The sloppy Taoist priest and I walked along the river for hundreds of meters, carefully feeling the yin energy around us. However, after walking around this time, we didn't feel anything too abnormal, just some vague yin energy. , giving people an inexplicable chill.
At that moment, I took out the compass from my body and continued walking along the river for a while.
At first, there was no movement in the compass. After walking some distance, a river intersection appeared. There were undercurrents here and there were several small whirlpools in the middle.
When we got here, the compass began to appear abnormal, and it started to rotate, pointing directly to the intersection.
The sloppy Taoist priest came over, took a look at the compass, and said, "It's quite hidden. Are you going to take action, or should I handle it?"
I glanced at him and said: "We are both practitioners. If we go there rashly, I'm afraid the ghost will not appear easily. During the day, I felt something. After we came, the dirty things in the river disappeared." Run away."
"Otherwise..." The sloppy Taoist glanced at Uncle Hu Zi and Tang Cheng.
"Isn't it too risky? It could be life-threatening. There are many ghosts, and the dirty things in the water are the most difficult to deal with. Once dragged into the water, even the two of us may not be able to escape unscathed." I Said with some concern.
"Look at the place in front of you, where three rivers meet and the undercurrent is surging. The ghost is hiding in that place. It is the safest place. You can attack if you advance and defend if you retreat. Let's go there. As long as the ghost doesn't come out, let's take a little of it. There is no other way. We can only have one person go over and lure it out, and then we both attack at the same time to have a slight chance of winning. Other than that, there is no better way." The sloppy Taoist priest said seriously.
I nodded, thinking that was all I could do.
So, the two of us walked to Tang Cheng and Uncle Hu Zi.
"Uncle Huzi, I need your help." I said.
"Master, what do you want me to do?" Uncle Huzi asked.
"Go to the river and lure the water ghost out. Lao Luo and I will clean it up. It's very dangerous, but we, Lao Luo, will do our best to protect you." As I said that, I took out a peach wood nail from my body. After activating the spiritual power, golden light suddenly flashed on the peach wood nail, and he handed it to Uncle Hu Zi: "You take this, it can save your life at the critical moment, you just need to close your eyes and throw it out. , don’t worry about the rest.” I said.
"It's better for me to go. I'm better at water. I was the one who saved that child." Tang Cheng said.
"Uncle Tang, there's no need for this. Can you help us borrow a boat or a bamboo raft?" I said.
"That's no problem. I know a fisherman in the village. He has a raft, which is on the river in front. I will take you there." With that, Tang Cheng led us across a small bridge. After walking a few hundred meters further, I found a raft leaning against the river.
Not far from the raft, there was a dilapidated hut, not far from the river.
Tang Cheng said that the owner of this raft was Shi Jiangsong, an old man who lived alone. He usually made a living fishing in the river and had no real business.
What he said immediately aroused the vigilance of the sloppy Taoist priest and me.
There is a very ferocious water ghost in this river. People who can make a living in this river are definitely not simple. If they didn't have two brushes, they would have been dragged in by the water ghost long ago.
At this time, the sloppy Taoist priest and I walked up to the raft, took a closer look around the raft, and immediately saw some clues.
But there were several rusty copper bell-like objects placed around the raft. They were very inconspicuous and were tied to the four corners of the raft with ropes.
The sloppy Taoist priest took one look at it and said to me: "It's a water-avoiding clock. If I guess correctly, the owner of this raft may be a corpse collector."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but be stunned. Corpse fishermen are people who specialize in fishing corpses from the water. They all have real skills. After all, this is also a side industry. Dealing with all kinds of corpses, if you don't know a little bit, I don't believe it at all.
This water-proof clock is the best proof.
It’s just that I don’t understand how a corpse collector could start fishing.
While the sloppy Taoist priest and I were discussing this matter, suddenly Tang Cheng shouted in the direction of the cabin: "Brother Song, let me lend you the raft."
After saying hello, a thin and tall man wearing a bamboo hat came out, holding a bamboo pole in his hand. After walking to us, he glanced at the few of us first, and then said to Tang Cheng: "It's so late. , Why are you borrowing the raft?"
"My two friends want to borrow it and use it. They can pay you." Tang Cheng said.
"This is not a matter of money. Two children just drowned during the day. Don't you know? Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to go into the water at night?" Shi Jiangsong said with some displeasure.
I glanced at the man, and most of his face was covered by a bamboo hat. I couldn't see clearly what he looked like, but judging from his voice, he should be around sixty years old.
Immediately, I walked over and said to Shi Jiangsong: "If you cross the river and walk through the water to find an opening, a fierce dragon will not go out to the sea."
This sentence is an incision from the rivers and lakes, which proves that I have figured out his identity. Ordinary corpse collectors will only walk in the rivers and follow people's orders to find drowned corpses. However, these corpse collectors have a rule, which is that they never Not going to the sea.
After hearing what I said, Shi Jiangsong was stunned for a moment, turned to look at me, cupped his hands, and said in a deep voice: "Which fairy mountain cave will you worship at?"
"The sky is clear and the earth is clear. Visitors from the north and south can hang up a compass and travel east and west." I cupped my hands and said.
"It turns out you are an expert, take it and use it." As he said that, Shi Jiangsong handed me the long bamboo pole in his hand, turned around and left, saying as he walked: "Young man, be careful, that thing is very fierce, I I almost fell into his hands several times.”
While talking, Shi Jiangsong got into the room and there was no movement.
Tang Cheng on the side was a little confused, looked at me and said, "Master Wu, what are you talking about?"
"It's okay. I borrowed the raft and can go into the water." I said.
Then, I asked Uncle Huzi to walk to the raft and handed him the bamboo pole. Uncle Huzi followed the water flow and slowly moved towards the three-way intersection.
At this time, the sloppy Taoist priest and I walked quickly and reached the Sanchakou before Uncle Huzi.
As soon as the sloppy Taoist priest walked near the three-way intersection, he took out the lightning-strike wooden sword and began to step into the bucket to form an array and cast spells.
At the same time, he took out a few copper coins from his body and threw them in the directions of the three intersections.
