"Wait wait, let me turn the fish over..."
A scholar saw that one side of the steamed fish in the dish had been eaten up, and hurried to turn the fish over, but the words he used made the boatman and his son extremely unhappy.
"What nonsense! It's to turn the fish over! It's 'right', my scholar, the word you said is unlucky for people who make a living on the water!"
The old boatman's tone of explanation was obviously a little unhappy, and the scholar immediately figured out the connection and hurriedly apologized.
"Hey, hey, look at my mouth, boatman, don't blame me, boatman, don't blame me, I don't understand the surface language, so I'll drink a glass of wine as a penalty!"
"Haha, you scholar, you are just greedy! Let me take the fish spine away, no need to move, just eat it like this."
There was constant noisy laughter in the cabin, mixed with the clear giggles of children. Occasionally, someone would eat fish too quickly and get a bone stuck in his throat, and the old boatman would come to the rescue with chopsticks.
The fisherman's rice wine was not too strong and tasted good. In addition, there were a lot of fish and meat to go with the wine tonight and it was also our first time meeting together, so we felt unsatisfied even after half an hour of eating.
"Dad, I need to go to the bathroom!"
At this moment, the young boatman felt a tightness in his lower abdomen and wanted to urinate.
"Go ahead, go ahead, just water it further away, okay?"
"Why!"
The young boatman agreed, put down his chopsticks, got up and left the cabin.
Although he drank a lot of rice wine, the alcohol content was not high. In addition, the young man had a good physique from working on the ship, so he did not feel dizzy when walking.
He stopped steadily by the mast, close to the side of the ship. After unbuckling his belt, his body relaxed and a line of water rushed into the river.
"Huh..."
I felt extremely relieved after releasing the water. However, when I was tying my belt, the young boatman suddenly mentioned the sound of water splashing on the other side of the boat. I turned my head to look and only saw ripples on the water on one side.
"Hua La La..."
The sound of water came again, this time from the bow.
The boatman nervously stood on tiptoe close to the bow and looked around, but still only saw ripples on the water and nothing else. He became a little scared and hurried back to the cabin.
The people inside were still eating and drinking, and the few who saw the young boatman looking unhappy ran back and were confused as to what was going on.
"Dad...it seems there is a water man..."
The young boatman lowered his voice and said to the old boatman, "When he was urinating just now, he seemed to feel that the splashes underwater beside the boat were too abnormal, which was very similar to some of the situations in the rumors."
The old boatman's expression suddenly became serious when he heard this. He looked at the others without saying anything, then walked out of the cabin grabbing a wine glass.
The others didn't understand what was going on, but the old man with his grandson seemed to have thought of something and pulled his grandson back to prevent him from going out to watch the fun.
In this world, there are knights at the top of the martial arts world who are looking for opportunities to make another breakthrough, and there are obsessed people who are looking for the immortal fate, but very few people have ever met gods and immortals. In fact, the strange and terrifying things about ghosts and monsters are not far away from the people.
Some people have even encountered it without realizing it, some people maintain enough reverence through word of mouth, and some people die inexplicably and no one knows about it.
To put it bluntly, it's just that they seek different things. Evil spirits covet human bodies, souls, flesh and yang energy, and ordinary people are very afraid of them; while mortals' pursuit of immortality and gods is ultimately biased towards selfish desires, and the direction of entanglement is reversed. Even if cultivators have desires, as those being sought, most of them cannot bring themselves to get involved.
Even the City God, not to mention his busy schedule, hears so many stories of greed, selfishness, and dirty deeds in the temple every year. He is so fed up with it and annoyed with it that no one would care about him unless it is necessary.
However, the time differences between the various parties are too great. Not to mention the immortal cultivators and gods, even the demons and monsters often practice for many years. In addition, the information is blocked. The world is so big, but few people know about it. Few things that happen are widely circulated, and even fewer can be traced after the event. Instead, some anecdotes and folk methods of the villagers are passed down orally.
In the area of Xiaoshun River and Chunmu River, people who have been sailing on boats for many years have more or less known about or even encountered strange things related to water. The so-called "Shui Gong" is a respectful name for water ghosts.
Although the other people in the black-sailed boat were a little confused at first, they vaguely understood something. They watched the old boatman walk to the side of the boat with the wine and pour the wine into the river.
"If you don't offend me, I won't offend you. I'll give you a glass of wine as a token of my respect. Lord Shui, please leave!"
He poured a glass of wine and muttered a few words. Although he couldn't see what was happening with his naked eyes, he seemed to see ripples on the water.
"Okay, let's continue eating. As long as we don't go into the water, there will be no problem. We can all go to the Chunmujiang River God Temple to worship later."
Although no one saw what happened just now, it gave some people goosebumps and they all went back to the cabin. Only Ji Yuan stood at the entrance of the black sail and squinted at the river.
A man like Li Daniu has strong qi, blood, and life fire. He can probably swim even if there is a water ghost. Ordinary water ghosts can't do anything to him. But if he can't swim, then if he encounters a water ghost, he will most likely drown at the bottom of the river even if he can be saved.
But Ji Yuan knew very well that the creature under the water was not a water monster, but a big greedy black carp.
"Haha, everyone else is relieving themselves by the side of the boat, why are you here asking for a drink?"
Ji Yuan said this with a smile, and ripples appeared on the water surface again. The big black carp underwater swam away.
"I wish all goblins were this cute!"
. . .
In the early morning, the passengers woke up to the occasional slight shaking of the boat and found that it was already dawn. Ji Yuan had been sitting quietly at the bow, while the old boatman woke up before dawn to set sail. He would have breakfast and then take a nap after his son took over.
Ji Yuan did not hold the book in his hand at this moment, but instead held another white jade sign in his sleeve, which was the fragment of the Binding God seal given by Qiu Feng.
The so-called magical method of restraining the mind has two meanings. One is that for the practitioner himself, it can concentrate the mind to assist in practice. The other meaning is even more powerful in Ji Yuan's view, which is that it can actually "restrain the mind".
In my previous life, I watched Journey to the West and when Sun Wukong asked, “Where is the old land god?”, the land god appeared to see him. This is the meaning of another level of the concept of restraining gods.
However, this kind of thing is also very taboo. People who have this ability must use it in combination with the actual situation and occasion. In short, if Ji Yuan really learns all the skills of Binding God now, and then stands on the boat and wants Chunmujiang River God to come and see him...
Yes, the ultimate act of seeking death was successful. It is estimated that Jiang Shen’s body was not affected at all. Instead, he became angry and a big wave hit Ji Yuan to death.
What are the occasions where it is really suitable
For example, some mountains, rivers, lakes, or some beautiful places often breed some magical beings. Through talent or acquired efforts, they have more or less connections with the earth veins and water veins. They are barely gods who have not been canonized, or small places where villagers worship, such as shrines and small land gods...
"Mr. Ji~~~Come and have some rice porridge!"
The young boatman shouted in the cabin, interrupting Ji Yuan's thoughts.
"coming!"
After a response, Ji Yuan also patted his butt and stood up to have breakfast together.
With a bowl of white porridge and a handful of black mustard greens on top, Ji Yuan walked outside the cabin again, holding the bowl and chopsticks. He stood there to help cool the porridge with the breeze, blowing on the surface of the bowl and scraping the porridge with chopsticks to eat. Even though the boat occasionally shook, his body remained stable.
With the help of the southeast wind, the small boat that Ji Yuan was on was slowly overtaking the large ship because of its light hull. At this moment, the two ships were only a dozen feet apart.
Many people on the building ship looked at the small boat and saw several passengers on the boat drinking porridge from bowls, while the people here were also looking at the big ship.
A young man in white was lying on the side of a ship, staring at the small boat on the river in a daze. He saw the man in gray standing against the wind and looking over here. If he was not holding a bowl, he would have formed a natural and harmonious scene with the boat and the river.