Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 481 The Discovery of Yunlongtian
Yunlong Tian has been paying close attention to various matters in the underworld and the mortal world during this period.

Because he held the rights to several towns and had a fixed monthly income from good deeds, Yunlongtian lived a very comfortable life in the underworld.

After news spread that the divine messenger had dealt with the families of the underworld officials, he immediately brought his family over.

Even though he was a chosen one, not a messenger from the underworld, he still did it.

But not everyone likes the location of the underworld.

Before this incident, he had brought his parents to stay with him for a while, but then his parents left the area, citing his younger sister's need to go to school.

Yunlong Tian naturally couldn't force them to stay, so he placed great importance on the safety of his family in the mortal world.

Previously, he exchanged for talismans such as house-protecting medicine to protect his family's safety. However, his family members were ordinary people, not ghost messengers who had experienced supernatural events. Even with talismans, they might not be truly safe.

Therefore, he has been trying to find ways to mitigate these safety hazards and ensure the safety of his family.

For example, accumulate merit points to upgrade all the protective objects to a very high level.

For example, he could contact the Bureau of Investigation, since his identity before becoming a Chosen One was quite special, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was a member of the Bureau of Investigation.

Another example is moving parents and younger sister to the central city of Daxia, where the Bureau of Investigation headquarters is located, which is naturally safer.

Despite considering all this, he still felt it was safer to stay at the Underworld's residence.

This sense of crisis really made him feel uneasy.

Now that the Yaksha's patrol has suddenly appeared in the underworld, he is naturally the happiest person, as are the other underworld officials who share his worries.

So he has been observing and following up on matters concerning the Yakshas of the Underworld.

He was initially quite angry when he saw those netizens who didn't appreciate his sentiments, and he even became a keyboard warrior himself.

But ultimately, they were outnumbered and outmatched.

Yunlong Tian was quite happy to suddenly see that there was finally a group of people standing on the same side as him.

When you're in a good mood, you naturally want to share it.

So he opened the Night Talk Folklore Forum and logged into his account "Tiancandique".

In fact, there were already many discussions about Yasha on the forums on the very day Yasha was released.

However, at that time it was just regarded as a ghost story. Now, the name Yaksha is well known, and what he did is also known, so there are many people on the forum who have a good impression of Yaksha.

After browsing through them one by one, Yunlongtian prepared to start writing his own post.

But once my hands were on the keyboard, I didn't know where to begin.

After recalling what had happened during this period and thinking for a while, Yunlongtian began to type.

Half an hour later, a post titled "What will the Yaksha bring to the present-day Great Xia?" appeared.

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"The forum has been very lively lately, with a lot of discussion about Yaksha. But most of the discussions are about Yaksha's abilities, where it comes from, and why it appears."

These are certainly things that can be discussed, but I don't think they are things we can control.

I think we should discuss what the appearance of the Yaksha will bring to the Great Xia Dynasty, and how we should adapt to it.

As we all know... well, I think it's appropriate to use this word in this forum.

As everyone knows, all sorts of supernatural events are happening all over the Great Xia now.

Posts about paranormal events on our forum have skyrocketed in the last year or two.

Originally, many paranormal posts were obviously fake to us long-time users, so it was difficult to find a post that looked real.

But now?

The forum displays a maximum of fifty posts per page, but when I randomly clicked on ten, eight of them seemed genuine, while the remaining two were a bit exaggerated. Whether they were true or not was another matter.

What this situation illustrates is clear to everyone.

Due to certain special reasons, many paranormal events in reality are banned as soon as they appear on public platforms. In addition, our devices cannot capture what we see, so it is hard for people who have not experienced them to believe.

But is the truth really just being buried like that?
The increasing number of people on the forum speaks volumes.

Alright, enough chit-chat. Personally, I think the appearance of this Yaksha is a good thing.

For certain reasons, I am not at liberty to disclose some information to everyone.

But it can be said that the Yakshas certainly have no conflict with us; their targets are the things in those supernatural events.

The people in those videos online weren't deceiving us.

People who haven't experienced paranormal events probably don't know the helplessness they felt at that time.

Therefore, it's normal for those people to be extremely grateful to Yaksha.

Of course, if that were all, I wouldn't have started this thread.

Have you noticed the main problem?
On those external platforms, videos about Yaksha are not prohibited from being posted!

How many people saw those black rivers that flowed over Akihabara back then?
The previous video disappeared shortly after it was posted, but this time, it didn't!
This shows that some people above also believe that the existence of the Yaksha is beneficial to the Great Xia Dynasty!

Of course, this is both good news and bad news for us.

The good news is that people in the cities where the Yaksha appears will no longer have to worry about encountering a pale figure crouching in a corner when they come home late.

The bad news is that even those above believe that the Yaksha are needed to resolve the internal affairs of the Great Xia. Just how badly has the Great Xia fallen?

Therefore, we should have an attitude towards the appearance of the Yaksha.

Besides, it's not a matter of acceptance or rejection anymore; even if you don't accept them, they've already appeared.

And since those above have already accepted it, why aren't you accepting it?
If I could, I would even be willing to pay a price to have the Yaksha patrol near my house every day.

Even erecting a monument or building a statue for this is acceptable.

Oh, by the way, someone has already built a statue.

Perhaps, this kind of resemblance will become more and more common in the future.

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Within half a minute of posting, there were already seven or eight replies.

By the time Yunlongtian had taken a sip of water, the post had already received more than 20 replies.

Yunlong Tian knew that Yaksha was popular recently, but he didn't expect it to be this popular.

He clicked on it, and the first post only had two words: '**'. Yunlongtian ignored it and continued reading.

Except for the first floor, which is acting strangely, the rest of the discussions are proceeding normally.

"Bingbingbing: Regardless of whether Yaksha is good or bad, the original poster is right about one thing: the higher-ups' attitude towards Yaksha is ambiguous! They neither admit nor deny it, leaving the choice to us."

"Bingbingbing: This raises a problem. What if we accept the Yaksha, and then our superiors label us as heretics who have been misled? So the best option is to make no choice at all!"

"Fate: The person upstairs is right, but they didn't consider that it's first-come, first-served, and first come, first served! If we wait for the higher-ups to confirm this news, do you think it will still be our turn to seize the opportunity?"

"Desolation: The fourth floor is right. Opportunities only come to ordinary people when no one recognizes them. Once everyone knows it's an opportunity, then that opportunity has a threshold!"

"Ragdoll cat: I'm already adjusting my biological clock. From now on, I'll sleep during the day and hunt down demons at night!"

Monologue: The person upstairs has commendable courage! Aren't you afraid that the Yaksha's eight claws won't see you and will stomp you to death?!

"Tofu: It's unlikely that he'll be trampled to death. So far, there hasn't been any news about Yaksha killing someone. The question is, what happens after we catch Yaksha? Do we kowtow? Or offer ourselves in gratitude? Everyone has seen Yaksha's behavior in the video; he seems rather indifferent. If we approach him, we're very likely to be met with indifference."

"Ragdoll Cat: @Monologue, you're overthinking it. I've seen Yasha before. The agility of its eight paws is beyond your imagination. There's no way it could step on anyone! I even saw someone fall from a building once, and Yasha caught them with its paws and put them down!"

"Ragdoll Cat: @Tofu, I'm not too sure about this either, but I can't just give up without even trying, right? Fellow forum experts, if you have any good methods, please tell me. I'll definitely kowtow, and I'm not opposed to offering myself in return. What else is there?"

"Lemon Tea: @RagdollCat, bring offerings of meat, set up an altar with incense and candles, and bow down in worship upon seeing them!"

"Delivery guy: @RagdollCat, put a big display screen behind you that says, 'Greetings, Lord Yaksha! Your servant has been waiting for you for a long time!'"

"February: @RagdollCat, we can consider the three sacrificial offerings. If possible, we can also make a Yaksha statue similar to those in the videos. If we don't have enough funds, we can try to make a small one and put it in the shrine for worship."

Ragdoll Cat: @February, is 3D printing possible?

February: @RagdollCat, ...you can give it a try. Maybe Yaksha doesn't know what 3D printing is and doesn't care.

"Mystery: Do you think that if we're truly accepted by the Yaksha, we'll receive his protection and never be bothered by evil spirits again?"

"Ragdoll Cat: @Xuanji, this is exactly what I'm thinking. In the place where I used to go to school, a whole building of boys died. The school said it was an accident, but I'm not stupid! An entire building! I don't want to die..."

Upon seeing this, Yunlongtian realized that most people on the forum still tended to accept Yaksha.

This may be related to the belief in paranormal events among people on the forum.

After watching for a while, Yunlong also replied with a few messages, but he couldn't do anything about 'Ragdoll Cat's' idea.

In truth, he had never heard of anyone in the underworld who could worship a Yaksha.

Shaking his head, Yunlongtian began browsing other posts.

But soon, Yunlongtian's mind wandered.

He thought of something about the objects used to suppress evil spirits in the underworld!

He became the chosen one because he had posted some folk items on a forum, which happened to meet the requirements and awakened the Underworld Walker.

However, it seems that as the Underworld grew stronger, he and the other chosen ones found it increasingly difficult to awaken the Underworld's messengers.

Even after that, the number of chosen people in the underworld never increased!

He had already given up and stopped thinking about continuing to awaken the underworld; he would just let things take their course.

But this time, he suddenly thought of something.

Yakshas are not originally the servants of the underworld, but are selected through examinations by the underworld officials.

Why does this profession exist, and why is it called Yaksha?
Yunlong Tian's eyes lit up.

"Is it possible that there were already Yakshas in the underworld? They just hadn't been awakened yet. But as the number of underworld officials increased, order would break down if left unchecked. So, out of desperation, the underworld recruited underworld officials to become Yakshas?"

"It must be so!"

"If my idea is correct, then does the post station also correspond to a journey? And Shen Zhihong, I remember he said he's still undergoing the assessment of the Envoy of Rewards and Punishments! That's one too!"

"I need to verify this. If it really works, my timely distribution of merit points could even increase to over five thousand. With these merit points, I won't even have to do anything to live a better life than most of the underworld officials!"

Having made a guess, Yunlongtian no longer hesitated.

Back in his study, he pulled out books and began researching relevant information.

This investigation lasted a full day and night!
Yunlong Tian only slept for four hours. During the other twenty hours, he checked nearly a hundred books on the bookshelf in his room!
He had read all the books in there before and had a general memory of them.

Some books mention that someone encountered an ugly monster, but the monster did not harm the person, and after eating and drinking well, sent him away.

Some books mention only briefly that there are monsters that feed on ghosts and are exceptionally powerful.

Some books mention a shapeshifting being that often appears at night.

Some books also say that in remote mountain villages, families often worship a kind of deity that protects their homes and ensures their safety. This deity has a strange appearance but is harmless to people!
All of these provided Yunlongtian with a lot of information.

After resting with his eyes closed for half an hour, Yunlongtian opened his eyes and wrote more than ten drafts in his notebook.

These dozen or so drafts were all his guesses about the folk items that the Yaksha (a type of demon) might represent. He wasn't sure which ones were real, or if any of them were real.

But that doesn't stop him from releasing all of this later.

Compared to writing posts aimlessly before, this kind of "assigned topic" post is so much better!
After that, Yunlongtian spent another two hours editing the dozen or so most likely posts and then published them together.

Just as Yunlong Tian was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly remembered something and slapped himself on the forehead!

"It shouldn't have been released now!"

Yunlong Tian had no time to rest and continued searching for information about the Underworld Stations and the Rewards and Punishments Messengers.

The reason for this is that the Bureau of Polling is still monitoring the situation!

When he released so many folk items related to Yaksha at once, even the most clueless investigators would know what had happened.

The power of the Bureau of Investigation is beyond his reach. If he doesn't hurry, once Yaksha is successfully verified, the other two may be out of his reach.

Fortunately, he released more than ten articles about Yaksha at once, so at least his chances of success with Yaksha are greater!
In fact, just as Yunlongtian had guessed.

When his account posted so many posts at once, it was immediately reported to higher authorities.

Within half an hour, both the existing chosen ones and the members of the Bureau of Investigation who were striving to become chosen ones began searching for information.

Meanwhile, Chen Xin, who was busy compiling materials related to the Yaksha, happened to open the Night Talk Folklore Forum during a break and discovered the posts made by "Tiancandique".

After a moment of surprise, Chen Xin smiled.

"As expected, it had to be you."

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(End of this chapter)