As soon as the gates of hell opened, thousands upon thousands of ghosts rushed out. Yue Jiuling watched the ghosts with a serious expression, afraid that one of them might suddenly go crazy and cause trouble, and she wanted to stop it in time.

Fortunately, although the ghosts were all in high spirits when they came out, they did not do anything too outrageous. Most of them happily went back to their homes from when they were alive, while those who no longer had homes began to wander the streets, but none of them showed any signs of causing trouble.

Seeing the well-behaved ghosts, Yue Jiuling was no longer so nervous. While keeping an eye on the ghosts, she said to Ya Zi beside her, "Fortunately, no ghosts are trying to cause trouble. Once they all come out, we can go in and explore the ghost market."

Ya Zi nodded upon hearing this, but he still asked, "Actually, I don't think there's anything wrong with them coming out. Why are you so nervous, afraid that something might happen in the Ghost Realm?"

"Oh dear, this all started two years ago. When I first joined our department, it happened to be a holiday. At that time, I thought that nothing bad would happen during a holiday. Why does the entire metaphysical community take it so seriously? Although I had heard that things are more likely to happen during the Ghost Festival, I didn't think there would be any problem. But something happened that very night."

Recalling the events of two years ago, Yue Jiuling's face turned disgusted: "It was shortly after the gates opened, just when the ghosts were coming out. Suddenly, a vicious ghost with a menacing aura emerged from the procession. You know, even during festivals, ordinary ghosts aren't allowed to come out. I don't know how that ghost managed to get out of there. He was quite powerful. As soon as he came out, he went berserk and tore apart more than a dozen ghosts on the spot, swallowing them whole. He even went and attacked some people who were still out and about late at night!"

"Tsk tsk~ You weren't there at the time. Our people couldn't catch him when he was creating chaos and devouring ghosts. By the time they went to chase after him, they found that three innocent people had been torn to pieces, and two others had been injured. Moreover, the hearts of those who were torn to pieces had been eaten, and the blood and brains all over the ground were disgusting~"

Thinking of this, Yue Jiuling frowned and said, "The last fierce ghost was subdued by everyone and the people in the underworld together. I heard that he was eventually thrown into the hungry ghost realm. So since then, the metaphysical community has paid more attention to the Ghost Festival and will pay special attention to ghosts with evil aura."

After hearing the story, Ya Zi understood: "Oh, no wonder. But how did that vengeful ghost manage to get here? Although I don't come down here often, I've heard from up here that vengeful ghosts and ordinary ghosts are imprisoned in different places."

"I don't know, but I heard that after that incident, the underworld also carried out a small reform."

As the two talked, they realized that there weren't many ghosts coming out of the Ghost Gate in the East District anymore. In fact, there were more than one or two Ghost Gates in the Ghost Realm. Several could be opened in a city. Ghost Gates could be opened in any place with Yin energy. Therefore, the ghosts in the Ghost Realm didn't all come out of a single Ghost Gate; they came out in batches.

As Ya Zi watched the ghosts emerging from the Ghost Gate dwindle until there were almost none left, he said, "There aren't any more. Shall we go in?"

Yue Jiuling shook her head and said, "No rush. Anyway, the Gate of Hell won't close. Let's patrol the nearby streets again."

As she spoke, she followed the last ghost that emerged from the Gate of Hell. "Although they've all come out, we can't be sure they won't cause trouble. We need to make sure the ghosts in the East District are all behaving themselves first."

"Alright, it's better to be cautious and careful."

Although Ya Zi really wanted to go inside the Ghost Gate, he still followed Yue Jiu Ling to patrol the streets.

Actually, Yue Jiuling did this to put her mind at ease. After all, there are so many ghosts, and it would be bad if something really happened, so it's better to be careful.

After the ghosts emerged in groups, they scattered at the street exit. Many went straight back, while only a few remained wandering the streets.

After patrolling several streets, Yue Jiuling noticed that the ghosts were wandering around aimlessly, but something seemed amiss, so she decided to ignore them.

"Let's go, there's nothing left in the East District, let's go to the Ghost Market."

After patrolling the streets, the two returned to South Street. No more ghosts were coming out of the Ghost Gate, but it was not closed; it remained open until dawn.

After greeting the ghost guards at the gate, Yue Jiuling and Ya Zi entered the Ghost Gate together and headed inside to find the Ghost Market. As they went in, they saw two other living people following behind them.

The two people who came in after them were an old man and a young man. They looked somewhat alike and were probably father and son. When they came in, they looked up and glanced at Ya Zi and Yue Jiu Ling a few times.

Ya Zi also saw them and whispered to Yue Jiuling, "They don't look like ordinary people. They're probably here for the Ghost Market too, right?"

Yue Jiuling nodded and said, "I guess so. Let's ignore them and go."

Although the items in the Ghost Market are bizarre, some of them are valuable to cultivators, so cultivators often go to the Ghost Market in the Ghost Realm to buy things.

The Ghost Market is actually similar to the street market in the human world. The environment is so-so. They just find an empty spot near the gate of the underworld, set up tables and chairs, put their goods down, and that's how the market opens.

Sure enough, not long after entering the Ghost Gate, they found the Ghost Market. Just like Yue Jiuling remembered, the Ghost Market was bustling with shouts and calls of vendors, just like a lively vegetable market in the human world.

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