"Have you ever had a husband who died?"
Just as Chen Xuanzang was about to answer, the villagers couldn't stand it anymore, rushed over and beat him severely, then hung him up.
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The Taoist priest, eager to get the money, stepped forward at this moment.
"I've gotten rid of the monster for you, and the water is safe now."
While speaking, the Taoist priest kept his eyes on the village chief. Now that things had come to this point, surely he should give money.
The villagers looked at each other, but no one dared to go into the water.
The Taoist priest frowned. Trouble. Why is it so difficult to swindle some money?
"Disciple, go."
The young Taoist priest who came with the Taoist master dared not go into the water. He knew that his master was a fraud and that the monsters in the water had not been eliminated at all.
Go!
Seeing that his disciple was still standing in the same spot, the Taoist priest raised his leg and kicked him down.
The young Taoist swam around in the water and then shouted loudly.
"It's safe. The monster has been eliminated."
The villagers were finally relieved and started jumping into the water one after another. They were fishermen who had lived in the water since birth. Because of a monster that was harming people, they hadn't been able to go into the water for several days. Now that everything was finally alright, they all excitedly jumped into the water.
Knowing the plot, Hao Yun certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to follow him into the water. He climbed to the second floor and looked out into the distance.
The Taoist priest began negotiating the price with the village chief. After some discussion, the Taoist priest nodded in satisfaction and stuffed a large plate of loose silver into his pocket.
"If you need anything like this in the future, you can come to me. I need to go back to meditate and cultivate, so I won't stay any longer."
After swindling the money, the Taoist priest prepared to run away, but the village chief was very hospitable and insisted that the priest stay for a meal. As the two were struggling, a sudden change occurred in the water.
A woman screamed in agony, and the Taoist priest's heart sank. Could there really be a monster?
Looking closely at the water, it turned out that someone was playing around with the woman, lifting her up from underwater.
Although nothing bad happened, the Taoist priest still felt uneasy. He bowed to the village chief and turned to leave.
Hao Yun, who was observing from the second floor, spotted the tiger-skinned loach. It swam over from the distant waters and headed straight for the fishing village.
Hao Yun wasn't the only one who saw the tiger-skinned giant mudfish; Chen Xuanzang, who was hanging in the air, also saw it. Upon seeing the monster appear, he hurriedly shouted loudly.
"Run! A monster is coming! Get ashore quickly!"
Chen Xuanzang shouted at the top of his lungs, but was completely ignored by the people in the water, who were still singing and playing on the water, completely unaware that danger was approaching.
At Chen Xuanzang's shouts, the tiger-skinned loach emerged from the bottom of the water and swallowed the singing woman whole.
"ah!"
A piercing scream rang out, and the people on the water panicked, all desperately swimming towards the shore, fearing that if they were too slow, they would be eaten by the monster.
The Taoist priest, who was about to leave, tried to run away when he saw that things were not going well, but the village chief held him back tightly.
"How could you lie to me! There are monsters in the water!"
Even after being caught while trying to escape, the Taoist priest remained calm, as he was experienced and this wasn't the first time he'd encountered such a situation.
"You can't blame me! You didn't clearly state that there were two monsters in the water. Didn't I already catch one for you?"
"Liar! Give me my money back now!"
The two started tearing at each other on the shore, when the tiger-skinned loach opened its mouth, stuck out its frog-like tongue, and swallowed the village chief whole.
"Holy crap!"
The village chief was eaten by the monster, and the Taoist priest was also startled and hurriedly ran to the second floor.
Chen Xuanzang, hanging in the air, was still shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Don't move! Everyone lie down! Can't you play dead?!"
The villagers, already terrified, didn't listen to him and all ran around in panic.
Hao Yun, who was just squatting on the second floor, had already crawled into the house and hidden.
Option 1: Subdue Sha Wujing alone (Reward: Celestial Technique)
Option Two: Assist in subduing Sha Wujing (Reward: White Dragon Horse)
Option 3: Escape the fishing village (Reward: Crossing the river on a reed)
When the choice appeared again, Hao Yun decisively eliminated the first option, saying that he didn't want to die. Although the reward was tempting, he had to be alive to get it.
The Celestial Immortal Technique is clearly a cultivation method for immortality; it's such a pity.
Hao Yun didn't want to choose the third option, escaping, because it would be a bit of a loss. In the end, Sha Wujing would be subdued by the exorcist Miss Duan, and he could get an assist and a reward, wouldn't that be great?
Although the reward is unknown, it is definitely better than the third option; the more dangerous the choice, the higher the reward.
Looking out the window, Hao Yun switched to spectator mode.
The Taoist priest, who had run from the first floor to the second floor, was panting heavily. His apprentice glanced at the strange fish in the water and whispered to his master.
"Master, let's escape while we're in the chaos. This monster is too powerful. Anyway, we've already got the money."
"You're right, let's go quickly."
The Taoist priest nodded and prepared to leave the fishing village, staying close to the houses. However, the two of them running attracted the attention of the tiger-skinned mudfish.
A long tongue shot out and stuck to the Taoist priest's calf. The tongue began to exert force, and the Taoist priest hurriedly grabbed the railing.
"Hurry up and pull me up!"
"oh!"
The apprentice rushed over, grabbed his master's collar and pulled upwards. Rip! The Taoist priest's clothes were torn, and the young Taoist priest fell flat on his face.
"Get the knife! Hurry up!"
The apprentice was quite clever; he drew a dagger from his waist and slashed at the tongue.
Chapter 17 The Thunderclap Displays Its Power
After severing the tongue of the tiger-skinned loach, the apprentice hurriedly pulled his master onto the platform.
The Taoist priest, who had been yelling and screaming, hadn't even caught his breath when he saw the strange fish stick out its tongue again.
Grabbing his disciple, the Taoist priest threw him behind him, and the strange fish swallowed the young Taoist priest whole.
"He's a real piece of work."
Hao Yun, who was watching the battle, glanced at the Taoist priest and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
At this time, all the residents of the fishing village hid, either crawling into their houses or lying on the second-floor platform to avoid danger.
Hanging in the air, Chen Xuanzang struggled desperately, trying to untie the rope binding his hands.
The large, tiger-skinned loach swam continuously in the water, circling the fishing village again and again, showing no intention of leaving.
A little girl who was squatting on a suspended staircase suddenly found her mother, so she got up, called out "Mom!" and ran over while crying.
"Don't come any closer, squat down!"
The mother, crouching in the crowd, kept trying to get her daughter to lie down, but the little girl was too young, only four or five years old, and was scared. She just wanted to go back to her mother's arms.
"Get down!"
The mother yelled at her daughter to lie down, while she got up and ran over.
The tiger-skin loach underwater spotted the little girl running overhead and caught her with a flick of its tongue.
Hidden inside the house, Hao Yun felt a pang of reluctance. If he were to let this little girl die in front of him, he knew he would never have peace of mind for the rest of his life.
Hao Yun kicked open the door and strode out.
The little girl was on the bridge, being pulled by the tongue and about to fall into the water, when Hao Yun grabbed her leg first.
With his legs wrapped around the bridge railing, Hao Yun drew a short knife with his other hand and severed the little girl's tongue from her back.
"Catch!"
Hao Yun gave a low shout and used his right hand to throw the little girl into the woman's arms.
The giant mud loach, realizing its prey had been taken away, let out a cry like a baby underwater and crashed headfirst into a bridge pillar.
With a sharp crack, the suspension bridge broke, and Hao Yun, gripping the railing, crashed into a house on the other side.
As Hao Yun glided into the air, the giant mudskipper suddenly leaped out from underwater, opening its huge mouth to bite Hao Yun.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Hao Yun reacted quickly, letting go in mid-air and falling into the water with a splash.
The struggling Chen Xuanzang finally untied the rope and landed on the other side of the broken bridge.
The little girl who had just been rescued by Hao Yun was being held tightly in her mother's arms. The wooden bridge broke, and instead of falling into the water, they fell to the first floor.
Because of the broken wooden bridge, many people were affected and fell to the first floor. Among them was a woman holding a baby basket, whose baby basket slipped from her hands and fell into the water.
"My child!"
The woman discovered the baby basket had fallen into the water and got up to jump in.
No!
Someone stopped her; going into the water at that moment would be suicide.
Seeing all this, Chen Xuanzang did not hesitate for a moment. He jumped into the water and swam desperately toward the baby basket.
At this moment, there are three people in the water: Hao Yun, Chen Xuanzang, and the baby.
The tiger-skin loach seemed to have decision-making difficulties; it circled around in the water for a long time before deciding which one to eat.
The baby was tender and delicious, so I ate him. The tiger-skinned loach dived into the water and swam straight towards the baby's basket.
Hao Yun, who was the first to enter the water, opened his eyes and found that he had not been attacked. The tiger-skinned loach was actually swimming in another direction, so he hurriedly surfaced.
After being brought out of the water, Hao Yun noticed that the tiger-skinned loach had abandoned itself in order to eat the baby.
"Watch out! A monster is swimming towards you!"