My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 760: The Dog-Head Guillotine

"The storyteller in the teahouse told you how to obtain the dog-head guillotine."

"The spirit of Tiemian Qingtian is a spirit that has returned from the underworld. Although it has taken over the Ghost Hall and become a giant, it is still a ghost that has long been dead. If it lingers in the world of the living and does not go to the underworld, it has violated the laws of the underworld."

"So every night when the moon is full, ghosts and ghost soldiers from the underworld will come to capture it and take it back to the underworld. In order to stop those ghosts and ghost soldiers, Tiemian Qingtian will set up a formation outside the Ghost Hall and use the evil spirit emitted by the dog-head guillotine to suppress those monsters from the underworld."

"If you want to seize the Dog-Head Guillotine, this is the best time. You can use filthy things from the outside to break the formation barrier of the Ghost Hall, so that those ghost soldiers and generals can enter the Ghost Hall. Then you can take advantage of the chaos and take the Dog-Head Guillotine away from the Ghost Hall openly."

"But you must act quickly. If the formation outside is broken, Tiemian Qingtian will definitely take back the dog-head chopper immediately. Your chance to grab the treasure will be in the moment when the formation is broken by the dirt and Tiemian Qingtian has not yet reacted. If you miss this opportunity, you can only rob the treasure head-on."

"As for how to break the formation left by Tiemian Qingtian, you just need to find some blood-stained objects that contain yang energy."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the game text content and had a rough plan on how to snatch the dog-head guillotine.

Then he went to the teahouse and took a look around.

According to the information given by the storyteller in the teahouse, in order to break the formation set up by the Iron-faced Justice outside the Ghost Hall, one must use blood-stained objects that contain yang energy, which is nothing more than black dog blood and boy's urine.

And today happens to be the night of the full moon, which is the time when those ghost soldiers and devils come to arrest the Iron-faced Justice. Perhaps I can take advantage of it and maybe get some unexpected gains.

It would be best if Tiemian Qingtian could be taken into the Wind and Snow Prison. Now the Wind and Snow Prison has no one guarding it. The Great Wind God died at the hands of the Dragon Lord, and the Dragon Lord will die in his own hands soon. Tiemian Qingtian has been in charge of the Ghost Hall for many years, and his nature is not much different from that of the Wind and Snow Prison. He is the most suitable candidate for the new guardian.

Of course, whether this can be accomplished depends on the actual situation. Unless it is absolutely necessary, he does not want to use the Ancient God's Eyes to turn it into a ghost. If he does so, the hidden dangers are too great and he can easily be backstabbed at a critical moment.

Our ancestors said thousands of years ago that those who make friends based on profit will become strangers when the profit is gone; those who make friends based on power will lose their friendship when the power is gone; those who make friends based on beauty will lose their love when the beauty fades; and those who make friends based on the way will remain friends until the end of time.

Only people who truly share the same ideals can truly trust each other.

Throughout history, all those who have accomplished great things have adhered to this philosophy.

But the most urgent task is to get the dog-head guillotine first.

Jiang Xinghuo walked around the niches in the teahouse and bought a few suitable items.

"You have obtained the secret medicine, Black Dog Blood."

"You have obtained the pure Yang rooster blood."

"You have obtained seventy years of boy's urine."

"You have obtained the Blinding Incense."

"Secret medicine black dog blood (excellent consumable item). Black dog blood processed by secret medicine is the nemesis of all evil spirits. It is as hot as boiling oil. Ordinary evil spirits will die if they touch it."

"Pure Yang Rooster Blood (Excellent Consumable Item). Pure Yang Rooster Blood that is over 30 years old is said to contain a trace of Vermillion Bird blood, which has a strong inhibitory effect on evil spirits. If it is made into blood and cooked in hot pot, it can increase the Pure Yang blood in the body of the person who consumes it. Even if the person is not a virgin, the blood still has the effect of a virgin's blood."

"Seventy-year-old boy's urine (excellent consumable item), the body fluids left by a boy who has been single for more than seventy years, the smell alone is enough to drive away evil spirits. Even if the monsters and demons from the underworld come into contact with this stuff, they will lose a hundred years of their cultivation."

Jiang Xinghuo put the rooster blood and black dog blood into the void drawer, and threw the basin of old boy's urine into the magic bag. There was no other reason, just that he disliked it and thought it was disgusting.

The last one, the blinding incense, is a prop specially used to deceive people.

"Blinding Incense (Excellent Consumable Item) A leaf can block your view of the mountain. This consumable magic weapon developed by the Tianshi Dao can block people's eyes and ears after it is lit, creating an illusion similar to a ghost wall, thus leaving a chance for escape."

This blinding incense was prepared by Jiang Xinghuo for Tiemian Qingtian. Although he wanted to snatch the dog-head guillotine, he did not want to take Tiemian Qingtian's life, and he did not want him to be captured by those evil soldiers and ghosts, even if he was chopped by the guillotine many times.

If Tiemian Qingtian was captured and brought back to the underworld, his goal of making him the guardian of Fengxue Prison would fail. This blinding incense was the secret weapon that rescued Tiemian Qingtian from the siege of those ghost officials at the critical moment.

"Where are you going now?"

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at the wall clock and saw that it was still a long time before night, so he controlled the character to come to the vicinity of the Ghost Hall, found a place to hide quietly, and waited quietly for the night to fall.

Nothing much happened during the day, so Jiang Xinghuo followed the old routine and called the secretary of the director who was the incarnation of a fox fairy, but there was still no reply.

In the evening, half past eight.

Jiang Xinghuo estimated that the time was about right. The sky in reality had already gone completely dark, so he entered the game and logged into his account.

"What are your plans next?"

"The night of the secular world has fallen, covering the entire Guandong City. The alleys near the Ghost Hall are extremely quiet. Everyone knows that on the fifteenth night of every month, no living people can be near the Ghost Hall, otherwise they will be thrown into the underworld by the ghosts passing by and become innocent souls who died in vain."

"Do you plan to continue waiting here, or choose to leave?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to continue waiting.

He stayed here for a whole day just to wait for those ghost soldiers and ghosts, otherwise he would have waited for a whole day in vain.

"At this moment, you suddenly feel an extremely eerie chill coming from the end of the street outside the Ghost Hall. This is the strange sign that will appear when the Yin-Yang Road is wide open. Hundreds of ghost soldiers and generals holding halberds and spears emerge from behind the Yin-Yang Road and surround the Ghost Hall with ease."

"At the same time, deep rays of light appeared around the Ghost Hall, transforming into a huge phantom of a strange beast, covering the Ghost Hall and blocking those ghost soldiers and generals outside the gate."

"You found that this strange beast is not unfamiliar. It is the magical beast Xiezhi that you met once in the Criminal Court of Peking."

"You have triggered the Sky-Watcher's Eye."

"You saw through the source of the power of the magic beast Xiezhi. It comes from the dog-head guillotine placed in the lobby of the Ghost Hall. In addition to the magic power of Tiemian Qingtian, it complements the runes of the external formation and together forms this magic beast, which can resist all evil spirits in the world."

"Those ghost soldiers and generals in the underworld, although they have been conferred by the Lord of the Underworld and are completely different from other monsters, are essentially a collection of evil spirits, so they can't break through the defense of this Xiezhi at all." "However, they seemed to have been prepared for this. I saw a skinny ghost walking over from the other side of the street, followed by a large number of apprentices. Each of them held a basin of steaming liquid in their hands, which turned out to be the blood of freshly slaughtered black dogs."

Jiang Xinghuo understood what was going on at once. These monsters in the underworld were not stubborn and they also knew that black dog blood could break the formation barrier of Tiemian Qingtian. These people who had passed through the underworld had a very close relationship with the underworld. They could be said to be the spokespersons of the underworld in the world of the living, so it was understandable that they came to help.

"What are you going to choose now?"

The game text provides new interaction options.

"Will you choose to sit on the mountain and watch those people who have passed away from the underworld destroy the barrier of the Iron-faced Justice, or will you choose to stop them and kill all those people who have passed away from the underworld to prevent the Iron-faced Justice from being besieged?"

There were two options. Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and finally chose to stop it.

Although there is no difference between the way these people who have passed through the Yin break the formation and the way he breaks the formation, if he wants to snatch the dog-head guillotine, he must seize that brief opportunity. Otherwise, by the time these people who have passed through the Yin break the formation and Tiemian Qingtian reacts, it will be too late for him to take action and he will miss this great opportunity.

"You chose to stop these people from crossing the Yin."

"You activated the Kitchen God Fire."

"The blazing and hot flames slowly blossomed like red lotuses, directly enveloping those who had passed through the underworld. These people who had passed through the underworld usually had many sins of life and death on their bodies in order to go through the underworld. After being burned by the red lotus fire, thousands of years of burning pain were inflicted on their bodies, and their consciousness was instantly wiped out. The black dog blood in their hands was also spilled on the ground, without causing any impact or damage to the Ghost Hall."

"You have killed 29 Yin people."

"You have obtained, Incense +6100."

Jiang Xinghuo was delighted. This time he got his money back for the information he obtained in the teahouse, and he also earned more than 1000 incense sticks.

"You killed those ghosts who had passed through the underworld. The ghost soldiers and generals outside the Ghost Hall were immediately furious, but they also recognized the red lotus fire burning on the ground. This kind of fire is a legendary fire even in the underworld. It is said that this kind of fire only exists on the Flame Mountain in Purgatory. So although they were angry in their hearts, they did not dare to get close. They just let out a cold roar."

"That is the unique language of the underworld. The other party is asking about the identity of the visitor and at the same time stating that he came to the world of the living to capture the soul of the Iron-faced Justice under the order of the underworld judge. He hopes to be given a favor."

"But after waiting for a long time and no one responded, these ghost soldiers and generals could no longer hold back and began to attack the phantom of the magic beast Xiezhi."

"The remaining black dog blood on the ground is the nemesis of the Iron-faced Justice, but it is also their nemesis, so these ghost soldiers dare not use it at all, and can only rely on brute force to attack the magic beast."

"Do you want to take action now?"

Jiang Xinghuo still chose no.

Now is the time when both sides are at their most vigilant and have the greatest resentment in their hearts. It would be too unprofitable to show up. The best time to take action is to wait until dawn, when these ghost soldiers are about to leave and the Iron-faced Justice is also relaxed.

Jiang Xinghuo waited until after two in the morning.

The text in the game never changed. The two sides were stuck there. The Yin soldiers could not break the Xiezhi's defense, and the Iron-faced Justice could not kill those Yin soldiers.

Waited for more than an hour.

The game text finally has a follow-up.

"You notice that the movements of the ghost soldiers have become slower, and a hint of red has risen in the distant sky. There are also the sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking. The streets are once again filled with a chilly and cold aura. The ghost soldiers' stay in the world of the living is about to end. They must return to the underworld before sunrise, otherwise they will face the end of their souls being torn apart."

"Do you want to take this opportunity to attack?"

This time, Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation.

"You took out black dog blood, boy's urine, and rooster blood, three kinds of pure yang evil-destroying filth, and instantly tore through the defenses of the magic beast Xiezhi. The sudden change made the ghost soldiers stunned. The Iron-faced Justice in the Ghost Hall was also shocked. It thought that today would end here, but it didn't expect that a change would happen at the last moment!"

"You activated your magical power, and it can be as big or small as you wish."

"You shrunk your body to three inches, and sneaked into the Ghost Hall with the magic of walking. At the same time, you activated your magical power - the realm of life, giving the Ghost Hall and the dog-head guillotine new life."

"The Iron-faced Justice came to his senses and wanted to take back the dog-head guillotine, but the black iron guillotine turned into a thin black dog with a body like a white elephant and teeth like blades. It protected you and ignored the Iron-faced Justice's call."

"At the same time, the ghosts and ghost soldiers outside the Ghost Hall also followed the gap you tore, completely destroyed the Xiezhi phantom, and rushed into the Ghost Hall waving swords, spears, and halberds."

"Unexpectedly, countless arms emerged from the Ghost Hall, blocking the ghost soldiers like iron chains across a river. The blinding incense was also lit and activated, blocking your sight."

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo found the Eye of the Ancient God and clicked to use it.

"You take out the Eye of the Ancient God, transform the Iron-faced Blue Sky into a ghost and put it into the Heavenly Soldiers Diagram. Covered by the smoke of the Blinding Incense, you ride on the black dog and disappear in the Ghost Hall in an instant."

"In the end, you didn't even let go of the Ghost Hall itself, and also put it into the Heavenly Soldiers Map."

The whole process went smoothly, without any unusual changes or obstacles.

Everything went according to Jiang Xinghuo's plan, from tearing apart the phantom of the Xiezhi, to using the Realm of Life to activate the Ghost Hall and the Dog-Head Guillotine, and then using the Eye of the Ancient God to make Tiemian Qingtian unable to resist, and he easily escaped from the encirclement of those evil soldiers.

"You have obtained the guillotine."

"You have obtained the Ghost Hall."

"You heard those ghost soldiers roaring with anger and unwillingness. They vowed to remember your scent."

"The day you set foot in the underworld, they will come and lead you into purgatory, letting you know the consequences of angering them!"

(End of this chapter)