My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 683 Six Heavenly Ghosts and Gods - Black General
The next morning.

After Jiang Xinghuo got up, he heard a notification sound from his mobile phone and the new game text popped up.

"The sun rises as usual, and the secular world welcomes another beautiful and chaotic day. You wake up in the blacksmith shop. Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian has already called those martial artists here, intending to clear his name and dirty water."

"It has walked in the secular world for many years, and what it values ​​most is its reputation. If this matter is not completely resolved, it will no longer be able to walk in the secular world. People will think that it has embezzled the forging materials given to it by its customers, and the reputation of the Taoist Master of Divine Machine Hundred Refinements will be completely ruined."

"Those martial artists were invited by Taoist Master Bailian to come to the blacksmith shop again. Although they had a lot of resentment and anger in their hearts, they still brought the materials needed to forge weapons. After all, Taoist Master Bailian's craftsmanship is unmatched in the secular world. The weapons he forged are not only durable, but also much more powerful than those created by other craftsmen."

"But this time they don't plan to leave. Instead, they are waiting for Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian in the blacksmith shop. They take away each weapon after they have forged it. This way, they won't lose any more weapons."

"However, the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian was not in a hurry to start forging weapons for them. Instead, he called you here and asked you to take out the golden puppet boy imprisoned in the trap to prove his innocence."

"Do you want to take out the Golden Puppet Boy to prove the innocence of the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian?"

"You now have two choices. The first choice is to take out the Golden Puppet Boy and let these martial artists know that the Taoist Master Bailian of Divine Machines did not deceive them. The second choice is to add insult to injury and put the Taoist Master Bailian of Divine Machines in an unjust position. In this way, although you will lose the Taoist Master Bailian of Divine Machines' help, you can conceal the existence of the Golden Puppet Boy."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the two options given by the game and chose the former without thinking. He handed over the Golden Puppet Boy to prove the innocence of the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian.

The value of the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian is far greater than that of the Golden Puppet Boy, or even the Five Elements Puppet Boys combined. It is really not worth it to lose this capable helper for the sake of immediate personal gain.

Moreover, the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian was very kind to him. As long as he came to him to forge various weapons and props, he would always help him without hesitation. He didn't even need to provide the materials himself. Most of the materials were paid for by him out of his own pocket. If he continued to take advantage of his misfortune, he would be a real bad person.

"You released the anesthetized Golden Puppet Boy from the tiger trap, and took out the various weapons that the Golden Puppet Boy had swallowed, and explained the situation to many martial artists."

"When these martial artists learned about the Golden Puppet Boy, they seemed a little skeptical. Only a few senior martial artists immediately changed color when they heard your words. They first came out to apologize to Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, and expressed their deep regrets for their misunderstanding of him."

"Then I asked you if I could give this golden puppet boy to them?"

"According to these martial artists, this Five Elements Puppet Boy was originally a treasure of their Wulin Alliance, but was later stolen by a traitor in the alliance and left in the secular world. If you are willing to return this Golden Puppet Boy to them, then within the Wulin Alliance's jurisdiction, you will be treated as a distinguished guest by everyone."

"What are your plans now?"

"Are you going to hand this golden puppet boy over to these martial artists? Or are you going to politely reject their request?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to hand over the Golden Puppet Boy.

He did not give up on the golden puppet boy, but planned to use this option to trigger the subsequent plot. Anyway, he had already planted the God-Binding Immortal Talisman in the golden puppet boy's body, and no one else could forcibly take it away from him.

This is a good opportunity to see if I can find the remaining five elements puppets and try to gather all of them together.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo no longer hesitated and directly chose to hand over the Golden Puppet Boy.

"You handed the deeply anesthetized Golden Puppet Boy to these martial artists."

"You have temporarily obtained the right to pass within the territory under the jurisdiction of the Wulin Alliance."

"When you travel within the territory controlled by the Wulin Alliance, you have the highest authority second only to the elders. Except for a few forbidden areas, you can explore freely."

"The misunderstanding has been resolved. These martial artists have apologized to Taoist Master Bailian and handed over the materials they collected to him again. Do you also want to hand over the iodine monster corpse in your backpack to Taoist Master Bailian?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes and handed the things in his backpack to the other party, asking him to forge armor for him that could resist nuclear radiation.

"Master Shen Ji Bai Lian asked you to come and get it at this time tomorrow. He needs to think carefully about how to meet your requirements to the greatest extent and strive to raise the level of this armor to a higher level."

The story of the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian ends here.

Jiang Xinghuo stayed in the blacksmith shop for a while, and seeing that no subsequent plot was triggered, he controlled the character to leave the blacksmith shop.

"Where are you going next?"

"Would you choose to follow those martial artists and see what they would say or where they were going? Or would you just casually stroll around the nearby streets and alleys?"

Jiang Xinghuo naturally had to choose the option that triggered more plots, so he chose to follow those martial artists.

"You chose to follow those martial artists."

"You have triggered the gossiping ears of the Kitchen God."

"You followed those martial artists from a distance, and through your innate ability of Bagua Ears, you heard their conversations."

"It turns out that this Five Elements Puppet Boy is indeed the lost treasure of the Wulin Alliance. It was stolen by the alliance's top master, Tiger Head Taibao, back then. He used the power of the Five Elements Puppet Boy to practice a set of powerful Five Elements Fist, and made a great name for himself in the secular world. He is known as the best person under the Martial Lord."

Jiang Xinghuo noticed that the game text mentioned the name of Hutou Taibao, and the name was flashing in bright red in the text.

He subconsciously clicked on the words "Tiger-Headed Guardian", and the new game text popped up.

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

"Keyword automatic recognition..."

"Searching for information related to '虎头太保' for you." "Please wait..."

"The entry has been found."

"Editing the entry for you."

"The entry has been edited, please read it."

"Tiger Head Guardian, the best master of the Wulin League, is said to be the martial master's junior apprentice and has learned the true teachings of the martial master. But later, for some unknown reason, the two brothers fell out, and Tiger Head Guardian left the Wulin League, taking away the league's most precious treasure, the Five Elements Puppet Boy."

"After that, Tiger Head Guard used the power of the Five Elements Puppet Boy to train the powerful Five Elements Fist, and returned to the Wulin Alliance to challenge the Martial Lord. Unfortunately, he lost three battles and ended up in the secular world, where his whereabouts are unknown."

"Now, the Five Elements Puppet Boy has reappeared in the Wulin Alliance, which may mean that the Tiger-Headed Protector has returned again. However, the Wulin Alliance is no longer the same as it was before, and the whereabouts of the Martial Master are unknown. If the Tiger-Headed Protector comes to attack again, I am afraid no one can stop him."

"You followed the martial artists to the martial arts arena of the Wulin League, and followed them to a secret room. This is the treasure house of the Wulin League. Guarding this place are several attendants trained by the martial master himself. They are top-notch masters in the secular world. Do you want to go in and take a closer look?"

"Your Nine Deaths Cicada can transform itself into a virtual entity. There is a high chance that it can evade the perception of these attendants, but there is also a small chance that they will discover it on the spot."

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the scapegoat, who was still in a gray state. He didn't know when he would return to normal. If he entered the treasure pavilion and was killed inside, he would have to wait another eight hours.

But the treasure mountain is right in front of me. If I don’t go in, I will feel uneasy and it will mean death. I have to fight!
"You activated the Nine Death Cicada Divine Art."

"You made your body invisible and cast a dimensional spell on yourself. You took advantage of the brief gap when the door of the treasure pavilion was open to sneak into the treasure pavilion."

"After you enter this treasure house, you will find that it is more like a weapons house than a treasure house, because it contains all kinds of magical weapons, various auxiliary props for martial arts practice, and various casting drawings for martial arts training rooms."

"You found a blueprint of a horizontal training room, which detailed various spells and incantations, as well as the sizes of various equipment and props needed for training. But just when you wanted to put the blueprint away, you found that the eyes of the martial arts master's attendants fell on you."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo's heart sank slightly, thinking that it was bad, maybe someone would find out.

But before Jiang Xinghuo could make an appropriate response, the subsequent text popped up.

"You were feeling uneasy and were about to leave this treasure house, but you discovered that these martial masters' attendants suddenly attacked you. Not only did they break your Nine Deaths Cicada and Dimensional Arts, they also reversed the tendons of your limbs and fixed you in place, unable to move."

Didn't kill yourself?
When Jiang Xinghuo saw the text description and found out that these martial lords' attendants didn't kill him, he knew there was more to talk about and there must be other tasks that would fall on him.

"You started talking to these Martial Lord's attendants. It turns out that the reason they were able to detect your presence is because the Martial Lord once passed on the Nine Deaths Cicada martial art to them, and their cultivation was higher than yours. That's why they discovered you when you first arrived here. But it was also because they sensed the power of the Nine Deaths Cicada that they didn't attack you right away."

"Then, these close attendants of the Martial Lord asked you for help. Now that the Wulin Alliance is facing a disaster, as one of the descendants of the Martial Lord Nine Deaths Cicada, they hope that you can stay here to help resist the foreign enemies. Even if you are an exile cursed by the secular world, as long as you inherit the Nine Deaths Cicada magic left by the Martial Lord, you will be considered a member of their Wulin Alliance."

Jiang Xinghuo followed those martial artists to the treasure pavilion, but unexpectedly triggered a mission. He had to stay here to help the Wulin Alliance resist foreign enemies. There was no reward, and no force. It was entirely up to Jiang Xinghuo to do it or not.

As for who this foreign enemy is, it goes without saying that it is most likely that Tiger Head Taibao.

Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate at all. He had no reason to refuse the task that was delivered to his door. This was not real life. He had to look ahead and behind and weigh the pros and cons before making a choice.

In this game, the choices he made were basically based on the plot. As long as it could trigger new tasks and subsequent plot developments, he would rarely reject them.

Unless this task will cause irreversible and significant negative impact on reality.

"You accepted the requests for help from these warrior lords' attendants, and also learned the whole story from them."

"The enemy that the Wulin Alliance is facing is the Tiger-Headed Protector. When these attendants discovered the Golden Puppet Boy, they immediately confirmed this. The Tiger-Headed Protector came to the Wulin Alliance this time with the intention of completely destroying this place and cutting off the foundation of the Martial Lord."

"You were curious about the feud between the Martial Lord and Tiger Head Guard. Why did they, who were obviously brothers, turn against each other and even develop to the current situation where they are fighting to the death?"

"But what happened next was beyond your expectations. You learned from the servants of these martial masters that the Tiger Head Guardian who wanted to overthrow the Wulin Alliance was no longer the Tiger Head Guardian of the past, but a puppet whose body was occupied by the Six Heavenly Ghosts."

"That six-day demon god is called Black General, and he is extremely skilled in various sword techniques. It is precisely because of this that he gained the trust of Tiger Head Guardian and made him his close friend."

"Little did they know that the reason why General Black deliberately approached Tiger Head Guardian was that he wanted to take over its body and kill the Martial Master. Although Tiger Head Guardian tried his best to resist, his consciousness was still suppressed by General Black."

"The Martial Lord was therefore very cautious and repeatedly let General Black go. He did not dare to really do anything to him, because if he killed General Black, the consciousness of Tiger Head Protector would also disappear."

"General Black has become more and more fearless because the Martial Lord dared not attack him. When the Martial Lord was still alive, General Black did not dare to come to the Wulin Alliance easily, fearing that the Martial Lord would kill him and Tiger Head Taibao together for the sake of justice. But now the Martial Lord is nowhere to be found. Although the Wulin Alliance has many disciples, they are no match for General Black. They can only rely on the martial arts magic weapons left by the Martial Lord to barely resist."

"And if you want to activate those martial arts magic weapons, you must use the power of the Nine Death Cicadas. This is why they want to ask you for help."

It’s the six-day ghost again!

Jiang Xinghuo didn't expect that there was such a hidden story here.

However, it is not easy to deal with these six-day ghosts and gods. Even with the martial arts magic weapons left by the Martial Lord, it is likely that they will not be able to do anything to the black general in the end.

Jiang Xinghuo opened the magic bag and found the Shenji Furnace, which was the creation of the Taoist Shenji Bailian. It could automatically repair damaged props. Later, it was integrated with the Yinshan Iron Stone found in the underworld, and possessed the ability to suppress and refine the six heavenly ghosts and gods.

This item might come in handy when dealing with the Black General.

(End of this chapter)