My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 143: Mulberry Monkey

"You chose to go to Stone Lane."

"The journey is ongoing..."

"Please wait……"

"You have arrived, Stone Lane."

"Stone Lane is the most famous wonder in Peking. The entire lane is about five miles long. All the buildings are built with stones, and the roads are also made of water-polished bluestone bricks."

"Moreover, the citizens living here are all skilled craftsmen who are good at carving stone tablets. Their skills are highly favored by the royal family."

"So any item that comes out of Stone Alley will be sought after by the dignitaries in Beiping City."

"But because of this, in the era when ghosts and gods ruled the country, Stone Lane was also regarded as a feudal remnant and was liquidated by those great kings and gods."

"Since then, Stone Lane has become deserted. It was not until the past decade or so that many craftsmen from other places moved in and restored its former vitality."

"You walked into a stone house."

"The furniture in the stone house is also carved from stone. It is covered with thick dust. It looks like it has not been cleaned for many years. Do you want to explore the stone house?"

"You explored the stone house and found some things. You gained something."

"You found it: a rotten stone carving knife, a golden hammer, a mysterious book, a bucket of grains, a piece of golden rooster cinnabar ink, a bundle of five-color thread, and a box of incense ash."

"Rotten Stone Carving Knife (Scrap). Someone left this stone carving knife here. It is rotten and the blade is unusable. If you use a little force, it will break completely."

"Golden Hammer (Ordinary Material), a golden hammer made of iron. It can be used as a weapon or equipment, and can also be used as an upgrade material for hammer and stick weapons."

"The Mysterious Book of Sculpting Gods (Ordinary Props), an ancient book that records the sizes of various statues of gods and how to consecrate and decorate them."

"Grains and cereals (common materials), specially refined grains and cereals, used exclusively for filling the internal organs of Taoist statues."

"Five-color thread (common material), a specially refined five-color thread, a Taoist material used in Taoist decorations, symbolizing the completeness of the five elements."

"Golden Rooster Cinnabar Ink (Excellent Consumable Item), a mixture of Ghost Fairy Cinnabar and Golden Rooster Blood. After dissolving it in water, it can be used to paint eyes, color robes, and ward off evil spirits."

"Incense ash (excellent material), the ash produced after burning incense, like the incense, contains incredible power. However, since the amount of incense ash in your hand is too small, its specific effect cannot be known for the time being."

Jiang Xinghuo took stock of his gains. Perhaps because the citizens of Shitou Lane were all stonemasons, most of the things he found in the stone house were related to stone carving, statues, and consecration.

The only exception is the box of incense ash, and because the quantity is too small, it cannot trigger the relevant effect for the time being.

"You left this stone house."

"You continued to wander around in the Stone Alley and ran into the night watchmen coming towards you. They mistook you for an ominous creature that had risen from the dead and tied you up tightly with ropes..."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the game text on the screen, his hands trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to take out the Evil Star Bite and give these night watchmen a hard blow.

How dare you come out to stand watch with that kind of look? You can't tell the living from the dead, right?
However, in the end, reason prevailed over impulse.

Jiang Xinghuo did not take out his weapon to fight. If he did, he would attract those monsters and demons, and he would still die, and he would suffer even more losses. "

"You were tied up with ropes by these night watchmen and thrown into the abandoned stone house nearby."

"You were unconscious for a while. When you woke up, you found yourself lying on the bed with a thin figure beside you. With the moonlight outside the window, you could see the true face of the thin figure."

"It turned out to be a silver-backed macaque half the height of a human. It looked naive and was wearing an ill-fitting animal skin robe."

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagatagarbha."

"You've noticed the delicate roots of the silver-backed macaque in front of you." "You've discovered it, the mulberry-holding macaque."

"Baosanghou (ordinary), a clever monkey born with an understanding of human nature, grew up on Yuquan Mountain outside the city of Peking."

"But this kind of macaque has a habit of stripping people's clothes and putting them on itself, imitating human appearance, and its targets are always dead people."

“So, sometimes people go out and don’t come back for many days. When their family sees a monkey wearing the missing person’s clothes, they can conclude that the person is no longer alive. By following the monkey, they can often find the remains of the deceased.”

“Hence, it is also called the mourning monkey.”

"The monkey untied the ropes on you and pulled you outside, seemingly wanting to take you somewhere."

"Do you want to go with it?"

Two options, yes or no.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think much about it and immediately chose to agree, which obviously triggered a hidden plot.

"You followed the monkey, left the city of Beiping, and came to Yuquan Mountain in the suburbs."

"You have arrived at Yuquan Mountain."

"You found the small niche at the foot of the mountain. Light it up."

"You have lit up the shrine of Yuquan Mountain."

"The monkey in front led the way, and you followed closely behind, and finally arrived in front of a dilapidated mountain temple."

"Baosanghou tugged at his clothes and pointed at the dilapidated mountain temple, indicating that the dead body was inside. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought that it was useless to do this. He was already here, so why would he go back? If he didn't go in, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

"You chose to enter the ruined temple to find out."

"You pushed open the mottled door of the mountain temple and walked into the courtyard. Inside the courtyard there was only a crooked tree struck by lightning, a dry well with a missing wheel, and an inconspicuous little temple."

“You walked into that little temple.”

"The temple is in a state of disrepair, with spider webs everywhere, and the clay statues of mountain gods are full of cracks, revealing the straw stalks in the soil."

"At this time, you found a body in the corner. Do you want to go forward and investigate?"

"You go over to the body."

"You activated the ability of [The Great View of Medical Knowledge]."

"You have examined the body and found out the cause and time of death. The body had been dead for at least half a month. The cause of death was a poisonous snake attack, which caused the venom to penetrate the heart. There was no time to treat it, and the blood in the body coagulated and died."

"Because the snake's venom was so strong, the body was well preserved. Even though it had been dead for quite some time, there was no sign of decay, and it had not been eaten by snakes, insects, rats or ants."

"Do you want a careful examination of the body?"

"You touched the corpse, and you were attacked by the snake venom. Your health points began to decrease continuously."

"You have triggered the effect of being immune to all poisons."

"You have removed the snake venom from your body, and you found something on the corpse."

"You have obtained..."

(End of this chapter)