The director is a god... stick!

Chapter 38

The second day was cloudy and rainy.

Today's rain is a little lighter than last night, but it still hasn't cleared up.The continuous light rain wets people's hair and sleeves, and even the sky is gloomy.

There is still a thick layer of accumulated water on the ground, and if you step into the water, you can directly submerge your ankles.

Today's villages are closed, and the lanes of the whole village are empty, showing a strange tranquility.

Years of life experience tell people that it is better not to go out unless the water is serious, and the villagers are all afraid that they will encounter the legendary water ghost.

And everyone in the "It's Impossible" program group, after being frightened by what happened last night, finally learned to do as the Romans do, and they all stayed in their residences honestly, not daring to run around like the villagers in the village.

So this morning, after Xuan Yi went out, he hardly met anyone along the way.

But he didn't care. He wore rain boots and walked briskly, wading through the stagnant water on the ground and walking along the quiet road in the countryside.

Xiao Baimo walked quietly beside him, walking side by side with him, holding an ink cartridge in his hand.

In the old days, carpenters often used ink cartridges when they were working. There was ink in the box, and a sponge was usually placed inside to absorb water. The thread was pulled through the ink cartridge, and after the two sides were fixed, a flick of the hand would create a straight line on the wood, which was used for sawing or This thing is needed for cutting and shaping.

This object condenses the wisdom passed down from generation to generation by ancient craftsmen. Like the butcher's knife, it has the function of exorcising evil and exorcising ghosts.

At this time, Xuan Yi held a dark green shriveled tail in his hand.

This tail covered with water plants was the one cut off from the water monkey last night, and it had shriveled up due to being dehydrated for too long.

But the tail was still wriggling and twisting crazily, like a living thing, always trying to escape from Xuan Yi's grasp.

The two came all the way to the shore of the lake.

Due to the torrential rain last night, the water level of this lake has soared a lot, and the lake looks bigger and wider than before.

The messy aquatic plants in the lake gather together with the frantic dance of the lake water, causing waves on the lake surface, changing the quiet painting style in the past, and the surrounding scenery looks extremely distorted and violent.

Xuan Yi's expression became serious, holding the butcher's knife in one hand, and pinching the wildly writhing tail with the other. With a slight leap, he had already occupied the highest hidden position by the lake, silently condescending.

Xiao Baimo walked slowly around the lake, and the ink lines in the ink cartridge followed a certain trajectory bit by bit, and slowly submerged into the lake water.

There is not much verbal communication between the two, but their actions are quite tacit, as if they have a tacit understanding and have cooperated thousands of times.

After a while, the ink line in the box was empty.

I saw the black silk thread sinking in the lake, looming, as if it had been connected into a fine net, almost blackening the lake water.

Seeing that the time had come, Xuan Yi made a decisive decision and immediately threw the truncated tail high into the edge of the lake.

After the frantically wriggling tail was thrown down, as soon as it touched the water, it immediately returned from a shriveled shape to a wet and plump state, exuding a sticky fishy smell again.

Immediately afterwards, the claws at the end of the tail squirmed in the water, and the whole tail twisted and swung wildly, like a water snake, burrowing in the water and swimming straight towards the center of the lake.

At the same time, as if feeling that his lost tail was nearby, a wisp of water grass also floated to the surface of the water, swinging tentatively on the water.

Immediately, a large group of dark green water monkeys suddenly surfaced, with a rotting face under the cover of messy aquatic plants, turning to the tail that was swimming towards it.

It didn't notice the imperceptible ink lines in the lake water, but swung the aquatic plants around it and swam towards its own tail.

While the water monkey was swimming towards the shore, those thin ink lines were dragged and pulled by its movements, and kept wrapping around its body, becoming more and more entangled and tighter.

When the water monkey finally got back its tail again, its body was already covered with dense black ink lines, like a net that tightly wrapped it.

It's now!

Seeing that the time had come, Xuan Yi, who was hiding in a high place, jumped down suddenly, grabbing a few strands of ink thread that were still on the shore.

Xiao Baimo also grabbed the remaining ink thread, and the two of them worked together, pulling all the ink thread in the water, and dragging them to the shore together.

The network cable that was tightly bound on his body was tightened suddenly, and the water monkey that was lured by his tail to the lake realized that something was wrong. He immediately stuck out his slender and sticky tongue, let out a piercing scream, and swung his body around The aquatic plants want to sink to the bottom of the lake.

Although the ink thread is slender and seems to be broken if pulled, it is the nemesis of this kind of evil thing. No matter how hard the water ghost struggles, it will not be able to escape.

The dense silk threads were pulled tighter and tighter, and pulled harder and harder, almost tearing and dividing the aquatic plants all over the water monkey into countless pieces.

The water monkey's screams became more and more horrific, and the struggle became more severe.

Things like water ghosts are almost powerless when they are on the shore, like a bunch of dried pickles, crumpled and limp, as if they are not threatening.

But as soon as it touches the water, it can burst out with infinite power, especially vigorous.

Not to mention people, even tall and strong mules and horses can drag you into the water and drown you alive.

Seeing that the water ghost struggled harder and harder, Xuan Yi could only pull it harder and harder to the shore.

The slender ink thread was deeply drawn into his palm, and without paying attention, it was drawn into the flesh, and a smear of bright red blood flowed down the ink line.

It was just a trivial injury, but Xuan Yi didn't think it was a big deal.But Xiao Baimo who was at the side frowned when he saw it, and his deep eyes suddenly darkened.

His complexion turned cold, his hand holding the ink thread became more and more forceful, and he stepped back slowly, staring gloomyly at the water monkey still struggling in the net.

The water monkey in the water was surprised to find that the force pulling it on the shore suddenly became much stronger, and even it in the water could not resist it.

Almost in a few breaths, the force on the shore pulled it out of the water and dragged it directly to the shore.

The water monkey that was dragged ashore instantly wilted. After leaving the lake, the water plants all over its body were dry and hibernated.

But even though it was a little smaller, the water monkey was still as tall as a person, and its size was still huge, which made people fearful.

Under the cover of aquatic plants, the inside is a bulging mass with hard limbs. I don't know what the real body of the water monkey is like.

Seeing that he was caught ashore, the water monkey in the net was still extremely ferocious, screaming full of hostility, grinning at Xuan Yi, Xiao Baimo and the two, revealing the huge rotten yellow canine teeth in his mouth.

With its screams, the water monkey's body was slowly twisting and melting, as if it was gradually turning into a transparent liquid like water, almost about to flow out of the net.

"Oh, big brother, it wants to run away!" A crisp child's voice sounded from Xuan Yi's pocket.

After this period of deep sleep practice, Tong Tong, who could almost condense into a solid body, anxiously crawled out of Xuan Yi's pocket, jumped down, and suddenly rushed towards the water ghost in the net.

"Tongtong, wait!" Xuan Yi was taken aback for a moment, and immediately stopped him.

But his voice was still a step late, at this time Tong Tong had already rushed over, relying on his experience of fighting a female ghost last time, recklessly bit the water ghost in the net.

"Bah bah! Ah bah... What is this, it's so unpalatable!" After taking a bite, the little guy's face changed instantly, showing a nauseous expression, and he said "Bah bah" all the things in his mouth Spit up.

He crawled back into Xuan Yi's pocket in desperation, only showing a small head outside the pocket, and said aggrievedly: "The spirit body of the water ghost is so unpalatable, it's fishy and smelly, bitter and astringent, it's better than the female ghost before. My sister's spiritual body is far behind."

"The last time I gnawed on the female ghost sister, the taste was crisp and cold, and it was very fragrant!"

"How dare you bring it up, kid..." The female ghost in the ring gritted her teeth secretly when she heard Tongtong's words, and suddenly wanted to beat up the bear.

Xuan Yi stretched out his index finger, put Tong Tong's little head back into his pocket, and said seriously: "Next time, don't do this again. You can't just go up and nibble on someone."

"You know, the difference between evil ghosts and ordinary ghosts is vast."

Like female ghosts, although they are fierce, resentful, and powerful, they have never harmed innocent people, so they have not fallen into evil spirits, and their spirit bodies are still pure and transparent.

But like the water monkey in front of me, he has dragged countless children into the water and drowned. His hands are covered with the blood of innocent people. Pollution, of course, stinks.

"So that's how it is!" Tongtong in the pocket said sullenly.

"It's not just that..." Xuan Yi pointed at the water monkey still struggling in the net, and said, "Look, I called his name."

He called loudly: "Shi Qiang!"

Shi Qiang was the name of this water monkey during his lifetime.

Ordinary ghosts, no matter how deep their grievances are, will react when they hear their own names.

However, after hearing the name Shi Qiang, the water monkey only paused in its struggle, and its rotten face was blank for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, it continued to struggle again, its movements were more violent than before, it seemed that it only wanted to escape, and turned a deaf ear to its own name, as if it didn't know what Shi Qiang was.

In the long decades after becoming a water ghost, as it killed more and more people, its resentment became more and more distorted, and its malice had long blurred its mind, and finally swallowed its self-awareness before it was alive.

The imprint that once belonged to a living person has long since disappeared, and it has finally been completely reduced to a pure "evil thing".

Looking at the water monkey immersed in chaos and distortion and the female ghost sealed in the ring, he couldn't help being silent for a long time.

In the end, she still couldn't help but asked: "If I really started to harm people...and turned into a ghost, after decades, would I...become like this too?"

It will also degenerate into such a thing that can only harm people, full of evil thoughts, chaotic and ignorant, and discard all traces of being a person in life.

Xiao Baimo glanced at her indifferently, and said lightly, "Naturally."

After being reduced to a ghost, he can neither cultivate the way of ghosts to become a ghost, nor can he transfer to the underworld to reincarnate. He can only linger near the place of his death, passing away day after day, spending a year, two years, three years, and so on. Ten years, one hundred years...

With the endless passage of time, it is only a matter of time before he becomes this completely selfless monster.

After hearing his words, the female ghost, who had been filled with vengeful anger after her death, unexpectedly fell silent, obediently staying in the ring, not speaking, not knowing what she was thinking.

At this moment, the water monkey, which had been struggling hard in the net, finally transformed its whole body into the shape of flowing water, which flowed out from the gaps in the ink lines, and quickly flowed into the lake.

But it hadn't gone halfway yet, Xuan Yi, who had been waiting for a long time, threw the butcher knife in his hand, and sank into the center of the water flow as accurately as chasing stars and moons.

The water monkey that had turned into a ball of water couldn't help howling, and turned back into the body covered in water plants, twitching violently.

But no matter how twisted it was, the murderous butcher's knife was still firmly nailed to its back.

This time, no matter what, he couldn't let him escape again.

Xuan Yi strode forward, pulled out the butcher knife, drew a graceful curve with his arm, swung, chopped, and planed with the blade.

The rotten head hidden under countless aquatic plants immediately rolled to the ground with a "gululu", a pair of black eye sockets without eyeballs, still staring at everyone.

Afterwards, all the half-rotten flesh on the skull melted away in an instant, leaving only a miserable white skull on the spot, as if it was the last remnant of a person after many years of death.And after Xuan Yi dug away the thick shell of aquatic plants, the real body of the water monkey was finally revealed to everyone.

Wrapped in the complicated aquatic plants, one after another rotten skeletons are entangled with each other, squeezed and piled up in one place, and together constitute the body of this water ghost that is as tall as a man.

Not one person, but the skeletons of many people... Forced to squeeze together, the postures are extremely twisted and painful, obviously they are the victims of the water ghosts who have been drowning over the years.

Among them, the skeletons of children are the majority.

After seeing the scene in front of them, everyone couldn't help being silent for a while.

In the end, Xuan Yi couldn't help sighing, and dragged the bones that had been seen again, back to the village...

……

Today is destined to be an unusual day.

Finally, when the light rain in the sky stopped, the old village head walked out of the house with his precious grandson, and saw the wounded old cow lying on the ground in his cowshed, silently licking his back. on the wound.

"Oh, what a crime! How did you make this happen?" The old village head rushed to meet him distressedly, stroking the back of his own old cow.

He wanted to go to the veterinarian in the village to get some medicine, but just as he went out, he suddenly saw a group of people gathered at the entrance of the village, full of voices and excitement.

what happened?The stagnant water on the ground hasn't receded yet, so why are so many people out today?Are you not afraid?

He walked over curiously, squeezed into the middle of the crowd, and pushed them away.

And when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help being stunned.

bone!Countless bones!Tangled and piled together by aquatic plants, it looks horrifying and terrifying.

And the young man who came to their house to borrow ink cartridges last night was squatting on the ground with his companions, bit by bit separating the piled up bones and cleaning them up.

There was no look of fear on their faces, only a hint of sadness and regret.

In this pile of bones mixed with aquatic plants, there are bones belonging to adults, but more are the bones of children...

The old village head seemed to understand something, and suddenly looked at Xuan Yi and the two of them, his old face was filled with excitement, his eyes were shining brightly, his lips were trembling, as if he wanted to say something, but he was so excited for a while. Don't know where to start.

At this time, there was a family whose children had been scooped up by water ghosts, and they could no longer restrain the mixed feelings of grief and joy in their hearts. They pushed aside the others and threw themselves on the bones of those children, crying uncontrollably .

These cries seemed to infect the old village head. The old man who had lived for more than half his life let out a long breath and looked up at the sky.

At this time, the rain stopped and the sky finally cleared up. A ray of sunlight fell from the edge of the thick clouds and shone on everyone.

After waiting for so many years, the haze that shrouded the hearts of everyone in Stone Village finally dissipated.