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

Chapter 54 Asking for directions [Seeking follow-up reading]

The otaku demon, who was originally walking crookedly, suddenly stopped and raised one corner of his body, as if he was raising one of his ears.

Or the eyes.

After it saw the situation clearly, it took a few steps back, and even its tail was inserted into the wall.

No, it should be said that it has merged with the wall.

It was the first time Liu Bai had seen such a thing and it was very curious, so he waved tentatively.

Upon seeing this, the house demon actually ran over to his side and rubbed his thigh.

The three were all surprised when they saw this, even Liu Bai himself did not expect it.

"Yes, I made a friend named Xiaohua. It was Xiaohua who taught me how to play hide-and-seek. It's so much fun!"

The house demon gave an affirmative answer, and now even Liu Bai knew what was going on.

This thing might be in cahoots with the evil spirit!

Zhang Cang asked in a low voice: "Where did you hide those people?"

"Humph, I already said it's hide-and-seek, how can I tell you? You have to go find it."

The house demon shrank back behind Liu Bai and said, "Hey, you smell so good, why don't you come and play hide-and-seek with me?"

Before Liu Bai could say anything, Master Ma became anxious and said quickly:
"No, no, he won't play with you."

This makes Liu Bai play hide-and-seek. If Liu Bai is lost again, Madam Liu will definitely tear herself apart.

"You stinky old man, I didn't ask you!"

Master Ma is fierce, but the house demon is even fiercer.

It didn't say anything, and Zhang Cang seemed to have no other choice but to look to Liu Bai for help.

He didn't know why this house demon was so close to Liu Bai, but now, he could only let Liu Bai try.

Liu Bai thought about it and asked tentatively: "Can you take me to meet your friend? I also want to make friends with it."

"Okay, okay. That way, the three of us can play hide-and-seek together."

The otaku seemed very excited. It rushed forward and crashed into the wall.

Liu Bai could only stare blankly.

Can I walk inside the wall with you?
I couldn't get in again.

"Come on, follow me quickly, I'll take you to see Xiaohua." The house demon poked his head out of the wall again.

"Go outside, it will wait for you." Zhang Cang said very quickly.

"it is good."

Liu Bai trotted out the door and found that the house demon had indeed poked its head out from this side again, so he hurried to catch up.

The house demon led the way, and after walking for a while, it would stick its head out from the wall and urge Liu Bai to walk faster.

Of course Liu Bai could walk faster, but he didn't want to. He wanted to wait for Master Ma and Zhang Cang behind him.

If the evil spirit is very fierce, he doesn't want to risk his life.

When the critical moment comes, it is still the tough and strong Master Ma who has to take the lead.

He also discovered that the house monster could actually move around in so many houses. No wonder he had been unable to find it before.

Following Hujiaao all the way eastward, we arrived at the edge of this small village.

There are vast rice fields here, the rice has not yet grown ears of grain, and when the wind blows, the rice fields are covered with green waves. When the house demon arrived here, he started shouting.

"Xiaohua, Xiaohua, I'm out."

"Xiaohua, where are you?"

“I made a new friend.”

The house demon called out a few times, but there was no movement in the rice field. It then raised a chair leg and pointed toward the small hill in front of it, whispering, "Every time I came here and called out, Xiaohua would come over there."

"I don't know what happened this time. Maybe he's not at home."

The otaku looked a little lost.

Zhang Cang's voice suddenly rang in Liu Bai's ears, "Ask it if it always came at night before."

Liu Bai looked back and found that Master Ma and Zhang Cang had stopped in the village.

No further progress.

Even at such a distance, Zhang Cang's voice could actually reach his ears... The sneakers really have many tricks! "You always came here at night before, right?" Liu Bai asked.

"Yes!" The house demon's eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes, I just met Xiaohua at night, so it might still be sleeping during the day, yes, that's it!"

"Xiaohua is my best friend, how could it ignore me?"

The otaku convinced himself and became happy again.

"Now ask it where it hid those people."

“It should be around here.”

Zhang Cang's voice sounded in Liu Bai's ears again, and Liu Bai vaguely guessed something, so he asked, "Let me guess, you and Xiaohua were playing hide-and-seek, so you must have hidden those people around here, right?"

The otaku suddenly raised his "head" and exclaimed: "How did you know? You are really amazing. I want to play hide-and-seek with you too."

"Then take me to see where you hid them." Liu Bai now felt like he was lying to a child.

"Okay, Xiaohua hasn't woken up yet, I'll take you to see it first."

The house demon said this, jumping on all four legs and running up the ridge. After a while, it pointed to the sealed cellar nearby and said, "I hid them all in here."

As soon as it finished speaking, Master Ma and Zhang Cang came running over from behind.

Especially Master Ma, he had been holding a grudge in his heart for a long time. He wanted to see what was going on with this matter that had troubled him for a whole day.

Liu Bai quietly stepped back a few steps and protected Master Ma in front of him.

Mr. Ma was tall and strong, making him the most suitable person to explore the way. He quickly removed the wooden boards sealing the cellar, lit a fire, went in to take a look, and then walked out.

"Dead, sucked to death by that evil spirit."

At this point, things are very clear.

The Hu family gave birth to a house demon, but it was not very intelligent and was naturally deceived by the evil spirit.

The evil spirit tricked it into playing hide-and-seek, and asked it to hide the people from the Hu family here.

Then the evil spirit can feast on the food without any effort.

Hu Wei also came out of the cellar with red eyes. There was a man in the cellar who was his uncle.

The last one to come out was Zhang Cang, holding a handful of hair in his hand.

"Don't worry, it's trying to fool us. Let's see how it fools us."

After he finished speaking, he looked around and finally said to Hu Wei, "Take this thing back to your ancestral hall first, and tell your clan leader about this. We will be back soon."

"but I……"

Hu Wei looked at the house demon on the ground and wanted to say that he couldn't take it back.

"Bite your finger, get some blood and smear it on it, then it won't be able to move." After Zhang Cang said this, the house demon wanted to run away.

But Hu Wei was quick-witted and quick-handed. He pounced on it directly, then slammed his head hard on the ground, causing it to break and bleed, and then wiped the blood on the body of the house demon.

The house demon stopped moving, as if it had turned into an ordinary chair.

Hu Wei picked it up and left.

"He is quite cruel." Zhang Cang said, and picked up the small handful of hair in his hand.

He then reached behind him and took out a half-burned incense stick.

"Come here, Brother Ma, your stove is burning well, lend me a fire."

Master Ma rubbed his hands together and really created fire. The fire lit the incense and also burned the small tuft of hair.

Zhang Cang turned the sacred incense upside down and circled it around the burning hair.

Finally it stood up suddenly.

He held it in both hands, as if offering it to a god.

"Ask for directions, Xiang, get up!"

After saying this, he let out a low growl and blew a breath towards the incense stick that was asking for directions.

In Liu Bai's sight, the smoke rising from the incense stick no longer rose upwards, but instead went straight forward, actually beginning to point the way.

"Let's go and take a look."

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ps: I just took a look at my saved drafts. I will be able to post the content you like tomorrow. It’s time for my writing skills to improve a bit.

After all, being a human is just Liu Bai's wishful thinking. In the end, he still has to follow his mother and become a ghost...right?
(End of this chapter)