My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 852: Getting on the Hearse Again
Just when Jiang Xinghuo was about to continue advancing the text, new game text popped up on the screen.

"You have been cursed by the Exile Thread Master."

"This is a curse branded in the blood of the Exile. It can forcibly inflict its own curse on others, and no one other than the curser can forcibly remove it."

"While you are under this curse, you will be targeted by all the evil spirits of the puppet monsters in the secular world, and they will attack you until you die."

"However, this curse may be useful to others, but it is useless to you because the golden law fragments in your body can exempt you from most of the negative effects of curses. The law of burial can even make the power of the curse fall into silence. Do you want to expel or suppress the curse in your body immediately?"

When Jiang Xinghuo saw this game text, he thought to himself that he didn't expect this player called the Thread Master to have a deathrattle and do this after he died. If it weren't for the Golden Law and the Burial Law, he would have been cursed and become a natural monster-attracting physique. Fortunately, this curse would only attract puppet-type monsters and ghosts, and had no appeal to other ghosts and monsters.

But on the other hand, this curse may not be a bad thing for me. Living puppets are rare in the secular world. Most of them are puppets controlled by humans. If I can use this curse to attract a few puppets, maybe I can trigger some new plots and get unexpected gains.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo no longer planned to expel the curse from his body. He could suppress and dispel it at any time anyway. It would be better to take advantage of the characteristics of this curse to attract more monsters and try to trigger some new plot content.

So, faced with the two options given in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo directly chose no.

"You retained the curse that the Thread Master placed on you, and wanted to use the negative effects of this curse to gain greater benefits."

"But there is a folk saying that goes, 'If a clay pot is not away from the well, it will break, and a great general will inevitably die in battle.' The ancients also said that those who are good at swimming will drown, and those who are good at riding will fall. If you plan to keep this curse on you, then you'd better be vigilant at all times. Don't think that you are strong enough and act recklessly, which may easily cost you your life."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at this text, but he didn't care too much. It wasn't because he was arrogant and had overflowing self-confidence, but because he had the art of perception. Once there was a fatal crisis against him, he would sense it at the first time and could find the approximate source of the crisis.

This is much better than him thinking about these things all the time. He doesn't have to worry about when the danger will come. As long as there is danger, the Mengtou Jutsu will be triggered.

"Where are you planning to go next?"

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

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter.

He controlled the character to leave the laboratory of Gushe Immortal, and did not harm the test subjects at all, still keeping them in the nutrient solution in the biological cabin.

As for whether they can escape from it in the future or continue to sleep in the biological capsule, it is not something he considers. It is better to let nature take its course.

"You left Gushexianren's laboratory."

"You walked through thirty-six flights of stairs and returned to the lobby of the laboratory building. Next, do you plan to go upstairs to investigate? Or leave the laboratory building and go somewhere else?"

The game still gives two options: go upstairs and leave.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and finally chose to leave the laboratory building. The abandoned medical school was obviously not a small map. It would take at least six or seven days to explore all the places. Since this map has been unlocked and opened up, he can come here to explore at any time in the future.

Now, the place he wanted to explore was the old secular ruins called "Yang Town".

He obtained a hearse ticket from the dead dormitory manager and could travel to any place in the secular world by riding in the hearse.

The only pity is that there are too few tickets, only one, and you can only choose one destination, either to go to Yang Town or to Taiping Ancient Town.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a long time and finally decided to go to Yang Town to explore. Taiping Ancient Town can be entered through the Dujiang Emperor's Mausoleum in Bashu, which is an entrance clearly pointed out in the game text.

Yang Town is a new map of the old secular world. There may be other ways to enter it, but if you want to get in at the moment, a hearse is the most convenient and quickest way.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo controlled the game character to leave the medical school and came to the street outside. When passing the security booth at the gate, no interactive options were triggered, and the arm of the dead man who wanted to take the ashes did not extend.

"What are your options next?"

Jiang Xinghuo ignored the options given in the game text, and directly found the hearse ticket from his backpack and clicked to use it.

"You used it, the hearse ticket."

"You lit the hearse ticket in your hand at the crossroads, and soon a thick fog rolled up the long street, sweeping in from afar like a tide, filling and lingering over the entire long street."

"Suddenly, the sound of a car engine sounded from behind the fog, and a rusty hearse slowly broke through the fog and drove towards your location."

"At the same time, a crumpled hearse ticket also recondenses in your hand, the same ticket you just burned to ashes."

"crunch..."

"The rusty hearse stops in front of you, and the door opens with a sour sound. Do you want to get on the hearse and go to your desired destination?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation and directly controlled the character to walk onto the hearse.

"You walked onto this rusty hearse and found that there were still a few empty seats. You found a seat with no one next to you and sat down. The hearse started to move slowly again."

"Please select your drop-off location:"

A text input box popped up on the screen. This was not the first time Jiang Xinghuo had ridden in this hearse, and he typed two words in the text input box with ease.

Disaster town.

"You have already chosen the place where you want to get off. Please prepare your ticket, otherwise you will not be able to get off this hearse."

"Driving, please wait..."

The game has entered a semi-hangup state.

The rules of this hearse prohibit all fighting, and other monsters cannot attack him at all, so he does not have to worry about being plotted against by others. But at this moment, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly remembered the first time he rode in this hearse, when he used the Five Ghosts Calling and Five Ghosts Moving Techniques to get five hearse tickets from other monsters.

Now can I use the same trick again and get the tickets from other evildoers?

You don't need more, just one more will do.

In this way, after he comes out of Yang Town, he can go to Taiping Ancient Town, and he doesn't have to dig the entrance under the Mausoleum of Emperor Dujiang.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly became alert. He immediately opened the skill panel and found the option of Five Ghost Technique.

"You used the Five Ghosts Calling the Door and Five Ghosts Moving Techniques on the monsters in the hearse. A barely perceptible breeze blew by, opening the storage items of the monsters. But just as you were trying to get the items without anyone noticing, someone suddenly snorted in anger, noticing your actions."

"You have discovered it, Year-by-Year Guest."

"This monster is a believer of the ancient Zhu Sui Xing Jun. The methods and powers he practices involve the authority of space, so he is extremely sensitive to the power of space. As soon as your Five Ghosts Moving Technique came, he noticed it and immediately locked his target on you, warning all the monsters."

When Jiang Xinghuo read the text description, he couldn't help but suck his teeth, thinking that he was in trouble this time. He was caught doing something bad. There was no more embarrassing thing than this.

Fortunately, this was in the hearse, so it would not arouse public outrage and cause a group attack on me. Otherwise, I would probably be torn to pieces by them.

But before he could let go of the feeling of luck, new game text popped up.

"Zhu Sui Ke alerted the other monsters and told them what you had done. They immediately checked their storage items and found that nothing was missing, so they were relieved. However, they all became more vigilant against you, fearing that you would do something again."

"But you found that the monsters sitting behind and beside you were breathing heavily, their eyes turned bloodshot, as if they wanted to eat you alive. If it weren't for the rules in the hearse, I'm afraid they would have pounced on you long ago."

"You then discovered that these monsters were all the people who had been sitting in this car when you first got on. You secretly took away their hearse tickets using the Five Ghosts Moving Technique, so they could not leave this hearse and were trapped in it for nearly two years."

"They still couldn't figure out who stole their tickets. Although they suspected you, they had no evidence to prove it was you. Today, after being reminded by Zhu Sui Ke, they finally knew the truth. It was you, a despicable and shameless thief, who stole their tickets. As a result, they are trapped here like prisoners."

Jiang Xinghuo secretly thought that he was lucky that he was discovered here. If he was outside, he had no idea how he would die.

But at this moment, a new text interrupted his luck, because some evil spirits wanted to kill him first even if they would be killed by the hearse.

"You were attacked by the Bull Demon God."

"The Bull Demon God is a hot-tempered monster. He has been holding this anger in his chest for more than two years and has long been on the verge of exploding. Now that he knows that you, the culprit behind the scenes, are here, he can no longer hold back his anger. He roars and rushes towards you. The Ape Demon next to him doesn't even try to stop him. You only hear a "puff" sound before the Bull Demon's sharp horns pierce your chest!"

"You felt a sharp pain, and the vitality in your body began to drain away quickly. The Bull Demon God shook his head in anger and tore your body into pieces. Your eyes went dark, and you lost consciousness."

"Your body was torn into pieces by the Bull Demon God's horns."

"You are dead."

"Since you died in a hearse, you will be resurrected in a hearse after death. You have reunited your body in the hearse."

"The Bull Demon God killed you, violating the rules and order of the hearse. You only heard a rustling sound in your ears, and black chains flew out from the walls of the carriage, instantly piercing the Bull Demon God's chest and limbs. As the chains swayed, the Bull Demon God roared in pain."

"Do you want to ask for mercy for the Bull Demon who killed you?"

"There is always a way out for people, and the earth is merciful. The Bull Demon God violated the order inside the hearse, so he should pay the price. However, he still has a way out. That is, the people he killed are willing to forgive his behavior. In this way, the Bull Demon God can be safe."

"If you are unwilling to let it go, the hearse will refine and kill it immediately."

Two choices, yes and no.

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and strictly speaking, this was really a case of him being unkind.

The other party didn't provoke me. I was the one who stole the ticket from it, which caused it to be trapped here for more than two years. Being killed by it once can be considered as repayment.

If I were in his shoes, I would definitely kill the other person dozens of times and try every possible way to kill him, only then would I be able to vent the anger in my heart.

"You chose to let the Bull Demon God go."

"The chains extending from the four walls of the carriage retracted immediately, and the Bull Demon God escaped certain death. The Ape Demon at the side immediately pulled the Bull Demon God back, and with a complicated expression, he bowed to you."

"According to what happened today, no one would be able to say you were at fault even if you killed the Bull Demon God, but you let him go. Even if you were wrong first, this life-saving grace is enough to offset all grudges."

"From this moment on, all the grudges between you and Aolai Island in the East China Sea will be written off. From now on, we will not interfere with each other and there will be no more disputes."

Jiang Xinghuo heaved a sigh of relief. More friends mean more paths, fewer enemies mean fewer walls. The grudge was finally resolved.

"The hearse was quiet again, but you could sense that someone was eyeing the ticket in your hand."

"Zhu Sui Ke used the Star-Picking Hand of the Zhu Sui Xing Jun lineage to try to secretly snatch the things from you into his own hands."

"The effect of the Star-Picking Hand is the same as the Flying Dragon Exploring Cloud Hand and the Five Ghosts Moving Technique. They are all spells used to move things, but the power is much stronger than the latter two. Even if someone discovers it, they can still forcibly snatch the things away."

"But your Void Drawer is integrated into the void. No force can lock it, and the Star-Picking Hand is no exception. But you secretly took out the Trick Bag and placed it in a conspicuous place."

"Zhu Sui Ke's eyes lit up, and the star pattern on his hand flickered. He waved it lightly at you, and the magic bag immediately appeared in his hand..."

"You have lost, Tai Sui race trick bag."

(End of this chapter)