Ghost Slayer: The beginning of the game draws the blade like fire

Chapter 16 Ghost Clues
It seemed that there was a flow of people, Qin Xiao found the biggest shop in the town and walked in.

In a town like this, no matter how big or small, stores usually recycle beast skins and then sell them to merchants who come to collect the goods.

When Qin Xiao entered the town, he saw many people returning with their prey on their backs. He thought there should be many hunters in the town.

As soon as he entered the store, Qin Xiao saw someone selling wild animal fur at the front desk, so he walked over directly.

After the person in front finished the transaction, Qin Xiao directly put the wolf skins and rabbit skins in the wooden box on the table.

The person who checked the quality of the fur was a middle-aged man. He briefly looked at the fur, then touched it, and quickly gave the price.

The price was [-]% to [-]% lower than expected, which made Qin Xiao frown slightly.

Before coming here, Zuo Zuo gave him a rough estimate of the value of these furs, lest he be slaughtered as a fat sheep.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man seemed to have seen his thoughts, and asked, "This is the first time you've come to our Baiye Town?"

Qin Xiao nodded.

"That's right. Our Baiye Town is famous for producing high-quality furs, and many businessmen come to our town just for a good fur."

"So, in our Baiye Town, good fur can often be sold at a better price, and naturally the price of ordinary fur is lower."

"The quality of the fur you brought is average, and the more valuable wolf pelt is also smaller. Could it be a little wolf?"

The middle-aged man smiled jokingly.

"But don't worry, the price I'll give you can be said to be the highest in the entire Baiye Town, so feel free to go to other places to compare!"

Seeing the middle-aged man's promise, Qin Xiao agreed to the sale.

After getting the money, Qin Xiao saw that there was no one behind, so he asked directly, "Excuse me, is there any strange news or strange things happening here in Baiye Town? Or is there a situation where people are often missing?"

"Why do you ask this?" The middle-aged man looked Qin Xiao from side to side, as if guessing his identity.

"I have a friend who is a writer and is looking for writing inspiration recently. He asked me to help collect some anecdotes to see if they can inspire him." Qin Xiao made up an excuse casually.

"Writer?" The middle-aged man seemed a little unconvinced, but he still thought about it before saying: "Baiye Town has been peaceful and stable in recent years, and nothing strange has happened."

"As for people disappearing all the time, that's even more impossible."

"It's been okay in recent years, but what about before?" Qin Xiao asked.

"Earlier... If we want to talk about any major events, it would be more than a dozen years ago when a herd of beasts rioted in the mountains and attacked the town. At that time, many people died. As for the others, they are gone."

Hearing this, Qin Xiao nodded his thanks and left the shop.

Finding a cheap hotel in the town to live in, Qin Xiao began to think about where to go to get news about ghosts.

To be honest, he wasn't sure if there were any ghosts here, so he could only say he was lucky...

Oh, I miss Tanjiro's first day, miss him, miss him, miss him!

When it comes to asking for information, in addition to going to big stores like just now, the next best thing is to go to small restaurants.

It’s best to go to a small shop with cheap, cheap and delicious food.

What they have in common is that the more guests they entertain, the more news they hear and know.

After finally finding out about the "Internet Celebrity Treasure Shop" in Baiye Town, Qin Xiao hurried over.

It's not yet dinner time, and the shop seems to have just opened.

There was a menu hanging outside, Qin Xiao looked at it and it was indeed cheap, but he didn't know how it tasted.

As soon as Qin Xiao entered the shop, he was served tea. The dishes cooked in the shop were basically meat-based, mainly pheasants, hares, and wild boars. Occasionally, they could also serve uncommon wild meats such as deer and bears.

A beast is stripped of its most valuable skin, and the remaining meat can only be sold to these small restaurants.

After all, Baiye Town is famous for its fur, not its cuisine.

These "games" have a more or less strange smell. If you don't know how to cook them, the dishes you make are basically unpalatable.

Qin Xiao ordered a pork stew, a roast chicken and a roast rabbit.

It didn't take long for the dishes to be served.

When he started to enjoy his dinner, people gradually came to the small shop, and it didn't take long for the small shop to be full.

At the same time, all kinds of comments, useful and useless, were all heard by Qin Xiao.

"Have you heard? A few days ago, the two sons of the Tanaka family went hunting in the mountains. Someone saw the eldest son come back, but the younger son disappeared!"

"real or fake?!"

"Of course it's true! I heard it was..."

Qin Xiao frowned and listened more attentively.

"The younger son was frightened to tears by a little wild boar that suddenly jumped out of the forest. He ran straight back home that day, leaving the eldest son alone on the mountain."

All of a sudden, there was laughter one after another.

Qin Xiao: "I don't even have any pants..."

"Dad, I don't want to be a hunter to go hunting in the mountains anymore. I'm still a herbal gatherer, honestly just go to the outskirts of the mountains and forests to collect herbs."

"why?"

"Hunters die on the mountain every month, those beasts are too terrifying!"

"But I heard that a few unlucky herb pickers are attacked by wild beasts every year."

"Then I'll just be a hunter."

"why?"

"A lot of money."

"...Nowadays, good wild animal furs are becoming more and more difficult to obtain, and each good fur represents a lot of money. I hunted a leopard skin last month, and I won't have to go up the mountain for at least half a year!"

"Hey, if you don't go deep into the forest now, don't talk about beasts, you won't even see hares!"

"...Last month, I led a team up the mountain and encountered a pack of wolves. I almost stared out when I saw those wolves. The fur of each wolf is as smooth as silk."

"Don't say it's wild, I believe it's raised in captivity! How can ordinary wild wolves have such a good fur? Unless it's a wolf or a wolf king, it's almost the same."

Various sounds filled his ears. Qin Xiao listened while eating and quickly finished his dinner.

After coming out of the small shop, Qin Xiao felt that he had gained almost nothing, and seemed to know something.

Back at the hostel to rest, Qin Xiao is going to go up the mountain tomorrow to have a look.

If he could hunt a good piece of fur, he would have funds for future activities. He could also choose to go to the next place and open a new map to look for ghosts.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Qin Xiao bought some food and water to take with him, carried the wooden box on his back, and followed the team of hunters up the mountain.

Qin Xiao took a quick look and saw that there were dozens of hunters who went up to the mountain to hunt, and a dozen of them were herb collectors.

These people are either in a team, or in a group of two or three, and some are alone like Qin Xiao.

No one came to talk to Qin Xiao, a strange face that suddenly appeared. Everyone was heading towards the mountains and forests.

After entering the forest, they separated and headed in different directions, deeper into the forest.

Qin Xiao had no goal, and he went into the mountain just to try his luck.

Maybe a good pelt, or something else...

(End of this chapter)