My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 779 Arrival
The next day, early in the morning.

The day when the Tai Sui celebration is held.

After Jiang Xinghuo got up in the morning, a prompt came from the game. In order to cope with today's big scene, he deliberately hung a sign of suspended business at the door, just to deal with the six-day ghost god.

As for whether you can succeed, it depends on luck.

He had also thought about leaking this news to other players, such as posting the news on the forum to attract players from Jiangnan.

However, as soon as he sent the message, it disappeared immediately, and there was no trace of the message in the background draft box and recycle bin. This means that unless the relevant task is triggered actively, it is impossible to enter this task line.

Moreover, he couldn't leak the news in reality. As soon as he had this thought, he would feel confused. He wanted to say it in his heart, but he just couldn't say it out loud.

There must be some rules in the secular world that don't allow him to say these things, so he can only do these things himself.

"You opened your eyes beside the shrine in Jiangnan City."

"Today is the day of the Tai Sui Festival. Everywhere you look in the city, there is a festive atmosphere. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to wander around the city gate to see if you can find any unexpected surprises? Or will you choose to enter the center of Jiangnan City and wait for subsequent developments at the celebration venue?"

"You chose to linger near the city gate."

"You used golden wedding candy."

"You lit the good fortune incense."

"You have triggered the Qilin's blessing."

This series of pop-up game texts caught Jiang Xinghuo off guard. He didn't expect that just a random choice would trigger a subsequent chain reaction.

"You wander around the breakfast stalls near the city gate, eating freshly cooked noodles in clear soup, with freshly fried eel and braised pork as toppings, and your mouth is full of oil."

"Your energy and stamina have been restored, +2."

"But while you were eating noodles, there were several midwives eating at the table behind you. They were discussing things in Tai Sui's mansion. You slowed down your eating speed and listened carefully to the conversation between the midwives."

"You have discovered it, midwife +5."

"Midwives are a kind of monster in the secular world. Although they come from different races, they are all believers and disciples of the Goddess of Childbirth. They have been blessed by the Goddess of Childbirth and have the ability to protect the fetus and birth."

"You learned some unknown secrets from the conversations between these midwives."

"Normally, if a family of high status hires a midwife, they will invite her into their home before the expected date of delivery, in case of any unexpected situation that could result in two deaths."

"But the Tai Sui Mansion didn't do that. Not only did they drive all the midwives out of the mansion, they also asked them to leave Tai Sui City, saying that they would be allowed to come back on the day of the celebration ceremony. Not only would they be given more money, but they would also be given a huge reward, which would allow them to live a life of worry-free food and clothing."

"Although these midwives were happy to have some peace and quiet, they still felt a little strange in their hearts. One elderly midwife in particular said mysteriously that she had seen a pregnant Tai Sui lady before. The whole person looked like a skeleton with only a layer of Tai Sui skin covering the bones. This was an abnormal phenomenon that only occurs when the blood, flesh and essence in the body are drained of the fetus. She had delivered several ghost babies before, so she was very familiar with this situation."

"When the other midwives heard this, they covered her mouth and stopped her from talking any further, fearing that others might hear her conversation."

"They are just midwives who are paid to do things. They never care about the private affairs of those big shots, because the more they know, the more dangerous they are. Especially for a supreme big shot like Tai Sui God, crushing them to death is as easy as crushing a bedbug. Just one word can make their entire clan be exterminated."

"The midwives continued to eat and stopped discussing matters related to Lady Tai Sui, but you suddenly felt dizzy. This was not because you were poisoned or drugged, but because your blood sugar spiked rapidly after eating, causing carbon monoxide poisoning."

"Your eyes went dark and you fell asleep on the table."

"When you woke up again, you found yourself tied up by the noodle stall owner and thrown into a pot of boiling soup. Your skin and flesh had already rotted and completely dissolved in the boiling hot soup."

"You are dead."

"Do you want to activate the scapegoat's power and revive yourself in the noodle stall?"

Jiang Xinghuo was somewhat speechless, thinking that this was a very bizarre way to die, he was actually cooked while fainting. It was simply ridiculous, it was ridiculous to the extreme.

"You activated the Fall Guy."

"You opened your eyes in the noodle stall, used a scarecrow to escape death, and used someone else's trick to escape death."

"How are you going to deal with the noodle stall owner now?"

"Will you choose to be magnanimous and pretend that nothing happened, or will you choose to be vindictive and kill the noodle stall owner?"

Mr. Jiang couldn't bear to see his boss working so hard, so he naturally wanted to help him get out of this situation and chose the latter.

"You broke the noodle stall owner's limbs and threw him into the boiling soup pot. A pot of rich soup soon came out."

"You have received incense +100."

"What are your options next?"

"Will you continue to linger around, or will you catch up with those midwives?"

"After breakfast, they have already walked along the official road towards the city. It won't be long before they enter the city gate."

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a moment, then immediately controlled the character to chase after him. He thought of a way to sneak into Tai Sui's Mansion.

"You caught up with the midwives and took out the Grain Plague Bottle from your body at the same time."

"Five Grain Plague Bottle (Excellent Item). This ordinary vessel is nourished by your Five Grain Reincarnation Body, and has the ability to collect the aura of Five Grain Diseases. It can collect viruses and bacteria, and can also release them to contaminate others."

"You opened the Grain Plague bottle."

"Under your control, the disease energy stored in the bottle floated toward the elderly midwife. Soon, she felt unwell, as if she had a heat stroke and felt dizzy. She asked to rest under a big tree for a while, and asked the remaining midwives to go first. It would follow later."

"The elderly midwife came to the roadside tree to enjoy the coolness, and you took the opportunity to approach her and started a friendly exchange with her." "You have killed the midwife."

"You gained incense +100."

"You used soul-searching to read the other person's memory and learned what happened to him."

After killing the midwife, Jiang Xinghuo looked at his two cicada shell clones again, and finally chose the nuclear energy clone and clicked to use it.

"You have used the Nine Deaths Cicada Shell Clone."

"You used the Disguise Technique to disguise your nuclear clone as a midwife, then caught up with the midwives who had entered the city first. After answering their questions, you entered Tai Sui Mansion with them without being questioned by the guards."

"What are you going to do next? Are you going to put your consciousness on your original body or on your nuclear clone?"

Jiang Xinghuo's current attainments in the Nine Deaths Cicada are still shallow, and he is not yet able to multitask at the same time. The effect of pushing two lines forward at the same time can only be focused on one line.

So, Jiang Xinghuo first controlled the character's main body to come to the venue of the celebration ceremony, found a place to sit, arranged the main body, and then turned his view to the nuclear clone.

"You disguised yourself as a midwife and came to the inner courtyard of Tai Sui Mansion. You saw Madam Tai Sui who was six months pregnant. Just as you searched in the midwife's memory, Madam Tai Sui was now emaciated and looked like a corpse. Or rather, she was already a corpse, but the child of the ancient god in her belly was still holding on to its last breath. When the fetus was born, Madam Tai Sui would die completely."

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to stay in Tai Sui's mansion and wait quietly for the birth of the fetus? Or will you kill Madam Tai Sui and the fetus in her belly right now?"

"Although there are a large number of monsters guarding the Tai Sui Mansion, you are only a few feet away from Madam Tai Sui. A casual strike of lightning from your palm can completely kill it. Even if there are people guarding outside, they can't stop you at all."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the two options given in the game text and was thinking about what choice he should make, when suddenly another text popped up on the screen.

"You have triggered the talent of Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils."

"You have discovered some problems. The Tai Sui lady lying on the sickbed in front of you is actually just a doll carved from dark wood. It is just cursed, so it looks like Tai Sui lady. The fetus in her belly is a rare monster - the Infant King."

"The Infant King is an extremely rare monster. It is said that it can only be found by gathering hundreds of infant spirits that died unjustly together and letting them devour and bite each other. When only one is left, that is the Infant King. He possesses extremely strong resentment and evil spirit, and can easily tear apart the Taoist and Buddhist body protection spells."

Wow, when Jiang Xinghuo saw the description in the text, he thought to himself, no wonder he could enter Tai Sui Mansion so easily, it turned out that this was just a decoy, the real Madam Tai Sui was not here, if anyone dared to take this opportunity to attack Madam Tai Sui, they would only be attacked by the Infant King.

"At this time, you heard people whispering in the next room. It was the two little Tai Sui who were talking. The celebration ceremony was about to begin. They would go to check the offerings for the celebration later. The six-day ghost god 'Sui' would also descend with his divine thoughts, adding an extra layer of insurance on this basis."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo's mind became active and he immediately switched his perspective to the main body.

"You summoned another cicada shell clone."

"You placed your consciousness on Wuji Chantui's clone, used the Disguise Technique to disguise yourself as a passerby, and quietly hid outside Taisui Mansion."

"You waited for a while and saw the two little Tai Suis leave the Tai Sui Mansion and walk towards the celebration venue."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo immediately opened his backpack and found something.

"You found a bottle of sparrow blood."

"You used this blood as a medium to perform the fetal transformation and shape-changing technique, transforming yourself into a sparrow, circling and flying, and following the two little Tai Sui silently."

"Not long after, you followed the little Tai Sui to the place where the offerings were placed. The two little Tai Sui went in to check it out. Then you felt a terrifying aura descending. It was a wisp of divine thought from the Six Heavenly Ghost God 'Sui'."

"This divine thought came and went quickly. It disappeared after a few breaths. The two little Tai Sui carried a large number of offerings and walked towards the celebration site. Those offerings were all covered with talismans and would not be damaged by any external force."

"At this time, you saw the figure of Huagaixing. It led people to help Xiao Taisui carry the offerings. You saw with your own eyes that it mixed a Dianlu Poyi Talisman into the offerings."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this text, he felt relieved. Huagaixing was not lying to him. At least in this matter, they were teammates in the same camp.

But to be on the safe side, Jiang Xinghuo decided to add fuel to the fire.

"You used the Five Ghosts Moving Technique."

"You used the Five Ghosts' method to move the five talismans into the boxes of offerings. Because of the special nature of the Five Ghosts' method, your actions did not attract any attention."

"Half an hour later, when the Tai Sui Festival begins, the talisman will take effect and destroy the ceremony of summoning the gods. By then, although you have crushed this conspiracy, you will also face the wrath of a six-day ghost god. I hope you are prepared to deal with it, otherwise you can only wait for death."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the time on his phone and switched his perspective back to Tai Sui Mansion and the nuclear energy cicada shell clone.

When exactly one hour had passed, new text appeared in the game.

"You heard the sound of firecrackers and cheers outside. The celebration ceremony officially began. Several Tai Sui women walked into the house and took you and several midwives to a secret room, where you saw the real Tai Sui lady."

"At this time, Lady Tai Sui is about to give birth. Her emaciated body keeps twitching. Lady Tai Sui quickly urges you to help deliver the baby. At the same time, you sense that the ritual-breaking talisman mixed into the offerings has taken effect!"

"The ceremony held by the six-day ghost god 'Sui' was destroyed by the talisman, and the people who came to participate in the ceremony were not harmed at all. Do you want to kill Madam Tai Sui immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't even think about it and chose yes without hesitation.

"You used all your means. The terrifying nuclear radiation instantly swept through the secret room. The Tai Sui women and the midwives didn't even have the strength to resist. They turned into dehydrated, rotting corpses."

"The already exhausted Tai Sui lady did not survive and died, but the fetus in her belly still maintained its tenacious vitality."

"You took out the Shenji furnace."

"You threw Lady Tai Sui's body directly into the furnace, and immediately activated the Kitchen God's sacred fire to begin refining Lady Tai Sui's body and the fetus in her belly."

"The consciousness of the descendant of the ancient god has descended into the body of this fetus. After sensing the danger to its life, it immediately begins to release mental pollution, trying to seduce you into becoming its slave and family, and promises to grant you the ability to live forever."

“But you were not affected at all. No matter how the consciousness of the descendant of the ancient god bewitched and induced you, you just kept activating the divine furnace. The consciousness of the descendant of the ancient god began to gradually dissipate…”

(End of this chapter)