My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 816: A choice triggers a secular change

"A new day has arrived. The sunset of the secular world rises as usual. This absurd and strange world has ushered in a beautiful and brand new day. You opened your eyes beside the shrine outside the Tai Sui Cave. Your stiff body regained its former vitality as you moved."

"Ah, great adventurer, please continue your journey. There are countless treasures waiting for you ahead. Of course, there are also countless dangers. Whether you can get what you want depends on your luck."

In the Binhai area, inside a folk shop.

Jiang Xinghuo sat on the sofa and looked at the game text on the screen, and a sense of familiarity rose in his heart.

At this time, three days had passed since he left Zhenwu Cave Heaven in Wudang Mountain.

He did not participate in the subsequent events, and was too lazy to get mixed up in the mess of the Public Opinion Survey Bureau. After returning to Binhai, he used the excuse that he was injured in the Zhenwu Cave Heaven and continued to stay at home in his own shop. The ups and downs of the outside world had nothing to do with him.

"Where are you planning to go next?"

The game text lists a long list of maps to choose from, all of which are maps that have been explored before, or places that have been unlocked but not yet explored.

Jiang Xinghuo looked carefully and found that he had basically been involved in every area of ​​the secular world, such as the Kanto region, the Northwest region, the Shiwanda Mountains in western Hunan, the Longmen region in the Central Plains, and Peking, the center of the secular world. He had more or less triggered related interactions in all of them.

The only things he had never set foot on were the Fujian and Guangdong regions in the secular world. However, he had found many relevant plot clues and maps. Now was a good opportunity to take a stroll there.

"You chose to go to the Fujian and Guangdong regions in the secular world."

"It is expected to arrive at the destination in about thirty-six hours."

"If you choose a mount or other props to assist in traveling, you can greatly shorten the travel time. Do you want to choose to travel by props?"

Jiang Xinghuo did not choose to use props to speed up the process. Although doing so could shorten the travel time, he would also miss a lot of interactions on the road and might even miss some important plots.

"You chose to walk to Fujian and Guangdong."

"If you can rely on your tenacious willpower, cross mountains and rivers, and walk from Jiangnan to Fujian and Guangdong with just your own two legs, then you will have a chance to trigger your passive talent - Iron Feet."

"Iron Feet (permanent state), you can travel through mountains and rivers as if walking on flat ground, the strength of your lower limbs is permanently increased, and it is very beneficial for the practice of Qinggong and leg techniques."

Jiang Xinghuo was a little surprised. This was an unexpected gain. It was only thirty-six hours, more than a day. He could still afford to wait. If any more time was wasted, there would still be a few days left.

"Do you want to start on your journey immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't hesitate at all and chose yes directly.

"You chose to leave immediately."

"On the way, please wait..."

The game enters a semi-idle state, and the character begins to travel on his own.

The game was running here, and Jiang Xinghuo was not idle either. He took out the prop that Chen Yuanchao gave him from the void drawer.

"The Nailhead Book (epic item) is a curse-killing item passed down from the royal family. As long as you put the hair and nails of the cursed person in the book and shoot them with a bow and arrow, you can kill their three souls and seven spirits. It can kill people invisibly and without anyone noticing."

Jiang Xinghuo flipped open the nail-headed book in his hand, and a cold black flame flashed in his eyes. The player from the Beijing Public Opinion Survey Bureau who wanted to snatch the Five Emperors' Banner in the Zhenwu Cave Heaven has always been a thorn in his heart. If he doesn't remove it, he will inevitably cause trouble in the future.

Rather than implicating your family later, it is better to nip the danger in the bud now.

How does the saying go? I can feel guilty for killing innocent people for the rest of my life, but I cannot live in fear for the rest of my life.

So for the safety of those around me, I have to put up with them.

After all, it is faster to cut the grass at its roots than to trust in a person's moral character.

Jiang Xinghuo opened the nail book in his hand, and took out a small cloth bag from his unused magic bag. The bag contained the man's hair. It was not easy for Jiang Xinghuo to get his nails, but it was very simple to get his hair.

As for whether he would be suspected after killing the other party, Jiang Xinghuo didn't care at all. Not to mention whether they had enough evidence, the power of the law of cause and effect alone could cut off all tracking methods.

In fact, Jiang Xinghuo still has a set of Seven Arrows Book with Nail Heads in his hand. It is a magic weapon from the Maoshan Sect, but it is time-consuming and takes 21 days to complete. The Seven Arrows Book with Nail Heads is much simpler and can kill people quickly and conveniently.

However, Jiang Xinghuo was also concerned about Chen Yuanchao. After all, the Nail-Head Book was given to him by him. Others might not notice it, but Chen Yuanchao would definitely know the effectiveness of the Nail-Head Book.

He didn't want to put his handle in the hands of others. Although he could deny it to death, he still hated trouble. It would be best not to cause unnecessary trouble.

So thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo put away the nail-headed book temporarily, clicked the screen to control the character to go to Jiangnan City, and entered the shop niche of the teahouse.

Jiang Xinghuo searched in the niche for a long time, but unfortunately he didn't find any props that could compare with the nail-head book.

Without any choice.

Jiang Xinghuo had no choice but to take out the nail-head book again, intending to use this prop to take the man's life.

But at this moment, a new text message suddenly came from the game.

"You have triggered the effect of the Kirin's Blessing."

"Your luck has been temporarily greatly improved."

"You found a drug addict on the street, curled up in a corner next to a teahouse, with a rag spread in front of him and two things on it. When he saw you looking at him, he immediately said that you only needed to pay two hundred incense sticks or a piece of Fushou tobacco paste, and you could take all his things away."

"These things are all treasures passed down from its ancestors. However, after the night of dawn, its family fell into poverty and it became addicted to Fu Shou cigarettes. It indulged in them all day long and felt that life was worse than death. It just wanted to buy one last Fu Shou cigarette and then hang itself on a crooked tree to end its miserable life."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you choose to ignore this addict and pretend that you have never seen it, or choose to pay two hundred incense sticks and take those things?" "Of course, you can also choose to help this addict quit smoking. If you can help him quit smoking Fu Shou cigarettes, it will be a great merit, and it may even trigger a new change in the secular world."

"So, what are you going to choose?"

The game gives three options: ignore it, pay two hundred incense sticks, or help quit smoking.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully.

First, we have to rule out the answer of ignoring it, and finally it is just a matter of choosing the most appropriate answer among the remaining two.

After thinking about it, Jiang Xinghuo decided to help the addict quit smoking.

He just happened to have some medicine specifically for people who want to quit smoking nicotine.

"Fire-Refined Ointment (Excellent Consumable Item), a drug extracted from the corpses of drug addicts. After being burned and forged at high temperatures, the properties of the drug have changed. It can treat the addiction symptoms of Fu Shou Gao Cigarettes."

"As long as you dissolve the ointment in clean water and take it for a month, you can quit smoking cigarettes. It will also produce a rejection reaction to cigarettes, so that the patient will not relapse."

This thing was obtained by Jiang Xinghuo when he was exploring the inner street of BJ. He found a large number of dead bodies of drug addicts in a burned-down Fu Shou tobacco shop, and these ointments were picked up from those bodies.

"You chose to help this addict break his addiction."

"You put forward your own ideas. You see this drug addict has the intention to repent. Instead of indulging himself in the final act and hanging himself on a crooked tree, it is better for him to turn over a new leaf, quit smoking and start a new life."

"After hearing your words, the drug addict shook his head in frustration and despair. He had wanted to quit smoking more than once, but in the end he could not resist the temptation of his desire. Fu Shou cigarettes seemed to have magic power, making it impossible for him to resist the temptation of smoking."

"You took out the fire-refined ointment and sniffed it under the addict's nose. The faint fragrance lingered at the tip of its nose. The addict's originally dull eyes suddenly flashed with a strange brilliance. It found that its desire for Fu Shou cigarettes was actually suppressed by this thin fragrance."

"The addict asked in surprise what this thing is, how are you going to answer it?"

"Will you tell us the truth about the origin and efficacy of this thing? Or will you play it up and say it's your own secret family medicine?"

Jiang Xinghuo made a choice after a brief thought and directly told it the origin and efficacy of the fire-refined ointment.

There is no point in hiding this thing. Tell the addict where it comes from. Maybe when he gets better, he will go looking for more fire-refined ointment.

"You told the addict the origin and efficacy of the fire-refined ointment. When the addict heard that it could help him quit smoking, he immediately knelt on the ground and expressed his feelings to you. If you can help him free himself from the suffering of smoking, he will become your most loyal servant and subordinate. He will follow your will and become the sharpest knife in the secular anti-smoking movement."

"Are you going to give the fire-refined ointment to the other party?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without thinking too much and handed the fire-refined ointment to the drug addict in front of him.

"You have lost the Fire-Refined Balm-1."

“The addict got the fire-tested balm, and you got the addict’s loyalty.”

"Loyalty: 65%."

Jiang Xinghuo was not surprised to see this loyalty. After all, the effect of this thing has not been verified. After the addicts completely quit smoking, he believed that even if the loyalty did not reach 100%, it would not be much different.

"After the drug addict obtained the fire-refined ointment, in order to repay your kindness, it gave you everything on the rag in front of it. These things are all its ancestral possessions. It doesn't know what their specific functions are, but its ancestors have valued them very much. It took these things out with the intention of dying, otherwise it wouldn't have set up a stall to sell them. But if it weren't for this, it wouldn't have met you. It can be said that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand."

"You have obtained a bronze ghost head (ordinary), a worn-out oil lamp (ordinary), a worn-out statue of the Nine-Way God of Wealth (junk), and a statue of a Dharmakaya with eight ears, nine eyes, and thirteen hands (ordinary)."

"Bronze ghost head (common item), a ferocious ghost head cast in bronze. Placing it at home can slightly ward off evil spirits and can also be used as a Feng Shui charm."

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

"You have discovered that this seemingly ordinary bronze ghost head has a secret. It seems to contain a more mysterious power, and this power is not unfamiliar to you. Do you want to smash this bronze ghost head to see what is inside?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw that this was delivered to his doorstep, he naturally couldn't miss it, so he chose to smash the bronze ghost head.

"You took out the evil star and bit and smashed the bronze ghost head. You saw an iron plate inside. It was densely engraved with words and exuded the same power as the Five Ghosts Technique."

"You carefully read the words on the iron plate and found that it was actually another method of practicing the Five Ghost Technique."

"You have obtained the method to practice the Five Ghosts Soul Stealing Technique."

"Five Ghosts Soul-stealing Technique (rare item), a killing technique passed down by the Five Ghost Immortals. It can control evil ghosts to chase after souls and take lives. It can track the target through the residual aura on the object, and devour and kill the target's soul without anyone noticing, killing people invisibly."

"Note that the farther the targets are, the stronger the evil spirits that need to be controlled will be, and the more mana will be consumed. If the target kills the evil spirits that come to claim the target's life, the caster will also suffer a corresponding backlash."

"Note that the Five Ghosts Technique is a systematic inheritance of a lineage of magic, with more than a dozen different techniques that complement each other and can greatly increase the success rate of casting spells and the power of spells."

"Do you want to use this item right away?"

After reading the description of the game text, Jiang Xinghuo was suddenly shocked. It was like a pillow just when he was about to fall asleep. The passive effect of the Qilin Blessing Technique was really powerful. With this Five Ghosts Soul-stealing Technique, he would not have to pin his hopes on the nail-headed book, nor would he have to worry about leaving traces that would be discovered by others.

"You have used the Five Ghosts Soul Stealing Technique Secret Book."

"Learning, please wait..."

"You have successfully mastered the Five Ghosts Soul Stealing Technique."

The moment the text prompt flashed in the game, Jiang Xinghuo also felt the changes in reality. A large amount of information and memory poured into his mind, all of which were related to the Five Ghost Techniques.

Jiang Xinghuo closed his eyes and meditated, absorbing and digesting the memories in his mind. With the help of the Five Ghosts Moving Technique and the Five Ghosts Door-Knocking Technique, he soon mastered the trick of the Five Ghosts Soul-stealing Technique.

(End of this chapter)