This Fish Spirit is ranked ninety-second on the Demon Hunting List and has already injured thirty-three people.
The reward wasn't much, only one hundred taels of silver.
It's a huge sum of money for ordinary people, but for those who cultivate themselves, it's barely enough to fill a gap in their stomach.
You can easily buy a few demon-catching and exorcising tools and that's it; even a hundred taels of silver isn't enough for something slightly better.
" Demon Hunting List, Zhu Ganglie from Gao Village, 207 dead or injured. Bounty: 1 Spirit Stone, low-grade True Artifact, Iron-Slashing Saber."
" Demon Hunting List: Ten Thousand Poisons Forest Poison Lady of the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, 1,336 dead or injured. Bounty: 3 Spirit Stone stones, a high-grade True Artifact, Wood Qi Bottle."
" Demon Hunting List the Demon King Son Goku, whose casualties are countless. A bounty of ten Spirit Stone and Lower-Grade Dharma Artifact, the Calming Lotus Seed, is offered."
There are many targets on the Demon Hunting List, and the bounties are very tempting.
From the fiftieth position downwards, the bounty is all gold and silver, common items. Above the fiftieth position, it's Spirit Stone and treasures.
" Spirit Stone, I wonder if they're the kind of thing I'm thinking of..."
Xu Long murmured to himself, unable to help but sigh.
The first mission after returning to the Great Wilderness Main World was far more difficult than I had imagined. I was supposed to be assessed at the B-rank, but I ended up in an A-rank world, and the danger level was extremely high.
The game features elements of fantasy, A-rank difficulty, and extremely high difficulty—any one of these could ensure the annihilation of B-rank Reincarnation Temple.
Now that I've gathered them all at once, it's incredible!
However, as the saying goes, misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise.
Danger and opportunity coexist; the greater the difficulty, the greater the benefits. At the very least, this Spirit Stone is something you definitely can't get anywhere else.
"Senior brother, this is it!"
Upon arriving at the small fishing village, we happened to see that wild exorcist putting on a show.
With disheveled hair and a ferocious expression, holding a bell in his left hand and a wooden sword in his right, he was twisting and turning wildly, making it impossible to tell whether he had Parkinson's disease or was possessed by a ghost.
Xu Long couldn't sense the slightest energy or soul fluctuation; it was clear this guy was a complete fraud.
"Gibberish gibberish! Hey!"
The man roared and threw something the size of a human head into the water.
Xu Long glanced at it and realized it was a homemade bomb, with a power similar to a slightly larger firework shell; if thrown into the water, it could kill two divers.
boom!
A loud bang was heard, and a Gu's fish floated to the surface belly up.
It must be said that although this man was a fraud, his fishing skills were not bad.
With this skill, I'll definitely have no worries about food and drink.
"Is this guy out of his mind? Being a con artist is so dangerous; if you get caught, you'll lose at least half your life, and if you encounter a real demon, you're finished. Why not just fry fish? It's not illegal these days. You can live off it for days, and if you're diligent, you can even get rich."
Xu Long muttered something to himself, and Chen Xuanzang had already walked over.
"Folks, there's a mistake. This is just an ancient fish. Gwen Stacy and only likes to eat aquatic plants and small fish. It won't harm anyone."
The moment Chen Xuanzang uttered his words, it immediately aroused the swindler's murderous intent.
A look of grief crossed his face as he said, "A good father was brutally murdered by a monster, and the innocent victim's family is in unbearable pain. How could you say such a thing?"
The swindler wiped away non-existent tears from his face and clutched the silver in his arms tightly with one hand.
"You must be an accomplice of the monster! Hang him up!"
The conman shouted, "Everyone, believe me! The monster is dead! It's absolutely safe here!"
Encouraged by the swindlers, the fishermen hoisted Chen Xuanzang up and then jumped into the water with cheers.
"These people are truly ignorant, cruel, and vicious."
Xu Long stood on high ground, taking in the entire scene.
He didn't try to save Chen Xuanzang; he figured he wouldn't die anyway, and a little suffering wouldn't hurt.
About two hundred meters away from the fishermen, a huge black shadow loomed in and out of sight.
It was a fish, about six meters long, with a row of bony spines on its back and sharp, dense teeth.
Even from two hundred meters away, Xu Long could still clearly feel the mixture of resentment and malevolent energy emanating from it.
The resentment stemmed from being framed and killed by fishermen, while the malevolence arose from killing more than thirty humans.
After approaching the fishermen in the water, the Fish Spirit began a frenzied killing spree, and four people died tragically in less than a minute.
The fishermen hid on the houses and wooden bridge, too frightened to utter a sound.
On the other side of the wooden bridge, the little girl, who had been terrified, stood up and ran towards her mother while crying.
" Changsheng, squat down, don't move!"
The little girl's mother growled, and instead of stopping, the little girl sped up in fear.
Whoosh whoosh!
Just as the little girl reached the middle of the wooden bridge, a tongue shot out, stuck to her back, and dragged her rapidly towards the water.
"Sigh, I pride myself on being heartless, capable of using a virus to Miejue Rice Country and Japan without hesitation, but I still can't bear to see children like this being killed."
Xu Long sighed, flashed to the little girl's side, and then stepped on the tongue.
This Fish Spirit's strength is quite average, barely qualifying as C-rank. Xu Long could kill it with a single breath.
After struggling several times and realizing it was futile, the Fish Spirit cut off its own tongue and gave up its plan to eat the child.
Holding the child, Xu Long calmly approached the fishermen. He ignored them and turned to watch Chen Xuanzang's performance.
Although he knew no magic, Chen Xuanzang was very brave and agile, and managed to lure the Fish Spirit out of the water.
Snap! Snap!
After weakly flicking its tail a few times, the Fish Spirit revealed its true form: a handsome and refined man.
"Senior brother, senior brother, let me do it!"
Seeing the Fish Spirit appear, Chen Xuanzang was eager to try it out and immediately took out a bunch of things to fiddle with.
Bells, rattles, wooden fish, and Buddha image were played, followed by singing.
After being exposed, the Fish Spirit looked dazed and confused, as if its intelligence was offline.
But when he heard Chen Xuanzang sing, his face began to show expression.
Feeling lost and empty, gradually doubting life, eventually turned into anger.
However, Chen Xuanzang had no self-awareness whatsoever. Seeing the Fish Spirit dodging, he kept moving forward.
Bang!
Unable to bear it any longer, the Fish Spirit slammed a fist into Chen Xuanzang's face and beat him like a madman, as if to vent all the resentment and anger in her heart.
"That's insane!"
Xu Long was somewhat helpless; it was a very simple matter, but they insisted on making it so complicated.
Why not just capture and kill the demons? Why try to awaken the goodness and beauty within them?
If they really possessed such a thing, could it still be called a demon?
They blatantly fooled Chen Xuanzang, yet called it a test.
It's less of a test and more of a way to satisfy one's own hypocritical, arrogant, and condescending heart.