My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 362 Taiping Ancient Town
"When the Maitreya heard the question from the Immortal of No Taboos, he did not hide anything from his confidant and frankly stated that he did have the ability to see the future."

"That was when the Maitreya Master was young. He was practicing in the deep mountains and old forests where no one lived. He accidentally stepped into an old house left by his ancestors. He was trapped inside and couldn't escape."

"Venerable Maitreya had no choice but to wait for death in the house. However, he gained some enlightenment between life and death, and gained the Buddha's Eye that could see into the future. He achieved the status of Living Buddha and escaped from the constraints of the house."

"Later, Venerable Maitreya traveled around the secular world and saw that most people in the secular world were trapped in suffering and unable to extricate themselves. So he made a great vow and established the Ten Directions Zen Forest, absorbing all Buddhist lineages and becoming the most powerful force in the secular world."

“The Immortal of No Taboos is still half-believing and half-doubting. After all, the power of time is the most mysterious power in the secular world. No one has ever been able to master it. Even the Lord of the Secular World who possesses the Golden Law cannot control the power of time.”

"And in order to resolve the doubts in his friend's heart, the Maitreya lord directly lent his Buddha's eye to the Immortal Bai Wu Jin Ji."

"The Immortal of No Taboos integrated the Future Vision with his own organs and found that it was indeed as Maitreya said, he could see what was about to happen in the future."

"However, Venerable Maitreya said that the future seen by the Buddha's Eye is not actually the real future. It can only be regarded as a highly accurate deduction. If there is no interference from external forces, the world line will proceed according to the process predicted by the Buddha's Eye."

"Intervention is possible after all, because the future world line is too delicate and fragile. As long as there is a little bit of butterfly effect, the historical process of the entire future world will be completely overturned and evolve into an uncontrollable state."

"So, Venerable Maitreya rarely uses this power to conduct long-term foresight and deduction."

"But the Immortal with No Taboos used the Buddha's Eyes' gift of foresight, and with the taboo laws and spiritual power he mastered, he was able to see through the course of history thousands of years into the future."

"It saw all the changes in the future world and created the strange hearse that roams the world."

"Of course, as to why the Immortal of No Taboos did this, I'm afraid no one in the secular world knows it."

"Maybe, it's just a prank that happened easily."

Looking at the description given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo finally understood the origin of this hearse.

However, Jiang Xinghuo pretended not to see the last sentence of the game. Although he didn't know what the Immortal with No Taboos wanted to do, he believed that the other party would never do it without a purpose.

Perhaps, he saw something in his foresight of the future, so he had to build this hearse to travel in the secular world.

Forget it, don’t think about it anymore, go to sleep first, we’ll talk about it tomorrow.

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head, put his phone aside to charge it, then secretly practiced the Sleeping Pill Technique and soon fell asleep.

This Sleeping Dan Gong is also a secret recorded in the alchemy method. The body posture is in a sleeping position, but the mind is in a moving position. Even when you fall into a deep sleep, the Dan Qi in the meridians will slowly circulate on its own.

Nothing happened all night.

The next day, morning.

Jiang Xinghuo opened his eyes in bed, without any drowsiness from a night's sleep.

After a simple breakfast, Jiang Xinghuo opened the game and the hearse had arrived at where he was going.

"You have arrived at Taiping Ancient Town."

"Please prepare your ticket in advance, otherwise you will not be able to open the door and get off this hearse."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Would you like to use up a ticket and get off this hearse? Or would you like to continue riding? If you choose to continue riding, please reselect your destination."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text and chose to get off the car. If he stayed on, he wouldn't know where to go and it would be a waste of time.

"You have used your hearse ticket."

"Ticket, -1."

"Number of tickets remaining: 2."

"You put the ticket on the door of the hearse. The rusty door opened again and you got out of the car."

"You have left the hearse."

"But before leaving the hearse, you noticed other people's eyes, and they seemed to be staring at the ticket in your hand."

"It's just that due to some rules, I can't attack you in the hearse."

Jiang Xinghuo was not surprised by this. The ticket was a key prop for riding in a hearse and would definitely attract the covetousness of others.

I guess there are quite a few unlucky people whose tickets were secretly stolen by me using the Five Ghosts Technique, making them unable to leave this hearse.

The way this matter was handled was somewhat unethical.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the ticket in his hand again. He could only take the train once more. He would have to find a way to ask around and see if he could get a few more tickets.

"You used the map of Taiping Ancient Town."

"You found a red mark on the map, guiding you to find the way to Taiping Ancient Town."

"The mist is thick and the mountains are lost. You don't know how long you have been walking. In a trance, you just feel that you have arrived in another world."

"An old bluestone road appeared in front of us, winding and extending to the outside of the equally old stone archway."

"You have arrived at Taiping Ancient Town."

"You have lit up the shrine of Taiping Ancient Town."

"Do you want to enter this ancient town?"

"You walked into this ancient town of Taiping. The ancient streets are condensed with the mottled years. This is a relic left over from the last civilization, and it contains many secrets and relics."

"However, this ancient town has been worn out over a long period of time. How many relics and secrets are left? Whether you can find them here depends entirely on your own luck."

"You came to the center of the ancient town and found that there were many paths and roads with many forks. Fortunately, you have a map of Taiping Ancient Town in your hand. The Medical Immortal Qihuang has marked it so you can go there to explore."

"Please select the location you would like to explore?"

The game text gives the sub-maps that can be unlocked.

But what is different from before is that this time what appears is not a text option, but a map of the ancient town from a bird's-eye view.

There was a blue light in the center of the town, and Jiang Xinghuo guessed that it represented himself.

In addition, there are more than a dozen dazzling red spots distributed in different locations on this map.

However, Jiang Xinghuo also noticed that this map was incomplete, and many places were gray, probably because he had not unlocked them yet.

I don’t know what conditions are needed to unlock those sub-maps, so I should explore the unlocked maps first.

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things in his mind, he clicked on the screen and selected a red light spot closest to him.

The game interface changed and text interaction reappeared.

However, Jiang Xinghuo noticed that there was an extra option at the bottom of the game. When he clicked on it, it was an overhead map of Taiping Ancient Town.

Jiang Xinghuo also had a general understanding of this, and then began to continue to promote the progress of the game.

"You choose to go to the coffin shop in Taiping Ancient Town."

"When you walk down the street, you'll find that many shops have been abandoned, and some even have their roofs collapsed, turning into a pile of dilapidated ruins."

"Desolate, abandoned, gloomy, and strange, these seem to have become the eternal tone of the ancient town."

"You have arrived at the ancient town coffin shop." "This coffin shop seems to be a renovated ancestral hall. The couplets on the walls on both sides are no longer legible. The black door is half-open, and you can vaguely see the coffins placed behind the door."

"Do you want to go in and explore?"

"Please note that Taiping Ancient Town is a relic left by the previous civilization. The power of the secular world will be suppressed here."

"If you die in this ancient town, you can only use items to recover your strength, and you cannot be resurrected and teleported through the shrine."

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly, opened his backpack and took a look. The scapegoat had not been used today, so there were still six chances of resurrection left, but the dog food was almost used up.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to make some dry dog ​​food just to be on the safe side. It didn’t take much effort anyway.

So Jiang Xinghuo went to the niche shop to buy raw materials, and then started making dry dog ​​food using the stove.

Ten minutes later.

New tips appeared in the game.

"You have obtained 12 pieces of dry dog ​​food."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded with satisfaction. Nearly twenty resurrection chances should be enough.

"You chose to enter the coffin shop to explore."

"You pushed open the door of the ancestral hall and walked in. You found that although the furnishings inside the hall were old, there was not a speck of dust on it, as if someone cleaned it regularly."

As soon as this game text came out, Jiang Xinghuo felt something was wrong, as if someone was cleaning it frequently?

This is a relic of the old secular civilization. It has been abandoned for who knows how many years. How could there be living people here?
Not to mention looking after an abandoned coffin shop.

The only reason is...

Jiang Xinghuo was just thinking about it when he saw new game text quietly appearing on the screen.

"You noticed something strange in this ancestral hall and were about to leave when you discovered that the door that had been open was blocked by two paper figures."

"The paper man on the right is even reaching out his hand towards you, as if he wants to ask you for something. How are you going to deal with them?"

Reach out... for money?

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a moment, opened the backpack panel, found a stack of paper money, and chose to use it.

"You took out a stack of paper money and placed it in the paper man's hand, but you didn't expect the paper money to turn into ashes in an instant."

"The paper man still holds out his hand..."

"At the same time, you also noticed that the two paper figures took a step forward, and seemed to be approaching you."

Depend on! !

Still playing this trick!!

Jiang Xinghuo felt powerless to complain. This was a chance for him to make mistakes.

If I don't meet the requirements of these two paper men, I'm afraid they will kill me when they move to my side.

But what can I give?

No paper money.

How about trying incense?

Jiang Xinghuo donated another 50 incense sticks.

It's not that he is stingy and doesn't want to give more, the key is that he doesn't know if it will be effective. If he throws out hundreds or thousands of incense sticks and then another one doesn't work, wouldn't it be a waste?

"You placed the incense in the paper man's hand, and a human smile appeared on the man's face."

"But unfortunately, you still haven't met their conditions. The incense has turned into embers and dust has dispersed. They have taken a big step forward. I estimate that in two or three more times, they will be able to reach you."

Still not working!!
Jiang Xinghuo didn't want to cause trouble here because the current situation was still unclear and he didn't know what consequences and changes would be caused if he acted rashly.

But looking at the current situation, it seems that we have no choice but to take action. If we don’t take action, we can only wait for death.

The game text says that worldly power will be suppressed here, but it is an unchangeable fact that paper people are afraid of fire.

Jiang Xinghuo opened the skill bar, found the option of Kitchen God's Fire, and prepared to choose to use it.

To strike first is to be strong, but to strike later is to suffer disaster.

Instead of waiting for these two ghosts to take action first, it is better to burn them yourself first.

But just as Jiang Xinghuo was about to take action, the game text suddenly changed and new interactive content appeared.

"The two paper figures seemed to sense your murderous intent and unexpectedly took two steps back, then condensed the paper ashes on the ground into two large characters: 'Ticket'."

Train tickets? Jiang Xinghuo was obviously stunned. What they wanted was a train ticket? What did they want that for?
But soon, Jiang Xinghuo reacted.

These two paper figures should be trapped in the ancient town of Taiping.

They could be monsters that have strayed here, or they could be old world creatures that survived the previous civilization.

That's why they want the tickets in their hands and want to leave this ancient town via the hearse.

As for how they knew about the existence of the hearse, Jiang Xinghuo didn't care. Those things had nothing to do with it.

But what is certain now is that these two paper figures are very clear about the operating mechanism of the hearse. If they don’t hand over the tickets, this matter will definitely be difficult to resolve.

"Exile, do you want to give the ticket in your hand to these two paper figures whose identities and origins are unknown?"

Jiang Xinghuo was definitely unwilling, but he was not afraid of the two paper figures causing trouble, so he chose no without hesitation.

But the next moment...

"Give us the ticket in your hand..."

A dry, hoarse, strange voice suddenly sounded, and Jiang Xinghuo was startled. He raised his head suddenly, and his pupils suddenly shrank! !

At this moment, Jiang Xinghuo seemed to break through the shackles of time and space and traveled to the ancestral hall of Taiping Ancient Town.

He could clearly smell the smell of paper ash in the air. Looking back, he could see the real folk shop moving infinitely farther away behind him.

Two pale-faced paper figures stood in the middle of the ancestral hall, invisibly blocking the way out.

This reminded Jiang Xinghuo of the time when he was exploring the underworld.

The white ape corpse immortal who had lived for thousands of years had used a very similar method to project himself into the mortal world temporarily.

"Give us the ticket you have..."

A dry voice came from the paper man on the right. It was not the text in the game, but a real sound that clearly reached Jiang Xinghuo's ears.

However, this paper man seemed to have not spoken for a long time and seemed to have forgotten how to speak, so that the tone of voice sounded extremely strange.

(End of this chapter)