In fact, this idea didn't just pop up suddenly. When I found out that Nie Wei had set up the soul-seeking claw in the river, I had the idea of going down to the river to retrieve the soul-seeking claw.
However, I am afraid of water, that's one reason. The other reason is that the river is not short of water ghosts, so if I went down the river, I wouldn't stand a chance.
But this time, Wang Qian's father's soul was also captured by the soul-seeking claw, Nie Wei is indeed very cunning. Perhaps he already knew that I was dealing with him, and deliberately used the soul-seeking claw to capture Wang Qian's father's soul as a way to intimidate me.
But how could I let him have his way?
After hearing my words, all the water ghosts that had emerged with Long Lanxiang showed no expression on their faces, but from their bodies, I could sense shock and a kind of excitement.
Seeing them frozen, I suddenly said, "What are you all staring at? Why aren't you going yet?"
At this moment, a few water ghosts that emerged seemed to stare at me fixedly, then slowly submerged into the water, disappearing.
Fat Dumpling became a bit bolder this time, encountering these water ghosts and not being scared enough to wet his pants. But his face looked very unpleasant, "Duanmu, do you think they will listen to you? What if these water ghosts are tricking us and deliberately trying to harm you?"
I glanced at Fat Dumpling, shaking my head with no interest, "Do you think I'm stupid?"
"What do you mean?" Fat Dumpling stared with a look of confusion.
I said, "Just say if I'm stupid or not."
"Stupid, very stupid."
"I..." I almost bulged my eyes out, "How the hell do you always go off script? I was trying to tell you that I'm not stupid. Do you think they can harm me just because they want to?"
"Uh..." Fat Dumpling looked at me speechlessly.
Just then, there was a splash on the water, and Long Lanxiang suddenly emerged from the water, then reached out her soaked, pale hand to beckon me, "Come with me, I'll take you to find the soul-seeking claw."
"Duanmu." At this moment, Fat Dumpling suddenly grabbed my arm and shook his head, "You said you can't swim, so should I go instead?"
I silently looked at Fat Dumpling, patted his shoulder, gave a faint smile, and didn't answer, then splashed into the water.
I told others that I can't swim, but the truth is I can, and I'm not bad at it. Because when my parents drowned ten years ago, I always blamed myself and even thought it was my fault.
So for a while, I started to learn swimming with all my might.
However, even though I am good at swimming, I am really afraid of water. I have a kind of fear about water that I cannot shake off.
As soon as I jumped into the river, that feeling immediately appeared. This feeling made me very uncomfortable, feeling like there was something in the water pulling at my feet.
At this moment, Long Lanxiang was floating not far from me, with wet hair covering most of her face, and only one eye staring at me without blinking, "Hehe, I never thought you would dare to get in the water. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Hearing Long Lanxiang's words, I was not angry, although a little nervous, but instead smiled slightly, "You can rest assured, even in the water, I can guarantee that I can make you scared to death."
Long Lanxiang's eyes showed shock, looking at me for a long time, and finally with a gulp, she began to swim away: "You can rest assured, I have always said that, I never harm people. It's you, if you can really take away this Soul-Seeking Claw, I will be more than grateful."
Saying that, Long Lanxiang swam farther and farther away. Watching Long Lanxiang's figure, I suddenly touched my backpack and pulled out a soaked red rope, then divided the red rope into four parts, tying them around my waist, wrists, and forehead.
In doing so, I was actually securing my own soul, in case of that Soul-Seeking Claw. Because, I didn't know how powerful the Soul-Seeking Claw really was. If the power of the Soul-Seeking Claw was greater, it could even capture the soul of a living person.
So even as a member of the Taoist sect, I had to be cautious.
When I finished tying the red rope, Long Lanxiang finally stopped, showing only her head above the water, looking at me with a very indifferent and terrifying expression.
However, I was not afraid. Instead, I quickly swam towards her. When I reached Long Lanxiang, I asked, "Is the Soul-Seeking Claw down there?"
Long Lanxiang continued to stare at me, opening and closing her mouth, saying, "Ten meters under the water, but I can tell you, there is something guarding the Soul-Seeking Claw, even we dare not get too close to it. If you are attacked, we will not help you."
Hearing the words "help you," I couldn't help but laugh, "Forget it, as long as you don't harm me."
Saying that, I plunged straight into the water. I was somewhat worried at the depth of ten meters. This depth might exceed the normal person's tolerance limit. Diving to this depth would mean that I couldn't hold my breath, let alone do anything.
After diving into the water, I quickly descended to the depths while pulling out a plastic bag from my backpack. Inside the bag was filled with powdered herbs and ashes.
This was no ordinary powdered herb and ash, but was specially prepared by me, including toad blood, realgar, which would burn for no more than three hours.
What was the use of this powdered herb and ash? It was obviously used to deal with water ghosts. Water ghosts, as the name suggests, could be countered by fire. While water could extinguish fire, it was afraid of it as well. And the powdered herb and ash that burned for no more than three hours produced a very strong fire, and adding realgar and toad blood made it possible to contain the fire, giving the powdered herb and ash the power to suppress evil spirits.
As I took out the powdered herbs and ashes, I did not hesitate at all and directly opened the plastic bag, letting the powdered herbs and ashes enter the water. In an instant, the water became turbid.
But on the contrary, this made it a little clearer for me. Because the powdered herb and ash also had a strong adsorption effect, capable of removing impurities.
In the moment when the powdered herb and ash poured into the water, something suddenly stirred violently within my line of sight.
Wait a minute.
Originally, I was ready to continue diving, but upon seeing this scene, I stopped immediately. Because at this moment, I found that the thing stirring about was right under my feet.
So, I quickly pulled out a bronze coin to cover my eyes, and then chanted a spell: "Supreme Eye of the Underworld opens, the two realms of Yin and Yang are clear. No evil spirits can escape, all demons and monsters will reveal themselves."
With the Divine Eye open, the underwater world suddenly became clear.
I only saw that in the tangle of water plants, there was indeed something like a claw, motionless, pinned within the water plants. And in the center of the water plants, there were many babies lying there, tightly closing their eyes in sleep.
This is...
How can these be babies? They are objects that have been formed by the water plants absorbing too much yin energy.