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

Chapter 309: Lady Liu vs. Old Yinren [asking for monthly tickets]

"Demi god?"

Liu Bai, who was originally sitting quietly, suddenly stood up, muttered a few words, and then sat down again.

"Well, the old marshal, the old temple priest, and your mother can all be called demigods in this world."

Zhang Cang shook his sleeves and smiled, "So calling your mother the Willow Goddess is not flattery, but... the truth."

"What about you, the supervisor?"

Liu Bai couldn't help but ask, "You are probably a demigod, right?"

Zhang Cang waved his hands repeatedly as if frightened, and said in fear: "How dare I, how dare I, I am now at my best and can only be considered as a proof of the truth."

Liu Bai sneered, "Oh, you can prove that the old water ghost can be killed with just one slap, right?"

"Lord Chuanhuo, please don't talk nonsense. I don't have that ability. The ones who can really kill the old water ghost are Xuandao Officer and Yue Jianxian." Zhang Cang said seriously.

Looking at the old warden who was still pretending, Liu Bai rolled his eyes and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he said:
"Then there are only three demigods in this world, my mother and her?"

Zhang Cang thought for a moment and replied, "There should be more, but I don't know. After all, other people won't stick their strength on their foreheads. They hide it very well."

"But even if there are many demigods, your mother is one of the strongest among them...either the first or the second."

“It’s number one!”

Xiao Cao shouted loudly, "The Queen is the strongest. No one can beat her."

"Indeed."

Zhang Cang nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Xiaocao put her hands on her hips contentedly and put them on Liu Bai's shoulder.

After Liu Bai knew this secret... which should be considered a secret, he returned to the previous topic.

"So the combined water resources of the Weeping Sang River and the Old Water Pit are only enough to create one Beyond the Shore Demon, and Ren Tu has already chosen one. Did he choose the two-headed dragon?"

"pretty close."

"But why did you choose that two-headed dragon? Why not this old water ghost? This old water ghost is the ancestor of all the old water pits in the world. How can he be more majestic than this two-headed dragon?"

Liu Bai asked curiously.

Zhang Cang smiled amiably once again when he heard this. "Master Chuanhuo, you might as well think about it again. This old water ghost has been in a high position for thousands of years, but he hasn't been able to take that step... His talent is really limited."

"That's true..."

Liu Bai was stunned. This was something he had not expected.

But when I think about it this way, it seems to make sense.

But Zhang Cang immediately said again: "In fact, there is another possibility, which should also be true."

"What? You said."

Zhang Cang looked at the door with a deep gaze, "Perhaps... when Lord Chuanhuo first killed the throne embryo of Lao Shuikeng, he had already fallen into Ren Tu's calculations."

"This……"

Liu Bai thought further and realized that he was in the forbidden area when he ran into Shuize. After learning his identity, he killed him naturally and also killed all the potential throne holders of Lao Shuikeng.

In this way, evil spirits will come out from the taboo again.

Then it would be natural for the old water ghost to come to the front line.

"Besides, Lord Chuanhuo, you went to see the old water ghost. Although the old water ghost has never seen you, it has fought with Willow God after all. Is it possible that it really can't see your identity at all?"

Zhang Cang pointed forward as he spoke, and a leaf-shaped ripple spread out.

"He is seriously ill, hiding his true feelings, and being blinded by a leaf."

"So the old water ghost had actually already fallen into the plan of this butcher." After Liu Bai understood this, he felt that this butcher was a bit difficult to deal with, even a bit scary.

But then Liu Bai thought of something and asked, "If the old water ghost is like this, then what about the swing ghost? Could it be the same?"

"Ah."

Zhang Cang nodded slightly, "Master Chuanhuo knows about the plans of the Old Water Pit and the Weeping Sorrow River, but there is actually another one, which is the plan about the Moon's Luck. It also involves two throne evil spirits, one is the swing ghost, and the other is the Lord of the Laurel Palace."

Liu Bai looked at the old supervisor who knew all the taboos and plots, and said, "So this time, Ren Tu chose the Laurel Palace Master?"

"It is also about to become a ghost from the other shore?"

"That's what happened."

Liu Bai looked at the sighing old man in front of him and could understand his thoughts.

What is the evil spirit on the other side? In fact, it is an evil spirit with great strength that can almost reach the throne of demigod.

Two such beings appearing at once put a lot of pressure on the human race.

Moreover, the birth of these two other shore monsters was promoted by the human race. After helping them solve the hidden dangers, they successfully helped them become other shore monsters.

But this has to be done.

If the human race does not kill the old water ghost and the swing ghost this time, perhaps they can slightly stop the progress of the taboo.

But later on, I had to choose between the two.

Even if the human race did not take action, on the taboo side, it might be that the old temple priest would personally take action to deal with the two thrones.

It would be better to let him kill him in Yincheng than to let him kill him.

At least for now, the human race has gained a lot of good things, and even Xu Maogong has gained great benefits.

The human race came out together to prove their truth and killed the two evil throne monsters in one breath.

It also temporarily dispersed the haze that had accumulated over Zouyin City.

The Yin City still has some strength. If they plan to kill our Firebringer, then we will kill the two forbidden thrones.

Why only kill two?

Because only two came out.

Similar arguments can be heard everywhere in Zouyin City.

As for what Ren Tu said to Liu Bai before he left, it seemed that it really didn't cause any waves in the city.

There is no discussion on the surface.

Even if someone brings it up, someone will quickly refute it, "You believe this fool's words?"

As for the taboo, wait a few days after those thrones leave.

There were several gods in Zouyin City who entered the forbidden area together, among them was Adao. After they went deep into the forbidden area, they found that the place where the small mass grave on the front line was supposed to be placed was deserted.

Those throne embryos seemed to have followed the thrones back to the depths of the forbidden area.

For a moment, it seemed that Zouyin City and Taboo suddenly coexisted peacefully.

It was like the relationship had been restored to its old state, with no big evil monsters coming out and no taboos on attacking the city.

In Zou Yin City, there are occasionally some Zou Yin people who go out of the city to the forbidden area, but they don’t go deep.

Right here on the outskirts, I risked my life to hunt down a few evil spirits in exchange for some money for wine.

As for Liu Bai, there is a gargoyle watching over the shop, so business is pretty good and he can earn Yin beads every day.

The Chuanhuo Mansion was given full authority to Zhang Cang, since he could do any job anyway.

They all did a great job.

Liu Bai was happy to be a hands-off boss. He seemed very busy but in fact he had nothing to do. He just focused on eating and drinking (to improve his strength) every day.

A month passed like this.

During this month, Lei Xu, who had been seriously injured, recovered. Not only that, he even built the shrine in one breath.

The number of words in the couplet is also very small.

Liu Bai still remembers the couplets on the shrine for praying for Yin, which had only two words in each couplet, and the couplets on Lei Xu, which had only three words in each couplet.

First line: Thunder roars
Second line: The wind is howling
Horizontal banner: Thunder rolling

The matter of building the shrine made Lei Xu happy for a long time, so he immediately notified this group of geniuses and held a banquet.

Let everyone envy.

But not long after they returned, Liu Ruzhi from the Liu family and Xiao Xuandao from Zou Yin City also built a shrine together.

It was as if stimulated by Lei Xu.

The number of characters in the couplet on the shrine of Xiao Xuandao is also very small, almost the same as that of Lei Xu, both of which are three characters.

But Liu Bai heard that the couplet on Liu Ruzhi's shrine... had a lot of words.

The first couplet alone has fourteen characters, and the total number of characters in the upper and lower couplets is twenty-eight.

This is another way to the shrine.

With so many characters, it will be very slow to improve this shrine in the early stages.

But if she waits until she has refined all the words and starts the throne of god, her combat power will be extremely strong.

At that time, once the twenty-eight-character couplet for the shrine came out, even facing the throne of the god, it could be overwhelming.

Not to mention that she herself is from the Liu family, one of the eight great families.

Thus, among the younger generation, those who built the shrine include Qi Yin, Xiao Xuandao, Liu Ruzhi and Lei Xu.

This also brought some pressure to other people. For example, Huang Shangguan had asked Liu Bai several times in a roundabout way.

Ask him when the shrine was cast.

Of course, there are also those who give up.

For example, Hu Shuo, knowing that he was inferior to others, urged Liu Bai all day long, asking Liu Bai to quickly build the shrine.

"As the eldest brother, please stop embarrassing your younger brother."

Hu Shuo shook his head and said.

Xiao Cao of course loudly refuted Liu Bai, "As a younger brother, why don't you work hard? You are embarrassing the older brother."

Hu said without any fear, "Big brother hasn't even built a shrine yet, how can a younger brother walk ahead of him?"

Xiao Cao couldn't refute it, so he pointed at Hu and said, "Okay, okay, wait until the young master builds the shrine, and then see what you have to say."

Hu Shuo crossed his arms over his chest and looked at the grass in front of him very provocatively.

As a result, Xiaocao was so angry that she screamed and shouted at Heimu, asking him to throw the nonsense out.

Hei Mu was too lazy to get involved, so he just played here for a while before leaving with Shi Shanfeng.

As soon as he got out of the door, Hu Shuo lost his relaxed look and walked towards the house in a hurry.

Shi Shanfeng caught up with him, "Why are you walking so fast?"

"What are you doing? Go back and eat the Yin beads to find inspiration for casting the shrine." Hu Shuo said as a matter of course.

"But you just didn't..."

"I was just trying to coax them, so that they would relax their guard and give me time and opportunity to build the shrine."

"you……"

Shi Shanfeng looked at Hu Shuo in astonishment, "You are so cunning."

"How can this be considered cunning? Lao Shi, you are just too naive. You will suffer if you do this. Well, that's all I have to say. You should go back and build the shrine as soon as possible."

Hu Shuo waved his hand and was about to leave, but Shi Shanfeng scratched his head and said as if he was a little embarrassed: "But I can also cast a shrine now."

"What you?"

Hu Shuo turned around in disbelief, and saw a phantom of a shrine emerging behind the stone mountain, but it lacked the shrine wood and was not solid.

The state of mind is within you and cannot be faked.

Hu Shuo felt as if the sky had fallen. He originally thought that they were his brothers in distress, but in the end he found that he was the only clown.

"Then why haven't you built a shrine yet?" Hu Shuo asked.

Shi Shanfeng replied: "The ancestor said that we should not show off. It's good enough to just follow the others and not be left behind."

Hu said: "Leave."

"..."

After sending away the two fire messengers Huang Shangguan and Adao who were staying here, Liu Bai finally perked up and took a look at the panel.

[Name: Liu Bai]

[Identity: Human]

[Realm: Primordial Spirit]

[Qi and blood: 201.1]

【Spirituality: 202.2】

[Attribute points: 0]

It only takes 200 points of blood and spirituality to cast a shrine. After a month of hard training, Liu Bai has finally improved his strength.

Now, all that is missing to cast the shrine is a piece of high-quality shrine wood.

And some insights.

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Hei Mu put down the local chronicle in his hand and said to Liu Bai, "Sir, you should be able to cast the shrine now, why are you still waiting for something?"

"Could it be that there is a lack of suitable wood for the shrine?"

"indeed."

What Liu Bai lacks now is the shrine wood.

So after staying in this Zouyin City for so long, he was indeed prepared to visit the forbidden area again.

Go to the old willow valley and see if you can get a piece of wood for the shrine.

"That's easy to say."

Hei Mu put away the book and raised his hand. Six pieces of flowers and trees of various colors appeared in the huge yard, each of which exuded an alluring fragrance.

"Sir, please see if there is anything suitable. If not, I will ask my friends for some."

"If that doesn't work, I'll go to the Shiwan Mountains and kill a few mountain spirits. Or you can come with me to choose."

This is not difficult for Hei Mu.

As long as he doesn't go too deep into the forbidden area, Hei Mu can still walk freely in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Liu Bai shook his head and said, "My mother arranged for me to go to the forbidden area."

"It's a taboo..."

Speaking of this place, Hei Mu was a little hesitant.

If he had not attained enlightenment and was just showing his divine power, then he could have gone through the taboo. But now that he has attained enlightenment, as long as he steps into the taboo and enters the dense forest, he will be noticed by the old temple keeper.

"No need, I can go by myself."

"It's convenient to be alone."

When the ghost body opens, no one will be able to see it.

"That's fine... Then I'll wait for you outside the city."

"No need. If you go to that station, everyone will know that I went to the forbidden area. You just stay in the city."

Liu Bai waved his hand to refuse.

"I'm going to the mansion first."

After Liu Bai finished speaking, he left. The mansion he was talking about was naturally the Chuanhuo Mansion.

When they arrived at the hall, Zhang Cang was instructing Qin Ping about something.

Qin Ping was assigned to go to the city wall and keep an eye on the fire messengers who were repairing the city wall.

When they saw Liu Bai coming in, they both stood up and saluted. Liu Bai waved his hand and went to the back hall.

But at the end he also heard a few words that Zhang Cang said.

"You don't need to be flexible. You are just like this. As long as you say that the old marshal urged you to do so, they will hurry up."

"If an honest person lies, they will believe it."

"Old Marshal? Don't worry, the old marshal won't care about these little things. Besides, if the old marshal really wants to come down, don't you still have Lord Chuanhuo to support you? What are you afraid of?"

Xiao Cao: "Shameless old thief, white-haired bastard!"

Liu Bai: "..."

Not long after, Zhang Cang came in with a chuckle, rubbing his hands together, "What brings Lord Chuanhuo here?"

"Why, it's strange for a Firebringer like me to come to the Firebringer Mansion, right?"

Liu Bai was rummaging through the tall bookshelf.

"How dare I, it's just that I haven't seen Master Chuanhuo for half a month, and I really miss him."

Zhang Cang put his hands into his sleeves, rolled his eyes and looked at the ceiling and said.

"Cough cough."

After these words were spoken, Liu Bai felt a little embarrassed.

"The main thing is that the Supervisor is here, so I feel more at ease. If someone else was here, I would definitely come here every day to guard and do everything myself."

Zhang Cang chuckled, and didn't dwell on the matter any more. Instead, he asked, "What are you looking for here, Lord Chuanhuo?"

"I'm looking for a forbidden map. I've looked through several maps but can't find the place I want."

Liu Bai spoke directly without hiding anything.

"What place is Lord Chuanhuo looking for?"

"I know a thing or two about taboos. If Lord Chuanhuo believes in it, you might as well tell me about it."

Zhang Cang said with a smile.

"Old Liugu."

"Lord Chuanhuo is going to build a shrine?" Zhang Cang understood immediately and looked at Liu Bai in surprise.

"Ah."

"This place is quite remote. It is not recorded in the geomancy map of Zou Yin City."

As Zhang Cang spoke, he rummaged in his sleeves and finally pulled out an old, yellowed parchment. He walked to the desk beside him and spread it out.

Liu Bai came forward to take a look and found that this feng shui map was...very big.

This is a feng shui map that contains the entire taboo. The Western Great Wall Cup is marked at the easternmost end, and the westernmost location is the Zunshen Mountain. Between the two is the entire taboo.

Zhang Cang then pointed to the southernmost part of the map.

Pointed to one of the points.

"Old Liugu is right here."

“So far off.”

Liu Bai was a little surprised.

Such a long distance, almost crossing half of the forbidden area, would probably take more than a month to go back and forth.

"This is the same location as it was a hundred years ago. I don't even know if the Old Willow Valley still exists. Back then, that place..."

Zhang Cang said with a hint of reminiscence on his face, "It was near the forbidden throne evil spirit 'Your Majesty'. Your Majesty wanted the old willow tree to serve, but the old willow tree was unwilling. The two fought several times, and the old willow tree was always at a disadvantage."

"I don't know if he's still alive now."

Not only was Zhang Cang fully aware of the arrangements within the taboo, he also knew some of the past events within the taboo so clearly.

Even as soon as Liu Bai said it, Zhang Cang knew that he was going to Old Willow Valley to look for the old willow tree to get the shrine wood.

Liu Bai began to doubt whether there was anything in this world that Zhang Cang didn't know.

"My mother probably doesn't know what happened there..." Liu Bai stroked his chin and said, "How about the Supervisor ask my mother for me, what should I do now?"

"That's not necessary."

Zhang Cang said with a smile: "If you go to the Old Willow Valley and fail to find the old willow tree, then the shrine wood will most likely fall into the hands of Your Majesty."

"At this time, just call the old temple priest and he will find it for you."

Previously, Zhang Cang always called Liu Bai "Lord Chuanhuo", but after Liu Bai mentioned Madam Liu.

Zhang Cang's address also changed from "Master Chuanhuo" to "Young Master".

"If I call him, I will probably have to go to Mount Zunshen." Liu Bai said with a frown.

“Haha, don’t worry, sir. Even if you don’t call him this time, as long as you step into the taboo, you will most likely have to go to the Zunshen Mountain.”

"But don't worry, the old man will just chat with you and let you come back afterwards."

Zhang Cang seemed to be very confident about these.

"it is good."

Liu Bai lowered his head and glanced at it. "Then I'll use this geomancy map first."

"Ah."

Zhang Cang hesitated to speak.

Liu Bai smiled and said, "Just speak frankly, Supervisor. We are old friends now."

"That's fine. Young Master, you've gone to the forbidden area. It's best to wait until you get to Old Willow Valley. Regardless of whether you get the shrine wood or not... then go see the old temple keeper."

"Don't call him as soon as you enter the taboo."

Zhang Cang just mentioned this but didn't say why.

"Okay, I've written it down."

Liu Bai put away the geomancy map, clasped his hands and said, "Then I'll have to trouble the supervisor of the Chuanhuo Mansion."

"Master Chuanhuo, you are too kind."

Zhang Cang returned the greeting very seriously.

The title also changed from Young Master to Lord Fire Transmission.

After getting the geomancy map from Zhang Cang, Liu Bai found cinnabar in the city. After a month, she also became familiar with some other evil spirits in the city.

Zhusha is not the only one who has an evil body but is loyal to the human race.

There are many evil spirits like her in Zouyin City.

During this period, Zhusha had become familiar with them and had walked through Yin City, and had even gone to the forbidden area with them twice.

This time, Liu Bai found Zhu Sha and told her about the situation.

As for the rest... Liu Bai didn't say much. After all, in his opinion, only Zhusha could be considered a fellow countryman.

Liu Bai didn't say anything to Adao and the others who were still there. He just told Hei Mu that he was leaving.

Finally arrived at the top of the city.

Liu Bai met the old marshal here. There was no one else on the road for thousands of meters before and after.

He looked at the old man sitting cross-legged in front of him and said, "I have to go through another taboo and get the shrine wood."

"it is good."

The old marshal opened his eyes and looked up, his eyes clear.

"Zhang Cang said that this time I go, I will most likely go to Zunshen Mountain." The old marshal must know about this, but Liu Bai thinks it would be better to tell him in person.

"it is good."

The old marshal responded again, but didn't say anything else.

"Let's go then."

Liu Bai bowed to him, and when he looked up again, he had turned from a human into a ghost. Not only that, even the fiery red robe that was originally draped on his body, which symbolized his identity, was put away by him and replaced with the original black and gold robe.

The old marshal now looked at Liu Bai once more, then nodded and said, "Go early and come back early."

"it is good."

After Liu Bai nodded, he left the city wall, left the magic circle, and headed towards the forbidden area.

The old marshal, who had always been sitting cross-legged on the top of the city wall, stood up this time. He stood on the top of the city wall and watched Liu Bai leave.

Then there was another figure beside him.

Zhang Cang then looked towards the western border, stroked his beard and sighed, "Are you relieved, old Marshal?"

"What's the use of being worried?" The old marshal smiled, and when he saw Liu Bai's figure disappear into the dense forest, he sat back down.

"Most of them are just external matters that don't help with the big things."

"Could it be that... the old marshal really can't see that there is something wrong with Mr. Liu's identity?" Zhang Cang asked tentatively.

"So what if she figured it out? Liu Qingyi won't tell anyone."

The old marshal shook his head and said, "I advise you not to go after this kid. Once Liu Qingyi finds out... you have to know that there are few people in the world who can completely kill you, and she is one of them."

Zhang Cang heard this and immediately said with a smile, "Don't worry, Marshal. I wouldn't dare to do that. I'm always working for Lord Chuanhuo, so how could I dare to take advantage of him? It's that old scoundrel. I heard that Willow God has already found him."

"Oh?"

When the old marshal heard this, he turned his head and looked to the northeast, towards the wild land in the far north.

……

The northern border is wild and covered with snow all year round.

Even though it is June now, it is snowing heavily here. In this wilderness with heavy snow, there is a middle-aged man wearing a white deerskin, walking barefoot, step by step, towards the north.

The path he walked on was like a poisonous snake crawling along.

Wherever he stepped on, the snow melted and the white hair disappeared.

He was walking slowly, but the air not far ahead seemed to be torn into pieces as if a piece of white paper was being torn into pieces.

Then a man covered in blood walked out...the Painted Skin Ghost.

She was holding a cute little ghost in her left hand. As soon as she came out, the little ghost shivered and whispered, "My lady, it's so cold. Little Gudong is going to freeze to death."

But the Painted Skin Ghost seemed not to have heard anything. After appearing, she just lowered her head slightly and looked down at the middle-aged man who looked like a savage in the wilderness.

The latter breathed out, rubbed his hands, and then raised his head to look at the evil spirit that had come from a long distance to him.

"Long time no see, Sister Liu."

The old man greeted with a smile.

"You...are not bad." Madam Liu looked at the old sinister man in front of her and for the first time she had the illusion that she had made a mistake.

"But you will die today, too."

"Forget it." The old man raised his head and smiled bitterly, "I have already escaped from the Wei Kingdom to this foreign land. Sister Liu, just treat me as a fart and let me go, okay?"

"Besides, the plan against Young Master Liu was not just my own doing. Many people contributed."

"So you all have to die."

Madam Liu still said the same thing.

After hearing this, the old yin man had no choice but to spread his hands and said, "Sister Liu, if you really want to do this, then I will have to go to the taboo."

Hearing that this was not a threat, Madam Liu lowered her body a little, and then slowly said: "Do you really think that if I kill to the forbidden place, the old temple keeper will still help you?"

When the old man heard this, he finally showed a little panic in his eyes, but he returned to normal in an instant. He said without hesitation:

"That was actually arranged by the three old thieves from the Ghost and God Cult. Now that it's been exposed, they dragged me out to take the blame."

"Sister Liu, if you are willing to go, I can lead the way for you."

"The little paradise where they hid was extremely hard to find, but I happened to have left a mark there."

The old Yinren was selling the ghost and god religion very smoothly.

"Do you think that if you join forces with the three of Meng Ren, you can defeat me?"

Madam Liu's frank words made the old sinister man turn pale instantly.

Then, the area within a hundred miles seemed to have stopped in time, and all the falling snowflakes stopped where they were.

Madam Liu raised her right hand and pressed it down gently.

The space is shattered inch by inch.

(End of this chapter)