My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 446 Market Square
"You used the Kitchen God Fire to resist the attacks of the bugs and burned them all to ashes."

"However, these poisonous insects are connected to the magician's heart and blood, so when so many poisonous insects were burned to death by the stove fire, the magician hiding in the dark was also attacked back."

"In order to save its own life, it can only flee the scene as quickly as possible. Do you want to chase it?"

"You chose to cut the grass and root it out, and used the magic movement method to chase after the magician."

There are not so many easy things in the world. Since you are prepared to plot against others, you have to bear the consequences.

"With the help of the Divine Movement Technique, you quickly caught up with the magician who was attacked. The magician begged you to let him go. Do you agree to his request?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose no without hesitation, and the new game text popped up.

"You rejected the other party's request and killed it mercilessly, leaving behind only a charred corpse. Do you want to touch the corpse?"

"You chose to grope the body."

"But before that, you must protect yourself first, because the sorcerer has been raising insects all year round, and a large amount of germs and toxins have accumulated on his body. If you touch it casually with your hands, you will easily be infected by those germs and toxins."

Jiang Xinghuo saw the prompt in the game text, opened the magic bag, found the germ collection bottle, and then clicked to select it for use.

"Take out the bacteria collection bottle and collect all the bacteria and toxins on the corpse into the bottle. It will not cause any pollution to the environment."

"You searched the body and found something. You gained something."

"You have obtained: a blood-dry ghost, a ghost ghost, a copy of the Book of Ghost Arts, an insect-raising jar, a pack of detoxification pills, a box of evil-repelling sachets, the remains of a ghost magician, some dried corpses of Gu, a six-eared Gu, and a rumor about the door god."

Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the text and thought that this witch had a lot of things on her, but now they were all hers and she would not have the chance to enjoy them anymore.

Then, Jiang Xinghuo began to count them one by one.

"Blood-cured Gu (rare item), a Gu worm bred by a Gu master based on the Miaojiang Blood Vine Gu. Its egg-like form is almost imperceptible to the naked eye and can be inhaled into the body along with the dust."

"But once the larvae of the maggots enter the human body, they will be further activated and will grow rapidly by devouring the blood in the human body. It only takes three or two days for them to devour all the blood."

"Be careful. Although the Blood-Depleted Blight can kill people without being noticed, it is cruel and violent. Once it loses control, it will become heartless, even to its own master. Based on past examples, once the Blood-Depleted Blight loses control, the first person to suffer is often its own master."

"However, this poisonous insect is also an excellent material for refining blood-nourishing pills, which can restore and correct the human body's bone marrow hematopoietic function."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the description of the game text, especially the last paragraph, which could restore and correct the human body's bone marrow hematopoietic function. Doesn't that mean that related diseases can be cured?
For example, osteomyelitis, leukemia, and aplastic anemia...

Then the value of blood stasis cannot be defined by its grade. If modern science can analyze the components of blood stasis and find a prescription for blood nourishing pills, the medical field will have a qualitative improvement.

Jiang Xinghuo decided to go back and talk to Jiang Miaozhen. This thing would not be of much use in his hands. Only in the hands of scientific researchers at the national level could it play its real value.

Jiang Xinghuo carefully put away the bloody monster, then turned to look at other things.

"The Yinhun Beast (rare item), a strange poisonous insect circulated in the Beast Art sect. It is cultivated with the power of dead souls as nutrients. It can turn the body into a virtual one and kill people invisibly. It is also the best means of assassination."

"However, the body of this poisonous insect is very fragile, and it is particularly afraid of things like realgar liquor, so it can only hide in an insect jar forged from cold materials."

This thing is really weird. What are these sorcerers doing every day? They are much more fancy than those poison masters.

Jiang Xinghuo also put away the Yinhunqi. This thing could turn the virtual into the real, and maybe it would come in handy in the future. It didn’t take up much space anyway, so he just threw it into the magic bag.

"The Book of Warcraft (Excellent Item) records the secrets that the deceased warcraft master learned throughout his life. Although it is not a profound secret, it contains some rare methods of breeding wart worms. However, the breeding conditions of those wart worms are more stringent than those of poisonous insects. The deceased warcraft master spent three years to breed a ghost wart, but it was naturally defeated by your stove fire, so it is so vulnerable."

"Do you want to use this item?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and finally chose no.

He had no interest in these unorthodox techniques, and there was no need to add more redundancy to himself.

He threw the magic book into his magic bag and decided to decide what to do with it later. There was no need to rush.

"Insect Raising Jar (rare item), a vessel used by sorcerers to raise poisonous insects. It is also a storage item. The spirituality contained in it can nourish the insects and speed up their growth. It has the same effect as the Gu Jar and Gu Bowl."

"Detoxification Pills (Ordinary Consumable Items), a pill with the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. A magician deals with poisonous insects all year round, so it is inevitable that he will be infected with some toxins. If he does not have detoxification pills, his internal organs will be burned by the poison and he will be unable to sleep all night."

"Number of pills remaining: 7."

Jiang Xinghuo took the thing out and smelled it. A spicy and refreshing smell instantly rushed to his head, and he felt more energetic.

However, this thing is just an ordinary detoxification pill, which can only be used for some minor toxin infections. It has little effect on some highly poisonous substances. At most, it can make death less painful.

Jiang Xinghuo put the things away and looked at the remaining items.

"Exorcist scent bag (common item). In order to cultivate poisonous insects, sorcerers often travel outside and often sleep outdoors. In order to avoid the invasion of poisonous creatures in the wild, they developed an exorcist scent bag."

"As long as you wear this item, no insects, snakes, mosquitoes, ants or other creatures will appear within a ten-meter radius."

Jiang Xinghuo also had a similar prop on him, but since he had found it on the corpse, he naturally would not throw it away.

"The remains of a magician (ordinary material). The remains of a magician after his death. Because of long-term contact with poisonous insects, the toxins have invaded the lungs and muscles, which has a certain academic value and research value."

"You can sell this body to a corpse driver or a medical examiner. To them, the value of this body far exceeds its rank."

Jiang Xinghuo followed the instructions in the game text and hung the corpse on the niche. If anyone needed it, they would take a picture of it and he didn't have to worry about it.

"Dried Gu corpses (common material), some discarded Gu worm corpses, not very valuable, but can be used to feed birds and beasts."

"Six-ear Gu (excellent item), six ears listen to the world's affairs, two eyes see all the people in the world, after the magician and the Miaojiang Gu Master fight, the strange Gu worm obtained by killing the other party can be integrated with one's own organs to greatly improve one's hearing ability." "Note, this Gu was originally developed by the Miaojiang Gu Master based on folk rumors and legends. Although it can improve hearing ability after integrating with one's own organs, it will derive six ears, and once integrated, this state cannot be accessed."

"Do you want to fuse this six-eared Gu?"

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the description in the game text, he kept nodding his fingertips. Not to mention that he had already merged with the Kitchen God's Cave Spirit Ears, which allowed him to hear gossip from all directions, even if this kind of thing had not happened, he would not have been able to merge with the Six-Eared Gu.

How could a normal person have six ears? It seems a bit out of place.

Jiang Xinghuo put the six-eared Gu into his magic bag. It would be better to let others enjoy such a curious thing. He was not so lucky as to have such a thing.

Finally, the only thing left was the rumor about the door god.

"The rumors about the door gods (special) spread among the people. They are a kind of monster born from the streets and rivers. They have the ability to bring good luck and protect the family."

"According to the Folk Customs Magazine, the Door God often appears in the streets and rivers. Whenever they encounter injustice, they will attack in secret. They like to eat wormwood dumplings, red dates, egg yolk and meat dumplings, and rice dumplings with fermented rice wine. If someone can capture the Door God and use him for their own benefit, then they will be invincible."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the description in the game text and thought that this door god was most likely from Jiangnan, as he liked glutinous food so much. The things he liked to eat were mostly specialties from the southern region.

When I go to explore Jiangnan Road in the future, I might try it out, maybe I can really catch that door god.

The game text of the magician ends here. All the things on it fell into Jiang Xinghuo's hands, and he also lost his life.

"Where are you planning to go next?"

"Do you choose to continue to the square market, or choose to leave here and go somewhere else?"

The game gives two options, either to move forward or to go back home.

Jiang Xinghuo chose the former without hesitation. He was originally going to explore the market square, but he met the sorcerer on the way and delayed his trip.

"You choose to continue to the abandoned market square"

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have arrived at the abandoned city square."

"Although this place has been abandoned for many years, there are still many sorcerers wandering around. When you noticed them, they also noticed you. It's just that they don't know your identity for the time being, so they didn't suddenly attack. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you take the initiative to kill all the sorcerers, or will you just wander around and see if there are any unknown secrets?"

"You chose to walk around the square market first. Although the market is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, with so many evil sorcerers gathered here, it has become a trading place similar to a ghost market."

"As long as everyone has an idea in mind, they can trade with each other. The currency of the transaction is also free to choose. They can exchange goods or incense."

"However, there is an unwritten rule here, that is, even if the deal fails, the friendship remains. Even if the deal fails, you are not allowed to rob or rob, otherwise others will gang up on you."

"You wandered aimlessly in the market. Perhaps because our cultivation paths are different, you didn't find anything suitable for yourself."

"However, when you walked to the middle of the square market, you suddenly found an uncovered dry well with a faint light underneath. Do you want to go down and take a look?"

Tsk tsk, Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself that even if he came here, if there were no subsequent interactions, he would have to consider whether he should leave here and explore somewhere else.

"You look down into the well, and you can't see anything except the flickering light of the fire."

"At this time, you heard the sorcerers chatting at the edge of the market. I don't know whether you heard it by chance or they deliberately amplified their voices for you to hear."

"They said that many people have gone down into the well recently to see what is down there, but no one has ever come out alive."

"Anyone who dares to go down the well will eventually be trapped inside, and no one knows whether they are alive or dead."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Would you choose to stay away from this well and not touch that bad luck, or would you choose to go down and find out what is causing the trouble?"

After thinking about it, Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter and decided to go down the well to see what the big deal was. It was just a matter of life and death. Anyway, he had countless chances to resurrect and start over.

"You chose to go down the well to check, but unexpectedly found a stone door at the bottom of the well with more than a dozen heavy iron locks hanging on it."

"You took out the Seven Treasures Key from your magic bag and easily opened the lock on the stone door. Do you want to go behind the door and investigate?"

As usual, Jiang Xinghuo did not choose to retreat, but chose to enter behind the door.

"You pushed open the two dusty stone doors, but to your surprise, the stone room behind the doors was empty. There was only a stone table in front of you, and a purple wooden box on it."

"Do you want to go over and open that wooden box?"

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to pick up the wooden box, but the game text indicated that there was a maze mechanism on it. Jiang Xinghuo took some effort to open the wooden box.

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the severed left arm of the Great God of Fire."

Jiang Xinghuo was really shocked this time. He never thought that the thing placed in this stone chamber was the severed arm of the Great Fire God, the lord of Huojun City.

How is this going?

Didn't the Great Vulcan mysteriously disappear? How come his broken arms and limbs are still here?

(End of this chapter)