My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 724: Corpse of the Ancient God
When Jiang Xinghuo saw the text description, he was speechless. The forest is so big that toads of all colors jump out.

When he arrived at Xiankong Island, he was received by the five masters of Xiankong Island. Anyone normal would know that he must be a distinguished guest of Xiankong Island.

Even if they wanted to extort money, they would probably have to wait until they left Xiankong Island. If they did it openly here, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the host?
If the people on Xiankong Island knew about this, how would I make a living?
"At this moment, you suddenly felt a sharp pain in your waist. Perhaps because you delayed for too long, the other party got impatient and used a little force with the sharp knife in his hand, which actually pierced your skin."

"You then realized that the sharp knife held by the other party was not an ordinary thing. It could actually cause damage to your body through your robe and armor."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you choose to spend money to avoid disaster and keep the peace so as not to be killed here? Or will you choose to fight back and try to kill the other party?"

The game provides two options. It is not difficult for Jiang Xinghuo to make a decision. He definitely cannot admit defeat, as the worst result is death. If he rushes into it, he will be finished.

"You chose to fight back, using the Nine Deaths Cicada to turn your body into nothingness. While dodging the sharp knife behind you, lightning flashed in your palms, pressing down the head of the man behind you. The lightning poured down from the top of your head, instantly penetrating his limbs and bones, turning him into a piece of charcoal on the spot."

"You have killed the little high priest of the Natural Disaster Path."

"You have obtained, Incense +1500."

"Little Chief Priest, one of the twelve Little Chief Priests under the Chief Priest of the Natural Disaster Dao. The Chief Priest of the Natural Disaster Dao was originally a monster that evolved from the disaster of assassinating the king and killing the driver. He is proficient in all kinds of assassination methods in the secular world. As a capable subordinate of the Chief Priest of the Natural Disaster Dao, the Little Chief Priest is naturally also very proficient in the essence of assassination."

"But all those who are proficient in assassination have one thing in common, that is, their physical strength is extremely weak. When assassinating, they do not rely on their own strength, but on the dagger in their hands that is specifically used to reap the lives of others."

"If they miss, they will flee thousands of miles away immediately. Never delay or entangle with the enemy. Once a master finds their hiding place, they will die with their weak physical fitness."

"This little priest was just too greedy and thought you were just like the other exiles, lambs to be slaughtered. That's why you took the opportunity to kill him with one strike!!"

"Otherwise, with this young priest's attainments in assassination, you won't be able to resist him at all. I'm afraid that before you can react, your throat will be cut."

"However, although you killed this little priest, your aura has been locked by the Calamity Priest and other little priests. They may attack you at any time, but they cannot accurately grasp the timing. They will definitely attack you when you are most relaxed."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't take the last paragraph of the game text seriously at all. This was not in reality and it didn't matter in the game. Even if he was assassinated a hundred times, it would not have any impact on his real self.

Besides, if a fight really breaks out, it’s hard to say who will win or lose.

"Now that you have killed this little chief priest of the Natural Disaster Path, what are you going to do with its body? Will you choose to throw the body into the river to destroy it? Or will you choose to devour the remains of the body, perhaps giving your Dharmakāya new abilities?"

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows, thinking that this was such a good opportunity that he couldn't miss it, so he chose to devour his corpse directly.

However, before devouring the corpse, he did not forget to touch it.

"You searched the body of the young priest and found something."

"You have obtained a Shadow Blade (rare), a Calamity Token (common), a Breath-Suppressing Secret Book (special), and a Hiding Secret Book (rare)."

"The Shadow Blade (rare item), a weapon forged in imitation of the Shadow Sword of the Scourge Archpriest. Although it does not have the ability to cut off a person's head from a thousand miles away like the Shadow Sword, it can still injure people within three feet without being seen. It can ignore defensive armor and directly cause damage to the flesh and blood body."

Jiang Xinghuo understood in his heart that if nothing unexpected happened, it must be this thing that broke through the defense of Huaishan Xianglingpao and caused damage to his body.

Moreover, he noticed that the game text mentioned the Shadow Sword, and the font was flashing red, so he clicked on it subconsciously.

"The Shadow Sword was forged by Huangdi, one of the Five Emperors, in ancient times. He collected stones from the Five Mountains, iron from Kunlun, and sea water essence from the North Sea. It was a divine sword that could fly through the air and kill enemies at a distance of a thousand miles, as the master wished. But after the death of Huangdi, the Shadow Sword disappeared without a trace, and its whereabouts are unknown. The High Priest of Natural Disasters obtained some fragments on the ancient battlefield and reforged it. It is also named Shadow, but its power is only about 50% of the real Shadow Sword."

Shadow Sword.

Jiang Xinghuo was thoughtful. He was not unfamiliar with the name of this magic weapon, because there were related records in the ancient legends of the real world.

It is said to have belonged to the ancient Emperor Zhuanxu. When not in use, it often made sounds like the roars of dragons and tigers in the box.

It is also called Panchi Sword, and has the ability to fly into the air. If there are troops in the four directions, the sword will fly up and point to their direction, and will be able to defeat them. Because when it flies, a white shadow is dragged behind the sword, it is named Yiying.

It originally belonged to the Yellow Emperor, and was later passed on to the Emperor Zhuanxu. After the death of Emperor Zhuanxu, the Sword disappeared again until the time of Tang Yao, when Dayu, while regulating the river, found it at Henglu and used it to slay demons and monsters.

This is a story recorded in ancient Chinese mythology. He didn't know what the connection was between the Yellow Emperor in ancient times on Earth and the Yellow Emperor in ancient times in the secular world.

However, these two Yiying swords should be made of the same thing. After the death of the Yellow Emperor in the secular world, the whereabouts of the Yiying swords were unknown. They should have been lost on Earth and obtained by the Yellow Emperor on Earth.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the Yellow Emperor in the secular world and on Earth are actually the same person, so the Shadow Sword always has only one owner.

These issues are not within Jiang Xinghuo's consideration for the time being. If the main body of the Shadow Sword is really on Earth, then it should most likely be in the collection room of the Beijing Public Opinion Survey Bureau.

Jiang Xinghuo put away the Shadow-Trailing Knife. Even though it was just a defective imitation, it might come in handy.

"Natural Disaster Order (common item), a symbol of the middle-level manager's status as a Natural Disaster Path administrator. It can mobilize all the Natural Disaster Path followers in the city and make them work for you."

"The Secret Book of Breath-Locking Technique (special item), a secret book with no upper limit for cultivation. Anyone can practice it, and this technique has no upper limit. It can be practiced endlessly. The deeper the cultivation, the weaker the aura fluctuations emitted, until it disappears completely. No one can detect the existence of the practitioner. It is the technique that all assassins dream of."

"Do you want to use this item?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw that there were no occupational restrictions and took advantage of the special abilities of this technique, he made a decision immediately.

"You chose to use this item."

"Learning in progress, please wait..." "Learning completed."

"You have successfully mastered the Breath-Restraining Technique."

The relevant methods and tricks also appeared in Jiang Xinghuo's mind.

This Breath-Containing Technique was not complicated. Jiang Xinghuo only needed to comprehend it for a moment before he understood all its essence.

Then, the aura of the whole person suddenly changed, as if he had disappeared. Without observing with the naked eye, one could hardly feel his presence.

This special feeling is hard to describe in words, but once you experience it, you will never forget it.

"The Secret Book of Hiding Technique (Rare Item), a technique passed down by the High Priest of Natural Disasters, which can perfectly blend oneself with the surrounding environment without any disguise. All you need to do is activate this technique. If combined with the Breath Containment Technique, each can complement the other and bring the power of these two techniques to the extreme."

"Do you want to learn this art of hiding?"

Jiang Xinghuo still did not choose to refuse and quickly mastered this hiding technique.

To put it simply, this is a skill similar to that of a chameleon, which allows the practitioner's body shape to blend in with the surrounding environment, making it almost impossible to distinguish the two with the naked eye.

Combined with the ability of the Breath-Containing Technique to restrain breath, it is possible to achieve an effect that is so real that the fake is indistinguishable from the real thing, which is stronger than any camouflage type props.

After counting the things on the young chief priest's body, Jiang Xinghuo activated the limb splicing method and devoured the charred body of the young chief priest.

"You deployed the Limb Reconnection Technique and devoured the body of the young priest."

"Your limb splicing aspect level is increased by +1."

"Because your limb splicing Dharma form devoured the body of the young priest, it gained the young priest's ability to conceal his breath and escape."

"When you spread your limbs to piece together the Dharma image, you can control whether the Dharma image's aura is revealed according to your own wishes and needs."

At this point, the things on the young chief priest's body had been counted and the value of the corpse had been utilized to the maximum extent.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the time. There were less than ten minutes left until three quarters past midnight, so he did not delay any longer and directly controlled the character to enter the Tower of Babel.

"You have entered the Tower of Babel."

"Following the message from the Hanging Taoist priest that you received when you lit up the shrine, you came to the ninth floor of the Tower of Babel. When it is three quarters past midnight and the moonlight shines into the west wall of the tower, you can observe the last words of the Hanging Taoist priest."

The game text stopped abruptly, and no subsequent content popped up.

Jiang Xinghuo waited for about ten minutes. In reality, it was three quarters past midnight, which was eleven forty-five at night. Suddenly, the screen of his mobile phone lit up, showing new text content.

"The cold moonlight poured into the tower through the narrow window of the Tower of Babel, interweaving and blending with each other and shining on the wall, showing an illusory projection, which was the mechanism left by the Taoist priest back then."

"This mechanism can only be triggered by lighting up the shrine. Otherwise, even if you come here at this time, the projection of the Taoist priest will not appear."

"The projection of the Taoist Xuankong told us what happened back then. He assisted the Lord of the Secular World to ascend the throne, not because of the Dragon-Assisting Technique he practiced, but because the Lord of the Secular World's philosophy was consistent with his. That's why he helped the Lord of the Secular World to ascend the throne at all costs."

"After the Lord of the Secular World ascended the throne, he created the Hanging Island here with the Lord of the Secular World's secret help. The reason why the Hanging Island can become a unique place and float in the air is because the body of an ancient god from outer space is buried under this island!"

"Back then, when the Lord of the Secular World first ascended to the throne, an ancient god from outer space descended and wanted to borrow the power of the Lord of the Secular World to spread his beliefs in the secular world. The Lord of the Secular World forcefully killed him and cut his body into eight pieces. He buried them in six different places in the secular world and left a master to guard each place."

“Moreover, these six masters do not know the identities of the others, nor do they know where the ancient god’s body is buried. This eliminates the possibility of the body reuniting and the ancient god from outer space being resurrected again.”

"The place where Xuankong Taoist is guarding is Xuankong Island. The corpse buried below is also the most important ancient god head. This ancient god head maintains the operation of the entire Xuankong Island, but the trace of spiritual consciousness in the head has not been extinguished, which will subtly affect the minds of others. Therefore, Xuankong Taoist once again left a projection, hoping that those who see this projection can enter the burial place of the ancient god head and strengthen the seal on the ancient god head to prevent it from escaping one day."

"There is a Buddha bone relic on the top of this Tongtian Tower. It has been blessed by the Taoist Master with talismans and incantations, which can ensure your sobriety to the greatest extent and not be affected by the will of the ancient gods. But just in case, you still need to pass the last test. Only those who truly regard these ancient gods as enemies can pick up the Buddha bone relic. If you are a believer of the ancient gods or someone else with ill intentions, you will only be killed by the power of the relic. So whether to take the relic depends entirely on your own will."

"If you are unwilling to do this, then the mechanism left here by Xuankong Taoist will erase your memory of this encounter, and it will be as if the projection left by Xuankong Taoist has never been triggered."

"So how are you going to choose?"

Jiang Xinghuo read the game text twice and knew the whole story, but he did not expect that under this suspended island, there was actually a head of an ancient god from outer space buried.

But there is no need to think too much about this question. He and those ancient gods from outer space are destined to be on two different sides of the same coin, so he chose to strengthen the seal without hesitation.

"The projection left by Taoist Xuankong has learned your choice and told you how to go to the top of the tower to get the Buddha's bone relic. Once you successfully obtain the Buddha's bone relic, you will naturally know how to enter the burial place of the ancient god's head."

"Do you want to go to the place where the Buddha's relics are stored immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

"You came to the outside of the Tower of Babel, and according to the method that Xuankong Taoist told you, you found the way to the top, and climbed to the top of the tower easily."

"Because the magnetic field around the suspended island is chaotic, it restricts all flying spells and props. Therefore, no one has come here for many years, and the Buddha's bone relics have never been touched by anyone. They are within your reach."

"Do you want to go and take out this Buddha bone relic?"

(End of this chapter)