My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 857 Enemies meet on a narrow road
"Continue on the road..."

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to go deeper, trying to complete the "Every Tree and Grass is an Army" method.

The method of destroying both parties is indeed an excellent spell, especially in that it can reduce the opponent's vigilance and launch a fatal attack when the opponent is unprepared.

Unfortunately, this spell requires the carrier of "Every Tree and Grass Sees Enemies", otherwise it will not work at all.

Jiang Xinghuo originally thought that if he could use corpse-controlling, puppetry, or paper-man skills to perform the destruction of both parties, the spell would be more concealed and the success rate would be greatly improved.

But now it seems that only by finding the complete method of seeing enemies everywhere can the method be used, as other spells are simply incompatible with the method of destroying everything together.

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to wander around this path repeatedly, and finally after more than an hour, he successfully collected all the fragments of the "Every Tree and Grass Is an Army" strategy.

"You have obtained the puzzle piece of the Art of War +2."

"Current completeness: 100%."

"Do you want to merge all the puzzle pieces immediately and obtain the complete scroll of the Art of Seeing Soldiers in Every Tree and Grass?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation.

He had spent so much time and effort just to get the secret manual of this spell, and now that he had finally mastered it, there was no reason to turn it away.

"In the process of merging, please wait..."

"The fusion is complete."

"You have successfully obtained the secret scroll of the Art of Seeing Every Tree and Grass as an Army."

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

Jiang Xinghuo still chose yes.

"You have used the secret scroll of the Art of War."

"Learning, please wait..."

"You have successfully mastered the art of turning every tree into an enemy."

As the game text flashed in the game, in reality, Jiang Xinghuo felt a surge of fresh air in his mind, and the seals and spells of the "Every Tree and Grass is an Army" strategy appeared in his mind.

“Is this what it means to be afraid of enemies in every corner?”

Jiang Xinghuo comprehended the information in his mind and was amazed at the effect of the spell "Every Tree and Grass is an Enemy".

Because this spell can not only be used to condense straw men to attack enemies, but also to accelerate the growth of plants, even dying plants can be revitalized.

"disease!"

Jiang Xinghuo put his fingers together like swords, pointing at the orchid pot beside him. The orchid in the pot was about to die, but then Jiang Xinghuo arranged a lot of things in the house, so that the house was filled with spiritual energy. The orchid was hanging on to its last breath, half-dead, not completely withered yet, and not completely blooming yet.

But now, Jiang Xinghuo used the art of seeing every tree and grass as a soldier and pointed his finger in the air. The orchid, which was originally on the verge of death, unexpectedly regained a second life. The petals slowly bloomed, emitting a refreshing fragrance.

The orchid that has been enlightened by the plants and trees is not only tenacious in vitality, but also has a much richer fragrance than ordinary orchids.

Afterwards, the leaves of the orchid began to extend rapidly again, and under Jiang Xinghuo's control, they turned into a palm-sized straw man, which performed a set of five-form boxing in the flowerpot in a very realistic manner.

"Tsk, if he were to perform on the streets, he could become a small internet celebrity."

After testing the effect of making every tree and grass look like an enemy, Jiang Xinghuo dispersed the spell with satisfaction, and the little grass man in the flowerpot turned into an ordinary leaf again.

Continue the game.

"You have obtained the complete method of seeing everything as an enemy. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you continue to explore further along this path? Or will you turn around and go back to another path?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and decided to just go all the way. He planned to follow this road to the end and then go directly into Yang Town. It would not be too late to go to the small road on the right after he came out.

"You chose to continue exploring further."

"You continued walking along the wild grass road. Suddenly, you heard a piercing sound of funeral music. You looked up and saw a group of people carrying a sedan chair coming out from behind the fog in front of you."

"When these people came closer, you realized that this sedan chair was made of bamboo strips and white paper. The bearers who carried the sedan chair were the same as those you saw in the Mirror Fairy's Round Light Technique. They were all a group of people in mourning. They were playing suona and beating gongs and drums, and they were running towards you from a distance."

"What are your options next?"

"Will you choose to stand here and wait for those mourners to come over? Or will you choose to hide yourself and wait and see what they want to do?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and chose the former. What he had to do now was to actively trigger the plot instead of passively waiting for the plot to find him.

Besides, he also wanted to know what these people in mourning wanted to do and why they took away all the teachers and students in the medical school!
"You chose to wait for these mourners in the same place. Soon, they came to you through the thick fog. One of them lifted the curtain of a white paper sedan chair, as if wanting you to get in. Do you want to get on this white paper sedan chair?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation. The plot had already progressed to this point, and if he didn't set the stage for the rest, it was estimated that there would be no way to move forward.

"You sat on the sedan chair without fear. The moment the curtain fell, you felt the sedan chair rise into the air. You lifted the small curtain beside it and saw these mourners carrying the sedan chair, walking quickly in the air. The piercing sound of suona resounded through the sky, as if announcing something."

Afterwards, the game entered a semi-idle state.

Jiang Xinghuo waited for about half an hour before the subsequent game text popped up on the screen.

"You felt the sedan stopped and seemed to have landed on the ground. Do you want to go out and check the situation?"

"You opened the curtain and stepped out of the paper sedan. You found that all the mourners around you had disappeared without a trace. You were left standing alone. The streets around you were empty and filled with funeral shops."

"You have arrived at Yang Town." "Where are you going to visit next?"

The game text lists a number of sub-maps, which are nothing more than places like the funeral clothing shop, paper-making house, wax workshop, and coffin shop.

Jiang Xinghuo took a quick look, randomly selected a funeral clothing shop, and then controlled the character to walk in.

"You walked into a shroud shop on the street."

"You walked into this shroud shop and found a figure cutting leather with his back to you. When he heard your footsteps, he immediately turned around. But when he saw you for the first time, this dead tailor holding scissors showed a ferocious look on his face and rushed towards you like crazy, as if he had a blood feud with you."

This sudden change caught Jiang Xinghuo off guard. He didn't expect that he would be attacked by the opponent just after he came in and hadn't done anything yet. Naturally, he couldn't just sit there and wait to die, so he controlled the character to immediately fight back.

"You used the Nine Heavens Jade Purity Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder to transform it into a thunder prison to trap the damn tailor inside, and then asked him what hatred he had with you and why he attacked you?"

"The hatred on the dead tailor's face has only grown. You are really a forgetful person. Is it because your hands are stained with too much blood that you can't remember the innocent souls who died in your hands?"

"You carefully looked at the other person's face, and combined with the words he said, a flash of inspiration suddenly came to your mind. You remembered the identity of the person in front of you, and you also knew why he hated you so much. But what you couldn't figure out was why he was here?"

"The dead tailor who appears before you at this moment is the owner of the funeral clothing shop in the Dragon City Funeral Street in the secular world!"

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo also knew the other party's identity, but as the text said, this person should not appear in Yang Town. He should be in the underworld at this moment.

When I first entered the game, I came to the Funeral Street while exploring Dragon City. As a result, I was spotted by a dead tailor in a shroud shop, who plucked my skin to use as material for making shrouds.

At that time, he was still powerless and had no way to resist the attack of the dead tailor. Later, when he became stronger, he went back to take back the place. Not only did he kill the dead tailor, he also burned down the funeral clothing shop.

But after the dead tailor was killed by him, shouldn't he have entered the underworld? How did he appear in this disaster town?
"What are you going to do with this damn tailor now?"

"Will you choose to scare it to pieces, or let it go and ask it about the reason?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter without hesitation. A dead soul could not cause him any trouble. The truth of the matter was the most important. He had to know why this dead tailor appeared here.

“You dispersed the Nine Heavens Jade Purity Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder to form a Thunder Prison, and released the imprisoned Dead Tailor. The Dead Tailor was a little surprised to have survived. He thought that his soul would be completely shattered and vanished into thin air, but he didn’t expect that you didn’t kill him!”

"You said that it was its own fault that you killed the dead tailor. If it hadn't attacked you first and skinned you to make clothes, you wouldn't have gone back to seek revenge on it."

"As the saying goes, every sip and every peck has its own destiny."

"Now the dead tailor has attacked you again. You should have made him disappear completely, but you didn't. Instead, you let him go in retaliation. You just wanted the dead tailor to tell you the whole story."

The dead tailor sighed deeply, and expressed in despair that he actually didn't know what happened.

"After you killed it, it was supposed to enter the underworld. But when it was crossing the Mingji River by boat, a force suddenly brought it here from the underworld."

"Those people in mourning said nothing. They just gave it a shop. No matter what kind of materials it needs, as long as they think about it, they will appear in the shop automatically."

"And it's not the only one on this street. There are many people in the same industry as it. Basically, all the people it knows who work for free have come here after death. Among them may be your other enemies."

"They gathered together to discuss these things, but they never came to a conclusion. They also tried to leave here, but as soon as they stepped out of the street, they would immediately lose consciousness. When they woke up, they were back in the store."

"If things go on like this, they will stop trying and just do boring work day after day, not knowing how tired they are or how time passes. When they feel bored, they will just hang out and curse you in their hearts."

Jiang Xinghuo sucked his teeth, pretending he didn't see the last few words, and thought that according to what this dead tailor said, this Yang Town was completely a salon gathering place for funeral practitioners after their death.

From this perspective, this disaster town really cannot be underestimated.

The person who can forcibly bring the souls of the dead from the underworld here must have unquestionable strength. He must be at least much stronger than himself. Maybe he is a master of the same level as the Lord of the Underworld.

But what is the reason why the other party does this?

Everything has a purpose and reason.

Even if he is just having fun, he does it just to watch the fun.

And according to this dead tailor, those who occupy here are all from the same industry. Although colleagues are enemies, that only refers to the competition for interests when they are alive. There is no conflict after they die. Even if he wants to watch the fun, he can't do it.

After pondering for a while, Jiang Xinghuo saw that he had no clue, so he continued to push forward the text.

"You listened to the dead tailor's words, but you couldn't answer his confusion. You had to leave here temporarily and look somewhere else. But you promised the dead tailor that once you knew the truth, you would come back and tell him."

"You've walked out of the shroud shop. Where are you going to go next?"

Jiang Xinghuo randomly picked a coffin shop and controlled the character to walk in.

"You entered this coffin shop."

"I don't know if it's because of your bad luck this year, or because you offended Tai Sui. Today, you met only enemies. The coffin maker in front of you is not someone else. He is the coffin maker you emptied out when he was away, and then came back to replenish the funds, which angered him to death."

When Jiang Xinghuo read the description in the text, he was speechless. What was going on? He had just sent away a dead tailor, and now a coffin maker came.

They are all old acquaintances!
This coffin maker also opened a shop on Funeral Street. Jiang Xinghuo had just entered the game at that time. He took advantage of the other party's absence and took away all his things.

Later, because he needed funeral supplies for some tasks, he went back again, but he was blocked by someone. However, the coffin maker had cardiovascular problems and died of cerebral congestion due to emotional excitement. He didn't expect to meet him here again.

"The moment the coffin maker saw you, his eyes immediately turned bloodshot, and he swung the hammer in his hand and smashed it towards your head. But needless to say, you easily subdued him."

"You used the same trick you used on the dead tailor on him again. Finally, the coffin maker put down his hammer angrily and told me what happened to him. The process was roughly the same as the dead tailor. He had already entered the underworld, but for some reason he was suddenly extradited here. He couldn't get out or leave, so he could only make coffins day after day."

"But when the old coffin maker learned that this was the town of disaster in the old secular world, his expression suddenly changed. He said thoughtfully that he seemed to know why all those colleagues gathered here."

(End of this chapter)