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

Chapter 161 Broken Mother [asking for monthly ticket]

At the very center of the deep forbidden area is a mountain.

Compared with the surrounding rolling mountains, this mountain is not tall, and it even looks a little short.

There is nothing special about it from the outside, just an ordinary hill.

As for the name of the mountain, it is so ancient that it cannot be verified, but the temple is located on the top of the mountain.

Therefore, this mountain is now called "Zunshen Mountain" by the evil spirits in this taboo.

At the top of the mountain, the temple gates were closed.

But at this moment, on the threshold stone of the temple entrance, there was an old temple priest who seemed to be dozing off.

Just at this moment, he seemed to sense something, and he suddenly stood up and looked up, his eyes were full of gold, and there were even some golden fragments scattered on his body.

He looked up at the long river that seemed to cover the entire sky, and had only one feeling in his heart.

"How dare she!"

Perhaps the noise he made when he stood up was too loud, as if he had disturbed some being in the temple. Immediately, a hoarse voice was heard from inside, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman.

"Why, you old temple keeper also want to go up and take a look?"

The old temple keeper slowly withdrew his gaze, and the golden color in his eyes faded away. "All I want in my life is to serve in front of the temple forever."

"I never thought of him."

The voice in the temple rang out again, "That's not true. Nowadays, everyone in the world is saying that you, the old temple priest, are the best in the world."

"Number one in the world, that's a resounding title. If you want to go out like this, the whole world will have to make way for you."

The old temple keeper had turned around and sat back in his original seat, his expression unchanged, he just said calmly:

"You don't have to test me anymore. If I had this intention, why would I have waited until now?"

"Besides, He has served before the altar of ghosts and gods for a thousand years. He knows... that is enough."

A sneer was heard from the temple, and then no more sound was heard.

The old temple keeper shrugged his head as usual, looking calm and composed, just as he had been for the past thousand years.

But compared to before, his steps moved slightly forward.

But for thousands of years, the distance is just this short, so who could have discovered it?

In just a short while, several thunderclaps suddenly sounded between heaven and earth, resounding everywhere in the world.

It’s just that everyone is used to rainy weather, and no one thinks much about it when the weather is sunny.

……

"Sir, this is a bolt from the blue."

In the east of Yunzhou City, there is a dilapidated and deserted small courtyard.

Xiao Cao looked up at the cloudless sky and said.

Liu Bai said "hmm", cleared away a few wandering souls inside, then picked a room and sat cross-legged on the ground.

He was not in a hurry to take out the treasure, but was thinking about those who took action...

Except for the matchmaker aunt and Qu Xiaoer from the children's gang, Liu Bai had seen all the ghosts who had gained a second life, some alive and some dead.

Moreover, the body of the deceased old man had been touched by someone else before...most likely one of the matchmaker aunt and Qu Xiaoer.

It seems that when it comes to saving lives, they are both good at it.

But this one slips away so fast.

But I believe that it won’t be long before the city becomes lively again.

After all, the little clues that we finally found out have now been cut off... Who would believe this?
The more clues you find, the more you'll find.

Liu Bai planned to sit and watch for a while before making any decision. Then he suddenly had an idea and took out the spoils he had obtained from searching the corpses outside.

The first thing he took out was naturally the rare treasure he had snatched from his "good brother", the small stone mountain covered with cracks.

There is no such thing as refining or recognizing the owner of a rare treasure.

At least what Liu Bai understood was that it was impossible, as long as someone else could grab it, they could use it.

Just like at this moment, he snatched this small stone mountain, and this thing is his.

Liu Bai held it in his hand and played with it. This small stone mountain looked like a small and exquisite ornament, which was mostly placed on window sills or other places for decoration.

The color of the hill is also very real. It is green below the waist, as if it is covered with trees.

The upper part of the mountainside is gray, like exposed rock and gravel.

Liu Bai weighed it and didn't find anything unusual...so the next step was to test the waters.

The reason why this rare treasure can only be used by those who have cultivated a second life is because each activation of it consumes a large amount of life fire.

However, the life fire required for these things cannot be withstood even by those Yin people who have nurtured the Yang God.

You might even be sucked to death in an instant.

But Liu Bai...can bear it!
He didn't know what the formula his mother gave him meant, and he had repeatedly wondered why he just recited that formula...

The life fire can be used without restraint.

The life fire is burned out by the Yin people with their own qi, blood and spirituality. So even though one's life fire can be used unlimitedly, it must have a source, right?
So where does this come from?
It can't be mother... Liu Bai remembered that his mother said that when she said this formula, the tone she used was "their family".

Liu Bai couldn't figure it out, so he decided to find an opportunity to ask his mother if she was willing to tell him.

At this moment, Liu Bai suddenly ignited the fire of life and immediately poured it into the small stone mountain.

But as soon as the Life Fire came into contact with this rare treasure, it was like it came into contact with a whirlpool.

Immediately, the life fire in Liu Bai's body was like a reservoir with the gates opened, and was continuously devoured by this magical treasure...

at the same time.

In an unknown ancestral land within the Qin State, four or five white-haired old women sat in a circle.

And in the middle of them, there is a... coffin.

The coffin is made of gold.

They all closed their eyes and lit the fire, connected to each other, but suddenly, one of them opened her eyes, and the others also noticed her abnormality and opened their eyes.

"How is it? Are the descendants scattered outside borrowing strength again?"

An old woman in a red robe asked hurriedly.

The old woman in green robe who opened her eyes first was briefly surprised, then slowly nodded, "Yes, it's him again."

"What's going on this time? Is it the same as the previous times? Is it just a matter of maintaining the supply?"

The old woman in green robe sensed it a little and her expression became more and more surprised.

"What's wrong?"

The others asked hurriedly.

"No, this time it's... a magical treasure. That little guy is using a magical treasure!" The old woman in green robe had a look of surprise on her face.

"What? Qibao?"

"It's only been a short time... It hasn't been that many years since that little guy started the furnace and lit the fire, right?"

"As far as I can remember, it was just over three years in total, not even four years."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Four years, from starting the furnace and igniting the fire to the rare treasure… That is to say, from lighting the third fire to repairing the second life, it only took four years.

If it were someone else, they probably wouldn’t even have been able to burn out their spirit after these four years, right?

"Are you sure it's not from our house?" asked the old woman in green robe in a deep voice.

After all, if it was in the house, it would not be surprising to come into contact with rare treasures, but if that were really the case.

I came into contact with a rare treasure in my own house.

He is also borrowing the ancestor's life fire to use the magic treasure, so breaking his legs would be the least of his worries.

"No, I went out and checked. It's not from the house. It's definitely from outside."

When the red-robed old woman finished speaking, the others looked at each other, and finally the green-robed old woman spoke:

"How can we let our Qilin child wander around outside? Let the ancestral master issue an order to find this young man as soon as possible and let him come to our ancestral land to recognize his ancestors and return to his roots!"

Such a talented younger generation, when he grows up, may be able to take charge of the entire family.

If this is the case, how can we let him go into exile?

As for why it is called exile... In their opinion, anything that is not in their own house is considered exile.

Even the Qin royal family is like this!

In Qin, their family has the right to say this.

……

"Wow, it really is a rare treasure!"

Liu Bai looked at the bottomless pit in front of him, raised his hand and used his life fire to lift the hill out of the ground.

Compared with the previous palm-sized hill, this hill was now as big as a human head due to his life fire.

And this was after he felt that he could activate it, he stopped burning his life fire.

Otherwise, according to the information given by this rare treasure, this rare treasure called "Small Mountain Cone" can really transform into a small mountain nearly thirty or forty feet high.

Just reducing it to the size of a human head has already burned so much life fire.

Liu Bai couldn't imagine how much life fire would be needed to burn it to a height of thirty or forty feet.

Moreover, it has been severely damaged and may not even last until that time because it has been completely burned out.

If this thing is not repaired, it will basically become less and less with each use.

Should I repair it or not... Liu Bai decided to wait and see later, since he didn't have the ability to repair it anyway.

As for the use of this small mountain cone... it's very simple, just smash it, no matter if it's a human or a ghost, once it is targeted by the tip of the mountain cone, Liu Bai once again activated this magical treasure.

Then the opponent has no choice but to fight back. It's not just the small mountain cone that is a rare treasure like this, there is also the Four Symbols Bone Mirror that was used by Lei Tan Zhenren before.

The same is true for the Eight Wind Bag used by Taoist Wuxiao and even the coffin behind him.

Once you are targeted by Qibao, you basically have to resist and you can't escape.

because of this.

That’s why it is said that the ghost walker with the magic treasure can almost crush the ghost walker without the magic treasure.

After looking at the small mountain cone, Liu Bai took out another rare treasure.

The incomplete rare treasure is the broken Fire Spirit Banner picked up from the Fire Altar Master.

Liu Bai did not take out the broken part of the tail. At this moment, he held the intact part, which felt warm, just like holding a piece of cloth that could generate heat by itself.

The banner is bright red and its material is unknown. It feels like human skin to the touch, but also slippery, and it looks like there is fluff on the surface.

Liu Bai had seen the Fire Altar use the Fire Spirit Banner before, so at this moment he first poured in the Life Fire, still continuously injecting it.

When it can be activated... Liu Bai doesn't dare to try it in this city.

But according to perception and calculation, the Fire Spirit Banner was waved casually and the life fire was spread.

If it were a mountain as big as Huizhen Mountain, all the evil spirits on it would have been burned to ashes.

"Tsk, tsk, this is a rare treasure."

Liu Bai extinguished his life fire and looked at the Fire Spirit Banner in his hand which had returned to normal, his eyes unable to hide his joy.

Before he tried it before, he thought that the Fire Spirit Banner that was broken into two pieces was more seriously damaged.

But now it seems that there is basically no problem with this Fire Spirit Banner.

It's just that it's missing a part which makes it less powerful, but for Liu Bai today, it's completely enough!

"Sir, look at how ignorant you are. Humph, when you go out in the future, don't say you are my, Xiaocao's, sir. I feel ashamed!"

Xiaocao had stood on the rotten table beside her without her knowing. She clasped her hands over her chest, leaned back slightly, and tapped the ground with the tip of her left foot.

"Then why don't you show me the world?"

Liu Bai rolled his eyes, "What a useless little grass, it's useless."

"me……"

Xiao Cao called me a few times, but she was still thinking about Madam Liu's instructions, so she didn't say it out loud. She turned around angrily and said angrily, "Master, remember this for Xiao Cao."

"You remember this, Xiaocao!"

Liu Bai was too lazy to pay attention. After looking at these two rare treasures, he finally took out the biggest gain of this trip with great anticipation.

The Sumeru that was snatched from Zhou Bala was not found any rare treasure from him, but this Sumeru was seen.

It seems that it was most likely him who put the rare treasure in.

Moreover, as the leader of Laba Sect, how could the Sumeru he carried with him be missing?
Liu Bai looked at the jade ring on his hand, then lit the life fire again, and then gathered the fire on his hand, burning it slowly.

If the Sumeru was ownerless, there would be no need to go through so much trouble, but Zhou Bala was not dead after all and was still alive, so if one wanted to take his Sumeru, one would naturally have to burn away his breath.

This is a job that requires patience. Fortunately, Liu Bai is not in a hurry. As for his life fire, it is more patient than him and can be lit for a day.

So half an hour passed like this, and finally, a gray cloud seemed to dissipate from the jade ring. Liu Bai, who had lit the fire, immediately looked at it.

Oh, good guy.

I saw that this Sumeru was... empty!
Even the space inside was only the size of a fist and there was nothing in it.

With just one glance, Liu Bai knew that he had suffered from his lack of experience. Xiao Cao also came over and said "kindly":

"Xiao Cao, you are foolish, you have been deceived."

"They are all old veterans who have traveled all over the world and all over Yunzhou. How could they casually wear their Sumeru in such a conspicuous place?"

Liu Bai glanced at the hindsight Xiaocao, grabbed it, and stuffed it into his chest.

He immediately summoned a ghost body, which soared into the sky and went straight into the distance.

Not long after they left, several figures flew out of the city and landed here. They were the Fire Altar Master of the Water and Fire Sect, the Incense Master of the Funeral Temple, and Zhou Bala.

"I'm sure that the last breath of my Sumeru is here." Zhou Bala said with certainty.

The Fire Altar Master was also furious, "There is also the aura of my Fire Spirit Banner. It must be the evil ghost that has no moral principles."

"You stole my stuff, and you dare to show off so close to Yunzhou City. This really makes me angry!"

The incense master with a copper coin mask on his face kept sniffing the air, as if trying to find something.

But there was no pain of losing the rare treasure in his eyes, only excitement and excitement.

Zhou Bala noticed his strangeness.

"What's the matter, you disgusting thing, are you addicted to being struck by that evil spirit? You didn't kill it once, so you want to strike it a few more times?"

The incense master laughed, and the copper coins on his face made a "ding-dang-dang" sound.

"How can a mortal like you experience the ultimate beauty brought by the dual pain of body and soul? How foolish!"

He left immediately after he finished speaking, "Wait, I will definitely find his footsteps!"

"You are worthy of being called the madman of the funeral temple." The Fire Altar Master looked at him walking in the wilderness, taking one deep step and one shallow step like a madman, and said with disdain.

Zhou Bala put his hands together and said, "At least everyone in this funeral temple knows what they want. Even if it's death... they are all happy."

"what about you?"

Zhou Bala glanced at the embarrassed Fire Altar Master, sneered, and left.

Compared to the Fire Altar Master who lost the rare treasure, he only lost a pretend Sumeru, which was not a big loss.

As long as he doesn't suffer any loss, he can naturally point fingers at others...at least that's what Zhou Bala thinks.

So he has never been popular.

As for Liu Bai, after leaving here, he originally wanted to go back to the city from the west, but when he reached the top of a mountain, he heard someone talking on the chessboard.

The sweet voice of Red Horse rang out over the chessboard, "Do you have any other news about the incident at Shenxiao Temple? I really want to know."

"Red Horse, if you were a little more normal, I would tell you."

The old voice of the Black Elephant woman sounded, accusing the Red Horse.

"But old lady Black Elephant, don't you think talking like this is... cute?"

"I just feel sick!" The black elephant was as ferocious as ever, and scattered the chess pieces right after he said that.

Seeing this, the red horse said sarcastically: "I wanted to share some big news with you, but it seems that the black elephant doesn't want to know."

"You talk, I'm listening." Black Elephant showed up again, as if the person who had just scolded Red Horse was not her at all.

Liu Bai had already shown up, but he didn't say anything.

The Red Pawn Ghost arrived late this time, but at least he came. "What's the news?"

"Aren't you curious about what those people who went underground into Huizhen Mountain saw?"

Hong Ma's voice was delicate, and seemed to carry a hint of temptation.

Black Elephant then said, "That's it? Everyone knows this. I don't want to hear it."

After she finished speaking, she ran away again.

The Red Pawn Ghost also said, "There was no one down there. The fake statue was placed there, which caused them to fight. Finally, the Thunder Altar Master activated the thunder curse that he had set up in advance, and almost wiped them out. Well, that's the end of the story. Lord Black General, you don't have to wait any longer."

Red Horse was silent, as if he was mad at them for a long time, and then he spoke in a delicate tone:

"I am worried that the black general and the black soldier have not gone yet, so I want to share it with you."

"It makes me look like I am to blame. It is true that kind-hearted people cannot survive."

Just when Liu Bai was about to scatter his chess pieces and stop listening to the Red Horse's disgusting words, another chess piece suddenly appeared on the chessboard.

Black soldier!

Mother appeared!

Liu Bai was just about to speak when he heard his mother cough, and her voice seemed a little... weak?
Something happened to mom!

Thinking of this, Liu Bai stood up from the top of the mountain without any hesitation and headed straight south.

He's going home.

On the chessboard, Red Horse was still confused, "Hey, Sister Hei Shi, long time no see, are you injured? Why do you sound a little weak?"

Madam Liu didn't say a word. After seeing the black general disappear, she also disappeared.

This time she really had something to say to Liu Bai, so she had to call him on the chessboard.

"Don't worry, sir. The queen will be fine. No one in this world can hurt her."

"She must have missed you, so she came to call you."

The more Xiaocao talked, the more worried Liu Bai became. The evil spirit from the throne deep in the forbidden area had joined forces with people from Qin and Wei to attack and kill him, but his mother was fine.

But this time, she was actually a little weak. How could Liu Bai not be worried?
Not long after, Liu Bai returned to the Blood Food City. This time he didn't need to call out, as Madam Liu took him home directly.

Returning to the familiar courtyard, Liu Bai looked up and saw his mother.

She was standing at the door waiting as usual, but compared to usual, now she... had four or five more cracks on her body.

It was as if someone had beaten her into several pieces and then forcefully glued them back together, along with her clothes.

And above every crack, there was golden light shining, and even her eyes turned golden.

Madam Liu at this moment... made Liu Bai feel distressed, yet also felt a little strange.

Tears welled up from the corners of his eyes, his lips trembled, and he whispered:

"mother."

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(The remaining chapter is very important. I originally wrote 4k, but I was not satisfied and deleted it all. I am still writing it now. No need to wait. I will post it in the morning. Please give me some monthly votes. My ranking keeps falling.)
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