Chapter 184: Secrets of the Ghost Market

"Hmph, seeking your own death!"

As the entire candle shop, along with the mud underground, was eaten clean by the Tanshi Gui, the vicious shop owner was finally completely killed.

Soon the time for the God-Inviting Talisman to take effect ended, and the powers of the Tanshi Gui and the Xi Gui gradually dissipated.

The Ghost Iron statue also returned to its original state. In front of it, there was only a pit left, and nothing else.

However, at this moment, a large number of ghosts began to gather here from the street.

Clearly, the battle just now had triggered the reaction of the Ghost Market. These ghosts gathering here were clearly trying to eliminate him, this unstable factor.

"Slash!"

However, Lin Feng was not afraid at all, and backhandedly swung the Fangtian Painted Halberd to slash at the ghosts around him.

"Clang!"

But at this moment, a black hand appeared out of thin air and blocked in front of his Fangtian Painted Halberd.

Then more black hands appeared out of thin air and grabbed at various parts of the Ghost Iron statue. These black hands possessed some kind of special ghost power, and the Fangtian Painted Halberd crafted by Lin Feng couldn't cut them.

"Don't force me!"

Noticing the particularity of these black hands, the Ghost Iron statue took out five Black Jade Dark Gold Talismans again, and at the same time, his gaze looked toward the other end of the dark street.

Seeing the Ghost Iron statue take out five Black Jade Dark Gold Talismans, the black hands around stopped immediately.

Lin Feng could clearly perceive that there was a powerful existence in the dark place of the street, and the surrounding black hands were controlled by him.

After a while, the large number of black hands that appeared out of thin air slowly disappeared, and then a dry, hoarse voice came from the dark street corner: "Don't let it happen again!"

"This time he deceived me first, and it serves him right to be killed by me!"

Lin Feng looked at the darkness and spoke slowly, but this time the other party didn't reply to him, just disappeared in Lin Feng's perception.

As the mysterious existence disappeared, the ghosts surrounding Lin Feng also gradually dispersed. Soon, except for a pit left on the edge of the street, everything had returned to normal.

After this incident, Lin Feng also lost the interest in buying things in the Ghost Market, so he waited on the spot.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo~"

Soon the sky became bright, the rooster announced the dawn, and everything in the Ghost Market began to become illusory.

And Lin Feng himself appeared on a yellow mud road again. The white mist around gradually dissipated, indicating that he had left the scope of the Ghost Market.

Looking at the surrounding mountain village scenery, Lin Feng directly let the Ghost Iron statue return by itself.

Lin Feng, who was lying on the bed in the gravekeeper's wooden house, slowly opened his eyes. The experience in the Ghost Market tonight made him notice some things.

"There must be someone laying out a plan behind the Ghost Market. Those shops seem to be able to match the inheritance of the Tiangong Baijiang. According to the sheep herder's memory, besides that street, there are other streets."

"If I'm not mistaken, someone deliberately used the Ghost Market to gather the ghost riders of the Tiangong Baijiang, letting them open shops in the Ghost Market, selling all kinds of strange things..."

"Just don't know for what reason the shops in the Ghost Market gradually turned into those ghost appearances!"

Sitting up from the bed, Lin Feng began to reason about what he had seen and heard.

The main reason why he thought so was the coffin shop he saw.

The old man in the coffin shop was clearly a living person, while the shop owners in other shops were things that were neither human nor ghost.

This situation could be seen as two states of shop owners in the Ghost Market. In the early stage, they were still ghost riders, able to ensure their consciousness and mental state as living people.

After the body decayed or they found a way to fuse consciousness with ghosts, they finally turned into a state that was neither human nor ghost.

After turning into that state, the most significant feature was the loss of humanity. The shop owners of the candle shop, the pawnshop, the food shop, etc., were all in that state.

The second reason was the existence he encountered hiding in the shadows. The other party clearly still possessed consciousness and appeared after he destroyed the candle shop.

The reason for appearing was naturally to maintain the stability of the Ghost Market, but after Lin Feng took out more Black Jade Dark Gold Talismans, the other party was probably not sure what ghosts Lin Feng would summon again.

If the commotion was too big, other shops would definitely be affected, so the other party warned him and left.

Based on these two points, Lin Feng could already infer that the existence of the Ghost Market was not accidental, but had a deeper purpose.

"If I have time in the future, I can go a few more times. There are still many special shops in the Ghost Market that are useful to me. After all, it makes no sense not to spend the Ghost Money in my hand."

After figuring out some things, Lin Feng guessed some of the purposes of the Ghost Market's existence.

So he put down some of his worries in his heart, and next, he would just go if he wanted to.

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At the junction of Linzhao and Mingzhou, the two armies were still confronting each other, but after the last bloody battle, the battle did not break out again.

Occasional camp raids or battles between scouts of both sides were still controlled within a small scale.

"Is there a reply from the people heading to Yuzhou?"

In the tent, Li Yanbing looked at the soldier who walked in hurriedly and asked immediately.

"Replying to the Great One, the Yuzhou Inspector has already passed on the news that we want to form an alliance with King Mu, but there is no response yet."

This soldier immediately answered Li Yanbing like this.

"Good, I know, you withdraw first."

"Yes!"

Getting this news, Li Yanbing fell into deep thought. Currently, they were on the front line blocking King Li's expansion to the west. If they only compared consumption, they would definitely not be able to beat him.

Even if their main combat power was heavy-armored Paper Soldiers who didn't need to eat, drink, or rest, it wouldn't work, because the government soldiers who were conscripted needed to constantly consume food and grass.

Although at the current stage those government soldiers indeed couldn't fight head-on with King Li's army, after training and being equipped with the captured Iron Ghost infantry armor and Ghost Soldiers, they would gradually form combat power that was not weak.

So even for the sake of training, she had to grit her teeth and squeeze food and grass from other places.

It was just that relying on the territory of their two prefectures alone could not last long, so after discussing with Jiao Yong and others, she decided to form an alliance with King Mu.

Both King Li and King Mu aimed at the world and both possessed the legitimate right of succession to the Daxia Dynasty, so the two sides were the real mortal enemies!

So according to Li Yanbing's estimation, King Mu would definitely be willing to form an alliance with them.

Once they could form an alliance, King Mu would never let King Li continue to expand, and would definitely give them some support.

Li Yanbing didn't dare to hope for soldiers, armor, and generals, but the other party was still willing to take out some ordinary things like food, grass, and materials.

"It's a pity that Yuzhou in the west surrendered to King Mu first, otherwise our three-prefecture alliance might not have the capital to compete for the world!"

At this time, Jiao Yong walked into the tent and said to Li Yanbing.

"Is competing for the world an easy task?"

"Now if I dare to claim the title of King, I will definitely be attacked from both sides by King Li and King Mu. At that time, the destruction of the family will be the light one!"

"But if I don't claim the title of King, people with aspirations in the world will not come to rely on us."

Li Yanbing was very clear. She knew her current situation very well. At present, it was not easy to protect herself. If she had the idea of claiming the title of King, the final end would definitely not be good! ===== CHAPTER 185 =====