I can't be a demon.

Chapter 358 [Golden Cicada of Merit] Occupation

Since the arrival of the Buddha at Mount Lingshan, Da Ci'en Temple has been known as the Buddhist kingdom on earth.

Although there are thieves and prostitutes behind the scenes, at least on the surface, the Da Ci'en Temple still maintains the proper order of a Buddhist temple.

Shen Lian's actions in Guangmu Hall were considered extremely rebellious in the eyes of others.

Logically speaking, Huang Mei should have punished Shen Lian, but more than ten days passed and there was still no movement in Guangmu Palace.

This situation further confirms the rumors that demons have entered the sect.

It is said that any piece of flesh and blood of the demons in Guangmu Palace contains pure qi and blood, which are bred by devouring thousands of mortals.

Just one bite is enough for a Buddhist to achieve perfection and go on to the fourth reincarnation.

As a result, there are a large number of Buddhist disciples who covet Tang Monk's flesh in the name of slaying demons and eliminating monsters, and countless eyes are always keeping an eye on Guangmu Palace.

Shen Lian did not cause trouble to Da Ci'en Temple as the other Buddhists had expected.

Since he was promoted to Pupa Immortal, he has never had the patience to go into seclusion. He can use this opportunity to consolidate his cultivation and comprehend the new Golden Body Technique.

Shen Lian sat cross-legged at the foot of the Guangmu Jialan Buddha statue, his qi and blood seemed to be substantial.

The seven-treasure Buddha bones could be faintly seen through the skin and flesh, as if seven-color light was flashing.

The koi transformed from the stone eggs swam around in the waterless state, practicing with the help of the leaked qi and blood, and from time to time revealed a hint to gain experience.

"hehe."

"The rumor about the so-called Tang Monk's flesh was most likely spread by Huang Mei. This man is cunning and will do anything to achieve his goals."

Shen Lian remembered Huang Mei mentioned that he was a part of Xiao Xitian regardless of life or death.

Huang Mei doesn't care about a human immortal. Even if Shen Lian dies, it doesn't matter. He will definitely use his corpse to nourish Xiao Xitian as much as possible.

"Instead, we should not rush to set off, but strive to reach the Immortal Stage first."

While Shen Lian was in seclusion, he also used his mind to communicate with the teleportation tree, whose roots had already spread throughout the Da Ci'en Temple, to prevent any accidents from happening.

Huang Mei's predicted outcome was not a complete victory, and there would definitely be changes in the future.

Shen Lian was very curious about Jin Chanzi's back-up plan.

There was no chaos in the Da Ci'en Temple. It was unrealistic for him to go to the deep reincarnation. With Huang Mei's methods, he would be controlled in minutes.

What he needs most now is patience, and what he has the least of is patience.

After a few days, a martial art called [Guangmu Jialan Golden Body] was born.

【Golden Body of Guangmu Jialan】

[Created by Shen Lian, it is a martial arts method for advancing to the Eight Realms of Divine Travel, created by imitating Guangmu Jialan's half-Buddha, half-demon.]

"With my current level of understanding, and the blessing of the Great Enlightenment Wine, it actually took me half a month to comprehend the Golden Body Method of the Guardian of the Dharma."

Shen Lian noticed that the information about Guangmu Galan’s golden body was very subtle.

"Half Buddha, half devil..."

Shen Lian opened his eyes and looked at the statue of Guangmu Jialan Buddha.

There are only twelve Buddhist disciples left in the Guangmu Hall now. They are not interested in taking Buddha's organs, and the Buddha statue has become noticeably more active in recent days.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Shen Lian sensed an indescribable greed in the Buddha statue.

[Do you want to consume 4 points to master Guangmu Jialan's golden body?]

"determine."

A total of 24 points were invested, and Guangmu Jialan's golden body was successfully promoted to perfection. Clouds and winds surged in Shen Lian's dantian, and the incomplete golden body condensed.

Shen Lian mobilized his soul and found that the third reincarnation had already produced some rejection.

The promotion to perfection will inevitably lead you deeper into an increasingly crazy world.

He suppressed all distracting thoughts, and his martial arts golden body directly suppressed Guangmu Jialan's golden body, waiting for the right time to combine them for his own use.

Shen Lian had a hunch that the Seven Treasures Buddha Bones would also benefit greatly from this.

"kindness?"

suddenly.

Shen Lian communicated with the golden body of Guangmu Jialan, and his greed for the Buddha statue became more and more intense.

His eyes opened wide between his brows, and he saw the Buddha statue in the temple staring at him, with fine powder falling from the joints.

It seems like he will come alive in the next moment.

However, after the communication with Guangmu Kāla's golden body was cancelled, the Buddha statue returned to its dull appearance.

"I thought the villain Huang Mei imprisoned the righteous Buddha. It seems that the Western Lingshan has already fallen. Even the guardian of the religion, Jialan, is half Buddha and half demon."

"Evil people will have their own way."

The other Buddhist disciples watched Shen Lian observing the Buddha statue. They could sense that the latter seemed to have comprehended the most advanced Buddhist teachings. In the past ten days, he seemed to have been reborn and exuded a sense of Zen.

They felt such a strong sense of awe that their appetite was suppressed.

They all made gestures of worship.

Shen Lian looked around and said expressionlessly: "Help me investigate the situation of each palace, and pay more attention to the Great Hall."

"Brother Tianwen, I will do my best."

Ao Guang was the first to kneel down.

He witnessed Shen Lian's wisdom and Buddha nature, which was comparable to that of a true Buddha, and realized that the latter was definitely not an ordinary person.

The other monks knelt down one after another, not daring to disobey in the slightest.

Shen Lian ignored them. All the monks in Da Ci'en Temple were mentally abnormal, so there was no point in teaching them martial arts.

He continued his retreat, trying to circulate the Qi circulation.

Not to mention, more than 90% of his strength was affected and could not be used, but when he was practicing the Changsheng Posture with all his strength, there was obvious progress.

Ao Guang and others saw that Shen Lian remained silent and left Guangmu Palace at the same time.

They inquired about the strengths and weaknesses of each palace, and observed the Great Hall intentionally or unintentionally. Huang Mei still did not react at all to Shen Lian's probing, and allowed the latter to do whatever he wanted.

Shen Lian had never expected that he could go into seclusion in such a dangerous situation.

As time went by, Guangmu Hall was completely ignored, the rumors gradually faded away, and the Buddhist disciples in various halls rarely mentioned Shen Lian anymore.

After Guangmu Hall was occupied by Shen Lian, no new Buddhist disciples came to the hall.

Unknowingly.

Shen Lian has been in Guangmu Palace for more than ten years.

As an enlightened human immortal, ten years seemed to pass in the blink of an eye, and the third reincarnation seemed to be forever frozen thirteen days before the great catastrophe of heaven and earth.

Shen Lian's practice went so smoothly that he almost forgot where he was.

His control over his strength slowly recovered to 20%. Although the improvement was not obvious, it meant that he was getting closer and closer to the immortal stage.

Shen Lian was happy that Huang Mei didn't cause trouble for him.

I estimate that in another 20 to 30 years, I will reach the bottleneck of the immortal stage.

From Huang Mei's perspective, Shen Lian thought that Tian Wen was just an insignificant little character. Maybe he was worth a little attention at the beginning, but within a few years, it would no longer be a waste of energy.

.........

thump.

The bell, which had been silent for a long time, rang.

"It's finally coming?" Shen Lian woke up immediately.

The bell sound did not come from the Da Ci'en Temple in the third reincarnation. There was no sign of the sound, and it was obviously from a deeper reincarnation.

This indirectly shows that Huang Mei’s founding of Xiao Xitian has reached a critical moment.

After the bell rang, there was no difference in the Da Ci'en Temple, except for the continuous rain, which covered seventy or eighty halls.

"It's time to fish in troubled waters. Huang Mei has no time to pay attention to me now."

As Shen Lian saw the truth approaching, he couldn't help but feel restless.

Click click click.

At this time, cracks appeared on the Guangmu Jialan Buddha statue, and a thick darkness spread out, with countless lonely ghosts emerging from it. "Brother Tianwen, be careful!"

Ao Guang reminded him, and the Buddha statue with cracks all over its body opened its eyes.

His eyes were filled with hatred and blood and tears were flowing in them. His pupils were as thin as needles and were moving around wildly. He didn't look like the guardian deity of Lingshan at all.

Not only in Guangmu, strange things happened in all the palaces.

The deafening sound of chanting resounded throughout the Da Ci'en Temple, the Buddha's light shot up into the sky, and many Buddhist disciples tried their best to suppress the guardian temple that was about to revive.

Shen Lian remained indifferent and stared at the Guangmu Jialan Buddha statue with interest.

"Junior brother, you should exit Guangmu Hall first, and then try to get closer to Daxiong Hall. Don't turn back rashly."

"But……"

Shen Lian waved his hand, and Ao Guang and others left one by one.

The unsealing of the Guangmu Jialan Buddha statue has come to an end. More and more pupils have appeared, and it has almost no human form anymore. It is a terrifying demon made up of a huge number of pupils.

"mortal!"

The Buddha statue's billions of eyes opened, looking down at Shen Lian who was lying motionless in front of it.

Immediately afterwards, countless Buddha lights converged into one and condensed into a true scripture within the body of the Buddha statue, which was obviously ordinary Theravada Buddhism.

The Guangmu Hall collapsed and the Wanyan Jialan appeared in the temple.

Boom boom boom! ! !
Again the sound of the bells echoed, accompanied by the wild exclamations of the pilgrims.

After all, the fact that the real Buddha has descended upon the Da Ci'en Temple has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Even if the Ten Thousand-Eyed Galan is extremely hideous and terrifying, it cannot shake them.

Crowds of pilgrims flocked to the Guangmu Hall.

"Amitabha, do you know what crime you have committed?"

Wanyan Jialan stretched out an arm made of his pupils and grabbed Shen Lian, not caring whether the latter was alive or not, and cast greedy eyes on the pilgrim.

It's so hungry.

The mortal world is full of blood food, but it has been sealed in Guangmu Palace.

Damn it, it’s a real Buddha, how can it be eaten by a bunch of blood-eating people?
The portly official came hurriedly, pushed through the crowd, came to Wanyan Jialan's feet, and said while panting.

"Venerable Jialan, my son is taking the imperial examination. If you can help him pass the imperial examination, I will give him all the seven treasures of Buddhism tomorrow."

Wanyan Jialan leaned close to the official, and his fifty eyes made the latter shudder.

The official said quickly: "I donate a sum of money to the Da Ci'en Temple every year. My name is engraved on the Changsheng Stele. You should..."

boom!
Wanyan Jialan smashed the official hard, and the official turned into minced meat.

"I don't recognize it. It's not evenly fat or lean. I guess it tastes terrible."

"You guys are pretty good."

Wanyan Jialan stuffed several guards into his mouth and chewed them together. The screams stopped abruptly after a breath, and blood mixed with bone fragments splattered everywhere.

The crowd came to their senses belatedly and fled from Guangmu Hall while pushing and shoving each other.

"Hahaha."

"I will eat you all up, and then I will settle the score with that novice monk of Maitreya Buddha!!"

Wanyan Jialan has a few more pupils in his eyes, and it is obvious that his Taoism is also increasing. If he eats a few thousand more people, he will reach the level of ten thousand years of Taoism.

The guardian of the religion is just an ordinary guard in the Western Lingshan Mountain, not even an arhat.

Equivalent to the level of human immortal.

At the same time, he was imprisoned by Huang Mei for many years, and his organs and wisdom were constantly stripped away. He was far from what he was in his heyday, and he survived entirely by relying on the scriptures.

"not dead?"

Wanyan Jialan paused in shock, and the pupils around his arms were swollen and bloodshot.

After the muffled sound, at least hundreds of eyes exploded.

"It's just a blood meal!"

Wanyan Jialan had watched Shen Lian practice for more than ten years, and apart from the rich energy and blood, he could not see anything unusual about the latter.

As soon as the words fell, the whole head followed.

The arms could not trap Shen Lian, and the incomparable strength stretched his pupils open. The giant who was more than seven meters tall instantly broke through the Ten Thousand Eyes Galan.

Wanyan Jialan's severe pain had not yet subsided when Shen Lian's Thousand Arms Fist had already arrived.

While you are sick, I will kill you!
"you……"

Shen Lian punched through Wanyan Jialan's chest, grabbed his head, and started to hit him with his knees madly, with his pupils bursting repeatedly.

"I am immortal. How can a mortal kill a Buddha?"

Shen Lian sneered, and then complicated patterns appeared in his vertical eyes. The words that constituted the martial arts scriptures flashed by, and the rhythm of Taoism emerged.

Wanyan Jialan was incredible, his own scripture was completely suppressed by the martial arts scripture.

Shen Lian's ten pairs of arms broke through his ribs and strangled Wanyan Jialan together. He smashed his head hard and the lotus platform quietly sank into the latter's body.

"and many more."

Before Wanyan Jialan could speak, Liantai had already found the most crucial pupil.

Shen Lian raised his eyebrows and noticed that the pupils were flashing with seven colors of light, and actually exuded an inexplicably familiar aura.

"This is……"

He activated the lotus platform to take away the pupil, and the Ten Thousand Eyed Galan fell apart.

Shen Lian had a subtle expression, and he vaguely guessed the origin of the pupil.

【Golden Cicada's Left Eye】

[Originally it was the left eye of Jin Chanzi, which was peeled off and merged into the body of the guardian of the religion, Jialan Guangmu.]

The introduction to the wisdom eye supernatural power is relatively simple, but it reveals a piece of information that all the Buddhas in the Da Ci'en Temple may have the organs of the golden cicada in their bodies.

Jin Chanzi has set up his own plan and is far from being in a dead end.

Shen Lian subconsciously looked towards the Main Hall. If all the debris were inside the Buddha's body, then what was inside the 283 Buddha statues?
[The Merit Golden Cicada occupation has been triggered, but the necessary conditions are missing and the job cannot be taken.]

[Zhenru Tanchan-Gongde Jinchan compatibility 99.76%]

Shen Lian decisively put away his Buddha's Eyes, even at the risk of provoking Huang Mei, and then communicated with the teleportation tree, and was sent to the nearest temple by the roots.

"Huang Mei should be in the deep reincarnation, but he will be here soon."

While the Buddhists were chanting, Shen Lian appeared in the Renyin Hall. He took a few sips of Dawu wine and visualized the Buddha statue as if no one was around.

With the experience of Guangmu Galan’s golden body, it would take less than half a month to comprehend the golden body method again.

puff.

The Buddhist disciples could not resist the temptation of Tang Monk's flesh and vomited blood. Cracks suddenly spread on the statue of Renyin Jialan Buddha and turned into open mouths.

They fell on Shen Lian, their appetite stimulating their instincts.

"roll!!!"

The Buddha's eyes became clear and they crawled out of the Human Sound Hall.

Shen Lian snorted coldly and poured the medicinal wine into his stomach for free. The second golden body technique was formed at this moment, and he summoned the profession panel.

[Do you want to consume 4 points to master the golden body of Ren Yin Jia Lan?]

"determine."

Shen Lian invested points while heading towards the next palace.

The Renyin Temple behind him was reduced to ruins. His actions allowed Renyin Jialan to break free in advance, and after howling to the sky, he began to hunt pilgrims.

With the foundation accumulated from ten years of seclusion, Shen Lian easily comprehended the Golden Body Technique.

Soon the Dantian became crowded, and the golden body of martial arts suppressed the twelve golden bodies of Galan. His cultivation unknowingly reached the perfection of the Pupa Immortal.

The Da Ci'en Temple in the third reincarnation was in chaos and flames were blazing.

"The first and second reincarnations are probably over. Huang Mei should be getting anxious, right?"

Shen Lian hesitated for a moment, then turned and headed towards the main hall.

He wanted to confirm what was inside the Golden Cicada Buddha statue!
(End of this chapter)