Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 564 One Wants to Become a God, the Other Wants to Be a King
Faced with Da Zhu's questioning, the paper figure neither admitted nor denied it.

It just chuckled sinisterly, "Does it matter who destroyed the cursed land? Only when it's completely gone will it be most advantageous for us."

Da Zhu squinted, not in a hurry to speak.

A moment later, he turned his head and suddenly looked at Shang Lu again, asking abruptly, "What do you think?"

"Ah I?"

Shang Lu pointed to his face, startled by the question, his face filled with bewilderment and shock.

If he could, he really wanted to ask Da Zhu, "How can you ask me such a big question instead of making a decision? Do you really think I'm a chosen one with boundless good fortune?"
"Ok?"

The paper figure floating in mid-air also turned its strange, stiff eyes toward the pokeweed.

Although the paper-faced creature showed no change in expression, everyone could sense its surprise and confusion.

The rats and rabbits, along with a group of guardian shamans, all looked towards the pokeweed.

Some of them knew the legend of the profound blessings bestowed upon pokeweed, but most were unaware of it.

At this moment, everyone, whether they knew or not, was astonished.

I can't understand why Da Zhu would consult Shang Lu on such an important matter.

Could it be that she really wants to take advantage of his good fortune and luck?

After a brief moment of surprise, the paper figure sneered, "If you don't believe me, just say so. Why put on such a clumsy show for your subordinates..."

"I……"

At this moment, Shang Lu intended to politely decline Da Zhu's offer, saying that he was also unsure.

But just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard Third Sister say to him, "Go to the Xun position."

Ok?
Shang Lu was taken aback.

It wasn't just because of San Niang's reminder, but also because he saw San Niang float back from the Xun position.

So, did Third Sister go to investigate the situation?
Shang Lu was curious, but he didn't hesitate for long before changing his words, saying, "I think we can go and take a look at the Xun position."

"it is good!"

Da Zhu nodded, agreeing without hesitation.

"Since you say it's okay to go, let's go and take a look."

This completely baffled the paper figure floating in mid-air.

He thought that Da Zhu didn't believe him and was putting on a show with his subordinate Wei Wu to humiliate him.

But things didn't go as he expected.

The Grand Priest was actually seeking the opinion of this young Guardian Shaman!
The paper figure's eerie eyes stared intently at Shang Lu, curiously speculating about Shang Lu's identity and why he could command such attention from the Grand Master.

The Grand Master did not introduce the pokeweed to the paper figure, nor did he explain it to the surprised patrolling and guarding shamans.

Following Shang Lu's advice, he prepared to lead everyone to the Xun position and extended an invitation to the paper figure: "Would you like to come with us?"

"No."

The paper figure shook its head, and a strange green flame ignited inside its body.

"I wish you all the best... and hopefully you can completely destroy this hellhole!"

The green flames burned quickly, and in an instant, the paper figure was reduced to just a head. Fortunately, it had finished speaking.

But at that moment, Da Zhu chuckled and bowed to the paper figure, saying, "Thank you for showing me the way, young master."

Upon hearing this, a look of shock and panic appeared on the stiff face drawn on the paper figure.

He hadn't expected that his identity would be recognized by Da Zhu so quickly.

By exposing his identity, Da Zhu was essentially telling him: "I know who you are, and I know what you want. If you don't want to be exposed and incur the King of Chu's retaliation, you must cooperate with us."

The chief minister and the scribe of Ba have arrived in the capital of Chu. There is no need to ask what the chief priest wants him to do.

The paper figure was somewhat annoyed, but there was nothing it could do.

If his men could completely destroy this cursed land, why would he risk being contaminated by guiding the high priest and shaman of the Ba Kingdom, thus exposing his identity in the process?

"It's all those useless good-for-nothings' fault..." the paper figure cursed angrily in his heart.

The next moment, the paper figure's head was burned away by eerie green flames, leaving not even a trace of ash.

Upon seeing this, Da Zhu sneered, "You're quite careful about guarding against your own people."

After listening to the final conversation between Da Zhu and the paper figure, Shang Lu vaguely guessed the paper figure's identity.

In this world, the title "Young Master" is not simple.

Especially when it came from the mouth of the Grand Master, there was only one kind of prince: the son of the king!

So, those two strange paper figures were being manipulated by the son of the King of Chu?
The father desired immortality and godhood, but the son colluded with an enemy nation, relentlessly sabotaging their cause...

That really is a case of a loving father and a filial son!
But if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising.

People in this world can extend their lifespan through cultivation. The son of the King of Chu has been a prince for countless years.

Just as his father's lifespan was coming to an end and he was finally about to ascend the throne, his father discovered a way to achieve immortality and become a god.

Even if he can't become a god in the end, he would still be very upset if his father's lifespan were extended by another hundred years or so.

Perhaps, he will only ever be a prince, never a king, until he dies.

Anyone who has been an heir knows that this position is coveted by countless people, making it a nerve-wracking and precarious situation. A single misstep could lead to being deposed or even losing one's life.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the King of Chu's son chose to take a risk.

I just wonder which son of the King of Chu this is? How could he have such courage and boldness?

Thinking of this, Shang Lu couldn't help but look at Da Zhu, wondering whether he knew the truth or not.

Soon, the group found the Xun position in the room.

After a thorough search, they discovered that a hidden underground palace lay beneath the piles of bones.

The entrance to the underground palace was not large and was covered by a pile of white bones. Coupled with the chaotic and eerie atmosphere here, it was no wonder that the group had not noticed its existence when they passed by.

"I'll send a few rats down to check the situation first."

The rat, on its hunting expedition, volunteered and reached out to pull out a hair.

"No need. You don't have much hair, you should keep some."

Da Zhu laughed and stopped him, but Zi Shu Xun Shou immediately felt a force pressing down on his hand. Although it was gentle, it prevented him from pulling out his hair.

At the same time, Da Zhu raised his hand and waved it toward the tightly closed gate of the underground palace.

The door was pushed open without making a sound.

It was pitch black inside; you couldn't see anything.

Da Zhu was the first to enter the underground palace. He raised his hand, and specks of starlight flew out from his palm, illuminating the entire underground palace.

The group followed Da Zhu and carefully entered the underground palace.

Upon entering the underground palace, they discovered that it had also been destroyed.

It was just fixed, but the fix was very rough.

The next moment, they saw that there were people in the underground palace.

"not good!"

"There's an ambush!"

"We've been tricked?!"

The guards were terrified and immediately prepared to strike to break the ambush.

"What's the panic? Look closely, these aren't living people."

The Ox on patrol let out a loud roar.

His voice was loud and clear, shaking everyone to their core. It not only stopped everyone but also dispelled the faint mist that permeated the underground palace, allowing them to see the true nature of the "people" inside.

Not only are they not living people, they are not even "three-dimensional".

They are human skins that have been stripped of all flesh and blood, and had their organs and bones removed!
All the human skin was firmly nailed to the ground with bloody bone nails, assuming a prostrate and kneeling posture.

They were all kneeling in the same direction. But there was no one there, only a throne.

Nine strangely shaped and ferocious-looking bone dragons coiled beneath the throne.

Several bone dragons were damaged, and some even collapsed to the point of being nothing but fragments of bones.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that these bone dragons are actually pieced together from human vertebrae, ribs, and other bones.

After staring at the throne for a few moments, Chou Niu Xun Shou said coldly, "Nine dragons carrying the throne, what a magnificent sight! This throne is not for people to sit on, but for a new god! It seems that King Chu was very confident that he could use this ominous place to ascend to godhood."

Mao Tu Xunshou, along with his subordinates Xu Zhen and Cheng Ren, carefully examined the human skin of the person kneeling on the ground and soon made a discovery.

"This person is Ye Mu..."

"It's Xiang Yun! The missing Xiang Yun is actually here!"

Some of the people they were talking about were fellow members of the Wei Wu (a shamanic strategist), while others were military shamanic officers accompanying the troops in Xingshan Military Town...

Without exception, they were all wizards, and their cultivation levels were not bad.

Looking around, there were at least several hundred skins of wizards kneeling in prostration throughout this underground palace...

There were not only shamans from the Ba Kingdom, but also shamans from the Chu Kingdom, as well as some shamans who looked like they came from southern barbarian tribes.

Even some of the monks dressed as Confucianists, Taoists, Mohists, and other figures from various schools of thought.

"Senior Brother Wang Chao!"

Among these human skins, Shang Lu also discovered a familiar face.

It was Wang Chao who had taught him some cultivation knowledge in Luoshui County and who had even personally guided him to register at the Baiyi County Witchcraft Academy when he first arrived.

Since the outbreak of the Xingshan battle, Wang Chao has volunteered to come and fight to earn merit, and then lost contact with the enemy.

To my surprise, when we met again, he had been dismembered and was displayed in this strange place.

Among the accompanying shamans, some attempted to summon the spirit. But unsurprisingly, they failed completely.

The souls of these people were sacrificed long ago, along with their organs and flesh!

"Damn it!"

Everyone was so angry they gritted their teeth.

If they weren't unsure whether there were traps hidden inside the palace, they would have wanted to destroy it, take all the human skins, and send them back to their respective hometowns for burial.

Even if the soul cannot return to its hometown, at least the body should be buried in the hometown.

After entering the underground palace, the Ox Patrol discovered that the Bone Compass was working again.

The energy field inside the underground palace was clearly more chaotic than that outside, but perhaps the chaos amplified the chaos, resulting in a positive effect from two negatives.

Soon, the Ox Hunting Tribe, relying on the White Bone Compass, found a "door" painted on the wall behind the throne.

The door can't be opened, and we can't get in.

A stone tablet stands beside the door.

Four chilling words were written in blood above: "No living people allowed!"

Lu Yang peered over and saw the words on the stone tablet, feeling utterly confused.

"No strangers allowed? What does that mean? To get through this door, you have to be an acquaintance? But how do you mean acquaintance? Do you become familiar with this door, or do you end up cooking yourself?"

Shang Lu corrected, "This 'stranger' should not be the 'stranger' of 'raw' or 'cooked,' but rather the 'stranger' of 'life and death.'"

"So only dead people can go in?"

Lü Yang turned his head and looked at Gongshu Ling.

Gongshu Ling said coldly, "What are you looking at me for? I'm still alive, not dead!"

Lu Yang muttered under his breath, "What's the difference between you like this and being dead..."

Gongshu Ling's mask flashed red light wildly, indicating he was about to unleash his fury and deal with people.

Shang Lu suddenly raised his hand and made a shushing gesture.

"Stop fooling around. Do you hear me?"

Just as Lü Yang was about to ask what he had heard, he heard a soft "pop" sound.

He turned around with Shang Lu, Gongshu Ling, and the others, and saw that the human skins that had been lying prostrate on the ground were quietly breaking free of the bone nails and floating up.

Realizing their presence had been discovered, the eye sockets of these skin-like people, devoid of pupils, all emitted a strange, blood-red light.

In a bizarre turn of events, it "came back to life"!

Several patrolling officers also noticed this scene.

We must act immediately and remove these "living" human skins!
Before they could even make a move, the starlight that enveloped the underground palace swarmed towards the mutated human skin, and from beneath it emerged countless corpse worms emitting black mist.

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

Amidst the continuous explosions, these bizarre and grotesque corpse worms were all crushed by the starlight.

Without the control of the corpse worms, human skin was scattered all over the ground.

This time, however, Da Zhu had an idea when he looked at the human skin, and he called out to everyone.

"Put on human skin. Since this place is forbidden to living people, let's disguise ourselves as corpses and sneak in."

If someone else had said this, it might have aroused suspicion, but no one doubted Da Zhu's words.

Even Lü Yang didn't say a word.

Although he was very puzzled, how could someone pretend to be a corpse just by wearing human skin? The place was very strange, how could they not even be able to tell the difference?
Soon, everyone was dressed in human skin.

At this moment, Da Zhu raised his hand, his fingertips sparkling with starlight, and quickly sketched in front of him.

However, it drew a star map of the Big Dipper.

"Using the power of the Big Dipper's ruling star to infuse death, a shroud of feigned death was woven—"

As soon as the incantation was uttered, the human skins that everyone was wearing instantly tightened, as if they had grown onto their bodies.

At the same time, their vitality was completely concealed by these lifeless human skins.

They thus transformed into "living dead".

Da Zhu was also wrapped in a human skin, and immediately led the group to try pushing the door open again.

Seeing this, the Rabbit on patrol said with concern, "After opening the door, why don't we send a few of the rampant ghosts in to scout out the situation first?"

"No need."

Da Zhu shook his head and refused.

At that moment, his hand touched the "door" on the wall.

He easily pushed the "door" open.

Behind the door was pitch black, and there seemed to be nothing there.

Even starlight and witchcraft cannot illuminate it.

Standing in front of the door, one cannot see what's inside. Only by crossing it can one see what this man-made ominous place truly looks like.

Da Zhu was the first to step inside.

Next came the Ox and Rabbit, who went on patrol.

Before entering the gate, the Rat turned back and reminded everyone, "Be careful, and don't be careless!"

Shang Lu entered the gate with Lü Yang and Gongshu Ling, and at the same time, he did not forget to hold San Niang's hand tightly.

Upon entering the room, I immediately felt a distortion and change in my surroundings.

A moment later, a strong stench of blood assaulted the senses.

The scene before them also changed from pitch black to a blood-red hue.

"This place..."

The pokeweed immediately activated its spiritual insight to survey its surroundings.

What he saw there took him by surprise.

(End of this chapter)