For thirty years, he has roamed the Northeast, his divine might overwhelming all immortals under hea

More and more hands were moving around, and I felt short of breath.

Am I, a dignified shaman, supposed to be entangled by a water ghost and die in this black water?

Suddenly, it felt as if an electric current had passed through my body, and my consciousness was compressed and shrunk to the spiritual center.

My body was completely taken over by a gentle yet domineering force. Streams of energy burst forth from my body, forming ripples underwater, and the water ghosts that had grabbed my body were also thrown away.

They hovered in the distance, not daring to approach.

I ignored it and continued swimming towards the bottom of the river when a bright green bracelet caught my eye.

This must be the water ghost's bracelet.

I was overjoyed, but just as I was about to grab the bracelet, it suddenly moved.

The bracelet moved. Yes, it moved.

It looked as if it had been pulled up by something, swimming back and forth at the bottom of the river, as if it were alive.

I was huddled in my mind's eye, and I could see everything clearly, but my body was out of my control.

I know, I've been tricked.

Binding orifice.

A shaman's method of communicating with spirits when performing rituals.

It is divided into binding half the orifice and binding the whole orifice.

"Binding half the orifice" means that the dominant position is in the hands of the disciple, who can control the body.

"Binding the whole body" refers to completely surrendering one's body to the deity, with the disciple becoming a medium.

Right now, I am completely bound.

Moreover, they were forcibly bound in all directions.

And that familiar aura belonged to none other than Liu Ruoyun.

My gaze followed the bracelet, and only then did I realize that it wasn't the bracelet moving on its own, but rather a large fish swimming and dragging the bracelet along with its fins.

This big fish was half a meter long and completely black. What puzzled me the most was that two things resembling deer antlers grew on the top of its head. Although they were small, they were still quite clear.

This fish has horns; could it be about to transform?

I was greatly shocked. When I was a child, I often heard that carp could leap over the Dragon Gate and become dragons. I always thought it was just a legend. I never thought I would actually see it today.

As I was pondering the matter of the fish, I swam towards it.

The big fish seemed to sense my approach. Instead of avoiding me, it stopped swimming and stood up.

Its mouth opened and closed, as if it were saying something.

It then dropped the bracelet and swam towards deeper waters.

I moved closer and took the bracelet in my hand.

His body trembled, and that power suddenly vanished.

I felt a tightness in my chest and desperately needed to get back to shore to catch my breath.

I turned and swam towards the surface, but just then, a huge object blocked my way from above.

That thing almost completely covered the entire Blackwater River as far as I could see.

What is something so big that it can float on the water?

The tightness in my chest intensified, and I had long since reached the point where I couldn't hold it in any longer.

If I don't get back to shore soon, I'm afraid I'll choke to death.

I swam upwards with all my might, but my hand touched that thing. It was very soft, like a black cloth covering the surface of the water.

It is opaque.

My face turned bright red, and my body had reached its limit.

In desperation, I bit the tip of my tongue.

Blood from the tip of the tongue is one of the three most yang substances in the human body, and it is the source of a person's essence and blood.

Blood mixed with saliva was spat towards the thing.

In an instant, red light burst forth, and the thing tore open a gash. I pushed off with my feet and leaped out of the water.

"what!"

Fresh air rushed into my body through my mouth, nostrils, and even my pores.

Looking out onto the shore, I saw that the three sticks of incense were almost extinguished.

I swam quickly towards the shore, swinging my arms rapidly.

Just as I grabbed the bank with one hand and was trying to catch my breath, a wave as high as two meters suddenly surged up on the previously calm river behind me.

The two-meter-high wave, as if lifted by an invisible giant hand, crashed towards me with a suffocating sense of oppression.

Before I could climb ashore, I was struck hard on the back and slammed back into the Blackwater River.

This time, I choked on a mouthful of black water.

The water was icy cold and had an indescribable, foul stench, like a corpse that had been rotting for hundreds of years. My lungs felt like they were on fire, and the intense pain almost made me faint.

"Cough cough cough..."

I struggled desperately, scratching wildly in the water, and finally managed to grab onto a slippery rock on the shore again.

I clung tightly to the moss on the rock, my fingernails almost breaking. Using that force, I flipped over and tumbled awkwardly onto the shore.

Before I could even stand up, the once calm river surface began to churn again.

Whoosh!

I stared at the river with a look of horror on my face.

This time, however, it only rolled over and returned to calm after a few seconds.

I was panting heavily; the mouthful of black river water I had just choked on made my chest feel extremely tight.

I turned my head and looked at the bracelet in my hand, feeling like I had survived a disaster.

He lay sprawled on the riverbank, laughing wildly.

"Hahaha………"

Once you've obtained the bracelet and found the water ghost's remains, the matter of the water ghost can be considered settled.

"Bang!"

A loud bang came from the direction of Zhujiakan. I immediately stood up and looked in that direction.

"quack……"

A flock of birds in the woods took flight in the opposite direction.

I stared intently in the direction of Zhujiakan with a furrowed brow.

What's going on over there? Why is there such a commotion?

Suddenly, I felt a vibration in my hand.

I looked down and realized the vibration was coming from the bracelet.

This thing is actually vibrating on its own. Could it really be alive? Or has it been in the Blackwater River for too long and become tainted with resentment?

"Thirteen, the bracelet is connected to that water ghost, hurry up."

Huang Dalang sat under the tree, munching on an apple.

"Also, put on some clothes. You're completely naked; aren't you ashamed?"

When Huang Dalang said that, I realized that I wasn't wearing any clothes.

I turned around and quickly put my clothes on, then returned to the mass grave.

There are too many abandoned graves. In such a large cemetery, where can we find the remains of water ghosts?

Just then, the bracelet began to vibrate again.

I looked down at the bracelet and saw that it was vibrating faster and faster, even emitting a faint "buzzing" sound.

I let it lead me, and there I saw a solitary mound deep in the graveyard, surrounded by weeds that were half a person tall.

That mound seemed to be the direction the bracelet was pointing.

I took a deep breath, clenched my fist, and strode towards the mound.

Huang Dalang followed behind me, still chewing on an apple, and mumbled something indistinctly.

"Thirteen, be careful. This place is too yin. It might be a trap."

I ignored him, walked to the mound, squatted down, and examined it carefully.

The grave had no tombstone or any markings, just a pile of dark soil with a few unknown weeds growing on it.

The bracelet vibrated wildly in my hand, even trying to slip out.

I know the water ghost's remains are in here.

"Now that we've found it, let's get started."

I gritted my teeth, tore off a branch about two fingers thick from a nearby tree, and started digging.

The soil was very loose, clearly indicating that it had been turned over.

After digging for only a few strokes, the shovel hit something hard.

I was overjoyed and sped up the digging.

But the deeper I dug, the more I noticed something was wrong. The soil around the remains was extremely wet, almost like mud.

I had no choice but to use my hands to remove the black, sticky mud. A moment later, a skeleton appeared before my eyes.

The bones had turned somewhat black, and black water seeped out around them. I was taken aback and turned to look at the Blackwater River.

Could it be that there is an underground river beneath this grave that connects to the Blackwater River?

Most notably, there was a noticeable notch on the right wrist of this skeleton, the shape of which perfectly matched the bracelet in my hand.

"Found it."

I breathed a sigh of relief, took the bracelet back, and the water ghost's resentment was resolved. I reached out to take the skeleton.

Suddenly, the skeletal finger twitched!

I was startled and almost dropped the branch I was holding.

The skeleton actually came back to life?

"Don't move!"

Huang Dalang's voice suddenly turned serious.

"This is a zombie!"

I looked closely and saw the soil around the skeleton begin to loosen, and countless black tentacles emerged from the soil, wrapping around the skeleton. The tentacles seemed to be alive, tightly enveloping the skeleton, and then, the skeleton slowly stood up.

The skeleton was only about three steps away from me. At such close range, I could not ignore the chilling aura emanating from it.

Two eerie green flames suddenly lit up in the previously empty eye sockets.

"roar--"

The skeleton let out a silent roar and pounced on me.

I reacted very quickly, grabbing a stone from the ground and throwing it at the bones.

The stone struck the bone, producing a metallic clang.

"Bang!"

"This isn't an ordinary water ghost; it's been refined!"

"Her remains were buried in a place of concentrated yin energy, absorbing the yin energy of this chaotic graveyard and the resentment of the Blackwater River, and have already become a significant force!"

Huang Dalang's voice exploded in my mind.

My pupils constricted, and my heart sank.

If it has been refined by someone, then it is no longer an ordinary resurrected corpse.

No wonder this water ghost was so troublesome; it turns out someone was behind it all.

The skeleton was not repelled by the stone; instead, it was enraged by it.

Its black tentacles thrashed wildly, and for a fleeting moment, they almost grabbed my clothes.

At the crucial moment, I pointed behind me.

He shouted loudly.

"This disciple respectfully requests the support of our ancestral family."

As the sound landed, a surge of immense power flowed into his body.

The resulting energy shockwave repelled the bones.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, I flicked my left hand and threw the bracelet in my hand at the skeleton.

"go!"

The bracelet traced a verdant arc in the air and precisely slipped onto the skeleton's right wrist.

"Snap!"

The bracelet fit the white bone perfectly, as if they had never been separated.

In an instant, the resentment on the skeleton began to dissipate, and the two eerie green flames also went out.

The skeleton stood stiffly in place, then slowly collapsed to the ground, never to move again.

I let out a long sigh, slumped to the ground, and gasped for breath.

Seeing that the skeleton was motionless, I figured I had it all sorted out.

I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead.

"With the bracelet back in its place and the resentment dissipated, this water ghost should finally rest in peace."

Just then, the bracelet suddenly emitted a soft green light, enveloping the white bones.

In the green light, the white bones began to slowly weather away, eventually turning into a pile of black ash that blended into the soil.

I was a little stunned.

A skeleton was weathering away before his very eyes at a speed visible to the naked eye.

I would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

Having resolved the issue of the water ghost, I got up and headed home.

But I felt very uncomfortable, as if a pair of eyes were staring at me.

I looked up and saw a faint wisp of purplish-black smoke rising from the direction of Zhujiakan.

Smoke swirled and shifted in the sky above Zhujiakan.

In the end, it turned into a blurry skeleton with its mouth open. Beneath the hollow bones, I even sensed a strange smile.

"That is..."

I stood there, stunned, thinking I was hallucinating.

But the skeleton remained there for a good ten seconds.

I wanted to cross the river, but I found that the water of the Blackwater River had not become clear because of the disappearance of the water ghost.

It was still dark.

My head suddenly went blank.

I was stunned. Could it be that the water ghost had been dealt with, but the water in the Blackwater River still couldn't be restored?

Could there be some unknown secret hidden in this Blackwater River?

I didn't have time to think too much right now; the scene I just witnessed in the direction of Zhujiakan made me very uneasy.

Without thinking, I didn't even take off my shoes and ran straight across the river to go home.

About ten minutes later, I pushed open the door, panting heavily.

"Huff huff..."

"Mother...Mother, just now...just now did you see...see what?"

My mother was picking wild vegetables in the yard. When she saw me scolding her and panting, she put down what she was doing.

"Just now? No, I was picking vegetables the whole time, I didn't see anything."

Before I could ask anything else, my father came up behind me with a shovel.

"Thirteen, what are you doing? Why don't you go in?"

I turned to look at my dad, and he was holding a small piece of pork belly in his hand.

I'm very poor; I only buy pork during the Chinese New Year, and I don't buy it at other times.

"Dad, this pork is..."

"Hey, Thirteen, you don't know yet, do you? Construction has started on the dilapidated temple at the west end of the village. They need workers on the construction site. The boss is a big shot, he doesn't care about a few pennies. Everyone who goes will get 10 yuan and a pound of pork."

"Thirteen Sister, hurry up and stew it, let's have a taste."

My dad was overjoyed, after all, he was finally able to eat meat, and it felt like the New Year.

"Dad, did you see anything in the sky just now?"

"what?"

My dad was taken aback by my question.

"No, look at this bright sun, what could possibly be wrong?"

There wasn't even a cloud in the sky.

I looked up, and my father was right; there wasn't a single cloud in the sky.

The blue sky has an indescribable cleanliness and clarity.

Was what I just saw a hallucination?

No, that can't be a hallucination.

"Thirteen, what's wrong? What did you see?"

My father took a puff of his cigarette and then asked me.

"Oh, I just saw a pretty big bird. I've never seen one before. I was just wondering if you guys saw it too."

I didn't tell the truth; instead, I changed the subject.

"Hey, I didn't know anything about it. This place is remote, and there are some birds that I've never seen before. It's normal."