My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 656: Coroner

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while but still couldn't figure it out, but this incident at least reminded him not to believe in the Golden Rule too blindly.

He now possesses only a few fragments of the Golden Law, so the effect cannot be compared with the complete Golden Law. Naturally, he cannot be as fearless as the Lord of the Secular World in facing all kinds of forces in the secular world.

The game text also ends here.

There was no subsequent plot on the side of the main clone of the Five Grains Reincarnation. Jiang Xinghuo wandered around for a while without giving up, but still did not trigger the subsequent plot.

"The Lord of the Five Grains Samsara said that after you capture a certain number of disordered people, you can bring them here again, but before that he has many other things to do and has no time to pay attention to you."

"You are free to explore the surroundings. It depends on your luck what you can find."

"You used the Fortune Incense."

"The power of the Fortune Incense envelopes you, and you begin an exploration around you."

"Exploring, please wait..."

"You come to a sewage outlet connected to the outside world and notice a silver necklace hanging on the iron fence of the sewage outlet. Do you want to take it down and have a look?"

Are there any other discoveries?

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes somewhat unexpectedly and controlled the character to take off the necklace.

"You took off the necklace that was wrapped around the iron fence, and spied on the information of the necklace through the vision of Tathagatagarbha."

"You have obtained the necklace of the Qilin boy."

"The necklace of the Qilin boy (special item). This necklace was blessed by the Qilin boy. It should be a personal item of a certain Qilin boy. The Qilin boy's aura remains on it, but it is not yet known which Qilin boy it corresponds to."

"You can use the power of the Qilin technique to activate the remaining aura on this necklace, and perhaps find the whereabouts of the Qilin boy."

"The good fortune incense on you suddenly began to dissipate rapidly."

"You can no longer use the Fortune Incense in the next 24 hours. You can only use it again after 24 hours."

Jiang Xinghuo felt something was wrong. This shouldn't be right. How could the good fortune incense dissipate so quickly?
Moreover, within the next twenty-four hours, you will not be able to use the item Hongyunxiang again. This has never happened before.

Is it because of that necklace?

Or is there some other reason?
The game text did not display any further information, and he did not know whether he had been ambushed by someone else.

Jiang Xinghuo opened the backpack panel and saw that the Hongyunxiang was also gray and could not be clicked to use.

Without the blessing of Hongyun Incense.

Jiang Xinghuo also knew that there was no point in continuing, so he simply stopped wandering around the territory of the Lord of the Five Grains Reincarnation, and instead planned to take a stroll to other places.

"Where do you choose to go next?"

"Will you choose to leave the Guifan Tower in the underground waterway immediately? Or will you choose to go to the ruins deep inside the Guifan Tower? Or will you activate the remaining aura on the necklace and go looking for the Qilin boy who is somewhere unknown?"

The game text gave three options. Jiang Xinghuo first ruled out the answer of leaving Guifan Tower. He had already come here, so there was no reason for him to leave so soon. He had to explore the place thoroughly.

As for the remaining two options, Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully and finally decided to look for the detective of the police station first.

It is not too late to start a new task after completing the current one. Otherwise, it will be impossible for him to do tasks one after another at the same time, which will only add to his troubles.

"You chose to go to the old ruins of Guifan Tower."

"You triggered the map leading to those old ruins."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You met a sewage boy on your way. He set his sights on your flesh and internal organs, and immediately urged the surrounding sewage to flood you, wanting to drown you in the muddy sewage."

"You summoned the River-Suppressing Boy in your body and broke the opponent's spell effortlessly. Even the Sewage Boy was crushed to death by the River-Suppressing Boy."

"You killed it, Sewage Boy."

"You gained incense +100."

"Your actions have also frightened other evil-minded monsters. The sturdy body of the River Guardian Boy and the power he exudes are enough to make these ordinary monsters retreat."

"You continue on your way..."

"As you go deeper into the journey, you come to the ruins of Guifan Tower. A dilapidated and deep underground waterway appears not far ahead of you."

"Because this place has been abandoned for such a long time, there is no power supply or lighting. We can only vaguely see a few holes in the dark."

"The ground has become dry and hard because there has been no sewage flowing for many years. The rotten smell in the air makes you feel dizzy."

"Do you want to enter it?"

"The ruins of Guifan Tower are filled with countless dangers. No one can guarantee whether you can come out alive after entering. If you regret it now, it's not too late. But once you enter, you may not have the chance to regret it."

Jiang Xinghuo completely ignored the content of the game text and controlled the character to enter the ruins in front without hesitation.

"You have entered the ruins of Guifan Tower."

"The moment you step into the ruins, you feel like something is watching you."

"You were attacked by a shadow ghost."

"A shadow puppet is a kind of monster born in darkness. It can blend its body into the darkness. Its favorite thing is to collect the skins of various creatures."

"These shadow puppets have set their sights on your skin, wanting to collect it as their own, so they attacked you without hesitation."

"You activated the Kitchen God Fire."

"The golden-red flames instantly swept around, dispelling the darkness that permeated the underground waterway, and also revealed the true appearance of the shadow puppets."

"When facing the Kitchen God Fire, these shadow puppets have no ability to resist. Whether it is the exorcism property of the Kitchen God Fire, or the Liaoshan Fire and Red Lotus Fire, these shadow puppets are not able to resist."

"Incense +150, incense +150, incense +150..."

"You used the Kitchen God's Fire to kill most of the Shadow Puppet Ghosts, leaving only one Shadow Puppet Ghost alive, in order to get information from it."

"In order to save its own life, this puppet ghost told you all the information it knew. It said it knew the whereabouts of the inspector from the police station. A few days ago, the inspector broke into this place from outside and killed and injured many people. If you let it go, it can take you to find the whereabouts of the inspector." "Do you want to let this puppet ghost go?"

"You triggered it, Baiweiyan."

"Your Eyes of Hundreds of Flavors sensed the evil intentions hidden in the Shadow Puppet. Although he said he wanted to take you to find the inspector, he actually had evil intentions in mind."

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to kill this puppet and look for the detective yourself? Or will you choose to go with the puppet and see what conspiracy it has?"

When Jiang Xinghuo read the content of the text, he thought that he was really not afraid of death and dared to play tricks on him at this time.

That’s perfect. I’ll go over and eat you all up.

"You didn't point out the Shadow Puppet's calculations and thoughts, but pretended not to know about it and followed the Shadow Puppet into the depths of the ruins."

"The shadow puppets took you around in the underground sewers and finally came to their base camp. Dozens of shadow puppets were entrenched there. When they saw you coming, they immediately rushed over and wanted to tear you into pieces."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head. Facing evil spirits like the shadow puppet ghosts, the Red Lotus Karma Fire could be said to be their natural nemesis. He didn't even need to exert any effort. Just based on their own accumulated sins, their minds could be instantly wiped out by the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

In fact it is.

After Jiang Xinghuo controlled the game characters to unleash the Red Lotus Karma Fire, those shadow puppet ghosts had no ability to resist at all. All of them had their minds wiped out in the pain of the burning fire that lasted for at least a thousand years.

"Your red lotus karma has wiped out the minds of these puppet ghosts, and they have all turned into walking corpses."

"..."

Information about the income from incense offerings kept coming in. Jiang Xinghuo counted them and found that after packing up all the shadow puppets and taking care of them, a total of nearly 5000 incense offerings were received.

"Do you want to explore here?"

With the idea of ​​trying his best, Jiang Xinghuo started searching and exploring the base camp of the shadow puppets.

"Exploring, please wait..."

"You have obtained a shadow puppet robe (rare), a leather cutting knife (excellent), a corpse wax (consumable), a leather lantern (excellent), and a roll of puppet silk (rare)."

"Shadow puppet robe (rare item), a robe sewn from the skin of a dead shadow puppet. Wearing it not only improves your defense, but also grants you the innate ability of the shadow puppet, which allows you to blend into the darkness without being noticed."

"Do you want to equip this shadow robe?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

In a place like Guifanlou, the Huaishan Xiangling robe he was wearing was not as useful as this shadow puppet robe. Knowing when to use the right thing could save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"You are equipped with the Shadow Robe."

"Your defensive capabilities are slightly improved."

"You have acquired the Shadow Ghost's innate ability: clone and escape."

"Escape by clone: ​​The innate talent of the shadow puppet ghost. It can hide its body in the dark, and can create clones in places with light and shadow. The number of clones depends on the shadow puppet ghost's cultivation."

This talent of clone's escape was somewhat beyond Jiang Xinghuo's expectations. Judging from the description in the game text, the ability of the shadow ghosts was very useful. If he was in a place with light and shadow, he might not be able to take down those shadow ghosts easily.

The ants kill the elephant.

Sometimes, changes in quantity can indeed lead to changes in quality.

"Leather cutter (excellent item), a knife used by the shadow puppet to cut human skin. However, this knife can only be used to cut various leather objects, and has no effect on other objects."

Props used in specific scenes?
Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and wanted to hang the item in the shop and sell it, but then he changed his mind and thought, what if there was a chance that he might need it? So he kept the item and planned to wait for a while before selling it.

"Corpse wax (excellent consumable item). I don't know what kind of creature it is made of. Corpse wax has many uses. It can cover up the smell of living people, can be used to light up, and can also be used as a special item to attract certain evil spirits."

"Leather Lantern (Excellent Item), a lantern made of the skin of various monsters. The light can protect the area from evil spirits and can also block other people's thoughts and perceptions."

"Puppet Thread (rare item), a prop that the shadow puppet accidentally obtained from the ground. It can control the actions of other monsters from a distance, but it requires strong mental strength to use. The stronger the mental strength, the more puppets can be controlled. However, the distance between the operator and the puppet cannot exceed fifty meters, otherwise the puppet thread will automatically become ineffective."

There are only a few props in total, and the most valuable ones should be the shadow puppet robe and puppet silk.

Moreover, Jiang Xinghuo discovered that these two props can be used in conjunction with each other. The shadow puppet robe can conceal the body shape, and the puppet silk can be manipulated remotely. When used in conjunction with each other, no one can detect and it often produces unexpected results.

"Where are you going next?"

The story of the shadow puppet ghost has come to an end.

When Jiang Xinghuo was about to control the character to leave and search somewhere else, new game text suddenly popped up.

"You were about to leave the Shadow Puppet's base when you suddenly heard a voice coming from outside. It was a coroner's apprentice who came to deliver a message, saying that he was here to pick up the order entrusted by his master, the coroner."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Will you choose to blend into the darkness silently and wait for the coroner's apprentice to leave, or will you rush out and kill him here as well?"

There were two answers. Jiang Xinghuo hesitated for a moment, chose the first answer, and hid himself in the darkness.

"You made no sound, you just hid yourself in the darkness."

"When the apprentice coroner saw no one responding, he walked in from outside, but found that there was no one here. Although he was a little puzzled, he didn't take it to heart and turned around and left."

"Do you want to follow this apprentice coroner in secret?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this interactive option, he chose to follow without thinking too much.

The coroner.

Judging from the name, it should not be an ordinary monster.

"You followed the coroner's apprentice quietly and came to the coroner's dissection laboratory. In the brightly lit laboratory, a large number of coroner's apprentices were dissecting corpses. You could faintly hear some shrill screams coming from inside."

"You have arrived at the coroner's experimental room."

"The coroner was the first coroner in the secular world to violate the taboo of dissecting a living body. Because his behavior was unethical and unacceptable to the secular public, he sneaked into the depths of the ruins of Guifan Tower and concentrated on his own research without being influenced by the outside world."

(End of this chapter)