My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 536 Mining City
The corpses of monks who broke their vows belong to the heavenly realm among the six realms of evil ghosts. Currently, the only corpses left are from the three realms of hell, animals, and humans.

Among them, the corpses of monsters and demons in the human world should be the easiest to find. As long as you spend some time on the secular world, you should be able to find them.

However, the corpses of the monsters in hell and the animal realm are not so easy to find. We may have to turn our attention to the underworld. It is really not an easy task to find the corpses of the evil spirits in these two realms in the world of the living.

But no matter what, we are getting closer and closer to the goal. When the time comes, we will go to the underworld to find the Lord of Yellow Springs and see if we can get a mouthful of Yellow Springs water.

Jiang Xinghuo put the body of the monk who broke his precepts into the magic bag, and looked at the remaining things. The things he had counted so far were not enough to cause a fight between the Swordsman Alliance and the Witchcraft Society, let alone lure the monk who broke his precepts to kill and rob.

"The Secret Manual of the Heart-Plucking Hand (Excellent Item), a kind of external martial arts that is passed down in secret in the Shifang Zen Forest Pojie Temple. It has the ability to cut open the abdomen and remove the heart. It is necessary to use secret medicine to cleanse the muscles and bones before this martial art can be performed. However, after mastering this skill, a heart must be removed every seven days, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted and you will have to start over again."

"Do you want to use this item?"

"Please note that the Heart-Plucking Hand has no restrictions on race or sect. Anyone can practice it according to the above method. However, after mastering it, you must also kill a creature with the Heart-Plucking Hand every seven days, just like the monk who broke his precepts."

Jiang Xinghuo felt a chill as he watched, thinking what kind of weird Kung Fu was this? If he practiced this Kung Fu, wouldn’t he have to kill one person every seven days?

Wouldn't that make him a perverted murderer?!
He was not a psychopath, so he could only stay away from this skill and throw it into the niche to sell for some money.

"Shifang Zen Forest's identity token (common item). This is the key token to Shifang Zen Forest. Without this token, it is difficult to enter Shifang Zen Forest. With this token in hand, even if you are not a Buddhist of Shifang Zen Forest, you can enter the Zen Forest."

This prop is pretty good.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded with satisfaction and threw the identity card into the magic bag. This thing might come in handy when he went back to Shifang Zen Temple to look for the Eight Treasures Incense.

Finally, the only thing left was the purple wisteria thorn wood box. If nothing unexpected happened, the Swordsman Alliance and the Witchcraft Society would fight for the ownership of this box. The monk who broke his vows killed people from both sides, probably for this thing.

"Do you want to open this thornwood box?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without much thought. He wanted to see what was inside that could cause so many people to make such a fuss.

"You opened it. The Wisteria shadythorn box."

"You discovered that the object stored in this wooden box was actually a fragment of a cave heaven that exuded a strong blood aura. You subconsciously placed your hand on the fragment, and a stream of unfamiliar information instantly flooded into your mind."

"You have obtained the relic of the Buddha's enemy, the Killer."

"The relics of the Taoist Killer (special item). In ancient times, there was a powerful human being in the secular world named 'The Taoist Killer'. Although he had never set up a mark, his strength was not inferior to that of the Taoist Killer. Therefore, he had a strong desire to kill and provoked countless enemies, including many monks from the Buddhist and Taoist sects."

"Later, the Taoist priest Shasheng was besieged by the Buddhist sect and died tragically on the spot. His soul fell into the Blood Pond Hell and he was also named the enemy of Buddha. However, the Taoist priest Shasheng was not afraid of the separation between the Yin and Yang. Despite the fate of his soul being torn apart, he used the Seven Killing Swords in his hand to fight his way back from the underworld to the world of the living. He also brought back the fragments of the Blood Pond Hell and buried them in a mine in the northwest."

"The fragment of hell in your hand is just the tip of the iceberg, but it can guide you to find other fragments and help you obtain the inheritance of the Taoist killer."

Killing Taoist?
Jiang Xinghuo looked at the name and couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He felt like he had heard this name somewhere before...

Where is it??

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while, and suddenly opened the game text record. After searching for a long time, he found the record about the Taoist killer.

When he was exploring towards the city of Beiping, he passed by a mass grave, where a plot was triggered and he found an item called the Killing Stone.

"Killing Stone (Excellent Consumable Item), an item left behind by the exile 'Killing Taoist'. The specific effect is unknown, but we only know that it is a means to target the exile's fellow countrymen."

But later, when the magic bag was contaminated by the evil fire, some of the props stored in it were burned to ashes, including the killing stone.

That's why Jiang Xinghuo felt that the name sounded familiar.

I just don’t know whether the “Killing Taoist” who left behind the Killing Stone is the game player who obtained the corresponding relic in the real world, or the “Killing Taoist” who returned to the world from the underworld.

The Killing Stone may also serve as a clue to finding the remains of the Killing Taoist priest.

The game text simply says that the Killing Taoist hid the things in a mine in the northwest, but the northwest is famous for its many mountains and mines. If you run around like a headless fly, you never know when you can find the things he left behind.

The Killing Stone is a key clue that can help you narrow the scope and area of ​​your search.

After counting these things, Jiang Xinghuo was about to continue on his journey, but new game text popped up.

"What are you going to do with all these bodies on the ground?"

"Would you choose to burn it to ashes and completely hide what happened here, or would you disguise the scene as a three-way killing of each other, with the end result being that all three parties died together?"

"If you choose the former, you can leave here without any worries, but someone with ulterior motives may use the clues to trace you back. Although they may not pose a threat to you, they may cause you a lot of trouble."

"If you choose the latter, after some careful disguise, you might be able to divert the blame and lead the clues to other forces, so what do you plan to choose?"

The game text outlined the pros and cons of both options, and after thinking for a while, Jiang Xinghuo chose the second answer.

Rather than pinning his hopes on illusory luck, he believed more in his own methods. The worst outcome was that he would be targeted by others, which was similar to the result of the first answer.

"You chose to disguise the scene."

"You buried the bodies of the disciples of the Wu Gu Society and carefully prepared disguises and cover-ups."

"In this way, others will think that it was the disciples of the Wu Gu Society who killed the swordsmen of the Swordsman Alliance and the monk who broke the precepts. Afterwards, they could not take the bodies away, so they buried them here."

"In progress, please wait..."

Jiang Xinghuo spent more than half an hour and finally managed to control the character to disguise the scene. He also invested a lot of props and materials, and sealed the acupoints of the corpses. Even if someone used a spell to summon spirits, they would not be able to call back their souls.

After doing all this, Jiang Xinghuo took out the warrior seal and continued to work towards the mining city.

Around two o'clock in the afternoon.

New information came from the game. "After five hours of trekking, you crossed the mountains and arrived at the official road outside the mining town."

"The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, because the most important thing for mining ore is gunpowder. If there is not enough strong gunpowder, many ores cannot be mined and we can only sigh in despair."

"You stand on a small hill beside the official road and look ahead. You see a magnificent city in front of you. It is your destination and the largest city in the northwest - Mining City."

"Do you want to go over to the city right away?"

Jiang Xinghuo directly chose yes and controlled the character to go to the mining city ahead, while also finding clues about the mining city.

The first one was an ancient tomb. When he was heading to Shiva Village to explore, he met a group of bandits on the way who robbed and killed the escort agency personnel in order to seize a jade pendant.

And that jade pendant is the key to an ancient tomb. The tomb is hidden deep underground in the northwest mining city. The jade pendant is the admission ticket to the tomb. Without the jade pendant, one cannot enter it.

That's why the bandits surrounded and killed the escort company that was transporting the jade pendant.

Moreover, there are special restrictions on the time of opening the ancient tomb. Only late at night on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year, the ancient tomb will appear in the mortal world from underground in the mining city.

At other times, the ancient tomb cannot be found at all.

Now it is less than a week until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Jiang Xinghuo chose to come to the mining city to explore this map. (Chapter 431)
In addition, he also obtained a mine map in the northwest at the Guifang Market in the Sichuan and Shu areas of the secular world.

"A map of the Skyfire Mine (common item), a map of a mine in the northwest mining city."

"Legend has it that in ancient times, fire fell from the sky and formed a mine shaft that was hundreds of feet deep."

"But no one has explored it to the bottom. The location marked on this map is only about 300 feet below the mine."

If nothing unexpected happens, there should be a meteorite hidden in this mine, which is likely one of the nine heavenly fires from ancient times. (Chapter 253)
This is about Jiang Xinghuo’s other mission – the journey to the starry sky.

According to the background setting of the game in the secular world, in ancient times, nine kinds of heavenly fire descended from outer space to the mortal world. Therefore, when he obtained the fragments of heavenly fire, he started the hidden mission of this starry sky journey.

As long as you obtain more than half of the Skyfire fragments, you can find a passage leading directly to the Yinqingyuanque Land, and the reward for completing this task is immortality.

Jiang Xinghuo was somewhat skeptical about this mission. Originally, due to his own strength issues, he had not dared to push forward this mission. Now that his strength is different from before, he naturally has fewer concerns.

Of course, his greatest confidence still lies in the Beidou space-based weapons. Without this trump card, Jiang Xinghuo estimates that he will have to wait for a while and carry out this task after becoming the master.

However, even if he has gathered more than half of the fragments of the Skyfire, whether or not to go to the waxing and waning place in the sky is up to him, and outsiders cannot interfere with his choice and mission.

There is also the mining city map and clues obtained from Hong Xiu Niang in Coffin Town.

"Part of the map of the mining city (common item). The mining city in the northwest of the secular world is mountainous and rocky, and contains all kinds of rare and precious minerals. Red Embroidery Lady's husband is from the mining city. The blood pump heart and this map were left behind by him."

"It's a pity that the two of them parted ways due to their incompatible personalities, but they occasionally exchanged letters. If you have the opportunity to go to the mining city in the future, you can go to Tieshi Lane to find it and explain the whole story."

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about these things, a new text message prompt suddenly came in the game.

"You have arrived, Mining Town."

"You stand outside the magnificent mining town, looking around, and discover a dusty shrine in the land temple built by the iron mine on the roadside. Do you want to go over and light it up?"

Jiang Xinghuo immediately chose yes.

This is the confidence that allows him to explore the mining city freely. If he doesn't open the resurrection point, after he uses up his chance to be a scapegoat, he will have to spend five hours running the map again.

That would be really unfavorable.

"You walked over and tried to touch the shrine in the land temple, but a team of patrol officers holding iron crutches immediately ran towards you, seemingly trying to stop you from lighting up the shrine."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Would you choose to flee immediately to avoid being surrounded and beaten, or would you rather endure the attacks of the patrol officers and light up the shrine in the land temple in time?"

There is also a five-second countdown below.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't even think about it and chose the latter without hesitation. It didn't matter if he got beaten up, as long as he could light up the shrine.

"You placed your hand on the dusty shrine. A dazzling light flashed across the shrine, and then it returned to its original dusty state."

"You have lit up the shrine of the mining town."

"And just as you reached out to light the shrine, the iron crutches in the hands of the patrol officers also fell on your head. Blood immediately spread out. You only felt a slight blur in front of your eyes, and the other iron crutches came down like rain and wind, hitting you so hard that you saw stars and had no time to resist. It was a pity that you were beaten to death by the patrol officers with iron crutches and sticks before you could use all your skills. There was not even a single intact part on your body. You lay on the ground like a puddle of mud."

"You are dead."

Damn! Jiang Xinghuo was speechless. He thought that he would be fine after being beaten, but he didn't expect that he would be beaten to death. It was really cruel. However, this death was worth it. At least the shrine in the mining city had been lit up.

"Do you want to activate the Fall Guy effect?"

Jiang Xinghuo used a scapegoat to resurrect himself next to the shrine, and then attacked the patrolling police.

Come and don't go indecent.

Jiang Xinghuo called out the Black and White Impermanence from the acupoints, and in a few seconds they took away the souls of those patrolling city police.

"You killed the patrol officer of the Mining City Police Station x17."

"You have obtained, Incense +3400."

(End of this chapter)