My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 661 Kirin Boy
“The Crane Playing with the Sun (Special), an object obtained by the old inspector of the Beiping City Patrol Office from the Ancient God from Outer Space. This object can be used as a medium to contact the Ancient God from Outer Space and temporarily gain the blessing of the other party’s power, thereby sacrificing the innocent lives of the entire Beiping City.”

"What are your options next?"

"Do you choose to leave the ruins of Guifanlou immediately and go to Beiping City to find the inspector of the police station to report back?"

"You'd better take the painting of the crane playing with the sun and run away. No one will know where you are hiding anyway. You can make a fortune with it."

"Of course, you can also fulfill your promise and destroy the old man's plot to sacrifice the entire city."

"No matter what choice you make, the final result is also your own choice. Whether it is good or bad, it is also what you asked for."

The game text gave three options. Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully. Since he had already accepted the hidden mission of Qilin's Sorrow, there was no need to give up this mission.

Moreover, those ancient gods from outer space are enemies of all living beings in the mortal world. If those ancient gods from outer space lock on the location of the exile land, they will surely destroy the earth civilization at all costs.

Therefore, whether it was for emotional, logical, public or private reasons, he had no reason to give up this task.

"You chose to fulfill your promise to the inspector of the police station and go to the ground to find an opportunity to disrupt the old man's conspiracy."

"You left the deep ruins of Guifan Tower and walked out of Guifan Tower along the same path you came from."

"However, just as you turned a corner, you suddenly heard shouting sounds coming from the front. You hid behind the wall and looked forward, only to see two armed policemen beating a child. They were the nephew of the inspector of the police station who asked you to find Ling He Tu Se."

Ok?
When seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo was stunned for a moment, thinking, what is going on?
How dare these policemen be so bold as to beat up the children of their immediate superiors here?
Is there any unexpected development happening above?

Or,
These two patrolmen have a grudge against the inspector, so they deliberately abducted the child here, intending to kill him to vent their anger?

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, new text popped up on the screen.

"You found that the two policemen were about to shoot and kill the child after beating him. Do you want to rescue the child from the gunpoint of the two policemen?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think too much and chose yes directly. He thought that this kid was lucky to meet him several times when his life was in danger. It was a good opportunity to rescue him from the gun and see what was happening on the ground.

"Summon the Dragon Swallowing Immortal imprisoned in the acupoint, rush over and swallow the two patrolmen into its stomach. The guns in their hands can't hurt the Dragon Swallowing Immortal's body at all. They are no more effective than fire sticks."

"You took the child to a hidden and safe place and asked him what happened outside. Why did he appear here? Why did the police kill him?"

"The child had barely managed to escape death. When he saw that you had saved him, he burst into tears. You also learned the whole story from his fragmentary description."

"Just after you left the police station and entered Guifan Building that day, the inspector of the police station seemed to have discovered something that night and rushed into the chief inspector's office and had a big argument with him."

"It didn't know what happened inside. But when it went home with its uncle that day, it found that its uncle seemed to have changed. Not only was his behavior very different from before, but he also treated it very roughly and killed several of the servants in the house."

"The child then realized something was wrong. The man who walked out of the Chief Inspector's Office didn't seem to be his uncle. Instead, he was a creature that looked exactly like his uncle, but had a completely different temperament."

"So, the child escaped from home under the cover of night. He had heard from his uncle that you had entered the Ghost Tower in the underground sewer, so he wanted to come and look for you."

"I didn't expect that fake Xibei would find out it had escaped and immediately dispatch his patrolmen to the underground sewer to hunt it down. If you hadn't happened to run into it, I'm afraid it would have been shot down long ago."

"Now that you have listened to the child's story and learned about the progress of the incident, what are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to capture this child and send him back, so that you can lurk beside that fake detective as a token of your allegiance?"

"Or should we send this child to a safe place and find out what happened ourselves?"

This time, the game gave two options. Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and chose the latter.

He first controlled the character to send the child to the coroner, and then continued to walk out of Guifan Building.

He is now very curious about what the detective from the police station found and why it was switched.

At first, he thought that these people were in the same group, so they asked him to come and look for the Linghe Picture.

But now it seems that there is a twist. The detective of the police station may not be aware of his superior's conspiracy, but he must have accidentally discovered some clues, which led to him being replaced.

"You are on your way, please wait..."

"You have left the sewer."

"You left Guifanlou."

"Where are you going now?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the options given and chose to go to the police station to look for the suspected fake police inspector.

However, before taking the painting of the crane playing with the sun back home, Jiang Xinghuo became thoughtful and bought a prop from the niche shop.

"You have obtained the twin mirror."

"Twin Mirror (Excellent Item), a replica of the legendary mirror stand in the underworld. It has the ability to replicate and project other things. It can copy the same thing into two copies, but the replica can only last for six hours. After six hours, the projection will automatically disappear."

Simply put, this prop is specifically used for counterfeiting. There is no significant difference between the replica and the original, except for the time of existence.

"You used the twin mirror."

"You used the innate ability of the Twin Mirror to copy the Crane Playing with the Sun painting in your hand into two copies. Except for the ability of the prop itself, which cannot be restored, there is no difference in other places."

"You put away the real painting of the crane playing with the sun, and then take the fake one made by the twin mirrors to the police station to look for the trace of the fake inspector."

"You came to the police station in Beiping City. When the police learned your purpose, they immediately took you to find the person you were looking for."

"You found out that what the kid said was right. The inspector of the police station who appeared in front of you looked exactly like that inspector, but he gave people a very contradictory feeling."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's gift." "You used the Tathagata's vision to observe the inspector of the police station, and soon discovered the true face hidden under that skin."

"You have been spotted, changeling."

"Shapeshifters are a rare species of monsters in the secular world. They have the ability to transform into other people's appearances. With just one look, they can instantly transform themselves into the other person, including some of the details on their body."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you choose to tear through its hypocritical appearance and kill it in this police station, or will you choose to pretend to be nice to it and see if you can find out its conspiracy?"

Jiang Xinghuo naturally would not choose the first answer. It would be of no benefit to him if he fell out with the other party. It would be better to give the thing to the other party and see what would happen next.

"You gave the Spirit Crane Playing with the Sun forged by the Twin Mirror to this shapeshifter. A hint of subtle joy appeared on its face, and it couldn't wait to take the thing from your hand. When it was sure that this was the real Spirit Crane Playing with the Sun, it immediately put the thing into the safe, and then took you out of the office, saying that it was going to get your reward."

"Do you want to go with this shapeshifter? Your Hundred Eyes have sensed strong malice in it. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be looking for a place to kill you."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think too much about it and just chose to follow. The stage had already been set up, so he had to cooperate and continue singing.

"You followed the shapeshifter to the dungeon below the police station. As soon as you entered here, you heard bursts of piercing wailing. The shapeshifter also showed its true colors. It was no longer as kind as before, and revealed its ferocious and sharp claws."

"The shapeshifter said that you found the painting of the crane playing with the sun, which should be a great achievement, but it can't let you hand the thing over to the chief inspector alive, and it won't tell the other party about it, so you must die."

"The changeling pulled out a revolver from his body and shot three bullets right into your heart and between your eyebrows."

"You are dead."

"You did not resist the attack of the Changeling because you were planning to die at its hands. For this reason, you even deliberately concealed the aura of the Exile on your body because only in this way could you escape from its sight and do your own things more conveniently."

"After the Changeling killed you, he threw your body deep into the dungeon. What are you going to do next?"

"Would you choose to use a scapegoat to resurrect in the dungeon? Or would you choose to resurrect in the shrine in Beiping City?"

"You should know that you are an exile who is despised and cursed by the secular world. Your ancestors were expelled from the secular world. You don't need to fight for some irrelevant people. You can just leave Peking and fly away. No one can find your whereabouts or traces."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the two options on the screen and chose to resurrect in the dungeon without hesitation.

Since he has decided to stay, he will not change his mind, no matter how tempting the game text is.

"You used a scapegoat."

"You came alive deep in the dungeon."

"You found a corpse in a dark corner. Judging from the marks on its body, it must have suffered a lot of torture before it died. Do you want to go over and try to touch the corpse?"

"You walked over and searched the body and found something."

"You have obtained the Qilin Boy's Jade Pendant."

"The Qilin Boy's Jade Pendant (special item), a jade pendant blessed by the Qilin Boy. It should be a personal item of a certain Qilin Boy. It has the Qilin Boy's aura lingering on it, but it is not yet known which Qilin Boy it corresponds to."

"At the same time, you also discovered the identity of this corpse. It was a believer under Qilin Tongzi. I don't know why he died here."

Found another token of Qilin Boy?

Including the necklace and the ring, this was the third thing he had found related to the Qilin Boy.

"Do you want to use the power of the Qilin technique to activate the remaining aura on these tokens? Perhaps it can help you find the whereabouts of the Qilin boy."

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without much thought.

"You mobilized the Qilin magic power in your body and activated the remaining aura on the three tokens in your hands. You sensed the location of the Qilin boy, which seemed to be in the deepest part of this dungeon."

"Do you want to follow the guidance of this aura and look for the Qilin boy?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself that it was true, the Qilin boy was in the dungeon, so he immediately controlled the character to walk inside.

"You followed the guidance of that breath and came to the depths of the dungeon. You found an ancient well there. There seemed to be light underneath. Do you want to go down into the well and take a look?"

"You chose to go down the well to check. You found a stone door at the bottom of the well with a heavy lock on it. Through the crack in the door, you could faintly smell a strong smell of blood."

"Do you want to break the door lock and explore inside?"

"You chose to violently break the lock on the stone door and entered the secret room. You saw a figure hanging in the air, with a large basin filled with blood underneath."

"You noticed the figure hanging in the air. The veins on his wrists had been cut open with a knife. Blood was flowing slowly into the basin through the catheter. His body was also bound tightly with chains. Yellow talismans were pasted all over his body. He couldn't move at all. He could only watch his vitality slowly drain away."

"You have found the seriously injured Qilin boy."

"The figure hanging in the air and bleeding is the Qilin boy. Do you want to rescue him immediately?"

"You walked over and tore off the talisman on the chain, and used the evil star bite to cut the chain, but after you put the man down, you found that there were 24 soul-locking nails embedded in the spine of the Qilin boy, and they were linked together with a mechanical chain lock."

"If we don't know the steps and methods to crack the chain lock, not only will the twenty-four soul-locking nails be unable to be removed, but Qilin Boy will also be like a useless person, unable to move at all."

Good news, the Qilin boy has been found.

Bad news, there is no way to crack the chain lock.

When Jiang Xinghuo was wondering what to do, new game text suddenly popped up on the screen.

(End of this chapter)