I just want to be a middleman

After finding Chen Danan, we learned that every household here worships the water god Luo Qing. This is a rule passed down from their ancestors. Many years ago, Liushui Town suffered a flood, and the imperfect river management by the superiors caused the river embankment to collapse.

At that time, Luo Qing stepped forward. No one had seen her before. She saved the entire Liushui Town by herself, sorted out and strengthened the river channel, and finally sank into the river under the eyes of everyone.

Later, the residents of Liushui Town began to worship Luo Qing, and this has continued to this day. In the past, if there was any major event in Liushui Town, Luo Qing would appear in their dreams to tell the people in the town about his thoughts, but there has been no news of Luo Qing in recent decades.

This is also what Qian Duoduo can't get over. There is a water god to be worshipped, but the water god fails to protect his believers.

"Do you have an ancestral temple here? If so, let's go and take a look." Qian Duoduo suggested going to the ancestral temple to see if the water god is there.

Chen Danan led everyone to the ancestral hall. On the way there, Qi Chenjing walked up to Qian Duoduo and whispered to him, "Duoduo, have you noticed that the families of those who passed away are very calm and not particularly sad or heartbroken?"

"Indeed, this is a bit suspicious."

"Also, I feel like the victims' families don't want us to find the murderer. The Mission Hall file says it's haunted... What do you think?"

"What you said makes sense. I don't think it's haunted at the moment. How about we open our eyes?" Cultivators who have reached the Nascent Soul stage can see ghosts, but everyone chooses not to open their eyes because otherwise it would be a bit...

Moreover, the aura of the cultivators is harmful to ghosts, so no one would be so blind as to show off in front of the cultivators. There are also ghost cultivators in the world of immortals, but they all cultivate in the underworld. When people die, their souls will be sent to the underworld and will not stay in the human world, except for some individual cases.

Qian Duoduo suggested opening his eyes. It was simple, but a little scary.

Before they could come to a conclusion, they arrived at the ancestral hall. Looking at the imposing gate, there were no stone lions at the door, but two coiled snakes. When they went inside, they could see a stone statue. This should be Luo Qing.

The two-meter-high stone statue is placed on the stage. It looks very loving, with kind eyes and a smile on its face as it looks forward.

In front of the statue was a large table with fresh fruits on it, and on both sides were two rows of lit lamps, with warm yellow wicks in small bowls.

Chen Danan picked up the incense and candles, lit them, and placed them under the stone statue, then kowtowed to the statue.

The stone statue has snakes coiled around its hair as decorations. Apart from that, there is nothing special about it. It seems that the true form of this water god should be a snake.

"Is there anyone here who comes to clean and change the lamps every day?" Qian Duoduo looked at the rows of lamps.

"These candles are only replaced every few days." Chen Danan answered truthfully.

"Okay, then you go and do your work first. We'll take a look around before going back." Qi Chenjing said to Chen Danan with a smile.

Chen Danan agreed, looking back every few steps as he left the ancestral hall. After they had gone far away, Yun Qifei looked back before walking back.

"Do you want to open your third eye for fun?"

“???” Si Lingwei looked at Qian Duoduo with wide eyes.

"What is the Heaven's Eye? It's not what I thought it was, is it?"

"It's what you were thinking of! Who will draw the talisman?" Qian Duoduo took out blank talisman paper and special pen and ink and placed them on the table at the side door of the ancestral hall.

"Let me do it." Zhong Ti stepped forward and with a few swishes, the talisman was ready. There was a flash of golden light when it was finished!

The talisman paper was distributed to everyone, and each person lit it with their spiritual energy and then attached it to their eyes. At first, it felt foggy, and then the world seemed to turn black. It took a while for it to return to normal.

There are three methods for opening the celestial eye. The first is to use willow leaves. Willow is the most yin, and is associated with the Five Ghosts. Wine, on the other hand, is yang. The interaction between the two is similar to the harmony of yin and yang. If the yin outweighs the yang, the wine becomes yin wine, suitable for consumption by ghosts and spirits. Salt is then added to the wine, and using the earth's energy (place the bowl on the ground), willow leaves are placed in the wine. One leaf is then placed on the forehead to temporarily block the yang fire. Afterwards, two willow leaves are used to wipe the eyes, briefly opening the celestial eye that connects yin and yang.

The second is cow's tears: There are cow-headed and horse-faced ghosts among the ghosts in the underworld, and animals such as cows, horses, cats, and dogs are born with the ability to see ghosts. Wipe cow's tears on the upper eyelids to allow the yin energy to enter the eyes, which can temporarily open the third eye.

(Note: This method should not be used too often, otherwise excessive Yin Qi will enter the body and turn the eyes into Yin eyes. Yin eyes have no vision except for evil things!)

The third talisman is the Taoist talisman, which cannot be driven without magic power (Qi). Even the talismans drawn by masters require Qi to be injected into the pen when drawing the talisman. It is useless to draw it yourself or print it out, so don't count on this method of Taoist talismans.

In the world of cultivating immortals, you can use spiritual energy to draw talismans, and you can use it to open the third eye. (The above methods are for your reference only and should not be attempted lightly.)

Qian Duoduo and his group opened their third eyes and looked around the ancestral hall. "Ah!!!!" Hearing Wang Xiao shouting in the backyard, everyone rushed to him to see what was happening.

"what!!!"

"what!!"

As soon as Qian Duoduo and Si Lingwei arrived, they saw several people screaming with their mouths still open, looking at the black shadow opposite, which was emitting black gas and surrounding them.

Although the people in the world of immortal cultivation are brave, they are not this bold. Why don't you clean yourself up first, put your head in order, and then we can get to know each other...

Don't scare the children...

It was quite scary to suddenly see someone playing with their head in their hands, especially since they were all children except Qian Duoduo. But Qian Duoduo was even more frightened. When he looked closely, he saw that their hands were clenched so tightly that their legs were trembling slightly.

Despite everyone pretending to be strong (broken version), Qi Chenjing still mustered up the courage to stand up and ask the shadowy figure, "Are you a resident of Liushui Town? Why are you here? What have you been through?"

Qian Duoduo could hear the people around him swallowing their saliva. The shadow lowered his head and said, "Finally, someone can see me. It's so boring these years. I don't even remember how I died, nor do I remember my own name."

There is no useful information, so let's go.

"Excuse me, we're leaving now." Si Lingwei pulled Qian Duoduo and started to walk out, and the others quickly followed. Looking at their steps, Qian Duoduo wanted to ask them if there was a ghost chasing them.

"No, play with me for a while before you leave." The shadow suddenly appeared in front of them. Was their energy too weak? Or was this ghost too strong? They approached Qian Duoduo without being harmed.

Qian Duoduo and the others fell silent for a moment, feeling as if the crows flying overhead had left some periods in their wake...

"Isn't it possible? Let's play together." The black shadow made another invitation.