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

Chapter 154: A New Piece on the Board of Life and Death [Seeking a Monthly Ticket]

The Taoist boy guarding the gate naturally noticed Liu Bai's behavior, but he just smiled and said nothing.

There were so many believers coming and going that they couldn’t take care of them all.

Liu Bai walked a little to the right and then lit the fire. Although it was a bit strange and eye-catching, no one came over to ask anything.

After the fire was lit, chess pieces appeared on the board. It was still the old ghost in the red pawn, and his voice could be heard in Xumi.

"Black General, Black General, are you there?"

Or looking for me?
Liu Bai's chess piece appeared soon after, but it was not convenient to talk about it, so he ignored it.

After waiting for a while, my mother's chess piece appeared, and the black elephant's chess piece also emerged.

Finally, it was Black Elephant who said, "It seems that Black General is not in a position to talk. What do you want from him?"

"It's not really looking for him, I just want to ask him if he has any news about the Water and Fire Sect disciple who was rescued last time."

"How do you know he was the one who rescued her?" asked Black Elephant.

Red Soldier: "I didn't say he was rescued, I just wanted to ask if there was any news about him."

Black Elephant: “Haha.”

This time, Liu Bai was listening to the news in Xumi, so Xiaocao naturally couldn't hear it and was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously.

Liu Bai didn't say anything, and after waiting for a while, Hong Zu said, "I have some news, does anyone want to hear it?"

"Listen." said the old woman with the black elephant.

Neither Liu Bai nor Lady Liu said anything, but they both answered him with practical actions.

The Red Pawn Ghost made a sound of "uh", and no one knew what it meant, but he didn't say it clearly, and just said:

"The Laba Cult has communicated with the Shefu Hall and is preparing to join forces to attack the Water and Fire Cult."

There was silence on the chessboard for a moment, and Liu Bai was also thinking.

"What you mean is that the Laba Sect and Shefu Hall have joined forces and it is related to the missing disciple of the Water and Fire Sect?" Black Elephant speculated.

"Ah."

The Red Pawn Ghost openly acknowledged the news.

"It seems that the disciple really has some important information."

"That's what I guessed, so I thought of asking Black General. Anyway, it seems that even if the Laba Sect and Shefu Hall join forces, they won't dare to kill him."

"Of course they will. If they get angry, any Fire Sect Master coming over from the Water and Fire Sect headquarters will be enough to destroy them several times."

The black elephant was talking to the red pawn, while Madam Liu's black soldier scattered the chess pieces.

Liu Bai did not disperse, but turned his head to look at the Shenxiao Temple right in front of him. It seems... there might really be some big secret hidden on the mountain.

Watching the borer?
Liu Bai glanced at the chessboard again. The black elephant had moved, and the red ghost pawn didn't hear the news he wanted, so he also left with a sigh.

Upon seeing this, he extinguished his life-blood, turned around and entered the Shenxiao Temple through the mountain gate with flying eaves.

There are many people watching outside, and even more people watching inside.

After Liu Bai came in, he first climbed up the bluestone steps to the Dragon and Tiger Hall. He could smell the rich aroma of incense from a distance before he even entered.

The place was packed with people, shoulder to shoulder.

Liu Bai jumped up and took a look, and found that there was almost no room for people to stand inside. He had no choice but to bypass the Dragon and Tiger Hall and come to the lotus pond in the corridor at the back.

When he got here, Liu Bai discovered that the lamp posts at the four corners were all filled with incense sticks.

Nearby, there was a "clean head" among the eighteen heads of the Ten Directions Jungle, wearing a yellow robe, who was ordering a few gray-clothed boys to sweep the ground.

When he saw Liu Bai coming, he was stunned for a moment, then bowed to him.

Liu Bai returned the greeting and followed the crowd up the 72-step stone staircase to the Shifang Hall.

There were fewer people here, so Liu Bai followed them in and discovered that all the people enshrined here were immortal masters from the Shenxiao Temple. For example, the golden statue in the middle was the founder of the Shenxiao Temple, Lord Shenxiao.

On the other two sides are the temple masters at the back. In front of each of the golden statues of the temple masters is an incense burner filled with sacred incense.

Liu Bai looked around and saw that there were only five golden bodies in total, including the golden body of True Lord Shenxiao, which meant that it had only been passed down for five generations.

There is also a sixth shrine, which has no golden statue but has an incense burner.

Liu Bai glanced at it and saw a space for inscriptions on it, which read "Master Lei Tan".

It was also the current abbot of the temple. Liu Bai also felt a little curious about this abbot who had not yet died but had already set up a golden statue for himself.

This Taoist priest is quite interesting.

Continue walking inside, there is a square between the Shifang Hall and the Zixiao Hall. There is a small door on each side of the wall. The east side is Qianyuan and the west side is Kunyuan.

Liu Bai tried it all, and the result was just as Taoist Erxiao said.

These are the residences of the Taoists in the temple, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.

Liu Bai had no choice but to go to the Zixiao Hall, where the Taoist gods were enshrined.

He had already understood clearly that in this world, Taoism did not have that many gods. There was only one who could be considered a true god, and that was Taoism's...Taoist Ancestor.

It was the first time for Liu Bai to enter this True God's temple. As soon as he stepped over the threshold, he felt a chill on his back. He even felt like he was in worship and didn't dare to look up.

The people who were burning incense around also did the same, holding the sacred incense in both hands, lowering their heads, walking quickly.

I didn't dare to look up, or even make a sound.

Liu Bai came to the altar nearby, jumped up, took the sacred incense, and went to the incense burner nearby to light it. Then, taking the opportunity to burn incense, he was finally able to look up.

Soon, he discovered that the Taoist ancestor enshrined here was actually... empty.

There was only an incense burner, and then the tablet that occupied half of the wall.

There is only one word on it.

Road.

After just one glance, Liu Bai felt as if his eyes were about to be burned blind, and he was so scared that he quickly lowered his head.

Upon seeing this, the hall master among the five main deacons of the Taoist temple who was sitting on a cushion in meditation opened his eyes immediately, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

He stood up and walked in front of Liu Bai, blocking his line of sight.

He swept the whisk in his hand, placed it on his wrist, and said slowly: "This little believer, the Tao... is not allowed to watch."

Liu Bai rubbed his eyes and felt better after a few tears came out.

"Thank you, Taoist Priest, for reminding me."

After suffering a loss, Liu Bai retreated from the Zixiao Palace.

There are several rooms further back, which are also not allowed to be entered. Liu Bai learned from Taoist Erxiao that the Sutra Library and the Alchemy Room are inside.

At that time, he specifically pointed out that Liu Bai could sneak in from the back mountain and then go directly to the Sutra Library to find Taoist Wuxiao.

But now... after Liu Bai walked around, he didn't find anything wrong with the Shenxiao Temple.

Immediately, he jumped over the wall again and circled around the small Huizhen Mountain.

From top to bottom, I then discovered that there was only one Taoist temple on the mountain, the Shenxiao Temple, just as Taoist Erxiao said.

In this case, if the member of the Water and Fire Sect did not lie, and the information he had about Sunset Mountain was really on this mountain.

Then there are only two possibilities left.

One is that the Shenxiao Temple itself is the Minglong Temple.

One is that the Shenxiao Temple was established after the Minglong Temple.

But this is just speculation, and even the information given by the believers is still unclear... Liu Bai stood in front of the Shenxiao Temple, surrounded by common people.

After a little thought he came up with an idea.

Wait until there are fewer people at night and it turns into a ghost, then come and take a look.

But it was still early, so Liu Bai decided to go back to the city to have some fun. When he was halfway in his carriage, he saw the fat carrier pigeon flying over.

He raised his hand and took the letter. This time, the one who delivered the letter was the fox girl from the fourth brother.

There were always foxy notes on her letters, so Liu Bai had to burn them with his life fire before he could pick them up.

"Third brother, I'm out. I've left the city. Do you know where I went? You definitely can't guess.

Since you are so curious, I will tell you.

In fact, the matchmaker is also secretly tracking the news of the sunset!
However, they did not search the city in a big way like other forces. Instead, they took a different approach and searched directly on Mount Dan.

Now they called me back at this time just to let me go to search the mountain.

I just learned this news, and I don't know exactly which mountain I'm going to go to. Once it's confirmed, I'll tell you, brother, and you'll have to come find me then."

At the end of the letter, there was even a mark of putty, which made Liu Bai's scalp tingle.

This vixen...is actually a real horse fork worm!

"Sir, this vixen wants to sleep with you. Xiaocao can see it."

Xiaocao lay on Liubai's shoulder, muttering to himself.

"Don't worry. Your young master has a firm faith in Taoism and won't be fooled." Liu Bai released the pigeon and did not reply.

"Oh ok, then you shouldn't go, sir?"

"Go, why don't you go."

Liu Bai said as a matter of course.

"Sir, didn't you say that you have a firm faith in Taoism?" Xiaocao asked in confusion.

"Oh, I am determined to go." Liu Bai said, and he did plan to go to Xian Mountain in his heart. After all, the matchmaking meeting was a good method.

Everyone knew that the real culprit was in Sunset Mountain, so they did not try to find other clues in a roundabout way, but instead used this stupid method of searching the mountain and scraping the ridges.

After arguing with Xiaocao all the way, Liu Bai returned to the city and just found a restaurant to have dinner. It was already dark.

He left the city under the cover of night, and then found a quiet and deserted place, transformed into a ghost and left.

On the way, he received another carrier pigeon, this time it was a letter from the eldest gargoyle.

He still followed Liu Bai's arrangements and stayed at the Lin family's place.

The content of the letter he sent this time was exactly what he had recorded these days, about the person who went to the Lin family to inquire about the news.

There are portraits and everything, and he even knows these people.

There are four waves in total.

The City Lord's Mansion, the Funeral Temple, the Water and Fire Sect, and even the Laba Sect that killed people all went back to watch the scene.

Liu Bai also memorized the appearances of those people.

There is a lot of information, very mixed and chaotic.

Add to that the fact that there are funeral temples, which are disgusting places that just love to watch the fun and make trouble, so right now in this city, everyone is running around like headless flies.

In fact, Liu Bai was similar, but he just held on to one line and wouldn't let go.

I just didn't care about so many things, otherwise the Lin family, the members of the Water and Fire Sect, the Laba Sect and so on would all get involved.

Walking in the night, Liu Bai finally arrived at the top of a hill not far from Huizhen Mountain.

Under the moonlight, he looked into the distance and found that Huizhen Mountain, which was crowded with people during the day, was now deserted without a single shadow of a soul.

Liu Bai originally thought that believers were not allowed to stay overnight in the temple, but he never expected that there were no such believers on the entire mountain.

This is a bit strange.

Normally, the Shenxiao Temple is so popular, so there should be people waiting here at night, waiting for the first incense stick to be lit at dawn.

But this is not the case...

It was still early, and even the moon had not yet risen halfway up the mountain, so Liu Bai was not in a hurry to take action.

He waited silently on the top of the mountain for an hour, and just when he was wondering whether it was time to take action.

But at this moment, a majestic aura suddenly rose from the top of the mountain opposite, followed by an angry voice.

"You two altar masters are really not taking my Shenxiao Temple seriously!"

Liu Bai, who had already stood up, sat back down again.

Well, it seems like I’m not the only one who has found this feeling.

Just as Master Lei Tan finished speaking, two figures flew up from the top of Huizhen Mountain and landed in the air.

Liu Bai restrained his breath and watched with narrowed eyes.

These two people... can also fly, so it seems that they are most likely ghost walkers who have cultivated a second life.

This ghost who has cultivated a second life can free his soul from his body and thus break free from the shackles and fly.

And according to what Lei Tan Zhenren said, the two masters... came to Zhenshan Shenxiao Temple to cause trouble.

It was not difficult for Liu Bai to guess that these two were most likely the leaders of the Water and Fire Sect's branch in Yunzhou.

One is the leader of the Water Cult, and the other is the leader of the Fire Cult.

Just like at this moment, the voice of Lei Tan Zhenren fell, and immediately a loud voice sounded.

"You old man, don't think that we two brothers don't dare to do anything to you."

"You know exactly why we are here. Don't force me. If you continue to force me, I will burn down your Shenxiao Temple!"

After the leader of the Fire Cult finished speaking, the leader of the Water Cult next to him protected him.

Sure enough, as soon as the voice fell, thunder was heard in this world, and in the blink of an eye, a purple lightning struck down from the sky.

He chopped straight at the leader of the Fire Cult.

The latter was not prepared at all... but he was prepared. He directly drew out the nine-ring broadsword from his waist and chopped at the falling purple thunder.

While he was taking action, the leader of the Water Cult behind him was also taking action. He raised his hand and took out an iron ruler from his sleeve. The ruler had four edges and six sides engraved with the Nine Heavens Guishui talisman, as well as the sun, moon, rivers and mountains.

After the Water Cult leader took it out, he tapped the Fire Cult leader three times in mid-air.

Immediately, his body seemed to be drenched with water, and a lot of black dirt was washed away.

"I never thought that the master of Shenxiao Temple would not use the upright thunder method, but instead use such despicable and dirty means."

The leader of the Water Cult said calmly.

“Oh, to deal with such despicable people, I will use all my methods.” Master Lei Tan sneered.

The leader of the Fire Cult was ambushed, and it was the damned leader of the Water Cult who saved him. He was so angry that he chopped towards Hui Zhenshan with a knife.

It was the first time for Liu Bai to see such a grand scene, so he naturally opened his eyes wide to take a closer look.

Just like at this moment, he also saw that although the leader of the Fire Sect looked reckless, the sword he swung was aimed directly at the weakest point of the True Mountain Formation.

Obviously, these two guys had done a lot of research on the Shenxiao Temple before taking action.

"Hehe." Master Lei Tan sneered, and then Liu Bai saw ghost shadows suddenly appear on the mountain, dragging the mountain protection magic circle to rotate.

The knife fell, but the magic circle was not damaged at all.

Seeing this, the leader of the Water Cult narrowed his eyes and said, "I think the real master knows why the two of us brothers are here. Now that the situation is gradually rising, the real master alone cannot withstand this opportunity."

"I don't understand what the altar master is talking about."

The words of Lei Tan Zhenren are so ordinary that people cannot tell whether they are true or false.

The leader of the Fire Cult wanted to continue, but the leader of the Water Cult did say "goodbye" and then turned around and headed south towards Yunzhou City.

But before leaving, he took another look at the hill where Liu Bai was.

The leader of the Fire Cult cursed a few times, "I'm so angry," and followed him away.

When Liu Bai saw this situation, he knew that it would be unlikely for him to cause trouble tonight, so he turned around and left.

Inside the Shenxiao Temple, in front of the Shifang Hall, the man named Lei Tan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground in a purple robe, had a frown on his face and an unsightly expression.

……

The fight between the ghost walker who has restored a second life cannot be hidden from the eyes of those who are interested.

Not to mention that the battle took place not far from Yunzhou City, and even chess pieces soon appeared on the chessboard of life and death.

The Red Pawn Ghost always showed up first, and this time too, as soon as he showed up, he started to yell:

"Black General, Black Elephant, any news from you two?"

Perhaps it was because Madam Liu’s answer last time really made him a little upset, so he simply didn’t ask again this time.

Seeing this, Liu Bai, who was already on the way to Xianshan, also landed on a hilltop and found his chess piece.

The black elephant soon appeared and asked, "What's the matter? Everything is normal on my Mount Xian."

"Don't stay on Mount Xian, you old thing. The city is so lively, there's no point in you staying in the mountain all the time. Do you really think you can find the location of Sunset Mountain?" The Red Soldier Ghost was quite excited.

The old woman was silent for a moment, then replied, "Soon, at the latest the day after tomorrow, I will be back in the city."

The Red Pawn Ghost asked again, "Where's the Black General? Do you have any news?"

"If you're talking about the incident in the north of the city, I do know something about it." After watching the scene, Liu Bai naturally knew what was going on.

"Yes, yes, that's it. The second life ghost walker fought with each other. This hasn't happened in many years."

After the Red Pawn Ghost finished speaking, Lady Liu's black soldiers also appeared, but did not speak.

"You mean, there was a fight between a second-life ghost walker in the city? Who was it? From which family?"

Black Elephant was also a little excited when he heard this.

"I don't know. We're waiting for the Black General to tell us." The Red Pawn Ghost said excitedly.

Liu Bai hesitated for a moment, "As usual, this is an exchange. Who wants to hear it?"

"listen."

"I listen, too."

They both expressed their opinions quickly, but Madam Liu remained silent as usual.

Just as Liu Bai was about to speak, the Red Pawn Ghost suddenly interrupted, "Hei Shi, every time we trade, you just listen but don't say anything. You should at least express your opinion, right?"

"The rules were agreed upon at the beginning. You haven't made any contribution yet, but you still have to listen... Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

After the Red Pawn Ghost finished speaking, the chessboard fell silent.

Madam Liu remained silent, and Liu Bai was about to speak when he saw this.

But at this moment, on the chessboard of life and death, a strange chess piece suddenly appeared two squares to the north of the black chess piece where Liu Bai was.

It is... the red horse!
As soon as it appeared, a woman's soft and weak voice was heard on the chessboard, "Hey, there are so many people in Yunzhou, are you... going to kill me?"

"I can't bear your whipping."

"Woo, woo, woo, I'm really scared."

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(Another 10,000-word day, and there are still monthly tickets to cast.)
(End of this chapter)