My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 590: Corpse
"You have sensed the danger lurking in the hall. Do you want to continue exploring deeper into it?"

The game text asked again.

Jiang Xinghuo did not change his mind and decided to continue exploring deeper. It would be too boring to just leave like that. He always remembered one point, that is, the more dangerous the place, the greater the gains and rewards will be.

By the same token, the greater the rewards and gains of a mission, the more dangers are inevitable.

"You continue to explore further..."

"Suddenly, you discovered a wooden armchair appeared in the darkness ahead. When you looked over there a moment ago, there was nothing there, but in the blink of an eye, a armchair suddenly appeared."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You found it, the mahogany armchair."

"Peach wood armchair (common prop), an armchair made of pure peach wood, warm in winter and cool in summer, has the effect of clearing the mind and calming the spirit, and warming the vital energy."

"Do you want to go over and put it away?"

A seemingly ordinary old armchair suddenly appeared in the open space in front. No matter how you think about it, there are some serious problems with this chair.

But Jiang Xinghuo didn't have so many concerns in his heart. He thought that since the things were placed in front of him, it would be too disrespectful if he didn't put them away.

"You have obtained the mahogany armchair."

"Do you want to keep going?"

Jiang Xinghuo still practices his original belief and controls the character to continue walking deeper into the hall.

At the same time, Jiang Xinghuo was also thinking in his heart, is there any connection between the Fengdu Palace he found now and the Fengdu Palace left by Fengdu on Earth? ?
At the beginning, after he obtained the complete Demon-Subduing Sword, a map appeared in his mind. It said that Fengdu had left a small cave in the exile area, which contained the gifts he left for his tribe.

Coincidentally, that cave is also called Fengdu Palace.

Jiang Xinghuo remembered that the game text said that if he wanted to enter the Fengdu Palace, he would also need to find several keys to open the door.

Fengdu’s personal weapon is just one of them.

There must be other keys lost on Earth or in the secular world.

But it definitely couldn't be the armchair he had just found. He had never seen anyone use such a big armchair as the key to open the door of the mechanism. It was a bit too ridiculous.

perhaps,

The remaining keys are hidden here? ?
With this idea in mind, Jiang Xinghuo took out the Demon-Subduing Sword from his magic bag and equipped it on the game character, wanting to see if it could cause any unknown changes.

"You continue to explore further..."

Jiang Xinghuo was not in a hurry and just waited slowly. Every five minutes or so, a text saying "exploration" would pop up.

More than two hours had passed, and as it was getting dark outside, there was still no movement in the game.

Jiang Xinghuo thought it was quite interesting. After walking for more than two hours, no matter how big a hall is, it should have a limit. It shouldn't take more than two hours to reach the end, right? ?
Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo seemed to understand something and wanted to activate the Six Heavenly Ghost Eye between his eyebrows.

But after opening the skill panel, he discovered that this skill could not be used in the Fengdu Palace.

"The ____ does not work?"

Jiang Xinghuo raised his brows slightly, opened the magic bag again, and found a prop.

"Red and Beautiful Embroidered Veil (rare item), the life-saving magic weapon of the Ghost Makeup Girl. As long as you put it on your head, you can trigger the innate ability of Ghost Blindness within your sight range. The duration and range depend on the user's cultivation level."

This was something he obtained after killing the ghost-masked woman in the mining town. It had been kept in his magic bag and had never been used.

However, since this thing can create the illusion of a ghost wall, I think it can also detect whether you are trapped in a ghost wall.

That's right,

Jiang Xinghuo suspected that he was trapped in a maze, otherwise how could he have walked for more than two hours without reaching the end of the hall, and even the game text did not change at all.

"You covered your head with the red veil. When you opened your eyes again and looked around, there was no obstruction in front of you. You could clearly see everything happening around you. You found that you had been wandering near the entrance of the hall. It seemed that you had been walking in the hall for a long time, but in fact you were just circling around a fixed area."

"It turns out that you have already fallen into the illusion of the ghost wall without knowing it. If you hadn't discovered something wrong in time, you would have died of exhaustion here without even realizing it."

It's really a ghost wall!!
Jiang Xinghuo narrowed his eyes and began to think quickly. When did he fall into the trap?

After entering the Fengdu Temple?

Or is it the stone tablet at the entrance of the hall that is causing trouble?
Or is it,

That mahogany armchair?
Jiang Xinghuo carefully recalled everything he had experienced, and the content presented through the game text. Was this the only reason he was trapped in the maze, or was it that he accidentally got into trouble while exploring in depth? ?
That's the thing about wordplay that's not so good.

The experiences of the game characters can only be observed through limited texts. As for the places not mentioned in the text, it can be said that there is no perspective at all. Even if something really happened, it would be difficult for him to know.

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, he saw new content pop up on the screen.

"You got rid of the wall of confusion that had been bothering you, and clearly saw the structure and furnishings of the entire hall. It was not much different from what you saw in the illusion just now. The only difference was that there was an extra coffin in the hall. It was a thin-skinned coffin made of black wood. It didn't look luxurious at all, and could even be described as shabby. The paint had already peeled off in some places, and there were many traces of insect scratches."

"It's just such a simple coffin, but it's placed in this ancient temple. Do you want to go over and take a closer look?"

Jiang Xinghuo went over without hesitation. He wanted to see who was in the coffin! !

"You walked to the side of the coffin and tried to use your ability to see through walls to peek into the coffin, but you only saw a pair of cloudy, dead eyes."

When the game text advanced to this point, Jiang Xinghuo instinctively felt that something was wrong and immediately wanted to control the character to retreat, but he was still a step too late.

"When you were about to leave, you suddenly felt a black screen in front of your eyes, and a decayed corpse broke out of the coffin and suddenly appeared in front of you."

"You subconsciously wanted to fight back, but the corpse only moved its fingers slightly, and you felt as if the space around you was blocked. You stood there in a daze, and except for your thoughts, you couldn't move any part of your body."

"The corpse slowly walked towards you, stuffed you into the coffin, and then completely sealed the coffin. You could only smell a faint stench of decay, but you were unable to put up any effective resistance."

"You lay in the coffin and gradually lost consciousness..."

"But before you completely lost consciousness, you subconsciously struggled in the coffin and grabbed something in your hand. Then you knew nothing."

"Your heart stopped beating, too."

"You are dead."

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

The bright red font flickered slightly on the screen.

But before Jiang Xinghuo could react, the phone vibrated and a photo popped up without warning! !

The background of the photo is in a dim ancient building. There is nothing around it except a black coffin in the middle. It looks familiar! !

Isn't this the Fengdu Temple described in the game text? !
Jiang Xinghuo reacted suddenly! !
next moment,
A decayed and mutilated face suddenly appeared on the screen, with its mouth wide open, laughing silently at Jiang Xinghuo, as if Jiang Xinghuo could be seen through the phone screen! !

"grass!"

This sudden scene made Jiang Xinghuo's heart skip a beat. He almost crushed the phone with his five fingers, and uttered a beautiful traditional Chinese greeting.

Jiang Xinghuo could even see the corpse's rotten purple gums and the purple-blue corpse spots on its body. Fortunately, this photo did not last too long and disappeared after a few seconds.

Looking at the screenshot again, it is also pitch black, with nothing left.

"What the hell is this?"

Jiang Xinghuo's brows twisted into a ball. Who could this rotten corpse be? Fengdu? Or his subordinates? Or someone else? ?
"Do you want to activate the effect of the reincarnation doll?"

The game text asked again.

Jiang Xinghuo hesitated for a while and did not choose to resurrect immediately. Instead, he checked the things he found in the coffin first.

"You have obtained the Black Jade Mask."

"The Black Jade Mask, this is the mask Fengdu wore when conquering the underworld. It has the function of resisting the impact of mental magic. It is also one of the keys to open the portal to the cave heaven of exile."

Jiang Xinghuo took out the mask. It looked very exquisitely crafted, with many embossed Taotie patterns on it. They were all magical tools that Fengdu had used before.

He didn't know how many keys there were to open the gate of Fengdu Cave Heaven. He now had the Demon-Subduing Sword and the Black Jade Mask, but he didn't know where to find the remaining keys.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the black jade mask, played with it in his hands for a while, and then threw it into the magic bag.

Next, he chose to use the reincarnation puppet and came back to life in Fengdu Palace. Regardless of the origin of the corpse, he couldn't just lie in the coffin like that, so he might as well come back to life first.

"You have successfully used the Samsara Doll."

"You woke up in Fengdu Palace."

"You looked around and found that the corpse had long disappeared. The hall was still empty, just like what you saw just now. Even the coffin had disappeared without a trace."

"However, you found a secret door where the coffin was placed, but the lock on it was very complicated and it was difficult to find a way to crack it."

Jiang Xinghuo's heart moved, and he remembered the marks on the stone tablet outside the door.

According to general puzzle games, the marks on the stone tablet should correspond to a certain mechanism. Could it be used here? ?
Jiang Xinghuo found the rubbing of the inscription, then clicked on the text and chose to use it.

"You followed the traces left on the stele and quickly found a way to crack the mechanism."

"Cracking, please wait..."

"You have successfully cracked the mechanism."

"You opened the secret door on the ground, but to your surprise, there was no secret passage underneath, but a secret compartment made of stones. There was a scroll in the secret compartment. Do you want to pick it up?"

"You picked up the scroll in the secret compartment."

"But when you unfold the scroll, you find it's completely blank. There's nothing on it."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You observe this scroll through the vision of Tathagatagarbha, but the result is no change, as if this is just a blank scroll, without any value."

"However, at this moment, you suddenly felt the magic bag begin to vibrate. You opened it and took a closer look. A stream of light flew out of the magic bag and merged with the scroll in your hand."

"You have obtained 330,000 fragments of the Heavenly Soldiers Map."

Fragments of the Heavenly Soldiers Map?
The map of 330,000 heavenly soldiers passed down by the Taoist ancestor? ?
After a brief moment of surprise, Jiang Xinghuo was filled with ecstasy.

This scroll of heavenly soldiers' map was obtained by him in the real world. It is said that it can summon 330,000 heavenly soldiers to help.

But unfortunately, when he found this magical weapon, the Heavenly Soldier Map was already in tatters and was unable to exert its full magical power.

Later, when he was exploring the secular world, he also found fragments of the Heavenly Soldiers Map, but they were far from complete.

Until Mr. Dao deciphered some fragments of the Heavenly Soldiers Map hidden in the underworld.

Before Jiang Xinghuo had the time to look for the fragments of the Heavenly Soldiers Map, he unexpectedly found some more fragments in this hall.

"Your Heavenly Soldiers Map has reached 37% completeness."

"You can temporarily activate the power of the Heavenly Soldiers Diagram to summon 10 Heavenly Soldiers to assist you at the same time. Duration: minutes."

"Cooling time: 2 hours."

"Please note that the Heavenly Soldiers Map is a treasure passed down by the Dao Ancestor, and has been refined by the Dao Master for many years. Only beings with higher Dao levels can glimpse the information on the Heavenly Soldiers Map."

Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the description and understood why the Tathagatagarbha malfunctioned.

Tathagatagarbha is the Buddha's eye of the Buddha. Although it can see through everything, no matter whether it is the previous owner of this Buddha's eye or himself, their Taoism cannot surpass that of the Taoist ancestor, so naturally they cannot see through the details of the scroll.

The time is indeed a bit short, charging for two hours and lasting for ten minutes, but it is within an acceptable range.

After all, ten minutes is enough to solve many problems. After finding another part of the fragments, the duration and the number of summons should be improved.

However, does the master of Fengdu know that the fragments of the Heavenly Soldier Map are hidden in the Fengdu Palace?

When Fengdu conquered the underworld, did the Taoist priest also lend a hand behind the scenes?

Otherwise, how could the fragments of the Heavenly Soldiers Map be scattered all over the underworld?

Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but feel a headache. He now realized that every time he found the answer to a question, it would often involve more problems. They were intertwined and seemed to be related to each other, but if you look closely, those connections are not that deep.

"Where are you going to go next? Are you going to continue wandering around in Fengdu Palace? Or are you going to leave here and go somewhere else?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to leave Fengdu Palace.

The rotten corpse brought him a lot of trauma. He felt that it was better to stay away from the other party. The strength difference was too great. He was completely crushed and did not even have the qualifications to compete.

Jiang Xinghuo had several guesses about the identity of the mutilated corpse, but he was not sure. The only thing that was certain was that it had a great relationship with Fengdu.

He even wondered if the corpse was Fengdu!!!

(End of this chapter)