I can't be a demon.

Chapter 88: A Great Filial Piety

Shen Lian looked at the ghost gourd and couldn't help but be amazed.

Although it has not yet become a multiplying magical weapon, the ghost gourd already has the prototype of a magical weapon.

This also shows how dangerous Gao Laozhuang is.

With Ghost Dad's thousands of years of cultivation, it is impossible for him to make his words come true in the outside world.

"The cave is indeed a treasure land for the demons."

"The premise is to establish a foothold in Gao Laozhuang. Ghost Dad's pawnshop should be frequently attacked, and it will change hands if you are not careful."

Shen Lian realized the importance of the pawnshop.

As long as the pawn shop exists, he can gain experience continuously, and it is only a matter of time before Nine-Emotion Earth-Disgusting and Giant Foodie Ram are promoted to the fourth level.

"No, we must find some helpers for Ghost Dad."

"Well, by the way, let Ghost Dad help me refine the magic weapon."

Thinking of this, Shen Lian went to the lobby of his own pawnshop.

It was already bright outside, but the shop had not yet opened. In the lobby, Shen Hansheng and two assistants were tidying up the shelves.

"Dad, no, old man, are there any new antique calligraphy and paintings in the warehouse?"

Shen Hansheng said helplessly: "A Lian, just focus on practicing martial arts, and don't worry about the family business, Dad will take care of it."

"I just want to take a look at the antiques and calligraphy and paintings."

"alright."

Shen Hansheng took out the antique calligraphy and painting wrapped in paper from the box. His eyes swept across the bone blade handle on Shen Lian's waist, and he felt inexplicably familiar with it.

Without waiting for him to ask, Shen Lian had already started searching.

There have been many disasters in Yanliang Town recently. Many of the antique paintings and calligraphy collected contain resentment, but it is far from giving birth to ghosts.

Shen Lian identified one at random.

[Appraisal of the Jade Bracelet Completed, Nine Qi Di Yan Experience +0.00%]

"As expected, I have no experience, and my resentment of dying in the light is really weak."

Shen Lian was not worried that the ghostly antiques and calligraphy would hurt Shen Hansheng and others. Pawnshops have the habit of drying items.
In addition, he threw half a fish fruit into the large wine-making vat.

They occasionally had a drink, and ordinary grudges could not hurt them at all. At the same time, the two Dang Ding also used the power of medicine to step into the fourth stage of foundation building for martial artists.

Shen Lian picked out a century-old abacus and two tattered ancient books, and put them in a wooden box for fear that his blood and qi would disperse the resentment.

"Old man, I took the item."

"Okay, I'll tell Mr. Wang."

Shen Lian chuckled, "Old man, you don't want to run a pawn shop even after you die, do you? I always feel that you are obsessed with treasure appraisal."

"What a mess."

Shen Hansheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "By the way, Miss Zhu, you and that person last time..."

Before he could finish his words, Shen Lian had already disappeared into the courtyard, causing Shen Hansheng to mutter non-stop about getting married.

Shen Lian lay back on the hammock and did not rush to Gao Village.

He knew too little about Gao Laozhuang, and Yongcui Street was hidden with a lot of strange taboos. For safety reasons, it would be more appropriate to enter the tree hole at the same time as last night.

Stay until midnight.

Shen Lian couldn't wait to lift the weeds, and the moment he touched the tree hole, he felt a repulsive force.

Gao Laozhuang was still shrouded in thick fog.

The lanterns hanging in front of the shops were always lit, and the sky and the earth were shrouded in a gray haze, making it difficult to see what was happening outside Yongcui Street.

"Ah Lian."

The corner of Shen Lian's mouth twitched.

He found that Ghost Dad was still standing in the same place as yesterday, with a dull look on his face, as if he had been waiting boredly since Shen Lian left.

"It's cold outside, let's go inside and talk."

The appearance of Shen Lian made Ghost Dad become a little more active.

He opened the door leading to the lobby. The Ghost Pawnshop was almost identical to the pawn shop, as if it were the same building separated by the Yin and Yang worlds.

Shen Lian was suspicious.

After Shen Hansheng mistakenly entered Gao Laozhuang, he was possessed by a big demon and turned into a ghost. Through distorted cognition, he forcibly created a shop.

"A Lian, Dad has kept the room on the second floor for you. Come home more often."

"understood."

The moment Ghost Dad stepped into the house, his aura surged. Shen Lian instinctively sensed the threat and almost used his horizontal training unconsciously.

The ghost father sank into darkness.

The corridor that came into view was covered with mold, and the walls were covered with large and small handprints, with a faint sense of resentment overflowing, as if...

It was as if there were countless ghosts trapped in the wall.

Just as Shen Lian had the thought, he suddenly found that the wall had turned into flesh and blood, and pairs of pale arms were desperately trying to squeeze out.

Countless distorted human faces appeared, and their resentful eyes were creepy.

"Ah Lian, don't just stand at the door."

As soon as Ghost Dad spoke, the weirdness on the wall disappeared.

"Okay...ok."

Shen Lian swallowed his saliva and forced himself to gather his scattered consciousness. Any imagination he had would make the resentment in the store materialize.

"The thousand-year-old demon's ability to change its surroundings is extremely terrifying in Gao Village. It is hard to imagine what kind of horrifying scene would be deep in the cave where Zhu Bajie is."

Shen Lian followed Gui Dad to the lobby, where the latter stood there motionless.

He shook his head slightly at the sight.

Although Ghost Dad is strong, his limited intelligence makes it difficult for him to display his full strength.

"A cultivator at the sixth level of Yuan Dan is already able to control his mind. As long as he understands the taboos of the Ghost Pawn Shop, it won't be difficult to make targeted arrangements."

"If it was a thousand-year-old demon that broke in, Ghost Dad would probably be in trouble."

Thinking of this, Shen Lian took out an abacus and ancient books.

The ghostly objects came to Gao Village, and the resentment contained in them was slowly deepening.

He asked tentatively, "Old man, do you remember that there were two clerks and an accountant in the store? I brought them here."

"I see."

Resentment gathered, the abacus beads kept vibrating, the pages of ancient books flipped randomly, and flesh and blood began to grow.

Shen Lian showed surprise. The three newly born ghosts actually skipped over the lonely ghosts and had twenty years of Taoism just after they were formed.

If Ghost Dad escapes from Gao Laozhuang without the Jinwu Guards to stop him, I'm afraid he can turn the town into a ghost town.

An old man crawled out of the abacus, and the two ancient books were from young men. They looked about three or four percent similar to the clerks in the pawnshop.

The new ghost swept across the hall, its eyes set on Shen Lian, ready to make a move.

Blood food...

The ghost father frowned slightly, causing resentment to surge, and he was ready to wipe out the new ghosts at any time.

Shen Lian chuckled and handed three blank papers to Ghost Dad, "Take this, old man. This is their indenture, and it also records the rules of the pawnshop."

"Oh."

As soon as the ghost father agreed, bloody words appeared on the paper.

"Ahhh!"

The newly born ghosts screamed continuously. Any evil thoughts against Shen Lian would bring torture, and they would be tied up in the store and unable to go out.

After a while, the three ghosts in the accounting office behaved themselves and stopped doing anything rash.

"According to the strong resentment in Gao Village, the three ghosts will be able to reach a hundred years of cultivation in ten days or so. After that, their growth will inevitably slow down, but it won't be a problem for them to serve as cannon fodder to help Ghost Dad."

"If that doesn't work, we'll win by sheer numbers. Next time we come back with a dozen of them as Ding ghosts."

“It’s a great place to raise ghosts.”

Shen Lian found that he was less affected by the special effects in the store. He sat comfortably on the wooden chair and drank the wine in the gourd in one gulp.

The medicinal properties of the elixir inside had been lost, so he just poured it into his mouth and chewed it.

In fact, even if you don't swallow the elixir, the pork and meat that appear out of nowhere in your stomach can produce endless nutrients after digestion.

As long as you stay in the Ghost Pawnshop to practice, your efficiency will be twice as good with half the effort.

"Old man, the gourd is a treasure, and it is really inconvenient to carry it around the martial arts hall. Why don't I leave it at home for the time being?"

Ghost dad nodded.

Shen Lian couldn't stop laughing, and made up an explanation: "The old Taoist priest who sold me the gourd said that if you play with this treasure for a while every day, it will become better and better."

"Well, I think...it's true."

Ghost Dad didn't have any doubts, picked up the gourd and wiped it gently with a rag.

With the resentment tempering the gourd, it won't take long for it to become a lower-level magical instrument. Even with Ghost Dad's level of cultivation, it won't be difficult to reach a middle-level level.

"Sure, let Ghost Dad help me refine the Corpse Demon Scabbard in my spare time."

Shen Lian chatted with Ghost Dad from time to time, and asked about the whereabouts of the starling. The latter just said that he had seen it not long ago.

If it weren't for the occasional flash of the identification completion prompt on the career panel, he would have thought that Myna had turned into a pig ghost and married into Gao Laozhuang.

"Old man, it's about time for me to go..."

Ghost Dad stretched out his hand to stop him, "Wait a minute, there are detectives patrolling the streets, it's not safe."

"kindness?"

Shen Lian looked at the closed window. Although he couldn't see clearly, the lantern in front of the door was indeed shaking, making the firelight dim.

"Ah Lian, the police are here."

boom.

The gaps between the doors and windows turned blood red.

The pupils, which were two or three meters long, were close to the ghost pawnshop, and one could vaguely hear the so-called constable swallowing ghost things with saliva dripping from his mouth.

Click click click.

His pupils hit the door and blood flowed into the store.

"Another thousand-year-old ghost. No wonder the Jinwu Guards are so afraid of the cave. Even those at the sixth level of Yuandan can't escape unscathed."

Shen Lian's heartbeat dropped sharply, and his qi and blood remained almost non-existent.

However, the constable did not leave. He licked the window with his barbed tongue. Some of the traces of forced entry into the ghost pawnshop were left by the constable.

When Ghost Dad saw that the constable was not leaving, he began to show signs of rioting.

"He is my son! He is my son!! He is my son!!!"

Cracks appeared on the lobby floor, and blood and flesh spread inside and outside the building. Three newborn ghosts huddled under the counter, trembling.

"Don't get excited, old man!"

Shen Lian was afraid that the ghost father would riot, so he quickly spoke to calm him down.

The constable murmured, his eyes passing across the doors and windows of the ghost pawnshop.

The ghost father calmed down his resentment, the transformation into flesh and blood stopped abruptly, and then he continued to wipe the gourd silently.

Shen Lian never thought that he, a man who would punch and kill demons whenever he saw one, would one day persuade others not to take action.

"Old man, should everything be alright?"

"kindness."

"I'll come back another day. If you have anything to do, let the three of them do it."

"kindness."

After Shen Lian confirmed that Yongcui Street was clear, he headed towards the branching tree hole.

"Ah Lian."

"What's wrong with the old man?"

Ghost Dad tilted his head and asked quietly, "Ah Lian, I'm old and my memory is bad. I kind of forgot what the pawn shop is called?"

"The Shen family pawnshop has been passed down from generation to generation for three generations."

"It's... the Shen family pawnshop."

Shen Lian waved his hand and disappeared into Gao Village through the tree hole.

Not long after he left, there was a rustling noise coming from the ghost pawnshop, the wooden bars sealing the doors and windows loosened, and a few candles were lit.

The accountant and the clerks were busy, looking like they were about to open for business.

Words appeared on the broken plaque hanging high up.

[Shen's Pawnshop]

(End of this chapter)