I can't be a demon.

Chapter 148 [Corpse Demon Fruit] and the Opportunity of Dao Infant
Shen Lian's method was too simple and crude, and everyone was stunned for a while.

"Don't get me wrong, I am also a Jinwu Guard."

Shen Lian has already refined the Wanhu token. Logically speaking, as long as Ma Wanhu does not take it back, he would be considered a non-staff member of the Jinwu Guard.

Little did he know that the Wanhu Token had another name in the imperial court, called the [Alchemist Token].

A very small number of Jinwu Guards, after becoming descendants of immortals, are willing to retain their status in the imperial court, and can thereby receive the treatment of Wanhu.

Of course, there were only a few alchemists who "condescended" to serve in the imperial court.

Even looking at the hundred years of the Tang Dynasty, perhaps Shen Lian was the only one.

After all, the alchemists looked down upon the resources of the imperial court. Those secret techniques and remedies were just defective products that had been discarded in the caves.

Yuan Chaozhong didn't think about it too much. Usually, the demonic characteristics of alchemists are more obvious.

Shen Lian’s special features are not obvious, and the more you look at him, the more he looks like a warrior.

Shen Lian collected the corpse of the century-old monster and continued to drink some medicinal wine. "Let's go. The bloody smell will easily attract more monsters."

"Okay, I'm Yuan Chaozhong, the captain of the army. Where did you come from?"

"Shen Lian, Yanshan area, I came here for the Nujiang case."

Yuan Chaozhong wiped the sweat from his forehead. He remembered that there were two thousand households in the Yanshan area. One of them practiced the Bear and Bear Sutra and was good at the physical body.

But... no matter how you look at it, Shen Lian doesn't look like a big and strong Xiong Bin Jing.

Yuan Chaozhong subconsciously looked at Shen Lian, and the fear in his heart grew more and more intense.

Although Shen Lian is dressed like a man of the world, the items he carries are definitely not ordinary things.

The sword and scabbard are clearly made of bones, as is the drinking gourd, which appears to be made from two skulls connected together.

Drinking wine from the skull? Who is this person?
"Ah~ What Nujiang? The sound of the tide is so loud, not as good as Yanliang Town."

The starling shouted loudly in dissatisfaction.

Yuan Chaozhong originally thought that the starling was just an ordinary crow, but when the monster attacked before, the crow did not panic at all, which obviously meant it was not simple.

"What are they?"

"Replying to Lord Shen, the Spiritual Inspiration Sutra requires the help of the rising tide of the Nujiang River to enter."

Yuan Chaozhong added: "After we have dealt with the matters concerning the reserve forces, we will assist the newly arrived Wan Hu in investigating the Nujiang case."

"kindness."

Shen Lian was slightly stunned, and then realized that the Wan Hu that Yuan Chaozhong was talking about might be himself.

"Let me see if there is a backup of the Inspiration Sutra."

Yuan Chaozhong did not dare to delay and quickly took out the internal energy engraved on the surface of the fish skin.

Shen Lian signaled them to pack up the carriage and flipped through the Inspiration Sutra with great interest.

[The 〈Golden Scale Soldier〉 occupation has been triggered, but the necessary conditions are missing and the job cannot be taken.]

"The original form of the King of Inspiration is the goldfish raised by Guanyin Bodhisattva. His strength in the water is enough to fight with Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng for two or three hours."

Shen Lian currently has few points, and his three professions are already at level four, so his experience progress has almost stagnated, so he secretly considers a fourth profession.

He did not rush to make a decision and put the inspiration into the core of the fruit.

Ten households asked attentively: "Sir Shen, we estimate that we still have a day's journey, why not take a rest in the carriage?"

The carriage is filled with resources needed for entry into the reserve force, which shows that the court has been exploring the Tongtian River, the cave of the King of Inspiration, for many years.

"No need."

Shen Lian glanced at the horses.

Even though he seems to be walking on flat ground, he is actually using his strength to drag his body.

Otherwise, the fifty drops of Tianhe water in the middle dantian alone would be enough to make your feet sink into the ground.

Not long after, the convoy was back on the road.

Shen Lian asked Yuan Chaozhong about the Nujiang case in a roundabout way. The latter was mainly stationed in Dechang Town, a hundred miles away, and had not been to Nujiang Town for two years, so he did not know much information.

Yuan Chaozhong only knew that during the New Year, a strong wind would sweep across Nujiang Town.

The evil wind came without a trace, quietly sweeping away twenty or thirty children. It usually lasted for five or six days and would end, with no more than a hundred people killed.

People call the New Year the Dragon King Festival, and believe that the boys and girls taken away are enjoying happiness in the Dragon Palace.

May the coming year be good weather and good harvest.

Yuan Chaozhong said hesitantly: "When we investigate this matter, we will actually encounter resistance from the local Jinwu Guards, so we must be careful."

In the eyes of the people, if they do not want to participate in the Dragon King Festival, they can just leave the town temporarily before the New Year, and the Dragon King will not chase them out of Nujiang Town.

Shen Lian frowned slightly.

Ever since receiving Li Shun's message, his contact with the two has been intermittent. Fortunately, the Wanhu Token was able to detect that the two were doing well.

It seems that the situation in Nujiang Town is indeed quite complicated.

"There is no pattern in the evil wind sweeping people away?"

"Sir Shen, I heard that most of the boys and girls taken away by the Dragon King are from outside the family, or one of their parents is an outsider."

“It’s also about closeness and distance, which is interesting.”

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes. They hadn't even reached Nujiang Town yet, but they already felt strange everywhere, especially those monsters that looked like monks.

"If we can figure out who is Tang Monk, maybe we can uncover the tip of the iceberg of this world."

Seeing Shen Lian lost in thought, Yuan Chaozhong did not dare to disturb him.

The rest of the journey was uneventful.

They could occasionally detect traces of monsters, but because of the deterrent effect of the talismans, most monsters would actively avoid the caravan.

When we got near Nujiang Town, a town with a population of 20,000 to 30,000 came into view.

Nujiang Town is backed by mountains, and even the midday sun has difficulty shining into it. The streets and alleys seem to be shrouded in damp and cold air.

Even from a long distance away, you can smell the indescribable stench.

"Lord Shen, you..." Yuan Chaozhong was about to remind Shen Lian, but found that the latter had his eyes closed, as if he was practicing, and was just following the carriage instinctively.

"Lord Shen is truly amazing. No wonder he has already reached the sixth level of Yuan Dan at such a young age."

"It may be possible to advance to the seventh stage of Dao Infant in the future."

"Uh."

Yuan Chaozhong couldn't help but groan. He noticed that Shen Lian was emitting a mysterious aura, and suddenly felt inexplicably palpitating.

The feeling was fleeting, but it made him even more in awe of Shen Lian.

Helplessness was revealed in Shen Lian's eyes, and his strength poured into his dantian like a swallow returning to its nest. He could see that the size of Yunling's inner elixir had increased dramatically again.

"Finally broke through the bottleneck and reached the last stage of Yuandan."

[Realm: Yuandan (Broken Dan)]

As the name suggests, the Podan period means that the sixth level of Yuandan is about to be promoted to the seventh level of Daoying, and the cultivator takes this opportunity to begin trying to [break the dan and become an infant].

The inner alchemy technique of ancient Taoism is also about breaking the elixir and forming an infant. Logically speaking, as long as Shen Lian reaches the stage of breaking the elixir, cracks will naturally appear in the inner elixir.

Next, you can use the water-grinding technique to break open the inner elixir.

However, Yunling's inner elixir was still flawless, with the eyeball in the center looking a little dull, with no sign of reaching the perfection of the Yuandan realm.

Shen Lian had seen the inner strength of the seventh realm of Daoying through Ma Wanhu's relationship, and the Jinwu Guard's breakthrough of the elixir to become an infant was also of no reference value.

The Jinwu Guards are responsible for helping the demons to undergo a physical transformation, and then giving birth to a Taoist baby.

"It seems that we can only place our hopes on the [Corpse Demon Fruit]."

The Corpse Demon Fruit was bred from a wisp of Madam Bai Gu's true soul. It takes half a year to mature and its effect is similar to the Tianpeng Fruit from Gao Village.

【Corpse Demon Fruit】

【Grown from the banyan tree, the flesh nourishes the soul; the core contains the complete secret technique of corpse transformation, and taking it will enable you to comprehend the Dharma.】

The art of corpse reincarnation is an escape technique that abandons the physical body, and is not suitable for Shen Lian at all.

It is also out of place to incorporate the horizontal sword style.

On the contrary, the Zifu Equipment Tempering Method, which focuses on the soul and spiritual consciousness, is quite suitable.

"The Purple Mansion Tempering Method combined with the Corpse Resolving Technique will most likely lead to a state of enlightenment, from which we should be able to explore the path forward to the seventh realm of Dao Infant."

Shen Lian was concerned that it was not suitable to meditate in the wilderness, so he never took the Corpse Demon Fruit.

The last pill fruit is a little special.

【Danlu Fruit】

[Growing from a banyan tree, buried deep underground and watered with Shenlian blood for three days, a tree stump with the function of gestating things can grow. Dig out the stump completely, and it will turn into a Danlu fruit again after half a day.]

"Hehe, although I can't actively breed Dan fruit, it's better than nothing."

The Danlu Fruit should be produced by the banyan tree itself after it is promoted to the fourth level. However, it will take three days for it to grow, so it must be planted in a secluded place.

Shen Lian consolidated his cultivation, and the carriage entered Nujiang Town unimpeded.

The customs of Nujiang Town are obviously different from those in Yanshan area. There is a custom of inlaying fish scales on doors and windows are made of fish skin.

People were coming and going on the street, and people kept looking at them, a group of strangers.

"Yuan Chaozhong, do you feel something is wrong?"

"I?"

Yuan Chaozhong took a quick look with his spiritual sense, and then his pupils shrank slightly.

"Master Shen, when I came here two years ago, they... weren't like this."

Yuan Chaozhong shuddered.

He looked up and saw that the faces of the people in Nujiang Town had a blessed look, and both men and women, young and old, looked three or four points similar to the monster.

It's incredible that tens of thousands of people share the same face.

Shen Lian had heard about this, but he still felt horrified. No wonder Ma Wanhu emphasized that the situation in Nujiang Town was continuing to deteriorate.

“Whether the anthropomorphism comes from Tang Monk or Chen Guangrui, there is definitely something wrong with Nujiang!”

Shen Lian looked at the river bank from afar and saw a lonely and dilapidated temple with no one paying attention to it.

"Li Shun investigated the temple. The abbot named Xuanzang died half a year ago, leaving the temple in ruins."

Shen Lian communicated with the Wanhu token in his arms through his telepathy and found that Li Shun was inside the yamen.

"Yuan Chaozhong, even you don't know the situation in Nujiang Town. It seems that there are problems with the thousand households guarding the local town."

Yuan Chaozhong was extremely uneasy and responded, "Sir Shen, we should contact the Wanhu in charge of Nujiang Town immediately."

"hehe."

"As soon as we entered the city, I'm afraid the people had already informed the government."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Look at them, they seem to be staring at demons."

Thousands of people gathered around, all with expressionless faces. There was no demonic aura in their bodies, and no signs of any secret techniques being performed.

They were simply unwelcome, as if the arrival of Shen Lian and others affected their lives.

"What is the name of the thousand households here?"

"Wang Baoping is a spiritual master at the seventh level of Dao Infant. He almost became a disciple of Tongtian River. His strength is terrifying and unpredictable."

Yuan Chaozhong took out the telepathic talisman and said, "I will contact Wan Hu and Lord Shen immediately. Let's try not to conflict with Wang Baoping..."

Click click click.

Shen Lian's bones were colliding all over his body, and his height was just over two meters.

"Where did Wan Hu come from? Lord Ma Sanma's body and soul were severely injured and he has been in seclusion for a long time. He entrusted me to be in charge of Nujiang Town."

"My rules are simple."

"If you don't obey, I'll kill you!"

(End of this chapter)