Folk custom: At the beginning of the wedding, the bride takes off her painted skin

Chapter 178 The long-lost uncle

I don't know if it was because Li Daoxuan was in this ghost inn, but the ghosts that were noisy and struggling to get out of the guest room were silent now.

He just stood in the middle of the first floor, looking up at the unexpected guest room on the fourth floor.

He thought for a moment and looked at the headless bride in front of him.

"You, go up to the fourth floor and have a look!"

There is free exploration labor, so if you don’t use it, it will be in vain.

The headless bride did not move, but was stained with a little blood from her neck and began to write in the void.

Li Daoxuan originally wanted to see what flowers she could write, but he never thought...

Headless Bride: "Haha."

Seeing these two words, Li Daoxuan immediately stabbed her with a butcher's knife, but before his knife could penetrate the headless bride's body.

The latter has already dissipated in the field.

Born by dreams, existing with dreams.

The other party was clearly within his own territory, but he still couldn't do anything to her, which really made Li Daoxuan a little helpless.

Since the Headless Bride doesn’t want to go, she can only go and see it by herself.

The field spreads upward and converges into a straight line.

In an instant, Li Daoxuan reached the fourth floor... huh?

At that moment, Li Daoxuan had already seen the door of the guest room on the fourth floor clearly, but when he reacted, he found that he was at the stairway from the third floor to the fourth floor.

So this is...

He turned back to look at the fourth floor. He didn't believe in evil. He once again controlled the realm and took a step forward. He saw that he had reached the door of the fourth floor, but in the blink of an eye he was back at the top of the stairs.

In this way, even without the panel prompts, he knew what was going on.

It's not that the fourth floor is alone in another space, but that the fourth floor is wrapped up by a... secular restriction.

Looking at the mysterious stairs leading to the fourth floor, Li Daoxuan was not in a hurry to go up.

Instead, he took out a paper man from Sumeru, the Pathfinder Paper Man.

It was the evil evil spirit that was suppressed in Red Lantern Square before and was later made by Tian Cai.

Li Daoxuan threw it on the ground, and the paper man suddenly came to life, and he had an extra sight accordingly.

He controlled the paper man and jumped up the stairs one by one.

At first, it looked no different from the rest of the stairs, but when I finished jumping this section, I turned around and came to another section of stairs.

The connection between him and the paper man was suddenly severed.

Interesting... This time Li Daoxuan didn't hesitate anymore and crossed the stairs in one step and came to the corner.

He could also clearly feel as if he had passed through a membrane. He nodded, and the paper man was at his feet.

Even if it is activated, it cannot be activated. It is obvious that the secular restrictions here have a suppressive effect.

Li Daoxuan put it away and immediately opened the field.

Black mist spread out from his body, and in just the blink of an eye, Li Daoxuan felt a feeling of hunger.

He read the "Comprehensive Knowledge of the Domain" given by Qiu Wuming and knew that the domain was used too many times in a short period of time and that the domain was facing a recovery. If he continued to use it forcefully... the consequences might be his own demise.

Li Daoxuan just thought about putting away the realm, but he found that the headless bride walked out on her own.

And in turn, it opened up her territory.

Dense purple light emanated from his body, covering an area of ​​three or four meters around him, and also enveloped Li Daoxuan.

But he didn't feel anything strange, which meant that the headless bride didn't use her domain to pollute him.

Compared with downstairs before, Li Daoxuan felt the effect of her field this time... and even felt that there seemed to be some kind of special connection between them.

The headless bride's field effect is...hunger!

Once contaminated by her domain, the whole person will become extremely hungry, and then he will only eat crazily until he...suffocates himself to death!

The headless bride's territory was covered, and she walked in front of Li Daoxuan without hesitation. One person and one ghost came to the fourth floor one after the other.

It's empty, with a walkway on the left and right sides, and no guardrails. There's a risk of falling down if you're not careful.

The left side of the corridor is where the guest room is, and the right side is the darkness leading to nothingness. I don’t know where exactly I went.

Not feeling any danger, the headless bride disappeared on her own.

Li Daoxuan sensed it a little and found that she had returned to his own seed.

You don’t even need to agree!

He had no choice but to walk to the left, toward the only guest room.

Only when he climbed to the fourth floor did Li Daoxuan realize that the floor he was stepping on was no longer a wooden floor, but a solid earth floor.

The guest room was dark, without any doors or windows.

Only here did Li Daoxuan finally see clearly what the fourth floor looked like.

All these structures are just a huge... coffin!

What sticks out from the top four corners is the coffin lid, and the four walls in front of you are the coffin itself.

No, it doesn't seem to be a wall.

He stretched out his hand and touched it. It seemed to be made of hard wood, and as soon as his hand touched it, he touched a layer of greasy material.

He stopped his hand and saw that there was already a layer of sticky black paint on his hand. Fortunately, there was also a layer of human skin on his hand to block the pollution, so he didn't pay attention to it.

I just know that this wall cannot be touched casually.

Immediately, he walked a few more steps and finally came to the door. The seal on the door was clearly visible, and it was not the two white strips Li Daoxuan saw downstairs before.

On the white strips, there are runes outlined with either cinnabar or blood.

Li Daoxuan stared at it for a while, and finally saw the words among these runes, which were clearly variations of the word "death".

What are you doing this for? Are you trying to scare children? Li Daoxuan reached out and pushed the wooden door open without any scruples.

"Clang--" there was a sound.

The wooden door did not open completely, but only opened a crack.

Li Daoxuan also took this opportunity to see clearly that the door was locked from the inside.

Could it be that this store locked itself in and committed suicide?

Seeing this situation, he had no choice but to open up a small area of ​​​​the territory again, and black mist poured in from the gap, but the result was like a mud cow entering the sea.

Behind this door, there seems to be another world.

After entering the field, there was no feeling at all.

Li Daoxuan had no choice but to put it away, and then took a step back, preparing to violently break the door, but suddenly, he thought of something else.

He remembered that he seemed to have another common skill... wall piercing?

With the attitude of giving it a try, he came to the door and directly used the conventional technique. Then he touched the door and found that he could pass through it smoothly.

Is it really possible?

After groping behind the door for a while, he found the chain that locked the door, and with a little force, he pulled it open.

But at this moment, Li Daoxuan felt his hand go cold, as if a cold ghost hand was caressing the back of his hand.

He was so frightened that he immediately shrank back.

But as the chain holding the door was removed, the closed black door finally opened.

The two white seals attached to it were immediately torn into pieces, and Li Daoxuan stood at the door and looked at the situation inside.

Dark, deep, nothing else can be seen.

This door is like a huge mouth of a ghost, waiting for Li Daoxuan to enter.

But now that it's here, if he doesn't go in to see what's going on, Li Daoxuan really can't swallow this breath.

Not only that, he could even feel the headless bride inside the seed inside his body, and he was also touched. Did she want to come out?

Does she want to go in here too?

Ha, you didn't come out when I asked you to come out before, but now you want to come out? Go ahead and dream your dream.

Li Daoxuan immediately crossed the threshold and came to the coffin-like guest room.

But what immediately caught his eye was a row of guest rooms, no, it should be two rows!

The outer frame and the inner guest rooms are distributed in a zigzag shape, with a circular corridor in the middle.

So... where is the owner of the Ghost Inn?

Is it possible to find these rooms one by one by myself?

After a moment's hesitation, just when Li Daoxuan was about to shout a few words, he suddenly heard footsteps.

Very light, just opposite him.

Blocked by these guest rooms, Li Daoxuan thought of the cold ghost hand that touched him when he opened the door just now.

Li Daoxuan walked over with a big stride, showing a reckless attitude.

But when he reached the opposite corner on the other side, he heard the footsteps going in another direction.

Is this ghost deliberately hiding from him, playing hide and seek?

Li Daoxuan tried to return to his original position, but the ghost also returned to his original position.

The headless bride inside her body was touched again. She wanted to come out, but Li Daoxuan ignored it.

He didn't look for the ghost on the opposite side anymore. Since the other side was timid, it was probably not a Grade A evil spirit.

Li Daoxuan came to the guest room closest to him, and there was also a house number on the door.

"Jiayi."

"Boom boom boom——"

Li Daoxuan tried knocking on the door, but there was no response. Just as he was about to push it open, text appeared on the panel.

[When you enter, the greedy pig butcher has already incurred a curse. You only have one chance to open the door. If you cannot find the ghost innkeeper at once, you will face death. Please choose carefully. 】

Li Daoxuan: "???" So the seal on the door is a curse?

Damn!

He didn't say anything about this panel earlier, but waited until he had already entered... Li Daoxuan silently retracted his extended right hand.

He thought of something again, and immediately opened up a bit of territory and released the headless bride.

As soon as the latter appeared, he wrote in the air with blood on his face: "You cannot enter this door."

Li Daoxuan's mouth twitched, "I know now."

After saying that, he looked towards the door... Where is the door? !

I saw that the door that was originally sealed with chains was now completely invisible, completely integrated with the surrounding walls.

Li Daoxuan stepped forward, touched it, and then used his wall-piercing hand to touch outside, but couldn't find the switch.

The headless bride wrote again in blood: "You can't get out of this door."

"I know it too..."

Li Dao

"You go over there, I'll go over here and catch that ghost inside!"

Li Daoxuan quickly changed his mind.

This time the headless bride listened to his words and walked directly to that side, while Li Daoxuan went around to the other side.

One person and one ghost, each on their own side, leaving the cowards hiding on the opposite side with nowhere to escape.

Before Li Daoxuan even reached the corner, he heard a ghostly cry from the other side.

"Ouch, ouch."

Why does this voice sound familiar?

Li Daoxuan was a little surprised, and then he heard shouts.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, is that you?"

"It's me, it's me, your uncle, oh, please stop this ghost."

Uncle?

Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up, and he remembered a long-lost voice, the molted ghost he met in the Red Lantern Square!

"Stop it, he is my brother-in-law."

The molted ghost's voice was already a little weak.

Li Daoxuan ran across the aisle in a few steps and came directly to the opposite corner. As expected, he saw the headless bride holding a thin ghost figure with one hand.

His figure was stooped, his eyes were sunken, and his body was wrapped in a tattered linen cloth. He looked as miserable as he could.

And his face was exactly the uncle Li Daoxuan had recognized before.

"Put him down."

Li Daoxuan said to the headless female ghost.

With his opening, the headless female ghost finally let go of her grip, and the molted ghost fell to the ground. She twitched a few times before regaining her strength.

Li Dao

"That's a long story."

The molted ghost stood up and leaned against the wall, sighing.

"Then keep your story short."

"Uh... Anyway, I was walking outside, and suddenly I was taken into this ghost inn, and then followed by the innkeeper."

After the shed ghost finished speaking, he added: "Strictly speaking, this fourth floor is no longer in the ghost inn, so you don't have to smile all the time."

"Oh."

Li Daoxuan then stopped and rubbed his face, which was a little stiff because he kept smiling, "When did he get you in?"

"I'm afraid it's been more than a month. I can't remember the details. I don't know how long I've been here."

The molted ghost looked around, with a hint of pity in his eyes.

"He asked you to stay here?"

"Well, he asked me to wait here for him to come out."

"So... which room is he in?" Li Daoxuan asked the most important question.

The molted ghost looked at the two rows of numbered rooms. "He told me before he went in that no matter who he was or what happened, he must not reveal his location. He said he would wait until he came out."

"Ok?"

Li Daoxuan looked at him with a hint of caution in his eyes. If this was really the case, he would have to reconsider his relationship with his uncle.

"I also know the curse outside the door, so brother-in-law, don't panic, I will definitely tell you which room he is in."

The shed ghost said with great sincerity.

He understood Li Daoxuan's character. If his answer was wrong at this time, he might not even have to wait until the shopkeeper came out.

As for the relationship between uncle and brother.

How much is it worth?

Li Daoxuan was relieved when he heard this, "My uncle is still kind to me."

After speaking, he patted the molted ghost on the shoulder and looked back at the guest rooms, "Tell me, what is going on?"

"Why is this ghost innkeeper so smart? He built a coffin to contain himself."

The shed ghost sighed: "It's a long story... Well, I said it, I said it."

The headless bride was not in a hurry to go back this time, but stopped where she was, obviously very curious about this matter.

"It was about five or six days after I came here. In the first five or six days, I stayed with the shopkeeper. I cleaned the inn on weekdays, and then was responsible for reinforcing the door locks. Until that day …”

"I didn't see the shopkeeper all morning that day. When I saw him again in the afternoon, he seemed to have changed into a ghost. He asked me to go out and find him a believer from Shanhehuang City, and preferably a disciple. level of believers.”

"I asked him what was wrong, and he said he was planning to build a fourth floor above this inn."

"When I asked again, he slapped me."

As he spoke, the shed ghost touched his face, "I found someone for him, and I don't know what they discussed. I only heard that the believer refused several times, and then the shopkeeper increased the price, and the other party agreed."

"Then in eleven or two days, the believers in Shanhehuang City built the fourth floor. During this period, the shopkeeper was in charge and wouldn't even let me get close."

"It wasn't until the day the fortification was completed that he suddenly found me and told me to accompany him to the fourth floor. Of course I couldn't resist, but it wasn't until I came here that I knew... there was a ghost."

"Dream-creator ghost?" Li Daoxuan asked.

The sloughed ghost nodded, and immediately reacted, "Brother-in-law, why...are you?"

"It's okay. I've captured the Dreamer. You continue."

The Sloughing Ghost felt even more grateful for his choice, "Only when I stayed here did I realize that the shopkeeper built this fourth floor because the Dreamer Ghost wanted to create a dream for him."

"What dream?"

"I don't know about that. Not long after, the dream-creator ghost entered the room first. The shopkeeper asked me to guard the door until he came out. No one or ghost who came in during the period could reveal his location. .”

"I will wait here until you come, brother-in-law."

Li Daoxuan frowned after hearing this, "Why did he let the dreamer create this dream for him?"

"This... I don't know about this." The molted ghost told the truth, and his expression became a little ugly. He was worried that if he couldn't answer Li Daoxuan's question, a disaster would happen.

But Li Daoxuan stood up and looked back at the numbered guest rooms.

Knowing that the opportunity to show off had come, the molted ghost immediately followed him, leading Li Daoxuan to Room B3 on the other side, and said firmly:

"Brother-in-law, the shopkeeper is right here!"

Li Daoxuan looked at him with narrowed eyes and said nothing.

The molted ghost continued: "Brother-in-law, you have to believe me, we are our own people."

"Did you witness the room he entered with your own eyes?" Li Daoxuan asked.

The molted ghost nodded seriously.

Li Daoxuan said expressionlessly: "Brother, why do you think the innkeeper trusts you so much?"

"And don't you think about it, if he really wants you to keep it a secret, why would he let you come here? Just don't tell you this."

"In other words... only dead ghosts can keep secrets."

When the molted ghost heard this, he subconsciously took a few steps back and leaned against the wall before stopping.

Li Daoxuan stopped looking at him and turned to look at the house numbers.

The headless bride also followed, with blood flowing from her neck where her head had been chopped off. Suddenly, she raised her hand and pointed at the holiday in front of her.

He signaled that the owner of the ghost inn was inside.

And that room happened to be next door to the room that the molted ghost pointed to, and it was labeled [B 4].

Li Daoxuan looked at her dubiously.

The latter did not explain, but kicked the wooden door open.

behind the door.

A human face with a weird smile was hanging on the wall, looking at the door.

He...is really here, with his open eyes out of focus, staring blankly ahead, obviously still immersed in his dream.

Li Daoxuan walked up to him.

A knife.

[dismemberment]

(End of this chapter)