My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 487 Legacy
"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"The formula of the soul-collecting talisman is being analyzed. Please wait..."

Jiang Xinghuo leaned on the sofa with his phone in hand. After waiting for about five minutes, a new message came from the game.

"The formula was analyzed successfully."

"You have obtained the recipe for the Soul-Catching Talisman (rare)."

"Soul-Catching Talisman (Rare), one of the twenty-seven forbidden talismans passed down by Taoist Master Lushan. It has the effect of capturing souls and spirits, slaying evil spirits and exterminating ghosts. It has a very strong killing power against creatures with souls and can capture the souls of others invisibly."

"Note that this talisman is only effective against living beings with souls. It will not have any effect on zombies, drought demons, and similar corpse-like monsters."

Tathagata Zang successfully analyzed the recipe for the Soul-Catching Talisman. At the same time, Jiang Xinghuo in reality also felt the changes. His mind moved slightly, and the secrets and inheritance related to the Soul-Catching Talisman immediately emerged from the depths of his mind like a spring.

"Are you going to continue to explore deeper?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the options given by the game and naturally would not choose to retreat, but before entering the iron gate, Jiang Xinghuo opened the inventory panel and found the Soul-Soothing Nail he had stored in it.

This was the magic weapon prop that Lin Tianshou had given him, specially designed to deal with evil spells such as bewitching souls, stealing life, etc.

But later, Jiang Xinghuo felt uncomfortable with this thing inside his body, so he pulled it out and threw it into his magic bag, not knowing whether it could resist the power of the soul-catching talisman.

"You have integrated the Soul-Suppressing Nail into your body, and the three souls and seven spirits have been locked to the body. Do you want to enter the iron gate again?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation. Since he was already here, it didn't matter where he went.

"After you entered the iron gate, the soul-snatching talisman on the wall flickered slightly, as if it wanted to snatch your soul away again. But this time you were already prepared, and the soul-snatching talisman had no effect on you."

"Of course, this is not because the soul-calling talisman is not powerful enough, but because it is too old. The talisman marks on the wall have been worn out, so that the spirituality has been lost, and sometimes there will be a phenomenon of slow perception. If it was a soul-calling talisman drawn by Taoist Master Lushan himself, I am afraid that your soul would be shattered in an instant, and you would become nutrients for the other party's soldiers."

The Taoist Master of Lushan...

Jiang Xinghuo silently recorded this name in his heart. He was another powerful person in the secular world. Since he was named Dao Lord, his strength could be comparable to that of the Dao Master. Or, could he be one of the thirteen Dao Masters? ?
The game didn't give an accurate answer, and Jiang Xinghuo couldn't just make a random guess. Guessing over and over again might not be right in the end, which would be futile and a waste of time.

When you go to explore the secular Fujian and Guangdong areas in the future, see if you can trigger relevant mission clues or corresponding plots, and then you will know everything.

"You passed the first level successfully. You stepped on the remaining stains and walked forward holding your breath. After all, the smell here is really bad. The aromatherapy towel you are wearing is also gradually losing its effectiveness. Although the smell here does not pose any threat to you because of the Five Grains Samsara Body, this smell is not so easy to bear. Maybe there will be some unknown reactions, causing damage to your body?"

"So, do you want to make some more preparations?"

The game has given this hint. If Jiang Xinghuo still doesn’t understand, then he would be a complete idiot.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't waste any time and went to the teahouse and shop for a walk, and bought some things.

"You bought this incense towel (excellent quality) at the teahouse niche shop."

"Aromatherapy scarf (excellent item), a scarf woven from silk mixed with secret medicine. It has no smell itself, but if it comes into contact with a strong and pungent smell, it will emit a fragrant herbal aroma. The stronger the smell, the stronger the aroma it emits."

After seeing the description, Jiang Xinghuo bought it without much thought. Judging from the description in the game text, this item was just right for his current situation.

"Do you want to use this item?"

Jiang Xinghuo was equipped with the incense fumigation towel. Regardless of whether the description of the fumigation towel's effects was exaggerated, its function of isolating odors did have some effect. At least the subsequent texts never mentioned this matter again.

"You wade through the muddy sewage and come to the end of the road. You see a broken stone bed and a shriveled corpse sitting hunched against the wall. You can no longer recognize its original appearance."

"And next to this body, there is another equally shrunken body lying on the ground. Which body do you plan to examine first?"

The game gives two options, on the bed and under the bed, and there are no other unnecessary options.

After seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and decided to check the body on the ground first. If there was no accident, the body on the stone bed should be the missing Lord Chao Feng. If this was the case, then the identity of the body next to him was very questionable.

"You walked to the body on the ground, and you triggered the coroner's talent for gross observation. You identified the cause of death. It was because the heart was shattered by external force."

"Moreover, judging from the characteristics and clothing of this corpse, the other party is most likely a funeral director."

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagata."

"Use your right eye's Tathagata-garbha vision to observe the body on the ground. As expected, the person on the ground is a funeral master."

"You have found the corpse of Master Undertaker."

"Funeral masters, these are a group of people who make a living by collecting and exorcising ghosts and burying people in graves. They spend all day hanging around dead people and graves. As the saying goes, 'there are grave collectors in the north and funeral masters in the south'. Even among the evil and weird underworld, these people are a group that is extremely taboo."

"You examined the corpse of the funeral master and found that he was dead. You had no power to fight back and were hit head-on with your heart shattered."

"Do you want to touch the corpse?"

"You searched around the corpse of the funeral master and found some small items."

"You have obtained a volume of the Burial Scripture, a compass for finding evil spirits, a metal chisel for locating graves, a small black-bone boat, a pawn ticket stub left by Master Tiangong, and the body of a deceased undertaker."

"Apart from these things, everything else on Master Zang has disappeared. I don't know if it was lost somewhere else or destroyed."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the things found from the undertaker and began to count them one by one in order.

"The Burial Scripture (Excellent Item), the root of the methods of Master Burial's lineage. However, only those who join Master Burial's lineage are qualified to learn what is recorded in it. Even if ordinary people read this book, they cannot use the methods in it. They can only use it as an extracurricular reading to increase their experience." "Do you want to use this item?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose no. If there were no conditions or hidden dangers, he would just learn this skill. However, this was a professional skill. If he wanted to learn it, he would have to join the other party's forces, which was not cost-effective.

This wasn't some extraordinary skill. At best, it was just a way to catch and exorcise ghosts, and at most it was also a bit of feng shui acupuncture. It was completely useless to him.

Jiang Xinghuo threw the prop book on the niche. Although he couldn't use it, there was no guarantee that other people would be interested in it.

Then, Jiang Xinghuo looked at several other things.

"Evil-seeking Compass (common item), this is a magic tool exclusive to Master Zang's lineage. Unlike the dragon-seeking compasses of other lines, this compass is extremely sensitive to evil spirits and is a magic tool specifically used to find those evil dragon caves."

"Hardware Chisel for Locating the Burial Site (Excellent Tool). The hardware chisel that the funeral master carries with him can be used as a tool for calculating the situation and regulating the qi, and can also be used as a weapon to fight with others."

"Black Bone Boat (Rare Item), it is recorded in the secular gossip that there is a whale in the East China Sea, its scales and flesh are all white, and its bones are like ink, called black bone, which has the ability to be as big or small as desired. Boats forged from its skeleton can also have the ability to be as big or small as desired, with the smallest size no larger than the palm and the largest being a hundred feet long."

Out of curiosity, Jiang Xinghuo took out the black bone boat. Just as the game text said, it was only the size of a palm, completely black, with talismans and spells faintly visible on it.

It looked like an exquisite little ornament, but when one listened carefully, one could hear the sound of mournful cries.

At this time, a new text prompt came from the game, Jiang Xinghuo clicked it and saw:.

"Be careful. Although this small black-bone boat can be as big or small as you wish, it is also entangled with the resentment and curse of the black-bone whale. There is a high probability that it will attract those indescribable evil things in the deep sea."

Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the text and thought that this black-bone ship looked good, but it was hard to say whether it would be a blessing or a curse if it were to be used.

Looking at the small boat, Jiang Xinghuo played with it in his hands for a while and then threw it into the magic bag.

To him, this prop was somewhat useless. After all, he already had a land dragon boat, which was far superior to this black-bone boat in terms of quality and capability.

But as the saying goes, having something is better than having nothing, and it may come in handy in unexpected ways at some point.

Jiang Xinghuo collected all these things, and in the end, only the pawn ticket of Tiangongye was left.

"Tian Gong Ye's pawn ticket (0735). When Tian Gong Ye was traveling in the secular world, he was short of money, so he pawned some of his skills and crafts to the old court official in exchange for a large amount of incense. This is the pawn ticket stub."

"These ancient, dusty relics are the key to restarting history. They record many unknown secrets of the past. You can go to the Datong Pawn Shop in Peking and spend a sum of money to redeem the pawn item corresponding to this pawn ticket."

Tsk, Jiang Xinghuo looked at the number on the back of the pawn ticket and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it's true that if you have the skills, you can make a living wherever you go, anyway, you won't be hungry wherever you go.

Jiang Xinghuo put the pawn ticket into his magic bag, and planned to visit Datong Pawn Shop when he went to Peking next time to exchange the pawn ticket. Maybe he could get some surprises.

As for the corpse left by the undertaker, Jiang Xinghuo was not very interested in it. He simply threw it on the niche shop and sold it to a corpse driver.

At this point, the things found on the undertaker's body had been counted, and Jiang Xinghuo turned his head to look at the corpse on the stone bed.

"You walked to the stone bed and observed the body through the vision of Tathagata. You soon discovered the other party's identity."

"You have found the body of Master Chao Feng."

"Master Chaofeng, a powerful person who controls the power of trading in the secular world, was once a powerful person who was influential and wealthy enough to rival a country, and had mountains of gold and silver. I didn't expect that he would end up in such a state, dying in a sewer that never sees the sun, and there wasn't even anyone to collect his body."

"You checked the body of Master Chao Feng and found that there was nothing on it except a pile of black ashes."

"You have discovered the existence of Jiehui. Do you want to collect it?"

Robbery ash? ?
Jiang Xinghuo's heart moved slightly, and he chose yes, and collected all the ashes on Master Chao Feng's body into the box.

These calamity ashes are the products of the burning of the Mad Fire. Jiang Xinghuo had been contaminated by the Mad Fire twice, and many of his abilities and props were burned to ashes. Those ashes are the calamity ashes, but Jiang Xinghuo has no idea what the calamity ashes are used for. He only knows that this thing can be used as material for refining "calamity pills", and this is the information he got from the storyteller in the teahouse.

"The Tribulation Pill, a pill made with Tribulation Ashes as raw materials, can alleviate the confusion and madness brought about by the Madness Fire..."

Moreover, the Jiedan can only reduce the damage caused by the epilepsy fire, but cannot completely eliminate it. Its nature is somewhat similar to the medicine used for patients with advanced cancer.

Jiang Xinghuo put the collected calamity ashes together. He had a hunch that the role of calamity ashes was definitely not limited to refining calamity pills. It must have a more important role, but he just didn't know it for the time being.

However, since the ashes have already been produced, the things on Master Chao Feng's body are estimated to have been burned to ashes, and there is no possibility that there will be any remaining things.

The only thing of value left may be this body.

When Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, his cell phone suddenly vibrated and a new message popped up.

"When you were cleaning up the ashes, you discovered that the stone bed beneath Master Chao Feng seemed to have some mysteries, as if there was a secret compartment. Do you want to try to break the stone bed and see what's inside?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the text prompt, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought, could there really be an unexpected gain?

So, Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation, took out the Dragon King's Taoist soldiers from the magic bag, and controlled the game character to smash the stone bed.

"You found a burnt and old ticket box among the remains of the broken stone bed. When you opened it, you saw a stack of pawn tickets more than two inches thick."

"But after you carefully check, you will find that most of these pawn tickets have been destroyed. Only a few are still intact. In addition, there is also a suicide note from Master Chao Feng mixed in with the tickets..."

(End of this chapter)