Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 369 Green Fly Money

"That's it."

The two ghost figures nodded in unison.

With previous experience, Shang Lu didn't need to ask any more questions. The two ghosts told him everything they knew at once:

"We got this face by tricking a Taoist priest from the Eastern Qi State."

"According to the Taoist priest, this is the remaining spirit of a strategist who was known for his thousand faces after his death a hundred years ago."

"Yes, yes. He also said that when that strategist was alive, he was good at using the art of transformation and the power of words. He often traveled between the northern countries and the grassland states, using different identities to instigate wars between states and gained a lot of benefits, but he also planted the seeds of cause and effect. In the end, when that strategist was trying to reach a new level and provoke a big fight, he went astray and caused evil fire to grow inside him, burning him to ashes. Even his spiritual treasure was burned, leaving only this face."

"The use of this human face is quite simple. Just let the thorns it grows prick you and let it suck your blood. When you need it, you can use the blood to feed it and induce the birth of an offspring."

"In addition to being able to interfere with people's consciousness and make them unable to remember your appearance, this face also has another effect. It can make what you say more easily believed by others."

"Even if you say white is black and bad is good, others will think that what you say must be reasonable and will not directly question or deny it."

"I borrowed this face to have sex with the most beautiful and charming top prostitute in Chunyue Tower, Sister Pomegranate. At that time, I told the people in Chunyue Tower that I was a wealthy businessman from outside the city and wanted to play with me for a few days and then settle the bill at the end. They agreed without any doubt. The next day, I pulled up my pants and ran away. Afterwards, the people in Chunyue Tower looked for me everywhere, but because they couldn't remember what I looked like, they had to let it go..."

After listening to the two ghosts' introductions, Shang Lu finally understood why Liu San's words could easily deceive people.

Even his subordinates, who should have been knowledgeable and experienced, were fooled by his few words.

It turns out that it was this face that was relied upon.

Unfortunately, this face is of little use to Shanglu.

When it comes to speaking, he has a witty tongue and the ability to use sophistry, which is only more effective than this human face.

Compared with the changes, he already had a weird face, just waiting for Senior Sister Gongshu to complete the transformation.

Although the ghost face cannot transform into flies and feces like Monkey King, at least it can change into a different face.

However, this human face is, after all, a remnant soul.

Before the remnant ghost face is retrieved, it would be a good idea to keep it with you for the time being in case of emergency.

As for the future, you can also exchange it for other treasures, or sell it in the Yunshang Market in exchange for contribution points.

Anything you get for free is a profit.

It is this human face that, once it "smells" someone approaching, will produce tiny thorns that desperately try to pierce the person's body to suck blood, making it a little inconvenient to carry around.

So Shang Lu asked, "Is there any way to seal it?"

The two ghosts actually knew: "Take a jar and fill it with blood, either human blood or animal blood, and then put this human face in it. With blood food, it will be obedient."

Pokeweed didn't have a jar, but he had a gourd.

One of the gourds contained black dog blood, but it was a bit old and I didn’t know if it had gone bad.

But I think a ghost like the human face wouldn't be disgusted, let alone get food poisoning, right?

Shang Lu immediately took out the gourd containing the black dog's blood, uncorked it, rolled the human face into a roll, and stuffed it in.

When the human face entered the gourd, it really became obedient and no longer waved its strange thorns.

Shanglu put the stopper on the gourd, tapped it a few times with his hand, and used his energy as a knife to draw a mark on the surface of the gourd to avoid confusing it with other gourds.

After all, among the gourds he carried with him, there was one filled with boys' urine.

After putting away the gourd, the only treasures left were a string of copper coins and a black clay pot.

The two ghosts became more and more proactive, and without Shang Lu saying anything, they took the initiative to talk about the copper coins:
"This is a string of green fly coins. Do you see the largest coin on the top? It is a mother coin made from the blood of the mother green fly. The coins below are son coins made from the blood of the daughter green fly."

"You keep the mother coin with you, and you can spend the child coin at will. Even if the person who took the child coin goes far away, you only need to send a stream of blood or essence to activate the mother coin, and the child coin you spent will fly back to your pocket immediately."

"We usually pay for our food and drink expenses with green aphid coins. When the sub-coins on the string are almost all spent, we activate the mother coin and let the sub-coins fly back on their own, and we can continue to use them."

"It's a pity that there are only a few hundred coins in this string. If there were more, why would we have to cheat or steal? We can just use this money to buy all kinds of valuable treasures."

"Yes, yes. You can also buy land and houses, servants and slaves, and visit Chunyue Tower openly."

Seeing the two ghosts were annoyed, Shang Lu couldn't help but sneer and said, "If you really used this Qingxie money to deceive the cultivators, you would have died eight hundred times before I came to kill you!"

Ordinary people cannot figure out the details of Qingxie Money, but those who practice cultivation will not be deceived.

Even if they have been cheated, when the money flies back, they will follow it, track down the group of people who cheated them, and kill them with a sword or a knife.

Speaking of green flies, Shang Lu had seen it in the information of the Witch Academy.

This is an insect that looks like a cicada.

After the mother insect gives birth to her offspring, no matter how far apart they are, they can find each other and get back together.

Some practitioners with bad conduct took advantage of the characteristics of the green fly and had evil intentions. They used the blood of the green fly mother and child and performed secret methods to make coins.

As long as the mother money is not lost, the child money spent can be returned, so there will be a constant source of money available.

This is also the origin of the folk legend of "Green Fly Paying Back the Money".

However, this string of green aphid money fell into the hands of this group of thieves and was completely lost.

Their purpose should not be to cheat people and take advantage of them.

Shang Lu untied the string of coins, took out two coins in his hand, weighed them carefully, and realized that both coins were cursed with a Gu curse.

As Shanglu infused the essence into the two coins, the two coins were activated. The edges of the coins became sharper visibly, flashing an intimidating cold light.

Shang Lu waved his hand and the two coins flew out immediately, splitting into two, two and four in mid-air... In almost the blink of an eye, the two coins turned into eight.

Then it was nailed into the wall at an extremely fast speed.

However, after being nailed into the wall, the coins returned to being two.

The other six coins were all illusions, but they were relatively real. If they could be combined with a strong wind, they would be so real that people would not be able to tell which one was real and which one was fake. That would not be a problem at all.

The most important thing is that there is a curse attached to these two coins.

The curse on the two coins just now was also activated. Shang Lu clearly sensed that the curse on the two coins had the triple effects of delaying, weakening and poisoning.

This string of green aphid money is clearly meant to be used as a hidden weapon or marbles.

With Lin Yueru's "Throw the Universe", hundreds of coins flew out. Even if they could not hurt the enemy, they could weaken and entangle the enemy, creating an opportunity for a fatal blow.

It's such a waste to use it to cheat some money for food and drink.

Afterwards, Shanglu activated the mother coin with his essence and energy.

The two coins nailed into the wall immediately flew back into the string of coins.

"What a good thing." Shang Lu was very satisfied. He tied the string of money again and put it in the bag he was carrying. Then he pointed to the last clay pot and asked, "Is the thing sealed inside the pot the thing that can perform the Earth Sheep Ghost Illusion?"

Shang Lu still remembered the illusion of the Earth Sheep Ghost. After all, it was an illusion that even he was almost fooled by, which shows how real it was.

As a result, the two ghosts shook their heads in unison: "No."

"no?"

Shang Lu was stunned: "Where is the thing that can perform the Earth Sheep Ghost Illusion?"

"The one who can perform the Earth Sheep Ghost Illusion is not an object, but a person."

"It's Liu San!"

"Liu San used the Earth Sheep Ghost Illusion?"

Shang Lu found it hard to believe. If he was not sure that these two devils had been subdued by Sanniang, he would have suspected that they were lying to him.

Liu San's strength has not yet reached the Qi Refining Stage. Even if he has learned some unorthodox methods and can perform the Earth Sheep Ghost Illusion, it shouldn't be so real. Even he was almost fooled.

“It’s the effect of the tattoo.”

The two ghosts told Shang Lu that Liu Sanshi's Earth Sheep Ghost Illusion was taught by the person who ordered them to cheat and steal in Heifeng Ferry.

That person not only taught Liu San the sheep ghost illusion, but also specially tattooed a tattoo on Liu San's back so that Liu San could use this illusion to achieve good results and deceive people better.

As for what the tattoo was, the two ghosts had no idea, because Liu San never let them see the tattoo.

There was even a prostitute that Liu San had a crush on. When they were doing something, she saw the tattoo on Liu San's back and was killed by him without hesitation.

"Liu San said that he killed the girl, but it looked more like she was bitten by some wild beast, even her head was bitten to pieces."

"So even though we don't know what's tattooed on Liu San's back, we've always guessed that it might have something to do with the witchcraft of the southern barbarians."

"Maybe the thing tattooed on Liu San's back is a Gu. It helps him cast spells and use weapons so that he can steal and cheat people better."

The two ghost figures mentioned the tattoo on Liu San's back and were a little scared.

I guess the way that prostitute died was too horrific.

Shang Lu nodded slightly. If it was a witchcraft tattoo, it would make sense.

As far as he knew, in the barbarian lands in the south, there was indeed a secret and unorthodox method of tattooing that was popular.

This is a method of using tattoos to tattoo poisonous insects, witchcraft and even demons into the human body.

It allows people to achieve symbiosis with poisonous insects, demons, and witchcraft, thereby gaining a boost in strength.

However, this kind of witchcraft tattoo has great side effects. At the very least, it can cause people to suffer from many unknown pains and tortures. At the worst, it can cause people to go crazy, become strange, or even be possessed by poisonous insects or demons.

Liu San probably didn't know the horror of the witchcraft tattoo, and just thought it was an opportunity for him to touch the extraordinary realm, so he agreed.

Of course, it is also possible that he knew, but had no choice.

"A prostitute died in a strange way. Didn't the government office in Heifengdu investigate it?" Shang Lu asked.

The two ghosts replied, "At first, there were government officials investigating, but soon there was no follow-up. So we guessed that the person who ordered us to cheat and steal in Black Wind Ferry, although he always appeared as a southern barbarian, actually should have a local government background and is quite powerful."

Shang Lu thought that it was no wonder that this group of people acted so arrogantly, it turned out that they had guessed the identity of the mastermind behind him.

It's just that they overestimated their own value, and didn't expect that others would treat them like grass and worn-out shoes, and throw them away without any hesitation.

After knowing the whole story of the Earth Sheep Ghost Illusion, Shang Lu was somewhat disappointed.

If he could get a remnant spirit or a magical weapon that could cast illusions, he believed that with his experience as a human in two lifetimes, as well as his eloquence and sophistry, he would be able to perform some amazing tricks.

Now I can only say it’s a pity.

Let’s see if there’s a chance in the future to get an illusion-type treasure.

Shang Lu picked up the last black clay jar, frowned and asked the two ghosts: "What's in it?"

The two ghosts shook their heads at the same time: "I don't know."

This answer was beyond Shang Lu's expectations. He asked in astonishment: "How could you not know?"

The two ghosts were talking to each other:

"We just stole this black clay jar tonight, just before we stole it from you. We didn't have time to find someone to help us see what's inside."

"At noon today, people carrying black mud jars entered the city. We knew at a glance that they were coming to Black Wind Ferry for the first time, so we approached them immediately. But these three people were just like you, acting very alert and ignored our conversation at all."

"Liu San immediately concluded that they must be hiding treasures, so he had people follow them all the way. At night, he sent Shadow Mirage and Hair Monster to steal the treasures. Those three people were far worse than you. They didn't notice the Hair Monster at all, and it easily stripped them all."

"It's a pity that the three of them didn't have any valuable treasures on them. Apart from some loose silver and self-defense weapons, they only had this black mud jar."

"We originally planned to steal from you and another family, and then take the stolen treasures to someone for identification at dawn, but you ended up taking all of them away..."

In Heifengdu, where there are people buying and selling treasures, there are naturally people who help others appraise the treasures.

However, most people who appraise treasures are in collusion with those who sell treasures, taking advantage of both the buyers and the sellers.

Liu San is a local tyrant and has long-term cooperation with treasure appraisers, so he is not afraid of being ripped off.

But Shang Lu is different. He is going to find the treasure appraiser here. Even if he doesn't say that good things are bad, he will still make a killing from him.

Might as well open it and see for yourself.

If you still don't understand, take a photo and send it to Gongshu Ling or Bai Lingxu to ask. It's much more reliable than asking the treasure appraiser at Heifengdu.

However, with the examples of hair monsters and shadow monsters in front of us, Shanglu also needs to be on guard against the black mud jars that contain poisonous insects, monsters and ghosts.

So before opening the jar, he first brought the spirit cage over and asked Sanniang to stand by and watch.

If the black mud jar contains poisonous insects or demons, even if they try to escape after opening it, we can catch them in time.

Not only that, Shanglu also took out the tail of the fish and held it in his mouth to prevent the jar from being poisonous.

Then he mobilized his vital energy to protect his whole body.

You don't need to use your hands to open the jar, but instead release your vital energy to open it using the method of controlling objects through the air.

After the black mud jar was opened, none of the situations that Shang Lu had expected occurred.

There were no poisonous insects or demons flying out from inside, and no poisonous smoke or fog rising from inside.

Just as Shang Lu was about to stick his head out to look, a noisy, loud cry suddenly came from the black mud jar.

Hearing these shouts, Shang Lu's expression suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)