Star Trace Gate

The tender voice of the child echoed in the empty stone hall, as elusive as mist.

The green light was dim, and Ren looked around cautiously. He swallowed unconsciously and whispered: "...It seems that the Wuling ghost child has come."

Just as he finished speaking, a burst of cheerful footsteps sounded in the tunnel on the east side. Judging from the heaviness of the footsteps, it really sounded like children were running.

"Shake, shake, the Twenty-Four Mausoleums Bridge..."

The childish voice echoed, as if singing a nursery rhyme, clear and beautiful.

The two stood back to back and turned their heads to look towards the east tunnel.

Soon, a small figure appeared and gradually became clearer.

It was a boy, probably only four or five years old, wearing cloth clothes and trousers. He had a cute appearance and fair skin, just like a porcelain doll.

It shaved its head like a Fuwa doll, held an old rattle in its right hand, hummed a nursery rhyme, and ran into the stone hall engraved with four-character military allusions.

From the appearance, it is no different from an ordinary child in the mountains. It has no strange appearance and does not look scary. It is completely different from the ghost child that Ren Ye imagined. It seems to be easy to get along with.

"Hey, two uncles...are you here to look for the Earth Dragon Liujia?"

When the witch ghost child saw Ren Ye and the fat dragon, he stopped and asked with his big eyes full of curiosity.

His little face was rosy and he looked extremely innocent, and he didn't seem to be afraid of strangers.

But what Ren Ye and Big Fat Dragon didn't know was that the moment the rattle sounded, all the fake bodies in the tunnel fled in a panic and disappeared quickly as if they had heard the King of Hell's call.

This also inadvertently solved the troubles of Baihuaxian, Poison Wine Pot and Guitoudao, because they had just been attacked by fake bodies.

Ren also stretched his neck to look at the Wuling ghost boy, and couldn't help asking: "What is the Earth Dragon Liujia?"

"Hehe, do you want to know? Then play with me first. I haven't seen a stranger for a long time." Wu Ling Ghost Child replied playfully: "Besides, I have thought of many interesting games... They are all fun."

Damn, I’m losing money!

Listening to the ghost fairy tale means that there are extra rewards for coaxing children?

Damn, why didn’t you tell me earlier?! Actually, I also have a dream of being a confinement nanny…

"Haha, little one, uncle can play with you." The fat dragon said at the right time: "But you have to let uncle see first whether you have the Earth Dragon Six Jia, otherwise, what if you cheat?"

"How can you be so ungrateful? I kindly invited you to play games with me so that you can have fun, but you don't believe me?"

The ghost boy pouted and stared with big eyes: "Boring, boring, so annoying!"

“Dang…!”

As he spoke, he gently shook the rattle in his hand.

"brush!"

When the drum sounded, the fat dragon's body suddenly stiffened, and he stood still like a stone statue, his face flushed red, and he was unable to breathe.

An irresistible feeling of suffocation and impending death instantly filled my heart.

The fat dragon's eyes bulged and his lips moved, but he could not make any sound.

Beside him, Ren was already stunned.

He thought to himself, this fat dragon with unfathomable fighting power actually showed an expression as if he was about to have a cerebral infarction after just hearing the sound of a rattle. Then what kind of fighting power does this Wuling ghost child have?

Damn it, I can’t beat him, so I’ll just run away.

"I see you and this young man get along well, so you guys go have fun, I'll go find the others..." Ren Ye said, then turned and left.

The fat dragon glared and cursed in his heart: "Damn it, all my star sources are just thrown away! How can this person be so inhumane?!"

"Snapped!"

At this moment, the moody ghost boy shook the drum again.

"Gudong!"

The fat dragon instantly collapsed and sat on the ground, gasping for breath with sweat all over his forehead.

"You can't die...if you die, no one will play with me." The ghost child looked at the fat dragon and smiled innocently.

Not far away, Ren Ye was hiding at the entrance and observing secretly, and sent a message to the fat dragon: "Just now...what happened to you? Why can't you even send a message?"

"I felt like someone was grabbing my neck, and I had no power to resist." The fat dragon replied: "This ghost child... is so fucking weird... It doesn't seem like he is borrowing the power of heaven."

"It doesn't look like it's borrowing the power of heaven? You mean, this is its own power?!" Ren Ye asked in astonishment.

"It's somewhat similar, but... I'm not sure." The fat dragon replied.

"So what are you going to do?"

"Since it can exist in the secret realm, it must be recognized by the Heavenly Dao. As long as I...play with it according to the rules, it should not be forcibly wiped out." The fat dragon pondered for a moment and said, "You go ahead and do other things quickly. I will stay here to hold him back."

"Brother Fat Dragon, your mission is quite dangerous." After a brief pause, Ren Ye sent a voice message again: "If something unexpected happens to you, are there any people or things outside this secret realm that you are worried about that need someone to take care of?"

"Damn it, are you cursing me to death?!" the fat dragon cursed.

"I'm serious. I can't help you with personal matters... but I may be able to help you with other matters." Ren Ye replied faintly, "I'm not trying to trick you."

The Fat Dragon was slightly stunned, then laughed and said, "You are really a natural born traitor, and you are very good at winning people's hearts. No wonder so many people are deceived by you... Haha, never mind, you can't help your fat master with his affairs outside the secret realm. But I appreciate your kindness."

"Goodbye." Ren Ye nodded slightly, then turned and disappeared.

In the stone hall, the big fat dragon slowly stood up, looked at the ghost boy and said, "You little kid have been lonely for many years, but you don't know that your fat grandfather is also lonely. Well, I will play with you today... Come on, what game do you want to play?"

"I have two interesting games." Wu Ling Ghost Child took a step forward with his sturdy little legs, walked around the hall pretending to be thoughtful, and said in a crisp voice: "This first one is more conventional. You play the game with me three times. If you win, you will get some rewards; if you lose, you will also get a certain punishment."

"What about you? What if you lose?" the fat dragon asked back.

"If I lose, then I lose. What else can I do?" Wu Ling Ghost Child asked back righteously.

Damn it, you are just cheating! How come you are not losing anything, right?

The fat dragon secretly hated it, and asked with his hands behind his back, "What about the second one?"

"The second method is also very simple. I will use the Six Earth Dragons as a bet. You and I will each go through three games. If you win, you can take it away." At this point, Wu Ling Ghost Child laughed again: "But your bet is your life. If you lose, you will die here."

When the fat dragon heard this, he instantly became quiet.

"...How about it, tell me quickly, which game do you want to play?" Wu Ling Ghost Child asked anxiously.

The fat dragon looked normal, but his heart was already surging with turmoil.

In fact, for him, the choice to enter the secret realm of Bulao Mountain this time was also a helpless act, just like Weng Sanren.

He didn't want to come, and didn't want to take risks. This was why he decisively chose to wait and see in the first round of errand bidding and chose to bid for the lowest difficulty bag.

I initially chose to come here because of two things.

First, the invitation to the secret realm clearly mentioned that there were treasures and inheritances left by Wu Yuanjun.

Second, the story background of this secret realm takes place during the period when Wu Yuanjun was in conflict with the imperial court.

Therefore, he judged that there was a high probability that this secret realm would contain the things he had been searching for.

After the first round of tasks, Big Fat Dragon had already understood the background, story direction, and various gameplay of this secret realm, and was certain in his mind that the things he was looking for would definitely reappear in this secret realm.

Therefore, in the second round of missions, he competed for the most difficult red bag at all costs, wanting to accumulate trust points and officially compete with others.

However, Big Fat Dragon did not expect that one of the treasures he was looking for would appear here...

The Earth Dragon Six Jia, to him, this item is far more valuable than any other treasure, and it is what he longs for in his dreams.

Since he came here just for this thing, the fat dragon would naturally not choose the first game.

He stood in the stone hall with a gleaming green light and replied calmly, "A real man is born between heaven and earth. If you want to gamble, you should gamble the biggest. I choose the second one...!"

"Hehe, you are indeed an interesting person." Wu Lingguitou smiled from the bottom of his heart, and looked at the fat dragon with his smart eyes and said: "But, if you lose, I will not show mercy."

The Fat Dragon looked at him and suddenly stepped forward: "You have been imprisoned here for so many years, and no one has played with you. Now that you have met Fatty, we are brothers. There is no need to make things tense."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and said softly, "Look, I still have some delicious cakes to share with you..."

"Crash!"

Countless exquisite cakes and fruits instantly covered the ground.

Big Fat Dragon tried to bring the two sides closer by tricking the children.

"Hehe, I forgot to tell you that I only eat living things..." The Wuling ghost boy blinked his big eyes, stared at the fat dragon's fat body, and swallowed unconsciously.

"...!"

The fat dragon was a little embarrassed and a little scared. After holding it in for a long time, he suddenly asked, "Hey, do you want some Nana? Very fresh human milk. I gave a thousand star sources to a guard. He went home and found his wife and squeezed it out..."

"?"

The Wuling ghost boy looked confused.

"Try it. I drink it all the time. A pound of milk a day makes a strong young man." The fat dragon invited with a smile, holding a ceramic bottle.

"I've changed my mind." The Wuling ghost boy smiled and said, "Now that you say that, I feel thirsty. In each round of the game, if you lose, you will age 50 years older, and you must give me a jar of blood to drink..."

"Why bother? If you don't want to drink, then don't drink...!"

"Hey, don't talk... let the game begin."

"Clang!"

Wu Ling ghost boy replied and shook the rattle three times with his right hand.

"brush!"

I saw the scene around me changing. The bluestone walls disappeared, the faint green light also disappeared, and the cold feeling in the stone hall was blown away by the warm breeze under the scorching sun.

After a dizzying moment, the fat dragon looked up and found himself in a mountain village.

"Ouch!"

A wailing sound rang out.

The fat dragon looked down and saw a snake-dog with a snake's head and a dog's body lying at his feet.

……

Talk about two ends.

After the witch ghost child appeared, he used a rattle to disperse the fake bodies.

So, not long after Ren left, he found the Hundred Flower Fairy.

After the two met, Ren Ye saw that Bai Hua Xian's clothes were a little messy, so he asked, "Sister Xian, did you also encounter a fake body?"

"Yeah." The Flower Fairy nodded slightly.

Ren Ye saw some blood on her dress, so he frowned and asked again, "Are you hurt?"

"Not my blood."

"Whose is that?"

"One of the fake bodies laughed obscenely, and its movements were extremely obscene." Baihuaxian said calmly with a hint of dominance: "After I castrated it, it struggled hard, and I chopped off its hands, so it was splattered with blood."

Everyone loves beauty. Why do you have to compete with a fake body... Is it necessary?

Ren Ye muttered to himself and asked casually, "Whose fake body is this? This is too unlucky...!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the Flower Fairy's lively eyes looked at Ren Ye with some contempt, and there was a mocking smile on the corner of her mouth.

"?!"

What's her expression?

Mudd!

Ren also felt that he had suffered a critical hit and was about to draw his sword in anger.

"Secret and exquisite." Baihuaxian commented lightly, turned around and left.