Finally, he took out a book of 'Three Hundred Nursery Rhymes' and placed it on the stone in front of him. He then picked up a gourd and started shaking one of the levers on it.
As the music started, it turned out to be quite to Lin Qing's liking.
But Lin Qing was speechless as she watched this scene.
A fish demon that ate so many people, and Xuanzang just...
"Excuse me, is this how you handle it?" Lin Qing asked.
“Yes, sir, I am trying to awaken the true goodness and beauty within the fish demon’s heart. Please don’t interrupt.” Xuanzang said.
Lin Qing was speechless.
It's hopeless, Xuanzang is truly hopeless. He's been brainwashed far too much. Xuanzang witnessed the fish demon devouring people with his own eyes, yet this is how it was dealt with.
Xuanzang began to sing: "Child, child, why are you so wicked..."
"Let me explain. This fish demon has been in this river for several years, devouring no fewer than a hundred people from twenty villages, three-tenths of whom were children."
"Are you sure you want to handle it this way? Just to awaken its goodness and beauty, without destroying it?" Lin Qing asked.
“Care resides in the heart, full of color…” Xuanzang did not stop, continuing to ‘deal with’ the fish demon.
"What? They ate a hundred people, and three of them were children?"
"This is terrible, kill him, kill him."
"Kill him."
Lin Qing's words immediately stirred up the fishermen's emotions, and they became furious, wanting to kill the fish demon.
At this point, Xuanzang had to stop and said, "Everyone, listen to me. It is precisely because so many people eat it that we should awaken the true goodness and beauty within it."
"Only in this way can one truly recognize the sins one has committed; otherwise, what good would killing it do?"
Sure enough, as expected of the later Tang Sanzang, these words calmed the villagers down once again.
"Child, child, why are you so wicked..."
"Damn it." He cursed under his breath.
Lin Qing yanked Xuanzang away and slapped the fish demon across the face. Instantly, the human form transformed back into the fish monster.
"For such a heinous fish demon, death is its only fate," Lin Qing said coldly.
What Buddha, what pilgrimage? What does that have to do with Lin Qing? Lin Qing only believes that it deserves to die, so it must die.
"Yes, kill him, kill him!" Instantly, the fishermen, upon seeing the terrifying fish monster, recalled the horrific scene from before, and their emotions surged with rage.
“No. It is a life too. I can awaken the goodness and beauty within it soon.” Xuanzang stood protectively in front of the fish demon.
He quickened the pace of his singing: "Turning back, be a filial child..."
At this moment, the fish demon transformed back into human form, its teeth chattering as if it had been stimulated by something. Finally, it swung its fist and smashed it violently at Xuanzang.
"Clap clap clap!"
The fish demon's actions terrified the fishermen, who raised their weapons in a defensive stance. Lin Qing, however, remained unmoved.
"Bullshit!" Lin Qing gave the fish demon a thumbs up for its action.
Although the song suited Lin Qing's taste, Lin Qing couldn't help but want to punch Xuanzang because of his singing expression and personality.
Just then, Miss Duan pushed through the crowd, came up behind the fish demon, grabbed its head, pulled it to the ground, and then repeatedly punched the creature.
Finally, he took out a cloth bag covered with runes, put the fish demon inside, and then tied it up.
Then, the fish demon transformed into a white fish doll, entered the device at the bottom of the bag, and was strung up by a talismanic rope.
Miss Duan took out the doll, walked up to Xuanzang, and said, "You're an exorcist too!"
"Why should I?" Miss Duan asked.
"Exorcism Ceremony".
"An exorcism ceremony?"
Xuanzang bent down, picked up his booklet, and showed it to Miss Duan.
"Three Hundred Nursery Rhymes?" Miss Duan looked at the book, somewhat bewildered.
Xuanzang then launched into a long-winded explanation: "Don't underestimate it; it can awaken the true goodness and beauty within demons, just as people are at their most virtuous..."
"Interesting." Lin Qing sensed something was amiss. From the fish demon to the fishermen, and even this Miss Duan, there was something fishy about them.
Lin Qing held the rag doll in her hand and said, "It takes forty-nine days to refine the fish demon. Isn't that a bit too long?"
Chapter 633 The Arrival of Tathagata
"Huh? How did the fish demon end up in your hands?" Miss Duan only then realized that the doll was missing and immediately questioned her.
"Phew, this exorcist is really amazing. He subdued the fish demon in one go and can refine it in forty-nine days. That's fantastic."
"Yes, yes, that way the fish demon can't harm our village."
The fishermen began to express their gratitude to Miss Duan.
Even Xuanzang, who had previously insisted on not killing the fish demon and instead trying to reform it, no longer objected.
"I can kill it now, without needing forty-nine days." Lin Qing was about to make his move.
"This is the monster I caught. I'm entitled to the reward money. Give it back to me." Miss Duan reached out to snatch it.
How could Lin Qing let her succeed? With a light tap, he repelled the incoming fist.
"I advise you not to make a move; you're too weak," Lin Qing said.
Upon hearing this, Miss Duan rolled up her sleeves and said, "You..." Xuanzang quickly pulled Miss Duan back, knowing how strong Lin Qing was.
Xuanzang said, "Mr. Lin, this monster was captured by this young lady. You should return it to her."
"Yes, sir, you should return it to this lady."
Not only Xuanzang, but even these fishermen began to offer advice.
Lin Qing sneered, ignoring him, and clenched his fist, intending to crush the fish demon to death.
"Huh? What's going on?" Lin Qing frowned. His fish demon was very hard, yet he hadn't managed to crush it.
You should know that with Lin Qing's current power, he could crush the sun, yet he can't even kill the fish demon.
Lin Qing loosened his fist and took a closer look. There was actually an invisible protective shield on the fish demon doll. It was this shield that prevented Lin Qing from harming it.
Just then, Lin Qing's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he looked behind the fishermen.
“Amitabha, benefactor, this monster has already submitted to the law. Why don’t you hand it over to this female benefactor?” A portly fat man pushed through the crowd and said with a smile.
Dressed like a beggar, with a messy wig on his head, no one would guess that this guy was a monk.
"Master, what brings you here?" Xuanzang said.
"I came because I felt something in my heart," the fat monk said with a smile.
Lin Qing had regained his composure by now, looked directly at him, and said, "This demon devoured a hundred people, does it deserve to die?"
The fat monk still had a smiling face: "Although this benefactor has committed heinous crimes, he can become a Buddha on the spot as long as he lays down his butcher's knife."
"You mean, he shouldn't have died?" Lin Qing said calmly.
"Amitabha! You are possessed by an image." After saying this, a terrifying aura pressed down on Lin Qing.
No one noticed that Lin Qing calmly looked at the fat monk without saying a word.
The pressure he felt was at the level of a saint; this fat monk was none other than the incarnation of Buddha.
The aura of a saint made Lin Qing feel a little breathless.
"Okay." Lin Qing tossed the fish doll to Miss Duan, then disappeared without a word.
A massive divine sense swept across the sky, and a fat man flew in the air: "Gone! It actually managed to escape right under my nose."
"Who could it be? It seems to be some powerful demon. How strange that even we couldn't deduce it."
Finally, the divine sense disappeared, and the fat man disappeared with it.
At this moment, Lin Qing had already broken through the layers of fierce winds, which is the atmosphere of this planet, and arrived in space.
"Something's not right about this Earth," Lin Qing said thoughtfully, gazing at the planet below.
It's huge, far too huge. It's hundreds of times larger than the Earth, and hundreds of times larger than the Sun, Moon, and planets like Mars.
"No way!" Lin Qing suddenly looked at the moon and, without thinking, flew towards it.
Before long, Lin Qing landed in front of a palace on the moon.
Dozens of miles away from the palace, there was another tree where a burly man, shirtless, was chopping down a large tree with an axe.
Strangely, when the big man took the axe away, the gap he had made instantly healed. Who knows how many years this guy had been chopping like that?
"Wu Gang, and the Moon Palace, hehe, then what about Chang'e?"
Suddenly, a fragrant breeze wafted by, and a woman in ancient costume wearing a long silver dress passed by Lin Qing, holding a large white rabbit in her arms.
Because Lin Qing concealed his presence, and Chang'e's strength wasn't particularly high, she naturally couldn't detect Lin Qing's existence.
"Tsk tsk tsk, the Moon Goddess Chang'e truly lives up to her reputation; her beauty is unparalleled." Lin Qing praised inwardly.
In Lin Qing's opinion, Hu Xiaoxue was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, but Chang'e's beauty was even a notch above Hu Xiaoxue's.
"Forget it, the most important thing now is to advance in rank, that way I'll be more secure." Having just arrived and already seeing the big boss, Tathagata, has made Lin Qing eager to improve his strength.
Watching Chang'e depart into the distance, Lin Qing smiled and then left. Although dragons are inherently lustful, Lin Qing could completely suppress it.
Lin Qing flew away from the moon and then headed into the depths of space.
Throughout the journey, Lin Qing kept his presence hidden because he discovered that there was life on every planet.
Of the eight planets in our solar system, apart from Earth, every single one is inhabited by cultivators or powerful demons. Even immortals exist. Cultivation, battles, treasure hunting, and imprisonment—everything is there.
"This world is truly interesting," Lin Qing smiled.
For his own safety, Lin Qing kept heading towards the depths of the universe, leaving a mark at regular intervals to prevent himself from getting lost in space.
Months later, Lin Qing had no idea how far he had flown; the solar system was long gone.