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◎First Release◎
"Hurry up, hurry up, these snacks need to be delivered to Lord Ghost King right away, otherwise if he blames us, we'll all be in big trouble!"
After a shrill voice, there was the sound of a whip breaking through the air, followed by several screams exploding in her ears. Yan Yu clearly felt that she was being pushed forward by many people. The curses and sobs around her were so loud that it hurt her ears.
After calming down, Yan Yu looked around calmly and found that she was in a human team. There were seven or eight strange-looking ghosts outside, each holding a blood-stained whip, responsible for escorting them.
The ground beneath my feet was wet and sticky, emitting a sickening bloody stench. All around me was a forest of haunted locust trees, their branches like twisted knuckles, covering the sky in a thick black.
There were a number of black stone tablets vaguely standing under the locust tree, and behind the tablets was a tomb mound that bulged out like a tumor. It seemed as if something inside was staring at them, making their hair stand on end.
A mist had suddenly appeared around me, blurring my vision and making the chill and dampness grow even more intense. Wisps of mist clung to my skin, like some cold-blooded reptile clinging to me, and goosebumps immediately covered my skin.
Yan Yu quickly scanned the escorting ghosts and the crowd, memorizing everyone's face one by one.
It seems that the "snacks" that the escorting ghost mentioned are them.
Yan Yuke had no interest in delivering meals to others, but when she heard that the meals were to be delivered to the Ghost King, she calmed down and prepared to meet the big boss in this dungeon.
There were about 100 people in this group. Since Yan Yu entered at a very coincidental time, everyone was already in a desperate and unstable mood, and their attention was all on those fierce escorting ghosts. Almost no one noticed that one more person had quietly appeared in the team.
These people had messy hair and mostly tattered clothes, and they looked like they were living in extreme poverty. Yan Yu used an SS-level camouflage ring to quickly blend into the crowd.
The first to speak was filled with disgust, saying, "The quality of dim sum is getting worse and worse these days. They all look terrible. Tsk tsk."
A nearby escort ghost smacked his lips and said, "There's nothing we can do. These are the only living people we can find within a radius of one or two hundred miles. The rest have already been eaten by the Ghost King."
They are also very greedy. They don't care about the quality of humans as long as they are edible. Unfortunately, due to the order of the Ghost King, they can only look but not eat.
Since the Ghost King descended upon this area, many powerful and old ghosts have been forced to move away, because the Ghost King does not allow any ghosts to eat the humans under his jurisdiction. Sometimes, when humans are not enough to eat, he will even eat the big ghosts to fill his hunger...
In the three years since the revival of spiritual energy, the Ghost King has devoured five or six large regions, and now it is their turn.
Obviously, the area around them will be eaten up in a month or two. When humans have finished eating, it may be their turn.
Why……
Perhaps they had the same idea, as the escorting ghosts looked rather sad, if their faces could still be called faces.
Hearing the words of the escorting ghosts, three people in the team looked at each other quickly. The fire in their eyes flashed and was quickly suppressed. They pretended to be as depressed as the others.
They thought they could do it without anyone noticing, but little did they know that Yan Yu had caught them red-handed.
It seems that the three of them have special identities.
Yan Yu directly activated the third special effect of the SSS-level Vulcan Crown - Kanwang.
Kanwang: The wearer can see through all illusions, hypnosis, disguises or invisibility spells of SS level and below, lasting 30 minutes, with a cooldown of 6 hours
Under the special effects of Kanwang, all disguises will be exposed. The three people also revealed their true faces before Yan Yu, wearing bright yellow Taoist robes, holding talismans, thunder seals, Tianshi seals, etc. in their hands, and wearing peach wood swords, Bagua plates, and Five Thunder Commands on their waists...
It seems that they are all Taoist priests who come to catch ghosts.
However, considering the cultivation levels of the three of them and the fact that these ghost-catching props are generally below S level, it is very likely that they will die before they can accomplish anything.
NPCs with special identities can help her understand the information related to this copy better and faster, and when necessary, she can take action to protect them.
Thinking of this, Yan Yu approached the three people slowly and calmly as he moved forward, ready to find out any news.
Yan Yu did not just randomly enter this spiritual energy revival copy. Although she had a space shield and a dark shield that could resist the invasion of dark matter such as ghost energy, she lacked effective offensive weapons. If she entered a strange and extremely difficult copy in the future, wouldn't she be able to only passively take the beating?
In addition, the huge space similar to a black hole that she saw before might also be full of dark matter. If her soul was sucked in one day, she would at least have a chance to fight back.
Therefore, Yan Yu decided to enter the strange copy and collect equipment drawings and materials for related offensive weapons.
In fact, the SS-level Soul-Devouring Whip equipment blueprint that Song Fa gave her could also kill soul-type monsters if the Soul-Devouring Whip could be forged, but the materials for the SS-level Soul-Devouring Whip were extremely difficult to collect.
Even if there are any, they usually only appear at major auctions in the floating world.
Yan Yu was new here and was short on money, so he definitely couldn't compete with the players from other forces.
This road is almost blocked, so Yan Yu can only focus on the Spiritual Energy Revival copy for the time being.
His gaze shifted again to the props covering the three little Taoist priests. Yan Yu nodded affirmatively to himself. It seemed that he had come to the right place this time.
After being escorted for three to five kilometers, just before exiting the locust tree forest, the leading escort ghost suddenly said, "Walking alone is too slow. To prevent any accidents, let's take a shortcut."
Although the distance from the locust tree forest to the Ghost King's Palace is only more than a hundred miles, one has to pass through many ghost dens in the middle. These snacks will definitely be damaged a lot. If the Ghost King blames them, he will not go to the lord of the ghost den, but will definitely take it out on them.
If they take a detour, it will take a long time, and there are many wandering ghosts around. If they rush over and snatch the snacks, these escorting ghosts will still be in big trouble.
The escort ghost beside him asked quickly, "Is there any shortcut nearby?"
The escorting ghost leader said: "There is a ghost market not far ahead that only appears every month. I have some friendship with the administrator there. As long as I can help ten humans, I can pass through safely and avoid many detours."
"Right, right. Anyway, the Ghost King eats the living souls of the snacks, so it doesn't matter if they are missing arms or legs."
The other escorting ghosts only considered it for half a second before readily agreeing. After all, they were not at the mercy of others, and taking a shortcut could allow them to complete the task sooner, so why not do it?
When the humans being escorted heard their conversation, they first burst into tears and then rushed straight into the crowd, fearing that they would be chosen and become the unlucky ones to be dismembered.
The crowd was in chaos for a while.
The escorting ghost was extremely impatient and raised the whip in his hand to beat people hard: "Be quiet! If you make any more noise, I will chop off all your arms and legs and feed them to the ghosts!"
After saying that, several escorting ghosts swung their whips and randomly rolled out ten unlucky guys. Before anyone could react, their nails grew rapidly and instantly chopped off ten pairs of arms and ten pairs of thighs, and blood spurted out.
Along with their screams and wails, several of them fainted from the pain. The escorting ghosts turned a blind eye to their miserable condition, and instead smiled and drank the blood to satisfy their cravings. The corners of their mouths were all bloody red, which was frightening.
One of the young Taoist priests: "Crazy, they are all crazy! I'm going to kill them!"
The other two quickly held him with one arm each, "Xiao Xuan, calm down. Have you forgotten our purpose?"
"A little lack of patience can ruin a great plan. Countless of our compatriots have died tragically at the hands of these evil spirits. But as long as we can't get the thing in the hands of the Ghost King, our world will never recover. When that happens, only more people will die."
After the two of them took turns to persuade him, the young Taoist priest named Xiaoxuan finally regained his composure, but his eyes were red and he still couldn't hide his hatred.
Xiao Xuan's parents died tragically at the hands of ghosts, and he saw it all happen. He will never be able to let it go.
The two men patted Xiao Xuan's shoulders, turned slightly to the side, and stood in front of him, making it difficult for the escorting ghosts to notice him, silently protecting his safety.
A minute later, Xiao Xuan closed his eyes tightly. When he opened them again, his expression had recovered a lot. He nodded gratefully to his two brothers.
This time the three of them came alone just to steal something from the Ghost King. This is related to the future destiny of mankind, so they must not be careless.
Outside the locust tree forest was a gray fog, even colder than the fog inside the forest, with a chill that pierced through the bone marrow. The snacks all hugged their arms, their teeth chattering with cold, and then huddled together like chicks caught in the rain.
The escorting ghost leader led everyone around in the fog. Suddenly, a ghost with a sturdy figure of more than three meters tall and holding a pig-killing knife appeared in the fog. The murderous aura around it was so heavy that those in the fog did not dare to get close to it.
"Who is coming?"
At this time, the escorting ghost leader raised his head and smiled: "Brother Dao, it's me. I want to deliver some snacks to the Ghost King as a snack. I'm passing by your place, and I hope Brother Dao can give me a favor."
As he spoke, he winked at the other escorting ghosts, asking them to deliver the "gifts".
"These are just a little gift from us, for Brother Dao to try."
There was no need to say anything extra. Brother Dao weighed the goods with his hand, and randomly picked an arm that looked better. His mouth instantly opened wider than the washbasin, and he swallowed the whole thing in one gulp.
After a few smacks, he picked out a nearly 20-centimeter-long section of ulna from between his teeth and said, "Okay, you guys go through. Remember, don't mess with the vendors and customers inside, or I won't be responsible if anything happens."
"Okay, don't worry, Brother Dao, we will make sure to keep these snacks under safe custody and won't let them cause any trouble."
Brother Dao waved his hand, and the gray fog immediately opened up a one-meter-wide hole. Inside, there was a lot of noise and bustle, which formed a very strong contrast with the outside.
Perhaps sensing the presence of living people, all the ghosts in the ghost market turned their heads instantly, their eyes scanning the crowd greedily, as if they were about to pounce on people and skin them and eat them raw. Seeing this, everyone's hearts stopped suddenly, and most of them collapsed to the ground with pale faces, and some even got their pants wet.
Even though they knew they would be eaten in the future, as ordinary people, they still couldn't withstand the pressure of suddenly facing thousands of ghosts.
The escorting ghosts didn't care about that. They just whipped the person who fell to the ground a few times, forcing him to get up again.
"Everyone, get up and get going! If you can't walk, I don't mind helping you remove some body parts to lighten the load!"
The combination of beatings and threats was extremely effective, and people began to move forward trembling.
The team passed by the ghost market. Yan Yu observed as he walked, and checked all the stalls along the way.
There are all kinds of stalls selling everything, and it's much more lively than the commercial streets and temple fairs on Blue Star. But there are also a lot of animal and human body parts mixed in, which is a bit disappointing.
However, Yan Yu also saw several stalls selling forging materials, including a lot of A-grade and S-grade materials.
It is obviously impossible to stop this team, and Yan Yu does not want the human NPCs to suffer unknown punishment because of his own actions.
But it's impossible for her to give up so much good material.
I always feel that if I miss this opportunity, I may not have such a good opportunity to enter the ghost market again in the future.
Therefore, Yan Yu decided to seize this opportunity. She directly used the fairy-level clone belt and created three clones to help with the purchase.
Of course, in order to prevent the three human clones from alerting the ghosts, Yan Yu equipped each of them with an SS-level camouflage ring, disguising them as three ghosts with different appearances, and entering the ghost market separately.
The clones and the main body are in telepathic communication. Yan Yu can observe everything in the ghost market through their perspectives, and everything they get can be transferred to her storage ring. It is so convenient.
As for the fact that she didn't have the currency in the ghost market and couldn't buy things, that was even easier to deal with.
If you don’t have money, just go borrow it from a ghost.
After the three clones left with several money bags, Yan Yu silently clasped his hands together: Thank you for the selfless dedication of the escort ghosts and Brother Dao.
In fact, Yan Yu originally planned to buy it for free, but she was worried that it would cause too much noise and affect her large-scale purchasing process, so she had to temporarily embezzle some of the money she had.
When she follows the team into the Ghost King's territory, she plans to continue her "big purchases".
The Ghost King, that is the biggest BOSS in this Spiritual Revival dungeon, and he must be very impressive. Most of the good things in the entire dungeon should be in his hands.
Yan Yu was determined to rob the rich and help the poor.
It just so happens that the three Taoists are also going to steal the Ghost King’s things. If she follows them then, she will definitely reap a lot of benefits.
The three clones felt like fish in water after entering the ghost market. Yan Yu "looked" at the corner of his storage ring that was gradually piling up, and felt extremely satisfied: Give me some more, give me some more!
Things were going smoothly over there, but the team on this side was in trouble.
They had already walked one-third of the way, but ahead was the food street of the ghost market. The food on the stalls was more tempting than the other, and the aroma went straight into everyone's stomach, arousing their greed.
There were more than a dozen people with weak wills who broke away from the crowd. They were unaware of the whips used by the escorting ghosts, and their eyes were fixed on the food in the food street, drooling, looking like they had lost their minds.
The escorting ghost leader's face changed, and he decisively swung out his sharp nails, cutting off their calves.
But what is terrifying is that even though their legs are broken, those people are still unaware and are still crawling towards the food stalls.
No matter what methods the escorting ghosts used, they could not stop the dozen or so people. The two people closest to the stall had already climbed onto the table and were frantically stuffing food into their mouths with handfuls in each hand.
Just looking at the way they ate, they looked like the reincarnation of starving ghosts. In less than half a minute, they had eaten five roasted chickens, ten trays of large meat buns, six pieces of animal meat as big as heads, and drank two large bowls of bloody drinks.
Their stomachs swelled up rapidly like balloons, looking like they would explode at any moment, while the flesh on their faces and bodies quickly withered away, leaving only skin and bones, which looked extremely weird.
The expressions of several escorting ghosts were extremely ugly, especially the leader of the escorting ghosts, whose face was even more ashen.
It quickly took out the belt wrapped around its waist and threw it high up. The belt immediately turned into a snake and wrapped around the other thirteen or fourteen guys who were still trying to climb onto the food stalls. Then it handed one end of the belt to the escort ghost beside it.
The escorting ghost leader moved in front of the two NPCs who were no longer recognizable as human beings and glared at the stall owner: "This is the snack that the Ghost King ordered. How dare you!"
The stall owner pushed his greasy bangs out of his eyes and said with a half-smile, "My food has always been here. I didn't even try to sell it to them. They just insisted on coming here to eat for free. I was even going to ask them for money."
The leader of the escorting ghosts choked and almost broke his teeth.
But thinking of what Brother Dao said before, he didn't dare to cause any trouble.
At this time, the aroma of food became stronger and stronger. Not only the dozen or so people, but the whole group of humans were almost mesmerized by it. Their steps were disorderly, but their toes were pointing directly at the food stalls.
Oh no, if this continues, these humans will never be able to leave the food street!
The escorting ghost leader dared not stay any longer, so he could only swallow his anger and loudly urge the team to leave the ghost market quickly.
As for the two guys who were groaning and holding their stomachs, they had eaten food from the ghost market and there was no way they could be saved.
The terrifying special effects of Yan Yu's SSS-level Thor's Crown had not yet expired. There was a strange and alluring fragrance at the tip of her nose, but what she saw were all kinds of rotten bones and flesh, eyeballs, hearts and livers, poisonous spiders and octopuses, which were extremely disgusting.
Noticing that people were gradually being bewitched, and even the three Taoists were almost at their limit, Yan Yu frowned and immediately released hundreds of spiritual senses, adjusted the strength, and gently pierced each of their sea of consciousness.
Everyone felt a sudden headache, and the originally tempting delicacies immediately lost some of their appeal.
After realizing that they had almost been hit, everyone broke out in a cold sweat. They no longer needed to whip the escorting ghosts, and their pace quickened a lot.
After leaving the food court, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Yan Yuze looked at the street of sin and secretly ordered his three clones to steal everything from the stall owners' wallets and smash their stalls before disappearing to see how they could harm people in the future.
Finally, they passed through the ghost market safely, and the tense nerves of the escorting ghosts finally relaxed. Only then did they discover that they had lost something.
"Oh no, I can't find my wallet. Has anyone seen it?"
"My wallet is missing too! Damn it, it contains all my wealth! I saved it for three years, who on earth could have stolen it?"
"It must have been the work of the thieves in the Ghost Market. I've heard that the Ghost Market is full of all kinds of people and it's very deep. I didn't expect that we brothers would run into them. Pah, what fucking bad luck!"
"Boss, we have to go back to the Ghost Market to catch the thief ghost. We can't swallow this humiliation."
The leader of the escorting ghosts touched his empty waist, his face turning even greener. After hearing what they said, he laughed out loud: "Do you think you can just enter and exit the ghost market as you please? And you're still going back to catch thief ghosts? Do you know what thief ghosts look like, and where they sell the stolen goods after stealing them?"
"You don't know anything, what's the point of going back? If we waste time, the Ghost King will devour us all. If you want to die, don't implicate me."
Several people were scolded so much that they drooped their heads and felt very sad.
That thief stealing their wallets is no different from digging out their hearts, livers, spleens, lungs and kidneys!
Woo woo woo, that was all the money they had saved for ages, planning to buy a couple of high-level equipment or some inner elixir or pills to improve their cultivation, and now it's all gone...
Noticing the desperate escorting ghosts from the corner of her eye, Yan Yu lowered her eyelashes and smiled softly, keeping her achievements and fame to herself.
They were unhappy, but her three clones spent their ghost money to go shopping everywhere and buy things to their heart's content.
S-level materials, buy!
SS grade material, buy!
Various talismans, Taoist spells, and ghost-exorcising tools, it’s time to buy, buy, buy!
It was not until Yan Yu and his group were about to arrive at the Ghost King's Hall that the merchants in the Ghost Market noticed something was wrong and made a big commotion.
At this time, at least 2,000 items they had purchased were stacked in a corner of Yan Yu's storage ring, like a small treasure house, with brilliant golden light emerging from it.
Since many ghosts had lost a lot of property, the ghost market was in complete chaos. The three clones could no longer take advantage of the situation, so they simply returned to the food street, overturned the stalls one by one, smashed and chopped them, and finally disappeared in front of the angry ghosts.
Yan Yu could imagine how helpless and furious they would be. Even if they were so angry that they vomited blood, they would not be able to catch the culprit. She couldn't help but feel so happy that she couldn't suppress the smile on the corner of her lips.
Okay, we’ve taken advantage of enough of the bargains in the Ghost Market. Now, it’s time to go to the Ghost King’s residence.
Yan Yu rubbed his hands together, staring at the strange palace in front of him that exuded a chilling atmosphere from afar, and followed the three Taoists more closely.
【Author’s words】
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