Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 563 The Strange "Allies"

In this truly forbidden area, there stand eight pillars, each emanating a powerful, chaotic force field, similar to divine power.

It inevitably evokes images of the eight divine pillars that connected heaven and earth in ancient times, before the connection between heaven and earth was severed.

Legend has it that as long as you can climb to the top of the Heavenly Pillar, you can enter the realm of the gods.

Later, a great cataclysm struck, the pillars of heaven collapsed and were destroyed, and mortals lost the opportunity to peek into and enter the realm of the gods.

Later on, even cultivating to become a god gradually became a luxury.

Unexpectedly, in this strange forbidden area, there are actually eight towering divine pillars.

What does "Chu people" mean?
Is representing this place the starting point for their ascension to godhood?
"These towering pillars don't even look that tall..." Lu Yang muttered, frowning.

Actually, many people have similar thoughts, but he is the only one who actually said them out loud.

Shang Lu said in a low voice, "They are all imitations. Do you really expect them to reach the heavens? And look closely, all eight of these pillars have been damaged."

"Oh?"

Upon closer inspection, Lü Yang indeed discovered that the eight towering pillars here were not only damaged, but also severely broken.

In particular, their "stigmas" show irregular fracture marks, as if a large part of them had been bitten off by a sharp giant mouth!

On the ground around the Heavenly Pillar, many ruins and fragments can still be seen.

"It seems the collapse of the ominous land has caused great damage here," Lu Yang concluded.

"Nonsense," Gongshu Ling commented coldly.

Lu Yang wanted to explode, but he didn't dare.

Fortunately, at this moment, Shang Lu raised his hand and pointed into the distance: "Look over there, there used to be palaces and pavilions, but now they are all in ruins."

Looking in that direction, Lü Yang saw that the area between the eight towering pillars was a ruin of broken walls and rubble.

However, one can still vaguely discern the extraordinary nature of these ruins, as the materials used to create them resemble white jade.

"Is this some kind of magnificent palace? It's damn luxurious!"

Not only Shang Lu and Lü Yang, but also many of the Guardian Shamans noticed the jade-like ruins and began to discuss them.
"What a great handwriting!"

"A towering pillar again, palaces and pavilions—are they trying to rebuild the Jade Capital?"

The so-called Jade Capital is the legendary abode of immortals, consisting of five cities and twelve towers, floating in the universe, mysterious and wondrous.

The people of Chu built a divine pillar to the heavens and constructed magnificent palaces in this place, seemingly intending to recreate a divine land and fairyland.

However, these expenses alone, though substantial, are insufficient to attract the arrival of an ominous place.

However, it seems inaccurate to say that these towering pillars, palaces, and pavilions are merely for aesthetic purposes or to "fake" a divine paradise.

Even if the people of Chu were extravagant and arrogant, they wouldn't have gone to this extent.

Confused, Shang Lu immediately activated his spiritual insight to examine the towering pillar and the palace ruins.

This time, he pierced through the illusion and saw the reality.

Those so-called towering pillars were clearly eight enormous mounds of corpses! They were made up of countless piles of bodies. Many of the corpses were even blackened and rotten, oozing copious amounts of pus and foul blood.

Even more bizarrely, these eight Jingguan (a type of ancient Chinese mound) pillars seem to be "alive" beings.

Shang Lu could clearly see that the corpses in the Jingguan were still wriggling!
They resemble tentacles or teeth, gathering and devouring the remains and scraps of flesh on the ground in order to "repair" and even "grow."

As for the ruins of those magnificent palaces, they weren't built with white jade.

They are clearly bones!
One by one, skeletons, some whole and some broken!

All the palaces and pavilions were built with bones, exuding a chilling aura of death.

This place is not some fairyland, but a ghostly realm, a White Bone Temple!

The Grand Master and several patrolling officials also clearly saw the truth about the Heavenly Pillar and the Jade Palace.

In addition, several guardian shamans who were particularly sensitive to corpse energy and death energy also noticed something amiss.

"These are not ordinary buildings; they are altars, and also offerings!"

"The people of Chu built this ominous place with human lives!"

Creating a cursed place certainly cannot be done with just the Corpse Pillar and the Bone Palace, but without these, it probably cannot be created.

At the same time, Shang Lu and the others also deduced that the people who were sacrificed to obtain the ominous land were definitely not just the eight corpse mounds and the white bone palace!

There must be many more dead!

Although the war between Ba and Chu at Xingshan lasted only a little over half a year, in the past few years, the State of Chu had been waging wars on all sides, especially against the southern barbarian tribes, many of whom were wiped out by them.

These are probably all sacrificial offerings.

"Great Sage, should we destroy all these evil corpse pillars and bone palaces?" the Rat Hunting asked in a low voice.

His expression was solemn.

He noticed that the Corpse Pillar and even the Bone Palace, though severely damaged and in ruins, were constantly repairing themselves.

This is not a good phenomenon!

If left unchecked, regardless of whether the ominous site eventually collapses, these eerie pillars of corpses and palaces of bones will bring disaster.

"No rush," Da Zhu said in a deep voice. "Don't alert the enemy and put the cart before the horse."

They came here because of this ominous place; even if they wanted to destroy these strange corpse pillars and bone palaces, it's not now.

The Grand Master immediately turned his head and instructed the Rabbit on patrol: "Record the situation here; it's all evidence."

The Rabbit, upon receiving the order, crossed its hands, took out a piece of animal skin, and after making hand seals and chanting incantations, images of the place appeared on the skin.

The corpse pillars and the palace of white bones were all "painted" on it, just like the situation here.

You can even feel the eeriness, chaos, and gloom of this place on the animal hides.

The image recorded on this animal skin is authentic and cannot be altered; it can be used as evidence.

The Grand Master then asked the Ox on patrol, "Have you found the location of the ominous place?"

The Ox, on patrol, held a white bone compass, its face full of bitterness.

The blood-stained pointer on the compass was not only spinning erratically, but also spinning in a very strange way. The blood-stained pointer would sometimes solidify and sometimes disperse, appearing extremely unstable.

Upon hearing Da Zhu's question, Chou Niu Xun Shou hurriedly replied, "The pollution here is too strong, and the atmosphere is too chaotic. The compass is severely interfered with and cannot find the location of the ominous place."

After the man-made disaster site collapsed, this place suffered the most severe pollution and impact.

So much so that Chu Wu didn't redeploy defenses here—Shang Lu and the others hadn't seen a single Chu Wu patrolling or on duty since entering this place, nor even any Gu worms or corpse demons.

It is completely different from the layers of defenses on the outside.

Perhaps this place was guarded before.

But after the ominous land collapsed and chaotic foul air leaked out, all the people here were contaminated and died suddenly and mysteriously.

After that, Jing Chunshen, the Crimson Moon Witch Lord, and others devoted themselves to saving the cursed land.

Those who could withstand the chaos and pollution were probably sent to help in the dangerous places. Those whose cultivation was insufficient would not last long before they would die suddenly, thus increasing the chaos and danger of the place.

Might as well give up here.

Anyway, no one can find their way in.

Even if you get in, you'll be contaminated and become part of this place.

As for the pokeweed and the others, they were not polluted, and the impact was minimal, entirely because of Da Zhu.

The Great Sage had sensed something was wrong long ago in the gray fog and summoned starlight to cover each of the guardian witches. Otherwise, someone would have been corrupted, driven mad, and turned into a monster the moment they stepped into the forbidden area.

Seeing that the Ox was finding little to no success on its hunt, the Grand Master decided: "Let's get closer and take a look."

At the same time, he instructed the Rat and Rabbit patrolmen: "Take your people and construct a witchcraft array, set up incantations and remnants of spirits. When you leave, destroy these celestial palaces along with this strange forbidden land!"

The patrolmen, holding forked arms, acknowledged the order and responded in unison.

The chief priest led the way, his hands forming incantations as he walked ahead, dispelling chaos and pollution for the crowd.

The Ox, carrying a white bone compass, followed closely behind, followed by the Rat, Rabbit, and other hunters who carefully protected the Shanglu and other guardian shamans.

The group walked very carefully, but unexpectedly smoothly.

They quickly arrived at the nearest pillar containing corpses.

The closer you get, the more you can feel the oppressive aura emanating from this pillar of corpses.

On the ten-meter-wide and ten-meter-high pillar of corpses, layer upon layer, were corpses with contorted expressions of pain, men and women, old and young... Even the well-informed shaman couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine at such a sight.

Upon smelling the stench emanating from the corpse pillar, everyone quickly activated their vital energy and magical power to resist it, thus blocking the unpleasant sensation.

The Ox, on patrol, looked down at the white bone compass.

The bloodstained pointer above was still spinning erratically, even twisting and deforming.

He shook his head and said, "It still doesn't work."

At the same time, the Rat Guard, accompanied by Gongshu Ling and several other Guards, along with their respective subordinates skilled in witchcraft arrays, curses, and remnant spirit artifacts, began to construct and arrange the structure around the Corpse Pillar. The Corpse Pillar was indeed a "living thing."

It became excited when it sensed a living person approaching.

The mouths of the corpses all opened wide, as if they wanted to scream.

At the same time, cracks appeared on Tianzhu's corpse, like hideous mouths oozing foul-smelling pus and blood. It struggled to bite at the crowd, to devour them and make them part of itself.

The rat and rabbit, who were on patrol, were well-prepared. The moment the corpse pillar began to move, they all cast spells and firmly suppressed it.

The corpse Tianzhu was unable to move or even make a sound.

Gongshu Ling and the others quickly made the arrangements.

Da Zhu immediately led everyone to the next location.

It was nothing but a wasteland of bones.

The Bone Ruins also underwent a strange transformation, becoming like the Corpse Pillar, devouring people. However, it was similarly suppressed by the patrolling guards, and then Gongshu Ling and others laid down numerous traps.

Because the Five Elements were disordered in this place, Gongshu Ling and his team abandoned methods related to the Five Elements and focused solely on Yin and Yang.

Although Yin and Yang are reversed, there are still patterns to follow, making them easier to deal with than the chaotic Five Elements.

And indeed, there was no one in this forbidden area.

Led by Da Zhu, Shang Lu and his group searched through all the eight pillars of corpses and the ruins of bones in the five cities and twelve towers, but they did not encounter a single Chu witch.

However, they also failed to find the entrance to the ominous place.

The blood-stained pointer on the Bone Compass, which had been used for hunting by the Ox, completely disintegrated at this moment, turning into countless blood droplets scattered across every corner of the Bone Compass.

He tried every means possible, but still came up empty-handed.

"My subordinates are incompetent..."

The Ugly Ox, panting heavily, apologized to the Great Sage.

His veins were all bulging, making him look like he was crawling with centipedes and venomous snakes, as if he was about to explode at any moment, which was very frightening.

This is a sign of excessive stimulation leading to contamination and backlash.

Da Zhu raised his hand and pointed at Chou Niu Xunshou's chest. Starlight entered his body, and he comforted him, "It's not your fault. This place is too chaotic and strange. Rest for a while and expel the pollution from your body."

"Yes."

The Ox, having accepted the order, folded its hands and, ignoring the bloodstains on the ground, sat down abruptly to begin regulating its breathing and detoxifying.

Da Zhu frowned, and after scanning the strange forbidden area, his gaze suddenly fell on Shang Lu's head, and his brows relaxed abruptly.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard a strange, unfamiliar voice coming from afar.

The sound rose and fell, sharp and piercing, making people very uncomfortable.

"Go to the Xun position—"

It seemed to be dragging out its voice, trying to force an eerie atmosphere, or perhaps afraid of being overheard.

Everyone was shocked and turned to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Isn't this a place where no one else is?
Why is anyone talking?!

As far as they could see, they saw a person floating in mid-air.

He wore a red shirt and green pants, and had a blank expression.

Her lips were bright red, as if smeared with blood, and her face was painted with eerie red makeup, exuding a sinister aura.

But it was just a paper figure.

"What kind of monster is this? Capture him!"

The Rat and Rabbit, who were on patrol, shouted almost simultaneously.

This place was not only eerie, but also enemy territory, yet a paper figure had silently crept up to their side, which was extremely dangerous and both alarming and infuriating.

Upon receiving the order, Shang Lu and the other guards did not hesitate for a moment and used their fastest movement techniques to rush towards the strange paper figure.

The rat, rabbit, and other hunters rushed around to find the person behind the scenes.

At the same time, they were also on guard against the possible appearance of the Chu witch.

The energy field here is too chaotic. If Chu Wu is really hiding in the ruins of bones, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, it would be really hard to find him.

As Lü Yang lunged at the paper figure, he noticed that Xu Zhen and the others were all incredibly fast, clearly indicating that they were looking to outdo each other.

Lü Yang's competitive spirit was immediately aroused.

He immediately made a sword incantation, summoned his flying sword, and shouted at Shang Lu in front of him, "I'll send you there!"

He was in cahoots with Shang Lu and Gongshu Ling; whoever took the paper figure, the others would benefit.

But if the paper figure is taken by another guardian witch, it will be outshone.

"No need!" Shang Lu replied without turning his head.

At the same time, a beam of light flew out from his hand and shot towards the paper figure.

Extremely fast!

In an instant, they overtook the other guards who were charging ahead.

"Don't hurt the paper figure," Lü Yang hurriedly reminded him.

He didn't see clearly what flew out of Shang Lu's hand, but he did see the Yazi slingshot that Shang Lu was holding. He knew that this thing was quite powerful, but what Da Zhu and the patrolling officers wanted was to "capture it alive" rather than "destroy it".

"Don't worry, you won't get hurt!"

Before Shang Lu could finish speaking, the paper figure caught the beam of light shot from Ya Zi's slingshot.

It was that sword pellet that was "100% guaranteed to be caught by hand."

The sword pellet was already extremely fast, and with the added boost from the Yazi slingshot, it became even faster, far surpassing the movements of the other guardian witches.

"Ok?"

The paper figure, or rather the person controlling it, was somewhat bewildered by this sudden turn of events.

But its intuition told it that this strange sword pellet was definitely not simple and had a backup plan.

Just as the paper figure was about to throw away the sword pellet, a burst of talismanic light erupted from it, resembling the character "囚" (prisoner), which transformed into shackles and bound the paper figure.

"Haha, well done!" Lü Yang was overjoyed.

Seeing this, Xu Zhen and the other guards, though they did not slow down their rush towards the paper figure, exclaimed in admiration, "What a skill!"

They were amazed to learn that the sword pellet could be used in this way.

Just when everyone thought the paper figure had been captured, a strange green flame suddenly burst forth from inside the paper figure.

The paper figure was instantly burned to ashes.

But the next moment, another paper figure appeared in the distance.

The paper figure also spoke in human language: "I have no ill intentions; I am genuinely trying to guide you."

Lu Yang sneered coldly, "Then why don't you go and destroy the cursed land yourself? Are you trying to guide us? You're clearly trying to lure us into a trap!"

Xu Zhen then turned to Cheng Ren and asked, "Is what this paper figure said true or false?"

“I can’t tell.”

Cheng Ren's big ears flapped like wings, making a "whoosh whoosh" sound.

However, the chaos and foul air here were too intense, interfering with his ability to discern truth through listening.

The rat and rabbit, among others, searched the surrounding area but found no one hiding there. They then turned their attention to the new paper figure.

Da Zhu signaled to everyone to remain vigilant, but not to make any rash moves.

He stared intently at the paper figure and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why are you here? And why are you showing us the way?"

The paper figure said, "Who I am and why I am here are not important. What matters is that the Great Master knows that my goal is the same as yours: to completely destroy this cursed place!"

Da Zhu's brow unfurrowed: "You recognize me?"

The paper figure was silent for a moment, then said, "Great Master, there's no need to test me. With your level of cultivation, could there be another like you in the Ba Kingdom?"

Da Zhu sneered: "But you've been hiding your true colors, how can I believe you?"

The paper figure said, "Since you can't find the entrance anyway, why don't you try looking at the Xun position? Like I said before, my goal is the same as yours."

"in this case."

A glint flashed in Da Zhu's eyes, and his tone suddenly changed.

"Did you destroy this cursed place?"

(End of this chapter)