I can't be a demon.

Chapter 372: The Earthworm-Shaped Qu Zhenjing
Qingming Temple.

The rumor of the demon lord's coming to the world spread like wildfire in Xiaoxitian. At the same time, it can also be seen that Sakyamuni is deeply afraid of Shen Lian.

A large number of monks gathered around the branches of the banyan tree, chanting scriptures at a deafening volume.

To the naked eye, they were all deformed and hideous, the scene was extremely bizarre, and all kinds of swirling patterns were everywhere.

If the perspective is distorted, all the monks will instantly turn into enlightened monks.

The cassock is gorgeous, the Buddha's light shines brightly all over his body, there is a red mole visible between his eyebrows, and his cultivation is at least at the ninth level, and there is no lack of Venerable Jialan in the human fairyland.

Such a scene really does seem like the story of the Buddhas suppressing the devil.

Compared to the deafening sound of sutra chanting outside, Shen Lian was contemplating the unknown sutra as if no one was around, while at the same time testing Xiao Xitian's reaction.

"The Yellow-browed Buddha has no intention of showing up. Does that mean we only need to face Sakyamuni?"

Shen Lian temporarily merged with the branch of the banyan tree. He always felt that the attitude of the Yellow-browed Buddha was extremely strange, as if he was intentionally guiding him.

Mrs. White Bone is also missing, and something strange is likely to have happened deep in Xiaoxitian.

The chanting became more and more intense.

"Uh."

Shen Lian groaned, and as he visualized the unknown scriptures, a vortex appeared in his Niwan Palace, with his soul at the center of the vortex.

Instead of being damaged, the soul was blessed many times over.

"interesting."

"I comprehended the Martial Arts Sutra from scratch, so it is more focused on the physical body. The cultivation of the primordial spirit has always been very lacking."

Shen Lian had previously been worried that his progress towards the first level of Earthly Immortal would be problematic, but he did not expect that the unknown scripture could make up for his shortcomings.

He glanced at Qingming Temple, but the arhat who was in charge of the temple had not yet appeared.

"The demon lord from outside the domain must be killed by everyone!!!"

The Buddha's light gathered in the sky, forming a golden bell that was a hundred meters in diameter. Two or three hundred thousand monks tried to defeat the boundless shadow formed by the bone blade.

From time to time, monks would rush into the shadows like crazy.

The progress of the unknown scripture improved steadily, and before long, he was successfully promoted to the intermediate level, and the vortex clearly extended in circles.

The corners of Shen Lian's mouth curled up, and the benefits brought by the unknown scripture gradually overwhelmed the martial arts scripture.

The unknown true scripture imprinted vortex scriptures inside and outside the Niwan Palace, and the primordial spirit immediately showed signs of transforming into an immortal soul.

"My understanding is also skyrocketing!"

Shen Lian looked up at the sky with his pupils dilated, as if he could see the extremely complicated rhyme of Taoism, as if he was about to look directly at the Three Pure Ones of Heaven.

He couldn't help but call out his career panel. The demand for the indestructible body was sharply decreasing.

[Do you want to consume 2042 points to advance to martial arts: Vajra Indestructible Body (Perfect)]

[Do you want to consume 1836 points to advance to martial arts: Vajra Indestructible Body (Perfect)]

[Do you want to consume 1396 points to advance to martial arts: Vajra Indestructible Body (Perfect)]

.........

Shen Lian could feel his body and soul cheering for joy, and the thoughts in his heart were constantly urging him to go deeper into refining the unknown scriptures.

"The unknown scriptures are like a higher level of wisdom and immortality. As long as I focus on the unknown scriptures, I can expect to become an immortal..."

Shen Lian was breathing heavily, and the vortex on his forehead covered his entire face.

Logically speaking, since the unknown scriptures at the middle level can surpass the martial arts scriptures at the Mahayana level, there is no reason for me to continue wasting my energy.

boom.

There was a sudden flash of inspiration in the Niwan Palace, and the unknown true scripture had already occupied six or seven tenths of it for a long time.

"Once the unknown true scripture reaches the Mahayana stage, wouldn't it be possible to become a celestial immortal in just 20 to 30 years? The future Daluo Jinxian is also just around the corner?"

Shen Lian muttered to himself as if possessed by a demon, and the number of points required for the Vajra Indestructible Body had unknowingly dropped to less than two hundred.

As long as you are sure of it, you can complete eight transformations by practicing horizontal training.

At this moment, Shen Lian's expression showed a bit of struggle. He was instinctively resisting the unknown scriptures. After all, he had practiced martial arts for hundreds of years, and martial arts was the foundation for his immortality.

"Ah~~"

Shen Lian's thoughts were interrupted by the shrill cry of a starling.

Shen Lian immediately controlled the lotus platform and went into the Niwan Palace to seal the unknown scriptures. The progress of his cultivation in the Earthly Immortal realm returned to the starting point.

"What the hell is this?"

Shen Lian was covered in sweat. As soon as the unknown true scripture reached the middle level, he began to take the initiative.

He is now certain that the unknown scripture definitely did not come from the hands of the Yellow-browed Buddha, and may even be the culprit for the destruction of Heaven.

Shen Lian checked the career panel and found that the unknown scripture was no longer garbled.

【True Scripture: Qu (Medium 56.81%)】

"Qu?"

Shen Lian thought carefully and finally found a clue in his childhood memory. The two words "Qu" actually have an uncommon meaning of "earthworm".

"The Buddhist scriptures are mosquito larvae, the Taoist scriptures are mayflies, and then here comes a weird earthworm. My goodness, anything related to the scriptures is a bunch of bugs."

Shen Lian was deeply suspicious that the Western Sacred Mountain had turned into an insect nest.

From this perspective, the martial arts scriptures that I have comprehended are the most normal, and every stroke can indeed be considered a word.

He then noticed that the Qu Zhen Sutra was already at 56%, and there were only a few monks who had entered the shadows, so it was impossible for them to provide a lot of experience.

[True Scripture: Martial Arts (Mahayana 0.85%)]

Shen Lian had an ugly expression on his face, which showed that all of Qu Zhenjing's experiences came from the Martial Arts Sutra.

As a result, his comprehension of martial arts declined, and even his martial arts golden body was inevitably affected, with the scriptures between his flesh, blood and bones becoming slightly weak.

As Shen Lian hesitated, mixed thoughts filled his mind again.

It was as if there was a voice in his ear telling him to feed the martial arts scriptures to Qu Zhenjing and to brand his martial arts golden body with Qu Zhenjing.

After Qu Zhenjing takes the dominant position, it will be natural for it to surpass the Great Dao in the future.

"roll!"

The lotus platform shone brightly, and the Qu Zhen Sutra was twisting in pain in the Niwan Palace.

Shen Lian looked at the career panel, then tried to invest points. As a result, a prompt did appear, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

[Necessary conditions are missing, and the Martial Arts Sutra and the Qu Sutra cannot be combined]

Shen Lian's brows relaxed, realizing that the reason why they could not be synthesized was mainly because the Qu Zhenjing had not reached the Mahayana level like the Wudao Zhenjing.

"That's good, it saves the time and effort of peeling it off."

"I'm afraid the Yellow Eyebrow Buddha would never have thought that I could use the Qu Zhen Sutra for my own benefit."

"Find out the truth about the Qu Zhen Sutra. We can restrict it through the lotus platform. It's almost time to gather the old troops to attack Xiao Xitian."

Shen Lian opened his eyes and the branches of the banyan tree continued to grow rapidly.

The starling stood on the branch and made strange cackling sounds, and it guessed that Shen Lian was going to do something big.

After a while, the branches of the banyan tree had reached over a hundred meters, with branches and leaves blocking out the sun, and the shade of the tree was covered by the shadow of the bone blade.

.........

At the same time, in the dark of Qingming Temple.

The temple looks magnificent on the surface, but there is a passage leading to the underground in the main hall, and the scene inside is completely different.

Red liquid dripped from the cracks in the wall, gathering into small puddles with a foul smell.

Yan Wen was walking among them, holding the talisman tightly in his hand, his soul on alert at all times, any movement would cause a cardiac arrest.

"Most of the evil Buddhas are paying attention to the movements of the Demon Lord, so no one should be interested in this place."

Yan Wen was more nervous than ever. After all, it involved a righteous god, and was the only hope for the Eight Tribes of Ghost City to rebuild their orthodoxy.

The entire journey was speechless.

He did not encounter any monks, which shows how terrible the oppression brought by Shen Lian is. When the narrow corridor suddenly opened up, the scene that came into view was horrifying. It turned out to be a ten-meter-long mutilated corpse hanging in the air.

The corpse was still alive, and occasionally let out a few weak coughs.

It has the appearance of a human body with a sheep's head, and countless swirling scriptures are nurtured in its flesh and blood. It is obviously used by Xiaoxitian as a breeding ground for the reproduction of true scriptures.

"The God of Finance, the Great Immortal Yang Li!"

Yan Wen was overjoyed and took out the healing elixir and approached the Immortal Yangli.

"Don't come forward."

Yangli Daxian spoke weakly, his expression filled with despair and numbness, and his labored words made the vortex scripture more active.

"Leave before Xiao Xitian notices me. I'm already in a state of disarray. I lost hope of escaping twenty years ago."

Yan Wen's face turned pale. "Zhengshen, you are an earthly immortal. As long as you get out of this predicament, it won't take long for you to recover to your peak state."

"It's hopeless."

Yang Li Daxian smiled bitterly and said, "Even if we leave Qingming Temple, how can we have the energy to go beyond Xiaoxitian? It's a dead end."

"But……"

"Amitabha."

Deafening whispers came from the outside world. Even from a distance, one could feel the Buddha's light descending on Qingming Temple.

Yang Li Daxian was surprised and said, "Not only Arhats, but even Bodhisattvas appeared. I'm afraid it's the group of lion spirits from Panhuan Cave."

He couldn't help but ask, "Tell me quickly, who caused the commotion?"

"I... just know."

Yan Wen felt the majestic aura of the Great Immortal Yang Li and hesitantly said, "He and my master Gao Qiu are brothers in the same sect. He should also be in the Plague Department."

"Plague Department? Have you seen a crow?"

“It seems that there is.”

Yangli Daxian's pupils shrank slightly, and then he burst into laughter.

"I told you so. How could the reincarnation of Tathagata be willing to live in the Lesser Western Paradise? It turns out that Sakyamuni is a fake."

The immortal Yangli broke free from his restraints, and dense swirling scriptures fell from his body.

"Hurry up! If I can't seize this opportunity to escape, I will be reduced to a pile of rotten meat sooner or later. I have been waiting for this day."

Yan Wen was stunned on the spot. Yang Li Daxian sneered and said, "I have been boiled in oil before. It is not so easy to die."

Yang Li Daxian grabbed Yan Wen and walked out of the aisle in three or two steps.

At this moment, there were seven phantoms standing in Qingming Temple, their skin and flesh were full of whirlpools, and the exposed head was a giant lion head.

They put their hands together and pretended to worship Buddha devoutly.

"Yellow lion, gibbon lion, snow lion, Suanni, Baize, Fuli, Tuanxiang."

Five of the seven lions present have reached the level of Earth Immortal, and the highest one, Bai Ze, has reached the second level of Earth Immortal.

This siege of Shen Lian was somewhat based on new and old grudges.

There was dead silence on both sides, and no one took the initiative to attack. The seven lions were all waiting for Shen Lian to react, wanting to figure out the latter's true strength.

Yangli Daxian licked his lips and said, "Panhuan Cave has indeed been incorporated into Xiaoxitian. What did Huangmei promise to Jiuling Yuansheng?"

"Could it be..."

"Huang Mei found a way to enter the ancient heaven?"

There was a flash of eagerness in the eyes of the Great Immortal Yangli. It was rumored that the last Peach Banquet held in the ancient heaven was very complicated and caused many immortals to transcend.

Yan Wen asked hesitantly, "Master Yang Li, who is he?"

"who is it?"

"He is Gao Qiu's senior brother, a Taoist disciple of the Plague Department, a living immortal Buddha, a contemporary martial ancestor, with a Taoist name of Tianwen, and his name is Shen Lian."

Yan Wen's pupils trembled.

He had indeed heard his master mention that at that time, the Little Western Paradise had not yet been established, but the Little Leiyin Temple had already appeared in the Ghost Market, causing the Eight Tribes to face internal and external troubles.

Gao Qiu was extremely confident that once his senior brother returned to the Ghost Market, the troubles caused by the Eight Tribes would be quelled.

Later, Sakyamuni came into the world, and Gao Qiu never said similar words again. He just focused on preserving the last spark of the Eight Divisions.

Yangli Daxian noticed the gazes of the seven lions and coughed several times.

The earthworm-like vortex of scripture crawled out of its mouth and nose, and after it fell to the ground, the surrounding monks leaned over enthusiastically to grab it, wanting to refine the Sanskrit.

"Let's go, they won't waste their energy on me, the Taoist priest."

The Great Immortal Yangli walked away quickly. Wherever he passed, monks rushed to grab the vortex scriptures. Most of the monks were unable to refine them and exploded.

Yan Wen discovered that something was wrong with the immortal Yangli. He had completely lost his self-consciousness, and his Niwan Palace had been occupied by the vortex scripture.

Just like a Cordyceps sinensis.

"Well."

Bai Ze pinched the flower-picking finger with his right hand and pointed at Yangli Daxian.

Click click click.

A crack appeared on the spine of Yangli Daxian, and the vortex scripture was about to burst out of his body. The only thing he could think about was to move towards the area covered by shadow.

Yan Wen was also swallowed up by the scriptures, and his limbs were twisted and broken.

The group of monks made way for the two men to disappear into the shadows.

Bai Ze nodded with a smile, and his immortal soul guided the scriptures in the body of Yangli Daxian out of control. In an instant, a huge amount of scriptures soared into the sky.

"I didn't expect Shen Lian to intervene in Xiao Xitian."

Snow Lion looked towards the shadow, "Let's get rid of him as soon as possible, otherwise we will miss the last Peach Banquet in Ancient Heaven."

"Indeed, that is a great opportunity. It was not easy for our ancestors to fight for it for us."

The seven lions chatted and laughed with each other, not taking Shen Lian seriously.

Although more than three hundred years have passed, they don't think Shen Lian can be promoted to Earth Immortal. Moreover, even if he has the strength to fight, he can't resist Sanskrit.

After all, Sanskrit is the Mahayana Buddhism that Huang Mei learned from the ancient heaven.

"kindness?"

Bai Ze's expression changed.

A man appeared on the top of the towering banyan tree.

The man had been watching them for a long time, ignoring the swarms of scriptures wandering in the shadows, the vortex constantly twisting everything it touched.

Yangli Daxian was standing on a shorter branch of a tree, and he did not die suddenly as expected.

"Seven Lions of Panhuan Cave, I didn't expect that you guys are living such a comfortable life in Xiaoxitian."

Shen Lian uttered a sentence calmly.

Bai Ze was distracted and realized that the scriptures in the shadows were wandering around Shen Lian.

"You sent me a lot of food, so I will accept it with pleasure."

The voice just fell.

Shen Lian opened his mouth, and scriptures rushed into his throat one after another. His experience in the Qu Zhen Sutra increased visibly.

Yangli Daxian was frightened and felt that the scene was extremely weird.

In addition to the Qu Zhen Sutra, one can also see that Shen Lian's body and soul contain other scriptures. The two types of scriptures are obviously in conflict and can tear his body and soul apart at any time.

Shen Lian stared at the career panel, and Qu Zhenjing had reached 100%.

The characteristic of Qu Zhenjing is its wide dissemination. Its power is not as strong as that of Taoist and Buddhist scriptures, otherwise it would not be able to coexist with the mundane world.

[Do you want to consume 146 points to combine the Martial Arts Sutra and the Qu Sutra?]

(End of this chapter)