My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 708 Tai Sui Cave

found it! !

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo read the description in the game text, he knew that the lamb in the bamboo basket must be the child abducted by the Animal Creation Technique.

"You chose to go over and tear off the other person's disguise."

"You walked up to the stall and pretended that your family wanted to eat lamb meat but couldn't buy it, so you wanted to spend a lot of money to buy the lamb in the bamboo basket."

"But the stall owner politely declined your request, saying that the lambs had already been reserved and could not be sold to two people."

"You insisted on opening the bamboo basket and releasing the lamb. The stall owner knew you must have seen something, so he immediately shouted that you wanted to rob him and wanted to call the urban management team to escape in the chaos."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Would you choose to let the stall owner go and save the lambs in the bamboo basket? Or would you rather kill the stall owner and save the lambs in the bamboo basket?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the two options on the screen and thought that the results were the same, it was just that the processes were slightly different.

Then this human trafficker who knows how to create animals must not be let go, no matter if it is in the game or in reality, killing a hundred of these guys is not too many.

"You violently killed the stall owner, and the citizens who were watching and making a fuss all dispersed. They didn't expect you to be so cruel and ruthless that you dared to violently kill him in front of so many people."

"You have killed the beast-maker."

"You have obtained, Incense +250."

"You have obtained: a beast-making token (common item), a beast-making technique (common item), a shape-shifting technique (common item), a Three Immortals Returning to the Cave (common item), a divine pot (excellent item), and a secret letter in human skin (common item)."

"Animal Maker, these monsters were not born naturally, but monsters from different races. They couldn't stand the huge profits brought by human trafficking, so they practiced animal-making techniques and became corrupted monsters."

"These animal-making masters roam the corners of the secular world in different identities. Whenever they find an opportunity, they will attack children from ordinary families and use animal-making techniques to temporarily transform them into ordinary livestock, thus avoiding the pursuit of the police station."

"In the secular world, the beast-maker is also a figure that everyone hates. Only those depraved heavy smokers can be compared to him. If his identity is discovered, he can be beaten to death on the spot without any responsibility. Death penalty is not wrong."

"But you didn't reveal the other party's identity, and you beat him to death here. You quickly called the urban management team and the patrol detective team not far away."

"These policemen came over and surrounded you without saying a word. Your sharp eyesight made you realize that the captain of the detective team of the police station was full of undisguised hostility towards you and wanted to shoot you dead on the spot."

"But there are too many spies here, and the citizens of the entire Beiping city are watching the excitement. If it kills you on the spot, many things will be left unexplained. We can only hope that you resist arrest violently, and then it can justifiably kill you in front of everyone."

After Jiang Xinghuo read the content of the text, he felt a little bit strange. He just killed a beast maker. Even if he didn't reveal the other party's identity, the captain of the detective team wouldn't be so hostile to him, right?

Could it be that the other party is really a character who hates evil?
Or... is there some collusion of interests here that I'm not aware of?
For example... conspiracy between officials and bandits?
Jiang Xinghuo personally feels that the latter possibility is more likely. As the saying goes, cutting off someone's money is like killing their parents. If that animal-making guy really is in collusion with the captain of the detective team, he would be killing the other party's cash cow. It is reasonable for it to want to kill him impatiently.

However, these are just Jiang Xinghuo's own reasoning and speculation, and they cannot really help the plot. If he wants to advance the new plot, he must find enough evidence in the game.

"The detective captain waved his hand and asked his patrol officers and urban management team to arrest you. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to surrender and wait until you get to the police station to have a clear argument with the other party? Or will you release those lambs and remove the animal-making magic from them, and then everything will be clear?"

"Of course, you can also choose to resist arrest with violence. These patrol officers and urban management teams are no match for you. Even if they have a large number of firearms, you can easily escape from their encirclement."

This time, the game gave three options: surrender, cancel the animal-making technique, and escape.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the three answers, which corresponded to different subsequent plots. If he chose to surrender, he would most likely lose his life in the police station. Considering the hostility of the detective team captain towards him, the possibility of getting out alive was almost zero.

The remaining two answers just ran away in disgrace. Not to mention whether it is embarrassing or not, the subsequent plot will definitely be very dull, so there is only one answer left.

"You used the Divine Movement Technique to come to the front of the bamboo basket and released the lambs trapped inside. Then you activated the Dragon Raising Technique power in your body and easily broke the Animal Creation Technique on the lambs."

"These lambs immediately turned into little children in front of everyone, shocking the people around them. Many people immediately realized that they had encountered the notorious animal maker. You also changed from a murderer who killed innocent people to a hero who saved people from danger."

"But you feel that the hostility of the detective captain has intensified. However, with so many people watching, he can't do anything to you. He can only force a smile and express his high respect and gratitude to you. But how much of this is true and how much is false is up to you to judge."

After seeing this text, Jiang Xinghuo was certain that the captain of the detective team and the beast maker must have some connection.

Otherwise, if I could cancel the animal-making technique and reveal the identity of the animal-making guy, the detective team captain's hostility towards me should disappear.

"You saved these abducted children. Their parents rushed over and knelt on the ground to thank you profusely. If you hadn't rescued these children in time, they wouldn't know how to live the rest of their lives."

"You have gained a very weak power of faith."

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo was stunned for a moment.

The power of faith?

He subconsciously stretched out his left palm, and a faint white light as thin as a hair was slightly circling around his fingertips.

The aura he exuded was very similar to the power of faith he stole from the sick man, but it had a completely different feeling. As long as he wanted, this power of faith could be transformed into magic power and integrated into his body. Jiang Xinghuo was deeply surprised by this. He didn't expect that he could get a trace of power of faith without knowing why. Does that mean that he can also build a beacon based on faith? ?

However, it was nothing but a pipe dream to use this tiny bit of faith to build a landmark, but at least it gave him a new idea and direction.

Moreover, he has not yet figured out the conditions for the generation of this power of faith.

It was not the first time that he had done good deeds and saved lives in the secular world, but he had never felt the power of faith. Could it be that those people he had saved before all regarded him as a sucker and only thanked him profusely on the surface, but actually looked down on him in their hearts?
It's possible that only one or two people think this way, but it's impossible that everyone thinks this way, right?

The generation of the power of faith must have prerequisites, but I just haven't discovered them yet.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while but couldn't figure out anything, so he could only put the matter aside for the time being. If he could gain the power of faith from others in the future, perhaps he could find a clue or two from it.

"After thanking you, the parents of these children took their children away one after another. They dared not stay near the temple fair any longer, lest there be too many people wandering around and any other accidents happen."

"You have triggered the effect of the Kirin's Blessing."

"But just when you wanted to leave, the winemaker secretly pulled your clothes and winked at you, signaling you to follow her. What are you going to do next?"

"Do you want to follow the winemaker back home and see what she wants to do?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and finally chose yes.

"You followed the winemaker and left the temple fair. You came to her winery in Beiping. She was the only one at home. After putting the child to sleep, she took you to the room in the backyard."

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows, thinking that something was a little strange. Are you trying to repay kindness with enmity?

"After the winemaker brought you into the room, she took out something from under her pillow. She said it was something her husband left behind. Today, you saved her son. She has nothing to repay you, so she can only give you something her husband left behind as a token of her insignificant gratitude."

"You have obtained the map of Tai Sui Cave."

"Taisui Cave is a mysterious place in the Jiangnan region. It is said that there are countless Taisui hidden in the cave, each containing different powers. As long as you swallow it, you can master the related powers."

"The husband of the wine-making woman is the collector of the Tai Sui Cave. A few years ago, he was invited to the Tai Sui Cave to collect the Tai Sui, but he never came back. No one has ever seen him alive, and no one has ever found his body. People were asked to look for him, but they couldn't find him. They only found a map leading to the Tai Sui Cave."

"Taisui Cave is not a hidden place. Many people know about its existence, so this map was not hidden. Instead, it was brought back to the wine-making girl as a souvenir."

"But the winemaker knew that her husband would not leave such an ordinary map without a purpose, but she was not able to see through the mystery in it, and she did not want her son to follow his father's old path and become a precarious collector. So she simply gave this map to you. If you can decipher the mystery in it, it would be great. I hope that when you go to Tai Sui Cave in the future, you can help her find the trace of her husband. I don't ask you to bring him back, as long as I know whether he is dead or alive."

After reading the text, Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself that it was a good thing that he followed along, otherwise where would he get the map.

This place may be well-known to others, but for players who can only observe the secular world through a textual perspective, without triggering relevant clues and plots, if they want to find out the existence of Tai Sui Cave, they will probably have to rely on their luck.

If you are lucky, you can find relevant clues.

If you're unlucky, all you can do is stare blankly.

After obtaining the map, Jiang Xinghuo left the wine-making girl's house and planned to find a place to count the things he found from the animal-making guy.

"The Beast Maker Token (common item), a symbol of the Beast Maker's identity, and also the admission ticket to the Beast Maker's gathering. Without this token, you cannot enter and participate in the Beast Maker's gathering."

"The Animal Creation Technique (common item), a heretical magic trick circulated among the eight major sects in the martial arts world, can turn people into animals. However, it is very easy to break the spell, just drink a lot of water, or use positive energy to forcibly dispel the animal-creating magic power.

"Shapeshifting (common item), a shady magic from one of the eight great schools of martial arts. It can deceive people and transform them into other things. As long as you splash the blood of a black dog, a rooster, or something else that contains yang energy, you can break the shapeshifting spell."

"Three Immortals Return to the Cave (Ordinary Prop), the entry-level concealment method of the School of Magic, can hide some things in the palm of your hand and take them out at any time, but there are restrictions on quality and quantity, and it can only be some small items."

"The Fairy Pot (excellent item), on the surface it looks like a large basket woven from bamboo rattan, but it is actually a prop of the Magic School. It can make people who see this bamboo basket subconsciously ignore the things inside. It is usually used as a prop to perform magic tricks to scare people, and occasionally it is used to imprison things that are inconvenient for people to see."

Jiang Xinghuo then knew what the bamboo basket was, together with the three props of the Animal Creation Technique, Shapeshifting Technique, and the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave.

This animal-maker might have originally been a magician, but later he could not resist the temptation of profit and degenerated into an animal-maker.

Finally, there was one secret letter wrapped in human skin left.

"A secret letter made of human skin (a common item), an invitation to the Animal Makers' Gathering, inviting all the Animal Makers in the secular world to go to Yanziwu in Jiangnan to attend the gathering, saying that there are important matters to discuss, and a map to Yanziwu is also attached."

"Yanziwu was once a property of Fuchun Tea House. It is located in the middle of Songjiang River, adjacent to Xiankong Island, and only about 50 kilometers away in a straight line. After the demise of Fuchun Tea House, Yanziwu became an ownerless land. Later, when Fuchun Tea House was rebuilt, it was renovated and used as a tourist attraction for rent. It is worth a lot of money."

This secret letter provided Jiang Xinghuo with two maps.

Yanziwu, Xiankong Island.

It's a good opportunity for us to go over and join in the fun.

(End of this chapter)