My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 211 Life Money

"The old storyteller from the teahouse came to the private room on the second floor and bowed to you. It has been a long time since he met such a generous guest."

"If a guest needs any help, it will definitely help and answer the guest's questions to the best of its ability."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded with satisfaction. This was still a reasonable statement, otherwise he would have taken action.

"What question are you going to ask the storyteller next?"

"Please note: You have rewarded the old storyteller with 2000 incense sticks, and you will have three chances to ask questions. After the three chances to ask questions are used up, the storyteller will leave Dragon City and go to other cities."

Three chances?

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a moment, and considered in his mind what the first question should be.

At this time, a text box popped up on the phone screen.

Jiang Xinghuo tapped his finger on the screen, wrote down the first question, then clicked send and waited for a response.

[The origin of the game of life and death? ]

This is Jiang Xinghuo’s first question.

When he first got the chess piece of life and death, the game text had already explained that this item was forged with strange craftsmanship from the underworld.

Moreover, Jiang Xinghuo had deeply experienced the power contained in the chess of life and death. When he was on Qingxiu Mountain, the lives of the two Japanese players were taken away by the chess of life and death.

Winning or losing a game means ten years of life.

I don't think many people would master this technique of robbing others of their lifespan. Perhaps we can find clues about the live broadcast of shared consciousness from the origin of the chess of life and death.

"After hearing your question, the old storyteller began to fall into deep thought. It existed for too long, and many memories were sealed away by it."

"It will take some time to find these dusty memories from the memory palace."

"Not long after, the storyteller found clues about the chess of life and death in his sealed memory."

"According to the storyteller's description, this chess set of life and death originated from Fengdu in ancient times in the secular world. It is based on the power of the law of life and death and incorporates the forging method of the master of heavenly creation to create such an evil magic weapon."

"Legend has it that the lifespans taken away by the chess of life and death will fall into the hands of Fengdu and become his nourishment on his path of cultivation."

Fengdu? The law of life and death?
Jiang Xinghuo extracted two key words from the old storyteller's description.

Fengdu was a powerful being from the ancient times in the folk world. It once conquered the underworld and was in the upper hand, forcing the underworld to retreat step by step.

However, according to the game, Fengdu is missing. No one knows whether he is alive or dead, where he is, or where he went.

As for the texts about the law of life and death, he had encountered them several times. The secular god of Dongyue Temple practiced the law of life and death, but was later taken away by the Taoist master who also practiced the law of life and death.

Could it be that the shared live broadcast is also related to the law of life and death?

Jiang Xinghuo hesitated for a moment and asked the second question, but after thinking about it, he deleted the text he had entered and asked the question in a different way.

[Is there any way to take away a person's lifespan out of thin air without any contact? 】

"After hearing the second question you asked, the old storyteller quickly gave the answer."

"There is an ancient evil magic in the underworld called buying life money."

"You only need to pay enough money and let others spend it for you, then you can gain that person's life. The more money the other party spends, the more life will be taken away."

Money to buy life!
After seeing this text, Jiang Xinghuo was shocked. He had heard this statement from others. It was said that someone picked up a bank card on the street with the bank card password attached. The person who found it was obsessed with money and went to the bank to withdraw the money.

As a result, the man's health became worse and worse since then, and he was finally bedridden with a terminal illness, with no way out but death.

The money in this bank card is the money for buying life. You use the money to buy the rest of your life, just like buying things in a supermarket.

When I think about the thousands of dollars I earned from live streaming, could that money be used to buy my life?
Jiang Xinghuo felt as if he had touched upon the truth, so he asked one last question.

[Specific use of the money for buying life]

"You have obtained the evil magic of buying life."

"The magic of buying lives is an ancient magic that is circulated in the underworld. It can steal the lifespan of others invisibly through transactions."

"However, this method is too vicious and against the harmony of nature. Anyone who successfully uses this method to prolong his life will be punished by heaven, and his relatives will disappear. He will live a lonely life, and those close to him will not die a good death and will die in a sudden disaster."

As the text message flashed by, a large number of unfamiliar memories flooded into my mind, all of which were methods of performing the evil magic of buying life, including how to open the altar, how to cast spells, how to cast curses...

"The storyteller left Fuchun Teahouse."

"What are your plans next?"

"Will you continue to explore in Dragon City? Or will you leave Dragon City and go somewhere else?"

Looking at the game text on the mobile phone screen, Jiang Xinghuo chose to continue exploring in Dragon City.

Longcheng is a big city with many maps opened. Jiang Xinghuo randomly chose a place and controlled the character to explore.

"You have arrived at the martial arts street of Dragon City."

"The scale of the martial arts schools on this street is far greater than that of the living world. There are more than a hundred of them. You can find southern fists and northern kicks, swords, spears, sticks, traditional Chinese martial arts, and even lost fighting techniques from ancient times."

"You walked into the martial arts hall street."

"You knocked on the door of the Liuhe Martial Arts School. This school teaches the Liuhe spear. When the owner of the school was in the mortal world, he was a famous martial arts master."

"He was even able to use the energy he gained from boxing to fight against those monsters head-on. Legend has it that when he was at his peak, he went south and north with a spear and challenged eighteen halls of immortals in the north and south, but he himself remained unscathed."

"But because he made too many enemies during his lifetime, those enemies did not dare to seek revenge when he was alive. After his death, his disciples and grandchildren suffered great misfortune."

"In less than two months, the martial arts school was razed to the ground, and all the disciples were killed or injured. The inheritance was completely cut off in the world of the living."

"Fortunately, that ruthless man made a name for himself in the underworld with the big gun in his hand."

"Finally, he founded a sect in Dragon City, recruited many disciples, and continued to be enemies with his enemies in the mortal world."

"You knocked on the door of Liuhe Martial Arts School, and a blood-stained ghost floated out and asked you if there was anything you wanted."

"How are you going to answer?"

"Will you choose to become my disciple? Or will you choose to challenge me? Or will you just find an excuse to sneak into Liuhe Martial Arts School first?"

Jiang Xinghuo first ruled out the possibility of a challenge. Looking at the descriptions in the texts, when the owner of the hall was alive, he was able to confront those bull souls and snake gods head-on. Now that he is dead, he must be even more powerful.

If I choose to challenge the owner, I might be beaten to death by him.

(End of this chapter)