"Is that the same thing we saw on the river......

Hearing Frog Moon say this, Jiang Yao couldn't help but think of the "Shadow Army" that crossed the Yangtze River and headed in the direction of the "ghost town".

According to the explanation of the three-legged black at that time, these "shadows" were energy bodies that were gathered due to people's sacrifices and thoughts about their ancestors. Every year during the Qingming Festival and the Midyear Festival, the underworld will open the "ghost gate" to introduce these "missing energy bodies" into the netherworld to maintain the energy balance of the three worlds. And since the transportation target of these "missing energy bodies" is the 'Ghost Gate', it is very unbelievable that they appear here now.

"Hmm...... At that time, we wondered why these 'Missing Energy Bodies' were being transported in the direction of the "Ghost Town" instead of the "Ghost Gate". Now it seems that eighty percent of them have been hijacked. ”

Lu Xingyue analyzed, intentionally or unintentionally, glanced at the tangled expression of the frog on the side, and suddenly guessed most of it in his heart.

I said...... Could it be that you lost it as a toad?"

"No, frog me...... Not...... When ......the frog heard this, his face was blue and white for a while, and he felt like he was about to cry for a long time.

"Alas, it's okay. Since I promised the God of Clarity, then this lost 'Missing Energy Body' will always have to be recovered. Gluttony said, swaggering past the frog side, pinching the frog man's head and rubbing it vigorously. "Tell me, where are those 'missing energy bodies' now?"

"That's it...... It was in the 'Black Soul Castle' that Frog Frog saw that the 'Missing Energy Body' was brought into the 'Black Soul Castle' through the back door by a black shadow, and it ...... clucked."

Frog Frog clutched two small paws nervously, constantly peeking at Glutton's face.

"And, if Frog Strider is not mistaken, the shadow seems to be ...... It seems to be ......"

"What is it?"

"It's like ...... 'puppet undead'......" Frog stammered. "And that breath ...... It's exactly the same as the one on the river!"

"'Puppet undead'!?" Jiang Yao's face changed when he heard this, he hurriedly took two steps forward and hurriedly asked. "Are you sure that the one who brought the 'Missing Energy Body' into the 'Black Soul Castle' is a 'puppet undead'?"

"When, of course it's certain, Frog Stant is a ghost, cluck......" Frog Strider didn't expect Jiang Yao to be so excited, and quickly took two steps back. "The shadow was covered in black fog and wore a white, skull-like mask. On top of that, it only has half a soul, and it's definitely a 'puppet undead'!"

"Puppet undead...... The monsters created by the 'Soul Suppression Stone' should have been expelled in the [Ghost Gate Incident] in the first place, how could they still appear in the Realm......? Is it newly made?"

Lu Xingyue's face suddenly became solemn, he suddenly thought of something, and turned his head to look at the frog.

"By the way, listening to your tone just now, could it be that the mysterious black shadow we saw on the bank of the Yangtze River back then was also the 'puppet undead'?"

"Yes, yes. Frog Frog nodded. "It was that guy who snatched the 'Missing Energy Body' from Frog Frog Ranch, so that Frog Frog couldn't account for Lord Hades, it's so hateful......!

"The 'puppet undead' should not have an autonomous consciousness, it will take the initiative to rob the 'Missing Energy Body', which means that someone must be manipulating it behind it, and that guy must have the 'Soul Suppression Stone' in his hand!"

Thinking of the scene when Xiao Yuan was robbed of his soul, Jiang Yao couldn't help but tremble. And now that the two key clues of "puppet undead" and "soul stone" appear in the "ghost market" at the same time, it means that the probability of the mastermind behind the scenes appearing here will be extremely high.

"But there is one thing I don't understand, what is the purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes, who wants to take the risk of robbing the 'Missing Energy Body'? The three-legged black wondered. "Moreover, these energy bodies have also been transported into the 'Black Soul Castle', are they being used as auction items for the 'Ghost Market'?"

"Hmph, what stupid things can't be done by the guys in this 'ghost market' for their own benefit?" said Gluttony with a shrug of his shoulders and indifferent. "Since the things we are looking for are all in this 'Black Soul Castle', then it is simple, just go in and find them when the time comes. ”

"Speaking of which, although there is no limit to the participants in this 'ghost market' auction, judging from the particularity of this situation, the ghost tooth group will inevitably have some scrutiny of the attendees. Lu Xingyue hesitated and looked up at the three-legged black and gluttonous. "Jiang Yao and I are not from Lingyutai, even if we are censored, it shouldn't be a big problem, but the identities of the two of you ...... Will it really be okay then?"

"Hehe, if we don't have a preparation, how can we easily enter here?Don't worry, they won't notice it~" Gluttony smiled, "kindly" touched Frog Yellow's head, and stuffed a small bottle back into Frog Yellow's hand. "I almost forgot, oh, your medicated oil. Thank you~"

"......" Frog Frog held the empty small bottle in his hand, and looked like he wanted to cry without tears.

"Hmph, what if they are aware of it? I am bound to do this 'Dark Soul Castle'. The three-legged black snorted coldly, and looked up again at the ink-colored "water droplet" at the end of the long street. "At that time, even if he is turned upside down, I will never let go of the clue of the 'Soul Suppression Stone'!"

"I understand your feelings, but before the 'Soul Suppression Stone' officially appears, let's not startle the snake first. At this time, Jiang Yao calmed down, he thought for a moment, and then spoke again. "To be honest, I'm a little concerned about the 'puppet undead' that transports energy bodies, and I always feel that things are not that simple, and we had better not act rashly until we figure out the situation. ”

"Anyway, the first step is to sneak into the 'Black Soul Castle' first. Lu Xingyue glanced at the direction of the flow of people on the long street and said. "It looks like the guys outside are already lining up to get in, so let's go check it out. ”

Jiang Yao nodded, and then put on a mask with Lu Xingyue, preparing to leave the alley, and Frog Stud quickly turned into a fat man again and followed with a fart.

"What's wrong? aren't you leaving?" As if noticing that the gluttony didn't move, Jiang Yao turned his head, only to find that the other party's eyes were focused on the back of the alley, not knowing what he was looking at.

“…… It's nothing. Gluttony withdrew his gaze and put on his mask casually. "Let's go. ”

After saying that, he turned around and disappeared into the crowd of people on the long street with everyone......

……

"Click......

A piece of rubble tumbles down from the old wall, and in an instant, it is eroded by the black mist that spreads from the corner, and then turns to powder. After a while, the black mist became thicker and thicker, and finally condensed into a gloomy black shadow.

The dark shadow of "......" stood silently in the shadows of the alley, motionless. The glowing green light of the lantern outside the alley penetrated into the alley, reflecting on the black shadow's miserable white mask that resembled a skeleton, covering it with a strange color, but the black shadow seemed to be deaf to the hustle and bustle outside the alley, just standing there, watching the back of Jiang Yao and the others leaving.

After a while, the dark shadow seemed to sense something, turned its head, and looked in a certain direction on the long street. With an almost inaudible sigh, the figure of the black shadow suddenly moved slightly, and then merged with the black mist that spread up, and disappeared into the deep night again......

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"Alas, alas, arrange up, and if you want to participate in the auction, you have to register next to the side first, don't crowd it......"

Although there was still more than half an hour before the auction began, there was already a long queue on the "Siyin Street" at this time, and the position pointed by this long line was the inky "water droplet" standing in the mist at the end of the long street-Black Soul Castle.

"Everyone who registers should report their name and gang first! The time has not yet come, and you can only enter when the time comes!"

A guard guarding the door shouted, pushed and slapped the man in the T-shirt in front of him in disgust, and opened his mouth to scold: "Tsk, I said what are you squeezing! Don't you hear that you can't enter now?!"

"What, why can't we go in, but those people can get in?"

Qiu Laosan glared at the guards and pointed at the back of the "Black Soul Castle" with dissatisfaction. I saw two gorgeously dressed and masked figures, accompanied by the guards, directly bypassed the crowded main entrance, calmly walked into a temporary side door made of spells, and disappeared into the ink-colored "water droplets" in a blink of an eye.

"Hmph, you guys can still compare to our 'distinguished guests'? Their status is not comparable to that of you little minions. The guard sneered and said coldly. "It's good that Lord Tubo can agree to you to participate in the auction, are you impatient to live if you are not grateful to Dade and come here to break around?!"

"What did you say!?"

"Don't you think we can't afford it?"

"That's it, don't deceive people too much, you 'Special Challenge' account hasn't been settled with you yet!"

……

The provocation of the guards at the gate successfully aroused the anger of everyone in line, and the guards saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly called for reinforcements from the left and right, and the atmosphere at the door was tense for a while. However, a few guards guarding the gate were also under a lot of pressure in the face of the black oppressive crowd, and they did not dare to rashly suppress it.

"I'll go, these people are really the opposite!" the troubled guard wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and whispered to the other guards on the side. "Speaking of the Elephant Snake, if he is there, I don't think anyone would dare to make a mistake!"

"Lord Elephant Snake hasn't been seen since he took a bath, and he can't even find anyone else in the middle of it...... the guard next to him whispered. "Now that the majority of the troops are in the fort, this gatekeeper work can only be supported by ourselves!"

"But these people obviously don't understand the rules, if they make trouble, then what can we do...... Huh!?"

It can really be said that he was afraid of something, and before the guard at the gate finished speaking, he saw a rugged strong man waving a firewood knife rushing up, obviously the other party was already anxious, and was carried away by anger.

"First that bullshit challenge almost killed Lao Tzu, and now I'm treating Lao Tzu as a beggar here!

The strong man roared, seeing that the wood knife was about to slash at the guard's front door, and at this moment, a vermilion whirlwind suddenly fell from the sky! The strong man only felt a flower in front of him, and before he could react, he was swept straight into the air by the whirlwind, and was thrown out violently, and in the blink of an eye, he flew away in a miserable scream and disappeared out of the sky.

“……！？”

The sudden change made the scene silent for a moment, and in the stunned eyes of everyone, they saw a bewitching man wrapped in a torn feather coat slowly landing in front of everyone, but the man's fair and beautiful face had a hideous expression like a ghost, and everyone stood on end.

"Do you still want to die? I'll give him a ride like a snake!"

The snake stared at those blood-red eyes, and his distorted expression was like that of Shura.

"Listen to me, there are two disgusting 'rats' who have infiltrated this 'Siyin Street'! From now on, the gate of 'Black Soul Castle' will be closed! Everyone ...... No entry!!"