My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 168: The mourners come
"You used a scapegoat?"

"You have been resurrected."

"Current number of deaths: (1/4)."

Jiang Xinghuo used a scapegoat, escaped, and came back to life.

"The wax craftsman was very happy to see you alive. He came over and held your hand, expressing his apologies to you. If he had not been so careless, you would not have suffered the pain of your bones being melted by wax."

"To express its apology, it is willing to give you a few things. Do you want to accept them and forgive the wax craftsman's mistake?"

"You accepted the apology of the wax man and forgave its unintentional mistake. The wax man was grateful and gave you something."

"You have obtained a book called 'Secrets of Wax Making', a candle for summoning souls, a candle for calming souls, a candle for soothing souls, a candle for longevity, and a candle for mourning."

My goodness! When Jiang Xinghuo took a look, he saw that the things the wax craftsman gave him were all various kinds of candles, which were so dazzling that he almost couldn't recognize the word.

"Secrets of wax making (ordinary props), some small tricks of wax making can help you avoid many unnecessary detours and greatly improve the success rate of wax making."

"Soul-calling candle (common consumable item). Light a candle three inches above the corpse's head to successfully call back the soul of the deceased. Use times: 3/3."

“Soul-Calming Candle (Ordinary Consumable Item), light a candle seven inches above the corpse’s head to soothe the deceased’s soul and prevent it from becoming a vengeful ghost. Use times: 3/3.”

"Soul-soothing candle (common consumable item). After lighting, the scent of the candle can gradually relax a person's mind and put them into a deep sleep in a very short time. Use times: 2/2."

“Longevity Candle (Excellent Consumable Item). After lighting the candle, your body will be in a static state within the range of the candlelight. Even if you are fatally injured, you can stop the injury from getting worse and hold on until help arrives. Duration: 1 hour.”

"White funeral candles (common consumable item), candles commonly used in funerals, can soothe the grief of family members, and can also prevent the dead from lingering and causing the dead to resurrect."

Jiang Xinghuo put away the candles and stayed in the funeral home to work for the next two days. During this time, he died several times due to various accidents, but he also got some things.

However, no valuable mission plot was ever triggered.

Until this day.

"When you wake up in the morning, you are still working in the funeral shop as usual, but the funeral director is not in the shop today. Instead, he is invited by the Blessing Fairy to attend its wedding with Matchmaker."

"After you learned about this, you took advantage of the lunch break when everyone was taking a break and quietly came to the Wedding Hall."

"All the guests were feasting at the wedding banquet in the front, and only a few blessed people were guarding the bridal chamber in the back."

"You sneaked into the backyard disguised as a waiter delivering wine, and found the corpse oil candle from the trick bag."

"You lit the undertaker's grease candle."

"The rich aroma of the corpse oil candles wafted through the air, and the few people guarding outside the courtyard soon fell asleep."

"But these people have received blessings from the Blessing Immortals, and the corpse oil candles can only make them sleep for two minutes."

"In two minutes, they will wake up. If you are trapped in the house by them, you will be unable to escape."

"But you seem to have other ideas. You opened your bag of tricks. Maybe there's something in there that can come in handy."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his brows slightly, began to rummage in his magic bag, and finally found a talisman.

"You took out the talisman for the guest to come to the door."

"The talisman for mourners to come to the door (excellent consumable item). If mourners come to the door, there will be disasters. Stick the talisman on the beams of the house. Within three days, a woman in the house will hang herself to death." "You sneaked into the bridal chamber of Hong Niangzi and Fu Baoxian and stuck this talisman on the beams of the bridal chamber."

"You left the backyard of the Wedding Hall."

"You returned to the funeral home quietly without disturbing anyone, and then you went into the wax making room and continued to work."

Now it's just a matter of waiting.

If the "Mourner's Talisman" really works, it won't be long before I can enter the wedding hall openly without worrying about being discovered.

"You waved the shovel in your hand, stirring the wax and corpse in the pot, making them blend together perfectly."

"But when you were stirring the wax, you discovered something strange. Something seemed to be glowing in the oil pan."

"You fished that thing out with a shovel, and it turned out to be a copper Bagua with a few lines of tiny words engraved on it."

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagatagarbha."

"You found it, Copper Gossip."

"The Copper Bagua (excellent item), a token of identity for a Maoshan disciple. Only disciples who have received the ordination certificate have it. It can be used as a magical tool for casting spells or as a weapon for self-defense."

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the text and took out the copper Bagua. It was quite heavy in his hand, and there were several hexagram symbols engraved on it.

Jiang Xinghuo tried to input his magic power again, only to hear a sudden sound of metallic friction.

This copper Bagua with a strong traditional folk style was unexpectedly deformed in a sci-fi way that Jiang Xinghuo could not understand.

next moment.

The copper Bagua had disappeared, and in its place was a long sword with the Big Dipper and the River Map and Luoshu engraved on both sides, as well as many seal script talismans that he could not understand.

"The Demon-Slaying Sword is one of the various forms of the Copper Bagua. It can be used to perform the Jade Girl's Joyful Divine Art, or it can be used to engage in close combat with the enemy."

Jiang Xinghuo was greatly surprised, and the sudden mechanical punk style made him stunned for a moment.

Jiang Xinghuo tried several times in succession and found that this copper Bagua had five forms, namely the demon-slaying sword, the Yin-Yang mirror, the Bagua shield, the ghost-collecting altar, and the demon-binding rope.

Each form corresponds to a hexagram symbol. You just need to input mana to activate it. It is simple, fast and easy to carry. It is simply a must-have artifact for home and travel.

After playing with it for a while, Jiang Xinghuo put the Bagua mirror into his magic bag, and the text on the screen also changed.

"You noticed the small words on the bronze Bagua."

"It turns out that the owner of this copper Bagua was a disciple of Mount Mao. He contracted a serious illness outside and could not be cured. He wanted to return to the mountain to seek help from his elders, but he died in Xishen City unexpectedly."

"Before dying, it left behind this copper Bagua that symbolizes its identity. If someone can send it back to Maoshan Sect, the elders will treat it with courtesy and grant it one wish."

Seeing this text message, Jiang Xinghuo was immediately delighted. The reason why he came to Xishen City was that he wanted to go to the Maoshan map. He was worried that he had no way to get there, but then an opportunity fell from the sky.

As long as he sends this copper Bagua back to Maoshan, he will surely get the approval of the Taoist priest of Maoshan.

(End of this chapter)