The shadow continued to extend, and the originally dark shadow began to fade. Even if I put my finger down again, it would only slow down the speed of the shadow fading.

I had no choice but to follow the shadow and walk towards Third Uncle and others.

Ten seconds later, the shadow finally covered the first person's feet.

I didn't know this person, but the moment the shadow covered him, he fell directly to the ground, crying and thanking him.

Because he had regained his mind before, he did not yell because of the weirdness in front of him.

"Follow me."

I said something and continued to move with the shadow. When all the dozen or so people present were covered, the shadow stopped.

Everyone stood in a row, trying their best to stay away from the river outside the shadow.

The third uncle was the calmest among them. Amid the angry gazes of the others, he stepped on the edge of the shadow and kept approaching me, standing next to me.

Other villagers followed suit. When other people knew that they knew me, they could only be angry and dare not say anything. They silently moved their positions to make room.

"Xiaolong, third uncle has caused trouble for you."

The third uncle's face was full of shame.

Indeed, because of him, I have been exposed to two supernatural events in a short period of time. I even doubted whether he was deliberately trying to harm me.

But if you think about it carefully, you can't blame him for either of these things.

I shook my head: "The most important thing is to go out now. Third uncle, do you still have any scented wax paper candles with you?"

I don't expect him or other villagers to have these things, I just ask just in case.

Fragrant wax paper candles are no less than magical weapons for bone collectors. Many methods require these common sacrificial items to be used.

However, as soon as I finished speaking, my third uncle took out a handful of wet paper money from his trouser pocket.

"Yes, we had some accidents before, so we put some on our bodies, but they got wet with water, so I don't know if they can still be used."

Before I took it, the water seeping from the paper money fell from my fingers.

Looking at the paper money that was already in shape, the corner of my mouth twitched.

These paper moneys were useless and could not be used, but to my surprise, there were two white candles as thick as little fingers among them.

This kind of small candle is usually used to honor the land of mountain gods, or to the neighbors of the deceased.

Although the white candle was also wet, it could still be lit.

"Everyone, try to stay as close as possible, Third Uncle. After I light it, you can recite the earth-opening mantra."

I asked a villager to hold a white candle and I took out a lighter with my free hand.

The lighter was lit on the white candle for a long time. After the water dried, the white candle finally lit up with difficulty.

"Holy God!"

I shouted and glanced at my third uncle.

The third uncle's melodious chanting sounded: "The land here is the most spiritual. It reaches the sky and the earth, and goes in and out of the netherworld."

When you hold a summons for me, you must not stay any longer. On the day of merit, you will report it to the Supreme Being."

I don't know if there is a land of gods in this world. This "Earth-Opening Spell" is just using the unique rhythm and white candle to let the earth's energy respond and gather the earth's energy, so that it can be used by the bone picker.

As a bone picker who is very sensitive to earth energy, I can still feel the earth energy gathering even if I am covered by river water full of yin energy.

More and more earth energy began to dispel the resentful Yin energy in the river.

The river water, which had remained calm even during Liu Chang's attack, began to boil like boiling water.

Liu Chang seemed to sense the danger and began to shrink his shadow.

Everyone knew that it was the shadow under their feet that saved them. When they saw the shadow shrinking, they were so frightened that they quickly moved closer to me.

One of the thin men jumped directly into the arms of the strong man next to him.

The shadow that had just shrunk to his feet shrank again.

The thin man had no place to stand. The strong man wanted to throw him away, but I stopped him with my eyes. I could only hold the thin man in my arms with a sad face.

"Everyone, hang on." Third Uncle comforted him and lowered his voice and said to me, "Xiaolong, what happens next?"

"The earth's energy will automatically converge to places where there is Yin energy. All we need to do is walk in the opposite direction and follow closely."

I waited for three seconds to give everyone time to react, and then walked towards the place where the ground air was thin.

A group of people did not dare to delay and hurriedly followed, keeping the same pace for safety, just like children playing a game.

It was a very funny scene, but no one could laugh.

As we move, the river water is slowly pushed away by the shadow.

This seemed to consume more of the shadow's power, and the shadow began to fade.

After walking about a hundred meters, I was feeling the changes in the earth's atmosphere, when I heard an exclamation from behind me.

Looking back, I saw that the person walking at the end accidentally stepped out of the shadow with his heel and stepped into the river.

"Save me, please step back a little and save me."

Everyone looked at me.

At this moment, a person in front of him suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed the person.

The man stumbled and fell backwards, waving his hands wildly and grabbing the clothes of the man in front of him.

The people in front simply bent down and took off their clothes.

The sound of falling into the water was heard, and the man holding the clothes fell into the river with a look of despair.

In an instant, countless pale hands stretched out from the river and grabbed the man directly into the river water, which was not large enough to submerge a person, without even a bubble emerging.

The person who took off his clothes was also frightened. He Nuonuo explained: "The shadow is getting lighter and lighter. With one less person, we can hold on a little longer. You see, the shadow has shrunk a little now. Is it getting thicker?"

His words caused people who had not noticed the change in the shadow to look down at the shadow, with a look of fear on their faces.

The shadow is definitely shrinking slowly, and the color is getting darker.

My face darkened: "You are right, then when the shadow fades again, I will throw you out."

Hearing my words, the man suddenly became anxious: "Why, I threw him because his feet had already stepped outside the shadow. In such a dangerous situation, we can't waste time to save him."

I stared at him for three seconds, nodded and said, "That makes sense, so now that you are accidentally standing outside the shadow, I don't have to save you."

The man was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head.

He saw the shadow shrink forward suddenly, causing his feet to step directly into the river water.

The pale palms that disappeared just now appeared again, grabbing his feet and pulling them down.

The man had no time to react, and half of his body was pulled into the river: "Help, help me..."

As the river water poured into his mouth, his voice became muffled.

After he completely disappeared, I said, "I want to save everyone, but everyone has to be obedient and not be someone I don't like."

The others nodded repeatedly, and the color on their faces was comparable to the hands stretched out from the river.

"Okay, keep walking."

I waved my hand and moved forward again.

Because the earth energy gathered by the earth curse is slowly dissipating, it is no longer distinguishable.

I had to seize the time to find this ghost's weak point and leave before the white candle burned out.


Chapter completed!