My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 19 The Truth of Baishui River
"You have triggered the talent of Tathagatagarbha."

"You have gained insight into the secrets hidden by the descendants of the river god."

"It turns out that the real descendant of the River God has long been dead. The current descendant of the River God is just a puppet in a body. Then who took over the body of the descendant of the River God?"

"You are very smart. You didn't directly reveal the other party's identity because you know that with your current strength, you can't compete with it at all."

"It asks what you want?"

"You explained your purpose. You wanted to borrow some tools from it to fish something out of the river."

"After listening to this, the River God's descendant nodded and said that this was not a problem, but you are not a member of the corpse recovery team, so it cannot be lent to you for free. You can go to the River God's shrine yourself and buy what you need."

"The Baishui River God's shrine is temporarily open to you."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this line of text, his eyes lit up. After such a long time, he finally found the equipment store.

He remembered that when he first obtained incense, the game text said that he could use the incense to buy props at the niche shop, but he never triggered the relevant clues. He didn't expect to trigger it here at the River God Temple today.

"You entered the river shrine shop."

"This niche shop is only open to members of the corpse recovery team. You are the first outsider to enter here, so you can only choose to buy one thing."

"Once the purchase is successful, the niche will be closed immediately. You can only come in again if you join the team of corpse retrievers."

"You see there are a lot of things in the niche, but most of them are props used by corpse collectors."

"Water Repellent Pill (common consumable item). After taking it, you can temporarily gain the ability to avoid water. It will automatically expire after 24 hours and cannot be reused within 7 days. Required incense: 100 points."

"Water ghost's skin peeling (common item), a skin peeled off from a water ghost. Wearing it can hide one's own aura and temporarily disguise oneself as a water ghost. However, it can only last for two hours and can only be used again after eight hours. Required incense: 500 points."

"Broken corpse-retrieving net (common consumable item), a net used by corpse-retrieving people to retrieve corpses. Due to age and the biting of water ghosts, it is now in tatters. It can only be used twice before it will automatically be destroyed. Required incense points: 100 points."

"River God's Talisman (Excellent Item), a protective amulet made by the River God himself. It contains a trace of the River God's power. Wearing it not only allows you to breathe underwater, but also protects you from attacks by water ghosts. Required incense: 3000 points."

"Communication Yin Snail (Excellent Item), a twin river snail that parasitizes on dead bodies. As long as the snail meat is swallowed, no matter how far apart they are, they can communicate with each other through the snail shell. Required incense: 2000 points."

"........."

Looking at the things in the niche, Jiang Xinghuo was almost dazzled. Some of the props were really tempting, but he was short of money.

All the incense sticks he has now added up can barely reach five hundred, and many things are out of reach.

"Alas, it seems that I still have to find a way to make money..."

Jiang Xinghuo sighed softly. A small river god shrine shop had so many good things. If it were changed to those bigger shrine shops, wouldn't there be better props? What if he found his target and there weren't enough incense to buy it? Wouldn't he be guarding a treasure mountain in vain and could only watch helplessly?

After a while, Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and dismissed these thoughts from his mind. He took one step at a time and dealt with the things at hand first. Since he wanted to salvage the arm of the corpse sewer, he must choose the corpse-salvage net.

"You bought a corpse-retrieving net at the river shrine shop."

"The river shrine shop is closed."

"The descendant of the River God has extended an olive branch to you. As long as you join the River God's corpse-recovery team, the niche will always be open to you. Do you agree to join this organization?" Jiang Xinghuo nodded no repeatedly. Are you kidding? He had no intention of joining this organization. Not to mention the current situation of this corpse-recovery team, just based on the identity of the descendant of the River God, it is impossible for him to join it. What's more, the Baishui River God had died a long time ago. Joining the corpse-recovery team now would be asking for trouble.

"The son of the river god feels sorry for your choice, but if you regret it, you can always come to it."

"You left the River Temple."

"But just before you left the River God Temple, I don't know if it was an illusion, but I seemed to see a yellow shadow flash behind the River God's descendant."

"You came to the Baishui River again. When you were about to cast your net to salvage the corpse-stitcher's arm, you were stopped by several people."

"When you see the strange tattoos all over their bodies, you know who they are. They are corpse collectors who make a living by fishing for corpses in the Baishui River."

"Because there are often dead bodies in the Baishui River, no matter who you were in life or how much wealth you had, the corpse fishers treat you the same. If you break it down, you can divide it into two types: those with owners and those without owners."

"The so-called owner means that the body has an owner, and there are relatives who are willing to pay and ask them to go down and salvage the body. As for how much they want, it all depends on their mood. If they are in a good mood, they will ask for less, and if they are in a bad mood, they will ask for more."

"What's even more hateful is that these corpse retrievers will raise the price on the spot. After catching the body, they will not return it to the family members, but instead ask for an exorbitant price and extort money. If the family members do not agree, they will throw the body back into the river, leaving it to be eaten by water ghosts, fish and shrimps at will."

"Unclaimed bodies are bodies that no one has claimed. It's up to the body retrievers to decide how to deal with them. There are some special tools that can be used to treat these bodies."

"The corpse fishermen came over and stopped you. They saw the net bag in your hand and thought you were stealing their business, so they decided to throw you into the river and fish you out themselves."

"You fought with a dozen corpse-recoverers."

"These corpse retrievers are no match for you, so they called for reinforcements."

"You have been cursed by the Yellow Fairy."

"You are infected with the Yellow Fairy Evil Sore."

"You lose the ability to resist."

"Those corpse retrievers will naturally not miss this opportunity."

"You are dead."

In reality, the moment the Huang Xian text flashed by, Jiang Xinghuo felt his arm itchy, and then it began to hurt severely. A large red rash appeared on his skin, and it began to spread from his wrist to his body as if it was cut by a knife.

But this feeling was soon suppressed by another force. The dense red rashes began to fade at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the pain began to ease, replaced by a cool feeling.

At the same time, the cell phone rang.

"Your immunity to all poisons is taking effect."

"Your immunity to all poisons effectively resists the Yellow Immortal Evil Sore."

"You cleared the Yellow Fairy Evil Sore."

"You have attracted the attention of the Yellow Immortal."
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I wrote two chapters in an hour and a half. That’s all for today. I’ll see if I feel like writing another chapter in the evening.

(End of this chapter)