There was a sudden flash of lightning and thunder between heaven and earth, and the magnificent sound of heaven gathered. Countless lightning gathered above the crater and formed a thick bolt of lightning, which struck Shen Lian.

Boom! The lightning was so fast that Shen Lian didn't have time to avoid it.

A seven-colored gourd quickly grew out of his head and collided with the thunder.

However, there was no loud explosion as imagined. After the lightning collided with the gourd, it made a scorching sound, and the lightning was constantly being extinguished by the gourd.

“Huh!”

Seeing that the thunder had no effect, Fanshan was stunned.

"So annoying, another old bull nose!"

"Hey, have you finished watching? Do you want me to take off my clothes and show you enough?"

Fan Shan spoke, and actually reached out to unbutton his shirt, "Come here."

"You misunderstood, fellow Daoist. I was just passing by."

Seeing the thunder die out, Shen Lian had no choice but to take a few steps back.

The cultivator who can liberate the resentment of the dead souls is indeed extraordinary. His strength is only in the late Jindan stage, but his perception is so sharp.

He didn't think that he could be detected with the strength of the late Jindan period. The main reason was the layout of this cave.

When the Spiritual Sutra caused a reaction just now, there was a small fluctuation in the order of heaven and earth, causing changes in this cave.

"What a misunderstanding."

Fan Shan curled his lips and said, "We are all thousand-year-old monsters. Why are you trying to be sincere with me?"

"What's that smell on you? I can tell with just a sniff. You are a little different from those monks out there who are full of karma. You don't have much karma."

"Or maybe you killed too few lives."

"Or..."

With a whoosh, Fan Shan rushed close to Shen Lian and began to sniff around with his nose.

"You have survived the nine-fold thunder tribulation and cleansed some of your karma."

"Tsk, you actually survived the ninth level of thunder tribulation. That's quite interesting. In the world of immortal cultivation, apart from some people who have been well prepared, the rest have the opportunity to survive the ninth level of thunder tribulation. The rest have only survived the sixth level of thunder tribulation."

…

A late Jindan cultivator deduced his tribulation situation just by sniffing him. If it was any other Jindan cultivator, Shen Lian would have strangled him to death.

But the female cultivator in front of him who was licking her lips was different. She was protected by green light.

This means that this person has the biggest backer in this world.

"My fellow Daoist, you have a keen eye. We are on the same path." Shen Lian thought about it. After following her for so long, he also realized that the female devil in front of him might be a little confused in her thoughts. He decided to try to fool her with a few words to see if he could.

"Traveling together?"

Fan Shan shrugged his nose and narrowed his eyes, "Where's your banner?"

"I don't need a banner."

Shen Lian rolled his eyes, and without waiting for Fan Shan to ask again, he changed the subject, "Daoyou, I think you are hungry. I am hungry too. How about we eat and talk at the same time?"

"I worked as a cook in the secular world for a few years."

"This isn't a good idea. This is the first time we meet." Fan Shan's eyes were a little vague, and he was rubbing his hands together.

"We hit it off right away, what's wrong with that?"

Shen Lian waved his hand and took out three large cauldrons, each of which contained a third-level monster.

Speaking of these monsters, they were hunted when they passed by the Siren Island Chain on their way back from the South China Sea in order to kill Zi Yang.

Several monsters are in the middle stage of the third level, and have even been refined into puppets.

At this point, these puppets were no longer of any use. Shen Lian removed the restrictions on the puppets in a flash and threw them into the cauldron to cook.

By the way, some herbs were thrown in.

When he saw the monster meat, Fan Shan, who had been a little reserved just now, suddenly rushed to the side of the big cauldron, his eyes wide open.

"Why are you a bit dry, monster?"

Shen Lian carefully observed Fan Shan's movements and discovered that he was indeed a foodie. When he was reciting the Du Ling Sutra, his previously plump body turned into a skinny one.

It should have something to do with the salvation of the dead souls.

"I originally wanted to make bacon out of these monsters, so they are a little shriveled."

Shen Lian was talking nonsense without any anger in his eyes or heart beating. Needless to say, when refining a puppet, one needs to use spiritual fire to refine the whole body. It would be strange if it wasn't dry.

"Cook it for a little longer so that it can absorb the flavor and taste better."

Fan Shan didn't listen much to Shen Lian's advice.

Seeing that after three days of stewing over a high fire, the monster meat in the cauldron was still so dry, she could not bear it anymore and stared at Shen Lian.

He quickly rushed to the cauldron, stretched out his hand, tore off one of the beast's legs, and began to bite it.

"Huh... your bacon is... it's a bit too dry."

After tearing off a piece of meat with great effort, Fanshan chewed it hard, frowning constantly.

"It's not easy to eat if you work hard!"

Shen Lian gave a dry laugh.

Although several demon kings were in the middle stage of the third order when they were alive, after being refined by his spiritual fire and baptized by the puppet spirit ban, their physiques were as strong as those of the late third order.

The female dentist in front of me is really good at dentistry.

"ah……"

Then, Shen Lian saw Fan Shan open his bloody mouth and stuff the huge monster leg into his mouth. Then he closed his mouth, grabbed the bone with both hands and pulled it out violently.

With a "swish" sound, the extremely smooth leg bone was pulled out from Fanshan's mouth, while the meat remained in his mouth.

"Muscles, indeed muscles."

Fanshan chewed and spoke without stopping.

"Fellow Daoist, I haven't tasted anything yet. I'm eating a leg."

…

"Fellow Daoist, I still can't taste anything. I'll suck this skull first."

…

Inside the cave, animal bones began to pile up, and the monsters in the three bronze tripods, each several feet in size, disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

While Fanshan was feasting, several intermittent but baby-like sounds came from his body, and a vague half-human, half-beast shadow appeared faintly behind him.

"belch."

After a while, Fanshan burped and rubbed his belly.

"Finally I'm half full."

She hummed comfortably before she reacted and looked at Shen Lian embarrassedly.

"Daoyou, I'll eat your share too."

"My hometown people say that being able to eat is a blessing, and being a Taoist friend is a blessing."

Shen Lian waved his hand and didn't care.

However, Fan Shan pointed at the cauldron and said, "Fellow Daoist, what I mean is that if you don't... drink the soup in the cauldron, I..."

"I don't like drinking soup." Shen Lian turned his head and acted casually, but he was actually observing Fan Shan carefully.

Fan Shan's face lit up with joy. He rubbed his mouth with his hands, and then took a deep breath with the three big cauldrons.

The soup in the cauldron turned into three torrents, which she sucked in in one gulp.

"It's beautiful, the original soup turns into the original food... burp..."

…

Looking at Fan Shan, who was rubbing his belly with his eyes closed and looking very happy, Shen Lian really couldn't tell whether he was really like that or was just acting.

But combined with the scene I saw before, this person's greedy state should be a true reflection of his true heart.

A total foodie.

No one even saw the essence of the monster's flesh being refined, it was swallowed up pure.

In addition, the aura on its body is not like that of an orthodox human. It has part of human blood, and the other part should be some kind of monster.

The most important thing is that this person cannot be killed.

Shen Lian estimated that even with his current strength, he would not be able to kill this little demon cultivator in the late Jindan stage.

Of course, he had never thought of killing this person. Doing so would simply be a violation of the order of heaven and earth, and would end up harming himself.

"You are also very hard-working, you have to work hard every time you fill your stomach."

"Who said it wasn't? It's too bad. If there was no other way, I would have quit long ago."

Fan Shan's eyes were filled with murmurs, "Daoyou, it's the same, we are all miserable people."

"It's okay." Shen Lian nodded, "We are all doing our part for the world."

"You are at least a cultivator of the righteous path, and I am a cultivator of the devil. You said that what I am doing now is simply bringing shame to the founder of the devil path."

Fan Shan rubbed his face and said, "Oh my God, you really know how to play. I once aspired to be an old devil who stood tall and proud."

…

After some communication, Shen Lian tried to ask indirectly, but he could not get any useful information from Fan Shankou.

Apart from being interested in food, Fanshan doesn't care much about other things, and he keeps his mouth shut about the matter of liberating the souls of the dead.

In response to this, Shen Lian did not continue to inquire rashly. The two of them left each other jade communication talismans and agreed to have dinner together again after some time.

Since Fanshan likes to eat it, then we should cater to his taste and slowly adjust the recipe.

Now, that's a good start.

…

Half a year later.

The cave of merit.

The resentment stirred up a storm, making the spiritual barrier whistle.

Amid the resentment, faces that were either hideous or numb appeared, and as the cold wind continued to hit the spiritual barrier, ghostly howling sounds were heard.

Outside the spiritual forbidden area.

It is filled with hundreds of puppet figures, and each puppet figure has a five-element spirit array embedded on its back, with spirit stones embedded as energy sources.

These little people were divided into three formations. There was the suona and gong formation, the drum and bell formation, and the most important one was the formation chanting the Soul-Saving Sutra.

Shen Lian's spiritual consciousness enveloped the cave. After checking every corner, he cast a spell.

The puppet's voice sounded, and the energy supply formation behind him began to operate rapidly. The spiritual energy in the spirit stone was consumed at a rate several times faster than normal practice.

In the area where the resentful souls roamed, the five elements of spiritual light lit up, interweaving and connecting into a circular formation, and then the five elements began to rotate rapidly.

After a few breaths, the rotating five elements turned into a yin-yang fish state.

At the beginning, due to the rotation of the formation, the resentful souls were caught off guard and were swept everywhere. With the manifestation of the Yin-Yang fish diagram, order gradually began to appear.

A strange scene emerged at this moment.

As the puppet man chanted the Soul-Saving Sutra, the sound waves turned into ripples and flowed into the Yin-Yang fish, and puffs of black smoke rose up.

The ferocious and resentful spirit from before now began to tremble all over, and the black energy on his body was being drawn out bit by bit.

Half a day later.

A figure from among the resentful souls appeared, with all the resentment drained away. It flew up in the Yin-Yang fish and headed towards the top of the cave.

The void above the cave began to twist, and a circular ripple area appeared.

A faint wisp of soul smoke floated in.

…

“Buzz!”

One month later.

Shen Lian, who was sitting cross-legged in cultivation, felt a thought touching him. When he opened his eyes, he saw a light blue silk thread hanging down from the void.

A green thread fell from nothingness and appeared shakily in front of him.

It seems that there is only one color, but in perception, this ray of green contains infinite colors and exudes a magnificent mysterious power.

Seeing the appearance of Qingsi, Shen Lian's face lit up with joy.

After years of hard work, it finally came true. It was really not easy.

This trace naturally cannot be compared with that of the foodie, but everything is difficult at the beginning. Now that we have the first trace, the rest is just a matter of following the routine.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the strand of hair in one gulp.

There is too little blue now, and it needs to be accumulated slowly. At least it must be enough to give myself a vest.

"It's too slow. It took so long to get a hint."

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes and thought. Even though he had hundreds of puppet talismans as helpers, his speed of salvation was actually more than ten times slower than that of the foodie.

The main thing is that the soul flag in the foodie's hand and the place of salvation seem to be specially made, while his is just a copycat.

It is not easy to improve further, and he does not want to pry into the secrets of foodies too much, so as not to be affected badly.

Since the salvation system that I copied works, that’s enough.

If you can't improve efficiency, then just expand the scale.

Anyway, he has the world in his hands.

…

In the cave of the Bu Tianzhu.

The deputy soul sat upright, pinched his throat and said, "Ding, the task bar and exchange list have been refreshed, do you want to check?"

The sound was transmitted to every angel-replenishing angel in an instant along with the spiritual forbidden formation.

After being promoted to the fourth-level Nascent Soul, Shen Lian became much more confident than before.

"Second-level and third-level Tianyun Stone?"

"Third-level soul-nourishing tree?"

"Third-level Golden Sun Gem Jade, Miaoshui Pearl?"

…

"Top quality three-line Qingxu Pill, three hundred Bu Tian Points for one?"

"Third-level, mid-grade Turtle Dragon Blood Pill, three thousand six hundred Heaven-Repairing Points."

…

All at once, the angels who received the message began to investigate, and their eyes lit up when they saw the refreshed task list and exchange list.

Most of the angels who were trying to replenish their angels were overjoyed. They had been looking at the things on the exchange list for such a long time, but there was no channel to obtain the angel points. It was really frustrating.

The highest spiritual object Shen Lian had in this mission was of the third order, which was difficult for a Jindan cultivator, but not impossible.

Just as the message was sent out, the teleportation array installed in the Bu Tian Ling lit up, and some church members had what he needed in their collections.

After obtaining the resources, Shen Lian began to expand his own salvation system, working hard to put on the vest of merit as soon as possible.

…

Twenty years later.

Tianxing Mountain.

Li Yang, dressed in a black dress, stood outside a meteorite in the Sanchong Yuantian and clapped her hands. Three spiritual objects flew out of the meteorite.

Looking at her own three-piece set of Exiled Immortal Envoy, she frowned slightly.

This thing shouldn't be here.

(End of this chapter)