I can't be a demon

"I heard that the problem lies with the [Original Peach Tree] itself?"

"It always feels a bit strange. The Peach Tree is taken care of by the Seven Fairies. If there is a problem, they would have noticed it long ago. As a result, it broke out in the Peach Festival..."

The two plague soldiers gradually walked away, and their voices became intermittent.

"Be careful, we have to patrol...deep frequently. Don't pay attention to the Plague Fairy. The main reason is...his identity is quite special..."

Shen Lian frowned tightly, and the prison room seemed to be holding someone.

"The sick Peach Tree is taken care of by the Seven Fairies."

"According to the Jade Rabbit, Chang'e killed the Seven Fairies and buried their bodies under the laurel tree."

"Hiss."

"Assuming that Chang'e didn't go crazy, what exactly did she want to do?"

Shen Lian's temples ached slightly. He had obtained a lot of clues, but it seemed that some key points were missing, which made it impossible to connect them.

"One thing is certain, the Peach Festival is likely to indicate the beginning of the Heaven and Earth Calamity, and the Three Pure Ones' preaching is also because of this."

"At the same time, the Western Lingshan Mountain will not be peaceful, and may even have fallen early."

"And Jin Chanzi."

"If the Heaven and Earth Calamity is caused by Jin Chanzi's quest for scriptures, where did he get the Mahayana Buddhism that is like a mosquito larva from?"

Shen Lian was thinking about it, and suddenly there was a sound of water drops in the darkness.

"Water drops?!"

Shen Lian's pupils shrank slightly. The Prison Immortal Room is where the Plague Department holds prisoners, and the stones used are engraved with mysterious spiritual patterns and magic arrays.

Even after countless years, it is still indestructible.

Unable to figure out the environment, he did not act rashly, but restrained his breath and tried not to make any noise as much as possible.

"Hmm?"

The temperature in the cell dropped sharply, and a low gasp came, like the unwilling wail of a dying person, faintly revealing deep despair.

Shen Lian was as if facing a great enemy. It was obvious that he was not the only one in the cell.

Come to think of it, the peaches would cause a large number of plague immortals to go crazy. It was difficult for the plague department to have an empty cell in the immortal prison room, and the probability of being in the same room was even higher.

Panting was everywhere, echoing in all directions.

Shen Lian released his strength, mixed with germs and scattered everywhere. The area of ​​the prison was not large, but the germs were already everywhere, but the source of the panting was not found, as if it came out of thin air.

But when the strength touched the top of the prison.

Shen Lian immediately found the source of the abnormality.

There was an upside-down peach tree growing on the top of the prison. To be precise, it was a strange peach tree in human form.

The roots of the peach tree were extending towards Shen Lian.

You can see a human face embedded in the surface of the trunk, and its skin was full of ravines, like an old man who was about to die.

Shen Lian was horrified and did not dare to hesitate at all.

In any case, even if he is just a servant in the Heavenly Palace, he should not be underestimated.

Crack, crack, crack.

The white bone spine broke out of the body, and a fishy wind suddenly rose in the prison.

Although there was resentment, it was not very strong.

Shen Lian controlled the white bone spine to stab the human-faced peach tree. The expected counterattack did not appear, and the white bone spine easily broke the latter's skin and flesh.

The corpse gas rushed to his face.

The white bone spine pierced through the human face, and the vitality of the peach tree also dimmed.

Who would have thought that the demon hidden in the ruins of the old Heavenly Palace was so shallow, and it might not even be more than a hundred years old.

Pah.

The corpse fell to the ground.

Shen Lian contacted the corpse that looked like a human and a tree through the white bone spine.

[Peach Ghost Identification Completed, Ksitigarbha Yama Experience +0.00%]

[Peach Ghost]

[Once a palace maid of Yaochi, accidentally witnessed the peach tree, causing her body and soul to be eroded, and gradually merged with the branches of the peach tree. 】

The corpse had been drained by the peach tree in the body. Although a ghost was born, the broken soul could not make the ghost take shape.

As time went on, it became weak and powerless.

After the resentment was removed, the corpse suddenly fell apart, and the peach tree also fell apart.

Shen Lian threw the corpse into the alchemy furnace, intending to return to the vent to wait for the teleportation tree to grow, but he realized something was wrong after walking a few steps.

The corpse gas in the prison unconsciously rushed to his mouth and nose, and the pungent stench became fresh.

His state of mind also changed.

Shen Lian no longer wanted to leave the prison, and even faced the teleportation tree without any waves.

It even subtly suggested to himself that he should stay in the prison for a long time to practice in seclusion, and there was no need to return to the outside world. Only darkness could calm him down.

"Damn it!"

Shen Lian cursed and urged the lotus platform to sink into the Niwan Palace.

While he was conscious, he noticed that the blood vessels and meridians on his arms burst out, showing a purple color, and wriggling like a living thing.

Unconsciously, the roots of the peach tree quietly parasitized in the body.

Shen Lian touched his back and found it was slightly bulging.

When the roots are strong enough, the peach tree is likely to break out of the body.

The lotus pedestal glowed brightly, and the skin and flesh could not help but sizzle. The frequency of the roots twisting was increasing, trying to penetrate into the bones and organs.

Shen Lian grabbed some of the roots and forcibly pulled out the peach sapling.

Most likely due to the fullness of qi and blood, the peach sapling had grown in a short moment and was half a meter long.

Shen Lian looked at the sapling struggling with the help of the dim light from the vent, and felt a chill.

According to the information obtained from the appraisal, the palace maid was eroded by the peach tree just by witnessing it, which shows how many people were affected at that time.

The white bone spine became slender and drilled out of the vent.

In the dim corridor, there were rows of prisons on both sides of the wall.

Suddenly.

Shen Lian had a feeling of extreme fear, and his whole body could not help but tremble.

In his previous life, he had watched a documentary about "Cordyceps Sinensis". When the larvae were accidentally parasitized by special fungi, they would behave strangely and come to the surface when they were dying.

At that time, although the larvae were completely occupied by fungi, they were still alive.

It is called [Winter Insect].

After the temperature rises in summer, mycelium begins to grow, and mushrooms will grow from the heads of the larvae until they become [summer grass].

When Shen Lian was affected by the peach saplings, his mood changes were very similar to Cordyceps sinensis, and he wanted to stay in a closed and humid prison for a long time.

For some reason, the cells in the Prison Immortal Room are becoming more and more like... petri dishes.

That’s right, a Petri dish for growing Cordyceps sinensis.

"The Lord of the Ministry of Plague set up the Outer Sect Grand Competition here. He didn't have any plans."

"Or is it also the result of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's plan?"

Bang bang bang.

The footsteps came again.

Shen Lian retracted the bones and spine, and two plague soldiers passed by in a hurry. They stopped communicating, and their breathing became heavy involuntarily.

"Hurry up, we have to contact the God of Plague as soon as possible, otherwise..."

Before they finished speaking, the two fell to the ground.

Only breathing remains.

Boom!

The sound of the bell seemed to come from the sky.

Shen Lian realized that Yuanshi Tianzun officially held a sermon on Hunyuan Daoguo, and a large number of immortals, including Zhen Yuanzi, rushed to the temple.

The ghost eye magic weapon attached to the white bone spine swept outward.

The ghost eye was overwhelmed, and when the magic weapon cracked, buds of flat peach saplings sprouted inside, causing the magic weapon to be completely destroyed.

Shen Lian covered his eyes and forcibly pulled out a wisp of new roots from the corner of his eyes.

He was speechless. The ghost eyes had been refined many times by the ghost father. After all, they were a superior multiplier, but they turned out to be so vulnerable.