Mythology

Chapter 5 Green Item Identity [Jianghu Taoist]

Yang He felt very uncomfortable and quickly covered the well mouth with wooden boards.

Although the wooden board was of no use, at least we didn't have to look directly into the depths of the well.

"The hungry ghost is not in a good condition. It seems to have suffered a serious injury."

“Who is attacking the hungry ghosts?”

Yang He suddenly realized a problem. If the warrior knew that there was a hungry ghost in his body, could the two continue to maintain a symbiotic relationship?
He couldn't help but shiver. Even though the sunset glow filled the courtyard, it couldn't dispel the haze.

"That hungry ghost won't let me go. I don't even have time to practice martial arts. The only way to break the impasse is... the world of allusions."

Either a genital device similar to a red rope, or a magic spell that can kill ghosts.

Yang He took out the lotus seeds.

The lotus seeds were slightly drier than last time, and the information revealed by the spiritual vision was also different.

[Ghost Flower: 2/3 (6%)]

There is progress behind Ghost Lotus, which shows that going to the world of allusions is not unlimited. The number of times needs time to be replenished, and now there are only two chances left.

Yang He called out the panel without hesitation, and became even calmer when facing danger.

[Vulgar things: Lotus-born lotus]

[Related allusion: "Ghost Lotus", whether to consume 1 point of spiritual vision to enter the allusion world]

He looked at the red rope again, and his spiritual vision revealed the information again.

[Whether to consume 0.3 points of spiritual vision and carry the red rope stained with resentment]

"no."

The red rope cannot be used against ghosts, and wasting it in the world of allusions is not worth it.

"Let's go."

Yang He's mind moved, and three faces appeared before his eyes.

His heart was pounding. Compared to the lifeless faces before, two of them were now completely bloodless and had strange dead-eye makeup on.

[The identities of "Coffin Bearer" and "Lotus Picker" are dead and cannot be selected]

[Coffin Bearer: You were responsible for transporting the dark wooden coffin of the General's Mansion, but you ended up being hanged under a locust tree not long after arriving at Cailian Town.]

[The Lotus Root Picker: You sneaked into the Qing Lake to pick lotus roots at night, and were found drowned on the shore the next day. Lotus flowers grew on your hollowed-out chest and abdomen.]

"It seems that every time you enter the allusion, you don't start from the beginning. The story line is constantly advancing, and the optional identities will die along with the plot."

Yang He was secretly shocked. If this continued, the difficulty of the world of allusions would definitely become higher and higher.

The dead faces disappeared into thin air, and new identities immediately filled the three faces.

【Please select the role you play in the story】

[Carpenter (white): The coffin of the general's mansion is temporarily placed in the government office. For some reason, the nailed cover has cracked. You are invited by the government office to try to repair the cover.]

[Constable (white): As a constable in Cailian Town, you have discovered that strange things have been happening in the town since the arrival of the coffin from the General's Mansion. In just two days, twelve people were hanged for unknown reasons, and seven people drowned in Qing Lake.]

Yang He's expression was solemn. The evil thing in the coffin had obviously gotten out of control. The danger of playing the role of a carpenter and a constable was definitely beyond his imagination.

His gaze turned to the third identity and his expression became somewhat surprised.

[Jianghu Taoist (Green): As the only Taoist in Cailian Town, you are proficient in magic and master a family-inherited incomplete qi-reading technique. When you heard that the government office was hit by evil spirits, you decided to take a chance on your future.]

[Green quality and above require additional spiritual vision consumption]

[If you do not choose an identity, you will go to the historical site in your true self to act. ]

"Green quality identities have more unconventional means than white quality identities."

Yang He naturally knew how to make a choice. Even if the Qi-gazing technique didn't work obviously, maybe the Taoist priest had some yin instrument that could exorcise evil spirits.

"Choose [Jianghu Taoist]."

[Do you want to consume 4 points of spiritual vision to enter the story "Ghost Lotus"?]

"determine."

.........

As soon as Yang He regained consciousness, he felt an indescribable suffocation, followed by a sharp pain in his neck and blood flowing from his mouth and nose.

"Well."

He opened his eyes and found himself in a remote alley.

Yang He's neck was strangled by a red silk cloth. No matter how he struggled, he could not loosen it even a little bit, and it even affected his consciousness.

He tried to tear the red satin, but found that the texture of the red satin was like human skin.

There are even tiny hairs on the surface. "What kind of a start? Are the 4 points of clairvoyance going to waste?"

Yang He looked around the dim alley and found no passers-by. At the same time, he saw an extremely strong yin energy. It was obvious that the red silk came from a ghost!
"Uh uh uh."

He recalled the information about his identity as a constable. In the two days since the General's Mansion moved into Cailian Town, twelve people had been hanged to death inexplicably.

It must be that coffin. The ghost inside is more ferocious than I imagined! !

There was a sound of bones colliding in Yang He's neck, and the red satin was embedded in his flesh.

"No, at least we have to understand the art of looking at qi, otherwise..."

He could sense that there were unfamiliar memories in his mind, which were the key to the art of qigong. He closed his eyes and checked, and obscure and difficult to understand sentences came to his mind.

"kindness?"

The moment Yang He was silently reciting, he suddenly found a foreign object in his arms. No, there was a foreign object between his skin and flesh!

There is a ghost inside the Taoist priest! It is the ghost corresponding to the Qi-reading technique! !
Yang He clenched his teeth, squeezing the last of oxygen from his lungs, and his bloody eyes saw a strange eye moving on the surface of his skin.

The strange eyes were all white, and the pupils were only the size of rice grains.

“I’m going to die…”

Yang He gradually became weaker and weaker, and the strange eye had already climbed to his chest.

When the strange eye drilled into the neck.

Zhi~~

There was a sudden sound like a rolling knife cutting butter, and the strange eyes were against the red satin.

Yang He's pain intensified and he almost fainted.

His consciousness was already showing signs of returning to the main world, but then he heard a snap and the red silk broke in two.

The red silk turned into blood, dripping down the wall, mixed with piles of white bones.

After a while, the blood completely evaporated into smoke.

Yang He touched his neck with lingering fear. The purple marks from being strangled were clearly visible, and he still felt short of breath.

"Alas, the cultivation methods of the two worlds have the same origin, and both of them require the acceptance of ghosts."

He activated the Qi-gazing technique, and then a strange eye on the back of his hand opened a slit. In an instant, the black and gray smoke in his field of vision dissipated little by little.

The smoke is, as expected, resentment.

【Pupil Ghost Path (Qi Refiner)】

[Once mastered, the pupil ghost will become a spiritual root that communicates with the Yin energy of the outside world. Every time the pupil ghost is used, the vision will be impaired. If the eyes are completely blind, the pupil ghost will replace the eyes.]

Yang He noticed that the pupil ghost in his body was obviously weak and could not open its eyes completely. It seemed that it was almost destroyed because of the red satin.

"So... I am a Qi Refiner now?"

Yang He smiled bitterly. The incomplete Qi-Watching Technique only had the content of controlling the pupil ghost, but it was unable to draw Qi into the body. It was considered an inferior version of Qi Refining.

Fortunately, raising ghosts is not as scary as expected.

[Spiritual Vision: 2.4 points]

"Controlling the pupil ghost to fight against the red silk consumes 0.2 points of spiritual vision."

The disadvantage of pupil ghost affecting eyesight is offset by spiritual vision. As long as the spiritual vision is not exhausted, there is no need to worry about the possibility of blinding one's eyes.

"I should be able to bring Tong Gui back to the main world. Qi Refiner is indeed very suitable for me."

Yang He staggered out of the alley.

His current body was in his early forties, he was not carrying any genitals, and his old Taoist robe was mostly tattered, showing how poor he was on a daily basis.

It was already late in the day, and the low clouds looked as if it was about to bring a downpour of rain.

He smelled a stronger and stronger burnt stench in the air, and paper money was floating in the wind. It was most likely brought by the burning of corpses in Cailian Town.

As soon as Yang He walked out of the alley, he came to the heavily guarded Cailian Town Yamen.

The Taoist priest was most likely on his way to the government office to recommend himself, but he encountered the weirdness brought by the coffin and was almost hanged in the corner.

A man dressed as a county magistrate was pacing anxiously in front of the yamen.

He ignored Yang He and just looked at the end of the street.

It was not until two figures came over that the county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang He turned around and saw the middle-aged captain of the police and the carpenter hurried to the yamen.

(End of this chapter)