On the riverbank.
Holding a wooden stick, Yuankong pointed fiercely at a tightly trussed-up bighead carp and demanded angrily:
"Where did the old monk you attacked a few days ago go?!"
The bighead carp did not answer, only thrashed wildly.
Chu Xingchen glanced at the bighead carp Yuankong was pointing his stick at. Honestly, this fish demon... did not look particularly demonic.
It was unlike land demons, which could walk upright and speak fluently even at the Qi Refining stage.
Demons in the water seemed much more plain and simple, perhaps because human cultivators had less influence on them.
This bighead carp was probably a fish demon around the Qi Refining stage too, but compared to an ordinary fish, it only seemed a little bigger.
Its tail was still a fish's tail, its head still a fish's head, and even now, the bighead carp was still blowing bubbles.
It looked rather stupid.
Judging by this fish's condition...
Chu Xingchen thought even its ability to understand human speech was in question.
Li Xingtian had acted quickly. Before Chu Xingchen even arrived, he had dragged this bighead carp out of the water and onto the bank.
Yuankong naturally understood why, and had gone over with a wooden stick to interrogate it.
Li Xingtian, meanwhile, reported to Chu Xingchen:
"Something's wrong with these fish underwater. Those few fish and that turtle acted as though they couldn't see me at all, and they were all heading toward the same place, as if they had a definite purpose."
"And somehow, these fish and the turtle had a way to self-destruct. When they realized I was going to stop them, they charged straight over and blew themselves up. I only had time to grab this bighead carp."
"Water creatures are stupid to begin with. Not many