My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 412: Famine (12)

Jiang Xinghuo saw the Yellow River King's self-confession in the underground palace. He recorded everything that had happened in the form of inscriptions on the walls of the underground palace.

After reading these things, Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a long time and remembered what the old man in the ancestral hall said to him when he was in Taiping Ancient Town.

According to the old man in the ancestral hall, most of the existing laws in the world have owners, and they are signposts left behind by the most ancient and powerful people.

If someone were to integrate these fragments of the laws that belong to someone else, they would become puppets of those ancient powerful beings, and their life and death would all depend on their thoughts.

The God of Mountains and Rivers and the King of the Yellow River are good examples.

Although the Yellow River King has integrated the power of the tidal law and gained the authority to control the water veins of the world, he is still controlled by the Mountain and River Sacrifice True Lord. He cannot even control his own body and can only allow the other party to control his actions at will.

Moreover, according to the last words of King Huanghe on the mural, at least half of the thirteen Taoist masters in the secular world have become puppets of those ancient powerful men just like him.

If we look at it from a more pessimistic point of view, perhaps the thirteen Taoist masters are just puppets controlled by others.

The fall of the Lord of the Secular World must be related to these ancient powerful beings.

He remembered that when he was talking with the old man in the ancestral hall in Taiping Ancient Town, the other party mentioned this matter. When the last civilization was about to collapse, he also wanted to find the original Dao trace to reverse the arrival of the end of civilization.

But the result was a failure. It was not because they did not find the Origin Dao Trace, but at the last critical moment, those ancient powerful beings suddenly stepped forward to stop them and completely shattered the Origin Dao Trace.

The reason why those ancient powerful men did this was to prevent someone from mastering the original Dao traces and thus having power superior to them.

As for the survival of a civilization, they may not care.

The origin of the Dao traces mentioned by the old man in the ancestral hall is the golden law of this secular world.

The Lord of the Secular World holds the Golden Law, which naturally makes him a major concern for those old guys.

Perhaps it was because they did not dare to act rashly during the heyday of the Lord of the World, so they waited until the Lord of the World was in his later years to act. Not only did they kill the Lord of the World, they also broke the Golden Law.

Jiang Xinghuo now even suspects that the war between humans in the secular world and the Lord of the Secular World was instigated by these ancient powerful beings.

Of course, this is just a guess without evidence, but Jiang Xinghuo feels that this is not groundless talk and it is very likely to be the case.

Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things in his mind, and the game text continued to advance, with new texts constantly popping up on the mobile phone interface.

"You walked to another wall. The murals on it are very clear. They should have been carved shortly before the death of King Huang He. They record what happened after King Huang He came here."

"According to the inscriptions on the murals, after the Lord of the Secular World fell at dawn, the True Lord of Mountains and Rivers disappeared without a trace. The Yellow River King also temporarily broke free from the control of the True Lord of Mountains and Rivers and moved an old secular relic to the depths of Ghost Lake. This underground palace was also excavated at that time."

"After that, the Yellow River King lived in seclusion in the ancient city and married the third princess of the secular master."

"However, King Huanghe did not accept his fate. Although he was hiding here in seclusion on the surface, he was secretly looking for a way to kill Shanhe Jishi Zhenjun. He set his sights on the broken golden law."

"King Huanghe used the 'false body illusion' method he learned from the Lord of the Cemetery Forest to conduct a large-scale search in the secular world. As a result, he actually found some clues, but he didn't expect that he would alarm the Mountain and River Sacrifice Master during this period."

"King Huanghe also knew that things were not going well, so he recorded the clues he found on the wall of the underground palace..."

This is where the game text ends.

Jiang Xinghuo already knew almost everything that happened next. The True Lord of Mountains and Rivers descended to Ghost Lake from the outside world.

Not only were all of the Yellow River King's disciples killed, but even the Lord of the Cemetery Forest who had come to his aid was severely injured and on the verge of death. The Yellow River King and his wife died tragically in the hall.

"You have been informed of the map of Shaoxiang Village."

"When King Huanghe used his phantom body to travel in the secular world, he accidentally learned that some fragments of the Golden Law might have fallen into this Shaoxiang Village. However, due to the haste of the matter, King Huanghe had no time to go there to look for it before he was discovered by Shanhe Jishi Zhenjun."

"So, whether there are fragments of the Golden Law in this village, King Huanghe has no definite answer."

Shaoxiang Village? ?

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the hints given in the game text and thought that no matter whether there were fragments of law in this village or not, he would have to find a chance to explore it.

He now understood that the best way to deal with those ancient powerful beings was to recast the Golden Law.

This was also the task mentioned at the beginning of the game text when he first entered the game, but he didn't pay attention to it at the time.

Otherwise, even if he could practice the Fragmented Law to the point where he could be on par with those ancient powerful men one day, he might not be able to defeat them.

"You have read all the murals in the underground palace. What are you going to do next?"

"Do you choose to stay in the underground palace and wait until the uninvited guests outside leave before going out?"

"Or should we choose to leave the underground palace immediately and go out to meet the people outside face to face to see who they are?"

Jiang Xinghuo pondered the two options for a while and finally decided to go out and have a look. There was no point in hiding in the underground palace. If he went out, maybe he could trigger some new plots.

"You chose to leave the underground palace."

"Walk to the entrance of the underground palace corridor, press the mechanism on the wall, and return to the altar outside."

"The sound of the altar mechanism being activated also attracted the attention of other people. Several weird-looking monsters followed the sound and attacked you directly."

"How are you going to deal with these monsters?"

The game text lists several options, all of which are the means that Jiang Xinghuo can currently use.

Jiang Xinghuo took a quick look and chose to use the Dragon King's Taoist soldiers to fight against those evil spirits.

"You don't want to waste time here, nor do you want to get entangled with these monsters, so you slaughter them mercilessly."

"You have obtained, Incense +1600."

"You killed most of them easily, leaving only one burly monster. He was pierced through the chest by the Dragon King's Daoist Soldier in your hand, and is dying. Do you want to ask him something?"

Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the prompt in the game text without thinking too much. He tapped the screen with his fingertips and quickly made his own decision.

"You questioned this monster, wanting to know why it came here?"

"No, before these monsters could even reply, their huge bodies suddenly exploded into blood and flesh, and they were completely annihilated before your eyes."

"At the same time, you saw a strange figure walking towards you from the depths of the ancient city, emitting an unsettling aura of disaster."

"You have discovered, Saint of Natural Disaster, the year of famine."

"Sui Feng, one of the thirteen ancient Taoist masters, a disciple of Taoist Tianzai."

"The Taoist of Natural Disasters is one of the thirteen ancient Taoist masters in the secular world. He is in charge of the laws of natural disasters, and all of his disciples are the embodiment of various disasters in the secular world."

"The famine is the 'hunger disaster' in the secular world. It was born together with its elder brother, the 'plague locust'. They are the two most valued disciples of the Taoist priest Tianzai."

"This time, we came to explore Ghost Lake to follow the orders of Taoist Tianzai and look for the traces of the Yellow River King."

"How are you going to face the famine next?"

"Do you plan to meet and talk with the other party? Or do you want to get away as soon as possible to avoid dealing with the other party face to face?"

Natural Disaster Taoist...

Jiang Xinghuo learned the name of another Taoist master.

And there is this monster named Sui Zhi. Since he is the most valued disciple of the Taoist master, his strength must be good.

If I fight the opponent head-on, I'm afraid I won't get any advantage, but I have to fight to know who will win or lose. I can't just be scared by the opponent.

"You chose to talk to the hungry head on."

"Sui Zhi came to you from afar, looking at your flesh and blood greedily, as if he was looking at the most delicious delicacy in the world."

"However, Sui Zhi still suppressed his desire and asked why you appeared here?"

"How are you going to answer the other party's questions? Do you plan to tell everything truthfully, or hide what happened here?" Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and felt that there seemed to be no need to hide this matter. Even if Tianzai Taoist was not controlled by those ancient powerful men, he should have heard about these things.

Furthermore, even if the Taoist priest Tianzai did not know the whole story, and he told Sui Zhi about it, and then Sui Zhi told the Taoist priest Tianzai, the latter would definitely be alert and secretly investigate the matter.

At that time, no matter who suffers the loss or who gains the advantage, it has nothing to do with me.

Jiang Xinghuo secretly made up his mind and decided to tell Sui Zhi everything.

"You told Sui Zhi about the past experiences of the Yellow River King. Of course, you also concealed some things that you didn't want to do, such as the possibility that the Golden Law fragments were hidden in Shaoxiang Village."

"After hearing these things from you, Sui Zhi was also quite surprised, but he has a treasure in his hand that can prove that what you said is true."

Done! !
When Jiang Xinghuo saw the prompt in the text, he knew that things were almost done. Sui Zhi just had to pass this message to the Taoist Priest Tianzai, and then the Taoist Priest Tianzai would fight with those old antiques.

"Sui Zhi knows all these things and suddenly asks you where the Yellow River King's body is. How are you going to answer it?"

"The famine was born in the year of great disaster in the secular world, and its power also comes from this. The more it eats, the stronger its power will be. But by the same token, the stronger its power is, the more hungry it will feel."

"As an ancient Taoist master, the corpse of the Yellow River King contains powerful power. If we can devour the corpse of the Yellow River King, the hunger of the year can be maintained for a long time without being troubled by hunger."

"Are you going to tell Sui Fung where the Yellow River King's body is buried?"

Two options, yes or no.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while. He had buried the bodies of the Huanghe King and his wife himself. It would be a bit inappropriate to dig them out again.

"You refused Sui Xing's request."

"When Sui Chi heard what you said, he flew into a rage and said that if you didn't hand over the Yellow River King's body, he would eat you alive as his prey."

"You and Sui Zhi had a disagreement and started fighting on the spot. You waved the Dragon King's Dao Weapon and drew the dragon vein and earth energy to attack Sui Zhi."

"Sui Zhi transformed himself into a man, his body size immediately increased by dozens of times, and he opened his mouth wide, swallowing up the earth energy generated by the dragon vein."

"Then, a huge hand descended from the sky and slapped you hard."

"You could not resist this huge force, and your body was directly smashed into pulp. However, before you died, you used the Dragon King's Dao weapon in your hand to cut off one of Sui Zhong's hands."

"You are dead."

"You have obtained a fragment of the Law of the Scourge."

"This is a natural disaster power that is circulated in the secular world. Millions of corpses are buried and bones fill the fields. If you integrate it into your body, you can gain the ability to devour everything."

"But there is a small price to pay, which is that you will never feel satisfied again and will always be hungry."

"Do you want to integrate this fragment of power into yourself?"

Jiang Xinghuo read the description in the game text and thought that this was not a good thing. If it was integrated into his body, wouldn’t he become a starving ghost?
If you never know how to be satisfied and just keep on eating, then what's the point of living?

To put it bluntly, what most people seek in this life is food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and among these, the desire for food and drink is the easiest to satisfy.

If even this simplest desire is deprived, life would be too boring.

Jiang Xinghuo chose to refuse.

"You refused to integrate the law fragments dropped by Sui Hunger, but you can sell them to those who need them."

"It is said that the Taotie Lord in the Imperial Kitchen of Beiping City holds the Taotie Law and can also devour everything. He once fought endlessly with the Taoist of Natural Disasters for the Natural Disaster Law. If you can hand this fragment over to him, you will surely get a very generous reward."

Jiang Xinghuo was a little surprised. He didn't expect that it could trigger new mission clues. So he decided to leave this thing to Lord Taotie. It was of no use to him anyway.

"Are you going to use a scapegoat to resurrect?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

However, although he chose to activate the ability of the scapegoat, he did not choose to resurrect in the ancient city.

He has explored almost all the valuable things in the ancient city.

He had also been to the Cemetery Cave Heaven under the Ghost Lake. There was no need to engage in a fierce battle with Sui Zhi again. He could visit the remaining places later when he had the chance.

Jiang Xinghuo chose to resurrect at the shrine in Guihu Village.

"You woke up next to the shrine in Ghost Lake Village. I wonder where you plan to go next?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the time. It was already noon. After working hard for a whole morning, he finally completed the preliminary exploration of the Ghost Lake map.

Now……

Jiang Xinghuo was just thinking about where to go next when he saw a new text message pop up in the game.

"The Taoist Master of Divine Machine Bailian has invited you. Do you want to activate the teleportation function of the Divine Machine Order and go to where the Taoist Master of Divine Machine Bailian is?"

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo was stunned at first, but he quickly reacted. The Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian invited him most likely because of the storage bracelet, so he immediately accepted the request.

"You have activated the Divine Machine Order."

"The mysterious power of space envelops your body, and in a flash you cross thousands of mountains and rivers and arrive at Huangliang Hutong in Beiping City."

"The blacksmith shop of Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian is right at the entrance of the alley. He is busy making hoes for a few farmers."

Tsk tsk, Jiang Xinghuo felt quite emotional, he thought that Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian was only responsible for making magical instruments and props, he didn't expect that he would also undertake this kind of ordinary forging work.

"You waited for a while. Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian finished the work at hand and took you into the blacksmith shop."

"The Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian told you that he has already figured out the principle of the storage bracelet and can make new changes to it at any time, but before that he wants to know your thoughts."

"Master Shen Ji Bai Lian has given you two options. You can choose to modify the storage bracelet slightly to make it a storage item that is more suitable for your daily usage habits."

"Another option is to merge it with your magic bag. Although it will lose the original appearance of the storage bracelet, it can enhance the level of the Tai Sui magic bag in your hand."

There were two options, and Jiang Xinghuo made a decision after a little thought. One storage item was enough, and there was no need to carry so many small pieces with him. Besides, he was used to the magic bag, and he was not used to other ones.

"You chose the second option, using the storage bracelet as a forging material to enhance the quality level of the trick bag."

"Master Shen Ji Bai Lian respects your choice and takes your magic bag."

"Forging in progress..."

"Please wait……"

"Forging is complete."

Jiang Xinghuo waited for about five minutes, and the new game text popped up.

"You have obtained the Tai Sui Trick Bag."

Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the detailed introduction and found that there were no significant changes in quality and appearance, except that a shielding function was added.

To put it simply, as long as you put something into the magic bag, you can block the magic divination below the mythological level.

For example, the several law fragments that Jiang Xinghuo placed in the magic bag could not be sensed by anyone except mythological-level divination techniques or epic-level deduction props.

Besides, Jiang Xinghuo also has the law of cause and effect, the breath-concealing talisman, and the spirit-binding talisman as protection. It can be said that basically no one can see through the magic bag and sense what is inside.

"You put away your trick bag."

"Do you have anything else to say to Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian? If not, he will go to do other forging work..."

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