Looking at the black fish demon that muddied the lake water and fled away, Li Xiuyuan's face was calm, but a bit helpless.
Tieshan next to him opened his eyes wide and showed a look of surprise.
"Young Master, what a big black fish"
Li Xiuyuan said: "What black fish? That is the black fish demon. It is the thing that makes waves in this big lake. Just now this beast saw me standing by the lake and wanted to rush over and kill me. This monster is very courageous, in broad daylight.
Now, as a water monster, I want to go ashore and kill people. It seems that it can live unscrupulously in this big lake."
"Unfortunately, this lake is too big. I shot the black fish demon out of one eye again today. I'm afraid he won't dare to show his face in the next few days."
With such a large lake as a shelter, it's no wonder that the old man who gave the small pole a bronze mirror couldn't do anything.
So why not myself?
The black fish demon will not come ashore, and it is impossible for him to go to the lake to fight the black fish demon.
This black fish monster hurt me. Once it eats my own flesh and blood, it will immediately increase its spiritual power, and it will be even more difficult to deal with it.
"Master, if there is such a black fish demon hiding in such a big lake, how can we get rid of it?"
Tieshan thought about it but couldn't think of it: "Even if you use a net to fish, it is impossible to catch the black fish in such a big lake. Even if you catch it, with the strength of the black fish, it is estimated that it can break free."
The fishing nets will capsize the fishing boats, and another life will probably be lost."
"You're right. We can't be the opponent of the black fish demon in the lake, so we have to find someone to help." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Looking for someone? Master, we are the only ones here, and even the villagers here are probably no match for this water demon." Tieshan said worriedly.
"I didn't say I wanted to find villagers from Dahu Village." Li Xiuyuan said.
Tieshan looked puzzled, but didn't ask any more questions.
Soon, the two left the lake and returned to Taihu Village.
"Old village chief, may I ask if you have pens, inks, paper and inkstones in this village? Can you lend them to me?" Li Xiuyuan came to the home of the village chief, Old Man Luo, saluted, and then said straight to the point.
Old Man Luo was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and said: "Yes, yes, there are pens, ink, paper and inkstones. They are placed in the ancestral hall in the village. If Mr. Li wants to use them, I will have them fetched for you right now."
Li Xiuyuan wanted to eliminate demons from Dahu Village, so the old village chief naturally responded to his request.
Immediately, he sent a villager to fetch pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the ancestral hall.
The pen and inkstone are quite old. The barrel of the pen is extremely oily due to years of use. The paper is also rough and yellowed, and it's also a bit tattered.
Obviously, the living conditions of the villagers in Dahu Village are very difficult, and the whole village cannot get a decent set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"It makes Mr. Li laugh. There is only this set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the village." Old Man Luo blushed and felt a little embarrassed.
"Nothing, as long as you can write." Li Xiuyuan smiled and didn't care.
"By the way, can the old village chief help me with anything else?"
Old Man Luo said: "Master Li, please tell me, I will definitely help you if I can."
"Then please ask the old village chief to mobilize a few villagers, set up a table and an incense burner in front of the lake, and get some tributes." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Master Li, are you going to sacrifice?" Old Man Luo asked, and then said: "This method has been tried before, but it doesn't work. People in our village have sacrificed no less than five times, and both cattle and sheep have gone.
But the water demon still made trouble after eating the sacrifice."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "No, I am not offering sacrifices, but asking gods to slay demons."
He wanted to get rid of the demons in this big lake with his own strength, but he couldn't do it. Although he was already practicing Taoism, he couldn't even get out of his body. The last time he did it was with the help of his master.
, and at the moment, I don’t have much magic power or Taoism, nor am I proficient in Taoism or Taoism.
Now the only option is to invite the gods from heaven to slay the monsters.
Hope everything goes well and works.
"Okay, okay, Mr. Li, wait a minute, I'll go and do it now." When Old Man Luo heard that he was going to ask the gods to slay demons, he immediately became energetic and excited. He immediately went out and went to greet the villagers to start preparations.
To offer sacrifices and invite gods.
"Young master, these invitations to gods and monsters are all done by those liars who pretend to be great gods. How can we invite the true god?" Tieshan waited for the old village chief to leave and said with some embarrassment: "What if we can't invite the true god by then?"
But what to do..."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "I have to try anything. If I can't invite the true god, I can only try other methods."
"Okay, you all go and get ready. I'm going to write a memorial."
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand to signal Tieshan and others to leave, while he spread out the paper, sharpened the ink, and twisted the pen, preparing to write an invitation to the gods.
There are certain things to pay attention to when praying to a god. You cannot write it randomly. You need to write down which true god you want to invite, why, and so on.
I have learned it before.
"The day is auspicious and the time is good, the heaven and the earth are open, the intention is to burn incense, the incense is heavy, God will come... Li Xiuyuan of Guobei County, I have an invitation today..." After thinking for a while, Li Xiuyuan wrote again: "Invitation
General Jiutian Lei Gong, subjugating demons in the lower realm..."
He did not choose to invite a more noble god, but a mid-level god of thunder.
There are two reasons for this. One is that it is difficult to invite a great god, and the cost is high. Isn’t there a saying that it is easier to invite a god than to send him away?
Second, you may not be able to invite them.
There are traces of Thunder God everywhere in this Liaozhai world, but there are no traces of those great gods. If I write a memorial letter but cannot be invited, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
The pen moved like a dragon, and soon a memorial text was written.
Li Xiuyuan looked at it and felt that something was missing. He immediately shook his head and put the written memorial text aside. Then he bit his finger and mixed the blood into the thick ink, and then wrote it again.
"I hope it will be useful." He thought to himself.
There are two sacrificial inscriptions, one is stained with his blood and the other is not.
After he finished writing, a guard came over and said, "Young Master, everything for the sacrifice has been prepared. We are just waiting for you."
"Okay, I understand, I'll come."
Li Xiuyuan put away the two memorial articles and walked towards the lake.
At this time, the villagers of Dahu Village were already waiting by the lake. Men, women, old and young, large and small, all gathered together.
When the old village chief, Mr. Luo, saw Li Xiuyuan striding towards him, he immediately became excited and expectant.
"Mr. Li, do you think these arrangements are okay?" the old village chief said with embarrassment as he looked at the somewhat crude altar.
Li Xiuyuan took a look, and found that it was indeed a bit crude, and there were not many sacrifices. There were only some dried fish, rice, bacon and the like, and not a single melon or fruit.
"It doesn't matter, these are enough." He said.
However, according to his master, the sacrifices to the gods must be generous, so that the gods will not be slow to treat them when they come. If the sacrifices are simple, they may make the gods angry and cause trouble.
But the villagers of Dahu Village only have this condition at the moment, and they can figure out the rest by themselves.
The most important thing right now is to invite God here first.
If you can't even invite God, then everything you say now is too much.
Sprinkle water to cover the dust and burn incense to offer sacrifices.
Everything is going step by step.
Some villagers are already clasping their hands in prayer, hoping that this time they can invite the gods from the sky to kill the water demon in the lake.
Tieshan and other guards also stood on the left and right with swords in their hands, looking serious and unsmiling, so as not to ruin the sacrifice this time.