All thirty-two water ghosts surfaced. Affected by the Yin Dish, they had all lost the ability to resist.
Uncle Yu controlled the boat while my master and I began continuously hauling the water ghosts out of the river.
One, two, three, four...
It went unbelievably smoothly.
Although two still had not shown themselves, collecting these thirty-two first was fine.
Before long, we had collected around twenty of them.
The boat was already crammed full of ghosts.
Though they had human builds and shapes, ghosts had no physical bodies, so there was still room if we squeezed them together.
As a result, the Heavenly Eye's view was rather bizarre.
More than a dozen ghosts were packed into the cramped cabin, and they had no weight.
They formed one huge mass like a ball of flesh, with arms, heads, and hands all tangled together in a chaotic mess.
At that moment, I collected another water ghost.
I shoved it straight into the crowd of ghosts. They neither moved nor reacted.
But the river began to churn at that moment.
The boat suddenly rocked, and I nearly lost my footing.
Uncle Yu hurriedly steadied the boat from the rear, while my master's expression darkened on the deck as he shouted,
"Not good! The remaining ghosts are causing trouble. Xiao Jiang, speed up the ghost collection!"
Hearing that, I looked toward the river's surface.
The calm waters of the Inner Bay River suddenly surged, raising wave after wave of turbulent swells.
The sound of rushing water rang out.
The dazed water ghosts in the river clearly looked as though they were about to wake up.
I raised the Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud Sword, extended my Tong Ghost Hand, grabbed another water ghost by the head, and hauled it aboard.
My master hooked up another one