Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 12: Catching the Green Fish Monster
"It's really an eye-opener. I've never seen so many weapons and magic treasures in my life. Today, thanks to Brother Baishan, I can say that I have truly opened my eyes."

Xiao Chen looked like he had never seen the world before. He smiled awkwardly, scratched his head, and continued:
"Brother Baishan is making fun of us. When the Golden Toad Clan and I come across good weapons, we are like a hungry man meeting a beautiful woman. We really like them."

Seeing Xiao Chen's surprised look, the White Bear Demon showed a nonchalant look, but secretly despised him and thought:
"This Jinjiao is just a little wild demon from outside. He is so surprised when he sees these ordinary weapons and magic treasures. If he sees the powerful magic weapon of the king in the future, his jaw will drop in surprise."

Of course, the White Bear Demon still looked polite and said, "As long as Brother Jinjiao is satisfied."

"Brother Baishan, I will send my little demon to deliver the eight fat female herrings today. As for the two female herrings with fifty years of cultivation, please allow me seven days."

Xiao Chen's wish was fulfilled, and he was very happy and said with a smile.

The two demons both achieved their goals and left with satisfaction.

"Two female herrings with more than fifty years of cultivation."

"The monsters in Black Pine Ridge that have awakened their spiritual powers are not allowed to devour each other."

"Where can we go to catch these two female green fish monsters who have practiced Taoism for more than 50 years?"

On the way back, Xiao Chen pondered for a moment, thinking about agreeing to the White Bear Monster's request. At that time, he only wanted to enter the weapon treasury, but now that he thinks about it, it's really a bit difficult to do, a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack.

After thinking it over secretly, Xiao Chen already had an idea in his mind.

After returning to Qingshan Water Park, Xiao Chen called his little demon Qingmian, who was a male green fish spirit that had just reached a hundred years of cultivation. Xiao Chen asked directly:
"Qingmian, do you still want a wife? I'll go get you a wife."

"Ah, this, General Jinjiao, has a fierce wife at home, Qingmian really doesn't dare to..."

Qingmian shook his head at first, but then he laughed:
"Hehehe, of course, if General Jinjiao can act as a matchmaker for me, I don't think that fierce woman would dare to say anything! Qingmian, I am naturally willing to marry another wife."

"Okay, then you can say that this general forced it on you."

Xiao Chen cursed in his heart, this little devil wanted to marry more wives, but was afraid that his wife would blame him, so he wanted him to take the blame.

But Xiao Chen didn't care about these things. As a leader, it wouldn't make sense for him to just let the horse run without letting it eat grass. It wasn't a big problem for him to take on some responsibilities for his subordinates.

"go!"

Xiao Chen ran out with Qingmian.

If he was looking for a female toad, Xiao Chen could find one easily. But for a toad demon to look for a female green fish demon, it was a bit irrelevant. He could only search one pond after another, which was too inefficient.

However, male herring monsters naturally have special methods to find female herring monsters, such as smell, pheromones, excrement, etc.

The green fish monster walked too slowly on the ground, so Xiao Chen simply carried the big green fish on his back and let the big green fish point the way on its back, while he searched in the direction pointed.

……

"General Jinjiao, there should be a group of bluefish living here."

On Xiao Chen's back, Qingmian sniffed the smell, pointed to a pool of water and said.

"Call them all over here!"

Xiao Chen ordered.

Qingmian made his unique call as a male herring, and soon attracted a group of female herrings.

Xiao Chen took a quick look and felt a little disappointed. Most of these green fish were not yet intelligent, and there were two or three green fish monsters that had only been practicing Taoism for more than ten years.

"Let's go and look somewhere else."

Xiao Chen carried Qingmian on his back and flew further away, but he went to several waters in a row and didn't see any powerful green fish monsters. "General Jinjiao, this place is close to Black Pine Ridge. Most of our fish monsters with spiritual intelligence have taken refuge in the Black Evil Cave."

"Why don't we look for it in places near the sea? All rivers eventually flow into the sea, and once we become powerful fish monsters, we will gather in the waters near the sea and turn into dragons when the time is right."

Beside him, Qingmian explained.

"Okay, let's go look somewhere else."

……

The Beast Taming Sect's sphere of influence is to the east of Kanyuan Mountain. Xiao Chen was afraid of encountering them, so he naturally turned his back on Qingmian and searched around in the west direction of Kanyuan Mountain.

In this way, he ran for more than 400 miles and searched more than a dozen water areas. Finally, near the sea, Xiao Chen found a good place.

This is a stream with extremely abundant spiritual energy.

There were strange peaks and rocks, waterfalls cascading down, gurgling pools, green trees, and birds singing and flowers blooming.

Various rare magical herbs and Ganoderma lucidum grow here, like a green ocean, emitting bursts of fragrance.

In the stream, there are various thriving fishes swimming together in groups, happily playing.

"Strange, I swam by this stream several years ago, but I don't remember it being so prosperous? Did I remember it wrongly?"

Qingmian wiped his eyes and muttered to himself.

"Qingmian, how about this place? Can you try it again?"

Xiao Chen stood on the river bank, looked at this place, felt there was something interesting, and asked.

Moreover, what surprised Xiao Chen was that he did not detect any great demon's aura in the stream. It seemed to be an ownerless cultivation site. He secretly noted the location of this place:
"The spiritual energy in this place is much richer than that in the Black Evil Cave! If you have the chance, you can try to practice here."

Qingmian couldn't wait to jump into the water and turned into a two-meter-long big green fish, sending out unique signals to attract the female green fish monster to reunite.

After a while, a group of female green fish monsters over ten feet long were attracted by the green face and swam over.

Xiao Chen took a quick glance and found that among the school of fish, there were four female green fish monsters with more than sixty years of cultivation, and countless green fish monsters with only ten to twenty years of cultivation.

At this time, Qingmian was very agile and had already selected a female green fish monster with the highest level of Taoism among the fish school. They were chirping in the water together, and they were practicing the way of fish ethics.

"This Qingmian is too impatient."

Seeing this, Xiao Chen cursed inwardly, but he didn't want to disturb Qingmian's interest, so he had to turn his back and wait for Qingmian to finish. After all, it was thanks to Qingmian that he could find so many female green fish monsters.

Fortunately, Qingmian finished the job quickly, and with a comfortable look on his face, he hugged the female green fish monster and went ashore to see Xiao Chen.

The other female green fish monsters were about to disperse in disappointment when they saw that there was no chance to mate.

Xiao Chen directly revealed his true form. Now Xiao Chen's body has grown to more than two meters. His whole body has a metallic luster and is shining with dazzling gold.

His teeth were as sharp as knives, flashing with cold light; his limbs were as thick as pillars, heavy and powerful, and he looked extremely majestic and powerful.

Xiao Chen opened his huge mouth, activated the function of the "Beast Taming Bag", and sucked hard, sucking the group of green fish monsters directly into his stomach.

The female green fish monster in Qingmian's arms was so frightened when she saw this that her face turned pale and she rolled and twisted, trying to escape back to the stream.

(End of this chapter)