My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 32 Fengdu's Gift

"Exile, do you wish to enter this temple?"

Looking at the message that popped up on the screen, Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a moment. Since he was already here, why should he think so much? The worst that could happen was that he would just have to wait a few more hours. It was no big deal, so he just chose yes.

"You have entered the Fengdu Temple."

"You found that this temple had been abandoned for a long time. You searched everywhere but found nothing."

"But just as you were about to leave, you discovered a small shrine glowing faintly."

"Do you want to go check it out?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose "Yes" and controlled the character to walk to the small shrine.

"You came to the small shrine, you squatted down to check it out, and your Tathagatagarbha talent was triggered, and you discovered the secret of this small shrine."

"You have obtained the gift from Fengdu."

"The underworld is a world of the dead where the living have stopped, and where countless ancient and unknown beings are sleeping."

"But in ancient times, there was a powerful man named 'Fengdu' who launched a conquest of the underworld."

"It controls the mysterious laws of the underworld. It is an existence that even the Lord of the Underworld is concerned about. It leads its army and fights all the way from the human world to the underworld. The flames of war burn every inch of the underworld."

"In order to continuously replenish the backup forces, Fengdu asked the 'Lord of Heaven' to build countless temples in the underworld, using the power of incense to allow people to travel freely between the two worlds."

"But just when it was about to completely conquer this world of death, Fengdu suddenly disappeared without any signs."

“No one in the world knows what happened to it. Only the shrines scattered across the Yin and Yang worlds represent traces of its existence.”

"After Fengdu disappeared, the warriors under his command were leaderless and began to fight for power. The Lord of the Underworld took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and defeated Fengdu's army in one fell swoop."

"Later, a cleansing of the underworld was launched. In order to prevent the same thing from happening again in the future, all the temples left in Fengdu were destroyed."

"But the underworld is vast and boundless. Although most of the temples have been destroyed, there are still some that have escaped and have not been found by the ghosts in the underworld."

"The abandoned temple you see now is one of them."

“Although Fengdu is gone, the relics it left behind are still functioning.”

"Do you see the shrine in front of you? There are such things everywhere in the Yin and Yang worlds. Only by mastering the power of incense can you light it up. In return, Fengdu will share the right to use the shrine with you."

"You can teleport to any shrine you have ever lit by touching it."

"It is not limited by geographical space. Even if you are in the underworld, you can be teleported back to the human world."

"If you could light up all the shrines in the world, you would have more freedom and save a lot of time on the road."

Looking at the introduction about the shrine, Jiang Xinghuo quickly understood what its function was. From the description in the game text, this shrine was left by a powerful man named "Fengdu". Players can activate the teleportation function to the corresponding location by lighting up the shrine.

Isn't this the teleportation point?

"Excuse me, would you like to light up the shrine in this abandoned temple in Fengdu?"

Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate and made his choice quickly.

"You lit up the shrine in the abandoned temple of Fengdu, and you gained the right to use the shrine."

"The right to use the shrine is the legacy left by Fengdu to future generations. Only the exiles who master the power of incense can touch the shrine, consume a certain amount of physical strength, and quickly teleport between the shrines that they have lit up with their own hands."

Although the text looks a bit mysterious, it is ultimately just an ordinary teleportation function. In ordinary games, these are basic functions that come with the system. I didn't expect that this game would actually require a plot to trigger it.

Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but suddenly wonder, if he didn't get the Huangquan map, would he never be able to activate this teleportation function? But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not necessarily the case. According to the game text, this shrine is spread throughout the secular world, and there may be other tasks that can trigger related plots.

However, I have only lit up one shrine now. If I want to teleport freely between the two shrines, I need to find another one. I have to go around Dragon City and see if I can find the corresponding shrine.

"Exile, now that you have lit up the shrine, it is time for you to leave here. You need to return to the human world as soon as possible and continue your great journey..."

Jiang Xinghuo quit the game and spent the rest of the time wandering around the forum until around eight o'clock in the evening, when a prompt sound came from the game.

"After eight hours of traveling, you finally returned to the human world from the underworld. Are you going to take a rest next? Or continue to explore Dragon City?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to continue exploring, and the game popped up a bunch of text options as usual.

However, this time, Jiang Xinghuo did not choose a fixed location, but chose to wander around the city.

He wanted to try to find the Fengdu shrine.

If he could find the shrine in Dragon City, the next time he died, he could save half the time and teleport directly back to the human world from the underworld.

"You walked on the streets of Dragon City, observing the local customs and people, and saw a lot of new things."

"You have come to the original site of the Huangpizi Temple."

"The ruins here have been cleared."

"Ever since you destroyed the Huangpizi Temple, the influence of the Beima Immortal Family in the interior of the country has been greatly reduced, and they no longer have a foothold in Longcheng."

"Yellow Spring Lantern talent, triggered."

"Your Tathagata has discovered something unusual. There seems to be a sealed dry well below the original site of the Huangpizi Temple."

"Do you want to go over and take a look?"

Dry well?

Seeing this line of text, Jiang Xinghuo became interested. Could it be some hidden plot?
"You have come to the dry well."

"This dry well has been sealed with stones and has almost merged with the ground. If you did not have the Tathagata storehouse that can see through the origin of all things, I'm afraid it would be difficult to discover the secrets hidden here."

"You used the Small Five Thunder Technique."

"A flash of lightning fell, shattering the rocks on the ground, revealing the sealed dry well below."

"You found a shrine left by Fengdu. Do you want to light it up?"

"You lit up the shrine in Dragon City."

"Fengdu will share the use of the shrine with you, and you can teleport between the lit shrines."

"Next time you die, you will not appear at the Yellow Springs Ferry, but directly at the shrine in the underworld. You can be teleported back to the human world through the shrine."

"Your physical penalty becomes four hours."

Four hours?

Jiang Xinghuo's eyes lit up. It was originally eight hours, but now after lighting the shrine, it became four hours, shortening the time by half. It didn't seem like there was much of a change.

But as the game time gets longer, the advantages become apparent, which means he can get more exploration time and opportunities than others.

(End of this chapter)