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

Chapter 286: Ghost Gate [asking for monthly ticket]

"What's going on? Is the evil spirit going to attack Yangguan? No way, this is our human race's second line of defense."

Guan Shanyue covered his mouth and spoke vaguely.

He was right. This was a well-known human strategy.

The man-made Great Wall in the West is the first line of defense for the entire human race against forbidden evil spirits, and the Yin and Yang Mountains plus Yangguan are the second line of defense.

With the power of taboo... the Great Wall of the West will definitely not be able to withstand it. After the war, the remaining surviving people who walk in the Yin will retreat to Yangguan and continue to resist the taboo.

Liu Bai has also experienced things like defending the mountain from evil spirits.

This happened before in Danshan. For the illusory Sunset Mountain, halfway through the fight, the evil spirits in Danshan rushed out. At that time, all the evil spirits on Danshan built a Great Wall of Flesh and Blood with their bodies.

This kind of thing is neither right nor wrong.

There is only a difference in stance.

Just like Taboo was thinking about the Eastern Expedition, everyone wanted to occupy the Central Plains, a good place. Moreover, evil spirits feed on humans’ blood, and humans regard evil spirits as Yin beads.

So this is a life-and-death struggle.

"Probably not."

Liu Bai looked at the increasingly thick dark clouds above the sky, with purple thunder rolling in them, which gave him the feeling of learning about the thunder of entropy change in a fantasy world.

"Come on, I'll take you to Yangguan first."

Guan Shanyue was shocked when he heard this, "Send me in?"

Although the sun was already visible from here, given their speed, it would take most of the day even if they ran at full speed.

How can this be?

Just when Guan Shanyue was wondering, he found himself floating in the air. No, he was flying!

Someone lifted the clothes on his back.

"This……"

He turned around in disbelief, and suddenly realized that this "Mr. Hu" who had always been by his side was also a ghost walker who cultivated a second life!
Someone who is about the same age as me is cultivating a second life? !

What a talent and background this requires.

Seeing this, Xiaocao lying on Liu Bai's back couldn't help but hum a few times, feeling very proud.

Liu Bai also discovered that there was no sense of loss or humility in Guan Shanyue's eyes, but only a high morale as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

'He has a good mind.'

Liu Bai muttered something in his heart, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived at Yangguan.

He glanced over and saw that someone was trying to stop him, so he slowed down a bit and shouted:

"Hu Wei, a shady man from Jiangzhou, has come to guard the Great Wall in the west!"

The people on the city gate seemed to have investigated him, but in the blink of an eye, the sense of vigilance and deterrence disappeared, and someone on the top of the city wall also shouted:

"Brother Hu, come in quickly."

Liu Bai's figure flashed by and he did not stay on the city wall, but fell straight into the city gate.

At first glance, Yangguan stands between two mountains. It is extremely wide from north to south, and there is no end in sight from east to west.

It's almost the same as a provincial capital.

It makes sense. After all, Zouyin City is a frontline fighting site. Even though it is guarded by the Great Wall, there are still some strange evil spirits that break through the layers of guards and enter Zouyin City.

Moreover, Zouyin City is not big, so it is not suitable to be a place for the distribution of goods.

Therefore, there is a reason why Yangguan City is so prosperous.

At this moment, Liu Bai and the other person came in from outside the city, but there were many Yin-walkers inside the city who jumped up and landed towards the west city gate.

Liu Bai took a quick glance and found himself as the one going against the flow.

In just this moment, dozens of souls flew up and there were more than a dozen shrines.

Even Liu Bai was a little surprised by such a scene.

This is just Yangguan. In just a short moment, there are already so many. What if this was placed on the Great Wall in the West?
What kind of situation would that be?

I saw many people going towards the city gate, and several people coming in from outside the city.

Obviously, they were all like Liu Bai, who had just rushed to the city gate from the interior.

Liu Bai brought Guan Shanyue to the street, and many of the common people and low-level ghost walkers around them went into their houses to hide.

"Find a place to hide nearby. I'll go up and take a look."

After Liu Bai finished speaking, he didn't care whether Guan Shanyue agreed or not. He jumped up and went to the top of the city again.

"Hey--"

Guan Shanyue was still shouting as if he had something to say, but Liu Bai had already left.

At this moment, the boy in the straw hat looked up at the many ghost walkers crossing the sky in the dark clouds and thunder, like arrows shot from a bow and rushing towards the bull's eye on the opposite side, like candlelight and flowing flames. The boy's eyes were full of hope.

Liu Bai's body was still in the air, but he just lowered his head slightly and a piece of human skin was attached to his face to cover his appearance.

As for aura, those who have never seen it will not be able to recognize your own aura, and those who can recognize it...that's fine too.

He then landed on the top of the city wall, but found that he was not even as tall as the battlements.

I can't see anything standing here!
He had no choice but to float up and hover on the top of the city until he was as high as the others.

When the souls of the ghosts on both sides saw Liu Bai coming, they wanted to tease him a little, thinking that it was a kid brought up by someone.

But when they saw Liu Bai's figure floating up, they could no longer laugh.

Some even took the initiative to bow and say hello when they met.

Liu Bai was not an unreasonable person. After returning the greeting, he took the opportunity to ask, "My fellow brothers, what is going on in Yangguan? Is there some evil spirit causing trouble?"

A tall man in a red robe beside him laughed and said, “If there is trouble in Yangguan, even the throne would not dare to come, let alone the evil spirits in this pass.”

"Brother, you are coming from the interior, right?" A young man with loose white hair said immediately:

"If that's the case, then I don't know if this is normal."

"Indeed, I just came from Jiangzhou and arrived at Yangguan." Liu Bai replied with a smile.

The red-robed man who spoke earlier immediately explained, "Actually, this is the first time for us to do this. We have never been to Yangguan before, so we all wanted to come up here to broaden our horizons."

"Yangguan is also known as the Pass of Life and Death. When our ancestors built Yangguan, they also built a Gate of Hell in front of it."

"gate of hell?"

Liu Bai was a little surprised. He didn't expect that such a thing really existed in the world.

Someone nearby answered, "Well, now Lord Huo has received the Marshal's order to open the Ghost Gate so that the souls of our ancestors who died inside the gate can be led to the Ten Thousand Graves Mountain in Zou Yin City."

"When the forbidden expedition to the east comes, the souls of these ancestors will be able to lend a hand."

The white-haired young man put his hands together in his sleeves, looked at the purple thunder rolling under the sky, and said slowly: "In fact, it is similar to the ancestral temples of the same family in your inner pass, where they worship their own ancestors."

"It's just that the Ten Thousand Graves Mountain in Yin City that we're visiting is dedicated to the ancestors of the entire human race."

"This time they will all do their best for our human race."

Everyone around who heard this was filled with awe.

But there was an undisguised sneer in the eyes of the white-haired man.

Liu Bai also heard from the words of the white-haired young man that he was not from inside the Great Wall, but from outside the Great Wall, which means that he was a native of Zouyin City who was born and raised in Zouyin.

People outside the Great Wall have never been very friendly to people inside the Great Wall, and they don't have a good attitude towards them. Liu Bai knows this.

After all, over the past thousand years, there have been endless numbers of people who have gone to the western border to guard the Great City.

But the main force that truly helps the human race to block this taboo is still the many Zouyin people in the Zouyin City.

Although some people left Zouyin City and settled inside the pass.

But most of them chose to stay, and as some left, others came. After some people came to the Western Great Wall and saw the situation here, they naturally chose to stay.

But in the final analysis, they are not sinners. They were just born and raised here, and they took on the responsibility of resisting the taboo.

People living inside the Great Wall were born inside the Great Wall and do not have to bear this responsibility.

It is understandable that they are unfriendly to people inside the Great Wall.

Most of the people from the interior who were able to come to the Western Great Wall to guard it also understood their feelings.

If you don’t understand... you won’t come.

As the few of them were talking for a while, a strange phenomenon occurred.

Just in front of the Yangguan Gate, the dark clouds in the sky rolled violently for a while, and then layer by layer of dark clouds fell to the ground like a rain curtain.

It gradually condenses and manifests in this open space in front of the sun.

Seeing this situation, Liu Bai floated towards the red-robed man who had spoken earlier.

When the latter saw him coming, a smile appeared on his face.

"Brother, I want to ask, is there any danger for us to stay here?"

Liu Bai asked in a low voice.

He remembered that the old man he met on the way had reminded him again and again that he should pass through Yangguan quickly after reaching it, otherwise something serious might happen and he might be in danger of death.

The white-haired young man beside him heard Liu Bai's question and said with a smile: "Will the ancestors in your ancestral hall harm you?"

Liu Bai was silent for a while before he understood.

The old man probably didn't understand what was going on. He returned to Yangguan from the Western Great Wall and ran away when he saw that something big was happening again.

It seems that a person who cultivates a second life and walks through the underworld, if placed inside the pass, would be considered "actually a powerful person who cultivates a second life!".

But if he were placed outside the pass, especially outside the pass at this time, he would be "just a junior who is cultivating a second life."

So Liu Bai was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "My family doesn't have an ancestral hall, and I don't have any ancestors."

My mother doesn't recognize the Liu family, so Liu Bai naturally doesn't recognize them either.

So there is nothing wrong with what he said.

But what he said didn't make sense to others. What kind of person would have no ancestors? No ancestral hall?
Only orphans who have never known their own background since childhood would do this.

Naturally, no one would joke about this kind of thing, so since the young man in front of me said so, it must be true.

The white-haired young man also thought of this, and a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes.

I felt that I shouldn't have said that, and I felt that I had offended the boy.

"Then we stay here?"

"Watch the fun."

The red-robed man said with a smile.

Liu Bai understood and stopped asking questions. At this time, the layers of dark clouds falling from the sky finally became full and formed a huge cloud gate hundreds of meters high above the earth.

There were bolts of thunder falling from the sky, striking the Ghost Gate with flashing purple light, stirring up mist.

That's when.

"Bam—"

A dull sound was heard, and the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be forced up several feet. Even the constantly flashing electric snakes and thunder were frightened and shrank back into the clouds.

Why?

Because...the gates of hell are open!
The gray fog door formed by the clouds and mist seemed to be pushed open by someone from the inside, and then a red ghost flew out and finally stood on the ghost door.

Even though at this moment there is thick fog all over the fields and dark clouds covering the sky.

But among all the people present, which one of them has not cultivated a second life?
Even the gods were watching the show.

So naturally one could see the figure clearly. He was wearing a fiery red robe, with his back facing the city gate, and one could see a ball of dancing flames behind his robe.

A real flame.

On top of its head was a white bone skull, and the exposed head was also a ball of gray mist.

More like a ghost or an evil spirit than a human.

"Not dead yet..."

The voice of grass seemed to echo in Liu Bai's heart. Just when he wanted to ask, a shout came from the top of the city wall.

"Meet Lord Chuanhuo."

Liu Bai realized later that this person was the Fire Spreader in Zouyin City...

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Fire Bearer raised his right hand, and a bowl of blood suddenly appeared on his gray right hand.

He slowly sprinkled the bowl of blood in front of the Ghost Gate, and said in a serious voice: "Pass on Marshal Yin's order. Today, in front of Yangguan Road, reopen the Ghost Gate!"

As the sound rolled, blood was spilled in front of the gates of hell.

Under the cover of this gray cloud, a pair of huge bloody hands suddenly stretched out from the gate of hell. Each bloody hand had six fingers, which were extremely thick, with sharp and long nails, and seemed to be covered with scales.

These bloody hands pushed open the gates of hell.

As the door was completely opened, the bloody hands retracted and disappeared into the endless darkness.

Liu Bai didn't have time to ask what it was. He only knew that a series of ghost shadows appeared in front of the gate of hell.

They came from outside the pass and stepped straight into the gates of hell.

Each of them held their heads high and chests puffed out. Some were even talking and laughing. There was no fear in their eyes, and there was even a sense of passion in them.

At the Ghost Gate, even the Fire Bearer had come down from his high position and was no longer standing there looking down. Instead, he stood beside the Ghost Gate and bowed to the ghosts in front of him. Everyone on the city wall was solemn, and without anyone reminding them, they all bowed to the Ghost Gate and the group of human ancestors in front of it.

They are a group of people who work hard for the safety of human race both during their lifetime and after their death.

Unknown, unknown surname.

All we know is that after death he is still traveling across mountains and rivers, going far beyond the borders, protecting the human race and the world.

Liu Bai was also unable to bow. All he could hear were the sounds of ghostly laughter and talking. He waited until the sound completely faded away before he raised his head like everyone else.

The Ghost Gate had disappeared at some point, and the fire bearer who went to the Yin City had also disappeared without a trace.

The dark clouds above the sky were also slowly dispersing and disappearing, and strands of sunlight broke through the clouds, shining on the earth and illuminating the city.

The many people who were walking on the city wall also stood up, and some even laughed out loud.

"The human race is great! We are great!"

"With all the ancestors here, why should we fear the forbidden evil spirits?"

"Our ancestors have just passed through the gates of hell. If we walk faster, we might even run into them in front of the Ten Thousand Graves Mountain."

"Bring some good wine, for today's event, it is advisable to drink heartily!"

"..."

Looking at these ghosts jumping away from the city wall one by one, and thinking back to the scene he had just seen, Liu Bai couldn't help but feel emotional.

It was the first time Liu Bai came to Yangguan and saw such a grand scene, which made him inevitably excited.

Different from the dirty struggles inside the Great Wall.

All we have to do outside the Great Wall is kill evil spirits. So, relatively speaking, it is easier to kill more evil spirits.

Just as Liu Bai was thinking about going back to the city to find Guan Shanyue and then heading to Yincheng together, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.

He didn't call me by my real name, but just called me "Brother Liu".

The voice is still somewhat familiar.

So Liu Bai stopped and looked back.

A young man in a purple robe with a warm smile on his face, who else could it be but Lei Xu from the Lei family?

But the person standing behind him this time was not Lei Huo, the head of the Lei family.

Instead, he was replaced by a middle-aged man with a bitter face. He had a strong aura of life fire on his body, giving people a warm feeling, as if he had just been promoted to a higher level of cultivation not long ago.

Based on his past experience, Liu Bai deduced that this was a throne, but he didn't know whether it was the real body or the spirit sitting on it.

When Lei Xu saw Liu Bai turning around and seeing a strange face, he was slightly surprised but then he reacted.

The bitter-looking man behind him also hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings, Master Liu."

"Why is Brother Lei here?" Liu Bai didn't make any meaningless disguise.

Lei Xu was relieved to see Liu Bai admit it, and said with a smile: "I have been in the Western Great Wall for more than a month. This time I came back to the city gate to replenish some supplies. I didn't expect to encounter this incident."

"It's such a coincidence that I can meet Brother Liu here."

"I just came from home and just arrived at this city."

"Then go together?"

"it is good."

Liu Bai did not refuse. Anyway, he was not planning to stay in the city for long. It would be better for him to go to Zouyin City and the Western Great Wall to broaden his horizons.

Then the three of them came down from the top of the city wall, and Liu Bai saw Guan Shanyue again at the same place as before.

As soon as the straw hat boy heard Liu Bai's voice, he couldn't help but shout, "Master Liu, your ancestors passed through the gates of hell, how magnificent!"

He clenched his fists, somewhat excited, but he dared not speak loudly, so he had to lower his voice.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw the two figures falling behind Liu Bai and he became obviously a little embarrassed.

Liu Bai grew up in the town since he was a child, and Madam Liu didn't raise him as a rich young man.

Liu Bai even stayed in Master Ma's room, where he dried his stinky feet.

So Guan Shanyue felt comfortable getting along with Liu Bai, but this was not the case for Lei Xu. Born into the Lei family, one of the nine great families, since he was chosen as a genius, he has been trained as the next generation of the family head, plus he has extremely high natural capital.

This aura of nobility and aloofness is almost innate.

"This is my friend, Guan Shanyue." Liu Bai explained with a smile.

When Lei Xu heard this, he immediately looked at the straw hat boy a few more times, thinking that there was something special about him, but after looking at him for several times, he didn't find anything unusual.

"Lei Xu." He raised his hand.

The miserable-looking man behind him remained silent.

"Let's go."

After saying this, Liu Bai didn't need to exert any effort. The bitter-looking man who was already on the throne of God led the three of them and headed straight to the west.

His body was like a rainbow piercing the sun, and his speed was incredibly fast.

It was the first time for Guan Shanyue to experience the speed of the throne. He could not help but widen his eyes and look hard, only to see the mountains and rivers around him passing by like flowing light.

The road between Yangguan and Zouyincheng is also full of desert Gobi.

There is not a single green grass or ancient tree.

Liu Bai came here for the first time and was also looking around curiously.

When the bitter-looking man saw that Liu Bai was also watching, he gradually slowed down his pace to allow him to have a closer look.

In the desert, Liu Bai saw white skeletons crawling out of the sand.

We also saw mummies walking stiffly in the Gobi Desert, and strange birds with human heads devouring dead flesh.

All these are very different from the evil spirits hiding in the mountains and rivers within the Great Wall.

Wherever he went, the man on the throne of the Lei family took action several times, burning countless evil spirits with his life fire.

"Coming."

Lei Xu suddenly spoke.

Liu Bai and Guan Shanyue both looked away and raised their heads.

I saw a high ground rising in the Gobi Desert in front of me, and on the high ground were some earth walls and stone pillars eroded by wind.

Looking through the earth walls and stone pillars, you can see that there seem to be some houses and buildings inside.

"Is this... Walking into Yin City?"

Guan Shanyue said with some disbelief. He looked at the scene in front of him, which was completely different from what he had imagined.

The wind and sand are everywhere, and the whole place is desolate.

Lei Xu said “hmm”.

The bitter-looking man led everyone to rise higher, and then Liu Bai saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

To the west of Zouyin City, which stands in the desert Gobi, there is a towering city wall, stretching from north to south for an unknown distance, with no end in sight.

The city wall was covered with scars, and in some places bricks were even missing, revealing entire holes.

Looking to the west, through the flying yellow sand, you can see a group of people hanging ropes from the city wall, repairing the wall.

It seems like they are making adequate preparations for the upcoming forbidden expedition to the East.

In just a few glances, you can see figures flying up in Zouyin City, rising into the clouds and heading to the top of the city.

You can also see figures falling into the city from the top of the city wall, which is quite lively.

The bitter-looking man brought a few people to the eastern gate of Zouyin City, where some traces of the city wall could still be seen.

"Brother Liu, do you have a place to go? If not, why not come to my Lei family and stay there? It's a good opportunity for us to exchange some ideas with each other."

Lei Xu invited with a smile.

"No, my mother is looking for someone for me here."

Still black wood.

But Liu Bai didn't say this.

When Lei Xu heard Liu Bai mention mother, he quickly put away his smile, and the bitter-looking man behind him also hurriedly bowed to Liu Bai.

Guan Shanyue was a little surprised.

Firstly, it was Lei Xu’s address, “Brother Liu”, which meant that the previous Hu Wei was a pseudonym?
It would have been fine if it was just a fake name, but now the two people of noble birth in front of him just heard "Hu Wei" say "mother".

You have to bow your head and salute.

Then how high is the status of this "Hu Wei"'s mother?
It was not until this moment that Guan Shanyue realized the horror of this seemingly peaceful boy in front of him.

"Then we'll go first. By the way, the Lei family's residence in Zouyin City is at No. 3 Dongkou Street. Brother Liu can find out by asking anyone."

"When Brother Liu is free, don't forget to come over and have a chat."

In Liu Bai's view, Lei Xu was a typical young master from an aristocratic family. His speech and demeanor were extremely decent.

"Okay, I will."

Liu Bai smiled and watched them leave.

His gaze naturally fell on Guan Shanyue again. The latter was also a little afraid and hesitant at this moment, and whispered: "Liu... Mr. Hu."

"My last name is Liu, Liu Bai. What are your plans next? Do you need my help?"

Although he had just arrived in Zouyin City, Liu Bai felt that arranging someone... should only be a matter of a word.

"No, no, no."

Guan Shanyue seemed to have heard something horrifying, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Master Liu, I am already very grateful to you for bringing me to Zou Yin City, and I dare not ask for anything else."

"I can just go into the city and gain some experience by myself."

After Guan Shanyue finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Liu Bai.

"Okay, then go ahead. If you encounter any problems in the city that you can't solve..." Liu Bai thought for a moment, then took out a piece of talisman paper from Xumi and handed it over, "Just crush it."

Guan Shanyue was a little hesitant, wanting to answer the call but not daring to.

Liu Bai's hands trembled.

He then quickly wiped his hands on his body and took the talisman paper with both hands very solemnly.

Xiao Cao looked at his back as he left, and then whispered, "Master, why are you so kind to him?"

why?
Maybe it’s because he also has a mother who loves him.

Liu Bai smiled and said nothing, but looked up and shouted, "Heimu?"

In an instant, a handsome man who was originally sitting on the top of the city wall practicing hard suddenly opened his eyes. He first looked towards the east of Zouyin City, and then turned back to look at the north city wall.

He called out, "Marshal?"

Before he finished speaking, he found himself at the east side of Zouyin City.

A young man in front of him was looking at him, and the two looked at each other in confusion.

Liu Bai didn't expect that he just shouted and Heimu actually appeared. He still looked like Fuan, and the look in his eyes was a little surprised.

"Liu... Young Master Liu?"

Kuroki always felt a little embarrassed.

"It's me. Thanks to Senior, my mother is a little bit powerful, so I was able to escape from the Bai family. Otherwise, Senior Hei Mu would only be able to see me when he burns incense."

Listening to Liu Bai's ridicule, Hei Mu said: "Hehe... Hehe."

Liu Bai: "What are you laughing at?"

"My body is a little uncomfortable."

Hei Mu pulled the corner of his mouth, took a deep breath, and then said seriously: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu. As long as you are in Yin City, your safety will be in my hands."

"Okay, I plan to go to the forbidden area tomorrow to have a look."

Hei Mu groaned a few times and was unable to speak.

He also knew that Liu Bai said this on purpose, but because of the matter with the Bai family, he was also sorry to Liu Bai.

To put it bluntly, I, as the master, am still alive, but my greatest revenge has fallen on my disciple. How can this be justified?
Not to mention that it was Liu Wudi who helped resolve the matter in the end.

Seeing that Hei Mu's expression was getting uglier, Liu Bai stopped making things difficult for him and turned around and walked into the city.

"You have accommodation and everything, right?" Liu Bai asked.

"Yes, these are already prepared, just follow me."

Heimu has a free and easy personality. When we first met, he was called Young Master Liu, but now he has become you kid.

Liu Bai was too lazy to care about these things and followed Heimu, walking through the Zouyin City.

Finally, they came to an alley with old willow trees. Just as Liu Bai was about to step in, he saw a sloppy man with loose hair walking out.

He lowered his head and looked at Liu Bai.

"what?"

"It's you!"

Both of them recognized each other.

(End of this chapter)