My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 706: The secret of life and death of the Lord of the Secular World?
"You have been affected by the secret-keeping curse left by the Lord of the World."

"You have discovered a secret in the secular world. The Lord of the Secular World has left a curse here to keep it secret. No existence or creature in the secular world can spread what they have seen. They can only keep this secret in their hearts. Unless you can get the Lord of the Secular World's permission one day, you can only know this secret by yourself. You cannot reveal it to others, and you cannot bring others here. Moreover, after you leave here, the small prison will not be open to you again."

A secret curse left behind in the secular world?
Are you worried that the secrets will be leaked out by the people who come in?!

This matter is worth pondering. First of all, one thing can be confirmed, these corpses should have been left behind by the Lord of the Secular World, or it can be said that the Lord of the Secular World ordered them to be placed here.

Furthermore, the bodies of these Taoist masters are very likely to be real, that is, the bodies of the thirteen Taoist masters in the secular world.

But if we follow this theory further, some things don't make sense, especially the issue of time.

If these Dao masters had been placed in the Small Sky Prison by the Lord of the Secular World before the Dawn Night, then who were those Dao masters who besieged the Forbidden City on the Dawn Night and caused the Lord of the Secular World to fall?

If the bodies of these Dao masters were placed here after the Dawn Night, then what about the secret-keeping curse left by the Lord of the Secular World?

Who could have killed the six Dao masters and placed their bodies here?
Could it be that these six Dao masters were willing to lie here for questioning?

Jiang Xinghuo had questions in his mind one after another, but he couldn't find the answers to these questions at all. Or rather, there was an answer emerging in his mind, but he was unwilling to think about it.

If... he meant if, the Lord of the Secular World did not die in the night of dawn, but faked his death and escaped with the help of those masters, then everything could be explained.

The Lord of the Secular World who faked his death and escaped, found these Taoist masters after the night of dawn, and then secretly killed them. He buried the bodies in this small prison, and left a secret curse to prevent the news from leaking out.

Otherwise, why would the game text say that permission must be obtained from the Lord of the World in order to break the secret-keeping curse and leak this information?
Of course, it is also possible that he was just overthinking. Maybe someone really killed these masters and then used some method to trigger the secret curse left by the Lord of the Secular World.

But all in all, this matter is of great importance.

Now, apart from myself, perhaps only the instigator of the whole thing knows that the body of the Taoist master is placed here.

However, it is not ruled out that other people are affected by the secret-keeping curse and cannot reveal the secrets here.

The Lord of the Secular World fell on the night of dawn and died deep in the Forbidden City. This is a well-known fact in the secular world and is also the historical background and origin of the game.

But if the Lord of the secular world is not dead, then this matter would be very interesting, and the entire secular world would be disturbed by this news.

Jiang Xinghuo wanted to tell the Public Opinion Research Bureau about this news and let them use the power of the state apparatus to investigate the matter. However, he was affected by the secret-keeping curse and was unable to reveal the news at all. He could only know it in his heart but could not say it out loud.

"You continue to explore in the small prison..."

"You found the cell where the current Grand Master was. The Grand Master, who was once so powerful and influential, has now become a pile of rotten bones. However, you noticed that this pile of rotten bones was not imprisoned here. Instead, it seemed as if it was suppressing and guarding something here."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have discovered the Demon-Locking and Dragon-Trapping Situation."

"The Demon-Locking and Dragon-Trapping Formation is a Feng Shui formation that is circulated among the royal family in the palace. It can suppress and detain all the monsters and demons in the world. However, it requires a person who has reached the highest level of cultivation, who must give up his own cultivation and freedom, and become the eye of the Feng Shui formation, from which he can never escape. Only then can the power of this Feng Shui formation be brought to its full potential."

"This corpse is the core of the Feng Shui formation that locks the devil and traps the dragon. Its lifelong cultivation has become the source of power to maintain the Feng Shui formation."

"You carefully examined the remains in front of you and found a few things next to them. You got some insignificant little gains."

"You have found: a blue-brush history book (ordinary), a bamboo-slip history book (ordinary), an ink dragon whip (excellent), a god-killing hook (special), a black dragon robe (excellent), and a Five Mountains Heart-piercing Nail (excellent)."

"The Green Pen History Book (Ordinary Item) records some secular history, written by the Green Pen Historian. However, the history recorded in it needs to be discerned by oneself. Many things are recorded in the Spring and Autumn style."

"Do you want to read this blue-pen history book?"

Jiang Xinghuo was curious and nodded yes.

"Reading, please wait..."

"You have discovered from the history books why the current Grand Master was imprisoned here."

"As a veteran of three dynasties and the imperial tutor of two dynasties, the old Grand Tutor was extremely powerful and influential. Even the ruler of the secular world had to treat him as a teacher. He made great contributions to the stability of the secular dynasty, fought wars in the south and the north, and killed countless people. But I don't know if it was because of this that the old Grand Tutor gradually became arrogant and conceited. In the end, he even ignored the ruler of the secular world, repeatedly violated his will, and did all kinds of presumptuous things, and even openly rebelled, wanting to kill the king and usurp the throne, and murder the ruler of the secular world."

"The Lord of the Secular World suppressed the rebellion with thunderous means and killed the court officials and generals who rebelled with the old master. However, considering the old master's age and achievements, as well as the relationship between master and disciple in the past, he still spared the old master's life and suppressed and imprisoned him in the small sky prison. He was not allowed to contact the outside world for the rest of his life and could only die of old age in the small sky prison without seeing the sun."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows, feeling that there was something strange in it, as if something was not right. So he looked at the bamboo slips again, hoping to get some relevant clues from them.

"Strange Stories on Bamboo Slips (Ordinary Item), a collection of miscellaneous records of the court and society written by the historians when they were free. It contains a lot of gossips such as hearsay and reports of events. Whether it is true or false is ambiguous and it is up to the readers to make their own judgment."

"Do you want to read this volume of bamboo slips?"

"Reading, please wait..."

"You have discovered another reason why the old master was imprisoned here by the Lord of the Secular World from this scroll of strange bamboo slips."

"According to the records in the bamboo slips, when the old master was conquering the South China Sea, he had a great battle with the Deep Sea Evil God, which polluted his spirit. Even the Golden Law of the Lord of the Secular World cannot completely eliminate it. It can only barely ensure that the old master will not be troubled by the whispers in his ears, but his spirit will inevitably sink day by day. If this continues, one day he will completely become a believer of the Deep Sea Evil God, and then everything will no longer be controlled by him."

"So, the old master and the Lord of the Secular World jointly discussed a plan. The old master took the lead in formulating a plan to usurp the throne. They would bring together those subordinates who had become followers of the evil god, and use this opportunity to cut the grass and root out the trouble forever. The plan of the old master and the Lord of the Secular World also came true. They cleared out all the followers of the evil god and dealt a heavy blow to the Deep Sea Evil God. Afterwards, the old master volunteered to enter the small prison and set up a trap to lock the demon and trap the dragon at the cost of his own Taoism."

"The old master did this for two reasons. Not only can it suppress the many forbidden existences that are trapped in the Little Heavenly Prison..., but it can also be used to deal with the deep-sea evil god hiding under the South China Sea."

Jiang Xinghuo noticed that the game text was somewhat vague. Information about what was suppressed in the small prison was simply omitted with simple symbols, making it impossible to know what the specific content was.

"Secondly, once the old master has completely become a follower of the evil god, his body will become the anchor of the deep sea evil god, and the other party can descend upon his body at any time. The old master wanted to take this opportunity to suppress the soul of the deep sea evil god in this Feng Shui bureau, and eliminate another great trouble for the Lord of the Secular World. Unfortunately, for some reason, the deep sea evil god did not fall for it, and instead fled to the depths of the sea eye and never came out again."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo immediately thought of the plot of the Star Sea Immortal. When he went out to sea, he fought a fierce battle with the ancient god of the deep sea and seriously injured him. Are these two time points relative?
So the old master's plan failed, and the deep-sea evil god escaped?
If this is true, then the Deep Sea Evil God is really lucky. Although he was injured by the Star Sea Immortal, he escaped the fate of being permanently suppressed here.

The contents recorded in the bamboo slips should be the truth of the matter. The contents in the green-pen history book may just be a deceptive illusion, the purpose of which is to hide everything in the small sky prison.

Jiang Xinghuo suppressed the doubts in his mind, set his sights on the remaining items, and began to count them one by one.

"The Black Dragon Whip (excellent item), a soft whip forged from the dragon bones of the North Sea Black Flood Dragon mixed with Western refined gold. It has the ability to move mountains and rocks, split the sea and break the waves. However, the spirituality contained in it was absorbed by the Demon Locking and Dragon Trapping Situation, and it dropped from legendary quality to excellent quality. It needs a long period of nourishment to gradually recover."

"Attention, when you have the Ink Dragon Whip equipped, if you encounter materials that can restore its spirituality, the Ink Dragon Whip will automatically guide you to find it."

Jiang Xinghuo took the thing down to the real world and took a look. It was about three meters long and shaped like a black dragon. The tail of the dragon was the whip handle and the head of the dragon was the whip tip. When it was waved, it really looked like a black dragon rolling and emitting wisps of water vapor. The cargo cabinets on both sides could also move with the waving of the whip.

"Do you want to equip this item?"

Jiang Xinghuo put the Ink Dragon Whip back into his magic bag and equipped his game character with it. He rarely used this thing in real life, but it had many uses in the game. It could also sense the location of repair materials.

"God-killing Hook (special consumable item), a tool specially forged by the old master, specifically for use against the Luofu Mountain God."

"When we were conquering the South China Sea in the past, we passed through the Luofu Mountains and had some conflicts with the Luofu Mountain God. The Luofu Mountain God took advantage of the terrain and caused the old master to suffer a great loss."

"After returning to the capital, the old Grand Tutor could not swallow this anger, so he asked the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to forge this weapon, which is specially designed to restrict the flow of the earth's energy in Luofu Mountain. While disconnecting the Luofu Mountain God from Luofu Mountain, it can also automatically lock the position of the Luofu Mountain God and deliver a fatal blow to it."

"But unfortunately, until the day when the old Grand Master died, this God-Slaying Hook was never used, and it was given to you for nothing."

Jiang Xinghuo grinned, this was indeed true, this item was really a bargain for him, it was a special item for dealing with the Luofu Mountain God, it might come in handy when he went to explore the Lingnan region in the future.

“Black Dragon Robe (Excellent Item). The North Sea Ink Dragon’s dragon bones were forged into the Ink Dragon Whip, while its skin and scales were forged into this Black Dragon Robe. It can greatly enhance the wearer’s defense capabilities, while also granting the passive talent: Dragon Might.”

"Dragon Might: It can emit the might that belongs only to a dragon. It has a certain pressure effect on low-level monsters, other water monsters, or dragon creatures."

"You can go find the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian and ask him to fuse the Black Dragon Robe with the Huai Shan Xiang Ling Robe you are wearing so that they can make up for each other's shortcomings."

"Be careful. The spirituality contained in the black dragon robe has also been affected by the magic lock and dragon trap, and has been completely sucked away. It has dropped from legendary quality to excellent quality. It needs a long period of nourishment to recover. Just like the black dragon whip, it will automatically guide you to find materials that can restore its spirituality."

"Five Mountains Heart-piercing Nail (Excellent Item), a hidden weapon forged by the old Grand Master by collecting the essence of the Five Mountains' aura. Because it carries the aura of the Five Mountains, it is extremely heavy. Not only can it easily penetrate defensive armor, but once hit, the body and soul will be shattered by the aura of the Five Mountains. It is an extremely cruel hidden weapon."

At this point, all the items have been counted. Jiang Xinghuo equipped himself with the items that could be equipped, and threw the rest into the magic bag.

However, his greatest gain from this trip was not these things, but the discovery of the corpses of those Dao masters and the mystery of the life and death of the Lord of the Secular World!
He had always thought that the Lord of the Secular World had fallen, but from today's exploration and discovery, the Lord of the Secular World is very likely still alive, but he didn't know where he is now.

In addition, several creators of this game have a close relationship with the Lord of the Secular World. He now suspects that the Lord of the Secular World may also be one of the developers and creators of this game? ?
He even wondered if the Lord of the Secular World had also come to Earth? ?
You know, there is a channel of communication between the secular world and the earth, and the strong ones among humans have traveled back and forth between the two worlds more than once.

Perhaps, the Lord of the Secular World is somewhere on Earth, observing everything that happens in the secular world.

(End of this chapter)