My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 782: The Limb Splicer's Plan
"You were attacked by a limb-grafting demon."

"Although the limb-jointing demon is huge, it is incredibly fast. It appears in front of you in a flash, waving the huge crab claw in its left hand and smashing it towards your head. At the same time, the Western demon head on its neck suddenly opens its eyes. There seems to be some special magic in its pupils, which makes you confused and unable to make an effective response."

"Fortunately, you were well prepared and used the Nine Deaths Cicada to transform yourself into a virtual form. Therefore, the seemingly fierce attack from the Limb-jointing Demon did not cause any substantial damage to you. Instead, a large hole appeared on the ground, and gravel flew everywhere, as if you were hit by a hammer."

"You used the power of the Nine Deaths Cicada to dodge the fatal blow of the Limb-joining Demon. You immediately came to your senses and tried to attack the Limb-joining Demon, but the goat demon head on its neck smiled at you again, and the state of confusion reappeared on you."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the description in the text, he thought that this was not going to work. If he didn't find a way to get rid of this goat head, he would probably suffer a loss and would not be able to do anything to the opponent.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo opened the backpack panel of the game, found an item from it, and clicked to use it.

"You have used the black jade mask of Fengdu."

"You put the black jade mask on your face, and a stream of cold water instantly flows through your limbs and bones, clearing away all the negative states in your body. The goat demon's head can no longer have any effect on you."

This black jade mask is a relic left behind by Fengdu. It can even resist the spiritual pollution of ancient gods from outer space, so it is naturally no problem for it to resist the head of a Western demon.

"You resisted the mental attack from the Limb-Grafting Demon."

"You grab the huge crab claw on the limb-joining demon's left hand and pull it hard, tearing it directly from its left shoulder. The limb-joining demon roars in pain and swings its vine-like right hand towards your head. At the same time, the goat head on its shoulder lets out a strange cry, and mental shocks pile up like waves, rushing towards you continuously."

"However, its mental impact was like a drop in the ocean before your black jade mask, without causing any ripples or reactions. Its vine-like right arm was even suppressed by your Kitchen God, Fire Heaven, and instantly turned into a piece of dry charcoal."

"But this limb-jointing demon is still trying to resist. It suddenly raises its poisonous scorpion tail and stings you from behind at a strange angle, hoping to use the poison to turn the tables and kill you here and there."

"But it still failed. Not only did I not hurt you at all, but you grabbed the scorpion's tail and disassembled its limbs into pieces using the same method as butchering a cow. In the end, only half of its body was left lying on the ground, and you also pulled the sheep's head off its shoulder. It can only breathe in, but not out. Do you want to use the soul-searching technique now to read the memories of this limb-jointing demon?"

"You performed the soul-searching technique."

"You read the memories in the mind of the Limb-joiner and learned why it appeared here."

"It turns out that there is not only one limb-joining demon in the Tai Sui Cave, but more than a dozen limb-joining demons are hiding in the depths of the Tai Sui Cave. This one is just a spy on the periphery, and the leader of this group of limb-joining demons is the old friend who invited Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian to come here. He has surrendered to the limb-joiner and gained the ability to join limbs and continue his body. This time, he came here to find Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian on the orders of the limb-joiner, and wants to ask him to help with something."

"These are the only memories you have read. If you want to continue to find new information, you can only go deeper to find the leader of the limb-jointing demons. What do you plan to do now? Do you want to continue to explore in depth?"

Looking at the two options given by the game, Jiang Xinghuo didn't think much and directly chose yes. He had already come here, so there was no reason to retreat.

What's more, the body splicer has issued a worldly hunting order for him. Any evildoer who kills him will receive a gift from the body splicer. With this account between the two of them, he must try every possible means to destroy all the conspiracies and tricks of the body splicer.

"You chose to go deeper."

"You killed the Limb-joiner."

"You gained incense +599."

"Before you chose to go deeper, you first searched the remains of the limb-grabber's corpse and found some raw materials."

"You have obtained: a Western demon head (rare), a crab king claw (excellent), a piece of mountain demon vine (excellent), a poisonous scorpion king tail (excellent), and a secret book of limb grafting (excellent)."

"Western demon head (rare material), originated from the heads of demons and monsters in the Western world. It is said to be of the same origin as the six gods in the Middle Earth. They are all servants of the ancient gods, with different appearances and powers. Goats and bats are the most common demon appearances. They have the ability to bewitch people and create illusions and hallucinations."

"At this moment, although this goat head is free from the restraints of the body, you can still feel the demonic nature. If a person with an unstable mind comes into contact with it for a long time, they will easily be tempted and led astray."

"But this material is also a great material for forging helmets or illusion-type props. A skilled blacksmith can exempt it from its negative effects and fully exploit its advantages."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text description and put the things into his backpack.

He was not very interested in this stuff, but Taoist Shen Ji Bai Lian might be interested. After all, secular Western things were not common in the Middle-earth region, especially products of the same life level as the six-day ghosts and gods.

However, if we compare them only in terms of strength, this demon head is far inferior to the six-day ghosts and gods.

Back when he was in the Fengdu Secret Realm, only the head of the Kui God was left, but the power it exuded was far greater than that of this goat's head. If he did not have the Fengdu Remains and the Demon-Subduing Sword in his hand, he would have been unable to do anything to the Kui God's head. Moreover, the Kui God had been sealed for who knows how many years, and his power was less than one-tenth of that of the goat's head.

I don’t know if it’s because there’s an essential difference in strength between the two, or because the goat demon’s body is incomplete.

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head, no longer paying attention to these trivial matters, and turned to look at other things.

"King Crab Claws (Excellent Material). The large claws of the king crab of the deep sea are as hard as iron and stone. They are not afraid of knives and axes, and are indestructible. The meat is plump and tender, and is the favorite of chefs. Especially the crab claws that have been moistened by the limb-joining demon, which have a unique flavor. Perhaps they can be sold for incense far exceeding their original value."

"Mountain demon vine (excellent material), the vine arms of the mountain demon, can control plants in the mountains, can recover on their own after being damaged, and can also be used to absorb the essence of plants to enhance cultivation. However, after being burned by the stove god's fire, it has undergone a mutation, and can be used to refine some special pills and magic tools."

"Poisonous Scorpion King Tail (Excellent Material). The tail of the Poisonous Scorpion King contains extremely strong toxins that can quickly paralyze a person's blood and nerves in just a few seconds. However, everything has its limits. Although the poisonous tail is still extremely toxic after being separated from the scorpion king, it can alleviate the toxins of other poisonous creatures, including the mountain peak, golden silkworm Gu, five-step silver ring snake and other highly toxic creatures."

Jiang Xinghuo only took a look at these three things and then threw them into his backpack, planning to sell them at the niche shop when he went out, or find other people to trade some incense for him.

Finally, there is only one secret book on limb reattachment left.

"The secret book of limb splicing. This is a method bestowed by the limb splicer to his followers. It can splice the limbs of other creatures onto one's own body. However, it has great hidden dangers. Once the method recorded in it is used, the limb splicer will control the person. Life or death depends on the other party's thoughts."

"Do you want to use the secret book of limb reattachment?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose no directly. Not to mention the hidden dangers of this thing, even if there were no hidden dangers, he looked down on this limb-joining technique, because his limb-joining method was enough to crush this low-level limb-joining technique. If it was the limb-joining technique used by limb-joiners to achieve enlightenment, he might be interested in studying it, but forget about this simplified version.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to continue exploring in depth.

"You performed dimensional magic."

"You placed yourself in another dimension. The few limb-jointing demons that were spreading rumors along the way didn't notice your presence."

"Are you going to take action against these limb-grafting demons?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without much thought.

"You killed the Limb-Grafter +1."

"You gained incense +390."

"You killed the Limb-Grafter +2."

"You gained incense +368."

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to go deeper, and none of the limb-grafting demons he met along the way could escape his clutches and all turned into benefits from offering incense.

All the odds and ends he had on his body were also taken away.

However, this unscrupulous action still attracted the attention of the opponent, and the game text also changed.

"Your actions alerted the leader of the limb-jointing demons, and he sent several of his men out to investigate. However, because you did it so cleanly and quickly, no obvious traces were left, so the limb-jointing demons didn't notice anything unusual."

"Are you going to attack them again?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose no this time.

His purpose was to rescue the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, not to kill the limb-jointing demons. It was more important to do his business first, lest the limb-jointing demons discover something was wrong and run away with the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian, then all his work would be in vain.

"You used the dimensional technique to hide your body and came to the depths of the Tai Sui Cave, where you discovered a wide cave. The Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian was imprisoned in the cave, and there was a limb-jointing demon talking to him."

"You noticed that this limb-jointing demon is different from the other limb-jointing demons. It doesn't have those messy bits and pieces on its body. It just has a dragon horn on its head, a dragon tail behind it, and two pairs of sharp dragon claws with ferocious scales under its armpits."

"You have discovered the dragon ghost."

"The Jiaolong Ghost is a limb-joining demon that has merged with the body of a Jiaolong. It has more powerful power than ordinary limb-joining demons and is considered a mid-level figure under the Limb Splicer."

"And these extra organs and body parts were all taken from the corpse of the dragon, and then attached to its original body using limb-joining techniques, so this kind of limb-joined demon is called a dragon ghost."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you choose to show up directly and fight with the limb-jointing demon in this cave? Or will you choose to listen from the side and see what this dragon ghost wants to say?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and chose to listen. Since he had already found the person, it didn't matter when to take action. There was no need to rush.

"You chose to listen to the conversation between the two."

"You learned from their conversation that the Jiaolong Ghost came to ask for help from the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian on the orders of the Limb Splicer because they wanted it to help with something."

"Although the Limb Splicer is one of the thirteen Dao Masters, its own strength is at the bottom among the Dao Masters. Even others who are close to the Dao Masters can defeat it. Its only advantage is its tenacious vitality and endless means. No one knows how many races' biological characteristics it has integrated into its body. Unless you can completely grind the Limb Splicer to ashes in an instant and then turn the ashes into nothingness, you can kill it."

"But the limb splicer was unwilling to accept this. He thought it was too beneath his dignity to be pressed to the ground all the time, so he tried every possible way to improve his strength. As a result, he finally found the remains of an ancient dragon. As long as he can integrate the remains of the ancient dragon into his body, his cultivation will undergo a drastic change, and he can even surpass most Dao masters."

“But the spirit of this ancient dragon has not dissipated after its death. It is difficult for the limb splicer to refine it directly with his cultivation. So he wants to find a descendant of the Tiangong lineage to refine the ancient dragon’s corpse using the Tiangong lineage’s method. Then it will be much easier for the limb splicer to fuse and refine it.”

"So, the limb splicer found the Taoist master Shen Ji Bai Lian, hoping that he, a rare forging master, would work for him. He wanted to ensure that the information was kept secret while also having this ability."

After reading this, Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself that it was a good thing that he came here. If the limb splicer's plan really succeeded, it would not be easy to deal with it in the future.

There was also the remains of the ancient dragon's corpse, which he coveted very much. If he could integrate them into the limb-splicing Dharma image, perhaps he could directly push this Dharma image to the realm of great perfection.

To put it another way, even if he can't use it himself, it can be used to improve Yunlong's cultivation. In short, he must never let the limb splicer use it.

Then... the matter of rescuing Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian needs to be carefully considered.

Without an insider, it would be impossible to snatch things from the master.

An almost impossible task.

"how should I do it……"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text content and his thoughts began to wander.

(End of this chapter)