Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

"With kidnappers in front and old cats and monkeys behind, I'm so lucky!"

After overcoming his initial panic, Zhang Wei returned to the courtyard.

Although he was still very curious about the overall situation of Liu Family Village and some of the hidden Easter eggs and props in the village, it would not be a wise decision to go there alone when he was already being watched.

Even as a beginner, he has three chances to revive provided by the [Silhouette].

But resurrection, a life-saving device, is naturally more cost-effective the later it is used. Why go through a difficult situation when you can finish the game in one life?

After all, Zhang Wei hadn't forgotten that this was only the second day; and the main mission required him to survive for seven days. Even if it was divided into days, the period before nightfall on the fifth day was a relatively safe range.

In that case, Zhang Wei could wait until his uncles who were searching for his parents returned tomorrow before making any plans.

With his third aunt's self-constructed endorsement and the persuasion of several adults, he was quite confident. Having someone accompany him would buy him a lot of time should anything unexpected happen.

As for now, Zhang Wei also has work to do.

With the help of his third aunt's "understanding", Zhang Wei collected enough grains from the stove at his aunt's house and the neighbors' houses for the sacrificial offering. As three sticks of incense were lit, the wisps of smoke surrounded the earth god, which had become somewhat indistinguishable due to the "wind and rain".

During this process, Zhang Wei was also observing the reactions of his aunt and several cousins.

In terms of the outcome, only he should be able to see the changes in the statue itself, but the sight of the ethereal smoke surrounding the earth god statue and gradually disappearing astonished the entire family.

Seeing this, Zhang Wei nodded inwardly, feeling even more confident in persuading the adults in the village.

The somewhat weak-looking Earth God Temple

Abbreviation

The local earth god will give small favors to your dwelling place (there will be a random reminder effect when non-house owners or non-humans enter the yard)

Oh hoo!

He said that as one of the household gods, how could the Earth God only provide information and transactions? Protecting the home is the primary duty of a household god!

Of course, if the message hadn't mentioned that the Earth God was suppressing evil spirits, Zhang Wei might not have realized this so quickly.

As for the Kitchen God... perhaps it's because he has lost all his spiritual power that he only has the function of offering sacrifices?

However, when it comes to protecting a home, no one is as powerful as the door gods! But Zhang Wei still had no clue about the qi and spirit in the sacrificial requirements, so he just tentatively lit three incense sticks.

As expected, the door gods showed no signs of recovery.

Even so, Zhang Wei had gained quite a bit. The Earth God provided an extra warning effect, and he also won the trust of his third aunt. To the point that the latter now thought that it was because he killed the wolf spirit that Zhang Wei had acquired some of the qualities of a geomancer.

But when Zhang Wei mentioned wanting to go back to his own home to live alone, he was firmly refused. Even though he used the excuse that he was being targeted by a mountain spirit, his aunt, despite her fear, held Zhang Wei's small body tightly: "The Jianshe couple don't even know what's going on. You're their only child now. How can your aunt let you go back alone!"

"So what if they've got their eyes on you? There are more than a few kids in the family anyway... Gou Dan, be a good boy, stay at your aunt's house until your uncles get back!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wei gave a bitter smile.

"No wonder the protagonists in novels are all orphans, having lost all their family ties. Family ties are the worst thing ever, but when they're being good, they're the most torturous! Sigh..."

[At this point, I hope readers will remember our domain name 1110 ...

Zhang Wei couldn't refuse his aunt's kindness. The key was that after he said those words, she was afraid he would secretly hide away. She did nothing all day, even entrusting her cousins ​​to the neighbors next door, and just followed closely behind Zhang Wei.

Having someone by his side is honestly quite cumbersome, but it's not without its advantages. At least it provides Zhang Wei with a lot of convenience in dealing with the adults in the village.

With the help of his aunt and the grandfather who had been called over, he first borrowed a butcher's knife that had been used for more than ten years from the butcher. Of course, there were also butcher's knives that had been passed down for generations, but the butchers would not lend them out!

He didn't find any black dog blood, but he did have a rooster, half a coin of cinnabar from the barefoot doctor, a tiger tooth he found at his grandfather's house, and the protection of the village temple's ancestral gods. This was all Zhang Wei had gathered in a day of wandering around the village.

The protection of the ancestral gods

Type: Blessing (Temporary)

If the traveler is a descendant of the Liu family, their resistance to mental effects such as confusion, hypnosis, and sleep paralysis is slightly enhanced. They can wake up from illusions more quickly and receive some warnings and assistance based on their distance from Liu Family Village and ancestral graves.

It doesn't have any specific target, but it's very practical!

After collecting these things, it was already dusk. After dinner, the children were sent by their third aunt to their grandfather's house, which was not far away. There, their eldest uncle, second uncle, and cousins ​​from their fourth uncle's family, along with their mother, were also there.

Even tigers don't eat their cubs, let alone humans.

Third Aunt couldn't bear to part with her own children, but she also didn't want the third son's family line to end, so she had no choice but to tell the old man the whole story.

After the initial shock subsided, the old man was originally going to go with Zhang Wei, but Zhang Wei persuaded him to stop, citing the safety of his group of cousins.

The classic "eggs in a basket" theory.

Who can bet that this weird thing can only hold one child?

Because he transferred away the only male in the family, what will happen to the other children?

Thus, the old man hesitated, but his third aunt's attitude became even more resolute. Clearly, no matter how mature Zhang Wei appeared and how skillful he was, it was always hard to refuse the care and concern of adults.

Thus, after nightfall, only the two children remained in Auntie's lively house.

After a quick wash, they chatted for a couple of minutes, then the two of them, one big and one small, lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) fully clothed.

Unable to sleep, and bored, Zhang Wei asked his third aunt to tell him some legends about Liu Family Village. This was both to add the element of luring the old cat and monkey into the story and to help him understand this "newbie dungeon" more deeply.

After all, with the wolf spirit in front and the old cat monkey behind, no one knew whether Zhang Wei would encounter other things in the remaining five days, so he naturally had to make some preparations in advance.

Time passed slowly...

After running around the village with Zhang Wei all day, Auntie was worried and trembling, but she couldn't resist the exhaustion and fell asleep as midnight approached.

Zhang Wei was a little better off, after all, he was in the [Silhouette] and had the main mission of survival, so he dared not let his guard down for a moment. But even so, the child's natural tendency to sleep constantly affected him. Even though he had filled two ladles of cold water in the water vat and placed them on the kang (a heated brick bed) in advance to prevent himself from falling asleep, he would drink a couple of sips whenever he felt dizzy, and so on.

But after enduring it for a while, the stimulation of cold water only made him feel alert for a short time; most of the time he was still in a daze, half-asleep.

There's no other way but to tough it out!

In a daze, Zhang Wei looked up at the window and realized that there was no light outside the window frame covered with white paper.

It's dark!

The last time I opened my eyes, everything was fine, but this time everything has changed.

In an era lacking widespread electrical appliances, the already dark village became even darker and more somber after losing the moonlight!

The chickens and dogs huddled quietly in their kennels, with only the eerie hooting of the owl and the rustling of the poplar leaves outside the yard carrying through the night...