My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 752: Rakshasa and the Breath-Retention and Prolongation Technique
"You have entered the Longmen area."

Two hours later.

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character and came to the area under the jurisdiction of the Wulin Alliance.

However, many unexpected tasks were triggered during the journey, but they were all insignificant trivial matters, and the rewards obtained were not worthy of mention.

For example, if you save a beggar and get the lyrics of Xintianyou, it is said that it is likely to arouse the sympathy of others and increase the possibility of successful begging.

In addition, he killed two thugs who were blocking the road and robbed people. He acquired some dirty tricks such as poking eyes, kicking crotches, spitting, and throwing sand. It can be said that they are completely useless, but these despicable skills are somewhat embarrassing.

These trivial tasks took up a lot of time on the road, so much so that it took more than two hours to drive the land dragon boat to Longmen.

When they arrived at the Longmen area, Jiang Xinghuo put away the land dragon boat, took out a piece of candy from the gold-thread candy bag, and clicked to choose to use it.

"You have used it, golden wedding candy."

"Your luck is temporarily improved."

"You are heading towards the location of the Wulin Alliance along the official road. We are on the way. Please wait..."

"While you were on your way, you found a strange corpse lying on the side of the road. The reason why this corpse looked strange was that the left half of the body was no different from that of an ordinary person, just an ordinary old beggar, but the right half of the body was full of twisted muscles and hideous scales. You could tell at a glance that it had extremely strong power. However, these two completely different physical signs appeared perfectly on the same person, as if a skilled craftsman had sewn two different corpses together."

"What are your options next?"

"Would you like to come closer and take a look?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes out of curiosity. This was the first time he had seen such a bizarre corpse. Could it be that another biochemical madman had created it?
"You walked to the side of the corpse and used your gift of Fiery Eyes to observe the corpse's internal organs and body structure."

"You found that there was nothing unusual about the body structure of this corpse. It seemed that it was born with this strange appearance, and it was not a product artificially formed by biotechnology."

"But you found that the body was carrying a package that seemed to be bulging with a lot of things. Do you want to pick up the package and take a closer look at what's inside?"

Jiang Xinghuo naturally would not choose to refuse, so he picked up the package directly.

"You opened the package on the body and found some gold and silver, as well as a letter with scribbled handwriting, a brass keychain, and some strange skins of creatures you couldn't tell what they were."

"If you carefully examine the three items other than the gold and silver, you will find that each of these three items has a different origin."

"That illegible letter was written by the corpse on the ground. It can be considered its last words before death. However, judging by the ink and the color of the words, it doesn't look like it was written on the same day. Instead, it looks like it was written on the same piece of paper one after another."

"You have read the above content carefully and learned the origin of the strange corpse on the ground. It turns out that he is a citizen of Luosha City in the Longmen area."

Rakshasa City?
Jiang Xinghuo remembered the information about this map.

There are relevant records in the storyteller’s Golden Chamber collection.

Jiang Xinghuo retrieved the relevant information.

It is said that after the fall of the Lord of the Earthly World, a large number of strange creatures escaped from the depths of the Forbidden City.

Among them is a kind of monster called Rakshasa, who is not only extremely powerful, bloodthirsty and cruel, but also has the ability to fly and hide underground.

Later, those Rakshasa gods fled to Longmen and started a crazy massacre.
When the Martial Lord learned about this, he was furious and killed all the Rakshasas himself. He also left their corpses in the wilderness for wild wolves and dogs to devour and bite them.

But just after that, someone passed by the burial place of those Rakshasas and was surprised to find a new city there.

Although its scale cannot be compared with that of Northern Taiwan, it is still a big city in the secular world. Moreover, there are many people living in the city, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation are no different from those in the outside world.

Later, an elder storyteller passed by this place by chance and discovered the secret of this city by accident several times.

That is, every full-moon night, all the people in this city will transform into bloodthirsty demons and engage in extremely cruel and bloody fights in the city. Sometimes, even all the people in the city will die.

But as soon as the sun rises the next day, the dead will be resurrected again, and they will have no memory of what happened the night before.

The storyteller was very surprised, but he could not find the reason, so he had to record it in detail in the golden box.

After unlocking the map, Jiang Xinghuo also visited it, but did not trigger any plot. Encountering a map in the secular world but not triggering any interactive options, this seemingly normal result was actually extremely abnormal.

However, that's how text games are. Without interactive options, the plot cannot be advanced. Jiang Xinghuo even used Risui to project it over, but there was still no result.

So he put this map aside for the time being.

I didn't expect to meet people from Rakshasa City again.

However, Jiang Xinghuo remembered very clearly that although Luosha City was no different from the outside world, all Luosha citizens could not leave Luosha City. Even if they left there, they had to wait until sunrise the next day before returning to the city.

Why is this body lying here?
Is he newly dead?

Do I have to wait until sunrise the next day to return to Rakshasa City?
Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while but had no clue, so he simply stopped worrying about it and continued to read the subsequent text content.

"This old Rakshasa was originally a night watchman in Rakshasa City. His daily job was to patrol the night. However, after that full-moon night, the old Rakshasa discovered something extremely terrifying and strange. That is, there were some memories in his mind that should not have existed."

"In my memory, on the night of the full moon, everyone in Luosha City went crazy and started killing each other. It was no exception. Not only did it kill dozens of people it knew, but even its own grandchildren were torn into pieces by it."

"But when the sun rose the next day, it found that Luosha City, which had become a dead city, had regained its vitality. Those who died last night were alive again. What made it feel even more terrified and weird was that, except for itself, no one else remembered what happened last night. The city was still as lively and prosperous as before."

"The old Rakshasa couldn't stand this weird life. He felt like an alien and couldn't fit in with other people. He always felt that someone wanted to kill him. Even his family members became hateful. So, on a dark and windy night, the old Rakshasa killed his family with a knife and escaped from Rakshasa City before dawn."

"On the way, it killed many people who wanted to harm it and peeled off their skin, hoping to use this to deter those who intended to kill it."

This is where the game text ends.

These are the contents of the old Rakshasa’s handwritten letter. It only describes the old Rakshasa’s past experiences, but does not explain how the old Rakshasa died.

Judging from the meaning between the lines of the game text, the old Rakshasa seemed to have some problems with his brain due to this kind of stimulation.

Think about it, this kind of situation is hard for anyone to accept. You killed someone with your own hands, but he appeared in front of you alive and kicking the next day. Besides you, no one else has any relevant memory. Anyone with a weaker mental state will collapse.

Jiang Xinghuo put this question aside for the moment and looked at the remaining two things.

"Brass keychain (common item), the key to the old Luosha's house. There is a small tiger head tied to it. It was polished out of brass by his two grandsons. It has a slight effect of warding off evil spirits."

"The skin of an unknown creature (common material), from the skin of creatures of different races, with some flesh and blood still remaining on it. It is a good material for sewing robes."

"Do you want to use the power of the Fetal Transformation Sutra to see what race those skins come from?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

"You have used the Fetal Transformation Sutra."

"You used the remaining traces of flesh and blood on the skin to conjure up the race of the skin's owner before his death. They were all monsters of the Rakshasa clan, and they were from the same race as the dead old Rakshasa."

Jiang Xinghuo flipped through the text again and had some guesses about the origins of these skins.

It is most likely the skin from the old Rakshasa’s family.

As for what the old Rakshasa said in the letter, that these skins were peeled off from people who wanted to harm it, this is not necessarily false.

After all, the perspective of a mentally ill person is always somewhat different from that of an ordinary person.

Maybe it thought the people who came to find it were people who wanted to harm it, or maybe after killing its family members, in order to prevent them from being resurrected again, it peeled off the skin of its family members and thought they were people who wanted to kill it.

However, if you want to know the truth, you can only go to Rakshasa City again.

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to go to the Wulin League and return the body of the Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal? Or will you choose to go to Luosha City and find out what happened?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to go to the Wulin Alliance.

If you want to go to Rakshasa City, Wulin Alliance is the only way to go.

Moreover, the only way to get to Luosha City is through the most primitive method of travel, because Luosha City is a city that appeared after the dawn night, and there is no Fengdu shrine, so space teleportation is impossible.

"You chose to continue on to the Wulin League."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have arrived, Wulin Alliance."

"You found the Tiger Head Guardian who was teaching his disciples, took out the body of the Long Ear Ding Guangxian from the magic bag, and returned it to the Tiger Head Guardian."

"After Tiger Head Guard saw the body of Long Ear Ding Guangxian, he immediately determined the cause of death."

"The method that Chang'er Dingguangxian practices is to cultivate the ears. He can hear the wind and identify the position. He has an extraordinary hearing ability. With this, he can often use hidden weapons with ease. Therefore, Chang'er Dingguangxian is also the only disciple among the twelve disciples of the martial master who is proficient in hidden weapons."

"But this extraordinary hearing ability also became the biggest weakness of the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal. The murderer who killed it took advantage of this weakness and used sound waves to shatter the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal's brain, turning it into a chaotic mass. So from the outside, the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal looked unharmed, but in fact, he had already died due to the shattered brain."

"Tiger Head Guard ordered his men to carry the body of the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal down for burial, and at the same time expressed his gratitude and admiration for your righteous act of returning the body. Nowadays, the secular world is in chaos, and there are very few people like you. To express his gratitude to you, Tiger Head Guard prepared a gift for you."

"Your Bagua Tongling Ear has the same magical effect as the Long-ear Dingguang Immortal's talent. If others can use the power of sound waves to deal with the Long-ear Dingguang Immortal, then they can also use this method to deal with you."

"Tiger Head Guard has decided to teach you the Breath-Retention and Cicada-Prolonging Technique. This is a unique skill evolved from the Nine-Death Cicada. It can close one's five senses and exempt them from attacks against these organs."

"What are your options next?"

"Do you want to accept Tiger Head Taibao's kindness?"

"Of course, you can also ask Tiger Head Guard to change your martial arts. Tiger Head Guard can still satisfy this small request."

The breath-holding and prolonging technique?
Jiang Xinghuo took a look at the description in the text and found that he could be immune to attacks against his five senses. Although this ability to avoid negative buff attributes could not directly improve his combat effectiveness, the more such abilities he had, the better.

"You accepted the kindness of Tiger Head Guardian."

"Tiger Head Guard passed on the method of the Breath-Retention and Cicada-Prolonging Technique to you. Because this technique is a unique skill that evolved from the Nine-Death Cicada, you quickly mastered the trick."

"You have successfully mastered the Breath-Retention and Prolongation Technique."

In reality, Jiang Xinghuo only felt a coolness in his head, and the corresponding information immediately appeared deep in his mind.

He tried to use this method and first blocked his vision.

But unexpectedly, what he perceived was not complete darkness, but the outline of the entire shop projected into his mind.

He can sense the shape and position of all objects, and can walk around the house without hindrance even if his eyes cannot see anything.

Then, Jiang Xinghuo blocked his hearing again.

His perception has become much stronger. He can not only sense the shape and position of objects, but also feel the aura attached to them. Without looking or listening, he can tell whether the person entering the store is a man or a woman, old or young.

This sense can even reveal the strength of a person's vitality.

"This is much stronger than the Qi-gazing Technique..."

Jiang Xinghuo unleashed the Breath-Retention Technique, and his vision and hearing returned to normal.

He still underestimated this Breath-Retention and Prolonging Technique, thinking that it was just an ability to eliminate negative attributes, but in fact, the effect and power it can exert are much greater than this.

(End of this chapter)