I can't be a demon.

Chapter 30 When you stare at Shen Lian, the abyss is also staring at you
New Year's Day.

Although New Year's Eve has passed, the jubilation in Yanliang Town has not subsided, and every stall in the market is surrounded by people.

However, people's joys and sorrows are not shared.

Shen Lian had very little money left, so he strolled around and went back to the pawnshop.

Even if he had several decades' supply of medicinal herbs to sell at a low price, he would have had no choice but to give up, besides, he still had not finished eating the four kilograms of sand.

"When we go to the ghost market again, we can no longer be restrained."

"Well, especially antique calligraphy and paintings, the money-redeeming ghosts are too obsessed with money, which prevents them from transcending. Alas, I, Shen Lian, must make sure they no longer linger in the world of the living."

Shen Lian had a strange smile on his face.

He was not worried about the hidden dangers in the ghost market. Logically speaking, even mynah birds could go in and out seven times, so the power of the money-ransom ghost was probably very limited.

The government allows the ghost market to exist, and it probably poses no threat to ordinary mortals.

"Today there is wine and today is drunk, and tomorrow's worries come tomorrow's worries."

Shen Lian took out a gourd bought from the market, which was filled with long-brewed [Codonopsis Blood-Replenishing Wine] mixed with sand, otherwise it would be too difficult to chew it dry.

After drinking half a pot of medicinal wine, he burped.

"What a pity, the Yang Yuan Pillar has not yet reached the point where it can be freely retracted and released."

Shen Lian felt the nutrients growing and quickly assumed the Yang Yuan Posture stance, coordinating his breathing with his muscles and allowing the Yang Yuan Energy to flow through his meridians.

Heat rises and water vapor surrounds the body.

Where he usually stood, spring grass had already sprouted without him noticing.

coo.

When Shen Lian heard a clear bird call, he couldn't help but think of the half-demon's scream. He opened his eyes and noticed a small and exquisite black bird in the corner.

The black bird pecked at the gaps between the tiles, and the tip of its beak was bright red, somewhat similar to the oxpecker that picked the teeth of rhinos in the previous life.

Shen Lian looked at him for a few breaths.

The oxpecker seemed to be aware of the gaze and disappeared with its wings flapping.

Shen Lian suppressed all distracting thoughts. Yang Yuan Zhuang had already reached the critical point of making a small breakthrough. He devoted himself to the transformation of his own strength.

In a quiet corner.

The oxpecker stood on one leg with its upper and lower jaws open. Then an eyeball squeezed out of its beak, and its bloodshot pupils stared at Shen Lian with greed.

"I, Hu Bao, was born with a physique for refining corpses. I am lucky enough to have such a harvest in the small town of Yanliang. Hehehe."

Oxpecker is a puppet mystic controlled by consciousness.

Hu Baochang's real body was far away in the yamen. He kept observing Shen Lian through the oxpecker. The more he watched, the more satisfied he became, and he couldn't wait to take action immediately.

When he and Zhu Yihong passed by Hefeng Street, they noticed that Shen Lian's blood and energy were different from those of ordinary people.

Hu Baochang originally thought that it was a sign of a strong foundation in martial arts, until he discovered that Shen Lian could absorb the demonic aura to replenish his physical body.

With the help of his special physique, Shen Lian has almost no disadvantages in practicing horizontal training.

Hu Baochang had only been observing for a few days and found that Shen Lian had already mastered the intermediate level of horizontal practice and had reached a level close to perfection.

Gee tut.

If he could fully develop his talent, Shen Lian might be able to join the Jinwu Guard.

Of course, being refined into an iron corpse is not considered to be buried.

When Hu Baochang thought of this, his skin became darker like a rhinoceros, and his changeable expression made others afraid to approach him and communicate with him.

"Hu Baochang."

Zhu Yihong hurried back to the government office and asked stiffly, "There are seven letters on New Year's Day. According to the strength of the resentment contained, they represent seven demons with fifty years of cultivation."

Hu Baochang narrowed his eyes and glanced coldly at Zhu Yihong.

Zhu Yihong continued fearlessly, "You were in charge of two of the letters, but you deliberately didn't use the death row prisoners provided by the government. Where do you plan to lead the demon to?"

"Hahaha."

Hu Baochang covered his mouth and laughed, then gritted his teeth and replied, "Little girl, don't think that you can surpass me just by following Wang Xin and making some achievements."

"Do I need to ask you for instructions? You are just a demon with only fifty years of cultivation."

Zhu Yihong looked unhappy and left the yamen.

Hu Baochang watched Zhu Yihong leave. "How could you know what kind of opportunity I have? After obtaining the Iron Corpse, I will definitely be one of the thousand households of the Jinwu Guard."

Hu Baochang reached out to remove the decorative right eye, and another oxpecker came out.

He wrapped two letters in yellow paper and stuffed them into the oxpecker's mouth. Then, he used his mind to control the oxpecker to fly to the pawn shop.

"If we want to maximize the benefits, Shen Lian cannot die too easily. He must be killed by a ghost, and the resentment in his corpse must be condensed and not dissipated."

After a while.

Two oxpeckers sat side by side on a tree branch.

Hu Baochang secretly waited for the night to fall, and then made arrangements using letters.

A mere martial artist cannot stir up any trouble at all. He may die without knowing who is behind this plot...

"Ah~"

The cry of starlings was heard.

Hu Baochang came to his senses and found that there was a crow next to the oxpecker, which was tilting its head to look at the eyeball in the oxpecker's mouth.

"Where did you come from, you beast? Get out of here!"

Hu Baochang was afraid that the oxpecker would be injured. The steps of the secret technique to breed corpse birds were very complicated, and the individual birds were not powerful, but they were highly concealed.

The oxpeckers drove away the starlings, which looked miserable and wailed continuously.

"Ah~ A bird falls on Pingyang and is bullied by other birds~"

"Demon?"

Hu Baochang did not notice any demonic aura and was just about to find out what the crow was when Shen Lian in the courtyard suddenly began to surge in energy and blood.

Yang Yuan Zhuang was promoted to a minor success.

"hiss……"

Hu Baochang's pupils shrank slightly, and the ecstasy in his eyes could not be suppressed.

"Good good."

"With such abundant Qi and blood, the Iron Corpse must have had a hundred years of cultivation when it was born."

Hu Baochang wanted to deliver the elixir personally. In case Shen Lian went possessed, the value of the corpse would inevitably be greatly reduced.

Shen Lian stretched.

He understood that if he continued to stand in the stance, it would take at least a year for the Yang Yuan Stance to be fully developed. It was time to add some more points and combine it directly with the Zhu Lang Stance.

[Do you want to consume 5 points to advance to martial arts: Yang Yuan Zhuang (Great Mastery)]

"Yes."

The Yang Yuan energy is boiling.

Shen Lian had previous experience, so he sipped the wine methodically to ensure that he had enough nutrients, and at the same time distracted himself to suppress the surging force.

[Do you want to consume 10 points to advance to martial arts: Yang Yuan Zhuang (perfect)]

Shen Lian simply swallowed half a pound of yellow sand in one breath. Even if the Golden Bell Cover could not absorb it in a short period of time, there was nothing he could do. The most urgent task was to make a breakthrough in the pile method.

Hu Baochang had never come into contact with the standing practice, but Shen Lian's sudden increase in qi and blood was real.

"No matter how much you warriors practice, you are nothing but blood food for the demons. It is better to hand over the corpse to me."

Hu Baochang had trouble controlling himself, causing the oxpecker to breathe heavily and greedily.

Little did he know.

The ignored starlings and oxpeckers had almost the same expressions, their dark wings deliberately covering their beaks for fear of saliva dripping.

Moreover, in Shen Lian's inner garment, there was a bone blade sheathed in a cowhide scabbard, with a ferocious mouth wide open, and a tongue licking the blade.

When it was getting dark, Hu Baochang asked the oxpecker to spit out the yellow paper in its stomach.

When the two letters were in the outside world, the yellow paper spontaneously combusted uncontrollably, indicating that the demon related to the letters was about to arrive.

Hu Baochang became impatient and looked down at the pawnshop from mid-air.

It's like watching crickets in a jar.

(End of this chapter)