My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 333: People draw ghosts, ghosts draw people

"You have obtained the map of the ruins of Qianjie Village."

"The Ruins Map of Qianjie Village (special item). This is the treasure that Master Lingguan left behind in the Law of Disaster. Only those who carry the fragments of the Law of Disaster have the opportunity to intercept this information from the fragments of the Law and obtain the Ruins Map of Qianjie Village."

"According to folk legends, Lord Lingguan left a lot of treasures in Qianjie Village, but how much good can be found depends on each person's luck."

"Do you want to go to Qianjie Village immediately?"

"Please note that in order to prevent Qianjie Village from being discovered by outsiders, Master Lingguan used the law of disaster to attract fragments of stars from outer space and opened up a hidden cave in the secular world."

"Only on the first, fifteenth, and last day of each month can the door to the cave be opened and you can enter it."

The first day, the fifteenth day, and the last day.

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the time and it was already past midnight.

Well, according to the game, even if I go there now, I won't be able to enter and explore, and I can only wait until the end of the month or the first day of next month.

Whatever, the map has been developed anyway, it’s just a matter of time, and it doesn’t matter if I wait a few more days.

It's just right to complete the task related to the "Songhua River Map" first.

But that's tomorrow's business. There's no need to stay up late just to play games. Let's deal with it tomorrow.

Silent all night.

The next day, early in the morning.

Jiang Xinghuo logged into the game. He originally wanted to go to Guandong City when there were no other guests. After all, the mission location was in the Kanto region.

But who would have thought that before he left Peking, he was killed by a sedan bearer from the Peking Wedding Sedan Company on the way.

"You were hit to death by the drunken sedan bearer, and your body was trampled into pieces by those big feet, turning into a pool of meat paste."

It’s so amazing!
Jiang Xinghuo was too tired to complain. He had just logged into the game and before he could even get started, he experienced his first death of the day.

"You used a scapegoat and resurrected next to the shrine in Beiping City, just in time to see the group of sedan bearers carrying the sedan towards the Coffin Ridge outside the city."

"Do you want to follow them and see what they want to do, and seek revenge on those sedan bearers?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes directly. He was definitely not such a petty person. He just wanted to follow them and see what the bearers wanted to do.

"You followed the sedan bearers and came to Coffin Ridge, not far outside the city."

"You have arrived at Coffin Ridge."

"This is where poor families in Beiping bury their dead."

"Those poor families are not like the wealthy families who have abundant funds as a foundation and can easily enclose graves and build ancestral halls."

"For ordinary families, it was considered the best if they could afford a thin coffin for burial. It was unthinkable to get a piece of land for a cemetery. Most people would just roll up a piece of rag mat and throw it in the pit to bury the deceased."

"It is precisely because of this that the Coffin Ridge is usually deserted, with graves piled up on top of graves and coffins stacked on top of each other. Even in the hot summer, the ridge is filled with an eerie atmosphere."

"But today, it seems a little different."

"These sedan bearers are rushing up the mountain, seemingly to pick someone up. Do you choose to follow them to see what's going on, or wait at the foot of the mountain?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a while. Now that he was here, it would be too boring if he didn't go up. He would just lose his life again.

"You chose to follow him." "You arrived at the top of Coffin Ridge and found an old blind man with cloudy eyes lying among the lonely graves, with many scrolls scattered around him."

"The bearers were surrounding the old blind man, as if they wanted to say something, but he closed his eyes and ignored them. Finally, the bearers got anxious and tried to force the old blind man into the sedan."

"The old blind man is old and weak, how can he be their opponent? He was soon tied up and thrown into the sedan chair. Do you want to stop them?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw that the opportunity for revenge had come, he chose to stop it without even thinking about it.

"You chose to attack these four bearers."

"You have killed 4 sedan bearers from the wedding sedan company."

"You gained incense, +400."

"Do you want to go over and let the old blind man out?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

This is obviously the plot of the subsequent mission. If you choose no, there will be no more drama later.

"Go to the side of the sedan chair, cut the ropes on the old blind man, and pull him out of the sedan chair."

"At this time, you found that the paintings on the ground were a little strange. They were not mountains, water, flowers, birds, people or animals, but some strange and terrifying things."

"You even saw the figures of General Zeng and General Sun in it, as well as many unspeakable and huge taboos."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the true identity of this old blind man."

"You have discovered it, ghost painter."

"During the era when the secular master ruled, the Fuchun Flower Bureau in Jiangnan gathered all kinds of strange people, and embraced the world's elegant and popular interests, including music, chess, calligraphy and painting, flowers and birds, tea, porcelain, feng shui and architecture... The most famous among them were the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou."

"The Ghost Painter is one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, and he is also the one with the most legendary experience among the Eight Eccentrics."

"The other eight eccentrics of Yangzhou all became famous at a young age. At a young age, their calligraphy and painting attainments were already well-known in the secular world. Only the ghost painter was an exception."

"According to folk legend, this ghost painter was originally a failed scholar, not good at literature or martial arts, and the craftsmanship under his brushstrokes was hard to conceal. At the end of his life, he was at best a third-rate painter."

"But on a snowy night one year, the ghost painter got drunk and slept on the street. Unfortunately, he caught a cold and had a high fever. He almost died in bed. Although he survived in the end, his eyes were burned and he became blind."

“You know, the most important things for a painter are his hands and eyes. Without either of them, he can’t continue to paint.”

"But to everyone's surprise, the ghost painter was still able to continue painting after he recovered from his illness, but his style had changed a lot. He no longer painted landscapes, birds and animals, but only ghosts, monsters and demons."

"Moreover, these ghost paintings are very popular. Many collectors are flocking to them and rushing to pay for them, fearing that they will be one step behind others."

"It is said that hanging these paintings in the house can not only ward off evil spirits and protect the house, but also bring all kinds of good luck, which is more powerful than door gods."

“The ghost painter became famous throughout the world because of this and was respected as a master painter and ranked first among the Yangzhou Bagua.”

"Some people say that its eyes can see through the Yin and Yang, and can see things that ordinary people cannot see."

"Some people say that its paintings are not actually paintings, but real ghosts are suppressed in the scrolls, so they look so lifelike..."

(End of this chapter)