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After exhaling a breath, the tight string in my heart finally relaxed.
I rolled my eyes, but I didn't expect that it was actually bitten by the cook.
"The apple is a bit sour." Liu Ruxiang added.
It almost scared me to death just now. I'm still thinking about what took a bite out of the apple.
But in the blink of an eye, the apple suddenly sank in the corner of my sight.
It was like being pulled under the water by a big hand and disappeared.
what happened!
I held my breath nervously and looked around the pond, wondering if the apples had drifted somewhere.
However, no.
"Disappeared." Liu Ruxiang whispered softly. This proves that I am not dazzled.
"It's really like this."
"The things inside are not simple."
Liu Ruxiang turned around, found a branch from the forest not far away, and stretched it into the edge of the pond. A whole wooden pole as tall as a person sank in.
This pond is not ordinary deep.
She put down the stick, opened the wooden box, neatly put on her master's robe and gown, and put on a red-cheeked old woman's mask, and then called me to her side to help with the practice.
As Liu Ruxiang spoke, she took out a dustpan and started to set up the altar: "The things down here are not simple. If this can't be successful at the first time, there will be a big war next."
"How do you say it?" I continued to ask.
"Collect this evil soul underwater in one breath and save it directly. If it doesn't work, you will have to go into the water to retrieve the body, which will be a lot of trouble." Liu Ruxiang was talking, raised his hand and lit a handful of incense. Holding a bell in one hand, he kept shaking it.
Green smoke rises and mist fills the air.
Liu Ruxiang recited the magic formula and walked around the pond.
I followed her, carefully turning my head to observe what was going on under the pond.
Fish and shrimps were playing in the water. A few splashes suddenly appeared on the water, and the fish tails could be faintly seen swaying.
After completing one lap, Liu Ruxiang continued to practice.
"Wen Shan, if you think about it carefully, how is the situation I encountered this time different from what I did in the past?"
As she spoke, she took out two eggs from her bag, opened a small jar, which was red water boiled with sappan wood, and then dipped it in with a towel and applied it on the eggs.
The originally pale white eggs turned bright red, like the color of tuberose.
I was in a trance. Isn't this the red egg used when a child turns one year old?
But I still don’t understand what Master is talking about. I have done outdoor rituals before.
"Is it by the water?" I guessed.
"It's a little bit correct, but not completely," Liu Ruxiang explained slowly. "Like in the past, whether it was asking gods or exorcising evil spirits, there was always a person present, and we were doing the method to people. But this time, we didn't No one, but a long-dead baby.”
"And we don't even have the baby's body. We haven't even touched it. The difficulty is much higher. If it were an ordinary master Yeluzi, even if he called a team, he would be helpless."
While he was explaining, the eggs dyed with hematoxylin red water were already placed on the ground to dry in the shade.
Liu Ruxiang took out a thin white thread and tied it to the red egg. Then she tied the other end of the thread to a wooden pole to turn it into something like a fishing rod.
"What is this?" I scratched my head, not understanding what it was.
"I just said that this kind of ritual cannot be done out of thin air. There must be a target, either a corpse or a living person. Now I have no choice but to use this fishing method."
"You've got it, don't let go. When I talk about lifting the pole later, you slowly put the egg pole in your hand into the water. Make sure the egg hangs below the water's surface and cannot sink or be exposed."
I grabbed the "fishing rod" handed over by Liu Ruxiang and felt more and more magical.
That "brother" under the water, will he really take the bait?
Liu Ruxiang grabbed a few yellow paper talismans and flicked them with her hand. The talismans instantly ignited without any wind, and no flames appeared. They just started to burn into paper ashes, which was quite magical.
"Everyone is pious, go to Guanguan to ward off the evil spirits, and send fragrant flowers to you: I heard this disciple's pious invitation, and come here immediately, eight difficulties and three disasters will be liberated, and the auspicious time of Guanxing will bring chastity and auspiciousness..."
While she was singing scientific scriptures loudly, the yellow talisman papers Liu Ruxiang held in her hand burned completely and turned into paper ash and floated into the pond in front of her. She bent down, picked up the dagger in her other hand, and immediately Shake the brass bell and shout to me: "Get up!"
I stared attentively and waited for this moment. I immediately raised the egg stick in my hand, turned around slowly, and gently dropped the bright red egg into the water, just below the surface of the water.
In the pond, something seemed to be awakened by Liu Ruxiang's movements. For a while, countless fish, some big and some small, appeared on the surface of the water, and they all jumped out of the water.
It was tumbling and swaying, as if something was about to appear.
The water is churning, causing waves and ripples...
There was a look of horror on my face. I never imagined that there could be such a big commotion under this pond.
The next moment, there was a pulling force from the top of the wooden pole. Before I could react, I saw the red egg suddenly sinking.
I came to my senses immediately, immediately lifted the pole up, and stood in a stalemate with the underwater thing.
I could clearly see that just under the dark water, the red egg was being dragged by a whitish shadow.
"Master..."
Liu Ruxiang saw the situation and immediately shouted: "I caught you, don't let go!"
After saying that, he rushed over in one stride, raised his hand and stuck a piece of yellow talisman paper on the wooden pole.
The force of the thing under the water immediately became much weaker, but now that I was holding it in my hand, I was always very scared.
Liu Ruxiang knew that this matter was difficult to handle, so she couldn't help but move faster. She took a bowl filled with uncooked rice, poured candle oil mixed with cinnabar into it, stirred it evenly and set it on fire. Thick white smoke immediately came out.
While she was singing scientific scriptures, she picked up a handful of rice with her other hand and accurately threw it onto the water where the red eggs were.
When rice grains fall into the water, they sound like red-hot iron, making a "Zrazla" sound.
As the rice grains sank into the water, I felt the force coming from the wooden pole in my hand getting stronger and stronger, and it was still shaking. I had to use both hands to grab it.
Liu Ruxiang knew that the things under the water were starting to get angry, so she had to speed up the rice throwing in her hands. In an instant, a large bowl of rice was thrown in.
The thing in the water struggled more and more fiercely. I calmed down and fell back. It was already difficult to catch him.
"Hold on, there's still one last step left!" Liu Ruxiang said, grabbing a few bamboo slips with her backhand and throwing them into the water.
But who would have thought that at this moment, a white shadow would float under the water.
