My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 256: Madam Lu's Wedding
"You have mastered the technique of the Five Ghosts Calling the Door."

"The Five Ghosts Calling the Door Technique (Excellent Technique), the Five Ghosts Technique in folklore, if supplemented with the Five Ghosts Moving Technique, can ignore spatial restrictions and freely enter and exit other people's storage spaces."

"Do you want to catch up with that big smoker and get back the 1000 incense sticks he knocked away?"

Jiang Xinghuo chuckled and chose yes directly. I have said it before, some things, even if I give them to you, you are not lucky enough to keep them.

"You followed the big smoker to a secluded place."

"You used the Five Ghosts' Door-Knocking Technique to secretly open the Big Smoker's storage bag, and then used the Five Ghosts' Moving Technique. The mysterious power of space surged, and the things in the Big Smoker's storage bag were moved to your body without anyone noticing."

"You have obtained, Incense +1200."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this, he realized that not only did he get back what he had given out, but he also got back a lot of interest.

Now the opium addict is still happily thinking that he has made a profit, completely unaware that his storage bag has been emptied.

Jiang Xinghuo took another look at the other things. As expected, they were all inconspicuous junk. To put it another way, even if there were any good things, they would probably have been exchanged for opium.

Next, Jiang Xinghuo controlled the game character and continued to wander around the ghost market. If he came across something useful, he would use the incense money to buy it instead of relying on the Five Ghosts Technique to steal.

It was almost like this until dusk when he had explored the entire Black and White Ghost Market.

I also found a few props that looked good.

"Fire-Swallowing Gourd (Excellent Item), a gourd made of dark wood, with a space inside that can hold a large amount of flame."

"Coffin nails (excellent item). Coffin nails that have been refined by Taoist magicians can be used to suppress evil creatures that raise corpses."

"Three animals sacrificed with blood (excellent material), a sacrificial offering circulated in folk religions, has a much better effect than the ordinary three animals and six livestock."

Jiang Xinghuo put the three things into the magic bag and was about to leave when a new game text popped up.

"The Black and White God of Death has sent his followers to find you. They want to invite you over for tea. Do you want to go?"

Jiang Xinghuo was a little surprised. What did this mean? Inviting him to have tea? Was he trying to kill him for revenge?
But on second thought, it seems that the other party doesn't need to do so.

If he really wanted to kill me, Onibozu would have done it right then and there, instead of waiting so long to come back and settle the score with me.

"You accepted the invitation of the Black and White God."

"You were led by the Great Sorrow Crowd to the other party's residence and met the Black and White Sorrow God."

"After a few brief greetings, the Black and White Death God got straight to the point. He wants to invite you to the 'Celebrating Joy and Happiness' ghost market to find out about Madam Lu."

Jiang Xinghuo thought it was interesting. You are the young master of Guifang, and Guifang is run by your family. When something happens, you don't go there yourself, but let me, an outsider, do it. There is something strange about this.

"The Black and White Death God expressed his concerns. Ever since Madam Lu met Saint White Lotus, he felt that something was wrong with her, but he couldn't tell what was wrong."

"It has investigated several times, both openly and covertly, but has not gained anything. Instead, it has aroused the other party's vigilance."

“It’s worried that Madam Lu has been bewitched by the White Lotus Saint and will do something detrimental to the Ghost Workshop. My father doesn’t believe it, and it’s not easy for it to just break off relations with him, so it wants to ask you, an outsider, to help.

"If you are willing to help it, from now on, you will be its most distinguished guest. The Ghost House is so big that you can come and go freely and explore at will."

“You can even visit here as if it were your own home.”

It must be said that this condition made Jiang Xinghuo very tempted, although he had not been in contact with the ghost house for a long time. But from the background description of the text, this place was once Fengdu's Taoist temple in the secular world, and many secrets from ancient times were left behind.

It can be seen from the Tubo Temple and the Zaojun Temple that there must be places that I have not discovered.

However, Bashu Ghost House is someone else's territory after all, and you can't just wander around as you please.

But if it is true as Black and White God said, if you help him, you can get the qualification to explore freely, then this deal is not a loss.

"Do you want to accept the request for help from the Black and White God?"

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while, weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to agree to the other party's request. Whether it would succeed or not is a matter for the future, so he agreed to it first.

"You agreed to the request of the Black and White God."

"You have obtained the pass to the Ghost City."

"The pass token of the ghost market (ordinary item), a symbol of the status of the young master of the ghost market. As long as you hold this token, you can pass through the thirteen ghost markets without any obstacles."

"In order to show his sincerity, the Black and White God took out another thing and gave it to you."

"You have obtained the Five-horse Altar."

"The Five-Devil Soldiers Altar (excellent item) can bless the magic power of the Five-Devil Soldiers, and can also gather the scattered soldiers and generals to prevent them from completely disappearing into thin air."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Are you planning to go to the 'Celebration of Happiness' ghost market and investigate Madam Luan thoroughly? Or are you planning to take the Five-horse Soldiers Altar and directly change your identity to get a magic weapon for free?"

Jiang Xinghuo was speechless, thinking what a wicked option.

However, running away with the things is not a bad choice. I just don't know how the Black and White God will react when he finds out.

"You were led by the mourners to the 'Celebrating Happiness and Ceremony' ghost market. You took out the token and waved it, and successfully entered the ghost market."

"You have arrived at the Qingxi Xingyi Ghost Market."

"This ghost market is different from other ghost markets. It is not spooky or eerie at all. Instead, it is filled with a festive atmosphere. Everywhere you look, big red lanterns are hung high, as if some kind of celebration is about to be held."

"You were wandering around the ghost market and saw lights and decorations everywhere, so you stopped a passerby and wanted to ask him what was going on?"

"No, the other party is just asking for money. Do you want to give it to him?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't tolerate its bad habits and directly chose no. He didn't want to waste incense here.

"You continue to wander around the ghost market, and suddenly you see a big smoker who was beaten black and blue and thrown out of the smoking den."

"If you look closely, you will see that the other party is the unlucky guy who blackmailed you for 1000 incense sticks and you plundered all of it."

"When you recognized the other party, it also recognized you. It grabbed your clothes and asked if you took the things from its body?"

"You didn't respond, but gave it 100 incense sticks and asked it what happened here?"

"The big opium man received the incense and ran into the opium den, finally satisfying his craving. Now he is slowly telling you that today is a good day for Madam Lu's wedding."

(End of this chapter)