My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 727: The Gift of the Taoist Priest

Jiang Xinghuo was a little surprised that scapegoats could not be used in the ancient god's burial ground, but since it was related to the ancient god, it was not surprising what happened.

"You have used the dog food."

Jiang Xinghuo took out a piece of dog food from his magic bag, clicked to use it, and resurrected next to the shrine on Xiankong Island.

"You opened your eyes at the shrine on Sunken Island."

"What are your options next?"

"The Buddha bone relic in your hand has been transformed into a rare treasure after being blessed by the Taoist Master. It can not only block out spiritual pollution, but also purify the mind and expel evil spirits. Carrying it with you will only bring benefits and no harm."

"Now, no one knows that this Buddha bone relic is in your hands. You can hide it privately. Of course, you can also choose to put the Buddha bone relic back to the attic at the top of the Tower of Babel. When the seal is loosened again after a thousand years, perhaps someone will come like you to take the relic and strengthen the seal on the ancient god's head."

"But what does what happens a thousand years from now have to do with you? It's not certain whether you can live to that time. Even if you live to that day, there will be people more powerful than you to deal with these things. Why bother about future generations and worry about the ancients? You can just keep the relics in your own hands. Only cultivating and becoming stronger is the serious matter. The rest has nothing to do with you."

"So, what are you going to do? Put the Buddha's bone relic back in the attic? Or keep it for yourself?"

I have to say that the game text is very tempting. Just as the text says, no one knows that he has obtained the Buddha relic anyway, so even if he hides it secretly, no one will find it. Making a fortune in silence is his consistent principle.

But if he really did that, Jiang Xinghuo would feel a little uncomfortable. Call it being hypocritical or being too soft-hearted, he always felt that there were some things that should be done and some things that should not be done, even if this matter would do him no harm at all.

After thinking for a while.

Jiang Xinghuo sighed lightly. He was a kind-hearted person. If he was highly selfish, he wouldn't have to worry about these things.

But there's nothing he can do about it, because he's just a weird person.

Jiang Xinghuo chose to return the Buddha's bone relic.

"You walked into the Tower of Babel and came to the attic at the top of the tower. You put the Buddha's bone relic that was emitting bright light back into the wooden box."

"You have once again rejected the temptation of your inner darkness. Your mental strength is increased by +1, and your resistance to mental pollution is also increased by +1."

"When you face mental pollution in the future, you will be able to hold out longer than ordinary people, but this may not be a good thing. The stronger your mental resistance to pollution is, the longer you will suffer when you encounter this kind of pollution."

"But when your spiritual power reaches a certain level, you may be able to ignore the damage caused by spiritual pollution. You may even be able to invade the enemy's mind with your own thoughts, causing spiritual pollution to the enemy instead."

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows. Good fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. There is gain after loss. After he put the Buddha's bone relic back, his spiritual power also increased. It was not a loss at all.

However, just when Jiang Xinghuo was about to leave the Tower of Babel, the game interface suddenly flashed and new text popped up.

"You put the Buddha bone relic back into the box, and the projection of Xuankong Taoist appeared in front of you again. He admired what you did very much. It is rare that you could suppress your greed and consider the overall situation in the future to return the relic."

"And your actions have saved your life and future. If you had not returned the Buddha's bone relic, but instead kept it for yourself out of greed, the Buddha's bone relic would have had a subtle influence on you. You would have been enslaved by the Buddha's bone relic without knowing it, and would eventually come back here to put the relic back in the attic. From then on, you would have become a slave guarding the relic, trapped here forever and unable to leave, just like those people with weak minds in the past."

"After you heard what Xuankong Taoist said, you noticed that there were many skeletons scattered in the shadow corners of the attic. Some were from the same exile race as you, and some were monsters from other races in the secular world."

"They were once loyal and righteous people who risked their lives to seal the ancient gods. But in the end, they could not resist the temptation of the Buddha's bone relic and wanted to take the treasure for themselves. As a result, they died of old age in the attic."

"As a reward for your behavior, the projection of the Taoist priest has given you several choices. You can choose any two of the following five things as your reward. This can be regarded as praise and appreciation for your actions."

"The Suspended Technique (rare item), one of the Xuankong Taoist's special abilities. It can control the air around the body, allowing the body to float in mid-air. It can also move in the air at extremely high speeds by compressing the air. However, this power requires extremely high physical fitness. If one does not have a strong physique, one will not be able to withstand the damage to the body caused by the atmospheric pressure when moving at high speeds."

"Breaking Sky Slash (rare item), this is an item that Xuankong Taoist accidentally obtained in the Sea Eye Guixu in his early years. It can launch attacks at will within the field of vision, but the target must be clearly visible in order for the attack to be effective. Moreover, it can only attack tangible objects. It has no killing power on illusory and intangible things."

"Attention, there is a map leading to the Sea Eye Guixu on the Sky Breaker. With this item, you can go to Guixu from a relatively safe path and avoid being hunted by large monsters in the sea."

"A fragment of the underworld purgatory (special material), from the fragment cave of the deepest purgatory in the underworld. Because it contains the breath of purgatory, it can help you enter purgatory smoothly without any rejection or influence. According to legend, there are unique rules and order in purgatory. No matter how powerful your cultivation is, you cannot enter purgatory without the permission of the Lord of the Underworld. Even if you force your way in, you will be suppressed to only one level of strength, and will be rejected and crushed by purgatory."

"The broken corpse of the ancient Hades of the underworld (epic material). The underworld is home to many ancient monsters and demons. Some of these powerful creatures may have existed for longer than the Lord of the Underworld. This broken corpse of the Hades is one of them. When Xuankong Taoist went deep into the underworld to explore, he accidentally discovered a place for sky burials, where he found a large number of remains and a bottomless sea of ​​blood. This corpse was floating on the sea of ​​blood and was obtained by Xuankong Taoist."

"For many years, Xuankong Taoist has never consumed this corpse. He originally intended to train it into an incarnation of himself. However, he discovered that there were traces of the origin of the underworld in the corpse of the King of Hell, which was in strong conflict with most of the techniques of the Yang world. Only calligraphy such as driving corpses, raising ghosts and refining souls can have an effect on this corpse."

"The Taoist Xuankong disdains those unorthodox techniques, so the body has been preserved until now."

"The Red Book and Iron Certificate of the Lord of the Secular World (special item). The Red Book and Iron Certificate that the Lord of the Secular World gave to Xuankong Taoist in the past, in addition to its symbolic meaning of appreciation for his contributions, also has another function, which is that it can sense the things left behind by the Lord of the Secular World. No matter whether it is a living thing or a dead thing, as long as it is sensed by this Red Book and Iron Certificate, it can automatically guide you to find it, and it can also exempt you from the pressure and damage left by the Lord of the Secular World."

Seeing the things given by Xuankong Taoist, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but gasp. He was worthy of being an existence who could suppress the ancient gods alone. The things he took out were very rare, and each one of them was a rare treasure.

The ancients said that eating relatives' money is evil, which describes a person with dirty intentions and who wants to make money. Jiang Xinghuo felt that he was almost the same.

He wanted each of these five things, but Xuankong Taoist only allowed him to choose two. He was thinking about killing Xuankong Taoist and taking all these things for himself.

But he was just thinking about it. It would be better to keep such unrealistic ideas to himself.

Not to mention that this is just a projection. Even if a fight really breaks out, what can I use to confront them? Will I just rush forward stubbornly?
I'm afraid I'll be slapped to death. Besides, these are just a few choices listed in the game text, not something that is placed in front of you for you to choose. If you really turn against him, the Taoist priest will disperse his projection and walk away, and you will get nothing.

Jiang Xinghuo suppressed the emotions in his heart and looked at the five options again.

First, the levitation technique was ruled out.

His limb-splicing form also has the ability to fly. What's more, Yunlong can also fly in the air. This technique is icing on the cake for him. It would be better to have it, but it's okay if he doesn't have it.

The Sky Breaking Slash is a good thing. It can be used to snipe the enemy from a distance, and it will be effective as long as the enemy is within the field of vision. If you fly high in the sky and look down below, you can hit any target within a hundred miles, at least within ten miles you can hit whatever you point at.

There is also a map path leading to Haiyan Guixu, which can be used as a weapon to attack the enemy and can also be used as a clue for developing new tasks on the map.

This one can't be missed.

Jiang Xinghuo secretly made up his mind that he must accept this Breaking Sky Slash.

Next are the purgatory fragments and the corpse of the ancient King of Hell. These two things come from the underworld. Especially the purgatory fragments can allow oneself to freely go to purgatory. That is the territory of the Lord of the Underworld, and its level is higher than his own volcanic hell and many other hells.

Moreover, Fengdu is now trapped in purgatory by the Lord of the Underworld. Maybe it can come in handy in the future and trigger clues to quests related to Fengdu.

Needless to say, the corpse of the ancient King of Hell, if it can be refined into a corpse for a corpse driver, it would be equivalent to having the capital to run rampant in the secular world. It cannot be said that one is invincible, but at least one does not have to worry too much about some dangerous places.

If there was no Red Book of the Lord of the Secular World, Jiang Xinghuo would definitely choose one of these two props, but now that he has the Red Book of the Lord of the Secular World, the situation is different.

Jiang Xinghuo read the description of the Danshu Tiequan again. It can sense the things left behind by the Lord of the Secular World and can automatically guide the holder to find them.

As the saying goes, a county magistrate is not as good as the current manager.

The fragments of purgatory and the corpse of the ancient King of Hell are things for the future, but this red book and iron certificate can be used now. If you take it to stroll around the city of Beiping, you will probably trigger a lot of new mission clues.

This item is also the key to triggering additional plots. Many plot tasks that are no longer on the original route will automatically appear in front of you with this red book and iron certificate.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo made up his mind and chose two items that could trigger new tasks and unlock new maps.

"You chose Sky Breaker and the Red Book of the Lord of the Secular World."

"After Xuankong Taoist learned of your choice, he immediately used space magic to teleport the things you wanted to me from an unknown distance."

"You have obtained the Sky Breaking Slash."

"You have obtained the red seal of the Lord of the Secular World."

"The Taoist Xuankong gave you these two items, and the projection is about to collapse. The projection he left behind can only last for a period of time. After that, it must be recharged by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth before it can be activated again and displayed in front of others."

"Since there is still some time, Xuankong Taoist can answer one question for you, but this question depends on whether you have the authority to know."

A dialog box appears on the screen.

Jiang Xinghuo thought quickly. If he wanted to ask about worldly secrets, there might not be enough time. It would be better to ask a question that was valuable but did not involve too big secrets.

Jiang Xinghuo's eyes swept across the text description of the ancient King of Hell's corpse and noticed the place in the underworld mentioned by the Taoist Xuankong. It was there that he obtained the King of Hell's corpse.

Can't I ask how to get to that Jedi?

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate and immediately typed a few lines of text, asking for the specific location of the sky burial site.

"You have obtained the map of the underworld sky burial site."

"The projection of the Taoist priest also completely collapsed and dissipated at this moment."

"Look carefully at the map in your hand and you will find that if you want to reach the sky burial site, you must start from the Styx Ferry, go upstream, and follow the Styx branches into the depths of the underworld before you can reach the sky burial site."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Would you choose to find a place to have a good rest for the night and wait until dawn to discuss anything? Or would you choose to strike while the iron is hot and immediately head to the underworld to explore that sky burial site?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided that the map was already in his hands, so there was no need to rush. He could finish the tasks in the world of the living first, and it would not be too late to go to the underworld later.

He did not forget that he had marked a whirlpool with the Ke Zhou Qiu Jian ruler. He took this opportunity to go over and see if the whirlpool was the entrance to the Dragon King's Tomb.

"You left the attic and returned to Xiankong Island. You found a quiet place, closed your eyes, and waited quietly for dawn."

(End of this chapter)