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

Chapter 284: The ghost body is promoted, and the ghost cave appears in the world [asking for monthly tickets]

"Mom, I devoured those blood lotuses today, and my ghost body has advanced to a higher level. Should I be fine?"

It was early in the morning. Liu Bai, who was feeding little Gudong in the yard, saw Madam Liu who had just got up and asked.

Logically speaking, Madam Liu should get up earlier than Liu Bai.

But she must have been tired yesterday. After all, she took Liu Bai to travel around the three major countries, which was not an easy task.

"today?"

Madam Liu looked up and said, "The weather is bad today."

"Bad weather?"

Liu Bai looked up at the sunny day. How could this be considered bad weather? The sun was shining brightly in the middle of winter, and it was hard to feel a bit of warmth on the body... This was definitely good weather.

Madam Liu hummed, and holding the teacup in her left hand, she raised her right hand and swept it across the sky, as if closing a window.

In an instant, the sunny day turned into a cloudy day, with dark clouds rolling in the sky and occasional thunder, as if a rainstorm was about to come in this cold winter.

"It's fine now."

Madam Liu stopped and looked at the scene, quite satisfied.

Xiaocao, the lackey, came out from behind Madam Liu at the right time and looked at the scene and praised it for a while.

Liu Bai felt that his mother's ability to change the weather with a wave of her hand was very suitable for farming.

You can get whatever you want.

He also realized that he had been promoted to a ghost body. In that case, how could the bright sunshine be considered good weather?

That was considered the worst weather... Liu Bai smiled and nodded, "Thank you, mother!"

Then he put away the soft chair and stood up, and he had already turned from a human into a ghost. Little Gudong, who was eating chestnuts happily, was stunned when he saw that the good man next to him suddenly turned into a ghost.

"Little Gudong, come here quickly."

Xiaocao, who had already entered the house, waved at her. Little Gudong also understood that something must have happened to the good young man, so he hurried into the house with his short legs.

The only people left in the yard were Liu Bai and his wife, mother and son.

Upon seeing this, Madam Liu clapped her hands together again, and there was a "pop" sound.

Liu Bai felt that the yard seemed to have become much more solid.

"Okay, let's get started."

This time, Madam Liu did not leave. Instead, she moved a chair and sat on the steps at the door, as if she was going to watch Liu Bai's promotion.

This also made Liu Bai feel at ease.

He sat down cross-legged in the yard. After calming his mind, his eyes fell on the peach tree in front of him... Could the thunder of entropy make the peach tree sprout new buds?

It shouldn't be possible, it just dropped its leaves, it's not dead.

No, I want a promotion!
Liu Bai took another deep breath to calm his slightly excited mind, and then took out a blood lotus from Xumi, which was exactly the same as the one he got on Mount Xian last time.

Last time there was only one, but this time there are three.

This should be enough to give my ghost body a hard time, right?

I swallowed a blood lotus into my stomach, and my life is in my own hands!

"Come again!"

Liu Bai encouraged himself in his heart.

Then he swallowed the blood lotus whole. The extreme coldness spread from his stomach again and swept through every part of his body. The comfortable feeling made him almost shout out.

But this kind of comfort only lasted for a moment before disappearing from his body again.

The amount of one blood lotus is far from enough.

One more.

Another blood lotus was swallowed into his stomach, and the familiar feeling spread again, swallowing everything with coldness.

But the amount is still not enough.

As Liu Bai felt the coldness dissipate, he took out the last blood lotus from Sumeru.

Take.

The blood lotus enters the stomach.

After swallowing this last blood lotus, it was as if the power of the previous two blood lotuses was activated. Waves of cold air surged back and forth in Liu Bai's body like tides.

The coldness continued to accumulate, as if it was going to freeze Liu Bai.

But he didn't know that at this moment, the courtyard of his home... had turned into a world of ice and snow.

The ice froze the yard and the house as well.

Madam Liu, who had the ability to block all this, did not do so. She just watched silently, preventing little Gudong from being frozen to death by the cold.

Liu Bai kept shivering, as if he was going to freeze to death.

But this feeling was just a little bit off, as if it still needed some warmth before it could completely freeze me to death.

This is because... three blood lotuses are still not enough!
But this is all he has!
Just when he opened his eyes tremblingly and was about to call out "mother", he found that his mother was already standing in front of him.

Madam Liu simply placed her hand on top of his head.

Liu Bai felt at ease.

Because the chill coming from above his head was the one he lacked.

At this point, the Yin energy was gathered, and Madam Liu returned to the eaves, and Liu Bai turned into an... ice sculpture.

In the cold wind, he is sitting cross-legged in the yard with his eyes closed. Under this ice sculpture, he looks lifelike.

Upon seeing this, Madam Liu finally raised her hand with satisfaction, and all the ice and snow inside and outside the house began to fade away... No, not melted, but were pressed into the ice sculpture that trapped Liu Bai.

The ice sculptures are becoming thicker and thicker.

Madam Liu returned to the house, and Xiaocao followed her closely.

Little Gudong looked around and finally chose to follow.

In the sky, the dark clouds gradually dissipated, the sun shone brightly on the earth, and the clouds rolled and unfolded.

The nine families' meeting was originally scheduled for the winter solstice, and with the delay of a few days afterwards, today is already the first day of the twelfth lunar month.

It’s only one month away from New Year’s Eve.

It was on this day that the remaining eight families tacitly sent their geniuses to the Great Wall in the west.

It was on this day that Taoist Xiao Suan, who had been traveling far away in the State of Wei, finally returned to Yunzhou City.

But before he could eat the string of chicken and phoenix tails he had been craving for, he was taken to the Great Wall in the West by Taoist Da Suan.

It was also on this winter day, when Madam Liu single-handedly suppressed the Bai family and overshadowed the other eight families, that everyone, from the three hidden gods in the world to some Yin-walking people who had just raised Yin gods, went to the Great Wall in the West.

Because east of the Great Wall... there is no more objection.

All the objections are west of the Great Wall.

It was during this winter that a man who claimed to be Zhang Cang himself found Sui Zhi and got drunk in his small reincarnation of hell on earth.

Also on this winter day, little Gudong was eating dried fruits outside the yard while guarding the good young man who had turned into an ice sculpture, but from time to time he could hear the sound of "ding-dong-dong" coming from underground.

"..."

Until this New Year's Eve.

Madam Liu walked out from underground with a frown on her face, but when she looked at the ghost in the ice sculpture, her brows unconsciously relaxed.

Xiao Cao, who was lying on her shoulder, sighed, "Master, it's been a long time this time. It's been a month and you're still freezing here."

"My queen, why don't you let the young master out? Today is Chinese New Year."

As soon as little Gudong heard the word "New Year", he pricked up his ears.

She had heard from others that there would be a lot of delicious food during the Chinese New Year. Although she was very full every day now, who would complain about eating too much?

When Lady Liu heard what Xiao Cao said, she smiled and said, "Sure, when there are no more Yin objects left, I will let Liu Bai eat you."

Xiaocao was so frightened that he stood up straight instantly, fell off Lady Liu's shoulder, and swayed uncontrollably on the ground.

The acting skills must be as high as possible.

Madam Liu went to the kitchen with a sneer, but after a while, Huang Yiyi brought Zhu Yan over.

Originally, Zhu Yan was planning to go to the Western Great Wall, but was stopped by Huang Yiyi, who said that he had to wait until after the New Year before leaving.

So when they arrived at Liu's house and saw the ghost in the ice sculpture...

"Where did this evil spirit come from? Planning to attack Madam Liu?"

Zhu Yan stroked his chin, walked around the ice sculpture, and commented with great satisfaction, "He's quite handsome."

Huang Yiyi knew something about the situation.

I already have a bad feeling in my heart...

Because she had seen this ghost before when she was in Blood Food City, but at that time this ghost had wings. She also thought this ghost was very handsome and even admired it in her heart...

After all, he was handsome and saved my life.

The more Huang Yiyi thought about it, the more panicked she became. She even recalled that she had once told Madam Liu about this experience.

She remembered that Madam Liu just smiled and didn't say anything.

But now... this ominous premonition became stronger and stronger. This was a warning from the soul. Huang Yiyi took a step with his long legs and thought about leaving.

Zhu Yan saw this and turned to ask in confusion: "Sister Hong, what's wrong with you? Aren't you here to celebrate the New Year with Lady Liu?"

From the kitchen, Madam Liu came out wearing an apron.

She was smiling, looking at Huang Yiyi and smiling.

Seeing this, Xiao Cao jumped onto the ice sculpture and imitated Liu Bai's voice and said to Zhu Yan:
"I'm standing right in front of you. Look at me and see how much I look like I used to be!"

Zhu Yan was not a fool, and he reacted as soon as he heard this.

"You mean... this is Liu Bai?!"

Xiaocao put her hands on her hips and nodded.

Huang Yiyi had only one thought in his mind.

Finished!!!

Huang Yiyi looked up at Madam Liu again, and felt that the smile in her eyes became even more intense. "Why, if you have other plans, you can leave."

"Madam Liu, you..."

Huang Yiyi smiled, and her smile was uglier than crying.

Seeing her expression, Madam Liu finally laughed out loud. She still remembered what Huang Yiyi said to her at that time.

At that time, Madam Liu had been holding back her laughter, which only burst out today.

The grass doesn’t know, and Zhu Yan doesn’t know either.

Both ghosts were a little confused.

In short, Madam Liu enjoyed this lunch very much, especially when she saw Huang Yiyi, who used to be carefree and dared to say anything, but today did not even dare to raise his head.

Madam Liu found it more and more interesting.

After just having lunch, Huang Yiyi went back with Zhu Yan.

The Liu family, which was once bustling, was now only left with Madam Liu and a few others. It was only today that she discovered the benefits of having little Gudong at home.

That is, there will be no leftovers. No matter what it is, as long as she cooks it, she will eat it all and always say it is delicious.

After all, no one would believe her if she said it wasn't tasty. Look at the way she ate it, and the way she ate it all...

So Madam Liu looked at her with a gentler look.

Except for the side face that was revealed when little Gudong turned his head.

That night.

During the New Year’s Eve dinner, Xiaocao specially filled a bowl with rice and placed it in front of the ice sculpture, with two chopsticks stuck in the rice.

Little Gudong, who had come to watch the fun, quickly stopped them and said, "Brother Cao, you can't do that. The rules of our Little Bird Mountain say that sticking chopsticks in rice is for ghosts to eat."

Xiao Cao was stunned for a moment, then looked up at his young master who was sitting cross-legged in the ice sculpture, then pointed in surprise and asked, "Isn't the young master a ghost?"

Little Gudong finally reacted and lowered his head in embarrassment.

She always felt that her son was a human being.

"Besides, the young master can't eat it, so the food will still end up in your big stomach, Little Gudong."

"Oh, that's right."

Little Gudong also stood up and bowed deeply to Liu Bai.

Xiaocao led Xiaogudong back again, but neither of them noticed that Liu Bai in the ice sculpture moved his eyelids slightly.

When it is time to eat New Year's Eve dinner, everyone from the royal family to the common people, from the wealthy families to the lonely elderly, has something to eat, the only difference is whether the dishes are rich or not.

In a desolate place on the edge of Wei State, in a thatched hut, three people, young and old, were also eating the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Come on, let me mention one first."

Meng Ren stood up and picked up the wine bowl, saying: "It's winter again, although the three of us brothers still haven't achieved anything."

As he spoke, his eyes swept over Midou and Mazhi, and his voice sank slightly, "The land at the door has not been opened up yet. Next year..."

Before he finished speaking, Ma Zhi's wine bowl clinked with his, "Next year, no matter what happens, we must open up this piece of land."

Mi Dou, with a cold face, finally touched the wine bowl to him, "Even if we don't grow anything." Looking at the second and third brothers who interrupted him, Meng Ren didn't get angry, but just said, "Now there are taboos outside and powerful enemies inside. We can't wait any longer."

"Besides, even if we can afford to wait, the great ghost god can't wait any longer."

Meng Ren said this while holding the wine in his right hand and placing his left hand in front of him.

The other two did the same thing, and finally the three said in unison: "The heaven and earth will collapse, only ghosts and gods will remain forever!"

After they finished talking, the three of them drank the wine in their glasses in one gulp.

The three of them sat down again, and Meng Ren said, "The incident with the old yin man...can be regarded as completely boiling the water in the world, forcing out Liu Wudi's true strength."

Ma Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "Did you really force it out?"

Bai Fei died so quickly that Madam Liu was not even injured. Only the next day, she brought her legitimate son again and threatened the other eight families.

Except for the Zhongli family, who had a relatively good relationship with her, the other seven families didn't dare to say a word.

That's it……

Can it also force out her strength?
Meng Ren glanced to the west when he heard this. "Zhang Cang originally wanted Liu Wudi to deal with the old temple priest. At first, everyone in the world was worried, but the old Yinren's trip can be said to have given everyone in the world a reassurance."

"So now all the heroes in the world are heading to the Great Wall in the West."

"It just makes me suffer."

Ma Zhi's face became more and more worried. Ever since he came back from Liu Bai's side, he has been hiding in this small world. Even in critical moments, like the time when Madam Liu called him the old evil spirit, he had to hide in this thatched hut to escape the disaster again.

Ma Zhi didn't want to spend even one more day living in this state of panic, like a stray dog.

But now that things have come to this...what can we do?
Unless you fight with Liu Wudi and kill him.

"Find Zhang Cang as a bridge, meet with Liu Wudi, and cooperate to kill the old sinister man."

Midou is a ruthless person who doesn't talk much.

"Back then, even with so many people surrounding him, this old bastard still managed to escape. Now that he has already taken that step, it will be even more difficult to kill him again."

Although we have cooperated many times, we have become friends with each other.

But when Meng Ren heard Mi Dou say that he wanted to kill the old Yin man, he still did not refuse, but immediately judged the possibility of this matter.

"Don't forget, Liu Wudi didn't go during the last siege." Mi Dou said again.

Meng Ren frowned, "If we fail to kill him in one go, and he defected to Taboo, we will be under even greater pressure."

Midou frowned and said nothing.

Ma Zhi said: "If she is really Liu Wudi, she would never join forces with others."

"That's just her personality." Meng Ren nodded in agreement.

When Ma Zhi heard this, she felt that it would be extremely difficult to accomplish this matter.

"Don't worry, I'll find a way for you."

Publicly, the Ghost and God Sect cannot do without this third leader, and privately, he, the Meng people, cannot do without his third brother.

So no matter what, this matter must be resolved.

But after this New Year's Eve dinner, the chief sect leader Meng Ren and the second chief sect leader Mi Dou both left, leaving Ma Zhi alone in the fields.

He sat on an old wooden stake at the edge of the field at the door. After wailing for a long time, the old wooden stake suddenly spit out a piece of white paper.

Ma Zhi picked it up quickly and saw familiar handwriting on it.

"You can come out now. The Queen said she won't kill you."

"..."

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, winter goes and spring comes. The first thing Xiaocao does every morning when he gets up is to run to the yard to see if his master has woken up.

Day after day, nothing changes.

Every time when it was time to eat, little Gudong would run into the yard, taking a bite each time, although in the end all of it went into her mouth.

But she felt that since she had shared some with the young master and he couldn't finish it, then little Gudong would have to suffer.

From midwinter to early spring.

It's the season when peach blossoms bloom all over the garden.

It was another morning, the sky was cloudless. Xiaocao went back to the house after seeing her master, while Xiaogudong was brushing his jagged teeth vigorously in the yard.

It was supposed to be an ordinary day.

But when it was time for breakfast, Xiaocao sat next to Xiaogudong and told her to eat this and that.

In a trance, it suddenly felt that the room seemed to be dark, as if something was blocking the sunlight.

Before it could even look up, it noticed that Madam Liu was already looking over there.

I saw a tall man with two curved horns on his head standing at the main door of the living room.

It's been several months since we last met, but I've also been seeing him for several months, and there hasn't been any change at all.

Xiaocao shouted "Young Master" and flew over. Xiaogudong had already swallowed a bun in one gulp and jumped off the table mumbling.

Liu Bai held one in each hand, looked at the woman sitting in the main seat, and smiled slightly:
"Mom, I'm back."

Madam Liu didn't stand up either, but just pointed to the place where Liu Bai often sat. In the past few months, there would always be bowls and chopsticks at that place for every meal.

"Let's eat."

"okay."

Liu Bai felt that in front of his mother, nothing was more important than eating. Three meals a day were essential.

So he just obediently sat in his usual seat facing west.

Because of his tall stature, the table and chairs seemed a little small when he sat there.

He didn't eat much, and most of it went into little Gudong's stomach.

After finishing their meal, the mother and daughter came out of the house and came to the yard, looking at the peach blossoms in full bloom in the garden.

"How is it?" asked Madam Liu.

Liu Bai replied: "I haven't tried it yet."

"Then try it."

"Right here?"

"Ah."

So... Liu Bai released his... ghost den in his own yard.

Streams of blood-red mist emerged from the void and swallowed up the entire yard in the blink of an eye. Xiaocao and Xiaogudong, who were playing with two puppets in the house, looked up at the same time.

They were in their own house one second, and in a sea of ​​blood and corpses the next.

They were subconsciously surprised by the scene before them, and then reacted in an instant.

Xiaocao has seen this scene!
Little Gudong also watched from afar.

That was the move Liu Bai used when he was killing Bai Yulan.

They both turned their heads to look towards the north. Unlike last time, this time, in the sea of ​​blood and corpses, there was a throne made of piles of bones, corpses and heads...!
At this moment, when they looked over, they happened to see their own young master slowly sitting down.

Behind the young master, there was an even taller ghost with painted skin standing.

When Xiaocao and Xiaogudong saw this scene, it was like an ant looking at the sky.

It is also different from other ghost dens of evil spirits. As soon as it opens, black fog covers everywhere. It is so thick that you can't see your hand in front of you.

Liu Bai's ghost den was blood red, without any fog covering it, it was open and aboveboard.

If anyone who walks in the underworld wants to kill him, he can, because Liu Bai is sitting on the throne of the ghost.

As for other things...even Liu Bai himself didn't realize until this moment that his own ghost den was exactly the same as the scene he saw after his soul opened his eyes.

I look at the world and see mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
So the scene that the soul saw at that time was already its own den of ghosts?
No, Liu Bai suddenly had a feeling in his heart. If this was true, then this ghost den might be the bridge connecting his human body and his ghost body.

Liu Bai thought of this, and he stood up from his throne on the mountain of corpses, looked in front of him, and asked softly: "Are you... there?"

A cold voice immediately responded: "I'm here."

Immediately, a blood-red vortex appeared in front of him, and his soul, dressed in snow-white clothes, walked out of it.

It was the only touch of white in the blood-red sky.

I don't know where my original body is yet, but my soul has definitely appeared in my ghost cave...

So your human body and ghost body are really separate?
Isn't it a body transformed?

Liu Bai felt that his body was increasingly confusing, but this body was given to him by his mother.

So Liu Bai, who was standing in front of the throne with all his might, shouted, "Mother!"

The Painted Skin Ghost, who had been standing behind his throne, came in front of him in one step, his body covered in blood, without a trace of human skin.

Standing between Liu Bai and his soul.

Liu Bai opened his eyes, which were bloodshot, and he bowed to Madam Liu very seriously.

"Meet mother."

The soul raised its head again.

It was not until this moment that Liu Bai realized that his soul could also laugh, but... it would not laugh at himself?
Because now when he looked at his mother, he was smiling.

Madam Liu had her back to Liu Bai's ghost body, so he couldn't see it and didn't know whether his mother was laughing or not.

But what Liu Bai could know was that the two of them were looking at each other.

But at this moment Liu Bai still couldn't contact his own soul. The soul is the soul of the human body, not the soul of a ghost body.

Just when Liu Bai was thinking about whether he should transform from a ghost into a human and contact his soul to see.

Suddenly, Yuanshen smiled and closed his eyes, then bowed again and said, "I'll take my leave."

As he said this, he took a step back, and a bloody vortex appeared behind him again, swallowing him up and disappearing.

Madam Liu withdrew her gaze and said calmly, "He is your soul and will not harm you."

Liu Bai could see a hint of...surprise in Madam Liu's eyes?
What does it mean for mother to know her own soul?
Just when Liu Bai was thinking about asking, Madam Liu interrupted him first.

"Don't ask, just walk in the dark."

After saying this, Madam Liu had already taken the lead in leaving the ghost den.

After Liu Bai stood there and pondered for a moment, he finally put away his evil spirit. The throne collapsed and the blood color faded away.

He returned to the small courtyard filled with the fragrance of peach blossoms. Xiaocao gave him a thumbs-up, and Xiao Gudong swallowed his saliva and shouted:

"The good man is actually a ghost king."

Liu Bai smiled and changed from a ghost body back to a human body. He sensed that his body had not changed, but in his heart he was thinking about the matter of his soul.

"The great gathering at the Western Great Wall has already begun, so you should go there early."

Madam Liu's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and Liu Bai turned around to look.

Although I stayed for a long time during this trip home, most of the time was spent among the ice sculptures.

He hadn't even slept in his own doghouse for a few nights, let alone spent time with Madam Liu.

"it is good."

Since Lady Liu had spoken, Liu Bai did not refuse. "My son, rest at home for one night and leave early tomorrow morning."

"Ah."

"Heimu is already waiting for you at the Great Wall of the West. You can trust him."

"it is good."

Since it was his mother who found the person for him, Liu Bai naturally had no objection. Not to mention that a large part of the reason why he got into trouble with the Bai family was because of him.

Madam Liu continued to make arrangements, “If you feel the time is right and you can build the shrine, go to a forbidden place called Old Willow Valley and look for the old willow tree there.”

"You said your mother's name is Liu Qingyi, so it will give you the shrine wood."

"it is good."

Liu Bai nodded slightly. Madam Liu was very clear about such important matters.

"Well, this is a rare treasure that Huang Sheng made for you. You don't have to feel that he owes you a favor. This is just one of the favors he has repaid."

Madam Liu threw a book emitting a glowing blood-red light over to him, and Liu Bai quickly took it with both hands.

As soon as he picked it up, he could feel the familiar feeling coming from the Huangliang Book.

It was as if... this thing was born to belong to him.

Soon after, this familiar feeling became stronger and stronger, and waves came from it. Faintly, Liu Bai discovered that these waves seemed to be gradually becoming in line with his heartbeat.

When the two are consistent, this rare treasure will disappear in his hands.

He closed his eyes and looked inward, only to see that the Yellow Millet Book had already appeared deep in his heart.

The natal treasure - the Yellow Millet Book!

Finally accomplished.

But, what is the function of this rare treasure?
As soon as Liu Bai had the thought, a strange memory emerged from the yellow book. He was slightly stunned before he reacted.

This Huangliang Book is not even called Huangliang Book...

　Regarding the Earth predecessors and Pinyin, let me explain. Currently, all the descriptions that are considered to be "Earth predecessors" are Liu Bai's own opinion. The information left by Lei Jie did not say that he was from Earth, but only said that he was a later person. The same is true for Pinyin. This setting has been buried long ago, from the moment the Chinese language appeared. If it is changed, it will be a bug, and it will make my ending not round, so there is no way... As for those friends who said they want to leave, I can only say that since you have seen this, you might as well stay and watch it. It will get more and more exciting later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)