My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 691 A letter for help from Beiping
The sudden appearance of this altar was a little unexpected for Jiang Xinghuo.

He thought it was just an ordinary altar, but who would have thought it was something left behind by the god Zongbu.

According to the description in the game text, everyone in the secular world can reach the resting place of the soul of the god Zongbu through sacrifice.

But the game text doesn't explain how to use this altar. Can you just make some sacrifices? Or does it require specific steps and methods?
While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, new game text popped up again.

"Zongbu God is merciful. If you want to reach the resting place of his soul through the altar, you don't need to offer incense and three animals. You only need to gather soil to make a furnace, insert grass as incense, and bow three times with piety, and you will see the road to the resting place of Zongbu God's soul."

"Do you want to activate this altar immediately and go to the resting place of the Zonbu god's soul?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw it, he thought this method was simple and saved a lot of trouble.

But now is not the time to use this item. Let’s wait until we leave here.

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to continue exploring in the ruined Huaiyin Water Palace? Or will you choose to explore other places along the Huaiyin Water Vein?"

"Or, do you plan to return to the ancestral hall of Longhe Village to find the golden-armored zombie and tell it what you discovered here?"

"Of course, you can also choose to ignore it, leave Huaiyin Water Vessel on your own, and go to other cities or unlocked maps to explore."

Looking at the four options given by the game, Jiang Xinghuo thought for a brief moment, first controlled the character to walk around Huaiyin Water Palace twice, and after making sure that no new interactive options could be triggered, he chose to return to the ancestral hall in Longhe Village, intending to find the golden-armored zombie to complete the task.

"You chose to return to the ancestral hall to look for the golden-armored zombie."

"You left Huaiyin Water House."

"Those monsters entrenched here don't dare to stop you in the slightest. Now that the Huaiyin Water God has disappeared, the curses in their bodies have lost their effect. You don't have to worry about being killed by the Huaiyin Water God."

"But they also know that the things left by the Huaiyin Water God must have fallen into your hands. Although they feel a little unwilling, they still dare not attack you."

"After all, even the Huaiyin Water God, who holds the power of the Water God, died in your hands. If they dare to attack you, it will be tantamount to seeking their own death."

"So, you left Huaiyin Water House safely and returned to Longhe Village along the water route you came from."

"You came to the ancestral hall and found the dying golden-armored zombie. You told him everything you saw in the Huaiyin Water Palace without reservation."

"After hearing this, the golden-armored zombie felt that human nature was unpredictable. Even though they had known each other for so many years, the Huaiyin Water God still betrayed it when it faced life and death. The golden-armored zombie walked towards the end of his life in despair, and the remaining vitality in his body slowly dissipated."

"However, before disappearing, the golden-armored zombie left you the map of the Tomb Mountain in order to thank you for the information you found out."

"You have obtained the map of the Tomb Mountain."

"No one knows what the original name of the Ancient Tomb Mountain is. People only know that there are many ancient tombs in the mountain, with tombs piled up on top of tombs. The oldest tombs can even be traced back to ancient times."

"When the golden-armored zombie was alone and bored, he also excavated some ancient tombs to see if there were any of his kind. Unfortunately, he never found another creature like him. However, the tombs he excavated were drawn and recorded by the golden-armored zombie."

"You can follow the instructions on the map to go to the Ancient Tomb Mountain. Perhaps you can find some valuable things from those ancient tombs."

Jiang Xinghuo put the map away, completed the mission of the golden armored zombie, and obtained two rewards.

One is a fragment of the Law of All Things, and the other is a map of the Tomb Mountain.

"Where are you going next?"

"Will you choose to go to the ancient tomb mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, or continue to explore the Huaiyin water vein, or return to Guandong City to wait for the emergence of the Zongbu Temple?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to continue exploring within the Huaiyin water vein. He remembered that when he went to the Bafang Linglou, he got a message from those ghost hunters.

It is said that Longze, one of the three lakes in the secular world, is suspected to overlap with the Huaiyin waterway, and many broken scales and dragon horns appeared in the water.

The broken horn of the blue dragon obtained from the Huaiyin Dragon King later further proved this statement. It was a good opportunity to go over and see what was going on.

There are three lakes in the secular world: Yunmeng Lake, Lei Lake, and Dalong Lake.

He has already obtained a lot of clues about Yunmengze and Lei Ze, and has even found the entrance to Lei Ze so he can go in and investigate at any time.

The only thing he has not come into contact with is Dalongze, so he doesn't know what the specific situation is.

"You chose to explore a place related to the Great Dragon Lake."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have come to the Sanchuan Basin of the Huaiyin Waterway."

"The Sanchuan River Basin is the most turbulent part of the Huaiyin waterway. The three waterways lead to different water areas. Many water-attributed monsters can travel back and forth to other water veins through these waterways."

"Not long ago, someone found some dragon scale fragments and broken dragon bones here. They thought they were relics left after the death of an ancient dragon."

"But later I found that something was amiss, because the number of dragon scale fragments and dragon bone remains that appeared here was too complicated. Not only did most of them come from different races, but there were even remains of real dragons that appeared in the Huaiyin waterway."

"That's why some people speculated that the Huaiyin waterway and the legendary Great Dragon Lake overlapped in space, and these dragon scale fragments and dragon bone remains all flowed out from the Great Dragon Lake."

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

"Keyword automatic identification..."

"Searching for you..."

"Please wait……"

"Editing the entry for you."

"Entry editing is complete, please read:"

"The Great Dragon Lake is one of the three legendary lakes in the secular world. Unlike other paradises in the secular world, only dragon-like monsters and demons can enter the Great Dragon Lake."

"Legend has it that all dragon-like monsters in the secular world can find their own bloodline in the Great Dragon Swamp. There are many powerful dragon gods and even some dragon creatures that have long been extinct in the secular world."

“But at the same time, the Great Dragon Lake is also the burial place for those dragon-like monsters. Dragons have their own pride, and even their remains after death are not allowed to be desecrated or used by others. So before the end of their lives, those powerful dragons will return to the Great Dragon Lake to find a burial place for themselves. Therefore, the Great Dragon Lake is also the tomb of many dragon-like monsters.”

"The dragon bone remains found in the Huaiyin waterway come from different dragon species, so some people speculate that this place overlaps with the Great Dragon Lake, which is not groundless talk."

"But whether this is the truth or not, no one can guarantee it until we get solid evidence."

"Moreover, since the remains of the dragon bones appeared here, many evil spirits have come here, and fighting among them is not uncommon. In the mud under the water, there are many dead bodies piled up." "You were attacked by the Water Guardian."

Jiang Xinghuo was reading the contents of the game text when suddenly the screen flashed and a message popped up indicating that he was under attack.

"Shui Taibao, a water-attributed monster, has a gentle temperament, was born in fresh water, and has the ability to purify water."

"But you found that the water guardian in front of you had bloodshot eyes and was ferocious and violent, which was completely different from the ordinary water guardians."

"After a somewhat strenuous battle, you subdued the water beast, and through the vision of Tathagata, you observed that it was wearing a necklace around its neck. It was this necklace that caused the water beast's temperament to change drastically. Do you want to take it off and see what's going on?"

"You have obtained the Evil Dragon Rope."

"Evil Dragon Rope (Excellent Item), a magical tool forged by Taoist Fulong using fragments of evil dragon bones. Wearing it can greatly increase your magical power, but the evil spirit contained in the fragments of evil dragon bones will also have a subtle influence on the wearer, causing him to change his temperament and become cruel and merciless."

"After you took off the evil dragon rope from Shui Taibao, his scarlet eyes gradually returned to normal, and the violent aura on his body gradually dissipated, and he became the kind and gentle Shui Taibao again."

"You asked Shui Taibao where the evil dragon rope on his body came from, but Shui Taibao was confused and couldn't remember what happened. He only said that it seemed to have obtained this thing in his sleep, but he couldn't remember the specific details."

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly, wondering how other people were involved again. He had never heard of the name of this Taoist Fu Long, and didn't know whether he was a monster or a human being.

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

"Searching for keywords..."

"Please wait……"

"Sorry, you do not have sufficient permissions."

"You are temporarily unable to browse and query entries related to 'Fulong Taoist'. Please increase your authority level before trying again."

Seeing this text, Jiang Xinghuo was stunned.

Insufficient permissions?

The confidentiality level of this Taoist Fu Long is quite high.

Jiang Xinghuo secretly figured out that since he couldn't start from the Golden Box Collection of Books, he could only start from other places.

He had a feeling that the overlap between the Huaiyin waterway and the Dalongze was most likely caused by this Taoist Fulong.

But now he has not found any clues to trigger the subsequent plot, so he cannot push the subsequent plot forward, and he has no idea what the purpose of Taoist Fulong is.

We can only put this mission clue aside.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo entered a semi-idle state. He was busy with the small business in the store during the day, and controlled the character to wander around in his spare time, and found a lot of broken dragon bone remains.

But most of them are ordinary materials with little use value.

Until the evening.

Jiang Xinghuo placed the heirloom lamp on the bedside and was about to go to bed early to see if he could see anything in his dream, when suddenly new text content came from the game.

"You have received the information from the mob. Do you want to open it and take a look?"

A message from the mob?

Jiang Xinghuo felt a little puzzled. Why would these intelligence dealers who specialized in gathering information take the initiative to send him information for no reason?
"You checked the information of the rabble."

"You found out that this message came from Huangliang Hutong in Beiping. It was a message from the old storyteller asking for help, hoping that you could rush over to save its life. Do you want to go to Beiping immediately to see what happened?"

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo became more and more curious. How could the old storyteller be connected with the mob?
At the beginning, the mob almost killed the old storyteller. Even if the two sides reconciled later, they must have been insincere. Why would they deliver a letter for the old storyteller, a letter for help?

"Are you going to Peking immediately?"

The game text asked again.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think too long and directly chose yes.

He had originally planned to take some time to go to Peking to find the old storyteller and inquire about the affairs of Taoist Fu Long. Unexpectedly, before he even arrived, the other party came to his door first.

"You left the Huaiyin water vein."

"You came to Beiping City through the Fengdu Shrine."

"Where are you going next?"

"Would you choose to go to the underworld stall of Datong Pawnshop first and redeem the items pawned by Tiangong Ye for that Tiangong Ye believer? Or would you choose to go to Huangliang Hutong immediately to see if the old storyteller is still alive?"

"You chose to go to Huangliang Hutong."

"On the way..."

"You noticed on your way to Huangliang Hutong that there were fewer people on the streets. The mob that usually acted as spies had all disappeared."

"You have arrived at Huangliang Hutong."

"You came to the old storyteller's yard and found that the Ten Directions Soul Awakening Formation was set up outside. This is a defensive formation. The moment an outsider steps into the formation, he will be sensed by the person who set up the formation and can see the scene outside through the Water Mirror Technique."

"A road appears in front of you, and the voice of the storyteller can be heard in your ears, asking you to walk along this road. This is the path that leads directly to the storyteller's cave. Do you want to go in?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought that since he was already here, there was no need to hesitate, so he controlled the character and walked in.

"You have arrived at the storyteller's cave."

"You walked into the storyteller's cave and found the storyteller who was seriously injured, and some other rabble who were also injured."

"The old storyteller first expressed his gratitude to you. He was just trying to give it a try. He had no idea whether you would come back after receiving the letter. But now that you are here, he knows that he has made a good friend of you."

"You asked what happened and how you could help?"

"But the old storyteller did not answer your question directly. Instead, he took you to the depths of the storyteller's cave, where you saw an unexpected person..."

(End of this chapter)