Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 482 Sword and Yaksha Statue

General Administration, underground space.

Fan Yaohui arrived at the office on the floor specifically set up for the chosen ones.

The office is small, just over two hundred square meters.

There were only about twenty people, and each person had a pile of books on their desk, with their computer on.

Besides the desk, the remaining space is filled with bookshelves. Some bookshelves have very new books, while others have an entire shelf of books that are yellowed and worn.

"how's it going?"

Fan Yaohui approached the person in charge and asked.

"Following the posts published by Yunlongtian, we published forty-five more similar posts, describing items that mostly shared some similarities with certain characteristics of the Yaksha."

Fan Yaohui was somewhat dissatisfied upon hearing that there were forty-five articles.

"It's a little less."

"There are quite a few. First of all, there are only so many ancient books, and it's impossible for us to remember the contents of every single one. We only have a vague impression of many of them, and it takes time to search for them. The subsequent compilation also takes time."

The person in charge retorted.

"Most importantly, Yunlongtian has basically completed the compilation of nearly half of the folk items that we think best fit the Yaksha. There are too few left. If we want to continue compiling, we need to search for more obscure ancient books."

"It's already quite fast to be able to compile forty-five articles in the shortest amount of time. The subsequent content will only get slower and slower."

Upon hearing what the person in charge said, Fan Yaohui raised an eyebrow.

"You mean the folk items mentioned in Yunlongtian's posts, you haven't been rewritten?"

"Yes."

Seeing the person in charge's matter-of-fact tone, Fan Yaohui rubbed his temples.

"Now, select a group of people to compile similar content based on Yunlongtian's posts. As long as it's not exactly the same, it's fine!"

"Isn't this plagiarism and paraphrasing?"

The person in charge said with a look of astonishment.

"No, we can't do it!"

This time it was Fan Yaohui's turn to be astonished. He didn't say anything, but left the office and went out to make a phone call.

Ten minutes later, the new person in charge arrived.

Everyone in the office started plagiarizing.

"Why are you still insisting on those things at a time like this?"

Fan Yaohui shook his head and turned to leave.

Upon returning to the research department, he learned that Li Qianqiu, one of the chosen ones of the underworld, had returned, and immediately went to inquire about the situation in the underworld.

"What's the situation in the underworld now? Is there any news of Yakshas roaming around?"

Li Qianqiu shook his head.

"No, the Yakshas are still the same few. However, the recruitment of underworld officials at the Zhouzhuang Ancient Town headquarters is almost over, and the Yaksha recruitment assessment there should start in a few days. What are our arrangements here?"

Fan Yaohui nodded.

"Don't worry, we've already added ten specialists to the Zhouzhuang Ancient Town team this time, and we should be able to add a few more after it's over."

"so little?"

Li Qianqiu was somewhat surprised.

Logically speaking, the agents of the Bureau of Public Opinion Research should have much higher overall quality than ordinary people. Even if they had some reservations, there shouldn't have been only ten of them.

Fan Yaohui was helpless.

"It's not that the specialists are incompetent, it's the Underworld! With that mirror, the Bureau of Investigation's people have nowhere to hide, but the Underworld hasn't prohibited the Bureau of Investigation's specialists from joining. Although it hasn't prohibited them, it has increased the difficulty of the assessment."

"The commissioners' assessment tasks are no longer chosen at will, but are assigned by the underworld to ghosts and spirits in the netherworld."

"The only thing that makes these specialists better than ordinary people is their mindset and knowledge, and the difficulty of the assessment tasks is even greater than that of ordinary people."

Upon hearing this, Li Qianqiu nodded.

If that's the case, ten people seems reasonable.

"If these ten people participate in the Yaksha assessment afterward, wouldn't the entire team of Yakshas be ours?"

"What are you thinking about?" Fan Yaohui rolled his eyes. "The Yin Messenger assessment has already increased in difficulty, do you think the Yaksha assessment won't be increased as well?"

"I think the underworld won't allow too many specialists, whether they are underworld officials or demons."

Li Qianqiu didn't say anything more.

After saying hello, he went to the office of the man destined for heaven.

He also had some ideas about Yaksha and wanted to give it a try, hoping that his monthly 'salary' might be even higher.

After Li Qianqiu left, Fan Yaohui opened the "Night Talk on Folk Customs Forum".

Thanks to everyone's contributions, there are now many more posts about Yaksha on the forum.

Most of these posts were made by people who knew the inside story, with very few being created by other forum members themselves, and there were quite a few duplicates.

Just as Fan Yaohui had been watching for less than ten minutes, Feng Jin suddenly called a meeting.

During this special period, any meeting convened by Feng Jin was no small matter, so Fan Yaohui rushed over immediately.

Five minutes later, the meeting began.

"Something just happened, everyone take a look."

Feng Jin didn't say much and simply turned on the projector.

The footage is from a surveillance camera at an indoor swimming pool. The camera is positioned high up and can capture most of the pool's area.

As you can see, there are about one or two hundred people in the swimming pool.

Children, teenagers, young adults, middle-aged people—there are people of almost every age group except for the elderly.

Most of the people inside seemed relaxed, and the children were playing with smiles on their faces in the area next to the swimming pool.

About half a minute later, in the conference room, some sharp-eyed people saw someone suddenly drowning in the corner of the pool.

The sound of his hands slapping the water was vaguely recorded by the surveillance cameras, but the people around him seemed to be blind and deaf, ignoring the person crying for help.

The person didn't struggle for long; he suddenly stopped moving after only ten seconds.

Not only did it stop moving, but it also sank directly to the bottom of the water.

Initially, only one person in the meeting room noticed this situation, but later, more and more people noticed similar occurrences.

Almost every minute, someone drowns in the pool, each time stopping within ten seconds and sinking to the bottom.

When the number of people reached three, everyone in the conference room noticed the situation.

However, in the footage, not one of the lifeguards by the pool, nor the swimmers or people walking on the shore noticed what was happening.

In this eerie atmosphere, more and more people began to sink to the bottom of the pool.

Half an hour later, someone ran into the frame in a panic, shouting at the people in the pool: "Get out of the water quickly!"

The people in the pool were confused, but a few people at the edge of the pool who were about to get in stopped.

"Get ashore quickly, there's a ghost in the water!"

When those words were shouted out, everyone in the water seemed to suddenly shiver.

At that moment, all the corpses in the water floated to the surface.

Only then did everyone seem to come to their senses and see the backs of those figures lying face down.

Screams echoed throughout the pool.

"The person who appeared was from the swimming pool's monitoring room. He noticed the situation on the monitor and came to alert the others."

Feng Jin offered a timely explanation and then fell silent.

At this moment, the people in the pool are swimming towards the shore, while the people on the shore are running towards the exit. But the people in the pool have been swimming for a long time and are still in the same place, while those running towards the exit can't find the exit no matter what they do.

Even through the screen, everyone could sense the panic and despair that seemed to overflow from it.

Just then, a man dressed in clothes and carrying something that looked like a stick suddenly walked in from the corner of the screen.

As soon as the man appeared, the people around him, who had been like headless flies, suddenly found the exit and frantically ran towards it.

Except that man...

Those on the shore could run, but those in the water seemed to have seen something and were even more desperate.

Just then, the man raised the stick in his hand.

It was this action that allowed everyone to see the full appearance of the stick.

That wasn't a stick at all, it was a sword!

Just as everyone noticed this, they saw the sword swung through the air, unleashing a bright yellow sword light that instantly landed on a corpse in the pool.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling spot of light appeared on the corpse.

The moment the light spot appeared, the people who had been struggling in the water seemed to be freed from their restraints and were able to move!

This discovery filled them with joy, and they all swam toward the shore.

But soon they discovered that there were even more corpses floating in front of them, which brought a look of despair to their faces once again.

Just then, a light suddenly shone in their eyes.

One sword beam after another descended from the sky, landing precisely on each of the floating corpses.

With each strike of sword light, a new spot of light appeared in the pool.

No one knows how much time passed, but those who were still alive found themselves surrounded by light!

Some people were stunned, while others had already swum ashore.

Everyone who got ashore ran towards the exit.

But as soon as the first person saw the figure of the man with the sword, he ran towards him and hid not far behind the man.

Seeing this, the others also chose to hide behind the man instead of running towards the exit, which they didn't know might be dangerous.

The man with the sword seemed to have told them to back off, and the others stopped approaching.

At this moment, the man walked towards the swimming pool with his sword in hand.

When they were about five meters away from the pool, the water in the pool suddenly turned completely blood-red, a blood-red color that could be captured by the surveillance cameras!
After the blood-red pool of water appeared, two enormous arms made of blood reached out and grabbed at the man.

If you look closely, you'll find that the bones in the blood are not made of anything else, but of drowned people!

boom!
boom!
Two enormous arms slammed down on the edge of the pool, and the weight of the water alone shattered the ceramic surface of the poolside.

Once the blood receded, two deep, corroded pits appeared on the shore!
However, apart from some accumulated blood and debris, there was no sign of the man from before in the pit.

Just as viewers were wondering if the man had been killed, the camera suddenly turned to the left.

As the video feed rotated, a figure appeared on the screen.

However, the figure was no longer on the ground, but at the same height as the camera, less than five meters away from it!
As they got closer, everyone saw more.

Two other things were hanging from the man's waist: a small tiger model woven from grass leaves and a small black token.

However, everyone's attention was not on these two things at the moment. They discovered that the sword in the man's hand had disappeared!

But soon, they found the sword again.

At the feet of men!
A larger-looking sword dragged the man, standing in mid-air!

The creature in the pool seemed to have noticed the man as well; immediately, an even larger, bloody hand, carrying the corpse, shot into the sky.

The bloody hand was so large that it occupied two-thirds of the entire surveillance screen.

Just then, the man moved.

He raised his hand, forming a sword shape with his fingers, and swung it downwards.

Seven bright sword lights shot out from the sword beneath their feet.

Like a sudden gust of wind, the seven sword lights spun around, turning the giant arm into a cloud of water vapor.

Those who looked closely noticed that the seven sword lights evaporated completely before they even touched the bloody arm.

As the steam dissipated and the image gradually became clearer, everyone saw the swimming pool with only a thin layer of water remaining.

In the center of the pool, the seven sword lights slowly dissipated, leaving only seven holes emitting blue smoke at the bottom of the pool.

Before anyone could react, the scene shifted to outside the swimming pool.

The rescued people followed behind the man, talking incessantly. They hadn't even finished dressing before rushing out.

The man wore a gentle smile throughout. After saying a few words to the crowd, he stepped onto the sword, soared into the sky, and abruptly disappeared into the air.

Those who had been rescued were left on the ground, dumbfounded.

The video pauses.

Feng Jin looked at everyone.

"What did you see?"

Everyone turned their attention away from the screen and looked at Feng Jin.

Fan Yaohui was the first to speak.

"The sword in that person's hand is the same sword held by that underworld figure who appeared in the sky above Qiuye City that time!"

Chu Xiu chimed in, "Of the two things that person was wearing, I recognize one of them; it appeared in a paranormal event before."

"Is that token a warrant from the underworld's messengers?"

Feng Jin nodded.

"This swimming pool is in Qiuye City. What you said is correct. This person is from the underworld and is located in Zhouzhuang Ancient Town. Bai Yongnian and others have been trying to strengthen their contact with this person."

"But none of that matters."

Feng Jin looked at everyone.

"The important thing is, do you know what he said to those people in the end?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"What did you say?"

Chu Xiu asked.

Feng Jin remained expressionless.

“Those people want that man’s contact information, want his protection, and want to worship him.”

"But that person said he was just passing by and didn't have the energy to help so many people."

"Then, he told those people a way to get protection..."

Chu Xiu's expression turned strange upon hearing this.

"Could it be that I'm joining the underworld?"

Feng Jin shook her head.

"No."

Feng Jin looked at everyone.

He said that one could make a Yaksha statue, take the statue to the Yaksha, and ask the Yaksha to enlighten the statue, thus obtaining the Yaksha's protection!

Upon hearing this, most people looked puzzled, except for one person who seemed to have thought of something and widened his eyes!
"A Yaksha statue?"

"Cloud Dragon Heaven!"

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(End of this chapter)