My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 482 Bone Dragon

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo logged into his game account, he triggered a new text message. The sound of a baby playing could be heard in the old house.

This was somewhat unexpected for him, but Jiang Xinghuo still calmly clicked on the screen and continued to push the plot forward, wanting to see what the secret was in this ancient house.

"You carefully identified the source of the sound and finally found that the sound of a baby laughing seemed to come from behind the corridor on the right. Do you want to go over and check it out?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the absurd and weird game text and thought that this house was full of weirdness from beginning to end.

But the more this happened, the more excited Jiang Xinghuo became.

Because this means that there are many secrets hidden in the old house, and in this crazy, absurd and bizarre world, secrets often represent opportunities and gains.

This is Jiang Xinghuo's biggest realization in the past few months, and it is also the eternal truth in this absurd world.

"The baby's laughter is lingering in your ears, like a magic sound, seeming to attract you to explore. What choice will you make next? Will you go over and find out what's going on without hesitation? Or will you ignore it and pretend you didn't hear the sound?"

"After all, this eerie and strange old house is filled with many unknown dangers. If you wander around randomly, you may easily die here."

Jiang Xinghuo was faced with a choice, one of two. Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a moment and made his own decision.

"Exile, your eyes have been blinded by greed in your heart. You cannot see the danger hidden in the dark and are heading towards an abyss from which there is no return."

"You walked towards the corridor on the right. If you choose to stop now, you will have a chance to start over."

"Once you walk in, even if you really want to turn back, you won't have the chance to regret it."

"Are you still determined to enter it?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation and controlled the game character to walk into the corridor.

"You walked into a dark and long corridor, and the sound of a baby laughing was just ahead."

"Soon, you came to a room. The baby's laughter came from this room. Do you want to push the door and go in?"

But before Jiang Xinghuo could make a choice, the two options given by the game suddenly disappeared again, replaced by a new text.

"You felt a pair of cold hands reaching out from the darkness and grabbing your neck. They quickly broke your vertebrae, and before you could react you passed out."

"Your body fell to the ground and was dragged into the darkness by an invisible force. Soon, the sound of chewing could be heard."

"You are dead."

Jiang Xinghuo had already prepared for this. At least he had found the source of the sound. The next step was to activate the scapegoat and go in to explore.

"You activated the effect of the scapegoat and resurrected outside this room, but the laughter inside has disappeared. Do you want to push the door open immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

He paid the price of his life to find the source of the laughter, so there was no reason to turn it away.

"You push open the door and walk into this dim room. You find a bamboo mat on the floor filled with all kinds of items. Do you want to explore?"

"You chose to explore the house and gained something."

"You have found a longevity golden lock, an iron weight, a yellowed ancient book, a broken sword, a rusty little tripod, a small jade gourd, a set of four treasures of the study, an immeasurable ruler, and a black gold beast claw amulet..."

Jiang Xinghuo checked carefully and found more than twenty kinds of things in the room, covering objects from all walks of life.

There are all kinds of people, from all walks of life.

There are even things for tomb robbing.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the description of the game text and suddenly realized that these things seemed to be the objects used by the ancients for the Zhou ceremony! ?

The noble families in ancient times were very particular about this. They called the day when a child was one year old "晬", also known as "Zhou".

This is also the origin of the term "year old".

The child's family not only has to hold a grand banquet to celebrate, but also has to perform a one-year-old ceremony for the baby, which was called "晬盘" in ancient times.

Simply put, it is to place objects symbolizing various industries, then put the baby among those objects and let the child grab them by instinct.

Based on what the child grabs first and later, you can predict the child's interests, future, and the industry he or she will work in in the future.

The event of grabbing the first birthday was also mentioned in The Story of the Stone. It said that Jia Baoyu grabbed a rouge hairpin and ring on his first birthday, so his father Jia Zheng said that he would become a drunkard and a womanizer in the future, which was not unfair to him.

There is no scientific basis for this statement. To put it bluntly, it is just to join in the fun and everyone wants to be festive. Anyway, no matter what you choose, you can say a lot of New Year greetings.

Could it be that the baby's frolicking just now was the "Zhuazhou" ceremony? ?
Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly. Yesterday, an invisible wedding was held in the ancient house. Today, there was another one-year-old ceremony. What will happen tomorrow? ?

The coming-of-age ceremony?

Or a funeral?

or,
Another wedding banquet?

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Things will work out when the time comes. He will know everything.

Now, let’s take stock of what good stuff we have.

Jiang Xinghuo counted the things he found in the house. Except for a few items, the rest were of little value.

"Longevity Golden Lock (Ordinary Item), a traditional folk custom for newborn babies to wear. It has the ability to slightly improve the wearer's physique and can ensure that the wearer will not suffer from any disease."

"However, you sensed some familiar aura on this golden lock. It is somewhat similar to the fur of the handed-down law, but it is also seemingly different in power."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows, with some guesses in his mind, perhaps the former owner of this golden lock was the owner of the handed-down law.

However, this golden lock did not contain any fragments of the traditional laws, so Jiang Xinghuo did not take it too seriously and just put it away, thinking it might be useful in the future.

"Emerald Jade Gourd (Excellent Item), a gourd-shaped jade stone that is nurtured by heaven and earth. Wearing it on your body can replenish your physical strength at all times. You can also soak it in water to get rid of cold, heat and poison."

Jiang Xinghuo took the thing out and took a look. It was a very delicate jade gourd pendant, which exuded a faint breath of vitality. Although it could not cure any serious illness, it was not difficult to cure a cold or fever.

"Black gold beast claw amulet (excellent item), a black gold amulet inlaid with beast claws. Wearing it can prevent attacks from wild beasts and also has a certain deterrent effect on ghosts and monsters."

"The Bone-Transforming Dragon Fetus (a rare item). Even if you have a unicorn son, you cannot defeat the Bone-Transforming Dragon. It is a monster in folklore that eats up all the creatures in the world and squanders all the wealth. After you use your own blood to enlighten it, you will have a chance to hatch and cultivate it." Jiang Xinghuo took out the Bone-Transforming Dragon Fetus. It was a pet egg not much bigger than a fist. It was translucent as a whole, and you could vaguely see a hideous dragon-shaped monster curled up inside the egg.

According to the method given in the game text, as long as you smear blood on it and draw the consecration talisman, there will be a chance to hatch this alien species.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the talisman image on the screen, weighed the pros and cons in his mind for a while, and was not in a hurry to draw the talisman on the eggshell.

Instead, he went to the niche shop to buy the corresponding materials, intending to first make three god-binding talismans, two black and one gold.

From the description in the game text, it can be seen that this bone-changing dragon is not a good guy, and it is probably as cruel and bloodthirsty as the drought demon.

If you don't make some preparations in advance, hatching this thing will only bring trouble to yourself.

Jiang Xinghuo spent half an hour and painstakingly drew three god-binding talismans, which were constantly flashing vermilion light.

This time, Jiang Xinghuo felt confident enough. He found a needle, pricked his fingertips, and drew a complicated talisman on the pet egg.

And at the moment the drawing was completed, the talisman immediately disappeared into the eggshell, and then turned into a red light, and a little dragon appeared in its place.

On his head, he had withered dragon horns that looked like old tree roots, his cyan-gold tail was strung with all kinds of gold, silver and jewels, and on his face he had a pair of rusty copper coin mask, and behind each copper coin hole there seemed to be eyes that were greedy for money.

"Hee... I'm so hungry... I want to eat..."

The little bone-changing dragon rolled on the ground, turned over and sat up, grabbed the trash can next to it, and stuffed the food into its stomach with a grunt.

That was a stainless steel trash can, and not even the skin or the flesh was left. It went into the stomach like an orange.

After finishing the meal, it was still unsatisfied and grabbed the chair next to it. I don’t know where its teeth were so good, but in less than half a minute, it had eaten the whole wooden chair clean.

Moreover, after eating these two things, the size of the little bone-changing dragon also became noticeably larger.

Jiang Xinghuo's scalp tingled when he saw this terrifying growth rate. Seeing that it was eyeing the white jade turtle on the cabinet again, Jiang Xinghuo jumped over and held down the little bone dragon's body.

The little guy felt the force coming from his body. He struggled for a few times but couldn't get rid of it. He couldn't help but look ferocious and turned around to bite it.

Jiang Xinghuo did not tolerate this bone-changing dragon. Lightning flashed in his palm, instantly enveloping the little bone-changing dragon's body.

The little bone-changing dragon suddenly fell to the ground with black smoke coming out of its body.

Jiang Xinghuo then unfolded the magical power of Tathagata and looked at this newly hatched monster.

"Bone Dragon (rare), 10 years of cultivation, even if you have a Qilin child, you can't defeat the Bone Dragon, a monster hatched from the blood of the Exile, with the innate ability of 'gluttony and waste'."

"Greedy and profligate: The innate ability of the Bone Dragon is that it can devour everything within its sight, no matter if it is a living thing or a dead thing. Once it enters the belly of the Bone Dragon, it will become nutrients that increase its Taoism and magic power."

"Be careful, the nature of the bone dragon is insatiable, and it will devour even its own master without mercy. Therefore, you cannot treat a creature like a bone dragon in the usual way. You must have means to restrain it from devouring its master."

"Moreover, this species is very sensitive to the presence of gold, silver and treasures. Even if it is hidden a hundred meters underground, it can easily detect it."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the information appearing on his retina and understood the advantages and disadvantages of this bone dragon.

To put it simply, this thing is impossible to tame and you can't treat it with wholehearted care.

It can only be restrained by special methods, otherwise it may bite its owner at any time.

Jiang Xinghuo picked up the god-binding talisman next to him, thought for a while, and finally put away the two black god-binding talismans and stuck the golden god-binding talisman on the top of the Bone Dragon's head.

A moment later, the God-Binding Talisman turned into golden light and merged into the body of the Bone Dragon, and Jiang Xinghuo also established a connection with it.

The little Bone Dragon also acted out of character and became somewhat friendly towards Jiang Xinghuo. It crawled over and hugged his calves, babbling and pointing at the sleeping white jade turtle.

Jiang Xinghuo speechlessly took the white jade turtle and poked the other's exposed little head.

The white jade turtle also opened its two green bean-like little eyes, looked at Jiang Xinghuo, rubbed it in his palm, then closed its eyes and fell asleep again.

"Sleepyhead..."

Jiang Xinghuo laughed in silence, put the little guy on the shelf, picked up the little bone-transforming dragon and threw it on the sofa beside him.

"Don't eat anything carelessly. Wait for me for a while, or I'll use this to punish you."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his right hand, which was flashing with lightning, and frightened Huagulong so much that he sat upright, not daring to have any other thoughts.

On the other side, Jiang Xinghuo went to the niche shop and bought some blood food, which was the flesh and blood of various monsters and demons.

He wanted to test out Huagulong's talent of being "gluttonous and wasteful".

“This is all your food.”

Jiang Xinghuo put the flesh and blood of the monsters he bought in a basin and placed it on the floor tiles around the coffee table.

It's not that he can abuse the Bone Dragon, but the Bone Dragon's body size can grow as it eats. If he puts it on the sofa, he's afraid he will have to replace it with a new one tomorrow.

The Bone Dragon didn't care about those things. His eyes lit up when he saw the flesh and blood in the basin. After hearing what Jiang Xinghuo said, he started to eat without any scruples.

In less than five minutes, all the flesh and blood of monsters that Jiang Xinghuo bought had been eaten up by the Bone Dragon.

The pair of majestic dragon horns on its head, which looked like dead trees, glowed slightly, and two new branches had grown out of them.

The little bone-transforming dragon's cultivation of Taoism and magic power also improved rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even its body size became almost the same size as that of a Husky.

"Bone-Transforming Dragon (Rare +), 20 years of cultivation, even if you have a Qilin son, it is hard to defeat the Bone-Transforming Dragon..."

Jiang Xinghuo spent more than two thousand incense sticks to buy the flesh and blood, and the Bone Dragon's cultivation level was directly improved by 20 years.

No wonder this guy is called the Bone-Evolving Dragon, it really lives up to its name. If you want to become stronger, you have to spend money, and a lot of money at that.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't feel any heartache. After all, the Bone Dragon was now under his control. The stronger it was, the more help it would be to him.

After the little bone-changing dragon finished eating the flesh and blood, it transformed the power in it into nutrients to improve its Taoism, then turned its head and looked at Jiang Xinghuo beside it.

Jiang Xinghuo now understood the significance of its talent for spending money.

This kid's stomach is an uncontrollable bottomless pit. No matter how much money you spend, it will all be poured into it in the end.

(End of this chapter)