Chapter 259: Monster Market
In the purple ghost mist of the great rivers and mountains, bursts of dazzling golden light flickered, and the purple mist that came into contact with the golden light melted like ice and snow.
Luo Mingzhang and the others followed behind the Yin and Yang Twin Souls, walking forward along the mist channel they had opened up, and after they walked through, the mist would close behind them again, but after being dispelled by the power of the sun and devoured by the power of Taiyin, the reconglomerated ghost mist had become much thinner.
"I'm going, this wilderness, am I alive?"
After passing through the ghost fog, what appeared in front of Luo Mingzhang was not a lonely and gloomy mountain forest in his imagination, but a lively street.
In front of them, there was a huge vermilion torii, and on top of the torii, the three characters of "Rashomon" were written in Oriental characters.
On both sides of the torii are two strings of illuminated lanterns, each with characters written in Oriental script.
Behind the vermilion torii archway, you can see a wide street.
The buildings on both sides of the street are very similar to some of the well-preserved ancient buildings that Luo Mingzhang saw in Kyoto.
On the eaves above the entrance of each shop hangs a banner of different colors, and the words written on the banner are what the store sells.
The house closest to the "Rashomon" archway, its banner has the word "wine" written on it, that is, the liquor store.
In addition, there is also a "juku", which is an inn where you stay.
"Yu" is a hot spring shop.
"Noodle" is a ramen shop.
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The streets are bustling with people, with most of the women wearing kimonos, while some of the men are dressed in luxurious costumes, while others are dressed as ancient commoners of the East.
Some of the people who walked the streets had the heads of animals, while others were the same as humans, except that they had the sharp horns of the demon clan on their heads.
Among these pedestrians, Luo Mingzhang saw many monsters, and they were simply members of the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk.
On both sides of the street in front of many houses, there are many stalls of various colors, and the things sold in the stalls are some ordinary decorations in the mortal world, and some are things from the Oriental monster world that Luo Mingzhang has never seen.
And the stall owners are all Oriental monsters and ghosts.
"The space here should already have a high degree of overlap with the world of the Demon Kingdom on the other side." Tsuchigomon Hikoaki said: "The street [Rashomon] is a world-famous commercial street on the other side. ”
Luo Mingzhang looked at the black-robed onmyoji: "This is your Oriental ghost market?" ”
"Is that what you Xia Kingdom call this kind of place?" Tsuchimon Hikoaki said, "Ghost City, it sounds really appropriate. ”
"So, are all ghosts here?" Luo Xiaoshan listened to the conversation between the two and said with her teeth chattering.
"Don't be afraid!" Gen Qianzuna looked at the girl and said, "You will follow me later, and I will protect you." ”
Luo Xiaoshan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and nodded, and then she saw everyone's smiling expressions, and her pretty face turned red.
"To be exact, this should be a monster market, not a ghost market." Li Muchen said: "The ghost clan of the East is very different from the ghosts we talk about in Huaxia, they are all physical, and it is okay to recognize them as a kind of monster. ”
He could see that the little girl was really a little scared, and explained.
Li Muchen could see that this little girl had some good feelings with Yuan Qiangang, and Yuan Qiangang was Zhou Xuelin's son, and he also hoped that Yuan Qiangang could be happy, at least, at present, he was quite satisfied with Luo Xiaoshan, a little girl.
He looked at Luo Xiaoshan and continued: "As far as I know, in the East, the other world is divided into the Demon Kingdom and the Yellow Spring Country, the Demon Country is the residence of the monsters, and the Yellow Spring Country is the real place where the dead belong, there is also a barrier between the Demon Kingdom and the Yellow Spring Country, and the people of the two countries cannot enter and exit each other's realm at will, the street in front of us now should belong to the Demon Kingdom, and most of the creatures here are monsters, not ghosts. ”
Hearing Li Muchen's explanation, Luo Xiaoshan was obviously not so nervous, she was actually more afraid of those spirit ghosts, and she was actually not very afraid of monsters with entities.
"Let's go, let's go into this Rashomon Street and have a look." The black-robed Onmyoji said, "Don't worry, the youkai who can do business or buy things in the yokai market are all wise, and most of them are friendly, and the same is true for humans who strayed in. ”
When they heard this, they followed.
"In the commercial streets of the Demon Country, there are usually places like the Information Exchange Office." As he walked, he said: "The space above the mountainside of the Great River Mountain should have been highly integrated with the space of the other side of the Demon Kingdom, the space here is very large, it may not be easy for us to find the source Qianyue by ourselves, maybe we can get some useful information in the intelligence exchange center." ”
After entering the monster market, Luo Mingzhang found that the monsters here were just a little curious about them, and did not make an attack, and even many stall owners would greet them warmly and sell their goods to them.
Although it is rare for humans to appear in the yokai market, it is not impossible, and since ancient times, many powerful onmyoji or shrine maidens will even take the initiative to go to the yokai market to exchange for the cultivation items they need.
"Hey, boss, how do you sell this stone?" Hikoaki Tsuchimonto stopped at a stall and picked up a piece of green entity and flipped it in his hand.
The owner of the stall is a seafood owner with a fish head.
He had a fish face, and his two eyes narrowed into slits with a smile: "The guest officer is really good eyesight, this is a rare treasure, it is left behind by the big monster Yuzao after his death, the fragment of the killing stone, only five thousand demon coins, how about it?" Isn't it affordable? ”
As he spoke, colorful bubbles popped out of his mouth.
Legend has it that Tamamo, one of the three major demon kings of the East, was besieged and killed in Nasuno after Emperor Toba was discovered, and after her death, the crystallization of demonic power and resentment was a magic stone, and all creatures near this stone will die mysteriously.
But it is said that what remains in Nasuno now is only an imitation, and the real killing stone has long been missing, and countless youkai and onmyoji want to get the killing stone and use the huge demonic power in front of the tamamoe contained in the killing stone to cultivate.
"Five thousand magic coins? Why don't you grab it? The black-robed Onmyoji exclaimed: "You said that the killing stone is the killing stone?" I see where you picked up a stone with mysterious power, I see that you don't know how to use it yourself, two hundred magic coins, not a cent more. ”
"A thousand, that's a thousand, guest officer." The owner of the sea hurriedly said: "Guest officer, I also have to support my family, you can't let me lose too much!" ”
"Three hundred, it's okay, if it doesn't work, I'll leave! I just looked at the color of this stone and bought it back as an ornament, no matter how expensive it was, it was not worth it. ”
After Toyumen Hikoaki finished speaking, he saw that the stall owner did not speak, so he directly threw the green stone in his hand back to the stall, turned his head and left.
"Guest officer, five hundred, five hundred!" Seeing that the guests were leaving, the stall owner hurriedly shouted.
And at this moment, the black-robed onmyoji immediately turned his head and threw five hundred demon coins on the stall, then picked up the green stone and led everyone to leave, as if he was afraid that the stall owner would regret it.
The voice of the owner of the sea came from behind him: "It's a loss, it's a loss, it's really a loss!" ”
This scene, Luo Mingzhang was stunned for a moment, his feelings have to be bargained in the monster market, and he has to cut it even more fiercely, in the human world, the bargaining price is cut in half, here, it is directly cut to one-twentieth, one-thirtieth, and the transaction price is only one-tenth of the original price.
That's a long insight.
"Why do you have the Demon Currency of the other world?" Luo Mingzhang asked: "Looking at the way you are familiar with the road, you have come to these places a lot." ”
Before buying this green stone, this guy had a hot fight with a bewitching young woman of the ghost clan in front of a shop with the word "soup" written on it, which made the other party laugh again and again, and even directly said that he could provide them with free services.
As for what the content of the service is, it really depends on the opinions of the people.
The black-robed onmyoji looked at Luo Mingzhang and smiled mysteriously: "Mingzhangjun, have you forgotten, our Tuyumen family has a fox demon bloodline, so we can walk freely between the present world and the other demon kingdom, after we are promoted to the fourth order, the barriers between the two worlds are useless for us, and I have secretly followed the team of the hundred ghosts a few times." ”
"The people of our Tuyumen family will often come and go to the commercial street of the other demon country in exchange for the cultivation resources we need." Tuyumen Hikoaki said: "After all, in the current Orient, the forces of all parties are really not friendly to our Tuyumen family, and they even have a tendency to join forces to block us, so the commercial street of the other demon country is the main way for us to obtain cultivation resources." ”
When Tuyumen Yanming said this, Caobi Valley's expression was a little unnatural, because it was not only Yin Yang Liao who blocked their Tuyumen family, but also their Caobi Valley family.
The major Onmyoji families in the East will hold a grand meeting of the younger generation of Onmyoji every once in a while, and they will decide the top ones from them, which can be regarded as the moment when the major families show their muscles, after all, the younger generation represents the future of the family.
This event can be understood as the "No. 1 Martial Arts Meeting in the World" between onmyoji, and this event is nominally allowed for all onmyoji to participate.
I don't know which session it started, but the Tuyumen family also began to participate in this yin-yang test, and it was the first every time, and it slapped the major onmyoji families in the East in the face.
The Kamo family, the Fujiwara family, and the Kusakabe family were all spared......
It may be that this is how the Tuyumen clan retaliated against the suppression of them by these families.
At this moment, the black-robed onmyoji looked at Yuan Qiangang: "By the way, Yuan Qiangang, it's useless for me to keep this stone, so I gave it to you......"