"Old Man Chai" immediately looked at Shang Lin in surprise, then quickly lowered his head and sent a message, "Have Hu Tangdi come out and keep watch over you invisibly."

Shang Lin thought for a moment, sent a "good" message, and then sent a message to Hu Tangdi. He said that he could use his phone normally inside the Dragon Spirit Tower, but he couldn't take videos or photos inside the tower.

Upon seeing Shang Lin's message, Hu Tangdi immediately disappeared from the tower, displaying an aggressive demeanor as if he were challenging someone to a duel. This caused Shang Lin and "Old Man Chai" to clearly feel the air vibrate.

However, with Hu Tangdi guarding the tower, Shang Lin was in a particularly good mood and fell asleep immediately. Before the sleeper car lights were turned off at 10 p.m., "Old Man Chai" also lay down to sleep, so that he wouldn't be too tired if anything happened at night.

Around 1 a.m., the quiet sleeper car suddenly went dark, even the nightlights in the aisle went out. Shang Lin opened his eyes abruptly, and it was so dark that he almost thought he was still with his eyes closed.

Good heavens, this is going to cause trouble. It seems I can't escape it even if I want to. He hurriedly sat up and turned on his phone, and then saw a face with a pointed snout and monkey-like cheeks, covered in fine hair, and a pair of scarlet eyes on that face.

"Damn, how ugly!" Shang Lin instinctively threw a talisman at it, followed by a piercing scream. He couldn't tell what kind of demon or monster it was, and then Hu Tangdi's angry voice, "You dare to mess with our sect leader? You're tired of living."

When Hu Tangdi spoke, Shang Lin knew that she had overlapped with space, which might have made her a little slower than that thing, bringing him face to face with it. He hurriedly turned on the flashlight in his phone.

Only then did she realize that in this overlapping space, there were only her and Hu Tangdi. "Old Man Chai" was excluded, and the hairy thing looked neither human nor ghost, and seemed to resemble a human atavistic. Was it an ape?

But whatever that thing was, it was practically KO'd by Hu Tangdi. Even though the ape had some supernatural abilities, it was still heavily pressed to the ground and couldn't get up.

Shang Lin could hear the bones cracking, which showed that Hu Tangdi had hit it hard, and she was really angry.

Even so, this thing kept roaring and shouting, "I am a god, how dare you be so presumptuous!"

Shang Lin was taken aback, looking completely bewildered. "What kind of god looks like you? Could it be a god of apes? That would make sense, but why are you looking for me? I'm a human."

"You're not human." The ape, pinned to the ground, revealed a greedy look. "Humans all stink, you smell so good, eating you will definitely..."

Hu Tangdi squeezed hard, crushing the ape's arm with a crack. "What the hell? It dares to eat people?"

Shang Lin frowned slightly and subconsciously sniffed himself. Apart from a faint medicinal smell, there was no other smell. But the ape wasn't lying, because its greedy, drooling expression said it all.

Shang Lin's face immediately darkened. "Take him to the tower for interrogation."

Ignoring the monkey's painful screams and struggles, Hu Tangdi took it away directly. At the same time, he removed the overlapping space, and Shang Lin lay down again. "Old Man Chai" sent a message: What just happened?

Shang Lin quickly composed himself and typed back: "I captured a monkey that claims to be a god."

Godfather: Is the Sect Master injured?

Sect Leader: No, he was taken to the tower by Hu Tangdi.

Shang Lin immediately opened his browser and started searching for spirits and monsters similar to apes. Goodness, the search yielded a lot of results, such as Zhu Yan, Shan Xiao, Wu Tong Shen, and so on.

But whatever that ape is, what's with it saying it smells good and tastes delicious? Is it some kind of modern-day Tang Sanzang flesh? That's a bit outrageous.

Godfather: Is the sect leader planning to take you under his wing?

Shang Lin: No, he said I smell good and he wants to eat me. I asked Hu Tangdi to investigate carefully. Have you ever smelled any fragrance on me? Since he wants to eat me, it must be the smell of food, or the smell of meat.

"Old Man Chai" immediately looked at Shang Lin, then quickly typed on his phone screen.

Godfather: I've only ever smelled medicine on the sect leader. It's the kind of medicine that's been ingested and then pickled.

Shang Lin had no doubt that the original owner was a sickly person who had probably been taking medicine since birth. When he took over, the original owner wasn't much better, and now, after taking a medicinal bath, the original owner was truly soaked in medicine inside and out. How could the original owner not be thoroughly tainted?

Could it be that different species sense different auras? I'll ask Hu Tangdi tomorrow. Shang Lin sent "Old Man Chai" a goodnight emoji, then put down his phone and closed his eyes.

Looking at a phone screen in the dark is too glaring for human eyes. However, the passenger at night was probably not drunk, but rather using the smell of alcohol to mask "his" red eyes. In a daze, Shang Lin continued to sleep.

Ji Xiaoyao tried to sense Shang Lin's aura, but he could only smell the medicine. Could it be that his cultivation of the five senses had failed and he could no longer detect the exact smell?

The train arrived at its final stop at 6:15 a.m. the next morning. Shang Lin took a look at the passenger. He seemed drowsy and hadn't woken up yet. His eyes were dull and lifeless, but they were human eyes.

The reason this person was able to be possessed by the "ape" was because they had some connection, which was probably very faint before, but now it was completely severed.

Shang Lin thought for a moment, then quietly channeled some spiritual energy into him to help him recover. Only then did he and "Old Man Chai" hurriedly get off the train and change to a car. Big cities have at least two train stations, so they had to transfer at the West Station.

Sitting in the taxi, Shang Lin was drowsy again. He should have slept well that night, but he had tossed and turned in the middle of the night, and by the time he fell into a deep sleep, the train had already arrived at the station.

"Old Man Chai" also hadn't rested well, but during the day, when Shang Lin was resting, he had to stay by his side. However, traveling like this was really too tiring, unlike him...

Okay, he's "Old Man Chai" now.

After another forty-minute taxi ride, Shang Lin and "Old Man Chai" arrived at the West Station. After swiping their ID cards and entering the waiting room, they quickly washed up before starting to eat.

Shang Lin ate his steaming bowl of noodles with great deference, only asking "Old Man Chai" after he finished, "How are you feeling?"

"Hmm." Feeling that his response was too simple, Ji Xiaoyao added, "It's okay, don't worry." After saying that, he took out the pill that Shang Lin had given him, ate it, and then closed his eyes to rest.

Shang Lin was about to close his eyes and rest when Xing Tian sent another message.

Xing Tian: Sect Master, have you arrived at the first stop?

Shang Lin smiled helplessly. How anxious was this child?