My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 838: Jiuxiao
Jiang Xinghuo looked at the options given in the game text, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not choose to merge, but temporarily put the crystal bead away.

The reason is very simple. This crystal bead is a blessing left by the Gushan Immortal for his disciples. If an outsider obtains it and integrates it, who knows what kind of changes will occur.

He never minded speculating the worst about these monsters and Taoist masters in the secular world. Perhaps the crystal bead left by the Gushe Immortal was the other party's backup plan to regain the soul.

"You put away the Wind and Snow Pearl blessed by Gushe Immortal, and did not choose to merge it with yourself. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to continue exploring here? Or will you choose to leave here and go somewhere else?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and chose to stay here and explore.

Now that he has solved the troubles caused by the mother-in-law at the bedside, he can feel relieved.

But now that we have come to this desolate apricot orchard, there is no need to leave in a hurry. It is not too late to explore the place first and then do other things.

"You set your sights on the Bagua platform at your feet. The Tai Chi Yin Yang fish in the middle has a crack. You use your talent of Fiery Eyes to carefully observe the surroundings and find that there seems to be another mystery under this secret compartment. The seemingly decayed dust around it has vaguely formed a complex array diagram, which is very similar to the traces left by the Skywalker in the City of Origin. It should also involve the array pattern diagram of spatial authority."

"However, different array patterns represent different arrays, and the methods of driving them are also different. If you don't fully understand the principles of the array pattern, you won't be able to activate the array represented by the array pattern."

"Do you want to try to use the Sky-Watcher's Eye to decipher the formation diagram hidden in the secret compartment?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw that this option was triggered, he naturally would not refuse and directly activated the Sky-Peeking Eye on his body.

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

"Trying to decipher the array pattern inside the secret compartment of the Yin-Yang fish."

"Please wait……"

Jiang Xinghuo waited for about five minutes, and then the subsequent text content came from the game.

"You have successfully deciphered the array pattern on the secret grid."

"This array pattern is the same as what you guessed. It is a trace of inheritance left by the Skywalker. It involves the most mysterious spatial power in the secular world. It is equivalent to a miniature cave portal that can transport living things to unknown areas. Do you want to immediately activate this spatial array pattern according to the method deciphered by the Sky Peeping Eye?"

The game gives two options, very simple, yes or no, there is no third unnecessary option.

Jiang Xinghuo naturally would not choose no. If he missed the opportunity that was right in front of him, it would be too cowardly. Anyway, the game character would not really die. Even if he was trapped somewhere, there was a nuclear clone prepared in advance in the teahouse, which would not delay the exploration process of the game.

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo did not forget to make a third-hand preparation. He used the Lost Shrine that he had planned to use outside the medical school on the Bagua Platform. This way, even if he died inside, he could be resurrected outside through the Lost Shrine.

After completing these preparations, Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to activate the formation diagram.

"You condense the mana in your body into a thread, and let it flow slowly along the formation pattern on the ground. When the trajectory of the mana flow is completely consistent with the formation pattern, a surge of spatial force will surge out like a wave, instantly enveloping your body, and then disappear without a trace."

"When you regain your sight, you will feel a hazy darkness all around you, as if you have entered a void. There is a faint green smoke lingering around you, and under your feet is a dry and cracked black ground. There are bottomless gullies extending and intersecting, leading to an unknown place in the darkness."

"And there are mysterious figures in these gullies. They are sitting, lying, or standing, quietly floating in the mist in the gullies, as if they are sleeping, or as if they are staring at you with their eyes open."

"Your Sky-Watcher Eyes are not able to play their original role in the face of the existences in the abyss. The information and data you see are all jumbled texts. Your Fiery Eyes have become dim, with only a golden flame pattern lingering on the edge of your pupils, as if it will go out at any time."

"You turned your head and looked back. What you saw was still endless darkness. There was no way out or coming in. There was only a dilapidated shrine standing alone in an inconspicuous ravine."

"And after you came here, the last flickering light above was completely extinguished. The already dilapidated shrine also quietly collapsed at this time and disappeared silently from this world."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo's heart sank suddenly. It was not because he was worried that he would encounter any danger, but he was mainly worried that the game character would not be able to leave. Although he didn't know where this broken place was, judging from the description in the text, it was not a tourist attraction.

If at that time I can't control the game character to leave, I can only use the nuclear clone to move outside.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but feel fortunate in his heart. If a man does not plan for the future, he will surely have immediate worries. He should always be prepared for a rainy day. In this way, even if he really encounters any unexpected events that are beyond his control, he will not fall into a desperate situation.

Jiang Xinghuo thought again of the nine-dead cicada shell left in the Dragon Court ruins.

At the beginning, he entered the Longting ruins in Jiuding Mountain in Guandong to explore. When he came out, in order to prevent being unable to enter there again in the future, he left the first Nine-Death Cicada Shell that had transformed there.

In this way, he could use the Nine Deaths Cicada to descend into the interior of the Dragon Court Ruins and begin exploring. However, he had been opening up and exploring new maps for such a long time and had not paid much attention to the Dragon Court Ruins.

He thought that when he was free and bored in the future, he would go explore the interior of the Longting ruins.

Jiang Xinghuo suppressed the messy thoughts in his mind and clicked the screen to continue advancing the game text.

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you continue to explore this mysterious place? Or will you kill yourself by biting your neck with the evil star and try to get out of here?"

Jiang Xinghuo saw it and thought to himself that since he had come here, he should not worry about whether he had any gains or not. It would be too boring if he did not even dare to go in and explore. Besides, it would be better to let those monsters and demons here kill him than to kill himself. "You chose to continue to explore further."

"You walk on the dry and desolate land. The ghosts and gods in the gullies never take their attention away from you. They may not be looking at you directly, but you can feel the gazes from the unknown. However, you can feel that these gazes do not have any malice towards you. Most of them exude curiosity, as if they are wondering why you came here?"

"Some of them even throw something out and it falls right in front of you. Do you want to pick it up and see what it is?"

Jiang Xinghuo, in line with the principle of not taking advantage of an opportunity, was about to control the character to pick up those things, but then he changed his mind. God knows where these old monsters came from. What if they use this method to take over his body?

It's better to be careful.

Jiang Xinghuo smacked his lips and sighed with some regret, but finally chose no.

"Although you coveted those things on the ground, for the sake of your own life and property, you reluctantly gave up those treasures, pretending that you didn't see anything and just kept walking forward."

"But what you didn't expect was that those beings who threw things seemed to be having fun. Since you didn't want those things, they insisted on giving them to you. The treasures on the ground seemed to have grown wings. They flew up and landed steadily in your arms."

"And no matter how hard you waved your arms, you couldn't get rid of the things in your hands. You had no choice but to say that you accepted them. The strange adhesion disappeared instantly, and you heard a happy laugh as if your plan had succeeded."

"Look carefully at the things in your arms. The moment your eyes touch those things, relevant information immediately appears in your mind."

"Nine Heavens Jade Purity Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder (special item), a unique Taoist skill passed down from thirteen secular civilizations ago. If this method is practiced to the extreme, it can turn an area of ​​100 miles into a thunderstorm. The power is closely related to the cultivation level of the caster. The stronger the cultivation level, the greater the power it can unleash."

"Be careful, although this method is extremely powerful and is a first-class killing method in the world, it is easy to accidentally hurt yourself when performing it during a thunderstorm. However, it can also increase the power of thunder magic by several times or even dozens of times."

"In addition, the Nine Heavens Jade Purity Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder has another characteristic, which is that it can absorb and integrate many unique thunder techniques and absorb their characteristics and power, thereby enhancing the power of the Nine Heavens Jade Purity Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder."

"It is precisely because of this that, in that secular era, everyone who practiced this thunder method had different powers. Some were more domineering and fierce, some were more healing, some were more exorcising evil spirits, and some were more expelling locusts and suppressing plagues."

Jiang Xinghuo's eyes lit up when he read the description of the item related to thunder magic. At the same time, he also noticed the description of this spell in the game text.

The Taoist secret skills from thirteen secular civilizations ago!

This origin is quite remarkable. His Peeper's Eye and Red Lotus Karma Fire are just products of the previous secular civilization.

But now, a secular heritage from thirteen civilizations ago has suddenly appeared. If it were to be spread out, I'm afraid no one would dare to believe it.

Moreover, Jiang Xinghuo became more and more interested in the mysterious space where he was at the moment. What kind of place could accommodate the existence of such a master?

He was now extremely grateful for his choice. If he had chosen to commit suicide and leave, he would never have encountered such an opportunity. Even if the treasure mountain was right in front of him, he would not have a way to enter it.

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

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without much thought. He wanted to see what kind of mystery this Jiuxiao Yuqing Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder had, and which one was stronger compared to the Thunder Ancestor Treasure Scroll he possessed.
"You chose to use this item."

"Learning, please wait..."

"Study completed."

"You have successfully mastered the Nine Heavens Jade Purity Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder."

While the text prompt flashed in the game, Jiang Xinghuo quickly noticed the changes in reality. The Jiuxiao Yuqing Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder transformed into a divine talisman in his body, emitting a faint clear and spiritual aura, which was completely different from the purple gold talisman evolved from the Leizu Treasure Scroll. The two repelled each other in his body, but also attracted each other, and finally gradually merged back together.

And at the moment when the two precious scrolls were completely integrated, Jiang Xinghuo felt that the power in his body was like a volcanic eruption. The rich lightning lava quickly gushed out from his dantian, and then flowed to every corner of his limbs. His entire skin and bones seemed to be melted, turning into a human figure formed purely by lightning lava.

Fortunately, the violent power did not overflow, but was confined within his body. Otherwise, if this power spread out, the entire shop would be razed to the ground.

This situation lasted for more than half an hour before Jiang Xinghuo felt the power in his body gradually subside and his body gradually returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

But then Jiang Xinghuo's mind moved, and a golden lightning flashed immediately on his palm, as if it was made of pure gold, without the slightest impurity, and the power it emitted was much stronger than before.

Moreover, the Thunder Ancestor Treasure Talisman and the Nine Heavens Thunder Talisman in Jiang Xinghuo's body had disappeared, and were replaced by countless talismans lingering on his tendons and bones. They were only one finger long and more than two fingers wide, emitting golden arcs of electricity. They were suspended in every corner of the body, vaguely forming a human-shaped pattern composed of talismans.

Jiang Xinghuo felt very surprised, but he did not feel any discomfort in his body. On the contrary, he felt that his body was much stronger. He did not deliberately practice horizontal kung fu, but his skin fascia was countless times tougher than before. He casually cut his arm with a fruit knife, but did not feel any pain, and not even a white mark was left.

"Such strong resilience..."

Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath. With this level of physical fitness, he was probably not much different from those masters who specialized in horizontal training. Moreover, the golden thunder talisman in his body was constantly nourishing his body. Even when he was sleeping, his physical fitness would continue to improve imperceptibly. Even if he did not practice special horizontal training skills, his physical strength would continue to increase.

At this time, new content of the game text popped up on the screen.

"You have learned the Nine Heavens Jade Purity Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder, and at the same time, a piece of information has emerged in your mind. This information seems to have been left by the founder of this technique. It is imprinted in the inheritance system of the technique. Every practitioner who reaches a certain level can capture this information from it..."

(End of this chapter)