Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 184 The action was exposed?
After everything was ready, Shang Lu and his party drove the carriage towards Lingjie Town.

Wu Zhu went to find Niu Butou and others, led them to ride on the official horses that were left behind, took a shortcut to Lingjie Town, made preparations outside the town in advance, and waited for other reinforcements to arrive.

The witch selected four people from among the constables and ordered them to carry white banners soaked with the blood of five animals and walk in the four directions of the team: southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest.

She held up the remaining white banner, rode in the middle of the team, and chanted spells to maintain the barrier and conceal her whereabouts.

After walking a distance, the witch suddenly remembered something:

"I forgot to ask Shang Lu where the four mud coffins that sealed the Badu came from."

The witch doctor didn't think that the four clay coffins were made by Shang Lu.

As for the county soldiers such as Tu Bin, they had even less ability to control the territory.

Most likely, there was an expert helping her secretly, and she wanted to thank the other person for saving her life.

Glancing in the direction where Shang Lu and the others left, Wu Zhu said to himself, "Forget it. I'll ask him after I get back."

On the other side, Shang Lu saw that there was no one else on the official road, so he went up to Feng Boyuan and inquired about the origin of the statue with a pig head and a snake tail in the Witch Temple in Yunxi Town.

"From your description, the deity enshrined in the witch temple should be a god with a pig body, eight legs and a snake tail."

Feng Bo Yuan told the name of the statue and introduced it, "This is a mountain god, who has the power to carry mountains and chase the sun. It is said that he has some relationship with the Bashe."

"Mountain God?"

Shang Lu was a little surprised.

"The area around Yunxi Town is flat and there are no big mountains. Why does the Wu Temple have to enshrine a mountain god?"

Feng Boyuan was not clear about this question either.

"You should ask Cai Wuzhu, or look for the answer in the county annals. We have only been in Luoshui County for a short time, how could we possibly know?"

Shang Lu nodded in agreement and decided to go back and ask the witch for advice.

At the same time, he thought: "So it's the mountain god? No wonder the spiritual energy emitted by the snake scales has a strong earthy smell... I wonder if that snake scale, in addition to sacrificing jade in exchange for spiritual energy, can help me borrow some of the mountain god's magical powers?"

Shang Lu planned to make attempts in this direction after the operation was completed.

Afterwards, he asked about the incident of the statue being taken over by a beast.

Feng Boyuan didn't find it strange: "It's impossible for the gods to always be watching over the human world, so it's not uncommon for the statues to be occupied by evil spirits and steal the incense and faith. Our witch officials' duties include patrolling the witch temples in all directions and eradicating the evil spirits that impersonate the gods."

"So that's how it is." Shang Lu suddenly realized and suddenly found that Feng Boyuan was staring at his face.

Shang Lu was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Feng Boyuan should be looking at the strange face he was wearing.

Before Shang Lu could ask the strange face what was wrong, Feng Boyuan said, "After we go back, I will introduce you to a friend. She is proficient in refining equipment and can help you turn the residual spirit into a witch weapon to further reduce the danger and improve the effect."

Shang Lu was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Feng Boyuan waved his hand: "No need to thank me, I can also benefit from your improvement in strength."

Then he smiled and said, "Recently, I have gained a lot of 'profit sharing' from you. I am not mistaken, you are indeed very lucky and it is worth my continued investment."

As they were talking, a few passers-by appeared in the distance ahead.

Shang Lu immediately closed his mouth and put on a stern face, imitating Feng Si's appearance.

Feng Boyuan, Jiang Wuguan and others also got into the state.

Feng Nan, who is eloquent, is responsible for pretending to be the manager of the caravan.

He had a very accurate grasp of the character's features. He bowed to the passerby from a distance and said with a smile, "Sir, we are merchants from the State of Zhu. May I ask how far ahead is there a Dipu town where the caravan can rest and stay?"

The passerby said, "You can walk along the official road for a few dozen miles and you will find a town called Lingjie. There may be a post station or something like that there."

Feng Nan thanked them and said that they were from the State of Zhu and were unfamiliar with the place. They were all thanks to the help of passers-by. Then he waved his hand and asked the caravan to speed up.

It looked as if he was really the manager of the caravan and had completely entered into the role.

In the evening, Shang Lu and his team arrived at Lingjie Town.

While walking in the town, Feng Nan saw someone and said that they were a caravan from the State of Zhu and were looking for a place to stay.

Following directions, they soon arrived at the post station in the north of the town and rented a yard there.

When giving the money, Feng Nan gave a bag of Zhuguo's ghost face money.

The postmaster took out the ghost face money and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

"Don't you have the currency of our country? I have to find a place to exchange this ghost face money."

"Yes, yes."

Feng Nan then took out the round coins of Ba State and exchanged them for the ghost face coins of Ju State. Shang Lu saw this scene in the team and couldn't help but give Feng Nan a thumbs up and cheer in his heart.

As expected of an old scout!
With such acting skills, even if the caravan manager was resurrected and grew a new head, it would be no more than this.

The postmaster took the money, gave a few instructions, and then went about his own business.

Shang Lu, Feng Boyuan, Jiang Wuguan and others, during this process, seemed to be unloading the goods and moving them into the yard, but in fact they were secretly observing the people in the post station.

According to the headless manager, there is a high possibility that there is a traitor hidden in this post station.

Even if there is no traitor, it is very likely that someone has been bribed and is secretly leaking information.

If he wasn't afraid of alerting the enemy, Witch Officer Jiang would have wanted to arrest everyone in the post station and start the trial directly.

After all the outsiders had left, Feng Boyuan made a gesture, asking everyone to remain vigilant.

He and Witch Officer Jiang took the opportunity of moving the spices to quietly cast a spell and carefully inspect the courtyard inside and out.

After making sure there was no problem, Witch Officer Jiang took out a few bone tablets with witchcraft spells drawn on them from his arms and buried them in the soil at the four corners of the yard.

Shang Lu narrowed his eyes and saw a mist rising in the yard.

The mist is so light that one can hardly notice its presence.

But it is real, confusing those outside who are eavesdropping and peeping, making them believe that what they hear and see are all illusions created by Witch Officer Jiang through the fog.

Witch Officer Jiang did not speak until this moment.

He first praised Feng Nan a few words, and then asked everyone to continue to maintain it, and not to be careless even when there were no outsiders around.

"Those spies are probably hiding nearby and watching us. We must not reveal any flaws or alert them. If you have anything to report or discuss, give me a signal first and wait until I activate the barrier fog before speaking."

After giving some instructions, Witch Officer Jiang recited a spell quickly.

Shang Lu then discovered that the invisible fog that shrouded the yard had disappeared.

Everything returned to the way it was when they first entered the yard.

Witch Officer Jiang was also cautious, fearing that the fog would remain there and be discovered.

Tu Bin took the caravan's flags and hung them in the shape of a Chinese character "品" at the entrance of the post station.

When the postmaster saw this scene, he came over with a gloomy face to stop it.

Feng Nan smiled and stepped forward to explain that this was the custom of the Zhu State, praying to the gods to bless the caravan with a safe journey.

"Please give me some convenience."

As he spoke, Feng Nan held the postmaster's hand and stuffed a handful of yuan into his pocket.

The postmaster weighed the number and nodded, saying, "Since it is a custom, let's hang it up."

Feng Nan thanked him with a smile, and waited until the butcher's corpse was hung up before returning to the yard with him.

Inside the post station, several postmen pointed at them and talked about them.

Outside the post station, some idle men and children who were watching the fun were also peeking in.

These people may all be spies of the Chu State.

He might even be a secret agent from the State of Chu in disguise.

That night, Shang Lu and his men were on high alert and would sit up to check at the slightest sign of trouble.

However, after waiting all night, no one showed up to contact him.

The next day, at dawn, Witch Officer Jiang raised the invisible fog again and gathered with Shang Lu and Feng Boyuan to discuss the next response:

"Why is no one here? Have they been exposed?"

"Maybe the news hasn't reached the contact yet. Let's wait a little longer."

After a brief discussion, the three of them reached a consensus and decided to wait for two more days.

So Feng Nan found an excuse that he needed to sort out the goods and renewed the lease of the courtyard for a few more days.

In the blink of an eye, it was the second night.

There was finally movement in the courtyard.

However, what Shang Lu and his companions were waiting for was not a human...

(End of this chapter)