I can't be a demon.

Chapter 223 Son, I like you!
Shen Lian's consciousness fell into a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, and the sound of bones expanding was heard.

"Ah~"

The starling suddenly woke up, spread its wings and landed on Shen Lian's head.

A faint black gas came out of the bird's beak, and the Di Ting in its belly seemed to be ready to move, as if it was ready to sneak into the dream of the old yellow-fanged elephant at any time.

"Ahhh~~"

At the same time, the bone blade opened into a bloody mouth.

He could feel Bone Blade's fear and greed towards the Yellow Fanged Old Elephant. That was his goal with 100% compatibility, so how could he not be jealous?

Soon after, the other Jinwu Guards also noticed something unusual.

Especially Ye Lan.

Ye Lan looked at the carriage in astonishment, and her Dao Infant once again felt fear for no reason, as if there were a bunch of wild and huge beasts hidden in the carriage.

She quickly used her spiritual sense to check, but found that Shen Lian was just resting with his eyes closed.

No matter how long he observed, Shen Lian was just a warrior who practiced strength, and compared with the innate warriors who followed him, he seemed mediocre.

What Ye Lan couldn't believe was that she felt inexplicable palpitations when facing the crows; she shuddered when facing the bone blades; and she also felt a chill down her spine when facing the fruit core hanging from Shen Lian's neck...

How should I put it? It was as if the narrow carriage was filled with monsters!!!
"What exactly is the Taoist tradition of Lü Zu Temple?"

"Or... just an illusion?"

At this moment, the carriage arrived at the city gate unknowingly.

The officers and soldiers opened the red-painted iron gate for the Jinwu Guard to pass through. There was no need to queue up for inspection, and the carriage entered the capital smoothly. The scent of rouge was in the air.

The inside and outside seemed like two different worlds, and the lights were already on at dusk.

Looking up, everything is bleak.

"Close your eyes and rest. Don't let yourself be dragged into a dream."

Ye Lan reminded the Jinwu Guards to take out the elixir and take it, then absorbed the mental stimulating power of the medicine through their spiritual consciousness.

Chang'an is a city that never sleeps.

The dreams of the old yellow-fanged elephant are difficult for mortals to reach, and he can fall asleep on his own.

The Jinwu Guards are different. Not only do they have to seal related memories before leaving the capital, they also have to stay awake at all times while in the capital.

Ye Lan's temples were bulging and she had no time to pay attention to Shen Lian.

Just as she was gradually calming down, she suddenly heard an elephant cry in the carriage. The fear from the unknown was simply chilling.

Ye Lan suddenly opened her eyes and her whole body began to tremble.

Look at the carriage again.

Shen Lian has turned into a monster with an elephant's head and a human body. He has a smile on his lips and a lotus-shaped Taoist pattern between his eyebrows that emits brilliant light.

Ye Lan leaned against the wall uncontrollably and couldn't help retching repeatedly.

"You can't look straight at it. If you look any longer you will be dragged into a dream!!!"

“Isn’t he a disciple of the immortal family of Lu Zu Temple? How could he be involved with the [Elephant Buddha in the Dream] hidden in the capital? It’s impossible!!”

.........

Shen Lian was still immersed in the dream. The characteristics of the human body with an elephant head were exacerbated purely because of the curse. If he continued to be trapped in the dream, his body and soul would even be in danger of losing control and turning into a giant skeleton elephant.

But he couldn't care less about that now, his eyes were fixed on the dream.

The blood-stained fog was as thick as silk, and could even be touched with the hand. The outline of a city could be vaguely seen.

That's right...

In the dream of the old elephant with yellow teeth, there was actually a capital city called Chang'an.

To be precise, it is a capital city of Chang'an occupied by demons, and the demonic aura that is overwhelming is far greater than that in any cave.

"I can't see clearly, damn it, I can't see clearly."

Relying on the protection of the sixth-grade flesh and blood lotus platform, Shen Lian wanted to see the capital in his dream clearly.

Perhaps because he had mastered the Heart Sutra of Reincarnation, his consciousness was no longer bound by the ropes and his vision became extremely broad.

Shen Lian saw through the thick fog that dense ropes were hanging in the fog.

The heads were tied with ropes, and their expressions were extremely distorted.

The number of ropes alone is at least 200,000 or 300,000, which means that... hundreds of thousands of mortals in the capital have been possessed by demons!!!
Shen Lian's eyes widened and his mouth became dry.

The human head noticed Shen Lian's gaze and immediately became excited, shaking the rope frantically, "Save me! Save me! Save me!!"

The call was like the waves of the sea, and the entire dream city was boiling.

Before Shen Lian could escape from the dream, a spy glanced over him.

The peeping clearly came from...the imperial city deep in Chang'an in the dream!!!

Shen Lian felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy. His consciousness became more and more like that of an old yellow-fanged elephant. The Dao pattern of the sixth-grade flesh and blood lotus platform between his eyebrows became brighter and brighter.

"Tsk."

The thick fog rolled in, as if a huge creature was breathing.

"Well, I remember now. You are my seventy-first son."

"what do you say that is?"

Shen Lian clearly had no intention of speaking, but he took the initiative to answer: "Li Huan."

"Yes, yes, it's Li Huan. I thought you were hiding from me!!"

"My son, your bloodline of the six-tusked white elephant is pure, and you are definitely qualified to become a Buddha. Come to Lion Camel Ridge to see me, and I will grant you the supreme destiny of becoming an immortal!"

"Come to Lion Camel Ridge to see me!!!"

Shen Lian heard the roars of various wild beasts coming from the capital in his dream.

"Hahaha, you are all my most outstanding children!!"

"Don't be jealous of each other. As long as you can come to Lion Camel Ridge, everyone has the opportunity to become a Buddha. I will grant you the supreme immortal fate one by one! !"

Shen Lian's scalp felt numb.

He had guessed in advance that the succession of Tang emperors was not as simple as it seemed, but he did not expect the truth to be so shocking. The so-called succession of Tang emperors was just a selection of his own offspring by the old yellow-fanged elephant.

It seems that the old yellow-fanged elephant asked the weasel to fetch Li Huan's head in order to bring the latter back to Lion Camel Ridge, implying the deep love between father and son? The reason why Shen Lian did not reveal any flaws was partly due to the Heart Sutra of Reincarnation.

The key is to resist the curse of the yellow-fanged old elephant and remain alive.

The Immortal Mysterious Art cannot eradicate the curse, but with the domineering nature of the profession panel, it can directly integrate the image caused by the curse into its own uniqueness.

The bloodline is indeed pure, and when the Hunting Mountain Deer Owl is promoted to the fifth level, it will probably be even purer.

"The Tang Emperor is an old yellow-tusked elephant?"

"No, the Tang Emperor is most likely an incarnation of the Yellow Fang Old Elephant, or in other words, a puppet projected by the Yellow Fang Old Elephant into the human world."

The corner of Shen Lian's mouth twitched, and he began to doubt whether he had the innate holy body for recognizing his relatives.

"Although there are a few demons in each cave who claim to be relatives, the Lion Camel Ridge is too... outrageous. I am not interested in any elephant father."

Shen Lian glanced at the career panel and his breathing stopped for a long time.

A series of prompts come into view.

[The Six-tusked White Elephant has been triggered, and the necessary conditions are missing and the job cannot be taken.]

[The Five-legged Buddha Statue has been triggered, and the necessary conditions are missing, so you cannot take up the job.]

[The "Three-Headed Demon Elephant" has been triggered, and the necessary conditions are missing and the job cannot be taken.]

.........

The offspring of the yellow-fanged old elephant can also trigger special professions. There are hundreds of professions in total, many of which are compatible with banyan trees and lotus platforms.

Shen Lian showed helplessness, and the sixth-grade flesh and blood lotus platform bloomed.

He woke up from the dream instantly. A petal of the lotus platform was broken, and the lotus leaf that was damaged two months ago was only one-third repaired.

"With only three lotus leaves left, there are few chances to enter and exit the dreamland safely."

"We have to find a way to quickly restore the lotus leaves."

Shen Lian returned to his normal appearance, his clothes were already soaked with sweat, and he almost couldn't control the raging Immortal Profound Art.

Just a quick glance at the yellow-fanged old elephant gave him a feeling that he was powerless to defeat it, and even if he was in his prime he would not be able to shake the opponent.

The Yellow-fanged Old Elephant is definitely not one of the strongest monsters in the original work.

But these days are different.

The world of Journey to the West has been in ruins for a thousand years, and the old yellow-fanged elephant is likely to have been strengthened to an epic level, and his cultivation should be more than 30,000 years.

"Where's the green-haired lion monster? Where's the golden-winged eagle?"

"Who can tell me where the Tang Dynasty is?!"

Shen Lian leaned over and got out of the carriage, looking around the extremely prosperous capital.

The street where he is currently located can only be regarded as a slum area in Chang'an, but it gives us a glimpse of the whole picture, which is clearly the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

There is a platform on the second floor of the teahouse, where actors sing pleasant dramas.

"Drawing swords and facing bottles of wine, I am ashamed to say goodbye. A man's spirit, why do you linger like this..."

The people passing by cheered.

Scholars were reciting poems and composing couplets beside the lake. It could be seen that they occasionally practiced martial arts. They moved as lightly as swallows across the lakeside where buds were sprouting in early spring.

The detectives patrolling the streets are all internal strength practitioners, although they are only at the fifth level of the innate realm, but in other towns they are all high-ranking officials who do not need to bow to officials when meeting them.

If Shen Lian didn't know that there were a large number of demons mixed in with the mortal world, he would definitely stop to admire them. But now, he just felt horrified at this moment.

The so-called prosperous Tang Dynasty was a den where demons were rampant.

Moreover, the demons that took over the bodies of mortals could not see any flaws at all, so most of the Jinwu Guards were unaware of it.

Of course, Shen Lian felt that Lion Camel Ridge was not intentionally concealing the truth from the court, and the court would not let Lion Camel Ridge be so cautious.

Shen Lian always felt that, on the one hand, Lion Camel Ridge did not want to disrupt the order, and on the other hand, certain interests made each cave maintain the status quo.

Ye Lan was increasingly unable to see through Shen Lian, and there was no reaction from the imperial court.

It seems that the Li family does not recognize Li Huan's identity.

Ye Lan thought of He Zijin and gritted her teeth and said, "Your Highness, what are your plans next?"

She hesitated for a few breaths, "While the other princes and princesses haven't noticed you, I can help you contact the fellows that Senior He knows well."

"No, do you know Qinglin Academy?"

Shen Lian smiled wistfully and took out an envelope from his arms.

The envelope obviously appeared after visiting the capital in the dream. Through the identification of the wise eye, it was determined that the envelope was the medium to Lion Camel Ridge.

【Letter of recommendation from Qinglin Academy】

[Made by the Yellow Fang Old Elephant. With a letter of recommendation, you can go to Qinglin Academy to review your lessons. Remember, don't forget yourself while studying!!!]

"Qinglin Academy?"

Ye Lan murmured, "I've only heard of Qinglin Mansion. It's one of the four strongholds of the Jinwu Guard in the capital. However, the Jinwu Guards there are all affiliated with the various caves, not the imperial court."

"The cave will recruit Jinwu Guards?"

"I'll be a menial disciple. I've made up my mind to get a chance to join the cave. But Qinglin Mansion won't accept anyone for another three days."

The Jinwu Guards noticed the letter in Shen Lian's hand. It looked like a letter of recommendation. Couldn't that be issued only by the Emperor of Tang?
"Master Qianhu, what's your name?"

"Ye...Lan."

"Captain Ye, I'll contact you then."

Shen Lian signaled the warriors to follow him, then turned around and disappeared into the busy street.

"I was so startled that I almost broke the bottleneck."

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.

"In the present world, Qinglin Mansion is the dojo of the Jinwu Guards."

"In a dream, haha, it might be a demon's dojo, interesting."

Shen Lian asked Ma Wanhu to find a place to live first.

(End of this chapter)