My God Raising Game

Chapter 27 Holding a lantern to celebrate the child
When Jia Mingqiao saw Xu Shaowei's giant bear squeezing Lu Jiuling until it was deformed, his eyes reddened with envy.

Compared to the pure and innocent school beauties like Jiang Shan, he preferred Xu Shaowei, who had a more assertive figure.

Be careful next time!

Lu Jiuling pushed Xu Shaowei away and examined the item he had found.

It was a small purse, about the size of a palm, with the two traditional Chinese characters for "bring wealth" embroidered on it in gold thread. It looked very exquisite.

Lu Jiuling squeezed the purse and could feel the small, hard objects inside. He casually opened it, and a slightly sweet fragrance immediately wafted out.

A sneeze!

Lu Jiuling rubbed his nose and poured out what was inside.

They were four silver ingots, each the size of a marble.

It adds up to about two ounces.

Lu Jiuling immediately lost interest.

If it were gold, it would be worth over ten thousand yuan at the current gold price, but silver wouldn't fetch a good price.

Lu Jiuling carefully put the purse away.

"set off!"

After Lu Jiuling finished speaking, he immediately ran to the next red lantern.

Everyone quickly followed.

When Lu Jiuling and his group were three meters away from the red lanterns under the eaves, the female ghosts in cheongsams who had been lurking around and couldn't contain themselves any longer rushed over.

"Faster!"

Xu Shuo shouted.

Without him even reminding them, no one wanted to die, so they all exerted every ounce of strength to get to the next red lantern as quickly as possible.

This time, however, the ghosts chased for a while, then suddenly stopped and all looked toward the northwest.

"what's the situation?"

Li Yinuo felt a chill run down her spine.

If it can scare away ghosts, it might be an even more terrifying monster.

A ball of red light appeared, trembling and swaying, like a will-o'-the-wisp floating in a graveyard at night.

It's getting close.

Seeing this, the girls instinctively moved closer to Lu Jiuling out of fear.

"Shall we run?"

Feng Xiu urged him on, her voice trembling with tears.

Lu Jiuling didn't move.

He had only followed the red lanterns out of necessity, but now that there were new anomalies, he naturally wanted to investigate and gather more information.

Only by taking in the forbidden object can one truly leave this cursed place.

The will-o'-the-wisp drew closer and closer, and finally, it emerged from the thick fog.

Then everyone saw that it was a red lantern with the character '囍' on it, being carried by a little girl who was about six or seven years old.

The girl was dressed in a red ancient-style auspicious dress, with her hair styled in two buns. Her face was covered with thick white powder, and she had dead fish eyes, making her look anything but cute. In addition, she walked silently, as if floating close to the ground like a ghost, exuding a strong aura of horror.

"Is this Xi Tong?"

Xu Shaowei looked at the large double happiness lantern the little girl was carrying and felt that she was a welcoming child.

I just don't know whose wedding it is!
"Oh my god, could we have stumbled upon a ghost marriage?"

Ke Xinyi looked at Xi Tong, who exuded an eerie aura, and felt a chill run down her spine.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Ning Qian tugged at her best friend, telling her to shut up.

"We can't see us! We can't see us!"

Feng Xiu muttered to herself, praying that the lantern-carrying boy hadn't seen them and would leave quickly, but she was destined to be disappointed.

The lantern-carrying boy floated over.

Everyone's nerves immediately tightened.

Despite being less than a meter tall and thin, even the petite and doll-faced Li Jiayao could easily kick this little Xitong down, but no one dared to lay a hand on him, or even breathe.

The lantern-carrying boy walked to the red lantern.

Apart from Lu Jiuling, everyone else instinctively stepped back, trying to keep a safe distance from it.

Upon seeing this, the lantern-carrying boy frowned, and displeasure clearly appeared on his small face.

However, it didn't complain. Instead, it raised the red lantern and shone it on Lu Jiuling's face, while looking up at him.

Lu Jiuling smiled faintly, wondering whether he should take the initiative to say hello.

The lantern-bearing boy looked at the crowd for a dozen seconds, then put down the lantern, glanced around, and turned to walk back the way he came.

Before everyone could even breathe a sigh of relief, Xiao Xitong, who had taken seven or eight steps, suddenly stopped, turned around, and glanced at everyone.

Xu Shuo and the others were frozen in place, not daring to move.

Little Xitong, carrying a red lantern, continued walking forward. After taking seven or eight more steps, she stopped and looked back at the crowd.

This time, the displeasure on its little face was quite pronounced, and it looked like it was about to yell at anyone.

"What is this thing trying to do?"

Xu Shuo was extremely agitated.

Stop and look around, what's there to look at?

"Is it telling us to follow it?"

Jiang Shan deduced that the lantern-carrying boy seemed to be welcoming guests.

"That's what I mean!"

Lu Jiuling followed.

"Isn't it?"

Feng Xiu didn't want to go: "Following it will definitely cause trouble!"

"690, don't go!"

Ning Qian didn't want to follow the lantern-carrying boy, nor did she want Lu Jiuling to leave: "If we follow the red lanterns, we'll definitely be able to leave this awful place!"

"What should we do?"

Feng Xiu glanced at Xu Shaowei, then at Jiang Shan.

"Let's go, we have no other choice."

Jiang Shan noticed that the female ghosts in cheongsams seemed very afraid of this lantern-carrying boy. As soon as he appeared, the ghosts immediately hid far away.

Once this little Xi Tong leaves, they will definitely come back, and with Lu Jiuling gone, how can we rely on Xu Shuo and Jia Mingqiao?
They'll definitely die very quickly! Xu Shaowei and the others also thought of this and felt that it would be safer to follow Lu Jiuling, so they dawdled and walked over.

The lantern-carrying boy walked silently, leading the way!
The group exchanged worried glances.

Good news, those filthy things are lurking around and dare not come to attack.

Bad news, we don't know where this lantern-carrying boy is going to take us?
Could it be that I'm going to someone's wedding?

Moreover, judging from the atmosphere, it's highly likely to be a ghost marriage!
Lu Jiuling followed behind the cheerful little girl, looking at her twin buns and then at the qipao-clad ghosts around him who were clearly afraid to approach her. He suddenly realized that this was an opportunity.

Why not take this opportunity to make a killing!
It's like playing a game; if you come across a perfect opportunity to defeat a monster, you're bound to pull off a great one.

Lu Jiuling acted on his thought immediately, rushing to his right to the female ghost closest to him.

The female ghost was stunned, never expecting her prey to come to her door. Overjoyed, she opened her mouth, which was painted with scarlet rouge, and a large tongue shot out, wrapping around Lu Jiuling's neck.

"Holy crap, stop right there!"

Xu Shuo was furious. "Why did you provoke those filthy things?"

What if they get angry and gang up on everyone?
Lu Jiuling brandished a bamboo torch and struck the tongue.

The female ghost was afraid of fire, so she tossed her head, sending the tongue-twisting ghost away from the torch.

Seizing the opportunity, Lu Jiuling suddenly accelerated and rushed in front of the female ghost, thrusting the torch fiercely into its head.

The female ghost couldn't dodge it.

With a snap, he was poked and fell backward!
The next second, the torch came flying back and hit it on the head.

The female ghost staggered.

Lu Jiuling pressed forward, repeatedly poking the torch at the female ghost's head, instantly setting her hair ablaze.

The fire started.

"what!"

The female ghost screamed in agony as the flames on her body grew larger and larger. A dozen seconds later, her entire body was engulfed in flames, and then she was burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.

A gold-threaded purse fell to the ground.

Lu Jiuling picked up the purse and rushed towards another female ghost.

"..."

Everyone was stunned.

Hearing the noise, the lantern-carrying boy turned around and looked back. His expressionless face then showed a look of astonishment.

It clearly didn't expect that a human would dare to provoke those filthy things.

While everyone was still stunned, Lu Jiuling burned another one to death and got a money pouch.

Without bothering to check how many silver ingots were in his purse, Lu Jiuling prepared to take another one, but the female ghosts around him weren't stupid and ran away immediately.

There was no need to pursue him, and Lu Jiuling saw that the lantern-carrying boy was already staring at him, so he quickly returned.

Xiao Xitong glanced at Lu Jiuling, then at the purse in his hand.

Lu Jiuling gave a social smile and handed over a purse.

"Thank you for leading the way!"

It's never wrong to be overly polite, since Lu Jiuling has no use for these silver ingots anyway.

The boy with the lantern hesitated and did not take it.

Lu Jiuling forced the purse into its hand.

Ah!
It could touch my hand, and although it was a little cold, like well water in winter, it didn't seem like a ghost.

Xiao Xitong gave Lu Jiuling a deep look, tucked the purse into her bosom, and continued walking forward with the lantern in her hand.

Jiang Shan and her group were filled with worry.

With the lantern-carrying child leading the way, those evil spirits dared not come to attack everyone. But a new problem arose: where was this little girl with an eerie and festive aura going to take everyone?
Anyway, it's definitely not going out.

Lu Jiuling checked his purse; it still contained a few loose silver coins.

"690!"

Xu Shaowei leaned over and nudged Lu Jiuling's arm.

"Ok?"

Lu Jiuling turned his head.

"I feel it will be dangerous if I continue!"

Xu Shaowei whispered.

"definitely!"

This is a taboo contamination; it would be unexpected if it didn't pose a danger.

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuo was furious, his face contorted with resentment and accusation: "Then why did you make us follow it?"

"You have no choice!"

Lu Jiuling chuckled: "Instead of complaining, you should focus your energy on observing your surroundings and paying attention to details. You might just survive by relying on the intelligence you've gathered now!"

"I know what to do without you telling me!"

Xu Shuo remained defiant, but stopped arguing with Lu Jiuling and began to stare wide-eyed at his surroundings.

Frustrated, Li Yinuo fiddled with her phone with her head down, but there was still no signal.

"Student Lu!"

Jiang Shan asked curiously, "Aren't you scared?"

The school beauty noticed that this student remained calm regardless of whether he was setting the ghost on fire or following the lantern-carrying boy to an unknown place, as if he had an emotional disorder that prevented his emotions from fluctuating.

"If being afraid can get us out of trouble, I'm scared to death!"

Lu Jiuling shrugged.

Compared to the terrified Xu Shuo and Jia Mingqiao, the girls, seeing the calm and collected Lu Jiuling, subconsciously moved closer to him.

Even Jiang Shan was no exception.

At this moment, Lu Jiuling gave people a greater sense of security.

Jiang Shan wanted to remember the route everyone had taken, but the Fan family mansion was very large, and with the dense fog reducing visibility to only about thirty meters, Jiang Shan soon became dizzy and could only leave it to fate.

The group followed the lantern-carrying boy for more than ten minutes, passing through the back garden, two small courtyards, and several moon gates before entering a noisy courtyard.

Under the eaves of the red brick and gray tile houses, large red lanterns with the character "囍" (double happiness) hung, illuminating the place brightly.

What reassured everyone the most was that there were many classmates in the courtyard.

"Jiang Shan!"

"Shaowei!"

Jiang Shan and Xu Shaowei were the core of the girls' circle, and the girls immediately surrounded them when they saw them.

(End of this chapter)