My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 508: Eight-Direction Spiritual Tower (8K)

Looking at the game text on the screen, Jiang Xinghuo pursed his lips and selected the yes option.

"You have sacrificed the Ghost Ear in your hand and will be taken to the Eight Directions Spirit Tower. Please wait..."

"You have lost the Ghostly Ear -10."

"You accepted the guidance of the Eight Directions Spiritual Tower, and you felt your eyelids begin to grow heavy, gradually falling into darkness. When you woke up again, you found yourself in an unfamiliar space."

"You have arrived at the Bafang Linglou."

"The Eight Directions Spirit Tower is a gathering place established by the ancient ghost hunters. Its existence can be traced back to the distant ancient times. It was built by a few like-minded chivalrous people with the purpose of clearing out the evil and sneaky things in the secular world and bringing peace to the world."

"After you arrived at the Bafang Linglou, you looked around carefully and found a black shrine that was flickering in the center of the assembly hall not far ahead. Do you want to touch it and light it up?"

Is there a teleport point here?
Jiang Xinghuo's eyes lit up and he immediately chose yes. He thought that every time he came here, he had to search for the Ghost Ear.

"You have lit up the shrine of the Eight Directions Spiritual Tower."

The resurrection point of the Bafang Linglou was activated by Jiang Xinghuo. From now on, he can teleport here by himself without having to search for a new Ghost Ear.

"Exile from an unknown land, since this is your first time in the Eight Directions Spiritual Tower, just as you were unfamiliar with this place before, the people here also feel a little unfamiliar with you, and there are many vigilant and fearful eyes secretly peeking at you, so you'd better verify your identity first. Only after you obtain the identity certificate of a ghost hunter can you freely explore here."

"Please go to the altar of the Bafang Linglou. There is a token left by the oldest ghost hunter. Only after you are recognized by that token can you truly become a ghost hunter."

"Do you want to collect your ID badge immediately?"

Why are there so many things going on?

Jiang Xinghuo was a little speechless, but even though he complained, he still had to do what he had to do, otherwise it would be a waste of time.

"You walked to the innermost part of the assembly hall, where there was an altar with colorful lights flashing on it. As long as you put your hand into the light, you will be recognized by the altar and become a true ghost hunter. Do you want to put your hand in?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't worry too much. He just thought it was an ID photo and chose yes. The worst result was death on the spot, which had no impact on him at all.

"You stretched your arm into the colorful light on the altar, and felt a warm current flowing into your body along your fingertips and spreading to your limbs and bones."

"Your physical fitness has been slightly improved, +1."

In reality, Jiang Xinghuo also felt a warm current flowing through his body, which was exactly the same as the situation described in the game text, with no difference at all.

"You have passed the test of the Eight Directions Spirit Tower and obtained the Ghost Hunter's identity card, +1."

"A heavy identity token has fallen into your hands. This is the symbol of your identity as a ghost hunter. As long as you do not truly disappear from this world, this token will be bound to you forever, unless you voluntarily give up the identity of a ghost hunter."

"The altar has recognized your identity as a ghost hunter, and the unsealed scenes in the spirit building are also open to you. You can go to those areas to explore at any time."

"You have now passed the test of the Great Altar and become a true ghost hunter. The other fellows in the assembly hall have also recognized your identity. They no longer look at you with those previous wary and fearful eyes. They all come over to greet you and introduce you to the general situation of the Spirit Tower."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the statement in the game text and always felt that this matter was a bit hasty. Isn't this postgraduate entrance examination a bit too casual?
The altar didn't give him any trial tasks. He just put his hand on it and passed the test easily. It was a bit strange no matter how you looked at it, and it was really intriguing.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while but couldn't figure out anything, so he simply stopped thinking about it and continued to move forward with the new text.

"Through conversations with other ghost hunters, you learned about the glorious history of the Eight Directions Spirit Tower, and also learned about the distribution and structure of the areas within the Spirit Tower."

"According to the descriptions of those ghost hunters, the Eight Directions Spirit Tower has a long and ancient history. It has left many popular stories in the secular world. It was founded by several ancient strongmen from different races. According to unreliable rumors, the Lord of the Secular World was also one of them. However, this statement has not been truly confirmed, because those ancient founders encountered unknown ominous disasters at the most glorious moment of the Eight Directions Spirit Tower, and disappeared from the secular world without a trace, leaving only a few followers who were lucky enough to survive to maintain the normal operation of the Eight Directions Spirit Tower and constantly absorb new ghost hunters to join."

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly. How did he get involved with the Lord of the Secular World again? Ever since he met the residual soul of the Geomancer last time, he found that things seemed not so simple. The game history and background familiar to the players seemed to have been distorted and modified in some way.

In other words, what happened back then was indeed true, and humans were indeed exiled to the earth, but the reasons behind this may not be true. If you want to know the truth about these things, you may have to go to the Forbidden City, where you may find some clues.

"However, although the Eight Directions Spiritual Tower survived the unknown and ominous disaster that year, many areas have gradually been blocked due to the loss of the protection and blessing of the powerful. If you want to enter those areas to explore, you must find the corresponding keys."

"There are not many areas you can pass through now. There are only the assembly hall, the Linglou Trading Niche Shop, the Linglou Altar, the Medicine King Herb House, the Blacksmith Blending Shop, and the room in the corner that occasionally opens for a moment."

"As for other places, they are not open to you for the time being. You need to complete the relevant tasks before you are eligible to enter them."

Tsk, Jiang Xinghuo finally understood what the game meant. Although he had unlocked the map of Bafang Linglou, he had not unlocked it completely, and the open map was also incomplete.

If you want to continue unlocking other sub-maps, you must complete the corresponding tasks. This is also Linglou’s way of issuing tasks to players.

Leaving aside the places that have not yet been opened, Jiang Xinghuo first took a walk around the accessible areas and looked at the specific functions and introductions.

There is nothing much to say about the assembly hall. It is equivalent to the outpost of the ghost hunters. All ghost hunters who come here will be teleported to the assembly hall before they can go to other places.

The Linglou Trading Niche is of the same nature as the Teahouse Niche, except that the Linglou Trading Niche is only for internal personnel, which means that only Ghost Hunters can enter. The currency of transaction can be incense or barter based on the wishes of both parties. Jiang Xinghuo went up for a look and found some good things, but they were not of much use to him personally.

Just when Jiang Xinghuo wanted to exit and check other areas, he noticed an object called a receipt box on the shelf of the niche shop.

Jiang Xinghuo remembered the pawn tickets in his hand, and with an idea in his mind, he started to check the details of the item.

"Item: Ticket box."

"Consignor: Jinzhenniang (Ghost Hunter)."

"Price: 300 incense sticks."

"Status: Not available for purchase."

"Item Description: The ticket box of the ghost hunter 'Golden Needle Lady' is said to be an item left by the Lord Chao Feng. However, each person only has one chance to open it. After opening it, they can get a pawn ticket, but how much it is worth depends entirely on their luck."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows and thought, isn't this just a blind box for a lottery? The price is quite reasonable and not expensive, but it can't resist the principle of small profits but quick turnover. Just by relying on this prop, the Golden Needle Lady can earn a large sum of money, and it's the kind of income that will flow in over time.

"Would you like to purchase a chance to open the ticket box?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes. It was only 300 incense sticks anyway, he couldn't suffer a loss nor be cheated. Even if he really got something worthless and hung it in the niche, he could still recover some of his investment. At worst, he could use it as material for upgrading props. But if he could find a receipt from a big shot, he would make a fortune.

"You have lost, incense -300."

"You have been given a chance to open the ticket box. Do you want to open the ticket box immediately?"

"You have opened the ticket box."

"Please wait……"

"You have obtained the pawn ticket of the Heavenly Officials."

"Pawn ticket of Tianguanzhong (common item), pawn ticket of Tianguanzhong, the followers of Tianguanye. You can take this pawn ticket to Datong Pawnshop in Beiping and spend 500 incense sticks to exchange the pawned items."

The pawn ticket of the Tianguanzhong?

Jiang Xinghuo was somewhat disappointed. From the quality of the pawn ticket, it could be seen that the item pawned by Tianguanzhong was probably not a good one.

I'll talk about it when I go back to Peking. With 500 incense sticks to redeem, plus 300 incense sticks for the box, it will probably be difficult to break even. I can only hope to lose less.

Jiang Xinghuo put the ticket into his magic bag, strolled around the trading niche in Linglou, then left the niche and went to another place.

"The Linglou Altar (special item) is said to be a magical tool of one of the founders of the Bafang Linglou. It is completely integrated with the Bafang Linglou and cannot be destroyed or moved. It can trace the origin and bloodline of the Ghost Hunter. Legend has it that it contains a trace of the will of that powerful man, but that will has fallen into a deep sleep and it will take a long time to wake up from it."

"However, this is just a rumor circulating among ghost hunters. There is no way to confirm whether it is true or false. On the contrary, this altar is indestructible and cannot be destroyed by any means."

"Attention, when you want to exit the Eight Directions Spiritual Tower, just throw your ID card into the colorful light, then attack the altar, and you can exit the Spiritual Tower."

"However, when you quit the Eight Directions Spirit Tower, it means you have given up your identity as a Ghost Hunter, and you will no longer be able to become a Ghost Hunter unless you can kill more than 100000 Ghosts."

Jiang Xinghuo counted the zeros in the string of numbers and thought, wow, this seemingly inconspicuous ghost hunter actually has such harsh conditions. After quitting, he has to kill more than 100,000 ghosts before he can enter the Eight Directions Spirit Tower again. This deal is too unprofitable.

The previous description in the game text was very clear. Bafang Linglou was a very idle organization. Especially now that there was no leader, it was equivalent to a communication platform. There was no need for him to quit Linglou. Moreover, there should be many secrets hidden in it. It was not just a simple sect. It might really have some relationship with the Lord of the Secular World.

You know, there is no wind without waves.

These things may not be just rumors in the market. In a word, it is better to believe it than not to believe it. Anyway, it will not cause any adverse impact on him.

Jiang Xinghuo studied the altar for a while and didn't find anything unusual. However, this was normal. The altar had been here for who knows how many years, and so many ghost hunters hadn't found anything unusual. How could he find it as soon as he came here? This was totally unreasonable. He was not a son of destiny, and he didn't have any law props to bless his luck. Unless he could make the completeness of the golden law reach more than 30%, he would become the so-called master of the way in the game, or even a master of the way who holds most of the authority of the law.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo looked at the Medicine King Herb House again.

"The Medicine King's Herb House is the resting place of a wandering clone of the Medicine King. There are a large number of different types of elixirs with different functions in the house. On weekdays, we can also refine elixirs for ghost hunters for free according to the functions of the elixirs, but the ghost hunters need to provide the materials themselves."

"Do you want to go in and take a look?"

The wandering clone of the Medicine King? ?
Jiang Xinghuo's heart moved slightly and he chose to go in. He was not interested in the elixir, but he mainly wanted to take a look at the clone of the King of Medicine, in case it could trigger some new plot.

"You walked into the Herb House of the Medicine King. The room was filled with a mixture of decadent and mellow medicinal aromas. The two complex smells combined together to form another smell that has the effect of refreshing the mind."

"You saw the clone of the Medicine King, but it was somewhat beyond your expectations. This clone did not maintain a human form, but a bronze alchemy furnace with hands and feet. It stood behind the counter as if it was asleep, motionless."

"This clone was left in the Spirit Tower by Medicine King on purpose. But maybe because too much time has passed, or because of some other unknown reason, this clone has lost contact with Medicine King's original body. Only some residual instincts are left to drive it."

"Some people have speculated that among the powerful people who founded the Eight Directions Spiritual Tower, there was Medicine King. Many people wanted to trick this clone, but they got nothing in the end. There were also some greedy people who wanted to take advantage of this alchemy furnace. There were also people who wanted to steal all the elixirs here, but in the end they all turned into firewood without exception and were thrown into the body of Medicine King's clone and burned into pure high-quality medicinal fertilizer." Tsk, it seems that this Eight Directions Spiritual Tower is really extraordinary. It is not a small force that plays a supporting role. It is the lord of the secular world and the Medicine King. How can an ordinary force have such ability?

"The Medicine King's clone who was sleeping behind the counter seemed to be awakened by you. He hasn't slept so soundly for a long time. In his dream, he seemed to remember some lost memories, but those memories were very vague and could not be connected into a clue. Instead, he almost got lost in the dream. Fortunately, the smell on your body woke him up from his dream and prevented him from sinking forever. You can come over and chat with him more often in the future. Maybe his memory will be of some help to you."

"At this time, the clone of the Medicine King looked at the robe on your body. He vaguely remembered that this was a treasure of a good friend of his, but he could not remember the name and appearance of that friend..."

"After a while, the Medicine King's clone slowly walked out from behind the counter and asked you what you wanted to do here. Did you want to buy his medicine or ask him to make medicine for you?"

This time, the game gives three options: buy pills, refine pills, and turn around and leave.

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Xinghuo chose the option of refining pills. To put it bluntly, he wanted to trigger some new plots from this option.

The game text describes it very clearly, saying that the wandering clone of the King of Medicine can refine pills for the Ghost Hunter for free, but the Ghost Hunter needs to collect the materials himself.

Jiang Xinghuo just wanted to see if he could get access to other side interactive tasks while collecting materials.

"You proposed the idea of ​​asking him to refine a batch of elixirs. The Medicine King's clone asked what kind of elixir you wanted and whether there was a record of the elixir recipe. If not, it would not affect anything. You only need to explain the efficacy of the medicine. He can search for it from the 36,000 elixir recipes in his memory."

"However, the memory pill formula in his mind is less than one-tenth of the original body, because he has long lost contact with the original body and cannot upload the memory and information synchronously."

After reading it, Jiang Xinghuo was secretly shocked, thinking, is this the existence of the big boss? More than 36,000 pill recipes are less than one-tenth of what the main body knows. What is the brain of the King of Medicine made of?
Memory chip?

How did he remember so many complicated and tedious prescriptions, as well as the relevant pharmacological knowledge and experience? ?

Too funny!!
At this time, a dialog box similar to WeChat popped up on the screen, asking Jiang Xinghuo to enter the medicinal effect he wanted, and the Medicine King's clone would then use it to find a prescription.

Jiang Xinghuo stared at the dialog box and pondered carefully for a while. If he asked for an elixir of immortality, it would definitely not work. If he made this old man who had lost his memory angry, it would be too much of a loss for him.

Want a flying pill? ?
Neither!
Jiang Xinghuo shook his head. He now had the limb-splicing Dharma image on his body. He could fly freely through the power of the Dharma image. There was no need to waste this opportunity.

Think about it.

Jiang Xinghuo wrote a very general effect...

"You told the Medicine King's clone your idea, saying that you wanted a pill that could improve your combat power and would not cause hidden dangers to your future cultivation."

"After hearing your idea, the Medicine King said that there are many such pills, but he has to choose the right one for you based on your constitution and your strengths."

"After some testing, the Medicine King gave three choices. You can choose one from the following three options."

"Wind and Thunder Great Rejuvenating Pill (legend), a pill forged with Wind Mother and Thunder Essence as the main ingredients. After taking it, one can obtain a Wind and Thunder Body and have the ability to control wind and thunder."

"However, the wind and thunder energy produced by taking this pill is incompatible with the other mixed forces in your body. You need to abandon those skills and spells before you can fully master the wind and thunder body."

"The Xiantian Tuotai Pill (legend), the sun and the moon combine yin and yang, the Xiantian returns to creation, the Xiantian is the pure Qi that is uncontaminated by all things, and it is also the best plastic talent in the world, which can transform your physique into the Xiantian body. Although it cannot directly improve your combat power, your cultivation speed and the purity of your mana will far exceed that of others. It's just that in the early stage of taking this pill, you can't use all your strength, and can only use about 50%, until you completely reverse the Xiantian and transform the mana in your body from acquired to innate."

"The Fire Date Elixir (Legend), a pill made with fire nurtured by natural treasures as the main ingredient, can give you the ability to fly, have three heads and six arms, and control fire and lightning. However, the Fire Date Elixir will affect your body. Your temper will gradually become hot, and your body hair will become red as fire. In the end, your skin, blood, and even your breath will be transformed into pure fire energy."

Oops! !

Looking at the three options given by the Medicine King's clone, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but gasp, thinking that after all, he was a big shot from the ancient times, and he gave him three legendary pill recipes.

Moreover, the efficacy of the medicine is extremely good. It can definitely turn a weakling into a potential extremely powerful person in the shortest time possible.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the three pill recipes carefully. It could be said that they were tailor-made for him. Each one could greatly enhance his combat effectiveness.

However, he could only choose one to use, which made him a little embarrassed. He had to find the one that suited him best from three legendary-level recipes.

At this time, another message popped up in the game.

"Greedy Exile, your greed is spreading like a flame. These are three legendary pill recipes, which are enough to make your strength improve qualitatively. Although this pill furnace with hands and feet is the clone of the Medicine King, it is not as powerful as the Medicine King. You can kill it and smash this rag-trousers into pieces, and then take all the three pill recipes."

"Do you want to do this? Use the Dragon King's Dao Soldier in your hand to draw the power of the sky, thunder, earth and sea to completely turn it into a pile of scrap debris?"

The game text was like a poisonous snake, tempting Jiang Xinghuo to make mistakes with words. Jiang Xinghuo was indeed tempted at first, but he quickly erased this greed from his heart.

Not to mention whether doing so is consistent with his character, even if we consider it purely from the perspective of profit, it is not appropriate.

First of all, although these three recipes were given by Medicine King, the game text did not say that these three recipes were attached to paper. Even if he poisoned Medicine King's wandering clone, he might not be able to obtain these three recipes.

Secondly, Lord Medicine King was a powerful man among the ancient human race. He had traveled to every corner of the secular world. If he did not have sufficient strength to support himself, he would have died at the hands of those monsters long ago.

Thirdly, Lord Medicine has stayed in the Eight Directions Spirit Tower for countless years. If he dares to attack Lord Medicine, there is a high probability that he will be expelled from the Eight Directions Spirit Tower and even be included in the hunting list of those ghost hunters.

And the most important thing is that the Medicine King did not express any malice towards him. Instead, he always considered him and gave him three choices based on his physical condition. If he turned his back on him and killed the other party, it would be too inhumane. So no matter from which aspect, it is not a wise choice to attack the Medicine King.

"You suppressed your greed and desires and chose not to attack the Medicine King. Although your behavior seems foolish in the secular world, no one can accuse you of doing the wrong thing."

"As the saying goes, there are things you should do and things you shouldn't do. If people do everything for the sake of profit, then they are no different from animals."

Jiang Xinghuo rejected the temptation of the game text, but he really had to think carefully about which of the three pill recipes to choose as his reward.

The Wind and Thunder Pill can allow him to possess the Wind and Thunder Body and the extraordinary power to control wind and thunder, which will be of great benefit to his practice of Wind and Thunder magic. However, the key is that the Wind and Thunder Body is too overbearing and incompatible with other spells and skills. If he chooses to use this, his other means may be affected.

To respect only one school and abandon all others may not be such a good deal.

Jiang Xinghuo suddenly thought of Jiang Miaozhen. If he and his cousin were in each other's shoes, the other party would most likely choose the Wind and Thunder Pill.

But I can’t choose this.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the remaining two pill recipes again. The Fire Date Elixir could give him the ability to fly, have three heads and six arms, and control fire and lightning. This was exactly the same as the characters in myths and legends. Unfortunately, it would have some impact on his temperament and appearance, so it was not the best choice.

Finally, the only thing left was the recipe for the Xiantian Rejuvenation Pill, which could allow a person to go against their innate nature and make the body reach the purest state. Although it would suppress one's strength in the early stages, it could make cultivation progress by leaps and bounds in the later stages. More importantly, it would not cause any impact on oneself, but could also absorb all the knowledge and skills that one had practiced and benefit from it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo no longer hesitated and directly chose the recipe for the Xiantian Rebirth Pill.

"You have obtained the Xiantian Tuobao Pill (pill recipe)."

"The Medicine King said that not many materials are needed to refine this Xiantian Tuobao Pill. You can go to the drugstore outside to buy some auxiliary medicines, but there are two precious medicines that are indispensable, one is Xiantian Qi Mother, and the other is Ambergris Essence."

"Innate Qi Mother (special material), the innate Qi was forged by thunder and fire by chance, then nourished by mountains and rivers, and finally integrated into the dragon vein for refining. It took hundreds of years to give birth to an innate Qi Mother."

"If you want to find the location of this medicinal ingredient, you can only go to those storytellers. They are knowledgeable and have traveled to every corner of the secular world. They also share resources and information, so they may have some relevant clues."

Two things, the innate qi mother and the essence of ambergris.

The latter is in his hands. Molong Atai is still in sleep and upgrading. After it wakes up, he can get the ambergris.

However, Jiang Xinghuo seriously suspected that the Medicine King wanted to pocket the dragon's saliva. He remembered that when he obtained Mo Long A Tai, the game text said that the Medicine King had coveted Mo Long A Tai for a long time and was willing to pay a very generous reward in exchange for Mo Long A Tai.

Maybe this clone of the King of Medicine also inherited this obsession from his original body and wanted to use the hands of the ghost hunter to find Molong A Tai.

Of course, it is also possible that I am just judging others by my own standards. Perhaps the essence of ambergris is the necessary material for refining the innate rebirth pill.

But no matter what, since he had obtained the recipe for the Xiantian Futai Pill, he should leave some reward for the person, and give him a few more bottles of ambergris. He usually used that stuff as hand sanitizer, and now he still has two bottles in stock.

Jiang Xinghuo left Medicine King's Herb House and walked towards the last open area.

"You are now outside the blacksmith's blending shop. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

"You pushed open the door and entered the blacksmith's blending shop. Before the Bafang Linglou fell into decline, this was where Master Tiangong and his disciples forged equipment for the ghost hunters."

"But since that sudden ominous disaster, several founders of the Bafang Linglou died or fled, and Master Tiangong is nowhere to be found. The blacksmith shop has fallen into disrepair. The forging equipment here is complete, but it is covered with a thick layer of dust. Obviously, no one has been here for a long time. Do you want to explore this place?"

"You explored the dilapidated blacksmith's house and found nothing. Even if there were any remaining items, they would have been taken away by other ghost hunters long ago. They would not have been left until now for you to pick up the peaches."

"Do you want to explore again?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment. Since there was nothing else to do, he might as well stay here and have fun. It would be the same process to go to other places.

"You stayed in the blacksmith's house and continued to explore. Suddenly, in an inconspicuous corner, you found a flame mark that was very similar to the mark on the prayer cauldron. It seemed to be a mark left by the Kitchen God's fire."

Kitchen God?

The Kitchen God has also been here? ?

Or……

Was the Kitchen God also one of the founders of the Bafang Linglou back then?

"Do you want to use the stove fire to awaken the mark?"

Looking at the prompts given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate this time and immediately chose yes, using the Kitchen God's fire to awaken the flame mark.

"Your Kitchen God Fire has awakened the Kitchen God Seal that has been dormant for a long time. A small box the size of a fist has emerged in the flames. This is something that the Kitchen God left here. Do you want to go over and pick it up?"

(End of this chapter)