Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 636 Using people as chess pieces, using the nation as the game board
Shang Lu made up his mind, but did not rush to end the witch array barrier.

The body has not been properly disposed of yet. If the witch array barrier is broken at this moment, it will inevitably alert the people in the county school, causing trouble for me and making things develop in ways I did not expect.

Only after the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus had almost finished devouring the three corpses did Shang Lu take out a medicine bottle from the Impermanence Token.

Even though Shang Lu had reached the Mingxin Realm, he still dared not take this medicine bottle lightly.

He didn't even dare to touch the medicine bottle. Instead, he used his vital energy to control it, sending the bottle flying above the skeleton that was now just bones. He then uncorked the bottle and poured out the medicine.

The dark green potion, carrying a sour and putrid smell, immediately emitted a chilling "sizzling" sound upon contact with bone, causing the bone to soften and dissolve rapidly.

In just a few breaths, the skeleton that had been devoured by the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus vanished completely without a trace, leaving not even the slightest trace of its presence.

At this moment, Shang Lu finally withdrew the witch array barrier and returned the borrowed "Great Sage" divine power to the novelist's notes.

Upon returning to the real world, Shang Lu also transformed back into human form.

He looked around and activated his hearing to its maximum.

The county school was quiet.

Aside from the sounds of wind and insects, there was only the sound of snoring.

From the schoolmaster to the students, and even the monks who were staying there, no one was aware of what had just happened.

If those Chu officials wanted to kill them secretly, it would be a piece of cake—incredibly easy. They could leave them bewildered until their deaths.

This is not surprising. This is just a county school, and the cultivation levels of everyone from the headmaster to the students are limited. Even the cultivators who stay here are mostly only at the Qi Refining stage.

Apart from Shang Lu, who concealed his identity and cultivation level and had ulterior motives, other cultivators with even a slightly higher cultivation level would not stay overnight at the county school.

But this might not be a bad thing for pokeweed.

If the news of Chu's secret assassination attempt on him tonight spreads throughout the county, his identity will certainly be questioned, leading to a host of troubles.

This is good; it allows things to develop exactly in the direction he wants.

"Sleep a little longer, or you won't be able to sleep soon," Shang Lu said in a low voice.

At that moment, San Niang had already pushed open the door for him, without making a sound at all.

Shang Lu used his Divine Speed ​​Nine Transformations technique, disappearing into the dark night like a ghost, and instantly left the county school.

Outside the county school, everything was equally quiet.

Only from the direction of the brothel could one hear occasional sounds—incoherent babbling, clearly feigned, to make those toiling away believe they were strong and capable of farming.

Aside from these sounds, there were only the footsteps of the night patrolmen in the distance, and the sound of the bamboo clapper striking the hour.

In a dark corner outside the county school, several people dressed in black and wearing concealment talismans were guarding the place.

They vigilantly monitored their surroundings while waiting for their comrades to capture the target so they could escape together.

These people also heard the sounds coming from the direction of the brothel next to the county school.

The thought of themselves being out in the cold wind while the women in the brothel were enjoying themselves in bed was bound to stir up resentment in these Chu spies.

They lowered their voices and muttered curses:

"You're still making a fuss at this hour, aren't you afraid you'll have a stroke and die in bed!"

"Die in bed? You overestimate him. It only took a dozen or so strokes to finish. He wouldn't even have time to die!"

Just then, the moaning sounds coming from inside the brothel abruptly stopped.

The person who had just mocked him suddenly laughed: "Well, I overstated it. He can't even manage a dozen strokes. With a body like that, you dare to go to a brothel? Aren't you afraid of exhausting your yang energy, getting possessed by evil spirits, and becoming a substitute?"

Several companions nearby also burst into laughter.

Some cautious people whispered a warning: "Keep your voices down, don't alert them and ruin our business."

After a pause, the man frowned again and said with considerable worry, "Brother Xin and the other two have been inside for a while now. Why haven't they come out yet? Could something have happened to them?"

The man who had previously spoken mockingly spoke again, laughing, "What could possibly go wrong? Brother Xin and the other two are all at the Great Perfection or Perfection of the Heavenly Realm, and each possesses unique abilities. Even if that rat has the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm, it would be helpless against the three of them working together. Not to mention, Brother Xin and the others specifically waited until after 1 AM before making their move. No matter how powerful that rat is, it wouldn't be able to unleash its full potential..."

Everyone nodded in agreement, agreeing that what he said made sense.

The three people who infiltrated the county school to capture Ba Shu were not only the most skilled among the Chu Kingdom's secret agents, but also highly accomplished in Confucianism, Legalism, and the School of Fiction, possessing many supernatural powers and secret techniques.

How could anything go wrong when such people team up to catch a tiny hamster?
Even the person who had been worried couldn't help but nod in agreement after hearing his companion's words.

As the group was talking, they suddenly heard a voice in unison.

It sounded like someone was singing in a high-pitched voice.

It has a nice melody, but I just can't make out what it says.

If this were elsewhere, the Chu secret agents would likely have immediately become alert.

But at this moment, here, they only thought the noise was coming from the brothel next to the county school.

For some reason, these secret agents of Chu were filled with inexplicable anger and resentment.

"Damn it, after a dozen or so thrusts, he's listening to music again? This guy may not be in great shape, but he certainly has amazing energy!"

"If I ever find out who he is, I'll turn his body into a corpse puppet and his soul into a vengeful ghost!"

Just as the Chu spies were gritting their teeth, they suddenly saw three figures appear on the vermilion wall of the county school.

Three figures were indistinct, their faces obscured, but the Chu spies instinctively assumed that these were the people they were supposed to meet.

However, the three figures did not come over to join them; instead, they waved to them from the wall.

"What are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and keep up!"

"Quickly, let's storm the county school and kill those who are going to Tai Mo Academy to listen to lectures!"

"Your mission is to bring back the hearts, livers, blood, souls, and spirits of these people to the State of Chu and present them to the King!"

The three voices were somewhat distorted, but the spies in Chu did not find anything wrong with them.

What surprised them was that their mission here wasn't to capture the rat, but how did it suddenly turn into murder and soul-stealing?

Moreover, judging from what Brother Xin and the other two said, they still wanted to kill everyone in the county school.
Just as the group of Chu spies were about to ask their questions, their minds underwent a sudden and dramatic change.

In a daze, they seemed to relive all the events of the past few days.

These "new" memories overwrite their past memories.

This caused them to completely forget about their mission to capture the pokeweed.

Instead, the words spoken by the three figures on the county school wall kept echoing in their ears... no, in their minds.

"That's right, our mission is to storm the county school, kill the cultivators, and bring their flesh, blood, and souls back to present to the king!"

The expressions of these Chu spies quickly changed from blank to resolute. Suddenly, they didn't notice that tiny specks of light, like fireflies, clung to them, flickering and dancing.

Without further hesitation, the people of Chu unleashed their magical artifacts and remnants of spirits, rushing into the county school.

They do have some skills.

This county school not only contains traps and mechanisms designed by the Mohists, but also feng shui formations set up by the Liqi school of feng shui, drawing upon the energy of heaven and earth. However, at this moment, none of the traps and mechanisms in the county school have been triggered.

It seems that the Chu state had a clear understanding of all the arrangements made in the county school, and thus avoided all the traps.

"No wonder the three of them were able to arrive so quietly, yet they managed to figure out everything about Dongpu here!"

Shang Lu watched coldly as Chu Guo secretly stormed into the county school, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

He only arrived here at dusk, which means either these Chu spies are truly extraordinary, or they had already discovered the layout of the county school early in the morning.

Regardless of the reason, Shang Lu had to find a way to make the school administrators and county magistrates here think in the direction that "the Chu state had secretly figured out the layout of the county school long ago."

They even went so far as to lead officials in the prefecture to speculate whether other county schools or government offices had also been secretly infiltrated and investigated by the State of Chu... thereby making the Jiang court suspicious and wary of the State of Chu.

Even if the State of Chu did not act in this way, it would still have to take the blame.

At this moment, the Chu state secretly and silently sneaked into the county school, immediately splitting into two groups. One group went straight to the residence of the school officials, including the school director, while the other group rushed towards the school buildings.

Judging from this, Shang Lu could be certain that they had investigated the situation at the county school well in advance.

This shows that the State of Chu had been eyeing the State of Jiang for a long time!
The Chu state, fearing to alert the enemy, did not rush to expedite the process and remained completely silent throughout.

Just when they thought they could easily succeed in this mission, several screams suddenly came from inside the county school.

It sounded like several people were shouting together, yet their voices didn't interfere with each other; they were all very clear.

"Killing! Killing!"

"It's a spy from Chu! People from Chu have infiltrated the county school of my Jiang state and committed murder!"

"The demon king of Chu has come to devour our Jiang Kingdom!"

These screams were louder and louder than the last, like thunderclaps in a dry land.

Not only did it instantly wake everyone who was fast asleep in the county school, but the sound also spread beyond the school, reaching the brothel next door and other places nearby.

Suddenly, screams erupted from the brothel, as if they were the ones being attacked, and chaos ensued.

They rushed into the Chu Kingdom's secret room in the county school and cursed in unison.

They thought they could reap the rewards quietly, but at the last moment, they were exposed, and someone even revealed their origins.

"Anyone who heard those screams just now must not live!"

"Kill everyone here! We absolutely cannot let our identities be revealed!"

The Chu Kingdom's secret agents reacted swiftly, immediately making a decision to expedite the execution of the spell.

In an instant, a chilling wind swept through the county school.

Countless corpse puppets, rampant ghosts, and paper dolls and straw figures appeared in the bone-chilling cold wind.

One after another, strange and sinister spells took shape in an instant.

There was even a man dressed as a mortician who produced a human skin.

This human skin resembles a monk's patchwork robe, but it is made up of countless pieces of human skin sewn together. Each piece of human skin is taken from a small section of the skull, and it is not only filled with resentment but also possesses great spirituality, making it perfect for killing and capturing souls.

The paper puppets and straw figures, carried by the eerie wind, rushed out of the county school.

The people outside are all ordinary people; the paper puppets and straw figures are enough to kill them all and eliminate the risk of information leakage.

On the contrary, the people in the county school, even if they are not cultivators, are about to reach the Qi Refining stage.

We must do everything in our power to kill them all in the shortest possible time!
Almost at the same moment, the people in the county school, who had just been awakened, sensed the unusual cold wind and violent magical fluctuations.

They were immediately alarmed, realizing that the screams were not an exaggeration; there really were madmen who had stormed into the county school to kill them!

Unwilling to sit idly by and await their doom, the crowd cursed the spellcasting artifacts and immediately engaged in a secret battle with the Chu Kingdom.

At first, the group from the county school was caught off guard by the sudden incident and was at a disadvantage, resulting in several casualties, including the school principal who was injured and nearly died.

If it weren't for Shang Lu and San Niang's help, they would probably have been completely wiped out by the Chu Kingdom in secret.

At this moment, with the secret assistance of Shang Lu and San Niang, they quickly turned the tide.

The scholar here was a geomancer of the Qi school. Seeing that his carefully designed feng shui formation had failed to trap the group of thieves, the scholar was somewhat embarrassed.

He roared, "Take down all these arrogant scoundrels!"

At the same time, he had the students protect him while he exerted all his strength to activate the feng shui formation in the county school, trying to draw upon the heavenly secrets, earth veins, and human energy from all directions... using the Three Powers method to kill the thieves!
After overcoming the initial difficulties, the cultivators saw hope for victory.

Upon hearing Xue Zheng's command, they all responded loudly and pounced on the Chu Kingdom's secret spies like wolves and tigers.

In terms of individual cultivation, they are much weaker than the Chu Kingdom's secret agents.

But at this moment, they seemed to have suppressed the Chu secret agents with their superior numbers, and even killed several of them.

These cultivators only thought it was their own skill, completely unaware that their ability to kill the Chu Kingdom's secret agents was entirely due to Third Sister's help in the shadows, who had bound the Chu Kingdom's secret agents' hands and feet.

Shang Lu mingled in the crowd, constantly reciting the "Treatise on Righteousness".

To outsiders, he was a Confucian cultivator at the Qi Refining stage, skilled in the "Righteous Qi Technique" and also somewhat proficient in martial arts.

This also aligns with the characteristics of contemporary Confucian scholars—they enjoy reasoning but also have some martial arts skills.

Soon, a large number of footsteps could be heard from outside the county school.

It's a bit messy, but there's a lot of it.

The local magistrate was alarmed and led his soldiers to the scene.

Although the county soldiers' cultivation level is not very high, they can still pose a great threat if they form a battle formation.

Once they are tied up, Jiang's reinforcements will arrive continuously.

By then, you won't be able to escape!
"This is a tough one, let's get out of here!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the State of Chu secretly prepared to retreat.

With their strength, they could easily break through before the county soldiers could even form ranks!

But would the pokeweed let them have their way?
These Chu spies were merely his pawns.

Whether they can play well in the next round depends on them! How can they let the pieces escape?
Similarly, the scholars, students, and cultivators were unwilling to let the Chu Kingdom escape in secret.

"Block them!"

"Capture these thieves! We can't let them get away no matter what!"

The Chu Kingdom's secret forces were focused entirely on breaking through the encirclement.

The attention of the scholars, students, and cultivators was focused on the Chu Kingdom's secret agents.

No one noticed that among the crowd, there was an unassuming Confucian scholar wearing a Nuo mask made of mountain spirit material…

(End of this chapter)