Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 653: It’s over, just brush off your clothes and go away

Shang Lu's attack not only combined the power of a hundred cultivators, but also unleashed a raging inferno.

In an instant, flames soared into the sky, their power overwhelming and unstoppable!
Unfortunately, the Soul-Eating Captains and their companions suffered a backlash and damage to their cultivation because their energy chains were severed and their witch formation was broken.

Under such circumstances, they simply could not withstand a swift attack comparable to that of an Inner Palace Realm expert!

In an instant, the protective magical energy of several people was shattered by the violent lightning whip shadows, followed by a sharp blade light that cut them in half at the waist and beheaded them.

"boom--"

The raging fire followed closely behind, engulfing the group and burning their bodies and souls together.

Faced with such a terrifying offensive, the four Discipline Black Witches perished instantly.

Even though Feng Ping and Wei Song were both at the Mingxin Realm, they were like ants in the face of this terrifying and powerful attack, unable to withstand it at all.

Only the Soul-Eating Captain survived after his head was severed.

A strange fleshy growth had formed between his eyebrows, pulsating like a heart.

Meanwhile, below his head, in the bowl-sized wound, not a single drop of blood flowed out; only countless bizarre fleshy buds were writhing and growing wildly.

These bizarre granulations not only blocked the wound and stopped the bleeding, but also grew into long, thin, spider-like fleshy legs in an instant.

The Soul-Eating Captain's head transformed into a bizarre and terrifying human-headed spider, yet it could still speak, its tone filled with ferocity: "I have consumed the divine elixir bestowed by the King, possessing a divinely granted body. You think you can kill me so easily!"

"A divine pill? Ridiculous!" Shang Lu scoffed.

What the King of Chu made him eat could not possibly be some kind of divine elixir.

What kind of miraculous pill could turn someone into such a bizarre and strange appearance?

The Soul-Eating Captain was merely used as a guinea pig by the King of Chu to test the poison of pills! Even the so-called divine pill he ingested was nothing more than a Gu pill.

The King of Chu was using the bodies and souls of the Soul-Eating Captain and others to refine a kind of Gu elixir he had obtained from the rotten and dangerous land.

Once the Gu pill matures, the Soul-Eating Captain will be killed to extract the pill for the King of Chu to use in his "immortal cultivation".

His current strange appearance is most likely due to the "self-protection" mechanism of the Gu Pill taking effect.

"I could kill you even when you had a body. Now that you only have a head left, how could I not kill you?"

Shang Lu sneered, and his beast whip immediately erupted with countless bolts of lightning, aiming to engulf the Soul-Eating Captain who resembled a spider with a human head and blast him to death.

"what--"

The Soul-Eating Captain opened its mouth and let out a sharp roar. The strange fleshy legs that emerged from below its head, carrying wisps of witch-like light, actually took to the air and fled at an extremely fast speed.

Shang Lu made a hand seal with his left hand, about to control the beast whip to pursue and kill, when San Niang suddenly whispered something in his ear.

With a quick thought, Shang Lu immediately put the beast whip back at his waist and sheathed the witch knife.

Immediately, using the mountain spirit mask he wore, he transformed into a streak of earth and vanished underground, disappearing along with his aura in an instant.

"what?"

The Soul-Eating Captain, who was flying away, was shocked to see this scene.

"What trick is this rat playing? Why didn't it chase me and instead burrowed underground? Is it letting me go, or is it plotting something else?"

The Soul-Eating Captain was filled with confusion.

Ba Shu would definitely not let him go, but what if he had another scheme...? Was it really necessary? With the power of a hundred cultivators, Ba Shu had no need to resort to any tricks or traps!

Despite his confusion, Captain Soul Eater still used his full speed to escape.

Regardless, the chance to escape is right in front of us; we must seize it!

However, in the next instant, the Soul-Eating Captain felt the sky suddenly darken.

He subconsciously looked up and saw a magnificent flying boat appear above his head.

On the flying boat stood several monks dressed in splendid and luxurious clothes.

The Soul-Eating Captain realized something was wrong and opened his mouth to spew out a cloud of witch energy, trying to turn it into mist to cover himself, but it was too late.

The cultivators on the flying boat had already spotted him.

"What kind of strange creature is this?"

"Flying Head Barbarian? Doesn't seem like it!"

"Let's take it down first! This kind of monster is truly rare."

A cultivator raised his hand, pointing his sleeve at the Soul-Eating Captain, whose head was now the only thing remaining. A flash of incantation appeared, and the Soul-Eating Captain immediately felt a tremendous force sweep over him, dragging him toward the flying boat.

The Soul-Eating Captain was terrified. He tried his best to activate his spider-like fleshy legs, but he couldn't get rid of the force at all and was sucked in.

Just as he was about to be sucked into his sleeve, the cultivator suddenly reached out his left hand, grabbed the Soul-Eating Captain's hair, and lifted him up in his hand.

He covered his nose with his right hand and said with disgust, "Don't get my clothes dirty... What kind of thing are you?"

"You're the damn thing, your whole family are trash!" Although the Soul-Eating Captain had turned into a spider with a human head, his temper remained unchanged.

He knew very well that these people were reinforcements summoned by the group of cultivators below.

If he falls into the hands of these people, he will definitely not survive.

Since we're going to die anyway, why be polite? Let's curse first and vent our anger before we talk!
At this moment, the cultivators in the valley also saw the flying boat that appeared in the sky, as well as the high-level cultivators on the flying boat.

Some of them actually recognized these high-level cultivators and shouted urgently, "Elder, this person is a black sorcerer from the Chu Kingdom who wants to kill us and disrupt the lectures at the Tai Mo Academy!"

"what?!"

The expressions of the several high-level cultivators on the flying boat all changed.

"Let me handle the interrogation!" A cultivator dressed in a black silk robe with a cold and stern appearance immediately volunteered. He was a Legalist cultivator, most skilled in criminal law, and adept at all kinds of severe punishments and cruel methods.

The cultivator who had captured the Soul-Eating Captain's head immediately intended to hand the strange head over to his companion.

But at that very moment, the strange fleshy tumor between the brows of the Soul-Eating Captain began to throb violently.

The magnitude and intensity far exceeded those before.

Immediately, the tumor burst open with a "poof," and a violent force surged out from within, sweeping outwards.

"Boom—" The Soul-Eating Captain's head exploded into a mass of mangled flesh and blood.

The cultivators on the flying boat were caught off guard and were swept away by the violent power generated by his self-destruction.

Fortunately, their protective magical artifacts activated in time, preventing them from being injured.

However, his cultivation level was still corrupted, becoming disordered and unstable.

"That guy is ruthless! He actually self-destructed to avoid revealing his secret!" A cultivator cursed through gritted teeth. Although he was not injured, he was in a very sorry state, especially with so many people watching in the valley below, which made him feel ashamed.

"He didn't self-destruct!" Another cultivator, who had observed more closely, revealed the truth: "The fleshy growth between his eyebrows is very strange. Someone must have used that growth to make him explode, to prevent him from saying things he shouldn't have... He's dead, but he ruined one of my magic artifacts. It's truly despicable!"

"His death was indeed unusual; even his soul was gone."

Some cultivators reacted quickly and used the Soul-Binding and Soul-Locking Technique the instant the Soul-Eating Captain's head exploded, trying to hook his soul and prevent him from escaping through "corpse disintegration". However, they found that there was no soul to bind or soul to lock!
The Soul-Eating Captain's soul was annihilated along with the self-destruction of his head.

"What a brilliant move to kill someone and silence them!"

The cultivators on the flying boat all snorted coldly.

The Legalist cultivator's face was ashen, and he said coldly, "So what if they killed me to silence me? I refuse to believe that these black sorcerers from Chu left no evidence or clues at all!"

The airship quickly descended into the valley.

At this time, the Heavenly Furnace Formation in the valley had stopped operating. Although the earth fire was still burning and the temperature was still scorching, it was no longer fatal. The cultivators on the flying boat used magic treasures and spells to minimize the impact.

"Ma Rufeng".

A high-level cultivator looked around at the crowd and quickly called out a name.

The other high-level cultivators also pointed out people they knew at this moment.

The cultivator whose name was called was filled with excitement. He never expected that his name would be known by his elders and teachers. He hurriedly stepped forward to pay his respects.

The other cultivators, though they did not recognize these high-level cultivators, had all heard of their names. They all bowed and thanked them for coming to their rescue.

"It was not we who saved you."

These high-level cultivators clearly had a sense of shame and didn't try to take credit. They waved their hands and said, "When we arrived, the battle here was almost over, and that human-headed spider had fled in panic... It's a pity we couldn't capture it alive, and we had it destroyed!"

The high-ranking Legalist cultivators always wore stern faces, looking at everyone with suspicion and scrutiny, and speaking in an unusually cold tone, as if they were interrogating criminals.

"You say that the head you just saw was from a Disciplined Black Witch, but do you have any evidence?" He glanced at the piles of ashes in the valley again, keenly observing that these piles of ashes were probably not simple either.

If he is indeed a Disciplined Black Witch, then his cultivation level should be at the Tongtian Realm or even the Mingxin Realm... Although there are many people in the valley, most of them are at the Qi Refining Realm, and only a few are at the Zhoutian Realm.

With such a huge difference in strength, even with the Heavenly Furnace Formation, they could only barely survive. How could they possibly kill the Discipline Black Witch?
A Qi Refining cultivator from the Legalist school cautiously replied, "Elder Yuan, although the physical bodies of these Discipline Black Witches were burned, their personal treasures might still be there... Among them should be those that can prove their identities."

Elder Yuan waved his hand, and several streams of witch energy surged out, actually managing to find a few items from the ashes.

Something among them immediately caught the attention of several high-level cultivators.

"The Black Witch's Decree! It really is the Black Witch of Chu!"

"The rumors are true. The Chu Kingdom has dispatched black sorcerers to disrupt the lectures, abduct and kill cultivators, and take them back to raise demon kings who have become possessed by demons and sophistry!"

"The State of Chu is treating our State of Jiang like a hunting ground! How arrogant!"

The high-level cultivator was immediately furious, but also very confused.

How could this group of low-level cultivators construct the Heavenly Furnace Formation right under the nose of the Discipline Black Witch and then kill him?

After they voiced their questions, the lower-level cultivators in the valley offered their answers all at once:
"It was all thanks to the help of a senior that we realized we were being targeted by the Black Shamans of Chu..."

"It was thanks to this senior and her friends that we were able to survive!"

"The black sorcerers of Chu were all burned to death by them using fire from the ground..."

"Stop! Speak one by one, stop all of you shouting at once."

Elder Yuan's stern shout silenced the crowd, and many cultivators shut their mouths. Several eloquent strategists and Confucian scholars then recounted what had happened.

After listening, the high-level cultivators exchanged glances and asked, "What about the other two?"

"Yeah, where are the people?"

Upon hearing the question, the cultivators in the valley realized that the two mysterious seniors had completely disappeared.

Someone recalled carefully: "It seems that after killing several Discipline Black Witches, they disappeared!"

These words immediately drew praise from everyone: "He accomplished his task and left without a trace, concealing his merit and fame!"

Among the high-level cultivators, some felt that something was amiss.

The Legalist elder Yuan keenly realized that the two so-called "seniors" were behaving somewhat strangely.

Their actions seemed to be deliberately inciting these monks to fight against the Discipline Black Witches, or rather, using the power of these monks!
In particular, this group of low-level cultivators not only did not know the names of the two so-called "seniors," but they also did not know what they looked like.

It's just bizarre in every way.

However, the two "seniors" disappeared without a trace, leaving no clues. And judging from the outcome, they did indeed kill the Discipline Black Witch and save the cultivators.

Therefore, even if Elder Yuan had doubts, he could only keep them to himself.

After a brief moment of excitement, the monks began to assess the casualties.

Only at this moment did they realize that their good brother, "Taibai," had disappeared without a trace.

In the previous fierce battle, some low-level cultivators were injured, killed, or even had their bodies and souls destroyed and turned to ashes.

Everyone assumed that "Brother Taibai" had met with misfortune and could not withstand the attack of the Discipline Black Witch. After all, his cultivation level was too low, so it was normal for him to die.

Some cultivators even performed rituals to try and retrieve "Brother Taibai's" soul so they could keep him by their side as a ghost cultivator, but their attempts to summon the soul failed.

"What a fine person Brother Taibai was, yet he ended up with his body and soul destroyed!"

"God is so unfair!"

The cultivators were all heartbroken, but also somewhat relieved, thankful that they hadn't yet become sworn brothers with "Brother Taibai".

Otherwise, now that "Brother Taibai" is dead, should they follow their oath and not seek to be born on the same day but seek to die on the same day?
They barely survived, and they don't want to die.

In their relief, the monks actually lit incense and burned paper money in the valley to worship their poor "Brother Taibai." Some even erected a memorial tablet for him and built a cenotaph.

At this time, Shang Lu had already traveled dozens of miles away using the earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or technique) of the Mountain Ghost Nuo Mask.

Just now, Third Sister reminded him that a high-level cultivator from the Jiang Kingdom was rushing over. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately fled away.

If he stays, it will only cause new trouble.

High-level cultivators are not as easy to fool as low-level cultivators.

Although he escaped, Shang Lu still saw what happened after he left, thanks to the mountain spirit's mask and the grass, trees, mud, and rocks in the valley.

"Third Sister, it's all thanks to your timely reminder. Otherwise, if we had run into this group of high-level cultivators from the Jiang Kingdom, it would have been really difficult to fool them."

While marveling at the scene, Shang Lu also found the sight of everyone burning incense and paper money for him both amusing and exasperating.

"So I've been treated like a ghost by the Mountain Spirit and the Lord of the East? All I have to do is burn incense and candles, why burn paper money... I didn't even go down there, who will collect the money? Are there any banks down there to keep it safe? If too much is burned, won't there be inflation?"

(End of this chapter)