Chapter 26: Ghost City

Xu Mo stopped speaking after giving Li Jiuan a hint.

And the two of them continued to move forward after seeing that the ghost mother did not make any further movements.

The original stone path has now become a wide bluestone avenue, and as more and more branch roads are incorporated, there are more demons along the way.

Corpse demons, ghosts, ghost foxes, Qingcheng women, nine babies, weasels, basilisks, nightmare insects...

And so on, and most of them don't know each other.

Fortunately, both of them are daring, and their faces do not change when they are mixed in, and even the two of them explain a thing or two to each other to the monsters they know.

"That's a smoke dragon, good at illusion, taking it can also cure cowardice, and there are all kinds of magical effects."

Li Jiu'an quietly pointed to a cloud of smoke, in which living creatures could be faintly seen swimming.

This is what I saw when I followed the old way before.

That time they passed by a village, and one of the families loved to smoke, but the family was poor, and the whole family smoked a pipe for decades, and they raised a powerful smoke dragon.

Wandering around the village every night, sucking the essence of the villagers, it was not easy to take it.

"By the way, Brother Xu is from Cangshan?"

Looking at the monsters all over the ground, Li Jiuan suddenly remembered the dog demon mentioned in the book, and Liu Fei said before that Xu Mo was a person from Cangshan.

"Exactly." Xu Mo nodded: "Dao Chang wants to go to Cangshan?" ”

"Then may I ask if there is a dog demon in Cangshan to cause trouble?"

"It's... But I don't know. Xu Mo paused, looking a little lonely: "A certain soldier has not returned for five years, and I haven't heard of a powerful dog demon in the mountains before leaving." ”

"But even if there is, it doesn't matter, the Taoist chief doesn't know, the villages near Cangshan Mountain have a tradition of sacrifice, and our village worships a hundred-year-old Canglu, presumably any dog demon can't do it for the trouble."

Li Jiuan nodded and said no more.

After another moment, a light rose from the front.

The ghost market has finally arrived.

......

"Three-way set."

The three big characters on the pitch-black plaque are the name of this ghost city.

Li Jiuan looked at the lively bazaar and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

If you didn't know that you were in the gap between the world and the underworld, you would really think that you were in a lively market in the world.

The whole bazaar is unusually neat, several avenues crisscross vertically, dividing the bazaar into several areas, the streets are full of bustling high-rise buildings, and cold white lanterns float on the side of the street, illuminating the whole area.

The long street is even more demonic dancing, the shouting of street vendors, the sound of bargaining, and even the shouts of lost partners, as if it is really like the human market.

Li Jiuan walked on the long street, curiously looking at everything around him.

I don't know what these demons are selling, all kinds of strange things.

Unknown branches, stones, and the fur of an unknown animal, and even a slimy black liquid.

Just when Li Jiuan saw the novelty.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

I saw a sweet-looking little girl walking over with a basket in front of her, and at the same time soliciting business in her mouth.

"Do you want a flower? Fresh flowers. ”

The little girl walked up to the Taoist priest, took out a bouquet of flowers from the basket, and handed it to him.

"Big brother, do you want one?"

Seeing that Li Jiuan didn't move, the little girl changed another one from the basket.

"Don't you like it? This flower is more tender oh big brother. ”

But what is this "flower"?

In Li Jiu'an's eyes, this was clearly a child's palm, with white and tender slightly swollen skin, slender fingers, and a wooden stick stuck in his wrist, which was handed to his eyes.

The Taoist priest clenched the hilt of his sword, his eyes fixed on the little girl in front of him, and tried to resist the urge to draw his sword.

Xu Mo next to him shook his head at him.

That's it, Li Jiuan finally let go of the hilt of the sword, after all, he is dead, and it is important to save people on his own trip.

"Sugar-fried chestnuts, fragrant and delicious sugar-fried chestnuts."

An old fox was trying to sell on the side of the street, and his hands were constantly stirring, constantly stirring the casserole, and inside were black and white eyeballs.

"Guest officer, you are so handsome, do you want to sell it to the old body? How about the old body take two for one for you? Three is fine, you think about it. ”

A gorgeously dressed old woman held a long bamboo pole with various human skins densely hung on it, and smiled at Li Jiu'an.

"These men, women, old, young, tall, short, handsome, ugly, you name it."

The old woman's face was full of pride.

"Or what kind of guest officer, what do you want, the old body will be peeled for you."

This time, it was the turn of the Taoist priest to grab Xu Mo's arm.

"No need."

The two skimmed past the old woman.

On the faces of those human skins, they were all the same smiling faces, the corners of their mouths were slightly upturned, and their eyebrows were lowered.

After the two left, another murmur reached their ears.

"This one is too fat."

"This eye is too small."

"This one looks too scary, uglier than a monster."

Li Jiuan turned around and saw a frog demon with particularly big eyes picking at these skins.

......

Three-way set, in a warehouse.

A red fox handed the man in his hand to the old man in front of him.

The old man took the man with one hand and placed his hand on top of the man's head.

After a few moments, a smile finally appeared on his face.

"You're doing a good job, here you go."

After speaking, he took out a demon pill from his arms and threw it to the demon fox.

"Thank you, Master Jin Cai, then I'll go first."

The demon fox's eyes flashed with greed, this is a demon pill that can increase her Taoism for decades, and this one must not be far from the second tail.

The old man didn't care, his attention was completely on the man, and he waved his hand to signal that she could go.

"Xuanyin life, hey, it's really rare."

"I'm going to have to tell those old guys to break the fortune this time."

......

"Well, there's still a restaurant?"

Li Jiuan looked at the long wine guise in front of him and wondered.

"Of course there is, this wine is a good thing, and there are no gods, men, demons and ghosts in these three realms who don't like to drink. There are several famous wines that are not in the world, and can only be drunk in this ghost market. ”

Hearing Xu Mo say this, Li Jiuan suddenly had the idea of finding out.

This is a rare wine, how can you miss it?

Of course, Li Jiuan is not looking for someone for the sake of drinking.

The two of them have been in the ghost market for a long time, and they don't have a clue.

The tavern is a well-informed place, no matter where you are, and it's a good time to ask about it while drinking.

The two walked into the restaurant and found that it was quite lively.

It's almost full.

"Well, Brother Bird, there's no one here."

Li Jiu'an found a vacant position and walked over, because he really couldn't tell what kind of bird was on the other side, so he simply called him a bird brother.

"We're magpies."

"Nobody, do it."

The magpie squinted at them, picked up a grasshopper from its plate, tilted its head and swallowed it.

"Eh, why do you look so human, what kind of monster are you?"

The Taoist priest and Xu Mo looked at each other.

"We're dead."

The magpie demon's little eyes rolled.

"We are magpies, others call us magpie demons, you two are human, then you should call you two demons."

Li Jiuan held his forehead and was speechless.

"Guest, what do you want to eat?"

At that moment, the shopkeeper with the mask of the fierce ghost came to them.

"Manhua Brew, Pisces Sauce, do you have any of you?"

Xu Mo relied on his memory to say the name of the famous wine.

"This is naturally there, so let's give the two guest officers a pot first?"

Although I can't see the shopkeeper's expression, there is a bit of joy in my voice, and it must not be cheap.

"A few more side dishes."

"Okay, manhua stuffed, a pot of double fish sauce, three plates of special side dishes~"

"You guys seem to have tofu brains? Have a bowl too. ”

When Li Jiuan passed by the other table just now, he saw that there was still tofu brain, so he wanted to taste the difference between this ghost market and the world.

The shopkeeper glanced at Li Jiu'an, and shouted at the back kitchen.

"Add another salted tofu brain~"