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

Chapter 3 Common Utensils [Seeking collection]

Liu Kai gnawed on the steamed bun while listening to Li Daoxuan's narration.

He chirped.

"These are things that you shouldn't have known in the first place."

Li Peishan opened the cloth bag in time, revealing the white and round silver ingot inside.

Liu Kai's face suddenly burst into laughter, "But since you are asking sincerely, I will tell you, but please remember, no matter who asks in the future... don't say that I told you."

Li Daoxuan nodded vigorously.

Li Peishan probably didn't know either, so he listened very carefully.

Liu Kai was not in a hurry. He took off the dry pipe from his waist, lit it and took a puff, and then said:

"In the troubled times of the five turbidities, evil spirits are born, and the ancient cow ghosts and snake gods will return to this land... The painted-skinned ghost that Mr. Li met is a kind of evil spirit, but it is the lowest level and cannot even eat humans. .”

Li Daoxuan's eyes were a little stunned, and his mind just kept thinking about the first four words Liu Kai said.

"The five turbid worlds are in chaos!"

The panel kept repeating that this was a time of chaos... but he was treated as a joke.

"Uncle Liu, what is the Five Turbid Troubled Times?"

"The five turbidities refer to the turbidity of kalpas, turbidity of views, turbidity of afflictions, turbidity of living beings, and turbidity of life. These are all forms of pollution. For example, the painted-skinned ghost you meet is a type of turbidity of kalpas."

Liu Kai said and looked at Li Peishan again, with a slight smile in his eyes, indicating something.

"I've made it so clear, Master Li probably knows a little bit about it, right?"

Li Peishan looked heavy and nodded.

Li Daoxuan looked at his father again.

Li Peishan said: "Lao Liu said this, and I was convinced. During this period, the trade routes leading to many cities in Shouwu City were cut off. I asked people to go to the city to ask, and they all said that those places were polluted, so It was only then that Shouwu City cut off the trade routes with those places."

"So, our place is going to be polluted too?"

Li Daoxuan understood.

Liu Kai smoked a dry cigarette and nodded slowly, "In the troubled times of the five turbidities, no place is immune."

"Then there's no way to resist?"

"Of course this exists." Liu Kai's eyes flashed, "It is said that there is always a kind of people hidden in this world. They are the only existences in this world that can resist the evil evil spirits of the five turbidities."

"who is it?"

"They are called...grain eaters, also called secular cultivators."

"They can plant a 'foundation' in their body by 'taking food', thereby stepping into the door of grain eaters."

"Once they become grain eaters, they are no longer mortals. They practice sitting and forgetfulness, eat worldly things, and house the spiritual organs in their bodies. They can resist the evil spirits of the five turbidities and gain a long life."

"The lowest level of calamity like the one you encountered can be easily dealt with by a ninth-rate grain eater [oil seller]."

"Nine-rate Grain Eaters? Then how are the levels of these Grain Eaters divided?"

Li Daoxuan asked quickly.

He had a vague feeling that this might be related to his sequence [Pig Killer].

Liu Kai thought for a while, "I heard that there are three ways to go, but I only know two slang sentences behind one of them."

"slang?"

Liu Kai said "Hmm", recalled for a moment, and then chanted in a strange accent:
"The sixth one is the demon and the seventh one is stealing, the eighth one is the pawn and the ninth one is selling oil."

"What this is talking about is the several levels behind the Grain Eaters."

"The ninth-rate oil seller, the eighth-rate pawn, the seventh-rate thief, the sixth-rate demon of time, and you don't know what to expect from above."

These are all rare news, Li Daoxuan silently wrote them down... But why is there no [Pig Killer] in these sequences?

Could it be that my [Pig Killer] is in the other two sequences that Liu Kai doesn't know about?

It's not impossible.

Li Daoxuan did not dare to reveal too much and did not mention it. Instead, he asked:
"Uncle Liu, are you a grain eater?"

Liu Kai smiled bitterly and said, "It would be great if I could. There is no need to work here."

"Where can I find a grain-eater?"

Li Peishan seemed to want to get rid of the ghost in his house quickly, so he asked urgently.

Liu Kai smoked a dry cigarette and took another look at Li Peishan.
"I don't know either, but since the troubled times of the Five Turbidities have arrived, there must be some movement in Shouwu City. You, Mr. Li, have a wide range of contacts. Maybe you can go to the city to inquire, but if you want to invite the grain eaters... I'm afraid of the price. It’s not low.”

As he spoke, he smiled again and tapped his pipe on the sole of his shoe. "Actually, there is no need to worry about that ghost in your house. Mr. Li can handle it by himself."

"I?"

Li Daoxuan pointed at himself, "Uncle Liu, stop joking, how can I possibly deal with ghosts?"

Liu Kai smiled and said nothing, casually picked up a hammer from the ground and threw it towards Li Daoxuan.

The latter didn't know why, so he caught it casually and weighed it. It was very light and felt nothing.

Liu Kai, who originally wanted to test Li Daoxuan's blood, saw such a scene, but his eyes flashed with shock... Is this kid so full of blood?

He added a lot of dirt to Liu Kai's hammer for blacksmithing.

The weight alone is probably [-] or [-] kilograms, but Li Daoxuan weighed it so easily...

Although he was surprised in his heart, Liu Kai smiled calmly on the surface and even asked:
"Now do you know why?"

"The qi and blood in your body are so strong...oh no, it has been reduced a bit now. I'm afraid you were not sucked by that female ghost last night."

The white shadow in Liu Kai's eyes flashed.

Li Daoxuan smiled awkwardly. "Your energy and blood are enough to make the ghost unable to get on you. If you can find another vulgar weapon, the ghost will naturally be unable to do anything to you. It will be easy to drive her away."

Liu Kai did not wait for the Li family and his son to ask questions and continued to explain:
"The world kindles a fire and burns the eternal world."

"The so-called secular utensils are utensils that are contaminated with enough worldly atmosphere. Some families that have been passed down from generation to generation will have such a piece at least."

"But those ordinary vulgar utensils can only keep the five turbid evil spirits away. If you want to use them to deal with the evil spirits, you have to use vulgar utensils with 'evil', such as the butcher's ancestral butcher's knife."

"Does Uncle Liu have it at home? Can he sell it?"

Liu Kai chuckled.

Li Daoxuan also realized that Liu Kai had family members who knew these secrets, so he probably had common utensils in his family.

But now that the Five Turbid Troubles have begun, how could he sell himself this earthly weapon that could save his life?
Then Li Daoxuan asked again, and Liu Kai said he didn't know anything.

The father and son went out, and text popped up on Li Daoxuan's panel.

[You got the guidance of the ghost dresser, and you cleared away some of the fog of the world, but it was of no use. Your survival points are +10 (white). 】

Li Daoxuan once again added this survival point to his energy and blood. He also knew it through the conversation he had just had with Liu Kai.

The higher the Qi and blood, the less evil spirits can get into the body.

"Dad, are we afraid we have to go somewhere?"

Li Peishan first looked back at Liu Kai's house, then looked at his son and said, "Our family should have common utensils."

"Bringing evil?"

"Eighty percent!"

Liu Kai watched the Li family's father and son leaving, and silently closed the courtyard door and returned to the room. The stove was scorching, but there was not much warmth in the room.

He pulled out an iron box from under the bed and took out a wriggling mass of flesh and blood.

His eyes sparkled with excitement and he dropped the flesh on the stove.

After waiting for a moment, the "stove" suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed the flesh and blood.

Liu Kai hurriedly knelt down and muttered, "The five turbidities have descended, and the world is stained with blood. The descendants of the grain eaters ask the great 'Ghost Craftsman' to give...the foundation."

After waiting for a while, the "stove" didn't move at all, so Liu Kai had to stand up with a sigh.

But soon, he smiled again.

"More Qi and blood? If you have more Qi and blood, that's good."

Liu Kai took out a hammer for blacksmithing from the iron box. It seemed to be stained with a lot of black dried liquid.

He hid the hammer in his arms and went out.

……

at the same time.

In the Li Mansion Ancestral Hall, Li Daoxuan was a little surprised when he looked at a rusty iron knife that his father took out from a broken box.

But after taking another look, he felt a little frightened. He seemed to see a different... shadow on the iron knife!
[You followed the advice of the ghost decorator, and you actually found a low-grade vulgar weapon. You still have some luck, but not much, because the painted skin ghost seems to know your plan, and your survival points +5 (white). 】

Li Daoxuan looked at the panel.

[Name: Li Daoxuan]

[Sequence: Pig Killer]

[Qi and blood: 6.0+]

[Combat Strength: 19]

【Survival points: 11】

I added a dot casually, and Li Peishan's voice rang in my ears.

"Actually, the reason why our Li family became rich is because our ancestor was actually a pig butcher."

In Li Daoxuan's eyes that gradually widened, Li Peishan smiled proudly.

"The Butcher of Troubled Times."

He reached out and patted Li Daoxuan's shoulder, and then handed the butcher knife to Li Daoxuan.

[Pig-killing knife (vulgar weapon·unpopular): You got your ancestral common weapon, an old and rusty pig-killing knife. For some unknown reason, this pig-killing knife is contaminated with a lot of evil spirits. Maybe it It can make you stronger. 】

Li Daoxuan took it with both hands and quickly looked at the panel.

[Name: Li Daoxuan]

[Sequence: Pig Killer]

[Vulgar weapon: pig-killing knife (common weapon·not popular)]

[Vigor and blood: 6.1]

[Combat Strength: 31]

【Survival points: 1】

"Good guy, this vulgar weapon actually increased my combat power by 12 points!"

"How much energy and blood do I need to add to this?"

Li Daoxuan also tried holding a weapon before, but it did not increase the combat power. Now it seems that it is not that there is no blessing, but that it requires a common weapon!
Just now.

Outside the Li family ancestral hall, a voice of resentment suddenly sounded. A tattered and bloody face was placed on the threshold, and behind it was a beauty covered in blood.

"Ms. sir, do you want to kill the slave's family with this butcher's knife?"

(End of this chapter)