My fairy tale is actually a strange story

Chapter 27 Pink and Ink Painting
  Feeling slightly shaken, Jiang Yuncheng appeared on the raised platform above the cave and quickly clicked on the Zhiguai illustrated book to retrieve Yingniang.

The big lizard bit the hole, and a smelly purple liquid sputtered out of its mouth. It made a "sizzling" sound when it hit the ground. I don't know whether it was a strong acid with a corrosive effect or a highly poisonous one.

The cave is dark, the road above is blocked by falling rocks, making it impossible to return the same way, and the entrance to the Moshan Tunnel has also been sealed.

In the erratic light of the lighting skill, the huge body of the level boss is disappointing.

"Jiang Yuncheng? What are you doing here?!"

Jiang Yuncheng had no escape route above, and it was even more inconvenient to move on the only protrusion of the rock mass.

Xu Hong's hiding place had been discovered by the big lizard, so she had to step out of the shadows. The green and black summer cicada tattoo on her arm kept making noises.

"I don't want to either..."

The big lizard didn't give humans any time to chat. It flicked its head and dozens of branched branches of venom flew out.
  The cicada screams sharply, and the sound waves are like blades, cutting away the flying mucus.

Her arms and thighs were all covered with injuries. Xu Hong couldn't hold on for long, and the level gap between Jiang Yuncheng was too big.

I just used the Yin Yang Water Pavilion to salvage it from the underground black market in Nancheng. If I salvage it again at this time, not much spiritual energy will be generated.

However, that big lizard...

Jiang Yuncheng squinted his eyes, and using the player's lighting skill in the shape of a white light ball, he could see that the throat of the level boss was damaged, with a fish head sticking out.

The bones of the fish were so exaggerated that one had to hold both hands together to hold it.

Unfortunately, it was not a live fish, and there was no chopped pepper. It was just a black fish skeleton with empty eye sockets that were lifeless.

It's a bit funny to have a fish head stabbed out from the throat of the level boss, but facing a dead end, Jiang Yuncheng really couldn't laugh.

【Identification of ghost stories】

"Ok?"

The text prompt that suddenly popped up surprised Jiang Yuncheng.

I witnessed the level boss in the underground black market in Nancheng. At that time, I didn’t say that I had detected ghost stories, but now there is one in the Moshan Ghost Temple.

Obviously these two are the weird levels mentioned by players...

and many more!

What the Zhiguai game can recognize should be the type of stories that Jiang Yuncheng had before his time travel.

["Maoting Guest Talk"]

A literary work about strange things written by Huang Xiufu in the Song Dynasty.

Then, the strange story recognized by Zhiguai Game should not be the level boss, but the inexplicable fish bone.

boom--

Before the thoughts in Jiang Yuncheng's mind could be formed, fire suddenly flashed in front of the tunnel, followed by explosive sounds.

The direction of the collapsed cave entrance... exploded again, and a few rays of sunlight sprinkled in the firelight.

"Is someone coming to save us?"

Xu Hong was overjoyed and covered her leg wound again.

With her current mobility... she can't escape the pursuit of the level boss.

"Jiang Yuncheng! Let's go!"

"What do you want to do?!"

"You know." Xu Hong's eyes were determined, "If you are being pretentious now, we will just die here together."

Three years ago, Xu Hong failed to protect her sister.

Three years later, this boy who was lost in the copy... must escape!
  Ying Niang ran fifty or sixty meters away, while Jiang Yuncheng jumped from the roof of the cave. He landed in an extremely inelegant manner and fell to pieces.

However, a level 7 player would not be seriously injured if he fell.

"Don't be stupid!" Xu Hong shook off Jiang Yuncheng's hand, "I know you have a way to move, but you can't move with me. You look a lot like my sister. Let's go."

When Jiang Yuncheng fell into the tunnel, he exchanged places with the shadow on the roof of the cave.

If he could take Xu Hong away, Jiang Yuncheng would have used his shadow to move Xu Hong far away.

"What's your sister? I'm a boy."

The big lizard didn't give the players time to chat. It had been frightened by the fire and the roar of explosions, and now it was rushing towards him with fierce steps and a mouth full of venom.

The hole behind him was blown open, but no player entered.

‘Lord God! ’ ˆ ˆ In the distance, Ying Niang is about to use her transformation to escape from danger.

At the last moment, Jiang Yuncheng locked his eyes on the big lizard.

To be precise, they are the fish bones that poke out of the necks of large lizards.

"Ironfish!"

"Maoting Guest Talk" Volume 8, Iron-bone Fish

[A fish bone is black, which is iron. Let the craftsman identify it and find it to be of real iron, so he forged this sword."

After calling out the true name of the monster, the hollow fish skull suddenly trembled, and a strange light emitted from its eyes.

Jiang Yuncheng's guess was correct. The only thing that could be sensed in the illustrated book of strange monsters was the stories about gods and monsters before time travel.

The skin and flesh of the iron-bone fish became more and more plump, stretching the big lizard until its wound exploded, and it shook its head restlessly.

"Xu Hong!"

Grabbing Xu Hong, Jiang Yuncheng took advantage of the level boss to shake and quickly ran towards the entrance.

"careful!"

Before he could take two steps, Xu Hong pushed hard, and the two of them pounced on him from the left and right. On the route they had previously run, a pool of venom fell to the ground, and acrid white smoke emitted.

Just smelling it intermittently, Jiang Yuncheng felt his nose sting and his health points were reduced.

Sure enough, it's not that easy to escape from the level boss.

"Jiang Yuncheng, now is not the time to be pretentious, otherwise we will all die here!"

"I know."

Jiang Yuncheng wondered why someone blew up the Moshan Tunnel but no players came in to reinforce it?

With no time to think, the big lizard resisted the pain from its throat to its chest, adjusted its pace, and prepared to attack again.

In this game...how do you include new gods and monsters in the Monster Illustrated Book?

After clicking on the prompt for "Maoting Guest Talk" before, there were no new variables. Jiang Yuncheng really had no choice but to abandon Xu Hong, switch places with Ying Niang and sneak away alone.

In the first strategy operation after time travel, all teammates had to sacrifice themselves to heaven...it was too miserable.

After calling out the monster's real name, the text prompt changed and turned into a talisman paper with the words "Iron Fish" written on it.

There is a hole under the talisman paper. I scanned it with my thoughts and felt how deep it was. The more I penetrated with my soul power, the more unfathomable it became.

Further down, Jiang Yuncheng felt his complete soul being pulled into the hole the size of a soybean.

The world is spinning, as if the ink and gouache paintings are constantly floating, and suddenly the body seems to fall into the water, flowing to somewhere along the undercurrent and the paint all over the sky.

When Jiang Yuncheng came back to his senses, he was already standing in a simple city-style scene.

"What are you doing? A second time travel?"

The situation in front of me is obviously different from the conventional time-travel. Pavilions, roof tiles, cornices, and bluestone paths all have borders blurred with ink and gouache.

...I seem to be currently in a reading book on ancient paintings.

"Shadow Girl."

‘Lord sent by God, I am here’

After receiving Yingniang's response, Jiang Yuncheng felt relieved.

‘How did Master Shenzhao come to this world? ’

"I don't know. It may be a story related to the Iron Bone Fish."

The scene in front of me is similar to the backyard of people with some financial resources in ancient times, with rockeries, flowing water, and pavilions and flower gardens.

In front of the pond, Jiang Yuncheng took a look at the image in the water.

The reflection of himself in the water is as pale as a gouache painting, and his expression is very similar. He is wearing black scale armor and is paired with a cloud-shaped short sword.

Guard?
  Opposite Jiang Yuncheng, a middle-aged man dressed in official uniform, with a square face full of determination, was talking to the pool.

"Now that the evil spirits are attacking the city, it is difficult to defend it. As the lord of the city, I would rather die than leave... You can find a waterway to escape. The sky is high and the sea is wide, and you can find another place to stay."

In the ancestral hall, two large white carp, nearly 2 meters long, poked their heads out, cooing and spitting bubbles.

The city lord knew that he would die at the hands of the evil thing destroying the city, so he persuaded the carp who had been with him for many years to leave.

(End of this chapter)