The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 451 Treasure City
This incident was obviously beyond everyone's expectations. Zhou Xuanye hummed and said in a low voice: "What's the matter, he seems to be coming out." While speaking, the man had completely moved away from the entrance of the village, and was getting closer and closer to us The appearance on the face became clearer.

I saw that it was a rather ordinary face. Of course, when we generally describe a person as ordinary, that is a polite word. If you are not polite, it is a bit ugly, but not too ugly.

The man's eyes were obviously looking at us, and he stood in front of us after a while.When I got closer, I realized that he was very strange. He was wearing an ancient costume and a hat on his head, but he had short hair.

This made me instantly realize that our previous guess might be wrong.

This is probably not a ghost market, nor is it a Ming Dynasty ghost market.

So what exactly is it?Who is it in front of you?Or, is he human?

The situation that has never been encountered before made the four of us feel a little tricky. In the end, I spoke first and used more polite words: "Hello, big brother, what can I do for you?"

The other party didn't answer my question, but instead looked me up and down with a strange look, and finally looked at Zhou Xuanye and the others, turned around and walked around us, and walked into the dark place.

This behavior really made people feel a little confused. When he was about to walk out of our sight, the man suddenly turned his head, pointed at the ancient village below, and then waved to us. Let's go to the ancient village.

Even if the ancient village is not a ghost market, it is definitely not a good thing. We can't hide in time, so how can we take the initiative to go in?Seeing that we didn't move, the man stretched out his hand to gesture again, and then I realized that the other party might not be able to speak.

Feng Guishou hissed, and said in a low voice: "Is he a human or a ghost? Or what kind of mountain spirit? This is making gestures, what do you want to do?"

Zhou Xuanye only said four words: "Wait and see."

Seeing that we didn't respond, the man shook his head to himself, as if he was very disappointed with us, and left directly, his figure quickly disappeared into the darkness.

He has no lighting at all, and just blends into the night.When I reacted and rushed forward a few steps with a flashlight, I had disappeared without a trace, really like a ghost.

At this moment, Tianrandai suddenly said: "Look at that person." His words attracted our attention, and we saw him pointing to the ancient village, but because the ancient village is too big, people come and go' There were too many people, so we really didn't know who he was referring to for a while.

The first one to find was Feng Guishou. He hissed and said, "You are referring to that person... Hiss, looking at the clothes, it seems to be water, rain and frost. It's too far away, so I can't see clearly."

Tianrandai said: "It's her, she's picking things." Tianrandai's eyesight was trained in the snow mountain, where the place is vast and white, and the snow ghosts are often far away. When hunting, it is a test of eyesight.

At this moment, I also found the person he mentioned. Looking at the silhouette and the vaguely modern attire, coupled with the color, it really looks like water and rain, but the face cannot be seen clearly.At this moment, she is squatting in front of a stall, picking and choosing, and seems to be answering the boss from time to time.

We were wondering about this behavior, when suddenly Zhou Xuanye's face changed, showing ecstasy: "Could it be 'Baoshi'? Yes! It must be 'Baoshi', hurry up, let's get down!" Zhou Xuanye said People, who are always gentle and refined, are not in a hurry, but at this moment, this expression really surprised me.Feng Guishou obviously had never heard of Baoshi before, and wondered: "What is this Baoshi doing that makes you so excited?"

Zhou Xuanye had already left for the ancient village without saying a word, and at the same time gestured to us, saying: "While walking, we said, 'Baoshi' is short-lived, and usually only lasts for half an hour. It is a blessing to meet you, so don't delay any longer."

Immediately afterwards, he said: "There are three major taboos in entering the treasure market. Let me tell you first. Remember not to violate it."

Seeing his uncontrollable excited expression, I knew that this matter was no small matter, so I immediately nodded and signaled him to continue.

These three taboos are not difficult to do.

The first point is that you can’t exchange names, you can’t say your own name to others, and you can’t call other people’s names when you meet someone you know; if you say someone else’s name, it is a violation of other people’s taboo, which is equivalent to communicating with others. enemy;
The second point: you can only go straight forward, even if you go around in circles, you can only go forward and you cannot go back;
The third point: at the entrance of the village, there are masks used to cover the face. Everyone wears the mask when entering, and they are not allowed to take it off until they leave the village entrance.

These three eccentric taboos made people wonder what the hell this treasure city was all about.Zhou Xuanye said as he walked: "Don't look at that treasure city is full of people, in fact, most of them are mountain spirits who have changed their eyesight. The ghosts turned into human shapes, that's only in legends, most of them just rely on It’s just a trick to confuse people. If you look at the stall, it looks like a woman, maybe it’s a pheasant stall somewhere. This treasure market is actually a demon market.”

"Demon City?" Feng Guishou took a breath and said, "You said the people there are all ghosts?"

Zhou Xuanye nodded, and said: "Great mountains gather spiritual energy, and small mountains produce spirits and monsters. There will be no monsters in those high mountains and rivers. Only those that are loved by spiritual energy, without the mountains and dragons, can breed countless spirits and monsters." , and only in this kind of place can there be a treasure market." He said as he walked, we also gradually figured out the origin of this treasure market, and we also knew why Zhou Xuanye was so excited.

The spirits and monsters in this treasure city are not real monsters. They have different ways of doing things, and some of them can't even speak human words, but they also have spirituality.The spirits in the deep mountains can find a lot of treasures that are useful to people. These spirits will spontaneously form a ghost market, and make deals with people in exchange for some things they can't get but they like or are useful.

Of course, those who can do business in the treasure market are definitely not ordinary people, because the emergence of demon markets has geographical conditions. Except for some occasional demon markets, most of the demon markets are regular.And these rules, after being mastered by some people, are often passed on by word of mouth, from father to son, teacher to apprentice, and most of these people are from famous families or family backgrounds.For example, the Three Sons Temple where Zhou Xuanye is located is really a small temple that cannot be ranked, and it has nothing to do with famous families.

Naturally, he has no way to know where there is a demon market.

The needs of humans and spirits are different. In the demon market, you may exchange a bunch of candied haws for a whole piece of jade dug out by mountain spirits, or you may use a whole piece of jade for less than a plant. Shan Jing thinks wild vegetables taste good, so this is definitely a good place to search for treasures. Once you enter, you can find everything that is priceless.

Since it only lasts half an hour, all transactions must be done as soon as possible.

That Shui Yushuang was squatting and looking at things, obviously making a deal with the demon market.

I suddenly felt that a door to a new world had opened before my eyes, co-authoring this monster and the market?Is this still the world I knew before?am i still on earthI can't fucking time travel, can I?

Feng Guishou on one side obviously felt the same way as me. He rubbed his face and said with emotion: "There are people beyond people, and mountains beyond mountains; I used to think I was a knowledgeable person, but now I realize that I am really short-sighted." Well, there are such miracles in this world."

Zhou Xuanye smiled and said: "There are so many anecdotes and strange stories in the world, not all of them were fabricated by the ancients out of thin air, it's just that it's hard for people today to see."

While talking, we have arrived at the entrance of the village. The entrance of the village is a large archway. Outside the archway is a table of eight immortals, on which are placed various masks.

These masks have different shapes and materials, some are made of feathers, some are made of rattan, some are made of bark, some are made of straw, and some masks are simply a kind of big flower with the petals drawn back , Holes for eyes and nose were dug out in front of the flowers.In addition, there are some very strange and frightening masks, such as snake skin masks, skull masks, mummy palm masks, lizard masks, and turtle shell masks. Monkey King mask.

The four of us each picked a wooden mask to wear on our faces, and under the leadership of Zhou Xuanye, we walked into this treasure market.

There are 'people' coming and going in this treasure market, with all kinds of strange looks, I even saw a well-known Kung Fu star, I bet, this ghost must have seen the picture of this Kung Fu star, so he used the trick to hide his eyes, Make yourself like this.

As I walked, I curiously looked at the things sold around me.I saw that most of the things in front of the people who set up the stalls were not many. There were three or five items that were less, and seven or eight items were more.

Taking a closer look at those things, some are stones, some are plants, they seem to be some kind of medicinal materials, but I don't know them. Of course, according to Zhou Xuanye, what they sell may also be wild vegetables that they think are delicious.

When I walked to the second booth, I saw something, I couldn't help gasping, I hurriedly pulled Zhou Xuanye's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Second, look at that." This is the code name we agreed in advance, according to In terms of age, Feng Guishou is the eldest, Zhou Xuanye is the second child, and I am the third child. It looks very tender but is actually an old monster. The natural stupidity is the fourth child.

Zhou Xuanye looked over, seemed to smile, and said, "It's ginseng."

Feng Guishou said: "Good guy, I have lived my whole life. I have never seen such a human-like ginseng. If it grows another hundred years, it may become a ginseng doll." , there are many folk legends about ginseng dolls.

Zhou Xuanye immediately said: "Go and ask how to change it."

As soon as I opened my pace, a figure squatted in front of the stall one step ahead of me.

(End of this chapter)