"Please walk slowly, welcome to Chen's Medicine Store again. ”

The front desk lady smiled and saluted Jiang Yao who walked out of the internal elevator, and her attitude was more than a little gentler than before, and it seemed that she had learned something. Jiang Yao nodded politely to the front desk lady, then hesitantly glanced at the internal elevator behind him, and couldn't help but quietly squeeze the red envelope in his pocket.

"Actually, this 'ghost market invitation' is of little use to our Chen family, if you insist on it...... I'll give it to you. However, this ghost market involves the 'Soul Stone', and there are not a few forces watching this invitation, so you have to hide it carefully. 』

Chen Siyi's helpless sigh lingered in Jiang Yao's mind, and along with this invitation, there was another thing.

Jiang Yao thought and took out a chic lavalier from his arms. I saw that this lavalier is streamlined and slender, like a delicate herb, and the surface of the "herb" is inlaid with a piece of crystal, a faint blue-green shimmer is transmitted from the crystal, with the platinum cast lavalier base, making the shape of the lavalier more chic and elegant. And the most unusual thing is that this brooch also seems to exude a wonderful medicinal fragrance, which is refreshing.

"This lavalier is made of a special crystal that temporarily obscures your ability attributes. You must know that the attributes of the five elements are mutually reinforcing, and in the actual battle, if the other party peeps into their mana attributes, they will lose the opportunity, so many people on the rivers and lakes will hide their attributes in various ways. 』

Jiang Yao's eyes once again appeared in front of Chen Siyi's serious face.

"I'll give you this lavalier, but that doesn't mean you can use your 'beast power' unscrupulously. Once the mana burst exceeds the holding level of the lavalier, the crystal on it will be damaged, and your power attribute will be completely exposed. When you notice that this crystal turns from blue to red, be sure to stop using mana, remember. 』

"This time, I owe you a big favor...... "Jiang Yao muttered softly, then carefully put on the collar clip, turned around and walked out of the lobby door.

The afterglow of the sunset has gradually set from the sky, and the misty night is slowly enveloping this bustling city, but for Jiang Yao, he doesn't have the heart to enjoy the night view of the city, and he finally got the qualification for the "ghost market", and at this time there is still a heavy worry in his mind-

What exactly is the so-called "ghost market" and "special challenge"?

"Hoo ......"

The crisp evening breeze swept through the broken hair in front of Jiang Yao's forehead, and also brushed a wonderful coolness between Jiang Yao's eyebrows. Jiang Yao, who was immersed in thought, lowered his head, and just a few steps out of the building, he slammed into someone and stumbled.

"Ah, I'm sorry......"

Subconsciously, the words of apology blurted out from Jiang Yao's mouth, but when Jiang Yao raised his head, he only saw a thin back wearing a black hood hurrying past him, and he didn't even look back and disappeared into the crowd on the street.

"That guy just ......"

Jiang Yao narrowed his eyes slightly, for some reason, he always felt that the aura on that person's body was a little subtle, and in his doubts, he suddenly noticed that something seemed to be missing in his pocket, and when he reached out and touched it, he found that the "Ghost Market Invitation" he got from Chen Siyi was missing!

"Oops!Is that guy ......!?"

Jiang Yao, who reacted instantly, was shocked, and hurriedly turned around and chased in the direction where the hooded figure left!

"Stop!!"

"Oh, how do you walk, you have long eyes......

"Sorry, please borrow it!"

The downtown streets of the rush hour are bustling, and the surging crowds are like waves constantly obstructing Jiang Yao's vision. It's just that the figure seemed to be deaf to Jiang Yao's shouts, and still walked forward without looking back, and the figure disappeared into the corner of an alley in front of him in a turn.

"Damn, don't try to run!"

Seeing that the target was about to escape, how could Jiang Yao sit idly by, he suddenly didn't care about the white eyes of the people around him, gritted his teeth, rushed out of the crowd, and chased into the alley in front.

“…… What about people?"

Jiang Yao stood still, looked up at this secluded alley, but found that it was empty, and the end of the alley seemed to be connected to an old city, and the guy who stole the "ghost market invitation" had long since disappeared.

"Bastard...... Don't think I can't help you if you hide it!"

Jiang Yao took a deep breath, then closed his eyes and held his breath, and began to slowly mobilize the energy veins in his body, carefully sifting the flowing breath around him in the chaotic air.

Since experiencing the catastrophe of Changyou Mountain and recovering his qi veins by mistake, Jiang Yao can clearly feel that the energy veins in his body have become much smoother, even more comfortable than before the injury, which can be described as a "blessing in disguise";

The person just now had a very special demonic aura on his body, but it was different from ordinary demons...... Got it!

"Over there!"

As Jiang Yao opened his eyes again, a humanoid charm made of demonic power floated out from Jiang Yao's palm, and after circling in mid-air, he flew straight towards a fork in the road on the right side of the alley according to the breath that Jiang Yao had locked. And Jiang Yao did not hesitate, and immediately chased into the fork on the right side with the charm.

"Smack...... Bang ......

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed in the cramped and empty alleys of the old city, and occasionally a resident noticed Jiang Yao, but only glanced at it curiously, and then chose to ignore it as if it was not strange, and Jiang Yao was only in the mood to pay attention to the other at this time, focusing only on the humanoid charm in mid-air. He wasn't worried about the spell being exposed, because he knew that ordinary people couldn't see items forged by demonic energy, and the only thing he cared about was that the charm didn't miss the target halfway, after all, no matter how strong his perception was, there was a certain range limit.

The humanoid charm turned around in the intricate alley, and flew for nearly twenty minutes under the gradually thick night, and finally stopped at the entrance of an alley, slowly flew back into Jiang Yao's hand, and disappeared.

"Whew...... Call...... The man...... Is it right here?"

Jiang Yao gasped, glanced at the dissipating spell in his hand, and then raised his head and looked at the alley in front of him.

What appeared in front of him was an old-fashioned bar hidden in the depths of the alley, converted from an old Shikumen building.

"In such a remote alley, there is even a bar?"

Jiang Yao looked at the old-fashioned bar in front of him that was lit up in the night, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

The bar looks quite large, with mottled red brick walls, some of which are due to aging or deliberate aging, and a wooden sign hanging at the door of the bar with two English words "Shadow Bar" neatly carved on it, which seem to be the name of the bar. And what surprised Jiang Yao the most was that such an inconspicuous bar was so popular that it seemed to be quite popular.

"What the hell is this place?"

He looked around at the completely unfamiliar surroundings, then took out his mobile phone and looked at the screen, but the dazzling words "no signal" on the mobile phone screen completely blocked his possibility of consulting the electronic map. And Jiang Yao, who had followed the humanoid charm all the way and didn't pay attention to the route at all, naturally had no way of knowing where he was now.

Let's go ahead and see what's going on......

Jiang Yao sorted out his expression, then cautiously walked to the door of the old-fashioned bar, and stretched out his hand to push open the hidden wooden door.

"Ding Bell ......"

The crisp wind chimes entered the bar hall with the opening of the wooden door, and the moment Jiang Yao stepped into the bar, the noisy voices suddenly stopped, and a pair of eyes came towards the door from the bar.

"Welcome to the 'Shadow Bar', how many of you are there?"

Just when Jiang Yao was stunned, a warm voice suddenly sounded from his side, Jiang Yao turned his head to look, and found a thin little brother dressed as a waiter with a pair of squinted eyes saluting him with a smile.

"Hmm...... A. ”

Jiang Yao, who came back to his senses, tried to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and nodded to the waiter with a calm pretense, who smiled slightly, and led Jiang Yao to sit on a sofa in the corner and handed over the wine list, while the other people in the bar quickly withdrew their gaze, and everything returned to the lively scene of people.

Call......

Jiang Yao breathed a sigh of relief and casually flipped through the drink list in his hand, but his eyes searched back and forth in the bar hall, but it seemed difficult to find the tracking hooded figure in the dim light.

"Excuse me, what would you like to drink?"

The waiter's voice pulled Jiang Yao back from his distraction again, and Jiang Yao quickly realized that he couldn't be blind here, so he pointed to the wine list casually and said:

"A glass of margaret, thank you. ”

"Okay, do you need anything else?"

"No need. ”

Jiang Yao said, handed the drink list back to the waiter, and then seemed to think of something, and asked again: "By the way, just ask, did you see a person wearing a black hood coming here before?"

"Hmm...... There are a lot of guests here, and I don't have any impression......" The waiter brother touched his chin and hesitated. "Why, he's your friend? Why don't I ask you about the regulars here?"

"Ah...... No, I'll find him myself later. Jiang Yao quickly waved his hand when he heard this, in this case, it would be difficult to deal with the grass and startle the snake, and the waiter seemed to see Jiang Yao's difficulty, so he didn't talk anymore, smiled slightly and turned away.

Since the spell points to this bar, the guy who stole the invitation should be here...... Where did it go?

Jiang Yao pondered, his eyes swept over the men and women in the bar hall, but he soon found that these drinkers seemed to be quite different in terms of age and costume. In addition to some young people, there seem to be many elderly people here, and the style of conversation is also very different from the style of the bar, which makes the atmosphere of the whole bar exude a strange atmosphere. Further inside, there is a staircase leading to the second floor, which seems to have more than one floor.

That guy didn't go to the second floor, right?

Jiang Yao thought and was just about to get up, when at this moment, a piercing sound of broken glass sounded from the bar in front of him.

"Pounds!"

The atmosphere of the noisy bar suddenly froze, Jiang Yao hurriedly looked up at the bar, only to find a drunken bald man holding half a wine bottle and scolding, and on the floor in front of this person, a figure wrapped in a black hood was lying on the broken glass shard, motionless.