My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 525 Black Mountain Temple

Jiang Xinghuo put away the things he found, looked up at the time, it was already late, and he didn't plan to continue playing the game today. Anyway, the task with the Cangyuexian had been completed, so he could deal with the rest until tomorrow morning.

The next day, early in the morning.

After Jiang Xinghuo got up in the morning, he logged into the game, wanting to see if there would be any new plots or interactions after a night.

But the result made Jiang Xinghuo a little disappointed. After a night, everything in the game was peaceful and nothing happened.

"Where are you going to explore today?"

"Do you choose to go to the Forbidden City to find out what's going on? Or do you plan to go to Huangliang Hutong to find the storyteller? Or do you plan to go to the ruins of the Black Mountain Temple outside the city to investigate?"

"Of course, you can also choose to go to the forbidden area of ​​the imperial mausoleum that has been sealed for many years. Now that you have the map of the mausoleum's mechanism in your hand, you are qualified to go there and try to explore it. However, whether you can find what you want depends on your luck."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the four options given on the screen, thought about it carefully, and decided to explore outside the city first.

The Xingmenmai, the Imperial Mausoleum, and the Black Mountain Temple ruins are all outside the city, so you can explore them together and save yourself the trouble of going back and forth.

"You chose to explore the ruins of the Black Mountain Temple outside the city."

"On the way, please wait..."

"When you were heading out of the city, you saw a mob standing on the roadside. Did you go up and say hello?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes. He didn't know whether these rabble had found any clues about Longpi Taibao.

"You went over and said hello to that rabble. He was chewing on a meat pancake. When he saw you coming, he wiped the oil off his mouth and said that he had found the whereabouts of Longpi Taibao last night, but he was too alert. As soon as he found something wrong, he ran away to another place, so we have to wait for a while."

Jiang Xinghuo was not surprised. Longpi Taibao was not an ordinary monster. It was amazing that the mob could find the other party's whereabouts in such a short time.

"You said goodbye to the mob and continued walking out of the city. Soon you left Peking and came to the official road outside."

"You have triggered the map leading to the Black Mountain Temple."

"According to the records on the blueprint, the Black Mountain Temple is about 13 miles outside of Beiping City. Do you want to go there immediately?"

"On the way, please wait..."

Jiang Xinghuo waited for about ten minutes, and then a notification came from the game that he had arrived at the destination.

"You have arrived at the ruins of the Black Mountain Temple."

Jiang Xinghuo was secretly amazed, thinking that the speed was quite fast, one mile per minute, and he had no idea whether he flew or ran.

But he probably ran there. If he flew there, it wouldn't take ten minutes, at most only about one minute.

"You looked up at the ruins of the Black Mountain Temple. This was once a magnificent temple complex, but everything changed after that night. The entire temple, along with the monks inside, fell into the underworld overnight and became monsters between life and death, forever trapped on the Iron Wall Mountain."

"At this time, you noticed that in the corner of the Black Mountain Temple ruins, there was a broken, dusty shrine covered with spider webs. It seemed that there were also many evil beasts who had taken over the shrine and made their home there."

"You have discovered the broken Fengdu shrine."

"The Black Mountain Temple was once a powerful backup for Fengdu during its conquest of the underworld. For this reason, Fengdu specially built a shrine here to facilitate the army's travel between the Yin and Yang worlds. But now the shrine has been covered in dust and broken, and has lost its original transmission ability. It may even collapse completely at any time. However, you found some inconspicuous clues in the shrine that was on the verge of breaking."

"You found a broken dent on the top of the shrine, and there was a faint unknown aura lingering around. This aura was somewhat familiar to you, but it didn't seem to be supposed to appear in the world of the living."

"You have triggered the axe of the Lord of the Underworld."

"You took out the axe of the Lord of the Underworld from your magic bag. The aura left on this broken shrine is very similar to the aura on this axe. What does this mean?"

Looking at the content of the game text, Jiang Xinghuo's face became solemn. What does this mean?
This shows that the person who destroyed the shrine has a close connection with the Lord of the Underworld. There is even a possibility that the mastermind behind the destruction of the shrine is the supreme king of the underworld.

Jiang Xinghuo was also frightened by his own guess.

No way?
Could it be that this shrine was really destroyed by the Lord of the Underworld?
Then the Black Mountain Temple, which sank from the world of the living to the underworld overnight, was also the main trunk of the underworld? ?

That's the Lord of the Underworld...

A being of equal status to the Lord of this world may even exist longer than the Lord of this world.

After all, the secular lord who fell in the Forbidden City was only the most powerful of all the secular lords in history, not the one who existed the longest.

The Black Mountain Temple sank into the underworld overnight. Such a shocking method could probably only be done by the Lord of the Underworld.

"What are you going to do now?"

"Would you choose to leave quietly and pretend that you have never been here, or would you like to visit the remaining ruins of the Black Mountain Temple?"

To be honest, when it comes to matters involving the Lord of the Underworld, Jiang Xinghuo really wants to just walk away.

Although the Lord of the Secular World is terrible, He has been gone for a long time after all and only exists in the past history of the secular world.

The Lord of the Underworld still exists in the underworld. God knows if he has any means that can affect me in the real world. What if he gets unhappy and brings his real body over there?
Jiang Xinghuo hesitated for a long time. He was unwilling to leave, but also worried if he didn't leave.

In the end, it was a text message that popped up in the game that resolved Jiang Xinghuo's worries and made him no longer worry about the Lord of the Underworld causing trouble for him.

Maybe the game sensed his concerns, or maybe it was an invisible benefit that came with improving his worldly reputation.

Just as he was wavering in his hesitation, a new text popped up on the screen.

"Pay attention, you are carrying the 'Divine Talisman for Eliminating the Traces of Cause and Effect' created by the law of cause and effect. Not only are the deductive methods below the mythological level ineffective against you, but it can also screen the deductive divinations of all underworld creatures, even the Lord of the Underworld is no exception." Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo no longer had any worries. Since he could block all the deductive methods of the underworld, what else did he have to worry about? He could just let go and explore to his heart's content.

"You walked to the ruins of the Black Mountain Temple and saw a mess as far as the eye could see. There were broken rubble and bricks everywhere. You could vaguely see the buildings of the Black Mountain Temple back then, but they were long gone now."

"After a lot of exploration, you didn't find anything valuable. There were only some broken pieces of magic tools mixed in with the rubble and soil. They are not worth reusing at all."

Looking at the description in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment, clicked on the skill panel, found the Six-Day Demonic Eye, and then clicked to use it.

"You opened the Six Heavens Demonic Eye between your brows and looked around with the vision of the Six Heavens Demonic Eye. You finally found some different traces."

"You found a hideous severed arm among the rubble. Blood was still dripping from the broken end, as if it had just been cut off from the body."

"Do you want to go over and pick it up?"

"You walked over and picked up the broken arm."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the general's right arm."

"General Sun's right arm (rare material). The broken arm of General Sun can be used as a good material for refining elixirs. It can also be integrated into one's body to become a half-human, half-ghost physique. It can also be used as a strengthening material for forging weapons."

"General Zengsun is the most capable assistant of the Lord of the Underworld, and the guardian god of the Underworld. He was also one of the six gods of the sky at the beginning of the secular world. When the Taoist ancestor felled the mountains and destroyed the temples, General Zengsun fled to the underworld to save their lives and received the protection and blessing of the Lord of the Underworld."

"Daozu originally wanted to eradicate the problem completely, but due to the favor of the Lord of the Underworld, he had to temporarily let Zeng and Sun go. However, he also signed a contract with the Lord of the Underworld, which prohibited Zeng and Sun from leaving the Underworld forever, otherwise someone would take their lives."

"But judging from the severed arm you picked up, General Zeng and General Sun clearly violated the contract. Not only did they come to the human world, they also massacred the Black Mountain Temple. This arm must have been severed at that time, and there is still a faint golden Buddha light on it."

"What do you plan to do with this broken arm? Will you integrate it into your own body? Or will you give it to the Medicine King's clone in the Eight Directions Spiritual Tower and let him refine it into a pill? Or will you go find the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian and use this broken arm as a material to strengthen and upgrade the item's level?"

The game gives three possible answers to choose from: merge into your own body, go find the Medicine King's clone, or go find the Taoist Master.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully and ruled out the first option. What a joke! Such a weird thing must not be integrated into his body.

After thinking about the remaining two answers, Jiang Xinghuo chose the second answer and gave it to the Medicine King's clone to refine it into a pill.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo found the shrine of the Bafang Linglou in the unlocked map and was teleported directly into the Bafang Linglou.

"You are back in the Bafang Linglou."

"You brought General Sun's severed arm to the Medicine King's Herb House, found the Medicine King's clone, and gave the severed arm to him."

"When the Medicine King's clone saw the severed arm, his cloudy eyes suddenly lit up. He said that this quality of medicine-making materials is rare and precious, and he has to consider it carefully before he can start refining the medicine. He asked you to go back and wait. After he refines the medicine, he will naturally notify you through the altar to come over."

"You have lost the general's broken arm -1."

After handing the severed arm to Lord Yaowang, Jiang Xinghuo returned to the ruins of the Black Mountain Temple and continued his investigation and search through the Six Heavenly Ghost Eyes.

But apart from the broken arm of the general, nothing was found. However, just as Jiang Xinghuo was about to leave, the human spirit drum in the magic bag was triggered.

"You feel the Human Spirit Drum vibrating inside the magic bag. It seems to be sensing something. Do you want to take it out of the magic bag and take a closer look?"

"You pulled the human-skin drum out of your trick bag."

"The small and exquisite human-skin drum continued to vibrate, emitting a mournful and tragic sound. The surrounding rubble suddenly turned into dust and dissipated, revealing a deeply buried mural."

"You carefully examined the contents of the mural and found that it recorded what happened on the Iron Wall Mountain after the Black Mountain Temple sank into the underworld."

"In the past, Black Mountain Temple sank into the underworld overnight and fell on the forbidden Iron Mountain in the underworld. Hundreds of disciples became monk ghosts. The old head of Black Mountain Temple did not want to sink like this, so he relied on the power of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Ten Directions Zen Forest to help some disciples escape from Iron Mountain and left the Black Mountain Temple's lineage in the underworld."

"In addition, there is also a map engraved on the back of this mural. It is the specific location of the Black Mountain Temple in the underworld. It was carved by Ksitigarbha himself, so it has not been damaged after so many years."

"You have obtained the map of the Black Mountain Temple in the underworld."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the game text and remembered the description when he got the human skin drum. It was obtained by the Bloodstained Bodhisattva in an abandoned temple in the underworld. Could it be that the temple was the Black Mountain Temple in the underworld?
It seems that if you want to find out the truth of this matter, you still have to explore the underworld.

It just so happened that he had a disaster list from the underworld in his hand. It was a task entrusted by the Lord of the Underworld, Huangquan. He could get a reward from the other party, and then they could accomplish these things together.

"Where are you going to explore next?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to go to the main mountain gate of the Xingmen sect. Anyway, these maps were all outside the city of Peking, so it wouldn't be a waste of time to go and take a look.

"You have come to the mountain gate of the Xingmen Vein."

"Back then, the God of Mountains cut down mountains and destroyed temples in revenge for the extermination of our clan. Not only did he kill all the disciples of the Xing Clan, he also cast their heads into Jingguan. Even after so many years, the air still seems to be filled with the smell of blood."

"You see a tomb made of bones, standing outside the main altar of the Xingmen Sect. Do you want to go in and explore?"

"You walked into the main hall of the Xingmen Sect, and felt the evil spirit condensed into substance, making it difficult for you to move."

"At the same time, you felt a strong sense of suffocation. A rough, blood-stained hemp rope appeared around your neck, and it kept tightening."

"Your consciousness starts to blur. You try to tear off the rope around your neck, but you can't get rid of the suffocation caused by the rope."

"Your cervical vertebrae are broken, and your body fell silently to the ground. You are dead..."

(End of this chapter)