My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 68 Past Events

noon.

Folk custom shop.

Jiang Xinghuo saw off the last customer and let out a long sigh. Ever since he entered the game, his fortunes have improved. The store has been frequented by customers and he is very busy every day.

"almost……"

Jiang Xinghuo looked up at the time, took out the phone from his pocket and continued playing the game.

"You woke up next to the shrine in Coffin Town."

"You have walked into this town again. I hope you can live longer today and don't take the initiative to provoke those people you can't afford to offend at the moment."

"Where are you going to go shopping today?"

"The mansion of the coffin master, the coffin maker's coffin shop, the suona maker's funeral music shop, the dilapidated City God Temple, the winemaker's wedding wine shop..."

Jiang Xinghuo noticed the text given by the game.

There were a total of seven map branches in Coffin Town, but now there are only five left. The Flowing Feast and Wedding Dress Shop have disappeared from the options.

Could it be because the bosses of these two places were killed by me?
Looking at the five options, Jiang Xinghuo pondered carefully for a while and decided to proceed with the game according to the previous steps, leaving the exploration of Mr. Coffin's mansion to the end.

Although the game text does not clearly state it, he suspected that it was Master Coffin who killed him in the wedding dress shop.

So to be on the safe side, it would be better to go there last. Jiang Xinghuo quickly made a decision among the remaining four options.

"You have come to the dilapidated City God Temple."

"This City God Temple has been abandoned for many years. It is located in the northeast corner of Coffin Town. It is rarely visited on weekdays. It is also the charity cemetery of Coffin Town."

"According to the custom of Coffin Town, anyone who dies suddenly or prematurely will be placed in the City God Temple for three days to allow the evil spirit in the body to dissipate before being buried."

"You explored around the City God Temple and found a well-preserved fresh corpse, a dozen guide coins, a piece of face covering paper, a handful of grave grass, a pile of life base remains, a piece of Five Bones and Plenty land, a pile of excrement of an unknown creature, and a notice of a funeral shop in Xishen City."

"It is a well-preserved corpse (common material), fresh from death no more than three days ago. Judging from the wound on the neck, it must have been a wild yellow fox. For those coroners and cadaverists who study corpses, it has certain academic and research value."

"Guiding money (common item), a yellow paper copper coin hung on a grave. After burning, it fills the sky with ashes, and you can hide your body in the ashes. Duration: 5 minutes."

"Face covering paper (common item), the red straw paper that covers the face of a dead person. It can conceal the aura on the body and temporarily disguise it as a ghost."

"This is a relic of the life base (ordinary material). It is a secret technique for prolonging life that is passed down in the Jade Girl's Joyful Divine Art. In the ancient rituals and customs of life, the hair, skin, and bones of a close relative are taken and buried in a Feng Shui dragon cave. This can extend a person's life by one decade, which is twelve years."

"However, the seed life base in your hand has been buried underground for too long and has been contaminated by bacteria and microorganisms in the soil. It has lost its function of prolonging life. But you can go to the Taoist Master Shengong to use it as a material for upgrading the scapegoat."

"Grave grass (common material), a plant commonly found growing on the graves of the dead. Barefoot doctors and quacks like to use this plant to make medicine for injuries."

"Night-shining sand (common material), a medicinal material found on the corpse. It is the excrement of a special creature and can be used to refine some medicines to clear the liver and improve eyesight."

"Notice from the Funeral Shop of Xishen City (Ordinary Props). The Funeral Shop of Xishen City near Maoshan has been busy recently and is recruiting a large number of employees. No matter where you come from or what you are, as long as you have healthy limbs and are strong enough to work, you will be fine. Food and lodging will be provided free of charge. You can come with this notice."

"The land of abundant harvest (excellent material) is an ancient ritual recorded in the Jade Girl's Joy God Art, which is mostly spread in the southern Fujian region. On the day of the Zhongyuan Festival, every household will 'plant rice and spread the fields', that is, stick lighted incense and candles along the wall beside the door. The more incense and candles, the better. Only when the gods and ghosts are happy can they bless the farmers to have a good harvest in the autumn harvest."

Jiang Xinghuo had explored the City God Temple almost completely and found a lot of things. The most valuable items should be the notice of the funeral home and the land.

The funeral home notice mentioned a new map - Xishen City.

This city is near Maoshan. Considering the name of Yu Nu Xi Shen Shu, there should be a close relationship between Xi Shen City and Maoshan.

However, due to the limitations of the text, he could not explore in detail whether there were other things in the City God Temple, so he could only come back later.

Anyway, he has lit up the shrine in Coffin Town and can teleport here from other maps at any time, so there is no need to waste time.

Now, Jiang Xinghuo is very curious about what the land is used for.

So he clicked on the text of [Abundant Harvest and Land].

A transparent ripple flashed by, and Jiang Xinghuo only felt a flash before his eyes. A piece of ashes filled with yellow incense and candlelight suddenly appeared in front of him, with smoke and fire curling in the air.

"what's the situation?"

Seeing this scene, Jiang Xinghuo was stunned. Then his cell phone rang and a message feedback came from the game.

"You have activated the Abundant Harvest Formation."

"Spread ashes in the fields, burn incense and plant rice, and the gods and ghosts will bless you, and the crops will be plentiful."

"You have obtained the remaining pages of the Jade Maiden's Joyful Divine Art - the Abundant Harvest Formation."

"The Five Grains and a Good Harvest Formation (Excellent Technique), one of the thirty-six formations recorded in the Maoshan Jade Maiden's Joyful Divine Technique."

"Once this formation is deployed, you will obtain a piece of land for burning incense and planting rice. The caster can be blessed with magical power while in it, and it can also be used to raise ghosts and refine corpses..."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at it for a long time before he understood what was going on.

This formation is equivalent to a mobile power source. As long as you are in it, your magic power will be amplified and you don't have to worry about it running out.

"You can also raise ghosts and refine corpses..."

Seeing this description, Jiang Xinghuo had an idea. He took out the Grass-Headed God and the Tomb Master from the magic bag and placed them on the urn planting ground.

Soon, the two coffins were swallowed up by the gray ashes and disappeared without a trace. Jiang Xinghuo's mind moved, and the formation was also absorbed into his body.

"What are you going to do next? Continue wandering around the City God Temple? Or explore somewhere else?"

"You choose to go to the wedding wine shop."

"You came to the most secluded alley in Coffin Town. Before you even walked into the alley, you smelled the rich and sweet aroma of wine."

"The winemaker's wine shop is in this alley. Although it is located in a remote area, many wine lovers come here every day."

"You walked in with those gourmets. The owner and his employees were busy as hell. You took advantage of others not noticing and sneaked into the backyard, where the owner usually made wine."

"You walk into the wine workshop, look at the large black porcelain jar in front of you, and lift the lid. A spectacle comes into your sight."

“You discovered the winemaker’s secret.”

"The reason why the wine it brews is sweet and tempting is because the raw materials used to brew it are all young girls around 15 or 16 years old."

"Besides, you can smell some familiar smells here, which are very similar to the smell of Fushou cigarettes, but more tempting."

"At this time, you found a rotting body in the corner. Do you want to go and check it out?"

"You walked over to the corpse." "Tathagata's talent, triggered."

"You identified the body. It turns out that the body is the real owner of the liquor store!"

"???"

Jiang Xinghuo slowly typed three question marks.

What does this mean?
Could it be that the owner of the liquor store has also been replaced by someone?

"You lit the remaining half of the Shenqin candle, activated the ability to call back the soul of the owner of the liquor store."

"You learned about the past events in Coffin Town from the ghost of the liquor store owner."

"Coffin Town was a small village a long time ago. It was called Fushou Village. The one who ruled the village was an old god called 'Fushou Gong'. All the order in the village was established by him."

"It is said that this Fushougong is very old and has existed since the time of the old dynasty. He has been in charge of Fushou Village since then."

"Also, there was a special custom in Fushou Village at that time, which was that everyone would be blinded by the smoke."

"At that time, Fu Shougong said that there were demons outside the village who were tempting people to leave Fu Shou Village and harm them by using various documents and books."

"So it used herbs to blind everyone's eyes, so that the villagers could not read those books, and could not be bewitched by the demons, and could stay in this village forever."

"If any outsider comes to this village, he will be called a demon by Lord Fushou and the villagers will beat him to death with sticks."

"This situation lasted for hundreds of years until the night of dawn, when the corrupt old order was broken and the villagers learned the truth. Fu Shougong was also shot in front of all the villagers."

"But no one knew that Fu Shou Gong was not actually dead. He changed his identity and returned to Fu Shou Village, turning the village into the Coffin Town it is today."

"The real winemaker discovered this secret by accident, and was killed by people sent by Lord Fushou, and his identity was replaced by someone else."

"The alcohol sold in the shop nowadays is a highly addictive chronic poison. Once you drink it, you will be addicted to it and can never get rid of it."

After reading the description of the deceased owner of the liquor store, Jiang Xinghuo understood everything in his mind. The man in the coffin should be the old man Fu Shou.

Those seemingly sweet and tempting alcoholic beverages are essentially no different from Fu Shou cigarettes. They are all means used by evil spirits to control the world.

At this moment, the game text suddenly changed.

"The foot-binding master discovered that someone had sneaked into the backyard and is leading people towards this side. You'd better stay out of the spotlight for a while."

A man with bound feet?
This should be the true identity of the winemaker mentioned above. From the name, we can tell that he must be a remnant of the old era.

As for other things, Jiang Xinghuo didn't take them to heart. He thought to himself, I'm a promising young man of the new era, how could I be afraid of a feudal remnant like you?
Feudal remnants such as foot cutting and foot binding should have been eliminated by history long ago and gone to where they belong.

"You were blocked in the wine workshop by the foot-binding man."

"What are you going to do next? Are you going to kneel down and beg the foot-binding man to let you live? Or are you going to fight it head-on?"

"You chose to confront footbinding fairly."

"The identities of the Binding Foot God and the Fu Shou God are similar. They are both old gods who luckily survived the purge."

"In order to avoid being hunted down by those evil spirits, they dare not go to those big cities and can only survive here."

"So, their identities must not be leaked."

"You got into a fight with the foot-binding man."

"Your Five Thunder Technique exudes a magnificent divine power, which is the power to purge all the remaining corruption in the world."

"But the foot-binding man has lived too long. His filthy aura is like a maggot attached to his bones. No matter how powerful your thunder is, it cannot completely dispel the remaining feudal poison."

"Your body was also entangled in a heavy, decayed aura, and was forcibly twisted into the shape of a morbid foot-binding. All of your flesh, blood, tendons, and bones were crushed, staining the ground beneath your feet red."

"You are dead."

"Do you want to activate the Fall Guy?"

Gan!
dead again!
Looking at the text that popped up in the game, Jiang Xinghuo directly clicked no. Even if he chose to resurrect now, he would be resurrected in the wine shop, which would be a waste to deliver food to the foot-binding lady.

It would be better to wait four hours and resurrect at the shrine in Coffin Town.

According to past gaming experience, the game has temporarily ended here.

But today the game text continues to advance.

"You are dead."

"You came to the underworld you had not seen for a long time, and saw the ferry to the kingdom of death again."

"The boat was already filled with dead souls. The ferryman rowed the boat and slowly sailed towards the depths of death."

"However, at this moment, the ghosts on the boat suddenly rioted and began to shake the ferry violently, and some even tried to grab the oars from the ferryman."

"The ferryman immediately launched a counterattack and knocked the rebellious ghosts off the ferry."

"But for some reason, those ghosts seemed to be possessed and launched a crazy attack on the ferryman."

"The ferryman on the ferry is outnumbered and about to be eaten by the dead souls. Do you want to help?"

Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate and chose to take action directly.

"Thanks to your help, the ferryman stabilized the situation, and all the souls on the ferry were beaten into the Styx."

"The ferryman is very grateful for your help and decided to give you something to express his gratitude."

"You can choose any two of the following five options as your reward."

"Blood Sacrifice (Excellent Spell), this spell allows you to learn the ancient sacrificial method of gaining strength from blood. After absorbing blood, you can gain the blessing of strength, and your physical fitness will be increased by 50% in a short period of time. Duration: 10 minutes."

"Five Desires (rare technique), a technique passed down by the Shifang Zen Forest and Xin Zen Temple. Any race in the secular world can practice it. People who practice this technique can not only easily gain the trust of others, but also mobilize the emotions of others at will, and even amplify or cut off the desires of others."

"The Soul-Gathering Spell (legendary spell), this is a method to summon the souls of the dead, which is only passed down in the Taoist sect. Moreover, this spell is extremely domineering. Regardless of whether the souls are willing or not, they can be forcibly summoned for one's own use. The stronger the magic power, the more souls can be summoned."

"Qilin Technique (Excellent Technique) is a secret technique that has been passed down in the secular world since ancient times. It can bless newborns or dying people at the cost of consuming one's own magic power. The former can grow up safely without disease or disaster, and the latter can pass away peacefully without being entangled by illness and pain."

"Yamazun Mantra Seal (Excellent Technique), a technique passed down by the Ten Directions Zen Temple, can seal ghosts and gods into one's body and use them for one's own benefit, but there is a danger of backlash."

The teacher found a new job for me, and I don’t know what the situation is for now. I can only write after get off work every day. It’s difficult to update 10,000 words.

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(End of this chapter)