My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 181 Two Notes
"You found it, a small jar."

"Do you want to break the jar?"

"You broke the jar and released the sealed water ghost."

"Big Water Ghost (Rare), a water ghost formed by the resentful souls of the Yangtze River. It is brutal and cruel, and kills innocent people. It was once worshipped as the Water Lord of the Yangtze River by ignorant people on both sides of the river. When the Taoist Emperor was cutting down mountains and destroying temples, he suppressed it and sealed it in the ancient underground channel, hoping to use its spirituality to nourish the waters of the Yangtze River."

"The big water ghost has been suppressed for many years. After escaping, it rushed directly towards you, hoping to devour your flesh and blood to restore the spiritual energy that was depleted in its body."

"You took out the Seven Star Sword and fought with him."

"However, it has been suppressed for many years and no longer has the power it once had. After only a few rounds of fighting, you suppressed it with your thunder magic."

"The big water ghost saw that the situation was not good, and immediately begged for mercy, wanting you to spare its life. Do you want to let it go?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought that it was not such an easy thing to do. If he couldn't beat it, he would just kneel down and beg for mercy. If he couldn't beat it, he would probably have been killed by now.

"You wielded the Seven Star Sword and cut off the head of the water ghost, and the ghost's soul flew away."

"You have obtained the Water Ghost."

"Water ghost soul (excellent material), what the water ghost leaves behind after death, is a good material for refining the fetal breathing pill."

Jiang Xinghuo put the things into the magic bag and walked around the underground channel for a few more rounds. After failing to trigger any interactive options, he left and returned to the Dragon Palace above.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo walked around the Dragon Palace again, and after making sure that nothing was missed, he returned to Longhe Village.

So far, the entire Longhe Village and the surrounding sub-maps have been explored by Jiang Xinghuo.

"You lit up the shrine of Longhe Village."

"Please select the destination you want to teleport to: Xishen City, Dragon City, Coffin Town, Beiping City."

"You choose, Xishen City."

"You woke up next to the shrine in the City of Joy."

"Where are you going to go next? Are you going to Xishen City? Or are you going to other places?"

Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the sub-map that popped up and chose to go to the location of the Maoshan Sect.

"You choose to go to the Maoshan Sect Altar."

"The journey is ongoing..."

"please wait……"

"The Maoshan Sect is located fifteen miles southwest of Xishen City. It is also the most famous sect in the secular world. The disciples are divided into four levels: direct disciples, inner disciples, outer disciples, and apprentices."

"Apprentice disciples are not allowed to receive the talisman. Outer disciples can receive the [Taishang Sanwudu Gong talisman], and inner disciples can receive the [Zhengyi Mengwei talisman]..."

Looking at the game text that popped up, Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly.

The reason why he came to the Maoshan headquarters was to practice the Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique, but the Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique had prerequisites.

"The Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique (legendary technique), the secret corpse refining technique of the Maoshan Sect, requires one to be awarded the Zhengyi Alliance Prestige Scroll before one can practice it. After mastering it, one can split off a strand of spiritual consciousness, and even if they are in different worlds, one can use spiritual consciousness to occupy the body of a zombie and manipulate it."

It seems that if you want to receive the Zhengyi Alliance's power talisman, you need to trigger the relevant plot.

Just as Jiang Xinghuo was daydreaming, new game text popped up on the screen.

"You were walking on the road to the Maoshan Sect's altar, but you unexpectedly found a child hiding in the grass."

"At this time, several Maoshan Taoist priests passed by. They seemed to be looking for someone, and came to ask you if you saw a child nearby?"

"How are you going to respond to them? Are you going to tell them the truth about the child's hiding place?" A new choice arises.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text in front. The game provided very little information. It simply allowed him to choose whether to tell the child where he was hiding.

There was no explanation of the cause and effect, nor any reward.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided that if he chose to tell the truth, he might gain the favor of those Maoshan Taoists, which might help him to enter Maoshan.

If I choose to help the child hide the secret, I will probably not gain anything. I might even lose my life if discovered by those Maoshan Taoists.

However, Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully and decided not to tell those Maoshan Taoists where the child was hiding.

He just wanted to see if any subsequent plot would be triggered after helping the child.

"You didn't tell me where the child was hiding, but pointed those Maoshan Taoists in the wrong direction."

"After those Maoshan Taoist priests left, the child crawled out from the wasteland where he was hiding, thanked you, and then turned around and left."

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned for a moment and wondered what was going on.

At least I saved your life. Even if there is no reward, shouldn't I explain the whole story to you, including the causes and consequences?
Whatever...

Consider it a good deed.

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and continued on his way to Maoshan, but the text soon changed.

"You continued to rush towards Maoshan, and suddenly heard a noise behind you. Looking back, you saw that it was the Maoshan Taoists who had returned, and the child had been captured by them."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to turn a blind eye and let these Maoshan Taoists take the child away? Or will you do something righteous and rescue the child from their clutches?"

There are two choices: take action or ignore it.

After a brief thought, Jiang Xinghuo chose to save people. The worst result would be that his efforts would be in vain. If he could trigger the subsequent plot, he would have made a profit.

"You chose to save people."

"You took out the Qiankun Stick from your magic bag and performed the Wulang Eight Diagrams Stick Technique. The stick shadow flew like a dragon, with lightning flashing on it, and with the help of the water-suppressing technique, it was as heavy as a thousand pounds."

"In just a dozen breaths, you knocked these Maoshan Taoists to the ground, without any power to fight back."

"You saved that kid."

"The child came over to you and saluted to express his gratitude. Do you want to ask the child why those Maoshan Taoists wanted to capture it?"

Jiang Xinghuo's heart moved, triggering the subsequent plot.

"You chose to ask."

"The kid said his father was the inspector of Xishen City's police station. He solved many major cases, so he was known as the Tiger Inspector."

"But when he was investigating a serial murder case, his father suddenly died."

"It found a detective notebook in its father's study, which recorded all the cases that its father had solved and investigated during his tenure as detective."

"According to the records above, the last case that Inspector Tiger investigated was the serial murder of young children in Xishen City."

"You triggered it, private investigator's notes."

"After you listened to the child's account, you also found relevant records in the private detective's notes. It turns out that the private detective is also investigating this case."

(End of this chapter)