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Seeing Ji Yuan's familiar appearance, this young man is a bit cautious, after all, this man in front of him is very knowledgeable, and he even has a jade hairpin pinned to his head.

"Then, sir, go with me. In fact, you don't have to worry about anything. Although life is hard these days, the nearby fishing villages are still very hospitable, especially if you are a scholar?"

Ji Yuan walked forward together with the young man, nodded in response.

"Naturally, he has read the book. You can rest assured that you say that. By the way, you haven't asked the little brother Gao's name yet?"

The young man was not used to Ji Yuan's way of asking for advice, so he scratched his head to answer again.

"Mr. Da, don't say that. My name is Gao, I'm called Liang Pingle."

"Oh, little brother Liang, be safe and happy, your parents and seniors have chosen a good name for you with a good meaning!"

Ji Yuan said something with a smile, which also made Liang Pingle smile. This name was given by his grandfather. It is very happy to be recognized by a learned scholar.

After a brief exchange, Ji Yuan had a little understanding of Liang Pingle, but now his eyes were looking at the village in the distance.

"Little brother Liang, can you talk to Ji, you want to exorcise evil spirits, what kind of evil are you expelling? Ji has traveled to many places, and I really like to hear these anecdotes."

Now that Liang Pingle and Ji Yuan were walking together to talk, he gradually relaxed, and even felt a sense of honor talking to a learned person. When he heard Ji Yuan's question, it was not a taboo anyway, so he confessed everything.

"Sir, you don't know that the villages near the sea here are full of fishermen. Fishers, especially those who fish along the coast, one of the advantages is that the taxation is not as heavy as that of farmland, so we coastal fishermen can still get by. , but since the end of last year, it has been difficult to catch good fish in offshore waters.”

"What do you mean? Could it be that the fish have been caught?"

Ji Yuan just asked casually.

"The sea is boundless, and there are endless fish, shrimps and crabs in the sea. How can it be possible to catch them all? At most, there will be fewer fish when the tide is wrong. How can you never catch fish?"

"Too."

Ji Yuan agreed, with the technology and number of people in these fishing villages, it is naturally impossible to exhaust all the fishery resources in a sea.

"So you suspect something evil?"

"Sir, you are right on the point. The folks in the coastal towns all over the country think so, and they have long thought about inviting a mage to take a look. In the end, they invited several mages to come, but they didn't see anything. Worship the sky and the earth It's useless to sacrifice to ghosts and gods."

Ji Yuan didn't stop on his feet, but turned his head to look at Liang Pingle.

"Since you know it's useless, why are you working so hard this time?"

"Isn't this a problem that hasn't been resolved? The government doesn't care about it. When the elders of several villages think together, they wonder if the mage they hired is not strong enough. Even if there is Dingfeng Island, there is still a long way to go. It’s not the end of the year, everyone gritted their teeth, and every household in many villages pooled their money and invited the most powerful mages to come over, and the mana power is by no means comparable to those before!”

Ji Yuan nodded with a slight surprise on his face.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Gathering people to make people popular, this mage does have some skills."

"Hey sir, do you understand this too?"

"I have traveled to many places, and I have seen many similar scenes. The most lively one had hundreds of mages jumping around together. It was very beautiful."

Ji Yuan thought about the Water and Land Ceremony back then, and answered casually.

"Oh, that's how it is!"

Liang Pingle imagined the scene that Ji Yuan was talking about, and felt that it was indeed very lively. Just as he was thinking, there were footsteps approaching quickly, and several men also turned from the side of the road, and greeted Liang Pingle when they saw Liang Pingle.

"Hey, Xiao Liang, you're here too, who is this next to me, I haven't seen it before!"

"Brother-in-law! This is not every household in the village has a male. I also want to come and see. My father will arrive in a while. Oh, by the way, this is my new Mr. Big, a man A learned person, who came from far away, has seen similar scenes."

Ji Yuan cupped his hands towards the visitors.

"I'm thinking of fate, I wandered here, and I want to watch the rituals here together."

The identity of a scholar is still very useful, especially for someone like Ji Yuan who is well-founded and generous. You can't tell how old he is from his appearance, but at least he is definitely not young.

The people around didn't dare to be negligent, so they quickly returned the gift and invited Ji Yuan to go with him again.

This is not something shameful, and the mage also said that it would be better if there is help such as official atmosphere and cultural atmosphere.

The man who greeted Liang Pingle was named Zhang Fu, and he was much more talkative than Liang Pingle. He used to ask Liang Pingle to answer, but now it was Zhang Fu's turn to talk without saying anything.

Even Dingfeng Island, which Ji Yuan wanted to ask by the way, made it clear, and it was exactly as he thought, it was the small island where he practiced before. It was originally called Shanjianzi Island, but now the fishermen around him call it Dingfeng Island.

The rest of the road is not long, and soon a group of people entered Pianwan Village together. A large area has been cleared on the sand field in front of the village. There are loud gongs and drums inside, and there are several piles of firewood piled up. It should be the main point at night. Great bonfire.

Ji Yuan looked from a distance, although his vision was blurred, he could still see that there were many people circling around the battlefield, shouting a few words with the leader from time to time, whenever this time, the sound of gongs and drums would be loud.

"People from all over the country~~~~ Gather here to raise yang energy~~~~"

"Rising Yang Qi~~~"

"Rising Yang Qi~~~"

...

Ji Yuan stared blankly for a while, then turned around to find Liang Pingle and Zhang Fu, who had also received some red cloth strips from the village woman nearby.

"Uh, is there any reason for their action?"

Zhang Fu handed a red cloth strip to Ji Yuan who looked puzzled.

"Sir, the sorcerer said that if you tie this red cloth around your arm, you will be able to prevent the evil spirits from rushing. The people over there are all tied up, and the same is true on the battlefield. Now they are on fire."

"Yang Yang Huo? Was that what the mage said?"

New word, Ji Yuan has never heard of it.

"Yeah, I've been on fire for the past two days. I had a feast for thousands of people tomorrow. I started to set up a torch array in the evening. I chased away the evil spirits along the coast with a long line, and I was able to drive out the evil spirits that frightened the fish! After a while, the moon fish Just come back!"

Zhang Fu said with excitement on his face.

Ji Yuan looked stunned, and nodded to echo the excitement of others.

"Oh... I've learned a lot, so it's like this!"

"Hey, sir, although he is a learned person, he must not know much about this kind of thing. We invited a well-known and powerful mage in the east of Dongtao Dao, so there is no demon that he can't beat!"

Ji Yuan couldn't help laughing.

"It's about getting to know each other!"

"Don't talk, don't talk, sir, tie the red rope quickly, and go to Chaoyanghuo with us! The more people, the better!"

Ji Yuan looked at the red cloth in his hand, then at Zhang Fu, Liang Pingle and others who had already tied their arms.

"I have to tie it too? Since it's a red cloth to prevent the impact, it should be fine for me to hold it in my hand, right?"

"This, the mage didn't say that."

"It's okay if you don't say it's impossible, so Ji can take it. By the way, the mage is also there, right?"

Ji Yuan quickly settled the matter.

"Naturally."

"Then let's go!"

If you want to eat a feast for thousands of people, of course you have to do as the Romans do, and this is actually quite interesting, so it's a pastime, so I went to the battlefield with Zhang Fu and others, and quickly walked into the crowd.

It's just that Ji Yuan just walked around without shouting, and followed the team to the firewood pile, and saw the famous great mage.

Wearing a large red and yellow robe, painted with yin and yang Pisces and gossip, and various cloud pattern decorations, a high crown dotted with pearls on the top of the head, a sword on the back, a whisk to hold Shaking it around in the hand, it looks like that.

Somewhat unexpectedly, this mage actually had aura and mana circulating in him, although it was the so-called "miscellaneous mana", that is, the mana that could not be rectified, and was refined by meditating on the fire in the heart.

Ji Yuan's demeanor and clothes are not too eye-catching among fishermen, many fishermen are looking at him, even the sorcerer also saw Ji Yuan.

Seeing Ji Yuan smiling and nodding to him, the sorcerer was stunned for a moment, and although he kept whisking his hands, he also nodded towards Ji Yuan in response.

This irritating fire lasted until nightfall, fortunately he didn't have to leave all the time, Ji Yuan just walked around a few times, and came out with Zhang Fu and others.

Bonfires have been lit on the seaside beach, and people from other villages who came to participate in the "Yangyang Fire" went back one after another, waiting for the feast of thousands of people and the torch array tomorrow evening.

On the contrary, Zhang Fu, Liang Pingle, and later Liang's father did not leave. Zhang Fu was originally from Pianwan Village. Also stayed in the Zhang family.

The hosts were taro rice, steamed salted fish, and a vegetable soup. The two families were afraid that Ji Yuan, a learned person, would not be used to it, so they asked several times about taboos when they were cooking. When they saw Ji Yuan at the dinner table, they would Don't worry until it tastes delicious.

Surrounding fishing villages like Pianwan Village haven't had a single scholar for more than ten or twenty years. Now the head of the village can barely read, but it's far worse than Ji Yuan's. Both families regard Ji Yuan as a VIP.

In the middle of the night, Ji Yuan went out of the fishing village alone to the seaside, scanning the tide, at least he didn't see any evil spirits near Pianwan Village, but the sea is too secretive, so he couldn't say it accurately, he was going to wait for this time. After the farce is over, try to find a way to check it out, of course it is best not to enter the water.

The banquet for thousands of people on the second day was extremely lively. People from all villages brought some things to Pianwan Village. Very festive.

During the meal, Ji Yuan discovered that the anger of the people in Pianwan Village began to rise unprecedentedly, especially when nearly a thousand men lined up to receive the torches, it reached its peak.

This made Ji Yuan suddenly realize that the sorcerer he invited was indeed well-versed, and this change was naturally not the mana of the other party, but a kind of agitation like a psychological suggestion.

After so many ceremonial processes, eating and drinking enough to strengthen the courage of thousands of men, and raising the torches in the long dragon, the group of people got aura from the inner level, which is similar to the evil spirit of military force.

Ji Yuan also led the torch in the team, and the sorcerer was also at the front with the torch. At this moment, his voice was like thunder, making a loud noise.

"Everyone is ready to keep up, let's start~~~~Walk the long queue~~~~~~"

The next moment, the sorcerer took the lead in walking with a torch in his hand, starting from Pianwan Village and walking along the sea, a long dragon of torches swam along the seashore, engulfed in the burning anger of people.

Ji Yuan watched this scene in the middle of the line and muttered to himself.

"It's interesting! If you don't underestimate the people of the world!"