Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 97 The Kneeling Shell

This place is actually a secret place?
Shang Lu was very surprised.

During this period of time, he heard many people mention the secret realm, and he thought that the secret realm should be a natural place full of spiritual energy, similar to a paradise on earth.

However, I didn’t expect that the secret realm of Yunhua Mountain was full of traces of artificial excavation and construction.

Judging from the amount of work, it is impossible to complete it in a short period of time.

Even with the help of witchcraft, paper dolls, and bean soldiers, it would be impossible.

It can basically be ruled out that the traces of excavation, buildings, etc. here were done by the witch officials.

"Could it be that the so-called secret realm is actually the relics left by our ancestors?" Shang Lu guessed.

Seeing Sanniang drifting deeper into the cave, he hurriedly followed her, looking around and wondering:
"Didn't they say that the spiritual energy in the secret realm is very dense? Why can't I feel it? Is it because my cultivation is not good enough?"

Although Shang Lu had never seen spiritual energy, he had eaten spiritual fat and knew that spiritual energy should bring people a feeling of physical and mental comfort and full of strength.

If there is spiritual energy in this place, he can absorb some of it more or less when he walks through it.

Even if he cannot digest the spiritual energy with his current level of cultivation, the spleen statue in the internal organs can convert the spiritual energy into blood.

However, Shanglu not only did not feel comfortable or full here, but the spleen statue also did not respond.

Instead, green light kept flashing on the statue of the Liver God, sucking out wisps of evil spirit from his body.

What's going on? This place is not only devoid of spiritual energy, but is filled with evil spirits? Is this really a secret place?

Shang Lu's heart was full of doubts.

But Sanniang wouldn't lie to him, so was there something wrong with this secret realm?

The witch officer raised a strange snake here and destroyed the secret realm?

While Shang Lu was curious and guessing, he was also wondering why Sanniang brought him here.

Is there a bailiff who was abducted here and needs his rescue?

Or is there really some great opportunity hidden here, and they are seeking wealth and fame by taking risks?

Shang Lu wanted to ask, but then he changed his mind and thought, if this was really a secret place, then the witch official was most likely here, and the paper figures and bean soldiers under his command must also be here.

Before, when you were at the edge of the secret realm, you could speak without being discovered.

Now that we have entered the depths of the secret realm, if we make any more noise, it is very likely that the witch officer, or the paper figures and bean soldiers under his command will hear it, which would be dangerous.

Thinking of this, Shang Lu closed his mouth.

Anyway, there must be a reason why Sanniang brought him here, and she will know it soon.

At the same time, Shang Lu also used the bird-walking method to make himself as light as a swallow, reduce the sound of his walking, and avoid being exposed.

Although he didn't ask any questions, Shang Lu looked around, trying to find the answer himself.

The more he looked at this secret place, the more strange it seemed to him.

Judging from the architecture and layout here, it feels like a place used to imprison and train animals.

In this secret realm, there are stone prisons covered with strange runes; there are also places similar to stables and animal pens; there are also some pens used for breeding and production, as well as some houses covered with runes, whose purpose is unknown...

The reason why Shanglu was sure that several pens were delivery rooms and breeding rooms was because there were words carved on the stone walls.

These characters are somewhat different from those used by the State of Ba.

But there are still some similarities, and Shang Lu can barely recognize one or two by guessing.

"So this secret realm was a place where a certain cultivation sect used to raise and train beasts?"

Shang Lu guessed curiously.

What about this sect? Did they move away, or did they perish for some reason? Why did the remains they left behind suddenly appear recently when no one noticed them before?

Although secret realms are restricted areas of the imperial court and the Witch Academy and ordinary people are not allowed to enter, there are still many legends about secret realms circulating among the people.

Some of these legends are true, and some are false, but one thing is true.

Every ten years, the imperial court and the Witch Academy would conduct a nationwide census of secret realms.

It has been less than three years since the last secret realm census.

At that time in Luoshui County, there was no trace of the secret realm...

At this time, Shang Lu suddenly remembered something.

Previously, when referring to the secret realm of Yunhua Mountain, whether it was the county magistrate, the chief clerk or the witch officer, they all used the word "birth".

So, this secret place that looks like a relic was actually "born"?

It was not in Yunhua Mountain before, but because of some strange and bizarre reasons, it was suddenly "born" in recent times.

It attracted the transformed monster snake and also attracted the witch?
This matter seems a bit unbelievable.

But in this world, the more bizarre something is, the more likely it is to be true.

Shang Lu was daydreaming when he suddenly caught a glimpse of someone in the darkness ahead.

He quickly gathered his thoughts, crouched down, tightly gripped the oxtail knife, and hid behind a rock nearby.

Sanniang, who was floating in front leading the way, noticed his reaction, turned around, waved at him, and signaled that he didn't need to worry.

Shang Lu couldn't help but feel a little surprised. There was clearly someone ahead, so why did Sanniang tell him not to worry?

But he still followed, but he was highly alert and ready to fight at any time.

Soon, Shang Lu approached these people.

These people didn't react at all to his arrival, as if they didn't even notice it.

They just knelt on the ground, bowed their heads to the ground, and showed a posture of worship, as if they were extremely pious.

Who are these people and what are they worshipping?
Shang Lu looked in the direction they were worshipping with curiosity.

It was pitch black there and I couldn't see anything.

Although Shanglu can see in complete darkness, it cannot see too far away.

However, the strange postures of these people made Shang Lu certain that there must be something hidden in the darkness ahead.

Is it the witch officer? Or is it the transformed snake he raised?

As he got closer, Shang Lu discovered that not all those kneeling on the ground were human.

Many of them are monsters wearing human clothes and imitating human behavior!
Some of these monsters are still in animal form, while others have partially developed human bodies, or look somewhat like humans, which looks very strange and scary.

Shang Lu guessed that these should be the monsters and ghosts who had heard about the secret realm born in Yunhua Mountain and wanted to break into the mountain to seize the opportunity!

As for those who look like woodcutters, hunters, and peddlers, most of them are spies from other countries who come to destroy the secret realm.

The spies and demons who had entered the mountains were actually worshipping here?
This situation is obviously wrong!
Shang Lu was very surprised, but soon he found out the reason.

As he got closer, he discovered that these spies and demons had actually died long ago.

Those kneeling here are nothing but shells.

A body that has been hollowed out of flesh and internal organs.

(End of this chapter)