I can't be a demon

Ma Wanhu tasted the medicinal wine briefly, and his almost stagnant organs regained some vitality.

Even though the hidden wounds were hard to recover from, and even the medicine and wine could only suppress him for a moment, Ma Wanhu still showed a bit of relief that the pain had subsided.

"It can be said that the capital Chang'an itself is a [giant cave]."

"Dongfu, how could the capital be a cave..."

Shen Lian looked surprised, but he didn't feel too surprised. Chang'an City, with a population of three million, was simply a blessed place in the eyes of demons.

The existing methods of the imperial court alone cannot protect the safety of the capital.

so……

There must be something special about the capital city.

In Shen Lian's memory, he had only heard rumors about the capital from Shen Hansheng, who passed through Chang'an once during his business trip.

According to Shen Hansheng, the bustling capital is intimidating.

The city gate, which was forty to fifty meters long, was like the bloody mouth of a giant beast. The old man hesitated for a long time but did not dare to go in and take a stroll.

Shen Lian carefully recalled the eighty-one difficulties in Journey to the West, but couldn't find any clues.

"Why is there a cave in the capital? Could it be that Panhuan Cave is causing trouble?"

"It has nothing to do with Panhuan Cave. Panhuan Cave was the capital city that was settled four hundred years ago. At that time, the capital city already had the prototype of a cave dwelling, revealing an indescribable... strange code."

Shen Lian originally thought that the cave Ma Wanhu mentioned was Panhuan Cave.

After all, the original Eight Immortals Discourse made the White Bone Cave briefly visit Cangshan Town, so there must be similar methods in Panhuan Cave.

But what surprised Shen Lian was that the disaster that caused the capital to turn into a cave could be recounted thousands of years ago.

"The imperial court's invitation to various caves to settle in the capital is a helpless move. Although the capital is currently very stable, no one knows when the caves hidden inside will lose control."

Nowadays, the capital is becoming more and more mixed.

no way.

If a catastrophe is imminent, various forces may be the only way to check and balance the disaster.

Not right either.

Ma Wanhu glanced at Shen Lian, who looked like a scholar in front of him. Currently, Tang Dynasty had an extra amulet, hoping that he could become a land god as soon as possible.

The two sat on the top of the city wall and watched the sun rise.

"Young friend Shen, do you mind treating me to a drink?"

"nature."

Ma Wanhu laughed loudly and took out two broken bowls from somewhere, "Full top, full top."

"Master Ma, do you know what the cave in the capital is called?"

"I don't know. Huh, good wine."

Ma Wanhu did not waste a drop of wine, and then added: "This cave is extremely hidden. The Jinwu Guards have been investigating it for three hundred years, but there are no clues."

"It shouldn't be possible..."

When Ma Wanhu heard Shen Lian's muttering to himself, he couldn't help but ask, "What's impossible?"

"Junior just thinks it's ridiculous."

Shen Lian did not give a specific explanation, and Ma Wanhu did not ask further questions.

In fact, Ma Wanhu never informed Shen Lian about the incident of the reincarnated immortal Buddha, and even deliberately blocked the relevant information.

Just because he felt it was not the right time.

The guardian ghosts and gods are obviously hiding their existence, and it may even involve a mysterious [cognitive barrier], otherwise Shen Lian would not be able to detect the abnormality for a long time.

Ma Wanhu smiled without saying a word and filled a plate of medicinal wine for Shen Lian.

He is different from us.

We are just a member of all sentient beings, and we will eventually return to the loess.

And as a reincarnated immortal Buddha, he must have some special meaning, perhaps to bring order to chaos, or perhaps to recreate heaven.

Who knows? Although I definitely can't see it, fortunately I am also the leader.

"Master Ma, are there any records in the court about a thousand years ago?"

"Historians have always kept records. The mountains of books are taken out to dry every year at court, so they are very well preserved."

Ma Wanhu patted Shen Lian on the shoulder, "You want to know how the cave abode appeared, right? Maybe you can only clarify the source of the disaster by asking the land gods from thousands of years ago."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Ma, for clarifying my doubts."

Shen Lian stared at the rising sun. As he uncovered part of the truth, he felt that the troubling mystery was becoming more and more intense.

Since the caves in the capital have existed for thousands of years, it means that they must be related to the unparalleled demons who suffered ninety-nine and eighty-one tribulations.

But who is the unparalleled monster?

According to the setting of the original Journey to the West, the demons are all entrenched outside the Tang Dynasty.

The closer you get to the west, the more and more ferocious the demons become. When they reach the foot of Lingshan Mountain, it can only be described as corpses everywhere.

Especially Shituoling, as described in the original work.

[The skeletons are like mountains, and the bones are like forests. People's hair became like felt pieces, and their skin and flesh rotted into mud. People's tendons are wrapped around the trees, and their branches are burnt and shining like silver. 】

The sight of Shituoling shocked Sun Wukong.

"How can there be a cave in Chang'an?"

"And... Judging from the few caves I have contacted, the locations of the caves seem to be in chaos. What happened a thousand years ago?"

A horrifying thought came to Shen Lian's mind.

etc! ! ! ! !

Is it possible that in the world I live in, learning from scriptures is done backwards?

Why are there clues in the cave that imply that the Journey to the West has ended, such as Zhu Bajie’s profession [Jingtan Novice] and the fact that the King of the Daughter Kingdom recognized Tang Monk.

If you read Journey to the West backwards, everything will make sense.

Tang Seng did not disappear at the beginning of his journey to the west, but came from the Tang Dynasty all the way from Lingshan, so he experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships.

"Damn it, why are you reading the scriptures upside down?"

Shen Lian felt a headache. Tathagata Buddha needed Tang Monk to go to the Tang Dynasty to help him solve his doubts?

"It is highly unlikely that the Journey to the West was reversed. I have too few clues so far, and it is difficult to figure it out with just a few clues."

Ma Wanhu suddenly remembered something and hesitated, "I have not read the history books, but there is a Wanhu [Guan Ping] in the Jinwu Guard who often explores the history of a thousand years ago. According to her..."

"In the history books of the Tang Dynasty, one year is missing for no apparent reason."

"Which year?"

"In the 27th year of Zhenguan, I heard that the history books were eaten by rats."

After Shen Lian repeated it several times in his heart, he realized that it was not as simple as rats eating books. In the original work, Tang Monk returned to the Tang Dynasty after obtaining the scriptures in the 27th year of Zhenguan, and the emperor at that time should be Li Shimin.

"If the Journey to the West was reversed, the 27th year of Zhenguan was probably the source of the collapse of the world of Journey to the West."

"After all...that day, a golden cicada from Lingshan came to the Tang Dynasty."

Ma Wanhu was already a little tipsy and burped.

"Shen Lian, if you have a chance to come to the capital, you can talk to Guan Ping. She seems to be very concerned about the 27th year of Zhenguan and has sorted out many relevant records on weekdays."

"Okay, thank you, Lord Ma."

Shen Lian hesitated and asked: "By the way, Lord Ma, what are the specific abnormalities of the unknown cave in the capital?"

"There are many abnormalities, and there are almost no duplicates in thousands of years. Sometimes people die, and most of the time it just causes chaos among the people."

"But there is only one thing you need to pay attention to, Shen Lian."

When Ma Wanhu talked about the capital, most of the alcohol on his body dissipated.

"When you first step into the scope of the capital, no matter how deep your cultivation is, you will have a strange dream. Remember to forget it immediately after waking up."

"Don't you even know the content of the dream, Lord Ma?"

"I haven't completely forgotten it. Whenever I am in the outside world, I can recall one or two, but as long as I go to the capital, I will erase it in advance."

Dream?

Shen Lian was thinking about what kind of extraordinary demon in Journey to the West was involved.

Ma Wanhu whispered solemnly, "In the dream, there was a corpse of a white elephant with yellow teeth, hanging upside down in the deep and boundless darkness."

His face was pale, and he retched uncontrollably.

Shen Lian was even more horrified.

[The old yellow-toothed elephant] was clearly the second of the three demons in Lion Camel Ridge, and as the mount of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, his Taoism was extremely profound.

I just mentioned Lion Camel Ridge, and it really came? ! !

Shen Lian's eyelids twitched wildly. The cave hidden in the capital turned out to be Lion Camel Ridge? How could Lion Camel Ridge live in peace with three million mortals for thousands of years?