in the west of the city.

The small courtyard that Shanglu rented after his "resurrection" is in this alley. There are two lanterns hanging at the door, one red and one white, which are both special and eye-catching.

The location of this courtyard is not bad, the area is suitable, and the rent is quite cheap.

It's not only because of Constable Shang Lu's identity, but also because many people have died in this courtyard. It is a well-known haunted house in Luoshui County and has been abandoned for many years.

From the outside, the courtyard was indeed very eerie, giving off an aura that kept strangers away, but Shang Lu was not afraid.

He pushed open the gate and a cool breeze blew in his face, instantly dispelling the stuffiness on his body.

This feeling is more comfortable than an air-conditioned room.

Shang Lu, feeling relaxed and happy, temporarily put his worries aside, looked at the big red "囍" character on the window of the main house, and said with a smile, "I'm back."

There was no one in the house or yard, only the shadows of the trees swaying in the wind, making a rustling sound.

It was like responding to Shanglu.

(End of this chapter)