My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 572 Yinshan Ancient Tower
"Do you want to enter the Dragon City in the underworld?"

Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath and controlled the character to walk straight into the city. However, he was stopped by the gatekeeper as soon as he reached the city gate.

"The breath of the living on you is what the underworld hates the most. What's more, you are an exile cursed by the secular world. The underworld's kingdom of death does not welcome your arrival. When the ghost guarding the gate saw you, he immediately stopped you outside and warned you not to approach this city, otherwise they would forcibly kill you."

"Please note that after you die in the underworld, any items that allow you to revive or take your place in the underworld will no longer be usable, and the physical penalty time will be extended. During this period, you will not be able to perform any other operations."

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the text and thought it was still the same. The last time he came to explore the underworld, it was the same story. After a player died in the underworld, he could not be resurrected like in the world of the living. He could only wait for the physical penalty time to pass.

Moreover, the duration of the physical penalty is also doubled. When in the world of the living, the player needs to rest for eight hours in real time before he can be resurrected next to the shrine.

But in the underworld, the time is doubled, requiring sixteen hours of rest. If you encounter negative effects of the curse, this time may be further extended.

As for the fact that living people cannot enter the underworld city to explore, last time he used some props to cover up the breath of living people on his body.

But now it seems that he doesn't need to do so, or he doesn't need to go to the trouble of looking for those props. He only needs to activate the authority of the King of the Underworld, and perhaps he can conceal his own aura.

After all, he is the lord of the underworld hell. Although he cannot be compared with the old lord of hell, he has integrated the essence of the volcanic hell after all. For other creatures in the underworld, his identity is unquestionable.

"You walked to a place outside the city where no one could see you, and activated some of the power of the king of the underworld. This would cover up the aura of a living person on you, and make other ghosts think that you are a follower of a king of the underworld."

"When you came to the city gate again, the ghost guarding the gate wanted to drive you away, but when it came over, it sensed the king's aura on you."

"This time, the ghosts naturally didn't dare to stop you. Instead, they quickly stopped the ghosts and evil spirits passing by and made way for you to pass through. They were afraid that they would anger the unknown king of the underworld behind you and bring disaster upon themselves."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and thought to himself that this was really realistic. It seemed to be the same in any world, even the dead ghosts in the underworld were no exception.

"Now that there are no more obstacles, you can enter Dragon City unimpeded. Surrounding you are ghosts and monsters from the underworld. Except for the heavy yin energy on them, they don't look much different from the world of the living."

"Where are you planning to go next?"

"Will you go to the Wuguan Street in the underworld to find out? Or will you go to the Dragon City Museum in the underworld? Or will you go to other places to have a quick look?"

"Of course, you can also choose to go directly to Fuchun Teahouse to look for those deceased storytellers and find out the location of Huangquan's main temple from them."

Dragon City.

This is the first map that Jiang Xinghuo opened up after entering the game. Naturally, it has extraordinary significance to him.

He has almost explored the Dragon City in the mortal world.

He also had some experience in the Dragon City in the underworld.

This time when he revisited the old place, Jiang Xinghuo planned to go to Liuhe Martial Arts School first. After all, he had studied in that martial arts school for a period of time, so he might as well go there to see if there were any changes.

By the way, you can also ask them if they know where the Taoist temple of Lord Huangquan is.

"You chose to go to the martial arts hall street."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have arrived at the martial arts hall street."

"You came to the outside of the Liuhe Hall in your memory, but you found that the door of the martial arts hall was closed and there was a sign hanging saying no outsiders were allowed. Even the plaque of the martial arts hall was broken by a knife and hung on the door beam with cracks. It seems that something big happened not long ago."

"What's your next choice?"

"Will you pretend that you didn't notice the changes in Liuhe Pavilion and leave here to go somewhere else? Or will you go forward and knock on the door to see what happened?"

There are two choices: pretend you didn't see it or go up and knock on the door.

Jiang Xinghuo would naturally not push away the task in front of him. If he chose to pretend not to see the decline of the martial arts gym, the related subsequent plot would definitely not be triggered, and he could only look for opportunities to trigger other tasks.

"You went forward and knocked on the door of the martial arts gym. The hollow knocking sound echoed all around, but there was no movement behind the door for a long time. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to keep knocking on the door here, or will you choose to leave Wuguan Street and not care about what happens here?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to continue knocking on the door.

"You are still knocking on the door outside. The sound is neither fast nor slow, and it contains a certain frequency."

"Perhaps your persistence has touched the ghosts in the yard behind the door, or perhaps your persistence has made them a little impatient. You heard a faint sound of footsteps coming from behind the door."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly thought of a question for no reason, that is, do ghosts in the underworld make sounds when they walk? ?
While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, new text popped up in the game.

"You hear footsteps getting closer and closer behind the door, and then the sound of the bolt being pulled open. Several evil spirits holding swords and knives appear behind the threshold, staring at you vigilantly, with their weapons in their hands ready to strike you hard at any time."

"But at this moment, a martial artist came from behind these evil spirits. You looked at him and felt that he looked familiar. It seemed that he was a fellow student when you were learning martial arts here."

"When you recognized him, he also recognized you. He immediately asked the others to put down their swords and said that you were the eldest brother of the martial arts school and not an enemy who was looking for trouble."

Senior brother?
Jiang Xinghuo was stunned when he saw this, and wondered when did he become the eldest senior brother?

How come he didn't know about this?
"The martial artist is pulling you into the martial arts hall. Do you want to follow him in?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

Don’t worry about what the title of Senior Brother means for now. If you have anything to say, go in and find the owner of the martial arts hall.

"You entered the martial arts hall with Wu Xingzhe, and saw that all the disciples in the martial arts hall were seriously injured. Some of them even had their souls shattered, with only a little weak soul fire burning."

“Those martial arts school disciples who knew you also came over to greet you, as if they had seen their backbone.”

"You walked into the hall and saw the owner of the martial arts hall sitting on a chair. There were three transparent holes on his chest, which were constantly emitting black air. There was also a faint green light flickering at the edge, so that the owner of the martial arts hall could not completely repair his soul body."

"When the martial arts hall master saw you coming in, a hint of joy appeared on his face. Since he came to the underworld to open the hall and recruit disciples, there are only a few disciples who can truly inherit all his inheritance. You are the only one who has lived safely until now. You can be regarded as a disciple who inherited his mantle and incense. So no matter if you entered the hall earlier or later, you are the eldest brother of all the disciples in Liuhe Hall."

Jiang Xinghuo finally understood what was going on. So this was what he meant. No wonder Wu Xingzhe said he was the eldest senior brother.

Click on the screen to continue advancing the plot.

"You went up to the martial arts gym owner and greeted him. You asked him what happened in the gym. After a conversation, you learned the whole story."

"According to the martial arts hall owner, an eight-headed boy came to Longcheng a few days ago. He said he was a disciple of the Lord of the Underworld. He came to Longcheng to find an old and dying white ape. He ordered all the disciples of the martial arts halls on Wuguan Street to go out and find the white ape for him, otherwise he would bulldoze all the martial arts halls."

"Martial Arts Street is a place where martial artists gather. Although the other party is not small, how can they be willing to be manipulated by others? So the verbal conflict developed into a fight."

"As a result, the strength of this eight-headed boy exceeded the imagination of many martial arts school owners. After a great battle, some died, some were injured, and several martial arts schools were completely wiped out. On the other hand, the eight-headed boy was unscathed. The martial arts schools had no choice but to obey his orders."

"It was also during that battle that the Master of Liuhe Hall was pierced through the chest by the steel fork of the Eight-Headed Boy, causing him to be seriously injured and unable to recover."

"You can only let the power from the wound gradually spread until your soul is gradually devoured and completely shattered."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You learned the way to rescue the master of Liuhe Martial Arts Hall through the vision of Tathagata."

"You only need to go to the Yinshan Ancient Tower in the northwest of Longcheng and look for a kind of underworld poisonous insect called 'Heart-eating Gu'. It can devour the power near the wound of the martial arts hall master and completely heal his injuries."

"The Yinshan Ancient Tower is an ancient tower located on the Yinshan Mountain. It is a building that fell from the world of the living to the underworld hundreds of years ago. Legend has it that it is a fragment of the Taoist temple of the Yinshan Patriarch. It contains a large number of treasures and secrets, but also countless crises and traps. There was once a ghost king-level monster that sneaked into the Yinshan Ancient Tower to explore the secrets and mysteries hidden in it, but no one has seen it since then, and no one knows whether the monster is alive or dead. All we know is that the Yinshan Ancient Tower is full of crises, and everything depends on one's fate and destiny."

"If someone with a deep affinity and destiny enters, then he will naturally be safe and sound, and can also obtain the treasures hidden inside. But if someone with a shallow affinity and destiny enters, then the only thing waiting for him is death."

"Do you want to enter the Yinshan Ancient Tower to look for the Heart-Eating Gu?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation. This was obviously a new map that had been opened up. Whether it was good or bad, he had to go and take a look. Anyway, with the cursed immortality of the Exile, he could exchange countless deaths for treasures and secrets.

The only pity is that the scapegoat cannot be used in the underworld, and the dog food cannot exert its original effect. The most it can do is shorten the physical penalty by one hour. There is no way to stack them, and they can only be used once after each death.

"You told the martial arts master your idea. You planned to go to the Yinshan Ancient Tower to find the Heart-Eating Gu to solve the damage caused to the martial arts master by the eight-headed boy."

"When the martial arts master heard that you were going to the Yinshan Ancient Tower, his face suddenly changed. He tried to stop you from going to the Yinshan Ancient Tower. You are the only remaining disciple who has inherited all the unique skills. He doesn't want you to lose your life to save his life."

Jiang Xinghuo was also quite emotional. This martial arts hall owner was really good to his apprentice. It was a pity that he, the nominal apprentice, did not truly inherit the other's unique skills. Most of the martial arts inheritance was destroyed by Dianhuo, including the boxing and spear skills of the Liuhe hall owner.

But precisely because of this, he had to spare the life of the martial arts school master, allowing him to find a disciple in the future and take the opportunity to see what secrets the Yinshan Ancient Tower held.

"You insisted on going to the Yinshan Ancient Tower. Seeing that he could not persuade you to change your mind, the martial arts master took out something from the storage magic weapon and handed it to you. Perhaps it can help you at a critical moment."

"You have obtained the Turtle Spirit Seven Treasures Sword."

"The Turtle Spirit Seven Treasures Sword (a rare item), a treasure passed down from generation to generation by the master of Liuhe Martial Arts School. It is no more than two feet long, but it is extremely sharp. As long as you use a unique secret method to refine it, you can refine this sword and it will have the ability to automatically warn."

"No matter where you are, as long as you carry this precious sword with you, once you encounter potential danger or someone is malicious towards you, the sword will automatically unsheath itself to protect you and guide you to the source of the malicious intent."

"Back then, the martial arts hall master had also entered the Yinshan Ancient Tower. It was thanks to the early warning ability of this precious sword that he was able to escape unscathed and not be completely trapped inside."

"In addition, the martial arts master also drew a map of the places he had explored in the Yinshan Ancient Tower and handed it to you. It records in detail the traps and mechanisms in those places he explored, which can help you avoid some detours."

"Especially the third room from the bottom on the left side of the second floor of the Yinshan Ancient Tower. There is a terrifying existence hidden in it. It was so frightened just standing outside the door that it didn't have the courage to open the door and go in. So you'd better avoid that room to avoid a direct encounter with the ominous existence inside." "You have obtained the incomplete map of the Yinshan Ancient Tower (common item)."

"You left Liuhe Martial Arts School and came to the desolate streets outside. Where do you plan to go next?"

"Will you choose to visit other martial arts halls? Or leave Dragon City and head to Yinshan Ancient Tower immediately? Or will you just wander around Dragon City first?"

"You chose to visit other martial arts schools."

"You came to the Plum Blossom Martial Arts School not far away."

"You learned from your conversation with the owner of Liuhe that the owner of Plum Blossom Martial Arts School had also entered the Yinshan Ancient Tower and obtained a Plum Blossom Sword Manual there. That's how he turned from an ordinary wandering ghost into a martial arts master who is proficient in swordsmanship."

"However, the Plum Blossom Martial Arts School was the one that was exterminated by the Eight-Headed Boy. All the disciples in the school died tragically, and even the owner of the Plum Blossom School was swallowed by the Eight-Headed Boy. Only a dilapidated and decayed martial arts school is left here."

"You pushed open the door and walked into the Plum Blossom Martial Arts Hall. Everything you saw was in a mess, as if it had been looted by someone else. Do you want to explore here to see if there is anything left?"

"You started an exploration in the dilapidated martial arts hall."

"You searched for something and found something, and gained something."

"You have obtained a pair of broken snowflake iron ring knives (rare), a copy of the "Plum Blossom Knife Secret Manual" (rare), a painting of proudly standing in the snow and frost (common), and a piece of withered Yinshan black wood (special)."

"Broken Snowflake Iron Ring Saber (Rare Material). The owner of the Plum Blossom Pavilion used the most common snowflake iron as the material to forge the sword, and used Yellow Spring water as the quenching liquid to give the Snowflake Ring Saber the innate characteristic of 'Soul Hurting'. However, now the pair of ring sabers are broken and can no longer be used against the enemy. They can only be remelted and used as forging materials. Perhaps there is a chance that the innate characteristic of 'Soul Hurting' can be preserved."

"Soul Damage: It is extremely harmful to the soul. Not only can it damage the soul, but it can also produce a certain freezing effect on the soul, directly acting on the depths of the soul, and no medicine can cure it."

"You can go find the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian and ask him to integrate this broken iron ring knife into your weapon. Perhaps you can retain this soul-wounding talent, but it depends on your luck and the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian's craftsmanship."

Jiang Xinghuo put this thing away, and planned to find Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian to try it out when he returned to the world of the living.

"A copy of the Plum Blossom Sword Secret Manual (a rare item). The Plum Blossom Sword Secret Manual that the Martial Master left in the Yinshan Ancient Tower contains a trace of the true meaning of the sword. After using it, you can master all the tricks of the Plum Blossom Sword Method."

"Please note that the Plum Blossom Sword Technique is a secret manual exclusively for martial arts practitioners. Other practitioners who are not martial arts practitioners cannot practice it."

Jiang Xinghuo was not surprised by this. A martial arts secret book of this quality should be an exclusive professional skill and not something that anyone could use.

When I get back to hanging it on the niche, it will surely be another considerable gain.

"Ao Xue Ling Shuang Tu (Ordinary item), a painting of plum blossoms defying frost painted by the owner of the Plum Blossom Pavilion himself. It doesn't look special, and it may just be a casual work of the owner of the Plum Blossom Pavilion in his spare time. However, the painting contains some of the true meaning of the Plum Blossom Sword Technique. If there is a person with extraordinary comprehension, perhaps he can understand the mystery of the Plum Blossom Sword Technique from it."

“But you find something extraordinary between the brushstrokes of this painting.”

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You observed this painting of snow and frost through the vision of Tathagata, and finally saw the mystery hidden under the plain painting."

"The owner of the Plum Blossom Pavilion actually recorded an incomplete map route under the brushstrokes of this proud snow and frost painting. If it weren't for your Tathagata storehouse that can analyze the origin of all things, I'm afraid it would be difficult to find the messy lines hidden between the petals and trunks."

"You have obtained the incomplete map of the Yinshan Ancient Tower."

"The map of the Yinshan Ancient Tower (common item). The owner of the Plum Blossom Pavilion had also entered the Yinshan Ancient Tower. He might be a person with a deep destiny. Although he encountered some dangers inside the Drum Tower, he finally came out safely and brought out some treasures. Afterwards, he drew a map of the route he had taken and hid it in this map of proud snow and frost. If there is a person with a similar destiny, he can naturally find the incomplete map hidden in the map and use it to enter the Yinshan Ancient Tower."

found it! !

Jiang Xinghuo was delighted. The reason he chose to come to Plum Blossom Martial Arts School was because of this map.

Now that he had what he wanted, his goal was achieved.

Jiang Xinghuo put away the map left by the owner of Plum Blossom Pavilion and looked at the last thing.

"Yinshan Black Wood (Special), a strange wood material discovered by the owner of Plum Blossom Pavilion in the Yinshan Ancient Building. It looks like an ordinary dead wood, but it is hard to be damaged by swords and knives, and it can also nourish the strength of the soul."

At this point, the items found in the Plum Blossom Martial Arts School have been counted, but at this moment a new text pops up in the game.

"When you were exploring the martial arts hall, you didn't notice that there was a pitch-black crow squatting on a dead tree in the corner. When it saw you found these things in the martial arts hall, it immediately flapped its wings and left the tree branch, and flew off to who knows where."

Seeing the description of this game text, Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, is he being targeted by someone?

who is it?

Eight-headed boy?

Other martial arts gym owners?

Or maybe it's some other monster in the underworld? ?

This eight-headed boy is a disciple of General Zengsun. Needless to say, his strength is extraordinary. Jiang Xinghuo is also very interested in the purpose of his coming to Longcheng.

Capture an old, dying white ape?

Could the old white ape it was talking about be the one hiding in the sanatorium?
That was the corpse-reincarnation method the old ape learned from the immortal scriptures. He died and then reincarnated in life after life, and lived for thousands of years. He was also good friends with the predecessors and sages of the human race, and he even knew a thing or two about this game.

However, I am probably the only one who knows the old ape's hiding place now. The eight-headed boy only knows that the old ape's hiding place is in Longcheng, but in fact, Longcheng is just a transit point to the old ape's Taoist temple.

If the secret was not revealed to others, it would be difficult for the eight-headed boy to find the old ape's hiding place.

Just let it do its work slowly.

After it has finished exploring the map of the Yinshan Ancient Tower, we will see if we can kill the other party in Longcheng, so that it doesn't have to continue looking for the old ape. If it really finds the old ape's hiding place, judging from the situation when the old ape appeared last time, it may not be a good thing.

Jiang Xinghuo tapped the screen and continued to advance the plot.

"What are your options next?"

"Would you choose to find a secluded place to hide and see who the crow will bring? Or would you leave Plum Blossom Martial Arts School as quickly as possible while the crow is going to tip you off?"

The game gives two choices: stay in the martial arts gym or leave the gym.

If you stay, it will definitely trigger the subsequent plot.

But there are also some dangers. If the enemy finds out that you are hiding here and you cannot defeat them, then you may lose your life and have to wait until tomorrow noon to continue the game.

But if you choose to leave, this quest line will be broken and you can only do other quests.

Jiang Xinghuo weighed the pros and cons and thought carefully for a while. He felt that it would be more cost-effective to stay. At least it could trigger subsequent plot clues. It would be a pity to leave.

In this game, killing monsters and leveling up are not the main tasks. What is truly valuable are the various secrets and tasks. When you unlock these secrets and complete these tasks, your strength will naturally improve.

"You chose to hide in a secluded place in the martial arts hall, wanting to see who would be the last person to come."

"After a while, you see the crow flying back again and squatting on the branch where it was originally, almost blending into the dead tree. If you don't look carefully, it's hard to see that there is actually a crow squatting there."

"At the same time, the door of the Plum Blossom Martial Arts School was pushed open from the outside, and a group of ghost soldiers and generals rushed in with weapons in hand. The leader was none other than the Heavenly Official Zengfu, who served under General Zengsun."

"The Heavenly Officials of Increase and Loss and the General of Increase and Loss are in charge of the authority and responsibility of increasing and decreasing blessings and lifespan. They also have a large number of Heavenly Officials of Increase and Loss and Heavenly Officials of Longevity under their command, who are specifically responsible for handling the tasks issued by the General of Increase and Loss."

"What are you going to do next?"

"The strength of these ghost soldiers and generals is just ordinary. Although Zengfu Tianguan is slightly stronger, he is not invincible. With your current strength, as long as you pay some price, it should not be difficult to eat Zengfu Tianguan and those ghost soldiers."

This time, the game still gives two options: either hide honestly or go out and kill those evil soldiers.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while. He would have to meet this group of people sooner or later anyway. If he killed them now, he might be able to save some effort in the future.

After making up his mind, Jiang Xinghuo made his own choice.

"You decided to kill these evil soldiers and generals, but the first one you have to deal with is the Heavenly Official of Zengfu."

"The Heavenly Officer of Zengfu under the seat of General Zengsun has the ability to increase blessings and lifespan, and can enhance the positive attributes of those ghost soldiers and generals. If you don't get rid of this Heavenly Officer of Zengfu in the shortest possible time, then you are likely to be trapped in a tough battle, and there is even a small chance that you will be killed by these ghost soldiers."

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the text prompt, he immediately clicked on the skill bar and awakened the evil spirits sleeping in the acupoints.

"You summoned the six evil spirits, Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Headed Horse-Faced, and Dragon-Swallowing Silver Mother, from the acupoints, and simultaneously attacked the Heavenly Official of Increased Blessings."

"Caught off guard, Zengfu Tianguan was unable to resist. Before he could even get close enough, he was smashed on the head by the Horse-Faced Evil God, and his body was sealed with mercury by the Silver Mother Fairy."

"You have killed the Heavenly Official of Increased Blessings."

"You have obtained, Incense +800."

A notification popped up indicating that the income from incense offerings had been credited to his account. Jiang Xinghuo immediately took control of the character and began to massacre those evil soldiers and ghosts.

But at this moment, he was also cursed by the deceased Zengfu Tianguan...

(End of this chapter)