Chapter 205 An ape disguised as Ancestor Bodhi?
Shen Lian stared into the darkness with a solemn expression.
He noticed a series of bloody footprints extending outward on the ground, and the footprints were slowly disappearing along with the blood mist in the shop.
I wonder if it’s an illusion.
After the old Taoist in red appeared in Xie Yue Sanxin Cave, the cave became obviously active, and there were alchemists moving around in each temple.
"Taoist Sanxin...is he Taoist Bodhi?"
Shen Lian leaned over and looked at the bloody footprints. Since the old Taoist in red did not wear shoes, he could clearly see the strange structure of the latter's soles.
The four toes are small and the thumb is unusually large, with a mouth similar to the palm of a hand.
“The soles of the feet of the old man in red are a bit like palms.”
“Something’s wrong.”
Shen Lian's pupils shrank, and he suddenly thought of the apes that had lived on the branches for generations.
Apes need to use their big toes to hold branches to climb. It does have the same structure, but it is hard to say. After all, Sanxin Taoist has become a demon, and it is normal for limbs to be deformed.
“There were no footprints when Taichuxin appeared, and I don’t know the structure of the soles of the feet.”
Shen Lian was horrified when he thought about it, and he was completely unable to guess the situation of Patriarch Bodhi thousands of years ago.
It stands to reason that Patriarch Bodhi, as one of the most mysterious immortals in Journey to the West, would not let the cave fall silently, right?
Nian'er's exclamation beside him interrupted Shen Lian's thoughts, "Brother, many of Nian'er's insects suddenly died."
"Those bad guys gave away all the insects that Nian'er raised outside the door. Trampled to death!"
Nian'er complained with a frustrated face and gestured with his hands.
The deaths of insect ghosts in droves were not caused by the old man in red, but because some alchemists appeared near the shop and they took action to kill them.
“It’s okay, Nian’er is good.”
Shen Lian touched Nian'er's head, narrowed his eyes and looked around.
The alchemist's methods were extremely subtle. I don't know if he did it deliberately, but he was already testing the shop, which made the ghost mother a little impatient.
Shen Lian consciously communicated with the ghost mother, letting the latter focus on the secret technique of the three hearts.
He stretched out his hand.
Blood flowed from the palm of his hand, and after a moment, it turned into a red stone the size of a fingernail, exuding an aura that the demon could not refuse.
"Nian'er, if you use it to raise insects, you should be able to live longer."
"Brother, it hurts."
Nian'er grabbed Shen Lian's palm and moved closer to blow on the wound. , then took away the red stone with a tangled look on his face, got behind the counter and started playing with it.
Shen Lian took a sip of medicinal wine. The loss of blood was harmless.
He once considered providing some of his own blood to the three ghost fathers, but he was mainly afraid that taking blood food for a long time would affect his sanity and completely turn him into a mindless monster, so he left it alone.
Shen Lian walked slowly to the corner, while Zishu and the two sat in front of the door of the inner room and contemplated the canopy statue.
Qinghe compares his ghost father's practice from time to time and tries to learn the secret technique of three hearts.
Zishu is also preparing for the second immortal bone.
"Junior Brother Zishu, who is the Taoist Sanxin in red?"
Zishu opened his eyes and found no traces in the lobby at first, until Shen Lian asked Sanxin The difference in Taoist clothing.
His heart skipped a beat as he glanced across the lobby.
There were shallow bloody footprints on the ground, and it was immediately clear that another Sanxin Taoist had entered the shop, and he was also specifically looking for Shen Lian.
Is it possible that all three Taoists are rushing to take Shen Lian as their disciple?
Qinghe listened attentively. Although he had no intention of interrupting, he could clearly feel the danger of Xie Yue Sanxin Cave.
Zishu said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother Shen doesn't know something. Most of the time, he can indeed identify Sanxin Taoist priests by the color of their robes."
"The Taichu heart is in yellow, the Taiyi heart is in red, and the Taishang heart is in green."
Shen Lian raised his eyebrows and heard the hesitation in Zishu's words, "Most of the time?"
< br>"Well, once they completely lose control, the robes will turn into...white."
Zishu has seen the unprovoked riots of the Three Heart Taoist priests, with numerous casualties. "When encountering the Three Heart Taoist priests in white, they must You have to stay away."
After Shen Lian figured out the specific facts, he was secretly frightened. At present, it is not a good thing to receive the attention of Sanxin Taoist.
What is the art of immortality? Thank God for not doing it to yourself.
"It seems that after Taiyixin appeared, what were the alchemists in the cave looking for?"
Zishu shuddered and explained with lingering fear: "On the one hand, Taiyixin maintains the human form; It will make the immortals and ghosts fearful, and the alchemists can enter and exit the cave on their own."
"On the other hand..."
Zishu said hesitantly: "They are looking for them. Taichuxin’s…corpse”
"Corpse?!"
"Senior Brother Shen...you should have seen the woodcutter in Fangcun Mountain. He achieves immortality by transforming into a skin. Taoist Sanxin is also similar."
Zishu spoke. His forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his eyes were looking at the outside world.
“For some reason, Taoist Sanxin’s condition will continue to deteriorate, and eventually he must abandon the demonized skin and break out of his body.”
“Since Taiyixin appears, it means that Taichuxin has already After emergence, the skin of the original body is in a corner of the cave.”
"Wait a minute." Shen Lian asked in disbelief: "Where is the Taichu Heart after its emergence?"
"I don't know. The true disciples suspect that Taoist Sanxin will recuperate in a certain palace, but for hundreds of years They have never seen it, but they only know that the skin of Taoist Sanxin is worth a lot of money."
Zishu didn't know the specific function of the skin, after all, he was just an outer disciple.
Shen Lian was lost in thought. No wonder the insects and ghosts were all dead and injured. It should be that the cave disciples suspected that the skin of Taichu Xin might be hidden in the shop.
Zishu hesitated and said: "Senior Brother Shen, I plan to take the opportunity to go to the Cangling Hall to obtain resources and strive to be promoted to the inner sect as soon as possible."
"Yes."
Shen Lian is not very interested in the skin of Taichu Xin for the time being. Since opportunities come every now and then, it is only right to achieve the second immortal bone as soon as possible.
Besides, he is his own cheap master after all.
"Brother, Nian'er also wants to go out!" Nian'er came closer and said, "My parents are practicing immortality, and Nian'er wants to become an immortal!"
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Shen Lian turned around and asked, "Junior brother Zishu, does the Cangling Palace pass by the Immortal Temple?"
"It's indeed on the way, the Immortal Temple is not too far."
Qinghe said. : "Mr. Shen, I also have to go to the Hidden Soul Palace. Madam Baigu asked me to come to Xie Yue Sanxin Cave to get something."
The next half of her sentence was sent to Shen Lian quietly. .
Shen Lian had no intention of going into details, "Nian'er, you can separate a body and follow them. Then hide in the Immortal Temple and see if there is any statue that Nian'er likes."
"Yes."
Among the three ghost fathers, the one he is least worried about is Nian'er.
Each of Nian'er's clones is his true body, and his consciousness can travel back and forth at will. The ghost shop in Baigu Cave is controlled by a clone.
Zishu did not refuse. Qinghe was proficient in escape skills and he only had to lead the way.
The insect ghosts raised by Nian'er are very hidden. The insect swarms can sense nearby movements and can retreat in time if danger arises.
Shen Lian repeatedly warned Nian'er, and then watched the two of them leave the shop.
“Damn it, the alchemist doesn’t think the skin is here with me, right?”
Shen Lian sneered, too lazy to pay attention to the little thoughts of the alchemists, and even opened a window to let in The consciousness peeked into the shop.
He set out to practice the Tianhe Blood Water Heart.
Tianhe Blood Water Heart and Lingtai Fangcun Heart both have eight levels. The steps of cultivation are almost the same, but the difficulty of the second immortal bone is definitely higher.
After Shen Lian swallowed all the essential substances, he determined that the banyan tree was most consistent with the ghost's heart.
Compared with Lingtai Fangcun Heart, Tianhe Blood Water Heart does not absorb the basic substances through swallowing, but is applied on the surface of the ghost heart.
“It’s so weird, how can anyone practicing martial arts have to cut open the abdomen to take out the heart to practice?”
Shen Lian was secretly dumbfounded.
“Fortunately, the ghost heart is just the second heart, so there is no need to torture yourself.”
With a thought in Shen Lian's mind, Yunling Daoying wrapped the ghost's heart, and then escaped directly from the body, and the beating ghost's heart fell into his hand.
Because of the six-door Henglian martial arts that he had previously practiced, even if the ghost heart is separated from the body, it still functions like an arm.
There is no need to connect blood vessels and meridians, and the vaporized blood flows into it out of thin air for circulation, ensuring the vitality of the ghost heart.
“Don’t tell me, this thing does look decent.”
The ghost heart was forcibly transformed into a heart, but it still retained the characteristics of a ghost, causing the organ to be somewhere between life and death. between.
[Ghost Heart]
[Breathed by Shen Lian, his consciousness has been wiped out after being tempered by martial arts. However, once out of control, he will become a ghost. 】
Shen Lian ground the banyan branches into powder and then mixed it into the medicinal wine.
When the ghost heart is soaked in the wine, it can feel the breath of the banyan tree blending in little by little, and the vitality contained in the organs becomes more and more intense.
The ghost's heart was beating wildly.
"I feel a little weird. Where do ghosts come from?"
Shen Lian has a slight headache. After all, it is a method of visualizing the canopy statue. At first glance, there is no problem, but there are many flaws in the details. .
It is impossible for him to mess around, let alone if he cannot get started for a long time.
If you can save 20 points, you can save.
The only good thing about Shen Lian is that the banyan tree grows very fast, and it is not like a myna, who can only get a few tail feathers by coaxing it out of the way.
The ghost heart is gradually approaching saturation, but the immortal aperture has not made any progress.
What made Shen Lian extremely sigh was that the three ghost fathers were making rapid progress.
Nian'er has successfully arrived at the Immortal Temple not long ago, without encountering any immortal ghosts on the way, and is now visualizing the statue of the Nine Heavens Xuannv.
Ghost Dad’s Taoism quietly came to the early three thousand years.
Although it only takes a few decades to grow, the devil's behavior is leveled up every thousand years, and the ghost father is not far away from the haunted ghost.
The ghost mother is stable at two thousand four hundred years, the ceiling appears fleshy, and there is a heartbeat inside, proving that the immortal bones of the two are about to take shape.
The corner of Shen Lian's mouth twitched, and when he looked at the ghost girl playing, his resentment was clearly changed and there was a subtle change.
“Idiot~~”
Bago seems to have just returned from wandering around the Three Heart Cave of Evil Moon.
It fell on Shen Lian's shoulder, grabbing a pill core.
Just when Shen Lian was about to teach Bage a lesson, he suddenly noticed the throbbing in the ghost's heart, as if he had a thirst for fruit cores that far exceeded banyan branches.
“That’s it.”
As soon as the fruit core comes into contact with the ghost heart, it is completely absorbed by the latter.
The fairy aperture is ready to come out.
【Tianhe Blood Heart (First Floor)】
puff.
There was blood spurting out from the surface of the ghost heart, and pupils shaped like tree rings opened. Immediately, plant roots wrapped around Shen Lian's spine.
Underworld Immortal Bone is the water that turns blood into underworld.
The ghost heart turns the spine into spiritual roots.
“Jie Jie Jie, it turns out that I am the only genius among a family of four!!!”
"Huh?"
Shen Lian's ecstasy stopped suddenly, and then he looked at Ghost Dad in surprise.
(End of this chapter)