My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 325: Clouds but No Rain

"Exile, you have arrived at the Kitchen God Temple and have noticed that something is wrong here. What will you choose next?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the two options given. One was to explore the Kitchen God Temple first to see if there were any clues.

Another option is to find a place to perform a ritual and try to pray for rain and water to see if it works.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a moment and felt that there was nothing wrong with both options. It was just a matter of order.

The temple must be explored, and rain is also a must. In that case, just choose one at random.

"You chose to enter the temple and explore."

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character in the game, pushed open the temple door and walked in to start exploring.

"You walked into the Kitchen God Temple."

"You found that the incense in the temple had long been cut off, and only half of the statue of the Kitchen God was left. Logically speaking, this kind of dilapidated temple without incense is the favorite place for those lonely ghosts and evil spirits, but you found this place unusually clean."

"Not only is there no trace of evil spirit, there is not even the smell of incense from the wild gods of the mountains."

"After careful exploration, you found several things in the temple and gained something."

"You found a bowl of old incense ash, some grave grass, a pure silver cross, a lightning-struck ghost-torturing stick, a fragment of the Holy Mass, and a stone-carved Saker Falcon mask."

"Aged incense ash (excellent item) contains the essence of the gods. It is usually only found in large temples with a lot of incense. It has many uses. It can be used to make medicine and elixirs, and it can also be used to shape statues of gods. It can be sprinkled outside the door or mixed into the soil to build a house. It can also drive away evil spirits and ghosts, and ward off filth and evil spirits."

"Grave Grass (Ordinary Material), the weeds growing on graves, can be used to refine certain special elixirs."

"Pure silver cross (excellent item), a magical instrument carried by Nestorian Christians. It has been blessed by the Lord of the Mass and has a certain damaging effect on evil spirits. Wearing it on your body will warn you when evil spirits approach."

"Would you like to use this sterling silver cross?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think much about it and directly chose to use it, equipping the pure silver cross on the game character.

"Lightning-struck ghost torture stick (excellent item), a ghost torture stick carved from jujube wood struck by lightning, has a special critical hit effect on ghosts, monsters, and wild obscene cults."

"You can choose to equip this ghost torture stick on your body, or go to the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian and ask him to integrate the ghost torture stick into your weapon as a material to upgrade the weapon's level."

Jiang Xinghuo took out the thing, looked at it, and put it into the magic bag. He would do it again when there was a chance. It was too much trouble to make a special trip.

"The fragment of the Holy Bible of the Mass (excellent item), a classic document compiled by the Mass when he was preaching, has the effect of warding off evil spirits. Reciting scriptures from the Bible can also purify evil spirits."

"However, this missal is in tatters, and it seems that some chapters have been torn off by someone."

"Please note that the Mass Bible can be used as a prop to cast a barrier. No other spellcasting materials are required. All you need to do is activate the power in the Bible."

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the text and took out the mass Bible. The thick Bible was comparable to the Chinese dictionary. The leather cover was embossed with ancient Latin in gold, and the content was also written in ancient Latin.

Jiang Xinghuo had no interest in the Nestorian faith, but this Bible could be used as an antique ornament. If he encountered anything unclean, it could serve as a warning.

Finally, there is the Saker Falcon mask.

"The stone-carved Saker Falcon mask (a rare item) is one of the magical instruments passed down by the Manchurian Old Religion Shamanism. Wearing this mask will allow you to gain the blessing of the ancestor of Shamanism, the Eagle God Songkungu. You will have the ability to soar into the sky, and all of your body's functions will be greatly enhanced." Jiang Xinghuo looked at the mask in his hand, which was a stone-carved eagle face with a sharp beak and sharp feathers, and ancient shamanic characters engraved on it.

Jiang Xinghuo flipped through the game records again, and the props he found in the Kitchen God Temple matched the description in the text.

According to the description in the game text, in order to solve the drought in Shanggu City, the people invited many fortune tellers, including monks, Taoists, immortals, shamans, and Nestorian Christians.

These props should be the ones they left here, but those people are either dead or crazy, and can't come back to look for these magic weapons, so I got a bargain.

"What are you going to do next?"

"The drought in Shanggu City is not just a matter of a few days. It has lasted for seven years. Many masters have failed here, and some even lost their lives. Do you still want to stay here?"

The game text gives two options, either leave now, or stay and cast a spell to make rain.

Jiang Xinghuo naturally would not choose to leave. Not to mention that he had not wasted his life now, even if he died a few times, it would be worth it if he could find out the cause of the drought in Shanggu City.

According to his past exploration experience, the more difficult the task, the more secrets it hides, and the greater the harvest and rewards.

"You chose to stay in the drought-stricken Shanggu City and continue to search for the truth of everything."

"You walked out of the ruined temple and came to the courtyard, ready to cast a spell to pray for rain."

"You chose to use the Nuo Mask of the Rain Master."

Jiang Xinghuo had already put the Rain Master Nuo Mask into his magic bag, but he didn't know whether the props he obtained in reality could trigger corresponding abilities in the secular world.

But now it seems that there should be no problem, and new content will soon appear in the game text.

"You put on the Nuo mask of the Rain Master and were inspired to perform the Nuo dance to pray for rain and water. Abnormal cumulus clouds gradually appeared over the Kitchen God Temple. It looked like a downpour was about to begin, but suddenly all the dark clouds in the sky dissipated, and the clear, sunny sky returned once again."

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly, and tried a few more times in disbelief, but the result remained unchanged, and there was no specific reason given. It was just repeating the text above.

Isn't the Nuo mask of the Rain Master suitable?

Jiang Xinghuo wondered if the rating of the Rain Master Nuo Mask was too low, and since he himself did not understand the inheritance of Nuo dance, he was unable to unleash the full power of the Rain Master Nuo Mask.

So Jiang Xinghuo went to the niche shop and bought a few rain-praying talismans.

"You used the Rain-Praying Talisman."

"An imperial decree sounded, and a yellow talisman reached the sky. In the blink of an eye, dark clouds covered the city, but soon the dark clouds dispersed again, and the sky was clear again."

What a cripple with an evil ass! !

Jiang Xinghuo used another rain-praying talisman, but there was still no change. Something went wrong at the last moment every time.

Even after all the talismans were used, the game text did not trigger any new content.

(End of this chapter)