My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 735 Fierce Eyes
"The murals describe that the white ape trapped here by the chains is none other than the Great Water Ape from the ancient times of the secular world. When the Yellow River Lord was managing the floods in the world, the Great Water Ape and the Yellow River Lord had a conflict. The two had completely different philosophies. The former believed that everything has its own cycle, and the same is true for the water veins of the world. If the Yellow River Lord changes the course of the Yellow River, it will inevitably cause unknown and ominous changes."

"Yellow River Master believes that man can conquer nature. Such a harsh environment will only bring disaster. Only by taming it with wisdom and strength can the Yellow River benefit the lives of all people in the world."

"The result of different philosophies is naturally disputes. Lord Yellow River and the Water Ape Sage started a long and protracted war."

"In the end, the Great Sage of the Ape was defeated by the Yellow River Lord and had to leave the Yellow River Basin. However, the Great Sage of the Ape was not resigned to this. Although he was defeated by the Yellow River Lord, he still stirred up trouble in the secular world and opposed the Yellow River Lord everywhere. The Yellow River Lord had no choice but to capture him and lock him in this abandoned Yellow River Ancient Road."

"Someone once advised Master Huang He that instead of locking the ape here, it would be better to cut off the roots and put an end to it all. But Master Huang He thought it was not easy for the ape to practice, and there was no personal grudge between them, just a difference of philosophy."

"Moreover, the Great Sage of the Water Ape once fought against the Six Heavenly Demons, so no matter from which perspective, he must spare the life of the Great Sage of the Water Ape."

"The murals on this side of the mountain end. Look at the other side of the mountain. There are also murals carved with gold lines, but the contents are all about what happened to the Great Sage of the Aquatic Ape after he was imprisoned here."

"After the Aquatic Ape Sage was trapped here, Lord Yellow River often came to visit him, hoping that he would recognize his ideals and become his right-hand man. However, the Aquatic Ape Sage was a man of pride and would rather be trapped here for the rest of his life than to bow down to Lord Yellow River and admit defeat."

"Later, all floods in the secular world were pacified by Lord Yellow River. Lord Yellow River planned to live in seclusion in the mountains and no longer care about the disputes in the secular world, so he drew a map of this ancient road and spread it in the secular world. If someone can understand the mystery and come here to see the Great Sage of Water Source, they will naturally know what happened. As for whether the Great Sage of Water Ape can regain his freedom, it depends on the willingness of the person who comes in."

"After you finished looking at these murals, you suddenly felt a chill behind you. You turned back subconsciously and saw a pair of golden eyes, like the scorching sun, staring at you without any emotion."

"I don't know when the Great Sage of the Aquatic Ape woke up, and a cold voice sounded in your heart, asking you what year it is outside and where the Yellow River Lord is."

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to answer the other person's question truthfully? Or will you ignore it and leave here?"

"Or maybe, if we can find a way to unlock the seal of the Aquatic Ape Sage and release him, we might be able to get a reward from him?"

The game text gave three options. Jiang Xinghuo glanced at them and thought that he woke up quickly enough. He originally wanted to take advantage of the water ape's deep sleep to try using the Soul-Binding Immortal Talisman to see if he could subdue it and contain it in the acupoints in his body.

But now that the other party has woken up, this matter needs to be carefully considered.

If the God-Binding and Immortal-Commanding Talisman is useless against such an ancient god, then even if he has become enemies with the Water Ape Sage, he will probably be killed as soon as he shows his head, not to mention gaining any benefit from him.

Of course, if it succeeds, there will be many benefits.

Want to take a gamble?
After thinking it over, Jiang Xinghuo suppressed his greed. Gamblers usually don't die a good death, so he decided not to take the risk for the time being.

"You chose to answer the question of the Ahuizotl."

"You told the Great Sage Ape everything that happened in the secular world, what happened to Lord Yellow River, and how Lord Yellow River died at the hands of the True Lord of Mountains and Rivers. All without reservation."

"The Great Sage of the Aquatic Ape has been trapped here for many years and has never come into contact with anyone. Naturally, he is unaware of the changes in the secular world over the years. After hearing your words, he was silent for a long time before gradually coming to his senses. Then, his eyes, like the sun, emitted golden light. You only felt your magic bag move slightly, and it opened automatically. A seal like scrap iron and stone floated out of it and landed in front of the Great Sage of the Aquatic Ape."

"That fiery gaze was fixed on the seal button, which slowly began to melt and turned into a ball of flowing metal liquid. Soon it was reshaped again and became a brand new seal."

"The Great Water Ape said that this seal was originally its Disaster Seal, which could temporarily control a water vein for its own use. Later, during the battle with Lord Yellow River, it was broken by Lord Yellow River and became like this. Since you were able to find this seal buried under the loess, it means that you have a connection with this Disaster Seal. So it recast it and gave it to you. However, the Water God Weapon is its life-long magic weapon, and it cannot be given to outsiders."

"The magical weapon filled with water vapor flew out of your magic bag and merged into the sealed body of the Water Ape Great Sage."

"You are lost, Water God Soldier."

"You have obtained the Seal of Disaster."

"The Seal of Disaster (epic item), the manifestation of the authority of the ancient great saint Aquatic Ape, can temporarily control a water vein for its own use, but the duration is closely related to the user's mana. As long as there is enough mana, it can even use the entire Guixu Sea Eye as a hammer to smash people."

"The Water Ape Great Sage merged with the Water Divine Weapon. The chains on his body shook slightly and suddenly began to disintegrate automatically. But then the chains recovered and bound the body of the Water Ape Great Sage in mid-air again."

"The outside world is no longer the same as it was before. It's no longer the world it was familiar with. There's no point in going out, and it could easily cause some unnecessary trouble. Besides, it was Huang He who locked it up here. Even if we want to let it out, Huang He, that bastard, must come here in person and take off the chains on it."

"The Aquatic Ape Great Sage looked at you again, and his eyes, which were like the blazing sun, suddenly shone brightly. You were caught off guard and had no preparation. You only felt a burning sensation in your eyes, and then they suddenly exploded and cracked, turning into a ball of filthy flesh and blood."

After seeing the description of the game, Jiang Xinghuo subconsciously felt something was wrong, and then he also felt a change in reality. He heard a "pop" sound, and his eyes suddenly fell into nothingness. Then he felt an unbearable pain, and his two eyeballs were instantly shattered! !

"what!"

The sudden severe pain was unbearable for Jiang Xinghuo. He covered his eye sockets and cried out in pain, but soon a cool feeling surged from his lungs, quickly went up along his meridians, and finally flowed into his eye sockets.

The burning pain quickly disappeared, replaced by a warm and cool feeling, but there was still a void in front of my eyes, not the black color when I closed my eyes, but a chaotic void.

Without the intense pain, Jiang Xinghuo regained some consciousness and remembered a piece of news he had read before.

Someone asked people born blind whether what they see is black, but the answer they got was the same: their senses are nothingness.

It is like a normal person covers one of his eyes with his hand, and the other eye can see things normally, but what the covered eye feels is nothingness, without any color, just chaos.

This is how Jiang Xinghuo feels now. He is a little panicked. He doesn't know why the Water Ape Sage wanted to destroy his eyes, nor does he know if he will be able to recover to normal in the future. Is he going to be like this in the future?
Jiang Xinghuo suddenly remembered that he still had a Six-Day Ghost Eye, so he immediately used his mind to activate the dim yellow eye between his eyebrows, but as soon as he opened this eye, a familiar sharp pain came again.

The Six Heavenly Ghost Eyes also exploded into a ball of dirty blood! !
Jiang Xinghuo's heart suddenly turned cold. Was he really going to spend the rest of his life as a blind person?
Just as he was feeling anxious, the cool feeling in his eye sockets disappeared, and an unbearable itch came over him, as if countless worms were crawling inside. This situation lasted for almost two hours, and Jiang Xinghuo suddenly felt his eyes light up, and his eyes returned to normal again! !

"My eyes...are restored?"

Jiang Xinghuo was surprised and delighted. He quickly picked up the mirror beside him and looked into his own eyes. He saw two golden pupils appear in his eye sockets. The pupils were slowly rotating like a scorching sun, looking full of sacredness. However, this strange phenomenon soon disappeared under the pupils and returned to its normal appearance.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo subconsciously tried to activate Tathagatagarbha, but found no response.

"Has Tathagatagarbha not recovered?"

Jiang Xinghuo wanted to activate other abilities, but the results surprised him.

The exquisite eyes are gone.

Treasure hunting eyes, gone.

Hundreds of eyes, gone.

The Six Heavenly Ghost Eyes are also gone.

Even the various techniques integrated into these strange eyes, such as the art of observing qi, the art of detecting treasures, the art of autopsy, the art of seeing through fire, and seeing through walls...

All the magic and talents disappeared without a trace.

"Are you kidding..."

Jiang Xinghuo immediately picked up the phone and checked the contents. The Water Ape King destroyed his eyes, but gave him a pair of eyes in return. He must give him an explanation.

"You have lost the inheritance relic - Tathagatagarbha."

The first line of words that caught Jiang Xinghuo's eyes shocked him.

Tathagatagarbha...is really gone!

After Jiang Xinghuo entered the game, Tathagata Zang played an indispensable role in his success today. Without Tathagata Zang's innate ability to see through the origin of all things, he would not have been able to obtain so many hidden treasures and clues.

But now, the Water Ape Great Sage actually forcibly took the Tathagatagarbha from his body.

He continued to read the text, which contained hints about losing talents and skills.

Finally, a whole new message appeared on the screen.

"You have obtained the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils."

"The Great Sage of the Aquatic Ape said that these flaming eyes were formed by chance in ancient times when he used ordinary crystals to refine the true fire of the sun. There are two pairs of eyes in total, one of which he replaced on his own body, and the other pair still exists today."

“The Water Ape Great Sage sensed the danger hidden in you, especially the Tathagatagarbha in your right eye and the Six Heavenly Devil Eye between your brows. The power of the Six Heavenly Devil is cruel and violent, and can subtly influence a person’s character. Even if you don’t use it often, as long as it exists in your body, it is a potential danger. If you encounter those ancient gods from outer space, they can even use this eye to use you as an anchor to descend into the secular world, so it must be destroyed.”

"As for the Tathagata storehouse, it is the Dharma Eye left behind by the Buddha after his death. Although it can see through the origins of all things in the secular world, the Buddha's nature and intention contained in it are extremely strong. It contains the Buddha's lifelong practice. If it weren't for the things left by the Taoist ancestors in your body, which created a certain balance with it, one day, the nature and intention in the Tathagata storehouse would be completely inherited by you, and you would also gain all the memories of the Buddha. But at that time, will you still be yourself? Do you have the Buddha's memories? Or does the Buddha's nature and intention have your experiences?"

When seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo shuddered suddenly. If it was really as the game text said, would he still be himself in the end?

Are you a Buddha?

Or did the Buddha become himself?

How could my short life experience of more than twenty years resist the Buddha's nature and will? In the end, I was afraid that I would become the carrier of the Buddha's spiritual thoughts.

"So, the Great Water Ape Sage simply destroyed your Tathagatagarbha, and the Buddha's nature hidden in it was lost. Although it lost its eyes, it gave you its own Fiery Eyes of Gold, which it had trained, as a reward for you telling it the news. In addition, it has another thing to entrust to you. As an old rival, it knows very well the ability and strength of Master Huanghe. That bastard is a loach. As long as it doesn't want to die, no one can kill it. I believe that Master Huanghe is hiding somewhere in the abandoned Yellow River Ancient Road. It wants you to find Master Huanghe for it, and then have him come here to apologize to it in person."

"You have obtained the abandoned Yellow River ancient route map."

"This river basin map records eighteen abandoned ancient Yellow River roads, which are also the locations of the palaces of the Water Ape Great Sage in the past. If the Yellow River Lord escaped from the ruins of the old world, he must be in these eighteen palaces."

"Your pair of flaming eyes are the key to the palace gate. If you can find Lord Huanghe, all eighteen palaces will be given to you as your residence in the exile land. Even if the exile land is destroyed one day, as long as you stay in these palaces, no force can hurt you."

"In addition, your pair of flaming eyes have many other uses that you need to slowly discover. When you have nothing to do, look at the sun more often to absorb the sun's essence. You can also release the power of true yang to burn everything within your sight."

"After the Aquatic Ape Great Sage finished speaking, he used his divine power to send you directly out of the sealed area. The entrance outside also disappeared without a trace at this time."

"At this moment, a greedy gold digger suddenly appeared and boldly attacked you, but you only glanced at it, and the blazing golden flame burned the gold digger to ashes."

(End of this chapter)