My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 606 City of Origin
So, when the game text asked him whether he wanted to enter Lei Ze to explore, Jiang Xinghuo chose no without hesitation, and then took out the Luogeng found in the storyteller's cave.

"You have taken out the token of the City of Origin."

"Do you want to activate the coordinates hidden inside this token, locate the path to the City of Origin immediately, and go there immediately?"

"Attention, although this Luogeng is a token of the City of Origin, it has a limit on the number of times it can be used. Each time you activate it to lock the coordinates, you will consume an opportunity to lock the path."

"Current remaining times: 1/3."

Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the words above and thought, well, there are only three chances in total, and two of them have been used up.

If this item is used for the last time, it will probably be automatically destroyed. Even if it is not automatically destroyed, it will definitely not be usable again.

"Do you want to activate the coordinates of the City of Origin?"

Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath and turned his head to look at the dimly lit sky outside. He didn't plan to open the store for business today. He would finish the mission in the City of Origin first.

"You chose the coordinates to activate the City of Origin."

"Looking for..."

"Please wait……"

"The coordinates of the City of Origin have been located."

"You have obtained the map leading to the City of Origin."

"Do you want to leave immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation. If he missed this last chance, it would be unknown whether he could find the token of the City of Origin again in the future.

"You start to move forward according to the map displayed on Luogeng."

"When you reach your destination, this Luogeng will automatically start the destruction process and cannot be reused again."

"Starting on the road..."

"But you didn't notice that when you activated Luogeng in your hand, the position of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou also changed."

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows slightly, wondering how after activating Luogeng, he could still have an impact on the stars in the sky?

Or... coincidence? ?

wrong,

If it's a coincidence, it's too coincidental.
This should be the change caused by activating Luogeng, but what does this change represent? ?
Jiang Xinghuo always felt as if he had come across related clues somewhere.

But he couldn't remember it for a moment. After thinking about it for a while, he still had no clue, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

Taking a step back, if there were any unusual changes in the game, the text would have already given new prompts.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo entered a semi-idle state, controlling the character to travel along the route on the map.

This time, he was not attacked by the thunder outside Lei Ze.

I don’t know if it was because he sensed that he was leaving, or because he passed the test set by the Thunder.

In short, he left the area covered by thunderclouds safely.

"We are still on the road..."

Jiang Xinghuo threw his phone aside and lay on the sofa with his eyes closed while waiting for the game's subsequent plot to progress.

I fell asleep unconsciously.

When he woke up again, it was already bright outside. He was woken up by a message in the game.

Arrived at the place? ?
Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the wall clock, then picked up the phone next to him and opened it to take a look.

"On your way to the City of Origin, you found a dilapidated temple on the side of the road. Its style was completely different from the Taoist temples and Buddhist temples you had seen before. It was full of a primitive style from ancient times."

"Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Any new tasks?
Jiang Xinghuo's heart was lifted, and he quickly checked it carefully.

"You were very curious about this dilapidated temple, so you walked over to take a closer look. When you got closer, you found that it was actually a mountain temple."

"And the mountain god enshrined there is not the common mountain ghosts and earth spirits, but a mountain god named 'Crow Goddess'."

"Do you want to go into the temple and find out what's going on?"

"You stepped through the dilapidated temple gate and walked into the mountain temple. Several faded prayer flags were hung on the beams. There was dust and cobwebs everywhere. The incense had been cut off for who knows how many years. Even the statue of the Crow Goddess on the altar was full of broken cracks and gaps. Not only could you see the messy straw underneath, but even the dirty things inside had disappeared."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Do you want to repair the statue of the Crow Goddess and burn a stick of incense in front of it?"

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the prompt in the game text, he immediately took out the ready-made Guanyin soil and water from the magic bag, clicked to select use, and then took out a stick of incense and offered it in front of the statue.

Since everything is ready-made, there is no hassle and all the steps can be completed with little effort.

"You repaired the statue of the Crow Goddess and lit a stick of incense in the incense burner in front of the statue. Then you saw the statue of the Crow Goddess move more than two feet to the side."

"Then, a dusty stone tablet appeared in front of you, with words recording the life story of Lady Crow."

"According to the records on the stone tablet, Lady Crow was originally an ordinary little demon in the mountains. It was only because she received incense and offerings from the Lord of the Secular World that she transformed from an ordinary little demon into a great god in the secular world!"

"At that time, the Lord of the Secular World was still a prince. During the expedition against the rebels, he was accidentally ambushed and severely injured. He fainted in the residence of Lady Crow."

"The Crow Lady had just gained spiritual wisdom and had not seen much of the world at that time. She was soft-hearted and rescued the Lord of the World back to her nest. She also used up her own energy to save the Lord of the World from the brink of death."

"Later, the Lord of the Secular World, moved by Goddess Crow's life-saving grace, recognized Goddess Crow as his sworn sister. He not only ordered people to build a temple for her, but also offered incense to her with imperial offerings."

"Because of her kindness, Lady Crow became one of the most honorable gods in the secular dynasty and was named the god of the mountains and veins in the secular world."

"It roughly means that all mountain gods and lands must obey the orders of the Crow Lady and be under her jurisdiction."

"On the night of dawn, Goddess Crow also died in battle with the Lord of the Secular World in the depths of the Forbidden City. The incense offerings were cut off in the secular world. Even the Taoist temples were destroyed by those monsters and demons. Only a few mountain temples in remote areas have managed to maintain a relatively intact form."

"This mountain temple is one of the few that has not been destroyed, but because no one has taken care of it for many years, it has become the dilapidated state it is today."

"In addition, you also found a feather robe next to the stone tablet. It was a treasure that Goddess Crow sent out in the form of incense before the Forbidden City was breached. It symbolizes the authority of part of the God of the Mountains and Myriad Veins."

"You have obtained the Mountain God Feather Robe."

“Mountain God Feather Robe (special item), this is a feather robe forged by Lady Crow by stripping herself of some of her mountain god authority. With the blessing of the Golden Law, it can have a deterrent effect on mountain gods and lands in the secular world. It can also guide you to find the legacy that Lady Crow left behind in the Forbidden City.”

"Attention, although this feather robe of Lady Crow incorporates some of the authority of the mountain god, it still needs to be activated by the Golden Law to trigger the corresponding attributes."

After reading the text description on the stone tablet, Jiang Xinghuo had a preliminary understanding of the Crow Lady.

However, the true value of this item does not lie in its ability, but in its ability to guide the wearer to find something left behind by the Crow Lady, but the prerequisite is that they can enter the Forbidden City safely.

Otherwise it will all be in vain in the end.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't take it too seriously. He would have to go to the Forbidden City sooner or later, but that would be after he came out of the City of Origin.

What he had to do now was to find the City of Origin and completely unlock this large map to facilitate future exploration.

"You continue on your way..."

The game entered a semi-idle state again.

Until noon.

Jiang Xinghuo was leisurely scrolling through Tik Tok after lunch when he suddenly heard a notification sound from the phone where the game was located.

Open the phone and take a look.

"You followed the instructions on Luogeng's map and came to a very hidden place, but what appeared before your eyes was a dilapidated stone door. A large amount of rubble and ruins overlapped nearby. It didn't look strange at all."

"But according to the markings on the map, this is the gateway to the City of Origin."

"If you want to enter the City of Origin, you must find a way to open this pass."

This reminded Jiang Xinghuo of the key he found in the Medicine King’s cave.

At that time, the game text also said that the key was the key to entering the City of Origin. Could it be the material prop needed to open this pass? ?
Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo found the key and clicked it to use it, but the following game text popped up a mismatch prompt message.

"Please find the key to open the pass."

The game text repeats this sentence over and over again.

Jiang Xinghuo had no choice but to open the skill panel, find the talent of seeing through fire, and click to use it.

"You have triggered the talent of seeing through fire."

"You used your keen observation skills to look around, and finally found several groove marks of various shapes in an inconspicuous place in the corner of the stone door."

"There is a groove in it, which looks exactly like the Luogeng in your hand. Do you want to try to place Luogeng in the groove?"

Jiang Xinghuo was slightly startled at first, but then he immediately reacted. Could it be that this Luogeng was the key item to open the pass? ?

"Put the Luogeng in your hand into the groove."

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to put things in place, then waited for a moment, and new prompt information soon came from the game.

"You have successfully opened the gate to the City of Origin."

"You see that broken and collapsed stone door is like time has gone backwards. It quickly recovers to its original state and presents a nebula-like rotating vortex. Do you want to enter the vortex?"

Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath. If nothing unexpected happened, the real city of origin should be behind this vortex.

So, Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character without hesitation and walked into this vortex.

"You walked into the nebula vortex behind the stone gate, and you felt countless stars flashing before your eyes, as if you had arrived in the starry sky of the universe."

"At the end of this starry sky stands a magnificent city. That is your final destination, the City of Origin located within the cracks of time."

"You travel through the channel formed by the power of time, quickly approaching the City of Origin at the end of the starry sky."

"But just as you were about to reach the City of Origin, a star in the sky on both sides suddenly exploded and turned into countless meteors that shot in all directions."

"There is also a breathtakingly brilliant stream of light mixed in with it, and it is flying towards you. Do you want to intercept it?"

Looking at the two options given by the game, Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation.

"You used the Dragon Capturing Hand, and your palm released a suction force like a black hole, sucking the brilliant and deep light into your palm. It turned out to be a crystal clear teardrop."

"You have obtained the Tears of the Stars."

"Tears of the Stars (Legendary Consumable Material), a rare material created after the death of a star. As long as you go to Yanbo Terrace to offer sacrifices to the sky on a full moon night, you can redeem all your sins and all hostility will be wiped out, because in the distant past, the stars were the creations that controlled the fate of all things."

Seeing the description of Tears of Stars, Jiang Xinghuo narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had obtained something extraordinary.

Can remove all hostile states...

Then,

Does this hostile state include the exile curse imposed on the player by the secular world?

If it is included, then after using this item, can I go to the secular world in my true form? ? ?

But on second thought, if this is true, then for players, this Tear of the Stars is definitely not a good thing.

The biggest advantage for players is that they can be resurrected infinitely. As long as they don't come into contact with those deadly things, there will basically be no fatal crisis.

But once the curse is lifted, the secular world will no longer reject the player's arrival. If you die, you are really dead and will be directly led to the underworld in the secular world, which is equivalent to going from infinite lives to one life.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Xinghuo put the Tear of the Star into the magic bag.

He had no plans to use this prop, but he also had no intention of selling it. It didn't take up much space anyway, so he might as well just put it in his magic bag. Maybe he'd need to use it in the future.

"You keep going..."

"You passed through the space-time tunnel and came to the outside of the City of Origin. The two towering city gates were tightly closed."

"You tried to push the two doors open, but they didn't move at all. No matter how hard you pushed, you couldn't move them at all."

"At this moment, the two statues of gods beside the city gate suddenly came to life and stretched out their right hands, as if they wanted to receive something handed to them by others."

"What are you going to do now?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the hint given in the game text, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, so he found the key he got from Yaowang Cave Heaven. "Do you want to hand over the key?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to hand over the keys.

But he was just trying it out.

Because according to the description in the game text, there are two divine servants beside the city gate, but he only has one key in his hand, so it is still unknown whether he can successfully open the city gate.

"You have handed over the key to the City of Origin."

"Please wait……"

"The city gate failed to open."

"Your key is incomplete and cannot open the city gate. Please find all the keys and try again."

Seeing the text prompt message of failure, Jiang Xinghuo's last hope was gone, but where could he find the remaining key?
Without even a clue, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack!

But he had to look for it, because without the remaining half of the key, he would not be able to enter the City of Origin unless he gave up exploring the map.

When Jiang Xinghuo was having trouble figuring out what to do, he suddenly saw a prop in his backpack.

"The incomplete map of the City of Origin (special item). This is the map that the Lord of the Secular World obtained in an ancient cave on the day he became the Lord of the Golden Law. It marks the whereabouts of a key, and that key is the key to entering the City of Origin."

"Note that only if you find the real city of origin can you trigger the hidden clues on this map and obtain the key information to obtain the key."

This incomplete map was found by him when he was exploring Qianlong Residence in Peking. He said that it recorded the whereabouts of a key.

Moreover, this key is the key to entering the City of Origin. More importantly, only by finding the City of Origin can the key clues hidden above be triggered.

Could this key be what I'm looking for?

The more Jiang Xinghuo thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible, so he decided to give it a try and clicked on the text to activate the incomplete map of the City of Origin.

"You activated this incomplete map, and then the map turned into a golden starlight, guiding you to a certain direction outside the City of Origin. Do you want to go over and see what's over there?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation.

"You followed the guidance of the golden light and came to a collapsed ruin. This was once the residence of the gatekeeper of the City of Origin. It was the only one that held the key to enter and exit the City of Origin."

"You walked into the collapsed ruins and found a shrunken corpse, curled up in the corner. The cloak on its body had already decayed. Two rusty steel needles pierced its throat and heart. This should be the cause of its death."

"You have found the gatekeeper's body."

"Do you want to touch the body immediately?"

"You searched the gatekeeper's body and finally found a key pendant around its neck. The shape is exactly the same as the one in your hand."

"You have obtained the key to the City of Origin."

Jiang Xinghuo was truly pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect to find the missing key so easily.

"You have obtained the complete key to the City of Origin."

"You can go back now and try to open the gate of the City of Origin."

Jiang Xinghuo was just about to control the character to go back, but a new text popped up.

"Do you want to waste some more of your precious time to properly bury the body of the gatekeeper who has been dead for many years?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought that this was not a difficult task and he could just consider it as a good deed. Maybe it would trigger new tasks or rewards.

"You chose to bury the gatekeeper's body."

"You want to use the dragon-raising technique to dig a grave."

"But you found that your dragon-raising technique had fallen into silence after you came here. Even the other techniques you mastered also fell into silence. Only the talent brought by the inherited relic can be used freely."

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly, thinking that this was a bit troublesome.

If you encounter any danger after entering the City of Origin, it will not be easy to deal with it relying solely on the innate abilities of the inherited relics.

He is now quite fortunate that he has inherited the Xiantian Bagua.

Otherwise, relying on the Tathagata's talent which has no lethality, it would be even more difficult to move forward after entering the City of Origin and encountering danger.

"You dug a grave with your bare hands and buried the gatekeeper's body in it."

"But before the body was buried, you removed the steel needles from the throat and heart."

"And just after you pulled out the two steel needles, a ghostly-looking being floated out from the gatekeeper's body."

"It looks very young. It is the soul of the gatekeeper that is bound inside."

"The gatekeeper's soul has been freed from its suffering. To express its gratitude and favor to you, it points to the corner of this house and indicates that there is something it left there, which can be regarded as a little reward for you."

"In addition, you found that the two rusty steel needles in your hands seemed to have some other mysteries."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You observed the two steel needles in your hands through the vision of Tathagatagarbha, and soon saw through the true secret hidden beneath the ordinary appearance."

"You have discovered the Soul-Locking Needle."

"The Soul-Locking Needle (rare item) is an extremely vicious and insidious magical weapon. It looks like an ordinary steel needle, but if you use it to pierce a person's forehead or heart, the soul of the deceased will be trapped inside the body. The person will suffer the pain brought by the steel needle day and night until the day when the soul completely disappears."

"You freed the gatekeeper's soul from endless suffering, allowing it to be reincarnated without suffering any more torment."

"What are you going to choose now? Are you going to go to the corner of this house and see what the gatekeeper left for you?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes, controlled the character to walk over, and started digging in the corner with his bare hands.

"You pried open the bricks on the ground and dug down half a meter, and finally found a broken nine-section staff."

"You have obtained the broken nine-section staff."

"Nine-section Staff (special item). There is a Star Academy to the north of the City of Origin. It is a place dedicated to training sorcerers and alchemists. The Nine-section Staff is the token for entering the Star Academy. The spiritual consciousness of the academy will recognize you as an apprentice. Otherwise, if you force your way in, you will be killed immediately."

Jiang Xinghuo put the Nine-Section Staff into his magic bag and secretly memorized the Star Academy, planning to find a chance to explore it after entering the City of Origin.

"Where are you going next?"

After burying the gatekeeper's body and putting away the nine-section staff, it was time to get down to business.

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character back to the gate of the City of Origin and took out the two keys from the magic bag.

"Do you want to hand over these two keys to the two gods?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to submit again and handed the keys to the two divine figurines.

"Please wait……"

Jiang Xinghuo waited for a while, and new text popped up.

"The gate to the City of Origin is open to you."

"Do you want to enter the City of Origin immediately?"

After reading this text, Jiang Xinghuo finally let go of the worry that had been weighing on his mind.

According to the game text, as long as you truly enter the City of Origin, you can enter the City of Origin to explore at any time in the future without being restricted by time.

"You have entered the City of Origin."

"Be careful. The City of Origin is the origin of many civilizations in the secular world. All magics here will be suppressed. Unless you can find the source of those magics and obtain the recognition of the City of Origin, you can use the various magics you have mastered here. Before that, you can only rely on the legacy left by your ancestors and the golden law born at the beginning of civilization."

Jiang Xinghuo knew clearly that the legacy of ancestors mentioned in the text was actually the talent of inheriting relics.

Tathagatagarbha can analyze the origin of all things, but it has no combat power.

If he really encountered danger, the only things he could rely on were the Innate Bagua and the Golden Law, and he hoped that these two forces could ensure his safety.

"You have come to the square of the City of Origin. This is the core of the City of Origin and has a complete teleportation formation. However, this formation has lost its original function. If you want to go to other places, you can only walk there. You also have to be careful of the undead and cursed wandering in the City of Origin."

"Where are you planning to go next?"

Jiang Xinghuo discovered that the City of Origin was different from other maps outside. When he unlocked a new map outside, many sub-maps would automatically pop up that he could immediately explore.

But in the City of Origin, the only options provided by the text are directions, the four major directions of east, south, west and north, and there is nothing else.

In other words, if Jiang Xinghuo wants to explore a new map, he must choose a direction to open up, and how far he can go depends entirely on his own ability.

“It’s really challenging…”

Jiang Xinghuo was eager to try, so he found the nine-section staff and chose the north of the City of Origin directly.

The reason why he chose to explore the north first was mainly to find the Star Academy and see if he could learn some spells or other means to increase his current self-defense capabilities.

"You chose to explore the north."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You walk on the spacious ancient road, surrounded by a thin white mist. Apart from being a little chilly, it doesn't have any other significant impact."

"But soon, you heard a ferocious and terrifying roar coming from behind the fog in front of you, as if a wild beast had lost its mind and was venting its desire to kill."

“Do you still want to keep going?”

Jiang Xinghuo still insisted on his own idea and controlled the character to move forward, but not long after, he came face to face with the roaring creature.

"You noticed a huge figure walking out of the fog ahead. Its flesh and blood had long since become rotten and shriveled over the long years, but its eyes were flashing with red flames. That was the power born from the Law of the End, a terrifying force that could destroy all matter in this world..."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have gained insight into the identity and origins of this behemoth."

"You have discovered it, Lord Crocodile Dragon."

"Lord Crocodile Dragon, according to legend, is a descendant of the true dragon, guarding a large swamp to the north of the City of Origin."

"But after the power of the end covered the City of Origin, the Crocodile Dragon King was also affected by it and became cruel and bloodthirsty. Any creature that appeared in front of it would be devoured by it without mercy."

"Later, even when the power of the end dissipated, the affected creatures did not return to normal and could only wander here forever."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Will you choose to fight the Crocodile Dragon King head-on, or choose to temporarily avoid the edge, or find another way and use other methods to lure this Crocodile Dragon away?"

The game provides three options: head-on confrontation, temporary avoidance, and finding another way.

Jiang Xinghuo first chose a head-on confrontation, intending to test how much ability he still had, and took out the Dragon-Slaying Sword from his magic bag.

This item has a great inhibitory effect on dragon-type monsters and demons, and can be used on this Crocodile Dragon King.

"You chose to confront the Crocodile Dragon King head-on, waving the Dragon Slaying Sword in your hand and rushing forward, but you felt the strain as soon as you started fighting. Even with the Dragon Slaying Sword's suppression of dragon-type monsters, you still couldn't compete with the Crocodile Dragon King, whose strength and cultivation were far superior to yours."

"What are you going to do next? Will you stick to your original intention and continue to fight to the death with the Crocodile Dragon King? Or will you temporarily avoid the opponent's attack? Or, will you find another way?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw that a head-on confrontation was not feasible, he immediately changed his strategy. However, he did not choose to temporarily avoid the limelight, but instead chose the option of finding another way.

"You distanced yourself from the Crocodile Dragon Lord and took out a few unripe peaches and ginseng fruits from your magic bag. This kind of food is irresistible to dragon monsters. Even unripe fruits can attract their attention."

"You threw out the peaches and ginseng fruits in your hand. The fragrant and exotic fruits quickly attracted the attention of the Crocodile Dragon King. It focused all its attention on the two fruits and ignored the threat you brought."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this, he thought to himself that they could do this, they really wanted to eat but not their life. If that was the case, then don't blame me for not having martial ethics. The key point was that if I used martial ethics, I really couldn't beat the other party.

"While the Crocodile Dragon King is focusing on the two fruits, you should once again wield the Dragon Slaying Sword and charge forward, while adding the power of the Golden Law to the blade."

"You have triggered the authority of the Golden Law."

"You have triggered the passive attribute of the Dragon Slaying Sword."

"You came to the back of the huge body of the Crocodile Dragon King, and stabbed the vital point hidden under the scales with just one sword. The Crocodile Dragon King felt the pain and instinctively wanted to throw you off, but the Dragon Slaying Sword was constantly sucking its life force."

"The Crocodile Dragon Lord's vitality soon reached its limit, and his vast life essence was completely lost under the Dragon Slaying Sword."

"You have killed, Lord Crocodile Dragon."

I originally wanted to post it in the afternoon and evening, but something happened at noon and I didn’t finish it, so I posted it in the evening. There will be another update a little later.

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