My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 790: Only Zhenwu can handle it
"You stepped onto the dry land dragon boat, activated the dragon-raising technique, and controlled the dry land dragon boat to head towards the island in the middle of the lake. The boat exuded a dragon's breath, which was the nemesis of all evil spirits. The wronged souls and evil ghosts under the ghost lake did not dare to get close at all. Some evil ghosts who didn't know how to live or die wanted to climb onto the dry land dragon boat, but were washed into ashes by the dragon's energy above."

"Under the protection of the land dragon boat, you landed on the island in the middle of the lake without any danger. Unlike other places in the outside world, this island in the middle of the lake has no magical features. Your Mengtou method did not sense any danger. It seems to be just an ordinary island."

"You walked in front of the bronze coffin and triggered the effect of the Sky-Gazing Eye, hoping to use it to see the secret of the coffin, but you still didn't see anything."

"Then, you triggered the effect of the Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils. Using the perspective of the Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils, you saw the scene inside the coffin, which surprised you."

"You found that there is no body in this coffin, but it is filled with an unknown golden liquid. The surface is flickering with dots of light, like countless stars. Do you want to open the coffin and check what is inside?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation.

"You chose to open this bronze coffin."

"You opened the bronze coffin without much effort, and a rich fragrance rushed towards you and hit your face. You had never smelled such a fragrance before. It was not only rich and fragrant, but also full of pure spiritual aura. After just a few sniffs, you felt that the magic power in your body had increased a little."

"What are you going to do with this golden liquid next?"

"Would you choose to try to use a vessel to hold some of the golden liquid? Or would you choose to reach your hand into it and try to salvage it?"

"Or, should we restore the lid of the coffin that has been pushed open, and pretend that the coffin has never been found?"

The game gives three options: collect some liquid, reach in to salvage, or close the coffin and leave.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while and chose the first answer first. He took out a gourd from his backpack and planned to get some golden liquid to see what it was. Perhaps it could help him.

"You threw the gourd in your hand into the coffin, intending to put the golden liquid into the gourd. But when you took the gourd out of the coffin, you found that the gourd that should have been filled with golden liquid was now empty."

Ok?
Seeing this game text, Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows and tried again in disbelief, but the result was still the same. Although the gourd was filled with water in the coffin, there was nothing after it was salvaged.

After trying it twice, Jiang Xinghuo finally understood that the golden liquid in the coffin should not be able to leave the coffin, or in other words, it requires specific props to store it, and ordinary containers are useless.

Now it is no longer possible to use the gourd to collect the golden liquid, so there are only two options left.

Either reach your hand into the coffin and feel around, or restore the coffin lid to its original state and turn around and leave this so-called Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum.

It was not difficult to make a decision between these two options. Jiang Xinghuo directly chose the former and reached into the coffin to feel around.

Judging from the options given in the game text, taking a chance is the most likely option to yield some rewards.

Then there is nothing more to say.

Jiang Xinghuo tapped lightly on the screen and continued to advance the game text.

"You chose to put your arm into the coffin, intending to feel the golden liquid. Perhaps you could get something new unexpectedly."

"You put your arm into the coffin. The golden liquid did not feel cold, but instead emitted a faint heat. The spirituality contained in it also penetrated into your body through your pores and instantly flowed through your limbs, bones, and internal organs, having a significant impact and improvement on your physique."

"Your physical fitness has been improved by +5."

"Just as you were enjoying the nourishment of this power, you suddenly felt a hand grab your wrist under the golden liquid. This sudden change surprised you, but fortunately the other party didn't seem to have any bad intentions. Instead, he stuffed something into your palm, and then the hand disappeared without a trace. No matter how you searched in the coffin, you couldn't find the owner of the hand, as if it had never appeared."

After reading this text, Jiang Xinghuo had some vague guesses in his heart that perhaps the owner of the hand was the person buried in the coffin, but he used some means to cover up the existence of the body, so he had no way to find his trace.

Since he couldn't find it, Jiang Xinghuo no longer bothered looking for it, but instead focused his attention on the thing the other party had stuffed into his hands.

I don’t know what the other party gave me.

"You took your arm out of the coffin and found a jade pendant in your palm. There was a mark of a talisman engraved on it. It seems that you can inject magic power into it. Do you want to try it?"

"You tentatively poured your magic power into the talisman on the jade pendant. Suddenly, the talisman glowed, and a piece of residual information memory appeared in your mind."

"You have obtained the remaining memories of Yin Tianzi."

"According to the memory in my mind, after Emperor Xuanyuan refined Tu Bo's clone into his own incarnation, he unexpectedly discovered that the refined incarnation actually had both good and evil sides, both possessed the same power and authority, and the power of evil thoughts was even stronger than good thoughts."

"So, just in case, Emperor Xuanyuan sealed Yin Tianzi's evil incarnation, leaving only the good incarnation to walk in the world. But after the last civilization was shattered, Yin Tianzi's good incarnation dissipated, and Emperor Xuanyuan also fell. Only the evil incarnation was well preserved in the underworld, and absorbed the legacy left by Emperor Xuanyuan and the good incarnation, and evolved most of the underworld into its own landmark."

"The Ancient Bodhi Hell that you obtained was controlled by the incarnation of Yin Tianzi's kindness. It was precisely because of this that it was severely damaged when the era was destroyed."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly realized that although the underworld is Yin Tianzi's signpost, it does not mean that the entire underworld belongs to the other party.

He guessed that the underworld should be a place that existed above the secular world. Perhaps it was not as big as the underworld today, or perhaps it did not have the power to attract the souls of the dead.

It was only after the evil incarnation of Emperor Yin integrated his authority into the underworld that the underworld became what it is today.

After reading this text, Jiang Xinghuo also understood the origin of the Bodhi Ancient Hell. Fortunately, it was the hell ruled by the incarnation of Yin Tianzi's good thoughts. If it was the origin of hell ruled by the incarnation of evil thoughts, he really would have to consider removing it from his body.

The mystery of Yin Tianzi's identity has been solved, but the game text has not ended yet and is still moving forward.

Jiang Xinghuo also continued to look down.

"You also learned the method to deal with the evil incarnation of Emperor Yin from the residual message left by Emperor Xuanyuan."

"The power of Yin Tianzi's evil incarnation comes from the hell caves and heavens he controls. As long as the hell caves and heavens he controls can be stripped away one by one, the power of Yin Tianzi's evil thoughts will gradually weaken or even disappear."

"This was also Emperor Xuanyuan's way of preparing for a rainy day, to deal with the incarnation of Yin Tianzi's evil thoughts. However, before he could take action, the civilization of the old secular world came to an end."

"You have obtained the method of stripping hell."

Jiang Xinghuo's spirits were immediately lifted. This time when he entered the Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum, he was not really interested in other things. The only thing he wanted was Emperor Xuanyuan's method of hell peeling.

Emperor Xuanyuan used this to peel off the hell in Tu Bo's body. If he obtained this method, he could naturally peel off the scorched earth hell from the underworld, and even plunder more hell caves.

Jiang Xinghuo closed his eyes, carefully felt the extra memories in his mind, and soon understood the method of peeling off hell.

Then, new game text popped up on the screen. "What are you going to choose next?"

"Will you choose to leave the Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum in the Tai Sui Cave? Or will you choose to continue wandering here?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and chose to continue wandering in the imperial tomb, mainly to see if there would be any new text triggers later.

"You stayed in the Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum and wandered around, but you didn't trigger any more options, nor did you find anything else left by the Xuanyuan Emperor. You only noticed something was wrong near the incense burner, but after a closer look, you still didn't find anything."

“Do you want to continue your research?”

"You triggered the high-speed computing function of the Sky-Watcher's Eye. Behind the swirling smoke at the end of the incense burner ground, you discovered dozens of hideous faces, which are almost identical to the guardians of the Bodhi Ancient Hell that you saw earlier."

Jiang Xinghuo's heart was suddenly shocked. Could it be that these dozens of faces all represented the same inheritance left by Emperor Xuanyuan?
However, no matter how Jiang Xinghuo activated the Sky-Peeking Eye, he could not get close to those hideous faces, and even the related interactive options could not be explored and triggered.

After a series of unsuccessful attempts, Jiang Xinghuo no longer insisted. After all, it was impossible for him to get all the benefits alone, and the imperial tomb left by Emperor Xuanyuan was probably not prepared for him.

Even if someone else came in and passed the test, he would still get these things. Emperor Xuanyuan should be the type who casts a wide net.

"What are your options next?"

"Do you want to stay longer?"

This time Jiang Xinghuo chose no. Since he couldn't trigger the new interactive plot, there was no point in staying any longer, so he might as well leave here first.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo directly chose the option to leave and controlled the character to leave the Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum.

"You have left the Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum."

"And the moment you left the Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum, the Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum in the Tai Sui Cave was closed to you, but at the same time you also obtained the qualification of "Xuanyuan's Successor."

"Heir of Xuanyuan: After Emperor Xuanyuan fell, he left his legacy in 365 suspected tombs. Anyone who can pass the test and walk out of the emperor's tomb alive will automatically become a descendant of Xuanyuan and be eligible to compete for the real treasure of Emperor Xuanyuan."

"When you carry the mark of the Xuanyuan heir with you, the triggering rate of events related to the Xuanyuan Emperor's Mausoleum will be greatly increased."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the fleeting pattern on his palm and thought to himself that this was just a pie in the sky. At best, it gave you hope. As for whether this hope could become reality, it all depended on your luck.

He didn't take this too seriously. Anyway, he had now obtained the method to separate the Hell Cave Heaven. He had gotten what he wanted. The rest depended on fate. If he could find it, that would be better, but if he couldn't, he wouldn't feel sorry.

Jiang Xinghuo let out a long sigh, controlled the character to come to the Tai Sui Cave, walked around the Tai Sui Cave, and collected some different kinds of Tai Sui.

Just when he was about to leave Tai Sui Cave and go to other places, a message suddenly came from WeChat.

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on it and saw that the sender was actually Zhou Hui, the fox secretary of the Public Opinion Survey Bureau.

The message sent was also very simple, with only three words - Wudang Mountain!

Wudang Mountain?
What do you mean?
Could it be that the cave they were going to explore was on Mount Wudang?

Wu-Tang.

One of the famous Taoist mountains
Its real name is Taihe Mountain.

It has the reputation of "the four famous mountains all bow to it, and the five immortal mountains all pay homage to it."

It ranks ninth among the 72 blessed places in the world.

Moreover, in Taoist mythology, Mount Wudang is the Taoist temple of the Great Emperor Zhenwu and the holy place where he attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven.

As the saying goes, only the real martial artist is worthy of it.

Therefore, it was renamed Wudang Mountain in later generations.

Jiang Xinghuo sent a reply on WeChat, but there was no response afterwards, as if he had suddenly lost connection.

"Go on a trip?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked thoughtful. The fox fairy secretary had definitely not sent the name of Wudang Mountain without a purpose. Perhaps they were now trapped in the secret cave of Wudang Mountain.

Plus the two tombstones engraved with his birth and death years.

Whether it is for yourself or for something else, the safest thing to do is to take a look.

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about it, a call came in from an unfamiliar phone number.

When Jiang Xinghuo picked up the phone, he heard the investigator from the Public Opinion Survey Bureau, who said he had received a message from his superiors that he could be transported to Wudang Mountain using Star Track, and that he had already been notified.

"Wow, he killed first and asked for permission later, how efficient he was..."

Jiang Xinghuo muttered a few words, but did not refuse the other party. Instead, he said that he would go over immediately and asked them to build the Xinggui transmission track first.

After half an hour.

The fully armed Jiang Xinghuo has appeared within the star track of the Public Opinion Survey Bureau.

A transparent beam of light dropped from the sky and instantly enveloped his body. The familiar feeling of weightlessness came again. When he regained his vision, he had appeared on the top of a mountain.

Not far away is a gilded bronze temple with an imitation wooden structure. Inside the temple is a statue of Zhenwu Patriarch. On the left is a golden boy holding a book, on the right is a jade girl holding a seal, and the two generals of water and fire are holding flags and drawing swords.

"Wudang Golden Palace?"

(End of this chapter)