After getting Xun Yiqing's definite answer, Xiaoxi knew that his brother was haunted by the water ghost in order to save him, and he felt even more guilty.
Xiao Cheng patted her head and comforted her: "Sister, why are you crying? I'm fine. Since you're here to participate in the show, there are so many masters here, and we can definitely deal with that evil ghost!"
After calming down a little, Xiaoxi said:
"My sister and I haven't been back to our hometown for many years. We don't recognize many people in the village. Before we went to the river, we never thought we would encounter such a thing. We didn't know that there were so many taboos in the village river."
It turned out that after they left their hometown, someone in the village did drown in this river.
Is a middle-aged man.
The man was a notorious scoundrel in the village. He was a drunkard, a gambler, and had no knowledge or skills. When he was drunk, he would often beat his wife and children, or play obscene jokes on some women in the village. He was very annoying.
One night, he ignored his family's dissuasion and went to another friend's house in the next village to drink. After getting drunk, he took a shortcut and walked into the village from the high ground by the river.
It started to rain halfway through the journey. The muddy ground on the bank was slippery and sticky, and it was dark. As a result, the drunkard slipped and tripped over a half-protruding stone in the soil, and fell directly from the hill.
His head hit the sharp stone directly.
In the second half of the night it rained heavily and the water level in the river rose, washing the drunkard's body into the center of the river. No one knew exactly when he died.
Because drunkards often hang out outside, drink and play cards, and sometimes they go to the foot massage parlor in the county town to have fun, and they would disappear for three or four days.
His family members didn't dare to intervene because they would be beaten and scolded if they did, so no one went to look for him.
It was not until he had been missing for five or six days that his family felt something was strange. They called his friends and found out that the drunkard had not been with them during these days and had returned home a few days ago.
The family then mobilized the villagers to look for him, and finally found the drunkard's body on the other side of the river where there was no village.
The corpse, which had been soaked for almost a week, floated in the shallow water near the shore. It had already taken on the appearance of a giant, swollen and rotten beyond recognition.
The side exposed to the air is full of snakes and insects, while the underwater part has been eaten by fish and other creatures.
Seeing this horrific situation, the surrounding villagers did not dare to go into the water to salvage the fish. In the end, the drunkard's family spent one thousand yuan to hire a brave villager to go down and fish it out.
Who would have thought that after the drunkard's body was fished out, the villager started to fall ill and suffer bad luck not long after.
He spent eight hundred dollars on medical treatment and hired a fortune teller, and he regretted it so much.
Later, when the children in the village were playing by the water, they saw some balls and toys floating in the deep river. Sometimes they would slip inexplicably when catching loaches. Gradually, the village began to spread the rumor that the dead drunkard was unwilling to give up and was still haunting the water to harm people!
For a time, the people in the village were terrified at the mention of water, and every household was afraid to let their children go into the water.
In the end, it was the village witch who came out to solve the matter.
She said: "That boy was a fierce and aggressive person when he was alive. He died in the water and was full of resentment. He had no feelings for the villagers, so he wanted to get a villager to take his place! Children are weak and are most likely to be killed. You must wear a life rope on your feet and body when you go into the water in the future."
The so-called "life-locking rope" is a red rope, which is a way to prevent water ghosts from taking your life.
Tying red ropes around your hands, feet and waist can keep water ghosts away.
After the villagers did as instructed, no children choked on water anymore. So every household started wearing a red rope that could not be taken off. When a child in the village was born, the family would put the red rope on the child.
Although the children in the village have heard that there are ghosts in the water, they are young and brave;
When encountering a "water ghost carrying a scale", instead of running away, they cursed and spit at the water ghost on the shore.
Hearing this, Xun Yiqing said, "According to what you said, the water ghost was evil when he was alive, and he often becomes a resentful ghost after he dies. In addition, he has been trying to seduce the villagers for many years but failed, and was ridiculed by the villagers, so he naturally has more resentment in his heart. He finally met a girl who didn't know the dangers of the water, but you ruined it. How could he not resent you?"
"Do you often have trouble sleeping at night, sweat easily and feel weak?"
Xiao Cheng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, ever since I left the village, I have nightmares every night and have cold sweats. When I wake up, my whole body feels sticky and uncomfortable. And in my dreams, I always feel like something is watching me..."
Xun Yiqing nodded: "That's right, you received the 'Water Ghost Holding the Scale', and it left a mark on you - that is, the hand print on your ankle. It can crawl out of the water and follow you to take your life."
"The water ghost is not with you now. It must have known that you were looking for someone to deal with it, so it ran away temporarily."
Xiaoxi asked hurriedly: "Then what should we do, Master Xun? Should we go and burn paper to apologize to it and alleviate the disaster?"
Xun Yiqing sneered, "Of course not. It is against the law for evil spirits to harm people. I will perform a ritual to sever your connection with the evil spirit, and you will not be troubled anymore."
"If it dares to harass you two again, or if it harms people in the countryside, I, Yiyuan Temple, will take action to get rid of it!"
As he spoke, he drew out his sword, took out two pieces of talisman paper from his sleeve, and began to recite the "Evil Spell":
"Disasters are eliminated, calamities are annihilated. No evil spirits or ghosts dare to confront you. Those who follow the will of heaven will live, those who go against it will die..."①
As his voice grew louder, he threw the two yellow talismans in his hand, turned the sword in his hand, and the tip of the sword pierced through the yellow talisman and pointed directly at Xiaocheng's face.
Xiaocheng was frightened and took a step back involuntarily.
He only felt a strong wind rushing towards his face, as if something was being peeled off from his body.
At this moment, Xun Yiqing's expression was solemn, "...The heavenly talisman is everywhere, and the ominous omen will be eliminated forever. God has issued an order to kill the evil spirits. The fire bell will vibrate, and the evil spirits will disappear. Hurry up and obey the order!②"
As the last sentence of "The Curse to Slay Evil" fell, the tip of the sword was only a finger's width away from Xiaocheng's nose, and it was held steadily.
After retracting his sword, Xun Yiqing let out a breath and said:
"The water ghost has been broken. It can't affect you anymore."
Xiao Cheng touched his body, lifted up his trousers, and exclaimed in surprise: "Master, this is amazing! The handprint on my ankle seems to have faded!"
The cameraman hurriedly moved closer and let the camera shoot that place.
The blue bruises that were originally very clear were completely different after just ten minutes. Now only a few residual marks could be seen faintly on Xiaocheng's skin.
The spectators around were all shocked, and the comments in the live broadcast room also increased sharply:
[Master Xun is awesome! He defeated the water ghost and solved the problem. The players behind him have nothing to do.]
[When I watched the so-called masters perform the tricks in the first two seasons, I just wanted to laugh through the screen because they were really funny. But when I watched Xun Yiqing perform the tricks, I didn’t dare to breathe. He is really so upright! ]
[Who said Xun Yiqing was second-rate before? His face must be swollen. Which of his body movements and swordsmanship is not amazing? ]
[Oh my god, the finger marks have really faded a lot, this is too weird! ]
【……】
During the discussion, after Old Monk No. 3 and He Mi Tu No. 9 came on stage, they also felt some of the Yin spiritual aura from Xiao Cheng.
But because Xun Yiqing had already exorcised the water ghost, they couldn't see much.
No. 10 Xi Haihong is the ghost of death. This time she could tell at a glance that Xiaocheng was haunted by a water ghost.
Xi Haihong said, "I see that your Yang energy is a little weak, and I can smell a faint Yin energy from the underworld. Maybe someone in your family passed away or had a funeral in the past month, right?"
Xiao Cheng Xiao Xi was a little surprised. "Yes, you are the first one to see this. My great grandfather passed away more than half a month ago. We went back to our hometown to attend his funeral and send him off."
"Yeah, I feel it."
Generally speaking, the first seven ghosts have been sent to the underworld and will have a specific aura of the underworld on their bodies.
When it lingers at its own funeral, the faint scent will leave some on relatives and friends, but generally speaking it will not affect the fortune of the living.
This smell will disappear within a month after the funeral.
Messengers from the mortal world like Xi Haihong, who have been summoning and sending souls for years, often appear at funerals and send the first seven ghosts back to the underworld. They are very familiar with the power of the underworld.
Xi Haihong said: "It is precisely because you just attended a funeral and the aura around you is still a little weak, so you are so easily taken away by water ghosts when you go to the waterside."
"Now that the water ghost has left, if you still want to see it, I can summon it."
The brother and sister were still frightened and shook their heads: "Forget it, we have nothing to say to it."
Liu: "Okay, thank you for the hard work of our contestant Xi Haihong."
"Next, please welcome the last contestant: No. 7 Gu Zhisang."
[I finally waited for Sister Sang! She is always the last one to appear, which is very impressive. 】
[This one still depends on Xun Yiqing. He has already driven away the water ghost, so even if Gu Zhisang comes up, he will be helpless.]
As soon as Gu Zhisang came on the stage, he felt the remaining power fluctuations around him.
She was a little surprised: "Someone just performed a ritual? It was Xun Yiqing, right?"
The tone was not a question but rather a matter-of-fact tone, directly mentioning Xun Yiqing's name.
Liu: “What do you mean?”
"The talisman used by the practitioner is powerful and still has some residual power. It should be a traditional Taoist martial arts school. Among all the contestants, only Xun Yiqing belongs to this school." Gu Zhisang said in a flat tone, and turned his gaze to Xiao Chengdao beside him: "He should be performing the ritual for you."
"The water ghost holds the scale and looks for a replacement."
The audience in the live broadcast room saw that Gu Zhisang not only solved Xiaocheng's problem, but also directly saw the identity of the person who performed the ritual. They couldn't help but sigh, "Sister Sang is still amazing."
Liu Da was also full of admiration and asked, "Can contestant Gu Zhisang tell the relationship between the two help seekers?"
"There is a connecting kinship line on their faces. Can you see that the shape of their eyebrows and the direction of their brow peaks are roughly the same? That is the palace of brothers, which means that you two are siblings from the same father and mother." Gu Zhisang said.
Da Liu: "You are amazing, Sangsang, you have figured it all out. In this case, our mission to help others is now successfully completed..."
"Wait." Gu Zhisang raised his eyebrows and stopped Da Liu from talking. "Who said it has been resolved? Doesn't this kid still have some evil power?"
Liu/audience/sister and brother:? ! !
Da Liu's voice was a little stuttering. "No, Sangsang, you mean, the water ghost that is pestering Xiaocheng hasn't left yet?"
Gu Zhisang frowned and said, "The water ghost has left, but he has provoked more than one ghost."
"At a funeral, flowers are scattered, and filial sons and grandsons come to circle the coffin." Gu Zhisang said, looking at Xiao Cheng who looked a little dazed, and said: "Think carefully again, did you do anything wrong at the funeral?"
At this time, the audience also remembered what Xiaoxi said.
The reason why the two siblings had to go back to their hometown during the holidays was to attend their great-grandfather’s funeral!
According to Gu Zhisang, could it be that this boy encountered something at his ancestor's funeral? !
[! ! I knew Gu Zhisang would not come empty-handed. Things are getting exciting! ]
[What does Gu Zhisang mean by that? What’s with the flower patterns and tombs? I don’t understand at all…]
[Did I provoke him?? My brother seems to be quite honest and upright, and he risked his life to save his sister, so he shouldn't have done anything bad, right?! ]
[It's 'scattering flowers around the coffin'. My hometown is in your province. This is a funeral custom when we have a funeral! ]
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①② "Zhan Xie Curse" comes from Baidu