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

Chapter 20 Three Fires [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

Master Ma was still painting on Liu Bai's shoulders, and he didn't stop talking at the same time.

"Actually, there is a taboo when it comes to lighting the furnace."

"What...what taboo?" Liu Bai felt as if the skin on his back was burned off and was in severe pain.

"If you want to light a fire, if you want to go yin, then the first breath of Yuan Yang in your body must not dissipate."

"That is to say, you are as weak as a virgin."

"I would ask questions when lighting a fire for others, but I won't even ask questions about a hairless little bird like you."

Liu Bai could no longer speak and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

"Alright, alright, look at you, you can't help it, I'm going to light the fire for you."

As Master Ma was speaking, he had just finished painting the last bit of blood and ash.

He put his things down, stood up and shrugged, and suddenly a wave of heat swept through the entire cellar.

If there was any evil thing here, it would definitely be seen that there was a ball of burning fire on the shoulders and head of Mr. Ma.

"get ready!"

Master Ma chuckled, raised his left hand and rubbed his right shoulder gently, as if taking off a spark and placing it on Liu Bai's right shoulder.

The fire is passed down from generation to generation and never extinguished.

Faintly, Liu Bai seemed to hear a slight sound on his right shoulder.

Just a "bang".

It was as if... a flame was ignited, and then all the anger in the body found an outlet, the burning feeling disappeared, and the whole person felt cool.

This comfortable feeling even made Liu Bai unable to help but let out a comfortable moan.

It was like jumping into an icy river on a hot day.

After feeling comfortable, Liu Bai turned his head slightly to look at his right shoulder, only to see that there was actually a ball of flame jumping there.

……

Huangliang Town.

Madam Liu didn't go anywhere today. She just sat at home, as if waiting for something.

Xiaocao was scratching her head anxiously on the table.

"My lady, if the young master really lights a fire, do you think I can't sit on his shoulders?"

"Will his fire burn the grass to death?"

"How about you find something to cushion my butt? Xiaocao, I saw the one you brought back last time..."

Before Xiaocao could finish his words, half of his mouth was sewn up again.

It quickly covered its mouth and had to sit down at the table, swinging its legs and remaining silent.

But this silence only lasted for a few breaths, and then it asked in a low voice: "My Lady, are you worried about the identity of the young master's ghost baby and that he can't light the life fire?"

"Are you worried that once the life fire is lit, it will burn him to death?"

Hearing this, Madam Liu's body trembled imperceptibly, but she sneered and said, "If he dies, he dies. What does it have to do with me?"

"Oh, human!"

Xiao Cao rolled her eyes and said, "My lady, just keep talking nonsense. I don't believe you."

"The day the young master left with Master Ma, you stood behind the door for half an hour and didn't want to come back."

"You still secretly shed your eyes at night... ugh, ugh!"

Xiaocao struggled violently, but his mouth was completely gone. It would take at least three days to untie it.

……

The dancing flames were so close to my eyes that it seemed as if my eyebrows would be burned if I got any closer.

"Don't worry, this life fire can only burn evil spirits, not you." Master Ma lit the fire successfully, and he looked very relaxed and satisfied.

But what if... I am the evil spirit?

Liu Bai didn't dare to say this, so he just asked, "Master Ma, will this life fire keep burning like this?"

"Heh, do you have so much energy to burn?" "Three Fires only lit a fire that can last for half a cup of tea. They say you have a good foundation."

Liu Bai felt it again. His life fire was ignited, but he didn't seem to feel any consumption?

Is this the effect of me chanting that mantra?
Otherwise, I didn’t feel anything else unusual... Liu Bai scratched his head, and with a thought, he watched the flame on his shoulder go out, and the boiling blood in his body gradually subsided.

He called up the panel.

[Name: Liu Bai]

[Identity: Human]

[Realm: Three Fires]

[Qi and blood: 3.2]

【Spirituality: 2.2】

[Attribute points: 0]

Qi, blood and spirituality have both increased slightly, and in addition there is this additional realm... the three fires.

While putting on his clothes, Liu Bai turned around and asked, "Master Ma, then do we have no other means in the Three Fire Realms?"

"You can light your own life fire and drive away other ghosts. This counts as one...there are no other ones?"

Mr. Ma took off the old pipe from his waist again and said, "Look, you are anxious again. I told you not to be anxious."

"First, I'll tell you a few taboos. Remember them well."

Liu Bai pricked up his ears.

"The first and most important point is that while you are lighting the fire of life, if you hear someone calling your name from behind or patting your shoulder, you must not look back at this time." Master Ma said formally.

Liu Bai listened carefully, "I know this. Once you turn back, the fire of life will be blown out by the ghost."

"Hey, you're pretty smart. If the life fire is extinguished, it will be a thousand times more difficult to light it again. And without the life fire, the ghost will probably eat you."

Master Ma grinned and said, "This second point... is actually not very useful to you."

"what?"

Master Ma had already lit his pipe and took a puff of it with great pleasure before he said, "Don't sleep with women. Keep your yang pure and your life fire will become stronger and stronger. But you are the only son in your family, so it is impossible for you not to carry on the family line."

"But I advise you, even if you want to continue the family line, do it later so that your life fire can be more prosperous. After all, once the pure yang is broken, the life fire will end."

"If your life fire is strong, the road ahead will be easier to walk."

Liu Bai nodded, "I know this. Young people should be careful about sex."

"Tsk, I can tell you're well-educated."

"What about you, Master Ma? When did you break through the Pure Yang?" Liu Bai asked curiously.

Master Ma's eyes widened, his eyebrows raised, "Broken Chunyang? Ha, I am fifty-eight years old this year, and my life fire is still burning more and more vigorously. In the whole Blood Food City, how many people can compare to me?"

It turned out to be an old virgin chicken... Liu Bai quickly clasped his fists to show his respect, "Master Ma is awesome, Master Ma is mighty."

But after saying that, Liu Bai thought of something else and asked again: "Besides not sleeping with women, then...then...then dreaming at night, itself, does this not count, right?"

"That doesn't count." When Mr. Ma heard this, he looked at the little brat in front of him with surprise.

"What if that's the case?"

Liu Bai stretched out his little hand, put his thumb and index finger together, and moved them up and down.

Master Ma slapped him on the back of the head and scolded him, "Who taught you these things at such a young age? Damn, you have become a demon!"

Liu Bai quickly shrank his head, as if he had accidentally revealed too much.

But it’s really not good not to ask clearly. What if when he grows up... he has high qi and blood, right?

"Get out of here, get out of here."

Liu Bai had no choice but to turn around and climb the stairs, but then he heard Master Ma say from behind:

"You want to ask about the art? You have to go back and ask your mother. I am only responsible for lighting the fire. You have to learn the rest from your family... I will take you home tonight."

"As for the other question...it definitely doesn't count!"

"How do you think I survived these decades?"

(End of this chapter)