Chapter 241 Chapter Knowledge is Power
Hearing the words "Seventy-two Demon Gods", Lin You subconsciously raised his magic wand and wooden talisman, and Helena involuntarily took two steps back; this was probably a post-traumatic stress response.

"Whoa whoa whoa, what are you doing?"

Constantine noticed Lin You's action and was immediately startled; he repeatedly stopped him and raised his hands to show that he had no hostility. As a "dark wizard" wandering on the fringes of the magic world and the Muggle world, he understood the horror of the Forrest family better than ordinary wizards.

"Is that bird one of the seventy-two demon gods?" Lin You did not let down his guard, his eyes fixed on the bird that could speak human language on the other's shoulder.

From the appearance, it is a beautiful bird; its long feathers of gold and red are intertwined, its tail feathers are slender, its whole body is faintly shining with fiery red light, and its eyes are flashing like two jumping flames.

Even though she had never seen the real thing, Helena could recognize the true identity of the bird at a glance.

This is a phoenix.

Lin You compared it with the phoenix that had appeared beside Dumbledore before, and had to admit that Fawkes, the phoenix kept in the headmaster's office at Hogwarts, was completely a younger brother.

"Aha, let me introduce you." Constantine tilted his head and looked over his right shoulder. "This is my new friend Phoenix, the legendary 37th Demon God."

Helena was surprised and asked, "You make friends with the devil?" As a human being, her understanding of good and evil still retains the black-and-white stance of ordinary humans.

"What devil? What devil? I'm not a devil." Before Constantine could explain, the phoenix on his shoulder was unhappy. "I am one of the seventy-two demon gods, not a devil. Demon gods are demon gods, and devils are devils. Demon gods contain everything."

It chirped and babbled like a child.

"Then who are you?" Lin You interrupted and asked.

"What do you mean by 'thing'? I am Phoenix, not a 'thing'." Phoenix made the sharp sound of an angry naughty child, but it did not feel dangerous at all.

Constantine also spoke to comfort him: "Don't worry, ma'am; Phoenix is ​​a good boy."

"I'm not a child, I just sound like a human child, but I'm already two hundred years old - I'm two hundred years old just after this round of nirvana; I've experienced nirvana countless times before." Phoenix quickly turned the gun around.

"To a phoenix, two hundred years old is still a child." Constantine responded bluntly.

"I'm not, I'm not!" Although Phoenix's voice sounded anxious and angry, it did not sound like real anger. It was more like the dissatisfaction of a naughty boy after being despised. Its target soon shifted to Lin You.

"The guy with the magic wand is the child, not me." As he said that, the Phoenix flapped its wings and leaped, falling to the ground like a ball of fire; the flames exploded into countless sparks in front of everyone's eyes, and when the sparks dissipated, the Phoenix had turned into a human form, and was a full... two centimeters taller than Lin You?

Everyone looked at Phoenix as he stood on tiptoe, and ignored him tacitly.

Well, it is still a child indeed.

Lin You slowly put down his wand and accepted the fact that the demon in front of him was not dangerous. The records of the 37th demon showed that it was gentle, hated fighting and destruction, and loved to compose poetry.

Judging from its current performance, it is unknown whether it likes poetry, but it is probably gentle; it is unwilling to accept the loss of a quarrel, and even though it is angry, it does not show any violent behavior, but actually proves itself by transforming into a human form... It is not only a child, but also a very good-tempered child. No wonder even a person like Constantine can let the other person step on his head without worry.

"Well, he is indeed a good kid." Lin You ignored Phoenix's eye roll and said, "Could you please tell me, Mr. Constantine, how did you get to know this good kid and become friends with him?"

"It's not that complicated. Do you remember the stone statue I brought back when we met last time?" Constantine gestured with his hands to indicate the specifications and shape of the stone statue.

"Of course I remember." Lin You nodded slightly, "You thought at the time that there was a demon sealed in the stone statue, but I don't think that demon is the phoenix; the aura in the statue is deep and gloomy, it is completely corrupt. Could it be that the phoenix has also learned to corrupt like the angels?"

Constantine shook his head repeatedly: "Of course not; the one sealed in that statue is the 29th Demon God Astaroth, a true fallen angel. The key to the problem is not who is sealed in the statue, but who completed the seal?"

"The woman named Charlotte?" Lin You didn't give the other party a chance to keep him in suspense and revealed the answer in one sentence.

Constantine was surprised: "How do you know?"

"I saw you chatting up that woman at the bar and heard your conversation; I can probably guess that you managed to get into her bed that night."

No matter how powerful Count Goff was or how precocious his character was, he still looked like a child of less than ten years old; and being told about his innermost feelings by a little kid in front of him was embarrassing even for Constantine, who was so thick-skinned.

"Those private life issues are not important. What is important is that woman has the ability to seal the seventy-two demon gods; and there is more than one."

"More than one?" Lin You immediately understood, "Besides Astaroth, there is also this bird?"

"I am the Phoenix, the Phoenix!" Phineas shouted dissatisfiedly, and then his attention was attracted by the old wizards who were unable to move in the distance, and he ran over "dengdengdeng"; in fact, he didn't want to listen to others talking about the ugly incident of being captured.

After being suddenly interrupted, Constantine continued: "Charlotte sealed the two demons and sold the dangerous Astaroth to me, but kept the risk-free Phoenix by her side."

"Then how did you get the Phoenix?" Lin You asked, "It can't be because of love?"

"COME ON! Who dares to talk about love with a creature from Hell?" Constantine said with lingering fear, "It's a deal. The best way to communicate with a creature from Hell - even if the other party is not a pure demon - is to trade. I made a deal with her, and she taught me the Phoenix and the method to seal the demon."

"So you disappeared these few days, but you actually went to class?"

"Yes; the first time I saw you at the airport in Mexico City, I realized that there was a demon following you secretly. Don't you realize that no matter where you go, no matter how sunny the weather is, there is always a haze above your head like a shadow?" Constantine was proud of his eyesight.

Lin You suddenly realized: "I thought it was an illusion! It seems that I need to brush up on my knowledge of demonology in the future."

Constantine agreed. "That's a good idea; accurate perception is the first step to a successful exorcism. In this sense, knowledge is power."

(End of this chapter)