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

Chapter 147: Fellow villagers meet fellow villagers [asking for monthly tickets]

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about, Old Man?!"

"He is the third brother, the third brother is him!"

The gargoyle raised his voice a little, even a little excited.

At this point, the bald Taoist priest knew that it seemed that he was not the only one who discovered the third brother.

The big gargoyle also discovered it.

What about the fourth fox girl?
Given the fox girl's cunning and cautious nature, and the fact that the fourth and third brothers had the most contact with her... there was no reason why she wouldn't have noticed.

After all, if you prepare carefully and plan for a long time to pretend to be someone, it may be difficult to detect.

But if you barge in like this without knowing anything... you'll be easily discovered.

People rely on appearance to identify who is who, but identifying who is who does not rely solely on appearance.

So the bald Taoist priest also understood that he thought he was the only one who discovered that the third brother was a fake, but in fact, everyone knew that the third brother was a fake.

At this moment, the gargoyle's words made the bald Taoist priest understand what he meant.

No matter if this third brother was the third brother before, from now on, he is the third brother!

This kind of thing... is a little hard to accept emotionally.

But after all, are there really such strong feelings between these ghost walkers, evil spirits, and mountain spirits?
In the final analysis, it all comes down to who is useful to whom.

Just like now, they had to meet because of the Lin family's matter.

"What about the messenger..." asked the bald Taoist priest.

"I'll go talk to you over there."

The gargoyle agreed.

The bald Taoist nodded, stood up with his hands on his knees, sighed for a while, then waved his hand and walked towards the dark mountains.

"Gone, gone."

The gargoyle hiding in the mountain wall seemed to hesitate for a while when seeing this, but finally asked: "Master Erxiao...is it worth it?"

After hearing his real name, Taoist Erxiao had to stop, but he did not look back. He just hesitated for a long time until the sky was already turning pale. Then he smiled bitterly and replied:

"It's worth it. It's totally worth it."

"My life was saved by my senior brother, so what else can be unworthy?"

The gargoyle nodded, shrank into the stone wall and disappeared.

Taoist Erxiao also walked into the depths of the bushes.

But after a while, a gray pigeon suddenly flew out from the woods, crashed into the stone wall, and disappeared...

……

"Sir, it seems that they have all discovered that you are a fake. Why don't we go back and kill them all!"

Cold words came out of the grass's cute mouth.

"They discovered it. They discovered it on the way to Lin's house." Liu Bai said casually.

"Then you, sir..."

Xiaocao was a little surprised, so the truth of the matter was that the three of them knew that the young master was fake.

The young master knew that the three of them knew that he was fake.

But even so, they all worked in perfect harmony and cooperated to complete the task.

When Xiaocao thought of this, he felt like his head was about to explode. This was too complicated.

As expected, being a ghost is too tiring, so I might as well just be my own little grass.

Xiaocao didn't ask anymore.

Liu Bai was still thinking about this, it seemed that those who could grow into Yin-nourishing Gods in this world all had some brains.

At least they won't start shouting and killing once they find out.

It certainly seems like they care about friendship and it's touching, but the truth is... people like that probably won't live long.

Even if there are some that can live long and grow up, they are rare.

Seeing the mountains disappearing from under his feet, Liu Bai, who was above the clouds, put on a mask, took out the chessboard, and then manifested the chess pieces.

It was discovered that the black general's position on the chessboard had indeed moved to the place where the red pawn had previously been.

That is near Yunzhou City.

As soon as he appeared, the Red Pawn Ghost immediately showed up.

Liu Bai said: "Old ghost Hongzu, I will travel far to Yunzhou City today and kill your colleague."

"Come, come, I'm in the City Lord's Mansion now." The Red Pawn Ghost spoke quickly, obviously wanting to get back at him for what happened last time.

But Liu Bai didn't say much to him and just left.

Because he knew that if he failed to achieve Yin and Yang, the black elephant would help him.

Just like now, the black chess piece just appeared, and the old voice sounded, "Hey, it's still in the City Lord's Mansion. Do you want the black general to break into the City Lord's Mansion and let the City Lord kill him?"

"Tsk tsk, I find that you, old ghost Hongzu, have no real strength, but you still want to use these tricks. You are such a waste!"

The black elephant did as usual and ran away after scolding.

Liu Bai ignored it, because he had already seen the towering city on the endless plain below his feet.

I don’t know how wide or how big it is, but it stretches as far as the eye can see, across the plain, next to the huge lake.

At first glance, Liu Bai was still wondering how such a majestic city could be built in this world.

But then I thought, I'm flying in the sky and watching this.

What is impossible in this world?
There might be some extremely powerful beings who are driving things like gargoyles to move mountains and build cities here.

Not knowing how deep the water in Yunzhou City was, Liu Bai did not brave enough to enter with his evil body.

Instead, he quietly found a quiet place to land on the ground, then took out the carriage that knew the way and rode there.

Finally he saw that both sides of the road were full of fertile fields.

Normally speaking, in such a feudal imperial society, as long as the people at the bottom have food to eat, there will not be too many problems.

But now... I guess it's because this world is not just about imperial power, it's more about the strength of the underworld people who are respected.

As he went forward, Liu Bai saw many things he had never seen before.

After all, the Blood Food City is just a small place, and it's nothing like this walking stick that can be used for traveling.

Most of them are paper horses and paper donkeys from the most popular paper-making business, or wooden horses carved by some woodcarvers.

But this is not the case in Yunzhou City.

Walking on the wide official road, in addition to things like paper horses, he also saw a ghost walking on a wooden stake.

The wooden stake seemed like a living thing, or perhaps a mountain spirit.

At this moment, he was being ridden by the walking ghost, and was walking very fast using his own old tree legs.

Liu Bai took a glance and figured out that the profession practiced by the ghost walker was probably "exorcism".

Or it could be driving away mountains, driving away mountains, and some people can even drive away mountain spirits.

For all these reasons, Liu Bai made his carriage smaller so that it would be more suitable for him to sit alone.

It takes up little road surface and won’t cause trouble.

"Sir, I noticed that when you use your ghost body, you are invincible."

"Once you change into a human body, you will become submissive."

The voice of grass rang in Liu Bai's mind.

"That's called not causing trouble for your mother when you're away from home!" Liu Bai retorted.

As they were talking, they were gradually approaching the bottom of the city wall. Finally, Liu Bai raised his head and took a look. He felt that the city wall seemed to be towering into the clouds and his top could not be seen.

The southern city gate also divides the roads into two: ordinary people and those who seek the underworld.

Liu Bai took the Yin route, and the gatekeeper was surprised when he saw Liu Bai's age. Then, when he saw that he was the only one in the car, he clasped his fists in admiration.

So before leaving, Liu Bai said something to him specifically.

"Actually, I'm already 98 years old this year. I just look small and won't grow tall." After saying that, he ran away, not caring whether he believed it or not.

"Sir, you fool people every day. You are not like me, Xiaocao, who is so honest."

Xiao Cao sat on Liu Bai's shoulder, hugging her knees, and spoke in Liu Bai's mind.

Liu Bai was too lazy to pay attention to him. He just looked around and took in the situation in Yunzhou City.

After just a few glances, he had a general impression.

First of all, the buildings in this city are definitely different from the Blood-Food City where the houses are made of mud and tiles as soon as you enter the city. The buildings here are almost as good as the best locations in the Blood-Food City.

These doorways facing the street are basically used to open shops.

Although most of the people coming in from outside the city were pale and skinny, most of the people inside the city were fine.

Of course, it may also be because I haven’t seen the slums in this city.

Liu Bai didn't have a destination. He just wandered around aimlessly when he first entered the city. Fortunately, the horse knew the way. Basically, he would go there by himself if he gave it a direction.

Liu Bai was sitting in the carriage, looking around at the prosperous Yunzhou City.

During this time, he also realized that the number of ghost walkers in this provincial capital was not only more numerous than that in Blood Food City, but also stronger.

For example, most of the people we meet on the streets of Blood Food City are those who light three fires, but here, most of them are burning spirits.

Even if you meet someone like that, he will behave himself like an ordinary citizen.

It's not like the people in Blood Food City, who act as if they are powerful.

It really is as the saying goes, no matter how things start out, in the later stages Yin gods are as numerous as dogs and Yang gods are everywhere.

But it's just a thought. At the moment, it doesn't seem to be that bad, just like it is now.

The only city higher in rank than this provincial capital is the imperial city.

In Yunzhou City, there are not a lot of people who practice Yin cultivation. At least Liu Bai has only seen one after walking on the street for so long. Moreover, when he crossed the street, the other Yin cultivators gave way.

It seems that this Yang Yin God who entered the city is more or less a master.

"Sir, you seem to be more relaxed." Xiao Cao sat on his shoulder, swaying, looking around, and then whispered to Liu Bai:

"Sir, when you first came in, did you think that this city was full of powerful shady people, so you had to keep your tail between your legs and behave yourself?"

"Now it seems that it is nothing more than that, so you are thinking that you can release your ghost body and kill everyone."

Liu Bai: "No, Xiaocao, why are you so murderous?"

"Ah? Is it heavy now? Have you not seen the queen when she was young... well, she was so beautiful. There is no one prettier than her in the world."

When saying the first half of the sentence, Xiaocao was very proud.

When saying the second half of the sentence, Xiaocao nodded timidly.

Liu Bai knew it immediately. Xiaocao was probably influenced by her mother when she was young. So when her mother was young... she had a strong murderous nature?
Liu Bai was making random guesses, when suddenly a donkey cart caught up with him from behind and drove side by side with Liu Bai.

He subconsciously glanced to the side and saw that the person sitting on the donkey cart was a little girl about fifteen or sixteen years old. She had two ponytails and was sitting sideways on the shaft. She was small and kept swinging her legs.

"Hey kid, where are you from?"

"You are so cute. Why are you shopping here alone? Do you want to get in my car and sit for a while?" The little girl's voice was childish, and her almond-shaped eyes curved into half crescents when she spoke, which made her look instantly beautiful.

"No, my mother told me not to talk to strangers when I'm out."

Liu Bai rolled his eyes. This carriage had been following him ever since he entered the city. Did it really think he couldn't notice it?
"Oh, if you don't come over, how can we get to know each other?" the little girl asked with her head tilted.

Liu Bai had no choice but to lower his voice and said, "I won't lie to you, I just came here from another place to check out the place!"

When the little girl heard this, she rolled her eyes and even her voice changed.

It was no longer the voice of a little girl, but the voice of a mature woman.

"Tsk, I thought I had found a very good porcelain body."

"Let's go."

After saying this, she drove away in her donkey cart.

Liu Bai narrowed his eyes and looked at her back without saying anything. If the timing was not right, he would really want to kill her with a bolt of lightning.

Everyone in the Children's Gang can be killed by anyone!
But at this moment, a voice suddenly came into Liu Bai's ears from the side, "In the south of the city, she is considered a small leader of the Children's Gang. Because of her good looks, it is said that she is involved with some ghost walkers from the Laba Sect and the Paper Umbrella Society."

Liu Bai heard the slightly familiar voice and turned his head suddenly to look.

When he first started talking to the girl from the gang, he had already parked the carriage on the side of the road, so he really didn't pay attention to who was next to him.

But at this moment... he turned his head and saw a one-armed man in a red and blue robe with a copper coin sword on his back standing under the eaves beside the road. He was also looking at the back of the woman's donkey cart as she left, and spoke slowly.

"Qiu Qianhai!"

Liu Bai exclaimed subconsciously.

The person in front of him was Qiu Qianhai, the one who went with Liu Bai when he first went to Master Ma to light a fire.

Later, because he rashly set the fire, Liu Bai went to his house to save his life.

At that time, he was still very young and ambitious and said that he owed me a life. Later... he went to the Blood Food City alone, saying that he wanted to make a name for himself.

Later, Liu Bai also heard some stories about him from Liu Tie. He said that when he just entered the city, he was targeted by the Children's Gang and was asked to join them, but he refused and was hunted down badly.

After that, Liu Tie said he was missing.

I never saw him in the city again, and I didn't leave any messages from him at the few familiar places.

All of his fellow disciples thought that he was dead. After all, the death of a ghost, especially a ghost with three lights, was a very common thing.

Either they died at the hands of evil spirits or at the hands of other ghosts.

But Liu Bai never thought that he would actually meet him in Yunzhou City today.

How could Liu Bai not be surprised when he met an old friend in a foreign land?

When Qiu Qianhai withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Liu Bai, his eyes and even his expression were trembling. Upon closer inspection, there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

His lips trembled, and he called out, "Liu... Young Master Liu."

Just like back then, in front of the Huangpizi Temple, his father pulled him and called him.

Liu Bai listened and waved his hand casually, "Why call me Young Master Liu? Just call me by my name."

Qiu Qianhai was obviously relieved after hearing this.

"You can do it. Not only did you come to the state capital without any news, but you also joined the Water and Fire Sect."

Liu Bai looked him up and down and sighed.

Compared to the past, Qiu Qianhai looked much more mature, and spoke with a hint of humility.

"It's okay, it's just luck."

"Okay, are you free now? If you are, let's find a place to chat."

"I have some free time. I just want to go out for a walk because I have nothing to do." Qiu Qianhai nodded repeatedly.

"Why don't we go to my house? It's not far from here. We can chat there in peace."

"It's all right. We're here at your territory, so just make the arrangements." Liu Bai smiled and made way.

Qiu Qianhai was also straightforward. Although he was missing an arm, he easily got into the carriage, then held the reins and started on his journey.

But just by looking at his starting posture, Liu Bai knew that his horse-riding skills were definitely not inferior to Master Ma.

It seems that he must have experienced a lot over the years.

But Liu Bai didn't rush to ask.

Qiu Qianhai pulled the carriage, turning left and right, and after about a cup of tea, the carriage drove into an alley.

The walls on both sides are made of blue bricks. Obviously, even if it is a house in a small alley, it is very good.

The carriage finally stopped at the door of an ordinary courtyard. Qiu Qianhai got out and opened the door with his key, then said with a smile: "The people living around here are all from our Shuihuo Sect. I was assigned a courtyard here just because I made a contribution last time."

"Very good."

Liu Bai did not hesitate to praise him. For a young man who came from a place like Huangpiziling, it was no exaggeration to say that Qiu Qianhai was a rare talent to have made it to where he is today.

After packing up the carriage and entering the house, Qiu Qianhai poured tea for Liu Bai and took some melon seeds and dried fruits and put them on a plate and placed them on the table.

Seeing this, Liu Bai knew that he was indeed living a pretty good life in this city, and he was not the kind of person who would brag about himself.

"Liu... Liu Bai, how about you? Why did you come to this prefecture? Are you here alone, or are Liu Tie and the others here?" Qiu Qianhai finally couldn't help asking after sitting down. "And not long ago, I heard that there was news that something big happened in Xueshi City. What was it?"

"Is everyone okay? And... and my parents, have you heard from them?"

Qiu Qianhai asked a lot of questions in one breath, but after asking, he felt embarrassed.

"I haven't seen anyone I know since I came to this state capital. I'm... a little excited."

"It's okay, it's normal." Liu Bai smiled and told him everything.

As soon as Liu Bai opened his mouth, Qiu Qianhai stopped talking and listened very carefully. He only knew this after he had gone far away.

Any news from home can make people chew on it for a long time.

After Liu Bai finished speaking, Qiu Qianhai asked, "Liu Bai, why did you come to the city? Are you here for the Sunset Mountain incident as well?"

It’s this Sunset Mountain again... I’ve heard this name since before I entered the city.

Today, he finally found the opportunity. How could Liu Bai not get to the bottom of it?

"Yes, I'm not quite sure yet. Please tell me more about it."

After Liu Bai finished speaking, the little grass, who loved to join in the fun, poked its head out.

Qiu Qianhai paused, nodded slightly, and said, "If you want to know why the sun sets on the mountain today, you have to start from what happened in the Mu family back then."

"Mu family?"

(End of this chapter)