My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 458: Knife Hidden in the Sleeve
Jiang Xinghuo put the Chivalrous Order into his magic bag. Xiankong Island is also a fairly large map in Jiangnan. As long as he explores Jiangnan, he will be able to use it sooner or later.

Moreover, this thing can guide him to find the path to Xiankong Island. No matter how you look at it, it is a sure-win deal. Even the subsequent plots that can be triggered have become more numerous.

If he had kept Dou Muye's remains for himself, this plot interaction probably would not have been triggered.

Then, Jiang Xinghuo continued to count other things.

"Moon Dew Retaining Image Lantern (rare item), Huai Feng Yin sends the sound, When the moon dew retains an image, the Red Lantern Fairy obtained the secret method from the Moon Cultivator and integrated it into the lantern he made. It can clearly imprint a video message in the form of a revolving lantern, and it can be played as long as the candle is lit."

"The Moon Cultivators are a very special race in the secular world. They are also loyal followers of Lord Dou Mu. It is said that they have the ability to freely shuttle between the secular world and the Yin-Qing-Wan-Qi Land. However, this tribe is very small in number. So far, whether they still exist in the secular world is ambiguous and no one knows."

"Back then, when the Red Lantern Fairy saw the Dharmakaya of the Queen Mother of Heaven, he was immediately astonished and fell into madness, unable to extricate himself. From then on, he became the most loyal supporter of the Queen Mother of Heaven. For this reason, he did not hesitate to travel all over the secular world to find a moon cultivator and asked him for the method of Moon Dew Shadow. He also stripped himself of the memory of the Queen Mother of Heaven and integrated it into the Moon Dew Shadow Lamp, watching it from time to time."

"Please note that this item can only be used in the game and cannot appear in reality unless you remove the memory fragments fused into the lamp."

"Excuse me, do you want to remove the memory fragments of the Queen Mother of Heaven from the Moonlight Shadow Lamp?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the description of the game text, he thought to himself that he didn't expect that he was a lovesick man. He was probably another character like You Tanzhi.

However, when Jiang Xinghuo read the description of the 'Moon Dew Shadow Lamp' in the game, he suddenly thought of the Toad God in Fox Ridge Coffin Village.

Perhaps he could use the power of this lamp to lure the toad god out of the pavilion.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while and decided to find a time to go over and give it a try. If it really worked, the secrets of Fox Ridge Coffin Village would be at his fingertips. So he chose the answer of no and kept the video message for the time being.

But now this is just his guess. He is not sure whether he can successfully lure out the Toad God. He can only give it a try.

What if the Queen Mother of Heaven gave the Toad God a death order, not allowing him to leave the pavilion no matter what happened? It would be useless for me to take the Moon Dew Recording Lamp.

Jiang Xinghuo put the lamp into the magic bag and looked at the remaining items.

"Soul-Calming Candle (Excellent Consumable Item), a candle that comes from the White Lax Village. It has the effect of calming the soul. Even if it is a ghost haunted by evil spirits, as long as this soul-calming candle is lit, the power in its body can be suppressed and it can be restored to its original appearance."

"Current quantity remaining: 3."

"Duration: 5 minutes."

These three soul-calming candles look like ordinary candles, about twenty centimeters long and as thick as a thumb, and they exude a faint, greasy fragrance.

According to the game text, this candle comes from the wax-making process of Baila Village, and can be regarded as a specialty candle of Baila Village.

The lanterns in Red Lantern Town also need to be used in conjunction with the candles in White Lava Village, so it is not surprising that the Red Lantern Fairy has such candles.

After putting away the candles.

Jiang Xinghuo continued to look at the remaining things.

"The Secret Manual of Leather Lanterns (Excellent Item) contains the Red Lantern Fairy's lifelong experience and research on lantern manufacturing techniques. As long as you master the contents recorded in it, you will be able to master all of the Red Lantern Fairy's lantern manufacturing techniques, including the appreciation of the skin of various races and tanning methods. Learning by analogy may be of some help to you."

Jiang Xinghuo read the text and thought to himself, why should I know this? He is not a psychopath who has to use human skin to make a lantern. He does not need this ability at all.

So, when the game text asked him if he wanted to use this item, Jiang Xinghuo chose no without thinking too much.

However, Jiang Xinghuo did not hang the secret book in the shop for sale, but threw it into the magic bag. It would not be too late to take it out and study it when needed in the future.

"Lantern Tool Kit (Ordinary Prop), a tool kit needed to make lanterns. It includes various instruments and potions. As long as you know how to make lanterns, you can use this tool kit."

At this point, everything found on the Red Lantern Fairy's body has been almost counted, with only the last unknown broken knife left.

"Unknown Broken Knife (Unknown), this is the broken knife that the Red Lantern Fairy picked up from the woods outside the town. Although it is a broken knife, it is extremely sharp. It can easily split gold and jade. The remaining aura on it also makes the Red Lantern Fairy feel frightened. It knows that this is a rare item, so it keeps it with it, hoping to uncover the secrets hidden in it, so as to increase its own strength, so that one day it can stand beside the Queen Mother of Heaven."

Jiang Xinghuo was speechless after seeing this. He had no idea what this Queen of Heaven looked like. She had actually made the Red Lantern Fairy so obsessed that she couldn't even be described as an admirer.

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You used the Tathagata's ability to analyze the origin of all things and learned the secret hidden in this broken sword."

"You have discovered the Gengjin Broken Knife."

"This broken sword was created by a martial arts practitioner using the power of Gengjin in his body to transform Qi into a weapon. However, it was forcibly broken by someone using external force, leaving only half of the broken blade."

Seeing the description in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo immediately thought of Wu Zhu. When he was exploring Lingshen Village, he learned some worldly knowledge from the fortune-seeking ghost.

Among them was a piece of news about the Lord of War, saying that someone had seen him appear in Red Lantern Town and was seriously injured.

And this broken sword is a weapon materialized by the method of condensing Qi into weapons. It can turn the virtual into the real just by relying on the Gengjin Qi in the body. Looking at the entire secular world, there are probably not many people who can achieve this level of cultivation.

What's more, the method of condensing Qi into weapons can only be practiced by pure martial arts practitioners. It is a professional-exclusive skill. Except for the master of martial arts, I'm afraid no one can do this.

"Where are you planning to go next?"

"Would you like to take a stroll in the town center square, or just wander around the town, or go to the woods where the Red Lantern Fairy found the broken knife?"

This time, the game still offers three options, namely the market square in the town center, strolling around the village, and the woods where the Red Lantern Fairy picked up the broken sword.

Choose one of the three to explore.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xinghuo decided to go to the woods outside the town to have a look. If it was really the broken sword left by the Lord of War, there might be more things there.

"You chose to head for the woods outside of town."

"On the way, please wait..."

"On your way, you met a ragged tomb robber, who smelled like Fu Shou cigarettes, as if he was addicted to cigarettes. When he saw you, his cloudy eyes emitted two rays of light, and he staggered towards you with two small knives in his hands, as if he wanted to pluck out your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys to exchange for cigarettes."

"The tomb robber walked towards you and hit you on the head with a small knife."

"You dodged the opponent's attack easily. A flash of lightning flashed in your right hand, and Tu Fuzi was knocked away by you. Perhaps you hit him too hard. Tu Fuzi lay on the ground and twitched a few times, and then there was no movement." "You killed Tu Fuzi, Tu Fuzi +1."

"You have obtained, Incense +200."

"You walked over and checked the body of the tomb robber, and found an inconspicuous object on it."

"You have obtained a small steel knife, a tomb-grabbing talisman, and an incomplete tomb map."

"A small blade knife made of fine steel (ordinary item). This small blade knife is made of fine steel. It is sharp and can kill people without leaving any blood. However, the blade is too brittle and will break easily when it encounters a little external force."

"You can use it as forging material to strengthen and upgrade your weapons, or you can keep it for your own use."

It was just an ordinary piece of equipment, so Jiang Xinghuo wasn't very interested in it. He just took a look at it and threw it into his magic bag.

"The Mojin Fu (excellent item), carved from the claws of a pangolin, is a protective tool used by the Mojin school lieutenant lineage. Wearing it when robbing tombs can suppress evil spirits, and soaking it in water and drinking it can also remove corpse poison."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the tomb-grabbing talisman, he remembered what happened before. He had also obtained a tomb-grabbing talisman before, which he traded from Jiang Miaozhen in exchange for a wedding candy sachet, and later used it to forge armor and protective gear.

However, the forged armor had long been destroyed and turned into upgrading materials for other props. Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, a new tomb-robbing talisman was obtained.

"Do you want to use this item?"

An option popped up in the game text, and Jiang Xinghuo chose to use it without hesitation. It didn't affect anything anyway, and who knows, it might come in handy someday.

Finally, there is an incomplete burial route map left.

"This is a crude route map drawn by a tomb robber with charcoal on parchment. It is impossible to tell which ancient tomb it is. It is also incomplete and has no beginning or end."

"When you encounter a tomb that matches this incomplete tomb map, the map will automatically trigger relevant options and prompts."

Well, this is another clue that is unclear. Jiang Xinghuo put the things away. As for whether he can trigger this clue in the future, it depends on his luck.

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to continue on his journey, and nothing went wrong along the way. He arrived at the woods outside the town very smoothly.

"You came to the grove outside the town. Although it was dark and you couldn't see clearly what was inside the grove, you could sense a faint aura in the grove that seemed to have the same origin as the Nine Death Cicada you were practicing."

After seeing this text, Jiang Xinghuo was certain in his heart that the Martial Lord had really appeared here, and the broken knife was probably left by the Martial Lord.

"Do you want to go into the woods and find out?"

"You walked into the woods, following the scent of the Nine Dead Cicada, and came to a big tree. In the weeds under the tree, you found a broken arm. Judging from the broken marks on the shoulder, it must have been torn off by someone."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the broken arm of the Martial Lord's remains."

"This broken arm was torn off from the remains of the Martial Master. It contains the power of the Nine Deaths Cicada that the Martial Master cultivated, and it also contains a martial art of the Martial Master."

"You now have two choices. If you choose to fuse this relic arm, your Nine Deaths Cicada secret technique level will be slightly improved."

"If you choose to comprehend the martial arts, then you will have to give up fusing this arm. You can't have both at the same time. What do you plan to choose?"

There are two options. The former can improve the level of Tathagatagarbha, and the latter can obtain a martial art.

No matter which one he chose, he would not lose anything. Jiang Xinghuo hesitated for a long time, unable to make his own decision.

After much consideration, Jiang Xinghuo finally chose the latter.

Although the martial master's remains are good, I don't know if there will be any problems if they are integrated with myself.

Therefore, it is better to choose the second answer. Even if you can comprehend martial arts from the broken arm, the decision of whether to practice it or not is in your own hands. Taking a step back, even if you cannot practice it, you can still sell it for a good price if you hang it in a niche.

"You chose to comprehend the martial arts contained in this broken arm."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"Contemplating, please wait..."

Jiang Xinghuo waited for about ten minutes before the new game text popped up in the game.

"You have realized that there is a knife hidden in your sleeve."

"Sleeve Hidden Dagger (Rare Martial Arts), a sword technique created by the Martial Master. It does not require the use of the true Qi in the body, but relies entirely on the strength of the body to strike with the sword. The speed is as fast as thunder, and the sword strike is hidden. Although only one strike is needed, it can kill ghosts and gods instantly."

"In order not to attract the enemy's attention, this sword technique does not have any force accumulation movements. It relies entirely on the strength of one's own muscles, so it has very high requirements for muscle strength. If the muscle strength is not enough, it will be difficult to burst out the necessary force. Not only will it not cause harm to the enemy, but it will also cause serious damage to your own body."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the description in the text. According to the description in the game text, this sword technique is more of a force technique than a martial arts move. It can take a person's life in an instant.

"Do you want to learn this sword technique?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

The next moment, as the prompt of successful training flashed in the game, many new skills appeared in Jiang Xinghuo's mind, which was the technique of using force with a dagger hidden in the sleeve.

The content is not that complicated, but as the text says, it requires very high muscle strength and you may hurt yourself if you are not careful.

He tried it out using the Evil Star Bite, and the light of the knife was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye. However, after the knife was slashed out, he felt half of his body numb, and even the roots of his teeth could feel the vibration.

You can imagine the power of this knife.

My weight fluctuates within one kilogram. I consulted the doctor at my workplace, who recommended eating more black fungus, which will not make me gain weight but also help to keep my intestines clear. It is best to eat it braised with scallions or dipped in soy sauce.

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