My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 400 Nanyang Wizard
"Do you want to go find the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian for forging and upgrading right away?"

Looking at the prompt information given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate too much. He directly took out the magic order from the magic bag and selected the yes option.

"You have taken out the Divine Machine Order."

"Shen Ji Ling (special item), this is a new product developed by Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian based on the craftsmanship structure of Fengdu Shrine. As long as the power of this Shen Ji Ling is activated, it can be directed to its blacksmith shop."

This magic order was a prop given to Jiang Xinghuo by the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian before he left when he was exploring Longmen City.

The function is very simple, it is directional transmission.

No matter where the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian is, as long as he activates this Shen Ji Order, he can be teleported to his blacksmith shop.

But Jiang Xinghuo hadn't taken care of this for such a long time. Today he just happened to go and talk to Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian and ask him to upgrade the things in his hands.

"Do you want to activate the power of the Divine Machine Order?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

"The Divine Machine Order has been activated."

"Location anchoring..."

“Anchoring success.”

"Transmission started, please wait."

"You have arrived at the blacksmith shop of Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian."

"The mysterious power of space enveloped your body, and in a flash you crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and arrived at the place where the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian was."

"However, you did not appear inside the blacksmith shop, but in the shed outside the shop."

"You looked around and found that this blacksmith shop was located in the downtown area, but the door was tightly closed. You took a step towards the door and smelled a strong smell of blood, accompanied by some painful groans. It seemed that someone was seriously injured."

"You are secretly guessing in your heart, wondering if the person inside is the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian..."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Would you like to push open the door and walk into the blacksmith shop to see what happened, or would you like to leave here first and come back later?"

The game text gives two options: either push the door open and go in immediately, or leave here temporarily.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while. Since he was already here, it would be a waste if he went back. He might as well push the door and go in to see if he could trigger some new plot tasks.

"You chose to go in and find out."

"You put your hands on the door, wanting to push it open and go in to take a look, but you were stung by something. The strong toxin quickly paralyzed your nerves, and you died."

Jiang Xinghuo: ...

It’s really a good day to get off to a good start.

"You chose to use a scapegoat, escaping from the dead body, and avoided the fate of being stung to death by the poison."

"Scapegoat (5/6)."

"Because of the previous experience, you were more careful this time and bought a plate of high-quality insect repellent incense from the medicine shop opposite the blacksmith shop."

"You have lost: 300 incense sticks."

"You have obtained the best insect repellent incense."

"Top-grade insect repellent incense (excellent item), an insect repellent incense developed with the exclusive secret recipe of the pharmacist. It has no killing power, but can only drive away poisonous insects."

"Do you want to light the insect repellent incense?"

Jiang Xinghuo took a look and realized that he had already bought it and there was no point in keeping it, so he might as well just order it.

"You have lit the best insect repellent incense."

"A moment later, you saw the iron ring on the door begin to move slightly. With a dangerous rustling sound, the iron ring turned into a poisonous insect and fled away."

"You used your innate ability of Tathagata to gain insight into the origin of that poisonous insect."

"Six-winged iron ring snake (rare material), originated from the extremely poisonous Gu King in Miaojiang. Hundreds of poisonous insects devour and bite each other, and the only one that survives is the Gu King. If it bites someone, even gods can't save him."

"Do you want to continue exploring?"

Jiang Xinghuo then realized that he was bitten to death by this poisonous snake.

Now that the poisonous snake has been driven away by the insect repellent incense, there shouldn't be any problem, right?
After a while, new game text popped up.

"The danger outside the blacksmith shop has receded. You are now free to explore."

After seeing this game text, Jiang Xinghuo felt confident and chose to continue exploring.

"You pushed open the door and walked into the blacksmith shop. A strong smell of blood hit your nose. You saw the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian collapsed on the ground, his body covered with various poisonous sores."

"The Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian reached out to you for help. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to accept the help from the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, or take advantage of this rare opportunity to kill the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian and take away all the goodies in his blacksmith shop?"

"If you were in a normal state, you would definitely not be a match for the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian."

"But now it is poisonous, and it is still a fish on the chopping board. You can kill it without any effort, and no one will know that you killed it. Others will only think that it couldn't bear the pain of the poisonous sores on its body, so it freed itself."

"Besides, there are countless divine craftsmen in the secular world. You can go find other divine craftsmen to forge your forge."

Tsk tsk, the game text is still the same as always, luring him into the wrong path whenever possible, but then again, this text is indeed very tempting.

Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian is the leader of the Shengong clan. I don’t know how many good things he has. If we kill him, those things can be exchanged for incense, and the amount will probably be a considerable amount.

However, there was absolutely no need for him to do so. He was not short of incense and offerings now. Even if he killed the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, it would only be icing on the cake.

But if we rescue the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, maybe we can even get him a big favor. Wouldn't it be better to ask him to tailor-make various props for us?
Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo made a decision quickly. He chose to accept the help from Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian.

"You accepted the request from the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, and stepped forward to help him get from the ground to the bed. At the same time, you activated the method of bringing dead wood back to life to relieve the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian's injuries."

"I have to say that you missed the chance to make a fortune. Although this is a pity, there is an old saying that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. As compensation for losing this fortune..."

"You have gained the favor of the Divine Craftsmen."

"From now on, when you travel and gain experience in the secular world, as long as there is a Taoist master, you can ask him to forge various tools and instruments for you free of charge according to your needs. You don't need to pay any price."

"If you had just killed the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, you would have made a fortune, but when you go to the Shengong Clan for forging in the future, you will have to pay ten or even dozens of times the price."

"And there is a high chance that you will be blacklisted and become a stranger to the Shengong clan from now on."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this text, he couldn't help but feel lucky. The ancient saying of "a little gain leads to a big loss" is really true. If he was on the blacklist of the Shengong clan, the price he paid would far exceed the incense he got from killing people and robbing goods.

Jiang Xinghuo continued to look down.

"Although your Dead Tree Resurrection can relieve the injuries of the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, it cannot completely remove the toxins in his body and the poisonous sores on his body. It can only make him feel more comfortable temporarily and less painful."

"You asked how it became like this, and the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian barely opened his eyes and told you what happened to him."

"Some time ago, it met an old stonemason from the northwest in the ghost market in the Jiangnan area of ​​the secular world, and bought a piece of meteorite from him. The two parties had already negotiated the deal, but it unexpectedly attracted the covetousness of a Nanyang wizard."

"That Nanyang wizard wanted to buy the meteorite, but the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian politely refused."

"Who knew that the Nanyang wizard had such a vicious heart that he performed a ritual that night, performing a black magic trick in an attempt to secretly kill the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian."

"The Taoist master Shen Ji Bai Lian was accidentally tricked by the other party, and his body was infected by the evil sores and pus from the South Sea witchcraft. He could only wait quietly for death."

"The Nanyang wizard was worried that someone would come to rescue it, so he secretly hid the six-winged Gu King that he had refined during his years of seclusion in Miaojiang on the door of the blacksmith shop."

"This way, we can prevent someone from stepping forward and curing the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, thus ruining his good deeds."

"If you want to completely cure the evil sore on the body of the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, then you can only start with that Nanyang wizard."

"Do you want to go find that Nanyang wizard and help Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian find a way to detoxify him?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes. This was obviously a new task, so there was no reason to refuse.

"You found out where the Nanyang wizard lived, and obtained a basin of steaming black dog blood from the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian."

"This basin of black dog blood has been processed with secret medicine and is mixed with a lot of evil things. Originally, Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian wanted to use it for tempering, but now it happens to be used on that Nanyang wizard."

"This is also what people who practice evil methods fear the most. Black dog blood is a material that can dispel evil spirits. When mixed with various secret medicines and evil things, it is even more lethal to those evil people."

"You have obtained a basin of black dog blood."

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the text, put the things into the magic bag, and immediately controlled the character in the game and left the blacksmith shop.

"According to what Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian said, you came to a remote and gloomy narrow alley."

"Kuanzhai Alley is a folk term for the terrain. It is wide at one end and narrow at the other. It looks like a coffin. It is a natural place for gathering yin and condensing evil spirits. It is usually only used for tombs. Few living people will live here."

“Only those masters who practice evil magic may choose to practice here temporarily, but if they stay here for a long time, they will be greatly affected.”

"However, Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian only knows that the South Sea wizard lives in this alley, but he is not sure where exactly he lives."

"I wonder how you plan to deal with this situation?"

"Will you choose to search one by one, or challenge the other party openly, or choose some other method?"

There were three options. Jiang Xinghuo looked at the content of the text, opened the magic bag, found the crown of thorns, and then chose to use it.

"You have used the crown of thorns of the Anointed One."

"Spiritual power quickly interweaves into a web and radiates to cover all directions."

"But in a moment, the spiritual power covered the entire alley, and you found the residence of the South Asian wizard."

"Do you want to go right away?"

"You walked into the alley and came to the Nanyang wizard's residence. You saw white lanterns illuminating two black wooden doors. You knocked on the door of the house."

"I knocked on the door three times, but no one answered."

"I knocked on the door three more times, but still no one answered."

"Will you continue to knock on the door?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

"You still stood at the door and knocked gently. Knocked three times, paused, neither hurried nor slow. Then you heard footsteps behind the door."

"You took out the prepared black dog blood from your magic bag, and the moment the door opened, you immediately splashed the black dog blood behind the door."

“Sizzle!”

"A shrill and ear-piercing scream suddenly came from the yard behind the door."

"You waited quietly at the door for a while, and heard the screams behind the door gradually subsided. The other party seemed to have lost vital signs. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it, chose no, and waited at the door for a while.

"After an incense stick of time, there was no more movement behind the door. You peeked along the crack of the door hinge and saw a corpse lying in a pool of blood."

"You opened the door and walked into the yard."

"This is a small courtyard. Apart from a dilapidated house, there is only a dilapidated well and a corpse whose life or death is unknown."

"Where are you going to explore first?"

The game text gives three options: one is a dilapidated house, the second is a dry well, and the third is the corpse of a South Asian wizard.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and chose the dry well first.

"Look down the well. You can smell the strong smell of blood. There are a lot of dead bodies piled up at the bottom of the well. They are all girls who died not long ago. I think they are the sacrifices that the Nanyang wizard brought from the city to practice his evil magic."

"You looked at the body of the South Asian wizard again."

"You triggered it, the coroner has a general understanding."

"You found that the body still has weak signs of life and is not completely dead, so what are you going to do next?"

"Do you choose to let this Nanyang wizard live, or do you plan to avenge those innocent victims who died in vain?"

The answer to this question was obvious. Jiang Xinghuo didn't think much about it and chose the latter very neatly.

"You used the Five Thunders Technique, and brilliant lightning fell from the sky, instantly submerging the Nanyang wizard's body."

"You killed the Nanyang wizard."

"You get the spoils of war, incense +1000."

"You found a storage bag among the remains of the Nanyang wizard. Do you want to go over and pick it up?"

"You have obtained the Voodoo Storage Bag."

"Voodoo storage bag (common item), a storage bag given by the Nanyang Voodoo to its disciples. It can not only store items, but also be used as a Gu jar to raise various poisonous insects and Gu."

(End of this chapter)