My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 387: Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced

The light of the Kitchen God's fire instantly dispelled the darkness, like a shooting star, illuminating the dilapidated building.

Amidst the flames.

Jiang Xinghuo saw the building clearly. It was just an ordinary house with a half-person-high red umbrella leaning against the door.

The bright colors emitted an eerie luster under the firelight, as if rays of red light were flowing across the umbrella.

More importantly, there is no damage on the surface of this red umbrella, as if it were a new umbrella that had just been made.

This is where the real weirdness lies.

Because this space does not exist in reality, the road can only be seen by looking horizontally between the eyebrows, and the houses and buildings are already so dilapidated. How can an oil-paper umbrella, which is not a durable product, exist for so long?

Jiang Xinghuo tried to open the Tathagata storehouse, wanting to spy on the specific information of the oil-paper umbrella, but the Tathagata storehouse could not see anything.

"Ok?"

Jiang Xinghuo became somewhat interested. Things whose origins Tathagata Zang could not tell were either much higher in level than Tathagata Zang, or did not belong to this secular world.

But no matter what the reason was, it proved that the umbrella had an extraordinary origin. Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo opened the magic bag and took out a pair of black iron claws from it.

"Soul-Locking Claw (Excellent Item), soul-stealing and life-demanding, ruthless iron claws, a strange creature from the underworld, indestructible, able to lock anything."

This pair of claws was found by Jiang Xinghuo in the Yellow River Underground Palace. There were many talismans and spells engraved on them, and there were two extremely flexible steel cables connected to the back. The whole thing exuded a strange and ominous aura.

It has only one characteristic when used: it won't let go of something after it has grabbed it, just like a ghost demanding the soul's death. Unless the user lets go on his own initiative, it will remain locked and the user will never be able to break free.

Jiang Xinghuo shook the soul-locking claw in his hand, and after swinging it around a few times, he gently threw out a hook, aiming at the red paper umbrella at the door.

But just as the hook placed the red paper umbrella on top and was about to exert force to retract it, a pale and rotten ghost hand suddenly reached out from behind the door and tightly grasped the steel cable behind the hook.

Looking at the sudden change, Jiang Xinghuo's eyes narrowed slightly. The reason why he chose to use the Soul-Locking Claw instead of getting the red paper umbrella himself was because he was worried about this situation.

I didn't expect that he would actually guess it.

The pale ghost hand tightly grasped the steel cable behind the claw, as if trying to snatch the Soul-Locking Claw from Jiang Xinghuo's hand.

Jiang Xinghuo did not compete with the other party. He just thought about it, and a golden scripture appeared on his palm. A bright and blazing arc of lightning spread out, and it shattered the pale ghost hand in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo pulled his right hand back, and like a spider spinning a web, the stretched steel cable was instantly retracted.

Jiang Xinghuo grabbed the red paper umbrella with his left hand, took off the Soul-Locking Claw with his right hand, wrapped it up again, and then put it back into the magic bag.

This pair of Soul-Locking Claws does not require any skills to use, nor do they have any fancy routines. All that matters is proficiency and accuracy.

Just aim at something and smoothly place the hook on it, and you don't have to worry about the rest.

After putting away the Soul-Locking Claw.

Jiang Xinghuo then turned his attention to the red paper umbrella.

"You have obtained the relic of the old civilization, +1."

As the game prompt sounded in his mind, Jiang Xinghuo found the Sky-Peeking Eye from the storage space and put it on.

"Blood Paper Umbrella (special item), a special magical tool left over from the old secular civilization. When opened, it can conceal one's own aura and block all perception and prying below the mythical level. Duration: five minutes."

"Please note that after each use, you need to wait for eight hours before it can work again."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that he was really lucky. He got such a treasure right after arriving at the new map.

Although it can only last for half a minute, if used at a critical moment, it might be able to reverse the direction of the entire situation.

The cooling time is a bit longer.

Eight hours.

Jiang Xinghuo complained a few words in his mind and threw the red paper umbrella into the magic bag. He didn't need this thing for the time being, so he would take it out when needed.

After dealing with these things, Jiang Xinghuo continued walking along the road under his feet into the darkness ahead.

There were more and more collapsed houses on both sides of the road, as if we had really arrived at a deserted village.

Jiang Xinghuo looked around but found nothing. Even when he glanced at his brows, he didn't see anything unusual.

“Is this an abandoned village?”

Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but ponder it secretly in his heart, but he quickly overturned his idea.

Since this village is hidden in nothingness and can only be entered through specific ways, it must be hiding some big secrets that I have not discovered yet.

and……

Jiang Xinghuo looked back again. He didn't know when it started, but he suddenly felt like someone was watching him.

It was as if in the deep and silent darkness behind him, there was a pair of invisible eyes secretly staring at him.

This feeling lingers in my heart and cannot be shaken off.

Jiang Xinghuo used all the means at his disposal but failed to find the person who was secretly watching him. He even suspected that he was having an illusion.

"It's really weird..."

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while, opened the magic bag, searched inside for a long time, and finally took out a pitch-black brazier.

"Laughing at the Brazier (Excellent item). Put the paper money in the brazier and light it. The smell of embers and paper ash will attract all the monsters and demons within a radius of ten miles to rush to the brazier." (Chapter 305)
Jiang Xinghuo found a prop.

When he was exploring the Yellow River Underground Palace, he obtained the pawn ticket stub left by God of Heaven and God of the Yellow River.

Later, he took the stub to the Datong Pawnshop in Peking, spent a large sum of money to redeem the pawned goods, and the shopkeeper also gave him two props as a gift.

This "Mocking Brazier" is one of them.

To put it bluntly, this brazier is used to attract monsters, and Jiang Xinghuo doesn't know whether it is useful to the creatures in the old world.

But he had no better solution now, so he could only give it a try.

Jiang Xinghuo took out a thick stack of paper money, threw it into the brazier and lit it.

The fire dispelled the darkness around.

Jiang Xinghuo sat on a stone and waited quietly, paying attention to the movements coming from all directions. The Bagua Cave Spirit Ears left by the Kitchen God had been completely activated by Jiang Xinghuo, and any movement could hardly escape his ears.

About half an hour passed.

Just as the paper money in the brazier was about to burn to ashes, a faint sound suddenly came from a distance.

If it weren't for the gift of the Bagua Cave Spiritual Ears, he would not be able to hear such a faint sound.

Jiang Xinghuo's eyes narrowed, and he subconsciously held his breath, looking up in the direction where the sound came from.

The sound of heavy footsteps came closer and closer, accompanied by the rattling sound of iron chains. A huge, shadowy figure appeared in Jiang Xinghuo's sight.

The burly figure was over five meters tall, with muscles all over his body. His bull-head was full of ferocious and angry expressions. His thick arms were wrapped in iron chains, which were tied to a corpse and dragged on the ground, making a constant rattling sound.

"Nutou..."

Seeing this huge muscular evil god, Jiang Xinghuo's pupils suddenly shrank, and the Sky-Peeking Eye flashed, quickly giving detailed information.

"The Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons are the products of artificial ghosts and gods developed by researchers at the Wild Ghost Village Laboratory based on ancient folklore and legends, supplemented by various biotechnologies. They have taken many years to develop. Not only are they extremely powerful, they also have the ability to suppress evil spirits and exorcise souls. Their special talent effect is: exorcising ghosts and capturing souls."

"Exorcist and Soul Hunter: You can forcibly command the souls of the dead to serve you, and lock onto the breath of the souls of the dead. No matter where you run to, you will not be able to escape the pursuit of the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Ghosts."

Looking at the text information displayed in front of him, Jiang Xinghuo thought of the Black and White Impermanence in the acupoints in his body. They were all artificial ghosts and gods developed by the laboratories of the old civilization based on ancient folk legends.

"It really is the Wild Ghost Village Laboratory..."

Jiang Xinghuo noticed the description of the Sky-Watcher's Eye, and that the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Monster was the product of the Wild Ghost Village Laboratory.

But now, only the Ox-Head appeared in front of him, and the whereabouts of the Horse-Faced Demon was temporarily unknown. If the Black and White Impermanence attacked together, they should be able to defeat them in the shortest time.

Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about this matter, and on the other side, Niu Tou waved the chain in his hand and smashed it towards Jiang Xinghuo.

Bang!
Jiang Xinghuo dodged the blow from the chain, but the stone he was sitting on was not so lucky. It was instantly smashed into pieces by the chain, and a big hole appeared on the ground.

Looking at the traces of damage left on the ground, an idea suddenly came to Jiang Xinghuo's mind. Could it be that the collapsed and broken houses around him were also damaged in this way?
The iron chain in Niutou's hand missed his target, and he let out an angry roar. Two flames spewed out of his huge nostrils, and he rushed towards Jiang Xinghuo again.

The huge body stepped on the ground, as if causing a small earthquake.

Jiang Xinghuo did not dare to be careless at all. He kept dodging and avoided the fierce impact of the bull's head again.

At the same time, the acupoints on his body were also shining, and two streams of cold wind blew out. The Black and White Impermanence appeared in the cold wind and collided with the muscular and burly body of Niutou.

hum!
The terrifying force swept in all directions!

Although Niu Tou was fighting one against two, he was not afraid at all. His mouth and nose were filled with rage, and he fought back and forth with the Black and White Impermanence.

Jiang Xinghuo turned his wrist, and a piece of talisman paper appeared in his palm. It was black paper with a golden scroll, and it was a rare, top-grade God-Binding Talisman.

In the ancient town of Taiping, he used this top-grade god-binding talisman to forcibly restrain the Black and White Impermanence.

Jiang Xinghuo watched quietly from the sidelines as Niu Tou fought with the Black and White Impermanence. Both of them were covered in blood, and Niu Tou was gradually exhausted and falling into a disadvantage.

In fact, if it comes to one-on-one combat, Black and White Impermanence and Niu-Tou are evenly matched, or even can be said to be slightly inferior to the other.

But if it's two against one, then it's a sure win. No matter how powerful the Minotaur is, it can't withstand the simultaneous attack of these two evil spirits.

Besides, Jiang Xinghuo is standing by and watching them closely.

He took advantage of the fact that the Bull Head was entangled by the Black and White Impermanence and directly used the Five Ghosts Moving Technique and stuck the God-Binding Talisman in his hand on the Bull Head's forehead.

The God-Binding Talisman emitted rays of light and immediately merged into the bull-headed beast's body. Only a shrunken shadow of the talisman flashed by between its eyebrows.

The Minotaur's attack also came to an abrupt halt at this moment, without any other response.

When the Black and White Impermanence saw that the Bull Head had stopped attacking, they wanted to continue attacking it. Jiang Xinghuo hurriedly stopped their actions and took the Black and White Impermanence back into the acupoint to heal his wounds.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo walked to Niutou's side, and seeing that the other party had no reaction, he tried to confine him into the acupoint.

I saw the main meridian acupoint shining brightly, and it was easily suppressed. The bull head did not resist at all.

"It's done!"

Jiang Xinghuo clenched his fist excitedly. Once these evil spirits were suppressed by the main orifice, they would become his most powerful helpers.

And because of the innate effect of the God-Binding Talisman, they will not have any rebellious thoughts.

Although they may be disobedient at times, as long as the power of the talisman is activated, they can be easily suppressed and restrained.

A total of fourteen main meridian acupoints have been opened up in Jiang Xinghuo's body, and now six of them have owners, namely the Dragon-Swallowing Silver Mother, the Black and White Impermanence, the Free and Easy Dream Butterfly, and the Ox-Headed Abang who was just subdued.

However, since we have the Ox-Head, we naturally cannot be without the Horse-Faced One. Only in this way can they form a pair and exert their strongest power.

Jiang Xinghuo used his spiritual power to communicate with the Ox-Headed Abang in the acupoint, asking where the Horse-Faced Monster was hiding.

soon.

He then learned the exact whereabouts of the Horse-Faced Demon.

Following the guidance of Niutou, Jiang Xinghuo passed through the darkness and came to a mysterious place.

A huge muscular ghost with a horse face sat on the ground, and behind it was a mountain tunnel blocked by a metal gate.

Behind the metal door of the mountain tunnel is the Yegui Village laboratory that Jiang Xinghuo is looking for.

However, if you want to enter this laboratory, you must first get rid of the horse-faced Rakshasa guarding outside the tunnel.

Black and White Impermanence were already seriously injured, and Ox-Headed Abang was not much better off. The two evil spirits, Tunlong Yinmu, were fine facing ordinary monsters, but if they were to face monsters of the level of Horse-Faced Monster, they would be somewhat overwhelmed.

So, now the only one I can rely on is myself.

With this in mind.

Jiang Xinghuo directly unfolded his limb-jointing form, and the peach blossom lightning tattoo also emerged. The dozen or so metal arms behind him also changed into different thunder techniques.

boom!
Rumble!
There was a sudden flash of lightning and thunder in the dark sky, as if it was going to shatter the entire world. The horrifying lightning wandered in the clouds, like a river bursting its banks, pouring madly towards the horse-faced man in front of him.

This was the first time that Jiang Xinghuo made an unreserved move after he had forged the Dharmakāya, and it was also to test the power of the Dharmakāya.

Lightning as vast as a river descended from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it had already submerged the Horse-Faced Rakshasa...

(End of this chapter)