Chapter 58: The Ghost City at the Bottom of the Lake
In front of you, there is a huge street, and you can't see the end at a glance. The floor is paved with green bricks and is more than ten meters wide. The streets are lined with rock mass, but numerous caves have been carved out. Shops are built in these caves, and there are many stalls on both sides of the street, full of dazzling goods, all of which Lu Xin has never seen.
The top of the street is transparent, like a modern glass cover, separating the bottom of the lake from the lake. There are a large number of talismans floating underneath, and it is the light of these talismans that illuminates the entire world at the bottom of the lake. Lu Xin stood in front of the stone gate, as if he had come to a modern aquarium. If you look up, you can see fish, shrimp and aquatic plants.
Perhaps because of the proximity to the entrance, there were no people on the street in front of them, and only a few masked men occasionally walked out of the cave and entered another shop.
"Master, what are you waiting for?"
Lu Xin saw Li Chunfeng standing in front of the door and did not move, a little strange. Shortly after he finished speaking, two people wearing black and white masks of impermanence suddenly fell from the sky and landed at the door.
Looking at the figure, the two masked people should be men. The two of them each carried a bamboo basket behind them, holding a mourning stick in their hands, which was indescribably weird.
"Yunmeng Ghost City, who is coming?"
Bai Wuchang was the first to speak, his voice low and sharp, unspeakably unpleasant. Seeing this, Li Chunfeng stretched out his hand and waved it into the void, and the eight rays of light flew away, so frightened that the two of them quickly knelt down.
"I don't know if my predecessors are here, and I have offended, and I hope that my predecessors will forgive."
"It's okay, it's your responsibility to guard the entrance to the ghost market. Get up, these two pills, put them away. ”
After Li Chunfeng finished speaking, he took out two yellow pills from his arms and handed them to the two of them. The black impermanence looked up and seemed to be very shocked, and even the mourning stick in his hand shook. The bell on it immediately made a heart-palpitating sound.
"Top-grade elixir! Thank you for the reward, this is the mask of the two distinguished guests, please enter the market! ”
"Black and White Impermanence" took out two masks from the bamboo basket behind him, and bowed over to invite Li Chunfeng in. Lu Xin could feel the fluctuation of mana from the two of them, and the other party was obviously also an onmyoji. But in front of his own master, he is even more respectful than meeting his biological parents. The mask given by "Black and White Impermanence" is the fierce appearance of a demon, and after wearing it, only a pair of eyes are exposed. Li Chunfeng said that this is the rule of the ghost market, which can protect the identity of each guest, and similarly, it can also avoid being chased and killed after buying good things.
"Master, what is blocking the water of this Dongting Lake?"
"That is the magic weapon of the lord of the ghost city, it is said that in ancient times, Emperor Yu used the Dinghai Divine Pearl. But no one has really seen it, in short, there are countless high-ranking people here, you don't want to cause trouble. ”
"Damn, Dinghai Shenzhu? Isn't that still a root in the Monkey Seagod Needle? It can't all be true, right? ”
Lu Xin nodded silently, but he couldn't help but think about it in his heart. Wu Chengen's Journey to the West is based on the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty. The various gods and various myths and stories in it have almost laid the foundation of the modern immortal system. Since it is a novel, its content is, of course, mainly fake and empty. However, who dares to say that the entire "Journey to the West" is made up?
"This world is really far from being as simple as later generations think. It's just that everything may have to wait until Chang'an to reveal it little by little. ”
"What are you thinking?"
"Master, it's nothing, I'm just a little curious, it's amazing that this ghost city can be built at the bottom of Dongting Lake."
Lu Xin came back to his senses and found himself standing in the middle of the crowd. Many masked people walked the streets, dressed as men and women. There was a shouting in my ears one after another, and when I looked back at the way I came, compared to the previous coldness, it was like a world away.
"A superb elixir, renewing the muscles and bones, curing all diseases, only one hundred and eighty taels of silver."
"Take a look, take a look, don't miss it. A pair of peach trees in the South China Sea, 500 years old. It's only sold for one day, and if you miss today, it's hard to find a fairy fate. ”
"The Thunder Talisman contains the triple mana of the Void Realm, and it is only sold for seventy taels of Dan silver."
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The cries were endless, Lu Xin had never seen such a lively market, and the names of all the goods were something he had never heard before.
"Master, what is Danyin?"
"Danyin is a common coin bought and sold by the Onmyoji, from the ancient Yin and Yang Shuaifu. Danyin can be used to buy and sell various pills, talismans, magic weapons, magic weapons, talismans, spells, etc., and can also be directly exchanged for talisman pills. ”
When Li Chunfeng said this, he took out three yellow pills from his arms and handed them to Lu Xin. These three pills are exactly the same as the one given to the "black and white impermanence" when they came.
"This is a high-grade pill refined for the teacher, if you take them to the money village in the ghost market, you should be able to exchange them for three hundred taels of silver. Let's go play, and in an hour, we'll meet here. ”
"Yin Yang Shuaifu, it's actually this little-known organization again?"
After Li Chunfeng left, Lu Xin followed his instructions and found the money bank in the ghost market at an intersection. The plaque of the gate is engraved with the four big characters of "Yin and Yang Tongbao", all of which are painted with gold lacquer. There are four streets around Qianzhuang, each leading in one direction, which is also crowded and very lively.
The four words Yin Yang Shuaifu, Lu Xin is not the first time he has heard it. As early as Xuanzhou City, this mysterious organization was mentioned when the moon was not dark. Unexpectedly, there is also its power in Yunmeng Ghost City. And just listening to Li Chunfeng's tone, he is obviously still afraid of the existence of the Yin Yang Shuai Mansion.
Walking into the bank, it was empty, except for an old man sleeping on an abacus and not wearing a mask. Lu Xin hesitated for a long time before knocking on the counter twice. After the old man woke up, he didn't look at Lu Xin's body, and took out two boxes directly from under the counter.
"Are you here to exchange for Dan silver, or are you here to exchange for Talisman Pill?"
"Exchange for Dan silver."
"Kaiyuan Tongbao is one-to-one, of course, it can also be exchanged for pills, talismans, or magic weapons."
"Can you buy it with copper money? One-to-one, so cheap? ”
Lu Xin was a little surprised, the price of this Danyin was not as high as he imagined. However, when the old man heard this, he raised his head and glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "I have always exchanged money for one tael." ”
"Damn, one to one silver? Why don't you give the fuck and grab it! ”
Secretly cursing in his heart, Lu Xin stopped talking nonsense and threw the three pills on the counter. The old man's face was suddenly solemn, and he picked up one of them and looked at it for a long time before putting it down. Looking at it again at this time, the old man's gaze was obviously no longer so contemptuous.
"The quality of this Qi Gathering Pill is between a top-grade pill and a top-grade pill, and it seems that the people who refine this pill, even if they don't cultivate in the Divine Realm, are almost the same. How many such pills does this Taoist friend have, one to one hundred and two, and the store will accept them all. ”
"For the time being, sell three pieces and exchange them for Dan silver for me."
Lu Xin is new to the city, and he will not bargain. Since the amount of Dan silver exchanged is slightly higher than the price Li Chunfeng said, he naturally has no opinion. Seeing this, the old man shook his head with pity on his face, and took out nine pieces of yellow paper from the box on his left. Lu Xin received it in his hand and found that these yellow papers were warm to the touch, and the top of the front was covered with the large seal of "Yin Yang Shuaifu", with some strange symbols drawn on both sides, and numbers written in the middle. Three for one hundred taels, and six for ten taels.
"This is what is called Danyin? It's similar to the silver ticket in the TV series. However, the material of this paper is very special, and it is easy to tear. ”
After Lu Xin walked out of the bank, he began to wander around in front of various stalls. When he first entered the realm of contemplation, he was a rookie in the monastic world, and he didn't know what to buy, just to join in the fun. However, the so-called Danyin was actually made of paper, which made Lu Xin impressed. In the Tang Dynasty, there was no silver ticket. The common currency is copper coins, and even silver is actually very small. However, the weight of the copper coin is more than a dozen catties, and it is very inconvenient to carry.
The emergence of silver tickets is actually a phenomenon of economic prosperity. But in the Tang Dynasty at this time, the corresponding conditions were not available. After all, the anti-counterfeiting problem of silver tickets alone is enough to give people a headache.
However, the Danyin made by the Yin and Yang Shuai Mansion obviously has a special anti-counterfeiting method. Moreover, the users are all onmyoji, and I'm afraid no one dares to fake it.
Lu Xin wandered around the streets for half an hour and found that the ghost market was not all selling Onmyoji things. Some folk antiques, jewelry, medicinal herbs, and even cloth are peddled to it. In addition, there are many restaurants in the ghost market, which serve food and wine to tourists, and they look no different from ordinary downtown areas.
"How did this world under the lake come out, it was so huge. Could it be that the entire bottom of Dongting Lake has been hollowed out? ”
Walking through the busiest streets, the road gradually lost pedestrians, but the road under your feet still stretched into the distance. In the tunnel in front of you, there is no blue brick paving, and there is no hanging yellow charm. It's as black as ink, and I don't know where it leads. If it was on the ground, Lu Xin would not be shocked when he saw the big city. But this is underground, and under the bottom of the lake for tens of meters. Even in a technologically advanced modern society, it is very difficult to dig out such a huge underground world.
The more he walked into the depths of the tunnel, the more eerie and cold it became, and Lu Xin quickly retreated. After returning to the downtown area, the temperature around me rises sharply. Lu Xin estimated that it was because of the countless talismans in the sky above his head. It emits both light and heat.
At the same time, in front of a stall not far away, a girl came running up. Although she also wears a mask, she looks like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in terms of dress and figure.
"Shopkeeper, this red fruit is so beautiful, can you eat it? How to sell? ”
"Hey, hey, this girl has good eyesight. This is the fruit of the East China Sea Immortal Mountain, which is not only sweet and crispy, but also helps people to practice. As for the price, seeing that the girl is so smart and clever, a discount of three hundred taels of silver is enough. ”
"Ah, it's so cheap, I bought it."
The girl excitedly took out the silver from the bag and was about to give it out, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed tightly.
"This is an ordinary string of rock sugar gourds, less than a penny. Fellow Daoist, even if the little girl is deceived, aren't you afraid of being punished by God? ”