I learned from Hei Moyun that the surname of the two-headed scorpion is "Xiao". But I am not willing to accept this surname.
"My name is Dongsheng, I don't have a surname. Who are you?"
I responded.
"It turns out not to be."
The woman sighed and said, "I'll lock you in the back. You can come and see me."
Chunya and Bai Tiehu, I looked at each other and said, "Then let's go take a look together."
We held torches and walked carefully.
Entering from the narrow entrance, there is a stone bed and a wicker wooden box in front of the stone bed.
The most eye-catching thing is the black jar on the stone pier.
"Could it be that another Gu insect has cultivated spiritual wisdom and imitated people's speech? That would be too evil."
Bai Tiehu said.
"Probably not. If it is really a Gu insect, it will definitely help the Blood Spider."
Chunya responded.
We stopped in front of the black jar.
The jar is pressed against a stone, and a yellowed talisman paper is attached to the stone.
I asked: "Who are you and why are you in the jar?"
After careful observation, I found that the talisman paper is used to calm spirits and suppress evil spirits, not to raise poisonous insects.
The style of the talisman paper is very familiar.
"My name is Luo Tao, from my hometown. I was originally a girl from the Luohua Cave. After my death, I became the Gu God of my hometown. Later, I was captured by a Taoist priest and sealed in a jar."
The woman's voice came out.
I spread out the stones and talismans.
I saw a female spirit coming out of the jar, finally revealing her figure, dressed in pink clothes, and there was a peach fragrance.
There are still scars on the female spirit's face, but it can still be seen that she was a beautiful woman during her lifetime.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have become a woman who fell into a cave.
However, what makes my heart chill is this.
She has a big belly.
This shows that she was actually pregnant when she died.
After death, the fetus followed her and became an infant spirit.
Mother and baby become ghosts at the same time and stay together.
This is my first time seeing it.
I swallowed a gulp of saliva and held the mahogany card in my hand, ready to ask Qingling to come out for help at any time.
I suddenly remembered Ma Guangjie’s description and hurriedly shouted: “Could it be that you are the legendary mountain god of the Five Sacred Mountains?”
Luo Tao looked at me in surprise and said, "How did you know?"
Willows planted unintentionally create shade.
Unexpectedly, the female spirit detained here is actually the mountain god we are looking for.
After breaking through the iron shoes, I finally saw it.
"It's just strange. It is said that the mountain god is a peach tree... fairy." I did not say the peach tree spirit, but changed the name to peach tree fairy.
Luo Tao smiled sadly and said: "I became a cave girl. After I became pregnant, I felt ashamed and uneasy. So I found a peach tree on the Five Sacred Mountains and hanged myself. From then on, my body exuded the fragrance of peach blossoms. People at the foot of the mountain,
They spread rumors and spread rumors, saying that the mountain god is the spirit of the peach tree."
I didn't expect the truth to be like this.
The Peach Tree Spirit is a poor woman who hanged from a peach tree.
I breathed a long sigh of relief, quickly bowed my hands, and said, "Excuse me, have you ever known a person named Miao Xiaobao? Has he ever been here?"
Luo Tao's expression changed and she became nervous: "What are you doing here?"
The cave instantly became cold.
I can feel the chilling chill coming.
I said: "I am Miao Xiaobao's friend. I came here to get the things he left behind. I just killed some parasitic Gu by the way."
You can tell from the change in her tone.
She knew Miao Xiaobao.
I suddenly realized that she had just asked me my last name, and finally sighed in disappointment.
Maybe, the answer she wants to hear should be Miao.
Luo Tao shouted sternly: "Miao Xiaobao will definitely be harmed by you and others. Today I will kill you to avenge him."
The voice became louder.
I pulled out the ghost-killing bone knife, and the black dog also showed its sharp teeth.
I shouted: "If I killed Miao Xiaobao, how could he tell me all this? Use your brain to think about it."
Luo Tao retreated a few meters away, her eyes flashing: "So, Miao Xiaobao was not harmed by you."
I said: "When I saw Miao Xiaobao, he had turned into a zombie. Why did I harm him? To be honest, if it weren't for us, he wouldn't have been able to take revenge."
Luo Tao thought for a moment and said, "From what I heard about your actions towards the blood spider, I know that you are not a bad person. I also know that you have received the blessing of Master Chi You, so you must not be a bad person."
She stepped forward again.
I said eagerly: "The things Miao Xiaobao left behind are very important to me."
Luo Tao smiled and said: "I became the Gu God Queen of my hometown. Miao Xiaobao came to catch me. After catching me, he saw that I was pregnant, so he decided to let me go. He helped me get rid of the control of my hometown.
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She continued: "Miao Xiaobao is my great benefactor. He indeed has something that he entrusted to me for safekeeping. He said that it can be given to a kind and righteous person. If it is snatched by evil people, I would rather destroy it than give it to him."
I gasped.
"So which category do I belong to?"
I looked at her.
She said: "You killed the blood spider, so you belong to the former category."
I said: "Then please give her to me."
Luo Tao took a step forward, gently touched her bulging belly with her hand, and said, "It's right inside my belly."
My pupils suddenly dilated.
The old Gu gods of many villages were actually hiding in Luo Tao's belly.
It's really incredible.
"Witchcraft is prevalent in western Hunan, and the methods are treacherous. What you want is hidden in my belly and is very safe."
"Everyone thinks that in my belly is the spirit of a stillborn baby that died in vain before I was born. No one dares to touch my belly. The things Miao Xiaobao gave me are the safest if they are hidden here."
Luo Tao said.
I was secretly amazed.
"I will hand it over to you when we leave the cave safely. If you rob it, you will get nothing in the end. Even if you want to kill me, it will be easy."
Luo Tao said confidently.
I didn't know her habits, so I didn't urge her. I asked, "Since you escaped from your hometown, how could you be trapped here?"
Luo Tao said: "In the Five Sacred Mountains, there are five poisonous insects. Over the past hundred years, I don't know how many capable people have come here to catch insects and raise voodoo. Later, there was a man who made elixirs here. I asked him to catch them and seal them in a jar.
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"He knows that the Miao people raise Gu and like to feed Gu spirits. So, he forced me to be his Gu spirit."
From her narration.
I understand her life. When she was young and beautiful, she was spotted by a certain cave god and became pregnant inexplicably. It was a scandal for the village. So she committed suicide in a peach forest in the Five Sacred Mountains.
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After death, if you let your hometown village develop a Gu God to control the village, you will lose your freedom.
Miao Xiaobao took action against the Gu gods in each village, and naturally he also approached Luo Tao.
However, Miao Xiaobao found out that Luo Tao was pregnant and let her go.
By accident, he helped Luo Tao leave his hometown and gain freedom.
When she lived a free life in the Five Sacred Mountains, she met a Taoist priest who was raising voodoos here, and was captured and became a voodoo spirit.
I lost my freedom again until today.
"You have been in constant suffering before and after your life. My grandma was also a woman who fell into a cave. Fortunately, she was very lucky."
I say it from the bottom of my heart.
"Ordinary people will despair when they encounter something. I admire them for being able to survive so many ups and downs."
Chun Ya bowed her hands and said sincerely.
Luo Tao's eyes flashed with deep hatred and said: "When you and I have great hatred, before we take revenge, no matter how many hardships we encounter, we will never give in to fate."
I felt that fatal chill again.
I asked: "Senior Luo, who is that Taoist priest? Is he called Xiao Shisan or Guo Tianlu?"
I originally wanted to add another option: The Scorpion Demon Path.
No matter what I think about it, the demon can raise the scorpion, and the blood spider does not seem to be his handiwork.
Luo Tao looked at me with wide eyes.
Then he shook his head and said, "I don't know. That Taoist priest is withdrawn by nature and behaves strangely. I am just a Gu spirit used to control the situation. He will not tell me his origins."
She rolled her eyes and said, "But there may be clues in the wooden box over there."
The wicker box is covered with dust.
After opening it, there were old Taoist robes inside.
When I took a closer look, my expression suddenly changed.
The style of Taoist robes is exactly the style of Sanqingshan.