Chapter 17: Ten Years of Disaster

Listen carefully, it turned out that the county town was idle and had nothing to play, and it didn't take long for the young man who was beaten and scolded just now to deal with this beautiful woman, and now it must be yellow, woman, who the doesn't like brave men, when she encounters a big disaster, she runs away, and that woman will like such a timid boyfriend! The young man was scolded silently, and he didn't dare to defend himself if he knew that he had done something wrong.

"Girl, there was an accident just now, and the young man was also frightened, and he didn't react for a while, so don't blame him" The master listened to the woman's scolding and became more and more ugly, and hurriedly persuaded him.

"Uncle, I'm not unreasonable, if it weren't for this younger brother who carried me ashore, I don't know what I was pulled to the bottom of the water by that fish to feed me, I'm fortunate that I haven't married this unproductive thing, otherwise this life will be over"

"Girl, fate is determined, there is a fate to hold hands and go down, no fate to break up and go separately, everything has its own providence"

"Thank you, brother, you are such a good person" The beautiful woman held my hand and thanked me rawly:

"If you encounter any difficulties in the county in the future, you must remember to go to my sister, who opened a merchandise store next to the bus station."

"Okay, sister, I remember," I blushed and broke free of her hand, feeling even more embarrassed.

"This place is not suitable for a long time, you should get out of here quickly, there is a problem in this river, you should not come again in the future"

"Got it, remember" only the scolded young man shouted loudly, hey, seeing that the fairy who was going to marry home, flew away, you said that you were too idle to stay in the city, you had to come to this reservoir to bathe, now it's okay, even the object has been washed away.

Their elder brother, the uncle, called the master to ask some questions, just to hear what happened in the river just now, so terrifying and scary! Master had a cold face, and just said lightly:

"The less you know, the better, it's useless to hear more," they looked at Master's Immortal Wind Dao Gu's appearance, and they didn't dare to doubt it.

As the crowd slowly receded, Master and I watched them walk down the mountain, standing not far from where the crowd was playing in the water just now, and I asked Master:

"Master, wasn't the teacher who drowned just now?"

"Not necessarily, I can't count how many people drown here every year, but I dare to conclude that the soul of the drowned teacher is at the bottom of this bottomless lake, and I can calculate that his body should be sandwiched between the rocks six meters deep under the water."

At that time, I was still shallow in Taoism and couldn't understand Master's nonsense, so I asked:

"Master, then how can we beat him to the ground?"

"Water is the source of nurturing and nourishing all living beings in the world, and if he doesn't go ashore, I won't have much to do with him," Master's cold tone changed:

"Since he doesn't come ashore, let's trap him underwater, let him not climb ashore, and see how he can make waves"

Hearing this, my compassion came up again, remembering that no one harmed me that night, and took the initiative to give way for me to flee for my life, afraid that I would see his grimace and be afraid that people would cover their faces with black robes, but at this moment I was discussing with the master how to kill him, this is really not a gentleman's doing!

"Master, he just wants to be a teacher, he doesn't mean to hurt anyone, isn't it too cruel for us to trap him under the water, he climbed ashore earlier and reincarnated earlier, isn't this haunted thing unpeaceful?"

"Erdan, you don't know, the soul of the drowned person wants to go ashore to reincarnate, and must be pulled into the water and drowned by a living person to step on the soul of the newly dead in order to really climb ashore, so like this, wouldn't it kill an innocent and fresh life, such a vicious circle day after day and year after year, I don't know how many people will die every year, how many originally happy families will be destroyed, this Tangcun Reservoir will never have peace."

"Master, don't you mean that he is also a victim?"

"If the victim comes to harm others again, won't he help and abuse, and besides, this school is a pure land, how can he let these filthy things do evil, and how can he be allowed to be a teacher?"

"But, Master......"

"It's nothing, he hasn't been to school these days, maybe, he is just looking for the corpse that he thinks is suitable for returning yang, but now that he has been cremated for decades, what corpse is there? However, living people are everywhere, and once he finds them, he will kill them, and it will be as easy as a finger."

I listened to Master's appalling words, forgetting the faint green water, and took a few steps backwards in one eye: 'Nima, you won't find me, will you?'

"Master, what the hell are we going to do?"

The wind in the lake rose, the river willows were messy, the master smiled coldly and took out two yellowing things from his arms, and gave me an explanation, roughly speaking, even if Sun Wukong has the ability to change in seventy-two ways, it is difficult to hold his breath when he encounters a water monster, and he has to let the second senior brother Bajie go into the water to lure the underwater monster ashore, Wukong can deal with it, I immediately understood when I heard this, this is to let me die again, although your old man has fought countless ghosts, but he has never fought water ghosts, and he wants me to be the second senior brother of Bajie, Isn't this trying to find death? I think that Brother Bajie will have some martial arts changes, what will I do with the second egg!

"Erdan, you dive six meters underwater and put one of these two charms is a corpse breaking charm, the same is a trapped ghost charm and pressed it firmly in the rocks, you can't let it float up, after three days, the corpse will be broken and float to the surface, and the drowned ghost will also be trapped underwater and will not be allowed to go ashore, and will not harm anyone, killing three birds with one stone."

"Erdan, jump into the water and bury this spell six meters below the water."

"What?" I finally figured out Master's intentions as they were.

"Master, I'm not going to do it, I don't have such a play, last time I slept on the ghost bed and almost died, this time I let me go down to the river to fight the drowned ghost, Master, I'm still so young, I don't follow you everywhere all day to die, come, this is the vest you bought for me last time I went to the market, and I'll give it back to you" I said as I took off my sweaty vest and threw it to Master.

"I don't want the salary either, you go back to the village and expel me from the division as soon as possible, just let me be a second-rate bachelor for the rest of my life."

I ran away while this crazy old man was not crazy, isn't this obvious? I'm stupid, the drowned ghost wants to return to the yang, I want to find a body, I jumped into the water and didn't it matter to him, he drowned me, stepped on my soul and went ashore, went to reincarnation, the town middle school is not haunted, everyone is happy, put my second egg in the head! It's a shame that you, a stupid old man, can come up with it, Lao Tzu won't do it, and he won't do anything anymore!

I hadn't walked a few steps when I heard Master's laughter, and when I looked back, it looked like the drowned ghost was on top, eerie, and the laughter was still echoing on the surface of the lake! When Master saw me turn around, he ignored me, but began to take off his clothes, and then jumped into the water with a 'plop'.

"Master, don't do anything stupid!" I ran back to the lake and watched the ripples on the surface of the lake get farther and farther away, and the water gurgled and bubbled up!

"Master, why are you so stupid? Is it worth this, dive six meters underwater, what if the drowned ghost corpse catches you! "I lay in the middle of the rocks and cried!

After a while, the waves in the water were rising, the water surface was churning, and a large number of bubbles were surging. Master, this is from the underwater ghost fighting! Unexpectedly, the master was about to surface on the surface, and the master jumped out of the water with a fish, so happy!

"Hey, I haven't dived underwater like this in years! Cool! , come, second egg, come and pull me up" What I don't understand is that the master is not only not angry with me, but his face is full of laughter!

I carefully pulled Master ashore and remained silent, because what I just said left me without any leeway, and whether Master recognized me as an apprentice or not was his business, and I couldn't make any decisions! All I can say is that I'm quitting!

"Erdan, Erdan, you are just cautious, dreaming of getting rich all day long, trying to find women everywhere, don't you want to think about things that the master is not sure of, can let you go on an adventure?"

"No, Master, I don't think it's worth it, your old man is still playing with his life so much when he is old, besides, this is fighting ghosts on the shore, and there are still some opportunities to escape, running there under this water, going down is to die"

"Hey, didn't you come up alive as a teacher"

"This" I no longer spoke, but wanted to help Master get dressed!

"Don't be busy, it's not over yet, one of the four directions of this reservoir has just been completed, I just buried the north side underwater, and the south, west, and east sides! If you don't control these four directions, it's hard to ensure that this sleepy ghost charm can be foolproof! Master coughed a few times and spit out a lot of saliva, and I felt a little distressed when I saw it.

"Master, the remaining three directions, I'll come!" I don't know where the courage came again, as the saying goes, one day is a teacher and a father for life, so that this old man who is over half a hundred years old keeps going into the water, and his life is worried! Even if he really doesn't want me as an apprentice in the future, let me be the last time my apprentice will be filial to the master!

I picked up Master's clothes and helped him get them dressed, then I pulled out the rest of the charms and looked for the next direction, we went from north to west, then south, then east, and finally we were done! These three directions are the most difficult to complete, because these three directions are rarely visited, and it is like being at the top of a mountain, and the embankment on the shore is covered with moss, and if you are not careful, you will slide into the water, and no matter how good the water is, it is not easy to land! Fortunately, I am young, my body is more flexible, like that loach, as long as the master gives me the correct direction, I do not hesitate to jump in, I just discovered a truth, when people are in a state of adventure, it is often easier to make decisions than usual, as long as the foot stamps on the heart, everything can be done!

When Master and I completed this series of events around the Tangcun Reservoir, it was already dusk, and it had been almost six hours in retrospect, if it wasn't for the long summer, I would have been afraid that it would have been dark early, and finally buried the spell in the east direction, I climbed ashore and was already shivering from the cold, my lips could be seen to be purple, it seemed to be hot, but it was very cold six meters underwater, fortunately I was young and vigorous, if Master had been in the reservoir earlier!

Master looked at me and hugged me tightly in his arms, and I asked with a trembling voice, "Master, is this all right?"

Facing the sunset, Master looked at me earnestly and said:

"I'm sure to keep those drowned ghosts under water for 10 years, and that there will be no more drowning here, and no more haunted schools in those 10 years."

"Master, what about ten years from now?"

"Ten years from now?" Master sighed:

"The knots always have to be untied, and after ten years, you can only meet people who are destined to be profound, and now you can only do these things as a teacher."

After that day, Master and I walked away very simply, but I didn't expect that this trip would bury more than ten years of grievances! Heavenly calamity, how can people determine it?

Afterwards, on the way home, I asked Master with a little doubt, how would I record this trip? Master just said lightly, keep it in mind!

I knew in my heart that this trip had not completely solved the drowning ghost, and the problem was still unresolved, and there was no way to record this ghost-hunting note, of course, even if I was not honorable!

In the days that followed, I always shuddered at the few words I had with Master: "I dare to make sure that those drowned ghosts are trapped under this water for ten years, and that no more people will drown here and no more haunted schools during these ten years."

"Master, what about ten years from now?"

"Ten years from now?" Master sighed:

"The knots always have to be untied, and after ten years, you can only meet people who are destined to be profound, and now you can only do these things as a teacher."

Why do I tremble because of this, because I always feel that I am the person who is destined for the profound Taoism, and every time I think of this, I have the heart to seek death, Nima, this is a moment of incomparably powerful time bomb planted by Master beside me!