bookbashuk Chapter 782: Haozhou Ghost Market
Chapter 782: Haozhou Ghost Market
Chapter 782: Haozhou Ghost Market
Haozhou City at night is completely different from that during the day.
Every city has its own atmosphere, and every place has its own customs.
The land of ghosts and gods under the jurisdiction of the City God of Haozhou is different from that of Dongyang County and Gusu.
When Gong Mengbi stood in front of Haozhou City, he had already seen all kinds of evil spirits rising into the sky from the city without restraint.
The city gates were opened wide, soldiers were on duty, and ghosts and gods were also on duty.
Just in front of Gong Mengbi, two monsters dressed in clothes and transformed into middle-aged men walked to the city gate with unfamiliar steps.
The soldier was about to investigate, but the ghost possessed the soldier.
"Who are you from?"
"My brother and I are spirits practicing by the Xihao River, and we want to go to the ghost market in Haozhou City."
The two demons half revealed their true form, their heads transformed into the appearance of water snakes, and then changed back to human form. They took out two gold grains from their hands and stuffed them into the hands of the demon, saying, "We all know the rules. We will leave before dawn. We dare not hurt anyone."
The ghost stuffed the two gold grains into his cheeks, moved his mouth a few times, and then it could not be seen where they were hidden.
"go in."
The two water snake-transformed monsters walked into the city and disappeared.
The ghost left the soldier, and the soldier yawned and continued on duty with lifeless eyes.
"How strange! It's rare to see a ghost market in a city." The Skull God muttered, "The City God of Haozhou is so unrefined."
Fu Xin asked, "Have you ever been to the ghost market?"
"I've been to a few. There are all kinds of people in the ghost market, such as mortals who are brave enough to do business in the underworld, old ghosts and spirits practicing in the wild, monsters and demons, and practitioners like me who practice the ghost way. Generally speaking, most ghost markets are opened by local big demons and ghosts with prestige in places where few people go. It is rare for a righteous god to come directly. Even if you want to profit from it, you have to go through a few detours."
The Five Ghosts looked at Gong Mengbi and asked, "Shall we go directly?"
Gong Mengbi nodded and said, "Go and see for yourself."
The Five Ghosts were in front, Fu Xin and the Skull God were behind, guarding Gong Mengbi to the city gate.
Seeing this scene from afar, the ghosts and gods guarding the gate once again possessed the soldiers and blocked their way.
The ghost's eyes fell on everyone, glanced at the five strong servants in the five-colored scarves, then looked at the tall and brave guards and the short and shrewd housekeeper, and finally fell on the handsome young man.
He forced a smile on his face and said, "You look unfamiliar. Where are you from?"
Gong Mengbi said: "We are from Jiangnan, visiting relatives in Dangtu. We heard about the reputation of the ghost market in Haozhou, so we came here to see it for ourselves."
As he spoke, Gong Mengbi began to show water vapor, dragon horns grew on his head, dragon scales appeared on his face, and he looked at the ghost.
"So you are the relatives of the old Dragon King of Dangtu. I am so sorry for the insolence." The ghost's expression immediately became humble and said, "This is your first time here. Do you know the rules here?"
Gong Mengbi shook his head and said, "Please give me some advice."
"I dare not." The ghost said, "The ghost market in Haozhou was set up by the respected god Zhongli Wang. It opens at 11:00 p.m. every day and closes at 12:00 a.m. every day. You cannot show your true form in the city, disturb the people, fight, or offend the respected god. You must go back and forth along the original route, and you cannot go through any barriers or take any detours."
Gong Mengbi nodded, took out a glowing pearl from his belt and threw it into the ghost's hand, saying, "Thank you."
The ghost smiled happily and said, "Have fun, young master."
He tucked the pearls into his cheeks and made way for the city.
The five ghosts watched as the ghost's mouth moved, and the big pearl disappeared.
As the group entered the city gate, the five ghosts asked in confusion, "Can we enter the city so easily?"
Gong Mengbi said, "Didn't we say we would go back and forth the same way? He has a jade pendant on him that can record our image, which is enough to track us in the city."
The five ghosts said ashamedly: "We didn't even notice it."
Gong Mengbi said: "It's normal that they can't find it, otherwise the city of Haozhou would be beaten into a sieve by demons and monsters."
As he spoke, Gong Mengbi stopped and looked up towards the center of Haozhou City.
It was not just him. The Five Ghosts, Fu Xin and the Skull God all looked up and saw a majestic and rugged palace emitting divine light in the night. It was taller than the city walls of Haozhou City, like a mountain supporting the sky, which made people feel awe.
Outside the palace, there are various buildings scattered around, but compared to the palace, they are just a drop in the ocean.
Fu Xin said: "This is the gap between yin and yang, is it the city god's domain? It doesn't seem like it."
"It is a divine domain, but it is not entirely the domain of the City God." Gong Mengbi said: "Once you enter the city gate, you have left the human world and stepped into the gap between yin and yang. This is the resting place of King Zhongli. The domain of the City God is integrated with it and lifted up above the city of Haozhou. Only then will you feel this way."
The Five Ghosts still remembered the Golden True Nature King and had seen the Golden True Nature King's ghost realm from afar.
There is a gap between yin and yang.
Because the City God has the duty of communicating between yin and yang and guiding the souls of the dead, and he also holds the authority over yin and yang, he can therefore open up a divine domain in the gaps.
In addition, those practitioners who died but were afraid of the underworld and were afraid of falling into the Yellow Springs; those kings who claimed to be emperors and wanted to ascend to heaven after death but had no chance to do so; those evil ghosts who could not be eliminated, were entangled in the sins of the human world and refused to fall into the underworld, etc., all had the possibility of opening up a territory in the gap between Yin and Yang.
This area of land is often formed by the interference of human power with the underworld, or the interference of the underworld's power with the human world. In short, it depends on the underworld and the human world, but does not enter into them.
Originally, King Zhongli's resting place should have been attached to the underworld, but isolated from the human world by fate. However, after being conferred the title of City God and gaining control over yin and yang, this resting place was blessed by divine power, separated from the underworld, and attached to the human world.
The Golden True Nature King asked the City God of Xia Pi to build a palace for him, which might have been his intention.
Gong Mengbi has been to the Netherworld and the City God's realm more often, and his perception is more acute than Fu Xin, an evil ghost born in the Netherworld.
"Let's go to the palace and see this King Zhongli."
I just don't know whether King Zhongli is an enemy or a friend, or if he can just sit back and watch.
With the guidance of the palace shining with divine light, no one would get lost. Walking along the streets, because of the relationship between the divine realm and the human world, there is actually a layer of separation. Even if you push the doors on both sides of the streets, you cannot interfere with the human world without special means.
Soon, they caught up with the two water snakes who had entered the city before them.
Seeing that there were so many of them, the water snake spirit stepped aside and asked them to pass first.
But they stopped beside the two water snake spirits. The two middle-aged men transformed by the water snake spirits showed fear and trepidation on their faces. They leaned against the wall and said, "Fighting is prohibited in the city. What are you doing?"
The Skull God had a kind face and smiled as he stepped forward and said, "I'm sorry to bother you two. We are from other places and know nothing about Haozhou City."
"You two seem to be locals. I wonder if you can show us the way and introduce our young master to the heroes and interesting stories of Haozhou."
“I won’t let your efforts go in vain.” The Skull God turned around and kicked Fu Xin’s foot.
Fu Xin took out a peach with patterns on it from his bag. The Skull God held it in his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
The ghost face on this ghost peach is not clear. It is just an ordinary spiritual peach with a little spiritual energy. However, the two snake spirits still looked at it with disdain and smiled, "It's okay, it's okay."
As he was talking, he took the peach. The two of them pushed and shoved each other for a bit, but in the end, he gave it to the older one for safekeeping.