After leaving the city, at night, Li Xiuyuan led his guards to a deserted wilderness.
Looking up to the front, there are twinkling ghost fires in front, and there are many ghosts in the woods and trees. Although there are some simple buildings and furnishings, they are all eerie and terrifying. If you are timid, stay here all night.
If you do, you will definitely be scared to death, and even if you don't die, you will go crazy.
However, this should be the real appearance of the ghost market. Only he can see it. If ordinary people come in, they will see a different scene.
"Young Master, is this a ghost market? It looks exactly like an ordinary market." The guard next to him looked around curiously.
In his eyes, there were no will-o'-the-wisps or ghosts here, only a bustling night market with lights and colorful decorations.
Li Xiuyuan said: "This is indeed a ghost market, but you can't see through it. Be careful when I go to the ghost market with me later, and don't accidentally be confused by ghosts."
"Yes, young master." The two guards responded and immediately became more vigilant.
Li Xiuyuan nodded and strode towards the ghost market.
I came here this time to take away several scholars who were traveling with Zhu Yu and others.
Although Zhu Yu has escaped from the entanglement of ghosts and monsters, other scholars have not yet.
However, when he thought about Zhu Yu being in love with a male ghost for five or six days, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but want to laugh. This Zhu Yu was already unlucky enough. He hoped that other scholars would not be more unlucky than this.
Walking along a deserted path, the three of them soon entered the ghost market.
"Master, look, there is a gold ingot there. I don't know who lost it." A guard whispered.
"It must be fake."
A guard next to him also lowered his voice and said: "Since this is a ghost market, how can there be gold on the ground?"
Li Xiuyuan took a look and said: "It's not gold, it's a piece of human bone, and there's an innocent soul squatting next to it. Whoever picks it up will take that innocent soul home. When the time comes, they will be entangled by that innocent soul, and at least they will get seriously ill.
Those who are seriously injured will be killed."
When he saw a human bone, there was a gloomy middle-aged man squatting next to him. The middle-aged man had a dark face and eyes as big as mung beans, glowing red.
Obviously, this is a deadly ghost.
He thought for a moment, then strode over and picked up the human bones on the ground.
"Young Master, didn't you say that this gold is human bones? Why are you still picking it up?" the guard said in shock.
"This ghost wants to harm people. If it can't harm me today, it will harm another passerby in the future, so I want to stop it from harming people." Li Xiuyuan said calmly.
When the middle-aged ghost with a dark face saw Li Xiuyuan picking up the human bone, he immediately smiled and turned into a sinister wind, trying to get into the human bone, and then was taken home as gold.
But as soon as this fierce ghost came close to Li Xiuyuan, he immediately let out a shrill cry, as if he had fallen into boiling oil and was about to be fried to death.
"Huh~!"
A gloomy wind seemed to be shattered, spreading out with a fishy smell, and the evil ghost had disappeared.
"Click~!"
Then, the human bone in Li Xiuyuan's hand made a crisp sound and broke.
"It's really human bones." The two guards next to him took a look and were immediately shocked.
Li Xiuyuan casually threw the human bones into the forest far away, patted the dust on his palms and said: "Ghosts only use these tricks to harm people. The first is to change their beauty and seduce you with money, the second is to use illusions to confuse you, and the third is to
I'm trying to scare you. As long as you are brave and don't be tempted by beauty and money, you can ignore nine out of ten ghosts and monsters when you go out."
When the two guards heard this, they nodded in agreement, feeling that they needed to keep it in mind in the future.
After passing this road, you have completely entered the ghost market.
The street is not big, just a winding mountain road. There are ghost fires floating on the trees beside the road, like lanterns, lighting up the forest. There are ghosts wandering around, including men, women, children and old people.
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There are also little ghost stalls on both sides, selling some weird things.
There are also clothes and gold and silver jewelry made of paper, as well as houses and buildings painted on yellow paper, as well as boys and girls used for worship in front of graves, and various other items. They are not things of the human world, such as
Objects for offerings at graves.
Li Xiuyuan came with his guards all the way. Whenever the ghosts passing by saw him, they hurriedly avoided him and did not want to get too close.
Because the ghost here felt the yang energy that was as hot as a furnace in Li Xiuyuan.
Even if the Qiqiao Exquisite Heart is blocked, weak ghosts will not dare to approach martial arts practitioners like him.
This is also the reason why people who encounter ghosts are all old, weak, sick and disabled. Really rich and powerful men cannot encounter ghosts, because ghosts can only confuse those who are timid and weak, and they can only confuse those who are brave and fierce.
People must avoid it.
"You two go and ask nearby to see if there is any whereabouts of those scholars. They don't dare to get too close to me, so I can't ask." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, young master." The two guards responded and immediately walked away.
Li Xiuyuan warned again, "Don't go too far."
Although these two guards were also martial arts practitioners and had strong yang energy, they could only be avoided by some little ghosts. If they met some wise old ghosts, they would still be attacked, so he told them not to go far.
"Hunter, why did you come here in the middle of the night? This is not where you came from. Go home and leave quickly."
While waiting, a hunchbacked old ghost passed by. When he saw Li Xiuyuan, he reminded him and motioned him to leave.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then he saluted and said, "I want to ask the old man something, but I don't know if it's inconvenient for the old man."
"I wonder what the descendant wants to inquire about?" the hunchbacked old ghost asked.
"It's the whereabouts of a few scholars. They came here before, but they disappeared now. They are my friends, and I came here to find them." Li Xiuyuan said.
I didn't expect that there would be ghosts in this ghost market who would be so kind as to remind me to leave here.
It seems that not all ghosts are bad, there are also some who are kind-hearted.
The hunchbacked old ghost looked around, said nothing, just pointed to the forest over there, and then left quickly.
Li Xiuyuan looked in the direction he pointed and vaguely saw a garden in that area, with buildings in the garden.
It should be a cemetery.
"It seems that this hunchback is very jealous of that place. He doesn't dare to talk about it, he can only point it out."
Li Xiuyuan thought to himself: "The male ghost that I killed before that confused Zhu Yu said that he was the ghost servant of Chu Shilang. Is there any connection between the two?"
No matter what, I still have to go and take a look. I hope this kind-hearted hunchback didn't lie to me.
Soon, he called to the two guards who were asking around and asked them to come back.
One of the two guards was pestered by a vendor, who insisted on buying something, and the other guard was pestered by a female ghost, who was talking about something.
However, the two guards remembered Li Xiuyuan's instructions before, and immediately ran back left and right as soon as he gave the order.
"Young master, what's the matter? I'm almost getting information about the scholar from the hawker."
"I also immediately asked some information from the woman's mouth."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "If you can't ask, they won't tell you. They are trying to catch you with information. Ignore them and let's go."
"Yes, young master." The two guards responded.
The two vendors and female ghosts who were pestering the guards saw the group leaving and did not follow them. Perhaps they were a little jealous of Li Xiuyuan, or the two guards were not fooled and seduced by them.
Soon, Li Xiuyuan came to a cemetery with a relatively beautiful environment.
"I really didn't expect that there would be such a place among the mountains and fields." He took a glance.
Although it was night, he could still see the environment here under the moonlight.
It doesn't look like a place in the mountains, but rather like a good place for outing. There are fruit gardens and some pavilions nearby. Moreover, these things are not illusions, but real existences. If they are fakes,
Yes, then it will definitely not be hidden from his eyes.
"To build this place, we need a lot of financial resources." He thought to himself.
"Young Master, this is a mansion." The guard next to him said as he looked ahead.
Mansion?
Li Xiuyuan frowned and said, "What mansion?"
"It says Chu Mansion," the guard said.
"Then go over and have a look." Li Xiuyuan said. There was no Chu Mansion in his eyes.
But before they had gone far, a few of them encountered a creek. Just as they crossed the creek, they heard a voice next to them.
"Those young people, can you help a group of old people? Their legs and feet are inconvenient and they can't cross this stream. Can you help carry them across?"
An old man with a short beard, an old face, and a tall figure smiled and waved to the three people.
"Old man, let me carry you." A guard patted his chest and said eagerly.
Li Xiuyuan slapped him on the back fiercely; "What are you doing?"
The guard suddenly trembled, his eyes woke up from the confusion, and he was suddenly panicked. How could he have agreed to this old man so well?
It was so late, and an old man wanted to cross a stream in the mountains and forests. This was obviously something strange, and no normal person would agree.
"Old, eldest young master, what am I?"
"You were just confused by a ghost. This is an old ghost. With Taoism, it's normal that you can't stop him."
Li Xiuyuan said, and then looked at the old man who said he wanted to cross the stream.
In his eyes, the old man was not a person at all, but a rotten coffin board standing there.
If he walked over and carried the old man on his back, he would be carrying a coffin board on his back.
"We don't have that time to deal with this old ghost. We have other things to do." Li Xiuyuan said.
The two guards responded and left in a hurry.
"Chu Family Cemetery"
When he came to a plaque, Li Xiuyuan looked up and saw four big characters falling on it.
"Young Master, the Chu Mansion has arrived, do you want to knock on the door?" the guard said. In their eyes, this house number was the door of a mansion, and two vermilion doors fell in front of them.
"There is no door to the mansion. We'll talk about it first. Just let us know when we meet someone. That door is for ghosts to knock on. We are living people and don't need to pay attention to it." Li Xiuyuan strode forward.