My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 653 Ghost Fan Tower

After reading the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought that he was right. The detective from the police station saved him not only because he had saved his nephew before, but also because he had other purposes and ideas.

However, this task was not difficult for him. He had to go to the sewers of Beiping City to find the clone of the Lord of the Five Grains Reincarnation anyway. He could take this opportunity to complete the task entrusted by the other party.

"You have accepted the mission entrusted by the inspector of the police station."

"The inspector of the police station took out a scroll with a rubbing of a picture of 'Crane Playing with the Sun' on it."

"The lost family heirloom of the Chief Inspector of the Police Station is this carved board of the picture of the crane playing with the sun. It has the ability to exorcise evil spirits and control the crane to fly into the sky. If you can find the lost carved board, you will receive a large reward."

"In addition, you also obtained a wanted poster, which lists the suspects who are on the police station's record and have fled to Guifan Building and have not yet been brought to justice."

"If you can capture a few wanted criminals while you are on your way to Guifan Tower to look for the Linghe Xiri Tu, the police station will pay you a corresponding reward according to the bounty above. It doesn't matter if they are dead or alive, as long as you have something to prove your identity."

"When you carry this wanted poster with you, if you encounter the suspect listed on it, you will be automatically notified to arrest him."

"You left the police station."

"What choice do you plan to make next?"

"Will you choose to leave Beiping City directly and wait for this storm to pass before coming back here? Or will you really choose to go to the sewers of Beiping City to look for the lost carving of the crane playing with the sun?"

"Although you have accepted the commission from the inspector of the police station, as long as you leave Beiping City and do not set foot here in the short term, even if you break the appointment and regret it, the other party will not be able to do anything to you."

"After all, you are an exile who has been cursed and spurned by the secular world. Death is just a short break for you. It will not cause any irreversible impact on you."

The game gives him two options: one is to take this opportunity to leave the city of Beiping, and the other is to go to the sewer in Beiping to complete the commission from the inspector of the police station.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think too much and chose the latter.

He had no intention of leaving Peking, so how could he miss such a mission that was delivered to his doorstep?
"You chose to go to the sewers of Beiping City."

"The sewer system in Beiping is extremely complex. The Lord of the Secular World once ordered the master craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to renovate it over a period of several years, so that Beiping no longer has to worry about floods. No matter how heavy the rain is outside, the water can be transported to the sea outlet through the underground sewers."

"But because of this, there are many strongholds in the sewers that were left behind when the waterway was renovated. After the sewer renovation was completed, these strongholds were abandoned. Over time, they were occupied by homeless vagrants."

"Later, there were often vicious criminals being hunted down and rounded up in the capital, and they had no choice but to hide in this huge underground waterway when they had nowhere else to go."

"Because the route below is complicated and changeable, the court's soldiers have difficulty finding the murderers even if they spend a lot of effort. This empty and complex underground waterway has become a gathering place for all kinds of people. It is also a dark corner under the prosperous imperial city that cannot be seen in the light. Many dignitaries have also kept many black gloves here."

"Those who live here in the dark, because there is no law here, can enjoy all kinds of pleasures brought by breaking the law and discipline, so they gave it the elegant name of 'Bliss Cave', which is just right for the Worry-free Cave left by the previous dynasty."

"But the court doesn't think so. The court calls this place Guifanlou, and believes that it is a dark and dirty place where evil and vicious people gather."

"When the Lord of the Secular World was still in power, there was no disturbance in Guifan Tower, and no one dared to cause any trouble. At most, a few fugitives would occasionally sneak in."

"But since the night of dawn, this place has become a mess, and all kinds of illegal businesses can be found here."

"Live biological experiments, organ trading, various addictive drugs, human trafficking, smuggling of goods, as long as you can think of illegal activities, you will find it here."

"You came to the side of a manhole and followed a 'gray rat' who was specializing in gathering information into Guifan Tower."

"The Gray Rats are a group similar to a mob. They specialize in gathering information for the evil spirits in Guifan Tower in exchange for some money. Because their behavior is too sneaky and they don't have the ability of the Wuhemai, they are nicknamed Gray Rats. The information they sell is also half true and half false. If you believe it completely, you will definitely die a miserable death."

"You have unlocked a new map, Guifanlou."

"You followed that gray rat into Guifan Tower. It seems that the other party also discovered your tracks and deliberately took you on a detour, as if he wanted to take you somewhere. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you continue to follow this gray rat and see what he wants to do? Or will you choose to break away from this gray rat and go somewhere else to do your own thing?"

Jiang Xinghuo considered the two options and chose to follow this gray rat god. He wanted to see what the other party wanted to do.

"You followed Gray Mouse to a secret place. There were many broken limbs floating in the dirty water on the ground. They looked like they were freshly cut off. There were also faint screams coming from the darkness ahead."

"You have come to the territory of the human cook."

"The chef was originally the head chef of a restaurant in Beiping City. It was said that he was a master chef who came from the imperial kitchen. But later on, for some unknown reason, he became obsessed with the profession of coroner. He started out by dissecting pigs, dogs, cows, and sheep, but in the end, he was not satisfied with dissecting these animals, so he set his sights on dissecting living people."

"Finally, on a dark and windy night when no one was around, it dissected the restaurant owner and his family of three. It also used its skills to dismember the three people and mixed them into the restaurant's dishes, destroying the bodies and covering up the evidence by feeding on the stomachs of many diners."

"Later, a shop assistant discovered something was wrong and quietly went to the police station to report the case. After investigation, they found clues that the boss's family had been murdered and locked the murderer on the cook."

"The human cook knew that his deeds had been exposed, so he fought his way out of the encirclement with a bone-cutting knife and escaped to the Ghost Fan Building in the underground sewer. From then on, he was out of control and completely turned from a cook into a butcher. He dismembered and killed countless people."

"You have triggered the wanted warrant issued by the police station."

"Human cook, wanted criminal of Class A, Class B, bounty: 700 incense sticks."

"Note: Born in the imperial kitchen, he is skilled in knife skills, as good as a butcher cutting an ox, with thick skin and flesh, and water rhinoceros skin sewn on his body, making him difficult to be injured by ordinary bullets."

"Capture suggestion: You can attack his eyes, which are his vital points. It is safer to kill him with a firearm that has low recoil, is short-range, and does not jam."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows, thinking that this wanted poster was quite smart. Not only did it contain identity information and characteristics of the person, but it could also give suggestions for arresting the person based on his characteristics.

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you choose to go to the front and arrest the human cook? Or will you choose to execute him on the spot? Or, will you flee here in time before the human cook shows up, so as not to become a ghost under the knife of the other party?"

The game gave three options. Jiang Xinghuo glanced at them and directly chose the second answer. It was impossible for him to leave. If he had planned to escape, he would not have come with the gray rat.

It would certainly be troublesome to bring him to justice. Capturing him alive and killing him are two different concepts. It would be best to execute him on the spot. Then, as long as you bring back something that symbolizes his identity, you can still go to the police station to collect the reward money.

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, the subsequent plot of the game popped up.

"The Gray Mouse brought the cook out, saying that he had some top-quality goods for him, but the goods were not very obedient, so the cook had to get them himself."

"The first time the human chef saw you, he was attracted by your physical qualities. If he could dissect you, it would definitely be one of his best works."

"You were attacked by a human cook."

"You summoned the Black Impermanence in the acupoint."

"The soul-binding chain made a clattering sound, like a black python winding around the cook's body. It gently pulled back, and the cook's soul escaped from his body. The heavy body fell into the muddy sewage with a plop, and the soul was swallowed into the stomach of the Black Impermanence."

"You have killed, the human cook."

"You gained incense +500."

"You walked to the human cook's body and peeled off the water rhino skin sewn on his body. This is the best symbol of his identity."

"As for this corpse, it is of no use to you. You can sell it to a coroner or a corpse driver. Of course, other unconventional trades may also be of use to it."

"You have obtained the water rhino skin."

"You have obtained the body of the human cook."

Jiang Xinghuo first hung the cook's body on the niche according to the instructions in the game text. Whoever wanted it could go and pay for it.

Then he began to look at the introduction of the water rhinoceros skin.

"Water rhino leather (excellent material). The skin of a water rhino is the toughest. It is invulnerable to swords and guns, and is not damaged by water or fire. It is the best material for sewing armor. It can also remove toxins from the body, buying time for effective treatment."

This is good material.

You can't hand it all over to the police station. Find time to cut off a small piece to prove this person's identity as a cook. It's more cost-effective to keep the rest for yourself.

"You killed the human cook easily. The gray rat that led you here is trying to escape from here on tiptoe. Do you want to stop it?"

"You've cornered that gray rat. What are you going to do with it next?"

"Will you choose to kill it with a single blow to vent your anger? Or will you choose to let it go temporarily and get some information from it?"

"After all, within this Ghost Fan Tower, these gray rats are the most well-informed people. There are many things that Wuhemai and the storyteller may not know, because they are always above ground and disdain to come to such a dirty place."

"You chose to let this gray rat go for now."

"You asked Gray Mouse if he knew the whereabouts of the inspector. Gray Mouse hesitated and rolled his eyes around, as if he wanted to bargain with you."

"But when it saw the evil star biting its neck, it immediately gave up all its thoughts and answered your question honestly."

"It said that the inspector who escaped here was a vicious man who killed many evildoers hiding in Guifan Building, so no one dared to follow the inspector. It only knew that the inspector went deep into Guifan Building, as if he was looking for something, but it didn't know the specific information."

"Gray Mouse kindly drew part of the map, and the detective headed in the direction marked on the map."

"You let this gray rat go and didn't kill him. Maybe there will be something else in the future that can lead to his whereabouts."

"This gray mouse was very considerate and gave you a token. As long as you activate this token, it will come to you. However, if you want to spy on the information, you have to pay some money. This is the rule of the industry and it cannot be broken."

"Gray Mouse has left this sewage outlet. Where are you going to hang out next?"

"Would you like to go to the Human Chef's dissection room, or look for the Lord of the Five Grains Reincarnation, or just wander around the Ghost Fan Building?"

"You chose to go to the human cook's dissection room."

"You entered the human cook's dissection room and found it was covered in blood and stumps of limbs. The strong smell of blood even kept flies away. Do you want to explore here?"

"You started exploring in the anatomy room."

"You have made some careful searches and have found something."

"You have obtained: a rolled scalpel (common item), a bloodstained kitchen robe (common item), a white paper folding fan (excellent item), a longevity lock (common item), and an oiran order (special item)."

"The curved scalpel (common item) has been used to dissect too many bodies, so the blade has become curved and useless. It is too blunt to even cut tofu. But because it has been stained with too much blood, it has become a killing blade. Hanging it on the beam has the effect of killing evil spirits and keeping them away."

"Dirty Blood Chef's Robe (Ordinary Item), a special chef's robe made of human skin, which emits a strong smell of grease and blood. When worn, it can cover up some bad smells and slightly improve one's defense."

"White Paper Folding Fan (Excellent Item), a plain folding fan, probably something used by Confucian scholars. Carrying it with you can slightly improve your literary aura. It can also be used as a medium for casting spells. There are two talismans engraved on it, 'Ice' and 'Fire', which can be activated with mana to cast spells."

"Longevity Lock (Ordinary Item), a seemingly ordinary longevity lock, made of copper mixed with gold, with some strange patterns engraved on it. After wearing it, it can slightly increase one's health."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You discovered..."

(End of this chapter)