My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 305: Fossil Method
Jiang Xinghuo used props to copy the strange words on the wall, and then controlled the character in the game, left the Yellow River Underground Palace, and went to the teahouse to look for the storyteller.

I don't know if there is a Fuchun Teahouse in Longmen City. If not, I have to look for it in other cities.

However, Fuchun Teahouse is a chain store that is spread across major cities in the secular world, and Longmen should be no exception.

Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it when he saw the new game text pop up.

"You have arrived at the Fuchun Teahouse in Longmen City."

"Stories and operas persuade people, and the three roads lead to the middle. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, it's just a matter of whether it comes early or late."

"You walked into the teahouse, found the storyteller who was preaching, waved to the waiter, and gave him 50 incense sticks as a reward."

"However, the storyteller took a look at the money you gave him for the tea, and just stood up, bowed, and asked the waiter to leave the hall."

This is the game mechanism of the storyteller in the teahouse. To put it bluntly, the money is too little, so he lets the waiter go back and rest.

If you want to get more information, you have to keep adding money. When the money is enough and the other party nods, the subsequent text interaction will be triggered.

Of course, you can also turn around and leave now, but the incense money you have already donated in advance will be wasted and cannot be taken back.

In the end, Jiang Xinghuo paid a full 1000 incense points before he could buy the information he needed from the storyteller, triggering the subsequent plot.

But this news made Jiang Xinghuo feel as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly, and he wanted to smash the teahouse directly.

"You gave the totem characters you copied to the storyteller, wanting to know the origin and meaning of these characters."

"The storyteller took the note, glanced at it briefly, and folded it up again, saying that he didn't recognize the characters and asked you to seek help from someone else."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw it, he was stunned and thought to himself that this guy was quite old-fashioned. He spent 1000 incense sticks, but in the end he didn't even know three words. Isn't this obviously a scam?
"The storyteller saw you staring at it with unfriendly eyes, and he felt a little scared. Longmen warriors are famous for their violent tempers. He was afraid that you would smash its bones in anger, so he quickly spoke."

"Although it doesn't recognize the totemic characters on the note, there is an old storyteller who has lived in seclusion for many years in Huangliang Hutong, Beiping."

"During the era when the Lord of the Secular World ruled, that person was the storyteller in the teahouse. He might be familiar with these obscure and lost ancient texts."

"Moreover, the old storyteller has some kind of incense relationship with it. He can write a letter to it. If you go to Peking with his handwritten letter, you can get guidance from him."

"You have obtained the handwritten letter from the storyteller in the teahouse."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Will you choose to continue exploring the underground palace? Or will you rush to Huangliang Hutong in Beiping City?"

There are two options, the Yellow River Underground Palace, or Huangliang Hutong.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to go to Peking first. After deciphering the texts, it would not be too late to come back and explore the underground palace later.

It just so happened that he still had the pawn tickets of Mr. Huang He and Mr. Tian Gong, so he went to Datong Pawn Shop to exchange their pawned items.

"You were teleported back to the Peking Shrine."

"Beiping City, nine inner and seven outer, four imperial cities, nine gates, eight codes and one bell. You are back to this bloated place guarded by the old men of the previous dynasty."

"You see countless old people from the previous dynasties kneeling in front of the Forbidden City, shouting "Long live the emperor" or "The emperor's grace and virtue are so great."

"An indescribable atmosphere of dullness and decadence permeated the air in all directions, forming a sharp contrast with the bustling city life a little further away."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Would you choose to go to the Datong Pawnshop on Yandaixie Street first, or to the old storyteller's retreat in Huangliang Hutong first?"

"You choose to go to the Datong Pawnshop on Yandaixie Street first." "You soon arrived at Yandaixie Street and found the Datong Pawnshop in a busy area."

"As the saying goes, the rich go to the bank, the poor go to the pawnshop. No one can guarantee that his life will be smooth sailing, that there will be no end of his life."

"This Datong Pawnshop was built by the old Chaofeng. After the old Chaofeng mysteriously disappeared, the pawnshop was taken over by his disciples."

"We not only provide pawning services here, but also redemption services. As long as you can show us the pawn ticket stub and enough incense, you can redeem the pawned goods."

"Do you want to use the pawn tickets of Master Tiangong and Master Huanghe to redeem the goods they pawned that year? This will cost a total of 20,000 incense sticks."

Twenty thousand incense sticks?

The lion's mouth is really big! !

Seeing the number given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo began to wonder in his heart. He didn't expect that it would take so much money.

If what Mr. Huanghe and Mr. Tiangong pawned were just ordinary items, then it would be a great injustice for me to lose these 20,000 incense sticks.

But then again, could something that requires so much incense to redeem be an ordinary thing?

Of course, it is not ruled out that the pawnshop owner is causing trouble again and deliberately using this method to lure people into the trap.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a long time before he made up his mind to take the gamble. It was just 20,000 incense sticks. He could just treat it as opening two precious blind boxes.

If you win the bet, everyone is naturally happy. If you lose the bet, you just go back and kill wild monsters to make up for the loss.

"You decided to use these two pawn ticket stubs and spent another 20,000 incense sticks to redeem the pawned items of Master Tiangong and Master Huanghe."

"You have lost 20000 incense sticks."

"You have obtained the pawn of Master Tiangong."

"You have obtained the pawn of Mr. Huang He."

"The pawnshop owner saw how generous you were and gave you two small gifts as souvenirs."

"You have obtained the thousand-year-old stove charcoal."

"Thousand-year-old stove charcoal (excellent item), stove charcoal that has been preserved for thousands of years. It can be used to refine certain special elixirs, and can also be used as a medium to incite fire and exorcise evil spirits."

"You have earned it, the Laughing Brazier."

"Laughing at the Brazier (Excellent item). Put the paper money in the brazier and light it. The smell of embers and paper ash will attract all the monsters and demons within a radius of ten miles to rush to the brazier."

There are two small gadgets. The stove charcoal is nothing special, but the key point is the mocking brazier, which is obviously a prop for mocking and attracting monsters.

When you are free, you can use it to collect incense, saving yourself the trouble of looking for monsters to kill.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded with satisfaction and looked at the two things he had just redeemed.

"You opened the pawn gift box of Master Tiangong."

"You have obtained the Fossil Technique."

"Fossilization (rare technique), a unique skill created by Master Tiangong. After practicing, it has the function and effect of changing the molecular structure, thus mastering some things that go against common sense, such as turning stone into gold, refining sand into copper, and turning the ground into steel."

(End of this chapter)