Two teenagers in caps cautiously walked through the amusement crowd and walked around the streets and alleys in the direction of the sparsely populated western city of Xinlancheng.

The whistling night breeze brushed his cheeks, and as Al and Li Shiyi got farther and farther away from the center of Xinlan City, the grass and trees in the depths of Xicheng District gradually increased, and most of the pedestrians passing by in the lights were in a hurry, and the originally warm air was slightly cool.

The rolling dark green mounds, the low old houses with lonely lights, the occasional flying crows, and the rugged sheep intestine paths, there is an indescribable eerie atmosphere in the fringe area of Xicheng District, especially at night, when the sky is dotted with lone stars and the underground tired birds are singing, which seems to be a little out of place with the rich and prosperous main city.

Lonely water surrounded the city, quiet and silent, and after following Li Shiyi across an ancient bridge, Al inadvertently fought a cold war.

Ten minutes ago, he could still see pedestrians talking and laughing on the road, and even faintly heard the hustle and bustle of the main city, but now the surrounding environment is simply quiet to the extreme, except for the occasional owl in the woodtops with a pair of green eyes, is the ubiquitous cricket chirping.

"Senior brother, haven't you arrived yet, I'm afraid we're going to get to the foot of the city wall if we continue to walk like this?" Al asked, "How could the underground black market in Xinlan City be built in such a quiet and frightening place. ”

"Come on, don't talk yet," Li Shiyi's eyes surveyed something in the dark night, "follow me." ”

"Hmm. ”

The clear shadow of the moon was reflected in the stream, the green water was slight, the withered grass was stained with dew, and the shadows of the two teenagers flashed by, heading towards a more secluded place in Xicheng District.

After another ten minutes or so, two men leaped down from the tops of an ancient tree, the shadows of the trees gradually became dense, and the clear light of the moon shone through the cracks in the leaves, and by the dim light, a series of areas enclosed by iron fences wound with rusty wires gradually became clear in sight.

A landmark made of rusty white lacquered iron sheets hangs crookedly on the arched iron grille gate, because it is too old and no one has maintained it, the font on the iron sign is no longer recognizable, but the environment in this area can roughly deduce what kind of place it is.

The phosphorus fire is mottled, the ghosts are building, the small earthen bags distributed in various areas and the milky white tombstones in front of the earthen bags are all exuding death-like silence to the outside world, and there is an abandoned Gothic castle in the depths of the field of vision, but the periphery of the castle has long been overgrown with weeds and rubble.

Li Shiyi brought Al to a cemetery in the westernmost area of Xinlan, and it was a cemetery that had been abandoned for a long time.

"Senior brother, it doesn't seem like it's Halloween today, right?" Al's heart was a little furious, "It doesn't seem to be April Fool's Day, this is a cemetery, how can there be any underground black market, could it be that these lonely ghosts opened it?"

Li Shiyi stood in front of the doorrail and didn't go in directly, and Al didn't act rashly like Li Shiyi, although he felt a little unbelievable, he also knew that Li Shiyi wouldn't joke with people easily, so he chose to wait and see.

"Did you bring any money?" Li Shiyi suddenly asked coldly.

"Ahh

"It's not this," Li Shiyi didn't take it, "Gold coins." ”

"Gold?!" Al almost shouted, "I don't have any gold, I can get you a few silver coins out of my pocket, that's all I have..."

"Senior brother, don't you have any money? Didn't Moby Dick give us half a month's salary in advance, you can't spend it so quickly, right?!"

"Lend me a gold coin," the corners of Li Shiyi's eyes twitched slightly, deliberately avoiding El's question, "I'll give it back to you after the mission is over." ”

"Let's talk about it first, I'll have a gold coin, and I'll be out of it if I borrow it again..."

Al reluctantly took out a gold coin from his personal pocket and reluctantly handed it to Li Shiyi.

Al has been frugal since he entered school, and he saved all the money he saved, because he remembered that Uncle Paul once said that he wanted a good wrought hammer from the imperial capital, and he also quietly asked about the price, which was a bit expensive, so he wanted to save the extra money and change the hammer head for the unserious uncle, but he didn't know if he could use it again, and he didn't know if he could return to the leisurely and quiet life before.

It is always good to have a vision in people's hearts, at least there are some beautiful things that are enough to support themselves to live tenaciously, even if it is a beautiful bubble in the end.

Li Shiyi, who took the gold coin, shook it in his hand, and then before Al could react, he raised his hand and threw the gold coin into the cemetery, and the gold coin flew into the confused night with the sound of the wind, and no one knew where it would end up.

"Senior brother, are you crazy?!"

Al looked at Li Shiyi in confusion, he wanted to rush in to retrieve the gold coin that had fallen into the distance, but was stopped by Li Shiyi as soon as he left.

"Don't move, it's coming soon. Li Shiyi's eyes stared straight at the direction where the coin flew away.

"Who? don't lie to me, can't the gold coin run back with its own legs!"

"See for yourself, now. ”

Al looked into the depths of the graveyard in disbelief, and then he saw a scene that he would never forget.

The gold coin thrown out by Li Shiyi was actually hanging not far from the entrance of the cemetery, and a white halo of light wrapped around the gold coin between the ups and downs, which seemed to be in the shape of a hand, and there was a dark yellow light floating next to the gold coin, which was an ancient kerosene lamp, and the kerosene vapor had blackened the glass, so the lamp did not look bright.

"It's... That's what the legend says... What the hell?"

A cold wind struck, and Al's back felt cold, and he watched in a daze as the gold coin and kerosene lamp leaned closer and closer, even more terrifying than those ghostly fires, because in the circle of light emitted by the kerosene lamp seemed to be the outline of a person, but the difference was that the outline seemed unreal no matter how it looked, because it was twisting and deforming in the forest wind, like a flag waving in the wind.

"Ghost, do I look like a ghost?" a darkened voice came faintly.

The translucent body has no legs, wisps of smoke float behind him, and the upper body is draped in a tattered linen robe, and the figure carrying a kerosene lamp looks like a disembodied spirit wandering here ethereally, and it looks like an old man who was still alive.

"Grandpa, you... Do you think... Myself... Don't you like to?" said Al, squeezing out a smile as he fought back his horror.

"Do you know what an ability is?" the old man looked at Ali and seemed a little angry, "There is a wisp of ability left in Lao Tzu's body, understand? ”

Then, the spirit old man gave Al a blank look and ignored him, but the empty eyes were indeed a little oozing.

"Sir Amos, would it be convenient to take us to the underground black market now?" Li Shiyi said calmly.

"Jazz?!" Al looked the shabby-clad old man up and down, "Senior brother, you say he's a sir?!"

"What's the matter, doesn't my temperament look like a knight?stinky boy!" the spirit old man flicked his floating beard away, "Lao Tzu was a member of the royal family of the Josephs Empire when he was alive. ”

"Uh... Before he died—" Al smiled awkwardly and muttered quietly, "Isn't this still a spirit..."

"It's you, that kid from the East, why are you here again?" The spirit named Amos obviously knew Li Shiyi, "What are you here for?"

"I'm sorry, like last time, confidential. ”

"You..."Sir Amos glared at Li Shiyi, but he looked at the gold coins in his hand and finally did not have a seizure, "Of course you can enter the black market, but you can only enter alone." ”

"Why?!" Al asked as he stepped forward.

"Because you have only paid me a gold coin, but there are two of you," Sir Amos's words hinted of cunning, "so decide for yourselves, who will go in with me, and who will stay here and wait." ”

"Aren't you cheating?" Al was a little unconvinced, "It's just that you're going to charge us two gold coins when you go in, why don't you grab it?"

"Yo he, how can you talk to Lord Sir with this hairy boy?!Believe it or not, I gave an order..."Sir Amos's hand just raised and froze in mid-air, he seemed to remember that he was no longer a sir, "Ahem, Lord Ben doesn't care about you two children, and you don't have to negotiate a gold coin per person, otherwise you should leave here quickly." ”

With that, Sir Amos turned and drifted slowly towards the far end of the cemetery, where he was about to put the gold coin into the purse under the kerosene lamp, and it seemed that he had no intention of returning it.

"Wait, give me back the coins!"

Al let out a low shout, the "steel bone" was activated, and the dark red flames instantly lit up the surrounding scenery, impacting those floating "ghost fires" to pieces, and Al also rushed into the cemetery with the help of the flames, and in a blink of an eye, he reached the back of Sir Amos, and he snatched the gold coin.

The scales of the "steel bone" opened in reverse, and the flames shot out, and Al nimbly rolled over and landed, his gold coin tightly clutched in his hand.

Sir Amos, on the other hand, was stunned, staring at his empty palms in disbelief for five seconds before he came to his senses.

"Stinky boy, you... You're a Stranger too?!" Sir Amos' jaw dropped to the ground.

"I'm sorry, keep it a secret!" Al said, imitating Li Shiyi's tone.

"You're from the Imperial Military Academy?!"

"Sir Amos, isn't the movement just now a bit too big, aren't you afraid of disturbing those undead who are sleeping here?" Li Shiyi interrupted these boring arguments at the right time, "Two gold coins, take us in." ”

"Wait, I should have guessed," Duke Amos looked at Li Shiyi and then at Al, "I won't charge you two for the guide today, but you two will promise to do me a favor." ”

"What the hell are you up to again?" Al asked suspiciously.

Say. ”

Li Shiyi still stood firmly outside the cemetery, not moving a single step.

"It's very simple, after returning to the Imperial Military Academy, help me go to Valhalla to see if there is a monument to my 'Sir Amos', after so many years, I'm afraid no one will remember me for a long time. ”

"Why don't you see for yourself?" Al asked rhetorically.

"Because guarding this cemetery is both my mission and my destination, and I can't do without it, not even a single step. ”