My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 516 Scarlet Corruptor

dusk.

After Jiang Xinghuo sent the guests away, he gently waved his right hand, and a dust-removing talisman flew out from his palm and stuck to a corner that was difficult to see with the naked eye.

Then, a faint ripple of light spread out slowly like water waves, eliminating all the dust and debris in the house, as if being teleported to another empty world.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo went to the kitchen to make himself a bowl of fried rice. After a simple meal, he went back upstairs to start the game tonight.

The treacherous worldly ghosts and gods, as well as the endless stream of ancient powerful men, really brought a lot of pressure to Jiang Xinghuo.

He now urgently wants to improve his strength to deal with various situations that may arise in the future.

At noon today, he was free and went to browse the forum, and he saw a piece of information that he didn't know whether it was true or not.

It is said that one day in the future, the folk world on the other side of the starry sky is likely to reintegrate with the real world.

By that time, the order and rules of the entire world will inevitably undergo an earth-shaking change.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't know whether the other party was exaggerating, or really knew something, or just wanted to find an attractive gimmick to satisfy his vanity.

But he knew very well that this possibility was not absolutely impossible. Jiang Xinghuo even felt that one day in the future, this situation would really happen in reality.

Because the real world, that is, the exile land in the game, today's Earth, is a fragment peeled off from the folk world.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo will not pin his hopes on luck. Only when his abilities are strong enough can he protect everything he wants.

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things in his mind, he opened the game interface and logged into his account.

"You opened your eyes next to the shrine in Yin Yang Village. Where do you plan to go today?"

"Do you choose to continue exploring Yin Yang Village, or leave here and go somewhere else?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the game text and chose the latter without much thought. There was nothing left to explore in Yinyang Village. He planned to go to Peking next to finish the tasks he had accumulated and see if there was a chance to enter the Forbidden City and try to find some good things or unknown secrets in the secular world.

"You chose to leave Yinyang Village and walked along the rugged mountain road you came from to the foot of Wuyin Mountain. The evil spirits wandering at the foot of the mountain once again set their sights on you, staring at you intently with red eyes."

"Of course, they don't have any intentions towards your body. They just simply covet your flesh and internal organs."

“Fortunately, although these evil creatures are not very powerful, they have good eyesight. They know that anyone who can survive from Wuyin Mountain is not someone they can handle. In the past, many powerful ghosts, gods, and monsters broke into Wuyin Mountain, hoping to obtain the treasure hidden in the mountain. However, none of those monsters and monsters who entered came out alive. They disappeared without a trace, without a trace of anyone.”

"You have come to that familiar three-way intersection. What are your plans next?"

"Will you choose to revisit the old place and visit Ping'an Village and Lingtai Town, or leave here along the path you took the other day?"

The game gives two options: revisit the place or leave immediately.

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter.

"You don't want to delay any longer and are ready to leave for somewhere else. But at this moment, you notice a headless creature walking towards you from the darkness ahead. Its body has been rotten beyond recognition, but there is a dark red vortex of blood on its neck. It slowly walks towards you, emitting a rotten smell."

"A dead person tainted by the scarlet corruption curse wandered out from nowhere."

"The body of the deceased was wandering in the world without any consciousness. Some ignorant monsters rushed over and wanted to swallow it. However, before they could touch the body, they were contaminated by the scarlet light and instantly disintegrated into a pile of minced meat. A gust of wind blew away, and not even the remains of the body were left."

"However, the scarlet corrupted man also seems to be affected. His decaying body shows signs of collapse and dissolution, exposing the storage bag inside his body that is on the verge of breaking."

"Driven by greed, you risked your life to reach out and take a look, and you pulled something out of the broken storage bag..."

"You have obtained the Astrologer's Dirty Costume (Special)"

"You greedy ghost who doesn't know how to live or die. Even though you were very careful and very fast, you were still contaminated by the scarlet light. The strange power quickly spread throughout your body, causing your flesh and blood to quickly rot and decay. Even your head was blown to pieces, turning you into a headless corpse."

"You are dead."

"You have been cursed by the Scarlet Corruptor."

"The curse of the Scarlet Corruptor is an extremely vicious curse power that can corrupt everything in the world. It is a power born from the law of corruption. Once entangled by this power, one will become a Scarlet Corruptor, and from then on become a lost walking corpse, wandering forever in the secular world, between life and death, until after a long time, it is completely digested by the law of corruption."

As the game text flashed by, Jiang Xinghuo also felt changes in reality, and the skin on his arms began to fester rapidly.

In just a few seconds, from the outside to the inside, layer by layer, including skin, fat, fascia, muscles, and bones, a blood hole the size of a cup soon appeared on the arm, and it showed signs of continuing to expand.

However, despite the fact that the wound was so severely festered and corrupted, Jiang Xinghuo did not feel any pain at all.

"Hell..."

Jiang Xinghuo frowned, not bothering to think too much. He took a photo of the wound first, and then immediately activated the power of the Golden Law to eliminate the corrupt force that permeated around the wound.

Then, Jiang Xinghuo activated the power of resurrection of dead wood, which contained vitality and magic power, lingering around the wound, and soon repaired the wound to its original state with only faint traces left.

At this time, new text messages also came from the game.

"You activated the fragment of the Golden Law and removed the corrupt power from your body before it spread. It did not leave any trouble or impact."

After seeing the prompt in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo breathed a sigh of relief and began to check the detailed information of the Scarlet Corruption Curse.

He first clicked on the entry for "Law of Corruption" which was flashing red.

"The Law of Corruption is one of the ancient laws in the secular world. It is also a law that has existed in the secular world since the birth of this world. It can corrupt all living things in the world." "And the ruler of this law is an ancient Taoist master named 'Scarlet Corruptor'. He is a powerful man of the same era as Master Fu Shuai Bao Yun. He has transcended the secular world and survived thousands of disasters. He is a mortal enemy of Master Shanhe Jishi. The power of their laws conflicts, and they are the kind of opponents who will never give up."

Scarlet Corruptor...

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the game text and thought that another ancient strong man had appeared. Including this Scarlet Corruptor, there are currently six strong men known to have reached the transcendent realm.

The True Lord of Mountains and Rivers, the Empress of Heaven, the Earth Lord, the Immortal Master of Fortune and Destiny, the True Lord of Ten Thousand Temples, and the Scarlet Corruptor.

According to the old man in the ancestral hall of Taiping Ancient Town, these powerful men have already reached a transcendent state.

Unaffected by the end of civilization, their beacons are everywhere. As long as the planet where they live in the secular world is not destroyed, they are equivalent to immortal beings.

Moreover, the old man made it very clear that the number of strong men of this level would not exceed nine.

Of course, it is also possible that the old man came to this conclusion based on his guesswork, but no matter what, for many powerful people and players in the secular world, these antiques are unshakable mountains.

Perhaps, only the secular lord who mastered the golden law had the power to contend with them, but in the end he was attacked by the crowd and died in the depths of the Forbidden City at dawn.

Jiang Xinghuo breathed a sigh of relief and secretly took note of this Scarlet Corruptor in his heart. The opponent's strength might not be the strongest among the strong men of the same level, but he was definitely the most dangerous.

As long as you are contaminated by red light, it is equivalent to being cursed. If you don’t have the Golden Rule, you will probably have to have your limbs amputated.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it, quit the game, logged into the forum, uploaded the photos, briefly explained the matter again, and even spent 500 incense sticks to keep the post on top for a month.

In this way, all players can see this information. When other players play the game in the future and encounter the same scarlet corrupted person, they will know how to deal with it. Otherwise, if they are also contaminated like themselves, the result may not be particularly optimistic.

He has the Golden Rule to remove the curse. Players who don't have the Golden Rule will either die or be crippled if they encounter this curse.

He did this not out of excessive compassion. There is a good saying among our ancestors: if you are rich, you should help the world; if you are poor, you should take care of yourself. We are all born by our parents, and since he has the ability, he will save as many people as he can.

Then, Jiang Xinghuo looked at the thing that he had risked his life to get.

"The Astrologer's Divine Props (special props). The Astrologer was originally one of the Eight Immortals in the secular world. He possessed the great magical power of fortune-telling and borrowing the power of the stars. However, according to folk legends, the Astrologer's body was a statue in the Astrology Temple. By chance, it absorbed the power of the stars and turned into a human form. Therefore, the Divine Props in its body became its companion magical tools, which can grant different abilities to others."

"The dirty object you touched can absorb the power of the stars, thereby greatly increasing its own event triggering rate, and can also increase the characters or events you encounter when exploring the secular world."

Looking at the detailed description of the game text, Jiang Xinghuo's eyes suddenly lit up. Although this item could not directly improve his strength, it could increase the event triggering rate.

Then when you explore other maps in the future, you can trigger more interactions and options, encounter more characters or events, which is perfect for you.

It was worth it that he risked his life to get such a thing.

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the text and brought the object into reality. It looked like a crystal ball, round and solid, but if you looked closely you could see brilliant stars and dancing lights, as if countless galaxies were contained within it.

"Note that this item does not need to be integrated into the body. As long as it is bound to the body, it will take effect immediately. It also has the characteristic of not being able to be dropped. Even the Five Ghosts Technique cannot move it. It can only be unbound and removed from the body after the bound person dies."

"Do you want to bind this dirty item immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation.

A rune also appeared in his mind. As long as he smeared the rune with his own blood, he could bind it to himself.

Jiang Xinghuo broke his fingertips and wrote and painted runes on the crystal ball. After the runes took shape, they immediately disappeared into the crystal ball. At the same time, Jiang Xinghuo had a feeling in his heart, as if some unknown connection had been established between him and this crystal ball.

"You have successfully bound the Astrologer's disguise."

"Where are you planning to go next?"

After dealing with this matter, Jiang Xinghuo continued to advance the plot. The distance from Jiangnan to Beiping was not short. Even if he used a car to speed up the journey, it would take two days.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't want to waste time on these trivial matters, so he simply decided to activate the shrine and teleport over.

Although this method will be very fast, you will also miss some plots. There are gains and losses, and it all depends on how you make personal choices.

"You activated the shrine's teleportation function. The mysterious power of space enveloped your body. In an instant, you crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and arrived at the official road outside the city of Beiping."

"You have arrived at the official road outside the city of Beiping."

"The majestic and magnificent city of Beiping stands in front of us, like a sleeping beast, and no one knows when it will wake up."

"Do you want to enter the city of Peking?"

"You walked forward, but before you got close to the city gate, you heard a commotion ahead, as if someone was fighting. You saw the Beiping City patrolmen besieging a man with weapons. And that man is not unfamiliar to you. It is Longpi Taibao, whom you met once in Jiangnan."

"The skin on Longpi Taibao's body is extremely tough. The weapons of the patrol officers hit it, just like tickling it, without causing any damage."

"What will surprise you even more is that even powerful firearms cannot break through Longpi Taibao's defense. It's as if the bullet hits cotton. Longpi Taibao's body trembles slightly, and all the power is removed."

"At this time, Longpi Taibao also discovered your presence. I don't know what he was thinking, but he broke through the siege and rushed towards you, and shouted at you: The wind is tight and you can't escape."

"After saying that, he fled."

"The police couldn't catch up with it, so they surrounded you with a fierce look on their faces..."

Jiang Xinghuo: ???

Is this what people are supposed to do?
(End of this chapter)