My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 472 Tomb
"Dragon Raising Technique: Territory Chapter (Rare Technique), also known as the Art of Expanding Territory, is the most mysterious inheritance in Dragon Raising Technique. It can use the dragon energy contained in the earth veins to master the abilities related to territorial prohibition, space transfer, moving mountains and seas, and opening up cave worlds."

"However, since the dragon-raising technique was passed down in the secular world, there are only a few royal family members who can truly master the art of expanding territory. Apart from Emperor Taizu and the secular master who has mastered the Golden Law, almost no one can fully understand the full capabilities of this technique. We can only select some suitable parts to learn."

"Do you want to activate this ancient stone carving and learn the art of expanding territory recorded on it?"

At dawn, the Lord of the secular world fell in the depths of the Forbidden City. The Grand Master of the Imperial Clan House knew that things could not be violated, so he divided the complete dragon-raising technique into nine parts and gave them to the royal descendants to live in seclusion in the secular world.

So far, if the "art of expanding territory" is included, Jiang Xinghuo has found four stone carvings that record the art of raising dragons.

They are: the Possession Chapter, which allows one to occupy the bodies of dragon-like monsters; the Shinto Chapter, which allows one to merge with the power of incense and the veins of mountains and rivers; the Dragon Vein Chapter, which allows one to control the giant dragons in the earth veins; and now, the Territory Chapter, which allows one to master the power of space.

"Do you want to learn this art of expanding territory?"

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagata."

"You use the power of Tathagata to analyze the origin of this technique. Although you cannot fully grasp its principles, you have the Golden Law in your body. Practicing this technique will not have any impact on you."

Seeing the prompts given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo no longer had any worries and simply clicked to learn.

"You activated this stone carving, and the dragon-raising technique recorded on it slowly emerged in the air, and then quickly flooded into your mind."

"However, with your current level of completeness of the Golden Law, you are still unable to completely master this technique. You can only randomly gain a method of practicing authority."

"The secret is being transmitted, please wait..."

As the game text flashed by, Jiang Xinghuo also felt that there were suddenly some extra memories in his mind. After careful inspection, he found that these extra memories were the method of territory sealing in the dragon-raising technique.

"The method of sealing the territory..."

Jiang Xinghuo murmured a few words softly. This method of territory sealing can control the dragon veins and confine a fixed area, which is somewhat similar to the effect of a town monument.

As for the geographical scope that can be sealed by magic power, it is closely related to the strength of the caster. The larger the range, the worse the effect of the seal, and vice versa.

Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath and felt satisfied. Being too greedy is not necessarily a good thing.

With this method of territory sealing at hand, I will surely be able to save a lot of effort when facing those monsters in the future.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo put away the stone carving and continued to check other things.

"Flesh and blood of an unknown existence (special material), a piece of flesh and blood remnant of unknown origin. Although it has been separated from the original body for who knows how many years, it still looks alive, as if it was just cut off not long ago, and the blood at the wound has not yet dried."

"You observed this strange piece of flesh and blood through the perspective of Tathagatagarbha, and soon understood its origin and source."

"You have discovered the remains of Tai Sui Xian."

"Taisui is the most unpopular existence in the secular world. It is said that he is closely related to the law of disaster. And wherever Taisui appears, there will be a bloody storm. If dozens of people are not killed, the situation will be difficult to settle."

"When Tai Sui sits on your head, there will be no blessings but disasters. Tai Sui is a kind of alien creature in the secular world. It is said to have the magical effect of being inexhaustible. There is also a folk legend that if you can swallow a piece of Tai Sui meat, you will be immortal and gain the ability of eternal life."

"But folk legends are ultimately unrealistic nonsense. Although Tai Sui has the ability to bring people back to life, the price to pay is extremely miserable. Not only will the senses be lost, but the body will also be unable to move like a stone statue. One can only lie in bed like a living dead."

"Your Tai Sui trick bag is vibrating."

Ok?
This sudden prompt message made Jiang Xinghuo feel a little confused and he didn't understand what it meant.

Could it be that Tai Sui's magic bag wants to devour this piece of Tai Sui meat?

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a moment, clicked on the text on the screen, took the Tai Sui meat into reality, then took out the stomach-like magic bag and stacked the two together.

Hmm...there aren't any unusual changes...

Jiang Xinghuo scratched his head and thought about it for a long time but still had no clue, so he had to put these two things away for the time being.

He thought that the Tai Sui Magic Bag wanted to devour this piece of Tai Sui meat to increase its level and strength.

After all, the raw material used to repair the magic bag was Tai Sui skin, which should come from the same source as this piece of Tai Sui meat.

Who would have thought that putting the two together would not produce any reaction.

In desperation, Jiang Xinghuo had to look at the remaining two things.

"A broken bronze tripod (special prop), a large bronze tripod covered with rusty copper-green rust. It looks like an ancient ritual vessel, but you find that there seem to be some strange patterns carved on the broken body of the tripod, but they are covered by thick copper rust, so you can't see what is on it at all."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Would you choose to put away this broken bronze tripod and place it at home as a Feng Shui device to protect the house, or would you find a way to clean off the rust on it and see what secrets are hidden underneath?"

The game gives two options: put away the broken bronze tripod or clean the rust on it.

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter without even thinking about it, which obviously triggered the subsequent mission plot. He would not have chosen the former unless his brain was squeezed by the door.

Jiang Xinghuo took a stroll around the niche shop and found a player with a heritage relic named "Gewushi", who happened to have special rust removal props for sale.

"Iron Melting Water (common consumable item), an item developed by the Exile 'Study of Things' based on the corpse melting water from Miaojiang. It is specially used to remove rust from copper and iron, and will not cause any damage to the metal itself."

"Price: 300 incense sticks."

“Number of times it can be used: 5/5.”

Three hundred incense sticks can be used five times, so this deal is quite a good deal, and Jiang Xinghuo bought it without hesitation.

"You have obtained molten iron."

"Do you want to use molten iron to remove the rust from the bronze tripod?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes and controlled the character to pour the newly bought molten iron on the bronze tripod.

"You have used it, molten iron."

"Under the action of the molten iron, the rust on the bronze tripod began to peel off slowly. After a short while, the rust disappeared."

"You controlled the water flow to wash away the stains on it, and finally saw the content engraved on the tripod clearly. It turned out to be a complete sacrificial picture." "Do you want to make a copy of the engraving?"

Two options, yes or no.

Jiang Xinghuo found the rubbing tools from his magic bag, then clicked to use them immediately.

"You have perfectly reproduced the sacrificial image on the tripod."

"You have obtained the ritual diagram of the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony."

"Ceremony of Heavenly Offerings (Legend). This is a ritual that was passed down from the old secular dynasty era. It was usually used when the royal family offered sacrifices to the heaven. Only the secular masters of the old era were qualified to hold such a large-scale ceremony of heavenly offerings."

"However, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens recorded on this bronze tripod is a grand ceremony specifically for the changes in celestial phenomena. Whenever there is severe drought or flood, the secular rulers of the old times would open an altar to offer sacrifices to the heavens, in the hope of peace and prosperity for the country and the people, and peace and prosperity for the four seas. All wind, frost, rain and snow can be stopped in a single thought."

"Of course, if we want to hold this kind of heavenly sacrifice ceremony perfectly, the sacrifices required are extremely huge and terrifying, and it cannot be completed overnight."

Immediately afterwards, the list of sacrifices needed for the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven popped up on the mobile phone screen.

Jiang Xinghuo took a quick look and found that the offerings needed for the heaven sacrifice were all the remains of various powerful ghosts and gods. They could not be corpses that had been sealed for many years. They had to be freshly killed and their spirits had not dissipated.

Thinking of this, a picture seemed to emerge in front of Jiang Xinghuo's eyes. On the towering altar that reached into the clouds, stood a tall and majestic figure. In the quagmire behind him, there was blood flowing, corpses piled up like a mountain, and the bodies of countless monsters and demons lay there.

But this illusion disappeared in just a moment, as if it had never appeared. Even Jiang Xinghuo himself could not be sure whether it was true or false.

Jiang Xinghuo carefully put away the copied picture of the sacrifice to heaven. This thing is of no use on a daily basis, but if the day comes when it can be used, it would be like a catastrophe in reality.

Finally, there is only one weapon left that can go against the will and slay the dragon.

"The weapon of the anti-path and dragon-slaying (special item), a weapon passed down from generation to generation in the clan house of the secular dynasty, specially forged for the royal relatives and descendants of the phoenix and dragon, and kept by the clan house's great clan leader for generations."

"But it has no effect on other people. It only targets the descendants who have the bloodline of the Lord of the Secular World."

"As long as the blood of the Lord of the Secular World flows in one's body, one will be restrained by this weapon. No matter how strong one's cultivation is, even if the blade scratches one's skin a little, one will be killed on the spot."

"The original intention of the Lord of the Secular World to forge this weapon was to deal with those rebellious vassal kings."

"But until the day he died in the Forbidden City, this weapon had never been used. Later, as the royal family's descendants fled, the whereabouts of the weapon became unknown. I didn't expect it to be lost here."

"Please note that this weapon can only be used once. If you want to use it a second time, you must be blessed by the Golden Law of the Lord of the Secular World."

Jiang Xinghuo's brows seemed to be filled with thought. From the description in the text, this weapon was a weapon of causality. It had the effect of killing a certain ethnic group or identity with one strike.

He couldn't help but think of the Master of Life and Death among the thirteen masters, who was suspected to have a close connection with the Lord of the Secular World.

If I were to face that Taoist master in the future, this dragon-slaying weapon might be of great use.

Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself, put away his weapon, and continued to move forward with the plot.

"What are you going to do next?"

"Do you plan to return to the hall above while you're ahead, or do you choose to continue exploring in the darkness of the deep square?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to continue exploring.

"After you counted all the gains, you continued to walk deeper into the square and eventually found a tomb in the middle of the square. Do you want to go and take a look?"

"You walked to the front of the grave. It looked like any other grave, even more dilapidated and desolate. There was no name engraved on the tombstone, and the two funeral candles had long been burned out, leaving only two candlesticks full of wax. It looked very shabby, and there was nothing else."

The game text ends here.

There was no follow-up interaction, and no new options popped up.

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly, replayed the text again, thought carefully for a while, and finally seemed to have thought of something. He took out two white funeral candles from the magic bag and clicked to use them.

"You put the funeral candle in the candlestick and lit it. The weak light illuminated the tombstone, but there was still no writing on it, and the grave mound had not changed at all."

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it again and noticed that the text mentioned twice that there were no words engraved on the tombstone. Was it reminding himself that he needed to engrave a few words on it?

Jiang Xinghuo decided to give it a try. He took out the Thunder Chisel from his magic bag and controlled the character to chisel on the tombstone.

"Ding-dong..."

"Please choose the words you want to engrave..."

"Are you going to engrave your birth date and name, or just make one up?"

There are two options: your own birth date and name, or make up a random name and birth date.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a moment and chose to engrave his own name. Even if there were any problems, it would only be a waste of a life.

"You held a hammer and chisel and left your name and eight characters on the tombstone. Under the candlelight, it gave off a somewhat eerie feeling."

Then, Jiang Xinghuo found out the things for offering sacrifices, including offerings, fire basins, paper money, yellow paper...he gathered all the necessary things.

"You prepared everything, but just as you set the yellow paper on fire, the grave behind the tombstone suddenly split in the middle, and a pale, rotten ghost hand suddenly stretched out, dragged you into the grave, and instantly restored itself to its original state."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly remembered the dream he had, which seemed to echo the scene in front of him. How could it be such a coincidence? ?

Jiang Xinghuo felt a little uneasy, and then the new game text popped up.

"You were dragged into the grave, and the biting cold instantly enveloped your body, but you found something glowing in the darkness. Do you want to go over and pick it up?"

Jiang Xinghuo was shocked and realized that he had triggered a new interaction, so he immediately chose to go forward and pick it up.

"You went over and picked up the shiny object."

"You have obtained..."

(End of this chapter)