My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 875 Clay Bodhisattva

"Are you going to the depths of the Three Ghost Temple from here?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation. His purpose was to explore the depths of the Three Lives Ghost Temple, and he couldn't waste any more time.

"You pushed open the heavy stone door and walked out of the temple along the long and narrow passage. But when you looked forward again, what you saw surprised you."

"Because what appears before you right now is a Taoist temple, and judging from the appearance of the building, it is almost exactly the same as the Four Saints Tongtian Temple you once obtained."

Jiang Xinghuo: “???”

what's the situation?
How could there be a Taoist temple inside a Buddhist building?
Buddhism and Taoism have been incompatible since ancient times.

This is true even in the secular world.

The Buddhists and Taoists fought against each other, and although they did not completely break up, they were definitely not good enough to leave their own sect's buildings in the other party's mountain gate.

"What are your options next?"

"Do you want to go into this Taoist temple and find out what's going on?"

The game gives two options, go in and leave.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xinghuo chose to enter the Taoist temple. He wanted to see what kind of secrets were hidden in this Taoist temple located in the Zen forest.

"You chose to enter the Taoist temple to explore."

"You walked along the stone pavement towards the Taoist temple in front of you, and soon you were about five meters away from the temple. But just as you were about to move forward, you suddenly found a ripple in front of you, and the Taoist temple began to distort, and finally turned into a temple!"

Ok?
Jiang Xinghuo frowned as he looked at the text. He was now more and more confused. First, a Taoist temple appeared in the Buddhist land, but when he went there, the Taoist temple turned into a Buddhist temple.

There was something weird about the whole process from beginning to end.

"What are your options next? Do you want to continue moving forward?"

When Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about what to choose, the interactive options provided by the game suddenly disappeared, replaced by new text content.

"When you were standing outside the temple hesitating, you suddenly felt someone push you from behind. Then the temple door suddenly opened, and a sutra curtain flew out from behind the temple door, directly wrapping your body into a cocoon and dragging you into the temple door."

"You didn't even have time to resist. You had already lost the ability to struggle. When you came to your senses and wanted to take action, the magic power in your body was out of control. You were like a puppet. You couldn't even move your fingertips. You could only let the beings in the temple manipulate you at will."

"Soon, you lost consciousness, and your mind fell into endless darkness."

This is where the game text ends.

Jiang Xinghuo frowned, thinking, is this the end? Give me a signal whether I am dead or alive!
What is the current state of the game character?
Is he already dead?
Or is it trapped in some kind of seal?
Jiang Xinghuo opened the backpack panel and found a scapegoat, hoping to escape in this way.

However, everything in the backpack panel is grayish white, which means that all props and materials cannot be used.

Jiang Xinghuo opened the skill panel again out of disbelief, but the result was still the same, even the golden law turned gray, and all spells could not be used.

Jiang Xinghuo's heart sank slightly, thinking that he was sealed by someone and even the Golden Law was not effective. The opponent's strength can be imagined. Among all the monsters he had seen, he was definitely one of the best.

What now?
Can't fight, can't escape.

There was no follow-up text pop-up either.

The game has entered a stage similar to hanging up.

Jiang Xinghuo let out a long sigh, thinking that it was a good thing that he had been prepared and placed the nuclear clone outside in advance. Now it was inside the Fuchun Teahouse. The main body of the game character was sealed and could not continue the game. He could only switch the perspective to the nuclear clone first, hoping that it would not affect the clone. Otherwise, he would have to stop the game temporarily.

Jiang Xinghuo found the option to switch identity perspective and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this option did not turn gray, otherwise he would be in real trouble today.

"Do you want to switch your perspective to the other clones immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation.

"Please select your switch perspective:"

Jiang Xinghuo found the nuclear clone from the listed options, and then clicked to confirm his choice.

"You have successfully switched your perspective to the nuclear clone."

When Jiang Xinghuo looked at the next pop-up game text, it was already from the perspective of the nuclear clone.

"You opened your eyes in the private room of Fuchun Teahouse. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you leave Fuchun Teahouse and explore other places? Or will you light a sky lantern in the teahouse and wait for the consignee to arrive?"

Jiang Xinghuo did not forget why he hid in Fuchun Teahouse. On the one hand, it was because it was relatively secluded, but more importantly, it was because there was a mission waiting to be completed here.

When he was heading to Lingnan, he encountered the Swordsman League who were robbing and killing people from the escort agency. They wanted to steal the goods from the escort agency. He pretended to be a clerk in the escort agency, pretended to have inherited the legacy of the Great Escort King, and realized the Dragon and Snake Double Kill Sword Technique, and only then was he able to rescue the people from the escort agency.

As a result, he obtained the commission from the old escort leader, asking him to bring the escorted goods to the Fuchun Teahouse in Lingnan City and find the escort leader to deliver the goods.

"You chose to stay in the teahouse and light the sky lantern, waiting for the arrival of the escort leader."

"You called the waiter at the teahouse, gave him 100 incense sticks, and asked him to light a sky lantern at the door. The waiter accepted your incense sticks and kindly reminded you that lighting a sky lantern at the teahouse means you have something good and are waiting for someone to trade. If the person you are waiting for doesn't come, lighting the sky lantern in advance will easily attract the covetousness of others."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you follow the advice of your friends and not light the sky lantern for now? Or will you choose to light the sky lantern anyway?"

Two options, click or not.

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter without any hesitation. He had already arrived and didn't know who would receive the goods. If he didn't light the sky lantern, the other party might not show up, and the situation would be deadlocked. So he had to light the sky lantern. As for whether it would attract the covetousness of others, this was not within Jiang Xinghuo's consideration. Even if someone with bad intentions came to make trouble, he was not afraid at all, which just added some bonus.

"You still insisted on your idea and asked the waiter to light the sky lanterns outside. Seeing that you were determined to do so, the waiter stopped trying to persuade you and followed your instructions to hang two sky lanterns outside the door."

"When the skylight was hung out, the entire teahouse suddenly fell silent, and then there was a lot of discussion. You heard a lot of noisy footsteps coming, and finally stopped in front of your private room door."

"You saw a licensed merchant walk in. He politely said that he wanted to see the goods in your hands. If they were suitable, he was willing to spend a lot of money to buy them. Even if the deal failed, he was willing to give some small items as compensation for this offensive and abrupt interruption."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Do you want to trade the goods in your hands with the other party?"

Jiang Xinghuo directly chose no.

He is now waiting for the consignee. Since he has decided to do this, he cannot use the things on him as bargaining chips, otherwise he would have taken the things away and got away with it.

"You rejected the merchant's idea of ​​doing business, but the merchant didn't seem angry. He was still smiling. Before he left, he left a small item on the table, saying it was compensation for disturbing you."

"You have obtained the mountain ghost money."

"Mountain Ghost Money (Ordinary Item), a protective magic tool commonly used by Taoist disciples. It is inlaid with a thunder and fire spell. When activated by magic power, it can emit a thunder and fire to attack the enemy, but the power is relatively weak, only one-third of the power of ordinary palm thunder."

"Do you want to equip it?"

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows, thinking that there really are such evil spirits who would rather refuse to do business than to be righteous, so he directly equipped himself with the mountain ghost money.

"You are equipped with mountain ghost money."

"After the merchant left, another person came in, also wanting to trade with you. Unfortunately, not everyone is as civilized as the merchant. The gold digger in front of you saw that you rejected the deal he proposed, so he wanted to force you with force. A pair of large hands that shone with the light of copper and iron went straight to grab your shoulders and throat, and used the deadly wrestling throw. It seemed that he wanted to kill you and steal the treasure."

"How do you choose to respond to the Gold Diggers' attacks?"

Jiang Xinghuo originally wanted to use thunder magic to kill it, but then he changed his mind and realized that he was now disguised as a disciple of the escort company, so it would be better to use the martial arts of the escort company.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo found the Dragon Snake Double Kill Sword Technique and clicked to use it.

"You used the Dragon Snake Double Kill Sword Technique. A sharp sword light flashed across like a spirit snake, and blood flashed. In an instant, the gold digger's hands were cut off. Then the sword light flashed, and the sword tip pierced the gold digger's throat."

"You've killed it, Gold Digger."

"You have obtained, Incense +300."

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo hung the gold digger's body on the niche, and it was soon bought by a corpse driver.

"You killed the gold digger. Although no one saw this with their own eyes, the fact that the gold digger never left after entering is enough to explain everything."

"After this incident, there are fewer people coveting your things. It's not that they have a change of heart and don't want your things, but because they know that your idea is too hard and they won't get any benefit even if they take action. In addition, this is located in Fuchun Teahouse, so they are not allowed to take action against you in a big way."

"But just when you thought everything was fine, another person walked in. You noticed that there was a knife inserted diagonally on the other person's waist, and the handle was tightly wrapped with red silk. This is the signature weapon of the Swordsman Alliance. These people are all swordsmen from Yuguanzhong."

"After these Guanzhong swordsmen entered the room, they didn't say anything. They just put a few boxes on the table and opened them towards you. You found that the boxes contained the heads of the surviving escort agency guys!"

"It also included the head of the old escort, but his eyes and tongue had been dug out. He had obviously been severely tortured before he died. The purpose of this is self-evident."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo’s eyes narrowed suddenly.

Those people from the escort agency who survived did not escape this disaster. They thought that after they took the things away, they could just find a safe place to hide, but in the end they still died at the hands of the Swordsman Alliance.

"The swordsman leader asked you to hand over the things, and they turned around and left without making things difficult for you. They will pretend that these things never happened. They will not bother you about the swordsmen you killed, but if you don't hand over the things, these heads will be your fate."

"What are you going to choose now?"

"Will you give in and hand over what's in your hand? Or will you pick up your sword and kill those people in front of you to avenge those innocent people who died in vain?"

The game gave two answers, and Jiang Xinghuo chose the second one without hesitation without even thinking about it. Things had developed to this point, and reconciliation was absolutely impossible.

"Without saying a word, you raised the male and female mandarin duck swords in your hands and performed the Dragon Snake Double Kill Sword Technique in the private room. Your figure was like a flying dragon, and the sword light was like a cunning and treacherous spirit snake. Those swordmen had no time to react and were all killed by you in an instant. Only the swordman leader was left, whose tendons were broken by you and he collapsed on the ground with a look of horror."

"How do you plan to deal with this swordsman leader?"

"Will you choose to let it live and let it live like a useless person? Or will you choose to stab it to death with a sword and completely cut off its hope of survival? Or, will you choose to ask something from its mouth?"

Looking at the three answers given by the game, Jiang Xinghuo chose the last one. Whether to keep it or kill it, at least he had to develop its value before it died.

"You chose to ask it questions."

A dialog box popped up on the phone screen.

This means that Jiang Xinghuo can input the questions he wants to ask himself.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment, tapped the screen with his fingers, and typed a few words.

"You asked the swordsman leader what they wanted to steal and why they traveled thousands of miles from Guanzhong to Lingnan?"

"The swordsman leader told the truth under your coercion. In fact, he was just following orders. He had no idea what the thing was. He only knew that it was from a temple in Guanzhong and was sent to Lingnan to be handed over to a Taoist priest. His mission was to snatch it and bring it back to the leader. He didn't know anything else."

"The swordsman leader is begging you to spare its life. It is now a cripple and no longer a threat. I beg you to release it like a stray dog. It promises not to appear in front of you again."

"What are your options next?"

"You choose..."

(End of this chapter)