Chapter 27 Luo Jiao didn't expect Li Zhou to be so easy to deceive
Qiufang hurriedly stood up and tried to hold the girl in her arms, but her arms were empty and she passed through the girl's shadow.
"Cong'er!" She turned around to look at Su Liuniang and asked anxiously, "Liu Niang, what's going on?"
Su Liuniang smiled and said, "Qiufang, your daughter has died a long time ago. She just missed you so much that she stayed in the human world and became a vengeful spirit. Rather than being taken away by a passing Taoist priest, it's better to use her life to get your mother better. Isn't this a good deal?"
"My life, ahem, is not that precious."
An old voice came from outside the house. It turned out that Qiufang's mother-in-law heard the noise, and she came over with her sick body, just in time to see her granddaughter's soul appear.
Grandma held onto the door frame and said to Qiufang in a stern voice, "Go put out the brazier, quickly."
Seeing that Cong'er had been sucked to the side of the table, Qiufang nodded randomly and dragged her weak legs to rush over to the brazier.
Su Liuniang finally changed her expression. She sneered and shook her wrist quickly. The bell in her hand kept ringing. She kept muttering, "It's the right time to repay my kindness, and the right time to fulfill my wish... The imperial decree from the upper world is ringing, and the show is about to begin in the lower world..."
In an instant, Qiufang felt that all the strength in her body was drained, her head was dizzy, and she fell to the ground with a thud. She felt something wet on her forehead.
"Don't hurt my mother!"
Cong'er shouted loudly, and with strength from somewhere in his little body, he suddenly broke free from the suction of the hollow mask and pounced towards Su Liuniang.
Unexpectedly, this little girl could actually break free from the control of the God of Joy. Su Liuniang was caught in the act and her body slammed heavily against the wall, with a bunch of centipede legs exposed under her skirt.
"Monster..." the mother-in-law murmured, looked around, picked up a long bench, and smashed it on Su Liuniang's head.
If this hit is successful, the centipede monster might really stumble and be killed by the old man and the young boy.
Unfortunately, my mother-in-law was old and frail, and had been bedridden for a long time, so her movements were slow. Su Liuniang seized the opportunity, grabbed the leg of the stool with her backhand, and with a burst of force, flipped her to the ground.
"Mother..." "Grandma!"
Qiufang shook her bleeding head and crawled towards Su Liuniang using her hands and feet. Cong'er called out and was about to help her when he felt a sudden pain in his shoulder.
The hollow mask flew behind her at some point and bit through her young shoulder with its upper jaw.
"Cong'er!" "Don't worry about grandma..."
Qiufang and her mother-in-law shouted at the same time.
"Ding-dong! Ding-dong!"
Su Liuniang rang the bell again, and Qiufang screamed with a splitting headache. She kept reaching out towards Cong'er, but she could not reach her daughter who was being eaten by the mask.
Su Liuniang pressed the leg of a stool against my mother-in-law's chest and abdomen. Her face had turned blue and she couldn't breathe.
The infant spirits surrounding them kept crying, as if they were also wailing for this family.
Su Liuniang shook her head with pity: "This is something that is beneficial to everyone, but you guys have made yourselves suffer like this."
"They are all dull people, so naturally they can't compare to the careful calculation of the young lady."
A smiling female voice answered her.
These words seemed to be a compliment to her, but they made Su Liuniang tremble and her face showed horror.
She looked at the door in disbelief, not knowing when this strange woman appeared: "Who are you?"
Where is Mrs. Jia? Where is the coachman?
No one informed her?
Li Zhou patted the pocket hanging on his waist: "Are you looking for them?"
Su Liuniang's eyes widened, her breath stuck in her chest, she stood there for a while, and suddenly changed the gesture of shaking the bell: "Heaven's heart and earth's courage open Hongshan!"
“Ding ding dong!”
The hollow mask let go of Cong'er and suddenly pounced towards Li Zhou's door, about to bite Li Zhou to pieces, leaving only his bloody bones.
Su Liuniang breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes filled with resentment and cruelty, and a satisfied smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
However, she couldn't smile for long, and the smile froze on her face.
Li Zhou did not retreat but advanced instead.
Su Liuniang's spell is shorter than Cui Wangsun's, which is a cause for celebration.
But what does it mean that she threw a ball of glutinous rice balls at me? Does it have any lethality?
Li Zhou had wanted to taste this for a long time and opened his mouth happily.
She didn't know that in the eyes of Su Liuniang and others, her mouth was wider than the mask, and there seemed to be a bottomless abyss inside, which was daunting. Just a glance at it was like seeing an endless hell with rivers of blood.
The darkness in the huge mouth of the abyss was filled with chaos and madness that could not be described in words, as if countless ghosts were trapped inside, dying again and again in the endless melee, and being resurrected again and again, falling into hysterical despair in this endless cycle.
The mask of the God of Joy screamed continuously, but it still couldn't withstand the swallowing power of this huge mouth.
Su Liuniang's bell fell to the ground and she watched the scene trembling all over.
The woman who had just been so elegant and graceful, used her huge mouth to wrap the entire hollow mask into her mouth, and swallowed it without any hindrance by stretching and contracting her neck like swallowing glutinous rice balls.
No one knows how she managed to fit such a large mask into her throat.
A wave of fear surged into Li Zhou's body.
Li Zhou didn't notice Su Liuniang's frightened expression and was still savoring the glutinous rice balls he had just eaten.
Ah, I ate it too fast and didn't even taste it.
But it's delicious.
And it’s very filling, probably enough to last for several meals.
Li Zhou nodded with satisfaction in his heart, then he remembered that there were still enemies that had not been dealt with. He walked towards the stunned Su Liuniang with the Luan Dao in his hand.
"Master, spare my life!"
Su Liuniang screamed miserably and fell to the ground, turning into a many-legged centipede. She stood up on her last two legs and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy.
Li Zhou hadn't had a chance to use his Luan Dao yet, so he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. He frowned and said, "You are not allowed to beg for mercy."
As she said this, she was about to raise her Luan Dao to test whether the blade was sharp.
The centipede monster's body twitched, and its numerous legs trembled. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and spit out a golden ball from its stomach.
As soon as the ball left its body, the centipede became completely powerless. It lay on the ground and begged, "I am willing to offer you the magic pill, please let me live, Master."
Li Zhou took the demon pill and put it in his arms. Then he ignored the centipede monster and turned around to pick up the bell it dropped on the ground.
The centipede was delighted and turned around to run away.
Two slender fingers suddenly pinched it and lifted it up from the ground. Then, it went dark before its eyes and fell into the pockets of Mrs. Jia and the coachman.
Li Zhou shook his head: "I am not a person who keeps his promises."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly felt three pairs of eyes staring at her. She turned her head and saw that her mother-in-law, Qiufang, and Cong'er's family were all looking at her.
Li Zhou: “…”
Li Zhou, who wanted to save face, calmly said, "When dealing with these monsters, we must not be too pedantic."
Qiufang and her mother-in-law swallowed at the same time.
How should I put it? Compared to you, the centipede monster is still within everyone's comprehension range...
The two were still unsure of their benefactor's temperament and did not dare to speak. However, Cong'er was innocent and had already thrown herself into Li Zhou's arms, saying with shining eyes: "Big sister, can I learn magic from you? I want to be as powerful as you and protect mom and grandma."
Qiufang and her mother-in-law were startled, and a layer of mist suddenly covered their eyes.
The former remembered that she had led the thief into the house, and pounded her hands on the ground: "My dear, I almost hurt you."
The mother-in-law sighed, and suddenly found that the fatigue and weakness she had felt in recent days had disappeared. She felt refreshed as never before. She was shocked and did not care about being afraid of Li Zhou. She asked hurriedly, "I feel better all of a sudden. Could it be that the centipede monster's magic worked? I have lived enough. How can I ruin Cong'er's future for this old life?"
After hearing this, Qiufang hurried to see if there was anything wrong with Cong'er. The child had just been bitten by the hollow mask, and his soul had become much more illusory.
Li Zhou didn't quite understand the centipede monster's magic, but as the leader of the Duotian Sect, how could she not understand this?
She was going to go back and torture the centipede monster and find out what happened. She cast a soothing spell on Cong'er to make her soul more solid. She also pretended to feel her mother-in-law's pulse and pretended that everything was under control: "Don't worry, there will be no problem. Just don't trust others easily in the future, especially this kind of unverified rituals, and don't contact ghosts and gods that you have never heard of."
"I will follow the Immortal Master's instructions."
Qiufang and her mother-in-law looked serious and responded respectfully.
Without the magic of the hollow mask, the two lost their temporary ability to see ghosts, and Cong'er's figure gradually became illusory in their eyes.
"Cong'er, Cong'er..." The two shouted in vain.
Cong Er knelt at Li Zhou's feet and begged: "Big sister, please let me learn magic from you."
Li Zhou is a wild Taoist priest who doesn't even have a salvation disc, so he naturally won't forcibly exorcise ghosts that don't want to leave.
Moreover, the first thing she did when she established her sect was to recruit disciples.
If she hadn't figured out how to practice "Duo Tian Lu", she would have agreed directly.
"Cong'er, cultivation is not as simple as you think. If you really want to practice with me, you must be prepared to leave your family. How can you cultivate immortality if you are still tied to the world? I will come again in three days. You can use this time to think it over carefully."
After Li Zhou finished speaking, he touched Cong'er's head and turned away.
Cong'er stared at her back in a daze. Having been with her mother for many years, Cong'er was much smarter than an ordinary three-year-old child. But no matter what, she was still a child. She was at an age where she would cry when she left her parents to go to school. How could she leave her family behind and be determined to seek the truth?
Qiufang and her mother-in-law realized that Cong'er had not disappeared, but they just couldn't see her anymore.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other. For a moment, they were delighted that Cong'er got the opportunity to practice cultivation. For a moment, they thought that if Cong'er could survive, the family of three could live a good life. Wouldn't that be better than practicing the illusory immortal way?
The two thoughts kept alternating, leaving them with mixed feelings.
…
Li Zhou had already walked out of the Old Sour Jujube Lane and was looking at the prompts that popped up on the simulator while thinking about where to spend the night.
He was so busy acting like the leader of a sect that he forgot that he was penniless.
I should have found a way to stay at Qiufang's house just now.
well.
Sighing, looking at the prompts in front of him, Li Zhou couldn't feel happy at all.
[Congratulations on unlocking your talent: a big appetite and a big imagination]
[The Mask of the God of Joy is a good equipment item. Generally speaking, it is not disposable, but you are obviously not an ordinary person! ]
[Congratulations on obtaining: Eight Treasures Copper Bell * 1]
[Shake it in the correct rhythm to summon and harness the power of the God of Joy! ]
[Congratulations on obtaining: Centipede Demon Pill *1]
[Although it is difficult to distinguish from the stones of the centipede monster, it is indeed a demon pill and has a very strong toxicity! ]
[Congratulations on obtaining: Fragment of the God of Joy *1]
[99 pieces are needed to collect the God of Joy]
[Please keep up the good work and collect the complete God of Joy. There will be a surprise! ]
He gained a lot, but it was not of much use to Li Zhou now.
Her most pressing problem is just one word: poverty.
Looking at the last line of words on the floating screen, Li Zhou thought to himself, I'm almost sleeping on the street, and you're still surprised. If you can, you can turn some money into something.
Thinking of this, she quickly opened the "Complete Explanation of Talismans", preparing to find a spell like turning stone into gold.
"Have you heard of Luojiao?"
Suddenly, a mysterious voice sounded in her ears.
She looked up and saw a middle-aged man with ordinary clothes, features and body shape, who spoke casually.
He glanced at the passers-by and lowered his voice: "I see that you are frowning, it seems that you have encountered some difficulties. Perhaps, Luo Jiao can help you."
Li Zhou fell into deep thought.
What about the city-wide martial law?
How come there is a monster every three steps and a cult every five steps?
Li Zhou pondered: "Does it include food and lodging?"
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course. Once you join Luo Sect, you are all brothers and sisters. We help each other."
Li Zhou said quickly: "Then I'll go with you."
I didn’t expect Li Zhou to be so easy to deceive. No, so naive. The middle-aged man said happily: “Follow me!”
In Li Zhou's waist pocket, the centipede demon Su Liuniang saw this scene through the gap and thought expressionlessly: I wonder what he is so happy about.
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