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

Chapter 52: Throwing Divided Cubes [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

Liu Bai had been to a land temple before, although it was a fake... But when he saw the real one today, he found that there was not much difference.

The threshold was lower in the middle and higher on both sides, and the lamps on the altar were covered with black oil stains.

The statue was hidden behind the curtain of the shrine, and one had to walk a few steps forward before one could see its true appearance.

It was still the old man in the yellow coat holding the snake-head crutch.

Liu Bai was still watching, but Master Ma had already skillfully taken out three sticks of incense from the bamboo basket next to him.

Light it on the oil lamp, hold it in both hands, and then bow three times to the statue of the God of Land.

Finally, insert the sacred incense into the incense burner.

Mr. Ma's attitude seemed very casual. Based on his nature of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, Liu Bai guessed that even if this God of Land really had the power, he probably wouldn't be that strong.

Otherwise, Mr. Ma would probably kowtow a few times before burning incense.

After burning incense, Mr. Ma took the divination blocks from the shrine, and then began to slowly talk about what happened to the Hu family.

Seeing that Liu Bai didn't quite understand, Hu Wei explained, "Under normal circumstances, the God of Land won't show up easily. We usually use this hexagram block when we pray to the gods."

"The hexagrams are divided into two parts, upper and lower, yin and yang."

"If the God of Land agrees, then the result you get from throwing the divination blocks will be one yin and one yang. This is called a sacred divination block."

"If both sides are yang, it is called 'laughing divination blocks'. Laughing divination blocks mean that the situation is not yet clear. You can continue to throw the divination blocks, or you can state your request more precisely."

"If they are all on the negative side, it's called 'angry divination blocks'. If they are angry divination blocks... things may not go well."

"And you can only cast the divination blocks three times, you can't ask for more than that."

By the time Hu Wei finished speaking, Master Ma had also finished explaining the situation, then he held the divination blocks with both hands and let go.

The divination blocks fell to the ground with a jingling sound, and one point was double-sided Yang.

"Laughing."

Master Ma frowned. For a ghost walker, if he was forced to resort to throwing divination blocks.

Then laughing is the worst result.

The holy divination blocks represent what is feasible, the angry divination blocks represent what is not feasible, but this laughing divination block... then didn't I throw it in vain?

Master Ma bent down to pick it up, and asked Hu Wei to step forward and explain the situation in more detail.

Then he threw the divination blocks again, and two yangs landed on the ground again.

Master Ma's brows furrowed more and more. Unable to figure it out, he simply placed the divination blocks on the altar.

"Hu Wei, close the door!"

Master Ma called out, and Hu Wei responded and left.

Just when Liu Bai thought that Master Ma was going to do something big, he unexpectedly bent his legs and sat cross-legged on the cushion.

"Lord of the Land, there are no outsiders here now, so just tell me what is going on with the Hu family?"

Liu Bai: “???”

So this is how the Yin people cast the divination blocks?

If you don’t understand, just call the God of Land to come out and explain it yourself.

Just as he was thinking about it, the voice of the God of Land actually sounded from the temple.

"I just checked the situation of the Hu family... The energy there is obscure and turbid, and the secrets of heaven are obscured, making it difficult to see clearly."

When Mr. Ma heard this answer, his face became even uglier.

"Night Walker?"

"No." The God of Land gave a negative answer, and Mr. Ma breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Bai didn't know why he was so wary of the Night Wanderer.

"But I just checked for you. This matter is not a problem. It is just a little weird at most. Please go away and do not disturb my meditation."

The God of Land started to drive people away.

Mr. Ma also got some useful information. He got up quickly, patted his butt, and said with a laugh: "Thank you, Lord of the Land. Thank you, Lord of the Land. Now we are leaving."

After saying this, Hu Wei bowed to the statue and ran to open the door.

The three of them came out and returned to the sun. Liu Bai felt better. He had felt a little uncomfortable in the land temple before. "Master Ma, what should we do now?" Hu Wei asked.

"Let's go and take another look. Since there's no danger, why don't we turn it upside down?"

After Mr. Ma finished speaking, he put his old pipe in his mouth and shouted, "Get in the car!"

The wheels rolled over the muddy road and not far away, they arrived at the Hu family again.

The matter had been fermenting for a whole morning, and Mr. Ma and Hu Wei both said that it was not an evil spirit, but just that someone was missing.

Suddenly, more and more people came to help find people.

I searched Hujiaao inside and out, but I still couldn't find anything.

Liu Bai followed him around for a whole day, without doing much work, but he ate a lot.

What Mr. Ma could not accept the most was that not only had two people been lost before, but another person was lost while he was looking for them.

He is also from the Hu family and is a cousin of Hu Wei.

We were all looking for someone together, but as we were looking for him, he disappeared.

So tonight, Master Ma didn't even go back to the Ma family's farm. He was determined to find out something about the Hu family.

Well... while searching for someone, Master Ma mentioned Liu Bai several times, both explicitly and implicitly.

That is to let him go back and ask Madam Liu to see if she can get any clues.

Liu Bai was also very curious, so after he returned, he really asked Madam Liu.

But after listening to it, Madam Liu just sneered and said "boring", and said nothing else.

Liu Bai was helpless, knowing that he would probably not get any answers from Madam Liu.

He said good night to Madam Liu as usual. When he woke up the next day, after absorbing a white Yin bead, he added the 1 attribute points he could obtain every day to his Qi and blood.

In this way, the Qi and blood reached 9.8.

The third life fire can be lit tomorrow at the latest, and Liu Bai is full of anticipation for this.

When Madam Liu was about to go out, Liu Bai still hadn't seen Xiaocao, so he asked more questions.

"I've been busy lately, so it's helping me look after the shop." Madam Liu gave a rare explanation.

Not long after she left, Liu Bai also went out. He had to go to the Hu family early today to watch the fun.

Just as he went out and walked in the town, he heard the people around him talking about the missing person from the Hu family.

He also said that even Master Ma couldn’t do anything about it.

When Liu Bai arrived at Hujiaao, he found that the place was crowded with people, but no matter how many people there were, they only dared to watch the show on the other side of the river.

I didn’t dare go there, for fear that I would get lost there too.

Liu Bai naturally had no such concerns. When he reached the other side, he found that no one was in a hurry to look for someone, but was gathering in groups of three or four.

After listening to a few sentences, Liu Bai understood.

It turns out they are all waiting for someone. Who are they waiting for?
Waiting for the new ghost walker... Zhang Cang, Zhang Banxian.

His fortune-telling was very accurate. Now that something strange had happened to the Hu family, even Master Ma was helpless. They could only ask Zhang Cang to give it a try.

A dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor.

Mr. Ma was squatting by the river, smoking a pipe, his eyes red. Liu Bai came to him, he turned his head and looked at him, and said, "What do you mean?"

Liu Bai shook his head.

Mr. Ma turned his head back, took a few puffs, and said, "Damn it."

Liu Bai rolled his eyes and asked, "Master Ma, do you think it was Zhang Cang who did this?"

If there really is a ghost coming from outside, he will at least occupy a place when he comes here.

But if you don't have some ability, no people will dare to believe you. If the people don't believe you, let alone occupying the land.

"You are such a smart kid!"

Master Ma knocked his pipe against the sole of his shoe and stood up suddenly because the people watching the show on the opposite side were already shouting.

Zhang Banxian is here!
(End of this chapter)