Mythology

Chapter 42 Damn you, King Zhou!

Yang He leaned against the ruins, with no intention of leaving Yuwei.

At present, the safest place in the entire Peibai City is Yuwei, and Old Man Yang will not return to the earth house in the next few days.

[Ghost in the Stone: 5/5 (0%)]

"That's five chances to enter the world of allusions."

"The ghost in the stone..."

Yang He thought carefully about The Investiture of the Gods, and the only thing related to stone was Shiji.

Well, my impression of him is that he is a villain in cartoons. Shiji seems to be made of stone, but I always feel that he is not that simple.

The five chances of the Stone Ghost clearly indicate that he is more dangerous than the Ghost Lotus, and Shiji's status is not enough to reach such a level.

[Vulgar objects: stone raw stone]

[Related story: "The Stone Ghost", whether to consume 1 point of clairvoyance to enter the story world]

"determine."

【Please select the role you play in the story】

Three faces and the vague figure of a Taoist boy appeared in front of Yang He's eyes.

[Temple Priest (White): Wuguang Temple is well-known far and wide. It is located in the suburbs of Chaoge. Every day, a large number of dignitaries come to burn incense. You are a new temple priest, responsible for consecrating everything. ]

[Stone Miner (White): Chaoge needs to build a batch of statues to be sent to Wuguang Temple for consecration. As a long-term worker collecting stones, you are led to an abandoned mine. ]

[Hunter (White): You are alone in the suburbs looking for lone prey, but you find that the forest is completely silent and the wild animals are nowhere to be found.]

"Is the background Chaoge? The stage is big, maybe I can meet Li Jing."

Yang He had a complicated look on his face. Chaoge City was the capital of the Shang Dynasty and also the center of the chaos in The Investiture of the Gods. He didn't know what it would involve.

He noted the information about the regular characters, which also hinted at the unusual nature of the Stone Man.

[Corpse Dao Tong: You are a true disciple of Qianyuan Mountain. When you came down the mountain to practice, you passed by Chaoge and noticed that the city seemed to be preparing to hold a festival.]

[Permanent characters need to consume an additional 25 points of spiritual vision]

[If you do not choose an identity, you will go to the world of allusions in your true form]

Yang He frowned and kept repeating the key words, "Festivals in Chaoge, the consecration of the statues, the popular Wuguang Temple..."

"Although he is a temple priest, it is obviously a Buddhist way of blessing. It is weird."

"I don't understand. Logically, there shouldn't be any Buddhist temples in Investiture of the Gods."

Yang He glanced at the temple keeper. With this identity, his activities were limited to the Wuguang Temple, so it was not suitable for him to start exploring the truth about the ghost in the stone.

"Play the role of [Stone Quarryman]."

[Do you want to consume 2 points of spiritual vision and teach the identity of "Stone Quarryman" the art of looking at the air]

"determine."

Yang He did not bring his powerful ghost with him, and did not think that his first trip to the Stone Ghost would be successful.

[Stone Miner (Green): Chaoge needs to build a batch of statues to be sent to the Wuguang Temple for consecration. As a long-term worker collecting stones, you can clearly feel that something is wrong with the abandoned mine you are heading to through your family's qi-gazing technique.]

Yang He was in a trance and when he woke up he was no longer in the main world.

.........

In the dim mine, only an oil lamp emits light, and the surrounding rock walls have a rough and strange color and texture.

pat.

Water drops are falling from the stalactites.

Yang He focused his pupils and felt the pupil ghost in his body cheering. After all, the concentration of yin energy in the two worlds was vastly different.

The pupil ghost greedily absorbed the negative energy from the outside world, and blood vessels extended from the whites of its eyes.

"Yang He, is this your first time going down into a mine?"

A man in his forties or fifties led the way in front of Yang Heshen, holding an oil lamp in one hand and a bronze chisel in the other.

"Well, are there any rules?"

The quarryman played by Yang He is only about twenty years old, and judging by the thick calluses on his palms, it is obvious that he comes from a poor family.

"Rules? Rules are dead, but people are alive."

The man took a deep breath and added, "Remember not to make a fuss. We are going down into the mine in the middle of the night, which is likely to disturb the gods."

"Why in the middle of the night?"

Yang He could already sense something was wrong, and his spiritual vision began to improve after a long time.

"You can at least write a few words, but you still don't know as much as I, Wang San. The Yang energy is strong during the day, aren't you afraid that the old woman in the stone will come back to life?"

Yang He opened his mouth slightly, realizing that this trip was more than just digging stones.

"Recently, at least 20 to 30 groups of stone miners have gone to the mountains. We are not greedy. We can make enough money by digging out a piece of... stone."

Wang San raised the oil lamp above his head and groped forward bit by bit. "Liu Tou should have been looking for a suitable stone. I wonder if he has found one."

“We’re almost there.”

There was no wind in the mine, but the flame of the oil lamp kept flickering. At the same time, Yang He smelled a gust of...

Rouge scent?

"Brother Wang, do you know what festival Chaoge is going to hold soon?"

"Festival? It will be a few months before the people pray for blessings. I heard that the king will burn incense himself, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Yang He looked thoughtful and was about to ask more questions when he saw an old man approaching quickly.

“Wang Er, did you bring any white cloth? If we don’t cover those old ladies, more than a dozen of us will die here!!”

"I'm taking it with me."

Wang Er took out a dozen pieces of folded white cloth from his arms.

"Walk!!"

Liu Tou took the two of them and hurriedly went deep into the mine.

[Spiritual Vision: 108.9 points]

As Yang He walked for a while, the speed at which his spiritual vision grew became increasingly rapid.

The three men came to a cave entrance leading downwards and noticed that four stonecutters had dull faces and their legs were shaking.

"The white cloth is here, you guys..."

Liu Tou's expression changed drastically. "The old woman in the rock wall came out?"

"One person came out."

"Didn't I tell you to stay focused? Just keep your eyes on those old women and they won't come out of the rock wall!!"

Yang He felt more and more frightened, and looked into the cave with the help of the pupil ghost.

A horrifying scene came into view.

I saw that the rock walls on both sides of the cave were covered in blood, and the rock wall structure appeared in human shape, as if there were living people imprisoned in the mountain, which was creepy.

From different angles, the humanoid structure appears to be slowly twisting its body.

There is an illusion of being able to break free at any time.

Liu Tou was sweating profusely, "Why are you all standing there? Cover the old woman. Fortunately, it's the middle of the night, and the old woman who comes out won't be able to have any spirits."

Everyone hurriedly did as they were told and fixed the white cloth to the rock wall with rivets.

In this way, like the corpse covered with white cloth in the charity cemetery, one can even see the chest of the human-shaped structure rising and falling slightly.

"Once the old woman leaves the rock wall, she will not return for three days. We can only exit the mine and rest for a while, otherwise..."

Yang He's eyelids were twitching wildly, and Pupil Ghost had already spotted a figure in the darkness.

The figure was graceful and motionless, with no facial features on her face, but a line of blood and tears oozing from her eyes.

"What the hell is this?"

In a flash, the figure in the darkness disappeared.

Yang He was no longer able to care about anything else and asked, "Is the old woman in the stone prepared for a festival? What festival is it?"

Liu Tou glanced at Yang He.

“I’ve already seen the Stone Lady, but I don’t even know the birthday of Goddess Nuwa.

Wang San licked his lips and said, "March 15th is the birthday of Nuwa. This year is the 100th anniversary, so we need to use 108 statues carved by stone women to offer sacrifices to the heaven."

Yang He had already guessed which chapter of The Investiture of the Gods the Stone Ghost came from.

"Hurry up, we..."

"It's too late." Yang He interrupted.

Tonggui looked around and saw that the stone woman had come behind Wang San without him noticing.

Before Wang Sandu could react, his neck had already twisted 180 degrees.

The corpse fell on its back, and blood stained the rock wall. It seemed that a new stone woman was being born. The others fled the mine in fear.

"You're going to die anyway!"

Yang He grabbed the manuscript and pounded the stone woman covered with white cloth like crazy, then he felt a cold arm grabbing his neck.

He plucked out the stone woman's eyes, and half a breath later her head fell heavily to the ground.

"Fuck you, King Zhou!!!"

[Your character "Stone Quarryman" has died, and the role-playing story ends]

(End of this chapter)