Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 598 Secret Realm?

The greedy beast wasn't in a hurry to lead the way. It wasn't until Shang Lu took out some gold and silver from the Impermanence Token and fed it that the beast, after eating and drinking its fill, raised its head, turned around in place, and kept inhaling and sniffing.

A moment later, it confirmed its direction, took off, and didn't forget to turn back and bark at Shang Lu, beckoning him to follow.

"Oh my, you actually found something?"

Shang Lu was overjoyed and quickly pulled San Niang along, following closely behind the greedy beast.

This underwater cave is quite large; the place where Shang Lu stayed before was at most a side room.

There are many similar side chambers in the underwater cave, each with its own function, but unfortunately most of them are damaged, and some caves have even collapsed.

Suddenly, the pokeweed was drawn to a cave.

On the stone wall at the entrance of this cave, there are several ancient characters carved.

Shang Lu had studied ancient scripts in the Witchcraft Academy. Although he was not as proficient as San Niang, he could still barely make out the following words: "The cauldron hangs in the mysterious valley, the furnace absorbs the true yin. Samadhi is hidden, seven returns to the root."

"Oh my, this is a pill-making room!"

Shang Lu was very excited and immediately summoned a paper figure, letting it fly into the alchemy room to illuminate it.

He peered inside and was surprised to find that the interior of the alchemy room was completely intact, and there was even an alchemy furnace inside!
However, the greedy beast showed no interest in the alchemy room whatsoever, and didn't even want to go in. It skipped over it and headed elsewhere.

Shang Lu hurriedly called out, "Hey, wait a minute, is there any treasure inside?"

The greedy beast didn't even turn its head, too lazy to bother with it.

No treasure?

Shang Lu frowned, but he was not giving up. He immediately decided to go in and take a look for himself.

What if the beast's nose is affected by the moisture here and it makes a mistake in its smell?
"Wait a moment!"

Shang Lu called out, holding the beast whip in his left hand and the witch knife in his right, and carefully entered the cave where the alchemy room was located.

Although the greedy beast stopped, it snorted heavily, seemingly deeply dissatisfied with Shang Lu's "amateurish commanding experts" behavior.

The pokeweed ignored it.

The beast only obeyed Third Sister's orders; no matter how much he threatened or intimidated it, the beast would ignore him.

Only by finding the treasure and proving that it made a mistake can we convince this beast to admit its mistake.

Shang Lu quickly searched the alchemy room.

There is no danger here, but there are also no elixirs.

Undeterred, Shang Lu even opened his spiritual eye.

Not to mention the pills, not even a trace of the dregs could be found.

In the end, he could only turn his attention to the alchemy furnace.

Unfortunately, this alchemy furnace, which may have once been a treasure, has lost all its spiritual energy after a thousand years and has become nothing more than scrap metal. Even if you manage to take it out, you won't get much money from it.

Completely disappointed, Shang Lu could only regretfully leave the alchemy room.

Seeing him come out empty-handed, the beast snorted again, as if to say, "Now you don't doubt me anymore, do you?"

Shang Lu even felt that he saw a mocking smile on the beast's face.

He was actually mocked by a beast!

However, Shang Lu wasn't angry, since he still needed the Greedy Beast's help to find treasure.

His recent experience made him realize that even in this strange water palace, the beast's abilities had not diminished at all.

Shang Lu was not angry at all. Instead, he smiled and flattered, "As expected, you are amazing!" He then took out a few pieces of silver from the Impermanence Token and threw them to the Greedy Beast as a reward.

"I'll give you food! If you lead me to the treasure, I'll give you even more money."

Although the greedy beast had awakened its spiritual senses, it had never experienced anything like this before. Especially the words spoken by Shang Lu's silver tongue, which were incredibly pleasant to the ear. The dissatisfaction on its face vanished instantly, and it stood tall and proud, full of arrogance and smugness.

After eating the reward silver coins, the greedy beast's steps became much lighter. Hearing that finding the treasure would bring even more monetary rewards, its attitude changed; it no longer mocked Shang Lu and even became somewhat obsequious.

As the saying goes, money can make the world go round.

This applies equally to the greedy beast.

As long as you pay enough, it will give you a full return!

The pokeweed quickly followed the greedy beast, becoming increasingly cautious.

The alchemy room was intact, and the alchemy furnace inside was also undamaged, but all the pills had disappeared.

Either the original owner of this cave took all the pills with him.

Or perhaps something in this cave has consumed the elixir.

Otherwise, even if the pills decayed and were damaged due to the passage of time, there should be traces left, rather than them disappearing into thin air.

Shang Lu believes the latter is more likely.

The Yunmeng Marsh is teeming with demons, ghosts, and ferocious beasts.

As far as Shang Lu knew, those who could salvage treasures in Yunmeng Marsh were all wizards and cultivators with considerable cultivation.

Those with poor cultivation levels are not even qualified.

Perhaps some demons or ferocious beasts have taken over this cave and devoured the spiritual herbs in the alchemy room!
You must be very careful, lest you escape one danger only to fall into another.

Shang Lu lowered his voice and reminded Third Sister, "Be careful, there's probably something strange about this cave."

Third Sister had actually noticed it a long time ago, but she didn't say much at the moment. She just nodded and said okay, as if she only found out about it after Shang Lu reminded her.

After leaving the alchemy furnace and walking about ten steps, Shang Lu suddenly had a thought.

His keen sense of aura allowed him to detect several cold, damp auras that appeared out of nowhere behind him, all exuding a strong aura of resentment and malevolence!

Almost simultaneously, Third Sister took out the Book of Myriad Beasts and put the Greedy Beast inside.

"Trying to ambush me? You're just showing off your limited skills in front of an expert! Let me see what kind of trash you are!"

Shang Lu sneered inwardly, and without the slightest hesitation, turned around quickly.

With his left hand, he snatched the beast whip and swung it out with lightning speed.

"Snapped--"

The beast whip, like a dragon, trembled in mid-air and exploded with a thunderous sound.

Several clumps of foul-smelling, wet mud were struck directly by the powerful gust of wind generated by the beast whip, instantly shattering and scattering mud everywhere.

Some of the mud splashed onto the rotten wood of a collapsed pavilion next to it, immediately making a muffled "hissing" sound.

In just a few breaths, the rotten wood was directly corroded into ash by the strange mud.

"what?"

Shang Lu raised an eyebrow, only to discover that some of the essence wrapped around the beast whip had been corroded away when it shattered the foul-smelling mud.

Although it was a small amount, it still surprised him.

He discovered that those clumps of mud contained strange, malevolent energy.

These malevolent and malevolent energies can not only corrode one's vital energy, but if they splash onto the body, they can also damage the skin and flesh, harm one's vital energy, cause serious injury, lead to serious illness, or even completely damage one's body and soul!
"Whoosh whoosh—"

More than a dozen clumps of filth, radiating resentment and malevolence, hurtled towards Shang Lu from all directions at incredible speed. Faced with so much filth, Shang Lu did not whip them to pieces. Instead, he used the Divine Speed ​​Nine Transformations technique, transforming into ghostly figures and instantly dodging this dense rain of filth.

"over there!"

Third Sister quickly found the culprits who threw the vengeful mud—they were hiding in several puddles of mud.

Shang Lu looked in that direction and saw a group of small, thin figures.

At first glance, they look like human children who are five or six years old.

There were obviously no real children here, not to mention that these "children" were completely covered in flowing, foul-smelling mud.

"It's a mud demon!"

San Niang not only revealed the monster's location, but also its name.

Shang Lu's expression was strange; if it weren't for the fact that the speaker was San Niang, he would have started cursing.

The name "Mud Demon" just sounds awkward, giving the feeling of being taken advantage of for no reason.

While at the Witchcraft Academy, Shang Lu read many books and secret records about demons and ghosts.

Of course he knew that the so-called Mud Demon was a kind of evil spirit formed from the resentment of drowned children!
In today's world, many places cannot support too many children, leading to their drowning...

These children possess an incredibly deep-seated resentment and malevolence, making them more likely to give rise to evil spirits and demons.

The mud demon's projectiles, though seemingly mud, are actually its resentment and hatred towards the world, making them extremely polluting and corrosive.

Even the most powerful cultivator will have their cultivation corrupted if they come into contact with a lump of it—it may not be much, but it can be fatal at a critical moment!

For this reason, many people who practice the way of witchcraft and ghosts want to capture mud demons and refine them for their own use.

However, the Mud Demon is very timid. Although it hates this world, it only dares to hide in the dark and throw filthy mud. Once it fails or is discovered, it will immediately hide.

Therefore, there are not many people who can catch a mud demon and refine it into a monstrous ghost.

However, Shang Lu discovered that the mud demons in this underwater cave were somewhat different.

They are significantly bolder than their counterparts outside.

Even though their whereabouts had been exposed, they did not panic and hide; instead, they continued to throw resentful mud at the pampas.

Shang Lu originally intended to activate the Earth God Seal to subdue the mud demons. Seeing this situation, he changed his mind and turned to ask Third Sister, "Can your Soul Banner refine mud demons?"

This lousy name is really awkward to pronounce and damn easy to misunderstand.

Fortunately, Third Sister did not misunderstand and shook her head, saying, "I don't know, I've never refined it."

Shang Lu made a quick decision: "I'll go catch one, see if I can refine it. If I can, then catch them all!"

The vengeful mud of the Mud Demon is far more powerful and effective than that of ordinary rampant ghosts!
Third Sister nodded and agreed, then immediately opened her mouth and spat out the bamboo banner.

Shang Lu's Divine Speed ​​Nine Transformations technique never stopped. While rapidly dodging the Resentful Mud, he pounced on the nearest Mud Demon.

His speed was so fast that he left several afterimages in the cave, which attracted the mud demons to launch attacks on his afterimages, but all of them missed.

The mud demon closest to the pokeweed sensed something was wrong and hurriedly tried to hide in the mud.

Unfortunately it was too late.

The essence of the pokeweed had already rushed in and entangled him.

At the same time, the beast whip, accompanied by a sharp crackling sound, flew over and trapped it directly.

"呲呲呲——"

The mud covering the Mud Demon's body also carried extremely strong resentment and malevolence, constantly corroding the essence and beast whip that were entangled with it.

Unfortunately, the pokeweed didn't give it a chance to rot and decay. With a flick of its hand and a twitch of its beast whip, it instantly threw the mud demon into the bamboo banner.

"boom--"

Inside the banner, raging eerie fire instantly erupted, engulfing the mud demon entirely.

Its malevolent and resentful aura not only failed to harm the banner, but instead became the best fuel for the yin fire.

In an instant, Third Sister grasped the refining status of the tube banner: "It can be refined, but it will take some time."

"As long as it can be refined!"

Shang Lu laughed heartily, brandishing his beast whip, and charged towards the group of mud demons with lightning speed.

The mud demons sensed something was wrong and scattered like birds and beasts, trying to burrow into the mud and hide underground.

The pokeweed anticipated their actions, and its essence transformed into invisible tentacles that flew out and entangled the mud demons, preventing them from burrowing into the mud pit. In fact, amidst a series of soft "pop pop pop" sounds, the essence pulled them directly out of the mud pit and threw them into the banner.

In an instant, the pokeweed used this trick to "exorcise" more than a dozen mud demons.

Although the Mud Demon possesses strong resentment and malevolence, it doesn't know any other methods of use besides transforming into mud and throwing it. This results in the Mud Demon being strange but not very strong in combat. As long as the mud can't harm the Shang Lu, it can be easily defeated.

Just as Shang Lu was preparing to capture all the remaining Mud Demons in one fell swoop, he suddenly heard a sound coming from the darkness behind him.

The voice was somewhat muffled and difficult to hear clearly; one could only vaguely sense that someone was calling his name.

As soon as the thought crossed my mind, the sound coming from afar immediately became clear.

It sounded like it was Zishu Xunshou and the others calling him.

Shang Lu raised an eyebrow but did not agree.

When he first woke up, he asked Third Sister and learned that he was the only one who had been teleported to this underwater cave by Xiangjun and his wife.

It's impossible for Zishu Xunshou and his gang to find them!
Not to mention, the sound was also strange.

At first it was blurry, but after Shang Lu had the idea, it suddenly became clear—it was as if something was hiding in the shadows, trying to do something harmful to him by calling his name!
"I'd like to see what kind of thing you are and what you're capable of!"

The sounds from the darkness behind me were elusive and difficult to pinpoint their exact location.

However, pokeweed has a solution.

As he made hand seals and chanted incantations, a paper figure he had previously torn apart immediately began to speak in human language under his control: "Who is calling me?"

As soon as the paper figure finished speaking, a strange cloud of water vapor surged out of its "body," instantly soaking it, especially its "facial features," which were constantly oozing water.

It is foreseeable that if this were not a paper figure but a real person, he would most likely have been mysteriously "drowned" because he responded to the call.

"Are they water spies?"

Shang Lu raised an eyebrow.

Water spirits are a type of water ghost that often roams near water and lures people into the water to drown them by calling their names or other means!

However, the water spirits in this place are quite strange.

Even though there was no water where the paper figure was just now, it was still "drowned"!

Moreover, the water gushed out from its "body"!
"Are the water spirits here unusual?"

"Or is there some special rule in this place?"

"Or perhaps, this underwater cave is an undiscovered secret realm?!"

Several thoughts raced through Shang Lu's mind in an instant.

(End of this chapter)