Looking at the fish monster twitching in pain under the water, Chen Xuanzang showed an expression of pity.
He took a step forward, tugged at Du Qian's sleeve, and whispered, "Donor Du, didn't we agree to awaken the truth, goodness, and beauty in its heart? If you treat it like this, what if you kill it?"
Du Qian patted the back of Chen Xuanzang's hand and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, I know what to do!"
The Fire of Curse is also a relatively special one among the system magical powers he has obtained so far.
No matter how far the distance is, as long as the magical power takes effect, he can vaguely sense it.
Therefore, he could clearly perceive at this moment that the fish monster was constantly using its demonic power to extinguish the inexplicable fire that was igniting in its body.
As long as the fish monster suddenly stopped moving and stopped putting out the fire, Du Qian would know that it must have exhausted all its magic power.
At that time, Du Qian would immediately activate [Avoid the Real and Attack the Fake] to prevent the fish monster from being really killed by the flames.
At the same time, Du Qian was somewhat pleasantly surprised to find that the efficiency of the fish demon in using its power to extinguish the fire of curse was actually slightly worse than that of the two innate swordsmen.
What does this mean?
This means that either the fish monster is naturally restrained by fire, or the power of the curse fire has been enhanced.
Du Qian hopes it is the latter.
Just as he continued to curse the fish monster in a low voice, the fish monster seemed to be afraid of the burns. It actually forcibly controlled its twitching body, turned around and dived into the river, swimming away along the river channel.
Upon discovering this, Du Qian was shocked.
But before he could make any move, a loud and clear shout came from above his head.
"Wuding Feihuan, go!"
“Buzz!”
The golden ring hummed and turned into a stream of light that shot towards the direction where the fish monster was escaping.
At the same time, the golden flying ring became bigger and bigger in the process, and finally turned into a huge golden ring with a diameter of five meters. It fell into the river with a bang and tied up the fleeing fish monster.
“Wow!”
Waves splashed everywhere, and the huge fish monster was bound by a golden ring. It twitched and twisted as it flew towards the river bank.
“Bang!”
With a loud bang, the huge fish monster fell on the dock, causing Du Qian and Chen Xuanzang next to it to be shocked three times.
The villagers were all shocked and could not help but turn their heads to look, only to see a girl in a white shirt and red skirt falling from the sky, gracefully landing on the dock, and raising her hand to pat the twitching body of the fish monster.
"Be honest!"
After saying this, Miss Duan turned to look at Du Qian, looking him up and down.
"It turned out to be you who attacked Hai'an City before!"
"Haian City?"
Du Qian's face was full of doubts, and he didn't seem to be pretending: "Did the girl recognize the wrong person?"
Miss Duan twitched her lips, and then glanced at the fish demon who was still twitching beside her, and said unhappily: "It's okay to lie, but can you stop the fire in the fish demon's body first? It's struggling so hard."
"What flame?"
Du Qian's expression remained unchanged on the surface, but secretly he decisively activated the strategy of [Avoid the Real and Attack the Fake].
The next second, the fish monster suddenly opened its mouth and spit out a surging stream of flames.
Miss Duan, who was patting the fish monster's body, slipped and fell to the ground, her palm sliding about an inch past the fish monster's body surface.
“Plop——”
With a muffled sound, Miss Duan stood up, covering her forehead with her hands, and looked at Du Qian with a frown.
"So, this strange barrier is also your method?"
Du Qian's eyes widened, and he said righteously: "Girl, how can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air!"
"……out of thin air?"
Miss Duan also widened her eyes, and at the same time, her mental fluctuations were transmitted, subconsciously activating the golden ring.
At this moment, the golden ring was judged as Miss Duan's trick by [avoiding the real and attacking the fake]. A mysterious force suddenly descended, driving the fish monster into a human form, no longer bound by the golden ring.
Miss Duan quickly controlled the golden ring to shrink, trying to restrain the fish monster that had transformed into a human form again.
But at this moment, the golden ring seemed to be affected by some force and it did not obey her commands, rumbling to the side.
"boom!"
The upper part of the golden ring passed over the heads of Du Qian and Chen Xuanzang, accurately avoiding the two of them, and fell into the water, splashing water.
Miss Duan was frowning. She raised her hand and waved, then gave Jinhuan the order to fly back.
This time, the command was conveyed correctly, and the golden flying ring quickly shrank and flew back to her wrist.
Miss Duan touched the gold ring on her wrist and looked at Du Qian in surprise and doubt.
The strange scene just now further confirmed her guess.
This young swordsman at the innate realm is the culprit that caused the abnormalities in Hai'an City!
but……
"Why did you close your eyes?"
Miss Duan challenged, "Are you afraid to look directly at my beauty?"
Du Qian's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but said: "Miss Duan, if you want to form a couple, why not take a look at the guy next to me. He is brave, loyal, and has a big heart. He is definitely suitable for you!"
"C...C batch?"
Miss Duan was confused and didn't understand what Du Qian was saying.
Although Chen Xuanzang didn't understand English, he could more or less understand Du Qian's intention of matchmaking.
He immediately gave a bitter smile and whispered, "Donor Du, stop playing around, the Pioneer Demon is more important!"
“That’s right!”
Du Qian nodded, then took out a piece of black cloth, covered his eyes again, and turned his gaze to the fish monster that had transformed into a human form.
At this time, the fish demon transformed into the appearance of a young man. He was naked, with a dull look on his face. He curled up in the corner with his hands around his legs, looking at the three people with horror.
Du Qian and Chen Xuanzang looked at each other, both of them smiled, and moved closer with ill intentions.
"Hey! Wait!"
Miss Duan quickly stopped them and said with wide eyes, "I was the one who captured this fish monster!"
Chen Xuanzang was slightly startled, and then he tried to reason with her: "Girl, in everything, we should follow the principle of first come first served. We..."
Before he could finish, Du Qian said bluntly: "You got it?!"
"Well, if you have the guts, take him away right under my nose!"
"As long as you can take him away, I will admit that he is yours!"
Miss Duan was speechless for a moment.
Du Qian glanced at her contemptuously, then dragged Chen Xuanzang over.
Chen Xuanzang put down his soaked backpack, looked at the frightened fish demon, and said gently: "Don't be afraid, you are safe now. I will take over the next exorcism process, and you will not be harmed."
The fish demon swallowed his saliva, still looking terrified.
Chen Xuanzang comforted him in a gentle voice while sitting down and putting away the props he had with him.
Miss Duan was watching Chen Xuanzang's movements from behind and couldn't help asking, "Whose sect or school is this magic weapon from? Why have I never seen it before?"
Chen Xuanzang turned his head and looked at her, and explained in a serious tone: "This is not a magic weapon, it is a musical instrument."
Miss Duan was slightly startled: "Musical instrument?"
Chen Xuanzang nodded and said, "That's right... I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Chen Xuanzang, and I am an unordained Mahayana Buddhist disciple. My method of exorcism is to use this exorcism book to awaken the truth, goodness and beauty in the hearts of monsters, so as to eliminate the monsters in the world."
Miss Duan didn't understand what was going on and nodded, not quite understanding.
Then she looked at the old book and couldn't help asking, "I understand the general principle, but why is your exorcism book called "Three Hundred Children's Songs"? Did you get it wrong?"
Chen Xuanzang said seriously: "You got it right, it's the 'Three Hundred Children's Songs'. It has the power to awaken the truth, goodness and beauty in people's hearts. Coupled with my unique interpretation, it will surely be able to successfully exorcise the demon..."
As he spoke, Chen Xuanzang began to shake the gourd-shaped instrument in his hand, and a soothing and melodious music suddenly sounded.
Chen Xuanzang smiled friendly at the frightened young man opposite him, then cleared his throat and began to sing:
"Child, child, why are you so bad~"
"Bullying, cheating, why do you do it~"
As soon as Chen Xuanzang opened his mouth, all the villagers who had been waiting for him attentively started to look strange.
Miss Duan was also stunned, her expression shattered, as if she had never expected that there would be such... outrageous exorcism methods in the world.
Among all the people present, Du Qian was probably the only one who looked intoxicated, shaking his head, listening to the song attentively, and shaking his legs from time to time to respond to the beat of Chen Xuanzang's instrument.
I have to say that Chen Xuanzang's voice is still very nice.
If I could be reincarnated into the modern era, I would at least be a superstar singer.
It’s a pity that the subject matter of children’s songs limited his performance.
Du Qian felt that he was more suitable for singing some modern pop music.
Just as Du Qian was thinking with regret in his heart, the young man transformed from the fish monster had his expression changed from fear to embarrassment, and then gradually transformed into social death, shame and indignation, and finally raging anger and overwhelming hatred.
He tried to avoid Chen Xuanzang's gaze, but Chen Xuanzang would appear in front of him from various angles every time, looking at him sincerely and singing gently:
"Good boy, come back soon~"
"My arms are always open for you."
"Good boy~ You must sincerely repent~"
"You will always be my favorite child."
When Chen Xuanzang lay on the ground with his head between the young man's crotch, looking sincerely at the young man who was lowering his head in shame and anger, and sang the ** part of the nursery rhyme, the young man transformed by the fish demon finally couldn't help it.
He raised his fist with anger on his face and smashed it into Chen Xuanzang's face.
But unfortunately, the effect of avoiding the real and attacking the fake has been taking effect.
Before the young man's fist touched Chen Xuanzang, it shook violently and hit the ground next to it.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!!”
The young man transformed from the fish demon had red eyes and kept waving his fists, but he couldn't even touch the corner of Chen Xuanzang's clothes. He could only keep pounding the ground, as if responding to Chen Xuanzang's melody and singing.
After the song was finished, Chen Xuanzang smiled and nodded with satisfaction.
"Sure enough, you should have understood something, right?"
The young man transformed from the fish demon clenched his fists and stared at Chen Xuanzang with red eyes.
Chen Xuanzang was slightly startled, then he sat up and said regretfully: "It seems that one song is not enough, I need another one!"
As he spoke, Chen Xuanzang raised his hand and turned to the next page of "Three Hundred Children's Songs", cleared his throat, and then turned the instrument again.
Seeing this scene, the young man's expression froze, and the anger in his eyes gradually turned into intense fear...