Zhao Youliang knew about the practice of children recognizing trees or stones as their godparents.
This is commonly seen in children who are weak and prone to illness, with the aim of helping them grow up healthily.
Furthermore, the decision of whether to recognize a "tree father" or a "tree mother" must be based on the child's birth date and time; it is not a matter of randomness.
"Uncle Li, is what you said related to what the Yinlingche is afraid of?"
Upon hearing Zhao Youliang's question, Grandpa Li Lianying sighed softly.
"Yes, there is a connection."
"Don't rush, let me explain slowly."
As we mentioned earlier, because the town is cursed, there is a saying that half of each generation dies.
Therefore, adults will go to great lengths to ensure their children grow up healthily.
Recognizing a tree or stone as a godparent has become the most common practice.
A giant human-shaped rock at the village entrance, which had stood for countless years, became the first choice.
Almost as soon as a child is born, the parents will bring offerings to the human-shaped stone to worship, and let the stone become their godfather.
I hope the big rock will protect the child and help him grow up healthy, or at least prevent him from dying young.
Each person who comes to claim kinship will tie a red ribbon to the stone.
Over time, the rock was wrapped up like a red mummy.
It looks both funny and weird.
Unfortunately, the stone did not work its magic, and many children still died because of the curse.
But at least half of them will be safe, right?
Who knows if it was the big rock that protected it?
As a result, the practice of recognizing stones as godfathers not only did not stop, but intensified.
In the end, it even affected residents in the surrounding villages.
Whenever a child in a family is difficult to raise, they would come over to identify the big stone and tie a red string to it.
After an unknown amount of time, strange things began to happen frequently at the entrance of the village where the stone lived.
First, some people living nearby would hear someone crying at the village entrance at night, a kind of sobbing that was done in a low voice.
But when they mustered up their courage and went out to check with a flashlight, they couldn't see anything.
Only the large stone, tied with red ropes, stood alone in the night.
The crying stopped after a while, but then the sounds of children playing and laughing came.
It starts every night after midnight and continues until the first rooster crows.
"how so?!"
In their panic, the townspeople sought out a skilled shamanic practitioner to investigate.
The shamanic disciples knew the town was eerie and originally dared not meddle.
But when he heard that it was outside the town and had nothing to do with the town itself, he agreed.
After reviewing the information, the truly skilled shamanic disciple sighed softly.
"Sigh, it's all because of your ignorance!"
It turns out that the human-shaped boulder, having withstood thousands of years of wind and rain, and situated in a popular location, has become almost spiritual.
Later, with so many more people recognizing him as their godfather, it was like being formally recognized as a godfather to Da Shitou time and time again.
In short, by such a fortuitous coincidence, the big stone finally became spiritually connected.
After communicating with the spirits, the big stone fell into deep guilt because it was unable to prevent the children from dying.
The crying I heard earlier was coming from the big rock.
All evil originates from the heart: tormented by this guilt, the originally simple stone gradually falls into the path of evil.
He gathers the souls of all the children who died young around himself and "protects" them, preventing them from leaving.
Because these children have already recognized Da Shitou as their godfather, they are bound by karma and are therefore unwilling to leave him.
Nearly a century later, more and more "children" gathered around the big rock.
By the time the residents discovered them, there were already no fewer than a hundred.
The resentment of a child who dies young is already strong, second only to that of a pregnant woman who dies along with her unborn child.
Furthermore, the big stone also fell into demonic ways... The two complemented each other, and things had reached an uncontrollable point.
Moreover, the children surrounding the stone are all the blood and flesh of the town's residents, and they would never allow anyone to suppress them.
They even took the initiative to offer incense and sacrifices, worshipping day and night.
In this way, the human-shaped boulder becomes even more sinister.
However, it and its children never harmed the town's residents.
Countless years passed in this way, and on a stormy night, the ghost chariot suddenly appeared.
This was also the first time the town's residents had ever seen the ghost carriage.
And its first appearance was aimed at the big rock—or rather, at the child next to the big rock.
They wanted to grab all these ghost babies and put them on the bus.
The large rock was naturally out of the question; like a mother hen protecting her chicks, it desperately tried to fight back against the Yin Spirit Cart.
Unfortunately, the spirit cart was too fast, while the large stone was too slow, so they could only watch helplessly as one child after another was taken away by the spirit cart.
The sound of wind and rain that night was particularly piercing... After that night, the big rock disappeared.
They chased after the ghostly chariot.
Since that night, the townspeople have never seen the big rock again.
......
After listening to Mr. Li Lianying's story, Zhao Youliang and the others couldn't help but sigh deeply.
Only Li Mao asked the crucial question: "Sir, what does what you're saying have to do with finding things using quantum mechanics?"
"Could it be that the place the Yin Spirit Chariot dares not go to, where the big rock is hidden?"
Old Master Li Lianying was thoroughly fed up with this foolish and unfilial descendant.
He gave Li Mao a hard knock on the head before speaking with a look of exasperation.
"That's absolutely right!"
"Otherwise, what's the point of me going through all this trouble?"
"Do you think I'd tell you a story to coax you to death?!"
"And you little brat, stop yelling 'big rock, big rock' all you want. You have to call him Grandpa Rock!"
"You also had a godfather when you were born!"
"Oh, oh, oh, I know, I know!" Li Mao, hurt from the knock, quickly agreed, grimacing.
After agreeing, he muttered to himself, "Looks like I've been a fool to accept this title of 'master,' and now I'm going to die young too?"
"Sigh, why is my life so miserable?!"
Li Mao's self-pitying demeanor once again provoked another beating from Old Master Li Lianying.
"You're already in your late twenties, almost thirty. What do you mean by 'died young'?"
"So stupid, he deserves to die!"
"Get lost! Go as far away as you can and die! Just looking at you annoys me!!"
......
To prevent Li Mao from being beaten to death by his own grandfather, Zhao Youliang hurriedly led him on a hasty escape.
Before leaving, a red rope flew into Zhao Youliang's hand.
At the same time, the voice of Grandpa Li Lianying came from behind.
"Quantum, you're reliable and dependable. I'm entrusting this silly kid Li Mao to you."
"When you see the old stone immortal, be sure to tell him that Li Mao is also his godson, and beg him to protect this silly child and help him get through this calamity safely."
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