I can't be a demon.

Chapter 337 I am Shen Lian, the Plague God Lü Yue
The ruins of the old heaven where the Shangqing Palace is located appear to be an extremely desolate ruin, with almost no building intact.

This shows the impact caused by the catastrophe of heaven and earth.

Shangqing Palace, as the residence of Lingbao Tianzun, is invulnerable to all attacks. Countless tens of thousands of years have passed without leaving even a trace.

However, after the catastrophe of heaven and earth, it has become a deserted place.

A few monks were searching for the remains of the Buddha on the outskirts. Those pieces of flesh and blood were not left over from the old heaven, but appeared out of thin air in the ruins.

It looks like it grew out of the ground, which is creepy.

The fog is thick.

The Plague Department blocked the Shangqing Palace, and the monks evacuated the ruins of the old heaven one after another. At some point, two figures appeared at the entrance and exit of the Shangqing Palace.

"Ksitigarbha, how long can your physical condition last?"

Zheng Lun specially wore the robe of the old Heavenly Court Plague Department. Because of his excitement, his chest kept heaving and his magic power spread out.

"Uh."

"fine."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva snorted, took a few steps back, and looked resentful.

His body was extremely bloated, and his realm remained at the level of a perfect human immortal. Unless he could regain his position as a bodhisattva, there was no hope for him to be promoted to an earthly immortal.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva placed his hopes on the opportunity in Shangqing Palace.

If he could come into contact with the real corpse of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and refine the Mahayana Buddhism, he would even be able to break free from the restrictions of the Little Leiyin Temple.

"I can not be reconciled!"

"Lü Zu must die. I want to tear those blood-eating creatures into pieces and swallow them into my stomach!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva muttered to himself, and his body and soul continued to show signs of collapse.

Zheng Lun watched coldly. Compared with the previous Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who was at the level of an earthly immortal, this evil Buddha was undoubtedly easier to control now.

"Looking at this behavior, Master Lu is afraid that the mortal world will face troubled times."

He didn't know the origin of Lu Zu, the reincarnation of Tathagata from the mortal world, but the fact that he could make Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva so embarrassed was definitely beyond his imagination.

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, let me remind you first. Do not regard the memories in the Shangqing Palace as false illusions. You must hide your identity as much as possible."

"I know." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva responded coldly: "I am a spiritual child under Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. I accidentally came into contact with the true scriptures and accidentally fell into the hands of the Plague Department."

Zheng Lun nodded to indicate that when the Wusheng Dao Fruit was first cultivated a thousand years ago, he was not in Heaven at all, so he did not have to worry about being exposed while pretending to be himself.

The prerequisite is that the aura of the immortal seed is not exposed to Lingbao Tianzun.

"Can I see Master Lu and the four brothers for the last time?"

According to the information collected by Zheng Lun, the Plague God Lu Yue might have had an accident due to illness caused by the Pan Tao Fruit long before the Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

Not only did he have a lot of questions that he wanted to ask Lingbao Tianzun, he also wanted to find out the cause and effect of Lu Yue's death.

"Let's go. There is a side hall in Shangqing Palace called [Dao Xing Fang]. It is full of good and bad people, and the immortals and Buddhas who have committed crimes are imprisoned. You and I can only get Wusheng Daoguo through Dao Xing Fang."

The two of them were walking in the dilapidated Shangqing Palace, and their souls slightly left their bodies.

Every ten minutes or so, they would hear bursts of noise out of nowhere, and the magnificent Shangqing Palace would flash before their eyes.

That was the influence of the Peach Tree connecting the past and the present, and the two of them were already very close to recalling it.

Zheng Lun had a subtle expression. With the fake Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva as a medium, his recollection of the fruit of the path to non-birth seemed to be within reach.

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is here."

As soon as they stepped into the torture chamber, they disappeared in the interweaving of light and shadow.

The ruins of Shangqing Palace were dead silent.

Not long after, the sound of roots growing suddenly could be heard in the corner.

The teleportation tree grew vigorously, and in a moment it became more than seven or eight meters long. Then, a bright light flashed at the entrance of the cave, and Shen Lian was about to come out.

Whoosh.

The teleportation tree was pulled deep into the ground by an invisible force.

.........

Shangqing Palace, closed hall.

The closed hall is used to temporarily detain immortals who have gone astray. Usually, only those with cultivation levels above celestial immortals can be given such attention.

It was pitch dark in the room, and more than a dozen immortal soldiers were drawing spiritual patterns on the wall.

Their eyes were filled with fear, and from time to time they looked towards the center of the room, where a bloody corpse was hanging. The ends of its limbs trembled occasionally, and it was obvious that it was still alive.

"Giggle."

The upper and lower jaws of the corpse collided with each other, and the movement became more and more intense as the magic circle was completed.

One of the immortal soldiers couldn't help but whispered, "Boss, is he... dead? He was one of the Eight Divisions of Gods after all, why did he die inexplicably?"

"Shut up!!"

The leading immortal soldier shouted and grabbed the man's arm.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Not to mention the Eight Gods, the Queen Mother is also... The disaster that swept the Heavenly Palace is definitely not something we can ask about."

The sound of swallowing saliva continued, and the extreme fear made their movements distorted.

So what if you are among the immortals?
Faced with the bizarre and inexplicable catastrophe of heaven and earth, no one can remain calm.

The leading immortal soldier lit the incense to calm their minds, and everyone calmed down one by one. It took half a day to complete the arrangement of the magic circle.

The magic circle is blessed by Shangqing Palace, and even the Golden Immortal cannot break free easily.

If nothing unexpected happens, after the Three Pure Ones’ discussion is over, the Taoist Patriarch should come forward to dispose of all the corpses in the closed hall.

"Get out first!"

The leading immortal soldier looked around and reminded, "Remember, no matter what, you must stay in groups of two or three. Don't let your fellow warriors leave your field of vision, otherwise you will die."

After that, he carefully pushed open the door.

Just as the immortal soldiers left, the corpses began to shake wildly, and a rustling sound echoed, making one's scalp tingle.

They turned back subconsciously and saw a high bulge on the back of the corpse.

There was a crack in the spine.

The corpse looked like an insect pupa that had been reborn, with plant roots growing out of it, and one could vaguely make out that a man was about to emerge.

"Quick! Close the door! Don't hesitate!!"

"The Plague God Lü Yue has already died. The person who crawled out of the corpse is definitely not him. It must be related to the main plant of the Peach Tree. Hurry!!!"

The immortal soldiers fled in a hurry, and the originally orderly formation was broken up.

The man pushed himself up with his hands and fell into the dark shadows.

He was Shen Lian, and he glanced at the half-hanging corpse.

"Is it Lu Yue?"

"Are you kidding me? Why would I replace the God of Plague? And why did the God of Plague die inexplicably on the eve of the great catastrophe of heaven and earth?"

Shen Lian was certain that the corpse that had been hanging in the house was just a shell.

The corpse appeared intact on the surface, but in reality it had been hollow for some time, as if something had broken out from inside.

【Corpse God Corpse】

[Originally, he was the Plague Emperor Haotian of the Plague Department of Heaven. After his death, his body could not be reincarnated. There is a wisp of remaining soul in the Niwan Palace. ]

Shen Lian's mind moved, and the remaining soul of the God of Plague was carried by the lotus platform and fell into the Niwan Palace.

He looked around and found that the magic array on the wall was extremely complicated. The immortal soldiers had locked the door tightly, and it seemed difficult for him to leave.

Shen Lian was not too panicked, after all, the teleportation tree followed him to recall.

He can escape back to the mortal world at any time.

"what."

Shen Lian frowned slightly, then took out the Guandao Talisman from the fruit core.

[The Guandao Talisman in Shangqing Palace] [Refined by Lingbao Tianzun, you can go to Shangqing Palace with the Guandao Talisman to participate in the Wusheng Dao Fruit. Remember, remember, and listen to the insects singing!!!]

Shen Lian's soul communicated with the Guandao Talisman and noticed that Shangqing Palace no longer resisted him.

He could even ignore the magic circle and enter and exit everywhere freely.

"I don't know how long it will take to achieve the Dao Fruit of Immortality. Otherwise, I might as well stay here. It should be safer for the time being..."

Just as Shen Lian had come up with the idea, he suddenly heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground outside the door.

Accompanied by the immortal soldiers' shrill screams, the sound echoed in all directions, as if an unspeakable monster was slaughtering them wantonly.

Shen Lian's pupils shrank slightly.

Each immortal soldier has a cultivation level higher than that of a human immortal, and they have standard treasures issued by the Ministry of War, so it is impossible for them to be killed so easily.

Shen Lian hesitated for a few breaths, and the roots of the teleportation tree quietly extended to the outside world.

The scene that came into his sight shocked him.

In the aisle, the bodies of more than a dozen immortal soldiers were lying all over the place, with wounds of varying sizes all over their bodies, as if they were caused by bites.

At the same time, next to each corpse, there was a strange person who looked the same.

The strange man's body and soul were exactly the same, with a smile on his lips, giving Shen Lian an extremely awkward feeling, a kind of terrifying feeling that was neither human nor inhuman.

They stared at the corpse and made gurgling sounds with their mouths.

Listening carefully, the strange man seemed to be trying his best to imitate the tone of voice of ordinary people. At the same time, his wounds recovered quickly and his breath became no different.

Click click click.

The monster's upper and lower jaws stretched to his abdomen, like a snake devouring its prey, swallowing the immortal soldier's corpse into his stomach bit by bit. His throat squeezed the flesh, blood, and bones into a ball, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

The strange and inexplicable scene made Shen Lian's scalp tingle.

After a while.

The weirdos could no longer see any flaws and were patrolling the closed hall talking to each other.

Shen Lian retracted the roots of the teleportation tree. He had a vague premonition that he would be in danger if the monster noticed his existence.

According to the previous conversation between the immortal soldiers, they would most likely be attacked if they were left alone.

"Maybe she knows something."

Shen Lian communicated with the teleportation tree, and the starling crawled into the tree hole, followed closely by the Jade Rabbit.

As soon as the starling arrived at the Shangqing Palace, its feathers stood up as if in response to a stress reaction.

Jade Rabbit said incredulously: "Shangqing Palace? Could it be that the Heavenly Palace is still intact? Impossible. Sister Chang'e said that the Heavenly Palace has been..."

She covered her mouth and her rabbit ears drooped.

Shen Lian deliberately asked the mynah bird to bring the Jade Rabbit to the Shangqing Palace.

Even though Jade Rabbit seems to be clueless on weekdays, as a person who experienced the great calamity of heaven and earth, and she was in Guanghan Palace near the Heavenly Palace at that time, she is more or less aware of the situation during the great calamity of heaven and earth.

"Yutu, tell me more specifically."

"What are you talking about? I don't understand a thing."

The Jade Rabbit started to act stupid again, grabbed the candlestick, turned into a carrot and started to eat it.

"Jade Rabbit, you and I are on the same boat. If I can bring you to Shangqing Palace, I can naturally bring you to Guanghan Palace. Think about it carefully."

Shen Lian sat cross-legged, practicing the Qi circulation on his own.

Jade Rabbit moved closer to the wall and heard a strange rustling noise coming from next door. His face suddenly became extremely solemn and he broke out in sweat out of fear.

"It's true! Sister Chang'e is right!!"

Shen Lian stared at Yutu, who hesitated for a long time before saying, "Sister Chang'e mentioned it before she went crazy, but only in a few words."

"She said that the end of the Three Pure Ones' discussion marks the beginning of the great calamity of heaven and earth. Those invited to participate in the discussion are not necessarily immortals and gods, but also "Him."

Shen Lian thought of the weirdo who swallowed the immortal weapon and couldn't help asking, "Who is he?!"

"I don't know either. I'm just a rabbit."

Jade Rabbit's eyes were filled with tears. "It is said that after the Three Pure Ones discussed Taoism, all the immortals and gods went crazy, and then Sister Chang'e drove me down to the mortal world."

Shen Lian was filled with thoughts. It was obvious that some kind of existence had taken advantage of the chaos to sneak into the Heavenly Palace.

Is it from the sacred mountain in the west?
The time point mentioned by Jade Rabbit was roughly correct. After the Three Pure Ones finished their discussion, Zhen Yuanzi returned to Wuzhuang Temple in exactly the 27th year of Zhenguan.

Boom! !

The deafening sound of the bell echoed, indicating that Yuanshi Tianzun's Hunyuan Daoguo had been convened.

Shen Lian heard the doors of the next door open, and hurriedly checked through the roots of the teleportation tree, and found that the immortal soldiers had released the immortal gods imprisoned inside.

No, it’s hard to say whether it is the original immortal god.

There is a chain in each room, and there is some blood dripping on the ground. It can be seen that the immortals and gods were originally corpses hanging in the center.

It is very likely that the monster swallowed the corpse and disguised itself as an immortal god.

My goodness, are most of the immortals and gods participating in the Three Pure Ones’ discussion of Taoism non-human? Could it be that the Heavenly Court had already fallen on the eve of the great catastrophe of heaven and earth?

"Uh uh uh……"

Lu Yue's body began to tremble for no reason. Although his remaining soul had been sucked away by the lotus platform, he seemed to be about to be resurrected.

"Shen Lian! Don't let him come back to life!"

The Jade Rabbit was so scared that it leaned against the wall, and the Starling was also screaming.

Shen Lian did not rush to take action. He carefully observed the abnormality of the corpse and found a faint trace of peach blossom powder on Lu Yue's mouth and nose.

"Peach trees? It was definitely not just some immortals from the Plague Department guarding the Peach Garden at that time. Even the Plague God Lü Yue was present. And we learned from the heavenly soldiers that the Queen Mother was probably in great danger."

The corpse twitched repeatedly.

Suddenly, there was a strange smell in the room.

Shen Lian stared at the corpse and realized that the source of the breath was behind the corpse.

It was as if a figure appeared out of thin air, and its every move followed the corpse, making it always in a blind spot of vision.

"Eighth Master."

The starling understood what I meant and spread its wings and flew into the air.

Shen Lian's soul attached itself to the starling, and saw that a strange man had appeared in the house at some point. Different from the strange man he had seen before, the strange man behind the corpse was naked and had no facial features.

The strange man is imitating a corpse, gradually growing eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

"Oh shit."

Shen Lian cursed inwardly, having a premonition that once the weirdo transformed into Lu Yue, his strength would probably be almost the same, and he would definitely not be his opponent.

Without hesitation, he spit out the lotus platform from his mouth and took the corpse away immediately.

The moment the corpse disappeared, the monster also disappeared.

There was only a little pollen in the original place.

Shen Lian sealed the pollen in the lotus pedestal and turned to speak to the starling.

"The waters of Heaven are deeper than we imagined. Brother Ba, please don't act recklessly. We will leave immediately after we touch the corpse of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

The myna nodded repeatedly with lingering fear. Twenty thousand years of cultivation was indeed not enough in the Heavenly Palace.

"I also want to go to Wusheng Daoguo, otherwise you will easily reveal your flaws."

The Jade Rabbit came back to its senses, and then a surge of demonic energy surged, and it transformed into the appearance of a Taoist child.

After all, she was once born in Guanghan Palace. Even if she has become a demon, as long as she has restrained her demonic aura, she is no different from an ordinary Taoist child in heaven.

"Who knows what's real and what's fake? Maybe half of the immortals and gods are fakes."

"Is there any use pretending to be the God of Plague?"

Shen Lian used the Purple Mansion Tempering Technique to transform into the same appearance that Lu Yue had when he was alive.

The mynah bird crawled into Shen Lian's sleeve, and the dragon fish robe, which was already a mid-level treasure, was used to cover it.

(End of this chapter)