My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 213 Kappa
The game text gave two more options. Jiang Xinghuo looked at them carefully and found that both answers seemed to be fine.

But if you think about it more carefully, the second option is a bit petty, so Jiang Xinghuo directly chose the first answer.

"When you heard the gym owner's question, you said nonchalantly that fellow disciples teach each other skills, and winning or losing doesn't matter. What's important is to improve each other's skills, so that we can keep improving."

"After hearing your answer, the martial arts hall master expressed satisfaction. If it had had this awareness back then, perhaps its inheritance would not have been completely cut off in the world of the living."

"The head of the martial arts hall expressed his appreciation for you. He taught you the essence of Bajiquan and asked you to do something."

"You have obtained the essence of Bajiquan."

"The essence of Bajiquan (excellent skills) is a unique skill of traditional Chinese martial arts. It encompasses most of the techniques of Bajiquan. Except for the eight core techniques, all other skills are in the essence of Bajiquan."

"Do you want to practice the essence of Bajiquan right away?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided that if he chose to practice in front of the master of the martial arts hall, the other party might find out something. It would be better to wait until he left here before practicing.

"The head of the martial arts hall saw you putting away the essence of Bajiquan and felt that you had a very calm temperament. He thought that you had a successor, so he made an exception and taught you a unique skill."

"The head of the martial arts hall leaned forward, his horse swayed, his feet shook, and his right arm leaned hard against the wall of the house, as if the whole house was about to collapse."

"You have witnessed the martial arts master's most proud and unique martial art - the Iron Mountain Lean."

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagatagarbha."

"You saw the method of using the Iron Mountain Backbone to generate power, gained some insights, and realized the method of using the Iron Mountain Backbone to generate power on your own."

"You have learned it, Baji Tieshankao."

"The head of the martial arts hall was impressed by your talent and was even surprised. However, this also made him more determined to let you do that thing."

"It turns out that the martial arts hall master and the White Water River God are mortal enemies. Both sides want to completely destroy each other. Unfortunately, the White Water River God has a large number of people and his corpse recovery team is composed of evil spirits. With its own strength, it is unable to resist the siege of so many evil spirits."

"It got a dose of poison a few days ago. As long as it is thrown into the White Water River, it will greatly weaken the power of the White Water River God."

"Moreover, the power of the corpse recovery team members is closely related to the Baishui River God. If the power of the Baishui River God is weakened, their power will also weaken accordingly."

"But the disciples of Liuhe Pavilion who are recovering corpses are very familiar with each other and cannot get close to the Baishui River. Only you are a newcomer and a stranger, and you have the opportunity to throw poison into the Baishui River."

"Are you willing to help Master Liuhe with this?"

Jiang Xinghuo murmured in his heart that he was in conflict with Baishui River. He was the one who killed those corpse lifters in the world of the living, and now the corpse lifters in the underworld would also die indirectly at his hands.

If he rejected the martial arts gym owner's proposal, he would most likely become enemies with him, or even be killed on the spot and expelled from Liuhe Martial Arts Gym.

After weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Xinghuo made up his mind and decided to take on the task.

"You agreed to the gym master's request."

"You have obtained the Dragon's Shadow Peacock Gallbladder."

"Dragon's Blood Peacock Gallbladder (consumable item), born from the deadly poison in Dragon's Blood. When the offspring of the Lord of the Underworld was born, he was suddenly attacked by the enemy and was infected with the deadly poison of Peacock Gallbladder. The Lord of the Underworld used many methods to force the poison out of his body."

"But because it has been contaminated with the breath of the Lord of the Underworld, the toxicity of the peacock gall has also changed. No matter what species of creature it is, as long as it is contaminated with this poison, it will immediately disappear into thin air."

"The peacock gall in the martial arts hall master's hand is a defective product that has been diluted countless times. The remaining toxicity is only one tenth of that. It can only be used to weaken the enemy's strength, and it can no longer poison the enemy to death." "You left the room with the peacock gall. Where are you going next?"

"Will you continue to practice martial arts in the martial arts hall and go to Baishui River tomorrow morning? Or will you go to Baishui River now while no one is around to find out what's going on?"

Jiang Xinghuo took a look and decided to strike while the iron is hot. Since he had nothing to do now, he might as well go over and take a look.

"You chose to go to the Whitewater River now."

"You wore a robe with ghost patterns, held a steel spear, left the martial arts hall, and headed towards the Baishui River."

"But when you were halfway there, you were suddenly stopped by someone. The person who stopped you was the martial arts gym owner's eldest disciple. He coveted the Liuhe Spear Manual on you and wanted you to hand it over."

"During the day, it thought it had defeated you, so it had no scruples in its heart. How do you plan to deal with it?"

"Should you choose to hand over the gun manual? Or should you teach it a lesson?"

This time, Jiang Xinghuo did not choose to avoid it. Anyway, the text plot did not say that there was anyone nearby. It was its own private action, so there was nothing to worry about.

"You fought him again, using the Liuhe Spear. The tip of the spear was like a python emerging from a cave, mixed with the red lightning of the Crimson Palace. It quickly left hideous scars on his body."

"Moreover, under the power of the Crimson Palace Thunder, the opponent is completely unable to control the recovery of Yin Qi. Instead, the wound has a tendency to worsen. It can even feel that the soul is dissipating."

"It knew it was no match for you, so it tried to escape. However, it was unable to escape your gun, and was soon defeated by you."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to kill it completely and let it disappear into ashes? Or will you suppress it temporarily? Perhaps it will be of some use."

Jiang Xinghuo saw the prompt in the game text and directly opened the magic bag, went to the Ghost Sealing Altar, chose to use it, and put it into the jar.

"You keep going."

"You have arrived, Whitewater River."

"The vast river was completely silent, without a single ripple. The river god temple not far away also had its doors tightly shut and all lights off."

"You walked through the ankle-deep mud and came to the river bank. Suddenly, you saw a faint light flickering among the water plants. It seemed that something was hidden."

"Do you want to go and pick it up?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the game text pop up, he didn't rush over to pick up the things, but chose to take out the ghost-sealing altar.

"You released the suppressed Baji disciple."

"When it saw that it had been released, it panicked and didn't care about anything else, so it turned around and tried to escape."

"I never expected that you would knock it away with your elbow and it would fall into the river. A dozen pale and rotten arms instantly dragged it to the bottom of the river. It never made a sound again."

"You found the trace of Kappa."

(End of this chapter)