My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 336: Zhenmu Pool

"You have triggered the Great View of Medical Knowledge."

"You carefully examined the body of this Tanka man and found large patches of macules on his body and blue-brown mercury lines under the gums of his mouth. He obviously died of mercury poisoning."

"That's why this body contains a large amount of mercury. That's why it can be preserved for such a long time. Even insects, snakes, rats and ants dare not get close to it."

Jiang Xinghuo suddenly understood the cause of death of this Tanka villager, and at the same time remembered the box of Dongzhu that he found in the Ministry of Works when he was exploring Peking.

That box of Dongzhu also contains a large amount of mercury. Is there any connection between the two?

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while and wanted to use the method of summoning the soul to summon back the soul of the Tanka villager to see if he could get anything out of it.

However, a prompt message came from the game that the summoning of the soul had failed.

"The soul of this Tanka man has long passed away over the years. Your method of summoning his soul will not have any effect on him. Perhaps you can try to use the Yellow Springs Lamp to illuminate the past of the Tanka man."

The Yellow Springs Lamp was obtained by Jiang Xinghuo from the ferryman of the underworld. In addition to being able to see through the illusion and confusion, it can also replay the past experiences of the dead.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo opened his magic bag, took out the Yellow Spring Lamp from it, and chose to use it without hesitation.

"You have used the Yellow Spring Lamp."

"The dim light shines on the corpse, and you can see the last experience of the person before his death from the revolving image of the corpse."

"This corpse belongs to a Tanka person in the Eagle House. He is also a master who is proficient in the art of pearl diving. He holds a very high status in the Eagle House, second only to the owner and several falcon tamers."

"That day, it was the dead of winter, the weather was freezing cold, and the river was frozen. In the middle of the night, the pearl diver suddenly heard the sound of the tide rising and the waves were surging. He was very surprised, so he got up, put on his clothes, chased the water and the waves, and went to the source of the sound."

"When we reached the shallow beach near the river bank, the sound of water suddenly disappeared. We saw a huge clam stranded on the rocky beach. It was shaped like a dustpan and coiled like a boulder. Mist kept coming out of the clam shell as it opened and closed. We could vaguely see a pearl as big as a bucket glittering inside the shell."

"The Tanka man was surprised and delighted. He was about to open the clam and take the pearl, but a huge wave arose again and instantly swept the giant clam into the river."

"The pearl divers were also deceived. Seeing the rare treasure that was about to be caught suddenly disappear, how could they bear it?"

"Immediately, he used his unique secret method of Fire Bathing and plunged into the freezing cold river water, hoping to retrieve the pearl oyster."

"You have obtained the Fire Bath Technique."

"Fire Bathing Technique (Excellent Technique), a secret technique passed down from generation to generation by the Tanka people. It can protect one from any damage in the cold underwater, just like bathing in fire. It can protect one from any damage in temperatures below 50 degrees."

"Do you want to learn this fire bathing technique?"

Jiang Xinghuo was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he could gain a skill from watching a kaleidoscope of images. Naturally, there was nothing to say. He just learned it.

"You have mastered the fire bath technique."

The game text shows that the learning is successful. In reality, Jiang Xinghuo also acquired the trick of casting the Fire Bath spell, which can resist the damage caused by severe cold.

The game text also continues.

"After diving into the water, the Tanka man began to look for the pearl oyster. Although he came in a hurry, he had a lot of experience and skills. In addition, he was protected by the Fire Bath Technique, so the low temperature and cold underwater could not hurt him. He quickly found the cave where the pearl oyster was hiding."

"The pearl diver relied on his ability to swim into the cave and discovered that the cave had an ingenious structure, forming a huge underwater cave."

"Pearl oysters can be seen everywhere in the cave, some as big as millstones and some as small as bronze mirrors. The pearl divers then realized that they had encountered the legendary Zhenmu Pool and were immediately overjoyed."

"But because the oxygen was running out, the pearl divers had to return to shore and prepare to bring people down after daybreak."

"It didn't want to return to the shore, so it contracted an inexplicable disease and became weaker day by day." "The pearl diver told other Tanka people the location of the cave, but after those Tanka people went into the water, they all died in the cave, and the cause of death was mercury poisoning."

"Later, the cave was sealed from the outside by Yingfang, and no Tanka people were allowed to enter it again."

"Because the pearls produced in that cave also contain a strong mercury poison that can kill people without being noticed."

"Only the location of the cave and the map of the Songhua River are kept in the documents library of the Ministry of Industry."

"And the pearl diver died in the Eagle House due to being too deeply poisoned. Even his body could not be collected. Anyone who had close contact with him would eventually be contaminated by the mercury toxin."

Ok?
When Jiang Xinghuo saw this game text, he was stunned at first, thinking that something was wrong and he was afraid that he would be tricked again.

as predicted.

"You were in contact with the corpse of this Tanka for too long, and were inadvertently infected with the mercury poison emitted from the surface of the corpse."

"You are dead."

Gan! !

Jiang Xinghuo was speechless. He couldn't escape his disaster after all. However, his death was not in vain. At least he understood the cause and effect of the incident and could take precautions.

"Do you want to go to Zhenmu Pond to explore immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it, clicked the screen and selected "No". He had too many things to do during the day and had to open the store in the afternoon. He might as well wait until he had some free time in the evening.

After putting down his phone, Jiang Xinghuo walked into the kitchen, made himself some food, and after filling his stomach, he began to greet new guests.

However, the afternoon was not as busy as the morning. In his spare time, Jiang Xinghuo could explore the Eagle House and found a lot of materials and props.

Some scattered fragments of information were also obtained, which seemed to be related to several gold mines in Kanto in the secular world.

However, these pieces of information were too disorganized to be built into specific clues, so Jiang Xinghuo didn't pay much attention to them and would just wait and see when he found the clues.

…………

Dusk, the sun goes down.

The golden-red sunset light filtered into the living room through the window, bathing Jiang Xinghuo's body, and he seemed to be fine.

But if you look closely, you will find that the dazzling light is being slowly swallowed by Jiang Xinghuo.

It was not until the sun had completely set that Jiang Xinghuo opened his eyes, and a soft golden light flashed in his eyes.

The method of astral incarnation.

This is a talent that Jiang Xinghuo gained after fusing the relics of the "Great Fusion Immortal".

You can store the power emitted by the stars in your body and release it all at once when needed.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo also developed a habit, which is to find a place to sit and bask in the sun when he has nothing to do.

After all, above the earth, there seems to be no star with power that can surpass the sun that has been burning for billions of years.

(End of this chapter)