Chapter I

The night is low, the surroundings are silent, and there is only one long river here.

The long river is clear, and the moonlight is sprinkled on the surface of the river, adding to the feeling, just like a "galaxy".

"Lethe River?"

The Lethe River in the world.

A monk, dressed in an ink-colored robe, with a string of large Buddha beads around his neck, slowly approached the river.

His eyes froze a little, and as his brow furrowed, he felt that the river here was a little strange.

How could the Lechuan River, which only appeared in the underworld, appear in the world, is very strange.

And the monk can see the strangeness of this river at a glance, presumably his identity is not ordinary.

On the surface, he is a monk, but he is also doing the work of a "demon master", as the name suggests, it is to catch demons and evil demons.

A good monk, don't meditate in the temple, wander around to catch demons, what kind of idle work.

"Ahh The moon is out, why is it that not a single fish has been baited?! ”

A coquettish sigh came from the river, the monk listened to the sound, looked around, and saw a lonely little figure sitting there.

The little figure shook vigorously before and after, moving with her words in a rhythm, not afraid of falling into the river.

The figure looked like a young girl, her back to the monk, and she could only see the girl holding two long braids and wearing a thin cloak.

It was early winter, why did the girl sit there alone, strange and pitiful, the monk walked up slowly to check what was going on.

"What are you talking about..."

After the girl sighed, she suddenly stopped shaking and thought for a while.

"Ginger... Taigong fishing, willing to take the bait... Am I not old enough?"

The girl finally figured out what to say, and babbled across the mud by the river and drew two strokes on the side of her mouth.

One, two, two small whiskers.

"Hehe, little fish, I'm Grandpa Jiang, come on."

Facing the dark river, the girl looked at it for a long time before she saw the "new look" on her face, and said in a heavy tone, and shook her body again.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, another figure was reflected on the dark river, which made the girl startled and stunned to see behind her.

"Girl, what are you doing here?"

It was the monk just now, he watched the girl finish the series of tricks just now, stood behind the girl, and asked calmly.

It was too dark, and the girl looked at the monk in surprise for a long time before she saw it clearly, and said, "Monk... Forehead... Archmage?"

The girl was open-mouthed, and directly called the name "monk", but after thinking that it was not polite, she called it again.

“… I'm fishing, do you want the archmage to come along, and there's a fishing rod. ”

The monk ignored people, and the girl wrote down an account in her heart, answered his words on the surface, and handed the monk a fishing rod.

"What flows here is the water of the Lechuan River, and there are many demons and ghosts in the water, aren't you afraid?"

The monk ignored the girl and looked at the river, as if he had seen something, and reminded him.

"Lethe River?... Monk..."

The girl was shocked, looked at the river, and felt that what the monk said was very funny, and when she was excited, she almost said the wrong thing again.

“… Archmage, what are you talking about, this river is called the Xiaonian River, and it flows just ordinary water. ”

The girl put down the fishing rod, quickly covered her mouth, spoke again, and also introduced Xiao Nianhe.

There are a lot of people living and dying in the Lechuan River, there are many demons and ghosts, and they are not afraid of this river, so they can only be one of the two.

Is this girl a demon?

“… Really?"

The monk's eyes swept over Peng Yao even more sharply, and finally stared at the river, wanting to draw something with his hand.

"Hey! … Hooked?! Suddenly, he was interrupted by the girl.

When the girl saw that the straight rod was hanging down the river, there must have been a fish hooked.

She quickly grabbed the rod and pulled it back, using all her strength to feed, but she could not pull the rod up.

"Archmage... Help me, let's eat fish together. ”

The girl was anxious and laborious, and hurriedly asked the monk to help, and the monk gave her a cold look, and then looked back at the river.

Woo Woo ~ The monk spread out his palms, and a white light converged on his fingertips as he wrote, and an illusory spell appeared.

The white light converged, and a real charm appeared in the monk's hand, and he stared at the surface of the river and threw it there.

Hmmm~

The charm flew to the surface of the river and fixed itself on the girl's fishing rod, and the light of the white flower suddenly spread out, illuminating the surroundings, and a group of small ghosts appeared on the girl's fishing rod.

"Ghosts?!" The girl was attracted by the light, and when she looked there, she was frightened.

There were at least seven or eight ghostly ghosts sitting on their fishing rods, with human-like faces and bodies, but missing legs and feet.

"Ahh

It was the first time the girl had seen a ghost, and the ghost book she usually read came in handy, so she knew that it was a ghost, and quickly threw the fishing rod and hid behind the monk.

If you don't eat fish, what fish do you eat, if you are taken away by a ghost, you won't be able to eat fish for the rest of your life.

Thump~

The group of little ghosts were also frightened, and quickly left the fishing rod and jumped into the water.

Of course, I wasn't scared by the girl's reaction, but I was scared by the spell that made them show their original form, and they didn't run quickly.

The little ghost was gone, and the maiden hurried up, put away the rod, and found that the fish had run away, and wailed there: "... Yes... My fish. ”

"It's all your fault, stinky monk! If you hadn't alarmed those ghosts, I would have had fish to eat, and you would have paid me. ”

The girl looked at the monk behind her angrily, no matter what his identity was, she directly stretched out her hand and motioned to the monk to give some silver taels as compensation.

The monk looked at the girl's palm calmly and did not speak.

"Huh?" The girl looked puzzled, and then she heard the monk speak: "If I don't dispel these ghosts, they will haunt you and go back, which is extremely risky." ”

"Hmm... It's better to go back. ”

The monk just said it later, wanting to end the topic, but he didn't expect the girl to really think about it seriously and answer.

And this answer made the monk feel a little surprised, and slowly frowned.

"There are ghosts coming home, you can help me catch them and show your strength, my father will definitely worship you, and I can set foot with you..."

The girl wandered in her footsteps, her face was happy, and she said leisurely, and suddenly jumped in front of the monk and finished the last words: "The road to the demon hunt!" ”

The girl's mood and movements were very excited, but the monk remained calm as always, and there was a completely different atmosphere between the two.

"Why didn't you respond?" The girl stepped back, feeling that the monk had not listened to her.

"A person who was almost caught by a "fish" still expects to catch a demon?"

The monk replied to the girl's words, and the girl was humiliated.

"Is the archmage saying that he is ignorant, a strict teacher makes a high apprentice, tsk... No, my eyes have become lowered, it must be too dark in the night. ”

The girl kept another account in her heart, attacked the monk with a radical method, and quietly looked at the monk's face, only to see that the monk turned around and was about to leave.

"Archmage, don't go, take me in, take me... Receive..."

The girl's eyes begged, wanting to hold the monk, but thinking about what male and female rules the monk had, she didn't know what to grab, and her hands were dangling with nowhere to place.

"Forgive me for being ignorant, I can't catch an apprentice if I can't teach a fish, so please be smart."

The monk took a step, the girl stopped a step, the monk still maintained a cold complexion, and helped himself save some face by the way.

"Hey, Sister Yusi, are you here?"

The girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she saw a light moving in the distance of the long river, and as the light moved closer, the girl saw the face of the comer clearly, and greeted her cordially.

"Well, it's me... Peng Yao, what are you doing here?"

The person who came was a woman, dressed in a light green shirt, tall and with a peugeot appearance.

Hearing the call of the girl in front of him, he also nodded in response, and stepped forward to see that the girl was a little entangled with the monk, and he was a little puzzled.

Without waiting for the girl to answer, the monk turned around when he heard the sound and looked at the fish walking behind him.

Yu Si's gaze also moved away from Peng Yao, looking at the monk, and suddenly his eyes were a little panicked, but it was slight and not enough to detect.

"He let go of the big fish I got in my hands, and I'm making a condition to let him accept me as a demon master."

Peng Yao approached Yu Si and explained with a smile.

"He's a demon master?"

Yu Si, who heard this, didn't dare to look at the monk head-on, stared at him quietly, asked Peng Yao, and confirmed again.

"Yes, he's quite capable, I have a crush on him."

Peng Yao patted his chest, very sure of the monk's identity, crossed his waist, and threw flattering eyes to the monk.

Yu Si instantly felt that there was no turning back in this matter.

How to say that Yu Si comes here every year to do business, and every time he passes by the Xiaonian River, he meets Peng Yao who has been fishing for ten years.

Yu Si knew each other and knew that Peng Yao had always wanted to be a demon master, but his father sternly refused, which made Peng Yao look forward to the profession of "demon master" from then on.

This time he picked up a bargain, Peng Yao would definitely not let go, but seeing that this monk's face was not good, there must be something strange, so Yu Si quickly pulled Peng Yao to pack up the things by the river and walked back.

"The demon master is not good, isn't your father going to let you do this, let's go."

In the distance of the Xiaonian River is Xiaonian City, which is the end location of Yu Si and Peng Yao's home.

On the way back to Xiaonian City, Yu Si still looked behind from time to time to see if the monk had followed.

The monk did follow, which made Yu Si panic instantly.