After doing good deeds, Du Qian left alone, keeping his achievements and fame to himself.
He had already recognized Miss Duan's identity. She was the heroine in the movie, the female exorcist who had an emotional entanglement with Chen Xuanzang.
The entire "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" tells the story of the magical changes before Chen Xuanzang embarked on the journey to the West.
In this world where demons are rampant, immortals are not visible, and mortals suffer, Chen Xuanzang, in order to save the world from suffering, becomes a disciple of a wine-drinking and meat-eating monk who claims to be a disciple of Mahayana Buddhism.
Chen Xuanzang did not learn any skills from the wine-drinking monk except theories and ideas. The only means of exorcism was just a childish book called "Three Hundred Children's Songs".
It was with the help of this book "Three Hundred Children's Songs" that Chen Xuanzang embarked on the path of an apprentice exorcist. During his subsequent journey, he met the heroine Miss Duan, subdued the fish demon and the pig demon, and finally realized the Buddha nature and suppressed the escaped Monkey King.
In Du Qian's understanding, none of the main characters in the whole story is an ordinary person.
There is no need to say much about Chen Xuanzang himself. He is still the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi and the second disciple of Sakyamuni.
As for that wine-drinking and meat-loving monk, he knew the true origins of many demons, disguised the "Mahavairocana Sutra" as "Three Hundred Children's Songs", and called himself a Mahayana Buddhist. It was obvious that he was the incarnation of Tathagata Buddha.
As for Miss Duan, this girl is no ordinary person either.
The Wuding Flying Ring in her hand eventually turned into the golden hoop on Sun Wukong's head.
Combined with the plot of the authentic "Journey to the West", there is no doubt that this is hinting at Miss Duan's identity as the incarnation of Guanyin.
Of course, except for the wine-drinking and meat-eating monk who obviously retained some Buddha nature, most of the other incarnations of immortals and gods have already suffered a catastrophe and can't remember their identities and memories of their previous lives at all.
But even so, Du Qian still didn't really want to meet Miss Duan at this time.
After all, the only attacking magical power he currently has is [Fire of Curse].
Other magical powers, even the golden [Self-Admiration] and [Avoid the Strong and Attack the Empirical], are all auxiliary and defensive magical powers.
Under such circumstances, problems could easily arise if one rashly appeared under the noses of Tathagata and Guanyin.
What if they can crack the system, then wouldn't he be just delivering food?
Unless Chen Xuanzang is also present.
It can be said that among the many characters in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", the only one Du Qian can feel at ease making friends with is Chen Xuanzang.
Moreover, he is the protagonist of the plot and the undisputed central figure of this Journey to the West.
With him around, even if Tathagata and Guanyin discovered Du Qian’s problem, they would not be able to intervene on the spot and interfere with the plot.
Therefore, Du Qian had already made up his mind that before he became truly powerful, the prerequisite for him to participate in the plot was that Chen Xuanzang must be present!
Thinking of this, Du Qian couldn't help but quicken his pace and walked towards the inn.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared and blocked his way.
Du Qian paused and looked at the man in surprise.
I saw a thin young man standing in front of Du Qian. He was wearing tattered clothes and had a dirty, messy hair. He put his hands together and bowed to Du Qian with a serious look.
"Amitabha, on behalf of the people of Hai'an City, I would like to thank you for your help!"
“…”
Du Qian twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at the young man's unconventional dress with suspicion.
This is talking about Cao Cao. Is Cao Cao here?
How come Chen Xuanzang appeared in front of him just when he thought of him?
...There is a ghost, there must be a ghost!
Du Qian thought firmly in his heart.
At the same time, Chen Xuanzang stood up and said in a serious tone: "It's just a donor, how can you curse at me?"
"……Um?"
Du Qian was slightly startled, then he said with a frown: "Did you hear that?"
Chen Xuanzang nodded and said seriously: "I heard it."
Du Qian's eyes widened, and he said confidently, "As a monk, how could you eavesdrop?"
Chen Xuanzang was slightly startled, and then he said with some shame: "I'm sorry, benefactor, I am an unordained Mahayana Buddhist disciple, and I am not familiar with many Buddhist precepts. You..."
"Me what me!"
Du Qian interrupted Chen Xuanzang and waved his hand, saying, "Mahayana Buddhism, right? I haven't heard of it. If you have nothing else to do, please find someone else to preach. I'm very busy!"
"Hey, benefactor!"
Chen Xuanzang hurriedly stopped Du Qian and said helplessly: "Donor, you misunderstood, I am not here to preach to you."
"The thing is, my name is Chen Xuanzang, and I am an unordained disciple of the Mahayana Buddhism. Some time ago..."
Du Qian couldn't help but said, "Wait, tell me briefly, try to summarize it in less than 20 words. If you say too much, I'm afraid I'll accidentally enter the set of Dahua next door. I can't help but give you a Du-style massage."
“…”
Chen Xuanzang immediately shut his mouth, his face turned red, and he remained silent for a long time.
Du Qian couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing again?"
Chen Xuanzang carefully studied Du Qian's expression and whispered, "I am choosing my words carefully and trying to keep them within 20 words."
Du Qian's cheek muscles twitched, and he stared at Chen Xuanzang for a long time before he sighed and said, "Okay, go ahead!"
Chen Xuanzang swallowed his saliva and said carefully: "I am a trainee exorcist. I just received the mission. I am afraid and want to find someone to form a team."
God damn scary!
Du Qian felt a chill on his face and couldn't help but take a step back.
At this moment, the familiar system prompt sounded in his mind again.
"bite--"
"Congratulations to the host for triggering the plot mission [Subdue the Fish Monster]. Mission reward: one chance to win a high-level lottery."
Story mission?
Advanced lottery chance?
Du Qian was slightly startled, then he was delighted. He didn't care that Chen Xuanzang was right in front of him and quickly opened the system panel.
[Plot Mission: Subdue the Fish Monster]
[Mission Description: A fish demon suddenly appeared in Yulong Village. This fish demon was originally a kind person. He saved a drowning child by the river, but was mistaken for a human trafficker by the villagers who came late. They beat him to death and threw his body into the river, leaving it to fish and wild beasts to eat his flesh. He was full of resentment and eventually turned into a half-fish, half-beast water demon to come back for revenge on the villagers.]
[Mission Objective: Subdue the fish monster and awaken the truth, goodness and beauty in the fish monster's heart]
[Task Reward: One chance to draw a high-level lottery (you can specify the type of magical power, and it must be a blue level or above magical power)]
Du Qian was delighted when he saw the description of the advanced lottery opportunity in the mission reward, but then he realized that something was wrong.
Because the mission objective, in addition to subduing the fish monster, also includes the outrageous requirement of awakening the truth, goodness and beauty in the fish monster's heart.
If Du Qian remembered correctly, in the plot of the original movie, Chen Xuanzang had never awakened the truth, goodness and beauty in the hearts of the monsters. Every time he subdued the monsters by relying on more powerful violent means.
The system actually wants him to do something that even Tang Seng can't do.
Du Qian said he could not accept this and strongly protested.
But unfortunately, the protest was ineffective and the system said I couldn't hear it.
Du Qian had no choice but to close the system panel and look at Chen Xuanzang who was confused in front of him.
"So, you want to go on an exorcism with me?"
"Yes." Chen Xuanzang nodded and said seriously, "I won't take any money from the mission reward. It all goes to the donor."
Du Qian frowned and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to team up with me?"
He had such doubts when he first heard Chen Xuanzang's request.
After all, in the movie, Chen Xuanzang is a mortal with great courage. Even if he is really afraid of monsters, he will only face the challenge head-on. How could he suddenly be dragged to join in the exorcism?
...Could it be the influence of Buddha or the system?
Du Qian thought so in his heart.
Chen Xuanzang smiled and said a little embarrassedly: "To be honest, I noticed the donor from the beginning. The donor first fanned the flames in the crowd, luring Miss Duan to take action, and then relaxed the vigilance of the demon, allowing him to be eliminated by Miss Duan..."
“I have seen all these actions.”
"But at that time, I was confused and couldn't understand why the donor did this."
"It was not until the end, when the donor secretly took action and caused the two people who threatened the hostages to spontaneously combust, that I finally came up with a guess."
At this point, Chen Xuanzang paused, lowered his voice and said: "Donor, if I am not mistaken, this barrier that prevents everyone from attacking each other should also be your method!"
“…”
Du Qian was startled, and then looked at Chen Xuanzang with interest.
Sure enough, this Chen Xuanzang is wise but appears foolish. He seems to be naturally dull, but in fact he is quite wise.
He could actually see the relationship between Du Qian and [avoid the real and attack the fake] from Du Qian's behavior of adding fuel to the fire.
To be honest, if it was only Chen Xuanzang, if it was someone else, Du Qian would have greeted his family as soon as he said this.
For the sake of the system task, Du Qian thought for a moment and whispered, "That's right!"
Chen Xuanzang was immediately overjoyed: "Great, I knew it!"
"Donor, you have this ability. As long as you use it, the fish monster will not be able to harm the villagers. Then, I can use my own methods to the fullest to awaken the truth, kindness and beauty in the fish monster's heart?"
……oh?
Du Qian's heart moved when he heard this. This meant that he wanted him to assist Chen Xuanzang!
But, it seems that it is not impossible?
Du Qian blinked his eyes and asked knowingly, "What is the truth, goodness and beauty that awakened the fish demon?"
Chen Xuanzang nodded solemnly and said, "That's right. As the saying goes, human nature is good at birth. I believe that even evil monsters have truth, goodness and beauty deep in their hearts. My exorcism method is to use this exorcism book to awaken the truth, goodness and beauty in the monsters' hearts..."
As he spoke, Chen Xuanzang took out the tattered book with five big characters written on it - "Three Hundred Children's Songs".
Du Qian took a serious look at "Three Hundred Children's Songs" and then nodded in agreement.
"That makes sense, well said!"
"……Um?"
Chen Xuanzang was slightly stunned. He had prepared himself to be laughed at by Du Qian, but he did not expect that the other party would actually nod in agreement.
To be honest, this was the first time he saw someone agreeing with him after being away from his master for so long.
Chen Xuanzang couldn't help but ask, "Donor, do you believe what I say?"
Du Qian nodded decisively and said, "I believe it. Why not?"
"To be honest, although I have not yet entered Buddhism, I also have a compassionate heart."
"Look at my Merciful and Harmonious Barrier that prevents anyone from being hurt, and you should know how merciful I am. If you and I join forces, we will surely torture that fish monster... ahem, we will surely awaken the truth, goodness and beauty in the fish monster's heart!"
As he spoke, Du Qian put his arm around Chen Xuanzang's shoulders and said in a friendly tone, "Come on, good brother, let's set off now without further delay!"
"Do you have a map? Mark the location quickly. We can go there and come back quickly. Maybe we can catch up with dinner. Oh, by the way, what do you like to eat? You should not mind fish sashimi, right?"