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

Chapter 171: The Emperor's City Visitors, the Origin of Fire [asking for monthly tickets]

Imperial city...The imperial city that Shen Ruoruo mentioned naturally refers to the imperial city of the Chu State.

The imperial capital of Chu was called "Yuyang", which was 18,000 miles away from Yunzhou City. When the world was still relatively peaceful, it was extremely difficult for people from the imperial capital to come here.

Not to mention now, evil spirits are everywhere, ghosts are rampant...

And judging from the attitude of the governor's mansion, the status of this young master of the Ji family is not low?

But in today's world, status and the like... are of little use. Liu Bai guessed that the Ji family must have other powerful assassins who came to Yunzhou.

Or in other words, has the current governor of Yunzhou received any favor from the Ji family?
Liu Bai speculated in his heart and asked, "Does the Ji family have much power in the imperial city? What are they doing in our Yunzhou?"

"I don't know...but most likely he came here because of the sunset incident."

Shen Ruoruo said this while looking around with a slightly frowned brow, as if she had encountered some difficulty.

"What happened to Sister Shen?"

"It's okay, you stay here, I'll go for a walk."

After Shen Ruoruo finished speaking, she stood up and left without caring whether Liu Bai agreed or not.

Xiao Cao said secretly, "Sir, she must think that there is something wrong with the prayer water those two people just poured."

"It should be, it's good for no reason... not to mention it's something as precious as the water of the prayer."

Liu Bai also answered in his mind.

Liu Bai had seen this thing called divine water in a book.

Most of them are holy water bestowed by some orthodox gods, which can drive away evil spirits, cure diseases, and even those who have encountered the situation that their life fire is burned out can keep a trace of fire by praying for this holy water.

So this precious thing was actually given to me by the young master of the Ji family when I met him for the first time?

That's not how wealthy families spend money.

So, Shen Ruoruo really doubts this?
Liu Bai sat there, and the man named Niu from Shefu Hall beside him chuckled and shook his head.

"This Shen Nizi is really still young and doesn't know the ways of a wealthy family."

"what?"

Liu Bai pretended to be surprised and turned away.

The man surnamed Niu was very satisfied with Liu Bai's expression and continued, "During the past few days when you were not here, Master Ji would come here every day at this time."

"Besides, you all came too late. When Master Ji first arrived, he gave beads to everyone."

The man surnamed Niu turned around and said seriously, "It's blue."

"Still three, three for each person!"

Liu Bai glared and asked, "You have money?"

"Then why not give it to everyone we see? Then there will be more than ten or twenty blood beads scattered around." The man surnamed Niu shook his head.

"As expected of a wealthy family from the Imperial City."

"If this life is not like this, Old Niu, I really want to go and see what the Imperial City looks like."

"But you are fine, you have gathered the five energies at such a young age. A small matchmaker won't be able to hold you back."

He was in high spirits to talk, and Liu Bai also thanked him and said something auspicious.

Then, seeing that Shen Ruoruo went to the Water and Fire Sect's territory opposite, Liu Bai went back into the tent.

"Sir, actually what that person just said is possible. A long time ago, when my wife and I were in Wei State, we also met one. However, his family is the richest in Wei State. Other families' Yin veins are calculated by strips, but their Yin veins are calculated by bundles."

"At that time, the eldest son of their family would scatter Yin beads wherever he went."

The grass muttered to itself about its past.

"Then didn't mother rob them?" Liu Bai asked curiously.

"Hey, young master, how do you know what the queen wants to do? Oh, by the way, Xiaocao almost forgot, you are the queen's child."

Xiaocao's brain is the same as always, sometimes smart, sometimes not.

"When the queen arrived there, she told Xiaocao that she was going to rob the family."

"But before the Queen could make a move, this family heard that the Queen had arrived at their territory and offered several bundles of Yin Veins. They gave too much, so the Queen felt embarrassed to take them away."

"The queen later said that the family was able to occupy so many Yin meridians, and they really had some skills."

Liu Bai nodded as he listened, "Indeed, being able to send out so many Yin Meridians in one breath does require great courage."

"Ok?"

As Liu Bai was speaking, he suddenly felt a familiar vibration coming from inside his Sumeru.

This is someone speaking on the chessboard of life and death.

At this moment he was lighting a fire, and his chess pieces immediately appeared on the chessboard.

The black general appears, followed by the red horse and red pawn.

The first thing to appear was the black elephant.

"Is anyone here?"

"That's good that you are all here." Black Elephant's old voice sounded, and then he seemed to let out a long sigh of relief.

"Sir, do you want to talk here?" Xiaocao asked.

Liu Bai looked around. He didn't know when Shen Ruoruo would come back. "No, let's go away first."

Liu Bai did not take out the chessboard at this moment, so the chess pieces on the board would not hear what he said.

Then he immediately lifted the curtain and walked out, then went into Situ Hong's tent and said something.

"I have to leave for a while. If Shen Ruoruo comes back later, please help me cover up."

"it is good"

Situ Hong had long been accustomed to the situation where her master would leave and disappear for a while from time to time, so she nodded in agreement.

Liu Bai walked quickly towards the mountains outside Shuiche'ao. As he had been lighting a fire, he could hear the words coming from the chessboard.

"Hey, Hongma, you actually went to Danshan?" This was said by the Red Pawn Ghost.

Apparently, he knew where the red horse was by the position of her on the chessboard.

Hong Ma then said delicately, "What I said must be true. How could I possibly lie to Brother Hong Zu?"

While they were talking, Liu Bai had already passed through the tents of the matchmaking meeting and arrived at the foot of the mountain.

After he dived into the forest, he turned into a huge evil spirit and climbed up the mountain. After reaching the top of the mountain, he flew into the sky and fled away to Mount Xian.

"Come on, Black Elephant, tell me what's the matter?" The helpless voice of the Red Pawn Ghost sounded.

"You guys know the fire-raising place in Shuiche'ao, right?" Black Elephant said this, which immediately perked up Liu Bai.

He randomly picked a mountain from the clouds and landed on it.

The black elephant asked about this place... After Liu Bai landed, he took out the chessboard and glanced at it, and found that it was true!
The position of this black elephant is only one square away from his own.

But this is also because Liu Bai took advantage of this opportunity to move very far away.

If he had not left, his position would have overlapped with the black bishop.

This means that the black elephant was now in Shuicheao.

This raised again Liu Bai's doubts, which he had already put aside, because he always had a feeling in his heart.

Shen Ruoruo is the black elephant!
But he had no evidence. After all, he had searched her Sumeru thoroughly but couldn't find the chessboard of life and death.

"I know, what's wrong?" asked the red ghost.

"Go ahead." Red Horse also asked.

Liu Bai didn't say anything, because he saw his long-lost mother returning on the chessboard!

The appearance of the black soldier on the chessboard also caused a brief silence on the chessboard. Finally, the red soldier ghost said, "Long time no see, black soldier."

Black Elephant waited for a moment, and when she saw that Hei Shi didn't say anything, she immediately asked:

"Do you know how the fire-raising land was formed? Is there anything underneath it?"

"This... I have never understood it."

"I only know that no matter where a fire-raising site appears, there will be a bloody storm." Red Horse replied.

"What about you, old ghost Hongzu? Do you know something?"

The Red Pawn Ghost pondered and said, "Tell me first, did you find anything in the fire-raising ground?"

The black elephant remained silent and did not rush to speak.

She also knew that what she had just said had probably exposed the fact that she was in the fire-raising area.

The Red Pawn Ghost then said, "It's already this time, you should be more or less relieved. I have no intention of dealing with you at all."

"It's even worse for Lord Black General. Only the new Red Horse..."

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean, Hongzu? I never said I would attack you. Besides, I just arrived in Xianshan, and I don't know how far I am from the fire-raising ground."

"Okay, I'll just say it."

Black Elephant confessed.

Liu Bai, who had been silent all this time, also pricked up his ears and listened to the black elephant's words.

"I am indeed in this corpse-raising ground now. The reason I asked this question is because I met two people here, two people who came from the Imperial City."

"They say that if you keep the fire burning for a long time, it will make you very irritable..." "It's true. If you keep the fire burning for a long time, it will make you very irritable. At first, it will just make you feel upset, but if it's not resolved, it may even burn you to death."

It looked like the Red Pawn Ghost really knew something.

"So the two people from the imperial city sprinkled prayer water on every area of ​​this fire-raising land." Black Elephant's slightly hoarse voice sounded.

And this time she talked for such a long time and never asked to stop.

Apparently, it was this fire-raising place that gave her endless life fire.

The Red Pawn Ghost then said, "You must be talking about the Ji family brothers and sisters who came from the Imperial City. If it is them, then this is normal."

"The water of the prayer is precious to us, but to them, it is just that."

"It's nothing to be surprised about."

When Liu Bai heard this, many thoughts came to his mind.

First of all, the identity of the black elephant and the possibility of Shen Ruoruo were infinitely elevated again in Liu Bai's mind.

I thought Shen Ruoruo had already been investigating this matter when I left just now.

Now the black elephant is asking the same question on this chessboard of life and death. There are too many coincidences.

Secondly, the description of the Ji brothers and sisters given by the Red Pawn Ghost is not much different from the description given by the man surnamed Niu in Shefu Hall.

From this point of view, could it be that the Ji brothers and sisters are really too rich?

So rich that you have nowhere to spend it?
Liu Bai had just come up with this idea when he heard Black Elephant say, "But what if I say that the water they are pouring to pray for the gods is used to build an altar?"

"what?"

The Red Pawn Ghost was surprised and asked, "Are you serious?"

Black Elephant said in a deep voice: "Really? I have seen this method of building an altar in an ancient book. It is called virtual sacrifice. It means that there is no need to build a high platform or raise spirit flags as in the traditional way. All you need to do is use this prayer water and borrow a little power from the gods to build the altar out of thin air."

"This……"

The Red Pawn Ghost was a little shocked, and then he said frankly: "This is indeed beyond my expectations."

"I know that this fire-keeping site is indeed a bit particular, and it cannot be burned casually."

"But if you want to build an altar on the fire-raising ground and do something underneath it, I'm not sure. Maybe... you can ask Lord Black General."

The Black Elephant then asked, "Sir Black General, do you know?"

I know...bullshit!

Liu Bai was thinking about what to say in order to maintain his identity, at least to make them feel that he, the "Lord Black General", was really capable.

But at this moment, Madam Liu, who had been silent all the time, spoke.

"I know about this."

His mother spoke up and helped him out, and Liu Bai breathed a sigh of relief.

Black Elephant also hurriedly said: "You know what Black Soldier is? Can you tell me about it?"

"Ah."

"I owed you one before, and this time I just paid it back." Madam Liu's tone was calm, as if without any emotion at all.

Liu Bai listened to this and smiled silently.

He originally thought that his mother would just watch them trade on the chessboard, just like watching children playing house, but he never expected that his mother would join in today.

This feeling made Liu Bai feel quite strange.

"I didn't expect that the Queen would care about these things." Xiaocao also noticed this.

"OK, alright."

"Row."

The Red Pawn Ghost and the Black Elephant answered in succession, and the Red Horse followed suit and said, "Okay, then I owe you one."

Madam Liu's voice rang out over the chessboard.

"The reason why the fire-raising land can raise fire is because there is also a ball of fire under this land. That fire is called the origin fire, which is of great benefit to this Yin-walking person."

"The one you mentioned who set up the altar probably wanted to draw out this ball of origin fire."

Madam Liu stopped talking here, indicating that this was all the news.

The Red Pawn Ghost immediately replied, "Damn, the Origin of Fire? Those two from the Imperial City are making such a big fuss!"

"What is... the origin of fire?" asked the black elephant.

After Madam Liu finished saying this, she disappeared from the chessboard.

Liu Bai's intuition told him that the reason why his mother mentioned this on the chessboard was probably to tell him about it.

As expected, Xiao Cao immediately shouted in Liu Bai's mind: "Young Master! The Origin Fire! You must grab this thing!"

"it is good."

Although Liu Bai didn't know what the situation was, it didn't stop him from agreeing first.

The Red Pawn Ghost's voice echoed over the chessboard, "The Origin Fire is of no use to me and the Red Horse, and Lord Black General probably doesn't need it anymore, so I won't charge you for it."

Black Elephant: "Thank you, old ghost."

Red Pawn Ghost: "According to Hei Shi, the fire-raising land derived from the origin fire can have such an effect, so the effect of this origin fire... you should be able to imagine it."

"As the saying goes: Life fire has no color."

"But if a person who walks in the underworld obtains the fire of origin, his life fire will become a tangible fire, and its power will increase greatly. It can even feed back to itself and make up for the original deficit."

"To put it more specifically, if a person who cultivates the Yin spirit and walks in the Yin obtains the origin fire, then the strength of his life fire will be able to catch up with that of a person who cultivates the Yang spirit and walks in the Yin."

"Of course, this is also related to the amount of origin fire obtained."

"I only knew about the origin fire before, but I never thought that the origin fire would be under this fire-raising ground."

The Red Pawn Ghost was really generous and told all the information about the Origin Fire in one breath.

"So, is there going to be something exciting to see in Shuiche'ao again?"

"Hehe, then I'll come too. Even though I can't use it, I can still watch the fun."

Red Horse said with a grin.

"You guy, are you from a funeral temple?" said Hongzu.

"Don't worry, those disgusting guys in the funeral temple are like cats smelling blood when it comes to these things. They will come soon."

Everyone knows what this funeral temple is.

After hearing the news, Black Elephant was silent for a while, obviously not knowing what he was thinking, and finally said.

"Okay, I owe you a favor for this."

After saying this, he disappeared, apparently going to prepare for the matters concerning the Origin Fire.

The Red Pawn Ghost chatted with the Red Horse Mountain Spirit for a few more words, and then they disappeared. Liu Bai put away the chessboard, and Xiao Cao hurriedly said in his mind:

"Sir, the Queen revealed this news just to tell you!"

"Because Xiaocao remembered that when the queen was still a human, she also obtained this origin fire!"

"And this altar is useful, but the effect is not great. Xiaocao knows how to attract the origin fire!"

Xiao Cao was talking excitedly, but Liu Bai had already guessed this, so he asked calmly:

"Xiao Cao, when my mother was still a Yin person, she must have been very powerful, right?"

"Nonsense, the title of Queen Liu Wudi and Liu God were all earned by her as a ghost walker. Sir, what do you think of her as being powerful?" Xiaocao stood on Liu Bai's shoulder, tiptoeing, looking very proud.

It seems that saying that Lady Willow is powerful is the same as saying that the little grass is powerful.

"Then how did she... die?" Liu Bai asked softly.

Xiao Cao was silent for a long time before she said, "Sir, I cannot tell you this even if you kill me."

"Okay, then I won't ask anymore. You can tell me when you can."

"Okay, Master, you are so kind to me." Xiao Cao twisted her butt and waved her hand, "Master, don't interrupt me. I want to tell you about the origin fire."

"If you want to draw out this Origin Fire, there is a quick way. The Queen used this method to grab the Origin Fire at that time."

"What method?"

Liu Bai was also aroused by the grass.

Xiao Cao did not speak, but said in Liu Bai's mind: "This origin fire has become a spirit, has its own ideas, and is very difficult to deal with, just like... just like the house demon you met at the Hu family in Huangliang Town first."

“It’s a monster.”

"Establishing an altar to worship the origin fire is one method, but the fastest method... is to use red candles."

"Red candle?" Liu Bai asked in a puzzled tone. This was the first time he knew about this.

"Yes, and it has to be the red candles that were burned in the wedding room of the couple but not completely burned out."

Xiao Cao really knew this time, so he quickly said again: "Because this origin also comes from humans. When do humans come? Most of them come on the wedding night."

"So the red candles on the wedding night have a strong attraction to the Origin Fire."

"Sir, it's that simple. Tell us how powerful Xiaocao is!"

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