Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 136 The Biggest Secret of Blood Food City! [Two-in-one monthly ticket request]

Something was strange about the chessboard, and Liu Bai didn't know what was going on, so he extinguished the life fire immediately.

And as the life fire went out, the abnormality on the chessboard appeared, no matter it was the black general that was manifested by him.

Or the red pawn who just spoke disappeared.

The entire chessboard returned to its previous ordinary appearance, and even the finger-sized copper pumpkin stuck on it fell off.

Soon, Situ Hong's voice came from the door.

"Sir, are you okay?"

"It's okay, don't worry." Liu Bai placed the chessboard on the table and looked at it carefully.

"Son..."

Situ Hong didn't leave and shouted again.

Liu Bai had no choice but to put away the chessboard with a wave of his hand, and then asked the shocked Xiaocao to open the door.

Situ Hong didn't come in either, but just poked her head out. Seeing that her young master was indeed fine, she felt relieved, smiled apologetically, then carefully closed the door and left.

My young master suddenly started a fire, so there must be something wrong.

So she was naturally worried because she didn't see anyone through the door just now.

After seeing him leave, after a while, Liu Bai took out the palm-sized chessboard and the small copper pumpkin from Xumi again.

So, these two things are actually one and the same?

At that time, this small pumpkin was found from a mountain herder on a narrow path in the old woods. The mountain herder also said at the time that he came down from Mount Xian.

As for this chessboard...it is on the bank of the Shenqian River, which is certainly not Mount Dan.

"Xiaocao, do you know this thing?" Liu Bai asked.

Xiao Cao shook his head and said, "I don't know. I've never seen this thing before, but it's so magical. The chess pieces on it can actually talk."

“It’s a bit strange indeed.”

Moreover, the red soldier just now actually said that after such a long time, a new person actually came. The new person he mentioned must be himself.

"Master, put this little pumpkin on it quickly. Let's study this thing. It's really new!"

Xiaocao jumped to the other side and pushed Liu Bai's left hand, wanting him to put the small pumpkin back on the boundary river.

"No hurry, wait for me."

After Liu Bai finished speaking, his mind sank into Xumi again, and he quickly took out a mask from it.

He looks roughly like a big bearded man with eyes wide open, looking extremely scary.

This thing is also an old item. It is from the Situ family's treasure house and is now stored in Liu Bai's Xumi.

Its general effect is that after wearing it, you will become a different person in the eyes of ghosts and can even scare ghosts.

Basically, all the ghosts below the size of a ghost shadow will run away when they see this thing.

It is a rare and good thing, so Liu Bai took it.

"Okay, but don't make any noise for a while. If you want to speak, just say it in my mind."

"Okay! Xiaocao knows. Xiaocao is not stupid. Sir, there is no need to give me such detailed instructions."

Xiaocao was still talking, but Liu Bai had already put the little pumpkin on it.

The two were like a piece of iron meeting a magnet; with a slight "snap" sound, the two were instantly stuck together.

Immediately afterwards, before Liu Bai had time to light the life fire, the chess piece "Red Pawn" had already appeared on the chessboard, still in the same old position.

That slightly magnetic voice sounded again.

"What about people?"

"Why are you so cowardly that you just run away without saying a word?"

"What a waste! I thought I would have someone to chat with me."

Upon hearing this, Liu Bai put the mask in his hand on his face, feeling it was cold. Then he opened his mouth and a rough voice rang out.

"Grandpa, I'm here!"

After the voice was heard, the red soldier did not answer.

"Uh, young master, it seems that you need to be very angry before you can speak." Xiao Cao said in Liu Bai's mind: "And young master, you are so ugly. If you become this ugly when you grow up, the queen will not want you."

What Xiaocao said made sense. Liu Bai's heart moved and the fire of life was ignited again.

There was no need for him to urge it. The chessboard automatically absorbed the life fire from his body. Then the "black general" chess piece that seemed to symbolize Liu Bai's identity appeared on the chessboard again.

It's still the same position as before.

This time, Hong Zu spoke again, his words were gentle and his voice was pleasant, "I thought you really ran away and didn't even dare to show up."

Liu Bai opened his mouth, and the rough voice behind the mask rang out, "I'm going to run away? Ha, what a joke!"

"What is this thing, and who are you? Tell me quickly!"

Liu Bai's words were very aggressive, but the red pawn didn't get angry. Instead, he smiled and replied, "This is a chessboard of life and death. As for who I am... you don't need to ask. You don't need to ask anyone on this chessboard, because no one will tell you."

"Just a friendly reminder, you'd better protect your identity and don't let others know who you are in real life."

Liu Bai frowned slightly after hearing this.

From what this person said, this thing called the Chessboard of Life and Death is something similar to a chat group?

I am a real person, and so is the other person, and we are just chatting on this chessboard.

But why can't you let others know your identity?

Werewolf?
"Sir, this chessboard of life and death is so magical." Xiaocao squatted beside the chessboard, hugged her legs, and stared with her eyes wide open.

Liu Bai also found it magical, so he asked curiously: "Why can't you let others know your identity?"

Hong Zu said, "You are lucky to have met me. You are bored being locked up here anyway, so I will tell you something."

After he finished speaking, before Liu Bai had time to interrupt, he saw another chess piece appear at the upper left corner of the black general's chess piece on the chessboard.

Is there anyone else here?!
This time, what emerged was the black elephant.

"Old ghost Hongzu, you haven't been released yet?" Hei Xiang spoke, his voice sounding like an old woman, somewhat similar to the voice of the old woman Ma that Liu Bai had met before.

I guess they are all about the same age.

She and Hongzu are both old people, so they should know something about each other, so Hongzu replied:
"No, a few people came to invite me, but they were not sincere enough. I was too lazy to go out. I might as well be locked up here."

"hehe."

The black elephant laughed, and then the chess piece dissipated and disappeared.

Red Pawn continued, "Do you know why this chessboard is called the chessboard of life and death?"

"Because this chessboard was made by a man named Life and Death?" Liu Baihu talked nonsense.

Just like his guesses about "Wuniu Zazu" and "Bu Yu Caotang Notes", they were all random guesses.

The red pawn was obviously also frustrated by his guess. After a while, he said, "As long as you can kill other chess pieces in reality and absorb their chessboards, you can improve your talent. This is the origin of the chess of life and death."

"That's why I told you why you should protect your identity."

So this is the case... Liu Bai understood now.

Xiao Cao also said in his mind: "Sir, this is really a good thing. Talent is something that is innate, but this chessboard can actually improve talent."

"Master, go and kill this red pawn and the black elephant!"

“This way you’ll become even more powerful!”

It's a good thing, but it's also very strange. It can actually devour other people's chessboards to improve its own talents.

"So are there only three of us who possess the chess of life and death? Or are there others?" Liu Bai asked.

"There are thirty-two chess pieces in a set of elephant chess. There must be more than three of us. As for the people..."

Red Pawn laughed and said, "Who told you that only humans can play chess?"

Liu Bai understood instantly, besides humans... there must be ghosts! Mountain spirits or something like that are also possible!

I just don’t know whether the red pawn in front of me is a human or a ghost.

"What about the position of the chess pieces? Is there any particular reason for it? It feels a bit random."

For example, Liu Bai's black general should have been able to move only within the "Royal Palace", but now he is in the position of "Dark Horse".

The same goes for the black elephant just now, which is in the "tripping elephant's leg" position.

These moves are not in accordance with the rules of chess.

"Of course there is a focus on it, and it roughly reflects your position in reality."

"The closer you are on the chessboard, the closer you are in reality, and only those who are close can connect."

Hong Zu talked freely, "For example, I am in Yunzhou City. Just now, the old witch Black Elephant... judging from the location and distance, she must have run to the top of Xian Mountain and hid there."

So, this chessboard can also be used as a small map.

Liu Bai got hold of another piece of information, and then said, "You are exposing your position like this, aren't you afraid of being killed?"

Hong Zu heard this as if he had heard a big joke, and laughed: "I am in Yunzhou City, if you have the guts, come and kill me!"

Yunzhou City is the capital of Yunzhou.

"Okay, okay, you're a real gutsy guy. Just wait, I'll come and kill you in a few days!"

Liu Bai's rough voice sounded, full of disdain.

Anyway, when surfing the Internet, no one knows each other, so how can we lose at this time? !

Besides, this Red Pawn looks very arrogant and is very confident in his strength, but this is all said on the chessboard of life and death.

No one knows anyone.

Just like when you are out and about, your identity is given by yourself.

For example, Liu Bai is now wearing a mask that can change his voice, so the Red Soldier must think he is a big man.

But who would have thought that behind this big man, there was actually a child who was only over three years old and looked only five or six years old?

"Wait! When you come to Yunzhou City, remember to let me know, and then we'll find a place to do it." Hongzu seemed very much looking forward to it, and he spoke with more passion than before.

"Okay, I hope you can kneel down and beg me not to kill you." Liu Bai said coldly.

Xiao Cao: "Wow, you are so domineering, sir!!!"

"You're so handsome when you talk, Xiaocao likes you the most!!"

"It would be even more handsome if I didn't get beaten to the point of crying for help!!!"

Xiaocao shouted in Liu Bai's mind in an exaggerated manner. The first few sentences were fine, but the last sentence... made Liu Bai want to sew its mouth shut.

"Interesting, interesting." said Red Pawn.

Then, the black elephant that had escaped after saying a word appeared again, "Old Red Soldier, something seems to have happened in Blood Food City. Do you know anything about it?"

"It's clear, what's there to be unclear about? It's just a few brats from the Funeral Temple causing trouble over there, trying to dig out the corpse pit under the Blood-Food City." Hong Zu said casually.

But when Liu Bai heard it... he was shocked!

The thing that Sister Hong and I had been looking for for so long and couldn't find in any way, was actually just casually revealed by this Hong Zu?

Who is he and how come he knows all these things... Liu Bai couldn't help but doubt his identity.

"Looking at the location and distance of this Black General, he should be near Blood Food City. If you are interested, you can ask him."

This red pawn seemed to have a deep understanding of the chessboard of life and death. He could guess Liu Bai's position in reality just by the position of the chess pieces on the board.

"Oh, I am indeed near the Blood Food City, and I am in this Cuiyun Mountain. If you have the guts, just come over!"

Red pawn haha.

The black elephant just said, "Not interested", and then disappeared in a hurry again.

Seeing this, Liu Bai couldn't help but ask, "What's going on with this black elephant? Why is he in such a hurry that he doesn't even want to say a few more words?"

"She is a ghost person, she must be different." Hongzu replied casually.

Liu Bai became more confused after hearing this, "Aren't you a ghost walker?"

Red Pawn asked back: "Could it be you?!"

Liu Bai thought that the truth and falsehood would be more likely to confuse the other party, so he replied: "I am sure it is."

"Haha." Hong Zu seemed to find this very funny. "Do you think a newcomer like you can fool an old bird like me?"

Liu Bai: “Hmm?”

The red pawn asked again, "Why do you think the black elephant disappeared after saying just one word?"

"Because they are Yin people who can talk on this chessboard, they rely on life fire, and it is an endless supply of life fire, which consumes a lot, but for the evil spirits, it does not consume anything."

"Now... do you still want to say that you are a ghost walker?"

When Liu Bai lit the fire, he recited the magical scripture given to him by Lady Liu, so his life fire seemed endless.

So he didn't feel anything, but now after hearing what the Red Soldier said, he perceived it a little more... and found that it was true.

It only took a breath of time, but the life fire consumed was enough for him to light a fire for half an hour.

This chessboard of life and death consumes so much energy for ghost walkers, but on the contrary, it has no energy for evil spirits... Could it be that this chessboard was originally made for use by evil spirits?

Liu Bai couldn't help but make such a guess. But... Liu Bai looked at the red pawn on the chessboard and asked softly, "So, you are actually a ghost?"

"Yeah, I'm a ghost."

Hong Zu said calmly, "Why else do you think I could talk to you for so long?"

The red soldier who has been chatting with me for so long actually has a ghost behind him?
Just now, the old woman Black Elephant called him the old ghost Red Pawn, and Liu Bai thought it was just a verbal name, but now it seems that it is actually true!
Liu Bai was inevitably a little surprised, but not much. After all, it was just as Xiaocao said now.

"Sir, he is not wrong. You are a ghost."

Liu Bai nodded slightly.

It seems that my identity is hidden quite well.

Hongzu may think that I am a ghost, and a big man among ghosts, but in fact, I am a handsome guy among ghosts.

And actually, I was just a kid.

While Liu Bai was thinking about this, the red ghost said again: "Okay, since you are a newcomer, I will remind you."

"Remember to keep the little pumpkin away from the chessboard. If you do this, you will be able to sense when someone on the chessboard speaks."

After saying this, the red pawn chess piece also disappeared from the chessboard.

In the blink of an eye, only a lonely "black general" was left on the palm-sized chessboard.

Liu Bai spoke again, "Is there any particularity about these chess pieces? Why are you a red pawn and mine is a black general?"

But there was no answer.

Liu Bai had no choice but to curse, and then put out the fire.

His life fire was only slightly extinguished, but he felt some soreness all over his body. After all this, he didn't know how much life fire he had consumed.

It seems that next time I want to chat, I will have to turn into a ghost.

Ghosts have no consumption, so you can chat as long as you want.

Immediately he put away the mask, drank some water, cleared his throat, and his voice returned to normal.

It was only at this time that Xiao Cao dared to speak out, "Sir, this chessboard of life and death is really magical. It is so interesting."

"But that Red Pawn is so arrogant. Next time we meet, we will beat him to death!"

As Xiaocao spoke, he hammered the table with his little fist, as if he could hammer the red pawn to death.

"Why, haven't you seen something so magical before?" Liu Bai provoked her a little, and Xiao Cao stood up with his hands on his hips, and said in an extremely proud tone:

"How is this possible! What is this chessboard of life and death worth?"

"Hehe, back then, I followed the queen to the top of Cangyue Mountain. Master Cangyue, you know, that is the highest mountain in our world. It can even reach the sky."

"My wife and I found a mirror there. They say it is an omniscient mirror and can speak."

"At that time, the queen asked it who was the strongest in the world."

"Then the mirror said that the old temple keeper was the most powerful in the world. In a rage, the queen smashed the mirror."

Liu Bai blinked and asked, "Who is this old temple keeper?"

"Hehe, you see, I told you that you know nothing. This old temple priest is the most recognized king in the forbidden depths. It's a pity that he won't leave the temple."

The grass hummed and chirped, feeling very proud.

This was still far away from Liu Bai, so he didn't ask any more questions.

"That Red Pawn Ghost said that there is a pit of ten thousand corpses under the Blood Food City. How much do you know about this pit of ten thousand corpses?"

"A pit of a thousand corpses." Xiao Cao's eyes widened, and he said in a daze, "Master, do you still remember the pit of a hundred corpses we encountered at Maple Leaf Ferry?"

"That must have been done by the Funeral Temple. They dug the Hundred Corpse Pit in order to gain experience for digging the Ten Thousand Corpse Pit."

"We all met Xiong Dayou there at the time. He was also from the Short Knife Gang and a member of the Funeral Temple... That's right, so he must have dug the hundred corpse pit!"

Xiaocao pieced together everything that had happened along the way and shouted excitedly.

As for this matter, Liu Bai had already thought about it as soon as he heard about the Ten Thousand Corpse Pit from the red ghost.

Not to mention, Xiong Dayou also admitted this before he died.

So... that Hundred Corpse Pit is probably really the place where their funeral temple uses for experiments and to accumulate experience in digging the Ten Thousand Corpse Pit.

"Sir, please praise Xiaocao and tell her how amazing she is!"

"Okay, okay, Xiaocao is so awesome." Liu Bai said perfunctorily.

Xiao Cao was very happy to hear this, twisting her hips and continuing, "Digging a hundred corpse pit requires only dirty stuff, but digging a ten thousand corpse pit is not that easy."

"Xiao Cao knows that in order to dig out this pit of thousands of corpses, blood and evil spirits are needed."

"The funeral temple needs blood. This should be the reason why they killed the families in the city. Killing Yin people is far more useful than killing ordinary people, so they have accumulated enough blood."

"The next thing is the evil spirits. Yes, sir, didn't we hear those old tree spirits in the old woods say that they would come down the mountain when blood rained in the city?"

"You said, are those evil spirits coming down the mountain also a step in digging this pit of thousands of corpses?"

The more Liu Bai listened, the brighter his eyes became.

He didn't expect that he could actually get some information out of this little grass, and that his analysis was very clear and logical.

"I think what you said makes sense."

"It's just..." Liu Bai looked at the blood drop mark on his wrist, "Why is there this bloody rain?"

"What does this bloody rain have to do with it?"

"The grass doesn't know that."

As soon as Xiaocao finished speaking, a loud noise was heard outside the window, and then even the window was shaking.

Liu Bai turned his head suddenly and saw a dazzling flash of fire in the west direction of the city, followed by a heat wave coming towards him.

"Zhong Erhong, do you think that this city lord really dare not kill you?" Zhuang Yingcheng's voice echoed throughout the city.

Then came Sister Hong's disdainful voice.

"Oh, kill your mother!"

The roar sounded again, clearing away all of Liu Bai's distracting thoughts... No, I have to go and lend a hand. If that doesn't work, I can just watch from there.

If Huang Yiyi cannot win and has no way to save her life, Liu Bai is willing to call her mother for her.

"Sir, the fight has started..."

At the same time as the door opened next door, Situ Hong's voice also came over.

"It's okay, don't worry, go back and go to bed early, don't bother me, I want to sleep too."

Liu Bai said impatiently.

"Yes, sir..."

The moment Situ Hong closed the door, Liu Bai also opened his window at the right time, then flipped over and jumped out, landing silently on the ground.

Xiaocao lay on his back, and the man and the ghost left the courtyard in the blink of an eye.

Behind him, Situ Hong was standing at the door, watching this scene.

She had closed the door before, but she didn't go in and stayed outside.

So when she saw this scene, she didn't say anything, nor did she follow.

During this period of time, she could more or less feel that her son was hiding many secrets.

But as a qualified maid, she would not ask any questions.

Just like now, when Liu Bai came out of Baihu Street and rushed out of the alley again, he had already turned into a ghost baby.

Hmm...a ghost baby that is 1.8 meters tall.

He slightly flapped his bone wings and flew very far away. Just when he was thinking about whether to go directly to the west of the city, to the neighborhood where Wufu Hall was located, he thought of something else.

He lowered his head and looked at the City God Temple in the night.

Without any hesitation, he folded his wings and fell from the sky like a cannonball, crashing into the City God Temple.

The originally intact roof exploded instantly, followed by several cracks appearing on the ground.

Liu Bai's landing position was extremely precise, and he directly stepped on the statue of the City God and crushed it to pieces.

The ghost walkers and soldiers who were guarding around fell to the ground one after another, and then when they saw clearly what was coming.

They fled in all directions.

How could they not be afraid and run away when such a powerful evil spirit attacked the City God Temple?
Liu Bai did not chase after him, but turned around and came to the trembling temple priest.

Liu Bai stretched out his hand, grabbed his neck directly, and then looked at him.

Being stared at by those scarlet eyes, the temple keeper had completely lost his former mystery and kept saying, "Ghost Master, please spare my life. Ghost Master, please spare my life."

"I'll just ask you once, where did the City God go?"

"The City God has gone mad. He said he killed the people in the city and hid in the old woods."

The temple keeper replied immediately, as if he was afraid that if he spoke too slowly, Liu Bai would kill him.

"To the old woods?"

Liu Bai's heart moved. This would be easy to handle, as that was his territory.

"Yes, that's the direction He went."

As soon as the temple keeper finished speaking, the roar coming from the west of the city became more and more obvious. Liu Bai was worried and hurriedly asked what had happened to the City God.

But no matter how much he asked, the temple keeper said he didn't know.

He is just an ordinary person and it is impossible for him to know about the City God.

That's true, but Liu Bai didn't have time to stay here for long. He flapped his wings and soared into the sky again.

In just a blink of an eye, he had arrived at the western city wall.

The street where Wufu Hall was located had long since become a ruin, and the battlefield between Zhong Erhong and Zhuang Yingcheng had moved from inside the city to outside the city.

At the moment Liu Bai fell, he happened to see Zhong Erhong's figure being pushed back by a ball of fire and crashed into the depths of the woods in the distance.

How could Liu Bai tolerate this? !

He flapped his wings again, and then shouted angrily: "Zhuang old dog, give me your life!"

The voice was still on the city wall, but the person had already arrived in front of Zhuang Yingcheng, who was still in shock.

Naturally, he had felt it when Liu Bai had just landed.

But it was precisely because he felt it that he was so shocked. When did a ghost with such a strong ghostly aura appear in the Blood Food City?
This strength is probably almost the same as mine!

He didn't even have time to retreat before he found a pale right hand pressing on his face.

Then a huge force hit him, and he found himself being pushed dozens of feet away by the ghost, smashing countless ancient trees.

With just this one blow, Zhuang Yingcheng was seriously injured.

But he also reacted, and suddenly, he released his...Yang Shen!
When the golden light possessed his body, his whole body seemed to be burning with golden flames. Liu Bai also felt a tingling pain in his hand, forcing him to stop.

But as soon as he stopped a little, Zhuang Yingcheng escaped.

Soon Liu Bai felt as if golden flames were falling from the sky, each cluster carrying great power.

Zhuang Yingcheng, who had not used Yang Shen's methods to deal with Zhong Erhong before, used it now.

But...so what?
A dark shadow attacked Liu Bai, but in the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the spot.

After all, when we were still at home and hadn't even gone out, Madam Liu had taught us a lot about the uses of ghost shadow.

Just like at this moment, the ghost changed its shape, allowing Liu Bai to avoid the attack, and at the same time came to Zhuang Yingcheng's side.

This was also the first time that Liu Bai used the ghost shadow method.

"You are too weak!"

Liu Bai was greatly disappointed with Yang Shen's methods.

Or in other words, he was extremely disappointed with Zhuang Yingcheng.

"Ah!"

Despite being ridiculed in person, Zhuang Yingcheng remained unmoved. The Yang God appeared behind him again, and then he put his hands together and suddenly pulled them apart.

There appeared three golden incense sticks in his hand, and the life fire started the incense.

In an instant, the Yang God behind him suddenly transformed into a ten-foot-tall being, and then... the Yang God ignited again!

The life fire lit by Yang Shen was no longer transparent, but took on a dark white color.

As soon as it appeared, Liu Bai finally felt a hint of threat, because after the appearance of this life fire, he felt a hint of... a burning feeling.

The skin all over my body felt tingling and it was very uncomfortable.

As for Xiaocao, he had already hidden under his bony wings, trembling.

Seeing this, Liu Bai, who was originally bent over, stood up completely, and the blood-red cloak behind him fluttered in the heat wave.

He stretched himself, and all the bones in his body made a crackling sound, and then he grinned:
"Come on, come on, let's see how tough you are!"

After saying that, ghosts stood up one after another on the ruins.

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(I updated 1 words today. I tried my best. This setting of the chessboard is related to "girly". I can't say more. I will be able to write it in a few days. Please give me a monthly ticket.)
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