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

Chapter 172 The True Identity of the Black Elephant [asking for monthly tickets]

"Xiaocao is really amazing. I really admire Xiaocao."

Liu Baiyan said this insincerely, but in his heart he was already thinking about how to get the red candles for the wedding night.

And it has to be as soon as possible.

"Hehe, this is the first time Xiaocao has received praise from you, Xiaocao has to record it."

As Xiaocao spoke, he also wrote on his body in an imitating manner.

It seems that as long as it is written on the body, it will remember it forever.

It was still dark at this time, but Liu Bai had already turned east and flew towards Yunzhou City.

Although it is good to stay in a place to nourish your fire, it is only a short-lived pleasure.

Liu Bai still wants permanent happiness more.

The real thing is to get the original fire. As for whether Shen Ruoruo would notice anything unusual after I left for so long, I don't care.

Liu Bai made up his mind that she was the old woman named Black Elephant!

She just turned 18, but she spends the whole day pretending to be an old woman at the chessboard. How shameless.

Besides, with Situ Hong helping me cover up, there shouldn't be any problems.

Heading eastwards, when Liu Bai just returned to the west gate of Yunzhou City by carriage, the sky was just turning pale.

At that time, many people in the city had not yet gotten up. Liu Bai rode in a paper carriage through the streets and alleys. The wheels rolled over the bluestone road surface, making a "clicking" sound.

Getting the red candles for the wedding night... is a troublesome matter.

In addition, time was urgent, so Liu Bai didn't plan to look for anyone else. It would be more convenient to do it himself.

Otherwise, you can find Xu Xiaoer or Qiu Qianhai, or even find a tea or wine shop to ask someone to do the job if all else fails.

While running around in the street, Liu Bai quickly found a courtyard for a grand wedding.

From the outside, they looked like a wealthy family, obviously with considerable wealth.

Liu Bai walked around the street and finally found a quiet place where no one was around. He jumped off the carriage, used the paper horse as a cover to transform himself into a ghost, and entered the courtyard.

Walking in the shadow of the wall, he soon found the bridal chamber.

Before he even reached the door, he had already heard the music coming from inside, and the woman's screams were shrill yet gentle.

"Sir, is this wedding night always so painful?"

"It sounds like the grass is scared."

While Xiaocao was talking, Liu Bai told it to close its eyes and not look.

But at the same time, Liu Bai's expression contained a hint of amusement, because he actually felt a hint of...ghostly aura in this bridal chamber?
Very faint, but it is there.

Thinking that he had passed through the wall and entered the room directly, the first scene he saw was naturally erotic.

But soon, Liu Bai let out a breath, and the woman on the bed suddenly shivered.

The next moment, the woman who was supporting herself with her hands and raising her upper body, revealing her perfect figure, turned into an ugly ghost with a rotting body and pus all over her body in the blink of an eye.

The groom, who was working very hard, glared at this and then let out a scream and rolled off the bed.

He rolled his eyes and trembled, almost foaming at the mouth.

The female ghost on the bed also quickly got off the bed, knelt on the ground, and trembled.

"Why are you here to harm them?" Seeing this situation, Liu Bai couldn't help but ask more questions.

The female ghost said in a sharp voice, "Originally, I accidentally fell into the river and drowned. My body was drifted to the vicinity of Yunzhou City. This bastard of the Zou family saw my body and actually cut and stabbed it with a knife, destroying my remains and my body. How can I let him go?"

"Then he asked for it."

Liu Bai didn't care too much, "It's enough to have someone responsible for every wrong done."

After saying that, he came to the candlestick and looked at the red candles that were not even half burned. He wondered if the red candles in the wedding night between humans and ghosts had any attraction to the original fire?

Well, just take it away first.

I'll go find other red candles later, and keep these as backup.

After leaving the west of the city, Liu Bai spent another half a day and finally found two married couples in the north of the city.

This time it’s better, at least the people I found are all married.

Rather than some unrequited love story between a human and a ghost.

The two families collected more than thirty red candles in total, which he estimated was about enough.

Just when he was thinking about returning to Danshan, he suddenly remembered something and took a detour back to the courtyard where Situ Hong lived.

It would have been fine if I hadn't come back, but when I came back, I actually ran into Situ Busheng!

Not only him, but also a young woman with a beautiful appearance and wearing green clothes was seen in the yard.

When Liu Bai saw her, she was sitting in front of the stone table in the yard, staring at the ground in a daze with a look of despair.

"You are... the head of the family?!"

Situ Rui slipped away when the Pit of Ten Thousand Corpses erupted. She only knew what happened before, but had no memory of what happened afterwards.

So when he saw Liu Bai, he naturally called him the head of the family.

Hearing this voice, Situ Busheng immediately walked out of the house, "Master!"

He took two steps to Liu Bai, his eyes filled with joy.

Seeing that he was fine and had successfully brought Situ Rui back, Liu Bai finally put his mind at ease.

"When did you come back?" Liu Bai asked.

"Yesterday afternoon, it was already dark when we came back." Situ Busheng replied quickly.

"That's a coincidence." Liu Bai turned to look at Situ Rui, who subconsciously hesitated and didn't dare to look up, just nodded timidly.

"I won't ask about the last time. I brought you back this time because I do have something to ask you."

The matter was urgent, and Liu Bai didn't have much time to be polite, so he went straight to the point.

"The Master is asking you a question, why don't you answer it quickly!"

Situ Busheng had been running around in the mountains for a long time for this ghost fetus. Now he finally found her back, but she was in such a state. Naturally, he was not in a good mood.

"Tell... tell me, sir, please tell me." Situ Rui seemed to be still in shock.

Seeing her like this, Liu Bai couldn't help but turn his head to look at Situ Busheng and asked, "What's wrong with her?"

Upon hearing this, Situ Busheng's expression seemed to turn a little ugly.

"When I first found her, she was already like this, as if she was frightened by something."

"I asked her but couldn't get any information. She wouldn't say anything but kept saying 'Don't kill her' 'Don't kill her'."

Liu Bai looked at Situ Rui, who had a dull look in her eyes, and frowned, but did not ask about it.

Since Situ Busheng couldn't get the answer, he certainly wouldn't be able to get the result.

He then asked, "When you were on Mount Xian before, did you chase and kill a ghost?"

"I...I have hunted down many people who walked into the underworld."

Situ Rui still has some vague memories of her life after becoming a ghost fetus.

"She must have been nurturing a Yin spirit at the time. She looked like a little girl, probably only as tall as your shoulders, with white hair..."

Before Liu Bai finished speaking, the ghost fetus Situ Rui nodded vigorously as if she had thought of something.

"Yeah!"

"When you say that, I remember it now." Situ Rui's eyes were dull for a while before she continued, "I almost ate her up, and then... suddenly I heard the sound of our family coming from her body. I was scared, so I didn't dare to chase her."

"Son!"

"It's actually her!!!"

"Shen Ruoruo is the black elephant!" In Liu Bai's mind, Xiaocao was screaming like crazy.

Liu Bai's originally frowned brows now relaxed, and he thought to himself, "As expected."

The "voice at home" that Situ Rui mentioned was the tune that Liu Bai hummed at that time. Therefore, the old woman with the black elephant that the ghost fetus Situ Rui was chasing at that time was Shen Ruoruo.

"you sure?"

Liu Bai asked another question.

Situ Rui nodded vigorously, "I'm sure."

"Ah."

Although I don’t know how Shen Ruoruo avoided the search last time, after all, Liu Bai had searched her entire Sumeru but couldn’t find the chessboard of life and death.

But this time with Situ Rui's personal confirmation... Liu Bai finally had the answer in his heart.

"Have you read the letter that Situ Hong left for you?"

"This old slave has seen it."

"Well, we are all staying at the fire-raising area now, and something big is going to happen there soon, so you should try to stay in the city."

Liu Bai was afraid that old fellow Situ Busheng would feel bored after reading the letter and would run off to Shuiche'ao to join in the fun, so he gave him a few more instructions before leaving.

He did not take the detour to the west of the city, but went out from the south of the city.

When he arrived at a deserted place, Liu Bai transformed into a ghost again and headed west, straight into the depths of Mount Dan.

...Shuicheao.

Inside the middle tent.

Ji Changan, Ji Junlan and Wu Qiu, a spirit walker from the governor's mansion, sat around the table.

"Is it really not possible tonight?" In front of his own people, Ji Changan no longer had that decent smile on his face.

Instead, he looked a little heavy, and his right hand, which was placed on the table, was even clenched into a fist. While speaking, he even lightly hammered the table with his fist.

Ji Junlan, who was sitting opposite him, shook her head slowly. "It will take until tomorrow night at the earliest. This thing can't be done quickly."

"The main reason is that more and more people are coming to Shuiche'ao, like Shen Ruoruo from the matchmaking party last night. She must have noticed something unusual, otherwise she wouldn't be looking around here."

Ji Changan’s face became increasingly ugly.

Wu Qiu, who was sitting nearby with a cup of tea in his hand, put down the teacup and chuckled, "That's easy, just kill her and settle the score."

"It's just a matchmaking meeting, so I can just kill her."

Ji Changan shook his head, "I can't kill her. With her status and qualifications, if she really dies here... then the matchmaker will definitely come."

"It will only cause more trouble."

"You are right to be worried, sir." Wu Qiu still had that indifferent attitude. "But you don't have to worry, sir. Judging from the people who are walking in the water, as long as that old bald donkey doesn't open his mouth, the rest of them... are no match for me."

"Well, I feel relieved with Mr. Wu here."

"Third brother, I'll go now."

"Well, let's go together."

After Ji Changan finished speaking, he picked up the jade box beside him, put it close to his body, and stood up to leave.

Wu Qiu looked at their departing backs, lost in thought.

……

"You really didn't lie to me?" Shen Ruoruo looked at the serious-looking little kid in front of her. She wanted to believe it but didn't quite dare to.

"Really, the evil spirit appeared behind us, disguised as you, and asked me to go with you to get something, so I followed you."

"Then we went further and further away, and I kept shouting, but the evil spirit didn't even turn around, so I knew something was wrong."

"Then I released the five energies and fought with the evil spirit. After the fight, I found that I couldn't get out of that place. I wandered around for a long time before I found the way back."

Liu Bai spoke seriously, and there was fear in his eyes.

Shen Ruoruo was half-believing and half-doubting.

Liu Bai added: "If I want to lie to my sister, I'd be a ghost, okay?"

"No, I still believe in my brother. It's just that something big might happen here soon, so it's better for my brother to stay with me." Shen Ruoruo said cautiously.

Isn't it that the origin fire is about to come out... Liu Bai nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to my sister."

"Ah."

The two returned to the tent one after another. Liu Bai looked at Shen Ruoruo, who was serious but occasionally acted like a little girl, and could even pretend to be an old woman on the chessboard of life and death.

I just feel that she is... very complicated, like a living person.

Very real too.

Liu Bai didn't know why he had such a feeling, but they both lit a fire and didn't stay in the tent for a while.

Shen Ruoruo, who was originally sitting on the edge of the bed, suddenly raised her head.

Liu Bai also heard the noise outside...the Ji siblings came again.

Shen Ruoruo went out with a smile, and Liu Bai followed closely behind her, and found that the two of them really came to pour the divine water again.

Both of them had smiles on their faces, and the members of the Shefutang and Matchmaker Club, who didn't understand what was going on, were still expressing their gratitude.

Shen Ruoruo also stepped forward to deal with it.

After the two of them left, the white-haired girl returned to the tent and stopped smiling. She even turned to Liu Bai and said, "Brother Liu, I'll need your help later."

"Okay."

Liu Bai agreed immediately.

Immediately, Shen Ruoruo pasted two Taoist talismans into the tent. Liu Bai took a look and found that one was a familiar voice-silencing talisman, and the other was... something he didn't recognize.

Liu Bai was a little unsure for a moment. After looking at him repeatedly several times, he was sure that he really didn't know him.

There are three mountains and forests on the top of the talisman, with the Taoist words "奉致" written in the middle. The foot of the talisman below has clear marks of ink that have not yet dried, as if it was just drawn not long ago.

"Come, brother, put this on yourself and sit at the door. No matter what happens, remember, no matter what happens, you cannot leave that position at all."

Shen Ruoruo spoke seriously, and then handed Liu Bai an identical talisman.

Liu Bai could guess that Shen Ruoruo was tinkering with these things at this time, and her ultimate goal would be to obtain the Origin Fire.

But...what kind of method is this?
Liu Bai was not afraid of death. After taking the talisman, he put it into his chest.

Shen Ruoruo was worried and reminded him, "Also, no matter what sound you hear coming from my tent, don't look back."

"it is good."

After Liu Bai nodded in agreement again, he came out of the tent and sat down cross-legged on the spot.

Xiao Cao muttered, "Don't worry, sir. If she doesn't let you see it, Xiao Cao will see it for you."

But just as Xiaocao's voice fell, a miserable cry came from the tent behind him.

The voice was obviously Shen Ruoruo's, and it sounded much more painful than when Liu Bai scared her with a snake.

So…what is this?
Moreover, Liu Bai also discovered that there was a sound-silencing talisman pasted inside, so logically, no one outside should be able to hear it.

The reason why he could hear it was because the sound... was transmitted into his mind from the talisman on his chest.

"Xiaocao, go in and take a look at what's going on inside?" Liu Bai said to Xiaocao in his mind.

"okay."

Xiaocao, who was originally behind Liu Bai, turned around and stuck his head into the tent.

Then he quickly backed out.

"Sir, there's nothing inside. Shen Ruoruo is just sitting on her bed, not moving at all."

"Didn't you hear anything?"

"No."

It seems that only I can hear this sound... Liu Bai looked at the grass that retreated back, and did not ask whether Shen Ruoruo would notice or not.

Then Shen Ruoruo's screams became more and more shrill, and in the end, it was as if she had become numb, weak and powerless, with one sound sometimes and another sometimes.

Then Liu Bai could also feel that there seemed to be something inside the tent behind him, poking his back, as if it wanted to get out.

He asked Xiaocao to go in and take a look, but Xiaocao said there was nothing there, it was empty, and even there was no sound behind him, it was like his... illusion.

He also kept Shen Ruoruo's instructions in mind and stood there motionless.

It was not until the late night that he saw Shen Ruoruo lift the curtain from the inside, call him in, and then said weakly:

"It worked. Remember to keep the talisman I just gave you close to your body. Wait for a day or two, and great benefits will befall you."

After hearing this, Liu Bai quickly looked at the two talismans that Shen Ruoruo had just pasted.

The sound-silencing talisman was still there, but another unknown talisman was gone. He hurriedly touched his chest.

His was still there, so he took it out again.

As a result, he found that his talisman had turned...golden.

"Put it away quickly, and then help me keep an eye on it. I want to take a nap."

After Shen Ruoruo finished speaking, she didn't care whether Liu Bai agreed or not, and just lay down on the bed next to her, and fell into a deep sleep.

"Sir, this seems to be the method Shen Ruoruo used to deal with the Origin Fire."

"I think so too." Liu Bai said as he put the talisman into his chest, actually into Sumeru.

"And she seems to want to share this thing... with you."

"Why is she so nice to you? Can this thing be shared?" Xiaocao was a little surprised.

Liu Bai also thought about this problem and felt it was a bit outrageous.

"Maybe she went back to find the matchmaker, and the matchmaker gave her this trick, and then the matchmaker asked her to give me a share?"

Liu Bai guessed, but he felt it was not very reasonable.

It took Liu Bai a whole night to walk back and forth.

Shen Ruoruo shouldn't have such means, but if she really said that this was the reason why she was so good to herself, it seemed a little hard to explain.

Liu Bai couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it.

In short, he decided that he should not scare this little Lolita again next time. She was so nice to him, he should not be ungrateful.

The next day, Liu Baidu was still sleeping soundly with a fire lit, when he suddenly heard a noisy noise coming from outside.

He walked out of the door and happened to see a man named Niu from Shefu Hall standing next to him.

He said with a slightly amused tone:
"Look, the ascetic monk sitting on the north field has entered the territory of the governor's mansion."

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