My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 360: The Past of Qihuang Medical Immortal

"You chose to take a sneak peek. You looked into the house through the gap between the doors and saw a heavy, rusty iron coffin."

"This room seems to be an abandoned mourning hall, but you can't see through the door of this mourning hall. What are your plans next?"

"Do you choose to leave this ancient house? Or do you choose to stay in the ancient house and continue exploring?"

"You chose to stay in the old house."

"You keep wandering around the courtyard, but you still can't find a way to open the door. Do you want to continue?"

"If you choose to leave now, you will not be stopped or harmed."

"But if you insist on staying here, no one knows what kind of crisis you will encounter."

"How are you going to choose?"

The game gives two choices. The former is to leave the old house immediately and return with all the props.

The latter is to continue exploring here, and may find more things, but it is more likely that you will suddenly die here.

However, if you want to get along well in the secular world, you must always maintain a mindset of making trouble, which is the primary productive force in the secular world. Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter without hesitation.

"You still choose to stay here..."

"Exploring..."

"Greedy Exile, you want to gain more benefits here, but unfortunately, you don't have any good way at the moment."

Is that the end? Jiang Xinghuo was a little depressed. Is it really impossible to trigger the subsequent plot?

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while, opened his magic bag, found the colorful box of the secret-keeping immortal, and then activated the mechanism on it.

A text message prompt also came from the game.

"You have used the Secret Keeper's Color Box."

"Number of uses: -1."

"Current remaining times: 9/10."

"You activated the Secret Keeper's Color Box. The ancient Secret Keeper's power permeated the surroundings, and soon found a way to enter the spirit hall. The specific solution is as follows."

“1. Be loyal to the person who entrusted you with your task.”

"2. Wear mourning clothes and use paper money to clear the way."

"3. Worship in the funeral hall, and let the bright lights lead the way."

Looking at the three prophecies given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo was thoughtful. "Be loyal to the trust given you by others" should be referring to the family letter, right?

I came to this ancient house because of the old man's request.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment, then controlled the game character to come to the yard and picked up the letter with bloody fingerprints on the ground.

"You have obtained the old man's letter (stained with blood)."

"The old man's letter (stained with blood), a letter with a certain power, stained with the blood of an unknown creature, has undergone unpredictable changes."

"Please wait……"

"You have successfully unlocked the seal outside the mourning hall. The door has been opened."

Done! !
Jiang Xinghuo narrowed his eyes and thought that this secret box was really useful. It actually found a way to enter the mourning hall directly.

"You pushed the door open and walked in. You saw that the huge house was completely empty. There was nothing else except a coffin covered in rotten dust."

"You have set your sights on the coffin. Do you want to get closer and take a closer look at it?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think much about it and directly chose yes, but the following game text was somewhat beyond Jiang Xinghuo's expectations.

"You walked to the side of the coffin and wanted to examine it carefully, but just as you were about to touch the coffin, the space in front of you suddenly became infinitely far away."

"No matter what method you use, you will always be just a little bit away from the coffin."

Tsk, there are quite a lot of unexpected things. Jiang Xinghuo looked at the clues of the secret color box, thought for a while, then opened the game backpack and found two props.

"White linen clothes (special props), an ancient long gown made of white linen, which looks a bit like a funeral dress, but also has elements of a wedding dress."

"Brass basin (special prop), a brand new copper basin that has been carefully polished, shiny and bright."

These two props were given to him by the old man, who said they were advance payments, but in fact they were exclusive mission props.

Jiang Xinghuo put on the white linen robe and placed the brass basin on the ground. He then went to the niche shop and bought a stack of yellow paper money to burn for the dead.

The prophecy on the colored box: Wear mourning clothes and use paper money to clear the way.

Perhaps, wearing hemp mourning clothes refers to this white hemp robe, and burning paper money refers to burning paper money in the brass basin.

Let's give it a try first.

Otherwise, it is not a solution to continue in this stalemate. If I really guessed wrong, then I should just give up and leave as soon as possible.

Just after Jiang Xinghuo prepared everything, new text content appeared in the game.

"Do you want to burn the paper money?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't hesitate at all. He tapped the screen of his mobile phone and threw all the paper money he had just bought into the basin and burned it.

"Paper money was burning, embers filled the sky, and suddenly there was a sound of shattering in the mourning hall, as if some invisible imprisonment had been broken."

"You have obtained a pile of burning embers x 5."

"Burning Yin Cinders (special consumable item), the ashes produced after the burning of paper money, if spread evenly on the ground, can guide the dead souls back home on the right path."

"At this time, you try to get closer to the coffin again. The space has returned to normal, and you arrive next to the coffin as you wish."

"Do you want to open this coffin?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself, isn’t this nonsense? It’s already this time, how can you just turn around and leave?

"You chose to open this casket."

"You put your hands on the coffin, and a mysterious force gradually spreads out and begins to reorganize the molecular arrangement of this iron coffin."

“Soon, this iron coffin was broken into countless pieces by you, and the identity of the person in the coffin was also exposed to your Tathagata’s vision.

"You discovered that the body lying in the coffin was actually a lifelike beauty, but what surprised you even more was the identity of this woman."

"You have found the body of the immortal doctor Qihuang."

Ok? ? ?
When Jiang Xinghuo saw the description given by the game, he was stunned.

He could never have imagined that the body in the coffin was actually the famous medical genius Qihuang!!!

This is a big shot who has existed in the ancient times of the secular world. How could he die here in obscurity?

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a long time but could not find any clues. Suddenly, he had an idea and remembered the third prophecy of the secret box. The prophecy of the box: worship in the funeral hall, and the bright lamp will lead the way.

Jiang Xinghuo opened his game backpack and found the remaining props. Then he went to the niche shop and bought a lot of red beam water and yellow strip incense.

These are all things used to worship ancestors.

Jiang Xinghuo kept tapping the screen and arranged all the props.

Red lanterns were hung outside the door, embers were scattered at the entrance of the mourning hall, offerings were placed in front of the corpse, yellow incense sticks were inserted into a coarse porcelain bowl, and two large butter candles were lit...

After doing all this, just wait quietly.

Jiang Xinghuo was somewhat confused, not knowing whether his guess was correct. If it was wrong, the mission would be over.

But he really couldn't think of any other ideas. The body of the medical immortal Qihuang was buried in this ancient house, and no one knew what kind of plot would be triggered later.

Moreover, although he had used up all the props in his hands, the crucial letter home was not sent out.

Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things while waiting for feedback from the game.

However, Jiang Xinghuo waited from noon until night, but did not receive any feedback on the content in the game.

Of course, there was no prompt message that the mission had failed, and the game progress was stuck in a stalemate.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't know what would happen next, so he could only wait like a half-wait.

It was midnight and Jiang Xinghuo was playing games out of boredom when suddenly a notification sound came from the phone next to him.

Jiang Xinghuo immediately threw the tablet in his hand onto the bed, picked up the phone from the side and opened the game.

"You are worshipping in the funeral hall, with bright lights leading the way. You notice that the red lantern hanging outside the door has suddenly turned white, and the blurred words on it have gradually become clear. It is actually a bright red word for funeral written like blood."

"A biting, cold wind blew in the courtyard of the old house, causing the lanterns to sway continuously. The two large tallow candles in front of the corpse also flickered, as if they could go out at any time."

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

"You heard a knock on the door outside the old house, as if someone was calling outside, and then the two doors were slowly pushed open."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You saw a vague figure quietly appear outside the door, stepping on the ashes of the embers that had not yet been extinguished, and slowly walked towards the mourning hall where you were."

"Do you want to intercept?"

Jiang Xinghuo did not choose to intercept, but clicked the no option. If he guessed correctly, this uninvited blurry figure should be the ghost of the medical immortal Qihuang.

However, Jiang Xinghuo is not completely sure yet and can only wait for the subsequent plot to appear to see if it is the person he guessed.

"The vague figure approached step by step, and the ashes on the ground guided its path."

"Soon, that figure walked into the mourning hall. It turned out to be the returned soul of the immortal doctor Qihuang."

After seeing this text, Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself that indeed, everything he had done before was actually a step to summon spirits.

The old man from Peking asked me to come to this ancient house on the pretext of delivering a letter. I guess he wanted me to summon the soul of the medical immortal Qihuang.

At this time, the game text has undergone new changes.

"The spirit of the deceased Qihuang Medical Immortal walked into the mourning hall, but you found that its eyes were dull and lifeless, like a wandering ghost that was about to disappear, and it only knew how to act based on a lingering obsession."

"It began to circle around its own corpse, as if it wanted to return to its own body, but it couldn't find a way to go back."

"At the same time, you noticed that the two large wax candles in front of the body and the yellow incense sticks in the bowl were also burning at a speed visible to the naked eye."

"If you still don't find a way to return the soul before the yellow incense and candles are burned out, then the soul of the Medical Immortal Qihuang will completely dissipate."

"Begin the countdown..."

Looking at the countdown in the game, Jiang Xinghuo's heart tightened, although the game text did not mention the consequences of failure.

But anyone can figure it out with their toes that once the soul of the medical immortal Qihuang dissipates, this mission will definitely end in failure.

The game has progressed to this point, and it would be a bit too boring if it fails in the end because of this.

Jiang Xinghuo thought quickly in his mind, and then took out the letter from home from the magic bag.

All the plots are expanded from this family letter. Jiang Xinghuo doesn't really believe that it is just a ticket to start the mission.

Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath. No matter what, he decided to give it a try, just in case it worked.

"You have used the old man's blood-stained letter."

"You placed the old man's letter on the body of the Medical Immortal Qihuang, and a red light instantly enveloped the body and soul of the Medical Immortal Qihuang."

"This process lasted for about a cup of tea. After the red light gradually dissipated, you found that the soul of Qihuang Medical Immortal had disappeared, while a faint trace of life appeared in his body."

"You also found something on the other person's body. That is the original appearance of the old man's family letter. Do you want to secretly take that thing away before the medical immortal Qihuang wakes up?"

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the content of the text, he took the thing without even thinking.

"You have obtained the skin organ of Marichi."

"Marichi's skin organ (epic material), Marichi is originally..."

The game gave the name of the item, but before Jiang Xinghuo could read the description carefully, the text of the Medical Immortal Qihuang waking up interrupted the detailed introduction of the material.

Jiang Xinghuo was thoughtful. It seemed that the priority of the text of Qihuang Yixian was higher than that of the game copy.

Moreover, it can be seen from the half-broken sentence that the Marichitian is most likely not as good as the medical immortal Qihuang.

Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things when new game texts began to pop up.

"The Medical Immortal Qihuang slowly opened her eyes and sat up from the bench, but the deathly aura around her was still heavy."

"That thin and weak ray of life is like a candle in the wind or a lamp in the rain. It could be completely extinguished at any time."

"The Medical Immortal Qihuang is spying on you. You don't have many opportunities to communicate with such a being. Please carefully consider your choice."

"Do you want to go up and have a conversation with him?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to go over and talk without any hesitation, not knowing whether it would trigger the subsequent tasks.

"The Medical Immortal Qihuang sensed the aura of the Exiles in you. She hasn't seen anyone from the Exile Land for a long time."

“Now that she can see the children who have returned from exile, she feels very happy.”

"But unfortunately, she doesn't have much time. The soul you summoned back can only last for the duration of an incense stick."

"After one stick of incense, she will completely perish, her soul will return to the netherworld, and she will completely disappear from the secular world. There will be no trace of her in the Yin and Yang worlds anymore."

"Even if she wanted to guide you in your future, she is powerless and can only let the children of the exile land struggle alone in the secular world..."

(End of this chapter)