Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 689 The King of Chu is still unwilling to give up
"Evil point?"

Shang Lu raised an eyebrow, his face showing surprise.

Although he had not studied feng shui or magic arrays, he had accompanied Third Sister to attend related courses when he was at the Witch Academy.

Even though he mostly listened in a daze, didn't understand the meaning, and even dozed off in class, he still learned something.

Therefore, he truly knew that the so-called "inauspicious burial site" was a type of earth vein node.

It was originally a place where the earth's energy converged, but due to pollution by negative forces such as resentment and malevolence, or the eruption of yin energy from the ground, it has become a malevolent site.

The most common sites of malevolent influence in the world are either near mass graves or around execution grounds.

These places are also the easiest places to breed evil spirits.

Ordinary people will feel unwell when they are near a malevolent energy point. Some people with weak constitutions may even suffer from serious illnesses or even die because they cannot withstand the impact of the malevolent energy.

However, in the eyes of cultivators, especially sorcerers and monks who raise corpses and refine ghosts, the evil acupoints are excellent treasures, where powerful corpse ghosts can be raised.

But what is the purpose of this group of Chu witches searching for the evil acupoint?
They went to great lengths and risked danger to cross the war zone and infiltrate the heart of Zheng. It couldn't have been just to find a place to refine corpses and raise ghosts, could it?
Even if the Chu military wanted to launch a horde of corpses and ghosts in the heart of Zheng, to launch a coordinated attack from within and without, they wouldn't need to start from scratch. How much time, effort, and resources would that take? Moreover, hastily created corpses and ghosts might not even be as numerous as mountains and tides!

Although Zheng is a small country, it still has experts in charge. Even if it can't stop the Ba-Chu allied forces, it can still deal with a bunch of corpse demons.
I'm afraid that before the zombie horde and ghost sea can gain any momentum, they will be wiped out by the cultivators of Deng Kingdom, which will only bring controversy to Chu Kingdom!
"These Chu shamans must have ulterior motives for searching for the evil acupoint!"

Shang Lu made his judgment and then asked, "Did they explain what they were looking for when they searched for the evil acupoint?"

Third Sister shook her head and said, "They only said they were ordered to find the evil acupoint, but they didn't know what finding the evil acupoint was for. I searched their souls, and they weren't lying; they really didn't know. But one thing is certain: the Chu army's high command attaches great importance to this matter and has promised a generous reward!"

Shang Lu became increasingly curious. If the search for the evil acupoint was only for refining corpse ghosts, there was no need to hide it from even their own people. The Chu Kingdom must have a bigger plan.

Moreover, this matter is of great importance and must be kept secret!
What important event could it be?

Shang Lu stroked his chin, pondering quickly.

He thought of the treacherous King of Chu and the rotten, ominous place that had appeared in Xingshan, and a guess immediately formed in his mind.

"The Chu Kingdom is searching for inauspicious burial sites to sacrifice to those cursed places! Just like before in Xingshan!"

Shang Lu's previous experiences taught him that inauspicious places could be "created" through sacrifices.

But now it seems that simple killing is not enough.

Otherwise, with the Chu state constantly expanding into the lands of the barbarians over the years, causing rivers of blood and countless deaths, they should have sacrificed the lands of evil long ago.

Even if there aren't any extremely inauspicious sites, there should be quite a few minor ones!

But I have never heard of the Chu Kingdom developing any dangerous or secret lands in the land of the barbarians.

It is evident that while inauspicious sites can be created through bloody killings and sacrifices, certain prerequisites must be met.

A feng shui site is probably one of the prerequisites!
Thinking of this, Shang Lu recalled that before the State of Chu broke the alliance and sent troops to Xingshan, it was said that they originally planned to march into the southern barbarian lands and had even sworn an oath before setting out. However, they suddenly changed their target and ordered the army to change course and head straight for Xingshan.

Previously, when he discussed this matter with Lü Yang, Zi Shu Xun Shou, and others, they all thought that the State of Chu was being cunning, making a feint to lower the guard of the State of Ba.

However, from the perspective of military strategists, since such a plan has been made, it should be a swift and decisive battle. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Ba Kingdom, the Xingshan defense line should be breached in one fell swoop, and the heartland of the Ba Kingdom should be penetrated to conquer cities and territories, and even the Ba Kingdom should be destroyed in one fell swoop.

However, after conquering Xingshan, the State of Chu hesitated to advance further, and even deliberately created a stalemate and a bloodbath in the Xingshan area in order to "nourish" this dangerous place.

It now seems highly likely that the State of Chu had not originally intended to go to war with the State of Ba. It was only because the geomancers and geomancers they sent discovered the prerequisite for cultivating an inauspicious land—the Sha Cave—in the Xingshan area that they changed their minds at the last minute, catching the State of Ba off guard.

In fact, over the years, the State of Chu has indeed sent many geomancers and geomancers to neighboring countries to act as spies.

When Shang Lu was still in Luoshui County, he had encountered geomancers and geomancers from the State of Chu.

At the time, he only thought that these people were there to disrupt the nation's fortune and feng shui.

Now it seems they're all searching for and cultivating evil acupoints!
Now that the State of Chu has allied with the State of Ba to attack the State of Deng, it is probably because they have discovered a suitable location in Deng to cultivate a malevolent acupoint... Hmm, no, that's not right.

Shang Lu frowned, feeling that something didn't make sense.

He pondered, "Since the State of Chu has mobilized its troops, they should have already ascertained the location of the calamity site. Why would they need to send people to search for it again? Could it be that there was something wrong with the calamity site they found before?"

Shang Lu had San Niang release the souls of the Chu witches, and then interrogated them again as a ghost messenger. They actually found a clue—according to these Chu witches, a camp of the Chu army had previously experienced a bombing, which triggered mental pollution, resulting in the deaths of many soldiers and even some witches.

Shang Lu pondered that this was probably not a simple camp collapse, but most likely related to a problem with the acupoint.

Unfortunately, these Chu shamans were unaware of the specific circumstances of the camp explosion, and Shang Lu was unable to extract any further clues.

As for the orders given to these Chu shamans, they were to infiltrate the heartland of Deng Kingdom to find evil burial sites, and these sites could not be ordinary evil burial sites; the evil-detecting needles they brought had to change color.

This team of Chu sorcerers wandered around the heart of Deng State for many days, finding several inauspicious burial sites, but none of them matched the description.

Tonight, they happened to find this area using the witch's compass and noticed unusual spiritual energy fluctuations. They thought they had found a suitable acupoint, but they never expected it to be the sound of Shang Lu refining a magic weapon.

The group of Chu shamans rushed over, all thinking they were about to make a great contribution, but before they could see any credit, they lost their lives...

Although the group of Chu shamans did not provide many clues, Shang Lu still came to the conclusion that the powerful evil cave they were looking for was related to the sacrificial site!

Even after transforming into a monster, the King of Chu was still unwilling to give up and wanted to reclaim the rotten and dangerous land to continue devouring divine flesh in order to change his terrible situation.

"Is there really a malevolent acupoint nearby?" Shang Lu asked.

The summoned Chu witch spirits were thoroughly dealt with by Third Sister using the tube banner, and now, intimidated by Shang Lu's identity as a Yin messenger, they dared not lie or remain silent, and could only honestly answer: "The witch's compass indicates that it exists, but we have not yet found it."

"Witchcraft disc?"

Among the spoils of war, Shang Lu pulled out a palm-sized witchcraft artifact, similar in size to a feng shui compass, and asked, "Is this the thing?"

"Correct."

"Yes."

Several Chu witch spirits nodded repeatedly.

After fiddling with it for a while, unable to figure out how to use it, Shang Lu looked up and asked, "How do I use it?"

The Chu witch spirits took turns explaining how to use it.

After listening for a few minutes, Shang Lu realized that to use this thing effectively, one needed to understand some knowledge of feng shui, divination, and magic arrays.

He wasn't good at these subjects, so he handed the shamanic compass to Third Sister and asked her to study it.

As expected, Third Sister was very intelligent and quickly figured out how to use it. As she made hand gestures and chanted incantations, the pointer on the magic compass spun rapidly and continuously.

Shang Lu peeked inside and asked in astonishment, "Is it broken?"

Third Sister rolled her eyes at Shang Lu, annoyed: "Weren't you listening carefully just now? The pointer on the witch's compass is moving, which means there are evil acupoints around."

Shang Lu chuckled, "You know I'm not good at these things." Then he frowned, "It just keeps spinning like this? It doesn't indicate the exact location of the evil acupoint?"

"If it could pinpoint the exact location of the inauspicious spot, we wouldn't run into you."

A Chu witch's soul sighed bitterly.

Shang Lu glanced at him and recognized him as the corpse-demon sorcerer surnamed Zhao. Now he also knew the man's full name: Zhao Yin.

Seeing Shang Lu looking at him, Zhao Yin didn't dare to complain and quickly explained:

"The evil energy is a chaotic energy that can interfere with even the shamanic compass. It can only determine that the evil energy is around, but cannot pinpoint its exact location. We release the corpse spirits after receiving a hint from the shamanic compass, and let them search for it. Corpse spirits and other yin creatures are very sensitive to evil energy."

At this point, Zhao Yin sighed inwardly.

Previously, his flying zombies and evil spirits did not go to the dilapidated temple in the mountains. It was only after they discovered the abnormal spiritual energy fluctuations in that direction that they were driven to go and investigate.

The result, however, was that it attracted a ruthless star.

Shang Lu pondered for a moment and said to San Niang, "Release the rampaging soldiers to find the evil acupoint!"

Since the inauspicious place cultivated by the Chu Kingdom is related to the evil acupoint, then the evil acupoint must be destroyed to reduce the chances of the Chu Kingdom cultivating an inauspicious place!

Not to mention, the "煞穴" (Sha Xue) is also useful for pokeweed.

Both the Mirror of Five Signs of Decline and the Blood Fiend Banner require the nourishment of fiendish energy.

Moreover, the Third Sister's bamboo banner, as well as the crimson soldiers she refines inside, can also be used to cultivate with the help of evil energy and improve their strength.

Third Sister nodded, and with a wave of her hand, a group of ghostly figures flew out from the banner, riding on gusts of yin wind and swirling around.

Before long, they had made a harvest.

A mad soldier who was a feng shui master in the state of Chu in his lifetime became a ghost after death. However, he did not lose his skills in feng shui. By taking advantage of the feng shui terrain, he determined the form of the earth veins in this place and found the evil burial site.

Upon hearing the soldier's report, Shang Lu nodded and ordered, "Lead the way."

The feng shui master, with his hands clasped in front of him, obediently transformed into a ball of yin fire that floated ahead, not only leading the way but also providing illumination.

Seeing this, Zhao Yin was filled with envy, thinking to himself, "What a powerful ghost! If I had such a ghost in my hands, I wouldn't have ended up like this."

Zhao Yin was filled with bitterness, but he knew that there was no use in envying him, because now he too had become someone else's vengeful ghost.

Soon, under the guidance of the madman, Shang Lu found the evil spot in the area—which was hidden in a valley.

Even though Shang Lu was not an expert in feng shui or formations, he could still tell that the terrain of this valley was quite special, shaped like a big open mouth, and was a natural feng shui formation.

The soldier who led the way tactfully explained to Shang Lu that beneath this valley lay a ley line connected to the surrounding ley lines, allowing it to draw in all the malevolent energy from elsewhere.

At the same time, the unique shape of this valley prevents the absorbed evil energy from escaping, causing it to accumulate and eventually lead to a qualitative change in the valley, giving birth to an evil burial site.

Outside the valley, nothing seems out of the ordinary, but once inside, the menacing aura surges forth like a ravenous wolf that has seen blood, ready to devour you!
If an ordinary person is hit by this evil energy, they will go insane and lose their mind on the spot. If they have companions, they will fall into infighting and fighting. If they have no companions, they will die suddenly because the evil energy rushes into their internal organs!

It is absolutely impossible for them to get out of this valley.

The piles of white bones in the valley are the remains of animals that strayed into this place and were killed by the malevolent energy.

After they died, their souls were locked in this valley and could not escape, eventually becoming part of the evil energy.

At this moment, as Shang Lu, San Niang, and Xiao Hei Hu followed the rampaging soldiers into the valley, the malevolent energy within surged forth as before.

Shang Lu waved his hand and released the Heavenly Decay Mirror and the Blood Fiend Banner. Upon seeing the fiendish energy, these two treasures devoured it as if it were a delicacy.

The souls of those Chu witches also stayed with Shang Lu and were not collected into the banner.

Upon witnessing this scene, they were all horrified, recognizing the Heavenly Decay Mirror and the Blood Fiend Banner.

"The Mirror of the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man! Isn't this the magic weapon of Yin Shu, the Grand Master of the Tai Mo Academy? How did it end up in this person's hands?"

"Those command flags seem to be Lu Qian's Blood Fiend Command Flags? This person can use them so freely and skillfully, could it be that he killed Yin Shu and Lu Qian and refined their treasures?"

The terrified Chu Wu's soul trembled as he tried to guess Shang Lu's identity. He then realized that it was no wonder that they had fallen into the hands of such a powerful cultivator.

Shang Lu ignored the thoughts of these Chu witch spirits and did not send them back to the banner because they would still be useful later.

And they can't escape!

Upon entering the Valley of Malevolent Qi, Shang Lu released the Mirror of Five Decays of Heaven and Man and the Blood Fiend Banner. He discovered that the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus and the Calamity Heart Lamp had also released information, showing great interest in these malevolent energies.

"These two treasures can also absorb evil energy?"

Although Shang Lu was surprised, he did not hesitate and immediately released the two treasures.

Sure enough, as soon as they appeared, they began to devour the surrounding malevolent energy.

Shang Lu marveled, and after thinking about it carefully, he understood.

The malevolent energy here includes not only evil spirits and yin energy, but also various negative emotions such as resentment and desires of living beings.

The Ice Crystal Blue Lotus and the Calamity Heart Lamp feed on these things, and naturally, they can also devour the evil energy here.

"Great, now I can refine and nurture a few more treasures."

For pokeweed, this is absolutely a good thing.

Third Sister was not idle either. Not only did she use the evil energy in the valley to refine the tube banner, but she also released some suitable barbarian soldiers from the banner to feed on the evil energy and cultivate their power.

Several spirits of Chu witches also wanted to consume the evil energy here.

Since they have become ghosts, they are not afraid that the evil energy entering their bodies will pollute their witch power. On the contrary, they can refine evil energy and cultivate themselves.

But after glancing at the pokeweed and the third sister, they still didn't dare to make a move.

Things are different now.

Shang Lu kept walking, following behind the leading soldier, heading straight into the depths of the valley.

We soon arrived at the eye of the valley.

"The acupoint is right here," the soldier leading the way explained.

Upon seeing this inauspicious acupoint, Shang Lu's expression immediately turned serious, and he even gasped in shock.

(End of this chapter)