Not long after he sat down, Xiaona suddenly called.
"Mr. Cheng, Akang is about to be dragged into the river. Come here quickly!"
Lonnie and I looked at each other and immediately ran towards the Blackwater River.
As soon as I arrived nearby, I saw Xiaona and Jing Jingjing lying by the river, reaching out to hold A'kang's arm, with big beads of sweat on their foreheads.
And Akang's lower body was completely submerged in the river. The waves in the river were turbulent, and a ball of green hair was looming. It seemed that something was pulling Akang's feet, pulling him down desperately!
The monster's strength was so great that Anjing Jingjing and Xiaona tried their best to fight, but they still couldn't fight it. Seeing that A'kang's body was slowly sinking, he was about to be completely pulled into the river.
"Ni, go help!"
Lonnie understood, and quickly ran over, grabbing An Jingjing and Xiaona's ankles, and then managed to maintain their balance.
"Akang, hold on!"
I yelled at Akang, and at the same time I took out a Thunder Fire Talisman, pointed it at the green light in the river, and took a shot with my palm!
With a bang, the water was splashed several meters high, and a scream was heard from the water. The monster was in pain, and finally let go of A'kang, and fled towards the lower reaches of the Blackwater River.
Akang was pulled up to the river, his face pale and his whole body trembling. Xiao An and Jingjing sat slumped on the ground, panting from exhaustion.
I asked Xiaona and Anjingjing to take care of Kang, and together with Lonnie, we chased the monster in the direction in which it was escaping.
Captain Liu and the others had temporarily piled the cleaned silt downstream of the river, so a section of the Heishui River had completely dried up and was filled with silt.
The monster panicked and swam toward the blocked river section. The water became shallower and shallower, and after a while, the monster's figure was completely exposed.
The monster was several meters long and covered in green hair. It was impossible to see what it looked like.
The monster also realized that he was exposed, and plunged his head downwards, burrowing deep into the mud.
I was afraid that the monster would escape, so I jumped down, grabbed a ball of green hair on its body, and yanked it out -
The green-haired monster was pulled out by me, making a sharp neighing sound, and biting my neck with its sharp fangs in an instant.
I quickly used the King of Martial Whip to block it, and at the same time I struggled with the monster. Soon it rolled into a clay figure at the bottom of the river.
The monster was so powerful that after a while, I couldn't hold it any longer.
boom!
At this moment, Lonnie also jumped down and slapped the monster on the forehead. The monster tilted its head and fainted immediately.
I took a long breath and turned the monster over, face up. Only then did I see clearly what it looked like.
The monster was less than a foot long, with thin arms and legs. It was covered with fluffy green hair. It looked very large in the water.
The monster's face was ashen, its fangs were exposed, and its skin was full of wrinkles. Looking at the monster's appearance, I immediately thought of one word, green-haired water ghost!
It is recorded in "The Record of Zonggui" that green-haired water ghosts are different from ordinary water ghosts. They are not formed spontaneously, but are made by some warlocks who collect newly dead babies and refine them.
Green-haired water ghosts have average strength, but are full of evil, and can even come ashore to harm people. Therefore, waters where green-haired water ghosts appear usually have numerous murders, making the entire water area full of evil spirits.
If it is made from some newly dead babies, then the water ghost in front of us is probably Zheng Nianci's child!
But for now, this is just my speculation, because the green-haired water ghost has no intelligence and I can't verify this. If I rashly bring it to the Zheng family's house, it may be counterproductive.
Just when I was in trouble, Lonnie suddenly said: "Xiao Chengzi, don't worry, I have a way."
As she spoke, she took out a red talisman and showed it in front of me.
"What's this?"
I asked with some curiosity.
The talisman paper is covered with golden runes. It is densely packed and looks very complicated. It is a kind of talisman that I have never seen before.
Lonnie said: "This is called the soul-searching talisman. It was rewarded to us by Mr. Hu San before."
I was stunned for a moment: "How come I haven't seen it before?"
Lonnie smiled and said: "There are very few such talismans. There are only five in total. They have been snatched up long ago. You were so slow at the time and your eyes were on the "Ghost Record", so naturally you didn't notice it."
"Uh, okay then."
I smiled awkwardly and then asked, "What does this soul-searching talisman do?"
"The soul-searching talisman can search the memory of ghosts and allow us to see some scenes of the ghosts when they were alive, so that we can find out the true identity of the green-haired water ghost."
After saying that, Lonnie put the soul-searching talisman on the water ghost's forehead, and at the same time, she kneaded her fingers and recited a spell silently.
As the soul-searching talisman came into play, a picture gradually appeared in front of my eyes.
At midnight, a man in a long gown sneaked outside the wall of the Zheng family's old house, piled up countless dry firewood, and then lit a bonfire. The entire Zheng family's old house was instantly surrounded by raging fire.
Zheng Nianci, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the smoke and found a fire outside. She screamed and tried to escape, but it was too late.
The flames quickly engulfed her completely, and Zheng Nianci fell to the ground, covering her abdomen with her hands, struggling.
A warlock wearing a black robe and a hat walked in from the fire. He raised a long knife and slashed Zheng Nianci's abdomen hard!
A bloody baby was taken out by the mysterious man.
At this time, Zheng Nianci was still breathing. She watched her child being taken away by the warlock, letting out bursts of grief. Then, she was completely engulfed by the fire.
The scene turned, and the warlock entered the Zheng family hall. At this time, Zheng Youcai, his wife, and the old slave of the Zheng family had already been burned to death by the fire, and fell to the ground without making a sound.
The warlock affixed a black talisman to the corpses of Zheng Youcai and others, took out a double-faced Buddha and four angry-eyed Vajras from his arms, placed them in the mezzanine on the beam, and then jumped up and left the Zheng family.
Then, the warlock came to the Blackwater River. He took out the dead baby and drew a strange pattern on the dead baby.
As he drew, the dead baby gradually began to change, with fangs sprouting from its mouth and green hair growing on its body...
After doing all this, he sank the dead baby to the bottom of the black water river, and disappeared in a flash.
After seeing all the pictures, I couldn't help but gasp, all my doubts were solved!
If I guessed correctly, the black-robed warlock should be a heretic from the Southern Xinjiang Wizard Group!
During the Zheng family fire, he placed the Double-faced Buddha in the mezzanine of the hall and set up an evil-gathering formation, trapping the wronged souls of Zheng Youcai's family of four in the formation and refining them into ghosts.
