Chapter 12: Water Ghosts
Tao Xiaowu exited the room first and came to the courtyard.
The entire courtyard of the Xu family was already crowded with people inside and out.
In this era, just like in the countryside in the previous life, every household had a yard.
Wealthy families built rammed earth walls, while those who did not have money just built a fence out of wood.
However, there are usually inner walls in the Lu, so almost all of them use that fence...... This is the same as in Qingzhuli.
At this time, the outside of this fence was crowded with people inside and out, watching the excitement, but many people were talking to each other and talking.
Tao Xiaowu knew that the matter of people in Qingzhu coming to the door today still affected him, causing many people in the water to talk about this matter now, and some people could not help but waver about him.
Tao Xiaowu knows that today's matter must be completed beautifully, otherwise, if you don't do it, you will smash Wu Cheng's signboard!
He even saw that there were people in the green bamboo snooping around.
"Dawu, how's the situation going?"
The people of the Xu family asked nervously.
"I've seen it, it's really a water ghost!" Tao Xiaowu said in a deep voice: "Now just wait for dark, I'll do it and detain that water ghost!"
When the Xu family heard this, they immediately thanked them.
There was immediately a buzz and discussion next to him, saying that everything was there.
Tao Xiaowu turned a deaf ear, sat down on a straw mat, sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, and remained motionless.
It's still early, but it's noon, and if you want to wait until it's dark, it will take at least three or four hours!
Tao Xiaowu planned to be quiet until dark.
Grandma, don't you believe me, let me pretend to be a big force first.
Of course, although Tao Xiaowu had learned a little bit of Taoism in that Taoist book in the Dream Realm, he knew how to enter meditation, and he was constantly cultivating.
But after six or seven hours of silence at once, Tao Xiaowu didn't do it.
However, this is forced, let's pretend first.
Anyway, he didn't claim that he was going to be quiet until dark, did he?
Besides, these mud legs, where do they know what it means to be in meditation?
At first, he just watched Tao Xiaowu not say anything, just lowered his eyes and sat quietly, and some people came to talk to Tao Xiaowu.
But seeing Tao Xiaowu motionless and sitting cross-legged, he gradually saw that something was different.
Especially after more than an hour, Tao Xiaowu sat still like that, without even blinking his eyelids, and couldn't help but be slightly shocked.
If it weren't for Tao Xiaowu, sitting upright and tall, I'm afraid he would have to think that Tao Xiaowu would be asleep!
Just like that, Tao Xiaowu sat for a few hours in one breath.
Many people who watched the excitement felt bored and dispersed, waiting to come back in the evening.
More people are looking at diorama, and even bet on how long Tao Xiaowu can sit up!
At this time, the popularization of education is too low, and it is really like the old family, neighboring countries look at each other, the voices of chickens and dogs are heard by each other, and the people do not interact with each other until they are old and dead.
Most people have never walked a hundred miles away in their lives, and the farthest they go is the county seat.
The ignorance of such a bottom without knowledge and insight is far beyond imagination!
Tao Xiaowu showed the blind man a flattering eye.
If he still had the consciousness to pay attention to the outside now, he would have already gotten up...... It's boring to pretend to be this!
However, he had already gone from the shallow stillness of his daily meditation to a state of deep meditation unconsciously.
At this moment, the whole person is confused, ignorant and ignorant, as if countless thoughts have flowed, and it seems that not a single thought has arisen.
Really responded, thoughts are like flowing water, sitting and watching like idlers.
The people sitting by the river seem to look at the flowing water, but they don't pay attention to it.
Until the end, there was a mess, whether there was running water or not, but I didn't know it anymore.
In this state, the thoughts in the sea of consciousness are not born and are immortal.
The whispers outside, or something, where will there be any slightest perception?
To be honest, Tao Xiaowu is also the first time to set foot in this realm.
Even before he meditated, he didn't even imagine it!
Such a time passed unconsciously, and it was not until it was dark that the Xu family carefully woke up Tao Xiaowu: "Da Wu, it's already dark!"
For Tao Xiaowu, he is already full of awe.
In fact, most of the people near the water, even those who peeked in the green bamboo, were full of fear of Tao Xiaowu at this time.
The fact that a person can remain silent for six or seven hours, without even blinking an eyelid, is beyond the comprehension of these ordinary people.
Since you can't understand it, then you will naturally feel surprised, and even think of witchcraft or something......
And Tao Xiaowu woke up, just feeling extremely relaxed, especially full of energy.
At this time, he realized that it was actually dark.
Tao Xiaowu just felt as if he hadn't sat for long, but he didn't expect that six or seven hours had passed!
If it weren't for the fact that when he was about to get up, he almost stumbled, and then he knew that he had sat for too long, his legs and feet were a little numb, and his blood and qi were blocked.
"This is a lack of internal qi, which is why the limbs are numb for sitting for a long time. If the internal qi is sufficient, no matter how long you sit, the qi and blood will run, and the limbs will not be stiff!"
Just thinking about it, as it got dark, I didn't know that the water ghost who was attached to the girl of the Xu family felt the danger.
It was still after dark, and the power of the ghost increased greatly, but I heard a terrible roar from the house.
There was a thumping sound, but the woman possessed by the ghost was constantly struggling, and the hemp ropes tied to her were broken one by one.
A few big men went in and wanted to hold down the Xu family girl and re-tie it up, but they were also bitten twice.
"I beg the Great Witch to hurry up and cast a spell to save my daughter......"
Seeing such a scene, the master of the Xu family was anxious, bowed to Tao Xiaowu, and shouted.
Tao Xiaowu nodded slightly, according to the method taught to him by Wu Cheng, he had prepared the blood of the red snake, as well as the gills of the carp, and the grass of the yang.
At this point, put these all in one dish.
Then Tao Xiaowu said something in his mouth, pricked his finger with a needle, and dripped a drop of blood.
It's similar to the last time I was in Qingzhuli and wrote down a land purchase voucher for someone.
Obviously, it was just a drop of blood, and he suddenly had a feeling of weakness that was chilling all over his body, as if he was not shedding a drop of blood, as if the whole person was in deficit.
Even involuntarily, the whole eye was dark, and there was an indescribable unpleasant smell between my nose, as if the smell of water and decomposing corpses, which permeated the surroundings.
In a trance, Tao Xiaowu seemed to see aquatic plants and fish.
There was also a rotting corpse that had been eaten off half of its cheek by the fish, so much so that it had its gums exposed, floating in the water.
showed a weird smile at Tao Xiaowu......