Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 687 Chu Wu Reappears
"The Western Metal Virtue Taibai Bright Star Lord?"

After choosing Nuo shamanism as his major, Shang Lu carefully consulted many books that recorded information about deities.

At that moment, after recognizing the ancient characters displayed on the divine tablet, he immediately understood the identity of this star lord.

"So it was Venus! No wonder the divine power he descended was filled with an extremely strong killing aura!"

The Venus in this world is not the kind-faced, harmless errand boy from the TV series "Journey to the West," but a war god in charge of killing and military affairs!

The metal element in the Five Elements is inherently associated with killing and desolation!
Unexpectedly, this war god, who was the master of slaughter, was also driven mad by the strange blood mist during that heavenly tribulation...

Shang Lu sighed inwardly, naturally not daring to say it aloud. Otherwise, concealing his divine name would be a minor matter; he might even incur divine punishment from Venus in his anger, giving him a hard time.

Just as Shang Lu was surprised and amazed, San Niang came to his side and gently tugged at his sleeve.

The tacit understanding between Shang Lu and San Niang had already reached its peak during the process of cultivating the Yin-Yang Cantong Qi.

Pulled by the Third Sister, he immediately reacted, quickly retrieved the sacrificial altar, respectfully placed the spirit tablet on it, lit an incense stick as an offering, and simultaneously performed the Yu Step and recited the Nuo song:

"Disciple Shang Lu thanks the Star Lord for bestowing upon me a divine name!"

Knowing the name of the deity will make your prayers and incense offerings much more accurate in the future.

Most importantly, knowing the name of the deity allows one to refine the Golden Nuo Mask.

But Shang Lu was in no hurry. He planned to offer incense for a period of time to further their relationship, and wait until he received a clear indication from Venus before proceeding further.

Just like Wuzhiqi, if He hadn't left a divine mark on Shanglu and hadn't voluntarily transformed the divine mark into Nuo masks during the battle on Hailing Island, lending Shanglu his power, Shanglu wouldn't have dared to rashly make His Nuo masks.

Failure is a minor matter; it only results in the loss of some materials. But if the gods hold a grudge, or if one is infected by their madness, the problem becomes much bigger.

Although he couldn't make the Nuo mask of Venus yet, Shang Lu was still very happy.

Knowing the name of God is only a matter of time, much better than the seemingly endless wait before.

Moreover, Shang Lu soon discovered that after the divine name appeared on this divine tablet, it could actually assist him in cultivating the lung metal energy.

Cultivating the Qi of the five internal organs is the key to cultivation within the Inner Palace Realm. And the Qi of the Lung Metal is the foundation for cultivating the Qi of the Five Elements within the Inner Palace Realm.

With the help of the Venus deity tablet, the lung metal energy of the pokeweed can be cultivated quickly and well!

This also served as a reminder to pokeweed.

Since the divine tablet of Venus can be used to assist in the cultivation of the metal element of the lungs, then the divine tablets of deities such as the Mountain Spirit, the Lord of the East, the Earth God, and Wuzhiqi can certainly also be used to assist in the cultivation of the other four elements!
Shanglu has a temple for the five internal organs, and its cultivation in the inner palace realm is inherently stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.

If he could also use the divine tablet to enhance the cultivation effect of the five elements, then he would surely soar to great heights in the Inner Palace Realm!
"This is truly an unexpected surprise." Shang Lu smiled broadly, thinking to himself that burning incense every day during this period had indeed not been in vain.

Since all the various magical artifacts and treasures had already been refined and strengthened, Shang Lu simply held the divine tablet of Venus and began to cultivate his lung metal energy in this dilapidated temple.

In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed, and the sky had become completely dark.

Suddenly, the hairpin stuck in the frame of the dilapidated temple trembled and slapped against the frame, making a "slap slap" sound.

This is a discovery being made, and a warning is being issued.

Immediately afterwards, several of the soldiers that Third Sister had released returned from the darkness and reported to Third Sister with their hands clasped:
"Dozens of zombies and rampaging ghosts are creeping towards the mountain god temple."

"The zombies can fly, so they're at least flying zombies. The monstrous ghost is even more terrifying, with a dense, almost tangible aura of malevolence, so it must be at the level of a malevolent spirit."

Whether it's flying zombies or evil spirits, they mean nothing to Shang Lu and San Niang now.

Third Sister immediately shook the banner, releasing more soldiers to annihilate the flying zombies and evil spirits, then trapped them inside the banner and interrogated them to find out their intentions.

During this period, the Third Sister's banner has collected the souls of many cultivators, including experts like Lu Qian who were at the Inner Palace Realm, as well as several others at the Mind Realm.

Although these souls' cultivation level dropped significantly after being forged into powerful soldiers, they retained their spells, techniques, and combat skills from their previous lives, making it easy for them to deal with flying zombies and evil spirits.

"Wait a moment."

At this moment, Shang Lu spoke up, interrupting Third Sister's troop deployment.

He finished his cultivation, put the Venusian spirit tablet into the Impermanence Token, and at the same time made a hand seal to connect his eyes with the wooden kites and copper ants that had been released for patrol.

Through the wooden kite and the bronze ant, Shang Lu saw that in the darkness, there was indeed a group of flying zombies and evil spirits exuding resentment and malevolence, rushing towards the dilapidated mountain god temple.

They weren't just passing by; they had a specific goal in mind—the mountain god temple.

Without a doubt, someone noticed the spiritual energy fluctuations caused by Shang Lu refining magical artifacts and strengthening witchcraft in the mountain god temple, and drove the corpse demons here, intending to kill and rob them!
"These flying zombies and evil spirits are full of malevolent energy, which is perfect for refining the Heavenly Decay Mirror and the Blood Fiend Banner."

Both the Heavenly Decay Mirror and the Blood Fiend Banner can grow stronger by absorbing fiendish energy. This group of flying zombies and evil fiends arrived at just the right time, like takeout.

Just as Shang Lu was about to personally go and refine the evil energy of this group of flying zombies and evil spirits, he suddenly saw through the wooden kite and the copper ant that there were several corpse curses on the necks of several flying zombies.

"what?"

Shang Lu raised an eyebrow and recognized the origin of these corpse curses.

"This is a corpse-driving spell commonly used by the Chu witches! Are these flying zombies and evil spirits created by the Chu witches? Are there Chu witches lurking around here?"

This discovery surprised Shang Lu quite a bit.

The location he was in was in the heart of the Deng State. The armies of the Ba and Chu States had not yet reached this place, so how could there be a Chu witch?

Moreover, this Chu shaman had driven away over a hundred flying zombies and evil spirits, some of which were clearly stained with fresh blood and bits of flesh. Such a blatant and even arrogant display did not seem like an attempt to infiltrate enemy territory for intelligence gathering.

Moreover, this place is in the middle of nowhere, and there is no intelligence to gather.

"There's something weird!"

Shang Lu sensed something was wrong and raised an eyebrow.

Originally, he only wanted to refine these flying zombies and evil spirits to use as a sacrifice for the Heavenly Decay Mirror and the Blood Fiend Banner.

Now the next step is to eliminate these ghosts and then lure out the corpse-witch behind them.

"I want to see what these Chu witches are up to by sneaking into this place!"

Shang Lu raised his hand and wiped his face, put on the Nuo mask of the Mountain Demon, and left the dilapidated temple in a flash.

At this point, the little black fox had not yet received any reports from the birds, insects, and beasts it had sent out, which made it stomp its feet in anger.

Seeing the pokeweed rush out of the mountain god temple, it became even more anxious and hurriedly tried to follow and join in the fun. However, as soon as it stepped out of the temple, the pokeweed had already used its earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from a distance) technique and disappeared without a trace.

Fortunately, Third Sister hadn't gone far. Seeing the little beast babbling, she sent two mad soldiers over, lifted it up, and, taking advantage of the yin wind, chased after Shang Lu.

Wearing the Mountain Demon Nuo Mask, Shang Lu felt as if he were back home in the mountains. He knew the whereabouts of the flying zombies and evil spirits like the back of his hand, but he had not yet found the Corpse Demon Witch who controlled them. He didn't know if she was well hidden or if she was not in the mountains at all.

"No problem, once I've refined these corpse demons, I don't believe you won't show yourselves!" Shang Lu sneered inwardly.

Using the Earth Escape Technique, he quickly arrived near the flying zombies and evil spirits, but instead of rushing out of the ground, he directly summoned the Yin Messenger Token.

As the essence was poured into the Yin Messenger Token, a power specifically designed to counter corpse demons immediately flew out and enveloped the hundreds of flying zombies and evil spirits.

These flying zombies and evil spirits immediately felt a huge, invisible force pressing down on them, making them extremely uncomfortable and restricting their movements.

The flying zombies and the evil spirits roared in unison, their bodies surging with malevolent energy as they tried to break free from the suppression of this invisible force.

At this moment, the pokeweed emerged from the ground and put on the Nuo mask of the Earth God.

An even more powerful pressure from the God of the Underworld enveloped the hundred or so flying zombies and evil spirits, drawing away all the evil energy from their bodies.

"Buzz!"

The Heavenly Decay Mirror and the Blood Fiend Banner appeared together in front of Shang Lu, like two gluttonous beasts, frantically devouring the fiendish energy drawn from him.

In just a dozen breaths, the evil energy within the hundred or so flying zombies and evil spirits was completely devoured by the Heavenly Decay Mirror and the Blood Fiend Banner.

Having lost their malevolent energy, the flying zombies and evil spirits suffered a significant drop in strength. The evil spirits, in particular, were reduced to ordinary wandering souls.

Shang Lu actively activated the Earth God Seal on the back of his hand, turning it into the Road to the Underworld.

With a shout of "Stop the ghosts!", dozens of evil spirits were taken to the underworld.

As for the zombies, their rotting heads were first severed by the evil flying swords released by the Blood Fiend Banner, and then they were turned into pools of foul-smelling pus and blood by the Five Decays Mirror of Heaven and Man.

Shang Lu raised his hand again and wiped his face.

This time, however, they used the Nuo mask of Dongjun.

Although it was night, Shang Lu still borrowed the true fire of the sun through Dongjun Nuo Mask and burned all the corpse water on the ground.

These corpse waters contain a vicious curse cast by a corpse demon witch. If they are not cleaned up, any people or animals that pass by will be poisoned, die suddenly, and turn into zombies.

We must nip it in the bud!
Shang Lu eliminated the flying zombies and evil spirits with such speed that these ghosts didn't even see him appear.

Similarly, the person behind these ghosts naturally didn't see Shang Lu either.

At the foot of the mountain, a wizard whose body was wrapped in shrouds suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. The white bone bell and other magical artifacts in his hands shattered in a series of loud bangs.

Beside this wizard draped in a shroud, there were a dozen or so other wizards.

Although they were dressed casually, their accents immediately gave them away, as they spoke with a strong Chu accent.

"Senior Brother Zhao, what's wrong?"

"What happened? Why did the magical artifact suddenly shatter? Could it be that thieves from the Kingdom of Deng are hiding nearby and launching a sneak attack?"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Among the group of Chu shamans, someone helped the bleeding shaman up and stuffed pills into his mouth.

Some people rode their magical artifacts into the air to search for enemies from above.

Others took out soul banners and Gu urns and shook them wildly, releasing rampant ghosts and Gu worms to search for the enemy.

However, the group of Chu shamans searched everywhere but could not find any trace of the enemy.

However, the corpse demon sorcerer surnamed Zhao, after taking the elixir and receiving help from his companions, recovered and shouted, "It wasn't an enemy attack, it was that all my corpse demons were wiped out!"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, all the Chu witches were greatly alarmed.

(End of this chapter)