Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 670 Divine Remains
Seeing the horde of evil spirits, zombies, and giant maggots surging forward like a flood, the cultivators instinctively prepared to unleash their magic to fight back.

However, before entering the dangerous place, Yin Shu had instructed them not to react to anything they saw or heard... This made them hesitate, unsure whether they should take action.

In that brief moment, the evil spirits, zombies, and giant maggots had already rushed close.

The pungent stench of decay and rotting flesh was so intense it caused excruciating headaches and nearly made one faint. And the hideous demons emitted shrill screams that were enough to corrupt the very soul!

While the cultivators were unsure whether they should take action, Jiang Guo's Da Nuo had none of these hesitations.

"Humph!"

A muffled groan came from beneath the five-colored Nuo mask worn by the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom. The sound was like thunder, not only giving everyone a headache, but also shattering all the evil ghosts, walking corpses, and giant maggots that exuded surging ghostly energy, raging corpse energy, and rolling demonic energy.

The sounds of explosions, "bang bang bang bang bang," rang out instantly.

The surrounding evil spirits, zombies, and giant maggots all exploded amidst the muffled groans of the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom.

Rotten flesh, pus, blood, and fragments of souls drifted around, like a deathly mist.

Further away, there were some evil spirits, zombies, and giant maggots that wanted to surround them, but after seeing this terrifying scene, even these mindless ghosts were frightened.

This fear comes from the source and has nothing to do with whether they have brains or self-awareness.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

The demons, zombies, and giant maggots in the distance retreated at a speed that surprised everyone, fearing that they would suffer the same fate as their companions and be reduced to pieces of rotten flesh amidst terrifying groans.

"Do you see that? This is the power of the gods."

As Jiang Guoda Nuo was speaking, he floated into the air and suddenly opened his arms.

A tremendous suction force emanated from beneath his five-colored Nuo mask, drawing in all the surrounding rotten flesh, pus, blood, and fragments of souls.

Fearing that it would attract the attention of the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom, Shang Lu did not activate his Spiritual Eye.

Even so, he noticed that the strange, worm-like body beneath Jiang Guo Da Nuo was constantly wriggling during the process, transporting all the rotten flesh, pus, blood, and fragments of souls that he had just devoured to the tail end of the worm's body—deep within that mountain of corpses.

It's like providing food and nutrition to a mountain of corpses.

So, is it that the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom has become a parasite, living in this ominous land transformed from a divine corpse, or that the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom has been enslaved and controlled by the ominous land of the divine corpse, becoming its servant, a part of it?

These speculations made Pokeweed even more cautious and careful.

After absorbing the surrounding rotten flesh, pus, blood, and fragments of souls, Jiang Guo Da Nuo lowered his head and looked at Shang Lu and the others, quite satisfied with the shocked expressions on their faces.

"There's no need to be envious. This is a sacred land of the gods. You too have the opportunity to obtain the power of the gods here and become new gods!"

Like Yin Shu, Jiang Guo Da Nuo also made empty promises to everyone, and the allure hidden in his words was far stronger than that of Yin Shu.

Even those who came here were all determined and hard to be swayed. After hearing the words of the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom, they couldn't help but feel their blood boil and their hearts surge with excitement.

Consequently, they completely ignored the series of strange and bizarre things that Jiang Guo Da Nuo had shown.

For these cultivators, if they could also obtain the power that Jiang Guo's Da Nuo had just displayed, they wouldn't care even if they became monsters!

Not to mention, after gaining absolute power, the people of this world will only regard them as gods, not monsters. No matter how strange or bizarre their shapes may be, they are still extraordinary divine forms.

After all, in legends, many deities are either non-human or half-human.

"Follow me."

After saying this, Jiang Guo Da Nuo turned around and floated towards the giant peach tree on the mountain of corpses.

Upon seeing this, the cultivators hurriedly followed.

Before entering the perilous land, Yin Shu instructed that before encountering the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom, one should not pay attention to anything around them. However, after seeing the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom, one must act in accordance with all commands.

This ominous place is strange and bizarre. The reason why the cultivators have not encountered any trouble along the way is entirely because they strictly followed Yin Shu's instructions. No matter what they saw or heard, they treated it as an illusion and ignored it.

Fortunately, otherwise they would never have been able to reach the foot of the strange mountain of corpses and see the bizarrely transformed Jiang Kingdom's Great Nuo. They would have been chewed up and eaten, skin and bones, by all the dangers hidden in the ominous place.

Having witnessed the bizarre and terrifying nature of the Jiang Kingdom's Nuo ritual, they dared not act rashly, nor dared to violate the rules here.

As Shang Lu walked, he secretly glanced around at his surroundings and at the Jiang Kingdom's Da Nuo.

Upon reaching the mountain of corpses, Shang Lu discovered that the bodies piled up there were not ordinary.

The corpses here, including both humans and beasts, all possessed cultivation!
This is a mountain of corpses piled up from the remains of cultivators and demons!

At the bottom of the mountain of corpses were layers of ancient corpses, whose age was unknown. Many of the corpses even showed signs of petrification.

On the surface of the mountain of corpses, there were many rather fresh corpses piled up.

The cultivators speculated that it was added after the Tai Mo Academy discovered this place.

Looking at that huge, eerie peach tree, it's not hard to guess that these newly piled corpses were probably meant for composting.

It was used to cultivate this strange, enormous peach tree so that it could bear fruit and ripen.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Shang Lu was startled, for he saw several familiar faces among the corpses.

Among them were several cultivators who had previously chosen to leave the Tai Mo Academy, only to be punished by the heavens and have their physical bodies melted away.

There were also three disciples of the Tai Mo Academy who, after buying the stone tablet in Shang Lu, followed him all the way, only to be tricked by him using an illusion.

I never imagined that these people would be transported to this place after they died!
Shang Lu soon discovered that although these people's physical bodies were dead, their souls were not destroyed, and they were trapped in their corpses by a secret technique.

The spellcaster even deliberately inflicted pain upon them, causing their souls to constantly endure the immense agony of the corpses' decay and transformation. As Shang Lu and his companions trod upon these corpses and ascended the mountain, the souls trapped within them emitted mournful howls and cries.

It was like playing a terrifying and eerie piece of music.

Even though Shang Lu and the others had strong mental resistance, at this moment, they all activated their respective cultivation techniques to protect their minds and spirits from being affected. Some Confucian cultivators even cast the mantra "calm as still water, undisturbed" on themselves.

Soon, the group entered the depths of the mountain of corpses and arrived at the foot of the giant peach tree.

Upon arriving here, everyone saw that the peaches growing on the peach tree not only resembled babies in appearance, but also had heartbeats and breaths.

They...or rather, they... were actually living beings!

The reason these baby peaches were able to exist in this ominous place filled with death energy without attracting the surrounding corpses and maggots was not only because the Jiang Kingdom's Da Nuo and others guarding this place had extremely strong abilities, but also because these "babies" were wrapped in a layer of peach skin.

The peach skin is a dark red, translucent color, and it is difficult to spot from a distance. It can only be seen when you get close.

The peach skin tightly wraps around these "babies," preventing their vitality from escaping. At the same time, the peach juice inside the skin provides these "babies" with the nutrients for growth and the oxygen they need to breathe.

In a sense, these peach skins are like placentas.

"This is a monstrous version of the ginseng fruit!" Shang Lu was secretly surprised.

"In a little while, these peaches will be ripe and ready to eat."

As Jiang Guoda Nuo led the way, he continued to paint a rosy picture for Shang Lu and the others: "Don't be fooled by their shapes. They are exquisite treasures, not only delicious but also incredibly effective. I guarantee you'll never forget them after you've tasted them."

Shang Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily, these baby-shaped peaches weren't ripe, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to bring himself to eat them!

These babies look like living beings, only temporarily lacking a soul.

Not to mention, these baby-shaped peaches must contain some curses. Once eaten, even if one doesn't turn into a monster like the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom, one will definitely be controlled by them and become a slave.

After walking for a while, the group followed Jiang Guo's Da Nuo to the trunk of this giant peach tree.

To Shang Lu's surprise, there was actually a person sitting in this place.

His head drooped, leaning against the tree trunk, clearly having been dead for a long time. Even his body had decayed, devoid of flesh and blood, leaving only a skeleton.

Several hundred meters away, around the skeleton, was a group of people dressed in the robes of the Tai Mo Academy.

Many of them, like the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom, retained their human form in their upper bodies, but their lower bodies had become like roundworms or tapeworms.

Their bizarre, insect-like lower bodies were connected to the skeleton beneath the tree trunk.

Their worm-like bodies become smaller the closer they are to the skeleton, but when they finally land on the skeleton, they are as large as real worms. They attach themselves to the skeleton, drawing power from it while also supplying the skeleton with flesh and blood to slow its disintegration and exchange for more power.

"Divine Bone!"

Shang Lu was secretly alarmed, because he clearly sensed that a tremendous divine power was emanating from the withered bones.

But if this skeleton is truly a divine skeleton, then is this ominous place, filled with rotten flesh and blood, also a manifestation of a divine corpse?

If so, what is the relationship between the divine corpse and the divine bones?
While Shang Lu was surprised and speculating, he also noticed that there were some people here who, although they did not grow parasitic bodies connected to the skeletons, were tightly wrapped in translucent fleshy membranes.

At the other end of the flesh membrane, tiny blood vessels formed, which were also connected to the skeleton.

The people wrapped in the fleshy membrane had different expressions.

Some people looked solemn, some were overjoyed, and some seemed to be experiencing something terrifying, trembling all over and screaming with their mouths open.

However, the membrane has excellent sound insulation, so that none of these people's cries can be heard.

Suddenly, one of the people, whose face was filled with terror and who was screaming, began to undergo a horrific change—their skin and flesh began to peel off with a rustling sound, and blood splattered everywhere, staining the entire flesh membrane scarlet.

In just a few breaths, the flesh on this person's body was completely ripped off, along with his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, intestines, and stomach, all of which rotted and fell off, leaving only bones.

Even so, the man did not die. More accurately, his soul was imprisoned in the bones, unable to break free, and he became a bone demon.

Those guarding the surroundings, seeing this, did not rush. They waited until all the flesh and organs on the person's body had fallen off before splitting open the membrane. However, instead of rescuing their companion, they swung their hands and threw out an iron hammer engraved with strange runes. With a "bang," the hammer shattered the bones and the soul trapped within them.

Then someone performed a ritual, summoning a gust of wind that gathered together the broken bones, rotten flesh, foul blood, and internal organs, and handed them to a cultivator to refine them using a secret method.

Seeing that Shang Lu and the others were all staring at this scene, Jiang Guo's Da Nuo spoke up: "Comprehending the divine revelation is both an immense opportunity and a hidden danger. But do not be afraid. Even if you go mad and act strangely like this person during the process of comprehending the divine revelation, we have ways to help you turn death into life..."

According to the Great Nuo of Jiang Kingdom, the man's experience just now was described as "rebirth".

Because that person was corrupted, both his body and soul had become distorted and he went mad. Ordinary rescue methods were useless. The only way was to purify him first and then let him be reborn.

Whether others believed him or not, Shang Lu didn't know, but he didn't believe it at all.

Even without wearing the Tu Bo Nuo mask, Shang Lu could clearly sense from the Tu Bo mark and the underworld messenger's name tag that the person's soul had been crushed to pieces along with his bones.

How can they "reborn" when they're already in this state?
Not to mention, Shang Lu also noticed that the one who refined the shattered bones, remnants of the soul, and flesh was a cultivator from a farming family.

This is not "rebirth" at all, it's just fattening up!
Shang Lu quickly glanced around and noticed that several cultivators had also noticed something amiss.

Jiang Guo Da Nuo clearly didn't care whether the people believed him or not. After explaining, he waved to the people around him, dragged over several new flesh membranes, and asked Shang Lu and the others to enter them.

"These membranes will allow you to enter the memories remaining in this deity's remains. You will not only be able to personally experience the power of the deity, but you may also witness the purification of the Heavenly Dao and comprehend divine revelations from it. All of this is an immense opportunity for you, enough to benefit you immeasurably..."

After painting a rosy picture, Jiang Guoda Nuo, with a stern face, finally revealed a few things to be aware of regarding the memories of the divine corpse:

"Once you enter the memories of the divine corpse, all you must do is believe everything you see. But at the same time, you must hold fast to your principles and understand that everything you see is the divine corpse's memory, not something that is actually happening. You must not get too caught up in it. Otherwise, you will end up like that person just now, going mad and becoming bizarre..."

(End of this chapter)