My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 506: Heavenly Secret Puppet, Soul Chasing Incense
Jiang Xinghuo looked at the Dragon Slaying Sword in his hand, and could not connect this rusty and broken sword with the awesome appearance described in the game text.

Such a broken sword, thrown onto the street, would probably be of no other use except being sold as scrap metal.

Jiang Xinghuo read the text again. If he wanted to restore the dragon-slaying sword to its former sharpness, he needed to sharpen it with the scales and horns of a celestial dragon so that it could regain its former glory.

According to the background setting of the game, Tianlong is at the top of the food chain of dragon-like monsters and demons. It takes five hundred years for a big snake to turn into a dragon, and another five hundred years for the big dragon to turn into a dragon. Only after another thousand years and successfully passing through the thunder catastrophe can it be called Tianlong.

The last celestial dragon recorded in the history of the secular world was the sworn brother of the Yellow River Lord. He was an ordinary carp who underwent continuous blood transformation and finally turned into a dragon and soared into the sky.

His own Yunlong can only be regarded as a Jiaolong now. Although it has the appearance of a real dragon, it cannot be compared with the real Tianlong.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly unfolded the sea of ​​thunder and sea in his body, and the illusory magic field instantly covered the entire living room.

A huge dragon head poked out from the sea of ​​clouds and rubbed Jiang Xinghuo's cheek, but when Yunlong saw the dragon-slaying sword, he couldn't help but let out a low groan, and a trace of fear and hostility flashed in his eyes.

Jiang Xinghuo and Yunlong were in tune with each other and quickly understood the meaning of the murmur.

Although this is just a broken sword, if it pierces into Yunlong's body, it will take away all its vitality in the shortest time, and no means can reverse this state.

This is a kind of power that is close to the level of rules and has little to do with cultivation. Even if it transforms into a real dragon, it cannot be sure whether it can withstand the power of this sword.

This was the thought that Jiang Xinghuo sensed from the humming sound. At the same time, he also had a new understanding of the power of this dragon-slaying sword.

A broken sword has such power. If it were intact, its power would be unimaginable.

Jiang Xinghuo put away the Heavenly Thunder and Earth Sea and put the broken Dragon-Slaying Sword into the second floor of the magic space.

The props stored here are all unique in the world. They either possess incredible abilities or are related to important mission clues.

In the end, only the corpses of Clavicle Vajra and Bloodstained Bodhisattva were left.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't pay much attention to it. After he was resurrected at the shrine in the River Temple, he found the Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian and handed over the two corpses and some of the materials he found to him.

"Forging and strengthening..."

"Please wait……"

"Your Star Bite level is increased by +2."

"Your Dragon King Dao soldier level has been increased by +1."

"Your Huaishan Xiangling robe's level has been upgraded by +4."

"Your land dragon boat level has been upgraded by +5."

Information about equipment level upgrades kept coming in. After all the equipment was upgraded, Jiang Xinghuo activated the teleportation function of the Shenji Order and returned to the River God Temple in Daliang City.

"You opened your eyes in the river temple."

"Because you disrupted the Pure World Sect's invitation ceremony, and the Natural Disaster Sect fanned the flames, Daliang City is now in chaos."

"After the locusts came, they started to purge the forces in the city. Those who followed their orders survived, while those who resisted died. However, they did not expect to meet Jiazi Taisui under the throne of Taisui God. The two started a fierce battle, and in the end both were injured and fled. The evil spirits in Wuyou Cave also came out and started to stir up trouble. Daliang City has become a no-man's land, with wailing everywhere."

"What are your plans next?"

"Do you choose to take advantage of the chaos in the city and plunder as much as you can?
"Or should we choose to send out a corpse recovery team to maintain order and restore the peace of Daliang City, which was on the verge of losing control?"

The game gave two options. Jiang Xinghuo took a careful look at the relevant description. If he had not triggered the hidden task of the City Lord Trial, he would definitely choose the first one to take advantage of the situation and fish in troubled waters to maximize his own interests.

But now, he has triggered the city lord's trial mission. As long as the recognition rate reaches more than 80%, he can become the real city lord of Daliang City.

There is no way he would miss out on such a benefit. In a sense, Daliang City has now become his private property. How could he allow others to come and destroy it?

"Send out the corpse retrievers from the temple and instruct them to stabilize the situation as much as possible and kill all the ghosts that are causing trouble. Try to restore Daliang City to its former peace in the shortest possible time."

"The captain of the corpse recovery team heard your order and wanted to lead his men to leave the River Temple. Do you want to leave it alone?"

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned at first, then he slapped his forehead and almost forgot about the important matter.

This river temple is likely to contain the treasures left behind by the Yellow River King.

The captain of the corpse recovery team is the adopted son of the King of the Yellow River, and is the most likely person to know about this matter.

"You chose to leave the captain of the corpse recovery team alone, saying that you had something to ask him."

"After the other corpse-retrievers leave, you start asking about the Yellow River King's treasure."

"But the captain of the body recovery team was confused and said he knew nothing about it."

"However, after being prompted by your words, it also remembered an event from the past. Many years ago, when this river temple was completed, the Yellow River King did leave something behind. It was buried under the altar of the River God statue. It was said to be a talisman used to suppress the earth veins. Do you want to go over and dig that thing out and take a look?"

Is there really something?
Out of curiosity, Jiang Xinghuo chose yes, controlled the game character and started digging under the altar of the statue.

"You dug out an iron box under the altar, with a sealing talisman on it. Do you want to tear off the talisman and open it to see what's inside the box?"

Jiang Xinghuo still chose yes.

"You tore off the sealing talisman on the box and opened the iron box. What was inside the box surprised you greatly."

"You have discovered the blood of the Lord of the Underworld."

"The fallen blood of the Lord of the Underworld (legendary material), the fallen blood left by the Lord of the Underworld on his wedding night..."

Jiang Xinghuo had no intention of reading the description that followed, his mind was filled with the words "fallen petals".

The so-called Lord of the Underworld...

Could it be a woman?

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully. It seemed that the game text never mentioned the gender of the Lord of the Underworld, so the other party could be male or female. It was just that he had a preconceived idea that the Lord of the Secular World was male, so he thought that the Lord of the Underworld was also male.

Eh?
wrong!

The game text never seems to mention the gender of the Lord of the World? ?
Although the text mentions offspring and concubines,
But there has never been a clear indication that the Lord of the Secular World is a man with a penis.

Jiang Xinghuo shook his confused head, not knowing whether this fallen blood thing could be considered the essence and blood of the Lord of the Underworld?

If that counts, then the most difficult material to find for casting the Six Paths of Reincarnation Dharma Image has now been obtained. The rest of the things should not be difficult to get as long as you put in some effort.

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the text and brought the iron box into reality. Inside was a red crystal the size of a pebble, and there seemed to be a luster flowing on the surface. He didn't have such a strong taste to play with the thing in his hands. He just took a quick look at it and threw it into the magic bag.

At this time, new game text popped up.

"The recognition of Daliang citizens towards you has been slightly improved, +1."

"A raging fire broke out in the department store in Luoguo Lane. Your corpse-recoverers went there in time to put out the fire and rescued all the citizens in the building. Your recognition has been improved again."

“Current citizen approval (35%).”

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised. He didn't expect that in such a short period of time, the result would be increased by 5% again based on the previous result.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo also focused his attention on Daliang City. After working for most of the night, he finally managed to stabilize the chaos in the city, and its recognition rate increased to 40%.

However, it would be difficult to improve further. Jiang Xinghuo estimated that he would have to work on Wuyoudong to gain the remaining recognition.

But this is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time, so let's take it slowly. As for now, it's getting late, so let's go to bed first.

In the next few days, Jiang Xinghuo's main exploration map was within Daliang City and Yanshi Town, and he would occasionally take a stroll around Qingmingfang outside.

The mission in Wufu Town has been almost completed. The gods of all the internal organs have been integrated into his body, and he can feel obvious changes in his body.

Especially in terms of the ability to digest food, if Jiang Xinghuo eats as much as he wants now, even if he swallows a whole cow, he will not feel full at all. After the food enters the stomach, it will be quickly digested by the essence of water and grain, and turned into nutrients to nourish the body. Only a small amount of food residue will be excreted from the body.

With this ability, there is no need to say anything else. Being a big eater is more than enough and it will not cause any harm to the body.

Moreover, after integrating the gods of the five internal organs, his body became particularly sensitive to toxins. He could immediately detect and remove toxins from food, thereby excreting them from the body along with food residues.

All in all, physical fitness has been comprehensively improved.

In addition, Jiang Xinghuo went back to his hometown on the weekend and told relatives and friends about the two old men's recognition. He also went to sweep the graves of Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang and visited their graves. After a few days of excitement, everyone went back to their respective homes.

Look, Jiang Xinghuo had just finished a pot of pork ribs stewed by his mother in the evening. While his parents went out to the park and stroll on the road, he was lying on the bed happily digesting the food. Out of boredom, he took out his mobile phone, opened the game, and logged into his account.

"You woke up next to the shrine in Yanshi Town. Where do you plan to go today?"

In the past few days, Jiang Xinghuo has explored Yanshi Town almost completely and found a lot of odds and ends, but most of them are related to puppetry. Moreover, as the degree of exploration increases, the things found are getting fewer and fewer. In the past two days, there has been no gain at all.

This is the self-balancing mechanism of the game. Except for a few specific maps, the mission props and clues hidden in a map will not be taken away by one player, but will be evenly distributed to all players. It is impossible for all the benefits to be given to one person, while the rest of the people pick up the trash and eat the leftovers.

In this situation, it should be time to leave, but Jiang Xinghuo still stayed in Yanshi Town.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to leave here, the key is that there is a thorn in his heart, which is that Tianji Puppet.

Ever since Jiang Xinghuo entered Yanshi Town, the Tianji Puppet has been following him like a ghost, coming out from time to time and taking away a lot of things from Jiang Xinghuo.

But Jiang Xinghuo couldn't find the other party. He was so frustrated that it would be too embarrassing to leave like this. He had to vent his anger.

"You have come to the dilapidated market town of Yanshi Town. This is where Yanshi Town used to trade with the outside world. There are many things left here. Do you want to explore here?"

"You walked into a store, searched the store, and found a substitute doll."

"Substitute doll (common consumable item), a substitute doll carved from peach wood. It can transfer part of the damage you suffer to the substitute doll."

"Just as you were about to put the doll away, an arm appeared again from the darkness, grabbed the doll and disappeared."

"You're lost, stand-in doll."

"Tianji puppet used the same old trick again, snatching food from the tiger's mouth and snatching the substitute doll from you. What are you going to do next?"

"Are you just going to swallow your anger and accept this loss? Or do you think of a way to find the Heavenly Secret Puppet and get rid of it!!"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text.

It’s so numb!

How dare you come out and steal my things!

How brave! !

Jiang Xinghuo immediately opened his magic bag, found a prop, and chose to use it.

"You opened your trick bag, found the soul-chasing incense, and smeared it on your nose."

"Your nostrils twitched slightly, and you smelled the lingering soul-chasing incense in the air. Do you want to follow the scent of the incense and track it down?"

Jiang Xinghuo grinned, thinking to himself, you bastard, you can't run away this time, just wait and see how I cut you into pieces! !
"Soul-chasing incense (common item), a paste made from gentian, musk, borneol, ambergris and other materials. After applying it on your hands, the objects it touches will have a strange fragrance that cannot be dispelled by any method within three days."

"Be careful, the scent of the soul-chasing incense can only be smelled from its source after applying the ointment on the wings of your nose."

This was something Jiang Xinghuo specially prepared for the Tianji Puppet, in order to track down its hiding place.

This time, this Tianji Puppet must return what it had previously stolen, along with the principal and interest!

"You followed the scent of the Soul-Chasing Incense and traveled around Yanshi Town. Finally, you came to the square of Yanshi Town. It was an empty space. The scent of the Soul-Chasing Incense remained there, but you could not find any trace of the Heavenly Secret Puppet..."

(End of this chapter)