My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 14: The Divine Craftsman
"You have come to the Dragon City Museum."

"But just as you were about to go in, you were stopped by the museum's gatekeeper. He said that to enter the temple to worship Buddha, you must first pass through the mountain gate. If you want to go in, you must give him enough incense as a bribe."

"The gatekeeper asks you for a toll of 10 incense sticks."

“Do you choose to pay?”

Jiang Xinghuo thought that it was true that it was easy to see the King of Hell but hard to deal with the little devils. However, the other party didn't want much. He had been wandering around Longcheng these days, killing many drug addicts and had accumulated more than 100 incense points.

"You have paid, 10 points of incense."

"But you didn't expect that the gatekeeper took the incense and didn't move away. Instead, he looked greedy and asked you for another 20 incense sticks, saying that this was the fee for your departure."

Jiang Xinghuo was speechless. It was really an insult. He had no choice but to pay another 20 points of incense.

"The gatekeeper still won't let go..."

"But this time you have no patience."

"You grabbed the broom next to you and hit him with it, and the janitor fainted."

"You went forward and searched around, not only did you get back the 30 incense points you paid, but you also found 200 incense points on the gatekeeper."

"You have obtained 200 points of incense."

Tsk tsk, greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant, you deserve it.

"You walked into the museum and found a Taoist with eight arms trying to go upstairs. It seemed to be the person you were looking for."

"You discovered the Divine Craftsman."

"Tathagata's talent is triggered."

"You have discovered the secret of the Taoist Master Shengong."

"The Shengong Daoren, a mysterious race obsessed with forging, were once exiles like you. However, through studying forging techniques, they gradually replaced their flesh and blood bodies with bodies of metal and stone, thus getting rid of the blasphemy and defilement of the law, and also getting rid of the shackles of lifespan."

"In order to improve your forging skills, the Taoist Master Shengong will forge items for any race free of charge, but you need to prepare the corresponding materials yourself."

"Do you want to go forward and talk to the Taoist Master Shengong?"

Of course Jiang Xinghuo chose yes. The purpose of his coming here was to find the Taoist master to forge a handy weapon for himself.

"You go forward and talk to the Taoist Master. When he hears that you need forging, he is happy to talk to you and takes you to where he works."

"You can talk to the Taoist Master Shengong about the forging materials you have, or you can ask for a forging formula that suits you."

There are two options, one is forging material and the other is forging recipe.

The forging material was undoubtedly the meteorite given to him by Zuan Tianshu. Apart from that, there was only the hunting knife of the Mountain God. However, the properties of that hunting knife were very strong, and he didn't want to use it as an ordinary forging material, so Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the forging formula.

"You chose to ask for a forging formula that suits you."

"The Taoist Master Shengong said that there are many forging recipes in the world, but the most suitable ones for weak exiles are all powerful firearms, from ordinary muskets to bombers soaring in the sky, and torpedo submarines in the deep sea. However, forging those powerful firearms requires a lot of mechanical materials, which are not something you can gather together."

"So, the Taoist Master Shengong is very curious about what kind of materials you have. Only according to your materials can it adapt to the situation and give you a formula that suits you.

"You handed the meteorite to the Taoist Master Shengong."

"But the Taoist Master Shengong saw the volume of 'The Remaining Works of Heavenly Crafts'."

"The Taoist Shengong said excitedly, this volume of Tiangong Yipian was left by its mentor. If you can give it this secret book, it is willing to provide you with three more forging services free of charge, and you don't need to pay for the required materials. Do you want to give it Tiangong Yipian?" Seeing the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought there was such a good thing, so he directly chose yes. Anyway, he had taken photos of the contents of the Tiangong Yipian, and put them on the computer later. He could read them however he wanted. This handwritten volume was just a favor.

"You gave the Tiangong Relics to the Taoist Master Shengong."

"The Taoist Master Shengong was overjoyed. He said that after he thoroughly studied this scroll, he would provide the first item he forged to you for free as a token of his gratitude."

"The Taoist Master Shengong looked at the meteorite in his hand and told you that this meteorite fell from the place of waxing and waning moons. It contains a very weak trace of star power. It will take twenty hours to melt this meteorite and forge it into a weapon. He asked you to come back tomorrow to get the weapon."

A place of waxing and waning?

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned at first, then he realized, isn’t that the moon?

At this time, the game text changed again.

"The Taoist Master Shengong asked if you have any other needs. If you need anything forged or repaired, he can help you with it."

There are a bunch of options listed below.

"Broken magic bag, scapegoat, wedding candy bag, seven-star coffin nails, corpse pillow..."

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and quickly made a choice.

He clicked on the broken trick bag and the scapegoat.

The Trick Bag can store items.

A scapegoat can increase the duration of the game.

These two props are very important to him.

As for the other things, they are dispensable and not needed for the time being, so there is no need to waste the last forging opportunity.

"The Taoist Master Shengong took the magic bag and looked at it. It was badly damaged and needed spiritual skin to be completely repaired. Fortunately, he has a Tai Sui skin that can repair the magic bag for you."

"The Taoist Master Shengong took the scapegoat again and said that your scapegoat is just a preliminary product. By adding special materials to upgrade it, the cooling time can be reduced. However, it does not have that special material. You have to wait near the Baojing Temple outside the city. When the upgrade material appears, the scapegoat will remind you."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text message. He had developed a new map.

Baojing Temple.

This map has never appeared before.

"Do you plan to continue chatting with Shengong Daoist, or leave the museum and go somewhere else?"

"You choose to continue chatting with Shengong Daoist."

"The Taoist Master Shengong waved his hand and said that he had to start forging weapons for you and didn't have much time to chat with you, so he told you to do whatever you needed to do."

The plot dialogue has come to a temporary end here. Twenty hours have passed, which means we have to wait until tomorrow night.

“You chose to leave the museum.”

"You found that the gatekeeper had regained consciousness and was blackmailing others. You went over and gave him another broom, and he fainted again."

"You gain, Incense +50."
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Second update, in the evening.

(End of this chapter)