Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 498 Arrogant Li Hong

"do not know……"

Before the housekeeper could finish his sentence, he saw Li Hong's face darken, and he immediately thought that something was wrong.

While he warmly greeted Wang Sen's parents in his heart, he hurriedly explained: "Wang Sen said that the treasure he brought was extraordinary, and he must wait for you to come back and examine it in person. I asked what it was, but he refused to tell me."

"It's so mysterious."

Li Hong snorted, his curiosity aroused. He did not blame the housekeeper anymore, but he did not go directly to the side hall. Instead, he went to the inner house to change clothes first.

At the same time, Li Hong did not ask the housekeeper whether he had checked the "treasures" brought by Shang Lu.

On the one hand, he had never thought that someone would pretend to be Wang Sen to attack him.

On the other hand, it is such an important matter that even if he does not give instructions, the butler will definitely do it, and do it very carefully.

But Li Hong could never have imagined that the butler, who was always careful in his work, would be so fooled by Shang Lu's eloquence and sophistry that he completely forgot to check whether the "treasure" in the gold-inlaid lacquer box contained any danger.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Hong, who had changed into casual home clothes, slowly walked into the side hall.

As soon as he saw "Wang Sen" waiting here, he frowned and scolded:
"Didn't I tell you to stay at home during this period of time and not to show your face and run around? Why did you come to my house? If others see you and cause unnecessary trouble, and ruin my subsequent plans, I will not forgive you!"

"Don't worry, my Lord. I was very careful on the way here and was not seen by anyone."

Shang Lu imitated Wang Sen's appearance and stood up from his chair when Li Hong walked into the side hall, speaking in a respectful and humble tone.

"It'd better be that way, otherwise I can't protect you."

Li Hong knocked on the door for a few times, and seeing that "Wang Sen"'s attitude was as respectful and obedient as ever, he snorted and talked about business.

"Didn't you say you brought a treasure? Where is the treasure?"

Shang Lu picked up the gilded lacquer box on the coffee table and presented it with both hands.

"My Lord, the treasure is in this lacquer box."

Li Hong did not rush to take the gilded lacquer box, but first activated his spiritual sense to explore. It turned out that there should be something like a witch talisman inside the gilded lacquer box, which interfered with his spiritual sense. He could only detect that there was indeed something inside the lacquer box, but could not find out what it was.

If someone else took out such a box, or if it was taken out from somewhere else, Li Hong would definitely be suspicious, but this is his home, and the person who took out the lacquer box is "Wang Sen".

In Li Hong's opinion, this lacquer box would definitely not be dangerous.

He just became more curious: "What's inside that's so mysterious?"

But Li Hong still did not take the gilded lacquer box, but just ordered: "Open it and let me see."

"Yes."

Shang Lu was not surprised. Li Hong's reaction was within his and Sanniang's predictions.

He opened the gilded lacquer box as Li Hong requested.

A bloody smell immediately came out from the box, filled the side hall, and also entered Li Hong's nasal cavity.

"Head?"

Li Hong was stunned when he saw what was inside the gilded lacquer box.

He had guessed what the treasure in the lacquer box might be, but he never expected that it would be a bloody human head.

Since when did a human head become a treasure? I am not one of those country rats who refine corpses and raise flying heads!

Li Hong's face darkened again.

He asked coldly, "Wang Sen, what do you mean? You're teasing me by saying that a human head is a treasure?"

"Please calm down, my lord. Even if I were to eat the courage of a bear or a leopard, I would not dare to tease you. Look carefully, whose head is this?"

While Shang Lu was using his eloquence, he reached out and took out the head from the gilded lacquer box.

This time, Li Hong finally saw the appearance of the head clearly.

"This is……"

Li Hong showed shock on his face: "It's Shang Lu's head?!"

The head held in Shang Lu's hand was exactly the same as his.

Shang Lu certainly didn't have the ability to grow a new head after it was cut off. This head still belonged to Wang Sen, but Shang Lu used the borrowed magical power of transformation to change it into his appearance.

Looking at those wide eyes, it looks like he is dying with his eyes open.

Li Hong raised his hand, and witchcraft energy surged out from his palm, turning into a gust of wind, and snatched Shang Lu's head from Shang Lu's hand.

He didn't care that the head was covered in blood and just grabbed it and looked at it carefully.

"No mistake, this is Shanglu's head."

Li Hong did not see the magical power of change exerted on this head. He raised his head in shock and looked at Shang Lu. There was no joy on his face, but anger instead.

"What happened? Who killed him?!"

It's no wonder that Li Hong was angry. Killing Shang Lu was only part of his plan. Now the people they arranged hadn't taken action yet, and the military supplies being escorted to Xingshan hadn't been "stolen", but Shang Lu died first. This would disrupt their subsequent plans.

What they could not accept the most was that Shang Lu had not yet left Baiyi County.

If the people died before leaving Baiyi County, wouldn't they be implicated?
It would be terrible if anything else was found out.

If this head had been delivered later, it would indeed have been a treasure, but if it had arrived now, it would have been a disaster!

Li Hong glared at "Wang Sen", waiting for an explanation.

If the explanation given by "Wang Sen" cannot satisfy him, he will not only kill "Wang Sen", but also refine his family members to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

But before "Wang Sen" could give an explanation, he felt a sharp burning pain in his hand.

Li Hong's hands were covered with a layer of witchcraft energy, but this layer of witchcraft energy not only failed to block the burning pain, but was directly burned away.

"There's something strange about this head!"

Li Hong didn't react until this moment, but it was too late.

A curse flashed above the human head, and almost at the moment the curse was activated, Li Hong's protective magic energy also responded.

But to Li Hong's surprise, the power that drove the curse was neither witchcraft nor spiritual energy, but a divine power!
This divine power was like a hot sharp blade, which directly cut through Li Hong's protective magic power and penetrated into his body with the curse.

The curse then took effect, suppressing Li Hong's witchcraft and weakening his cultivation.

The divine power was roaming wildly through his internal organs and meridians, destroying and wreaking havoc.

"what--"

Li Hong let out a sharp cry of pain.

It was also at this moment that he was shocked to find that ink was oozing and dripping from the human head in his hand.

In an instant, the human head revealed its true appearance.

It’s not Shang Lu at all, but Wang Sen!

"The one who died was Wang Sen?"

"Wang Sen sent his own head?"

"No..." In shock, Li Hong widened his eyes, and his sharp gaze stabbed at Shang Lu like a knife.

"You are not Wang Sen! Who are you?!"

With an angry roar, Li Hong activated his witchcraft, making Wang Sen's head in his hand like a cannonball, whizzing towards Shang Lu.

"Om-"

A low humming sound suddenly came from the side hall of the Li Mansion.

Countless witch lights bloomed and turned into dark tentacles, attacking Li Hong from all directions, blocking Wang Sen's head and rebounding it towards Li Hong.

"Witch formation?!" Li Hong was shocked, and then furious.

He really didn't expect that the thief not only disguised himself as Wang Sen and sneaked into his house, but also secretly set up a witchcraft formation in this side hall.

What does a housekeeper do for a living? Are all the guards at home blind? Did no one notice? Or did these traitors betray him?
"Once I catch this guy, I will punish these useless people in my family!"

Li Hong gnashed his teeth. Even though he hadn't dealt with the enemy in front of him yet, he was already roaring: "Li Er, come here quickly and explain everything to me!"

As he roared, a cloud of black smoke came out of his mouth.

A shrill buzzing sound echoed along with the black smoke.

The black smoke instantly turned into dark sword lights, heading towards the flying witch tentacles and Wang Sen's head.

There was also a black sword light, with a loud sound of breaking through the air, attacking Shang Lu directly.

At the same time, Li Hong also took out a witch talisman and threw it out of the side hall to warn and attract the patrolling witch officers, thieves and county soldiers.

Just at this moment, he heard Shang Lu shouting, "Li Hong, open your dog eyes and see clearly who Grandpa is!"

This shout, using the dual power of eloquence and sophistry, made Li Hong involuntarily look over obediently, as if he was really a good grandson.

Then he saw that the assassin in the side hall had a "stick" in his hand and was waving it to block the black sword light that was attacking him.

The stick flower was full of power, emitting purple lightning and deafening thunder. All the black sword lights that were hit fell to the ground like raindrops and turned into long and thin black beetles.

These poisonous insects are called "honey swords" and are one of Li Hong's specialties.

The tentacles of the witch formation rolled towards Li Hong, but were all blocked by the sword Gu of this "honey sword". Both sides suffered damage, with sword Gu constantly falling to the ground and the witch energy dissipating.

Li Hong didn't care about the death of the insect. He just opened his eyes wide and looked at the person whose head was dripping with ink just like Wang Sen's.

"Shanglu?!"

Li Hong was stunned.

He really didn't expect that the person who pretended to be Wang Sen and assassinated him would be Shang Lu.

Shouldn't this guy be taking the county soldiers to escort military supplies to the Xingshan front?

When did he sneak back?

Why didn't the spy hidden in the grain transport team send back any information?
And Wang Sen, how did Shang Lu know that Wang Sen was out of prison? He killed him and wanted to assassinate him!

Could it be that Shang Lu knew about their plan, so he lurked back to take revenge?

But how would he know?
Is there a traitor? Who is the traitor?
In just a short moment, many speculations emerged in Li Hong's mind, and he immediately gave up the idea of ​​using the witch talisman to warn.

Once the alarm is raised, if the reinforcements arrive before he kills Shang Lu, Shang Lu will definitely be taken to the Discipline Department for trial.

If this guy really confesses something he shouldn't, he'll be in trouble!

Wang Sen had died at the hands of this fellow, and no one knew how many secrets he had revealed before and after his death.

Even if he could kill Shang Lu before the reinforcements arrived, the Discipline Department would definitely launch an investigation after learning about it to find out why Shang Lu came back to attack him and Wang Sen.

Although Li Hong thought he had handled everything very cleanly, but in this world, one should always be prepared for the worst.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Hong is confident that he can defeat Shanglu.

He even wanted to capture someone alive and find out what was going on!

Li Hong opened his mouth again, spewing out more black smoke-like sword Gu, and grinned:
"Shang Lu, Shang Lu, you abandoned the grain transport team without permission, which is a serious crime of cowardice and desertion! You also killed your colleagues, which is a crime that deserves death! I advise you to surrender quickly to avoid offending your family!"

"The latter sentence is exactly what I want to say to you!"

Shang Lu snorted coldly, and the beast whip in his hand hardened into a stick under the stimulation of his essence and energy. A surging stick wind burst out, killing the sword Gu along the way and attacking Li Hong directly.

At this moment, Wang Sen's head was smashed by the sword.

However, raging flames erupted from the broken bones and flesh, sweeping towards Li Hong like a rain of fire and meteors.

Faced with this wave of attacks, Li Hong was not panicked, nor was he afraid.

He raised his right hand and grabbed from a distance the flaming rain and meteors that had turned into broken bones and flesh, as well as the thunder stick wind that erupted from Shanglu.

A strange situation immediately occurred.

The broken bones and rotten flesh turned into a rain of fire and meteors, as if the magic energy and firepower were drained away in an instant. Not only did they immediately go out and fall to the ground with a crackling sound, they also quickly rotted and turned into a pool of foul-smelling blood.

The thunder stick wind that erupted from the Shanglu beast whip was also sucked away by this claw.

The sword Gu then swarmed towards Shang Lu, like a deadly dark cloud, trying to drown and devour him.

"How dare a lowly official go against me? You don't know how to live or die!"

Li Hong laughed grimly, not taking Shang Lu seriously at all.

He even had the leisure to continue shouting outside the side hall: "Reiji, what on earth are you guys doing? You actually let a 'ghost' sneak into the mansion without even noticing it! Come here quickly and surround the side hall with me, or else this guy will run away!"

After a pause, he added: "No one is allowed to sound the alarm without my order!"

However, outside the side hall, there was no response from Li Er and others, but instead a scream was heard.

Li Hong's expression changed and he turned his head to look, just in time to see some situations outside the side hall.

All the ordinary servants in the mansion fell to the ground, sleeping soundly as if they were hypnotized by something.

As for those who had cultivation in the mansion, they were attacked by paper people and rampant ghosts.

Because the incident happened suddenly, this group of people were caught off guard and several of them were killed by paper people and rampant ghosts in an instant.

Although those with higher cultivation levels were not killed, they were all injured.

Before these people could fight back, a piece of their body suddenly disappeared - it was as if an invisible ghost was lying on top of them and biting them.

And the injury worsened in an instant.

The paper figures and the rampant ghosts took the opportunity to attack, making these people even more passive. Although they were not dead yet, they could not hold on for long. They were simply unable to rush over, surround the side hall, and assist Li Hong in capturing Shang Lu.

Li Hong cursed him as a waste again, then retracted his gaze and looked at Shang Lu.

If looks could kill, Shang Lu would have been riddled with holes and his soul would have been shattered at this moment.

"It seems that you have made sufficient preparations for this trip!"

"Unfortunately, your cultivation is far inferior to mine. No matter how much preparation you make, it will be useless!"

"Now all this should end!"

Li Hong raised his hand and chanted a strange spell quickly.

This spell finally turned into two words, and was shouted out from Li Hong's mouth: "Seize Qi——"

"boom--"

Shang Lu suddenly felt that the energy and strength in his body were being invaded and were rapidly disappearing!
This move is quite similar to the magical power [Basher Swallows Elephant] he obtained from the Basher.

"Without Qi, you are just an ordinary person!"

"Let me see how you can fight me!"

"You are just a lowly person who luckily learned a few crappy skills from the witch academy. How can you compare to my family's unique skills?"

Li Hong's triumphant laughter filled the entire side hall.

But the next moment, he realized something was wrong.

Shang Lu, whose Qi was taken away, was not desperate or panicked, he was even laughing.

This guy is about to die, why is he still laughing?

Are you crazy?
(End of this chapter)