My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 414: Well Dragon King

"You chose to go to the cabin north of the village first."

"You looked at the sun that was about to set, found the north direction of the village, and walked straight along the path."

"But when you get to the end of the path, you find several empty houses. What are you going to do?"

"Are you planning to just find an empty house and move in?"

"I should go back and ask those villagers who are in a hurry which house I should live in, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble."

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and felt that there was no need for this since he was here to cause trouble anyway.

Moreover, trouble means opportunity. If you really encounter other things, it may trigger interactive clues outside the normal plot.

"You looked back at the villagers behind you and found that everyone was in a hurry and didn't bother to pay attention to others."

"You were too lazy to go through the trouble again, so you just found a random house, opened the door and walked in."

"But before you pushed the door open and walked in, you accidentally glanced at a dry well not far ahead that was blocked by stones. The stones on the well mouth were piled up layer by layer, more than two meters high."

"You walked into the house and found that it was a dusty house that had not been cleaned for a long time. The furnishings in the house were all covered with dust. It was obvious that no one had lived there for a long time."

"Do you want to explore the house?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes. No matter whether there would be any results or not, he would try his best first. If there were any gains, it would be a profit, and if there were none, it would not be a loss either.

"You explored the house and made some small gains, discovering some insignificant things."

"You have obtained: a dusty Confucian and Taoist book, a chipped black porcelain bowl, a rusty house-guarding sword, and a purple wisteria-patterned dragon-shaped walking stick."

"A Confucian and Taoist classic (a common Taoist prop), a hand-copied Confucian classic. It should be a book written by a great scholar in his later years, recording his life-long understanding of Confucianism and passing it down to future generations."

"A chipped black porcelain bowl (ordinary item). A large black porcelain bowl with rough workmanship. The rim of the bowl has been damaged. It doesn't look like anything special and has almost no value in reuse."

"The Azure Dragon Sword (common item), a rusty sword that can be used to protect the house. Because the blade is not sharpened, it can only be used as a talisman. It has a weak ability to ward off evil spirits."

"Wisteria Coiled Dragon Cane (Excellent Item), a cane forged from wisteria with a coiled dragon carved on it, which contains a bit of indifferent vitality. Holding this cane for a long time will strengthen your body and nourish your muscles and bones."

Jiang Xinghuo obtained a total of four things in the house, all of which were ordinary props of low grade.

The only thing that is somewhat useful is the walking stick. When I go home for the New Year, I can use it to please the elderly at home.

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo also had to prepare a similar walking stick, one for each of his grandfather and great-grandfather in his hometown, so that it would be just right and fair.

Tsk, he is really an ordinary little genius in keeping things balanced.

Jiang Xinghuo boasted shamelessly, then put a few things into his magic bag and started exploring the house to see if there was a mezzanine or secret room.

But unfortunately, there was no secret room in this house, nor were there any other discoveries. There were only four things in total.

"The sun sets, darkness gradually envelopes the village, and the pungent smell of incense ash is faintly visible from outside. What are you going to do next??"

"Will you obey the village chief's instructions and stay in the hut to spend the night in peace, or will you sneak out and investigate thoroughly while the villagers outside have returned home?"

Two options.

Either he stays in the house, where there is a high probability that there will be no danger, or he will not gain anything, because everything in the house has been taken by him. If he wants something else, he will have to look outside.

Or he could leave the house and explore the Incense Burning Village, but the key point was that when he came here, the game text did not prompt him to light up the shrine. If he died outside, he would have to run the map again.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while and decided to go out and take a look. At worst, he could just run the map again.

Anyway, the dead man still has a few chances to find what he wants within a limited time, or to find out the secret of Shaoxiang Village.

"You chose to leave the house and go outside to explore."

"But just as you were about to open the door and go out, you suddenly heard a faint crying sound coming from the dry well outside."

"It sounds so sad and miserable. It seems to be the corpse of a woman who died unjustly. Do you want to open the door and take a look?"

The game text gives two more options.

And this time they didn't even try to cover it up. They told you openly that the crying sound came from the well. They were almost saying directly that there was something unclean.

If you follow the normal way of thinking, you will definitely not join in the fun, it is better to have less trouble than more.

Jiang Xinghuo, however, went against the grain, thinking, I came here just to cause trouble, why should I be afraid of this little ghost in the well? ?

"You opened the door and walked outside. Although not much time had passed, the sky above Shaoxiang Village was completely shrouded in darkness."

"The smoke from the incense lingered in the village and was difficult to dissipate, so the view was not particularly clear. I could only vaguely see a few figures wandering behind the smoke with stiff and sluggish movements."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo recalled the time when he first entered the game and explored the Funeral Street in Longcheng. It was a similar game text description. As a result, he encountered several dead and evil creatures, which really made him suffer a great loss.

"You recalled the past events and became more alert. You found a breath-hiding talisman and stuck it on your body."

"The breath-hiding talisman quickly took effect, covering up the smell of strangers on you. The figures lingering behind the smoke gradually walked away and disappeared from your sight."

"At this moment, you can hear the faint sound of crying again. It is in the dry well not far behind you. Do you want to follow the sound and check it out?"

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the game character and walked over. He wanted to see what kind of little ghost was causing trouble! !
"You came to the dry well where the crying sound came from. Although you were prepared, you were still stunned when you saw the dry well. You didn't know when, the stones piled on the dry well disappeared!!"

"There was only a white lantern hanging on the treetop, swaying in the wind, exuding a chilly and cold atmosphere."

"Are you sure you want to go ahead and check?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought that the game was so exciting at the beginning, so he had to go and join in the fun.

"You walked to the well fearlessly, looked down, and happened to meet the eyes of a pretty face. What were you going to do?"

"Would you choose to fish the pretty lady out of the well, or would you just give her a palm thunder?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided not to hit it. What if it ran away? He should first fish it out and see what it is.

"You used the trick of catching the moon from the bottom of the sea, grabbed the female corpse in the well by her hair, and then pulled it upwards."

"But the female corpse in the well didn't move at all. No matter how hard you tried, her body didn't budge at all. Her eyes just stared at you, as if something was pulling at her feet and struggling with you in the air."

Eh? It's exciting, isn't it?

Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself, since you don't want the face you're given, then just stay in the well. He wanted to give up immediately, and a new text popped up in the game.

"You felt the resistance from the well, and you were too lazy to continue fighting. When you were about to pull your hand back, you saw the female corpse's hair entangled with your arm. A hint of pleading appeared on its lifeless face, as if it wanted you to rescue it from here. What were you going to do?"

"Are you planning to just leave it alone and let the corpse die, or are you going to be a good person and find a way to salvage the corpse?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the description in the text and found that there were new plot changes, he couldn't ignore it, otherwise the task chain would be broken.

"You grabbed the corpse's hair again. Purple lightning flashed, and a golden secret scroll flashed. The palm lightning spread along the corpse's hair and spread in the narrow space in the well."

"A trace of human pain flashed across the face of the female corpse, and a shrill roar was heard from the darkness of the well, somewhat similar to the roar of a dragon, but far less majestic and powerful than that of a dragon."

"You launched three consecutive palm thunders, and the resistance below the female corpse finally couldn't be resisted. She fled in panic into the black water at the bottom of the well, and you fished her out directly."

"But the moment the female corpse left the dry well, she closed her eyes again, and her expression and posture returned to normal. She looked like an ordinary corpse."

"You found a female corpse from the previous dynasty."

"What are you going to do with this female corpse next?"

"Are you going to dig a hole and bury the body, or make the most of it and squeeze out all the value of it?"

"Of course, you can also do what you want. After all, the world is so big that it's not strange for some people to have special hobbies."

Ok?
What does this mean? ?

Jiang Xinghuo pretended not to see the last sentence and looked at the two options and began to think silently.

He definitely couldn't bury her. He had gone to so much trouble to pull the female corpse out of the well. If he just buried it like that, wouldn't it be all in vain?

Then we can only choose the latter.

Jiang Xinghuo opened the magic bag and searched for a while, finally found the spirit-calling bell, then clicked on the text and chose to use it.

"You have used the spirit-calling bell."

"You rang the bell in your hand, hoping to call back the spirit of the female corpse, but there was no response at all. Instead, it attracted some ominous creatures wandering around the village."

"You picked up the female corpse on the ground and returned to the hut. You heard footsteps outside, and even the temperature in the air dropped a lot."

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

"After a while, there was a slow knock on the door. Through the crack in the door, I could vaguely see a figure standing outside, waving his arms stiffly and knocking on the door."

"Are you going to respond?"

This time, Jiang Xinghuo did not make a stubborn choice, but endured it and pretended not to hear the knock on the door.

"The knocking on the door outside continued, and it seemed that they would not stop until they achieved their goal."

"As the saying goes, seeing the gate of a mountain brings you a lot of luck. Now that someone has come knocking on the door, it's not right to just send them away. Maybe you can try to give something in return."

Seeing the prompt in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while, found a few pieces of yellow paper money from the magic bag, and chose to use them.

"You took out a few yellow paper money from your magic bag and stuffed them through the crack of the door to the person knocking on the door. After the other person took the paper money, the knocking stopped abruptly."

gone?

Jiang Xinghuo waited for a while and was relieved when he saw that there was no pop-up message in the game text to continue knocking on the door. He controlled the character to walk to the female corpse and deal with the situation there.

"You used the soul-calling bell but failed to call back the female corpse's soul. What are you going to do now?"

"Are you going to continue ringing the spirit bell in your hand? Or are you going to think of some other way?"

If the soul-summoning bell doesn't work, it means that other soul-summoning tools will also be useless.

You know, the power of this soul-calling bell cannot be underestimated. Even the Yellow River Goddess who was exiled to the underworld and the Qihuang Immortal who has been dead for many years can be called back to the human world.

The identity of a female corpse cannot exceed these two.

Then he had to find another way. Considering that his other hands were broken, Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and took out the White Bone Emperor Bell from his magic bag.

This is one of the seven treasures of the Lord of the Cemetery that he found in the Cemetery Cave. It has the innate ability to control corpses. Since summoning souls doesn't work, he might as well try controlling corpses.

"You took out the White Bone Emperor Bell and chose to use it."

"As you rang the White Bone Emperor Bell in your hand, an inexplicable force gradually filled the room. The female corpse on the ground was also enveloped by this force and gradually began to react."

"A quarter of an hour later, the female corpse, whose eyes were originally tightly closed, suddenly opened them and crawled up from the ground. She looked like a living person, without any trace of death on her body."

It’s really useful!!
Seeing the information given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo secretly rejoiced in his heart. If he had not obtained the White Bone Emperor Bell, he would probably have missed this mission clue.

"You have awakened the corpse of the woman, do you want to interrogate her?"

"You chose to ask."

"The female corpse revealed her identity. It turns out that she was actually a concubine of the previous dynasty." "Since ancient times, the status and identity of women in the inner court of the palace were mostly determined by their family background and offspring."

"If a concubine in the harem can give birth to a prince, it would be like leaping over the dragon gate and ascending to heaven in one step, especially for those emperors who have few children."

"This female corpse is the same. She was originally the daughter of a minor official in Jiangnan during the previous dynasty. She was selected to enter the palace as a concubine. Because of her pretty appearance and graceful figure, she soon gained the emperor's favor."

"It is recorded in history books that this emperor of the previous dynasty came to the throne in an illegitimate way. He not only killed his brother and father, but also indulged in war. As a result, he was punished by heaven and had no offspring. Even if he used the great ceremony of defying heaven and changing fate, it was difficult to reverse this situation. Few of his offspring survived to adulthood, and even if there were any, they were all princesses, making it difficult for them to inherit the throne."

"But after this beautiful lady entered the palace, she soon became pregnant, and according to the diagnosis of the imperial physician, it is very likely that she is pregnant with a prince."

"For this reason, the emperor of the previous dynasty doted on Xiu Nu and appointed her as a noble concubine. She was extremely favored and honored, and no one in the harem of the previous dynasty dared to go against her wishes."

"Although the other concubines in the harem were jealous, they did not dare to act rashly. If something went wrong and the dragon child's life was damaged, not only would they die, but the entire family would be implicated, and even the nine clans and relatives would be implicated. Even the queen, who is the mistress of the six palaces, would give in to the concubine."

"This concubine also relied on the child she was carrying to her belly and made many enemies in the harem. She also fantasized that after giving birth to the child, she could take over the throne of the queen."

"But she could never have imagined that everything had been prepared in secret, just waiting for her to give birth after ten months of pregnancy."

"You should know that the queen was born into a prominent family, and she was the emperor's supporter behind the palace turmoil. Otherwise, she would not have been able to ascend to the throne of queen."

"In the end, not only did the concubine become pregnant, but the queen's belly also showed signs of movement. What's more, they both gave birth on the same day, but the queen gave birth to a dragon, while the concubine gave birth to a monster..."

"Historical records show that the imperial concubine was pregnant for ten months and gave birth to a strange baby. She cried blood and ate meat. The emperor was furious and banished her to the cold palace, never to see her again."

"Xiu Nu finally climbed up to the position of Imperial Concubine, but now she is suddenly banished to the cold palace. Naturally, it is difficult for her to accept it. The concubines she offended in the past are even more desperate to make her suffer from bullying in the cold palace."

"The queen wanted to kill all of them, so she had someone set a fire in secret, hoping to burn the imperial concubine alive."

"Fortunately, the imperial concubine also had a few eunuchs and palace maids under her control. While the fire was burning, they used the palace maids' bodies to replace her and rescued her from the cold palace and placed her in Shaoxiang Village."

"But at that time this was still a Taoist temple, and the village only appeared here much later."

"Xiu Nu became a female Taoist in the Taoist temple. Although her life became a little hard, she had enough food and clothing and saved her life."

"But Xiu Nu was used to a good life after all, and could not stand this kind of daily hardship. In addition, she learned from someone what happened that year, so she wanted to return to the palace to explain the truth and then be her imperial concubine."

"Little did she know that this thought would ruin her life. The reason she was able to escape from the cold palace was because the emperor deliberately spared her life out of consideration for their past friendship."

"Otherwise, how could a few insignificant eunuchs and palace maids escort someone out of the Forbidden City?"

"But Xiunu doesn't know what's good for you. She insisted on breaking this window paper. The emperor is not happy about it. Aren't you trying to deceive me by coming here now?"

"Besides, he still has to rely on the power of his maternal relatives to do some things, so he naturally can't let her return to the palace. He might as well have someone tie her up and throw her into the well in the middle of the night, and put an end to it all, without any future troubles."

"The Imperial Concubine has since become the Corpse Concubine. Not only has she lost her life, but she will not even be able to live a happy life after death."

"There was originally a Well Dragon King under that well. He was hiding in the well with nothing to do, but Concubine Corpse floated into its mansion."

"Dragons are inherently lustful, and so is the Well Dragon King. There are many clam spirits and fish girls in the Dragon Palace. When it saw Concubine Corpse, it was attracted by her beauty, so it cast a spell to trap Concubine Corpse's soul in her corpse, so that it could not go to the underworld to reincarnate. Concubine Corpse also became one of its wives and concubines."

"Time has passed, the mountains and rivers have changed, the previous dynasty has long since fallen, and apart from a few records in history, she has basically left no trace in this world. Even reincarnation is a luxury."

"That Taoist temple was also replaced by Shaoxiang Village. Concubine Shi sensed the presence of someone outside, so she cried and wailed in the well every night, hoping that someone could rescue her from the cage."

"The Well Dragon King did not stop her, and allowed her to wail at the bottom of the well. Anyone who believed in her would be dragged into the well by the Well Dragon King and become his meal."

"Over time, the villagers felt that the well was a bit evil, so they invited a Feng Shui master to cast a spell to seal the well."

"Tonight, Concubine Shi felt your presence, so she kept crying at the bottom of the well, wanting you to come over and rescue her."

"The Well Dragon King even overturned the seal of the well mouth for this purpose. That was the magic power he had accumulated for nearly a hundred years."

"Since the Dawn Night, these wild gods have lost their food. They can only rely on traveling back and forth across the canal every day, devouring dead bodies or fish and shrimp to accumulate some mana."

"Now that I sense a strange aura coming, I can't wait to drag you down the well to satisfy my appetite, but I ended up getting myself hurt."

After reading a long essay, Jiang Xinghuo let out a long sigh, thinking that the imperial concubine was asking for trouble, like a cat replacing a prince. If she hadn't met Justice Bao, she would never be able to overturn the case in her life.

"What are you going to do now?"

"Will you choose to remove the spell from Concubine Corpse and let it enter the underworld to reincarnate, or will you keep Concubine Corpse for your own enjoyment?"

Jiang Xinghuo curled his lips. He didn't have such a strong taste. He just wanted to let dust return to dust and ashes return to ashes, and that was the end of it.

"You chose to untie the corpse of Concubine Corpse. Although you don't know the spell to untie the seal, you know how to use brute force to break it. You destroyed the corpse directly. Without the corpse, the soul naturally has no place to rest and can only go to the underworld to reincarnate."

"Concubine Shi is very grateful for your behavior, but unfortunately she is already a fallen woman and cannot repay you. I can only give you the map of the Well Dragon King's water palace."

"You have obtained the map of the Well Dragon King's Water Palace."

"The Well Dragon King has been trapped in the well for many years, and his power is no longer as strong as before. With your current cultivation level, it is easy to kill the Well Dragon King. The things in the Well Dragon King's water palace are her gifts for you, especially the treasures in the secret room of the water palace, which she has never entered."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Would you like to stay in the house and rest for a while, or would you like to go to the Dragon King's Water Palace under the well and investigate thoroughly?"

"Pay attention. The ominous thing you just attracted by ringing the spirit bell is still wandering outside the house you are in. It seems to be waiting for you to leave, or it seems to be waiting for something else."

"So, are you going to walk out of this room?"

Jiang Xinghuo saw that this was a bit outrageous. He took the money and didn’t leave. He even wanted to wait for me outside?
Don't blame me for being rude!!
"You opened the door and walked out of the house."

"Those ominous creatures lingering outside immediately turned their heads to look at you, with greedy expressions on their faces, and slowly approached you."

"You found these ominous things very strange. They don't look like ordinary monsters or ghosts, nor do they look like ordinary ghosts and evil spirits. They just look like ordinary corpses."

"You can even see the dirt on them, as if they had just crawled out of a grave."

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

The game text lists the skills and spells that Jiang Xinghuo can currently use.

The simplest and quickest of them is the thunder method, which is the nemesis of these ominous things.

"You activated the Thunder Ancestor Treasure Scroll in your body, and the purple-white lightning quickly spread out, instantly destroying all the ominous creatures."

"You have obtained, Incense +1000."

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the game character and used thunder magic to get rid of all the messy things.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo found the map of the Water Palace of King Jinglong.

"You have used the map of the Water Palace of the Well Dragon King."

"You jumped into the dry well, and your body was quickly submerged by the black water. Fortunately, the Huaishan Xiangling robe you were wearing could ensure that you were not affected by the black water."

"You sneaked along the narrow waterway under the well and found the hiding place of the Well Dragon King's water palace."

"Once upon a time, the water palace of the Well Dragon King was quite glorious, but now it has become a ruin. Most of the palace is buried in the mud, and you can see many bones scattered everywhere."

"You noticed that some of the skeletons were from humans and some were from underwater creatures. Ever since the Well Dragon King lost its support, it could only resort to those evil ways and rely on devouring the flesh and blood of living creatures to survive."

"Do you want to enter the water palace?"

"You have entered the Water Palace. The buildings inside are in a dilapidated state. The walls have collapsed, the ground has cracked, and everywhere you look is ruins."

"But at this moment, you suddenly feel the water stirring behind you, as if something heavy is breaking through the air and coming towards you."

"You subconsciously turned around to avoid the creature's sneak attack. Immediately, you flipped your palm and the Dragon King's Dao Soldier appeared in your hand, stabbing directly at the figure that attacked you. At the same time, lightning burst out, illuminating the dark water palace and blocking the figure's retreat."

"You've made the kill, General Anchor."

"You have obtained, Incense +700."

"Anchor General (Excellent), originally a demon transformed from an anchor on a sunken ship on the canal, and the patron saint of fishermen and canal workers. Now that his power has been broken by you, his body can be used as material for forging and strengthening magic tools."

After seeing the text, Jiang Xinghuo was somewhat surprised. He thought it was the Well Dragon King who was secretly attacking him, but he didn't expect it was this General Anchor.

"Do you want to put the scattered anchor into your trick bag?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes and put the anchor into the magic bag, planning to use it to upgrade the Dragon King's Taoist soldiers the next time he met the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian.

"You continue to explore the water palace..."

"The ruined water palace is desolate. Even if there are some good things, they have lost their value now. The spirituality in them has been swallowed up by the Well Dragon King."

"You go deep into the water palace..."

"You saw the Well Dragon King who had transformed into his original form and was recovering from his injuries on the jade bed. To your surprise, the Well Dragon King is now extremely weak and can't even maintain the form of a dragon. He can only appear in front of you in the form of a black python."

"When the Well Dragon King saw you coming in, he immediately let out a ferocious roar and rushed towards you. His python body also transformed into a human form, waving the iron mace forged from scales to smash at your head."

"You have triggered the Dragon Identification Technique."

"Dragon Identification Technique (Rare Technique), a complete volume of Dragon Identification Technique secrets, modified and supplemented by the Great Dragon King. It can not only accurately identify the weaknesses of dragon creatures, but also conceal one's own breath, so as to assassinate dragon creatures, and there is a chance to trigger the specialization effect." (Chapter 351)
"You have activated your innate ability of dragon identification. A faint light flashes in your right eye, and the flaws and weaknesses of the Well Dragon King appear in your field of vision in every detail."

"You activated the Heavenly Might effect of the Huaishan Xiangling Robe."

"The power of the Well Dragon King has been slightly suppressed."

"You took the opportunity to wield the Dragon King's Dao Soldier in your hand, found the flaw in the Well Dragon King's body, and pierced its chest without mercy."

"A trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the Well Dragon King, and he wanted to beg for mercy from you. Do you want to let him go?"

"You rejected the Well Dragon King's plea for mercy. The Dragon King's Dao soldiers were shocked and directly dispelled its last bit of life."

"You have killed the fallen Well Dragon King."

"You have obtained, Incense +2000."

"You have obtained the body of the Well Dragon King."

"You have obtained the Dragon Scale Iron Mace."

“The corpse of the Well Dragon King (rare material). Although the Well Dragon King’s corpse can no longer maintain the form of a dragon, the scales and flesh on its body still retain great value.”

"You can choose to use the scales as an upgrade material for forging and strengthening, or as a raw material for refining pills."

"Blood and flesh can be consumed directly, or sold to chefs or pharmacists. This is their favorite raw material."

"Dragon Scale Iron Mace (Excellent Item). This is a piece of fine iron ore that the Well Dragon King found in a sunken ship in the canal many years ago. He then used the scales that fell off his body to forge this weapon. It has the property of being indestructible and has a special talent: Dragon Roar."

"Dragon Roar: When the holder wields this iron mace, it can cause 10% additional damage to rare quality armor and 5% additional damage to legendary quality armor."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the description of this item and thought that this kind of weapon with the ability to defeat the strong with the weak was quite rare.

In particular, it can cause additional damage to protective gear of a higher grade than this weapon. Although the proportion is very small, it also shows the extraordinary nature of this weapon. Maybe that little bit of extra damage is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Jiang Xinghuo put away the body of the Well Dragon King and the dragon-scale iron mace, then unfolded the map of the Well Dragon King's water palace and found the secret room that Concubine Corpse mentioned.

A little late, 12000 words, I will make up for it tomorrow with words

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(End of this chapter)