After the boulder was closed, I followed Brother Qingfeng and slowly walked into the cave. The cave was quite humid and stuffy. It was about two meters high and one meter wide. The cave was very straight and went straight forward.
After walking inside for about five or six minutes, Brother Qingfeng stopped, looked around and said to me: "Xiaojiu, remember, don't talk nonsense after you go in. And you must carry this copper coin with you. After you go in, no matter what happens, you have to listen to me, okay?" As he said that, he took out a copper coin that looked very old from the bag beside him. I took a look and it was a copper coin from the Qianlong period.
After Brother Qingfeng finished speaking, he took me inside again. After walking for about a minute or two, thick white fog appeared in the cave. Brother Qingfeng walked in without hesitation. I paused behind him and followed him.
After walking in the thick fog for a while, I heard a faint noise. As I walked forward, the noise became louder. It sounded like the sound of a market. I was curious, because I had never been to a ghost market and had only heard about some things before.
"Xiaojiu, put the copper coin in your mouth. Don't talk once you go in and don't touch anything. Remember." Brother Qingfeng's voice suddenly came from the front. Without thinking too much, I immediately put the copper coin in my mouth and walked forward for a while. The thick fog around me finally dissipated slowly. I looked ahead and found that there was actually a market in front of me. This market looked just like the markets in ancient times. The houses on both sides were also like ancient buildings. At this time, many people were coming and going doing business.
Brother Qingfeng walked forward with ease. I looked left and right and saw that the people setting up stalls here were actually selling some talismans and books. Although I was very curious, I still remembered Taoist Qingfeng's words and did not dare to touch these things.
Those people didn't shout, but sat on the ground lifelessly without saying a word. There were many people wandering around in the market, but none of them seemed to have any interest in buying these things.
“Woooooooooooooo…” Suddenly, a strange sound came from Brother Qingfeng’s mouth. When I listened to it, it seemed like something my master had taught me before, but I have forgotten it now.
At this time, Brother Qingfeng was talking to someone. It seemed that Brother Qingfeng was very polite, although the bird language sounded really uncomfortable. Then Brother Qingfeng gave me a look and asked me to follow him. Finally, Brother Qingfeng took me around here. You know what, this ghost market is quite big, much bigger than the ordinary market. Finally, we walked to an inn. The lobby of this inn was very deserted. Taoist Qingfeng went upstairs and heard another burst of bird language. After a while, a waiter came and took us upstairs. Our room was on the second floor. I don’t know why Taoist Qingfeng took me to this inn. Didn’t he say he was looking for someone
When Guang went into the room, Brother Qingfeng spat out a copper coin from his mouth. Only then did I realize that he also had a copper coin in his mouth.
"Xiaojiu, this is troublesome. The person we are looking for seems to be away these two days. We may have to stay here for two days." Brother Qingfeng spit out the copper coins and said to me.
"It's okay. I've never been to a ghost market before, so I can have some fun." I looked at the tables and chairs around me. I estimated that these things were antiques at best, and I would be rich if I took them out secretly.
Taoist Qingfeng saw my action and his face changed slightly. He said to me: "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. It's best not to touch the things here, otherwise you will die."
I nodded and said to Taoist Qingfeng, "Brother Qingfeng, why are there so many ghosts in this ghost market who have not gone to reincarnate and are still staying here?"
"No way, you don't even know what a ghost market is." Taoist Qingfeng answered in surprise when he heard the question I asked him.
"Isn't it just a gathering place for ghosts? What else could it be?" I scratched my hair and said.
Taoist Qingfeng instead told me seriously, "This isn't a gathering place for ghosts, it's a gathering place for monsters. Those outside aren't ghosts, they're monsters. Ghosts will be reincarnated after seven days. Even fierce ghosts will be dealt with by someone. How could there be so many ghosts left?"
"Then what are all these demons doing here?"
"Xiao Jiu, look at how many monsters there are in the city now? For thousands of years in China, so many monsters have entered the ghost market to live. The ghost market is not a place where ghosts live, but a place where dirty things gather. In the past, Maoshan, Longhushan and other sects joined forces to sign an agreement with these monsters. Help them build the ghost market, and then the monsters can't go out to make trouble unless they have no choice."
"There are so many monsters. If one of them gets out, it will bring disaster to the whole area." I said worriedly. I saw how many there were just now. If so many of them got out, everything would be in chaos.
"Hehe, Xiaojiu, you are probably too young. Anyone with a little knowledge knows that monsters are nothing more than animals that have cultivated themselves into human form. Look at all the monsters out there. In fact, their combat power is about the same as that of humans. Many of them don't know magic, and there are only a few powerful monsters. They are not so-called monsters. Just because they are monsters, they do mean they are powerful." Taoist Qingfeng corrected me.
I nodded after hearing this. Indeed, people nowadays, including me, always associate the word "monsters" with those world-destroying creatures, casting a bunch of spells or howling to kill countless people.
But if that were the case, wouldn't the world have been occupied by monsters long ago? Now it seems that monsters are actually stronger than humans, no, they are even weaker than humans. After all, humans have a strong population. Now it seems that Chairman Mao's policy of "strength in numbers" and "screw family planning" was good, at least it could suppress the monsters in his own country.
I was frustrated. As I thought about it, I started to think too far away. This is not something I should worry about. It's nice to be a happy little **.
"What kind of monster are we looking for?" I thought about the philosophy of life for a while, and then continued to ask Brother Qingfeng.
Brother Qingfeng said, "It's not a monster, it's a person, a senior from Longhu Mountain." Then, before I could ask, Brother Qingfeng continued, "This ghost market doesn't only have monsters living here, there are also some strange people, all of whom are quite world-weary and hate the intrigues of the world. On the contrary, the ghost market doesn't have these things, so they moved into the ghost market."
To be honest, I was really curious about this ghost market. I stood outside the window and watched the people coming and going. However, Taoist Qingfeng told me not to go out because I didn't speak the demon language. It turned out that Taoist Qingfeng's "wuwuwu" before was the demon language, and we couldn't speak human language here. The demons here hate to hear human language. You can be a human, but you must speak the demon language. That's what it meant.
Although it seems that my master wanted to teach me the demon language before, but at that time I thought it was impossible to encounter any monsters. Even if I did, they would just fight directly and there would be no communication at all, so I didn't learn it. Now I really regret it a little. Watching Taoist Qingfeng going out to play every day, it seems that there are many fun things in the ghost market, such as gambling houses.
All transactions here are done on a barter basis. Seeing Taoist Qingfeng taking a small dagger every time he goes out and coming back with a pile of things, he can be said to have a smile on his face every day.
Poor me, I just lie in bed and sleep every day. When I'm hungry, I eat some dry food brought by Taoist Qingfeng, and then continue to sleep. If I had known, I would not have come here and would have just waited for Brother Qingfeng to come and check alone. I guess Brother Qingfeng was afraid of being lonely here, so he brought his own people with him, otherwise he would not have been so willing to bring me with him.
Suddenly, Taoist Qingfeng came back excitedly and said, "My senior is coming back soon, hehe."
I was also very happy when I heard it: "When?"
"It will probably take another two or three hours." After Taoist Qingfeng said that, I became depressed again. I still have to wait for two or three hours. I didn't want to stay in this room for even a moment these past two days.
Taoist Qingfeng looked at my depressed face, thought for a while and said: "How about this, I'll take you to watch the martial arts competition to win a bride, but you have to remember, you must abide by the rules, okay?" After saying that, Taoist Qingfeng started to grin obscenely. I knew at once that the bride must be very beautiful.