Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 677 Internal strife
"Xu Xueguan, if we haven't misheard, you want us to destroy the Jingguan altar in the city? Don't you know that once the Jingguan altar is destroyed, the spirit-gathering array here will collapse?"

One of the instructors questioned in a cold voice, while several other instructors with suspicious expressions quickly surrounded Shang Lu and Black Fox.

If Shang Lu's answer is not convincing, they will immediately take action and capture the two people.

Shang Lu had anticipated this, thinking to himself, "Of course I know all this, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you to destroy the Jingguan altar in the city."

Although he was secretly on guard, there was no trace of panic on his face; he appeared very calm.

Because he had already thought about how to answer.

Even on the way out of the ominous place, he discussed and refined many details with Third Sister.

Faced with the questioning, Shang Lu calmly replied, "Of course I know these things. I also know that once the Spirit Gathering Array collapses, the Holy Land will also be affected and disappear."

The academic officers were taken aback upon hearing this, and asked in astonishment, "Then how could you..."

Shang Lu interrupted them before they could finish speaking, correcting them: "It's not that I want to destroy the Jingguan altar and break the spirit-gathering array here, but rather it's Da Nuo's order!"

This matter must be attributed to Jiang Guo Da Nuo.

The goal was not only to make him take the blame, but also to use him to subdue these academic officials.

Seeing that Shang Lu kept mentioning Da Nuo, the instructors hesitated. After exchanging glances, they cautiously asked, "May I ask Instructor Xu, why would Da Nuo issue such an order?"

They even speculated: "Could it be related to the thieves causing trouble in the holy site?"

“That’s right!” Shang Lu nodded, confirming their guess.

In fact, the scholars' guess was deliberately led by Shang Lu through his words.

People often only trust their own judgment. If their judgment is close to the "facts," they will believe it without question, and even if they see something amiss, they will actively try to find a way to cover it up.

"The thieves who infiltrated the holy land, using some unknown means, managed to disturb the slumber of the deity by exploiting the Jingguan altar in the city, and attempted to awaken Him! You all surely know that once the deity awakens, not only will the holy land collapse, but Da Nuo and the others will also turn to ashes along with the holy land..."

Shang Lu spoke rapidly, his tone filled with concern about the matter.

His silver tongue and cunning tactics already possessed an extremely strong ability to cause harm. Coupled with the residual divine power and blood mist pollution brought from the ominous place, this group of scholars, despite their high cultivation and intelligence, were still bewitched.

"It must be a feng shui secret technique!"

Some academic officials even helped with the analysis.

Another instructor immediately shook his head and said, "It doesn't seem like it. Feng shui secrets require prior planning... This move is more like the chaotic energy method of the Yin-Yang School."

Some academic officials were puzzled and said, "But if the Jingguan altar is destroyed, the sacred site will still collapse... What's the difference?"

Seeing that these academic officials were already wavering, Shang Lu naturally wouldn't give them a chance to delve deeper into the matter.

He quickly said, "Da Nuo instructed you to do this because he naturally has a way to prevent the collapse of the Holy Land. To be honest, although the experimental subjects that came this time caused trouble, they did help us find some new secrets. With these secrets, we will be one step closer to becoming gods!"

At this point, Shang Lu's expression darkened, and he urged urgently, "The situation inside the Holy Land is not optimistic. We cannot delay. You must quickly destroy the Jingguan altar and break the spirit-gathering array here. As long as the gods are not awakened, any problem is a minor one and can be easily solved."

Under Shang Lu's influence, the academic officials were fluctuating between excitement and tension, completely captivated by him and becoming anxious as well.

When people are in a hurry, they stop scrutinizing and thinking things through.

Moreover, the pharmacodile was urging them on so urgently that the academic officials dared not hesitate or be negligent in the slightest, and they all clasped their hands in acceptance of the order.

Before leaving, Shang Lu took out a stack of shamanic talismans and distributed them, saying that they were a gift from Da Nuo: "Keep these talismans close to your body. They were made by Da Nuo with divine magic and have endless uses."

The group from Tai Mo Academy were overjoyed upon hearing this. If they didn't have other important matters to attend to, they would have wanted to inquire about the wondrous uses of these talismans.

But at this moment, they could only suppress their curiosity and keep the talisman close to their bodies.

At the same time, they did indeed perceive the fluctuations of divine power from the shamanic talismans. Naturally, they believed Shang Lu's words even more.

The instructors dispersed and, using their fastest speed, rushed to several Jingguan altars in the city to destroy them with their strongest attacks.

The sound of explosions, "boom boom boom," immediately rang out throughout the city.

After the Jingguan altar was destroyed, the deathly aura that had been locked up in the city began to leak out like a punctured balloon.

As soon as the deathly aura dissipated, the zombies in the city, who had been repeating the same actions they had in life, immediately began to rot and decay, collapsing to the ground with a thud and never moving again.

Yin Shu and the others who were guarding the government office near the wound noticed the change immediately and were shocked.

"what happened?"

"Is someone sabotaging the Jingguan altar and destroying the spirit-gathering array, trying to ruin this sacred site?"

"Xu Xueguan and Dr. Liao brought people to stop this from happening? But why did they fail? They failed?"

The people of Tai Mo Academy were buzzing with discussion, considering many possible reasons, but they never expected that the people who destroyed the Jingguan altar and the Spirit Gathering Array were none other than "Xu Xueguan" and "Dr. Liao" whom they had been talking about.

Yin Shu was to guard the government office in Chuangkou and could not leave without permission. He glanced at the people beside him and urgently ordered, "Doctor Feng, take a team and go immediately to check the situation and assist Xu Xueguan and Dr. Liao in capturing and killing the thieves who destroyed the Jingguan altar!"

"Yes, sir." Doctor Feng replied with his hands clasped. He pointed to a few people, released a talisman that summoned a black wind, which swept them away with a whoosh.

Yin Shu withdrew his gaze and stared intently at the government office in the wounded area. He called out to everyone, "Everyone, be alert! Since the thieves have started destroying the Jingguan altar, it means that the people who infiltrated the holy land are about to escape!"

"Don't worry, doctor. With us here, not a single thief will escape!"

"We'll kill every single one of them who comes out!"

The officials responded in unison, no longer worrying about the Jingguan altar in the city, and focused all their attention on the government office in the wound.

At the same time, Doctor Feng led his men, accompanied by a black wind, and flew to a Jingguan altar in the city.

Just then, they witnessed someone unleash several flying swords, destroying the Jingguan altar.

The crisscrossing sword energy shredded many of the corpses piled up in the altar, and the friction between the sword energies even caused a burst of flames to erupt, burning the fragments of corpses to ashes.

"Be bold!"

"You scoundrel, how dare you cause trouble right under our noses!"

"Take your life!"

Doctor Feng roared and was about to lead his men to charge forward and kill the thieves who had destroyed the Jingguan altar.

Unexpectedly, the thief turned around upon hearing the sound. Instead of being alarmed or frightened, he greeted them, "Doctor Feng, why aren't you guarding the entrance to the holy land? What are you doing here? But you've come at the right time. Quickly go and help destroy all the remaining Jingguan altars in the city! Hurry!"

At that moment, Doctor Feng and the others recognized the other person and were all shocked: "Scholar Qiu, how could it be you? Why did you destroy the Jingguan altar?"

"It's too late to explain."

Under Shang Lu's influence, Qiu Xueguan believed that the Jingguan altar should be destroyed as soon as possible, and naturally had no time to explain to the doctor and others.

He simply urged, "These are the orders of the Great Nuo; you only need to obey them!"

As they were talking, Qiu Xueguan was about to head to the next Jingguan altar.

Seeing this, Doctor Feng quickly glanced around, a sudden guess forming in his mind. His face darkened, and he growled, "I know!" The anxious Qiu Xueguan, oblivious to his companion's unease, was even pleased: "Good that you know! Quickly go and destroy the Jingguan altar..."

However, before he could finish speaking, he found that Doctor Feng had released a foul stench that entangled him. At the same time, the people who had come with Doctor Feng quickly shifted positions and formed a formation to surround him.

"What do you mean by this?" Qiu Xueguan asked in astonishment.

"Still pretending with me? I've seen through you! You're not Qiu Xueguan at all, but a thief in disguise!"

Doctor Feng sneered. He clearly remembered that Xu Xueguan had once said that the thieves who caused trouble in the Holy Land were extremely good at disguising themselves.

It now appears that not only are the thieves inside the holy site skilled at disguise, but their accomplices outside are as well.

"Your illusion magic is indeed powerful, but unfortunately for you, you've met me!"

Qiu Xueguan was both anxious and furious: "You surnamed Feng, what the hell are you talking about? Are you blind? How could I possibly be a thief in disguise?"

However, in the eyes of Doctor Feng and others, Qiu Xueguan's anger was simply his rage at being exposed.

"They're getting anxious! Haha, they're getting anxious now that we've exposed their truth!"

Doctor Feng grinned maliciously, stopped wasting words with Qiu Xueguan, and immediately called on everyone from Tai Mo Academy to launch a fierce attack, aiming to take down Qiu Xueguan in one fell swoop.

"Take him down! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

Qiu Xueguan was terrified. He used his life-saving techniques while shouting, "You guys surnamed Feng, are you all insane? We're acting on the orders of Da Nuo, and you dare to obstruct and attack us?!"

"You're about to die and you're still putting on an act. You say you're acting on the orders of the Great Exorcist, but how can you prove it?!"

With a cold snort, gusts of black wind, mixed with poisonous sand carrying extremely strong baleful energy, roared and bombarded Qiu Xueguan.

The ground and houses along the way were instantly destroyed by this black wind and poisonous sand, and even the space itself seemed to be torn apart.

"Xu Xueguan and Dr. Liao, they can vouch for me! It was they who brought the Great Nuo order!"

Faced with the crowd's attack, Qiu Xueguan summoned a bell. Although the bell was only the size of a palm, it emitted rays of golden light as it hovered above his head.

Qiu Xueguan hid inside the golden light barrier and shouted urgently.

The attacks from Doctor Feng and the others all struck the golden light shield, causing it to tremble violently and on the verge of collapse.

"Xu Xueguan, Dr. Liao?"

Upon hearing this, Dr. Feng and the others couldn't help but feel hesitant.

If the person opposite is really an accomplice of the thieves, they probably don't know that Xu Xueguan and Dr. Liao have left the holy land, right?
Moreover, judging from the treasures this person brought out, they seem to really belong to Qiu Xueguan. No matter how fake they are, they shouldn't be faked so realistically, right?
"Where are they now?" Doctor Feng asked, gesturing for everyone to halt their attack.

But at that very moment, a streak of blood-red light suddenly flew out from Qiu Xueguan's body, shooting towards Doctor Feng with lightning speed, and instantly reaching his face.

"A witch's talisman?!"

Doctor Feng's eyes were sharp as lightning, and he clearly saw that what attacked him was a witch's talisman.

He neither dodged nor avoided, but instead opened his mouth and spewed out a gust of wind.

The gale was fierce and rapid, like a sharp blade, and instantly struck the talisman, shattering it to pieces.

Just as Doctor Feng was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he was horrified to discover that although the talisman was shattered, the strange methods hidden within it had managed to escape and instantly corrupted his cultivation.

Doctor Feng's internal energy immediately became disordered, even reversing and damaging his internal organs and meridians. At the same time, countless strange murmurs echoed in his mind.

These murmurs were initially very soft, but in an instant they became noisy and loud, causing Dr. Feng's head to ache and his internal organs to ache terribly.

Even the soul became extremely unstable, as if it might be shaken out of the physical body at any moment.

"what--"

Doctor Feng let out a shrill wail, and strange fleshy buds visibly grew on his body.

He suppressed the strange changes within him with all his might, roaring furiously, "Kill him! Kill him now!"

Qiu Xueguan was also dumbfounded. He never expected that the talisman given by Xu Xueguan would actually launch a sneak attack on Feng Xueguan and even injure him.

Wasn't this talisman supposed to be a treasure bestowed by the Great Nuo? Why is this happening? Could it be...?

Qiu Xueguan suddenly realized what was happening and shouted urgently, "This talisman was given to me by Xu Xueguan... No, that person isn't Xu Xueguan, he's the thief, the one impersonating Xu Xueguan! Go quickly and capture the thief impersonating Xu Xueguan and Dr. Liao!"

However, the people from Tai Mo Academy who had surrounded Qiu Xueguan not only did not believe his words, but also launched a new round of fierce attacks on him immediately, and angrily rebuked him:
"At this point, you still want to lie and deceive us?"

"You think we'd believe your nonsense?"

"You scoundrel, prepare to die!"

Qiu Xueguan hurriedly explained, "I'm not a thief, I really am not..."

However, his explanations seemed weak and ineffective at this moment.

Soon, Qiu Xueguan was surrounded and attacked by his companions, and he died!

First, a streak of blood-red light cleaved through the light barrier, cutting Qiu Xueguan in two at the waist.

Several curses then fell upon Qiu Xueguan, causing his corpse to instantly decompose and rot, thus preventing the possibility of it turning into a zombie.

Unfortunately, Qiu Xueguan's soul disappeared. It is unknown whether he was destroyed in this wave of attacks or encountered some other unexpected event, which prevented Doctor Feng and others from capturing and interrogating him.

After stripping Qiu Xueguan of his spiritual root and searching his body for treasures, the expressions of the people from Tai Mo Academy suddenly became strange.

Someone turned to Doctor Feng, who was busy suppressing the contamination within his body, and said, "Doctor, something's not right. The treasures this person is carrying seem to really belong to Qiu Xueguan... especially those flying swords, which are Qiu Xueguan's natal magic weapons. Did the thief kill Qiu Xueguan and impersonate him, or did we kill the wrong person?"

Killed the wrong person?

Dr. Feng's heart skipped a beat; he almost failed to suppress the contamination, which only exacerbated the bizarre situation.

Upon seeing this, the people from Tai Mo Academy hurriedly urged their energy to cast spells to help him suppress the pollution.

After letting out a long sigh, Doctor Feng said with a grave expression, "It's impossible to have killed the wrong person! It must be a thief in disguise! The thief is extremely vicious; he killed Scholar Qiu and then impersonated him!"

"That's right, that must be it!"

The group from Tai Mo Academy hurriedly nodded in agreement.

They all knew very well that, regardless of the truth, the person who died could not be Qiu Xueguan; he had to be an imposter.

Having barely suppressed the contamination within his body, Dr. Feng immediately issued a new order:

"Send one person back to report this to the doctor. The rest of you, come with me to the next Jingguan altar!"

What he didn't know was that at that very moment, a fierce battle was also breaking out at the entrance of the Evil Sore Office, which was guarded by Yin Shu and others!

(End of this chapter)