Chapter 159 Ignite
Following the fox demon shop owner's instructions, Luo Xuanyi walked along the road, occasionally entering some interesting shops to inquire. These shops sold various bone raw materials, and some sold human lives for hunting. Some were talkative, while others just asked for money.
There were many things that Luo Xuanyi lacked, but Luo Xuanyi did not buy a single item. Finally, she walked to the end of the street and turned right.
The uniform black tile roofs, white paper lanterns, and red cloth curtains... If it weren't for the different signs displayed by each store, Luo Xuanyi would have suspected that these two streets were actually the same.
If there is one other difference, it is that there seem to be more people walking on the street with their faces covered with white paper.
Luo Xuanyi seemed oblivious to the unusual situation, effortlessly sliding aside the curtain and entering the shop, her manners familiar. Like all the other shops before her, upon entering, Luo Xuanyi saw only a narrow, empty interior and an empty counter surrounded by a group of people. As she walked toward the counter, the space truly shifted.
The shop owner, also wearing a white paper mask, waved at Luo Xuanyi and took out a smooth glass square box, enthusiastically introducing it to Luo Xuanyi: "These are our inventory. Take a look. Is there anything you need?"
Finally seeing a real cultivator, Luo Xuanyi suppressed her excitement and carefully examined the glass box. The box, about four palms wide when spread out, contained several neatly arranged rows of thin slices of various colors.
Each slice was about the size of a fingernail, and seemed to be sorted by color. Luo Xuanyi saw that blue and white were the least numerous, with red forming a single row. Green and gold were the most numerous, occupying four or five rows.
Looking more closely, each flake seemed to have a faint pattern embossed into it, vaguely revealing a human figure. Luo Xuanyi looked up and asked the shop owner, "Do you have any more detailed information? How can we tell the quality of a cultivator this way?"
"Hey, is this your first time here?" the shop owner laughed. "Information in our shop is free, and after all, purchases are non-refundable."
"If there's anything you want, tell me and I'll find it for you. If you want to inspect it carefully, I'll show it to you directly."
In this case, Luo Xuanyi didn't hide it anymore. She pointed at the square box and asked, "How do these colors differentiate?"
"These are the sects from which the cultivators originated. Aside from the Yifeng Yinzhen cultivators, the six major alliances belong to the five elements. For example, the blue one corresponds to the Xinghai Palace. However, this can only indicate the sect, but it cannot guarantee which faction they belong to. This is within the margin of error, and you cannot return it after purchasing it."
It would be even better if you could specify the monk's sect. "Which kind is the Yifeng Hermit Monk?"
Under Luo Xuanyi's expectant gaze, the shop owner suddenly paused awkwardly, then smiled apologetically, "These Yifeng hermit monks are difficult to capture. Only when one or two of them come out to hunt down the criminals can we have a chance to catch them. Usually they hide in the mountain forests and formations, so the supply is really tight..."
"If you want to buy it, you have to pre-order it first. I'll let you know when it's available."
Since there was no stock now, there was no need for Luo Xuanyi to pre-order. Perhaps because Luo Xuanyi's disappointment was too obvious, the owner thought she had come prepared and was a big fish, and immediately perked up and wanted to sell her a sale.
"Although Yifeng Hidden Formation Cultivator is a relatively special material, you see, we have other special cultivators to choose from. These are cultivators from the three major alliances of Tianyan Province and Hairuo Province. There is also one Buddhist cultivator, one Taoist cultivator, and one Confucian cultivator. If we want to replace the formation cultivator as the core of the formation, then the Buddhist cultivator is the most convenient..."
Luo Xuanyi looked at the glass box in front of her. It would be a lie to say she wasn't disappointed, but her trip couldn't be in vain, so she had to find a chance to make up for it.
I wonder how the thin slices in the glass box actually work? If the main body is sealed inside, then even if Luo Xuanyi isn't a formation cultivator, she can still benefit greatly from it. Just as Luo Xuanyi was carefully pondering how to get the point across, the shopkeeper in front of her suddenly twisted.
Luo Xuanyi immediately became alert.
It wasn't a distortion; the shopkeeper didn't seem to be aware of the impact. Luo Xuanyi looked at her own palm and found it was also fluctuating. It wasn't like the object itself was distorting, but rather like space was shifting.
It was like standing in a river that was suddenly flooded with new water. At that moment, the light and shadow of space fell into Luo Xuanyi's eyes, and that was the scene she was seeing now.
At this moment, Luo Xuanyi finally understood the source of the sense of déjà vu that this space brought to her - this place was like an inferior version of the River Styx, and the magic of the old man Mingdu who cut souls into pieces of paper!
At this moment, within the underground palace of the Ghost Market, lamp after lamp was lit. The brilliant light spread from the outer reaches of the underground palace to the central hall. A figure sitting cross-legged in the center had her eyes moving rapidly. Her eyes were extremely strange, as if her eyelids had completely fused to her skin, completely covering her eyeballs.
A figure emerged from the white paper mask, holding a pair of paper scissors, and cut open her eyes. Blood gushed out from the slits, and she finally opened her eyes, letting the pure black pupils shine brightly in the light.
"Lord Gulan, some righteous monks are trying to break into the Vegetable Market." The person in the white paper mask holding the scissors spoke in a flat voice, put the paper scissors in her hands and knelt down, as if waiting for instructions from the person in front of her.
Gulan pushed herself up, but she quickly fell back down. Her left hand and foot were planted on the ground, trying to move forward, but her right hand and foot were bent, unwilling to exert force.
Her eyes kept moving and she kept talking to herself, as if there were two people controlling her inside her body. Sometimes her face was expressionless, and sometimes her brows were furrowed.
"This is my jurisdiction, right?"
"But I'm bored."
"Lord Fuhe has indicated that you will guard the south and I will guard the north."
When Master Fukawa was mentioned, the man with the dull tone fell silent. Finally solving the problem, Gulan stood up again with ease and lightness, but his stance was wide and he even jumped on the ground to stretch himself.
Gulan's obviously unusual behavior didn't attract any strange looks from anyone. All the people in the white paper masks were used to it. The man who had cut open Gulan's eyes said again, "Master Gulan, there are monks attacking."
"Attack?" Gulan snapped his fingers, making a crackling sound. "Didn't I hear the caller report that two righteous monks were stranded in Cairen City?"
"This... they really didn't take action." The white paper man was a little confused. "But they are hesitating at the border line whether to come in. This has already exposed them, that's how I judge it."
"We've already reached the border, why is that old man Huzhe suddenly so slow to react?" Gulan suddenly became nervous. His facial expression was very lively, as if he couldn't hide it.
"Don't do anything yet, let's see what's going on..."
"boom!"
Luo Xuanyi, who sensed the change in the atmosphere of the Ghost Market, did not hesitate to withdraw the death energy that she had arranged along the way. All the living people in the entire Vegetable Market were instantly harvested by the death energy!
First update~
Off topic, I'm not good at writing market plots because I don't like shopping hh
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