Chapter 18: Black and White Impermanence

After walking for two days, everyone walked out of the deep mountains and old forests, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when they looked at the endless forests in the distance.

In the past few days, they have been running around in the mountains, and they have worked very hard, but fortunately, the result is good, Uncle Linfeng did not have an accident, and they gained a lot of money from a trip to the mountain, and after thanking Uncle Lin and breaking up, the four of them returned to a temporary residence near Longtangou together.

Uncle Seven and Uncle Linfeng decided to leave home first to report their safety, after all, although there was no danger in entering the mountain this time, the two of them were still a little injured, and Aunt Linfeng was not in good health, so go back early so as not to worry her.

Zhou Qiao and Yang Qian are going to play here for a few days first, and then they will talk about it, it is better to take the opportunity to relax and relax, both of them are still young people and still retain the unique vitality of this age.

Before leaving, Uncle Linfeng and Uncle Seventh specially instructed the two to be careful and pay attention to safety, Zhou Qiao agreed, while Yang Qian patted his chest to ensure that there was no problem, and finally watched the two stay away.

Zhou Qiao and Yang Qian found a secluded place nearby to soak in the hot springs, the hot springs in the Northeast are different from the hot springs in other places with a strong sulfur smell, but give people a light fragrance, and the two of them feel very comfortable soaking in the hot warm water.

"Brother Zhou, what are you going to do next, do you want to go back to Xiangxi?"

Yang Qian was lying on the edge of the bath, enjoying a rare relaxation with his eyes closed, and asked casually

"Well, go home, it's been a while since I came out," Zhou Qiao replied by leaning against the wall of the bath with his eyes closed

"Brother Zhou, I'm too reluctant to let you go" Yang Qian opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Qiao, and his tone was pitiful

"Huh...... Can you speak normally, it gives me goosebumps, and I'm not your daughter-in-law, what are you reluctant to ......"

Zhou Qiao smiled and pushed Yang Gan

"Hehe, Brother Zhou, don't be angry, I'm just expressing my reluctance, you also know that I'm more introverted and not good at words," Yang Qian explained with a smile

"You...... Introvert, do you have any misunderstanding of the word introvert" Zhou Qiao rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to him

I got up, got dressed, got my things, and came out first

As soon as he walked out of the door, a gust of wind blew and he suddenly felt cold, and Zhou Qiao walked back slowly.

I don't know when the road at night is foggy and hazy

I couldn't see the road ahead, the silence all around, the more Zhou Qiao walked, the more strange it became, obviously his residence was not far from this hot spring pool, but he had walked for more than ten minutes before he arrived, and after walking for a while, it seemed that there was no end. Zhou Qiao stopped and stood in place to observe the surroundings, the surrounding was so quiet that there was not even the sound of a dog barking, and the fog covered his vision and he couldn't see anything.

Zhou Qiao thought to himself that it was the so-called ghost covering his eyes that he encountered, which is also called "ghost hitting the wall", but generally ghost covering his eyes is more likely to occur in mountains and forests, graves or places with extremely heavy yin qi, and the yin qi affects people's senses, making people unable to distinguish the direction and unable to walk out.

Therefore, the ancients often called encountering this kind of situation "ghosts hitting the wall"; In modern times, it is called "ghost blinding"

After figuring it out, Zhou Qiao said:

The sky is clear and the earth is clear, the yin and the yang are clear, the five or six yin zun, out of the secluded and into the underworld, the middle of the eternal town, the immortal of the protection, the seven stars under the feet, the spiritual light is eternal, fearless and fearless, follow my orders, the righteousness of the universe, the popularity of miscellaneous bindings, the heaven and the earth are infinite and the universe borrows the law, the law is born from the heart, and the life is endless, give me the law to see yin and yang!

Generally, there are three ways to open yin eyes, and Zhou Qiao is now using the first formula.

The second is to apply cow tears to the eyelids.

The third is to moisten fresh willow leaves and rub them on your eyes.

After opening the yin eye, Zhou Qiao looked around again and found himself standing in an empty field, there seemed to be lights in the distance, Zhou Qiao walked forward, a lively and extraordinary scene appeared in front of him, the voices of people were boiling, there were different people setting up stalls here from time to time, and shouts sounded, all kinds of strange things were dazzling, but the people who appeared here were all pale, sallow, and even people with missing arms or broken legs, these people walked in strange postures, and they were all floating.

Zhou Qiao chuckled in his heart, secretly screamed badly, and came up with the word "ghost city" in his mind

Ghost markets generally alternate day and night, and the roosters crow twice and disappear

Between the intersection of yin and yang, a place where the living and the dead trade

Zhou Qiao didn't dare to make a noise, causing unnecessary trouble, while observing carefully, this ghost market not only has dead people's things but also living people's objects, and there are actually stalls to sell their arts, which is really strange and varied.

"Come and come to the best golden silk nanmu, the bronze coins of the Qin Dynasty will open tonight, and the price is fair."

An emaciated man shouts to attract the attention of customers, but no one will buy his things

Zhou Qiao leaned over and found that the item in the man's hand was indeed golden silk nanmu, which seemed to be some years old, and it was not too well preserved, with black spots on it.

The man saw Zhou Qiao

"Are you Yang? Look at your first time in the ghost market."

Hearing the other party's inquiry, Zhou Qiao nodded and said yes

"Since it's the first time I've come to the ghost market, let's buy something good to pass on to your family, my golden silk nanmu is affordable, do you like this bronze coin again" After the man finished speaking, he took out a rusty bronze coin and handed it to Zhou Qiao.

"Hehe, thank you" Zhou Qiao took the bronze coin and looked at it carefully, and asked for a moment, "How to buy it"

"One hundred yuan, how about it, affordable," the man said without thinking

Zhou Qiao looked at the man in surprise, "You still accept RMB"

"Of course, you living people's money is better than dead people's money," the man shrugged

Zhou Qiao turned to other stalls after buying the bronze coins, originally he was still worried about disturbing these yin people, and after talking to the stall owner, he learned that there are often living people coming here in this ghost market, and they are no longer surprised, they don't care about the living people coming here at all, but hope that the more people alive the better, so as to increase the ghost market business.

Zhou Qiao found that there was a stall with all kinds of talismans, peach wood swords, as well as wooden fish from Buddhism, Bodhi seeds and other items, and there were also Chenzhou cinnabar and high-grade corpse jade in the corner, so he couldn't take his eyes off it, and he couldn't wait to buy all the things immediately.

"Ahem, how do you sell these things" Zhou Qiao coughed lightly twice to hide his embarrassment, and asked by the way pretending not to understand

"Three hundred pieces for a choice...... Love to buy or not" The skinny, wrinkled old man replied expressionlessly.

Zhou Qiao looked at the old man's gloomy face, afraid that it would be difficult to speak, so he didn't open his mouth to bargain, silently chose three things (Bodhi Zi, Chenzhou Sand, and Corpse Jade), paid the money and walked away quietly.

This ghost city to the rooster crow before dispersing, he also came here for the first time aimlessly walked forward, unconsciously walked to a door and looked up to see that it was "ghost gate" three quaint characters hung high in the air, this ghost gate pass is the intersection of yin and yang, can only enter the dead, if the living go in, I am afraid that there will be more than luck.

Zhou Qiao was about to turn around and return to leave this place, and found that the gate "creaked...... opened" walked out of the two figures, one black and one white, wearing a high hat, each with the words "peace in the world, fortune at first sight", wearing a black and white shroud, with a token pinned to the waist and a soul hook rope tied to the body.

It is actually black and white impermanence, white impermanence is called Xie Bi'an, and black impermanence is called Fan Wusheng.

"Huh...... There are actually Yang people who come to the ghost gate to hang out, and they are brave enough to be fat" Bai Wuchang touched his mustache and teased, Fan Wusu glared at him, snorted coldly, and did not speak.

"The two adults are polite, Xiao Ke wandered around the ghost market and got lost and inadvertently broke into this place, please forgive the two adults" Zhou Qiao hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and said respectfully.

"Well, you are quite acquainted, no wonder you can wander around the ghost market, I am afraid that you are not an ordinary person with the aura of corpses attached to you," Bai Wuchang looked at Zhou Qiao for a few moments and said softly.

"Xiao Ke is a corpse chaser in the yang world, and he has a lot of dealings with corpses, so he will have the aura of corpses," Zhou Qiao replied respectfully

"Oh? It turned out to be a corpse chaser in the yang world...... No wonder, you don't have to be afraid of us, you chase corpses in the yang world, and we collect souls in the underworld, but you can be regarded as half a peer," Xie Bi'an patted Zhou Qiao on the shoulder and said

"Xiao Ke took the liberty of asking, I wonder if the two adults are free tonight? Xiao Ke saw a restaurant in the ghost market, and he was willing to invite the two adults to have a meal and apologize," Zhou Qiao said with a smile.

"Huh...... You kid is quite flattering, okay, our brothers have a bad appetite lately, so let's go to a restaurant outside to make do with it" Bai Wuchang readily agreed, and Hei Wuchang silently acquiesced.

"Thank you two adults for your face, but you can lead the way"

Zhou Qiao led the two adults in front, attracting the sideways glances of all the yin spirits along the way, but no yin spirit dared to approach these three.

Zhou Qiao took the two adults to a restaurant in the ghost market to eat, and when he saw Zhou Qiao coming in with the two adults, he hurriedly greeted him and personally helped pour tea!

"Boss, bring all the best wine and food in your store, I'll treat you tonight," Zhou Qiao instructed

"Hey! I'll be here right away, and I'll be here for a while."

Bai Wuchang Xie Bi'an was very satisfied when he saw Zhou Qiao like this, and couldn't help but smile

Black impermanence Fan Wusu is still expressionless and unsmiling

Seeing this, Zhou Qiao hurriedly filled the wine glass for the two

"The young man is good, I like it" Xie Bi'an took a sip of wine and said approvingly, although Hei Wuchang did not move his chopsticks, he also took a sip, Zhou Qiao knew that this was a tacit acquiescence to his move.

"Xiao Ke is new to here, and I hope that the two adults will give me a lot of advice," Zhou Qiao said respectfully

"Haha...... You kid is smart, you know that if you first win the hearts of our brothers, it's better for us brothers to speak."

"Don't you dare"

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's just have a meal tonight, don't talk about official business" Fan Wuxu finally spoke up

"Big brother, don't frighten this kid," Bai Wuchang dissuaded

"You're kind-hearted"

Fan Wusu glared at Bai Wuchang, picked up a piece of pork with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth

"This pork tastes good...... Hmm," Fan Wuxu said vaguely, chewing on pork

Zhou Qiao and Bai Wuchang Xie Bi'an talked while drinking, although Hei Wuchang Fan Wuxuan bowed his head and ate the dishes, he occasionally responded with a few sentences, but most of the time he was still immersed in the food, and occasionally drank two glasses of wine, but the amount of wine was not small.

After a full meal, Zhou Qiao checked out and left the restaurant, Xie Bi'an and Fan Wusu left first because of tolerance, and when they left, they told Zhou Qiao to find them if they had any difficulties, and gave him a token to enter and exit the ghost market freely, Zhou Qiao thanked them and sent them away.

Zhou Qiao didn't leave the ghost market until dawn when the rooster chirped, and this night's experience was very imaginable.