My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 357 Hearse
"You open your eyes, the sun shines on you, the polluted air is filled with the smell of longevity cream, the earth has ushered in another beautiful day, I wonder where you plan to go today?"

"Would you choose to go to the address recorded in the family letter to look for the old man who is working outside?"

"Should we continue wandering around Beiping City to see if we can trigger any new plots, or look for other clues to the mission?"

There are two choices: either continue wandering around Peking, or start the letter delivery mission.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while and decided that continuing to wander around Peking would not yield any results and would only be a waste of time. It would be better to complete the task of delivering the letter first.

He was also very curious about how much benefit such a special mission could bring to him.

As for those few weird props, the game text said they were advance payments.

But Jiang Xinghuo felt that it was more like a mission prop, and the real reward should be with the little old man.

"You chose to deliver the letter to the place where Xiao Yilao worked."

"According to the old man with the broken leg, the place where the young old man works is an old house located deep in the mountains to the southwest."

"You left Beiping City and headed towards your destination according to the address written in the letter from home."

"You are on your way..."

"But because the journey is so long, it takes almost 16 hours to reach the destination."

"But if you have a good mount, you might be able to shorten the journey."

"Are you going to buy a mount?"

The game gave some suggestions on how to speed up the journey and save travel time, but Jiang Xinghuo read them and didn't take them seriously.

Anyway, it's still early, so he's not in a hurry to go over there. He just walks slowly. Maybe he can trigger some new plots on the way.

"On the way..."

"We are still on the road..."

"You walked on the official road outside the city of Peking and encountered many evil beasts."

"There are wild yellow foxes passing by, Yanba tigers hanging upside down on trees, corpse-digging dogs with red eyes, and night owls that appear and disappear, ready to move."

"You pulled the magic sachet out of your trick bag."

"Exorcism Kit (common item), a sachet made of various herbs mixed with the ashes of a dead person. Wearing it on your body can ward off evil spirits, especially those wild tigers and yellow foxes."

"You hang the magic bag for exorcism around your waist, and the fragrance will spread with the wind. After the beasts smell it, they dare not cross the line in the slightest. They can only watch you from a distance until you disappear from their sight."

"You continue on your way."

"Your treasure-hunting eye talent has been triggered. You found a collapsed grave on the side of the road. There seems to be something glowing inside the grave. Do you want to go over and investigate?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes. Now that he had already discovered it, it would be a shame not to go.

"You walked to the collapsed grave and found that there were no remains of human remains in the grave, only a broken wooden box. Do you want to pick it up?"

"You picked up the box and opened it. Inside the box were several sheets of rough yellow paper, which seemed to be covering paper used for the dead."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You used your innate ability to see through the origin of all things through the Tathagata's storehouse, and you quickly analyzed the function and characteristics of these pieces of yellow paper."

"You have obtained: Dead Man's Mask x 3."

"Dead Man's Face Covering Paper (consumable item), a strange creation from the underworld. As long as you cover your face with it, you can conceal your life force and temporarily disguise yourself as a creature from the underworld, thus avoiding attacks from evil spirits. Duration: 30 minutes." "However, this item also has a very obvious drawback."

"Which means that you will fall into a deep sleep during use. Although you can avoid attacks from evil spirits and demons, you will not be able to do anything. You are no different from a dead person."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows and thought that this tool was quite interesting.

If you don't use it, you may be attacked by evil spirits and demons. If you use it, you will fall into a deep sleep and whether you can survive depends entirely on luck.

Jiang Xinghuo studied it for a while and threw the thing into the magic bag, thinking that it might be useful for this mission.

"You continue on your way..."

"..."

Jiang Xinghuo entered a state of AFK traveling, and did not encounter any troubles during the period. Occasionally there were some emergencies, which were also easily resolved.

He even specially used the sedan chair to speed up the journey, thus shortening the journey which originally took sixteen hours by more than half.

"You came to the place recorded in the old man's family book, but you did not see the old house that the old man mentioned."

Um? ?

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this game text, he was stunned and thought to himself what it meant.

No old house?

Are you looking in the wrong place?
It shouldn’t be! !
Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text on the phone, looking thoughtful. The route map was recorded in the old man's family letter. After starting this task, the system automatically locked the destination.

There was no way anything could go wrong.

Then this task becomes interesting. Either there is something wrong with the address recorded in the old man’s family letters, or there is something wrong with the old house where the young old man lives.

Jiang Xinghuo is more inclined to the latter, but this is just a guess and there is no real evidence.

Perhaps, the old man from the previous dynasty was too old and remembered the wrong place where the young old man worked.

So what to do next?
Should I go back to Beiping to find that old man and ask him what happened? Or should I just pretend that I hadn't started this quest and run away with those items?
Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about this when the game interface flashed and new text popped up.

"You walked out of this deep forest and found that a thick fog had risen above the official road below the mountain."

"At the same time, a hearse that does not belong to this era is quietly breaking through the thick fog in the distance and slowly driving towards you."

"You have discovered the hearse wandering in the secular world."

"This is a legend that has been circulating for a long time, but no one knows whether it is true or not. Its origin cannot be traced back and verified."

"There are only some scattered rumors and gossips that say there is a strange and mysterious hearse in the secular world."

"I don't know where I came from, nor where I'm going. I'm just like a lonely ghost, wandering in the secular world..."

“If someone can find the hearse and successfully get on it, they can unlock some special maps that are difficult for ordinary people to access.”

"Are you going to try to stop this hearse?"

Looking at the description of the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought quickly in his mind.

The old man from the previous dynasty asked me to come here to deliver a letter home, but there was no ancient house as he said.

Now a strange hearse has appeared that can take people to some special places.

Does that mean that only by riding in this hearse can we find the real ancient house?
(End of this chapter)