Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 561 What a fast move!
Shang Lu spread out his hands and found that he could clearly see that the bones, blood vessels, muscles and even skin on his hands had all changed at this moment.

Become more resilient and powerful!
Shang Lu also discovered that, under the blessing of this red light, the essence in his body was circulating faster and becoming more violent!
It's as if he's been simultaneously subjected to witchcraft such as "Berserk," "Bloodlust," and "Heroism." Although his cultivation level hasn't changed, the combat power he can unleash has greatly increased.

I just don't know how long this situation can last.

"what?"

Suddenly, Shang Lu raised an eyebrow and noticed an extra offering in the temple of the five internal organs—on the altar of the spleen god statue, a ball of bright red qi, as red as blood, had been placed there at some point.

This wisp of energy was unruly and violent. Although it had been placed on the offering table, it was unwilling to accept its fate and was struggling wildly, causing the offering table to shake violently.

The five internal organs statues simultaneously emitted five-colored light, enveloping the unruly and violent Qi.

The Yin-Yang Qi Bell also struck "clang, clang," its sound waves like real objects, constantly bombarding the Qi, assisting the Five Internal Organs God statues in suppressing it, thus preventing this raging Qi from dismantling the offering table and destroying the temple.

Shang Lu looked at the ball of Qi, then at the red light enveloping him, and a guess formed in his mind.

He wanted to check the condition of this mass of Qi, but as soon as his divine sense approached, the unruly and violent Qi transformed into a gaping maw, trying to devour his divine sense.

Shang Lu quickly withdrew his divine sense, thus avoiding the attack of the unruly and violent strange energy.

Although the details could not be ascertained, a wisp of divine power was discovered within this strange aura.

This divine power is warlike and bloodthirsty, and it does bear some resemblance to the legendary war god Chi You.

"Is it the divine power of Chi You?"

Shang Lu secretly wondered, "Did High Priest Li really manage to persuade the Lord of War to bestow blessings upon us?"

At the same time, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. His stomach was truly gluttonous. As long as it encountered divine power, no matter whose it was, it dared to intercept it and could intercept it. It was comparable to a conceptual god!
Shang Lu glanced furtively at the Nine Li Heavenly Pillar, and seeing nothing amiss, he felt slightly relieved.

Chi You had a bad temper.

If He knew that someone dared to intercept His divine power, He would most likely be furious and bring down divine punishment.

Pokeweed doesn't want to become offerings to Chiyou.

Relieved, Shang Lu turned his attention back to his stomach.

After observing for a while, they found that although Chi You's divine power was causing a great disturbance on the offering table, it was being transformed and absorbed in an orderly manner by the spleen god statue, and it could not harm their internal organs at all, so they were completely relieved.

At the same time, in the adjacent temple, General Yan Man was discussing the arrangements for this operation with the Grand Master.

Yan Man asked with a solemn expression, "Da Zhu, do you really not need us to organize our forces and launch an attack to divert the Chu army's attention and draw away their troops positioned between Longmen and Wangjiang peaks, so that you can infiltrate smoothly?"

"No need. There's no need for it."

Da Zhu shook his head: "Even if you launch an attack, the Chu people will not reduce the number of troops they have deployed in the forbidden area, and may even increase their defenses. Besides, this time, I want the Chu people to know that we have gone into their forbidden area."

Yan Man was taken aback, and asked with worry and confusion, "Isn't this very dangerous? The Chu people are already in a state of frenzy because of the collapse of the man-made cursed land. If they find out that you led a team into the forbidden area, they will definitely fight with all their might to kill you..."

Da Zhu laughed confidently: "Since I dare to lead my men in, I'm not afraid of them surrounding and killing me!"

He paused for a moment before revealing his plan: "The Chu people came to Xingshan to create a cursed place. The methods they used must have been vicious and strange, and they couldn't be exposed to the light of day."

Why can't they just build it secretly in their own country? Why risk being exposed and come all the way to Xingshan?
Once they know we've gone to the forbidden area, regardless of whether we've found the collapsed, ominous site or discovered anything, they'll be suspicious and hesitant to act rashly.

Only in this way can we gain the upper hand in diplomatic negotiations.

Yan Man nodded slowly, understanding what Da Zhu meant.

Given the strength of the Ba state, it would certainly be unable to win a full-scale war against the Chu state.

Fortunately, the State of Chu did not dare to start a full-scale war with the State of Ba, because other surrounding countries and even barbarian tribes were all eyeing them covetously.

Once a country is overtaxed by war, neighboring countries will pounce on it like a pack of wolves, tearing it apart and devouring it.

It is precisely because of mutual vigilance and caution that an unusual peace has been maintained between countries—there have been no major wars, but minor disputes have never ceased.

After Shang Lu became a county magistrate, he tried every means to consult a large amount of information and discovered that this world was somewhat similar to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods on Earth.

Even though there were many states such as Ba, Chu, Qin, and Qi, there were also various schools of thought such as shamanism, Confucianism, Legalism, and Mohism.

The difference is that in this world, there are mad gods, demons and ghosts, and all sorts of wizards, Confucian scholars, Mohist cultivators, and Qi cultivators...

Moreover, the circumstances and territories of each country were quite different from those of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

For example, the Qin state, although it was still in the west, was not a barren land further west, but a vast sea.

To the east of the State of Qi, the Bohai Sea was no longer the only sea, but a bottomless cliff.

Furthermore, the territory of each country was different from that of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. The most obvious difference was in area; each county and each prefecture was far larger than those of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

Although the environments and countries are different, the deceit and treachery between countries and people are no less, and may even be worse.

Even if they are allies on the surface, they are secretly plotting all sorts of underhanded things, either trying to destroy the dragon vein or looking for opportunities to ruin the country's fortune.

After understanding Da Zhu's plan, Yan Man stopped insisting on sending troops and instead asked, "Is there anything our Xingshan Guard can do to assist you?"

"You should simply hold your ground and not engage in battle."

Da Zhu told Yan Man, "We have investigated these past few days and found that the ominous place created by the Chu people is related to killing and war!"

After the land collapsed, they did not retreat. Instead, they continued to attack despite the risk of being contaminated by the leakage of evil energy. They did not want to give up the land and wanted to save it with more killing and bloodshed!

If you fight them, you will fall into their trap and fulfill their wishes!

Yan Man's expression hardened, and he nodded in response: "Understood. I will immediately order the entire army to hold their positions in all fortifications and camps and never engage in battle! If the Chu people want to use human lives to save this dangerous place, then let them use their own lives to fill the gap."

Da Zhu nodded and said, "That's right. On this trip, besides figuring out the situation, we also need to find a way to completely extinguish their desire to restore the cursed land!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly frowned and turned to look outside.

Yan Man also realized something was wrong at that moment.

He moved swiftly and instantly left the temple, looking at the Nine Li Heavenly Pillar standing in the courtyard.

At this moment, the "Blessing Ceremony of the War God" presided over by Li Xuan had ended, and everything should have returned to normal. However, the red light emitted from the Nine Li Heavenly Pillar did not dissipate.

Not only that, but all the stone statues carved on the Nine Li Heavenly Pillars also widened their eyes at this moment, their eyeballs rolling around as if searching for something.

Lu Yang and his group were unaware of the ceremony's procedures and didn't see anything wrong with it.

But Shang Lu looked up in astonishment, glanced quickly at the Nine Li Heavenly Pillar, then looked away as if he had done something wrong, and turned to look at the Chief of War, Li Xuan.

At this moment, Li Xuan had already recited the incantation to send away the gods, but the red light emitted by the Nine Li Heavenly Pillar did not dissipate at all, and the stone statue was also having such a strange reaction, which was obviously not right.

The deity has been invited but cannot be sent away, and is even exhibiting strange behavior... This is a matter of life and death.

"Could it be that Chi You noticed the Five Internal Organs Temple was intercepting divine power?"

Shang Lu was guessing in his heart when he suddenly felt a headache coming on, especially when the red light swept over him. He felt like he was being pricked by needles and was very nervous, afraid that his secret would be discovered.

Fortunately, whether it was because the Five Internal Organs Temple had become more concealed as their cultivation level improved, or because the spell that Da Zhu had cast on them by invoking the stars had taken effect, the red light of the Nine Li Heavenly Pillar and the eyes of the stone statue, although they swept over Shang Lu again and again, never lingered for long.

But this can't continue indefinitely.

Just as Shang Lu was having a headache, he saw Da Zhu and Yan Man appear together at the sacrificial site.

Li Xuan immediately went to greet him and whispered to the chief priest, "The ceremony has taken a strange turn; it's probably a bad omen."

Da Zhu disagreed, shaking his head and saying, "Quite the opposite."

He didn't lower his voice; though not loud, it clearly reached the ears of everyone present. "I believe this isn't an ominous sign at all, but rather a very auspicious one!"

The fact that the Lord of War is unwilling to leave shows that He wants to go on the expedition with us, and it also shows that we are under the Lord of War's protection on this trip.

With the Lord of War by our side, we will surely be victorious!

The Rat and Rabbit, who were on patrol, immediately took the lead, raising their arms and shouting, "Victory is certain! Victory is certain!"

Seeing this, the shamans also joined in the clamor.

They were confused, but after hearing Da Zhu's words, their already high morale soared even higher.

Although Shang Lu joined in the clamor, he secretly admired, "As expected of the Great Sage, he turned a bad thing into a good thing with just a few words. Isn't this the skill of a master? Does the Great Sage also have the advantage of eloquence?"

Li Xuan also knew that Da Zhu was using a fallacy of equivocation.

We were about to set off when this unexpected incident occurred. If we cannot provide an explanation and turn this bad situation into a good one, it will inevitably affect morale.

Moreover, once this matter gets out, it will damage the morale of the entire Xingshan Guard. The Chu Kingdom, on the other hand, will not miss this opportunity; they will certainly send out sorcerers to spread rumors and create gossip, further confusing the army.

It's easy to fool people, but how do you deal with a deity that can't be sent away?

Li Xuanfei racked his brains for a solution, feeling like his head was about to explode, but he still couldn't come up with a good one.

Seeing his distressed expression, the chief priest said nothing and went straight to the altar.

He lit an incense stick, bowed towards the Nine Li Heavenly Pillar, and uttered a single sentence.

The people present were all highly skilled and had exceptional hearing, yet none of them could clearly hear what Da Zhu said.

Shang Lu vaguely heard it, but not clearly. He could only tell that the Great Sage was not speaking the language of Ba, but rather something like the language of Chaos Gods. Even if he heard it, he couldn't guess what it meant.

But the warlord Chiyou understood and also gave the great priest face.

After receiving the incense offerings from the Great Sage, the red light emanating from the Nine Li Heavenly Pillar gradually disappeared, and the strangely shaped stone statue returned to normal.

"call……"

Shang Lu and Li Xuan both breathed a sigh of relief.

The next moment, Shang Lu saw Da Zhu turn around and cast a glance at him with a half-smile.

Shang Lu was taken aback and couldn't help but wonder, "Could the strange phenomenon just now really be related to me? Did the Grand Master also notice it?"

However, Da Zhu didn't say anything to Shang Lu. Instead, he turned his head and whispered to Li Xuan, and it was unclear what they were saying.

At this moment, Lü Yang secretly tugged at Shang Lu and whispered, "Junior Brother Shang, is this the Great Master Zhu?"

Seeing Shang Lu nod, Lü Yang muttered to himself, "This is completely different from what I imagined. This doesn't seem like a high-ranking official at all; he's clearly just an ordinary old farmer from the fields. I can't sense any aura from him at all..."

Gongshu Ling sneered coldly, "What do you know? This is what you call the unity of heaven and man. An old farmer in the field? Hmph, do you believe that this old farmer in the field could slap you away?"

Lu Yang really wanted to stubbornly say he didn't believe it, but in the end he didn't dare to do so.

Firstly, he was afraid that the Grand Master would hear it; secondly, given Gongshu Ling's personality, if he dared to say he didn't believe it, Gongshu Ling would dare to say it out loud.

Even if he doesn't get slapped by the Grand Master, he won't be able to escape the affection of the Rat Hunting.

While they were whispering amongst themselves, Da Zhu finished giving instructions to Li Xuan and then calmly said to everyone, "Let's go."

Before anyone could react, he stopped and waved his hand. A cloud of earthy smoke billowed from his sleeve, instantly enveloping everyone and pulling them underground. Together with Da Zhu, they vanished without a trace.

After the Grand Master and his group of guards fled away, Li Xuan summoned his subordinate shamans.

They were ordered to obtain sacrificial animals, grains, and blood offerings to offer to the war god Chiyou, and to perform a ritual at the Heavenly Pillar of Jiuli.

On the other side, after escaping for a moment, Da Zhu suddenly waved his sleeve again, and everyone immediately rushed out of the ground with the earthy energy and returned to the surface.

Looking around, they realized they were no longer in Xingshan Military Town.

The group was currently in a dense mountain forest.

And everyone quickly realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere around them.

The atmosphere was filled with chaos and violence, teeming with deathly energy, which affected them as well, making them impulsive, irritable, and murderous.

"This is a forbidden area designated by the Chu army in Xingshan!"

One of the guardian shamans exclaimed in surprise.

Shang Lu looked in the direction of the voice and recognized the person as Wei Wu, who had risked his life to bring back the intelligence earlier.

No wonder the shaman was surprised, because he knew that the Chu army had set up many restrictions and shamanic formations in this forbidden area.

They had gone to great lengths to sneak in. But before they could even find the entrance to the dangerous place, they triggered the restrictions, were discovered and hunted down by the Chu shaman, and nearly suffered total annihilation.

As it turns out, Da Zhu led them directly into the forbidden area.

Even if the man-made ominous site collapses, destroying all the restrictions and witchcraft arrays here, it is still quite astonishing.

"Ugly Ox, now it's time to see how you perform!"

At the call of the Great Sage, the Ugly Ox, whose size was even larger than the Bear Slaughter, crossed his arms and accepted the order.

He summoned a white bone compass, and as he chanted the incantation, the chaotic and violent death energy around him was immediately drawn into the white bone compass, causing it to emit a soft "whooshing" sound, as if a wronged soul was crying.

On the bone compass, the blood-stained pointer began to spin rapidly under the influence of the chaotic and violent death energy.

Just as the Ox was hunting and searching for its location, a loud shout suddenly rang out from not far away:

"Anyone who trespasses into the restricted area will be killed without exception!"

A billowing mass of black smoke roared in with that shout.

Like dark clouds, it loomed over everyone's heads, transforming into a line of text—the very words that man had shouted.

Immediately, countless black rays flew out from the text, like a rain of arrows, all filled with a chilling aura, intent on taking everyone's lives.

"It's a Legalist tactic!"

Shang Lu raised an eyebrow, recognizing this move as the Legalist approach of "conviction and punishment."

He dared not be negligent, summoning the tortoise-shell shield with his left hand and reaching for the beast whip at his waist with his right.

Lu Yang, Gongshu Ling, and Xu Zhen, the guards, also responded immediately.

They were already moving very fast, but before they could draw their weapons or chant the incantation, the "Dharma Cloud Decree" in the sky shattered like a bubble.

At the same time, a series of rumbling sounds and painful wails came from all around.

This change left Shang Lu, Lü Yang, and the other Wei witches bewildered.

Who did this?

When did you take action?

That's way too fast!

(End of this chapter)