My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 626: A-Zu, times have changed!
Jiang Xinghuo looked at the Yinshan Iron Stone in his hand and suddenly felt dizzy and a feeling of weakness suddenly surged into his body.

Although the Medicine Fairy Gourd restored his lost mana and energy, the loss was too great and even the Medicine Fairy Gourd could not replenish it all at once.

This is like a water vein that has been dry for a long time. Even if water is introduced into it, the amount of water required to completely restore the water vein to normal will far exceed the capacity of the water vein itself.

Jiang Xinghuo is in this situation now. In order to completely destroy the big cauldron and the head of the snake god, he poured out his magic power without any reservation. It is normal for his body to suffer some damage now. It cannot be recovered by props, but only slowly, bit by bit.

Fortunately, the injuries he suffered were healed under the power of Qilin Regeneration Technique, so apart from being a little tired, he didn't feel anything else.

But the key issue now is that he is not the only one in the Nili Prison where Zhou Jueyin Palace is located.

Outside the palace, there was another person, or more than one person, who were constantly banging on the palace door.

Moreover, given his current condition, if he were to face the masters of Long Yin Society head-on, he would definitely be the one who would suffer in the end.

Therefore, if you want to keep the people outside, the best way is to rely on the power of the Zhou Jueyin Palace.

This palace has the talent of prohibiting everything. It is because of the token left by Fengdu that I can use various methods freely.

But other people may not have this ability. Once outsiders enter the palace, they will immediately lose the ability to resist. Wouldn't their life or death be at the mercy of outsiders?

but……

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyes and looked at the dark palace.

To be honest, he was really jealous of Zhou Jue Yin Palace, but the owner of the palace was Fengdu, and he had no way to occupy it by force.

Not to mention that Fengdu is still alive, even if he died in the mortal world, he might not be able to control such a palace.

But we can't leave this hall now, so we might as well take a walk around here and see if there is anything else we can gain.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo wandered aimlessly in the hall.

He walked to the messily piled ceramic jars, opened the oil paper sealing them, and a strong smell of blood hit his nose.

"Medicinal beast blood (common consumable material). Fengdu once used various rare monsters as breeding grounds to cultivate various pathogens. As a result, by chance, a stimulant was developed. After taking it, one can increase one's strength by dozens of times, but the price is that one's mind will be immediately wiped out by madness, turning into a crazy beast that knows no fatigue and no pain."

"However, since the price of this medicine is too high, Fengdu asked the Medicine King to improve it and try to reduce its side effects to the lowest point. It would be best if it would improve one's own strength without causing irreversible effects."

"This blood of medicinal beasts was extracted from the bodies of beast-like monsters. Although most of the medicinal properties have been lost over the years, it still contains highly toxic substances. If ordinary creatures consume the blood, they will be affected by the medicinal properties contained in it and turn into a monster that is neither human nor ghost."

This reminded Jiang Xinghuo of the mud ghosts he met outside when he first came in. They looked very similar to the description of Tathagata Zang. Perhaps those mud ghosts were the products of Fengdu and Medicine King's experiments.

There was not much use for Jiang Xinghuo to keep these things, but he also collected a few jars. Maybe they could be used in the future. Anyway, they didn’t take up much space.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo continued to explore in the hall.

The murals on the stone walls on both sides of the hall depict Fengdu's life and past events. Although there is no detailed text description, Jiang Xinghuo can get a general idea by guessing, and has some simple understanding of what happened back then.

The murals record: Before the demise of the last secular civilization, in order to preserve the flame of human civilization, those researchers and strong men of the old secular world divided the folk world into two parts. One part is the secular world, and the other part is the earth that was exiled to the other side of the starry sky.

After the old secular world completely perished, Fengdu, who had survived by chance, hibernated in the underworld. He also locked the coordinates of the earth through the underworld and teleported himself from the underworld.

This relic was left behind by Fengdu at that time, and a large number of shrines were left throughout the exile area, allowing people to travel back and forth between the mortal world and the earth at any time.

This is the first half of the mural painted on the wall. It only has various patterns but no written records.

Jiang Xinghuo walked to the other side of the palace. The mural painted on the wall showed the process of Fengdu's conquest of the underworld.

Description of the mural:

When Fengdu was conquering the underworld, although his army was unstoppable and won every battle, when he was about to break through the underworld's royal city, he was ambushed and killed by more than a dozen six-day ghosts and gods.

After a fierce fighting, Fengdu killed most of the dozen or so six-day ghosts and gods, and the rest fled and dared not show up again.

Only the Viper God possesses the characteristic of immortality. As long as its parasite is not dead, the Viper God can be resurrected from other parasites, and after a period of recovery, it can cause trouble again.

Fengdu had no choice but to dismember it and seal it in different places, with the most important head sealed in this relic.

Moreover, on the surrounding walls, there are countless hideous and ferocious mud ghosts painted, which look like they are guarding this hall.

Jiang Xinghuo was not interested in whether the content on the mural was true or false. He was interested in the last wall.

Although it was empty and contained nothing, it gave him a strong sense of tearing.

It was as if the above content was deliberately hidden. Jiang Xinghuo opened his Tathagata storehouse and his ability to see through walls, but still found nothing.

But at this moment, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a not particularly obvious groove mark in the dark corner of the wall, and the shape seemed to be very consistent with the black jade mask on his face.

Jiang Xinghuo took off the black jade mask on his face and placed it in the mark. Then he saw a flash of light on the wall, and the wall disappeared in an instant, replaced by a dusty secret passage.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the secret room in front of him, pulled out the Evil Star Bite from his waist, and carefully walked into the secret passage.

Just after Jiang Xinghuo entered the secret passage, the murals on the surrounding walls began to move. The mud plow ghosts, which were originally just faded patterns, walked down from the walls and stood outside the entrance of the secret passage, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering.

...

"boom!"

Jiang Xinghuo waved the Evil Star Bite in his hand, and a dazzling flash of lightning flashed, directly blasting the evil spirit in front of him into ashes.

"It's really a ghost..."

Jiang Xinghuo walked in with a frown, and swore a rare word. When he first came in, everything in the secret passage was normal, just a little dry. The walls on both sides were covered with dust and engraved with vague, abstract and crude murals.

But the deeper he went, the more he felt something was wrong. From the blurry murals on both sides, all kinds of weird things kept coming out. Although their images were different, they all belonged to the category of hideous and terrifying, but in the eyes of Tathagata, they were all the same species.

"Ghost Messenger Yin Li (rare), a messenger guarding the Nili Hell in Zhou Jueyin Palace in the Six Heavens of Luofeng. As long as they are within the territory of Zhou Jueyin Palace, they are immortal."

Jiang Xinghuo was also exhausted from dealing with them along the way. Although they did not cause him much trouble, there were enough of them to deal with them. If they rushed at him, he would suffer a lot. His already severely damaged body was even worse.

After finally getting rid of all the ghost messengers and underworld officials, Jiang Xinghuo also came to the end of the secret passage, and an empty secret room appeared in front of him. The dim secret room was filled with various stone urns and pottery jars, and in the middle of the secret room was a stone coffin, with the lid half-opened and half-closed on top of the coffin, and there was nothing else.

Jiang Xinghuo slightly pressed the ground with his right foot, and the Kitchen God's Fire quickly swept out along the ground, illuminating the entire secret room red as gold. Even if there were any hidden evil spirits, they would be burned to ashes by the Kitchen God's Fire.

At this time, Jiang Xinghuo walked to the side of the sarcophagus, kicked the coffin lid away, and looked inside. There was no corpse or even bone residue in the coffin.

There was only a copper-cast talisman seal lying quietly inside.

"Fengdu Emperor's Order (special item), one of the six Luofeng Emperor's Orders left by Fengdu. The person holding the Emperor's Order can control the corresponding Heavenly Palace and become the new master of the Heavenly Palace."

Ok?
Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo's eyes suddenly lit up. Doesn't that mean that as long as he obtains this seal, he can control the corresponding Luofeng Six Heavenly Palaces?
This really proves the saying that you can't find it even if you search high and low, but it comes to you without any effort.

Jiang Xinghuo couldn't wait to reach his hand into the coffin, wanting to take the seal in his hand, but the seal seemed to be welded in the coffin, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move the seal at all.

what's the situation?
Jiang Xinghuo was a little dumbfounded.

The treasure was so close at hand, yet he just couldn't get it in his hands. This feeling made him feel very uncomfortable.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't believe it and tried to pry it open with the evil star, but the result was the same, nothing changed.

But just when he was feeling a little discouraged, the remains of Fengdu in the magic bag suddenly began to vibrate slightly.

"Is it possible?"

Jiang Xinghuo's heart skipped a beat and he immediately took out the transparent remains of Fengdu and put them into the coffin.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo watched the changes in the coffin intently.

At first everything was normal, without any abnormalities, but soon white light began to appear in the coffin, and gradually became so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it.

Jiang Xinghuo also turned his head subconsciously.

After the strong light in the coffin dissipated, when we looked again, the Fengdu remains had disappeared.

Not a trace was left.

It's as if it evaporated into thin air.

But Jiang Xinghuo had anticipated this and didn't take it to heart at all. He just reached into the coffin again and grabbed the seal in his hand.

This time, he picked up the talisman seal easily, and the relevant usage instructions also appeared in his mind.

"really……"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the seal in his hand. Things were just as he had guessed. If he wanted to become the new master of Zhou Jueyin Palace, he had to give up the remains that contained half of Fengdu's cultivation.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to obtain the approval of this seal.

He didn’t know what the situation was with the other five heavenly palaces, but from now on, the Zhou Jueyin Heavenly Palace was under his control.

Jiang Xinghuo's mind moved, and the copper-cast talisman seal immediately turned into a purple light and merged into the palm of his right hand.

As long as this talisman seal is not taken away by others, the control of Zhou Jueyin Palace will be firmly in his hands.

As for what he will do next, it goes without saying that he will definitely deal with the anointed one outside first.

After Jiang Xinghuo became the controller of Zhou Jueyin Palace, he knew everything that happened in the Nirvana Hell.

The Anointed One is now outside the hall, summoning countless undead missionaries, trying to break open the door and enter.

After Jiang Xinghuo left the secret room, he returned to the main hall. The mud ghosts that walked out of the murals also knelt on the ground to express their submission to him.

"it's time……"

Jiang Xinghuo put away the Black and White Impermanence and the Ox-Head and Horse-Face, then activated the power of the talisman and seal to slowly open the door of Zhou Jueyin Palace, and the banging sounds outside stopped abruptly.

The anointed one, dressed in a red bishop's robe, also walked into the hall surrounded by the souls of many deceased missionaries.

However, when he saw Jiang Xinghuo and the many mud ghosts, the excitement on his face suddenly froze.

"Don't you want to come in? Why do you have this expression now?"

Jiang Xinghuo shook the evil star in his hand and bit it, looking at the anointed one with a smile.

“Are you from the Poll Bureau?”

The anointed one's expression soon stabilized. Holding a thick parchment book in his hand, he asked Jiang Xinghuo.

"That's it."

Jiang Xinghuo once again activated the power of the talisman and seal to close the palace door again.

At this moment, the anointed one's heart was suddenly shocked, and a trace of panic appeared on his calm face.

"my power……"

The Anointed One suddenly raised his head and looked directly at Jiang Xinghuo, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to ask a question, but he quickly suppressed the anger and said calmly:
"Given your cultivation and status, I don't think you would take advantage of someone's misfortune. Why don't we go out and find a spacious place to compete. The victory or defeat will all depend on our individual abilities."

"Do not."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and said:

"This isn't a dinner invitation, nor is it a martial arts competition. Your Excellency should put those thoughts aside. If this were your home turf, would you give me a fair chance to fight?"

"Don't be silly, A-Zu, times have changed. If you want to get out alive, there is only one way, and that is to kill me..."

(End of this chapter)