My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 762: List of Gods?
"Demon-killing Heavenly Thunder?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the thundercloud spreading above the Demon-Slaying Platform, and relevant information immediately emerged in his mind.

That was the most severe punishment on the Demon-Slaying Platform.

It's called: Demon-killing Heavenly Thunder.

Can send down thunder to kill the target.

However, the core must be the power of thunder and lightning, otherwise one can only use thunder magic outside and then transform it into demon-killing thunder through thunderclouds.

Not only is the process cumbersome and laborious, but its effectiveness will also be greatly reduced.

Therefore, if you want to bring out the true power of this thundercloud, you must place a thunder monster in it.

"Thunder-type monsters and demons..."

Jiang Xinghuo thought about the worldly creatures on his body, and it seemed that there were really no monsters with thunder attributes.

It seems that if you want to completely perfect the Demon-Slaying Platform, you still have to set your sights on Lei Ze.

Lei Ze is one of the three great divine lakes in the secular world. It is inhabited by creatures with thunder attributes. Catching any one of them can satisfy the needs of the demon-slaying heavenly thunder.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo walked into the Demon-Slaying Platform again, and saw that inside the hall was a circular hall with several branching roads extending out, leading to different places of punishment.

All the torture instruments he collected at the Xingmenmai ruins were evolved into new torture instruments by the Demon-Slaying Platform, specifically targeting monsters and demons of various attributes and crimes.

Jiang Xinghuo walked around the Demon-Slaying Platform and witnessed all the magical features of the Platform.

The architectural foundation of the Demon-Slaying Platform is the Ghost Hall of the Iron-faced Justice. After being transformed by the Heavenly Soldiers Map and the Realm of Life, it has become an intelligent entity with independent life.

The roads and layout inside the Demon-Slaying Platform can be adjusted at will. Even if someone wants to escape by force, they will eventually be trapped here because they cannot find a way out.

However, when he walked along a passage to the underground of the Demon-Slaying Platform, what came into his sight was a vast expanse of white fog.

I can't see clearly what's ahead.

Jiang Xinghuo tentatively reached out his hand, and suddenly a sense of enlightenment arose in his mind.

This should be the place where the Demon-Slaying Platform and the Demon-Imprisoning Prison exist.

It’s just that he hasn’t collected enough cave fragments and building materials yet.

Therefore, the Demon Prison cannot be formed for the time being.

Jiang Xinghuo secretly kept this matter in mind and planned to pay more attention to related materials and props during future explorations.

Finally, the only one left was the Iron-Faced Justice who was transformed into a ghost by the Eye of the Ancient God.

In order to escape from the encirclement of those evil soldiers, Jiang Xinghuo directly turned Tiemian Qingtian into a ghost to avoid any trouble and fall into the hands of those evil soldiers.

Now that they were in a safe place, Jiang Xinghuo released the Iron-faced Justice. He was wearing a python robe and jade belt, his face was dark blue, and a strong yin aura emanated from his entire body.

That’s why there is no crescent-shaped scar on his head, otherwise he would look almost exactly like Justice Bao on TV.

Afterwards, he took out the Eye of the Ancient God and severed the relationship with the ghost, and the Iron-faced Justice also regained his freedom.

Jiang Xinghuo had been prepared for the other party to turn against him, but who knew that after the Iron-faced Justice regained his freedom, he did not attack him, but just uttered a string of words that he could not understand.

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this situation, he thought, oh no, how come there is a language problem?
You've never encountered this kind of thing before?

Is the language of the secular world different from that of Earth?
It shouldn’t be!

He had communicated with worldly creatures before, and this had never happened before. He could understand what they said, and they could also hear what he said.

Why did it change when it came to the Iron-faced Justice?

At this moment, a voice like a huge bell suddenly rang in Jiang Xinghuo's mind, sounding extremely majestic. It was the Iron-faced Justice who projected what he wanted to say into his mind through some special means.

The general meaning is to ask Jiang Xinghuo what he wanted to do by detaining him here.

When Jiang Xinghuo saw that the other party had such means, he did not hide his thoughts and directly told him that he wanted the Iron-faced Justice to be in charge of the Demon-Slaying Platform.

He originally wanted to let Tiemian Qingtian be in charge of the Wind and Snow Prison, but now it seems that the Demon Slaying Platform is more suitable.

Moreover, after he gains control of the Wind and Snow Prison, he will most likely integrate it into the Demon-Slaying Platform. Perhaps the Heavenly Prison will be built in this way, and he won't have to run around looking for new prison props.

After Jiang Xinghuo finished expressing his opinion, Tiemian Qingtian did not express his opinion.

He did not rush to urge him, but instead walked around the Demon-Slaying Platform.

The giant dog evolved from the dog-head guillotine also appeared in the hall at this time, and let out a few growls at the iron-faced judge.

This went on for a long time.

The voice of the Iron-faced Justice sounded in Jiang Xinghuo's mind, indicating that he could become the master of the Demon-Slaying Platform.

But he only moves within the Demon-Slaying Platform and will not leave the world in the painting, because he is now a ghost and there are too many things that can restrain him.

Only within the main venue of the Demon Slaying Arena.

He can fully exert his strength.

When Jiang Xinghuo heard this, he agreed to Tiemianqingtian's conditions without much thought.

Because that was what he had originally thought. He would first use the Heavenly Soldiers Map to put the enemy into the Demon-Slaying Platform, and then let the Iron-faced Justice use all kinds of torture instruments to torture the enemy.

However, although Tiemian Qingtian agreed, Jiang Xinghuo could not be without any preparation.

We have to take some precautions.

What if the Iron-faced Justice stabs me in the back?

Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.

It's better to be careful in everything.

At this moment, Jiang Xinghuo seemed to have sensed something and suddenly came to the outside of the Demon-Slaying Platform, looking up at the misty sky.

I saw a brilliant golden light descending from the sky, turning into a shining scroll that fell into my hand. On it were three large characters written in seal script:

"The... List of... Gods!"

The moment Jiang Xinghuo took the scroll, the meaning of the three seal characters automatically emerged in his mind.

"God List!"

Jiang Xinghuo was shocked and wondered what was going on. How come even the List of Gods was created?
Could it be that he really wanted to enfeoff all gods in the secular world and rebuild the thirty-six-story heaven palace in mythology and legend?

When Jiang Xinghuo was feeling confused, the List of Gods in his hand suddenly flashed with light.

A large amount of information flooded into the depths of his mind.

After a while, Jiang Xinghuo digested and absorbed the information in his mind, and gradually understood what was going on.

It turns out that although this Heavenly Soldiers Map is a self-defense weapon, it was also a prop that the Taoist Ancestor used to shelter all the evil spirits in the world.

When the Taoist master was preaching the Dharma, he encountered countless monsters and demons. Most of the vicious monsters were killed.

However, for some monsters and demons whose crimes did not warrant death or whose crimes could be excused, the Taoist priests included them in the Heavenly Soldiers Map and conferred titles of deity on them, so that they could inspect and supervise other monsters and demons in the world.

For this purpose, the Taoist ancestor specially established the List of Gods, which not only granted these monsters and demons corresponding powers, but also restricted their behavior.

Because once one is on the List of Gods, his life will be controlled by the person holding the list, but the person on the list will not be aware of it at all.

At that time, if any monster on the list wanted to stir up trouble, the person holding the list could easily kill it with just a thought.

However, since the Heavenly Soldiers Map is incomplete now, the number of monsters and demons that can be detained is also limited.

If it is a complete map of heavenly soldiers, it can accommodate as many monsters and demons as the stars in the sky.

But for Jiang Xinghuo, it was enough. He held the List of Gods in his hand and walked into the Demon-Slaying Platform again. According to the method remembered in his mind, he conferred the title to the Iron-Faced Justice.

Then, the List of Gods was unfolded, showing the name and portrait of Iron-faced Justice, and below it was Iron-faced Justice’s position:
[Iron-faced Justice——Leibu Demon Slayer Commander.]

At the same time, Jiang Xinghuo also had a feeling in his heart, as if he had established some kind of connection with the Iron-faced Justice, and it seemed that as long as he thought about it, he could completely wipe out the Iron-faced Justice.

This has nothing to do with the strength of each other's cultivation, it is more like an established rule that cannot be violated.

And just as his memory said, the Iron-faced Justice did not notice anything wrong.

After settling Tiemian Qingtian, Jiang Xinghuo left the world in the painting of Tianbingtu.

The world in the painting now can be described as barren. Except for the Demon-Slaying Platform and the Imperial Palace, the rest of the place is nothing but fog.

There's no point in staying any longer, the scenery is all the same and boring, it won't be too late to visit after it's completed.

A thought came to my mind.

Jiang Xinghuo returned to reality.

The clothes on his body also turned into ordinary clothes. The Heavenly Soldier Picture was suspended in the air, glowing faintly, and finally disappeared into Jiang Xinghuo's body.

He took the phone next to him and saw a long section of game content popped up, showing all his actions in the world of the painting in text.

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to stay in the River God Temple and wait for clues about the Dragon Head and Tiger Head Guillotines? Or will you choose to go to the Forbidden City in Beiping and try your luck to see if you can get the intact Shangfang Horse-Slaying Sword?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to continue waiting in the River God Temple.

Just now in the world of the painting, he had asked the Iron-faced Judge whether he knew the whereabouts of the other two guillotines.

But the answer is I don’t know.

According to Tiemian Qingtian, it escaped from the underworld that year, but in order to avoid being hunted down by the ghost soldiers, it did not dare to leave the Ghost Hall, for fear that it would be captured and taken back to the underworld again.

The dog-head guillotine was also found in the secret room of the Ghost Hall. There was only this one guillotine, and the whereabouts of the other two guillotines were unknown.

He also asked others to inquire about relevant information, but never received an accurate reply.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo can only place his hopes on other corpse lifters.

As for going to the Forbidden City to find the Imperial Sword, this option is a bit difficult. The Forbidden City is so big, and there may be countless terrifying monsters and demons wandering around.

Even if he could get to the imperial study within half an hour and find the intact version of the Shangfang Zhanma Sword there.

But that is also based on the premise that there are no obstacles along the way.

If there were any powerful monsters blocking the way, even if he could get through smoothly with his current level of cultivation, it would definitely take a lot of time.

By then, the dangers he would face included not only the monsters and demons roaming around in the Forbidden City, but also the invasion of the force of the end of all things.

Not only is it time-consuming and laborious, but it is also easy to fail.

It is better to respond to all changes by remaining unchanged.

Continue to wait for news from the corpse catcher at the river temple.

But this wait lasted for two days.

Early morning on the third day.

After Jiang Xinghuo got up in the morning, before he could brush his teeth or wash his face, new information came from the game.

"The captain of the corpse recovery team walked into the temple from outside and came to you excitedly, saying that he had found clues about the whereabouts of the dragon head guillotine, but he said that you must go and talk to him in person before he can tell you the relevant information."

"And this person is no stranger, he is the temple priest of the Goddess of Childbirth Temple in Daliang City."

"You rescued the doll from the bottom of the river at the Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth, and thus formed a close friendship with the temple priest."

"Normally it wouldn't hide anything like this from you, but since it invited you over for a chat, there must be some compelling reasons. What are you going to do next?"

"Do you want to choose to go and meet the temple priest?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without much thought.

Regardless of whether the other party had any ill intentions, just based on the words "whereabouts of the dragon-headed guillotine", he had to go there.

"You chose to go to the Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth."

"On the way, please wait..."

"You have arrived at the Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth."

"But you came at a bad time. The temple keeper seemed to have had a conflict with someone. Several elderly gossipers surrounded the temple keeper and started to scold him. The temple keeper couldn't say anything back. One of the gossipers even scratched his neck. There were many people standing around watching the fun."

"You probably heard the general idea from standing in the crowd. These gossipy women are the relatives of people who came to pray for children. Because the dolls they brought back didn't work, they came to cause trouble for the temple keeper."

"You can listen to the people watching nearby. This is not the temple keeper's fault. It's the family's own fault. Although the Goddess of Childbirth has the ability to deliver children and protect the fetus, not everyone can ask her to help. Especially those who want to get pregnant multiple times and sell babies under the pretext of not having children. The Goddess of Childbirth will not pay any attention to them."

"These gossipers are just like that. Their children make a living by selling babies. The key is that they don't steal or rob, they only sell their own children. The police station can't intervene directly, and other people are not qualified to intervene. They can only condemn them with words from a moral perspective."

"So, this time when they came to pray for a child, the Goddess of Childbirth did not show up, and the doll they brought back had no effect at all. Instead, they smashed the doll to pieces."

"You noticed that at the entrance of the Goddess Temple, there was a mutilated Shuanwawa lying there. It was the one you rescued from the bottom of the river last time. At this moment, only half of Shuanwawa's body and head were left, and the rest of his body was broken into pieces. When he saw you looking at him, he smiled at you, looking very happy and not caring about his injuries at all."

"Do you want to go over and rescue this doll?"

"If this continues, it won't be long before the vitality in the doll dissipates and it becomes an ordinary clay doll."

Jiang Xinghuo sighed, thinking that what a misfortune-filled child he was. Now that he had caught up with him, he couldn't just sit there and watch. He went over and rescued the tied-up doll.

"Take out the Guanyin soil and rootless water, and piece together the broken limbs and body of the clay doll. Although it cannot walk for the time being, at least its life is safe."

"But your kind gesture has aroused the dissatisfaction of the person involved. A burly butcher came over with a butcher knife in hand and asked angrily, "What do you want to do?"

"How are you going to answer that?"

(End of this chapter)