I can't be a demon.

Chapter 338 True and False Lingbao Tianzun
"Indeed, Shen Lian, you can disguise yourself as the God of Plague."

Jade Rabbit timidly stuffed his long ears into his hat and explained in a low voice, "After the God of Plague participated in the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet, I heard that he was seriously injured and his breath became extremely weak."

Shen Lian glanced at Jade Rabbit, who had a deep understanding of the catastrophe of heaven and earth, and had probably been investigating the truth of the disaster for thousands of years.

He was too lazy to pursue the matter, as the information Jade Rabbit had learned might not be as accurate as what he had witnessed with his own eyes.

I have read Journey to the West in my previous life, so my vision is naturally beyond the beings of this world and it is not easy for me to have the illusion of being blinded by one thing.

"Well, let's go to Shangqing Palace in the image of Lu Yue."

Shen Lian's mind moved, and the magic weapon, the Fever Banner, which was previously refined by Ghost Father, appeared in his hand. The magic weapon was just for show, and he had to deliberately conceal the aura within it with the Dragon Fish Robe.

"Jade Rabbit, remember not to leave me half a meter. If anything unexpected happens, we can escape from the ruins of the old heaven as soon as possible."

"kindness."

Jade Rabbit looked out the door worriedly, holding up his Taoist hat and said, "Shen Lian, have you noticed that a large number of saplings have grown in the ruins?"

Shen Lian took a closer look.

Ever since Yuanshi Tianzun convened the Hunyuan Daoguo Ceremony, the architectural complex of Shangqing Hall has undergone subtle changes, with buds of peach trees growing on the ground walls.

The Jade Rabbit murmured, "Sister Chang'e said that when Yuanshi Tianzun was discussing the Dao, the Heavenly Palace was not in danger; when Daode Tianzun came to discuss the Dao, the Heavenly Palace was already in ruins; and later when Lingbao Tianzun came to discuss the Dao, the Heavenly Palace was no different from the hell on earth..."

thump.

thump.

The Hunyuan Dao Fruit ends and the Taiyi Dao Fruit begins.

Click click click.

The sound of plants growing was endless, the fragrance of peach blossoms filled the air, mixed with the unique corpse aura of innate spiritual roots, which made Shen Lian shudder.

The young buds of the peach tree grew rapidly, and in a short time they had turned into twisted trees. The magic circle covering the Shangqing Palace was gradually collapsing.

Such a scene doesn't look like the fairy-like Nine Heavens at all.

Eighty to ninety percent of the rooms in the closed hall are empty, the immortals disguised as strange people are nowhere to be found, and silent silence covers the entire Shangqing Hall.

"As soon as the bell of Wusheng Daoguo rings, we will leave immediately."

Shen Lian said in a deep voice: "The three of us should each look in one direction to ensure that there are no blind spots in our vision. It is best to be careful."

"knew."

"Gah."

The starling was not at all as reckless as it was on earth. It poked its head out and looked around cautiously.

In fact, this can be seen in a disguised form from the fruit tasting conference at Wuzhuang Temple.

On the eve of the catastrophe of heaven and earth, most of the immortals and gods in heaven have probably fled, and the discussion of the Three Pure Ones will be more dangerous than imagined.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Shen Lian repeatedly confirmed the route.

thump.

thump.

The sound of the bell, representing the fruit of the Tao of No Birth, echoed across the sky.

Shen Lian did not hesitate, knowing that he had to reach Shangqing Palace as soon as possible.

"Walk!!!"

He kicked the door open and strode towards the main hall. Jade Rabbit followed closely behind him, holding his Taoist hat in one hand and his robe in the other.

The few remaining rooms in the closed hall began to shake violently.

Shen Lian felt an invisible threat. The beings inside were all above Earth Immortals. Even if he could fight them a few times, he could not waste his energy on fighting them.

It took a while to walk out of the closed hall, and the Shangqing Palace that came into view was extremely horrifying.

Shen Lian had not noticed before that when the Wusheng Daoguo was created, the Shangqing Palace was almost completely occupied by a large number of twisted peach trees.

The surface of the peach tree was covered with black scars, and its spreading branches were hung with corpses.

Shen Lian's pupils shrank slightly, and he found that the corpses were all women wearing brocade clothes. He couldn't help but ask Yutu, "Yutu, who are they?"

Jade Rabbit covered her mouth and said in a trembling voice: "It's... it's the Seven Fairies!!!"

"Damn it, there was already such a commotion during the Peach Banquet?"

At first glance, there were tens of thousands of corpses of the Seven Fairies hanging from the branches, all of them strangled to death among the peach trees by hanging their heads from beams.

Shen Lian recalled the experience in Guanghan Palace that Yutu mentioned. "Yutu, you said that the seven fairies were poisoned to death by Chang'e, but where did the tens of thousands of corpses come from?"

"I...I don't know! How can there be so many seven fairies!!!"

Shen Lian suppressed his distracting thoughts and heard noisy footsteps behind him.

"God of Plague..."

He looked back and saw a Taoist in purple robe approaching with a smile.

In the room where the purple-robed Taoist priest was imprisoned previously, Taoist priests who looked exactly like them swarmed out one after another, totaling thirteen or fourteen people.

Obviously, the purple-robed Taoist was in the same situation as the Seven Fairies.

The number is constantly increasing.

"Well, I'm going to Shangqing Palace to meet Lingbao Tianzun."

After Shen Lian responded perfunctorily, he hurried away from the purple-robed Taoist priest, while the latter just stood in front of the stairs of the closed hall, looking at Shen Lian's receding back with a creepy look.

The bodies of the Seven Fairies were dripping with blood, and the stench was getting stronger.

Along the way, hundreds of immortals and gods gathered towards the main hall from all directions.

There are many duplicates of the immortals and gods inside. Shen Lian can occasionally see clues. It seems that there are real bodies mixed in the crowd. They are trying their best to hide their identities and imitate the weirdos in every move.

"Infinitely multiplying corpses, infinitely multiplying immortal gods..."

"The problem is probably with the innate spiritual root peach tree!"

As far as Shen Lian could remember, there were only a handful of innate spiritual roots in the world of Journey to the West, and most of them were solitary creatures.

Only the peach trees were different. The Queen Mother directly planted nearly ten thousand of them.

In the ghost markets of later generations, peach trees can be seen almost everywhere. They have none of the rare characteristics of innate spiritual roots and are less valuable than weeds.

Now it seems that the loss of control of the Peach Banquet was most likely caused by the Peach Tree!

Some unknown problem arose with the Peach Tree, causing it to multiply infinitely until it polluted the entire Heavenly Palace, and even the Queen Mother was unable to stop it.

Even the corpses of the seven fairies hanging on the branches were not immune and the situation became increasingly serious.

"The weirdo who replaced the immortal god must be an evil thing born from the peach tree."

Shen Lian tried his best to distance himself from the immortals and it took him a long time to reach the main hall.

There were already thousands of immortals and gods waiting in the open space in front of the main hall. Just by looking at their appearance, he couldn't tell whether those immortals and gods were real or fake.

Shen Lian also noticed the figures of Zheng Lun and the other person.

Zheng Lun was with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva near the corner. When he saw Shen Lian transformed into the God of Plague, he couldn't help but look nervous.

Just because it was difficult to tell the truth from the false, Zheng Lun didn't dare to approach Shen Lian.

"Something's wrong!"

Jade Rabbit said with rapid breathing: "Shen Lian, something is wrong with the Shangqing main hall! Why is there such a strange decoration in Lingbao Tianzun's hall?"

"Function?"

Shen Lian immediately noticed something was wrong and his heart started beating wildly.

The palace was extremely grand and majestic, and the gate was obviously a hundred meters long, so he didn't notice anything strange at first.

Who would have thought that the Shangqing Palace actually had three doors.

The three gates seemed to be carved out of the same mold. The pillars in front of the gates were engraved with words and a plaque with the words "Shangqing Palace" hung above them.

Shen Lian took a deep breath, as if the Shangqing Palace was also affected by the peach tree, causing two more palaces to grow.

"The temple alone is fine, but I'm worried about the Lingbao Tianzun inside..."

As Shen Lian had just come up with the idea, a strong wind blew.

Bang bang bang.

The three doors opened at the same time.

The room was pitch black. Shen Lian could not see through it even with his eye between his eyebrows, but he could vaguely hear three heavy breathings.

"So, there won't be three Lingbao Tianzun in Shangqing Palace!"

Shen Lian was sweating profusely, and there was a deep voice talking to itself from inside the left door.

"The Supreme Great Lord of the Supreme Purity is the essence of the Jade Palace and the purple smoke of the auspicious cloud." Next is the big door on the right.

"The jade light shines brilliantly, the gold reflects the flowing truth, the combination is beautiful, and the spirit is condensed and established."

Finally it was the turn of the central gate.

"The Taoist will spread the sutras and pass them on to future generations."

The people in the sect said in unison: "Please invite the Immortal Huang Jiao to enter the mansion, seat three and sixteen on the left."

Thirty-six Yellow Horned Immortals walked out of the crowd.

They saluted respectfully and then walked to the three big doors.

Unexpectedly, the thirty-six people made different choices and went to different main halls.

Shen Lian was stunned for a few breaths, then turned to ask Yutu, "Which door is the real Lingbao Tianzun?"

Jade Rabbit wiped the sweat from her forehead and said in a tearful voice, "I, I, I... I didn't know there were three Lingbao Tianzun."

"Please invite Taoist Ziyang into the mansion, seat 23, fourth from the right."

Lingbao Tianzun reported the numbers faster and faster, and the immortals and gods disappeared into the gate one after another.

"Please invite the God of Plague into the palace, seat one and twenty-seven on the left."

Shen Lian was shocked all over, and noticed from the corner of his eye that three figures of Lu Yue walked out of the crowd. If nothing unexpected happened, they were all transformed from monsters.

He gritted his teeth and hurried up the stairs leading to the three doors.

Jade Rabbit's eyes turned redder with fear, and she said tremblingly, "Shen Lian, if you guess wrong, you will die, absolutely! ! ! "

"What are you afraid of? I'll keep you safe."

Zheng Lun looked at Shen Lian's back and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his heart.

Even though there are four plague gods in total, for some reason, Shen Lian is the only one who gives him the most special feeling, as if the two of them... seem familiar?
"Please invite the immortal soldiers of the Plague Department to enter the palace, the fifth, tenth and twentieth seats on the right."

After all the immortals and gods with names were called, it was the turn of the Taoist children affiliated with the eight divisions.

Zheng Lun straightened his robe and walked towards the main hall step by step. The condition of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was extremely unstable and seemed to be in great difficulty.

He didn't know which Lingbao Tianzun was the real one, and his eyes were fixed on Shen Lian.

The rest of Lu Yue went to different gates, while Shen Lian stayed where he was for a few moments.

Shen Lian's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He thought that he could figure out the truth by observing closely, but no matter what methods he tried, he still couldn't see through the truth.

"God of Plague, enter the palace!"

Three voices began to urge, and a suffocating feeling of oppression came over me.

Shen Lian communicated with the teleportation tree while walking into the central gate. There were dozens of Putian statues arranged in a fan shape in the hall, with Lingbao Tianzun sitting cross-legged in the center.

There is a halo rising behind Lingbao Tianzun’s head, he is holding a Ruyi in his hand, and he looks extraordinary.

"Did you bet right?"

The appearance of Lingbao Tianzun in front of him was exactly the same as recorded in ancient Taoist books, and he exuded the aura of Taoism.

On the altar was a corpse covered with a white cloth.

Shen Liangang was just hoping for a lucky break, but he saw a prompt on the career panel.

[The 〈Shangqing Xieshou〉 occupation has been triggered, but the necessary conditions are missing and the job cannot be taken.]

"Shangqing evil spirit?"

Shen Lian looked at Lingbao Tianzun again. The smile on the latter's mouth became more ferocious, and there was a shallow bloodstain on his neck.

"wrong!"

"what?"

Shen Lian turned around and retreated, but after a few steps he noticed a fishy wind blowing.

Open your eyes vertically at the back of your head.

Lingbao Tianzun was still in the same place, but his face was getting closer and closer to him, the skin and flesh on his neck were torn, and his spine was infinitely stretched.

"God of Plague, why don't you come and listen to the Dao Fruit of No Life?"

In the blink of an eye, the face shortened to less than half a meter.

The upper and lower jaws separated, and the layers of teeth extended deep into the throat, with a word of scripture flashing in each tooth.

"Fuck you!"

Shen Lian saw that there was no escape, so he took out the Guan Dao Talisman before the roots of the teleportation tree shrank.

His face froze, his upper and lower jaws closed, and he disappeared into the hall with a half-smile on his face.

Shen Lian grabbed the Jade Rabbit and ran out of the main gate in a panic. More than a dozen immortals stopped in front of the stairs, their empty eyes exuding coldness.

The Guandao Talisman spontaneously combusted without fire and turned into ashes bit by bit.

He cursed inwardly a few times and quickly jumped into the left door.

Zheng Lun frowned slightly, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva beside him kept coughing, with pus flowing from his mouth and nose, showing signs of physical and soul collapse.

"Zheng Lun, we can't delay any longer. I need to bathe in the Buddha's light as soon as possible!!!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva gritted his teeth. Seeing the hope of rebuilding the foundation was right behind the door, he realized that if he took a wrong step, he would be doomed.

The resentment he expressed was beyond words, and he really didn't want to die in the memories.

Damn it to Lu Zu, damn it to that group of blood eaters! !

Puff puff.

Shen Lian rushed out again.

On the left, Lingbao Tianzun spread out countless arms covered with pus, and scriptures shaped like maggots were wriggling among the flesh and blood, and the arms almost filled the doorway.

Jade Rabbit rolled his eyes and fell asleep, but still instinctively grabbed the Taoist hat.

The Guandao Talisman was completely burned out.

Shen Lian had nowhere to retreat and had to go to the right gate.

Be it the decoration inside the hall or Lingbao Tianzun himself, there was no difference on the surface, but the previous two statues were neither human nor immortal.

"What bad luck! Two wrong answers in a row."

The profession triggered on the left is [Yuchen Nuojun], which is obviously unusual.

Shen Lian was no longer reckless, after all, he lacked the golden medal talisman for absolution.

He walked towards the cushion cautiously, his eyes glancing at the huge Lingbao Tianzun, while paying attention to the career panel.

This time, the profession panel is to trigger the corpse on the altar first.

[The 〈Ksitigarbha Corpse Buddha〉 occupation has been triggered, but the necessary conditions are missing and the job cannot be taken.]

[Six Paths Ksitigarbha—Ksitigarbha Corpse Buddha Compatibility 98.96%]

Shen Lian felt relieved. Compared to finally finding the real Lingbao Tianzun, all he had to do next was to safely pass through the Wusheng Dao Fruit.

He came to the cushion, but it was shrouded in spiritual light and he could not sit on it. The Jade Rabbit then woke up.

The fake Plague God was just a few steps away, staring at Lingbao Tianzun with fanatical eyes.

Zheng Lun and the other man followed Shen Lian to the palace on the right.

The number of people in the palace on the right side was obviously higher than expected, mainly because Shen Lian's actions affected the judgment of the surviving immortals and gods.

"Something's wrong."

Shen Lian heard Jade Rabbit's murmurs again, and his heart stopped.

"What's wrong?"

"He is not Lingbao Tianzun!"

Jade Rabbit said with a sad face: "Can we change it?"

Without waiting for Jade Rabbit's prompt, Shen Lian discovered that Lingbao Tianzun's posture was a little stiff, and because the cushion he was sitting on was in the corner of the first row, he could just see Lingbao Tianzun's side profile.

There is a gap in Lingbao Tianzun's spine that is almost invisible to the naked eye.

The person inside this skin is not himself at all.

[The occupation 〈****〉 has been triggered, but the necessary conditions are missing and the job cannot be taken.]

"It means that the two Lingbao Tianzun before were correct..."

"What the hell is He???"

(End of this chapter)