Wei'er City is not big, but it is quite prosperous.
Caravans were constantly coming in and out, forming a long queue at the city gate.
There are small bridges and flowing water everywhere in the city. From time to time, you can see boatmen punting boats passing by. Along with the continuous rain falling from the sky, it gives people a feeling of a Jiangnan water town.
Lu Zhong changed into an ordinary gown and made some changes to his appearance. He looked like an ordinary young man, tasting novel snacks on the street along the way.
He was walking towards the Juyuan Inn in the city, where the head of Shuihuan Village currently lives.
Just after finishing a portion of Qingtuan Rice Balls at the stall, Lu Zhong exclaimed. He discovered that a group of monks had arrived at the stall next door. Their cultivation levels were not low, at least they were starting in the middle stage of Qi Refining. The leader was
The woman in black has even reached the seventh level of Qi refining.
Their appearance is very abnormal!
Shi Dongguo's spiritual energy is very poor, and there are very few spiritual objects. Even basic elixirs are difficult to find. Monks who stay in this place for a long time generally think that their path in this life is cut off, or they are disheartened about immortality.
Only those who feel cold will choose to return to the mortal world to reproduce and live out the rest of their lives as a rich man with many wives and concubines.
But now, this team of monks is still full of vigor, and it is obvious that they have ulterior motives.
Silently, Lu Zhong asked to detect malicious intent, and found that the other party was not coming for him.
"The less trouble, the better……"
Seeing that there were no warning signs in his heart, Lu Zhong no longer paid attention to that area all the time. He just used his spiritual consciousness to check it from time to time to control the development of the situation in his hands, and then ate the hot green dumplings one bite at a time.
The current season is a good time to eat Qingtuan.
Qingtuan is made of mugwort and glutinous rice flour.
It is as green as jade, waxy and soft, fragrant, fat but not plump.
After steaming, the outer skin is green and soft, and the bean paste filling is sweet but not greasy in the heart. It has a light aroma of mugwort and is fragrant and glutinous.
But his favorite is the green dumpling stuffed with bamboo shoots and meat.
It's salty and refreshing, and you can taste the fragrance of bamboo shoots. It's much more delicious than bean paste filling.
She ate ten plates in one go, almost frightening the stall owner. After all, the quantity of qingtuan she sold was large and sufficient, and an ordinary strong man could only eat three plates at most. But for Lu Zhong, who was accustomed to the Ling Huan Dharmakaya, this was too much.
Ordering a meal is just a small matter that can be digested in one go.
He left a piece of silver behind and left with satisfaction.
Juyuan Inn is located next to the main road in the city. Lu Zhong didn't even need to ask for directions, he just walked along the street and found it.
Standing at the door, he looked over the inn.
This inn is a three-story wooden building. It is taller than the shop next to it and is as wide as six storefronts. There are already many tall horses tied to the horse-tethering posts on the side. Combined with the flow of people entering and leaving the inn from time to time, the business is booming.
This is evident from this.
As soon as we entered, we were immediately greeted by a young man with a long scarf draped over his shoulders.
"Sir, I wonder if you want to stay in a hotel or are you here looking for someone?"
Lu Zhong smiled slightly. This young man had good eyesight and could actually see his purpose at a glance, but this was just because his expression did not hide it at all.
So he smiled and said, "I'm looking for someone. Is Xu Changfu still here?"
When he heard that he was here to see Xu Changfu, the young man looked at Lu Zhong without any trace, and at the blind corner of his sight, he secretly made a vague gesture behind him.
Of course, Lu Zhong saw all this.
After all, spiritual consciousness is really useful.
"Interesting, what's the fuss about?"
He couldn't help but secretly feel funny, but this time he controlled his facial expression to avoid being seen through and startling the snake.
After delivering the news, the boy immediately raised his head, with a professional and flattering smile on his face, and responded respectfully: "It turns out that the guest officer is here to see Mr. Xu. He is still in Room No. 2, Tianzi. Please come with me."
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The two walked up the stairs and soon arrived at the third floor of the inn.
Unlike the two floors below, the stairs here are guarded by two strong men in strong clothes.
Lu Zhong took a closer look and found that these two people were actually good martial arts masters. They could be regarded as accomplished martial arts practitioners. According to the world, they should be masters of dark power, but they never wanted to guard the gate here.
He stopped before taking two steps, looked at the closed doors on the left and right in front of him, and said with a smile: "Okay, no need to hide in there, come out!"
"Sir, you..." The waiter showed a fake smile and was about to open his mouth to explain.
"Bang bang bang!"
The doors were smashed violently, and several strong men in black wearing black gauze hats and unusually tall bodies rushed out from inside. They stepped on the floor and made a thumping sound, silently facing the leader.
Lu Zhong surrounded him.
Behind him, two dark strength masters also moved together.
Looking at the posture, it was obvious that Lu Zhong was going to be surrounded and killed here.
Lu Zhong was not nervous about this.
He casually threw out the two leftover bunches of candied haws, and shot out the sticks with a force as strong as a crossbow, easily piercing the eyebrows of two dark masters, as easy as crushing two ants.
At this time, a strong man in black rushed over.
Lu Zhong looked serious, after all, these strong men were all refining corpses.
"Refining corpses, it seems that the matter in Shuihuan Village is not just a simple matter of casual cultivators..." The thoughts in his mind were rolling, and he relied on the huge power brought by the Linghuan dharma body to knock down the strong men one by one with one punch.
Immediately twist their necks one by one so that they can no longer move.
After doing this, Lu Zhong moved his eyes to somewhere on the third floor and sneered: "Fellow Taoist inside, is it time for you to show up? Is it possible that... I still want to invite you out?"
"Fellow Taoist is very powerful, why not join our sect!"
As a steady male voice came out, a man in black robes quickly walked out.
Under the black hood, there is a pretty face, which does not match the steady and thick voice. The black robe he wears is even more bulging, which also does not match that face.
In terms of cultivation, it is the third level of Qi refining.
Taking a look at this person, Lu Zhong was still a little surprised at this moment, even though he had used his spiritual consciousness to detect him several times.
Because during the exploration of his spiritual consciousness, he suddenly discovered that this black-robed man actually had four arms, two more than an ordinary person.
It looks like it was just picked up.
After calming down his expression, Lu Zhong asked tentatively: "What religion do you want to join?"
"Of course it's the Holy Cult of Body Transplantation!" The man in black robe said with a fanatical look on his face and a hint of madness in his voice.
With a "pop" sound, the black robe on his body was torn, revealing four thick arms.
"Behold, what a mighty power this is!"
As he said that, the four arms behind the man started to dance, and they were holding magic formulas in pairs. After a while, each of them condensed a big fireball with a human head, and then his glowing eyes stared at Lu Zhong, and again
The invitation said:
"Look, fellow Taoist, even I, who are dull, can cast two fireball techniques at the same time, thereby doubling my combat power. With my fellow Taoist's qualifications and strength, I will definitely be able to receive more powerful limbs from the leader. The future will definitely be
There is a bright light, and killing those family disciples is like slaughtering chickens and dogs!"
Hearing this, Lu Zhong looked at the four arms with interest.
I have to say that this limb replacement is really a genius idea.
Four-armed spellcasting can cast two spells at the same time. If carefully matched, the power of one plus one equals three. This is definitely not inferior to ordinary sect disciples.
Thinking more deeply, if there are more arms, wouldn't it be possible to cast more spells at the same time?
For a moment, even Lu Zhong was a little moved.
Unfortunately, this path is not the right path after all.
If you want to cast spells multiple times, there are similar secret techniques in Feixing inheritance, which can also be done, but it is much more difficult to achieve than limb replacement, but you don't have to pay the price of becoming an inhuman being.
Shaking his head, he put his two fingers together and emitted a sword light.
Against such a weak opponent, the sword light alone can kill him instantly.
"Bang bang!"
The two out-of-control fireballs quickly became unstable and could explode at any time.
At this time, Lu Zhong swept his sleeves and took them outside. Only two bangs were heard, and two huge fireballs exploded in the air, causing panic among the pedestrians on the street, causing a huge commotion immediately.
The search for corpses ended quickly and nothing useful was found.
The only information is a waist tag worn by the man in black robe. It is made of wrought iron that exudes a fishy smell. The word "amputation" is engraved on the front and a name is engraved on the back. "Luo Mu" should be the black robe.
The person's real name.
After thinking for a while, he put the waist badge into his storage bag.
Then, deep in the third floor, Lu Zhong found Xu Changfu, the village chief of Shuihuan Village, who was tied to the bed in the guest room. He was in a coma at this time.
Xu Changfu's body was covered with injuries, and he had obviously been severely tortured.
Seeing that he was taking in too much air and outgoing less, Lu Zhong frowned, took out a healing elixir, used spiritual power to melt it and then fed it to him. Only then did Xu Changfu's breath stabilize, and he was no longer in the critical state of his life before.
After a while, Xu Changfu finally woke up.
When he saw Lu Zhong, he was surprised at first, and then he seemed to have thought of something. His face showed a look of joy. Regardless of his injuries, he quickly bowed and saluted:
"Xu Changfu, the head of Laogui Shuihuan Village, has met the Immortal Master of Heling Sect!"
"Get up and tell me what happened?" Lu Zhong didn't think the real situation would be as simple as the letter asking for help said. The other party might have concealed some information, so he had to ask carefully about the situation.
Xu Changfu straightened his body and said cautiously:
"Some time ago, immortal masters began to appear in the mountains near Shuihuan Village. At the same time, villagers began to disappear in the village. I also organized Jingzhuang to search for them, but they returned without success every time, so I sent a letter asking for help.
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"Body grafting, what's going on?"
"Amputee Cult? Immortal Master, you mean...I don't even know about those weird-looking Immortal Masters. After I submitted a letter asking for help, they came to my door three days later and imprisoned me here. They also repeatedly
Torture the old man repeatedly!"
"Have you said everything you can say?" Lu Zhong looked at him coldly.
"Spare your life, Master Immortal. I don't know what kind of enchantment they used, so I accidentally told them all." Xu Changfu hurriedly knelt on the ground and defended, fearing that the Immortal Master in front of him would not like him and would kill him casually.
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Lu Zhong smiled noncommittally, gave him a meaningful look, and then said: "You should return to Shuihuan Village immediately, and I will protect you in secret."
"Ah, thank you so much, Master Immortal!" Xu Changfu woke up from a dream and quickly knelt down to thank him.
Half a quarter of an hour later, a carriage drove out of Wei'er City and headed west.
Lu Zhong, who was at the back, quickly followed up using his light body technique.
He didn't believe a word of what Xu Changfu said. Others might not have been able to tell, but Lu Zhong, who had memories of his past life, discovered that this person had received an internal organ transplant.
The whole body, including the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, were all replaced.
If there is no weirdness in it, it is absolutely impossible.
"It looks like a heretical technique like harvesting, breaking, and cutting..."
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong decided it was better to be cautious. He flipped his hand to activate a transmission note, briefly explained the news he had learned, and decisively asked Shui Ni to send help.
When the transmission talisman was activated, it immediately turned into a stream of light and flew towards the capital.
When the transmission notes fly to the capital, there will be Heling Sect disciples stationed there to relay this message back to the door.
After doing this, he stepped up his pace and caught up with the carriage in front of him.
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A few days later, we arrived at Shuihuan Village.
Lu Zhong stood on a high cliff and looked down at the village.
You can see that Shuihuan Village is built close to mountains and rivers. It can be considered a large village. When the sun sets, smoke from cooking smoke curls up from everywhere in the village. You can hear the barking of dogs and the crow of chickens. From time to time, you can see ordinary people finishing their farm work, holding big dogs.
The buffalo returns.
Judging from the style of the houses in the village, Shuihuan Village should be relatively wealthy, otherwise it would not be able to build so many brick houses.
After thinking for a moment, he released a figure from his sleeve.
The figure grew bigger after it hit the ground, and looked exactly like a real person. It looked exactly like Lu Zhong.
This is a spiritual puppet. Lu Zhong specially asked the sect's weapon refiner to make it in order to consume the large amount of essence obtained from killing the Yin Scythe Rat and Moon Watching Toad. It can exert the same strength as a monk in the middle stage of Qi Refining.
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It is very valuable, one body costs two thousand spiritual stones.
But there is a reason why it is expensive.
By inhabiting the puppet body with spiritual consciousness, you can use the puppet body to sense the surrounding world. The best thing is that it also has the same aura as the main body, which is enough to confuse mortals and monks who do not have detection spells, and is suitable for entering the water on his behalf.
Call the village to garrison.
As for Lu Zhong himself, he planned to stay outside.
When he knew that Xu Changfu was weird and knew about the emergence of the limb-repairing cult, he was not stupid enough to put himself in danger. If he couldn't wait for powerful help, then he planned to just pretend to be stupid and choose to hide it from the village.
I turned a blind eye to the secret and just slipped away from the three-year protection mission.
After all, what Teru Shuini meant was that as long as Shui Huan Village was not destroyed.
After pinching the secret and chanting the incantation, he quickly used a secret technique to separate a stream of spiritual consciousness, which fell into the body of the spirit-resident puppet.
"It's really magical!" Lu Zhong took advantage of the puppet body and curiously looked at the world around him.
The way the puppet perceives the outside world is somewhat similar to using the qi-gazing technique, so the field of vision is all black and white. The difference in color is only black and white, and will not be affected by light.
Just in case, he specially affixed a few fireball talismans to the puppet's spiritual hub.
The purpose of doing this is to stop the spirit puppet, so that the spiritual hub cannot self-destruct normally, causing the spiritual consciousness residing on it to be unable to self-destruct, and the enemy can use it to make a fuss.
After confirming that it was correct, Lu Zhong let the spirit puppet leave.