My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 645: Bu Eqin

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the question raised by Taoist Yuzui, he thought it was quite direct. How should he answer it?
Tell the truth?

Just be casual and perfunctory?

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the two options given in the game text, and after pondering for a moment, he chose to tell the truth.

He came here to find Taoist Yuzui just to find out some information. There was no point in hiding it, and it would only cause the other party to be disgusted.

Besides, the other person gave him such a big gift when they first met, so he had no reason to make excuses to be perfunctory.

"You took out the same black copper coins and armor blades from your backpack, and told Taoist Yuzui the clues you found in Yanzhi Hutong."

"The Taoist Yuzui asked you if you knew the origins of these things, and you frankly told him that you knew nothing about them, so you came to Dongyue Temple to visit the senior."

"Yuzui Taoist said that it's not your fault, because in today's secular world, besides him, the number of people who are still alive and know the origins of these things can be counted on one's fingers."

"These seemingly insignificant black copper coins and armor blades are not what this era should have created."

"They all come from a distant and untraceable ancient time. Their history can even be traced back to past civilizations. They were left behind by an army called 'Bu'qin'."

"You have obtained clues about 'Bu'erqin'."

"You have triggered the storyteller's golden collection of books."

"Searching for terms..."

"Editing the entry for you."

"Please wait……"

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Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the confidentiality level of Bu'eqin was so high. He couldn't even access it with his current authority. This made him even more interested in this army.

"You continued to listen patiently to what Taoist Yuzui had to say, and learned the secrets of this team from him."

"Bu'eqin is an army whose existence in the secular world is questionable. Although there are many stories circulating in the folklore legends of coastal areas, no one has ever seen this army with their own eyes. Even the relevant documents rarely record it. There are only some fragmentary rumors recorded in the legends and strange stories of coastal areas."

"According to the Folklore and Legends of the coastal areas, Bu'eqin is the most powerful army under the command of the Sea God in the secular world. Wherever they point their spears, they are invincible. They once flattened the seven seas by themselves, and made great contributions to the Sea God's control of the seven seas."

"But this army could not escape the fate of being too powerful and threatening their leader. They were killed in the South China Sea by the seven elders under the command of the Sea God. They also built a dead city with pig iron and suppressed the bodies of all the Bu'eqin members under the Eye of the South China Sea."

"But the Sea God's move also cut off his own strength. Without the suppression of Bu'eqin's army, his control over the Seven Seas gradually weakened until he was completely sidelined. Although the Sea God regretted it, it was too late. He could only die in his own palace with a heart full of resentment and regret."

"But even though Bu'eqin was betrayed by the Sea God, he remained loyal to him. On the night when the Sea God fell, Bu'eqin returned from the deep sea again and killed all the seven elders who betrayed the Sea God, along with their direct bloodlines, leaving only a few branches that survived by chance."

"And the offshoot descendants of the bloodlines of these seven elders are the ancestors of the seven major aquatic organizations in the secular world, and have been passed down from ancient times to the present."

"But since the Dawn Night, these seven aquatic organizations have existed in name only. They have long disappeared, and even the tokens that symbolize the identity of the tribe have been lost."

"It is said that the token passed down from generation to generation by the seven major aquatic organizations is the key to unlocking the treasure of the Sea God, and the treasure of the Sea God is hidden in the dead city under the South China Sea."

When he saw this, Jiang Xinghuo immediately remembered the things in his magic bag. He had found half of the inheritance tokens of the seven major water organizations in the secular world.

He had just entered the game and accidentally triggered the clue to the treasure of Poseidon, but he never took it seriously because he had to collect all the tokens in order to explore this mission.

The Sea Hunting Army, the Sea Patrolling Rakshasa, the Fishing Dragon Society, the Black Fog on the Sea, the Golden Water Ghost, the Sea Fishing Group, and the Sea Calming Goblins.

He only had tokens from three organizations, namely, the Sea Hunting Army, the Sea Patrol Rakshasa, and the Golden Water Ghost. He had no way of finding the tokens from the other four organizations, so the mission was put on hold.

Later, he had a fight with people from Long Yin Society in real life over the ownership of these tokens.

That was also his first time killing someone.

I didn't expect to encounter related task clues again.

Jiang Xinghuo continued to push the plot forward, wanting to see what would happen next.

"Those black copper coins are the tokens given by the sea god to Bu'erqin, symbolizing the identity of Bu'erqin's army."

"Those survivors of the Tanka village who died in the mass graves outside the city thought they could escape the disaster by fleeing to the seaside. Little did they know that as long as they carried these copper coins with them, they would be targeted by Bu'eqin and would fight to the death."

"Now, these copper coins have fallen on you, and those Bu'erqin are also targeting you."

"It's only because of the aura of the Sea God on you that they didn't attack you rashly. Otherwise, they would have found you last night and killed you to take back the copper coins in your hand."

Breath of Poseidon?

Jiang Xinghuo didn't quite understand what Taoist Yuzui said. He had never dealt with the so-called Sea God, so how could there be any lingering breath of the Sea God?
While he was pondering, new text popped up in the game, solving his doubts.

"Taoist Yuzui asked you to take out the Dragon King's Taoist weapon, which means that this weapon was once used by the Sea God. Later, it was reforged by the Yellow River King and turned into a magical weapon that belongs to him alone. However, the Sea God's aura contained in it cannot be erased."

"Those Bu'erqin thought you were the descendant of the Sea God, so they didn't attack you and kept a certain distance from you."

"Moreover, Taoist Yuzui knows that you have the token of the Sea God's treasure. He said that he can collect the remaining tokens for you and give you the ability to open the Sea God's treasure, but the prerequisite is that you have to promise him one thing, that you have to take out something from the dead city for him. Do you want to agree to his request?"

When Jiang Xinghuo read the description in the text, he thought to himself that someone was waiting for him here. It was about giving gifts and telling stories, but in the end, he still had something to do.

However, he did not object to this. Since all the benefits had been given to him, it was his duty to work hard.

"You agreed to Taoist Yuzui's conditions."

"The Taoist Yuzui took out a box from his robe, and inside it were the tokens of the remaining aquatic organizations."

"You have obtained the token of the Yulong Society." "You have obtained the token of the Black Mist on the Sea."

"You have obtained the token of the Sea Fishing Group."

"You have obtained the token of the Sea Mandrill."

"You have obtained the tokens of the seven major aquatic organizations and opened a hidden mission - the treasure of the sea god."

"You gathered the tokens of the seven major aquatic organizations together, copied the patterns on them, and obtained a complete map of the South China Sea basin."

"You have obtained the complete map of the South China Sea."

"The starting point of this map is the destroyed Tanka village. As long as you go out to sea from the ferry of the Tanka village and follow the route on the water map, you can find the dead city sunk in the sea eye."

"The Taoist Fish Mouth took a piece of fish scale from his body and said that as long as you carry this scale with you, once you enter the underwater dead city, he will appear to guide you to find what you want. He can also help you solve the mechanisms and mysteries under the dead city so that you can obtain all the treasures of the Sea God."

"You have obtained the golden scale of Taoist Fish Mouth."

There is no follow-up to the game text.

After unlocking the hidden mission Treasure of the Sea God and obtaining the fish scales from the Taoist priest with fish mouth, this plot has come to a temporary end. Next, he has to go to Luofu City in Lingnan to further trigger subsequent plots and tasks.

Jiang Xinghuo was increasingly grateful for his decision to come to Beiping City.

It all started with the blind old man I met in Luofu City.

He didn't know at the time that it was an evil spirit from the underworld. If he thought the task was troublesome or not worth the effort, or if he just teleported over using the shrine, it would be impossible to trigger the task.

You know, the quests regarding Bu'erqin and the treasure of the sea god all originate from the bodies of the boat people in the mass grave outside the city. Only when you discover those bodies and touch the bodies and find the black copper coins, can you trigger this related quest.

"Where are you going to hang out next?"

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to leave the Dongyue Temple and strolled around the city of Beiping. The game was in a semi-idle state until noon when new information popped up.

"You're wandering down the street..."

"You have triggered the talent of the Kirin Blessing."

"You saw a child crying on the side of the road. Would you go over and ask if there is anything you can do to help?"

"You walked up to the child and asked if there was anything you could do to help, but you didn't expect an old voice to come out of the child's mouth."

"You have been found, the avenger boy."

"An ignorant child can attract the souls of the wronged, and a vengeful child can avenge the injustices of the world. This legend has been passed down for thousands of years, because the injustice has never ceased."

"The grievance-receiving boy is a child born on a yin year, yin month, yin hour and yin day. He is born with all nine orifices open and can know the affairs of the netherworld. If there are souls who have died unjustly, they can pray through the mouth of the grievance-receiving boy, so that others can fulfill their wishes."

"The old voice said that he was originally a local witch in Peking, and he made a living by praying for people and telling fortunes. But who knew that his family was in trouble. His new wife was unfaithful and colluded with a wizard from Southeast Asia. In order to seize his wealth, she not only killed him, but also sealed his soul in a puppet and cast a spell on him, causing him to suffer from frost, cold and fire day and night."

"Today, it was neither sun nor moon outside, so it was able to temporarily break free from the shackles of the puppet and live in the body of the grievance-receiving boy, hoping to get some help. But when the Pang people saw that its voice did not match its appearance, they all thought it was a ghost. Not only did they want to use various talismans to drive it away, they also wanted to ask someone to suppress it. It finally ran out and hid here, looking for an opportunity to seek help, and ended up meeting you."

"Now that you have heard what this old witch has to say, what are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to help the other person get rid of the torture of the witch curse, or choose to pretend that you didn't see the other person and pretend that you don't know about this matter?"

The game gave two optional answers. Jiang Xinghuo saw that this was a task that was delivered to his doorstep, and he had no reason to reject it.

"You promised to help the old witch free itself from the torture of the Nanyang wizard. The old witch thanked you profusely and told you the address and location of his home. He also said that if you could free it from the torture of the wizard, it would give you everything it had as a reward and gratitude."

"You have obtained the map of the old witch's house."

"Do you want to go here immediately?"

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have arrived at the old witch's mansion."

"You walked in and saw a funeral going on in the yard. A charming woman was kneeling in front of the coffin, crying with tears in her eyes. She was extremely grief-stricken. Beside her was a Nanyang wizard. You heard from people around that the Nanyang wizard was the nephew of the old wizard. He went to Nanyang to learn witchcraft and encountered this incident right after he came back."

Oh, this one is a bit old. The newlywed wife colluded with her lover and killed the old and frail head of the family. She also arranged a public identity for her lover so that after the limelight passed, the two of them could live together happily.

"You scanned the yard and found a wooden puppet. It was originally a puppet used by the old witch to move things, but now it has become a prison to bind the old witch's soul."

"You triggered it, Tathagatagarbha."

"You have seen through the secrets of the wooden doll. It was cursed just as the old witch said."

"You have discovered traces of the Sun and Moon Black Magic."

"The Sun and Moon Black Magic is a high-level black magic that is popular in the secular world of Nanyang. It can use the power of the essence of the sun and the moon to cast a spell on a person, causing their body temperature to rise rapidly during the day, as if burned by fire, and to drop rapidly at night, as if falling into an ice cave. In this way, the person who is cast will die after seven days at the longest and three days at the shortest."

"Furthermore, after death, the soul will be sealed into a puppet by the descendant and tortured under the sun and moon. The sunlight during the day is like a raging fire, and the moonlight at night is like countless frost and snow. Only when the soul is scattered will it be freed from this vicious torture."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw it, he immediately became interested. This was much more advanced than those black magic techniques that used insects or other dirty things.

They can actually use the power of the essence of the sun and the moon to harm people. We really can't underestimate those evil magic tricks that are popular in foreign countries.

"You found the enchanting woman in front of the spirit, saying that you were a friend of the old witch and had come from another place to visit her. You didn't expect that the old witch had passed away, so you asked how the old witch died?"

"The enchanting girl also gave a reason she had prepared in advance..."

(End of this chapter)