I can't be a demon

Zhu Yihong looked around the courtyard.

There were obvious traces of residual strength on Shen Lian's body, proving that he was indeed practicing martial arts. Perhaps the innate five realms mentioned by Li Shun were not fake.

Alchemist? Warrior? Or... a demon in human skin?

"Shen Lian, the scabbard is made of ghost skin after all. Expose it to the sun every two or three days to prevent resentment from growing. In case it turns into a ghost..."

Zhu Yihong was speechless. She realized belatedly that Shen Lian was a fierce man. He had killed hundreds of demons with his punches, if not thousands.

She handed the scabbard to Shen Lian.

The scabbard exuded a faint fishy smell. The size was very suitable for the bone blade. After the middle-aged man's treatment similar to soaking in copper water, the hardness of the scabbard was not weaker than ordinary metal.

There was a clever button on the back, which could extend the length of the scabbard to four feet.

The two were silent.

Until Shen Hansheng suddenly came to the courtyard with tea and snacks, and said to Zhu Yihong with a smile: "Miss Zhu, please sit down. If we are negligent, please forgive us."

Shen Hansheng left the courtyard after speaking, and used peanuts to lure away the starlings eating melons.

Shen Lian's mouth twitched, thinking of Shen Hansheng who had been talking about his family and children recently, and was obviously a little obsessed.

Zhu Yihong was also uncomfortable.

"Shen Lian, do you also practice swordsmanship on weekdays?"

"Occasionally."

Zhu Yihong looked at Shen Lian's movements of sheathing the bone blade. He didn't look like he was proficient in swordsmanship at all, and it was even likely that he didn't have the habit of practicing swordsmanship.

As for the bone blade, it was completely flashy in her eyes.

Zhu Yihong really couldn't understand why Shen Lian used ghost skin to make the scabbard. If a demon noticed it, it might bring disaster.

Is he fishing?

She shuddered when she thought of Shen Lian swallowing his resentment.

Shen Lian stuffed all the snacks into his mouth without hesitation, "Master Zhu, you didn't come to the pawnshop just for the scabbard, did you?"

Zhu Yihong chose to come here privately, which means that the government didn't know that he was Zhong Kui.

"Shen Lian, you can guess that the temple fair in the city is related to Gao Laozhuang, but I tell you, the real situation is ten thousand times more serious."

Zhu Yihong's eyes were red, and she continued in a deep voice: "On the surface, there is no demon in Yanliang Town, but in fact, everything is messed up!"

She gritted her teeth and murmured: "Just based on the traces we found, there are eight ghosts who escaped from Gao Laozhuang in the city!"

"It means that once the ghosts riot, Yanliang Town will have countless casualties!!!"

Shen Lian raised his eyebrows.

Just kidding, eight terrifying demons with the same level of hemp ghosts, if they go crazy, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Didn't the court urgently deploy the Jinwu Guards?"

"Hehe."

Zhu Yihong sneered repeatedly, his knuckles clenched until they turned white. "I don't know why the demons are gathering in Yanliang Town, but the Jinwu Guards of Daqi and Cangshan are also pushing them behind the scenes."

When demons gather in towns that are not under their jurisdiction, they can naturally use more unrestrained means without worrying about too many casualties among the people, which will lead to subsequent accountability by the court.

Zhu Yihong and his team not only need to deal with demons, but also have to be wary of their colleagues.

"Why are the demons in the cave so difficult?"

Shen Lian recalled the demons he had faced.

Even if their intelligence is no different from that of ordinary people, as long as they are slightly provoked with qi and blood, the demons will immediately fall into the paranoia of devouring blood.

And what about the demons in Gao Laozhuang? They are particularly patient.

He practiced openly in the pawnshop every day, but the demons did not react at all.

Zhu Yihong explained: "You have a misunderstanding. It is true that there are a lot of demons in the cave, but it is not a blessed place for them."

"On the contrary, the demons that can survive in the cave are generally very cunning."

Shen Lian frowned slightly. In a sense, the cave can actually be regarded as an independent demon force. Of course, because of the eighty-one difficulties, the demons cannot enter and exit freely.

Zhu Yihong hesitated.

She actually didn't say one thing. Yanliang Town is already considered a temporary [cave] designated by the court.

On the one hand, there are three demons lurking in Yanliang Town for a long time. On the other hand, the underground river involving Bibotan is also a problem.

Fortunately, the three demons have never hurt mortals, otherwise the court would have organized the people to move away long ago.

"Shen Lian, the top performer of Cangshan Town's Embroidery House [Ling Yue] will show up tomorrow night at the Bibo Building in Dongcheng District. You..."

"I'll come." Shen Lian couldn't help licking his lips. "If Ling Yue is a demon, just kill her with one punch."

"Don't."

Zhu Yihong suddenly felt something was wrong. "At present, we only know that there are demons hidden in the Bibo Building. Shen Lian, you must see clearly before you act!"

She suddenly felt a little regretful. To be honest, Shen Lian's destructive power is far greater than that of demons.

"I'm not a reckless man."

Shen Lian waved his hand. As a ghost exorcist in Yanliang Town, the means of beheading demons and exorcising demons is still mainly to persuade people to do good. If they don't obey, they will be killed with one punch.

"There should be other Jinwu Guards present tomorrow night. Even if they annoy you, you must not kill them all at once!!!"

Zhu Yihong seemed to have foreseen it, and his face was worse than when he talked about demons.

"Don't worry."

Zhu Yihong sighed and took out five martial arts secrets from his arms.

"I exchanged for the top martial arts secrets through the Jinwuwei channel, which includes two volumes of stance techniques, two volumes of sword techniques, and one volume of palm techniques."

"Thank you, Master Zhu."

Shen Lian felt like someone was giving him a pillow when he dozed off. His stance techniques were integrated into the three doors, and the transformation was a foregone conclusion. Unfortunately, he didn't have the horizontal training martial arts.

Zhu Yihong felt relieved because he was afraid that Shen Lian would have no desires or desires.

She stood up and walked towards the door, turned around and reminded: "Jin Wuwei doesn't know about your... Zhong Kui's affairs, so be careful in Bibo Tower tomorrow night."

Shen Lian nodded and watched Zhu Yihong leave.

He casually opened the martial arts secret book and scanned the two volumes of sword techniques.

[Qingfeng Knife Technique] is somewhat similar to the Chao Tide Boxing Technique, with a continuous flow of moves and a hidden killing move when the sword is released.

[Horizontal Knife Style] is a sword technique that is more in line with Shen Lian's expectations. It pays attention to saving up the sword, and usually the most deadly one is the first sword.

Shen Lian clicked the secret book and called up the career panel.

[Whether it takes 1 point to master the horizontal sword style]

Even if you are gifted and have a transcendent understanding, if you want to master the sword technique from scratch, you will need at least half a year of hard training.

Therefore, you must add some points to the first sword technique. Once the foundation is laid, the subsequent sword techniques you master can be as easy as the Big Tablet Palm.

"Sure."

Shen Lian held the bone blade horizontally with both hands, and his awkward movements were corrected little by little.

The experience of using a lot of swords is directly instilled in my mind, as if I have mastered the horizontal sword style for six or seven years, and the moves are as easy as my arms.

Shen Lian showed his chill.

Clang!

The bone blade was unsheathed, and the fallen leaves in front of him split into two halves.

Zhu Yihong was walking slowly in the alley. Because he didn't go far, he vaguely heard the crisp sound of knives coming from the courtyard.

Her pupils shrank, and she immediately recognized the horizontal knife style.

"How long has it been? Shen Lian only has enough to read the secret book once, right? It turns out that he has already entered the threshold. What kind of talent does he have!"

[Whether to consume 2 points to advance to martial arts: Horizontal Sword Style 1 (Xiao Cheng)]

"Sure."

Shen Lian skillfully put the sword into its sheath, and he has been practicing the movement of holding the sword for twenty years.

Power is poured into the blade.

Clang.

The leaves floating around Shen Lian were broken into pieces the size of a fingernail.

Zhu Yihong's face was filled with astonishment. Shen Lian used his sword for the second time to directly cross a level, erasing the decades of ordinary people's sword training.

How can it be described as talent? Simply a natural type of knife.

[Whether to consume 5 points to advance to martial arts: Horizontal Sword Style 1 (Dacheng)]

"Sure."

Clang.

The sword light enveloped the courtyard, and the weeds on the ground were cut off at their roots, but the fruits and melons were not affected.