Master asked, "Oh? Which Suppressing Object do you mean?"
There's more than one? Xu Feng thought.
Now that the conversation had reached the point, Xu Feng sat up straighter. He sensed he was about to hear something useful.
Xu Feng knew little about Luoyin County.
But now that he had truly made a name for himself,
in barely a month,
he had learned about the Joyful Lord on the back mountain and the Charity Nunnery.
And today, he had heard about the Yellow River's Suppressing Objects.
Add the Corpse-Liberation Immortal beneath them and the Mysterious Womb Underground Palace,
and Xu Feng could only marvel.
This place truly had its share of remarkable people and powerful ground.
"The most troublesome one!" the Old Shopkeeper said.
"The Iron Ox in front of Fisherfolk Village?" Master asked. "How did this get tied to it?"
The Old Shopkeeper was at a loss too. He knew what had happened, but not why.
He could not answer Master's question.
Xu Feng seized the chance. "Master, Old Shopkeeper, are there many Suppressing Objects in our stretch of the Yellow River?"
"That's right," Master said. "Though 'many' makes it sound like more than the six there are.
Under the previous dynasty, this area was an important shipping route.
Thousands of boats passed through. With so many boats came plenty of trouble, and people often encountered spirits and ghosts. When that happened, the court's usual solution was to load a Suppressing Object onto a boat along with chickens, ducks, pigs, and geese, take it to the site of the incident, then have someone scuttle the boat.
Over time, six different Suppressing Objects were placed here. Together with the grand sacrifices to the River God, they suppressed the Water Ghosts below.
Back then, the authorities built the Great River God