My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 554 Kui Niu Drum

The sudden change caught Jiang Xinghuo off guard. Before he could come up with a response strategy, glaring red fonts appeared on the screen.

However, before dying, the game character also glimpsed the information and origin of the huge mouth of the abyss through the vision of Tathagata.

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the missing limbs of the Mining God."

"The God of Mines is recorded in the Folk Customs and Rumors. He is a folk god who was born and raised in the northwest of the secular world. He was once blessed and conferred by the Lord of the Secular World. It is said that he is condensed from the essence of the mineral veins in the northwest. He can sense everything that happens in the northwest through the mineral veins spread underground."

"After the night of dawn, the mining city was occupied by the Taoist priests of natural disasters during the war between ghosts and gods. As a remnant of the old world, the mining god naturally could not escape the reckoning."

"Fortunately, the Mine God is a monster born from a mine. As long as the underground mine is not exhausted, the Mine God can obtain an immortal body. So in a great battle, although the Mine God was no match for the Taoist of Natural Disasters and his body was torn into pieces, he was not in danger of death. Instead, he fled to the mine and fell into a deep sleep. Only a trace of consciousness remained awake, and he instinctively devoured the essence of other people close to the mine to heal his wounds."

"Due to the fragments of the Skyfire, this mine is filled with pure spirituality from the outer space. Driven by instinct, the God of Mines came here and fell into a deep sleep."

"Those miners and other creatures that died in the mines were basically caused by the dormant consciousness of the Mining God. They were swallowed by the other party and became nutrients for its healing."

"Now that you have died in the mouth of the mine god, what are you going to do next? Do you want to activate the effect of the scapegoat and revive again in the mine?"

Looking at the two options on the game screen, Jiang Xinghuo hesitated for a moment, but finally chose no.

The reason is simple: he can’t beat the mining god.

Although the God of Mine is now seriously injured and sleeping, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. With his current strength, he is unable to fight against the God of Mine's instinctive consciousness.

Didn’t you see that characters like the Tomb Raiders died here?
Although it is possible that he was caught off guard, it is enough to prove the power of this mining god.

Moreover, the mining god, who only acts on instinct, has no rationality at all. The only thought lingering in his mind is probably to devour the surrounding creatures to heal himself.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo no longer bothered about other things and directly found a piece of dog food and chose to use it.

"You have used the dog food."

"You opened your eyes at the shrine in the mining town. Where do you plan to go next?"

"Will you choose to go back to the Skyfire Mine to explore again? Or will you go to the City Lord's Mansion in the mining city to investigate?"

This time, the game gave two answers to choose from. After thinking for a while, Jiang Xinghuo decided to take a walk around the City Lord's Mansion to see if he could find some clues.

"You chose to go to the City Lord's Mansion for investigation."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have arrived at the City Lord's Mansion in the mining city."

"Since the war between ghosts and gods, the mining city has fallen into the hands of the Taoist of Natural Disasters. The current city lord is the Taoist of Natural Disasters' junior brother, the Taoist of Fire Meteorite, who was born in the disaster of the skyfire burning the city. He is also the Taoist of Natural Disasters' most trusted person."

"However, Taoist Huoyun rarely shows up in front of the citizens of the mining city. Most of the time, it is his subordinates, the Liaoyuan Clan, who handle related matters."

"These Liaoyuan people have all received the blessing of Taoist Huoyun and possess some of the power of heavenly fire. They are even more loyal to Taoist Huoyun and guard the City Lord's Mansion day and night. Unless you have the identity certificate of the City Lord's Mansion, you can't enter openly."

"When you arrived outside the City Lord's Mansion, you attracted the attention of the Liaoyuan people. They saw you wandering around the City Lord's Mansion and thought you were a bad guy with bad intentions. Several Liaoyuan people came towards you with fire sticks. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to kill these Liaoyuan people and enter the City Lord's Mansion through the main gate openly, or will you temporarily avoid these Liaoyuan people and look for an opportunity to sneak into the City Lord's Mansion secretly?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and felt that if he rushed in directly, the chances of success would be slim and it would easily alert the people inside, so it would be better to find a way to sneak in.

"When you saw those Liaoyuan people coming towards you, you turned around and left the gate of the City Lord's Mansion without hesitation."

"But after those Liaoyuan people returned to their original positions, you went over and started to wander around the door again..."

"After repeated attempts, the Liaoyuan people were also enraged by your behavior and chased you across three streets, saying that if you dared to show up again, they would tear all your bones apart and burn them as firewood."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Do you choose to give up exploring the City Lord's Mansion for the time being, or go back secretly and try again?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter.

He didn't want to leave in such a disgrace, even if he died in there, at least he could go in and take a look. It would be too boring to leave like this.

"You chose to go back and continue trying to enter the City Lord's Mansion, but this time you did not enter through the main gate. Instead, you quietly climbed over the wall and sneaked into the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion."

"You have successfully entered the City Lord's Mansion."

"But as soon as you climbed into the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, you found a dozen or so people from the Liaoyuan Clan who were eyeing you covetously. They came from all directions and surrounded you. The leader was the little leader who had just chased you for three blocks. The fire sticks in their hands were replaced with red-hot maces. Even from a distance, you could feel the high temperature coming from them."

"The Liaoyuan people have given you a warm and friendly reception."

"Your skin and flesh were cut off and sent to the kitchen as a snack, and your bones were thrown into the woodshed as spare firewood."

"Your body has also been completely drained, nothing is left..."

"You are dead."

Tsk, Jiang Xinghuo had been mentally prepared for this, so he wasn't surprised or angry at all.

After all, it is the mansion of the city lord of a big city. If it is so easy for him to sneak in, it would seem that there is something wrong here and it is not so normal.

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the time. It was already past eight in the morning. He logged off first. It was time to open for business. If he had anything else to do, he could wait until closing time.

In addition, the things he hung in the niche for sale were also accounted for at this time, and he earned a considerable amount of money.

The real world is still calm, with no changes compared to the usual peaceful days.

But the game world is colorful. In his spare time, Jiang Xinghuo also logged into the game to take a look.

It seems that something big has happened in the mining town again.

Those evil spirits that went to the Tianhuo Mine in search of killing monks and Taoists seemed to be all trapped inside the Tianhuo Mine. Only a few evil spirits escaped, and most of them died there.

Half past six in the evening.

Jiang Xinghuo cleaned up the store, solved his own food and clothing problems, then took out his mobile phone and played games.

"You are strolling around the streets of the mining city, and the citizens are talking about what happened in the Skyfire Mine today. Do you want to listen carefully?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

During the day, although he knew that something happened in the mine, he did not find out the specific circumstances. Now was a good opportunity to find out.

"You squatted in the middle of the crowd and bought a handful of melon seeds, listening to the citizens' gossip while trying to find out information indirectly."

"According to the descriptions of these citizens, hundreds of evil spirits went to the Tianhuo Mine this morning, hoping to find the Taoist priest who killed the monk and bring him to the City Lord's Mansion to claim his reward."

"At first, nothing had changed. Everything seemed normal. These evil spirits also found traces of the monk killers in the mine. But just as they were chasing them deeper into the mine, the Tianhuo Mine suddenly collapsed for some unknown reason."

"Not only did the ground collapse to form a bottomless cemetery, but several surrounding mines also collapsed, burying all the evil spirits that had chased after them."

"Only a few ghosts and gods who wanted to take advantage of the situation and wandered around the periphery of the mine managed to save their lives by chance."

"The Skyfire Mine has now become a forbidden area for all living things. After the accident, many people wanted to go in and see what was going on. However, many people went in, but no one came out alive."

"Some people say that a huge demon appeared deep in the mine and killed everyone who went in to explore. The previous accident was caused by the appearance of that demon."

"However, the people in the City Lord's Mansion said that this was all a conspiracy by the killer monk. It was the killer monk who used the power of firearms to blow up the mine and buried all the people who went in."

"The citizens of the mining city are more likely to believe the explanation given by the City Lord's Mansion. Not only because of the prestige that the City Lord's Mansion has accumulated in the mining city, but also because they have been in the mining city for many years and have never heard of any demons sleeping under the mine."

"If there really is a powerful demon lurking in the depths of the mine, the citizens of the mining city who have lived here for generations will definitely know the relevant clues. The most likely possibility is that the killer monk is behind all this."

Tsk, after reading this description of the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought that this basin of dirty water was really solid, as all of it was poured by the City Lord's Mansion on the killer monk.

Little did they know that the Taoist who killed the monk had already perished together with the stubborn stone monk.

If the person who killed the monk were still alive, this basin of dirty water would never be washed away, but the key point is that the person who killed the monk is now dead.

Even if the City Lord's Mansion can keep it a secret for a while, it can't keep it a secret forever. Sooner or later, everyone will know that the monk killer is dead. What kind of explanation will the City Lord's Mansion give at that time?
Or does the City Lord's Mansion simply not care about these things?
Perhaps, what they want is to make those evildoers who receive rewards enter the Tianhuo Mine in an endless stream so as to achieve a certain goal.

"What are your options next?"

"Will you go to the Skyfire Mine to find out what's going on? Or will you go to the City Lord's Mansion to explore again?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and decided to go to the Tianhuo Mine. He planned to wait until late at night before going to the City Lord's Mansion, when the vigilance might be relaxed.

"You chose to go to the Skyfire Mine."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You met a lot of people on your way, all planning to go to the Skyfire Mine to get a piece of the pie."

"Moreover, these people are all powerful monsters with more than a hundred years of cultivation. They must be confident in their own strength, so they dare to take on this task."

"You have arrived at the Skyfire Mine."

"The mine was crowded with people watching the excitement, but very few dared to go in. From the citizens nearby, they said that hundreds of people had gone in since this morning, but none of them came out alive."

"Only one Wind Walker dragged his seriously injured body and barely ran out of the gate of the Skyfire Mine. But before he could even open his mouth to speak, he ran out of breath and died in front of everyone."

"Do you want to go in and find out?"

"You enter the Skyfire Mine again. Following the location you have scouted in advance, you head straight for the collapsed area deep inside the mine. Soon you arrive in front of a tiankeng canyon."

"A large number of collapsed mines have completely blocked off the surroundings, leaving only a narrow path that people can barely pass through. Standing at the entrance of the path, you can feel the heat wave coming towards you, as if there is a boiling magma volcano under the tiankeng in front of you. You can also vaguely see the corpses of some monsters lying on the ground."

"If you choose to regret now, then it's not too late, but if you walk into yourself, there will be no turning back, and you may not have the chance to get out."

Jiang Xinghuo remained firm in his choice and controlled the game character to walk into the sinkhole in front. After all, the worst result would be just one life, which was not a particularly big loss for him.

"You entered the tiankeng."

"You looked around and saw broken limbs everywhere. They were from different races in the secular world. You even saw many dead bodies of your compatriots. They still had angry and horrified expressions on their faces. It seemed that they were very unwilling to die here."

"Not far ahead is a bottomless cenote. Looking down, I see many monsters floating in the boiling magma. All of them are charred corpses. However, there are too many corpses, so the magma cannot swallow them all in a short time."

"But at this moment, you suddenly felt the ground beneath your feet shaking, as if there was an earthquake. You lost control of your body and fell headfirst into the depths of the magma."

But just when Jiang Xinghuo thought he was going to die again, the game interface suddenly flashed, automatically triggering the power of the limb splicing method.

"You unleashed your innate ability to splice your limbs. Countless withered limbs and arms gathered behind you, wrapping up your body and soaring into the sky, avoiding the danger of being swallowed by the magma..."

"You have triggered the talent of Kakui Tomi."

"When you flew high in the sky, you used your gifted vision to see through walls and discovered the disciples of the Scourge hiding in the collapsed mine. They hid in a hidden mine cave with a leather drum flashing with lightning patterns in front of them. If you hit it hard, it will cause the ground near the sinkhole to shake."

"Do you want to attack these disciples of the Scourge?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation, thinking that he knew it was these disciples of Natural Disaster who were behind this and almost got him killed, so he must not let them go easily!
"You controlled the limb-joining Dharma image behind you, and countless broken limbs and arms spread like a black cloud, smashing the huge rocks outside the mine in an instant. Several Calamity disciples hiding in a hidden place were also swallowed by the black cloud and became pure nutrients for the limb-joining Dharma image."

"Your limb splicing aspect level has been slightly improved."

"At this time, a roar was heard outside the Tiankeng Canyon, and two unspeakable giants descended from the sky to the edge of the Tiankeng in the canyon."

"You have discovered the God of Weiling +2."

"This is a forbidden monster of extremely large size. Although the creatures of this race look very similar, each one has different abilities. The only thing they have in common is that they are extremely powerful and cannot be looked at directly by other weak creatures, otherwise their spirit and vitality will be affected."

"You witnessed the true appearance of these two mighty spirit gods, and you only heard countless whispers in your ears. Your mind was seriously polluted and radiated, and your vitality began to decline continuously..."

"You have triggered the authority of the Golden Law."

"The golden law in your body has taken effect, dispelling the polluted radiation from your mind, and your continuously declining vitality has returned to normal..."

Jiang Xinghuo took out the medicine gourd from his magic bag, took a sip, and recovered his lost health.

New interactive information prompts also came from the game.

"What choice are you going to make next?"

"Will you choose to hide here and study that weird drum to see if you can cause another earthquake, or go out and confront those two big guys head-on?"

As Jiang Xinghuo read the text, he thought to himself, what kind of crazy must he have to choose the second answer? Wouldn't it be obvious that he would die if he went out?
I'd better just stay here and study this drum.

It would be best if we could use this thing to shake those two big guys down into the sinkhole.

In that case, you can save yourself a lot of trouble.

"You focus your gaze on the big drum in front of you, and observe it with the vision of Tathagatagarbha, and understand the secrets hidden beneath its appearance."

"You have obtained the Kuiniu drum."

"Kui Niu Drum (legendary prop). In the secular world, there lives a folk monster Kui Niu between the mountains, seas and thunder marshes. It is born with the power to control wind and thunder. Its roar can be heard eight hundred miles away. If you use its tendons, bones, skin and fur to make a drum, it can cause an earthquake of magnitude 8 or above. Its talent: great sound without sound."

“Great sound is silent: Although the sound of the Kuiniu drum can be heard for 800 miles, it does not make any tangible sound. It just spreads outward in a horizontal ring shape with invisible sound waves. Wherever the sound waves pass is affected by the Kuiniu drum.”

"Note that the range of sound waves is closely related to the user's cultivation level."

"And those Scourge disciples you killed were only able to use the collapsed mines around them to create a cyclical and overlapping sound wave, thus causing an earthquake within the collapsed mine range."

Looking at the description of Kuiniu Drum, Jiang Xinghuo was surprised and delighted. It turned out to be a legendary item! !

He didn't expect that the big drum he discovered by chance would have such a great origin and power.

And this is not the end yet, the game text is still popping up, as if it has triggered new content.

"You observe the flashing lightning patterns on the Kuiniu drum and discover that these seemingly chaotic lightnings seem to be hiding some unknown secrets. However, whether you can find out the secrets depends on your luck."

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the corresponding text and took the Kuiniu drum into reality.

A large purple-gold drum flashing with lightning suddenly appeared in the living room of the shop, with two drumsticks about one foot long placed diagonally on the drum.

Jiang Xinghuo tried to pick up the drumstick and tapped it gently, and instantly felt the ground shaking, as if a heavy object had fallen to the ground with a thud.

At the same time, an intricate pattern of lightning and lightning appeared on the drum surface, which lasted for more than ten seconds before gradually disappearing.

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows slightly, picked up the drumstick and gently placed it on the drumhead. The vibration was slightly smaller than before, and the lightning pattern reappeared.

He immediately picked up the mobile phone that was prepared beside him, took a picture of the lightning pattern appearing on the drum surface, then printed out the photo on the computer, took a pen and drew on it, and finally he actually sketched out a map! !

New information also came into the game at the right time.

"You have obtained the Lei Ze map."

"Lei Ze is one of the three great lakes in the world."

"It is the most mysterious place in the secular world. It has existed for so long that no one knows about it. Only the creatures in Lei Ze know its exact location."

"Back then, the Taoist priest Tianzai used a special method to lead this Kui Niu out of the mysterious Lei Ze land, and used the power of the star disaster to kill it, and then skinned and boned it to make this Kui Niu drum."

"After Kuiniu Gu died, a trace of his spirit remained. He left a map of Lei Ze on the drum surface, and also left a ban. Only the Exiles can see it. No other race of creatures in the secular world can see this map."

"You can verify the location on this map based on the secular geography map left by the geomancer. Go to the end point of the Lei Ze map on the day of Jingzhe, and you will have a chance to open the gate to Lei Ze."

"At that time, you only need to bring this Kuiniu drum into Lei Ze, and Kuiniu will be able to use the mysteries of heaven and earth in Lei Ze to reshape and condense a new body. This Kuiniu drum will be regarded as a partial reward for you in advance, and it will definitely give you another reward in due time."

Lei Ze!

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text, thinking deeply. There was no doubt that this must be an advanced map. If he didn't go, he would definitely miss many opportunities.

But now it is still about half a month away from Jingzhe. Although it is still in time, it coincides with the opening time of the City of Origin.

It is best to think of a way to have both. Otherwise, if you miss an opportunity, you will have to wait until the Jingzhe Festival of the following year, so you have to consider it carefully.

(End of this chapter)