My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 587 The Whereabouts of the Lice Fairy
At this time, Jiang Xinghuo noticed that the names of those hells were constantly flashing red light.

Obviously you can click to see the detailed description.

then,

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the corresponding entry and checked the general information of each hell.

There is no need to explain much about the Iron Tree Hell and the Mortar Hell. As early as when these two hell tokens were obtained, the game text gave a rough description.

The content of the entries that appeared this time did not change much, except that the two masters of hell were mentioned in the text.

The master of the Iron Tree Hell is a Painted Skin Ghost King. He grew from an ordinary human-skin ghost to a ghost king step by step and successfully took control of the Iron Tree Hell.

According to the description in the text, the Painted Skin Ghost King has completely taken control of the entire Iron Tree Hell. As long as the root of the Iron Tree Hell is still there, it will never die. Even if it suffers severe damage, it can be resurrected in hell.

The master of the Mortar Hell is an ancient corpse from the underworld, who commands countless ghost soldiers and generals. It is suspected that he was a prince in the world of the living when he was alive.

Some even speculated that the other party might be the secular master of a certain generation, but this question has never been answered.

On the contrary, although the Iceberg Hell has had a master countless years ago, no one has ever seen him.

Hell is also empty, without any ghosts or evil spirits, only some sleeping monsters and demons. It is relatively the safest hell of all hells, because as long as those sleeping monsters and demons are not disturbed, even if someone breaks in, they will not be harmed.

However, whether one can withstand the extremely low temperatures in the iceberg hell depends on the luck and opportunity of the person entering.

"So, which hell will you choose to go to next?"

Looking at the text entry's description of the three hells, Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a while and already had his own answer in his mind.

"You chose to go to the iceberg hell."

Among the several options given by the game, the Iceberg Hell is the safest. Instead of taking risks and exploring other places, it is better to take the safe places first and then consider those dangerous maps.

"On the way, please wait..."

Jiang Xinghuo waited for about twenty minutes, and a new message prompt came from the game.

"You have arrived at the icy hell."

"The entrance to the Iceberg Hell stands on the plain ahead. Even from a distance, you can feel the biting cold sweeping out. Even the entire plain is affected by this cold air, covered with a thick layer of white frost. Do you want to go in and explore?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the information given by the game, found some suitable props from the magic bag, activated the power of the Kitchen God's Fire to protect himself, and then controlled the character to walk into the iceberg hell.

"You have entered the gates of hell."

"You have come to the iceberg hell."

"The sky and the earth suddenly turned white, and the cold wind swept in like a raging tide. At the first sight, you felt as if your internal organs were frozen into ice, and the skin on your body began to crack rapidly, revealing the bright red tender flesh underneath."

"Fortunately, your physique has been improved many times. The vitality that permeates your body quickly recovers the damage you have suffered. At the same time, the fire of the kitchen god also spreads out, temporarily isolating the endless wind and snow."

"However, this is not a long-term solution. In this extreme environment, your mana consumption rate will be much faster than usual. Although it is not a big deal for the time being, but when your mana is completely exhausted, what should you do?"

"If you choose to leave the Iceberg Hell now, it's not too late. The gate of hell is right behind you. You only need to take a few steps back to leave this extremely cold environment. Do you want to leave the Iceberg Hell?"

"Of course, you can also choose to use the authority of the Volcano Hell to resist the low temperature in the Iceberg Hell. However, the power of the Volcano Hell and the Iceberg Hell are completely opposite. Once you activate the power of the Volcano Hell, those monsters sleeping in the Iceberg Hell will immediately sense it and will most likely wake up. They will regard you as an enemy invading the Iceberg Hell and launch the most brutal attack on you."

Jiang Xinghuo sucked his teeth and thought that this was a bit difficult to deal with. Judging from the current situation, if he wanted to successfully enter the Iceberg Hell, he might only be able to use the talents of the Reincarnation Doll and rely on continuous death and resurrection to advance his exploration.

Until we find the relatively weak spot of the Iceberg Prison, and then use the Golden Law to deprive it of some of the space debris.

Other than that,

He really couldn't think of any particularly good solution.

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, he found that the game screen suddenly flashed and new game text content appeared.

"You have activated the innate ability of the Eight Diagrams."

"The illusory projection of the Eight Phases World quickly spreads out behind you, and the image of heaven and earth releases a whirlpool-like force, drawing all the icy cold energy around it and evenly dispersing it into other image worlds."

Jiang Xinghuo was both surprised and happy. He didn't expect that the Eight Phase World could be used in this way. Everything in the world is within the boundaries of the Eight Phase World. It really gave him an unexpected surprise.

This time, without the trouble of severe cold temperatures, Jiang Xinghuo can start his exploration with confidence.

"Under the protection of the Eight Phases World, you walked into the depths of the Iceberg Hell, and carefully sensed the changes around you. Soon you found a weak spot in the space. It was an iceberg that had stood there for who knows how long. Do you want to try to use the Golden Law to peel this iceberg off this hell?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation. The top priority now was to get the fragments of hell first, and then consider in-depth exploration. It was important to distinguish the priorities, otherwise it would only end up in a mess.

"You have taken out the axe of the Lord of the Underworld."

"You have activated the Golden Law within you."

The Golden Rule.

The axe of the Lord of Hell.

These two things can be said to symbolize the supreme authority in the world of the living and the underworld respectively.

Jiang Xinghuo now activated these two symbols of authority at the same time. It was extremely easy for him to pry open a fragment of hell with a weak space. He took the iceberg for himself without much effort.

"You have obtained the Iceberg Hell Fragment, +1."

"Your actions have also attracted the attention of some beings, but they did not take it too seriously while they were sleeping, because they did not sense any abnormal power fluctuations. They just thought that you were following the will of the Lord of the Underworld and came here to look for some fragments of the Iceberg Hell. This has happened before."

"Besides, the piece of hell you pried is just the most insignificant one in the Iceberg Hell. It won't be long before the origin of the Iceberg Hell will form the same piece again."

Jiang Xinghuo smacked his lips in displeasure, thinking that they were really rich and powerful. If it were him, he would have to come out and see how they performed. However, when he became a rich landlord in the future, he might become as Buddhist as these people.

"Now that you have obtained the space fragment of the Iceberg Prison, what are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to continue exploring deeper into the Iceberg Hell, or leave the Iceberg Hell and go to other places?"

"You chose..."

Jiang Xinghuo originally wanted to quit while he was ahead and quickly retreat before attracting the attention of those evil spirits, for fear that they would think he was greedy and slap him to death.

Moreover, now that I have peeled off the fragments of the Iceberg Hell, other people may not have much reaction, but if I steal things from others without saying hello, what if the owner of the Iceberg Hell gets angry?

So, it’s better to leave early.

But just when he chose to leave the Iceberg Hell and the game text popped up halfway, a new game text suddenly appeared on the screen, interrupting his original game progress.

"You found an ancient well under that iceberg, and it's covered with a frozen stone slab. Do you want to go over and take a closer look?"

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned at first, but then he became interested, thinking that there was an unexpected gain. Did he trigger a new plot?
Then he naturally had no reason to miss it.

"You chose to go over and find out."

"You walked carefully to the edge of the ancient well. You saw that the frozen stone slab was only an inch thick, but it was almost grown together with the ancient well. It was difficult to find any gaps where they were connected."

"And you found that the surface of the stone slab was gleaming with many pale golden Buddhist scriptures, as if something was being suppressed under the ancient well."

"What choice are you going to make next?"

"Are you going to pretend that you didn't see this sealed ancient well and leave the Iceberg Hell to go somewhere else? Or are you going to destroy the sealing stone slab above this ancient well and see what is imprisoned underneath?"

The game gives two options: either pretend you didn't see it and leave, or destroy the stone slab to see what's underneath.

Jiang Xinghuo hesitated for a moment and chose the latter, destroying the sealing stone slab to see what was underneath.

"You mobilized the power of the Eight Phases World, causing countless thunderbolts to gather in your palm, erasing the Buddhist scriptures on the surface of the stone slab, destroying the seal of the stone slab. After losing the Buddhist scriptures on it, the stone slab also turned into ash at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the dark ancient well."

"You stick your head down and look into the well. You'll find that this ancient well is not very high, and there's no hidden danger underneath. You can just vaguely see a narrow path. Do you want to go down and take a closer look?" Jiang Xinghuo chose yes, and controlled the game character to jump into the well, ready to find out what was going on.

"You enter the ancient well and walk about a hundred meters along the narrow path. Suddenly, the view in front of you becomes clear. A heavy stone door engraved with the 'Subduing Demon Sutra' appears before your eyes."

"The Subduing Demon Sutra (rare), a scripture passed down by the Buddha, can be engraved on a building to prevent the disturbance of evil spirits. Even ordinary people without magical powers can engrave this scripture at will. Similarly, if it is engraved in a closed place, it can also artificially form a prison to trap creatures with evil spirits in their bodies, and slowly dissipate the evil spirits in their bodies over the next few days."

"You have obtained the Demon Subduing Scripture."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Are you going to destroy the Subduing Demon Sutra on the stone gate and go inside to find out what's going on? Or are you going to observe from the outside first to see if you can get a glimpse of what's going on behind the gate?"

This time, Jiang Xinghuo did not rashly choose to break the seal, but first activated his talent of seeing through the wall, trying to see what was behind the door.

But the results were obviously not satisfactory.

"You used your talent of seeing through walls to peek into the scene behind the door, but you couldn't see clearly what was there. You could only see a large amount of evil black fog. You could vaguely see a figure locked on the wall behind the black fog. Other than that, you couldn't see anything else."

Jiang Xinghuo felt helpless. Since he couldn't see what was behind the wall, he could only open the door and go in to take a look.

"What are you going to do next? Are you going to open the Folding Fan Stone Gate?"

"You walked over and destroyed the scripture on the stone door, then opened it. A black aura instantly spread out. The cold evil aura was even more chilling than the severe cold outside."

"You walked into the secret room and saw a hunched figure, chained to the wall by two iron chains as thick as arms. The collarbone had grown together with the chains, and it could be roughly seen that it was a human figure."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered it, Lice Fairy."

"You would never have imagined that this hunched figure locked here is actually the Lice Fairy who disappeared from the secular world for many years!!"

Jiang Xinghuo also gasped. He didn't expect that this person was actually the Lice Fairy. As early as when he first entered the game, he had come across a plot related to the Lice Fairy.

According to the game text at the time, this was a notorious tough guy. Not only was he ruthless, but his abilities were also nearly immortal. But because of this, he provoked many masters in the world, but those people couldn't do anything to him.

Finally, he offended Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of Shifang Zen Temple and was hunted down by him for a long time. Since then, Shimuxian has disappeared from the secular world.

Thinking of the Buddhist scriptures on the stone slabs of the ancient well and the demon-subduing scriptures on the stone door of the secret room, Jiang Xinghuo seemed to understand something in his heart. If nothing unexpected happened, it was most likely Ksitigarbha who caused the Fairy to end up like this today.

Perhaps Ksitigarbha was afraid of the terrifying power of the Lice Fairy. He could defeat it but could not kill it, so he had to seal it in this hell in the underworld.

Perhaps it was because of this ancient well that the place where the iceberg was located was weaker than other places, and I ended up finding this place by accident.

"You walked to the side of the Lice Fairy and carefully examined its body. I have to say that the Lice Fairy's ability is extremely terrifying. Even in such a harsh environment, it still maintains a weak vitality. Even if hundreds of years pass, it is estimated that this breath will not dissipate."

"But if this continues for a long time, even if the power of the Lice Fairy is strong, it will eventually run out of steam."

"Moreover, there is a strong evil spirit swirling in the body of the Lice Fairy, which is constantly devouring its vitality, so that the Lice Fairy has to fall into a state of suspended animation and use all the remaining strength in its body to resist the evil spirit. Do you want to rescue the Lice Fairy?"

"The evil spirit in the body of the Lice Fairy was not born, but was forcibly implanted with a poisonous insect that was born from the evil spirit. As long as the poisonous insect can be taken out, the evil spirit that devoured its vitality can be dissipated."

"Have you removed the poisonous insect from the body of the Lice Fairy?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and finally chose yes.

There are two reasons.

First, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although the Lice Fairy might have brought this upon himself, killing is not enough. It is really too cruel for Ksitigarbha to trap and torture him here. Saving the Lice Fairy means causing trouble for Ksitigarbha, and naturally there will be something good waiting for him then.

The second was that he had taken on a task that was entrusted to him by a follower of the Lice Fairy before his death, and the reward was given to him in advance in the hope that he could find the whereabouts of the Lice Fairy.

Since he had gained benefits and accepted the mission, there was no reason for him not to save the Lice Fairy. It wouldn't take much effort anyway.

"You choose to save the Lice Fairy."

"You took out the medical tools used by the Death Doctor and cut open the chest and abdomen of the Lice Fairy. In this extremely harsh environment, without anesthesia and a sterile environment, only a being with a strong vitality like the Lice Fairy could withstand it. If it were another creature, even if it could withstand the pain of having its abdomen cut open, it would probably be attacked by the germs and toxins in the air, and eventually die from various diseases."

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

"You found a poisonous insect covered in black on the heart of the Lice Fairy. It was this poisonous insect that was constantly absorbing the vitality of the Lice Fairy's body."

"You have discovered the evil soul Gu."

"Evil Soul Gu (rare), this is a Gu worm that was born in an evil atmosphere. However, in order to grow into an adult, it must use life force as nutrients. The more life force it absorbs, the faster it grows."

"Moreover, when the poisonous insect is first implanted, the person who is poisoned will not be aware of it. By the time they realize it, all their vitality has already been sucked away."

"You tried to forcibly peel the insect off the heart of the Lice Fairy, but the insect's tentacles and claws were clinging to the heart, and it was impossible to forcibly peel it off without damaging the heart of the Lice Fairy."

"At this time, the Lice Fairy, who was in a state of suspended animation, seemed to sense that you were trying to save it. It barely uttered a few words, asking you to remove the Gu worm and its heart from its body."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo was also a little confused, thinking, is this possible? The vitality of the Lice Fairy is strong, but it doesn't mean that it can survive even if its heart is dug out? ?
If the problem could be solved so easily, couldn't the Lice Fairy do it herself?

"What are you going to do now? Are you going to follow the instructions of the Lice Fairy and forcibly remove the heart along with the Gu worm?"

Jiang Xinghuo was out of ideas at this time. If he didn't do as the Lice Fairy said, he seemed to have no good way to solve the problem.

But if something really happened, Shimuxian would lose her life. After thinking about it, Jiang Xinghuo decided to do as Shimuxian said.

This body belongs to the Lice Fairy, and no one knows its own situation better than it. To put it another way, even if the Lice Fairy really died here, it cannot be blamed on itself.

"You chose to follow the instructions of the Limu Fairy. You cut off the blood vessels connecting to the heart and took the heart and the evil soul Gu clinging to it out of the Limu Fairy's body."

"At the same time, you noticed that a red light was also emanating from the body of the Lice Fairy. The heart that was just taken from you actually grew back in just a few seconds, as if it had never been lost. The Lice Fairy's physical condition was also slowly recovering, and the evil spirit lingering on her body began to dissipate quickly."

"Look at the heart in your hand now. The evil soul insect, which has lost its vitality, has gradually become restless. The heart has quickly become shriveled and all its blood and flesh essence has been devoured by the evil soul insect. Then the evil soul insect seems to have set its sights on you, wanting to occupy your body as its own nest."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't bother to think too much and immediately activated the power of the Kitchen God Fire, wrapping the evil soul Gu in it.

"You have triggered the Kitchen God Fire."

"Your Kitchen God Fire has combined the abilities of many different flames. Exorcising evil spirits is just a piece of cake. The Evil Soul Gu was wrapped in the Kitchen God Fire. In just a few moments, it was reduced to ashes and completely disappeared."

"You have killed the evil soul Gu."

"You gained incense +500."

"You found a pearl the size of a pigeon's eye in the ashes of the evil soul worm. Do you want to pick it up?"

Out of curiosity, Jiang Xinghuo chose yes and picked up the pigeon-eye pearl.

"You have obtained it, Shouzhu."

"Longevity beads (rare material), condensed from the remaining vitality in the body of the evil soul Gu after death. Although it is called a longevity bead, it does not have the ability to increase blessings and longevity. Instead, it has the ability to squeeze out the potential of vitality. Although it can restore the body to youth after taking it, it can only last for two hours. After two hours, the remaining vitality in the body will be completely squeezed out, and even the elixir that can bring the dead back to life cannot save it."

Jiang Xinghuo understood in his heart that this was a drug material that would either be destroyed together with the enemy or would provide a last-ditch effort.

After taking it,

It can restore the body to its best condition in an instant, but death is inevitable after using it, and it can be said that there is basically no hope of salvation.

Keep it for now, maybe it will come in handy in the future, but it’s better not to use it, because once you use this thing, it means your life has begun to countdown, and you won’t even think of using it until you are at the end of your rope.

Jiang Xinghuo put away the "longevity bead" and continued to advance the text plot.

"You waited in the secret room for a while, and the Lice Fairy's physical condition has almost recovered. Even the place where you just operated on has no trace left, as if nothing happened..."

(End of this chapter)