My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 592 Return to Kanto
"You have successfully returned to the world of the living."

Five hours later, a text message came from the game, indicating that Jiang Xinghuo had returned to the secular world.

The props and skills in the magic bag also returned to normal and were no longer unusable like they were in the underworld.

Jiang Xinghuo opened the magic bag, found the medicine fairy gourd, clicked on it and chose to use it, recovering all the energy and mana he had consumed.

"You put away the land dragon boat and walked to the ferry crossing of Baishui River, but found that the captain of the corpse recovery team was waiting for you there, with an anxious and worried look on his face."

"When it saw you coming back safely from the underworld, the expression on its face was relieved a little. It came over impatiently and said that the Baishui River God had asked it to wait for you here a long time ago. When it saw you, it would take you to the River God Temple immediately. Don't go anywhere else. The River God has something to say to you. What do you plan to do now?"

"Will you follow the captain of the corpse recovery team to the Baishui River Temple? Or will you find an excuse to persuade him to leave the area of ​​the River Temple in time?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a while and concluded that the reason why the other party was waiting for him so eagerly was probably because Dizang had passed on the news.

The Baishui River God was originally a disciple of the Shifang Zen Temple. Dizang probably passed his message to these disciples who were away, asking them to pay attention to his whereabouts and report in time.

This is also the problem I am facing now. Different choices will definitely lead to different directions for the subsequent plot development.

The attitude of the Baishui River God also affects the development of subsequent plots.

If the Baishui River God obeyed Ksitigarbha's orders and wanted to harm him, then following the captain of the corpse-recovery team to the river god temple would be a bloody battle.

But if the Baishui River God remembered some old friendship, or turned a blind eye to Ksitigarbha's order, perhaps it would not have any impact on him.

Looking at the two choices given by the game, Jiang Xinghuo thought about it quickly and finally decided to go to the River God Temple with the captain of the corpse recovery team to see what the Baishui River God planned to do first.

He has now returned to the mortal world, and the substitute and dog food have returned to normal. Even if the Baishui River God really wants to attack him, the worst result is that he will die once, and he can come back to life at any time.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo no longer hesitated and directly chose to follow the captain of the corpse recovery team back to the River Temple.

"You followed the captain of the corpse recovery team back to the Baishui River Temple. Today's River Temple is not like in the past, with many pilgrims and believers coming to worship. Only the Baishui River God is left here alone."

"The White Water River God said straight to the point that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has issued a Buddhist decree against you, saying that you have become a heretic and that all disciples of the Ten Directions Zen Monastery must report you immediately if they see you, so that you can be suppressed before you cause harm to the secular world."

"Although it doesn't know what happened, it can see that you didn't fall into heterodoxy as Ksitigarbha said, so it suppressed the news of your presence in Dragon City and told the Ten Directions Zen Monastery that it had not found any trace of you."

"At this time, the White Water River God sighed and said that the reason why it traveled abroad in recent years was to get rid of the troubles brought by the Ten Directions Zen Forest."

"The law it practices is the compassionate law of Buddhism. It is most sensitive to malicious intent and evil spirits. As early as when it was in the Ten Directions Zen Forest, it felt that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had evil in his heart and was not an orthodox Buddhist master. However, it was powerless and could not stop him. Even if it spoke out, no one would believe it, and it would only add to its troubles. So it went out to travel in the secular world, trying to find a way to solve this problem, but unfortunately it was always in vain."

"The only thing it can do now is to prevent your existence from being discovered by Ksitigarbha. I also hope that you can consider today's favor and find a way to deal with Ksitigarbha in the future, so that you can save the Ten Directions Zen Forest from the water and fire."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo felt relieved about the Baishui River God. Since the other party had discovered the problem with Dizang and had not revealed his whereabouts, it meant that he and Dizang did not belong to the same camp.

As for how to solve the problem of the Ten Directions Zen Forest, to put it bluntly, it is very simple. As long as we can kill Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, without Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the initiator, other problems will naturally be solved.

But it is not an easy task to achieve this. With the current strength shown by Ksitigarbha, it is enough to compete with masters at the palm level.

Moreover, according to what Shimuxian said to himself, Ksitigarbha is the reincarnation of the descendant of an ancient god in the starry sky, which means that the other party is likely to be hiding his strength.

Therefore, if one wants to truly defeat or even kill Ksitigarbha, one must be a master at the level of a Taoist master.

When the completeness of a law reaches more than 50%, he can be called a Dao Master. He still has a long way to go to reach this level and cannot achieve this in a short period of time.

"The White Water River God told you the whole story and gave you something. It is a jade pendant made from mud mixed with the Law of Mercy. You can change your appearance if you carry it with you."

"You have obtained the Compassion Jade."

"Compassion Jade (Excellent Item), a jade pendant made by the Baishui River God using the Law of Compassion. Wearing it on your body can change your appearance. It will present different appearances in the eyes of different creatures. It can hide your identity to the greatest extent and prevent others from discovering your true appearance."

"Do you want to equip this jade of compassion?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

"You are equipped with the Compassion Jade."

"The Compassion Jade has taken effect."

"Your appearance has changed in the eyes of others."

"You learned from the captain of the corpse recovery team that in its sight, you are a dying old man, but in the eyes of the White Water River God, you are a young scholar. Unless you take off this piece of compassion jade, or the other party also possesses the Law of Compassion, even if Ksitigarbha is in person, he may not be able to see through your concealment."

"The only flaw is that, apart from hiding one's identity, this jade pendant has no other abilities."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't care about this. He was already satisfied with being able to hide his identity. He had his own ways to deal with other abilities.

"You have left the Baishui River Temple. Where do you plan to go next?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it. He had originally planned to find a way to forge the Six Paths of Reincarnation Dharma Image before entering the City of Origin.

But now we are still short of some raw materials. If we enter the underworld again to look for them, it may not be too late. What if we are trapped somewhere and miss the date of Jingzhe, we will have to wait another year.

In addition, Lei Ze is opened on the day of Jingzhe, which coincides with the City of Origin.

Jiang Xinghuo could only give up one of them and had no way to take both at the same time, so after some thought, he chose to go to the City of Origin.

Lei Ze would have to wait until later to explore.

After all, whether in terms of mystery or historical value, the value of the City of Origin is superior to that of Lei Ze.

But now there are still a few days before Jingzhe, Jiang Xinghuo simply plans to complete the tasks accumulated on hand first, and then go to find the City of Origin when Jingzhe arrives. Jiang Xinghuo activated the teleportation function of the shrine and teleported himself to the secular Kanto region.

"You have arrived, Kanto Castle."

"You have returned to Kanto Castle after a long absence. Where are you going to visit next?"

"Will you choose to explore within Guandong City? Or go to the ruins of the Sushen tribe deep in the mountains? Or go to the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains for exploration?"

The game provides several maps to choose from, all of which were opened up by Jiang Xinghuo in Guandong City. In particular, the treasure of King Sushen is located in Lesser Khingan Mountains, but he has never gone there to search for it.

This time, Jiang Xinghuo also did not plan to go to Lesser Khingan Mountains.

All the choices he made now were based on safety. He would not consider going to places that might delay him for too long or where there was a chance of him being trapped.

"You chose to wander around Kanto Castle."

The game text listed a bunch of sub-maps, including places he had been to and newly unlocked sub-maps, most of which were places he had not been to.

Among them was an option called 'Dahuaao Street'. Jiang Xinghuo's eyes lit up and he chose this place without much thought.

"You chose to go to Dahuaao Street in the north of the city."

"On the way, please wait..."

According to the old farmer met in the mining city, he has a companion who lives on Dahuaao Street in Guandong City. The other party is also a survivor of Yunmengze and has some engravings of the Yunmeng Heavenly Stele in his hands, which can help lock the location of the entrance to Yunmengze.

Jiang Xinghuo's purpose of going to Guandong City this time was to find this person and obtain some fragments of the Heavenly Stele Inscription in his hands.

"You have arrived at Dahuaao Street."

"Dahuaao Street, Guandong City is located in a bitterly cold place outside the pass of the secular world. Although the products are rich, the severe cold can also kill people. Every winter, every household will make flowered cloth and fur coats to resist the severe cold in Guandong."

"The Dahuaao Street got its name from this. The people from Kanto who live here are all skilled in sewing fur coats. Even in the coldest days of winter, they don't feel the slightest bit of cold."

"You followed the clues left by the old farmer in the mining city and came to the seventh shop on the left side of Dahuaao Street. This is where the remnant of Yunmeng settled in Guandong."

"But after you walked in, you learned that the Yunmeng survivor had passed away several years ago, and now his son, the 'Dead Tailor', is running the shop. The first moment you walked in, the other party set his eyes on your skin, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes, and he grabbed the scissors and stabbed at your throat."

Wow, the people are really simple and honest, and it's a pleasure to see the door open! !

However, Jiang Xinghuo is no longer a small minion who has just entered the game. Anyone can come and step on him. A small dead tailor cannot pose any threat to him at all.

"You can easily subdue the creature, and then ask it if it has anything left behind by its father. If it dares to hide anything, you can fill its body with mercury and peel its skin off alive."

"The dead tailor shuddered with fear and hurriedly took out a box from his stomach, saying that this was something his father had left behind, but he didn't know what was inside."

"It had tried to open the box, but no matter what it did, the box didn't respond. Even if it was hacked with a knife or an axe, it was useless. The box remained intact."

"You have obtained the Marble Box."

"Murphy Stone Box (special item), a box forged from a unique ore found in Yunmeng Lake. It cannot be damaged by ordinary external forces. Only the Yunmeng Heavenly Stele Map can open it."

found it!
After Jiang Xinghuo saw the description in the game text, he knew that this was what he was looking for. It should contain the remaining fragments of the Yunmeng Tianbei map.

"What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to let this dead tailor go? Or will you kill him and completely wipe him out from this world?"

"Although it is the descendant of the Yunmeng survivors, it has never entered the Yunmeng Marsh, so it does not have the immortality of the Yunmeng ancestors. At most, its vitality is relatively strong."

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and did not choose to kill the dead tailor. Since the thing was already in his hands, there was no need to kill him. He was not a perverted murderer.

"You let this damn tailor go and left the shop with the marble box. Where are you going next?"

Jiang Xinghuo was not in a hurry to continue opening up new maps. Instead, he controlled the character to find a safe place and planned to open the marble box first to see what was inside.

"You took out the Yunmeng Heavenly Stele Map."

"You covered the Yunmeng Heavenly Stele Map on the marble box, and a crack appeared on the marble box that was originally a whole. Do you want to open it?"

"You opened the marble box, and what was inside was the blueprint copied from the Yunmeng Heavenly Stele."

"You have obtained the incomplete Yunmeng Heavenly Stele Map."

"The ability corresponding to this fragment of the Yunmeng Heavenly Stele Map is the authority to locate the location of Yunmeng Lake. As long as you go to the Jingchu Plain in the secular world and activate this Yunmeng Heavenly Stele Map, you can accurately sense the specific location of Yunmeng Lake. However, in order to find the way to enter Yunmeng Lake, you need to collect other Yunmeng Heavenly Stele Maps."

Jiang Xinghuo read the description of the game text, put the Yunmeng Tianbei pictures together and put them into the magic bag.

Now is not the time to explore Yunmengze. Let's talk about these places after we get out of the City of Origin.

“Where are you going next??”

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the distribution map of shrines and found the shrine in Beiping City. He remembered that there was a map of the Heavenly Stele in Liuli Hutong. He was about to activate the shrine and teleport back, but the game screen suddenly flashed and a new text message popped up.

"You heard a loud noise coming from deep in the mountains northeast of Kanto City. A terrifying wave of power instantly enveloped the entire Kanto region. Do you want to go over and take a closer look?"

(End of this chapter)