My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 744 Counting
"Jilehou doesn't know why you are here, but he doesn't have time to think about it. A rusty bronze spear suddenly appeared in his hand, and he bit you like a poisonous snake."

"You activated the magical power of the Nine Death Cicada."

"Your figure instantly became ethereal, and you dodged the attack of the bronze spear. At the same time, you activated the power of the innate Bagua. The eight-phase world rolled over like a tide, covering the figure of Jile Hou, making him lose the ability to resist."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the description in the text, he had an idea and immediately opened the skill panel, found the Five Ghosts Moving Technique and the Five Ghosts Calling on the Door Technique, and clicked to use them.

"You have used the Five Ghosts Moving Technique."

"You moved the bronze spear in the hands of Lord Ji Le into your magic bag, and used the Five Ghosts Calling Door Technique to open Lord Ji Le's storage items. However, his storage items had received some kind of high-level blessing, so your Five Ghosts Calling Door Technique was quickly losing its effectiveness. However, before it completely lost its effect, you still used the Five Ghosts Moving Technique to move two items out of it."

"The body of Lord Jile was crushed by the power of the Eight Phases and has become tattered, but he still maintains his tenacious vitality. Even though his heart has been burned to charcoal, he still has not lost his breath. Instead, he exudes a throbbing that makes you feel dangerous."

"The four-faced god pendant on your chest also gave a warning. If you continue like this, you might face a very scary out-of-control creature. Do you still want to continue?"

Jiang Xinghuo narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and finally chose no and took back the power of the Eight Phases.

"You have withdrawn the power of the Xiantian Bagua, and the out-of-control aura on Lord Jile's body has gradually weakened. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to continue staying here and fighting with Lord Ji Le? Or will you choose to leave the treasure house immediately and find a place to hide?"

"Be careful, the commotion here is too loud and has attracted the attention of many masters. One of the auras is coming from the pagoda in Jinshan Yinhai Manor."

"You are being spied on and deduced by an unknown powerful person."

"You have triggered the talent of the divine talisman that can eliminate the filth of cause and effect."

"The Divine Talisman for Eliminating the Evil Traces of Cause and Effect is in effect. It has shielded you from the secrets of heaven and severed the cause and effect. Deduction techniques and props below the mythical level cannot be effective against you."

Jiang Xinghuo immediately understood that it must be the King of Bliss who was spying on him again, so he chose to leave the treasure house without hesitation.

My family knows their own affairs.

He can use conspiracies and endless props to deal with ordinary monsters, but if he wants to face monsters at the level of the Taoist master, he is basically seeking death. After all, the difference in strength is too big, and he cannot rely on these fancy things to narrow the gap between them.

"You chose to leave the treasure house."

"But before you left, you swung the evil star bite in your hand and hit Jilehou, gouging out one of its eyes."

"You unleashed the power of the Dragon Raising Technique, shrinking the ground to an inch, and left the treasure house at the fastest speed. You also equipped yourself with the Compassion Jade and changed your appearance."

"Soon, you left Jinshan Yinhai Manor and came to Fuchun Teahouse in Jile City, where you found a safe place to rest."

"You know you can't leave Paradise City yet, otherwise it would be obvious that Gao told Marquis Paradise that it was you who looted the treasure house and cut off one of its eyes."

After arriving at a safe place, Jiang Xinghuo breathed a sigh of relief and then checked today's harvest. It must be said that today was a great harvest.

He hadn't had such a harvest for a long time, and most of them were materials and props of rare quality.

Jiang Xinghuo began to count them one by one.

He first looked at the things he bought in the Jewel Pavilion. These things cost him more than ten thousand incense sticks, which could be said to be a rare high consumption since he entered the game.

"Dragon-shaking and pulse-catching hand, do you want to equip this item immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes and equipped the item on his character, and the game text immediately gave feedback.

"You are equipped with the Dragon-Shaking and Pulse-Catching Technique, and your dragon-raising technique has also been slightly improved, and the power to control dragon veins has been greatly increased."

"You can use this item to perform spells and methods that far exceed the limits of your current cultivation level."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded contentedly. The practice of dragon-raising technique is a slow and painstaking process, and it is difficult to find tools that can speed up the practice. This dragon-shaking and pulse-catching technique just makes up for his current shortcomings.

"Dragon Transformation Pill, do you want to use it immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation and took the pill from the game into reality. Then Yunlong's huge head popped out from the air and swallowed the pill into his stomach.

At the same time, follow-up text came from the game.

"You have used the Dragon Transformation Pill."

"After Yunlong swallowed the Dragon Transformation Pill, the power of the pill began to wash over his bones and muscles, purifying the blood in his body. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and he needs to sleep and recuperate for a while."

"When Yunlong revives again, it will face its second true thunder tribulation, and its strength will grow dramatically. You'd better make some preparations in advance to prevent Yunlong from falling under the thunder tribulation."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text content and didn't expect that a Dragon Transformation Pill could directly promote Yunlong's second thunder tribulation.

In fact, Yunlong had already survived the second thunder tribulation with the help of Leizu's treasure scroll and the law of tides, but that was a thunder tribulation he survived by luck. His cultivation was completely not on the same level as Jiaolong, who survived the second thunder tribulation by his own strength.

He really needs to make some preparations early to increase Yunlong's chances of success when he tries to overcome the tribulation.

But after much thought, this task has to be handed over to Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian, and let this master craftsman think of a solution. But there is no need to rush. It will probably take some time for Yunlong to digest the medicinal power in his body, so it is better to solve the problem before then.

After dealing with these two props, Jiang Xinghuo looked at the remaining things.

"You have obtained the mask of General Zengshen's opera."

"How are you going to use these two masks?"

"These two masks require the burning of one's own lifespan as a basis. Do you plan to keep them for yourself, or give them to other monsters?"

Jiang Xinghuo had been prepared for this. With a thought, the acupoints in his body opened and the Mengpo God who was imprisoned inside appeared in the house.

"Meng Po Goddess (legend) is a biological ghost god created by the ancient god Fengdu using old worldly technology mixed with powerful ghost genes. It is particularly good at attacking souls and has the characteristic of being immortal. Even if it is burned to ashes, Meng Po Goddess can come back from oblivion." This Meng Po God is the monster that Jiang Xinghuo subdued in the Fengdu Cave Heaven. It is an artificial ghost god created by Fengdu using old worldly technology, and has the characteristic of being immortal, which can be used to fix the bug of the general's mask.

But whether you can get what you want or not, you still have to ask the goddess Meng Po first.

Jiang Xinghuo communicated with him through his mind and explained the abilities and costs of the masks. After listening to it, Mengpo God said that this was not a problem for him. Not only him, but also the Black and White Impermanence and the Ox-Head and Horse-Face in his body could use the two masks at will without worrying about being affected by the cost of the masks.

Because they are ghosts and gods created by biotechnology and not born naturally, there is no limit on their lifespan.

Jiang Xinghuo was finally relieved and handed the mask to the Goddess Mengpo. With the power of the Goddess Mengpo and the blessing of the General of Increase and Loss, it was enough to be considered his strongest trump card at the moment.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo took the Mengpo God back into the acupoint and continued to count the subsequent things.

"Thousands of people complain, what are you going to do with this thing?"

"The resentment of a thousand people condenses the most filthy aura in the world. It can be used as a material for refining elixirs, and it can also be used as a material for improving the Taoism of ghosts and gods."

Jiang Xinghuo summoned the Great Disaster God and threw the resentment of thousands of people into the bad luck, allowing the Great Disaster God to refine and devour it on his own.

"The Great Disaster God devoured the resentment of thousands of people, and the bad luck in his body was increased. His Taoism +3."

Jiang Xinghuo noticed that after devouring the resentment of thousands of people, the hazy figure hidden in the Yellow Springs disaster energy became more solid, but it still had a long way to go before it could truly take shape.

Finally, there was a complete set of soul-calling certificates left, a total of seven.

This item can grant monsters and demons abilities similar to those of the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons and the Black and White Impermanence, and is just the right size for each person.

As for the remaining three certificates, Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and chose to give them to the Dragon-Swallowing Silver Mother and the Hanba, so that these three monsters would also have the ability to travel between yin and yang.

After dealing with these things, Jiang Xinghuo will face the most difficult Overlord Battle Halberd next.

The ferocious aura of the Overlord's Battle Halberd is too strong, and it is not easy to tame it, so Jiang Xinghuo did not take it into reality, so that even if some accidents really occurred, it would not cause fatal harm to himself.

"You have unlocked the seal of the Overlord's Halberd."

"You only heard a dragon roar that shook the heavens and the earth, and the pitch-black Overlord's halberd slashed out with a sharp edge, as if it wanted to cut you in two."

"Even your Nine Deaths Cicada couldn't completely avoid this sharp edge, and its life force was instantly annihilated by the Overlord's Halberd."

"You are dead."

Jiang Xinghuo was shocked when he saw the content of the text. He thought to himself that it was a close call. If he had taken the halberd into reality just now, he would have been beheaded by now.

"You used the scapegoat to escape, but the sharp edge of the halberd left you helpless. With your current level of cultivation and strength, you can't shake the halberd at all, let alone gain its recognition and tame it. You have no choice but to seal it in the box again."

Tsk, Jiang Xinghuo felt deeply sorry, but at the same time he also felt fortunate. The stronger the power of the Overlord Battle Halberd, the stronger the power it could exert when it was refined into a martial arts magic weapon in the future.

Jiang Xinghuo put the Overlord Halberd into his magic bag and looked at the last remaining small bronze tripod.

It is the thing that the God of Treasures has taken a fancy to, a gift given to those who spend more than 10,000 incense sticks in the Jewel Pavilion.

But Jiang Xinghuo looked at it carefully for a long time and didn't notice any secrets of this tripod. His Fiery Eyes couldn't see it either, and the Tiangong measuring instrument didn't find anything either.

He even took out the Sky-Peeking Eye, but still found nothing. However, the Treasure God was lying in the cauldron, looking as if this was a great treasure.

"It... doesn't want to buy itself a nest, does it?"

Jiang Xinghuo lifted up the body of the treasure god and looked at it unkindly. He had spent more than ten thousand incense sticks. Could it be that the reason was that it wanted to buy a toad nest for himself?
However, the God of Treasures closed his eyes and did not say a word no matter how Jiang Xinghuo fiddled with him. He looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

Jiang Xinghuo was also amused when he saw this, but he did not do anything to the God of Treasures. What else could he do with his own child? He could just spoil him. He had nothing to lose anyway. Besides, this tripod might really be hiding some secrets, but he just didn't know about it.

At this point, the items purchased at the Jewelry Pavilion have been counted.

Jiang Xinghuo used up all the things he needed, and then checked the things he found in the treasure house of Jilehou.

"The corpse of the underworld monsters (rare material), the corpse of a dead Styx god. Although there are many wronged souls under the Styx, there is always a way out. If a wronged soul can find the Corpse King Mushroom under the Styx, it can transform into a Styx god and have the ability to control the water of the Styx. The boots made of its skin can be used to walk freely on the water of the Styx without worrying about sinking to the bottom."

"Incomplete Yin-Yang Road (special item), a broken Yin-Yang Road, no one knows where it leads to. It may lead to a certain dead end, or it may lead to a certain treasure land. If it is combined with other Yin-Yang Roads, there is a chance that it will lead to the future road."

"It is detected that you carry a Yin-Yang Road with you. Do you want to integrate this incomplete Yin-Yang Road into it?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without much thought. The Yin-Yang Road in his hand was obtained from the Yin Tailor. It was a simple way to enter the underworld and had no particular use. After integrating this broken Yin-Yang Road, he might be able to trigger a new map.

"You chose the path of merging Yin and Yang."

"In the process of merging, please wait..."

"The fusion is complete."

"You have obtained a brand new Yin-Yang Road. This road leads to a Jedi somewhere deep in the underworld. It is suspected to be an abandoned hell in ancient times in the underworld. But whether it is true or not requires you to explore it yourself."

"Do you want to activate this Yin-Yang Road and go to the underworld immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose no. He was not interested in going there for the time being. It would not be too late to go there after the task at hand was completed.

However, just when Jiang Xinghuo wanted to continue counting, new game text suddenly popped up in the game.

"The waiter from Fuchun Teahouse knocked on your door and said that Jilehou was waiting for you outside and seemed to have something important to discuss with you."

"What are you going to do now? Are you going to open the door and go out to meet the other party? Or are you going to make up an excuse and let the guy brush it off?"

(End of this chapter)