My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 617 Earth Relics
"Mugwort Green Rice Ball (Ordinary Consumable Material), a food made from Jiangnan mugwort mixed with glutinous rice flour. After taking it, it can slightly restore physical strength and has the effect of detoxification."

"Red Dates, Egg Yolk and Meat Zongzi (Ordinary Consumable Material). It contains folk food of both northern and southern styles. It tastes sweet and salty and is very popular among diners. After taking it, it can slightly restore the consumed physical strength and mana. It is said that it can also be used as bait."

"Wine-fermented rice balls (excellent consumable material), a fine dessert made from aged wine, has a refreshing effect. After taking it, you can increase your mana by 10% in a short period of time. Duration: 2 minutes."

"Food Fragrance Amplifier (Excellent Item), a tool made by the Exile 'Craftsman' that can amplify the smell of food by dozens of times and spread it around spontaneously. It was originally a tool for poisoning, but it has found a new use by accident."

Jiang Xinghuo bought the door god's favorite food, and also bought a prop from the niche that could spread the smell of the food dozens of times. He didn't believe that he couldn't attract the door god hiding in Daliang City.

As long as this door god does not leave Daliang City, he is confident that he can lure the other party out.

Then, Jiang Xinghuo went to the Linglou Niche Shop and took a look around. He used ambergris to exchange for a "tiger trapping device" from a ghost hunter.

"Mountain Trap Device (Excellent Item), a cage specially used by demon hunters to lure and capture mountain monsters. It can automatically adjust its size according to the size of the target, and release a high concentration of anesthetic the moment it captures the monster, which can immediately make the target lose its ability to resist."

"Please note that this trap can only capture demons and monsters with physical bodies. It will not work at all for demons and monsters without physical bodies."

"Moreover, the ultra-high concentration anesthetic stored in the device can only be used twice at most, and it needs to be reloaded after each use."

This is equivalent to an anesthesia trap. As long as the door god takes the bait, he will be caught in the trap immediately.

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo had no intention of doing anything to this door god. His main purpose was to recruit him for his own use.

It just so happened that there were two empty spaces in his acupoints, which could accommodate these two door gods.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo placed the things he had bought outside the River God Temple, and also put the amplifier and trapping device next to them for use.

"The aroma of the three ingredients spread quickly and evenly around the river temple."

"Waiting..."

"Please wait……"

The game text ends here and there is no subsequent content.

Jiang Xinghuo knew clearly that although he had made complete preparations, whether he could capture the door god depended entirely on his luck.

If the door god left Daliang City, or if the other party did not fall for it and recognized that it was a trap, then all his efforts would have been in vain.

Let’s take a step back.

Even if the door god is still in Daliang City and is attracted by the smell of food, it is unknown when it will come.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo did not plan to stay in the River God Temple and wait for the door god, but was ready to go to the City Lord's Mansion to find bad luck.

"You chose to go to the City Lord's Mansion."

"On the way, please wait..."

"The City Lord's Mansion is the headquarters of the Natural Disaster Sect in Daliang City. All the high-ranking officials and believers of the Natural Disaster Sect gather here. Do you choose to quietly climb over the wall from the back and enter the City Lord's Mansion, or do you choose to charge in through the main gate?"

The game gives two options, one is to enter through the back door, and the other is to kill directly in.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and did not choose to rush in directly. Instead, he planned to sneak over the wall into the City Lord's Mansion to see what the situation was inside first.

"You sneaked over the wall and sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion, and found that the people of the Natural Disaster Sect were discussing how to deal with the corpse recovery team. Do you want to stay here and eavesdrop?"

"You chose to eavesdrop through the wall and found out their plot. These believers of the natural disaster are going to poison people. They will throw poison into the river outside the river temple and lure corpse collectors into the river to retrieve corpses. Naturally, they will be infected by the toxins in the river water."

"Moreover, this poison is extracted from the livers of other river gods, and many other highly toxic substances are added to it, so it will only work on the corpse collectors. It will not have any impact on other citizens. At most, they will just have diarrhea for a few days."

"In this way, even if someone wants to investigate this matter, it will be difficult to find any clues to investigate. Even if they are suspected, they can't do anything to them without evidence."

After reading the text, Jiang Xinghuo thought it was a cruel method. It was an attempt to wipe out the entire family and kill all the corpse retrievers.

If I hadn't come here and learned the news, I'm afraid the corpse lifters in the River God Temple would have been killed.

"Now that you know the conspiracy of these Scourge believers, what are you going to do next?"

"Are you planning to just kick the door in and start killing people, or are you going to find another way to give them a taste of their own medicine?"

Ok?
As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the options given by the game, he immediately made his own decision. If these believers of the Calamity could be dealt with by other means, there was no need to use force to resolve them.

"You walked around the City Lord's Mansion in hiding for a few rounds and found that there were several wells in the Mansion. Although most of them had been sealed, there were still two wells that were well maintained. All the water in the Mansion was pumped from these two wells."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Are you going to poison these two wells and kill all the Scourge believers in the City Lord's Mansion?"

"Or should we just throw something into these two wells to disgust the believers of the Calamity in the City Lord's Mansion?"

Looking at the two interactive options on the screen, Jiang Xinghuo realized that his chance had come. Since the City Lord's Mansion wanted to take action against the corpse retriever, there was no need for him to be polite.

However, Jiang Xinghuo did not intend to use ordinary poison, because ordinary poison could not guarantee to kill all the believers of the Calamity. If some of them were not dead, it would easily cause trouble.

Either don't do it, or do it thoroughly and get it over with, cleanly and thoroughly.

"You found the frozen body of the Great Glazed Venerable in your backpack, tore off one of its arms again, and threw the frozen remains of flesh and blood into two wells."

The body of the Great Master Liuli was obtained by Jiang Xinghuo in the Three Life Ghost Temple.

Because she was infected by the Scarlet Corruption Curse, she became the mother of the spread of this cursed power.

When Jiang Xinghuo was in Shifang Zen Temple, he corrupted more than 30 disciples of Shifang Zen Temple with one arm, and it is unknown how much impact he had on Shifang Zen Temple.

The remaining part remained in the trick bag and never had the chance to be used.

Now, it can be used to deal with these believers of natural disasters, and the incident cannot be traced back to me.

The Taoist of Natural Disaster would only think that these people had provoked the Scarlet Corruptor, and that was why they were cursed by him with such a horrible curse.

"You threw all the broken limbs into the well. Where do you plan to go next?"

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character back to the River Temple, and the game entered a semi-idle state.

He has some things to do today and doesn't have much time to play games during the day.

Jiang Xinghuo locked the shop door and came to the suburbs outside the city.

The house has been repaired almost completely now. With the help of the Great Money Magic, the workers worked hard and the exterior has been completely repaired, restoring its ancient appearance. However, there are still some details to be repaired inside, which is a very time-consuming job. It will take at least two more months for people to move in.

Jiang Xinghuo stayed outside the yard for half a day, bought food for the workers at noon, and then left the suburbs and came to the headquarters of the Binhai Public Opinion Survey Bureau.

Last night,
Jiang Xinghuo received a call from Lin Tianshou, who said he had something to discuss with him and asked him to come over in the next two days if he had time.

Jiang Xinghuo is the kind of person who doesn't like to put things off, so he just came here today to see what's going on.

But after he arrived, Lin Tianshou said that it was not him who was looking for him, but his immediate superior, the real director of the Binhai Public Opinion Survey Bureau, who wanted to see him.

Jiang Xinghuo: "Why does your director want to see me?"

Lin Tianshou: "You will know in a moment. There are rules. I can't say more."

Jiang Xinghuo: "Good or bad?"

Lin Tianshou: "It should be a good thing for you."

Jiang Xinghuo: "Why don't you do the good things yourself?"

Lin Tianshou: "There are rules, and I can't say too much."

The two of them talked a lot of meaningless nonsense along the way.

Whenever Jiang Xinghuo asked about the key points, Lin Tianshou would evade him with the word "discipline" and just say that it was good for him.

After this happened a few times, Jiang Xinghuo tactfully stopped asking questions and followed Lin Tianshou in the elevator to the top floor, where he could sit and overlook the entire Binhai director's office.

"Dangdangdang..."

Lin Tianshou walked up and knocked on the door a few times.

A strong male voice soon came from behind the door: "Come in."

Hearing the voice coming from behind the door, Jiang Xinghuo thought that the other party was also a decisive middle-aged man.

But when he entered the office, he found that the person sitting on the chair was a fat old man.

He was dressed casually, had gray hair, wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and had a kind smile on his face.

Jiang Xinghuo subconsciously opened the Tathagata in his right eye, wanting to see what the director's inherited relic was.

But to his surprise, the director was actually an ordinary person.

"Director, Comrade Jiang is here."

Lin Tianshou stepped forward and said.

Hearing this somewhat retro name, Jiang Xinghuo touched his nose and stepped forward to say hello: "Hello, I'm Jiang Xinghuo."

"Haha, Comrade Xiao Jiang is indeed a young and promising man, and he is very handsome. How old are you now? Do you have a girlfriend?"

The director stood up from his chair with a smile, came over, took Jiang Xinghuo's wrist, and pulled him to sit on the sofa.

After Lin Tianshou brought the person over, he turned around and left the director's office, leaving only Jiang Xinghuo and the director here.

After some pleasantries, the topic got on track.

Jiang Xinghuo also learned the name of the director during the conversation.

Chen Yuanchao.

A name that is full of the flavor of the times, and judging from the other person's status and age, his experience must be quite rich and colorful.

Jiang Xinghuo: "Team Leader Lin said you wanted me here for something. How can I be of use to you?"

Chen Yuanchao took out a file bag from the cabinet and handed it to Jiang Xinghuo, saying, "I heard from Xiaolin that you have dealt with people from Longyin Society?"

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, without hiding anything. While taking the file bag, he also said, "I've dealt with you twice, but neither was particularly pleasant. Are you here to arrest me?"

"of course not……"

Chen Yuanchao pointed to the file bag in Jiang Xinghuo's hand and said:

"This is information about the Long Yin Society. Please read it first before you speak. The content here is confidential and not recorded in the archives. Please do not spread it after reading it."

Jiang Xinghuo opened the file bag, took out the contents, and read through them from beginning to end.

Because of the function of the Seven Apertures Heart, all the information was quickly recorded in the mind.

"The Dragon Yin Society... is an organization founded by the descendants of the Lord of the Secular World?" Jiang Xinghuo raised his head in surprise.

Chen Yuanchao drank the tea in the cup and nodded:

"Yes, according to our investigation, the Long Yin Society has a long history, dating back to at least the pre-Qin period, and the founder of this organization is suspected to be a descendant of the Lord of the Secular World."

"After the dawn of the secular world, he came to Earth through some unknown means and founded this organization. You can also tell from the name of this organization."

"So what do you mean by that...?"

Jiang Xinghuo asked tentatively, could this old man want him to be an undercover agent?
Chen Yuanchao seemed to see through Jiang Xinghuo's thoughts and shook his head:
"Young man, don't have any paranoia. If it's really a fatal situation with no chance of survival, we definitely won't let you go. We soldiers are not all dead yet, so it's not your turn to go to the battlefield."

Jiang Xinghuo looked a little embarrassed, it seemed like he was judging others by his own standards.

Chen Yuanchao continued:
"However, this time I do have something to ask of you. As you know, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest. There are always some bad birds who want to play both sides and have the best of both worlds."

"Some time ago, the people from the Archaeological Bureau discovered a hidden relic in the mountain city. It is suspected that it was left by an ancient god in the secular world, but this news was leaked to the Longyin Society."

"All the staff members who are competent are tied up right now. They have to confront the bastards of Long Yin Society, but we have to explore this ruins. And it will be useless if those who are too weak go. So we can only entrust this task to non-staff members."

"On the surface, you are just ordinary scientific researchers, but secretly, you have to find a way to dig out the secrets of the ruins."

"How about it, are you interested in taking a stroll?"

"If you agree, I will make the decision. You can pick any three items from the ruins. Even if there are extraordinary items in there and the country has to requisition them, I will give you corresponding compensation. You will definitely not be working in vain."

(End of this chapter)