My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 552: The Forefather of Tomb Raiders
Jiang Xinghuo died at the bottom of a mine. He wanted to use a scapegoat to revive him outside the mine, but unexpectedly the game text gave new text information, suggesting that he could be resurrected directly at the bottom of the mine.

Anyway, if you revive outside, you will have to enter the mine again, and the final result will most likely not change.

Now, activating the effect of the scapegoat in the mines means that he no longer needs to run across the map again.

But if this is the case, we still need to think of some ways to temporarily resist the high temperature in the mine.

Otherwise, even if he came back to life using a scapegoat, he would be burned to ashes in a very short period of time, which would be a waste of using a scapegoat.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo refused to use the scapegoat to resurrect first, and instead used dog food to resurrect, then activated the teleportation function of the Linglou altar and came to the niche in the Bafang Linglou, intending to see if there were any props that could withstand the high temperature.

After walking around the niche, he was somewhat disappointed. Although there were many props on the niche that could resist high temperatures, they all had their own property limits. The highest one could only withstand a high temperature of 600 degrees and could only last for about two minutes.

This level of high temperature resistance is obviously not enough, as he doesn't know how high the temperature is in the mine.

But to be able to roast a person into a mummy in an instant, the temperature must be at least over 1000 degrees, and ordinary props are completely useless.

Jiang Xinghuo went to the teahouse again without giving up, but there was still no change. It could only withstand temperatures below 1000 degrees.

This is a bit embarrassing.

He clearly found the mine formed by the heavenly fire, but he was unable to explore deeper into it.

This is equivalent to finding a secret cave with a huge gold mountain, and the door is still open to you without any defense.

But you can't go in to hunt for treasure and can only watch from outside.

Finally, Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while, found the Shen Ji Order in the magic bag, and teleported it to the blacksmith shop of Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian.

He can only place his hope on the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian now. If even the other party cannot solve this problem for him, then the matter of the Tianhuo Mine will have to come to an end temporarily.

"You activated the teleportation function of the Divine Machine Token, and in a flash you crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and arrived at the blacksmith shop of Taoist Master Bailian of the Divine Machine Token."

"The clanging sound is particularly obvious in the dark night. Taoist Shenji Bailian is still improving his forging skills day by day. He was very surprised to see you coming and asked if there was anything you could help with."

"You told the truth about your purpose and your intention. You wanted to obtain a tool that can withstand extremely high temperature burning. "

"When Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian heard your intention, he pondered for a while, then went to the back room and took out a bundle. When he opened it, he found a piece of silver silk armor that gave off a cool aura."

"This is a silk armor specially forged by Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian in his early years in order to find a piece of lava mine. It is woven with ice silk mixed with rotten silver silk. It is as light as a feather and can continuously emit wisps of cool air. It can protect people from severe damage caused by high temperatures and can also suppress some hot fire poisons."

"But although this silk armor can withstand high temperatures, it still has some shortcomings. I'm afraid it won't be able to support you to the deepest part of the mine. He can improve this silk armor for you, but it will require some water-soaked ore as forging materials."

Jiang Xinghuo asked for methods to resist high temperatures, and as expected, the Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian did not disappoint him. He quickly found a suitable prop, but it still needed to be reprocessed.

Fortunately, the materials for reforging are not difficult to find. All you have to do is spend some incense and take a stroll around the ore street.

Jiang Xinghuo rushed back to the mining city without stopping. Fortunately, he could teleport to other places through the lit shrines, otherwise he would waste a lot of time just running around the map.

Half an hour later.

Jiang Xinghuo brought the soaked ore he bought back to the blacksmith shop and gave it to the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian for forging. He also gave the upgrade materials he had obtained and the Dragon King Taoist soldiers to the other party for upgrading.

The human race bag and the magic bag were also handed over to the Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian, allowing him to use the two items freely according to their characteristics.

Then, there was a long wait.

Jiang Xinghuo also took advantage of this time to explore other places in the mining city. After paying the price of several deaths, he also got some things.

Among them was a baby of a tomb-raiding beast.

"Gold-touching beast (rare), a unique folk monster unique to the northwest. It has a gentle temperament and does not like to kill. It is particularly good at [drilling and digging]. Its claws and fangs are as sharp as magic weapons, and can break through the ground as hard as iron and stone in a very short time."

"That's why all those famous tomb raiders have such a folk monster by their side."

"This young tomb-robbing beast you obtained was severely injured in the mother's womb, causing it to be born with deficiencies and may die at any time. What do you plan to do now?"

"The scales and claws of the gold-touching beast have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, especially for treating wind, malaria and poisonous sores. If we sell them to those medical clinics and pharmacies, I believe we can get a considerable amount of incense."

"However, you have the legendary rare treasure, Molong Atai. If you can use the ambergris secreted by it to soak the Mojin Beast, there may be a chance that the Mojin Beast will be resurrected. It may also absorb the essence of ambergris and cause a blood mutation."

"So, what are you going to do with this young tomb-robbing beast? Are you going to sell it to those medical clinics and pharmacies in exchange for incense or put it in ambergris for treatment?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a while and felt that the latter was more cost-effective. If he sold it, he could at most earn some incense, but if he kept it, he could use it to dig tunnels.

It's like being under a mine. We have only opened up about 300 feet, and we haven't found the exact location of the piece of heavenly fire fragment yet. When we go down the time has come, we will have to dig it ourselves. But it will be different with this tomb-robbing beast. We can let it dig for us, saving time and effort.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the dying tomb-robbing beast can be revived. Anyway, ambergris is ready-made and there is no need to look for it. In the end, it is not a loss. Even if it cannot be saved, it is not too late to sell it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo made his own choice and decided to soak the tomb-grabbing beast in ambergris.

"You put the gold-grabbing beast into a jar filled with ambergris. Strands of ambergris essence begin to seep into the body of the gold-grabbing beast. But whether you can successfully revive it depends on the luck of the gold-grabbing beast."

"Treatment is in progress, please wait patiently..."

Game progress came to a sudden halt.

Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian is also waiting there.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the time, quit the game, and started watching Douyin, planning to wait until tomorrow morning to watch it again.

The next day, early in the morning.

The first thing Jiang Xinghuo did when he opened his eyes in the morning was to open the game and log into his account, intending to see what the result would be.

And just after he opened the game, two new text messages came.

"The rescue of the gold-touching beast has been completed. The injuries and damage in its body have been completely repaired. Thanks to the essence of the ambergris, the barely detectable dragon blood in its veins has been awakened, and it has the qualifications to evolve to a higher level."

"Do you want to use the Binding Talisman to confine it to the acupoints in order to control the actions of the tomb-grabbing beast?"

The tomb-grabbing beast successfully came back to life.

This was within Jiang Xinghuo's expectations.

Since Molong Atai evolved and upgraded, both his healing ability and the purity of his ambergris have improved by more than one level compared to before.

It is normal that this tomb-robbing beast can survive.

However, Jiang Xinghuo began to hesitate about whether to use the divine binding talisman to restrain them. He counted them carefully on his fingers and there was Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Faced God, Dragon-Swallowing Silver Mother, Hanba Huagu, Xiaoyao Mengdie, and the fragments of Di Ting.

These added up to exactly ten evil demons that were imprisoned in the acupoints.

The acupoints in his body are mainly the twelve meridians, which means that he can only restrain twelve evil spirits at most. If there are more, he will have to find another place and add a tomb-grabbing beast.

But that would mean there would only be one acupoint left. If you were to encounter an evil spirit that was suitable for restraining it in the future, you would have to release the restraint of the tomb-robbing beast.

After all, the evil spirits imprisoned in the acupoints in his body are not ordinary monsters, and he is unwilling to let any of them go.

Forget it, I’ll talk about it when I meet him. Now that there is still a vacant space, I’ll give it to the tomb-grabbing beast first.

But before that, I have to get the magic bag back first. The things are still with the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian.

It just so happened that the other party had also upgraded all of his props.

Although the magic bag is still there in the real world, it seems like there is a bug and it is impossible to take things out of it.

Jiang Xinghuo had actually been worried that the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian might be tempted by the money and take away the magic bag secretly while he was away, but he changed his mind and thought that there seemed no need for him to do so.

He had seen relevant information in the archives of the Public Opinion Research Bureau, and found that the monsters of the Shengong clan were only interested in forging.

What's more, they are not interested in the preciousness or rarity of the material, but rather in enjoying the forging process and results.

I may not have no interest in other things, but at least I won't steal other people's things.

"You activated the teleportation function of the Divine Machine Order and came to the blacksmith shop of Taoist Master Bailian of the Divine Machine."

"The Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian returned the things to you. In addition to the upgrade of the Dragon King's Daoist Soldier's level, he also integrated the human race bag with the magic bag to forge a brand new magic bag."

"But it will take another two days to forge the sword furnace. You can come back and get it in two days."

"You have obtained the Tai Sui race's trick bag (rare)."

Tsk, what a simple and unpretentious name. Jiang Xinghuo sighed a few times in his heart and began to look up the specific description of this prop.

"Taisui Human Race Magic Bag (rare item), a new magical tool that combines the Taisui Magic Bag and the Human Race Bag. It can not only be used to store items, but also to collect all things in the secular world. It also has the characteristic of Taisui's eternal rebirth and immortality."

"Attention, the folk story fragments in the magic bag have been forcibly refined and condensed into a piece of cave fragments, so that the inside of the Tai Sui race's magic bag has become a small cave of nothingness. If the people who are put into it cannot see through the illusion before their eyes, they will be lost in it forever."

"In addition, the cave realm in the Tai Sui race's magic bag can also be expanded by absorbing other cave fragments and giving the fused cave fragments corresponding abilities."

Jiang Xinghuo took out the upgraded magic bag and took a look. It didn't look like it had changed much on the outside, but when he opened it, cloud-like energy immediately gushed out.

Jiang Xinghuo pulled the magic bag outward with both hands horizontally, and it immediately turned into a big bag. He jumped into the magic bag again and appeared in an unfamiliar space.

The sky was yellow and the ground was dark, with clouds everywhere. I could vaguely see a building in front of me. When I walked over to take a look, I saw that all the props and materials were placed there.

As for how big this space is, Jiang Xinghuo tried walking around it and found that the diameter is actually not that long, less than two kilometers. However, due to the special environment here, it is easy to get lost without a reference. It seems that you are walking in a straight line, but in fact you are just making circles in the same place.

The reference object used by Jiang Xinghuo is the building. He is the owner of this magic bag and everything here is controlled by him. Outsiders cannot see the building at all, so naturally they cannot find the reference object.

Of course, if someone is smart, they can make a reference for themselves.

However, this is just the most basic small cave. As more cave fragments are integrated, the space inside the magic bag will become larger, and the possibility of others discovering the problem will become smaller.

Jiang Xinghuo experienced it in the magic bag for a while before leaving the cave space. He opened the game's inventory, found a black god-binding talisman and chose to use it.

"You placed the God Binding Talisman on the center of the tomb-grabbing beast's brow, and the talisman immediately turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the center of its brow."

Jiang Xinghuo placed the tomb-robbing beast into an empty hole on its body and used the method of inner vision to spy on the little guy. It looked similar to a crocodile in shape, but looked more like a dragon, with light golden scales all over its body, but it had no dragon horns.

I don’t know if it has always looked like this, or if it became like this after being baptized by the essence of ambergris and its bloodline evolved.

But no matter from which perspective, saving this gold-grabbing beast is a sure win.

Finally, there is the upgraded silk armor.

"Water-soaked silk armor (excellent item), armor forged from natural silk mixed with rotten silver silk, water-soaked ore and the blood of the Yuan magnetic god. It abandons all of its own defensive capabilities and amplifies its resistance to high-temperature burning to the extreme. It can also absorb high temperatures from the outside world and use the armor as a medium to convert it into ice water, which can then soak the skin of the person wearing the armor, allowing them to replenish water in time and avoid being burned by the scorching heat." Looking at the text description of this silk armor, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but sigh. The Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian was really a genius. He could actually think of this way to resist high temperatures.

Although it has abandoned the defensive function that a piece of armor should have, it has maximized the defense performance against high-temperature burns. It can be said to be a prop tailor-made for him. It can only be used in specific environments and its applicability is relatively not that wide.

But this was enough for Jiang Xinghuo. What else did he need? The Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian had been very generous. Not only did he work hard, he also provided the materials himself. He just bought some water-soaked ore.

"Now that you have obtained the Water-Soaked Silk Armor, do you want to go back to the Skyfire Mine to explore again?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes, but before going back, he went to the niche shop and bought something.

"You have obtained the black dog blood processed by secret medicine."

"Black Dog Blood (Ordinary Consumable Item), contains the blood of a black dog that can drive away evil spirits and evil spirits. It has a special effect on ghosts, evil spirits, and zombies."

This was specially prepared by Jiang Xinghuo to deal with those dried deer. He bought more than a dozen at one time, intending to pour all the black dog blood on them at once.

"You activated the shrine's teleportation function and opened your eyes next to the shrine in the mining town. Where do you plan to go next?"

"Would you like to continue your unfinished exploration at the Skyfire Mine, or go to the City Lord's Mansion in the mining city to take a look?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and felt that it would be better to go to the mine first, and then explore the City Lord's Mansion after returning.

When I was exploring the city yesterday, the option for the City Lord's Mansion never popped up, and no quest clues related to the City Lord's Mansion were triggered. Why did it change so early this morning?
Could it be because the news that the butler was killed came back? ?
Jiang Xinghuo didn't think too much and went straight to the Tianhuo Mine. It would not be too late to come back and deal with the City Lord's Mansion after he explored the map there.

"On the way, please wait..."

"On your way to the Skyfire Mine, you saw many other people heading there as well. You slowed down and listened to their conversation, and then you understood what was going on."

"It turns out that the City Lord's Mansion released a message last night, saying that the killer monk is in the Skyfire Mine and has been severely injured by the City Lord's Mansion. Whoever can capture him will receive a reward and an official position from the City Lord's Mansion, and can choose any place within the sphere of influence of the Natural Disaster Dao to serve."

Jiang Xinghuo narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that there must be something fishy going on here. The Taoist who killed the monk had already died yesterday. How could the City Lord's Mansion have beaten him so seriously and sent people to look for him?
The City Lord's Mansion probably had some bad idea and wanted to use these to find the evil spirits that killed the monks and Taoists.

But these have nothing to do with him. He would rather things get bigger so that he can take advantage of the situation and maximize his own interests in the chaos.

"You have arrived at the Skyfire Mine."

"You avoided the sight of most evildoers and rushed to the deep mine in the mine as if you were familiar with the route. However, you still found yourself being spotted by a few people. They followed you stealthily, as if they wanted to find a deserted place to show up again."

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to deal with these people directly, or will you choose to pretend that you didn't notice them and lead them to where the mine is?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter without any hesitation.

This is a gift package that was delivered to your door. How can you refuse it? Wouldn't that make you seem rude?

"You chose to pretend that you didn't notice those people. Under your deliberate guidance, they quickly followed you to the outside of the mine, revealed their figures and trapped you in the middle."

"You only then realized that these people were actually spies from the Sticking Rod Department. Ever since the fall of the Lord of the Secular World, these spies from the Sticking Rod Department have been engaged in the business of killing people. This time, it was by chance that they came to the mining city to carry out a mission, and as a result, they learned about the location of the killed monks and Taoist priests, so they wanted to get a share of the spoils from the City Lord's Mansion."

"However, these spies from the Sticky Rod Department are all veterans who have been through many battles. They soon discovered that there was something wrong with the City Lord's Mansion. It seems that they wanted to use the person who received the mission as a scapegoat."

"But these spies from the Sticky Rod Department are arrogant and daring. They don't care about the conspiracy of the City Lord's Mansion at all. Instead, they want to use the power of the City Lord's Mansion to gain enough benefits for themselves."

"After these spies from the Sticky Rod Department arrived at the mine, they discovered that you seemed to be particularly familiar with the terrain here. They thought you must know something, so they followed you in secret, hoping that you would tell them everything you knew."

"What choice are you going to make now?"

"Will you tell them what they know, or make up a lie to lure them into the mines, or go all out and kill these spies?"

Looking at the three interactive options given by the game, Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while and finally chose the second answer.

"You pretended to be terrified and made up a lie, saying that the killer monk was in the mine, seriously injured and unable to resist."

"After hearing what you said, several spies from the Sticky Rod Department looked at each other, and a hint of joy appeared on their faces. A few of them stayed to watch you, and the rest entered the mine without any precautions."

"Soon, the screams of pain from the spies in the mine were heard. However, the spies who stayed outside did not rush to check on you immediately. Instead, they attacked you without hesitation. The blood drops made a buzzing sound and flew towards you from different directions."

"You raised your hand and took out the Seven-Star Brass Master's Knife, and used this magical weapon as a medium to perform thunder magic. After wasting some time, you killed these spies from the Sticky Pole Division at the cost of being seriously injured and suffering from a small amount of health."

"You have obtained, Incense +2000."

"You used the Medicine Fairy Gourd, physical strength +1."

"Your injuries have recovered."

Jiang Xinghuo secretly felt lucky. He almost forgot that after he took the Xiantian Tufo Pill, the magic power in his body began to transform from acquired to innate.

However, during this period his cultivation would become extremely weak, and he could only cultivate about 30% of his previous magic power. He used the limb-splicing method, and combined it with the Kitchen God's fire and thunder magic to kill these spies from the Sticky Rod Department.

"Do you want to search the bodies of these spies from the Sticky Pole Department?"

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to walk over and start looting the corpse. Killing someone without looting the loot would be a waste of effort, and keeping it would only give it to others.

"You have searched the bodies of these spies at the Sticky Pole and have found something."

"You have obtained: 5 Panlong Blood Droplets (excellent), a secret letter from Master Zhenwu (ordinary), a key to the Imperial City Jingshifang (ordinary), and a stone coffin on the verge of breaking (special)."

We didn't find much this time, but it still looked quite substantial.

Jiang Xinghuo began to count them one by one.

"Panlong Blood Dropper (Excellent Item), the standard weapon used by high-level spies in the Sticky Rod Division. The blade is extremely sharp and can cut gold and jade. The material used is also quite special and is not affected by extreme environments. For those who hold official positions, there is a chance that it will trigger the attribute of a one-hit kill."

Jiang Xinghuo understood that this so-called Panlong Blood Droplet was of a higher level than the ordinary Blood Droplet. Not only were there differences in properties, but also in the identities of the users.

Perhaps, the Sticky Rod Office was once a secret agency used by the Lord of the Secular World to eliminate dissidents, and it could also trigger a fatal feature for those who hold official positions.

Jiang Xinghuo collected the five Panlong Blood Droppers, not because the weapons were so valuable, but mainly because their attributes were relatively rare and they might come in handy in the future.

"A secret letter from Master Zhenwu, written by Master Zhenwu to the Lord of the Secular World, reminding the Lord of the Secular World to be careful of palace changes. However, before the letter was delivered to the Lord of the Secular World, the Forbidden City was conquered by thirteen Dao masters. The letter was also secretly taken away during the war and hidden in the mining city under an assumed name. The spies from the Sticking Rod Department came just for this letter. It is said that there may be a secret hidden in it, but because it has a restriction left by Master Zhenwu, it cannot be opened without the token left by Master Zhenwu."

The token left by Master Zhenwu? ?

Jiang Xinghuo scratched his head. The only token of Lord Zhenwu he knew about was probably the Zhenwu Sword.

The last time he went to the pawnshop, he thought there were too many requests for redemption, and the Zhenwu Sword was unusable, so he did not exchange it.

It seems that if I want to read this secret letter, I have to redeem the Zhenwu Sword, otherwise I can only look for other tokens.

Jiang Xinghuo put the secret letter aside temporarily and checked the remaining two items.

"The key to the Jingshifang (common item). During the reign of the Lord of the Secular World, eunuchs in the imperial city gathered and were all cleansed by the Jingshifang. The same was true for the spies in the Sticking Pole Office. Since childhood, their treasures were cut off and stored in the secret room of the Jingshifang. After death, they were buried together with the body to ensure that the body was intact. This key is the key to open the secret room."

"Back then, when the Forbidden City was breached by thirteen Dao masters, the manager of the Jingshifang saw that the situation was hopeless, so he took the secret letter from Master Zhenwu and the key to the Jingshifang, hid in the inconspicuous Tieshi Lane in the mining city, and made a living by carving stone statues."

"After the spy from the Sticky Rod Office killed the other party, he not only obtained the secret letter, but also got the key to the Jingshifang. He wanted to take back his treasure in the future, but he died in your hands."

"Attention, after activating this key with magic power, you can be teleported directly to the Jingshifang. Do you want to be teleported there immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo immediately nodded no.

joke.

His baby is still on him, why would he go to such a place? We'll talk about it later when we have a chance!!
"A stone coffin on the verge of breaking (a special item). This is something that a spy from the Sticky Rod Department found in the home of the manager of the Jingshifang. Although it is on the verge of breaking, it is extremely solid and cannot be destroyed or opened by external forces."

Jiang Xinghuo took the thing out and took a look at it. Just as described in the game text, there was a stone box in front of him, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break it open.

He even took out the Evil Star Bite and tried to destroy it by force, but the seemingly fragile thing made his arms numb and he could hardly move it at all.

In desperation, Jiang Xinghuo could only put it away and plan to find a way to open it later. There was obviously something hidden in this stone box, and it was absolutely impossible for him to give up.

"What are you going to do next? Are you going to go into the mine?"

Jiang Xinghuo opened the magic bag, put on the water-soaked silk armor, and then controlled the character to enter the mine again.

"You have entered the mines."

"The burning breath quickly enveloped your body, but this time with the water-soaked silk armor by your side, the scorching heat could no longer hurt you. Soon you were below fifty feet. You saw the dried deer below, climbing up using a human ladder, so you immediately took out the black dog blood processed with secret medicine from your magic bag."

"You have lost the secret medicine Black Dog Blood-17."

"Zi la!!"

"You poured a large amount of black dog blood down there. Under the high temperature in the mine, a pungent and fishy smell rose up. Those dried deer ants turned into puffs of smoke and dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, completely disappearing from this world."

"Without the trouble of these dry deer, your descent speed is much faster. The silk armor on your body constantly absorbs the surrounding heat, turning it into cold water to soak your body."

"Fifty feet..."

"One hundred feet..."

"One hundred and fifty feet..."

"Two hundred feet..."

"You came to a place about 200 feet below the mine. It was here that you saw something last time. However, you were in such a rush that you only had a glimpse of it before you were baked into a mummy by the high temperature."

"This time, you have the silk armor to protect you, so you can check it without worry. You then discover that it is actually a dried and rotten corpse, which has almost completely grown into the wall of the well. Only one hand and one foot, and half of the head are exposed outside the stone wall. A rag bag is hanging on the wrist, and several bells are constantly ringing."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the true identity of this corpse."

"You have discovered it, the Grandmaster of Mojin."

"The Forefather of Mojin, the most senior person in Mojin Sect, is proficient in all the methods of tomb robbing in the north and south."

"It is said that there is no tomb in the world that he cannot rob. When he was young, he wanted to dig up a tomb in the royal cemetery to prove his ability. As a result, he was beaten and seriously injured by the grave keeper. But in the end, he escaped unscathed, and thus became famous for a while."

"Later, it became the ancestor of the tomb-raiding sect. Everyone thought it would challenge the imperial mausoleum again, but for some reason it suddenly disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where it had gone."

“I never thought that the tomb-raiding ancestor who was once so famous in the secular world would die in this mine that never sees the sun.”

(End of this chapter)