Through the transparent panel on top of the freezer, Wang Yao saw that the freezer was filled with bags that looked like fresh blood, as well as some cut meat. He couldn't make out what kind of meat it was, so he stood there looking for the product descriptions to get a clearer look.
"Oh dear, these are all animal-related items, meant to invigorate those lowly ghosts. The items your esteemed guest desires aren't here; they're further ahead," the two female ghosts said with a smile, urging Wang Yao to move forward.
Wang Yao searched around and finally saw the label on the corner of the freezer: "Human Realm Pig Container, Grade 1 Pork Chop, Ghost Money/kg". He felt a little more at ease, but was still full of questions.
"Don't you ghosts not need to eat or drink? Why are you selling this kind of thing?" Wang Yao asked the two female ghosts.
"Our distinguished guest must be of such high status that they've forgotten what ghosts are all about," the more lively female ghost chuckled. "Ghosts don't need to eat, but without food, how can they have the energy to work hard? You're all so weak and frail; wouldn't you have fallen down to the eighteenth floor long ago?"
"Where can you work several jobs and still be so energetic? Ghosts don't need to eat, but they do need to be nourished. Once they've been busy for a while, they need to replenish their energy. These two distinguished guests must usually be nourished by human tools. They look so robust that it's frightening."
The female ghost chuckled as she spoke, then gave Wang Yao a flirtatious wink.
“Amitabha, female benefactor, please don’t speak nonsense. Although this humble monk does not abstain from meat, I still dare not eat human flesh…” Hui Shuo hurriedly explained to the sales assistant, but Wang Yao patted him and shook his head at him.
Now that he knows the tricks of this Ghostly Joyful Shopping Center, he will definitely investigate thoroughly. If Hui Shuo keeps talking nonsense and reveals the two people's information, causing the sales assistant to refuse to take them to see the human equipment, that would be bad.
Wang Yao thought to himself, it seems that ghosts need to replenish their bodies just like he needs to absorb spiritual energy to become an immortal. But why don't ghosts absorb yin energy and instead eat meat to replenish their bodies?
He suddenly remembered a problem he had been ignoring since arriving in the underworld: he hadn't sensed the existence of Yin energy at all. Ghosts, after all, could generate Yin energy on their own, and absorbing Yin energy was the only way for ghosts to cultivate.
Just like Lin Yazhi, who died in the human world many years ago, was able to accumulate a little bit of yin energy to give to Wang Yao. This underworld is full of ghosts, and it should have been filled with yin energy long ago, making him and Hui Shuo feel extremely uncomfortable. However, he has been wandering around the underworld for so long and has not felt the slightest discomfort.
"Why... is there no yin energy here?" Wang Yao asked.
"Distinguished guest wishes to purchase Yin Qi? Do you possess any cultivation certificate? Yin Qi is a controlled commodity; without a cultivation certificate, it cannot be purchased." Upon hearing Wang Yao's inquiry about Yin Qi, the female ghost's expression visibly changed. Cultivation certificates are not common items in the underworld, especially on this floor.
Moreover, they don't get commissions from selling controlled products, so their attitude becomes somewhat lazy.
It seems that the underworld has taken control of the yin energy, probably to control the number of ghosts cultivating in the underworld. This makes sense. If all the ghosts in the underworld cultivate into powerful beings, not only would the management difficulty of the underworld increase significantly, but at the very least, the other realms would be in trouble.
Just as the underworld official said, the number of ghosts in the underworld is too large. Even if only one in ten thousand or one in a hundred thousand ghosts succeeds in cultivation, it will still be a very terrifying force. The positions that the underworld can provide are limited, and the emergence of a large number of cultivating ghosts will inevitably lead to a significant increase in the cost of management.
Moreover, once that ghost gains power, it will naturally not be content to stay obediently in the underworld, thus making the underworld the source of chaos in the six realms. Wang Yao pondered the reasons for the underworld's control over yin energy, but there were still some things he couldn't quite understand.
The underworld has completely controlled the yin energy, which is quite a large undertaking. You must know that every ghost can generate yin energy... However, looking at this building, Wang Yao felt that it was not a big deal.
The entire interface could be occupied by a whole building. What's the point of forcing every ghost to hand over their yin energy? At worst, they could just give them some money or make some contributions.
As Wang Yao thought to himself, the two female ghosts had already led them to the very back of the mall. Two heavy doors were tightly shut in front of them. One of the female ghosts swiped the sign hanging around her neck into a groove on the right side of the door, and the door slowly opened.
A plume of white smoke, carrying a biting chill, billowed out. Upon seeing the scene inside the gate, Wang Yao's blood boiled. He saw rows of hooks hanging from the roof inside the gate, with heads chopped off, skinned, and gutted human bodies suspended on them like livestock.
"These are all frozen. If our distinguished guests wish to use fresh human artifacts, they must provide proof of their cultivation." A female ghost, fearing that Wang Yao and his companions would find the human artifacts unsatisfactory because they were frozen, continued to explain in a rambling manner.
"Actually, there's no difference between frozen and live human-shaped devices. We use the latest flash-freezing technology here, and the performance of frozen human-shaped devices is guaranteed to be no different from that of live ones..."
"Do you sell soul lamps?" Wang Yao stood by the door, suddenly turned his head and smiled slightly at the female ghost.
"Soul lamp? That's a controlled commodity. Distinguished guests need to provide proof of cultivation..." The female ghost was stunned for a moment, completely unaware of Wang Yao's expression, and answered casually.
"Cultivation? I'll teach you your nonsense about cultivation!" Wang Yao roared, and then a loud "crack" was heard above the mall. A bolt of lightning suddenly appeared, and the female ghost turned into a wisp of green smoke before she could even scream.
"Oh no! A ghost has been killed!" Upon seeing this, another female ghost stared wide-eyed at Wang Yao, her mouth agape as she took several steps back. Suddenly, she screamed and ran away.
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