Zhang Wencheng escaped from death and hurried to find the old Taoist, but where could he find him?
But he knew that the mermaid would not let him go, so he came to me after being introduced by a friend.
"My friend has always said that you are a master and you have to save me. The fish will not let me go." Zhang Wencheng's voice changed.
I said: "Don't worry, I will help you, because actually I am also looking for the mermaid."
He was stunned.
"Is it possible that you have noticed this harmful mermaid a long time ago?"
"There is more than one mermaid that can harm people. To be honest, I have one here." I said.
He was surprised.
I took him directly into the back room. When he saw the mermaid in the tank, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
"Here, how many mermaids are there?"
I said: "There should be many, but most of them are minions. The one you met should be more special."
The mermaid had fallen asleep in the fish tank, and Long Xin had been watching her closely, fearing that something might happen to her.
I asked Long Xin to wake her up, and the little girl slapped the mermaid on the head and woke her up.
I asked the mermaid: "Now I have a guest here who met a mermaid. Not only can that mermaid sing to confuse people, but it can also separate its upper body from the lower fish tail and run to the mass grave alone."
Before I could finish my words, he shouted: "Guardian Zuo, that's our Guardian Zuo."
"She is the Zuo Protector among the River God's left and right protectors. She is much more powerful than us. Not only does she know how to escape from water, but the songs she sings also have a kind of pressure that can confuse men."
"The more important thing is that we can't walk on land and can only stay in the water, but she can. As long as the lower half of the fish tail is removed, only the upper body is left, and she can come and go freely on land."
"And all her strength and magic are concentrated in her upper body, so when she does things, she will remove the lower half of the fish tail, which will make it less cumbersome."
"And once she goes back into the water, she puts the lower half of the tail back on."
Oh, what a coincidence. Originally, I was thinking of using the source tracing technique to find the left and right guardians around Lao Hu tonight, but I didn't expect this to happen.
This Guardian Zuo may also have been ordered by Lao Hu to hide in the world, using various methods to get close to humans, absorb their essence, and improve his own strength.
Just wait for Lao Hu to give the order and start working for him.
"Does this Guardian Zuo have any weaknesses? How can I subdue her?" I asked the mermaid.
After all, they were all created by Lao Hu using magic techniques. Artificial mermaids are not real mermaids, nor are they real fish monsters.
Without knowing their weaknesses, it is still difficult to deal with them.
The mermaid said: "It's very simple. Just burn the fish tail when she takes it off."
"Um? Didn't you say that the fish's tail is not important? All her strength and magic are concentrated in her upper body?"
"Although it is not important, it is indispensable. Without the fish tail, she cannot return to the water. The reason why the river god turned us into mermaids in the first place is to be able to move freely in the water, so the tail is very important."
"Also, if you burn her tail, her upper body will rot and she will die in pain."
It's so simple.
So all you have to do is find the mermaid and burn her tail when she takes it off.
"Okay, I will give it a try as you said, but if you dare to lie to me..."
"Don't dare, don't dare. Everything I said is true. My husband, just go and try it."
I nodded and took Zhang Wencheng back to the living room.
I already have a plan in mind.
Shu Wen said: "If you want to deal with that mermaid, you have to lure her out first, and the best bait to lure her out is him."
She looked at Zhang Wencheng.
I think so too.
So I told Zhang Wencheng my plan.
The mermaid will definitely come to him again, so he just pretends that nothing happened, goes back to his home, waits for the mermaid to show up, and leaves the rest to me.
Who knew that Zhang Wencheng was so scared.
"No, no, that thing is too scary. I almost died last time. I can't take any more risks."
I said, "I'm here, what are you afraid of?"
"That thing is very evil. If...if you are no match for her, then I will die miserably."
I'm speechless.
To put it bluntly, he just didn't agree to be used as bait, so in the end I had no choice but to give up.
Shu Wen said: "According to Zhang Wencheng's description, the mermaid would remove her tail every night and go to the mass grave to absorb the ghosts, right?"
Zhang Wencheng nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, yes, she goes to the mass grave every night. You can go directly there to find her."
This is all we can do.
At night, I told the women to stay at home, not to go anywhere, and not to open the door when they slept at night, while I was going to go to the mass grave.
Zhang Wencheng has already told me the location of the mass grave.
Shu Wen wants to go with me.
"This matter concerns Lao Hu and our ghost witch hands. I must go."
She said it very firmly, and I could only agree.
Because the mermaids would definitely go to the mass graves to absorb the ghosts after midnight, so we waited until almost 12 o'clock in the evening before driving there.
It was a very remote place on the outskirts of the city, surrounded by grass and uninhabited, as if the place had been abandoned.
Sure enough, as Zhang Wencheng described, although this mass grave is not big, it is extremely gloomy. Graves stand tall, large and small. On some graves, there are even will-o'-the-wisps, which is very scary.
Fortunately, Shu Wen is somewhat of a sinister person and very courageous. If it were Chen Yun or Zhao Xiaoying, they would probably be scared to tears.
"Why is this mass grave so dark? Also, the mermaid comes to suck out the ghosts every night. Are there so many ghosts here?"
"What if she doesn't show up tonight?"
I opened my yin and yang eyes, and sure enough I found that there were shadowy black figures hidden behind every grave.
All told, there are at least hundreds of ghosts.
"Be careful, there are ghosts everywhere in here." I said.
Shu Wen tightened his grip on a peach wood sword.
"I'm not afraid of ghosts. I'm just worried about whether we can burn her tail after the fish appears."
As we walked inside, we carefully observed the surroundings. When we reached the depths of the mass grave, we heard a sudden burst of ethereal singing.
Shu Wen and I suddenly stopped.
This song is very ethereal and strange. It seems to be coming from the distant sky, but also seems to be close to the ear, like a dream and a mist.
"Quick, plug your ears."
We both plugged our ears with our hands at the same time.
The mermaid's song has the ability to seduce people, especially men, who are easily controlled by this song.
Could it be that the mermaid has discovered us? Or is she waiting for us on purpose, and as soon as we appear she starts to confuse us with her singing?
But we soon realized something was wrong.
Following the singing, the black shadows hidden behind the graves emerged one after another, and all floated towards the source of the singing.
I suddenly realized that this song was not for us, but for the ghosts in the mass graves.
Shu Wen suddenly remembered something. She took her hand down and said, "I have a soul-fixing bead on me. This song shouldn't be able to confuse me."
As she spoke, she took out two beads from her body and handed one of them to me.
This is the soul-fixing bead that Jin Cuilian gave me before. Then I gave it to Shu Wen, and now she gave it to me again.
"Take it, don't underestimate the soul-fixing bead in our ghost witch's hand. With it, nothing can confuse you."
I took the soul-fixing bead.
Sure enough, when I listened to the singing again, I felt that it was not so magical anymore, it was just an ordinary singing voice.
The two of us walked forward following the singing, and after a while, we saw those ghosts gathered there in a dark mass, surrounding a woman with long hair.
It was a woman with only upper body, very delicate appearance, her eyes closed, humming songs intoxicated, enjoying the worship of those ghosts.
Sure enough, she came, and the fishtail underneath her was removed.
The two of us looked around and soon found half a fish tail lying in front of a grave not far away.
