My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 586: Yellow Spring
"You ride the land dragon boat upstream along the Yellow Spring. The wronged souls and evil ghosts underwater also want to take this opportunity to escape from the Yellow Spring's damnation, but they are simply unable to resist the power of the Yellow Spring. Not to mention climbing onto the dragon boat, they can't even leave the water."

"At this moment, you suddenly feel the dragon boat begin to shake violently. It turns out that those wronged souls are unwilling to sink like this, and want to drag you into the underworld as well, so that you can suffer the same painful torture day and night as them. How do you plan to deal with this situation?"

"Will you choose to share their joys and sorrows, jump off the dragon boat and swim with them in the underworld? Or will you continue to move forward regardless and let those wronged souls torment themselves underwater?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text content, and a string of question marks popped up in his head. He wondered how serious a problem he had to have to choose to jump down and accompany these wronged souls and evil ghosts? ?
“You chose to move on.”

"The land dragon boat is forged from the skeleton of a real dragon, and it has the ability to suppress evil spirits. When you activate the core of the dragon boat, you will see a flame ignited on the boat. Those rotten ghost hands clinging to the boat will instantly turn into ashes as if burned by fire. Even the underworld cannot extinguish this flame."

"Continue on the road..."

Jiang Xinghuo dealt with the wronged souls and evil spirits underwater, and controlled the land dragon boat to continue moving towards the source of the underworld.

In reality, about two hours had passed.

New prompts came from within the game.

"You have arrived at the source of the underworld."

"You have arrived at the source of the Yellow Springs, and you see thick Yellow Springs miasma all around you. The foul air seems to melt your body, and you can vaguely see many huge creatures looming behind the bloating."

"Suddenly, an unspeakable monster seemed to discover you, a strange existence. It roared and tore through the pervasive miasma and rushed towards you."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered it, Huang Quanzi."

"Huangquanzi (rare), the monsters born in Huangquan, are also the descendants of Huangquan Lord. Their duty is to protect the stability of Huangquan. Anyone who enters here without permission will be regarded as an intruder and will be killed without hesitation."

"Huang Quanzi attacked you, and you activated your innate Bagua talent, turning the surrounding ground into a swamp, temporarily trapping the furious Huang Quanzi, and then took out the Huang Quan Lord's disaster list."

"And Huang Quanzi, who was originally furious, actually calmed down after seeing the disaster list in your hand. He growled at you a few times, signaling you to release him from the swamp. It seemed that he had no ill intentions anymore."

"Do you want to release Huang Quanzi from the swamp?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to release Huang Quanzi. The underworld creature suppressed in the disaster list escaped from the source of Huangquan. In addition, this disaster list was made by Huangquan Lord with his own skin, which was equivalent to telling these Huangquanzi that he was one of their own, and the other party should not make things difficult for him anymore.

as predicted.

After Jiang Xinghuo released Huang Quanzi, the other party really did not attack him again, but wanted to take him somewhere.

"Do you want to follow Huang Quanzi and go to the depths of Huang Quan?"

The game text gave two options, and Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate too much and directly chose to go with Huang Quanzi.

Now that I'm already here, there's no point in delaying any longer. The worst outcome is that I'll die here, and at most I'll just be wasting my life.

"You followed Huang Quanzi into the depths of Huang Quan, which was shrouded in miasma. An ancient and dilapidated square gradually appeared before your eyes. Huang Quanzi said that this was the gateway to Huang Quan Dojo, but it had not been opened for many years."

"And even if you open this portal, you can't enter the Huangquan Dojo. You can only see the projection of the Huangquan Lord. Because the Huangquan Dojo is the most turbid and evil place in the entire underworld. Even if the Lord of the Underworld enters it, it is easy to be entangled by the turbid air of Huangquan, which will weaken his cultivation, let alone other outsiders."

"Huang Quanzi has brought you here now, but whether you can get a response from Huang Quanzhu depends on your luck."

"If your luck is not very good, then even if you hold the list of disasters of the Lord of the Yellow Spring, it will be difficult to get a response from the Lord of the Yellow Spring."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Will you try to hold the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony here? Or will you wait and see if you can get a response from the Lord of the Underworld?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't want to delay any further, so he decided to hold a ceremony to worship the heaven. The ceremony diagram he found in the Yellow River Underground Palace came in handy at this moment.

"You chose to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens."

"You have triggered the Heavenly Sacrifice Ritual Diagram."

"You follow the steps on the diagram to start the heaven-worship ceremony. However, because you lack the key tributes and offerings, you have no idea whether this heaven-worship ceremony will work. You can only try it with the mentality of giving it a try."

"The festival is in progress, please wait..."

Jiang Xinghuo put down his phone and waited quietly for further developments. If it failed, he would have to leave here temporarily and return to the world of the living to collect the required tributes before coming back.

Time passed by minute by minute.

half an hour...

One hour……

Two hours...

Until around six o'clock in the evening, more than three hours had passed since this plot was triggered, and there was still no response in the game.

Just when Jiang Xinghuo thought he had failed and wanted to give up and try again later, the game text finally changed.

"You opened your eyes and heard a roaring sound. An illusory figure gradually emerged in the square, surrounded by an endless amount of foul and foul aura. Just a shadow made you feel like you were falling into an abyss, as if countless wronged souls and evil spirits were screaming and howling in your ears."

"You have discovered the main projection of Huangquan."

"Your body and mind are affected by the bad luck of the underworld, and it begins to drain out of your body quickly..."

"Current health: 78%."

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo was shocked and thought that the Lord of Huangquan was very domineering. Just an illusory projection was enough to put his life into countdown.

If this goes on, I'll be dead in less than a minute.

Jiang Xinghuo quickly clicked on the text, chose to submit the task, and handed the disaster list to the main projection of Huangquan.

"You handed the list of disasters to the Lord of Yellow Springs. You completed the task issued by the Lord of Yellow Springs. The Lord of Yellow Springs asked you what you wanted as a reward. As long as it is within its ability, it can fulfill your wish."

The game interface flashed and a dialog box popped up.

Jiang Xinghuo was already prepared. When the dialog box popped up, he entered what he wanted.

Anonymous: A Yellow Spring that has not yet dried up.

After the game text is sent.

After quite a while,
Only then did the subsequent game text pop up. "The Lord of the Yellow Springs fulfilled your wish and personally intercepted a Yellow Springs branch, condensed it into a spring, and handed it to you."

"You have obtained the Yellow Spring Eye."

"Yellow Spring Eye (rare material), the Yellow Spring Lord intercepted a Yellow Spring branch and condensed it into a spring eye. As long as there is enough Yin Qi to maintain it, this spring eye will not dry up. It can be used as a material for refining pills, and can also be used as a quenching material for forging weapons."

"You have now obtained the Yellow Spring Eye, and the projection of the Yellow Spring Master has also begun to gradually disappear. Your current life level is too low. If it continues to stay, I am afraid it will cause irreparable harm to you."

"Where are you planning to go next?"

"Would you choose to leave the source of the Yellow Spring and go to other places? Or would you choose to explore the Yellow Spring where the foul air is spreading?"

This time, the game still gave two options. Jiang Xinghuo took a look and found that his health was only about 20% left. He couldn't use the medicine gourd to restore his strength in the underworld, and he would probably die if he went to other places.

I might as well take a stroll in the underworld and try to find something valuable before my life is over.

"You chose to hang out in Huangquan."

"You dragged your seriously injured and dying body around and wandered around. Although you were very careful, you still attracted the attention of those underworld ghosts. A big one with bloodshot eyes approached you silently..."

Jiang Xinghuo immediately felt something was wrong and knew that he was definitely in trouble, but he still held on to the hope that he would be lucky and control the character to leave quickly.

But he was still a step too slow, and before he could leave, he was killed by the big guy.

"You were attacked by the God of Misfortune."

"Your body began to slowly dissipate in the evil spirit, but before you completely disappeared, you also attacked the God of Evil and gained something from him."

"You have obtained the disaster order."

“Disaster Order (rare material), dropped by the Yellow Spring Disaster God, can grant the ability to cover a person with bad luck, duration: 3 days.”

"As long as the power of the disaster order is affected, within the next three days, the person affected will suffer from bad luck and a serious illness at best, or even die suddenly on the spot with their family destroyed at worst."

"Note that while the Disaster Order can bring bad luck to others, it can also offset the good luck in their fate. If it is activated with special spells, it can also transfer one's own bad luck to others."

Not bad, not dying in vain!!
After reading the description of the function of the Disaster Order, Jiang Xinghuo was very satisfied. His life with low health was not wasted, and he also obtained a more powerful item.

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

"You have successfully used the reincarnation doll."

"You woke up in the depths of the underworld. The underworld master who brought you here is waiting for you. He said he would escort you out of the underworld. Otherwise, this place is full of dangers. Even if you are an immortal exile, it will be difficult for you to leave safely."

"You followed Huang Quanzi out of the depths of Huang Quan. Huang Quanzi used his power and strength to safely send you to Huang Quan Ferry, allowing you to avoid many unnecessary deaths."

"Before you left, Huang Quanzi said that after you successfully forged the Six Paths of Reincarnation Dharmakaya, you can come back if you have time. Then he will have something to tell you."

"You have triggered the hidden mission clue - Huangquan Inn."

"Huangquan Inn, Huangquanzi saw the secret of your desire to forge the Dharma Image of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and issued a hidden task for you. After you successfully forge the Dharma Image, you can come here to actually trigger this task."

"Please note that this mission is not mandatory. It is up to you to accept it or not."

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the game text, memorized the quest clue, and planned to come back after completing the Dharma Image.

"Which place are you going to next?"

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the time. It was still very early and there were many things he could do.

However, he did not rush to explore other underworld hells, but first controlled the character to return to his own volcanic hell.

"You chose to go to the Volcano Prison."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have arrived at the Volcano Prison."

"You have entered the range of the volcanic hell and felt the joy of this world. It seems that you have sensed the return of your master. The physical strength and mana you consumed have also been quickly restored here."

"The demons and monsters in the Volcano Prison also came here to pay homage to their king."

Jiang Xinghuo sighed with regret. He thought that the title of Lord of Hell was somewhat unworthy of his title. Although he had obtained the origin of the Volcanic Hell, he was still a long way from truly controlling this hell.

The day when he can freely summon the monsters and demons in the Volcano Hell to the real world, he will be able to truly control this hell.

At that time he was truly the King of the Underworld.

Wherever you are, that is hell!!
"What are you going to do next?"

Several options popped up in the game text, all of which were plot interactions centered around the Volcano Prison.

Jiang Xinghuo found the option to intercept fragments and controlled the character to peel off some of the volcanic prison fragments.

This is his authority as the king of the underworld. He can make changes to the hell under his control. Anyway, the fragments he wants to intercept are not many, and they are insignificant compared to the entire volcanic hell.

"You have obtained the fragment of the volcanic prison."

After getting what he wanted, Jiang Xinghuo did not waste any more time in the Volcano Hell. He immediately controlled the character to leave the Volcano Hell and went to explore other places.

"Where do you want to go next?"

"Would you choose to explore the purgatory deep in the underworld? Or would you choose to go to the Iron Tree Hell in the northeast? Or would you choose to go to the Iceberg Hell in the northwest? Of course, you can also choose to go to the Mortar Hell to find out!!"

The game text gives four options: Purgatory, Iron Tree Hell, Iceberg Hell, and Mortar Hell.

Jiang Xinghuo first ruled out purgatory. He went to those hells not for sightseeing, but to look for fragments of hell.

The Purgatory Fragment is already in hand, so there is no need to go there now.

On the contrary, he had to carefully consider which of the remaining three hells to choose...

(End of this chapter)