My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 771 Chapter 772 Entering Taisui Cave

"You have discovered it, King Yaksha."

"You have discovered it, Rakshasa King."

"You used your unique talent of Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to spot the figures of these two great monsters among the bustling crowd of vegetable shop employees."

"I don't know what method they used to disguise themselves so skillfully. If you didn't have the ability to see through the fake, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to distinguish them among so many people."

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to tear off the disguises of the Yaksha King and the Rakshasa King? Or will you choose to follow the crowd and enter Jiangnan City?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and did not rush into Jiangnan City. Instead, he first found the map of Tai Sui Cave from the void drawer.

This map was not the incomplete map sent by the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian using the Shen Ji Order, but a map he obtained from a wine-making girl when he was exploring Peking.

The husband of the wine-making woman was the collector of Tai Sui Cave. However, an accident happened during one of his collections of fortune, and he was never found alive or dead. Only a map of Tai Sui Cave was left behind, which his wife and children did not know what to do with.

Jiang Xinghuo also triggered this plot at the temple fair and saved the lives of the winemaker and her child, so the other party gave him this thing as a reward.

"You took out the map of Tai Sui Cave."

"Taisui Cave is a mysterious place in the Jiangnan region. It is said that there are countless Taisui hidden in the cave, each containing different powers. As long as you swallow it, you can master the related powers."

"You have triggered a hidden side quest - The Brewer's Lament."

"Do you want to accept this mission?"

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that this map had a small side quest, which he certainly couldn't miss.

"You have accepted the side quest - The Brewer's Lament."

"Taisui Cave is not a hidden place. Many people know about its existence, so this map was not hidden. Instead, it was brought back to the wine-making girl as a souvenir."

"But the winemaker knew that her husband would not leave behind such an ordinary map without a purpose. But she was not able to see through the mystery in it, and she did not want her son to follow in her husband's footsteps and become a precarious collector."

"So she gave you this map, hoping that you could decipher the mysteries in it. When you go to Tai Sui Cave, help her find her husband. She doesn't ask you to bring her husband back, but just to know whether he is dead or alive."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the game text thoughtfully.

It seems that this side quest is not complicated. The main purpose is to find out the whereabouts of the winemaker's husband. To put it bluntly, it is to find out whether he is alive or dead, and then go back and tell the winemaker.

I guess even if I don't find any trace of the other person's husband, the game text will give me the option to make up a lie.

"Follow the instructions on the map and walk in the direction of Tai Sui Cave."

"On the way, please wait..."

"It is expected to arrive at the destination in about half an hour."

"Do you want to speed up your journey?"

Jiang Xinghuo opened the backpack panel, found a magic talisman, and then clicked to use it.

"You have used the magic talisman."

"It is expected to arrive at the destination in about five minutes."

Jiang Xinghuo waited for exactly five minutes before the game text popped up with the follow-up content.

"You have arrived at Tai Sui Cave."

"The Tai Sui Cave is located in a corner of Jiangnan. Although it covers a large area, the entrance can only accommodate two people walking side by side. The passages inside are intricate and complex, like an ant nest. In addition, because there are various kinds of Tai Sui growing in the cave, the magnetic field is extremely chaotic, so that detection spells and props cannot be used at all. So far, no one has been able to accurately explore the complete road of the Tai Sui Cave. Most of them are incomplete maps pieced together with a section in the east and a section in the west."

"You arrive at the entrance of Tai Sui Cave and smell a strange fragrance, but the surrounding area is gloomy and gloomy. Under the hazy mist, there are many illusory figures wandering around."

"These are all wandering ghosts attracted by the scent of Tai Sui. Especially at this moment when yin and yang are changing, the sun has not risen, the moon has set, and the world is in chaos. It is very easy to breed all kinds of monsters and demons. The unique geographical environment of Tai Sui Cave is a treasure land that these evil ghosts dream of. If they linger in such a place for a long time, not only will their cultivation level increase dramatically, but they may also be able to turn the virtual into the real and become a strange living dead between life and death."

"Do you want to explore the Taisui Cave immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it. He had never been to Tai Sui Cave before. If he rushed in rashly, he might get himself into trouble. So it was better to be cautious.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo opened the void drawer, took out an item from it, and clicked to use it.

"You took it out, the Box of Ten Thousand Beasts."

"The Ten Thousand Beasts Box (Excellent Item). This is a item forged by Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, imitating Master Tian Gong's Tian Ji Box. It can be used to piece together various common birds and beasts in the secular world, but it does not have unique thinking abilities or skills. It can only be used to spy, or test ambushes and hidden weapons. It does not require personal risk, and can share vision with the operator."

"You activated the Ten Thousand Beasts Box, controlled the mechanism inside, turned into a sparrow, and flew into the Tai Sui Cave. At the same time, the vision seen by the mechanical sparrow was also transmitted to your mind."

The situation inside the Tai Sui Cave is obscure and unclear, so it is better to use the Ten Thousand Beasts Box to explore it. Otherwise, you might encounter some danger and risk your life, which would be a waste of time.

"After the mechanical sparrow flew into the Tai Sui Cave, more than a dozen forked roads soon appeared in front of us. Which fork road do you plan to choose to explore?"

Wow! Jiang Xinghuo read the text and thought that more than a dozen forks in the road were really impressive. Normally, a map would have three or four forks at most, but he never thought that he would encounter more than a dozen at the beginning today.

There's nothing much to say, just pick one.

But before making a choice, Jiang Xinghuo first took out a gold-thread wedding candy from his backpack, and then lit three lucky incense sticks.

If he explored the dozens of forked roads one by one, it would take too much time, and there were forked roads behind them, so he didn't have that much time to wander around here. "With the blessing of the golden wedding candy and the lucky incense, your luck has temporarily improved significantly."

Jiang Xinghuo waited for a while.

Sure enough, new interactive clues popped up in the game.

"You carefully observe the dozen or so forks in front of you and find that one of them is quite different. There is a strong smell of Tai Sui coming from behind the other forks, but this one is the only one that is dead and lifeless, without any spiritual energy. It is quite similar to the feeling you had in the underworld."

"Do you want to choose this fork in the road to explore?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose without hesitation that it was the right path to take an unconventional approach. The more bizarre the place, the more secrets it hides. Of course, the danger is also much greater than in other places.

But Jiang Xinghuo didn't care at all. If he could find enough things, it would be worth it even if there was danger of dying in there.

"You controlled the mechanical sparrow and flew into that fork in the road. The vision transmitted back was filled with black fog, and you could only vaguely see the road ahead. Even the fluorite inlaid around it could not completely dispel the black fog."

"At this time, the mechanical sparrow transmitted back a completely different video. On both sides of the fork in the road, there were actually a lot of corpses growing on the walls. They were all integrated with the surrounding mountain walls. It looked both eerie and strange. Just when you wanted to control the mechanical sparrow to explore further, a corpse suddenly raised its hand and grabbed the mechanical sparrow. In the midst of the black air, the mechanical sparrow lost its ability to struggle and fell to the ground and broke into a large number of parts and fragments."

The Beast Box was destroyed!
Jiang Xinghuo was shocked. It seemed that he had to go there himself. Other things might not work.

To be on the safe side, Jiang Xinghuo specially found a few peach wood puppets and walked towards the depths of the fork in the road.

This peach wood puppet was something he obtained from the ruins of Yanshi Town. It was carved and forged from pure peach wood and had a great inhibitory effect on evil spirits.

However, after these peach wood puppets entered the fork in the road, they soon followed the fate of the mechanical sparrows and were smashed into pieces by the corpses growing on the wall.

Even a peach wood puppet won’t work.

Jiang Xinghuo knew that it would be the same if he used other things. Only by going there in person could he see what it was. Even if he was attacked by the opponent, he didn't have to worry. He was confident that he could withstand it.

"You put away the puppet thread and walked towards the fork in the road yourself. Before you entered, just as you approached the entrance of the fork in the road, you felt a piercing coldness crushing you, as if countless invisible blades were cutting your body. Do you still want to insist on entering?"

"You still entered the fork in the road without hesitation."

"You found traces of broken peach wood puppets and fragments of mechanical sparrows on the ground. You collected them all so that you can repair and reuse them. At the same time, you also cast your eyes on the corpses on the wall, but for some reason, these corpses did not attack you."

"Also, you've noticed something is amiss. Those things on the wall look like living corpses, but they are actually fungus creatures that are very similar to corpses. They not only have limbs and torsos, but also have clear facial features."

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

"You have discovered the ghost Tai Sui."

"Ghost Tai Sui, this is a unique fungus that grows in the Tai Sui Cave. It looks exactly like a corpse, but it is actually a kind of Tai Sui. It needs souls as nutrients to grow. But if it is picked and used as medicine, it can nourish the soul in the human body."

"Be careful, Ghost Spirit Tai Sui is extremely sensitive to inanimate objects. Once there is an inanimate object moving around nearby, Ghost Spirit Tai Sui will immediately attack it. On the contrary, living objects will not be affected at all."

"In addition, since the Ghost Spirit Tai Sui needs to devour souls to grow, its appearance is also related to the race of the souls it devours."

"Do you want to pick the ghost Tai Sui?"

"Be careful, sharp metal tools will damage the body of the Ghost Spirit Tai Sui, causing the loss of its medicinal aura. A knife forged from jade is needed to cut it off from the root system."

"Moreover, when the Ghost Tai Sui is cut, it will suddenly roar and scream, which can reach deep into the soul and cause the body to be immobilized. It has the same effect as the Mandrake."

Tsk, there are quite a lot of details.

Ginseng fruit is not that troublesome to cut, and you need a jade knife to cut it.

Jiang Xinghuo casually opened the void drawer and took out a square piece of jade, which he found in the mining city. It could be used to forge a jade knife. He didn't know the forging skills, but he knew that great force could create miracles.

boom!
A ball of golden-red blazing flame ignited in the palm of his hand, wrapping the jade tightly inside it. The originally stubborn and hard jade also began to slowly melt into liquid.

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the flame to remove the impurities, then condensed the liquid into the shape of a knife, and finally quenched it with rootless water.

A simple emerald green jade knife appeared in his hand. The knife was sharp enough but very fragile. Even if it fell to the ground, it would break into several pieces.

But this knife is not originally used for fighting. It is mainly used to cut ghosts and Tai Sui, so sharpness is its most important characteristic.

"You have obtained a simple jade knife."

"The Jade Knife (common item) can barely be called a rag and butter of a common item. There is nothing good about it, whether in terms of forging technology or the materials used. Its sharpness is barely worth mentioning, but it cannot be compared with a real knife. If you use it to cut vegetables, it will easily break the blade."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the game text and curled his lips. Is the game so bad? Even cutting vegetables easily breaks the blade? It's a bit too ugly! !
He is a generous man and doesn't bother with the game text. There is a saying that goes, it doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.

"You found the root of the Ghost Spirit Tai Sui and were about to cut it off with a jade knife, but suddenly you heard the Ghost Spirit Tai Sui's roar. Fortunately, you were prepared and used the Heavenly Drum Thunder Sound to roar against it, which actually drowned out the harsh roar and cut the Ghost Spirit Tai Sui off the wall at the same time."

"But what you didn't expect was that the moment the ghost Tai Sui's roots were cut off, he suddenly jumped up and kicked you, then ran into the cave."

"Do you want to catch up immediately?"

Ok?
You can still do this!
No, the game text doesn't say that this thing can escape?

And he also kicked himself!
He could even imagine the mocking expression and sneer on Gui Ling Tai Sui's face.

"It's numb..."

Jiang Xinghuo was so angry that his teeth itched. He directly controlled the character to chase after it, to let it see what peach blossoms in full bloom looked like! !

(End of this chapter)