My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 705: The corpse of the Taoist master?

"You have discovered the remaining spirit of the magical beast Xiezhi."

"If you want to enter the small prison hidden behind the Criminal Officer's Palace, you must pass the test and questions of the magic beast Xiezhi. Otherwise, even if you hold the map of the small prison, you will not be able to find the way to enter it."

"A thunderous roar came out of the mouth of the magic beast Xiezhi, as if it was the only sound in the world. A passage of words immediately emerged in your mind. That was the magic beast Xiezhi's test of you."

"A long time ago, there was a father who was paralyzed and lying in bed. In a blink of an eye, decades had passed. He had no idea how to eat, drink, defecate or urinate, and could only rely on his son for support and care. The son was dragged down and never married. He was always hoping that his father would die soon. However, for decades, his father never got sick. Although the son hoped that his father would die, he took care of him meticulously. He didn't even have bedsores. Can such behavior be called filial piety?"

"This son hopes his father will die, which is a rebellious and unethical thought. But he has been supporting his father for decades. Is he a rebellious son? Or a filial son with unparalleled benevolence and righteousness?"

"This question is Xiezhi's test for you. As long as your answer can convince the remaining spirit of Xiezhi, you can find the way to enter the small prison."

After the game text popped up, the screen flashed quietly and a text input box appeared, allowing Jiang Xinghuo to tell the Xiezhi remnant spirit what he wanted to say by typing.

Jiang Xinghuo's mind turned, he raised his eyebrows, and typed five words on the screen.

"Anonymous: Judging by deeds, not by heart."

This question was answered by the ancient sages thousands of years ago: we should judge by deeds, not by the heart. If we judge by the heart, there are no saints in the world.

If a person can pretend to be kind and righteous all his life, then he is a real gentleman. No matter what he thinks in his heart, as long as his behavior is not out of line, he is a good person.

If we were to judge whether a person is good or bad based on what they think in their heart, I'm afraid there are few people in this world who can be called good people.

Jiang Xinghuo waited for a while, and there were subsequent developments in the game.

"Your answer satisfies the law beast Xiezhi. If a person is thinking about killing, stealing, committing adultery, lying, or doing evil, but has not done such things, you cannot forcibly hold him accountable for things that have not happened."

"You have obtained the blessing of the magical beast Xiezhi."

"The blessing of the law beast Xiezhi (permanent state). The law beast Xiezhi gives you blessing and protection. When you encounter evil people who violate the law and justice in the future, your attributes in all aspects will be improved. At the same time, the more righteous things you do, the stronger this blessing will be. On the contrary, if you do evil things, the blessing will weaken or even disappear from you completely."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the description in the text, he thought that this blessed state was not bad. It forced people to do good deeds. The more good deeds they did, the greater the power of the blessing would be, and the stronger their cultivation would be. It was worthy of being a magical beast that symbolized justice and fairness.

"The magic beast Xiezhi has returned to the center of the hall. It glows an earthy yellow light and has once again turned into a stone sculpture. You have passed the test and can go wherever you want. Only when a newcomer enters here again will the remaining spirit of Xiezhi revive."

"You have triggered the map of the Little Prison."

"You followed the map and found the entrance to the small prison hidden in the Hall of the Judge. You stood in front of the dark entrance and heard the cries of thousands of souls. Your heart was shaken and your spirit was greatly traumatized."

"Your body and mind are affected, and your health begins to decrease..."

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the content of the text, he immediately took out the silent pendant from his magic bag and equipped it on the game character.

This pendant made by the Star Sea Immortal can resist mental shocks. It can even resist the whispers of the ancient god of the deep sea. The death sound in this small prison should be no problem at all.

"Do you want to enter the small prison and explore it immediately?"

"You walked into the small prison. To your surprise, there were no bloody torture instruments here. Even the cells were different. They looked like luxurious houses."

"During the reign of the Lord of the Secular World, only a handful of prisoners could enter the Small Prison, and they were all royal relatives. The Lord of the Secular World could not harm these brothers due to kinship and blood ties, but he could not let them cause trouble outside, so he imprisoned all these royal relatives, sons and grandsons of the phoenix, in the Small Prison. They had the best food and accommodation, but they were not allowed to leave. For those who did not have great ambitions, this was a good place to cultivate their character, but for those who were ambitious, this place was more difficult than the Nine Nether Hell. Their passion, knowledge, and ambitions could only be buried in this dungeon that never saw the sun."

"When you walk past the room on your left, you can vaguely hear some moaning coming from inside the room. Do you want to go over and take a closer look?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself that based on the nature of this game, it was most likely not a good thing, but he had to go. If he missed something good, it would be a waste of time.

"You walked to the room and looked inside through the crack in the door. You saw a bridal chamber inside. A seductive woman in revealing clothes was putting on her makeup in front of a dressing mirror. She saw you outside the door through the mirror. The veil she was wearing also fell off. Her jade-like fingers gently hooked at you, motioning you to come in, as if she wanted to invite you in as her lover. Do you want to go in?"

"You have triggered the talent of Tathagata."

"You observed the woman in the room through the vision of Tathagatagarbha. You saw that the originally gorgeous and elegant wedding room had become dilapidated in an instant. The enchanting woman in front of the dressing mirror had also turned into a skeleton. But you noticed that the bones of this skeleton were actually hinged together like chains, which was completely different from the bones of a normal person."

"You have discovered the remains of the White Bone Bodhisattva."

"The White Bone Bodhisattva, also known as Lady Clavicle, was originally one of the six heavenly ghosts. She was dissolute by nature and liked to devour the blood, flesh and essence of boys and girls. Later, she assisted the rebels and wanted to overthrow the rule of the Lord of the Secular World. She was killed on the spot by the current Grand Master who was fighting against rebellion. Unfortunately, a wisp of her essence did not dissipate, and with the help of the ancient gods from outer space, she quietly escaped into the depths of the Forbidden City."

"It just so happened that at that time, the eldest daughter of the Lord of the Secular World was about to be born. Madam Clavicle took advantage of the Lord of the Secular World's absence to suppress the rebellion and seized the body of the unborn eldest princess. By the time the Lord of the Secular World found out, Madam Clavicle had completely merged with the eldest princess."

"The Lord of the Secular World originally wanted to kill Madam Clavicle with his own hands, but he couldn't bear to kill his eldest daughter, so he had to imprison her in the Small Heavenly Prison and let her fend for herself there. It was not until the Lord of the Secular World died that he took ruthless action to get rid of this evildoer who was both a six-day ghost and his own daughter."

"But even a centipede is still alive after death. Although Madam Clavicle has died twice, she has been reborn. With the help of the dragon energy and the golden law in the eldest princess' body, she has transformed into a white-bone bodhisattva. As long as she absorbs enough male essence, she will have the hope of being reborn in flesh and blood and resurrecting in the secular world again."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Will you choose to unlock the door, go in, and refine the White Bone Bodhisattva? Or will you try to get rid of the White Bone Bodhisattva outside the room? Or will you pretend that you didn't see it and ignore it?"

It was impossible to ignore it. Jiang Xinghuo first rejected this option. Since he had already discovered it, he must find a way to get rid of this six-day ghost. Now all he had to do was to choose how to kill the other party? Should he choose to open the door and use the magic furnace to refine it? Or choose to kill the other party outside? ?

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a while and decided to avoid close contact with it to be on the safe side.

"You activated the Kitchen God Fire."

"The golden-red flames penetrated the crack of the door like a spirit snake, and began to spread along the floor of the room, quickly turning the room into a golden-red sea of ​​fire. The skeleton of the White Bone Bodhisattva was in the flames, and it let out a shrill and piercing scream. However, due to the unique properties of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, the White Bone Bodhisattva's weak consciousness was quickly obliterated by the flames, and completely disappeared from the world. Even if those ancient gods from outer space took action, they could not restore the White Bone Bodhisattva's obliterated consciousness."

"Also, you noticed that the skeleton of the White Bone Bodhisattva also began to melt slowly, gradually changing from a twisted and deformed articulated form to a normal skeleton. Finally, the skeleton melted into a pool of liquid and then condensed into a white bone lotus. Do you want to take it and take a closer look?"

Any unexpected gains?
"You picked up the bone lotus on the ground and understood its profound meaning through the vision of Tathagata."

"Bone Lotus (special item), the remains of the six heavenly ghosts are catalyzed by the Golden Law and the Kitchen God's Fire to form a new item. It can suppress and seal the six heavenly ghosts and other creatures, but it needs the power of the Golden Law as a medium to activate it."

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the text and took the thing into reality. A white bone lotus the size of a palm appeared in the palm of his hand. The texture looked like jade, not ordinary bone.

He tried to use the power of the Golden Law to activate the White Bone Lotus, and it immediately turned into a chain that spread out, wrapping the White Jade Treasure-hunting Turtle on the shelf. Then the chain turned into a lotus and flew back.

Jiang Xinghuo took a closer look and saw the white jade turtle looking around inside the lotus, as if it didn't know how it got here.

Jiang Xinghuo was afraid of scaring the little guy, so he quickly let it out. The white jade turtle slowly crawled to Jiang Xinghuo, rubbed him twice, and then whooshed back to the shelf and fell asleep. It looked like a white jade ornament, with nothing unusual about it.

After trying out how to use the White Bone Lotus, Jiang Xinghuo threw the thing into the magic bag and continued his exploration.

"You continue to explore the small prison and find that most of the other rooms are empty, but there are a few rooms that are tightly closed, as if something is imprisoned inside. You force open a door and walk in to find a strange corpse."

"This corpse looks lifelike, as if it is asleep, but you sense a familiar aura on it. You seem to have seen this corpse somewhere before."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the body of the Pure World Tathagata."

Ok?
When Jiang Xinghuo saw the text for the first time, he thought he was dazzled and had read it wrong. He read it carefully again to make sure that he saw those were the words.

The body of the Pure Land Tathagata?

what happened?

Pure World Tathagata, one of the thirteen ancient masters of Taoism, the master behind the subversion of the rule of the secular master, the eldest disciple of Maitreya, the elder brother of Ksitigarbha, the leader of the Pure World Sect, a major secular sect...

No matter what name he was called, he was a famous person in the secular world. How could he become a corpse here? ? ?
Ever since Jiang Xinghuo entered this game, there was only one Daoist master who was clearly dead. He was the Yellow River King, who was an ancient corpse that became a Daoist. He was killed by the Mountain and River Sacrifice True Lord in his royal city.

He had never heard of any of the other Dao masters having any problems.

Moreover, the Pure World Sect is now developing in full swing, and has fought with the Natural Disaster Sect for the ownership of Daliang City more than once.

If the Pure World Tathagata had died long ago, how could the Pure World Sect dare to fight with other powerful forces?

More importantly, Jiang Xinghuo remembered that when he was exploring Shiva Village again, he had met Pure World Tathagata once and was killed by him once.

If this corpse is really the corpse of Pure Land Tathagata, then who is he seeing?
Also, why did the body appear in the small prison? Did someone leave it here? Or did the Lord of the Secular World imprison it here when he was alive?
Or is there some other hidden secret?
"With unanswered questions in your mind, you walked towards several other closed houses, forced open the tightly closed doors, and rushed in without hesitation."

"You have found the body of King Ji Le."

"You have discovered the body of Tai Sui God."

"You have discovered the body of the One who controls everything."

"You have found the body of Taoist Tianzai."

"You have found the body of the Mother of No Birth."

The game texts that kept popping up on the screen had completely stunned Jiang Xinghuo. He discovered six corpses of Taoist masters one after another, plus the corpse of the Yellow River King in the Yellow River King City.

More than half of the thirteen Dao masters have died?
If this discovery were to be spread, it would probably cause a great uproar in the secular world, and the already chaotic world would be plunged into turmoil again.

It might even trigger a fight on a larger scale than a separatist war.

But the key question is - why are the bodies of these Dao masters here! !

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, new game text popped up again.

"You have been cursed by the Lord of the World..."

(End of this chapter)