My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 342 Mercury Narcissus

Looking at the text content that popped up in the game, Jiang Xinghuo was thoughtful. It was this clan mansion again. It seemed that if he wanted to find clues about the dragon's reverse scale, he could only go to this place.

At the beginning, Mr. Qiyuan mentioned this map.

Now, the old beggar also mentioned this map.

If I don’t go over and take a look, it would seem a bit unreasonable.

Well, we are just exploring wherever we go. After finishing the mission here, we will go to the clan house to explore and see what the trick is there.

Jiang Xinghuo was just thinking about this when he saw the game interface flash and new text content suddenly popped up.

"The old beggar grabbed your arm and asked you mysteriously whether you had obtained the Dharmakaya statue of the immortal who would grant any wish."

"How do you plan to answer this question next?"

"Would you choose to tell the truth about the matter, or just say a few words to brush it off?"

Seeing this game text, Jiang Xinghuo became interested and thought it was quite interesting. How could a poor beggar on the street know that he had that thing?

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a while, and finally chose to "tell the truth."

"You told the old beggar about your acquisition of the 'Dharmakaya Statue of the Immortal Who Grants All Wishes'."

"After hearing this, the old beggar's face was filled with sorrow, and he told you his past. It was because he met the immortal who would grant any wish that he ended up like this."

"Back then, the old beggar was a woodcutter outside Guandong City. Although his life was a bit hard, his family was harmonious and he had two children."

"But one time when it went into the mountains to collect firewood, it accidentally met an immortal in a cave. He gave it a statue and said that if it offered three sticks of incense in the morning and evening, its wishes would be granted, and it didn't need any price."

"At first, the old beggar didn't take it seriously. Although he had never been to school, he knew that pie wouldn't fall from the sky, but he didn't dare to offend the immortal who would grant any wish, so he accepted the statue."

"But not long after, his wife became seriously ill, and her young children were also infected. They tried all kinds of medicine but saw no improvement. When they were about to die, they suddenly remembered the statue."

"The old beggar held the mentality of giving it his all and made a wish in front of the statue, hoping that his wife and children would get well soon."

"Strangely enough, within three days of making the wish, his wife and children were cured without any medication and their bodies returned to normal."

"Later, the old beggar was unwilling to be a woodcutter for the rest of his life, so he tried to make a wish in front of the statue, hoping that he could become a wealthy man."

"Not long after, its wish came true, and it became a well-known rich man in the surrounding area."

"Since then, the old beggar has been like a madman. No matter what happens, he will make a wish in front of the statue, and in the end, his wish will come true without paying any price."

"The old beggar thought that his life was over, but he didn't expect that the immortal who would grant any wish would suddenly come to his door and said he was here to collect the price for his wishes for so many years."

"Then, a ruthless fire engulfed the entire mansion, not only burning all the treasures, but also not sparing the old beggar's descendants, all of whom turned into ashes in the fire."

"Later, when the old beggar was wandering on the street, he met a charlatan. After learning about this, the charlatan said that all gifts had actually been marked with a price in the dark. There is no such thing as getting something for nothing in the world. Since you have accepted the corresponding gifts, you must pay the corresponding price."

"The price an old beggar pays is his descendants. He has lived a glorious life for half his life, but now his family is broken and his people are ruined."

"And it has an extra innate ability, which is the ability to sense the breath of immortals who will grant any wish. Whenever it meets someone who has the same experience as it, the old beggar will tell him all about his past." After reading this game text, Jiang Xinghuo was quite moved, thinking that it was thanks to his foresight that he did not rashly offer the statue, otherwise he would not know how he died.

"Now that you know the secret hidden in the statue, this thing will only harm people if it remains in the world. Do you want to destroy it and separate the incense contained in it?"

Two options, either destroy it or keep it.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided that there was no point in keeping it, so he decided to destroy it. Maybe he could get a large sum of money from it.

"You chose to destroy the statue of the Immortal who grants all wishes."

"You took the statue out of your bag of tricks and without hesitation, you smashed it to pieces with your fist."

"A large amount of incense is spilling out of the broken remains of the statue. Do you want to pick it up?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to go forward and pick it up.

"You have obtained, Incense +5000."

Jiang Xinghuo was greatly surprised when he saw the prompt in the game text. He thought it would be good to have a few hundred incense sticks, but he didn't expect there would be such a large amount of incense sticks.

"You destroyed the statue of the dharmakaya made by the Immortal who can grant every wish, which attracted his attention. He could not tolerate your transgression and issued the most vicious curse in the secular world against you."

"You, the damn usurper, will never have peace! Your family, your friends, everything you have! Will all pass away in the years to come, leaving you alone, wandering in the secular world!"

Jiang Xinghuo curled his lips, not caring at all about this so-called curse.

If it was the curse from the Lord of Wishes himself, he might have been vague about it, but the other party was just a wandering person, so how could he cause any big waves?

Jiang Xinghuo continued to wander around Guandong City. When it was almost evening, the courier delivered the biochemical protective suit he bought online.

Jiang Xinghuo did not delay. He put several protective suits together and sent them into the game through the transmission function of the wish box.

"You are equipped with a biochemical protective suit."

"You dived into the Zhenmu Cave again. This time you prepared some protective measures and successfully swam into the secret passage. However, the mercury pollution in the secret passage was too strong, and your protective suit could not last long."

"Fortunately, the space behind the secret passage is not very big. It is just a very narrow stone room. There is a stone bed in the middle, and a Taoist priest is sitting on it with his eyes closed."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the remains of Mercury Fairy."

“Suiyinxian, a strange man from ancient times in the secular world, is also the younger brother of the master of heavenly creation. When he was young, he mistakenly entered the fairy mountain overseas, imprisoned a silver mother goddess, and mastered the ability to use mercury and mercury sand.

"But later, for some unknown reason, Mercury Fairy suddenly disappeared. No one saw her alive, and no one saw her body after her death. I didn't expect that she would fall here. Do you want to go forward and search for her body?"

"You chose to go forward and grope the body."

"You have obtained..."

(End of this chapter)