Among the Twelve Demon Souls, I probably understand Chenglong and Syshe, the couple, the most.
Chenglong failed his tribulation, which is why he became a demon soul.
Sister Syshe, taking on heavenly lightning for her father, such deep affection and righteousness are also rare.
I walked down the village entrance with Chenglong, and on the way, I discussed the matter of the water spirit with him.
Chenglong said that it is much more difficult for aquatic creatures to become spirits than for terrestrial animals to do so.
Furthermore, due to the limitations of the grand forces, even if they die, it is difficult for them to become water spirits.
Once they appear, they must be ominous beings.
Now that a water spirit has appeared here, it must be no ordinary thing.
Chenglong's words gave me a completely new understanding of water spirits.
When we reached the stream by the village, we found that the stream was no longer clear.
Under the moonlight, the stream appeared turbid and black, with a strong smell of fish rot.
And on the surface of the water, many dead fish and shrimp were floating.
It must be that the emergence of this water spirit has polluted all the surrounding water systems.
If this thing is not removed, even if no one dies,
the surrounding water would likely be undrinkable.
Without water to drink, the people or creatures living nearby would all suffer...
"This entire irrigation ditch is polluted. I really don't know what kind of water spirit appeared to be so powerful."
I said, frowning.
But as soon as I spoke, the water in the pond not far away suddenly surged with mist.
The sound of "huala la" kept ringing out.
At the same time, waves of black mist and the fishy smell of decay continuously emerged from the water.
Seeing this, Chenglong and I both turned our heads sharply, looking towards the waterhole not far away.
With just one glance, we both saw the abnormality of this waterhole.
"There's something inside!"
I said in a deep voice.
Chenglong narrowed his eyes and immediately said,
"Young Master Qin, I'll go down and take a look!"
"Brother Long, be careful!"
I reminded him.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chenglong turned and leaped directly into the surging waterhole.
I was very confident in Chenglong's cultivation.
Ordinary demonic creatures were no match for him.
Even if the opponent was powerful, Chenglong had the ability to protect himself.
After all, not everyone could cultivate to the stage of tribulation.
If Chenglong had succeeded in his tribulation and transformed into a flood dragon, his cultivation would probably not be at the current Dao Body realm.
He would definitely be at the Human King level, a supreme great demon that could look down upon the world.
I stood by the bank, watching the waterhole.
Inside the waterhole, as Chenglong entered, it kept churning.
The sound of "huala la" kept ringing out.
Occasionally, splashes of water would erupt.
There might have been a fierce battle in the water.
I waited on the bank for about five minutes, and then the water erupted.
With a "bang," a giant fish flew out of the water.
Finally, with a few "bangs," it smashed onto the bank.
I took a closer look, and it was a big silver carp, as long as a person.
This big silver carp was entirely black, with a huge mouth and two long whiskers.
It exuded a rotten smell and was struggling on the ground, constantly wriggling.
It also let out strange, low growls of "gugu gu."
I raised an eyebrow. Could this be the culprit?
No, although this catfish was strange, and the peculiar rotten corpse aura emanated from its entire body, it was just an old silver carp.
I was suspicious.
Chenglong also jumped out of the waterhole at this time.
Then he said to me,
"Young Master Qin, under this waterhole, it's just this big silver carp causing trouble."
I frowned slightly and walked towards the big silver carp:
"Chenglong, this silver carp doesn't seem to have awakened its sentience, does it?"
"It shouldn't have, but this thing is infected with corpse spirit energy. This stream is most likely polluted by this thing."
I looked at such a long big silver carp, it was the first time in my life.
So I leaned closer to observe it.
But upon closer inspection, I found that there was a faint black seal on the forehead of the silver carp.
That seal was very strange, not a conventional seal.
To be precise, it was more like a demon seal.
"There's a demon seal on this big silver carp's forehead!"
I pointed at the big silver carp.
The big silver carp was still making "gugu gu" noises, and even leaped from the ground, trying to bite me with its big mouth.
"Beast!"
I directly cursed, and the big silver carp was kicked to the ground by me on the spot.
It rolled continuously on the ground.
"That's right, it's a demon seal!"
"A water spirit that can use a demon seal, its strength is probably extraordinary!"
I said in a deep voice, raising the severity of the situation again.
However, this big silver carp had not awakened its sentience.
Apart from this demon seal, no more effective clues could be found from it.
After observing for a while, I directly gave the order:
"Brother Long, slaughter it!"
Chenglong didn't say anything either.
He glared, and a dark light shot out.
The big silver carp's head exploded with a "bang," like a rotten watermelon.
Its tail flicked a couple of times, and then it stopped moving.
But after the big silver carp's head exploded, a mass of black mist was released. The black mist rose and corroded the leaves and other things above its head.
Now, I wanted to know even more, what kind of creature this water spirit was.
Even a subordinate fish could pollute a stream.
If this water spirit were to escape into a great river, it was hard to imagine what would happen...