My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 713 Funeral Home

"The clerk at the funeral clothing store was like sending away the plague god. He immediately told you where the South Sea wizard might go. He just hoped that you would leave the store immediately, fearing that you would get angry and kill them as well."

"Those guys also explained that the kind of skin the Nanyang wizard wanted to find was a high-end product even if it was placed in the Human Skin Alley. Even if they had it, they would not sell it to the public, but would keep it for their own use. So they definitely did not collude with the Nanyang wizard."

"These guys thought you were seeking revenge on that South Sea wizard. They were afraid that you would kill them as your accomplices in a rage, so they quickly removed themselves from the matter. What are you going to do now?"

"Would you like to sweep this shroud shop to see if there is anything good you can use, or would you rather leave the shroud shop and go to the undertaker's funeral home to find out?"

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the questioning method in the game text, he knew what kind of plot would be triggered later, so he chose to raid this funeral shop without thinking too much.

Anyway, these guys in the funeral shop were planning to attack him, but they didn't dare to do so because of the power they had, so he didn't have any psychological burden now. Besides, this was not in reality, so it didn't matter if he was a bad guy in the game.

"You chose to raid and loot this shroud shop."

"But you are still a kind-hearted person after all. You don't want to kill these guys. You just use the Yellow Millet Curse to put them into a deep sleep, so they can't stop your actions."

"You explored the shroud shop and found a lot of things. But when you found a secret compartment on the wall and tried to destroy it to get it out, the tailor hiding in the back room couldn't stand it anymore and rushed towards you with his leather cutting scissors, as if he wanted to cut you into pieces and make you the best material for making clothes."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Will you choose to use the Yellow Millet Curse to put it into a coma, or will you choose to send it on its way and accompany the dead Yin Tailor?"

Jiang Xinghuo naturally chose the latter. The enemy was already right in front of him, and it would be inappropriate to let him go.

"After a battle that was not too exhausting, you smashed Tailor Yin's head with a slap, but you found that there was something strange about the leather shears in Tailor Yin's hand. Although it only scratched your skin, blood could not be stopped from flowing out of your body, like water from a river with the floodgates opened. No matter how you activated the Dead Tree Resurrection and Kirin Regeneration Technique, you could not stop the situation from getting worse."

"Soon, you feel your vision blurry and your body gets cold, as if you've fallen into an ice cave. Your eyelids keep drooping, and an inescapable drowsiness sweeps over you, completely dragging you into the bottomless darkness."

"You killed the Yin Tailor."

"You have received incense +350."

"You passed out from blood loss."

"All the blood in your body has been drained away. You are dead."

"Do you want to activate the effect of the scapegoat and use the scarecrow to escape this inevitable death?"

"You activated the Fall Guy."

"You woke up again in the Yin Tailor's shroud shop. You looked at the headless body of the Yin Tailor on the ground and the pair of leather-cutting scissors in its hand. You became very interested and went over to pick it up from the body."

"You have been given the Dragon's Shadow Leather Shears."

"Long Yin Leather Cutting Scissors (special props). The ancestor of this Yin tailor is from the same family as Xue Niangzi's husband. He was the apprentice of the old tailor. When the Yin tailor who specialized in serving the royal family retired, the court gave him several treasures. Later, when he returned to his hometown, the Yin tailor left these treasures to his descendants and apprentices."

"This pair of Longyin leather cutting scissors is one of them. The biggest feature of this pair of scissors is that it can let blood. As long as the skin is cut by the scissors, even if it is a shallow wound, the blood in the body will be lost uncontrollably. It is a prop given to the ancestors of the Yin tailor by an ancestor of the secular dynasty in the underworld. However, this thing can only be used to cut various skins, and ordinary cloth and silk cannot be used."

"This pair of scissors has been handed down from ancient times to the present day. It is also the treasure of this funeral clothing store. But now it is being given to you for nothing."

"This Yin tailor actually didn't want to have a grudge against you, because he witnessed what happened in the Rouge Shop a few days ago. He was originally invited by Lady Blood's husband to go over and get a piece of the action, but he saw you killing people. This Yin tailor didn't even dare to show his face and ran back in shame."

"Today, as soon as you arrived at the Human Skin Alley, it discovered your tracks, so it has been hiding in the back room. You can do whatever you want to it, because it has no intention of showing up. But who knew that you actually found something in the secret compartment? That thing is closely related to its life and property. If it loses it, it will not survive. It will die inside and out. So it jumped out from the back room and planned to fight to the death. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope."

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows slightly. It seemed that the things in the secret compartment were very important to this Yin tailor, otherwise it would not have risked being killed to come out and stop him.

Unfortunately, he was a person cursed and exiled by this world, and death was just a common occurrence for him.

"You destroyed the secret compartment on the wall and found a wooden box inside. Do you want to take it out?"

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to take out the things and then opened the wooden box.

"You opened this seemingly inconspicuous wooden box and found that inside was a piece of skin from an unknown creature. It was as thin as a cicada's wing and emitted a little fluorescence. Although you don't know what creature it came from, you can tell at a glance that it is worth a lot of money."

"You have triggered the Tathagata's talent."

"You have seen through the secrets hidden beneath the surface of this skin and discovered the true origin of this skin." "You have obtained the incomplete skin of the Lord of the Underworld."

"The incomplete skin of the Lord of the Underworld (legendary material). This skin was shed by the Lord of the Underworld when he bathed in the Yellow Springs a few years ago. It contains a trace of the Lord of the Underworld's aura. Later, it flowed into the world of the living with the water of the Yellow Springs and was accidentally obtained by the Human Skin Fairy. Although the Human Skin Fairy does not know the origin of this skin, it knows that it is a supreme treasure, so it wants to integrate it into its own body."

"But the skin was extremely flexible, and the scissors it had were not enough to cut it. So it was handed over to the tailor Yin from the shroud shop, who wanted to use his ancestral leather-cutting scissors to cut the skin."

"The Yin Tailor dared not go against the Human Skin Fairy's wishes. Although he coveted the skin very much, for the sake of his own life and property, he could only obey and act according to the Human Skin Fairy's instructions to avoid getting killed."

"This is also the reason why Tailor Yin tried to stop you from opening the secret compartment. If you lose this piece of skin, even if you don't kill it, the Human Skin Fairy won't let it go."

After reading the description of the game text, Jiang Xinghuo was also surprised. He guessed that the origin of this leather might be not small, but he never expected that the origin of this leather was so great!
The shed skin of the Lord of the Underworld!
No wonder it is a legendary quality material!
"This remnant of skin contains the aura of the Lord of the Underworld. In certain specific scenes or environments, you can temporarily disguise yourself as the Lord of the Underworld. However, if you covet the power hidden in this skin and want to integrate it into your body, you will most likely become a puppet of the Lord of the Underworld. Your life and death will be controlled by the Lord of the Underworld from now on."

After seeing this description, Jiang Xinghuo gave up the idea of ​​integrating this skin into the limb splicing method.

He didn't want to give himself to the Lord of the Underworld as a slave for nothing.

However, according to the game text, the greatest use of this skin should be in the underworld. The aura contained in it can allow one to temporarily disguise oneself as the lord of the underworld. When exploring some underworld maps, this thing must be able to have an impact on other underworld creatures and ghosts.

To put it simply, it means using the tiger's skin to wave the banner.

The Lord of the Underworld is the ruler of the underworld. Although he cannot control the entire area covered by the underworld, a wisp of his breath is enough to solve many problems.

I'll go back to find Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian and see if I can refine this skin into a cloak or some related props. I can't just cover myself with this thing when I use it.

Jiang Xinghuo put the skin into his magic bag, and then counted the other things he found.

These were all props materials commonly used by Yin tailors, and were not particularly useful to it. Jiang Xinghuo kept a few things that might be useful, and hung the rest on the niche for sale.

"You left the Yin Tailor's shroud shop and returned to the street outside. When the shop assistants on both sides saw you, they all retreated back into their shops and dared not look you in the eye."

"As we all know, the businesses that can open stores in this human skin alley are not good people. You broke into the funeral clothing store and walked out safely. No matter what the reason is, it proves that you are not someone who can be easily messed with."

"But at this moment, a few blind corpse collectors appeared not far ahead, pushing a large corpse transporter with ropes and body bags on it. They were walking towards you. It seemed that they had the same plan as the previous corpse collectors. They were also preparing to tie you up, transport you to the funeral home and throw you into the crematorium. Then they could make a considerable profit again."

"This is also the rule set by the undertaker. Every time these corpse collectors collect a corpse, it will be counted as a performance. When it comes time to pay salaries, the undertaker will determine the monthly income based on the performance of each corpse collector. The corpse collector with the lowest income will be removed from the corpse collector team and become a cremator at the funeral home."

"You know, when these corpse collectors collect corpses outside, they often have a lot of gray income. The gold and silver on the corpses will become their personal property. When the corpses fall into the hands of the cremators, there is not much money left. At best, after people eat the meat and drink the soup, there will be a little soup residue and oil left, which is far from comparable to the income of the corpse collectors."

"So, in order to avoid being kicked out of the corpse collection team, many corpse collectors have resorted to crooked means and often use living people to fill the gaps in their performance. The undertaker does not stop this. After all, what it needs is a corpse. As for where the corpse came from, or even whether it is dead or alive, it is not important to it."

"These corpse collectors pushed the corpse transporter to your front, grabbed the body bags and ropes, and rushed towards you."

"How are you going to deal with these corpse collectors now?"

"Will you choose to surrender, use the help of these corpse collectors to quietly enter the funeral home and cause trouble for the undertaker? Or will you choose to fight back, kill these corpse collectors, and then go to the funeral home yourself?"

The game gave two possible answers. Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully. If he went by himself, he might not know whether he could enter the funeral home. If he couldn't get in, he would have to force his way in. He didn't know how powerful the human skin fairy was. He might die several times.

It would be better to let these corpse collectors clear the way for you so that you can enter the funeral home smoothly. However, in this way, you may miss some plots along the way.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xinghuo decided to follow these corpse collectors. It would not be too late to go to other places after coming out of the funeral home.

"You were put into a sack without any resistance. The corpse collectors immediately tied you up with ropes and threw you onto the corpse transporter. They searched your body to see if there was anything valuable, but they found nothing. They could only curse you for being poor and then pushed you towards the funeral home in the distance."

"Soon, you arrived at the funeral home at the end of Renpi Lane. The thick chimneys kept spewing black smoke day and night, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell. A long building appeared in front of you. It was the largest funeral home in the entire Jiangnan region."

"Although the funeral home managed by the undertaker is located in the Human Skin Alley, the undertaker is not under the jurisdiction of the Human Skin Fairy. The undertaker's identity is unknown. It is said that he is a master personally invited by the Tai Sui God. It is only because of his special profession that the funeral home was built in the Human Skin Alley. The Human Skin Fairy also treats him with courtesy and dares not neglect him in the slightest."

"It is said that the Human Skin Fairy and the Undertaker once had a private competition. The winner is unknown, but since then, the Human Skin Fairy has been very polite to the Undertaker. He never fails to send gifts on holidays or birthdays. The Undertaker also ignores other matters and sometimes even helps the Human Skin Fairy deal with some matters, giving the Human Skin Fairy's manager enough face."

"These corpse collectors pushed the corpse transporter into the funeral home. More than a dozen crematoriums were burning with flames and buzzing. What are you going to do now?"

"Do you want to break free from the ropes immediately and teach these corpse collectors a lesson?"

(End of this chapter)