My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 132 Beiping City

"A red lantern illuminates a red door."

"A white, tender and plump thigh is sticking out from behind the door. The silver bells on the ankles are jingling and the toes are swaying slightly. What will you choose?"

This time three options are given.

Leave, don't move.

Go over and take a look.

Jiang Xinghuo thought that it was definitely not a good thing. According to the nature of this game, if he chose to go over, he would most likely be ambushed.

But if I don’t go there, I’ll miss the plot. What if there are some good things in the courtyard? Wouldn’t it be a pity to miss it?
Well, I have to go and take a look.

Jiang Xinghuo chose the third answer.

"Death under the peonies, even being a ghost is romantic."

"Young people still lack some self-control. You were seduced by beauty and fell into the trap willingly."

"Go outside that red door."

"I was planning to see what was behind the door, but as soon as you stuck your head in, you were hit by a club. Fortunately, your physical fitness has improved, so it was just a small club and had no effect on you at all."

"You pushed open the door and walked into the yard. The Painted Skin Lady who hit you with a club also stood there in a daze, as if she didn't understand why you were hit with a club but you were fine."

"You are looking at the pretty Painted Skin Lady. It is impolite not to return the favor. It just hit you. Now it is your turn to hit it."

"You took out the Qiankun Stick."

"Painted Skin Lady turned around and tried to run away."

"You immediately swung the Qiankun stick in your hand and smashed it directly on the Painted Skin Lady, revealing her true form on the spot."

"It turns out that underneath that beautiful and charming skin, there is actually a skeleton hidden."

"You have killed the Painted Skin Ghost."

"You gained incense +200."

"You searched the corpse of the Painted Skin Ghost and found a human skin scroll, a rusty kidney-cutting knife, a box of blood rouge, two silver bells, and a happy money."

"Human skin scroll (rare material). Ghosts don't have skin, so they paint their skin to make up. This human skin scroll was found by the Painted Skin Ghost accidentally in the mountains of western Hunan."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You discovered something unusual about this human skin scroll."

"Mountain ghost skin (rare material). It turns out that this human skin scroll is actually the skin of the legendary mountain ghost. Mountain ghosts are transformed from the spirits of the mountains. They are kind by nature, can know the mountain roads, and can distinguish between good and evil. Every hundred years, they shed a skin, which has all kinds of magical uses."

"If you wear it, you will receive the blessing of the mountain ghost and have the ability to control mountains, rivers, plants, and all living things."

Seeing the description of the mountain ghost's skin, Jiang Xinghuo was pleasantly surprised. This was a real treasure. Fortunately, the Painted Skin Ghost didn't know its magical features, otherwise he would not be its opponent.

"Rusty Kidney-Cutting Knife (Ordinary Prop), the knife used by the Painted Skin Ghost to cut people's kidneys. Although it is rusty, it is still extremely sharp. Countless people have died under this knife."

"Blood rouge (common material), a cochineal insect fed with blood and cinnabar. Its body is blood red. It can be used as makeup or raised as a poisonous insect."

"Silver bell (common item), a burial item of the Painted Skin Ghost. It has the ability to ward off evil and purify evil spirits."

"Happy Money (Ordinary), a token of identity for the secular sect "Happy Tower", forged from red gold, with the mark of Happy Tower on it. Anyone holding this money can skip the assessment and directly join Happy Tower."

"Huanxilou is one of the religious sects in the secular world. Its headquarters is located in the Nanyue area. It is good at mobilizing people's desires. When you meet a disciple of Huanxilou, the Huanxi money in your hand will automatically send a reminder." After sorting out several things, Jiang Xinghuo walked around the courtyard again. After making sure that nothing was missed, he left the alley.

In the following days, Jiang Xinghuo continued to explore various places in Guandong City, and he went through all the maps.

He even explored the Gu Master's residence outside the city and the Andil Mansion several times.

Although it was a considerable price to pay, a lot was gained. More importantly, Jiang Xinghuo opened up a new map.

"You have obtained a map leading to the city of Beiping."

"Beiping City is the most prosperous city in the secular world. The whole city is built around the Forbidden City. There are nine inner and seven outer parts, and four imperial cities. There are nine gates, eight gates, and a bell. There are also city walls, alleys, drum towers, theaters, and Liulichang..."

Since entering the game, Jiang Xinghuo has completed many quest lines in Beiping City, and he estimates that the exploration output will not be bad.

Anyway, Guandong City has been explored almost completely, so it is a good time to open up new maps and light up the shrines in Beiping City for daily treasure hunting and resource collection.

The journey from Guandong City to Peking is not very short. Jiang Xinghuo has already used the Taoist Bailian's carriage and has been traveling day and night in the game.

But even so, it will take about half a month.

Moreover, the journey was not peaceful at all. Various troubles popped up. We were robbed by bandits and had to pay incense to buy our way through.
If he ran into a beggar and asked for money, he would just offer incense to him.
However, Jiang Xinghuo still underestimated the world's malice towards players. Whenever he thought he was safe, some unexpected events would occur.

such as:

We stopped in front of the mountain temple and encountered a mudslide...

I was drowned by the river god when I was crossing the river...

Even eating wild vegetables in the mountains can cause the angry mountain god to beat you to death. The game text explains that the wild vegetables are the children raised by the mountain god.

You ate the son and daughter of the mountain god, so he will naturally not let you go.

All kinds of ghosts and monsters appear one after another.

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo also obtained some scattered things. It is impossible for him to die so many times without getting any benefits.

One day, Jiang Xinghuo just logged into the game and saw a new text message prompt.

"You have arrived at the official road to Beiping City. It is still two days' journey to Beiping City."

Jiang Xinghuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They were finally almost there. If they worked harder, they would probably be able to enter Peking tomorrow.

keep going...

It was almost noon when the cell phone suddenly rang. Jiang Xinghuo picked it up and saw that a new plot mission was triggered.

"You discovered a mass grave."

"When you were looking for a place to relieve yourself in the wild, your Tathagata's talent was triggered and you discovered a hidden tunnel."

"According to rumors, a royal noble from Peking is buried under this mass grave. He was expelled from the royal family because he failed in his bid for the throne."

"But because of its bloodline, Zongzheng Temple still gave it a decent ending."

"It is said that the tomb is hidden under this mass grave, and there are a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and precious instruments buried in the tomb."

"But those exiles and tomb robbers plowed the land three feet deep, almost turning the entire land upside down, but they still couldn't find this legendary treasure..."

(End of this chapter)