My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 269: White Emperor's Son

"You have obtained the deduction disk."

"Deduction Plate (Excellent Item), a divination tool that can predict good or bad fortune once a day."

"This is the fortune teller's advance payment. If you can get its eyes back, it will reward you handsomely."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Do you want to go to Zuixianju honestly and take back the eyeball that it pawned there? Or do you want to take the things it gave you and leave here quietly?"

"Anyway, it has lost its eyes now, so it's not very convenient for it to move. Even if you really run away, it will be difficult for it to find you."

"To put it another way, even if it finds you, it won't necessarily be your opponent given how weak it is."

Looking at the game text, Jiang Xinghuo felt speechless. It was still the same old trick, using various methods to trick him into running away.

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo would definitely not do such a nonsensical thing, and the fortune teller did not offend it and even advanced part of its reward in advance.

It would be unethical to just take the things and run away, not to mention it is totally unnecessary.

In the end, Jiang Xinghuo chose to help get his eyes back.

"You went to Zuixianju."

"On the way..."

"Please wait……"

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You saw a martial arts boy groaning in pain on the street. Do you want to go over and check it out?"

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows. Ever since using the God of Wishing's treasure box, the probability of triggering the plot has risen sharply.

Although many tasks are trivial, there may be incredible goodies hidden in the clues of the task.

"You walked over to Wu Tongzi and found out through asking that he was infected with herpes simplex virus."

"But because it was discovered too late, the pharmacists in the city were unable to treat it, so all he could do was lie here and wait to die."

"You have triggered the key to the Maoshan talisman technique."

"Remember when you were in the Maoshan Sect, you looked up the key points of talisman techniques, and among them was the 'White Snake Slashing Talisman' that was specifically used to treat herpes simplex."

"You opened your magic bag, took out the cinnabar yellow paper, and drew a few 'white snake slaying talismans'."

"You have obtained the White Snake Slaying Talisman."

"The White Snake Slaying Talisman (consumable item), a talisman recorded in the Essentials of Maoshan Talismans, specifically designed to dissolve snake sores and snake bite poison."

"You have attracted the attention of the White Emperor."

"You have been infected with the curse of the White Emperor."

The moment the game text flashed by, Jiang Xinghuo felt a pain in his waist in reality. He lifted up his clothes and saw that a black spot had appeared on his waist. A poisonous sore had appeared and spread rapidly, like a black snake coiling around his waist.

According to folk sayings, if you get herpes simplex virus, you're half a step into the gates of hell. When the poisonous sores spread together, there's no hope for you.

But according to current medical knowledge, it is nothing more than an infection with bacteria and viruses, resulting in shingles.

After taking an injection of acyclovir, you will be full of life in a few days, and most people will not die.

It is said that there are many folk remedies that can cure it, such as rolling eggs, burning talisman water, and using spells to dispel evil spirits, etc.

Jiang Xinghuo took out a newly drawn "White Snake Slashing Talisman" and stuck it on his waist. He felt a cool breeze and the poisonous sores began to subside at a speed visible to the naked eye, which was similar to the effect of touching Long A Tai. The White Snake Slashing Talisman was effective, so Jiang Xinghuo used it on Wu Tongzi as well, and the text in the game changed immediately.

"You used the White Snake Slaying Talisman."

"The herpes on Wu Tongzi's body has also begun to subside gradually, but because he has been infected with the disease for too long, it has damaged his internal vitality and his body is still very weak."

"You saved Wu Tongzi's life. He is very grateful to you. You can ask him for something as a reward for saving your life."

"You can take away the incense it has accumulated over the years, or you can ask it to help you find the fortune teller's eyes."

"Or, you can ask it how it contracted herpes simplex virus. Perhaps you can learn some unknown secrets from its words."

A dark secret?
Jiang Xinghuo seemed to be thinking about something and flipped through the text again. Could the curse of the White Emperor be related to this?
"You chose to ask Wu Tongzi how he contracted herpes simplex virus."

"But according to Wu Tongzi's description, it doesn't know how it contracted herpes simplex virus."

"It only remembers practicing outside the city that night, and after returning, it felt a little uncomfortable."

"At first I thought it had caught a cold, but I didn't expect it to have contracted a serious disease. If you hadn't saved it, it would have died on the street now."

"You have obtained the map outside the city."

"You learned from Wu Tongzi where it practiced, and then let it go home to rest and recuperate."

"But Wu Tongzi is determined to repay your kindness, otherwise he will never be at peace for the rest of his life."

"You chose to let Wu Tongzi go to Zuixianju to help you find the fortune teller's lost eyes."

"Wu Tongzi is glad to help you. He asks you to wait here for a while and he will bring what you want soon."

"Waiting..."

"Still waiting..."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the wall clock and waited for about five minutes before a prompt sound came from the game.

"Wu Tongzi ran over from a distance holding a box and handed it to you. When you opened it, you saw that it was the fortune teller's two eyeballs."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Will you choose to go back and give the eye to the fortune teller? Or will you choose to run away with the box and sell it somewhere for a good price?"

"This is the eye of the divination that the fortune teller has cultivated for many years. For practitioners of divination and fortune-telling, it is a rare treasure that can be encountered but not sought after. It can make their technical level undergo a qualitative change and improvement."

Tsk tsk, Jiang Xinghuo thought that the world is becoming more corrupt and people’s hearts are no longer the same as before. The game always tries to trick him into doing those immoral and outrageous things.

Too bad, he's a good guy.

"You took the pair of eyes and returned to the lake in the city, and gave them to the fortune teller who was basking in the sun."

"The fortune teller was groping and pushing the eyeballs back into their sockets. He also said to you that you are a trustworthy person. Although you found its eyes, you did not run away with them."

"In today's secular world, young people like you who are of noble character and not tempted by wealth and fame are rare."

"For this, it is willing to give you something as a reward and gift to you."

"Dayan Divination Technique (rare technique), a method of divination and deduction researched by the fortune teller himself. In theory, it can predict everything in the world, the past and the future. But because of this, it saw some secrets that it shouldn't know, and was punished by the sky, burning its eyes."

"The current pair of eyes is a pair of eyes that it entrusted its good friend, the Medical Immortal Qihuang, to transplant using the organ transplant method."

(End of this chapter)