"So magical? The strange city, is it a strange place?"
Hearing this, Ye Qing's eyes lit up. He thought that the so-called strange market was just a group of people finding a place to get together to trade and buy things. He didn't expect that the strange market was similar to the strange world and required this special method to enter. .
It seems that he is still too young.
Chu Nianjiu took a sip of wine and continued: "The Gui Shi is a mysterious place. It is said that the Gui Shi is between yin and yang, and the white paper lantern has the ability to communicate between yin and yang. As for the nine retrograde steps, there are also specialties, so-called Living people move forward, while dead souls move backwards and forward, which also corresponds to the transition from life to death, from yang to yin.”
"Is there such a thing?!" Ye Qing took the white paper lantern with a surprised expression.
Lin Yuhuai replied: "This is just our guess. As for where the strange market actually exists, we don't know!"
"Okay, midnight is here, let's enter the Gui City quickly. We only have a quarter of an hour to enter the Gui City. Once the time passes, we can only wait for the next time."
Ye Qing and Chu Nianjiu nodded, walked to the intersection in front of Jing'an Division, and began to slowly walk backwards.
As they retreated, a faint white mist appeared next to the three of them. The surrounding restaurants and houses were looming in the white mist, as if they existed on the other side of the world like the moon in the flowers and water in the mirror.
Ye Qing stretched out his hand to grab it, and his palm passed through the white mist, creating ripples that seemed to be there but not there.
Slowly, the white mist around the three of them became thicker and thicker, and everything in the world disappeared, as if they were walking in the clouds.
Everything is vast, and there are two different paths for humans and ghosts.
"Does your distinguished guest need to cover up his appearance?" When he stepped back to the eighth step, a huge shadow suddenly appeared in the surrounding white mist, accompanied by a spooky and weird sound.
Ye Qing frowned, his muscles tensed up, and he looked warily at the huge figure in the white mist.
Even though it was covered by the fog, Ye Qing could still clearly see the opponent's appearance with his strong mental power.
It was a huge skull, a skull made purely of fog. Two pure white flames burned in the skull's eyes, and white flames spewed out from the mouth and nose from time to time.
But that kind of pure white flame does not make people feel cold and cold, but has a faint warmth, like a warm candle flame.
Around the skull, there were white lanterns floating around, and innocent laughter was constantly coming from the lanterns, as if they were spiritual.
When Ye Qing looked at the skull, the skull seemed to notice Ye Qing's gaze. The upper and lower jaws opened and closed and collided, pure white flames overflowed, and the white paper lanterns floating around the skull, He also stopped and giggled.
"Wu Huan, don't be nervous, that's the Wuling."
Lin Yuhuai's voice rang in Ye Qing's ears: "Before entering Gui City, everyone will encounter the fog spirit. The fog spirit will provide a cloak according to the customer's needs to hide their appearance and aura."
"After all, the customers who enter Guishi have mixed tastes, and some people are inconvenient or unwilling to show their true colors, so Guishi will provide a cloak to protect the privacy of the guests."
"Of course, you can also refuse. It's all voluntary."
While speaking, Lin Yuhuai looked at Wu Ling and said, "I'm sorry to trouble Wu Ling."
"I am willing to serve you, distinguished guest!" Wu Ling's voice came from the mist, and then, a white paper lantern flew out of the mist and turned into a white cloak, covering Lin Yuhuai's face.
"Isn't it said that the cloak can hide the appearance? Why can I still see Brother Lin's face?" However, after Lin Yuhuai put on the cloak, Ye Qing could still see his face, which made him feel a little strange.
Chu Nianjiu said: "Of course because we are together, Wuling tacitly agrees that we know each other, so each other can see each other's appearance. Otherwise, everyone in the city is wearing a cloak. What if we get separated? trouble?"
"This cloak is quite humane. I want one too." Ye Qing suddenly said to Wu Ling.
"Want to serve you!" Following the voice of the fog spirit, a white paper lantern floated out of the mist, turned into a cloak, and was draped on Ye Qing.
Chu Nianjiu also asked for a cloak.
"Best farewell to your distinguished guest!" After the three of them made their choice, the Wuling slowly disappeared, and Ye Qing and the others also took the ninth step backwards, which was the last step.
When he took the ninth step, Ye Qing's eyes blurred. The surrounding fog disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by attics, shops, stalls, etc. There were also bustling people and noisy and disturbing sounds, making it very lively.
"This is the street?!" Suddenly, Ye Qing and three people appeared on a street, but their appearance did not attract the attention of the people around them. In other words, they had long been accustomed to it.
"Wu Huan, you can go shopping by yourself first. Nianjiu and I have to do some errands first and will come to see you later."
After entering the Gui Market, Lin Yuhuai looked at Ye Qing and said, "Don't worry, Nianjiu and I will keep an eye on the Yuejian Stone Marrow for you."
"Okay, you guys get busy first." Ye Qing nodded. Lin Yuhuai had told him in advance that Chu Nianjiu had something to do when he came to Gui Shi, so he didn't feel any surprise.
After Lin Yuhuai and Chu Nianjiu left, Ye Qing began to wander around the market. The market was bustling with activity, just like a morning market in another world. Both sides of the street were lined with stalls, with a dazzling array of goods. There are those who sell strange materials, some who sell precious medicines and spiritual materials, some who sell secrets on secret weapons, some who sell remnants of relics; etc., it’s dazzling.
But unfortunately, the things on these stalls seem to be magical as the stall owners boast, but most of them are ordinary things, meant to deceive laymen who don’t know the goods. For example, a strange blood-level bone is blown away. What kind of enchanting and impermanent-level weird bones have become; an ordinary secret book has been trumpeted as some kind of peerless martial arts. Buy it today, practice it tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow you can fly into the sky, shoulder to shoulder with the sun; a fragment of a blood-level magic weapon , after being made old, they were boasted as fragments of some kind of impermanent or natural disaster-level artifact, and they gave this artifact a ridiculous name or origin, and boasted about it no matter how powerful it was...
In short, it doesn't matter what the item is, it all depends on the boss's mouth.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if you can't sell it. It's just a waste of saliva. It's just a matter of drinking two mouthfuls of water and kissing. If it sells, wouldn't it be a big profit?
In addition, everyone is wearing a cloak, and they are not afraid of being settled by someone else. There are as many villains as dogs, and there are many enemies walking around. How can you miss such a good opportunity?
After walking around, it seemed that Ye Qing also wanted to set up a street stall to earn some extra money.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the eloquence to confuse right and wrong, so he gave up in frustration.
"Hey, that's a jade pendant to ward off evil spirits, what a good thing!"
Suddenly, Ye Qing's eyes lit up when he saw an ordinary jade pendant placed on a street stall.
Just as he was about to step forward, he suddenly stopped and observed the order and position of the things on the other party's stall. He saw the jade pendant to ward off evil spirits placed at the edge of the stall. His eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth turned up.
As soon as he walked to the stall, the owner of the stall immediately said excitedly: "Guest, what do you want to buy? These things are all burial objects brought from the tomb of a very powerful man. Although they are not in good condition, they are definitely They are all good goods. For example, this fragment is at least a fragment of a natural disaster-level artifact. It is very powerful. This bottle of treasure is called Dragon Tiger Marrow Cleansing Pill. Only one pill can cleanse the essence and cut the marrow, and become an innate incomparable weapon. The body of dirt..."
The stall owner Balabala boasted, his eyes blazing, looking at Ye Qing as if he was looking at a fool who was about to take the bait.
Ye Qing smiled disdainfully, picked up the fragment that the stall owner boasted as a natural disaster-level artifact, and said: "This fragment is at most a fragment of a blood-level artifact, just made old with sand and gravel; this bottle of Laoshizi Dragon Tiger Marrow Cleansing Pill, well, it still has a rancid smell. It is fake and very unprofessional. It is kneaded with dough, but when it is aged with smoked vinegar, it is not completely evaporated. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell it at a glance. , remember to evaporate the smoked vinegar before using it to deceive people."
Hearing Ye Qing's words, the stall owner said angrily: "Humph, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. These are genuine and genuine products. Good things, go and go. Don't touch them if you don't want to buy them."
As he spoke, he waved his hands to drive people away.
"haha, really?"
Ye Qing chuckled and continued: "This piece of porcelain is a fragment of the emperor's deer hunting blue and white porcelain from the Nanhuai Qing Kiln. It was just smoked out with fireworks; and this rap figurine, well, it is really a tomb object. , but judging from its appearance, it is the style of the Yan State. It is only thirty or forty years old at most, and it is just contaminated with some yin energy. If it is placed at home, it will not only not seek good luck and avoid evil, but may also attract some ghosts; A pair of embroidered shoes... I very much suspect that they are just leftovers from your wife's clothes, and you just used them as waste."
"And... this... this..."
At first, the stall owner was a little angry, but gradually he lost his confidence, and in the end he was just embarrassed and ridiculed.
"The guest is really well-informed, I admire him, I admire him. However, I am just a casualty, so the guest must be merciful and save some face for me."
The stall owner wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "This way, guest, you can choose whatever you want, and I'll sell it to you at the cost price!"
The corners of Ye Qing's mouth turned up and he smiled. This was the effect he wanted.
Ye Qing lowered his head and randomly picked out two relatively similar decorations from the stall, and finally picked up the jade pendant placed at the corner of the stall to ward off evil spirits.
Seeing Ye Qing pick up the jade pendant to ward off evil spirits, the vendor smiled and said: "Hey, the customer is really discerning. These things are the best things I have here. Especially the jade pendant, which is carved from the famous jade to ward off evil spirits." As a result, the anti-evil jade is particularly sensitive to evil and strange things. It can attract good luck and ward off evil spirits. It is a good thing that even money can't buy."
Ye Qing's heart skipped a beat, thinking that the other party had seen through his scheme, but he soon calmed down, thinking that the other party was just bragging as usual and had no idea that the jade pendant in front of him was really carved from jade to ward off evil spirits. After all, if the other party really If you knew the details of this jade pendant, you would never place it on the edge of the stall, in the most inconspicuous corner.
And what he did at the beginning was to pave the way for this jade pendant to ward off evil spirits. He repeatedly belittled it and made the other party think that he was a master of anti-counterfeiting. After that, the other party would not refute what he said, but would believe it to be true.
After making a guess, Ye Qing cleared his throat and sneered: "Oh, what, you are addicted to deceiving people and you still want to deceive me?"
"It is said that the jade to ward off evil spirits is as transparent as a mirror, as clear as a lake, as clear as the sky, and as pure as water. It is flawless when you see the sun, and it is flawless when you see the moon. Look at this jade pendant of yours. It is yellow all over and has a poor quality. How does it look like a jade to ward off evil spirits, how about deceiving ghosts?"
"If I hadn't wanted to add some decorations to my home, I wouldn't have bothered to talk to you. If you like to sell, why don't you just forget about it?"
As he spoke, Ye Qing looked disgusted and threw the things in his hands towards the stall.
Seeing this, the stall owner hurriedly said: "No, no, no, it's my fault, it's all my fault. It's all my bad mouth. I'm used to bragging. Don't mind, don't mind."
"In this way, I will sell these three items to you at the cost price, which is a total of ten taels of snowflake silver. If you buy ten taels of snowflake silver, you cannot suffer a loss or be cheated."
"You know the truth." Ye Qing snorted coldly, pretended to be disdainful, took out a dozen taels of snowflake silver, threw it to the other party, turned around and left.
"Wait a minute! I want this jade pendant, one hundred taels of snowflake silver."
But at this moment, a deep voice suddenly sounded.
