My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 864: One Hundred Thousand Dead Souls Breaking Hell

"Please select the monster you want to release next:"

The game text listed a series of monsters and demons. Jiang Xinghuo chose Tian Dao Shen. Not to mention that Tian Dao Shen helped him, even Tian Dao Shen's cultivation and skills were much stronger than the ghost fortune teller.

"You released the Heavenly Sword God and used the Great Seal to unlock the shackles in his body. However, unlike the Ghost Physiognomist, the Heavenly Sword God did not flee directly. Instead, he willingly accepted your Mountain Man Enlightenment."

"However, the Heavenly Sword God has left a curse in its body, which means that you can only control it for a hundred years, after which it will leave you. If you force it to stay by your side at that time, the curse in its body will erupt, turning it into a puppet that only knows how to kill. It will never regain consciousness unless it kills you completely."

"If you don't want to, you can use the seal in your hand to lock him back into prison. I will repay you for this favor. I will never leave this place with you."

When Jiang Xinghuo read the content of the text, he thought it was truly a martial style, swift and decisive, crisp and clear. However, who could tell clearly what would happen a hundred years later?

If Jiang could really live to a hundred years later, his cultivation would certainly be incomparable to that of today's young boy, and his various techniques and magical powers would surely reach the pinnacle. By then, the Heavenly Sword God might be willing to follow him and would not be able to be driven away even if he wanted to.

"You agreed to the conditions of the Heavenly Sword God, and signed the same contract and rules with other monsters and demons, with a deadline of 100 years. After 100 years, whether they leave or stay, whether they go or return, is up to them, and I will never stop them."

"However, your contract does not include the ghost fortune teller. Who made the ghost fortune teller want to escape as soon as he got out of trouble? But you also gave him a wish. Other monsters have a time limit of 100 years, but the ghost fortune teller has a time limit of 150 years. Within 150 years, he must obey your orders without complaint. After 150 years, whether to leave or stay is also up to him."

But Jiang Xinghuo felt that if it had really been by his side for a hundred and fifty years, given the ghost fortune teller's style of doing things, it would probably never leave him. Even if he drove it away forcibly, it would still stay by his side.

"When the other monsters in the Disaster Prison heard your conditions, they followed the example of the Heavenly Sword God and placed curses in their bodies. Within a hundred years, they will be the sharpest knives in your hands. Whether this knife will still stay with you after a hundred years depends on whether you can convince them and make them stay with you willingly."

"You have gained the recognition of the Heavenly Sword God."

"You have gained the recognition of the powerful Bull Demon."

"You have gained the recognition of the Totem God."

"You have gained the recognition of the Golden Bird Fairy."

"You have obtained..."

"You have obtained..."

Including the ghost fortune teller, there were a total of thirteen monsters and demons, all of whom were rescued from the prison of disaster by Jiang Xinghuo, and all of them signed a hundred-year contract with Jiang Xinghuo. As for what will happen a hundred years later, that is not something to be considered now.

"What are your options next?"

"Now that you have been recognized by the evil spirits on the Yang side of the Disaster Prison, do you plan to leave here immediately? Or do you choose to take off the mask on your face and go to the Yin side of the Disaster Prison to investigate?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter without much thought.

The recognition he gained from the thirteen evil spirits here was a completely unexpected gain and not the real purpose of this trip.

The real purpose of his trip was to find the teachers and students of the medical school who were extradited here, so as to learn the truth of the matter.

Now I only ate a side dish. Although the taste of this side dish is much better than the main dish, I still feel a little unwilling that I didn’t eat the main dish.

"You chose to stay here and continue exploring."

"You unfold the astral cave that evolved from the ancient god's corpse and take these thirteen monsters in. Promise that you will release them immediately after leaving the town of disaster. You will not force them to stay wherever they want to go."

Jiang Xinghuo did not intend to keep these thirteen monsters by his side, but planned to send them to various places in the secular world, and then find ways to publicize his existence, expand his legend, and spread his influence in a way similar to missionary work.

In this way, the time it takes to establish your own landmarks will be faster.

Of course, what he needs to care about right now is the Lord in mourning.

I have caused so many troubles in Yang Town. Even if the Lord in mourning has a good temper, I will probably have to bear the consequences.

"You were about to take off the mask on your face, but then you seemed to remember something and released the ghost fortune teller from the astral cave. You asked him if he knew what happened that year and why the master in mourning wanted to extradite those teachers and students from the medical school to this place?"

"The ghost fortune teller thought about it and said that he had heard some rumors before, but they had not been confirmed yet. He was imprisoned in this prison, so he could not guarantee the truth of the rumor."

"Tell the ghost fortune teller to speak boldly, telling him everything he knows, whether it is true or false. You will then make your own judgment."

"Then, the ghost fortune teller told the information he knew. When he was wandering in the town of Yan in the past, he heard some rumors. The ghost fortune teller heard that the reason why the Lord in mourning extradited those people to Yan Town was actually for a promise."

"Back then, in order to prevent his disciples from suffering in the underworld after death, the Lord of Mourning went to the underworld alone. As a result, he failed to reach an agreement with the kings of the underworld, and a great battle ensued."

"The Lord in mourning fought alone in the underworld, crossing more than a dozen hells, large and small, and provoked more than a dozen underworld kings to join forces to strangle him. However, because the underworld kings were too powerful, the Lord in mourning had to exert all his strength, causing the underworld to collapse. More than a dozen hells were shaken, resulting in a gap. Hundreds of thousands of lonely and resentful ghosts fled directly to the world of the living, resulting in the emergence of many creatures that should not have been reincarnated."

"The Lord in mourning also knew that he was in the wrong, so he promised the many kings of the underworld that he would take full responsibility for the matter and recapture those lonely and resentful ghosts who had escaped."

"Later, the Lord of Mourning sought out the Master of Samsara who was well versed in the laws of reincarnation. He used his own spirit as fuel to anchor the escaped souls through the Master of Samsara's authority. He also found the Immortal Master of Fortune and Treasure to forcibly change their fates and gathered them together, trying to use this method to send all of them back to the underworld."

"And the teachers and students of the Lingnan City Medical School in the secular world are the 100,000 lonely souls who escaped from the underworld that year."

"But this news is just a rumor that the ghost fortune teller accidentally heard. Whether it is true or not, I am afraid that no one else knows the truth except the master in mourning."

After reading this text, Jiang Xinghuo finally understood what was going on. Although the game text said that this was just a rumor, Jiang Xinghuo felt that the news was almost true.

This also explains why the Lord in mourning went to great lengths to extradite those teachers and students to the town of disaster.

Because those teachers and students should not have appeared in the world in the first place, their fate was changed because of the Lord in Mourning, so they escaped from the underworld to the human world, so this mistake should also be corrected by the Lord in Mourning himself.

The identity of the old executioner in the Grandma Temple was very suspicious, and he was more willing to believe the words of the ghost-headed guest.

If we follow what the old executioner said, the reason why the master in mourning brought those teachers and students here was to devour the souls of the living to heal their injuries, which was completely different from what the ghost fortune teller heard.

However, the ghost fortune teller had only heard rumors, and he had to find out the truth of the matter himself.

"You took off the mask from your face."

"The moment you took off the mask on your face, the aura of the living quickly spread out, blending with the yin energy that permeated the surroundings, and the Disaster Prison also began to change."

"That overcrowded prison has appeared before you again. It is filled with prisoners howling and screaming. Judging from their clothes, they are probably the teachers and students of the medical school."

"But just when you wanted to find someone to ask, you suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind you. Those people in mourning clothes who were waiting outside all rushed in, holding mourning sticks in their hands and hitting you."

"How are you going to deal with these people in mourning?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose to use the immobilization technique.

He did not kill these people in mourning directly. It didn't matter whether they lived or died. The key was to avoid causing any other emergencies.

"You used the immobilization technique to freeze these mourners in place, so that they could no longer cause you any trouble. Then you placed your fingertips on the center of a prisoner's brow and used the Mountain Man's Enlightenment Technique."

"The mountain man's enlightenment can not only convert others to serve him, but more importantly, it can also awaken the past life memories of other living beings."

"You used the mountain man's enlightenment to awaken the prisoner's past life memories, and at the same time used the soul-searching technique. In an instant, countless fragments of images flashed through your mind, and you glimpsed some images of the underworld, which were exactly the same as what the ghost fortune teller just said. This person is the soul that escaped from the underworld."

"Moreover, you also saw in its memory fragments the scene of the Lord in mourning fighting with the King of the Underworld, which further confirms what the ghost fortune teller said before."

It seems that the rumors about the ghost fortune teller are not false. These seemingly ordinary teachers and students are all the souls who escaped from the underworld that year.

There are similar legends on Earth.

It is said that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Huang Chao started an uprising, as many as eight million people died directly or indirectly at his hands. The reason why so many people died was that Huang Chao was the Venerable Mulian in his previous life. He went to hell to save his mother, causing turmoil in hell and eight million souls escaped.

Therefore, Taiyi Tianzun ordered the Venerable Mulian to reincarnate into the mortal world and bring back all the eight million escaped souls.

That’s why there is the legend that Huang Chao killed eight million people.

This legend coincides with the Lord's mourning clothes.

But the story on Earth may just be a legend. Although Huang Chao killed many people and developed marching rations, the number of people he killed was definitely not as many as eight million.

But the story of the Lord in mourning helping 100,000 souls break through the hell is really true and cannot be faked. The evidence is right here.

But in order to find more evidence, Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to continue exploring here, and the game texts that popped up did not differ much.

Under the influence of the mountain man's enlightenment and soul-searching technique, the information in these people's minds could not be hidden from him at all, and it was all displayed before him.

At this point, Jiang Xinghuo could be sure that what the ghost fortune teller said was completely true.

These seemingly innocent teachers and students were the souls who escaped from hell that year. It was only natural for the Lord to wear mourning clothes and bring them back.

After all, this was something he had done all by himself.

The new game text also popped up at this time.

"What are your options next?"

"Looking at these imprisoned creatures in front of you, what are you going to do now? Do you choose to release them from the cell? Or do you choose to ignore them?"

"At this time, you heard a shout, it seems that someone is calling you, do you want to go over and take a look?"

"You walked in the direction of the sound, and saw a white-haired Ripper sitting in a cell. When he saw you coming, he immediately asked you for help."

"Old Ripper hopes that you can release them from this prison for the sake of being fellow mortals, and not let those monsters in mourning torture them."

"Are you going to release the old Ripper?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and chose no.

He has no reason to release these people now. He must have his own purpose in doing things.

He is now in the town of disaster. The master, who is in mourning, has not offended him. Instead, he is the one who offends the other party everywhere. Not only did he break in openly, he also staged a prison break. Not only did he banish the dragon lantern ghost guarding the prison of disaster to the underworld, he also rescued the monsters and demons imprisoned in the prison.

Strictly speaking, I am dancing on the face of a lord in mourning, and it is not unfair for him to kill me.

Besides, the people imprisoned here are people who should not appear in the secular world. There is no need to offend a big shot like the Lord of Mourning just for fun.

What if I need help from others in the future?

"You rejected the Ripper's request, and the Ripper's face suddenly changed. He cursed at you with a ferocious look, and swore that he would cut open your chest with his own hands, take out your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, and make specimens of them and soak them in formalin."

When Jiang Xinghuo saw it, he thought that the true face was exposed. Not only did he not want to let you out, but even if there was someone who was willing to let you out, he would have to stop them at least.

Whoever dares to release them will be struck by lightning! !

(End of this chapter)