My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 512: Mist Hidden Mountain

Looking at the description of those dragon dancers, Jiang Xinghuo remembered the notes left by the Kitchen God, which said that on New Year's Eve, changes would inevitably occur in Ping'an Village.

According to the ancient folk customs, the most important thing on New Year's Eve is to set off firecrackers and fireworks to welcome the gods.

Of course, the gods welcomed in traditional folk customs are mostly the five gods of the house, with the Kitchen God as the core. Some families may also welcome the God of Wealth and the Three Immortals of Fortune, Longevity and Prosperity.

But this may not be the case in Ping An Village. Could the god that the villagers welcomed on New Year's Eve be the night wandering god that once blessed them? ?

Jiang Xinghuo fell into deep thought, one thought after another flashed through his mind, but he still could not come to a conclusion.

He was just making wild guesses now. It would be too far-fetched to conclude that the gods these dragon dancers represented were the night-wandering gods based solely on the night-wandering gods performed by them.

Therefore, if you want to know what will happen that night, you still have to wait until New Year’s Eve in reality, and then log into the game, and maybe you can trigger the related plot.

"What are you going to do now?"

"Should I choose to honestly participate in this dragon dance party and have a good time? Or should I kill those dragon dancers and plunder their talents?"

"As long as you unfold your limb splicing form and activate the talent of 'Shangguan Jiecai', you can take the talent of 'Wandering Gods at Night' for yourself."

"Are you going to take action against these dragon dancers?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose no.

This talent of wandering at night is not of much use to him. Besides, there is something weird about it, and it has a great connection with the night wandering gods. He doesn't want to conflict with those old antiques now.

Moreover, the Night Wandering God is a powerful ghost who can fight with Fengdu in the underworld. Maybe he is a strong man who survived the last secular civilization, just like Fengdu.

Therefore, no matter from which aspect, the wisest choice now is to be honest and not cause trouble, wait until the night of New Year's Eve to see what is in Ping'an Village, and then decide what to do.

"You chose to continue watching the fun here and did not attack those dragon dancers. At the same time, your Tathagata also saw some vague shadows flashing in the darkness."

"You have discovered it, Night God."

"Night God (Excellent), a creature created by the Night Wanderer's own blood. Because it has the same blood as the Night Wanderer, it is born to be the darling of the night. It can hide its body in the darkness and recover from the damage it has suffered by devouring the night."

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly. Was this the backup plan left by Night Wanderer? ?
According to the game text, Fengdu originally led his army to conquer the underworld, but suddenly disappeared at the most critical moment, resulting in failure and his masters were hunted down by the underworld.

Then, given the Night Wandering God's status, position, and strength, he must be the focus of attention in the underworld. Even if he doesn't die, he will probably be skinned alive.

However, the Night Wanderer must be a master who built the signpost. As long as the signpost does not collapse, the Night Wanderer will return one day.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly understood. Could Ping'an Village be the anchor point for the other party's return? ?
The more Jiang Xinghuo thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible. However, since he had not found accurate evidence in the game, even if his reasoning was true, there was no way to trigger the subsequent plot, and he could only wait until New Year's Eve.

Tsk, after going around in circles, I finally returned to the starting point. Jiang Xinghuo felt a little bored for a moment and was too lazy to continue shopping.

If he continued to stay here, no new plot would be triggered and it would be a waste of time. He might as well take a stroll somewhere else. Anyway, the teleportation point had been opened and he could teleport in from outside at any time.

The game text seemed to sense his thoughts, and new interactive options appeared on the screen.

"What are you going to do next? Are you going to leave Ping'an Village and look for clues elsewhere? Or are you going to stay in Ping'an Village for one night and leave tomorrow morning?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose the first answer. He planned to leave Ping'an Village and explore the path on the left side of the fork in the road.

"You told the village chief your thoughts. After listening to you, the village chief shook his head and said that the dark night in the secular world is not a safe place, especially outside the village, where there are many evil spirits roaming around. However, due to the village, they cannot come in to harm people. But if you want to leave, those evil spirits will target you, which is very dangerous. So the village chief advises you to stay in the village for one night and leave when the sun comes out tomorrow morning."

"Will you accept the village chief's request to stay? Or do you insist on leaving Ping'an Village under the cover of night?"

The game gives two options, leave or stay.

Jiang Xinghuo remained firm in his decision and chose to leave Ping'an Village without planning to stay here for one night.

"The village chief saw that you were determined to leave, so he sighed and took you to his residence. He said that if you wanted to leave, he couldn't stop you, but he could give you something that might protect you from those evil spirits."

"You have obtained the Pure Yang Sachet."

"Pure Yang Scented Bag (Ordinary Item), made from pure yang grass mixed with peach and jujube wood scraps. The pure yang scent it emits can harm evil spirits and ghosts, and it is also the scent that those dirty things least want to get close to."

"In addition, the village chief took out a bag of intermittent grass from the warehouse. This is what I promised to give you, although I don't know what use you have for it."

"You have obtained the intermittent grass (30 pounds)."

Jiang Xinghuo was secretly shocked, thinking that the people of Ping'an Village were really simple and honest, just like what the Kitchen God had recorded in his notes, without any of the cruel and insane behaviors seen in the secular world today.

It was the first time he met the village chief, and he gave him so many things and always considered him in everything.

This kind of person is either a genuine good person or an old scoundrel with ulterior motives. I don't know whether the village chief belongs to the former or the latter.

Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things in his mind, but his hands were not slow. He directly took the things given to him by the village chief.

"Do you want to leave Ping'an Village now?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

"The village chief sent you to the entrance of the village and told you to be careful, but he himself refused to leave the village."

"You left Ping'an Village and set foot on the path you came from. You saw shadowy figures in the darkness. Countless hideous and terrifying evil things were looking at you greedily in the darkness, wishing they could come and eat you alive and turn you into blood food in their stomachs."

"However, these evil spirits are restrained by the Pure Yang Sachet on your body, so they dare only watch from a distance and dare not approach you at all."

"Soon, you've arrived at the center of a three-way intersection. Which path do you plan to choose to explore this time?"

"Will you take the path on the right, go back to Ping'an Village, or take the path on the left that has not been taken for a long time?"

Jiang Xinghuo naturally chose the path on the left. According to the description in the game text, the path on the left was suspected to lead to Wuyin Mountain.

This is a very advanced map. It is not only the village where Yin Yang Ye once lived, but also the location of the Feng Shen Fei Lian's Taoist temple. When he found Feng Bo's body in Wuyou Cave, he triggered a hidden task, which was to return Feng Bo's body to the Wuyin Mountain for burial.

Although this task was not mandatory and there was no specific reward, and it was entirely up to one's own will to do it or not, Jiang Xinghuo always felt that there was something hidden here, so since they were all in one place, they might as well complete the task together.

"You walked onto a path that no one had walked on for a long time. You saw that the path was overgrown with weeds. The weeds on both sides had grown to more than a person's height. You couldn't see what was behind you at all. You could only sense a pure Yin aura that seemed to want to get closer, but seemed to be afraid of your Pure Yang Sachet. It kept following you around until you came to the foot of the mountain shrouded in fog. Finally, that thing couldn't bear it any longer, and it pounced on you with a strange cry."

"You have discovered the One-Horned Demon King."

"One-horned demon king (rare), a kind of demon born on the battlefield, with great strength, and a single horn that is harder than diamond. It likes to eat fresh flesh and blood, especially those who practice Taoism."

"How are you going to deal with this one-horned ghost king?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided that since it was the King of Ghosts, then the Black and White Impermanence and the Ox-Head and Horse-Face should all be summoned to kill this big guy.

"You summoned the bull-headed evil god in the acupoint. The evil god with twisted muscles waved the steel fork in his hand and nailed the one-horned ghost king to the ground. Then he began to tear the one-horned ghost king's soul and ate it alive."

"You have killed the One-Horned Demon King."

"You gained incense +500."

"You have obtained the Ghost King's Horn."

The income of five hundred points of incense was received. Judging from the number of incense sticks, this one-horned ghost king was similar to the Chicken Lady in Lingtai Town. He was not particularly powerful. He was just an ordinary monster, far from being comparable to the Clavicle King and the Bloodstained Bodhisattva.

"You defeated the One-Horned Demon King and looked up at the mountain in front of you that was shrouded in mist. There was a collapsed stone tablet next to it, but because it had been weathered by wind and rain for so long, the words on it could no longer be seen clearly. Fortunately, your Tathagata storehouse took effect and you figured out the name of the mountain."

"You have arrived at the Hidden Mist Mountain."

"Wuyin Mountain is a mysterious mountain in the south of the Yangtze River in the secular world. It is named because it is shrouded in fog all year round. There are many monsters and ghosts hidden in the mountain, as well as a mysterious strong man, Yin Yang Ye."

"Do you want to go deep into the mountains to find out?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to enter Wuyin Mountain. Now that he had come here, he couldn't just leave like that.

However, the interaction about the shrine was not triggered. Jiang Xinghuo felt a little nervous. What if he died along the way? He would have to run the map again.

"You walked into the foggy mountains. The visibility was not high. In addition, it was already late at night. The faint moonlight was unable to dispel the thick fog in the mountains."

"At this moment, you noticed a figure flashing through the mist ahead, and you opened your right eye's Tathagata to observe."

"You have discovered it, Mist Woman."

"You attacked it..."

"You have obtained 100 incense sticks."

"You've earned it, Misty."

"Mist beads (excellent material), beads formed by the power condensed from the mist lady's body, can release a large amount of thick fog to obscure the vision of others, but will not cause any harm."

Jiang Xinghuo took a look and stuffed the beads into the magic bag.

Then, he continued to control the game character forward and soon came to a fork in the road again.

"You plan to go shopping there first?"

Jiang Xinghuo knew clearly that, if nothing unexpected happened, these two paths would lead to Yin Yang Village of Yin Yang Lord and the Taoist temple of Feng Bo Fei Lian respectively.

Although the game text did not clearly state the specific content, it did not make much difference to him. He could just follow the order and do them one by one. Anyway, the game did not say that after choosing one path, the other path would disappear. It would be a waste of time to figure it out.

"You chose to take the path on the left."

Jiang Xinghuo still chose the path on the left and controlled the game character to walk towards the depths.

"You walked along the winding path and found that the fog in front of you gradually dissipated. Several inconspicuous Taoist temple buildings appeared halfway up the mountain. There were also many stone tablets standing around them, engraved with folklore monsters, monsters, and wind sickles."

Jiang Xinghuo's heart moved. It seemed that this was the Taoist temple of Fengbo Feilian. The place where the other road led to should be Yinyang Village.

Jiang Xinghuo had a general understanding in his mind and then continued to push the plot forward.

"Do you want to go into those Taoist temples and explore them?"

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the game character and walked over, but found nothing. The Taoist temple was empty and no new interaction was triggered.

Tsk, his life is so hard. After all, he is a great god in the secular world, but there is not a single treasure in his temple.

It is not known whether it was taken away by someone in advance or there was really nothing left.

"Do you want to fulfill Feng Bo's dying wish and bury his body in this Taoist temple?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to bury without hesitation.

He had already thought about it. After burying the body, if there was a reward, it would be fine. He would just consider it as a good deed.

But if there is no reward, he will wait until tomorrow to activate the Sunsui, transmit the consciousness projection over, then dig a hole to dig out Feng Bo's body, and go find the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian to ask him to make full use of Feng Bo's body.

"You took the corpse of the God of Wind out of the magic bag, carved a stone coffin using local materials, and then placed the corpse of the God of Wind inside. Then you used the dragon-raising technique and buried the coffin under the Taoist temple."

"You have successfully buried Feng Bo's body. Not only have you received his thanks, but you have also received the thank-you gift Feng Bo prepared for you."

"You have obtained the Wind Control Record (magic)."

(End of this chapter)