pertwk Chapter 2 Injury Gate
Chapter 2 Injury Gate
Li Yuan picked up a handful of Five Emperors' Coins and examined them carefully, but found nothing unusual.
Since they're all top-tier, there shouldn't be any quality issues.
Li Yuan wanted to weave the Five Emperors' Coins into a coin sword, and coincidentally, he had once learned how to weave such a sword.
When I first graduated from university, I couldn't find a job, so I worked for two months at a handmade shop that sold peach wood swords and Bagua mirrors.
This shop is an outsourcing store for a famous local temple. The exorcising and blessing items that those unscrupulous bosses who make money at exorbitant prices don't even come from the monks in the temple.
However, no one cares whether it's true or not. The bosses make dirty money by coming to the temple just to have peace of mind. If there were really vengeful ghosts to claim their lives, they wouldn't be alive now.
I never thought I'd be able to use this technology again.
Li Yuan used the ribbon from the newbie gift pack to tie the Five Emperors Coins together.
Common sizes for money swords include 108, 49, 36, and 72 ingots.
108 coins correspond to the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, and 49 coins correspond to the Seven Stars.
Li Yuan used to disregard these rules, but now that it's a world of gods and ghosts, it's better to follow the regulations.
There were only one hundred Five Emperors Coins, which were used to make a 72-sized coin sword.
The more numerous they are, the stronger they become.
It looks a bit odd because it's tied with ribbons, but the overall effect shouldn't be affected.
We'll re-tie it once we have the red string.
Li Yuan picked it up and compared it with the coins, finding them quite good. He then placed them on the passenger seat and put the remaining five coins in his pocket.
The car continued to travel at 60 km/h, occasionally passing by cemeteries, dilapidated temples, dry wells, and deserted villages.
Each place was eerily gloomy, unable to be illuminated by sunlight, just like a scene from a horror movie; it didn't look like a good place at all.
Li Yuan felt uneasy at the thought of exploring such a place, fearing that the vehicle might suddenly stop. Although he had a money sword, he had never dealt with a ghost before!
Even as if he were facing a serial killer with a kitchen knife in his hand, he still felt panicked.
Fortunately, the car didn't stop but sped past.
The Swift Illusion Array can conceal one's form and prevent being observed by strange entities.
To calm himself down, Li Yuan continued to browse the chat channel.
At this point, the chat channel had stopped the cursing and started discussing serious topics.
"Food and water are not important; what's important are cinnabar and the Five Emperor Coins."
"Indeed, cinnabar and five-emperor coins are both used to ward off evil spirits."
"That means there's something strange here, and we're bound to encounter it, otherwise the newbie gift pack wouldn't contain cinnabar and five-emperor coins."
"Holy crap, something's fishy here!"
"Hopefully it's a monstrous female ghost!" (Praying)
"Is there also a hell or something?" (Curious)
"Isn't the human world hell enough? Why are you looking for more hell?"
"Damn, so this place is dangerous?"
"If it's not dangerous, it can't be called a survival game!"
"In short, everyone must be careful when getting out of the vehicle to explore."
"Waaah~ I don't want to participate, I want to go home!"
"Haha! I am the Crimson Lotus Demon Sealer. I voluntarily sealed my abilities to protect Blue Star. Now that I'm here, there's no need to seal them anymore. Unleash! Holy Flame Crimson Lotus, I need you!"
"Kneel down! Mortals! I will protect you!"
"sb"
"Where did this 'chuunibyou' come from?"
Li Yuan was looking at the chat channel when he suddenly felt the car slow down. He looked up sharply and out of the car.
The scenery outside the car became clearer and clearer.
The car is slowing down.
Li Yuan felt a sense of panic. He quickly looked ahead and saw that the road ahead was not a bend or narrow road that required him to slow down. Instead, the car had arrived at the place where there was a treasure chest.
The car stopped after a while.
It stopped in front of a dark forest.
Looking through the car window, the Black Forest looked no different from the one on Earth.
But how could there be no difference!
Li Yuan swallowed hard. He then noticed that the Bagua formation, which served as the steering wheel, had shifted its orientation. What was originally Gen (艮) pointing forward was now Zhen (震), pointing towards the Black Forest.
It's an injury gate.
The Injury Gate belongs to the Wood element, which signifies misfortune. It indicates that one will encounter injuries, illnesses, setbacks, and losses.
"Thankfully, it's not a fatal gate," Li Yuan comforted himself.
Once you enter this world, there's no escaping it; among the three inauspicious gates, the Injury Gate is already the best.
Li Yuan opened the bag containing cinnabar, hung it on his waist, took the money sword, took a deep breath, opened the carriage door, and got out of the carriage.
He didn't consider not getting off the bus; he had to get off. According to the general rules of survival games, the later stages are more difficult, and the first one should be the easiest.
If you don't get the treasure chests in the earlier ones, then there's no point in talking about getting the later ones.
If you miss the first one, it will only get harder later.
Li Yuan thought for a moment and decided to bring the newbie gift pack box along as well, so he could put any wild vegetables or mushrooms he found inside.
As soon as he stepped into the dark forest, a bone-chilling cold, like a venomous snake, suddenly surged from the soles of his feet and shot straight to the top of his head. Li Yuan couldn't help but tremble, as if someone had poured a bucket of ice water over his head, chilling him from his skin to his bones.
Stepping from the scorching summer sun into a dense forest and suddenly feeling a touch of coolness is commonplace, but Li Yuan felt something strange. The coolness didn't come from a sudden drop in temperature, but from a bone-chilling, eerie coldness, as if something invisible was lurking in the shadows, silently pressing against his back.
Even more strangely, the forest was as dark as dusk. It was clearly noon outside, with the sun blazing, but not a single ray of light penetrated through the sparse foliage of the trees, as if the forest had swallowed up the daylight.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of decaying leaves and damp mud, a dark and gloomy mess.
This is both abnormal and normal.
After all, it's a strange world.
Li Yuan gripped the coin sword tightly and walked into the dark forest, his feet rustling as he stepped on the withered leaves.
Li Yuan quickly discovered straw mushrooms and wood ear fungus in large quantities. He selected some of the larger ones and put them in a box. He didn't spend much time picking mushrooms; his first priority was to find the treasure chest.
After searching the outer perimeter without success, Li Yuan ventured deeper into the forest. Although the dark woods were gloomy and shady, he hadn't encountered any supernatural events for a while, so it seemed the ghost wasn't too dangerous. He decided to go further in; the treasure chest couldn't possibly be left outside.
The harvest of just a few mushrooms is really too little.
Li Yuan walked deeper into the woods, and after walking for a while, he saw a treasure chest!
It was a wooden treasure chest, not very big.
Li Yuan walked over with delight, thinking, "I knew it! It was inside!"
As Li Yuan walked towards the treasure chest, the Bagua formation on the carriage suddenly moved, slowly rotating until it finally stopped at: Dui.
The Gate of Shock.
Li Yuan eagerly opened the treasure chest, and what came into view were five bottles of water and five bags of compressed biscuits.
There were other items beside it: a five-emperor coin, a 500-gram bag of cinnabar, a 500-liter bottle of black dog blood, and a crystal the size of a goose egg.
Li Yuan first picked up the crystal and looked at it. The crystal was crystal clear and felt warm to the touch, not cold.
This is a spirit stone!
You can get spirit stones by opening treasure chests!
Spirit stones are an important resource used to upgrade vehicle magic arrays.
Perhaps we can still cultivate as before!
Li Yuan was overjoyed, as if a powerful supernatural force was beckoning to him. Suddenly, something lightly touched his shoulder, and a cold sensation came over him.
It felt like a block of ice had been placed on his skin, and Li Yuan involuntarily shivered.
Li Yuan instantly became alert and swung his coin sword backward.
Li Yuan turned his head but saw nothing. The black forest remained eerily silent.
Li Yuan looked around but still found nothing, so he was temporarily relieved. However, he knew he couldn't stay any longer. He poured the mushrooms from the newbie gift pack into the treasure chest, picked up the treasure chest, and walked out of the Black Forest.
The two boxes are hard to carry, so I'll just throw one away since it's not important anyway.
Li Yuan walked out hurriedly, looking left and right as he did so, when a leaf landed on his shoulder.
Li Yuan felt a chill run down his spine!