Chapter 2458: It's a bird, and it's a fish

This matter seemed to be at a dead end, because since the Buddha-light sarira was stolen, there had been no news of the fish demon at all.

One day, Fahai walked to the side of a large river, looking at the vast river water, the sunset glow scattered on the river surface, sparkling.

He released his spiritual sense, starting to sense the existence beneath the river surface, yet he still found nothing.

Just as he was about to leave, someone suddenly called out to him from behind.

"Are you Master Fahai? Did His Majesty the King send you to look for the fish demon?"

Fahai turned his head and saw a girl of about ten years old standing there.

This little girl had two braids and looked innocent and naive.

Fahai immediately walked up and said, "Do you know about the fish demon?"

The little girl raised her head, looked at Fahai, blinked her big eyes, and said, "That doesn't seem to be a fish demon. What I saw should be a bird, a bird with nine heads."

Fahai's eyes narrowed as he said, "Nine heads?"

The little girl still looked steadily at Fahai and said, "That's right."

"That day, a few of us playmates went to the riverside to play, and we played a game of hide-and-seek."

"Then I hid in a bush by the river. They looked for a long time but couldn't find me, and then it got late, so they went back. I was still in the bush by myself."

Fahai frowned upon hearing this.

The little girl continued, "At this time, I felt it was very boring and also very angry, so I prepared to go home by myself."

"Just as I was about to get up, I saw a very handsome big brother walk to the riverside."

Fahai touched his chin, looked down at the little girl, and said, "Continue."

The little girl still had an innocent and naive look in her eyes as she said, "I didn't think there was anything at first, but that brother's appearance was indeed very handsome, so I took a few more looks."

"I even wanted to go up and talk to him, to ask him why he came to the riverside so late."

"But, I suddenly saw a terrifying scene. That brother actually changed!"

Fahai's thick eyebrows furrowed. He looked steadily at the little girl and said, "How did he change?"

The little girl frowned and said, "He turned into the appearance of a demon. Although it was still a human body, there were nine heads on his neck!"

Fahai's pupils shrank as he said, "Nine heads? Are they fish heads?"

The little girl pressed her chin with her index finger, thought for a moment, and said, "Not fish heads, they should be bird heads. That's right, they were bird heads. Those nine heads all had bird beaks and feathers."

Fahai felt even more confused after hearing this. He thought to himself, "Wukong discovered fish scales on the Kongming Buddha Pagoda, but what this little girl said is clearly a bird demon."

Just as Fahai was pondering these things, the little girl suddenly said again, "Oh right, he also had fish scales on his body, fish scales all over his body."

"It's simply too strange. Why were the heads clearly heads, but there were fish scales on his body?"

Fahai heard this, and a white light flashed in his hand, revealing the fish scale Wukong had given him. He said, "Are these the fish scales?"

The little girl nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes! These are the fish scales."

"Master Fahai, what kind of demon is he? Why is he both a bird and a fish?"

Fahai smiled, stepped forward, and touched the little girl's head, saying, "You will know the answer to this question in the future."

"Thank you for telling me these things, but recently, you must tell the nearby villagers not to come to this riverbank, okay?" ===== CHAPTER 2460 =====