My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 426, Eyes of the Six Heavenly Ghosts

"You've got it, big man."

"This is a peddler with a very mysterious origin. No one knows where he comes from or where he is going. He will only appear randomly in the secular world, possibly in a rural village or a prosperous town."

"It also has a lot of mysterious goods, including some legendary props and magical instruments. But whether you can find it and make a deal with it depends entirely on your fate."

"You once met him in Xishen City, but never saw him again. I didn't expect that the mysterious peddler mentioned by the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian was this old friend."

"When you recognized the shop assistant, he also recognized you and asked if you needed anything. This is the privilege of being an old customer. You can choose the goods in his stall first."

"You glanced at the stall in front of the big guy. Although you saw a few good things, there was no blueprint for the forging of the Fire Pillar you wanted. Do you want to explain your purpose to the big guy directly?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and chose the yes option. This mysterious peddler had a lot of good things in his hands. Even if he didn't have the forging drawings of the Cannon Fire Pillar, there might be related clues.

"You told the big man your needs truthfully. When the big man heard that you wanted the forging drawings of the Cannon Fire Pillar, he showed a look of embarrassment on his face."

"The forging blueprint of the Cannon Fire Pillar is indeed in the hands of the big guy, but for some reason he pawned the blueprint to the Datong Pawnshop in Peking a few days ago. If you want the blueprint, you can only try to go to the Datong Pawnshop."

"But it's a dead pledge that they've pledged to the pawnshop. They have no intention of redeeming it, so even if you find the Datong Pawnshop, they may not give you the item."

"But the clerk still gave you the stub of the pawn shop receipt. As for whether you can redeem the blueprint of the burning pillar, it depends on your ability."

"You have the stub of the pawn ticket, sir."

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the number on the back of the stub. It seemed that the man had pawned goods at the Datong Pawn Shop many times and was now number 69.

However, compared with Master Tiangong, he is still a dwarf. That master is ranked around one thousandth. It means that Master Tiangong has a deep financial background and so many mortgages have not drained his abilities.

"What are you going to do next?"

"Would you like to continue wandering around and exploring the Ghost Market, or leave the Ghost Market and head to Datong Pawn Shop?"

"You chose to stay in the Ghost City and continue exploring."

Jiang Xinghuo thought that since he was already here, there was no need to rush to the pawnshop. He might as well take a good look around here first, maybe he could find some unexpected gains.

"Exploration in progress..."

"You walked an unknown distance forward, and the corpse wax in your hand has already burned out by more than half, and the weak candle flame seems to be about to go out at any time."

"But just as you were about to turn around and walk back, the horizontal eye between your eyebrows suddenly opened automatically and fixed its gaze on a shabby pickle jar."

"This pickle jar is not very big, and it can probably only pickle some radishes. There are fine cracks on the surface of the jar, and it is covered with rotten dust. The mouth of the jar is also sealed with a piece of chicken blood paper, which is almost completely integrated with the jar."

"Do you want to go over and buy that jar?"

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly.

It was the first time he encountered such a situation. The text did not specify what was in the jar, just said it was an ordinary pickle jar, and then asked whether he should buy it.

Could it be related to the horizontal eye between the eyebrows? ?

He obtained this horizontal eye in the Three Lives Ghost Temple, but he didn't know what it was called, and he didn't even know its function.

All I know is that this strange, dim and turbid eye can see things that ordinary people cannot see with their naked eyes.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a while. The game text said so, so how could he refuse? What if there really was something good in it?

To take a step back, even if there is nothing in the jar, he will just lose some incense offerings, which is no big deal. He can make it all back by killing a few ignorant monsters.

"You walk up to the stall, pretending to want to buy something, pick up the items one by one and ask about the price. The seller is also an experienced person, and knows that you like the things on his stall, but he can't figure out what you want at the moment, so he uses rhetoric to fool you and wants to rip you off."

"The rules of the ghost market are similar to those of the antique business. What matters is that the money and goods are cleared. No one is responsible. What good things you can find depends entirely on your own eyesight. If you are fooled, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck."

"If you go back and cause trouble, the seller will return the money to you, but you will be blacklisted from now on and banned from trading in the ghost market again. If you force your way in, you will be attacked by everyone."

Jiang Xinghuo understood that this was equivalent to the admission ticket to the Ghost Market. If you wanted to trade in the Ghost Market, you had to keep your eyes open.

If you get cheated, you can only swallow your anger. If you dare to go back and cause trouble, you will become the common enemy of the Ghost Market.

"You picked and chose at the stall, and finally picked up the jar of pickled vegetables and asked the price."

"Normally, the first thing a buyer chooses is not what he wants. He is just trying to divert the seller's attention."

"So, the price offered by the seller of this stall is not high. You only need 300 incense points to take this pickled vegetable jar away."

"But the seller didn't realize that you are an unconventional guy who wants to lure him into a cognitive bias thinking trap."

"By the time the other party realized what was happening, it was already too late. I had no choice but to admit that I was unlucky, so as not to ruin my reputation."

"You have lost 300 incense sticks."

"You have this old pickle jar."

"Do you want to turn it on?"

"You have obtained the broken Eye of the Six Heavenly Ghosts."

"Eyes of the Six Heavenly Ghosts (incomplete). In ancient times, all living beings on this new land were ignorant and used the flesh and souls of countless creatures as sacrifices to pray for good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people. As a result, countless ancient and brutal Six Heavenly Ghosts were born."

"These powerful ancient ghosts and gods regard all living beings as dogs and pigs, slaughtering and devouring them wantonly to satisfy their own appetites."

"But later, two wise men emerged from among those ignorant creatures. They saw through the lies of the ghosts and gods, and passed on their thoughts and wisdom to all living beings in the secular world without reservation, teaching everyone without distinction."

"They also had their own names because of this, and were revered by the secular world as 'Taoist Ancestor' and 'Buddha'."

"These two wise men enlightened all living beings and shook the rule of the six heavenly gods."

“And those six heavenly ghosts and gods consolidated their rule and attacked Daozu and Buddha, but they didn’t expect that these two people had already surpassed the six heavenly ghosts and gods.”

"Instead of killing them, the six heavenly ghosts and gods destroyed the mountains and temples, and countless powerful and ancient ghosts and gods were reduced to ashes."

"The six heavenly ghosts and gods who luckily survived were also permanently suppressed in the past and could never return to the world to cause trouble." "The Eye of the Six Heavenly Ghosts and Gods was created by Daozu who condensed the six heavenly ancient qi that overflowed after the death of the six heavenly ghosts and gods. It has the ability to detect the boundary between reality and illusion."

"You once obtained the incomplete Six Heavenly Ghost Eyes in the Three Ghost Temple. Now you have found the remaining incomplete parts. Do you want to merge them together immediately?"

After reading this text message, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but gasp, thinking that he had made a fortune this time, as he actually obtained a magic weapon made by the Taoist himself.

And knowing the origin of the dim yellow eye between the eyebrows, he naturally could not miss this opportunity.

"You choose to fuse the Six Heavenly Ghost Eyes."

"Fusion in progress, please wait..."

The moment the game text flashed by, Jiang Xinghuo felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, his head began to feel dizzy, and countless whispers rang in his ears, as if a big drama was opening in his ears.

Fortunately, this feeling did not last long and soon disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Xinghuo picked up the mirror beside him and looked at himself. The horizontal pupil between his eyebrows became dimmer than before, and the fire pattern around his pupil also disappeared, as if it had been completely swallowed up by the Six Heavens Demonic Eye.

At the same time, new prompt information came from the game.

"Successful integration."

"You have obtained the Eyes of the Six Heavenly Ghosts."

"Eye of the Six Heavens Ghost God (Special), the eyeball formed by Daozu using the energy of the Six Heavens, can not only detect the boundary between reality and illusion, but also temporarily return to the era of the Six Heavens Ghost God."

"Be careful, if you want to use the Eyes of the Six Heavenly Ghosts to go back to the ancient times, you must go to the place where the Six Heavenly Ghosts were suppressed and sealed."

Seeing this game text, Jiang Xinghuo immediately remembered that when he was in the Three Life Ghost Temple, the stone statues of incense burners on both sides of the ancient bluestone road should be the sealed six heavenly ghosts.

So, the Taoism and Buddha mentioned in the game text are actually beings from the previous secular civilization?

Or are they from a much older era?
Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a while but couldn't figure out anything, so he simply stopped paying attention to it. He would know the answer naturally when the time came.

"Where are you going next?"

"Do you choose to continue exploring the Ghost Market, or do you plan to leave the Ghost Market and go to Datong Pawn Shop?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked up at the time.

Half past ten.

There is still half an hour until midnight.

If I don't leave before then, I'm afraid I'll have to wait until after three in the morning, which would be a waste of time. It's better to leave early.

Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things in his mind, and his hands were not slow to move. He directly chose the latter answer.

"Holding the corpse wax that was about to burn out, you followed the path you walked in not long ago and used the same method to return to the street outside the ghost market."

"When you blow out the candle in your hand and look back, there is nothing behind the empty archway. It seems that the ghost market is not in this space at all."

"Do you want to go to Chase Pawn Shop right away?"

"You took the pawn ticket stub given to you by the mysterious peddler and came to the street where the Chase Pawn Shop was located."

"Although it is already late at night, there are still two lanterns hanging at the door of Datong Pawnshop, and the door is still open. Occasionally, you can see a few people coming in and out."

"When you arrived at the door of the pawnshop, a clerk recognized you and knew that you were a VIP of the pawnshop, so he immediately came out to welcome you in and brought you a cup of hot tea and two plates of snacks, so that you could fill your stomach first."

"You didn't hold back. After eating everything, you took out the stub of the burning pillar from your pocket and explained your purpose to the waiter."

"When the clerk heard what you said, he realized that he couldn't make the decision on this matter, so he went to the back and asked the shopkeeper to come out."

"After the shopkeeper learned of your purpose, he looked at the stub in his hand, smiled bitterly, and explained the whole story."

"Logically, you are a VIP of the pawnshop, so we should sell you this favor. But a few nights ago, a thief came to the pawnshop and stole a treasure that someone else had pawned."

"The shopkeeper is worried about how to explain to the owner, so he plans to use this forging blueprint of the Cannon Fire Pillar as a compensation. The owner has also agreed to this matter. Tomorrow is the agreed redemption time. If he gives this thing to you, he will not be able to explain to the owner."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Are you going to give up the forging blueprints for the Cannon Fire Pillar and leave Datong Pawn Shop? Or are you going to wait here for the owner to come tomorrow and then find a way to trade with him?"

"Of course, you also have a third option. What Master Shen Ji Bai Lian needs is the forging blueprint, but it doesn't seem to be that important whether it is the original version left by Master Tian Gong."

"You can try to copy down the forging drawings. Perhaps it can also meet the forging needs of Master Shen Ji Bai Lian Dao."

After reading the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought he had never thought it could be played this way. This time he was really enlightened.
"You requested to see the blueprint and gave the shopkeeper 2000 incense points."

"You have lost 2000 incense sticks."

"The shopkeeper looked at the incense in his hand and seemed to be moved. Under your persuasion, he took the blueprint out of the box."

"But the shopkeeper is also cautious. The blueprint can only be kept by him, and cannot pass through your hands. If there is any problem again, the reputation of Datong Pawn Shop will be ruined."

"You have triggered the talent of treasure-hunting eyes."

"Your eyes quickly swept across the forging drawings of the Cannon Fire Pillar, imprinting all the dimensions and information recorded on it in your mind, so that you can restore it on paper at any time."

"You returned to the blacksmith shop, found rice paper and charcoal, and copied down the information imprinted in your mind."

"You have obtained the forging blueprint for the Scorching Fire Pillar (replica)."

"You handed the blueprint to Taoist Master Bailian of Divine Machines. After he looked at it, he walked into the forging room inside."

"The sound of hammering iron, please wait..."

"You have obtained the Pillar of Fire."

(End of this chapter)