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

Chapter 35: Old Water Pit [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

As the sun sets, it gets dark quickly.

In the words of Mr. Ma, the old woods are filled with too much gloomy energy and cannot retain much light.

Liu Bai followed Master Ma and entered the Huangpizi Temple.

The temple is small and cannot accommodate too many people, so ordinary people carrying luggage can only stay outside the door.

Qiu Qianhai's father also brought a few hunters to set up a small stove at the door, lit a fire, and put bacon in it. The wind filled the house with fragrance.

"Master Ma, how do you know that tonight will be difficult?"

Liu Baigang also looked at the door for a long time, but couldn't see anything, so he had no choice but to ask.

Mr. Ma found a piece of wood and sat in the corner, smoking his pipe, but he also knew not to let the smell of his smoke reach others.

"The clouds and mist covered several hilltops, and the heaviest was where we came from. And didn't you notice that since we set foot on Huangpiziling..."

“Not even a bird was seen.”

"There might be some ferocious monsters around here."

Weird creature... Liu Bai remembered what Xiaocao said.

Wandering spirits, evil spirits, weird things, ghosts... these are probably the levels of those things.

It roughly corresponds to the three fires, spirit body, five qi and yin spirit of the Yin person.

So, is there a fifth-level evil spirit coming here? That thing is called a strange thing... For a moment, Liu Bai couldn't help but tighten his clothes.

What if Granny Ma can't hold it together?

"Don't be afraid, sir. Don't be afraid, I'm here." The little grass hanging on his back seemed to see what he was thinking and spoke to comfort him.

"I'm even more scared with you around."

After Liu Bai finished complaining, dinner outside was quickly ready. They cooked broth and dipped the meat patties they brought from the city into it. The taste was very delicious.

Liu Bai had a delicious meal, during which he also saw that the food for the woman in the sedan chair was brought in by Granny Ma.

It's really like a lady from a noble family shouldn't be seen by others.

As he was looking at it, he found that Granny Ma was walking towards him again.

She reached her hand into her sleeve, fumbled around here and there, and took out a white Yin bead.

"Come on, kid, eat your fill and then eat this, so you can grow up faster."

Granny Ma handed over the Yin beads with a smile.

Manager Liang watched with a smile, feeling that this little brat was going to soar to the sky, actually catching the attention of Granny Ma.

Mr. Ma turned his head away and stopped looking, as he got angry when he saw her.

"This……"

Liu Bai wanted to say that he had some, but he remembered the principle of not showing off his wealth, so he took it with both hands and said in a baby voice, "Thank you, grandma."

"Ouch."

His words immediately made Granny Ma burst into laughter, and the wrinkles on her face were squeezed together, "No thanks, no thanks, what's there to thank me for for what Granny gave you."

After saying that, she touched Liu Bai's little head again. Perhaps she was in a good mood, so she gave another white Yin bead to Xiaocao.

Xiaocao immediately thanked him again and again, her eyes narrowed with laughter.

By the time everyone had finished eating, it was already completely dark outside.

There was no light except that from the burning bonfire.

The sky was covered with dark clouds.

Liu Bai saw that someone had placed a bowl of meat soup on the altar of Wong Tai Sin, and guessed that the person was paying money for the stay by borrowing the house for the night.

Soon after it got dark, the wind started to blow outside.

The wind blew continuously, making it impossible for people to stand steadily. At this time, Granny Ma spoke.

"I was wondering what was going on. It turned out it was directed at me."

After saying that, she stood up from the sedan chair, still hunched over, "You two come here to look after the young lady, I'm going to go out and check on that... old friend."

She said this to Mr. Ma and Manager Liang, and after she finished speaking, the two of them left.

Liu Bai was still standing in the corner. When Granny Ma left, she smiled at him, showing her few remaining teeth. "It's going to rain heavily soon. You should go to the temple to hide first. Just leave your things here."

Granny Ma spoke to the servants outside again.

As soon as there was movement outside, Liu Bai quickly ran behind the shrine and came to the side of Master Ma.

The servants who were carrying the loads were tired after a day's work and smelled of sweat. Liu Bai didn't want to stay with them.

As soon as he came to the side of the sedan chair, he smelled a faint fragrance.

Unlike the peach blossom scent that Madam Liu liked, this scent seemed to be blended. Although it smelled good, it had a more earthly air.

Liu Bai squatted on the ground, listening to the noise of the servants coming in.

Not long after my mother-in-law went out, it started to rain. The raindrops were so big that it sounded like someone knocking on the door when they hit the roof.

The servants who were originally talking stopped talking.

Suddenly, a heat came from behind. He turned around and glanced. It was Manager Liang who lit the fire. All three life fires were lit, and a lot of negative energy was dispelled.

But at this moment, the servants in front of the shrine suddenly shouted.

"Ghost!"

"Big Old Root has turned into a ghost!"

Without waiting for them to say more, Manager Liang, who had lit the fire, strode out. Liu Bai took the opportunity to tilt his head and take a look.

I discovered that in addition to the servants surrounding the shrine, there was actually another servant in front of the shrine.

He was half-kneeling, with his face turned behind him and the back of his head in front. The skin and flesh on top kept moving, and the outline of a human face's facial features could be vaguely seen.

A living person turns into a ghost.

This was the first time that Liu Bai had witnessed such a scene. He couldn't help but be shocked. He took a few steps back in fright until he bumped into the handle of the sedan chair.

Manager Liang was fearless. He walked forward, and with his hands stained with life fire, he picked up the servant who had just turned into a ghost.

He grabbed the other's neck with both hands, and the ghost twisted wildly under the burning of the life fire.

But Manager Liang didn't care. He opened his mouth wide, and his entire head seemed to be burning with flames. It was a larger head made up of life fire.

The head devoured the ghost.

The ghost became silent again and turned into a white bead and fell down.

Manager Liang lowered his head to pick up the grains, and then turned to look at the servants and said in a deep voice, "Don't run around tonight. If you run outside the temple, I can't save you."

At this moment, a cold breath suddenly swept across the entire Huangpizi Temple, and Liu Bai also felt cold all over.

Soon, Granny Ma's voice came from outside.

"I chopped off your tail in that old puddle. Why are you here to seek revenge now? But after so many years, you, a mallard, don't seem to have improved at all."

Soon a duck-like voice sounded, "You old woman, you haven't dared to come to our old forest for decades. I thought you were buried in the ground."

"It turned out to be that thing..."

Master Ma's understanding tone sounded in Liu Bai's ears.

He turned around and happened to see Manager Liang also looking at him in confusion, so Master Ma explained, "I've heard my grandfather mention that evil ghost. It's in Xiaohe Village, further west, and it's a ghost born in an old puddle.

It's far from the town, and the ghost rarely comes here, so it's still okay. I didn't expect that I would have an enemy with Granny Ma."

"Old water pit... Is there an old water pit in your area?" Manager Liang sounded a little surprised.

"What is an old puddle?" Liu Bai asked when he didn't understand.

Manager Liang said: "The old water pit... can only be said to be very evil. There may be all kinds of ghost things in it. It is also the thing that people who walk in the underworld are most afraid of encountering."

"That mother-in-law..."

Liu Bai was a little worried. He was afraid of death. If that time really came, he felt that he would definitely cry for his mother.

Although he didn't know whether Madam Liu could hear him, he would definitely shout.

"Don't worry, that ghost is no match for the mother-in-law." A cold voice came from inside the sedan.

　Thanks to aya for the 100-point reward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)