My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 377: Turbid Immortal Technique

Listening ears?
Seeing the information given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo was stunned for a moment. He remembered that when he was exploring the ancient town of Taiping, the old man in the ancestral hall seemed to have mentioned Di Ting.

I don’t know if it’s a thing.

According to the old man in the ancestral hall, Di Ting is a biological instrument from the previous civilization. It is also a perfect combination of technology and biology, and can eavesdrop on all information in the world.

Could it be that Di Ting did not perish along with the old world, but instead spread to the secular world today?
Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while, clicked on the corresponding text, and brought the thing into reality.

A piece of yellowed parchment appeared in his hand. When he unfolded it, he saw a depiction of a strangely shaped creature. It was blue-black in color, with densely packed ears all over its body. It looked almost like a stone, and it was hard to imagine it as a living object.

Is this Di Ting?

In Jiang Xinghuo's cognition, he thought that Di Ting was some kind of beast or human-shaped monster, but he didn't expect it to be a strangely shaped stone.

But he soon realized that according to the description given in the game text, this thing seemed to be called "Ears of Listening"?
If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the part of the body separated from Di Ting.

Tsk tsk, Jiang Xinghuo lamented his lack of imagination as he put the yellowed parchment into his magic bag.

He really couldn't figure out what shape the complete Di Ting was, but judging from the shape of the Di Ting Ear, he guessed it would be something that would make people lose their SAN like crazy.

The mob under the leader of the mob kidnapped the old storyteller, which is probably related to Di Ting. Maybe they wanted to get information about Di Ting's whereabouts and clues from the old storyteller.

"Now that you have obtained clues about the Ear of Listening, where do you plan to go next?"

The game text gives the next options: either wander around the city of Peking, or go to the branch of the mob to rescue the old storyteller.

Jiang Xinghuo naturally chose the latter. Since he knew the news about Di Ting, he had to get involved. If he could find Di Ting, he would make a fortune.

"You chose to go to Wuhemai's branch."

"The branch of Wuhemai is located in the northwest corner of the capital. It was originally the location of the royal altar, also known as the Earth Altar."

"In the past, when the Lord of the Secular World ruled, there were five royal altars in Beiping City, each used to worship different gods."

"But since the Lord of the Secular World fell in the Forbidden City on the night of dawn, the inherent corrupt order has been shattered, and these five altars have been dethroned and become the residences of those powerful monsters and demons."

"The Temple of Heaven where the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony is held is the most honorable. It was taken over by the Taoist Master of Life and Death and became his temple in the secular world."

"Beiping has also become the territory of the master of life and death, and the other four altars also have their own masters."

"The Lord of the Rabble, based on the laws of the six directions and eight directions, achieved a repressive victory in the battle and occupied the Earth Altar among the five altars of 'Heaven, Earth, Sun, Moon and Agriculture'."

"However, the Lord of the Rabble has always been secretive, and no one has ever seen its true face, so there are only a few rabble in the Ditan Temple, and its real body is not here at all."

"On the way..."

"Please wait……"

The leader of the mob was not in the Wuhe branch in Peking, which saved Jiang Xinghuo a lot of trouble, because with his current ability, he could not defeat the leader of the mob at all.

He has been in the game for less than a year and has little experience. It is easy for him to deal with ordinary monsters, but those big guys who have existed since ancient times are not something he can deal with at all.

"You have arrived at the location of the Wuhemai branch."

"You have lit up the shrine of the Altar of Earth."

"You were wandering outside the gate of the Temple of Earth. There were quite a few rabble lurking around. They soon noticed your unfamiliar face."

"It's just that I don't know your intentions yet, so I'm not in a hurry to attack you."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Are you planning to charge in through the main gate in a swaggering manner? Or are you going to wait until dark and sneak into the Temple of Earth quietly when it's quiet?"

"Or, you can think of other ways, such as pretending to be a customer who comes to buy information, so that you can be invited in openly."

There are three options: either charge in head-on, sneak in, or disguise your identity and be invited into Ditan Park by those rabble.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and felt that there seemed no need to disguise his identity. He came here just to find the old storyteller, and it was only a matter of time before they turned hostile and started fighting.

That being the case.

Why bother to be polite and waste your energy?

Anyway, the leader of the mob is not here. Based on the strength of these mobs, I'm afraid they are no match for me at all.

Think of this.

Jiang Xinghuo directly chose the first option and swaggered in through the main gate.

"You chose to force your way in through the main gate of the Temple of Earth, and the surrounding mobs immediately attacked you with weapons in hand."

"You used..."

The game text lists the active skills that Jiang Xinghuo has mastered.

Jiang Xinghuo took a rough look and found that most of the skills were gray and could not be used, with only a few to choose from.

"You used the Martial Lord's inherited Wind and Thunder Technique."

"The muddy stick carried the rich wind and thunder energy, and rushed into the Wuhe branch like a tiger into a flock of sheep. Those rabble were no match for you at all, and you quickly killed them to pieces."

“香火+200…香火+150…香火+300…香火+150…香火+90…香火+200……”

"You received a large sum of money, but because your slaughter was too high-profile, you accidentally attracted the attention of the Lord of Rabble."

"You are being spied on by the deduction of the Law of the Six Directions and Eight Directions."

"You have triggered the effect of the 'Divine Talisman for Eliminating the Traces of Karmic Evil'. The law of karma has twisted the secrets of heaven for you and obscured the cause and effect. The spying of the laws of the six directions and eight directions has become ineffective."

"You have slaughtered all the rabble in Ditan Park, and only a few lucky ones have escaped."

"But at the same time, you were also seriously injured, and your health began to decrease continuously..."

"Current health: 43%."

Looking at the prompt information given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo took out the Lingquan Gourd from the magic bag, gently patted the belly of the gourd, the sound of cicadas chirping sounded leisurely, and the game text also changed accordingly.

"Your strength has been restored."

"You got the location of the dungeon from a mob. The old storyteller was imprisoned there. Do you want to rescue him immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and did not choose to go over to rescue people. Instead, he controlled the game character to explore the Ditan Park first.

Since I have already come here, I am not in a hurry. I will first see if there are any good things. "After careful exploration, you have found some things, which can be regarded as a small gain."

"You have obtained: the internal organs of a black bird (excellent), a pair of tide-sounding conch shells (excellent), a piece of tongue of the immortal who tasted food (excellent), a piece of the remains of the filthy immortal (legend), a dark golden Buddha bowl (unknown), a reed cushion (unknown), and a small wooden box."

Wow! Jiang Xinghuo counted them and thought to himself that this was a big force after all. Even the branch offices had so many good things hidden. It seemed like he hadn’t found so many things in a long time.

And the quality is not low.

There are even items of legendary quality.

What an unexpected surprise.

Jiang Xinghuo began to count them one by one, starting with the dirty things that the crow and the bird were wearing.

"The Wuhe bird's equipment (excellent), a tool and medium used by the Wuhe people to spy on intelligence. It can be hatched by writing a spell with one's own blood. A wisp of spiritual consciousness can be placed on it to share vision with the Wuhe bird."

Jiang Xinghuo took the bird egg in his hand and examined it. It looked like a pet egg, about the size of a fist. The eggshell was translucent, and a curled-up black bird fetus could be vaguely seen inside.

"Exile, if you want to hatch this crow, please use your blood to draw a blessing spell on the surface of the embryo, so that it can be hatched."

Jiang Xinghuo pricked his fingertips and, according to the instructions in the game, used his own blood to draw the hatching and consecration spell on the embryo eggshells of the crow and bird.

The bird eggshell absorbed Jiang Xinghuo's blood, and the blood quickly penetrated into the embryo inside the eggshell. The embryo began to fuse with Jiang Xinghuo's blood and grow until it completely broke out of the shell.

A black crow flew out from the broken eggshell, flapped its wings and flew around the house, finally landing on Jiang Xinghuo's left shoulder.

According to folk legends, crows are auspicious birds, especially in ancient times when totem worship was prevalent. The ancestors of the wilderness even created the myth of "Yang Crow Carrying the Sun".

The "Classic of Mountains and Seas: Great Wilderness East Classic" also says: "There is a Fu tree on the top of Tanggu. It comes in one day and leaves the next day, all carried by crows."

The sun is carried by crows every day, so "Yangwu" and "Jinwu" have become synonymous with the sun.

The crow also became a sacred bird and was highly revered. There is also a legend about the appearance of the Red Crow when the Zhou Dynasty was about to rise.

As the "Auspicious Omens Picture" says: "During the reign of King Wu, a red crow carried grains to the roof of a house. The battle was over without bloodshed, and Yin surrendered."

The sun is a symbol of heaven, and the Red Crow is the messenger of the sun, representing the will of heaven. The appearance of the Red Crow indicates that the king's career can be accomplished and is a great sign of good fortune.

However, in the Song and Yuan dynasties, crows, for unknown reasons, became an ominous creature.

The auspicious sign when the Zhou Dynasty overthrew the Shang Dynasty also became the phoenix singing at Mount Qishan in the legends and unofficial history.

Jiang Xinghuo gently stroked the crow and bird on his shoulder, even though they were two completely different organisms.

But he can share the vision with crows and birds and see everything that crows and birds see.

Jiang Xinghuo walked to the window and stretched out his arms. The crows and birds immediately flapped their wings and flew high into the sky. Everything within their sight was fed back to Jiang Xinghuo's mind in real time.

"return."

Jiang Xinghuo tried to give a command in his mind, and the crows and birds immediately drew an arc in the air and flew back to Jiang Xinghuo's shoulder.

"good……"

Jiang Xinghuo nodded with satisfaction. If there was any matter of gathering information in the future, he could leave it to Wu and Niao.

After all, a crow can attract much less attention than a human.

After hatching the crows and birds.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the remaining things again.

"The Chaoyin Conch (excellent material) is a soft-bodied creature that grows deep in the East China Sea. Its meat is tender and delicious. Eating it raw can nourish yin and replenish qi. The conch shell can be used as a communication tool. Even if you are thousands of miles away, you can still communicate in real time with the conch shell."

This item is a bit useless and has almost no use in the game or in real life.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a while, then hung the thing on the niche. Anyone who wanted it could take it. He had no use for it anyway.

"The tongue of the food-taster (excellent material), a relic left behind by the death of the palace food-taster. After being fused with one's own organs, it can not only greatly enhance the sensitivity of the sense of taste, but also slightly improve one's own cooking skills."

"Do you want to fuse this tongue?"

Looking at the prompts in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo was really a little confused.

It's not that he is being pretentious, the key point is that integrating someone else's tongue with your own tongue doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it.

I hesitated for a long time.

Jiang Xinghuo still gave up on this material because he really couldn't get over it in his heart.

"You gave up on fusing with the tongue of the Immortal Tasting Master. I have to say that you missed a great opportunity to improve your cooking skills."

"But you can sell it to those alchemists. They like these strange and exotic raw materials the most."

Following the instructions in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo found an alchemist in the altar shop. The alchemist spent 500 incense sticks to buy the tongue from him, which was considered a good use of the item.

"The legacy of the Dirty Immortal (a legendary item), the result of the Dirty Immortal's life-long research. If you choose to use this item, you will have the ability to reduce or increase the number of bacteria and microorganisms in the human body."

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo read the description in the text again, his eyes flickered slightly, and his heart gradually began to become hot.

You should know that there are countless microorganisms and bacteria in the human body, which restrict each other to maintain a delicate balance and maintain the normal functioning of the human body.

However, as long as certain important bacteria proliferate or decrease, this delicate balance can be easily disrupted, causing the body's functions to quickly collapse.

The most obvious symptoms are diarrhea, fever and cold. If it is more serious, it will develop into severe pneumonia and sepsis.

This ability can completely kill people without them even noticing.

"Do you want to use the remains of the filthy immortal?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to use it without hesitation, and new text content appeared in the game.

"You used the remains of the filthy immortal."

"You have mastered the Turbid Immortal Technique."

"The Turbid Immortal Technique (legendary technique), a technique that the Turbid Immortal has devoted all his efforts to researching. It can multiply bacteria and microorganisms in the human body or in materials. If it is cultivated to a great level, it can even plunder all the vitality of the target with a single thought."

Jiang Xinghuo used the Turbid Immortal Technique, holding a copper gourd in his hand. As soon as he thought about it, dust surrounded his palm, revealing a strong aura of death.

Looking at the brass gourd again, gray-green mold spread rapidly, as if it had been eroded by wind and rain for many years. With a slight squeeze, the copper material turned into powder.

(End of this chapter)