Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 705 Paper Doll Substitute
Shang Lu quickly thought it over in his mind, but still felt that he couldn't stand idly by.

If this person is indeed the sorcerer, saving his life will give our side more strength!
Even if this person is actually a henchman of Ba Wang in disguise, we can still follow the clues and find some leads!
What Shang Lu fears now is not hidden danger, but the absence of anything, leaving him clueless and without any results.

Often, danger is accompanied by opportunity and clues.

only……

Shang Lu glanced quickly at the roof ridge beasts, the birds painted on the beams, and the papers with hidden secrets on the notice board. He moved his lips slightly and called out silently, "Third Sister."

Third Sister immediately appeared, floating beside Shang Lu, and gently exhaled a breath.

The air transformed into a gust of wind, blowing across the street and stirring up dust and sand, obscuring all prying eyes and ears, and causing people on the street to cover their faces and hide.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shang Lu released a paper figure from his sleeve.

After the paper figure landed, it grew rapidly in the wind, and in an instant, it became the size of an adult.

Unlike ordinary paper figures, this paper figure contains the divine power of the newly awakened deity on Sea Spirit Island.

The power of that deity has a mysterious effect of restoring flesh and bone, but the effect is somewhat distorted. Whether it is a living creature with flesh and blood or an inanimate object made of iron and stone, once it is tainted by this power, it will continuously ooze blood and grow flesh.

But all this blood and flesh was chaotic and eerie, unable to adhere completely, much less become part of the dead matter of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, it will immediately rot and decompose after it emerges, and then drip down.

However, the divine power that the pokeweed contained within the paper body had been refined by his internal organs.

The resulting flesh and blood, though still unable to last long, will not spoil within a few days.

With this layer of flesh and blood covering it, the paper figure no longer looks strange and bizarre, but looks exactly like a real person, and you can even hear the sound of its heartbeat and blood flowing.

Of course, the paper figures made by pokeweed still have a major flaw—they are ugly and their hands and feet are not the same length.

Fortunately, such a drawback is not a big deal for cultivators.

Especially wizards.

Many sorcerers, especially those from schools of thought such as ghost walking, Gu, and corpse walking, suffer from the backlash of evil spirits and poisonous gas, causing various defects in their bodies.

Perhaps they are ugly, or perhaps they are physically disabled...

The paper figure's appearance is indeed a perfect match.

Once the paper figure was formed, it knew what to do without the pokeweed having to tell it, and immediately blended into the crowd.

The wind that San Niang blew gradually slowed down and then stopped.

This sudden gust of wind naturally alerted those around, who began to search in all directions.

However, Third Sister's methods of summoning wind were far more sophisticated than Shang Lu's, and these informants could not possibly understand them.

Soon, these informants, having found nothing, dispelled their doubts and continued their routine inspections.

The paper figure released by Shang Lu arrived beside the traveling merchant, whose body was radiating a magical aura, and whispered a reminder: "Your Impermanence Token has been exposed, quickly seal it away!"

The traveling merchant turned to look at the paper figure, his eyes gleaming, but he couldn't see through the flesh and blood on the paper figure, which was shaped by divine power, nor could he see through its true identity.

"Thank you for reminding me," the traveling merchant said, his voice tinged with excitement, and asked in a low voice, "You... are you also a Guardian Witch?"

The paper figure nodded and, under Shang Lu's control, made a secret signal to confirm its identity.

The traveling merchant's eyes lit up immediately, but in his gaze, besides excitement and joy, there was more sinister and malicious intent.

"This is excellent!" He grinned maliciously, then suddenly shouted telepathically, "Take him down!"

Ordinary pedestrians on the surrounding streets suddenly rushed towards the paper figure.

At the same time, the traveling merchant acted with lightning speed, suddenly spitting out a burst of witch energy, which transformed into several swords of energy that rushed straight at the paper figure, instantly hitting its upper, middle, and lower dantian. Not only did they penetrate it, but they also evolved into a witch array, sealing the dantian and locking the flow of energy.

Under Shang Lu's control, the paper figure perfectly displayed a shocked expression, staring at the traveling merchant: "You..."

A person rushed up from the side, waved their hand, and released a burst of witchcraft, silencing it from its mouth.

These actions happened extremely quickly, and since the traveling merchant had just given the order to act using a secret telepathic technique, the people on the street had no idea what was going on.

The traveling merchant stepped forward, grabbed the paper figure, and chuckled in a low voice, "Heh heh, this trick of waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump really worked. You bunch of fools, one by one, you all walked right into it!" He then shouted, "Oh my, I didn't expect to meet a fellow townsman in Goddess Town. Come on, come on, we have to go have a few drinks."

The group quickly left, surrounding the paper figure.

To unsuspecting bystanders, this scene really did look like a chance encounter with an old friend in a foreign land, where, overjoyed, they put their arms around each other and went out for drinks.

However, in the eyes of Shang Lu and Bai Lingxu, this was a different story altogether.

Although Bai Lingxu didn't know what had happened, he knew that the "person" who was taken away was a paper figure released by Shang Lu.

Therefore, he knew that this matter was suspicious and strange.

Senior Brother Bai wanted to ask, but after glancing at the "eyes and ears" around him, he held back.

Shang Lu was not in a hurry to chase after them, and continued with Bai Lingxu to the brothels and theaters by the river.

Not long after they left, a few seemingly inconspicuous passersby set off, slowly making their way in the direction the traveling merchants had gone.

If anyone had tried to follow them, they would have been immediately spotted by these people, leading to a new round of "fellow countrymen meeting and stabbing each other in the back."

On the other side, although Shang Lu and Bai Lingxu went to the brothels to gather information, he focused most of his spiritual sense on the paper figures.

After the paper figure was captured by the hawks and hounds of King Ba, who were impersonating the shaman, it was escorted to the shaman temple in the town of Goddess.

When Shang Lu first arrived in Shennv Town, he had considered going into this shrine to light incense and pay respects to the gods, as it was a habit of his.

Upon arrival, they found the temple gates tightly closed. Several nearby incense and candle shops were also affected, with little business.

Shang Lu used his silver tongue to inquire and learned that the temple was under renovation and the statues were being rebuilt, so it was temporarily closed to the public.

However, after the paper figure was brought into the witch temple, Shang Lu realized that the so-called repair of the temple and reconstruction of the statues were all lies.

This shaman temple has become a stronghold for King Ba's henchmen in Goddess Town.

Here, besides King Ba's henchmen, there were also many people who had been locked up and tortured.

Most of these people were dissatisfied with the policies of the King of Chu and were tortured after being captured. However, two of them were Wei witches. After arriving in Goddess Town, they intended to conceal their identities and gather information, but were instead tricked by the henchmen of King Ba into activating their tokens and sending a signal.

The two guardian shamans, with their keen senses, noticed something amiss and immediately tried to leave, but they were too late. They were surrounded and captured by King Ba's henchmen. Inside the shaman's temple, the two guardian shamans received a different treatment than those who had questioned and slandered King Ba.

They didn't suffer too much torture, but they were all pierced through the dantian by bone hooks, and their tendons in their hands and feet were severed.

These bone hooks not only bear a strange shamanic script drawn in blood, but are also covered with a number of bizarre curses. Together, they completely lock down the shamans' cultivation, rendering them powerless despite their abundant shamanic energy. Even if they wanted to use methods like the Heavenly Demon Disintegration to self-destruct and perish together with the enemy, they could not do so.

"I'm back! Hehe, I've caught another witch! This trick is so effective, it makes these fools obediently walk into the trap!"

The traveling merchant returned to the temple, bursting into laughter, extremely pleased with himself.

Immediately, someone came forward, grabbed the paper figure, and pierced it with bone hooks and cast a curse.

Despite all these methods, no one realized that it was a paper figure, not a real person.

On the contrary, the divine power within the paper figure, which interfered with and corrupted the bone hooks and curses, greatly excited the group of Ba Wang's henchmen.

"You've got some skills. Looks like a big fish after all!"

"Hehe, it looks like we're going to make a big contribution this time!"

The person in charge here is a middle-aged man with a feminine demeanor.

The man walked up to the paper figure, looked it over, but couldn't find any flaws. He then demanded in a shrill voice, "Speak! Which patrol officer's subordinate are you? Who else came to Goddess Town with you? Where are they hiding now?"

Under Shang Lu's control, the paper figure opened its mouth, spat out a mouthful of blood at the guy who was most likely a eunuch, and cursed, "You freak, you rotten ass! Bah!"

"You...you...you have such audacity!"

The eunuch was furious and wanted to kill the paper effigy on the spot, but he was stopped by those around him. He also remembered the king's orders, and while wiping the blood from his face, he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Send him and the other two guards to Wushan tonight! Want to die? Not so easy! I'll let you know what it means to wish for death but not be able to live!"

"Yes!"

The henchmen of King Ba responded in unison, and immediately someone pushed the three guards into three specially made prison carts. After covering them with a leather canopy, the prison carts transformed into three ordinary freight trucks. They were escorted by special personnel and left through the back door of the temple, heading straight out of the town and towards Wushan.

After the paper figure and the two guardian witches were sent away, the eunuch felt a little relieved.

However, whether it was his imagination or not, he felt a discomfort on the side of his face that was stained with blood. Gradually, the discomfort turned into an itch, which made him unable to resist raising his hand to scratch it.

This scratching was all it took to make him lose control and start scratching frantically.

By the time others realized something was wrong, the eunuch had already scratched half of his face completely raw, and his teeth were clearly visible amidst the blood.

"How ruthless! To actually poison a curse into one's own blood!"

After his hands were held down by his men and a healing spell was cast, the eunuch finally regained some consciousness and came to his senses.

However, he still did not doubt the paper figure's identity.

Similarly, his subordinates did not suspect anything.

In their minds, those who could become guardian witches all possessed some special abilities.

Using blood to cast a curse is not a particularly special method.

At most, it was this Wei Wu who, despite having his Qi Sea pinned down and his cultivation locked, was still able to generate blood curses, which shocked them somewhat.

However, they did not overreact. They simply sent a message to their escorting colleagues, informing them of the matter and reminding them to be careful not to be tricked by that cunning "guardian witch".

However, the eunuch's condition worried them even more.

Neither witchcraft nor medicine had any effect; they couldn't cure the eunuch's rotten face at all.

Even though they tightly bound the eunuch's hands and feet and sealed his witchcraft, preventing him from scratching his face, the festering sores on his face continued to worsen rapidly.

"Let me go, let me scratch... Ah, it itches, it itches so much!" the eunuch screamed hysterically.

His men all looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

Even the eunuch's appearance deeply frightened them, making them dare not get too close, for fear of getting their hands on the blood splattered from the eunuch's rotting face and thus contracting this strange and terrifying curse.

However, what they didn't know was that a strange divine power had already permeated the entire temple.

It was only a matter of time before they were contaminated and underwent strange changes.

In the riverside entertainment district, Shang Lu used paper figures to observe everything.

As the paper figure was loaded onto the prison cart and sent to Wushan, he breathed a sigh of relief, but was also somewhat excited.

Finally, we have a lead. It was worth the risk he took!

Although the paper figure would most likely be exposed after being sent to Wushan.

But once they enter Wushan and are sent to the place where the witches are imprisoned, it is considered a victory!

As I said before, what I'm afraid of now is not danger, but the lack of clues.

Compared to the paper figures, Shang Lu and Bai Lingxu gained nothing from the brothels and theaters.

During this period, the "Witch Doctors" were making arrests everywhere, causing quite a stir.

The Goddess Town is located at the foot of Wushan Mountain. Even if people who come here do not see the "Witch Guardian", they are afraid that the "Witch Guardian" is hiding in the dark and spying on them. So how could they dare to speak recklessly?
Shang Lu and Bai Lingxu were afraid of revealing their identities, and dared not take the initiative to inquire. In the end, they only heard some outdated information, which was of little value.

Even so, the two stayed in the brothel for a considerable amount of time before leaving to avoid arousing suspicion.

Upon returning to the warehouse and entering the courtyard, Shang Lu immediately summoned the "Unlistenable" spell and the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus, telling Bai Lingxu, Zhu Quan, and the others everything about the paper figures.

After finishing, Shang Lu quickly made arrangements:
"We'll head to Wushan first thing tomorrow morning and wait for the right opportunity to strike!"

“We won’t change our identities. We’ve already passed the test today. Besides, there might be spies hiding on the road from Shennv Town to Wushan. If we rashly change our identities, we might expose ourselves!”

Everyone agreed without objection.

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye. Shang Lu and his group checked out of their rooms early in the morning and set off for Wushan.

At this time, the paper figure, along with two other shamans, was sent to the shaman's office.

However, it was here that an unexpected turn of events occurred...

(End of this chapter)