My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 54: Seven Streets and Eight Alleys
"You walked on the streets of Coffin Town, listened to the gossip of the people passing by, and got a general understanding of Coffin Town. So where do you plan to go first?"

"There are seven streets and eight alleys in Coffin Town, where the wedding dress shop, the banquet hall, the funeral music store, the coffin shop, the wine shop, the mansion of the coffin master, and the dilapidated City God Temple are located."

"Are you planning to go to these places first, or just wander around Coffin Town, or find a place to rest for a while?"

Jiang Xinghuo took a quick inventory and found that unlike the twenty or so options given by Longcheng, there were only seven locations available for exploration in Coffin Town.

It shouldn't take too long. If we're lucky, we can explore the entire Coffin Town in less than a week.

In that case, let's do it in order.

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the map text one by one and read the detailed introduction of each place first.

"Hong Xiu Niang's wedding dress workshop, the largest wedding dress workshop in Guanzi Town, is located at the third to last shop in Hongluo Lane. Whether in terms of dyeing and weaving fabrics or sewing techniques, Hong Xiu Niang is the best craftsman in this town. The wedding dresses she sews will not fade at all no matter how long it has been, and will still look as bright as new."

"At the same time, Lady Hong Xiu is also in charge of all wedding supplies in Coffin Town. It is said that she has a close relationship with Lady Xi from Beiping City."

"The funeral music business run by the suona player in Coffin Town employs hundreds of musicians in the entire Coffin Town. All families with a bit of status and pomp will employ musicians from the funeral music business when they hold weddings or funerals. No one dares to offend them."

"But the suona maker usually stays at home and rarely goes out. In recent years, no one has been able to hire him. The ones who come out to work are all his apprentices."

"The Dirty Meat Fairy's buffet, the chef in charge of the Coffin Town buffet, has the best cooking skills in all the streets and alleys of Coffin Town."

"It is said that the Zangrouxian once learned his craft at the Imperial Kitchen in Beiping City, which is one of the three major gourmet organizations in the secular world. The chefs in the restaurant are most skilled in various fine knife skills. Only apprentices who can carve patterns and words on hair are qualified to become masters and open their own restaurants outside."

"The winemaker's wedding wine shop, good wine is not afraid of a remote alley. It is the most popular wedding wine shop in Coffin Town. It specializes in brewing various fruit wines. Even though it is located in the most remote alley in Coffin Town, there are countless gourmet wine drinkers going there every day. Some people say that the ingredients of the wine in the shop are all picked by young girls themselves, and it has the taste of a beautiful first love."

"The coffin maker's coffin shop, the most skilled coffin maker in Coffin Town, is also the direct disciple of Master Coffin. There have been rumors that the coffin maker and Master Coffin have a close relationship and are very likely blood relatives, but it has never been confirmed."

"The undertaker has another rule, which is that when making a coffin for the dead, the body must be carried to the coffin shop, and outsiders are not allowed to watch. Once the coffin is sealed, no matter what happens, it is not allowed to be opened again."

"Someone once opened the coffin because he didn't believe in it. As a result, the whole family died suddenly that night!"

"This is Master Coffin's residence. It is also the forbidden area of ​​​​Coffin Town. It is located in the center of Coffin Town. No one is allowed to enter without Master Coffin's summons, otherwise they will be punished."

"The dilapidated City God Temple, which has been abandoned for many years, is located in the northeast corner of Coffin Town. It is rarely visited and is also the charity cemetery of Coffin Town. Anyone who dies suddenly or sick will be kept in the City God Temple for three days before a coffin maker is hired to make a custom coffin."

After reading a bunch of text messages that popped up on the screen, Jiang Xinghuo had some plans in his mind. According to the game text, Master Coffin was the grandfather of the coffin maker, and that was the ultimate goal of his trip.

You can put this matter aside for last, and it won’t be too late to complete the story of Mr. Coffin after you have explored other places.

"You choose to go to the buffet of Dirty Meat Fairy first."

"You have come to the north of Coffin Town. This is the residence of the Dirty Meat Fairy. It holds a buffet at its doorstep every day. Anyone can come and eat. The more food you eat, the happier it is."

"The Dirty Meat Fairy sees you coming over, so he warmly invites you to take a seat and taste his cooking."

"You looked at the tempting food in front of you, and you couldn't help but salivate. You sat in the chair and started to devour it."

"But as you were eating, you felt something was wrong. Why did you feel cold all over? You looked down and found that your flesh had been taken away by the Dirty Meat Fairy to be cooked. Only your head was intact."

"This is not a pleasant experience. You wanted to get up and settle the score with the Dirty Meat Fairy, but your body lost its support and you collapsed to the ground."

"The Dirty Meat Fairy will come over and grab your head. With a gentle cut, your head will be separated from your body."

"You lost too much blood..." "You are dead."

"Do you want to activate the Fall Guy?"

"You activated the scapegoat, used the scarecrow to escape, and came back to life from the butcher knife of the Dirty Meat Fairy."

"Scapegoat (3/4)."

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned at first, then he checked the time on his phone. It turned out that it was already past midnight, and it was a new day. The number of times he had to die as a scapegoat had been reset.

This means that he can continue to explore Coffin Town without worrying about being killed by those monsters.

"The Dirty Meat Fairy watched the flesh and bones under his knife turn into a scarecrow, and he became furious, and rushed towards you with the kitchen knife in hand."

"You took out the Muddy Water Stick and without any fear, you went straight forward to fight with the Dirty Meat Immortal."

"The Zangrouxian's knife skills are superb. With just one encounter, your left hand has turned into a cucumber, with bones and flesh seemingly undivided. You can't use any force at all."

"You didn't want to be outdone, so you swung the muddy stick across the waist, like a guillotine, and directly cut the body of the Dirty Meat Immortal in half."

"You killed the Dirty Meat Fairy."

"But the Dirty Meat Fairy was once blessed by the stove fire in the imperial kitchen. As long as the original stove fire is not extinguished, the Dirty Meat Fairy will not die. It will come back to life tomorrow and continue its buffet."

Seeing this line of text, Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that in addition to the player group, there were other creatures that could be resurrected continuously.

But it doesn’t matter. If I can kill it once, I can kill it twice. It won’t have much impact.

At this time, new text popped up in the game.

"Because of excessive blood loss."

"Your health is decreasing..."

"Current health: 19%."

"You used the [Dead Tree Resurrection Technique] on yourself. Your injuries are beginning to recover, and your health is slowly increasing..."

“当前生命值…27%…36%…50%…75%…90%…”

Jiang Xinghuo watched the number rise little by little, and after it reached 90%, the progress came to an abrupt halt.

Then, new game text popped up.

"You chose to perform corpse groping on the Dirty Meat Fairy."

"You have obtained..."

It has finally turned negative

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(End of this chapter)