roccoschili Chapter 181 Failed again
Chapter 181 Failed again
Li Qing quickly waved his hand and replied humbly, "Village Chief, you're too kind. Exorcising demons and monsters is our duty, how can we accept your money?"
However, the village chief insisted that they accept it, saying that it was a token of the villagers' goodwill and they would feel bad if they didn't accept it.
Under the village chief's repeated insistence, Li Qing had no choice but to accept the bag of silver.
Li Qing casually put the silver into his spatial ring, then came to Li Qing and looked at Chen Xuanzang, whose face was bruised and swollen.
“I gave you a chance, but you were useless! I gave you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to reform the demon, and how long has that been?”
Li Qing stretched out her leg and kicked his body. "Get up. What? Did the fish demon break all your bones?"
"Weren't you so confident in your 'Three Hundred Children's Songs' before? Using love to transform demons? Awakening the true goodness and beauty within demons?"
"Tell me, was that fish demon moved by your love? If Miss Duan hadn't stopped you, you would have been beaten to death by the fish demon!"
The ground of the dock was cold and hard, but Chen Xuanzang lay on it without feeling anything.
His eyes were empty, as if he had lost all meaning and value in life, and the faith he once firmly believed in was now teetering on the brink of collapse.
"Didn't Master say that 'Three Hundred Children's Songs' could awaken the true goodness and beauty deep within the hearts of demons?"
Chen Xuanzang muttered to himself, his voice filled with doubt and despair.
This book, which he regarded as a sacred text for subduing demons, had always been his spiritual pillar. He naively believed that he could awaken the true goodness and beauty in the hearts of demons by relying on "Three Hundred Children's Songs". However, reality ruthlessly shattered his belief.
When faced with the fish demon, Chen Xuanzang confidently sang those familiar children's songs, believing that he could influence the fish demon, make it give up its evil intentions, and return to kindness.
But things never went as planned. The fish demon was not moved; instead, it launched an even fiercer attack on him.
"Could it be that Master is lying to me?"
Once this thought arose, it spread like wildfire in Chen Xuanzang's mind. He began to doubt everything he had learned and even began to waver in his master's teachings.
If he can't even trust his master, then what can he trust?
At this moment, Chen Xuanzang felt incredibly lonely and lost, as if he were in boundless darkness, unable to find a glimmer of light. He didn't know how to face this predicament, nor how to proceed with the future...
Can he really become an exorcist who saves the world's people?
Looking at Li Qing in front of him, Chen Xuanzang had a complicated expression. If he were as powerful as Young Master Li and Miss Duan, would he also be able to subdue demons?
Chen Xuanzang struggled to get up from the ground, unsure of how to begin.
Just then, Sister Gen, leading her daughter Changsheng, quickly walked up to Li Qing.
Instantly, Sister Gen tightly grasped her daughter Changsheng's hand and knelt down without hesitation.
Changsheng was also very sensible. He knelt down with his mother and kowtowed to Li Qing.
"My savior! Thank you for avenging my husband! We really don't know what we would have done without you..."
As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.
In the end, her voice choked with sobs, and she could barely speak.
"Sister-in-law, there's no need for that, please get up quickly."
......
After subduing the fish demon Sha Wujing, Li Qing didn't plan to linger here any longer. He still had several tasks to complete, and he needed to deal with Zhu Ganglie and the demon king Sun Wukong.
Therefore, Li Qing decided not to linger in Shuita Village any longer.
After saying goodbye to the villagers of Shuita Village, Li Qing led Miss Duan out of Shuita Village.
As Ms. Duan walked along the road, she suddenly heard a soft footstep coming from behind her.
She stopped warily and turned to look. She saw a figure slowly walking towards her. As the person got closer, Miss Duan realized that it was Chen Xuanzang.
Miss Duan looked at him with some surprise and was very puzzled. She didn't know why Chen Xuanzang was here, and she didn't understand why he was following her and Li Qing.
She frowned, a hint of displeasure in her eyes.
"Hey, what are you doing following us?"
Miss Duan asked without any politeness, her tone carrying a hint of accusation.
She stared intently at Chen Xuanzang, awaiting his answer.
"I...I want to learn from you how to exorcise demons!"
Upon being discovered, Chen Xuanzang paused for a moment before speaking.
"You want to learn how to exorcise demons from us? Don't you have a master? Ask your master to teach you! What do you want from us?"
"Don't worry about him."
Li Qing's calm voice came from ahead.
Li Qing did not intend to have too much involvement with Chen Xuanzang, as Ping Fan's contact with Chen Xuanzang might attract the attention of that pot-bellied monk.
Why create unnecessary trouble for yourself?
Immediately, he reached out and grabbed Miss Duan tightly, then leaped away into the distance.
In the blink of an eye, Li Qing and his companion vanished without a trace before Chen Xuanzang's eyes, like ghosts.
“Young Master Li, Miss Duan…” Looking at the deserted path in front of him, Chen Xuanzang felt an indescribable sense of loss.
He slowly lowered his head, his eyes filled with confusion and helplessness.
Sigh, I should go back to my master first...
......
Inside Xisha Town, Chen Xuanzang walked slowly down the street with heavy steps.
His face was weary, as if he had been walking for a very long time, and his body was extremely tired. However, despite this, he continued to walk, as if an invisible force was driving him forward.
Finally, he stopped when he reached a high wall.
A pot-bellied monk with a wig on his head is holding a calligraphy brush and is intently drawing something on the wall.
Seemingly noticing Chen Xuanzang's gaze, the pot-bellied monk suddenly stopped what he was doing, turned around, and put on a kind smile.
"Xuanzang, you're back."
Although the pot-bellied monk wore a smile, he was inwardly wondering: Why did Xuanzang return so quickly today? Did he subdue that fish demon?
"Master, I have failed again this time."
"It's okay to fail, Xuanzang. You must understand that failure is the mother of success. One or two failures are nothing. One day you will be able to successfully convert the demons."
"Master, didn't you say that 'Three Hundred Children's Songs' could awaken the true goodness and beauty deep within demons' hearts? Why did singing 'Three Hundred Children's Songs' to that fish demon in Water Tower Village have no effect at all...?"
“Xuanzang, it seems you still haven’t grasped the significance of the ‘Three Hundred Children’s Songs’ that I’m passing on to you.”
"The fish demon you met today was originally a kind person. He was mistaken for a human trafficker by the villagers when he tried to save a child by the river. They beat him to death and threw his body into the river, where fish and wild animals drank his blood and ate his flesh! He was filled with resentment and came back to take revenge on the villagers!"