My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 98 Return to Dragon City
The room gradually fell into darkness.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't turn on the light.

He seemed to be accustomed to this darkness. To him, it made no difference whether the light was on or not.

When he read those classical novels in the past, he often saw people who were born with a pair of night vision. Even in places where it was pitch dark, it was as bright as day to them.

Just like Master Zhang Wu in The Eight Righteous Heroes.

Jiang Xinghuo is now almost the same as Zhang Wuye. There is no difference between seeing at night and during the day.

Moreover, this ability is controllable. To put it simply, it is like turning on a light. When it is not needed, everything you see is pitch black, just like a normal person. But with a thought, the night vision turns on, and it is just like turning on a light.

Jiang Xinghuo was flipping through the book on raising ghosts in the five internal organs, which detailed various methods of raising ghosts.

However, after looking at it for a long time, Jiang Xinghuo decided to give up this technique. Although it was a rare technique, he could still tell which was more important compared to his own life.

He didn't want to be like that pharmacist, who was killed for no apparent reason by the little devil in his body.

Jiang Xinghuo put the sutra into his magic bag and placed it at the bottom of all the things, then began to prepare for the action tomorrow night.

Time flies by.

In a blink of an eye, four hours passed.

Jiang Xinghuo heard the notification tone from his cell phone.

"You woke up next to the shrine in the Great Temple."

"It's getting dark in Kanto Castle. Are you going to continue exploring, or find a place to rest first?"

The sky in the game also turned dark.

Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a while and decided to continue exploring. Perhaps the results of exploring at night and during the day would be different.

"You were walking on the streets of Guandong City, just looking for a place to hang out, when you suddenly noticed a hazy fog rising from the street, and then a piercing suona sounded from behind the fog."

"You saw a dozen figures carrying a sedan chair coming out from behind the fog, so you hurriedly hid in a quiet and deserted place."

"When the sedan chair got closer, you discovered that it was actually carried by paper figures!"

Paper figures carrying a sedan chair?

When Jiang Xinghuo saw the text description, he was slightly startled, but he quickly came to his senses and thought that he might have encountered some hidden plot again.

"You were shocked when you saw the paper figures carrying the sedan chair. Do you want to follow them and see for yourself?"

There was definitely no reason to refuse, so Jiang Xinghuo immediately clicked on the screen and controlled the character to follow.

"You followed the wedding procession, passing through the thick fog. You could only vaguely see the figures in front of you, and you couldn't see the buildings on both sides at all."

"After walking for about half an hour, you followed the wedding procession into a courtyard."

"A pale paper figure came up with a copper tray in his hand, his face as red as blood."

What do you mean?
Jiang Xinghuo was a little confused. Was he asking for something from him again? But then he understood.

There should be a wedding being held in this yard. Since I have followed here, I am also a guest. Guests who come to attend a wedding naturally have to pay a contribution.

"You gave the paper figurine 100 incense sticks."

"A stiff smile appeared on the face of the paper man, but it did not make way for you to enter."

Too little?

Jiang Xinghuo took out another hundred incense sticks.

This time there was a response.

"When the paper figurine saw the incense you gave, it stepped aside to make way for you and shouted loudly, 'You are a distinguished guest.'"

"You walked into the courtyard and found that the guests who came to the wedding banquet were all paper dolls, sitting blankly beside the table."

Seeing the text description, Jiang Xinghuo's heart moved. He opened the option in the inventory and found the item [Paper Man Transformation].

"You have turned into a paper figure." "The world in your eyes suddenly changed. You saw the banquet was full of people drinking and all the paper figures were drinking happily."

"You sneaked into the backyard quietly while no one was paying attention, and saw three dilapidated houses."

"Do you want to go in and investigate?"

"You walked into the shabby house on the left. The house was full of dust. You searched everywhere but found nothing."

"You walked into the shabby house on the right again, but still found nothing. There were only some broken pieces."

"Finally, you walked into the middle room."

"You saw a white-haired old man with both legs broken and chained to a cold earthen bed."

"Go up and ask the old man about his identity."

"The old man said that she was the mother of the owner of this house."

"Because it accidentally discovered that its son, the owner of the house, Xiao Yilao, was possessed by an unclean evil spirit."

"So the evil spirit broke its limbs and locked it in this room, leaving it to fend for itself."

"The old man said that he had come from Beiping City and brought with him a lot of rare treasures, which were all hidden in a very secret place."

"If you can save its son, it will give you all those things. Are you willing to accept the old man's commission?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think much about it and chose to accept the commission. Since he was already here, there was no reason to retreat.

"You accepted the commission from the old man."

"The old man said that the evil spirit used evil magic to occupy the body of the young old man, and the young old man's soul was thrown into the underworld. As long as you enter the City of the Dead in the underworld, you can find the whereabouts of the young old man."

"The old man gave you another teleportation talisman. You can use the teleportation talisman to come here at any time. It is waiting for your good news here."

Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but frown when he looked at the description of the task. He didn't expect that he had to go to the underworld to complete a task. Doesn't that mean he would have to commit suicide first?

Suddenly, Jiang Xinghuo seemed to have thought of something, and quickly flipped through the text records and found the description of the Baishui River.

.........

"This is a strange river. Legend has it that if you take a boat down this river on a moonless night, you can enter the underworld from the living world."

.........

Jiang Xinghuo found a way to enter the underworld, so he immediately prepared to leave the house, but he was stopped by someone.

Jiang Xinghuo had no intention of getting entangled with them. After untying the paper men's bodies, he took out the Qiankun Stick and swung it. Sparks flew and set all the paper men's bodies on fire.

He took advantage of the chaos to leave and came to the big temple.

"You activated the shrine's teleportation function."

"Please select your destination."

"You chose to be teleported to the shrine in Dragon City."

"Please wait……"

"Transmission successful."

"You woke up next to the shrine in Dragon City."

Jiang Xinghuo controlled the character to come to Baishui River, but the pop-up text surprised him.

“You came to the White Water River.”

"You can see the riverbanks are lit up and there are a lot of anglers fishing in the river."

"It turns out that a new river god was born in the Baishui River. The new river god set up a new corpse recovery team and saved the many resentful souls at the bottom of the Baishui River."

"The Baishui River has now returned to its former tranquility. There will no longer be any water ghosts seeking lives."

(End of this chapter)