Chapter 32.
Late at night, Wang Duan was tying up a scarecrow.
Folding wood as bones, tying ropes as sinews, bundling straws and tying them into a human shape, and finally inserting bamboo poles to support it.
For the former handicraft expert, accomplishing this work was not difficult.
The scarecrow he tied was definitely more exquisite than the original owner’s.
Tying scarecrows was also considered a basic skill of a spiritual planting husband, and every year, he tied a few of them and inserted them in his family’s spiritual fields during the summer and winter harvests to drive away the birds that stole the ears of rice.
The effect is very spiritual.
In folklore, Cao Tou Xian, Huang Da Xian and Pan Liang Xian are known as the Three Immortals who protect the family.
One of them is the scarecrow.
After the bundling was completed, Wang Dust took out a dagger and cut his middle finger, applying blood to the scarecrow’s head.
At the same time, he silently recited the incantation, “Spirit of Heaven, Spirit of Earth, my straw head will soon manifest!”
The moment he finished reciting the incantation, he raised his hand and affixed a charm to ward off evil!
The purpose of smearing blood and casting the incantation was to endow the scarecrow with spirituality.
The talisman was affixed to avoid it being invaded by evil spirits.
Speaking of which, this talisman in Wang Chen’s hand was still a trophy from licking the bag.
He carried the scarecrow away from home and inserted it in the spiritual field.
The field rented by Wang Chuan was only ten acres, so it was enough to put a scarecrow on it.
When Wang Chen returned to the ridge, he suddenly felt that he was being watched by something.
He looked back and saw that under the bright moonlight, the scarecrow stood alone not far away, and the surrounding rice was rustled by the night wind.
Wang Chen gazed at it for a moment, then went home to rest.
Almost overnight, the spirit fields within the Yunyang Spirit Land area were inserted with countless scarecrows.
They were lonely and loyal guardians, standing at their posts under the blazing sun.
Day after day.
Once the birds from the mountains came near, they immediately fled desperately as if they had encountered a natural enemy.
No longer dare to hit the idea of rice ears.
At sunset and dusk, a group of children ran along the countryside.
They were all children of the neighboring farmers, chasing after each other on their homemade bamboo horses, with the clear sound of laughter scattered all the way down the road.
“Aaah!”
One of them, a three or four year old chubby kid, accidentally tripped over a lump of dirt on the ground.
He almost fell on his ass!
As he scrambled to get up, he saw a scarecrow standing beside the ridge on the side of the road.
This scarecrow is a little special, the owner of the family to weave it a straw hat to wear, and put on a worn coat, from a distance look very much like a real person.
The fat child looked interesting, did not pick up the bamboo horse on the ground, walked two steps to the front of the scarecrow.
He stood on his tiptoes and stretched out his chubby little hands covered in mud.
He wanted to pick the talisman paper pasted on the scarecrow’s face.
Splat!
It was at this time that a palm suddenly slapped over and heavily slapped on his hand.
The fat baby cried out in pain, “Wow~”
His hand was slapped red and swollen.
However, the beater didn’t have the slightest bit of pity or guilt, instead, he said viciously, “This is the Grass-Headed Immortal, if you reveal its town talisman, it will come to you at night and eat your flesh and drink your blood!”
“Sister ……”
The fat baby was so scared that he stopped crying and choked, “I’m afraid.”
“Now you know you’re afraid?”
The young lady who hit him “hummed” and said, “I saved your life, in the future, all your knocked rice candies have to be given to your sister in order to repay her for saving your life, understand?”
The fat baby nodded obediently with a sniffle, “Understood.”
“Good boy.”
The young sister took his hand and picked up the bamboo horse on the ground again, “Let’s go home.”
The scarecrow by the ridge silently watched the two siblings walk away.
As night fell, a light rain fell from the sky.
Although the rain soon stopped, the dark clouds did not dissipate, blocking the moon and plunging the land into darkness.
Then the wind picked up.
The wind rattled the rice paddies and blew up the talisman paper attached to the scarecrow’s face.
Boom!
Suddenly a thunderbolt flashed across the heavens and earth, and the instantaneous bloom of light illuminated the scarecrow.
The shadows behind it twisted and fluctuated violently.
After another long time, the dark clouds in the night sky quietly receded and the moon reoccupied the sky.
Stepping on the muddy path, Chen Si hurried towards his home.
It was already very late.
Normally at this time, Chen Si would have long been sleeping at home.
But today, he went to Yunshan City to buy something, and when he passed by Liu Chun Fang, his feet stepped into Qun Fang Pavilion without listening to his will, and he emptied his storage bag before getting out.
He left the city without hitching a ride on the carriage, and then came back very late.
Midway through the journey, he was also caught in the rain.
The frail Chen Si almost suffered from wind chill.
However, recalling the taste of the Acacia Sect’s female cultivator, Chen Si’s heart was still on fire at this time.
The ten pieces of Lower Spirit were really worth it!
Chen Si felt that he had lived the first half of his life in vain.
He had worked hard like an old cow planting the fields, and although he was a cultivator, there was not much difference between him and an ordinary farmer.
To be in love with a female cultivator of Acacia for half an eve was the true ascension to heaven and immortality!
Chen Si thought well, when the summer harvest earned him spiritual stones, he would go to Qunfang Pavilion once more.
The female cultivator of the Acacia Sect would not stay at the Qun Fang Pavilion for a long time, and once he missed it, it would be too late for him to regret it!
“Aaah!”
Without paying attention, his feet stumbled violently and he ended up flopping forward onto the ground.
Chen Si hurriedly leapt up.
Luckily, no one saw him in the dark, otherwise it would definitely be the joke of the year for a Qi Practicing Fourth Level cultivator to trip over a rock.
He had just stood still when he saw a scarecrow wearing a hat standing a few steps away!
Chen Si froze at once.
How did the scarecrow run into the middle of the road?
And this scarecrow’s face did not have an evil talisman on it?
Chen Si subconsciously felt that something was wrong.
He took a step back and pressed his right hand on the storage bag at his waist.
Although the bag had been emptied of spirit stones, there were still a few talismans in stock.
With a thought, Chen Si took out a talisman to ward off evil and squeezed it in his hand.
However, before he could make a move, a gust of cloudy wind blew by, and the scarecrow in front of him instantly disappeared.
The hairs on Chen Si’s entire body stood up abruptly.
Fear, grew in his heart!
Looking around, Chen Si did not even see any trace of the hooded scarecrow.
But with this road in front of him, he did not intend to continue walking.
It was too evil!
Licking his lips, Chen Si turned around violently, preparing to return the same way to a nearby friend’s house to borrow a room for the night.
However, the moment he turned around, he once again saw the scarecrow.
The other party was right behind him!
Chen Si’s eyes widened in disbelief, and he opened his mouth to scream.
A scarecrow rope pierced into his mouth like lightning, running through the back of his head without any stagnation.
Immediately afterward, more straw ropes pierced into Chen Si’s body.
Twisting him to death!
Crimson blood crawled sinuously along the straw rope.
Chen Si was not dead at this time.
But he was unable to call for help, nor did he have the slightest ability to resist.
He could only watch as his blood was sucked away by the scarecrow, spiraling into the boundless darkness.
After a long time, a hand made of woven straw picked up the Evil Warding Talisman that was floating down on the ground.
It stuck it on its forehead.
Then this scarecrow, whose appearance became even thicker, took one step into the rice field.
It stood still.