I can't be a demon.

Chapter 85: Strange Fruit on the Banyan Tree
"Ah ah ah..."

The thousand-year-old pig ghost let out a shrill scream.

It's not entirely because the resentment has faded, the ghosts themselves are also becoming unstable.

Shen Lian endured the pain of his twisted neck and noticed that the surface of the thousand-year-old pig ghost's skin was inexplicably covered with a large number of purple scratches.

The thousand-year-old pig ghost moved uncontrollably towards Gao Laozhuang.

Shen Lian frowned slightly.

If nothing unexpected happens, once the Gao Mansion is completely razed to the ground, the thousand-year-old pig ghost will be pulled back to the depths of Gao Laozhuang. This shows the power of the cave to restrain the big demons within it.

"and many more."

"Could it be that someone is deliberately trying to release the ghosts from Gao Laozhuang? For example, those alchemists who think they are descendants of immortals."

"Gao Village will be in big trouble sooner or later."

Click.

Shen Lian's cervical vertebrae were completely broken. Although his head was firmly fixed by muscles and meridians, he always felt as if his hands and brain were not coordinated.

The ground spell lights up.

When the magic circle was activated, swarms of insects emerged from the soil.

The swarm of insects swarmed into the air. Even if each individual one was vulnerable, they could continuously consume the thousand-year-old pig ghosts.

"There is indeed a legacy in the cave, and Hu Zhanfu's magic formation has something special."

If Hu Zhanfu had not been trapped in the sixth level of Yuandan, he would have been promoted to the rank of a captain of the Jinwu Guard long ago, and his experience in facing ghosts would have been far beyond ordinary.

"My dear, my dear, please save me..."

The thousand-year-old pig ghost howled sadly, with saliva dripping from the corners of its mouth.

Shen Lian only felt that the Millennium Pig Ghost's gaze was becoming increasingly hotter, having transformed from admiration to greed, which in turn intensified the feeling of fullness in his stomach.

[Eating pork and mutton, experience of the giant glutton +0.03%]

"While the ghost is still there, let's see if we can cut off its head."

Rumble.

Shen Lian exerted force with his legs and reached the air. After getting close to the thousand-year-old pig ghost, the force coming from his neck became stronger and stronger, and his flesh and blood were almost torn apart.

"If you don't want to watch, don't watch."

"Anyway, if I bump into you, you won't be safe today."

Shen Lian closed his eyes, and the moment the thousand-year-old pig ghost disappeared from his sight, he suddenly felt a pair of ice-cold hands on his neck.

The nails pierced the flesh.

Clang.

Unsheath the sword.

The bone blade missed, but the arm at the neck still existed.

Shen Lian couldn't help but open his eyes. The thousand-year-old pig ghost stayed there motionless, but there was a deep wound on his neck that could be seen to the bone.

"How evil."

Shen Lian sneered and stroked the blade, and the sound of flesh and blood squirming came from the bone blade.

After a moment, the bone blade had stretched to nearly three meters. While absorbing the strength, the mouth-shaped crack on the surface of the blade emitted a brilliant blade light.

"Come!!!"

After Shen Lian landed on the ground, he bent his knees and soared into the sky, swinging his sword.

He was focused, with his bony spine wrapped around his neck to hold his head in place. He concentrated on the knife in front of him, draining 80% of the strength in his dantian.

Although the moon was covered by clouds, there was a dazzling light in the sky.

Everyone swallowed.

They could sense the flash of the sword, and even if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they knew it was the pinnacle of sword skills among warriors.

“Lang…Ahhhh!!!”

The roar of the thousand-year-old pig ghost was deafening.

The severed palm fell outside Gao's mansion, with resentment entangled in it, leaving a faint sense.

Shen Lian knew that he had been taking advantage of many situations, but he still couldn't help but speak.

"A thousand-year-old demon, that's it?"

He scanned the career panel prompts.

[Gao Xiuyu's appraisal failed, court experience +0.18%]

Shen Lian was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the bone blade, as a fundamental object, could use its wisdom eye just by the blade touching the ghost. This one blow would at least cut off the opponent's fifty years of cultivation.

"Gao Xiuyu? I don't know the exact name of Zhu Bajie's wife, but it seems that she was mentioned in the original novel. It seems to be... Mao Erjie, or Gao Cuilan."

Cut again!

The thousand-year-old pig ghost covered his right hand, and in an instant, all his feelings of admiration disappeared. Only half of the protruding pig nose on his face was left, and blood was flowing.

Shen Lian didn't have time to think about it. His bony spine tensed and the force acting on his neck increased greatly, but the scratches on the ghost's surface also deepened.

"Anyway, my bones are tough enough. It depends on whether your skin can withstand the chopping."

The bone blade hummed with excitement.

Shen Lian swung his sword continuously, and before he knew it, he had perfected the horizontal sword style. His Qingfeng sword technique also improved rapidly in actual combat.

"Think about it, there's a female ghost who's keeping an eye on you. I can't sleep or eat unless I kill you."

Shen Lian was in a completely determined posture of trading injury for injury. Anyway, he had the magical power of Wisdom Eyes, the nemesis of ghosts, so he only needed to suffer minor injuries and the thousand-year-old pig ghost would be beaten back to its original form.

Everyone observed the two through the reflected shadows.

Even though Hu Zhanfu kept repeating that Zhong Kui was a warrior, they really couldn't accept the truth that a warrior could defeat a thousand-year-old demon.

Only the alchemist can bear the taboo of the thousand-year-old pig ghost.

They would rather believe that it was some kind of secret technique than to think that there were warriors in the world whose physical strength could rival that of demons.

Some Jinwu Guards wanted to retreat, but they ended up just restraining their internal energy to maintain the magic circle.

The knife scraped across his scalp, shaving off a piece of his skull.

How could he dare to be negligent? He took out the elixir and swallowed it to replenish his lost internal strength, and obediently assisted Shen Lian in dealing with the thousand-year-old pig ghost.

"It's about to fall below the thousand-year level!"

Shen Lian's chest heaved violently. Even though he had the wisdom to dispel the resentment that had entered his body, the recovery from his injuries could not keep up.

The Millennium Pig Ghost becomes unstable and must distract itself from Gao Laozhuang's repulsive force.

The power of taboo is getting weaker and weaker.

Shen Lian seized the opportunity and pierced the thousand-year-old pig ghost's abdomen with the bone blade. Not only was the weapon absorbing the ghost's blood, but his wisdom eye was also being used continuously.

Seeing that the ghost's cultivation had reached the nine hundred year level, Shen Lian was ready to cut the Gordian knot.

At this moment.

Whoosh whoosh.

Iron hooks appeared out of nowhere and hung on the back of the thousand-year-old pig ghost. The other end seemed to be connected to the direction of Gao Laozhuang and was slowly retracted.

"die!!!"

Shen Lian wielded his bone-twisting blade, pulling out the ghost's internal organs, with the blade pointing directly at its brain.

The thousand-year-old pig ghost was in so much pain that he disappeared on the spot in an instant.

There was no one outside the South City Gate.

Shen Lian's face looked solemn.

If he was not mistaken, the iron hook did not exude a demonic aura, but rather was more like a superior magical weapon driven by internal force.

Obviously, just as he had expected, the Tailor Ghost Riot was definitely caused by the alchemist from Gao Laozhuang.

"I worked hard all night for nothing. I'll remember you."

Shen Lian sheathed his sword and no longer maintained his four-meter height.

The special state of the copper body's Dharma phase requires constant consumption of a large amount of energy, and it all depends on Gao Fu's continuous replenishment of nutrients.

"Haha, in a few hundred years, I will attack Gao Laozhuang and eat you all."

Shen Lian quickly dodged and put the remains of the ghost into the fruit core. He drank to suppress his anger, and then returned to the pawnshop cursing.

Well, at least I can get some sleep.

The rest of the Jinwu Guards had exhausted all their internal energy and fell to the ground gasping for breath. Tonight they witnessed a scene that they would never forget in their lives.

Shen Lian shuttled between the rooftops, secretly counting his gains from this trip.

"Four corpses of ghosts with a life span of more than 500 years, some remains of a thousand-year-old pig ghost, and Hu Zhanfu. It's considered a full load..."

[Gao Xiuyu's appraisal is successful, Nine Qi Di Yan experience +4.13%]

【Gao Xiuyu】

[She was sixteen and three months old when she died. She was born with a serious physical abnormality, with a pig's head and a human body. She was the most human-like Miss Gao in the contemporary world.]

[Nine Qi Earth Aversion reaches 40.21%, Martial Arts Points +4]

"kindness?"

"what?!"

Shen Lian stood in front of the pawn shop, shaking his head with a smile, thinking: "What a great Lord Voldemort, I, Ah Lian, am really convinced."

The starling did not show up throughout the entire process, but it did make the greatest contribution.

"but……"

The amount of information obtained from the appraisal was difficult for Shen Lian to digest. Combined with the strange temple fair customs displayed by the Gao Mansion, he always felt that the real situation in Gao Village was probably completely collapsed.

While Shen Lian was thinking, he threw the body into the banyan tree hole.

No magical weapon like a storage bag was found on Hu Zhanfu. The fur was good, but he didn't know how to refine weapons.

[Absorb the Needle and Thread Ghost, and gain +7.89% experience from the Corpse Seeker Taoist Priest]

[The Taoist priest who searches for corpses has reached 77.03%, martial arts points +2]

Shen Lian showed surprise. It seemed that the banyan tree had been taking advantage of the chaos to absorb the resentment of the Gao Mansion. Once all the corpses of the ghosts were digested, it should be able to be promoted.

"Ah~"

The starling arrived late.

It deliberately stood in front of Shen Lian, proudly waiting for the latter's reward.

"Master Ba, you are truly omnipotent in slaying demons and exorcising monsters. Let's go to the Ghost Market Auction in mid-June together. It is said to be held on the third floor of the Ghost Market, which is full of monsters. When the time comes..."

The man and the bird laughed strangely and creepily.

After Shen Lian fed the starling until it was full and satisfied, he lay on his back at the foot of the banyan tree to rest.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

The tailor case came to an end. Although as long as Gao Village existed, demons would inevitably cause trouble, at least people could live a peaceful life.

"Anyway, there are only a few sword and palm techniques that need to be practiced. From now on, just lie down at home."

Shen Lian licked his lips and stared at the flower buds on the banyan tree branches.

"Four six-consciousness fruits."

"Thirteen soul-nourishing elixirs, bred from the flesh and blood of the tailor ghost."

"A red fruit shaped like a fox's head is a gift from nature."

"what?"

Shen Lian showed a puzzled look on his face, and suddenly found a very strange fruit mixed in the branch. It was a cube with door patterns on all six sides.

"This is... the elixir fruit grown in Gao Mansion. Can buildings also grow elixir fruits?"

pat.

The Gaofu Dan fruit fell to the ground and took root and sprouted the moment it touched the soil.

.........

Gao Laozhuang.

Yongcui Street looks ordinary, just an old street, but it appears blurry due to the thick fog all year round.

You can barely see that there are a total of sixteen shops neatly lined up on both sides of the street.

In some shops, candlelight flickered, in some shops, shouts could be heard, in some shops, the smell of blood filled the air...

As the tailor shop number six, it seemed to be the only place with strangers, especially in the lobby on the ground floor of the shop, where there were seven or eight Jinwu Guards.

They are all important figures in the imperial court, with at least a hundred households under their rank, but now they are crammed together in a cramped state.

"Master Zuo, come and take a look."

A captain called out to Zuo Yan, who came to the window with a frown on his face.

"There's something strange going on with that newly added pawn shop."

Zuo Yan glanced at the pawn shop with disbelief in his eyes.

The pawnshop had been kept closed. They had tried to open it, but unfortunately, everything in Gao Village was indestructible.

The courtyard is not fortified, but it cannot be used as a temporary base.

now……

Zuo Yan noticed with astonishment that a banyan tree sapling had suddenly appeared in the courtyard of the pawnshop, its green branches and leaves swaying in the wind.

(End of this chapter)