The hook-nosed and skinned thugs were bickering endlessly, but Jiang Liyan sat there motionless without even looking at them.
However, a monk sitting in the first place said calmly: "Please be quiet! Mountain people's things never use evil people to cause evil effects. It's useless even if you fight for scalps!"
As soon as the monk spoke, the hook-nosed and skinned villain immediately stopped arguing and no longer dared to quarrel. The skinned villain had a flattering smile on his face and said, "Mr. Ku is right, I was too impatient to wait."
As soon as he said these words, I was suddenly shocked. Even Jiang Liyan couldn't help but raise his head and glance ahead.
The person sitting on the first chair was indeed a bald monk wearing monk's robes!
I immediately remembered what Shamushak said to me. There are four beings in the Hongmu Mountain Ghost Market that cannot be provoked: a person, a corpse, a ghost, and a monster.
That person among them is the bitter monk who ranks third on the list of murderers.
The list of murderers is a very valuable list. The top ten murderers among them can all be regarded as top masters. As the third-ranked bitter monk, he has killed exorcists and innocent people.
A shocking situation.
According to information issued by the Vatican Convention, a total of 367 exorcists died at the hands of the bitter monks, and more than 1,200 innocent people died.
This data is only shown by evidence. As for the number of dead people who have no evidence or records, we don’t know how many there are.
I really didn’t expect that this guy also came to the Treasure Pavilion! And he even sat in the first chair!
I secretly took a look at Monk Ku, and found that he was wearing gray cloth monk's robes, mango shoes, and a string of rosary beads hanging around his neck. His face was densely wrinkled, his hands were always on his chest, and his face looked miserable.
To be honest, if the skinned villain hadn't said it clearly, this image alone would definitely have been regarded as an ascetic who devoted himself to the Buddha.
It seems that the saying that people cannot be judged by their appearance is indeed true.
As soon as Monk Ku said this, everyone finally stopped and no longer stared at Jiang Liyan.
However, after everyone calmed down, the bargaining voices in Zhenbao Pavilion became even louder, which made people feel impetuous and wanted to curse.
I stood patiently behind Jiang Liyan's chair, but secretly looked at the others and Xie Sui. There were a total of eighteen chairs here, and logically there should be eighteen distinguished guests.
Among them are nine living people and nine evil spirits. There are already six on the living side and seven on the evil side.
It's just that these evil living people don't feel like a trade fair to me, but like a meeting.
I asked Shamusak in a low voice: "Lao Sha, do you think they are having a meeting or preparing to trade something?"
Shamusak said with a grimace: "Brother, I have never been to the Treasure Pavilion. How can I know what these big guys want to do when they gather here?"
I was about to ask again, but I heard the girl next to Jiang Liyan say softly: "It's a trade fair, and it's also a meeting."
I cheered up and said, "How do you say that?"
The girl pursed her lips and said: "Those exorcists and evil spirits who are bargaining are all the subordinates of these eighteen distinguished guests. To put it simply, the big boss is aloof and does not bother to do those trivial things. These subordinates are just doing
These are alive."
After being pointed out like this by her, I understood instantly. No wonder the big bosses were so aloof that they didn't even go to the Treasure Pavilion to choose things. It turned out that those exorcists and evil spirits had already started serving them.
It’s no wonder that this group of people were haggling like they were in a vegetable market, and they didn’t dare to make a move even if they were blushing and thick-necked. With so many big bosses watching from above, who would dare to make a move?
I said to the girl: "You also have people trading down there?"
The girl shook her head: "There is no shortage of those things on Wuzhi Mountain. We are here for those four treasures." She looked at Monk Ku and spoke in a low voice: "Since Monk Ku is here, the evil corpse and human face are here."
Spiders may come too. Alas, those four treasures..."
I became more and more curious as I listened. In the ghost market of Hongmu Mountain, a treasure actually appeared? So I hurriedly asked: "What treasure? Is it an exorcism device?"
The girl looked at me with a strange expression, then looked at Jiang Liyan. After realizing that Jiang Liyan had no expression, she whispered: "A mirror, a gold seal, a gourd, and a sword!"
That mirror is called the Yin-Yang Mirror, which is a bronze vessel from the Pre-Qin Dynasty. One side of the mirror is concave and the other is convex. The concave side is the yin side, and the convex side is the yang side.
It is said that the positive side of the Yin-Yang Mirror shines on people and the negative side shines on ghosts. Whether it is a human or a ghost, you can tell by just looking at it.
The golden seal is a famous seal for suppressing ghosts. It is said that Shang King Wu Ding conquered the ghosts and defeated them in three years. Unexpectedly, because the killing was so serious, after the master returned to the court, some innocent souls followed him into the palace.
As a result, there were many evil spirits in the palace, which made people panic and miserable.
King Wuding of Shang Dynasty was furious and ordered his warlocks to deal with the ghosts. So the warlocks asked King Wuding of Shang Dynasty to carve a ghost-suppressing seal specifically to suppress evil ghosts.
The pattern of the ghost-suppressing seal was extremely complex, so it took three years to carve it out. The whole thing was made of gold, and the runes underneath the seal were extremely complex. Once the mark appeared, all the ghosts would disperse.
Later, King Wu conquered Zhou, and King Zhou used the ghost-suppressing seal to summon ghost soldiers and ghost generals in an attempt to save the defeat. However, it was fate, and even the evil ghosts could not change the direction of history, and he was eventually replaced by the Zhou Dynasty.
Later, the ghost-suppressing seal disappeared. The prince of the Zhou Dynasty searched all over the world but could not find any clues, so he had to give up the ghost-suppressing seal. Since then, the ghost-suppressing seal has become a legend.
As for the gourd, it is neither gold nor iron nor wood, half warm and half cold. Some people want to open it, but the mouth of the gourd is always tightly closed, and no matter what method is used, it cannot be opened.
Some people once speculated whether the gourd was solid and therefore could not be opened. However, when the gourd was shaken carefully, the sound of rattling inside could be heard.
Although everyone does not understand what is in the gourd, it does not hinder their intuition about the gourd. This thing is very strange! It has a long history, even beyond the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, it is something from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period!
As for the last sword, it's not simple either. It's a human sword.
The so-called human sword is made from the three souls and seven souls of a person. To make a human sword, a swordsmith must use himself as the raw material, throw himself into the fire, and use the soul as the sword.
Since then, each generation of sword holders will choose to use their three souls and seven souls to preserve this sword when they die, and then hope to inherit it for thousands of years.
If the human sword is passed down from generation to generation, it will eventually become stronger and stronger. However, the shortcomings of this thing are also obvious. As long as the inheritance is interrupted, the three souls and seven souls will gradually dissipate. In the end, no matter how sharp the long sword is, it will
It lost its color and became a rusty broken sword.
The girl told me that among the four treasures, the human sword was originally the most powerful, but it had been broken for thousands of years and had become rusty and difficult to maintain, so it was the most broken one.
And that gourd is the most mysterious thing.
As I listened to her introduction one by one, my heart began to beat loudly. I didn't care about the human sword or the Yin-Yang mirror, I only cared about that gourd.
This is also what Zheng Kexiu asked me to bring back.
I pretended to be casual and asked, "What did you come to Hongmushan Ghost Market for?"
The girl was about to speak, but she heard Jiang Liyan cough lightly. She immediately swallowed the words that came to her mouth. I suddenly woke up, and now eighteen living people were evilly fighting for four things.
You can imagine how cruel the competition is.
If someone knows your inner thoughts, you will definitely be at a disadvantage all the time, and you may not be able to get anything.
Although the voice of the girl and I was low, there were so many people around us that it was inevitable that someone would overhear us. So it was better to be careful.
I smiled apologetically at Jiang Liyan, and then thought to myself, in my current situation, it would be very difficult to take away the gourd. But if I don't try hard, how can I be willing to do so?
What's more, if I return in vain, I might be laughed at by Zheng Kexiu after I return.
Just as I was thinking about this, I heard an eerie voice coming from the hall: "Everyone, are everyone here?"