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

Chapter 227 My Mother Liu Qingyi [asking for monthly ticket]

The highest peak in this world is called Cangyue Mountain.

It is located at the junction of the three kingdoms of Qin, Chu and Wei, or in other words, the three kingdoms are separated by this Cangyue Mountain.

Xiaocao once told Liu Bai that Madam Liu once climbed the Cangyue Mountain and found a mirror on the mountain that could talk and know everything about the world.

Madam Liu then asked the mirror who was the best in the world.

The mirror said that he was an old priest in front of the temple deep in the taboo.

So Madam Liu was furious and smashed the mirror...

"You mean, the broken mirror just now is the one on Cangyue Mountain?" Liu Bai asked, looking down at Xiaocao.

"Yes, that mirror!"

Xiao Cao nodded vigorously, "Xiao Cao was saying why this smell was so familiar, it turned out to be that mirror."

Xiao Cao put his finger into his mouth and bit it, then said: "Xiao Cao remembers that the mirror was broken into four pieces by the queen, and the one you just got is one of them, but this mirror is not on Cangyue Mountain... Who brought it down?"

"Moreover, one of the pieces even spread to Jiangzhou and was sealed by the Yin Meridian."

Xiaocao was a little confused and curious.

But this happened hundreds or thousands of years ago. Who knows what happened to this mirror after Madam Liu left Cangyue Mountain?
"I'll just take it out and ask and I'll know."

"Well, sir, just wait and see how Xiaocao asks when the time comes." There were stars twinkling in Xiaocao's eyes.

It takes this matter very seriously.

"it is good."

As Liu Bai spoke, he flipped his left hand and the broken bronze mirror appeared in his palm.

"Yeah, it's finally dawn."

A sound came from the bronze mirror, like a cute and naughty little girl stretching.

"Hehehe, little mirror, do you find Sister Nicao familiar to you?"

Xiaocao jumped onto the bronze mirror, put his hands on his hips, and looked very majestic.

"You, you, you...who are you? Why do I feel like I've seen you somewhere?" The girl seemed to be frightened and her words were stuttering.

Liu Bai just watched, and Xiaocao's explanation echoed in his mind.

"Sir, when Xiaocao and the queen saw this mirror, it had the voice of an old woman. Now this broken mirror has become a little girl. I guess she can't remember many things. Let's see how Xiaocao can fool it!"

Somehow, Xiaocao's brain suddenly started to work very well.

After it finished talking to Liu Bai, it said to the mirror: "I am your sister Xiaocao, why don't you recognize me?"

"I, I, I... I feel like I've been torn apart. My body is torn apart and I can't remember many things. Are you really my sister? But you don't look like me."

The mirror sounded silly.

"If I were to be like you, wouldn't I be your mother? How could I be your sister?" Xiaocao asked back.

"It seems so."

Seeing that the mirror had been successfully fooled, Xiao Cao asked, "Weren't you on that very high mountain before? How did you get here?"

"Yes, I am on a very high mountain. It is very cold there. Sister, you are indeed my sister!" The mirror's voice sounded very excited.

"and after?"

"Later... later a man came and took the four of us sisters away. Later... he died."

The mirror seemed to be recalling something, so the girl spoke slowly and intermittently.

"What happened next?" Xiaocao asked.

"He was killed by several people, and the four of us sisters were divided into four. I... I followed an old man, and then the old man died too."

"I was picked up by another little girl, but I was with that little girl for only a few years before she died."

"I seemed to have fallen into the river. I was drowned for a long time. Then I seemed to have stopped somewhere. I didn't know. I fell asleep and saw you when I opened my eyes."

The little girl sobbed, "Please don't die. If you die again, it will be pitch black again."

Xiao Cao: “…”

Liu Bai raised his hand and took it back into Xumi, then said to Xiao Cao:
"So, after my mother, someone climbed up Mount Cangyue and brought these mirrors down. Then, they died again and again, and somehow, it fell into the Yin Meridian."

"It should be... right?" Xiaocao scratched his head anxiously, "But after hearing what it said, Xiaocao felt that it seemed unlucky. The owner it followed died."

"If the owner it followed hadn't died, how could it have fallen into our hands?"

Liu Bai rolled his eyes.

"Is it difficult to climb Mount Cangyue?" He looked towards the northwest.

"It's very difficult. Cangyue Mountain is as high as the sky. There are layers of strong winds, ice and snow, thunderclouds, etc. There are no evil spirits on it. Only people who walk on the Yin can go up there. And they have to be very powerful people who walk on the Yin. Those who can go up there are all great masters who are the best in the three major countries."

Xiao Cao put her hands on her hips proudly, "The Queen went up there and broke the mirror into pieces!"

"The guy who went up and brought the mirror down was also a great master, but he died too. And the people who killed him were killed by others, too. So..."

Liu Bai stopped talking halfway through.

"So what?" Xiaocao was curious.

"So my mother is really awesome!" Liu Bai was even more proud.

Xiaocao nodded in agreement, and the two of them were like Madam Liu's lackeys.

"Yes, yes, your Majesty is the most powerful."

"Then what's the use of this mirror? Don't say it's useless."

"Sir, please take her out and I'll ask her!" Xiaocao looked like she had found a fun toy.

After Liu Bai took out the broken mirror, before it started to speak, Xiao Cao asked, "Who is the strongest person in the world now?"

"Who is the strongest?" The girl sounded puzzled. She seemed to think for a while before she said, "The strongest one is a big bone. He snores every day when he sleeps. It's so noisy."

"Ok?"

Liu Bai was a little surprised. He thought that the mirror would say it belonged to the old temple keeper, or to Madam Liu, but this big bone... where did it come from?
More powerful than mom?
"Who is Big Bone?" Xiaocao asked impatiently.

"Big bones are just big bones. They are all bones, without any flesh."

The girl said blankly.

Xiao Cao wanted to ask more, but Liu Bai had already guessed something and asked, "Is it... from the sky?"

Liu Bai stretched out his hand and pointed upwards.

"Of course, the most powerful ones are in the sky." The girl said as a matter of course.

Then the big bone that the girl mentioned should be a ghost.

Among the many true gods in heaven, it is the most powerful one.

"But isn't it the world I'm asking about?"

"Under the heavens... Well, then I don't know. I can't see that far."

The girl felt a little aggrieved.

"Then how far is the farthest you can see..." Before Xiaocao could finish his question, Liu Bai interrupted him and said, "It doesn't know even if you ask it this way."

"Who is the strongest where you can see?"

After waiting for a while, the girl said, "Go south, there is a man in black clothes in the big river. He is very powerful."

Liu Bai and Xiao Cao looked at each other.

Xiaocao didn't know, but Liu Bai already knew who the girl was talking about.

It’s the Chu River God who is doing the small reincarnation.

Only a quarter of this mirror is left, but I can still see so far. It seems it is still quite useful.

Xiaocao then asked the girl a few more questions, but she said she couldn't remember them all.

I think this quarter mirror is still useless. If all four pieces can be found, it will be of great use.

It’s a pity that even if you find them all, they are scattered.

Sometimes Liu Bai had to say that his mother was really wasting God's gifts.

After putting the broken mirror away again, Liu Bai turned to Xiao Cao and asked, "Xiao Cao, what is this mirror called? Can it only see how strong others are?"

"This mirror... Xiaocao thinks about it, Xiaocao remembers it!"

"This mirror is called the Cangyue Bone Mirror!"

"The Cangyue Bone Mirror can not only tell who is the strongest, but also where it shines, no one can hide, because it can directly show other people's bones."

Isn't this similar to a magic mirror... Liu Bai murmured in his heart, and asked: "Anything else?"

"Also, it can reveal other people's weaknesses."

Xiao Cao muttered, "If you use this mirror to look at Zhang Cang, you will know where his vital points are."

"But that old man is very cunning. Sir, if you want to find out his vital points, I'm afraid you have to find all four mirrors."

"That's okay."

With these uses, it is considered a great treasure for Liu Bai.

Xiao Cao hadn't finished yet, "This thing has always been on Cangyue Mountain. Everyone knows it, but they can't get it down even if they go up to Cangyue Mountain, because it was nailed to the mountain by someone else. It looks like it's growing on the mountain."

"Later, the Queen went up and took the Cangyue Bone Mirror down from the mountain."

"Hehe, it must be that after the queen came down, the person who went up behind her got lucky and picked up the mirror."

But no matter what, Liu Bai only has one quarter now. Finding the remaining three in this vast world is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

After resolving this matter, Liu Bai took out the chessboard of life and death from Xumi.

Ever since he came to Jiangzhou, he found that the chess pieces of Jiangzhou were really ignorant.

It's fine that he doesn't talk on weekdays, but he also doesn't show up when someone looks for him.

Maybe it's just like what Hongma said, people outside don't trust this chessboard of life and death, and some people have taken advantage of other people's trust and taken their lives.

Therefore, even fewer people dare to speak on the chessboard.

Everyone thinks it is better to have less trouble than more.

There are very few people who dare to make a difference on the chessboard of life and death and treat it as an opportunity.

After shouting a few times and no one showed up, Liu Bai put it away and returned to the underground crevice.

After waiting for a while, a ray of light came in from outside.

Its daybreak.

After a night of recovery, Taoist Xiao Suan also got up again, shook his sleeves, and looked around, as if to confirm that he was indeed fine.

Then he bowed to Liu Bai and the other two, "Thank you very much, young master, for saving my life."

"Master Xiao Suan is doing this for the common people of the world. There is no need to do this."

Wuxiao even praised each other's business dealings with him.

Xiao Suan hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Master, for the sake of safety, I'd better see what our chances of success are."

Taoist Xiaosuan has always been a cautious person.

"Yeah... that's okay."

Liu Bai estimated that he had to have at least 60 to 70 percent chance of success on this trip, but to be on the safe side, he had to have a rough idea at least.

Xiao Suan glanced at Liu Bai and Wu Xiao.

This doesn't count as myself, so I can only choose one between the two of them.

If Young Master is seeking death, then Wuxiao will be the only one who can take action.

Because the scope of calculation is broad, it is not stressful for Xiaosuan. He just needs to use his left hand tucked under his sleeve to do a few calculations and get the result.

But it was this result that made his face change drastically and his heart panic.

"scare--"

"Huh? What's wrong?" Liu Bai asked immediately.

Wu Xiao also looked at him with concern.

"Sir, Taoist priest." Xiao Suan slowly stretched out his left hand, with a look of disbelief in his eyes. "The result of my calculations just now is that our chances of success are... zero."

"Zero? How is that possible?"

Liu Bai was stunned. With the strength of his own ghost body and Wuxiao's side, it couldn't be Zero.

Wuxiao had the same idea, but after a little thought he came up with something.

"If that's the case, then there should be a shrine over there."

"That's the shrine I saw when I came out of the city and into the inn when I left."

After a brief moment of shock, Liu Bai calmed down. There was no need to doubt the results of the Taoist priest's calculations.

If I really rush forward like this, the chance of success will be zero... This means that this Ghost Cult must have a backup plan.

Not only him, Wuxiao also thought of this.

"Young Master said that you can deal with the throne, but it still didn't work. That means that the Ghost God Cult has other backup plans besides the throne, but even the throne is not a backup plan..."

Xiao Suan then said, "Sir, let me calculate it again to see what the Ghost God Cult's back-up plan is."

"You're going to die!!!"

Xiaocao shouted loudly.

In its opinion, Taoist Xiao Suan almost killed himself last night. If he were to calculate again... wouldn't he die even faster?

"I got it." Liu Bai clapped his hands together, "I have a solution."

From what the two of them saw, he had already taken out the broken Cangyue Bone Mirror from Xumi.

"Who is the most powerful one from where you can see, except for the one in black in the river?"

Even the governor of Jiangzhou is nothing more than a shrine.

The throne in Caifeng City is already considered very powerful.

"Let me take a look." The little girl's voice came from the bronze mirror.

Even though Xiao Suan and Wu Xiao were confused, they did not ask questions at this time. Instead, they held their breath and waited silently for the mirror's answer.

After waiting for about two or three breaths, a voice rang out. "To the north of you, there is a mountain that looks like a doll. There is an old man there who is very powerful."

"He is the most powerful person except the one in black in the river."

As soon as it opened its mouth, everyone present knew what was going on.

Liu Bai was also a little frightened.

There was actually such a powerful old monster hiding in Wawa Mountain? Didn't I have a close call with death the night before?
If such an old monster attacked me, I would probably really cry for my mother.

"What about other people besides them?" Liu Bai asked.

"Besides the two of them...then there's another one in the river. There's an old turtle in the river, and it's also very powerful."

Without waiting for Liu Bai to ask any more questions, the mirror continued speaking.

"Besides these three, there is also a very powerful person in the northern city."

This should be the throne of God in Caifeng City... Liu Bai was also a little shocked after hearing this.

I was really reckless.

If it weren't for Taoist Xiao Suan and the Cangyue Bone Mirror, he would have almost rushed up directly.

"Thank you." Liu Bai said and put it on Xiao Cao, "Go play with your sister."

They are all heroes who have helped me. I can't just throw them into Sumeru after I'm done with them.

That's too inhumane.

Watching Xiaocao carrying it away, Liu Bai retracted his gaze and looked at the two Taoists in front of him.

"Plans have changed, so we can only postpone it for now."

"Ah."

The three of them returned to the place where Taoist Xiao Suan had just been lying and sat down.

"The Ghost and God Cult still has sufficient foundation. There is a throne in Caifeng City. Now it seems that there should be another throne in this Wawa Mountain... It is probably me who sits on it." Wu Xiao said with a sigh.

"Such an existence is rare even in the entire Chu State."

"It's nonsense that the old woman following him should be me." Xiao Suan guessed.

Liu Bai knew what this "master sitting high" they were talking about meant.

Behind the shrine is the throne, which is divided into two parts.

One is that the primordial spirit sits high, and the other is that the deity sits high.

The current speculation is that the throne in Caifeng City is where the soul sits, while the throne in Wawa Mountain is where the deity sits.

"It's unrealistic to find nonsense."

Liu Bai understood what Xiao Suan meant.

"Yes."

Xiao Suan quickly lowered his head.

Liu Bai was thinking about who to ask for help in this matter... It was already difficult for him to handle one Yuanshen alone, let alone the real body.

Then I really can't do it.

It’s not that I’m not strong enough, it’s just that the other party is too strong.

A bunch of old bastards!

After much thought, I can only ask Zhang Cang to help me with this matter. Firstly, it cannot be solved by asking others, and I am in a high position... Who can defeat me?
Secondly, this matter itself is under the jurisdiction of Zhang Cang, so he is the most appropriate person to find.

This is the Ghost and God Cult. Who else can take the lead except Zhang Cang?

But how do I find Zhang Cang?
I can't contact him either. Well... the god of the Chu River in the south will definitely be able to find Zhang Cang, and the next best thing is the governor of Jiangzhou.

That's definitely possible.

The governor of the River Patrol Office... not necessarily.

Liu Bai recalled the terrain of Jiangzhou and his own location. Jiangzhou City was still in the lower reaches of the Chu River.

If they wanted to find Zhang Cang as quickly as possible, the most appropriate thing to do would be to ask the river god of Chu River to pass on the message.

Moreover, Liu Bai also wanted to take this opportunity to meet the Chu River God and see what kind of person he was.

I can actually walk out of the small cycle of reincarnation.

"I'll go find Zhang Cang. Only he can solve this problem." Liu Bai said in a deep voice.

"it is good."

"Then I'll go over to the mine and keep an eye on it to see if anything else happens." Wu Xiao gave himself something to do.

"There's probably a shrine over there."

"Hey, don't worry, sir. I won't do anything. I'll just watch from a distance. Nothing will happen. Besides, it's just a shrine. I've escaped from a shrine before."

Taoist Wuxiao still has this confidence.

Since he said so, Liu Bai didn't ask any more questions.

He is already quite old, so he must know clearly what he can and cannot do.

"Then I will go back to the city to keep an eye on him, and talk to Ah Dao while I am here." Taoist Xiao Suan said immediately, "If we really have to fight, he will definitely be a great help to us."

"Okay, then we'll go our separate ways." Liu Bai looked at the two of them. "Just one thing, don't do anything until I come back. Even if someone else does, don't get involved."

"It's a big deal. If you get involved, you'll die."

"Well, don't worry sir. We are all veterans." Wu Xiao said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go without further ado."

"Walk."

Liu Bai put away the bone mirror and the grass, and the three of them walked out of the crevice.

Wuxiao was the first to leave. He walked into the jungle in the west. The only remaining circle of white hair on his head fluttered in the morning breeze, and his bald head was also reflecting the light.

Next came Taoist Xiao Suan. His black hair was stood up by the Taoist crown. The young man looked heroic and strode towards the north.

Liu Bai narrowed his eyes and looked at his back. This was a little Taoist priest with great love.

When the incident first happened, he was the one who begged Liu Bai to take care of the matter. He couldn't bear to see Jiangzhou turned into barren earth.

"Let's go too."

Liu Bai said this to Xiaocao, then he turned and walked south.

At this point the three officially separated, one going west, one going north, and one going south.

"..."

This place is closest to Caifeng City, so the first person to arrive was naturally Taoist Xiaosuan.

He entered the city from the south and went straight to the old City God Temple facing the east gate.

The bluestone path at the entrance was cracked and there were sparse weeds on the roadside. He had just stepped in with a whisk in his hand when he heard Adao's voice from his right hand.

"Were you the ones who took action last night?"

Taoist Xiao Suan turned his head and saw A Dao sitting on a pile of straw, eating roast chicken, with a pot of rice wine next to him.

Eat a bite of roast chicken with a sip of wine.

"It was us, but we didn't do anything."

"You even managed to get the shrine out of the city without me doing anything? You guys are quite capable... Tell me about it?"

Ah Dao stuffed the roast chicken leg into his mouth, and when he pulled it out, only the leg bone was left.

"I have done some fortune-telling."

Taoist Xiao Suan came to Ah Dao, not caring whether the ground was dirty or not, he sat cross-legged and said in a serious tone: "The Ghost and God Cult wants to kill all the people in Jiangzhou."

"Oh?"

Ah Dao, who was eating, was startled when he heard this. He was stunned for a moment, but soon continued eating. He ate with big mouthfuls and said incoherently:

"They are not targeting Jiangzhou, but the entire Chu State."

"What you saw was that they massacred the entire Jiangzhou, but what you didn't see was that they turned over all the people in Jiangzhou as tribute."

"When the one in the sky has eaten enough, he will naturally send down great power. By then, no matter how many plans Zhang Jianzheng of your Chu country has made, the Ghost God Sect will be able to break them all with one force."

Ah Dao knew a lot, which made Taoist Xiao Suan, who came to try to encourage him, frown slightly.

He felt that Ah Dao might not be as simple as he said. If he was just an idle ghost in the Wei underworld, how could he know so many things?

Taoist Xiao Suan couldn't figure it out, so he didn't do the calculation behind his back, but chose to ask in person: "A Dao, who are you?"

"hehe."

Ah Dao looked at the roast chicken in his hand, which had been eaten, and threw the remaining bones into a corner. "Does it matter who I am? It doesn't matter."

As he spoke, he crossed his arms and stretched, and the bones in his upper body made crackling sounds.

"All you need to know is that I am a ghost killer who specializes in killing people from the Divine Religion."

"Alright."

Taoist Xiao Suan nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.

Just like what Adao said, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

After Ah Dao finished loosening his muscles, his gaze returned to the young Taoist priest in front of him, "Okay, tell me how you plan to do it."

He didn't even ask Taoist Xiao Suan whether he was ready to take action, but asked him directly what the plan was.

Taoist Xiao Suan just looked into his eyes.

Now that Liu Bai is not here, he has to make the decision about what to say and what not to say...

"There is a throne in the city where the primordial spirit sits." Taoist Xiao Suan said slowly.

"I know that."

"There is a throne on Wawa Mountain where the deity sits high."

"what?!"

Ah Dao was so frightened that he stood up immediately, "I am sitting on a high seat, are you serious, young Taoist priest?"

He was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. There were some things that only he knew, and he had thought about doing it secretly many times...

If I really took action, I would probably be a corpse.

Xiao Suan did not answer the question, but just said: "The young master has gone to find Zhang Jianzheng."

"Zhang Cang..."

After hearing the name, Ah Dao sat back down on the pile of straw.

"If Zhang Cang is here, then we don't have to worry about this matter." Ah Dao said to himself, and then seemed to think of something, "Your young master?"

Ah Dao recalled for a moment, and then as if he remembered something, a smile appeared on his face, "Your surname is Hu, could it be the Hu from Xiangzhou?"

The Xiangzhou Hu family naturally refers to the Hu family, one of the nine major families in the world.

Ah Dao had heard about the news of Hu from Xiangzhou coming out of the mountains not long ago, and now he has met a young master of the Hu family who has such a strong foundation...

No wonder he had such associations.

Taoist Xiao Suan held the whisk in his left hand and swung it forward, saying with a smile, "Guess."

He didn't say yes, nor did he say no. Anyway, it was all Adao's own guess whether it was true or not.

Moreover, Xiaosuan estimated that even if Adao really found Hu Shuo to confirm, and Hu Shuo learned that it was Liu Bai who was borrowing his identity... he would most likely help Liu Bai cover up the lie.

"That's enough!"

Ah Dao smiled and guessed the answer he wanted.

In his opinion, as long as the Hu family, one of the nine great families, was willing to make a move, plus Zhang Cang, the world-famous Supervisor of the State of Chu, the matter of Caiyun City would be settled.

There is nothing to worry about anymore.

"Zhang Jian is coming soon, right? I'm going to go to the city to inform those fellow travelers so that they can make preparations early. It's time for Caiyun City to take action."

After Ah Dao finished speaking, Taoist Xiao Suan stood up and said seriously, "I will go with you."

"Let's go together."

Adao did not refuse.

"..."

On the banks of the Chu River.

As soon as Liu Bai landed on the ground, he turned into a young boy. On the way south, especially when passing by Maple Leaf City, he called out Zhang Cang's name several times.

But there was no response.

I think after so many days, he must have left a long time ago.

There was no other way, so Liu Bai had to come here to ask the Chu River God to help pass the message.

He looked at the Chu River flowing eastward in front of him. This time, unlike before, he no longer saw the ghost messenger walking on the river bank.

Nor were there any sightings of the boatmen plying the two banks of the Chu River.

He didn't know how to see the river god, but since he was there, he shouted to the surface of the Chu River:
"I, Liu Bai, would like to ask the Lord River God to come out and see me."

After the sound, the river was still calm, without any sign.

Liu Bai didn't know whether the river god didn't hear him or was deliberately not coming out to see him, so he tried shouting a few more times, but there was no response.

He didn't feel anything, but Xiaocao became anxious.

"You river god, don't be so shameless!" Xiao Cao cried, "Master, tell him who you are! Scare him to death!"

Liu Bai felt that this was the only way, otherwise he would not be able to call out the real culprit.

He looked at the surface of the Chu River and said softly, "My mother is Liu Qingyi."

Before the voice fell, a voice was heard behind him.

"It turns out he is really the young master of the Liu family."

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