My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 847 Disaster Town
"A round mirror appears in front of you, with ripples like water waves flashing on it. Soon the ripples disappear without a trace, and are replaced by an illusory picture. This is exactly what the Mirror Fairy observed the night before the accident."

"In the picture, everything is quiet. The dormitory building seems quiet. There is nothing unusual. Everything is the same as usual. But at midnight, the sound of suona suddenly rang out outside the dormitory building. It was not a celebratory tune used in weddings, but vocal music used in funerals. Then you saw the dormitory manager appear in the circular light picture."

"The dormitory manager walked to the main door in a daze and opened it. Then a group of people in mourning walked in from outside the dormitory building and quickly walked up the stairs on both sides of the mirror."

"When these mourning people appeared again, the students in the dormitory had already followed them. They looked extremely dull, like zombies. They followed the mourning people like puppets and disappeared without a trace after walking out of the dormitory."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo's face looked thoughtful.

Judging from the description in the game text, the teachers and students in this abandoned medical school did not disappear suddenly, but encountered some unclean things, which led to this situation.

At least this is the case for the teachers and students in this boys' dormitory building. No one knows where those people in mourning came from, and their behavior is indeed a bit weird. But now at least we know what is going on, so we don't have to rush around blindly like a headless fly.

"What are you going to do with this mirror fairy next?"

"The true form of the Mirror Fairy is an ordinary mirror that you have enlightened with the Realm of Life. If you want to take the Mirror Fairy away, you must put this mirror away."

"Otherwise, the Mirror Fairy can only stay here, and will never be able to leave the dormitory building for the rest of his life, until resentment gathers in his heart, and the spirituality in his body is replaced by evil spirits and resentment, and he will be transformed from a Mirror Fairy into a Mirror Ghost."

"That's why, in dormitory buildings where groups of people live together, there are often legends about the Mirror Fairy and the Pen Fairy."

"Because those objects that have been tainted by human energy and have gained intelligence, once they realize they are trapped somewhere and cannot leave, they will gradually develop resentment and turn into evil spirits, killing innocent creatures for fun to pass the time."

"So what are you going to choose now?"

"Will you choose to take away the life you gave to the Mirror Fairy? Or will you choose to store it in the fragment of the cave, and after a certain amount of training, perhaps it can become a helper by your side in the future?"

Faced with the two options given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo thought about it for a moment and made his decision.

He remembered that in ancient myths and legends, there was a mirror in the underworld that could reflect the past lives of the dead.

As the saying goes: The soul ascends to the mirror of sin and its true form is revealed, words are removed and texts are secretly supplemented in the scriptures, the laws of the underworld are impartial and make fair judgments, and people who do evil will be severely punished.

Because it can reflect all the karma created by a person during his lifetime, this mirror is also called the "Karma Mirror" by people.

Jiang Xinghuo has always wanted to make a similar prop for himself and place it in the hell he would forge and build in the future, but he has never found the right raw materials.

Now I see the text description about the Mirror Fairy, which is quite similar to the legend of the Evil Mirror Table. Perhaps it can be used as the raw material for making the Evil Mirror Table.

Of course, there are still many tedious steps to be carried out. It is not something that can be done with just a simple touch of upper lip to lower lip, but it is better to have it done than not.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo no longer hesitated and directly used the magical power enlightened by the mountain man to add another layer of insurance for this mirror fairy.

"You bestowed the power of the mountain man's enlightenment on the Mirror Fairy, and gained the Mirror Fairy's absolute loyalty and faith."

"Current loyalty: 100%."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the loyalty value, he thought, wow, the effect brought about by the combination of the mountain man's enlightenment and the realm of life is far beyond his imagination.

Although the life inspired by the Realm of Life will not attack him and cannot go against his wishes, their loyalty is questionable. It is like listening to your boss, which does not mean you don't hate your boss or don't want to kill him, it's just that some things cannot express their true wishes.

The mountain man's enlightenment can only be applied to living objects, and will not have any effect on other inanimate objects.

In this way, the combination of these two skills can be said to be a source of troops, and the navy, army and air force can have any type of troops they want.

Jiang Xinghuo put the Mirror Fairy's body into the planet transformed from the ancient god's corpse, and then continued to push forward the text.

"Where are you planning to go next?"

"Would you like to explore the building management office across the street? Or would you like to explore the dormitories on each floor to see if you can find anything?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided that since the sub-map of the building management office had been unlocked, there was no need to rush to explore it. Instead, he should explore the interior of the dormitory building first. Perhaps he could discover the identities of those people in mourning.

"You chose to explore the dormitories in the building."

"Exploring, please wait..."

"You have come to the dormitory at the end of the corridor on the third floor. You feel that the place is filled with yin energy. This is the place with the heaviest yin energy in the entire corridor. Do you want to go in and explore it?"

Jiang Xinghuo's heart was shocked. He was not afraid of danger, but was afraid of not being discovered.

If there are no clues, even if he has great abilities, he can only keep it to himself.

But as long as he can trigger the interactive option, he dares to try it alone even if he is a master at the palm level.

"You chose to enter and explore."

"You pushed the door open and walked into the dormitory. Your eyes blurred and you seemed to have arrived at a vast wilderness. White paper money was flying all over the sky like heavy snow. You could vaguely see countless people in mourning walking on this desolate wilderness. Not far ahead was a desolate ancient town. It seemed that the target of these people in mourning was there..."

"But this illusion only passed by your eyes for a moment, and soon turned into a shadow and disappeared without a trace. What appeared before you was still an ordinary dormitory, covered with dust and debris. It was obvious that it had not been cleaned for a long time."

"But you found a stack of white paper money under the thick layer of dust, with dried blood fingerprints on it. I don't know what it is for. Do you want to pick it up and keep it for yourself?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and read the text again. He felt that this matter was a bit weird, so he took out a substitute paper man from his backpack and controlled the paper man to go over and pick up the paper money on the ground.

"You've activated the paper substitute."

"The substitute walked to the pile of bloody paper money on the ground, bent down and picked it up. But just as the paper man picked up the paper money and before he could turn around, flames suddenly spread from the fingertips of the substitute, burning it to ashes in just a few seconds."

"But the stack of paper money was not damaged at all. It just fell into the dust on the ground without causing any abnormal reaction."

"What are you going to do now?" "Are you going to give up taking the paper money? Or are you going to go over and pick it up from the ground yourself?"

The game gave two optional answers. Jiang Xinghuo looked at the description in the text and knew that there must be a secret in this stack of paper money. He naturally could not miss it. The worst that could happen was death.

"You chose to go and pick up the stack of paper money yourself."

"You walked over and picked up the stack of paper money with blood instructions printed on it. Unexpectedly, you didn't feel any burning sensation this time. Apart from a faint cool smell, there was nothing special about it. You didn't burn like the paper substitute."

This surprised Jiang Xinghuo a little.

He had already prepared himself to die once. Anyway, he had the shrine left by Tiangong Ye to protect him. Even if he died, he could be resurrected on the spot and didn't have to worry about running the map again.

"You have obtained paper money of unknown origin."

The game text does not explain the origin and purpose of this stack of paper money, but according to Jiang Xinghuo's guess, this stack of paper money has only two sources, either left by the missing students, or left by those in mourning.

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

"You opened your Sky-gazing Eyes and tried to investigate the origins of these paper money. As a result, you discovered that the craftsmanship of making these paper money originated from a previous civilization that has already been destroyed."

"You have discovered the paperweight."

"Yangzhen is the most famous place in the old secular civilization to produce funeral supplies, including paper money for the dead and paper-made golden boys and jade girls, yellow cows and white horses. The craftsmanship used is also unique and special, and it is difficult for outsiders to imitate. For insiders, it can be used as a magic tool to suppress evil spirits. However, since the demise of the old secular world, most of the products of Yangzhen were destroyed, and only a few have been passed down to later generations."

Disaster town?

Jiang Xinghuo suddenly remembered the illusion that the game character encountered when he entered the dormitory. The place where those people in mourning went seemed to be a desolate ancient town.

Could that ancient town be the Yang Town?

Did the missing students in this dormitory building also enter Yang Town?
Jiang Xinghuo remembered the ticket he got from the dormitory manager's body. The hearse could go to any place in the secular world, including those relics of the old secular world that fell into the cracks of time and space.

Could this be the ticket that the dormitory manager wants to take to Yang Town?

Jiang Xinghuo felt that if he wanted to know the answer to this question, it would be better for him to go to the dormitory manager's residence. Perhaps there would be some clues hidden there.

"You picked up the stack of paper money and searched the dormitory. In addition to the rotten and decaying sundries, you also found a lot of rusty medical instruments, but those items were already discarded and could not be used. They had lost their value for reuse."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Do you choose to stay in this dormitory and rest for a while? Or do you choose to leave here and go somewhere else?"

Jiang Xinghuo was about to choose to leave, but then he changed his mind and thought that since the game text gave this interaction, it should not be aimless and would definitely trigger different subsequent plots. Let's see what would happen if he stayed here first.

"You chose to stay in this dormitory and rest."

"You ignored the clutter and dust in the dormitory and directly called for a gust of cold wind to blow away the dust on the bed, then lay down on it and closed your eyes to rest."

"But just after you lay down, you discovered that there were a lot of messy marks under the upper bunk, as if they were carved with a knife. When you looked carefully, you found that there seemed to be a talisman hidden under those knife marks, but because of the messy carvings, you couldn't see the specific appearance of the talisman clearly."

"Do you want to try to restore this talisman with the Sky-Watcher's Eye?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without thinking too much. He wanted to see what kind of talisman this was.

"You chose to use the Sky-Watcher's Eye to repair this talisman."

"In progress, please wait..."

Jiang Xinghuo waited for about five or six minutes before new game text popped up on the screen.

"You have successfully restored this talisman."

"But you discovered that this talisman is not among the talismans you know. You only know that this should be a talisman used to summon spirits, and it has a specific target, not an ordinary talisman for summoning spirits."

"The method to activate this talisman is also very simple. Just drip blood into it to exert its effect. Do you want to try to activate this talisman?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and did not use his own blood. Instead, he found a storage bottle from his backpack. The blood in the bottle was what he had collected before and had never used it. Now it could come in handy.

"You smeared the blood in the bottle on the talisman, and the blood quickly soaked the entire talisman. Then you heard a sharp and exciting suona sound, which suddenly sounded outside the dormitory, at the end of this corridor. You could feel the sound approaching, and it was exactly the same suona sound that you heard when you saw those mourning people appear through the circular light technique."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you choose to leave this dormitory building through the window immediately? Or will you choose to close the door and wait for the outsiders to arrive?"

"You chose to close the door and wait for those suona players to arrive."

But to be on the safe side, Jiang Xinghuo opened the skill panel, found the Dimension Technique, and clicked to use it.

He first hid himself in the dimensional space, and waited for the people outside to come over before deciding what to do next.

As expected, those people playing the suona outside should be the ones in mourning.

They took away the students here in the past, and now they come here again, wanting to take me away who activated the talisman. They are really dedicated.

After so many years, I still haven't forgotten my old ways.

"You were waiting quietly in the dormitory. The sound of the suona outside the door was getting closer and closer, accompanied by footsteps, and finally stopped just outside the dormitory where you were..."

(End of this chapter)