My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 578: Second Floor of the Ancient Building
"You have discovered the remains of Chishiro."

"Zhishilang, the Zhishilang from Changbai Mountain, is a man dressed in pure red silk brocade. He is an ancient and powerful man who has existed in the ancient times of the secular world. He masters the most mysterious laws of Zhishi in the world. He knows the past 500 years and the future 500 years, and is familiar with many strange stories and secret histories."

"Later, because he knew too many secrets, he was attacked by many powerful people in the secular world. In desperation, Zhi Shilang could only flee to the depths of the underworld and never return to the secular world again. Unexpectedly, Zhi Shilang died here."

"You walked forward and wanted to carefully examine Chishiro's remains, but the human-faced demon next to you revealed a ferocious expression. Yokogami blocked the way between you and Chishiro's remains, and his hands also glowed like iron, as if they were two sharp claws made of cast iron."

"What choice are you going to make next?"

"Will you choose to kill this human-faced goblin right now? Or will you tell it that you have no ill will and just want to see Chishiro's remains?"

Jiang Xinghuo was not a murderer. He knew there was no need to start a war if something could be resolved peacefully, so he chose the second answer without hesitation.

"You appealed to the human-faced demon's emotions and reasoned with him, saying that you had no ill intentions and that you only wanted to examine Chishiro's remains and find a good place to bury him out of affection for your fellow tribesmen."

"Although the human-faced goblin cannot speak, its intelligence is no less than that of ordinary creatures. It can even be said that it is much smarter. It quickly understood the meaning of your words, but it still did not completely let down its guard. This is because the people who hunted down Zhi Shilang in the past were also strong people from the same race as you, and they did not care about the incense of their fellows."

"Looking at the human-faced goblin stubbornly blocking your way, what are you going to do next? Are you going to change your original idea?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it briefly and still insisted on talking to the man-faced goblin in a friendly way. He did not harm the man-faced goblin. It was not easy to find a creature with a personality like the man-faced goblin in this secular world where rituals and music are in chaos.

"You continued to express your goodwill. Perhaps your sincere words convinced the Man-faced Mandrill, or perhaps it was the Man-faced Mandrill's extraordinary senses that keenly sensed your goodwill. It no longer insisted on blocking your approach, but made way for you to go forward and examine Chishiro's remains."

"You walked forward and carefully examined Chishiro's remains on the stone bed."

"You triggered it, the Coroner's Knowledge Panorama."

"You quickly discovered the origin of Chishiro's injuries and the fatal cause of his death."

"The traces left on Chishiro's remains show that there had been a fierce battle, involving the attacks of at least a dozen evil races. However, those were only insignificant injuries that could not cause serious trauma to Chishiro, let alone take the life of this ancient warrior."

"The real cause of Zhishilang's death was that his heart was crushed by a scaly, ferocious claw. The claw stabbed into Zhishilang's chest. The shape is very similar to the broken claw on the Ghost Tamer, so it must have come from the same creature."

"Based on the clues you have found and the scars on Chishiro's remains, you can quickly deduce the general course of events."

"After Zhishilang escaped from the world of the living to the underworld, he may have come to the Yinshan Ancient Tower by accident, or he may have known about the existence of the Yinshan Ancient Tower. After coming here, Zhishilang should have wanted to inherit the legacy of the Ghost Controlling Taoist Master, or to return to the world of the living for revenge, or he may just want to have the power to protect himself. However, he was injured by the evil ghost suppressed in the body of the Ghost Controlling Taoist Master. Zhishilang was seriously injured and cut off one of the evil ghost's arms. Before he died, he opened up this secret room and fell in this dark underworld."

After reading this description of the game text, Jiang Xinghuo smacked his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable.

As the saying goes, a man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.

Chishiro is a very obvious example.

Although the knowledge of worldly laws he possessed was only a partial fragment of the Dayan laws, it could still provide insight into all the secrets of the secular world. Even if he had no intention of revealing these secrets, this potential threat was enough to make those powerful men desperate to eliminate him from the world.

After all, instead of pinning your hopes on someone who may or may not leak these secrets, it would be better to just end it all and let the person who knows the secret rest in peace forever.

Unfortunately, Zhishilang only mastered some fragments of the Zhishi Law, but did not find the remaining part of the Dunshi Law.

Only when the laws of knowing the world and the laws of escaping from the world are combined into one, that is the true ancient law, the Dayan law.

At that time, even if the Lord of the Secular World was still alive, he would not be able to deduce the whereabouts of Chishiro.

but……

Jiang Xinghuo suddenly seemed to think of something, and immediately controlled the character to explore Chishiro's remains.

As a result, he did not find the existence of Chishiro's law in Chishiro.

Logically speaking, Chishiro died after arriving in the underworld, and the authority of Chishi's laws that he possessed should also exist on his remains. How could it suddenly disappear without a trace?

Could it be that it was taken away by the human-faced demon?

probably not……

Judging from the attitude this human-faced goblin has just shown, it should not try to snatch the law dropped from its master.

It was taken away by others!!
who can that be?

Jiang Xinghuo remembered what the old man in the ancestral hall who controlled the red lotus fire said when he was in Taiping Ancient Town.

The old man said that the Dayan Law had actually been controlled by humans as early as the old secular world. Later, with the arrival of the end of the world, those powerful people who had set up the standard also fell.

However, there are a very small number of lucky ones who survived and scattered the laws they mastered into the secular world. In this way, as long as someone integrates these laws, it means that the signpost has not been completely destroyed, and they still have hope of returning to the secular world.

The Yellow River’s tidal law is one of them.

Chishiro's Chishi Law can also be considered one.

Could it be that the ruler of Dayan Law awakened from his slumber and took away Zhishilang's Zhishi Law to complete his own missing fragments of Dayan Law? ?
He remembered that when he was exploring the Earth Mother Cave, he had triggered a clue related to the Dayan Immortal.

And this Dayan immortal is the ruler of Dayan's laws. Knowing the worldly laws can make him know everything in the world, and secluded laws can allow him to hide himself in the torrent of the secular world.

When Jiang Xinghuo thought of this, he suddenly felt a chill all over his body!

If this is true, then the fact that Zhishilang is being hunted down in the world of the living is probably not such a simple matter. Perhaps it is this Dayan Immortal who is pushing everything behind the scenes. His purpose is to force Zhishilang closer to the underworld so that it will be easier for him to take back the Zhishi Law.

Thinking more deeply, if his guesses were all true, then wouldn't it mean that the mastermind behind this, Immortal Dayan, was hiding in the underworld?

Otherwise, there would be no need for him to force Chishiro into a desperate situation and force him to escape to this kingdom of death.

Even the powerful old world figure named Dayan Immortal was hiding in this ancient building in Yinshan Mountain! !
Maybe even Zhi Shilang's arrival at the Yinshan Ancient Tower was caused by the other party's secret tricks.

At this time, a new text popped up on the game screen.

"You found a withered corpse next to Chishiro's remains. Upon closer inspection, you discovered that it was the remains of a human-faced goblin. It turned out that the human-faced goblin had long since died along with Chishiro, but a wisp of its spirit lingered here, guarding Chishiro's remains under the influence of a strong obsession in its heart."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo was stunned. He didn't expect that the human-faced goblin had already died, and what was left here was just its soul.

"You looked back at the expression of the man-faced mandrill and found that it didn't seem to see its own remains. It was as if it really believed that it was not dead."

"This is because Chishiro was worried that after his death, the human-faced goblin would also disperse his soul, so he put a mark on the human-faced goblin's soul to make the human-faced goblin think that he was still alive, and asked the human-faced goblin to keep vigil for him until the day when it was completely fed up and wanted to leave, and then the mark would automatically be removed."

"The human-faced goblin also feeds on this obsession and has been wandering here for countless years."

"Obsession is one of the most powerful forces in the world. Even life and death cannot affect this force. So as long as the obsession in the heart of the human-faced Xiao does not dissipate, it can linger in this secret room forever."

"At this time, the human-faced Xiao suddenly came over and pointed at Zhishilang's remains. He made a few gestures to you. You quickly understood what he meant. The human-faced Xiao wanted you to help build a tomb in this secret room and bury Zhishilang's remains in it."

"Do you want to accept this man-faced goblin's request?"

Jiang Xinghuo agreed without hesitation, took out a copper coffin from his magic bag, got some ordinary grave bricks and grave soil, built a tomb in the secret room, and buried Chishiro's remains and the remains of the human-faced goblin together.

"You have fulfilled the human-faced mandrill's last wish."

"You have earned the gratitude of the human-faced demon."

"You have obtained Chishiro's last words."

"Chishiro's last words (special). This is a suicide note Chishiro left before his death, using his blood as ink and his skin as paper. He gave it to the human-faced goblin to keep, and asked it to give this suicide note to the person who will collect his bones in the future."

"Do you want to check the suicide note left by Chishiro?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

He really wanted to see what words Zhi Shilang left behind, or he wanted to know how much Zhi Shilang knew about the Dayan Immortal, and whether his guess was true.

"You read the suicide note left by Chishiro."

"According to the words left by Chishiro in his suicide note, he already knew what had happened to him and understood that someone was behind everything. He just didn't know who that person was, so he took advantage of the situation and wanted to use this opportunity to find out who was plotting against him."

"However, although he finally knew about the existence of the Great Evolution Immortal, he underestimated the other party's cultivation and strength. After he came to the underworld, he was chased by the other party all the way. He had no choice but to remove the Law of Knowing the World from his body and use his clone to divert the pursuit of the Great Evolution Immortal."

"Zhi Shilang took advantage of this brief opportunity and came to the Yinshan Ancient Tower as quickly as possible. He wanted to use the inheritance hidden in the Yinshan Ancient Tower to fight a desperate battle with the Dayan Immortal."

"Unfortunately, he failed in the end. Although he attracted the evil spirit into his body and caused harm to the Great Evolution Immortal, he was also killed by the evil spirit's backlash." "However, Zhi Shilang did not gain nothing. When he fought with the Great Evolution Immortal, he found that the other party actually had the mark of 'Tu Bo' on him."

"From this, it can be seen that Dayan Immortal should have been forcibly exiled to the underworld by Tubo. If you can find Tubo's legacy, you may have a chance to completely end Dayan Immortal's life."

"As a powerful person who can freely travel between the Yin and Yang worlds and has the power to expel evil spirits, Tu Bo has left countless traces in the underworld. There is a cemetery on the second floor of the Yinshan Ancient Building. That is where Tu Bo once exiled and buried ghosts and gods."

"You can go there and look carefully. If you are lucky, you will surely gain a lot."

"You have obtained the clue of Yinshan Ancient Tower Cemetery."

Jiang Xinghuo narrowed his eyes slightly. Although Zhi Shilang died under the scheme of Dayan Immortal, he also found a way to deal with Dayan Immortal.

However, due to his severe injuries, he was unable to explore the second floor of the ancient building, so he could only leave the information in this suicide note.

Jiang Xinghuo sighed in his heart, put away the suicide note, and completed the exploration of the first floor of the Yinshan Ancient Tower.

This is just the safest place in this ancient building. According to common sense, the higher you explore into the ancient building, the greater the danger you will encounter.

Of course, the harvest and rewards will definitely become more and more abundant. Good fortune and misfortune are interdependent. Whether you can find enough opportunities and rewards depends entirely on your luck.

"You left this secret room and sealed the door again. You also left a mark of the breath-concealing talisman outside. This can ensure that this secret passage will not be discovered to the greatest extent possible, and it can also prevent the human-faced demon from being disturbed by other people who enter this place."

"You are back in the Taoist temple. What will you choose to do next?"

"Do you choose to go to the second floor of the Yinshan Ancient Tower from here, or do you choose to go to the second floor of the ancient tower from the other side of the White Bone Taoist Temple?"

The game text gives two options: either go to the second floor of the Taoist temple on this side, or exit and go to the Taoist temple on the other side.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully, looked at the clues he had found so far, and decided to go to the second floor of the ancient building from here.

He wanted to explore the cemetery first, and then see the dangerous and terrifying existence.

Especially the latter, the master of Liuhe Pavilion's cultivation is not very strong, so it is normal for him to feel fear when encountering some powerful monsters.

But Master Lunhui is a real top master, and it can even be said that he stands at the top of the pyramid of the secular world. How terrifying would it be if even he was afraid of someone? ?

According to the convention of this game in the secular world, danger and opportunity are often closely related. If you can find that terrifying existence, you may be able to get a generous reward.

Therefore, no matter from which perspective, he had to do this death.

"You chose to go to the second floor of the ancient building through this passage."

"You walked slowly up the wooden stairs. Although the light was still dim, you could vaguely see a lot of skeletons scattered on the ground, including some powerful monsters. You even saw the remains of a Yaksha ghost king, with a ferocious and terrifying face full of fear, as if he had seen something terrible."

"And judging from the position where the other party's body fell, it seems that this Yaksha Ghost King died suddenly on the stairs while fleeing down, without even a chance to fight back."

"Do you want to put the body of the Yaksha Demon King into your magic bag?"

Jiang Xinghuo immediately chose yes. The corpse of the ghost king-level Yaksha could play a big role whether it was used to forge weapons or as a strengthening material.

"You have obtained the body of the Yaksha Demon King."

"Yaksha Ghost King (rare), the Asura Path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Buddha's words, has great power and can fly and hide underground. It can be used as a material for forging and strengthening weapons, and can also be used as a material for driving corpses and training generals."

"Be careful, because the corpse of the Yaksha Ghost King contains extremely strong resentment and corpse qi, so the corpse cannot be used to make medicine. Otherwise, the corpse qi will gradually transform into a monster with Yaksha bloodline, and this bloodline change cannot be reversed."

Jiang Xinghuo secretly kept it in mind, knowing that this corpse could not be used to make pills, but it could be used as raw material for strengthening equipment.

It's a pity that he can't practice the method of driving corpses, otherwise if he turns this Yaksha Ghost King into a zombie, it will surely not be much worse than the monsters and demons in the acupoints.

I'll find another opportunity to try it.

See if you can find a method of corpse refining that does not conflict with other methods.

If he could really turn the Yaksha Demon King into a zombie, it would be of great help to his own combat power.

"You keep going..."

"You have arrived at the second floor of Yinshan Ancient Tower."

"A wide corridor appears in front of you, with dusty doors on both sides of the corridor."

"Take out the map that the owner of Liuhe Hall gave you. According to the markings on the map, the third room from the left is the room where the terrifying creature is. What do you plan to do next?"

"Would you choose to go to that room first to explore, or start from the beginning and explore them one by one?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to start from the beginning, go to other rooms to see what the market was like, and then it would not be too late to challenge the higher difficulty levels. Otherwise, if he challenged the high difficulty maps right away, it would be easy to lose his life without knowing it.

The reincarnation doll has been used once. There are only two chances left today. It would be best to use them to the best of their ability. It would be a pity to waste them.

"Please select the room you wish to explore next."

"Look at the two dusty doors closest to you. There's a cinnabar talisman painted on the left door, which vaguely looks like a soul-calming talisman. There's an eight-diagram mirror hanging on the right door, but if you look closely, you can easily see that the mirror is full of cracks. Which door do you plan to enter first to explore?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and without hesitation for too long, he directly chose the door on the left.

"You push the door open and see a courtyard appear before your eyes. There is only an old tree, an ancient well, and an ancient stone pavilion in the courtyard. There is nothing else. Do you want to explore it?"

"You walked into the courtyard and began to explore. You first came to the ancient well. You looked inside and found that there seemed to be a figure floating under the water. Do you want to salvage it?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose no without even thinking about it.

joke,

This clearly tells you that there is a pitfall. If you choose to salvage it, wouldn't that be a waste of time?

"Your caution saved you from disaster."

"But you didn't notice that the vines of the old tree quietly spread along the ground and entangled your legs without you noticing. By the time you reacted, the vitality in your body had been sucked dry by the vines, leaving only a shriveled body, falling into the ancient well."

"You are dead."

Tsk, it’s really difficult!!

Jiang Xinghuo sighed helplessly. He escaped this disaster, but not that one. In the end, he still lost his life.

"Do you want to activate the effect of the reincarnation doll?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

"You activated the reincarnation puppet."

"You came back to life again under the power of reincarnation."

"The current number of resurrections remaining (1/3)."

"You woke up in the courtyard, and the old tree's withered vines spread again. But this time, you were prepared. You swung the Demon-Subduing Iron Whip in your hand and hit the vines. Golden-purple flames shot up into the sky and instantly wrapped around the old tree along the vines. A piercing scream came from the tree trunk, and you could vaguely see an old face twisting and screaming in the golden flames."

"You stood in the distance and waited quietly for a moment. The face on the tree trunk gradually disappeared, and the piercing screams also disappeared without a trace. Only a piece of charred black wood was left. It was very similar to the piece of black wood you found in the Plum Blossom Martial Arts Hall. Do you want to go over and pick it up?"

Jiang Xinghuo was slightly startled. The purpose of that piece of Yinshan black wood was currently unknown, so he did not delve into it too deeply. He just threw it into the magic bag as an ordinary material. Unexpectedly, he found the same thing here again, so he naturally could not miss it.

"You went over and picked up that piece of Yinshan black wood. Compared with the piece of black wood in your hand, the two are no different except for a slight difference in shape."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the identity credentials of the Iron Tree Prison Ghost Guard."

"This is a symbol of the identity of a ghost from the Iron Tree Hell, one of the ten hells in the underworld. It is a fragment cut from the Iron Tree in hell. Only the ghosts from the Iron Tree Hell are qualified to hold it and can pass through the gate of the Iron Tree Hell and enter smoothly."

(End of this chapter)