The Trick of Longevity, Paper-cutting Becomes a Spirit

Chapter 364: Prairie Strange Market
The nature grassland during the day is completely different from that at night.

The bright sunshine shines on the green grass, and the dewdrops on the grass blades reflect the gorgeous colors.

The sheep that got up early were grazing in the distance, raising their heads from time to time and looking around warily.

Lu Qian looked at the grazing sheep from a distance, and it was hard to imagine how such a sheep could grow into the shape of Yang Meiting by eating grass.

Speaking of Yang Meiting, Lu Qian still felt a little strange.

Humans and her are clearly enemies, but she doesn't seem to hate herself at all.

Not only was there no hatred, but when they shared a pool of water, she was very...

very...

docile.

Clever.

And some...

Bold.

Even……

Coquettish?Not right either.

Lu Qian felt that it was difficult to find a word to describe it.

In short, Yang Meiting's attitude towards him was very strange.

A bit like……

Just like Qing Lin looked like when he first saw him.

Could it be that his face is so lethal to the banshee?

This damn good looks.

I still look so handsome when I woke up today.

Even Xiaoyu, who was traveling with him, had to look at him more from time to time.

Xiaoyu is a Linglong ghost.

Since Lu Qian didn't know the location of the Prairie Ghost Market, he specially asked Xiaoyu to show him the way.

Lu Qian suddenly discovered that all the female ghosts he had seen who had their spiritual intelligence turned on seemed to be very interested in him.

On the contrary, human women, perhaps because of their reserve or other reasons, are not as pure as these monsters.

Apart from Xiaoyu, there was only one person with Lu Qian.

Wang Zirong.

As for the other paper brides, they were all carried into Lu Qian's arms.

Linglong Inn was not too busy during the day.

Generally speaking, guests rarely come to Wuqin Grassland once. They will go out for a walk during the day and come back at night.

This morning, shortly after Lu Qian went out, three monks followed him from a distance.

Lu Qian and three others rode three horses and galloped alone on the grassland, heading north.

Directly in front of them, at the end of the endless grassland, the most eye-catching thing is the five-color mountain that emits colorful light.

They ran from morning to noon. The Five Color Mountains in front of them were getting taller and taller, but they felt that the distance from them did not seem to be much closer.

Seeing this, Lu Qian couldn't help but feel a little frightened.They hardly stopped along the way. They traveled two to three hundred miles in one breath. Not only did they not reach Wuse Mountain, they didn't even reach the ghost market at the foot of Wuse Mountain.

"Call-"

Xiaoyu suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse, and the paper horse immediately stood up and stopped.

Seeing this, Lu Qian and Wang Zirong also stopped their horses in a hurry and looked back at her.

Xiaoyu hugged the two of them, and then said to Lu Qian: "Shopkeeper Lu, if you go forward, I won't be able to make it back tonight."

At night in Wuqin Grassland, even a spirit-opening ghost like Xiaoyu would be scared.

Lu Qian asked: "How far is this ghost market?"

Xiao Yuce immediately took two steps forward, stood beside Lu Qian, then stretched out his hand and pointed forward, saying, "Did you see that little earthen building in front of you?"

Lu Qian nodded.

Xiaoyu said: "That's right there. If you hurry up, you can still make it back tonight. If you're late, you might as well stay one night in the ghost market and come back early tomorrow morning."

When Lu Qian heard this, he laughed and said, "We who run inns will go to other people's homes to stay at night."

After that, he hugged Xiaoyu and said, "In that case, thank you for your hard work, Miss Xiaoyu. When you get back, please ask Miss Linglong for a leave of absence for me. We may not be able to make it back tonight."

Xiaoyu nodded, smiled lightly at him, and said, "I must bring the message to Miss Linglong. We are all waiting for you to come back at the inn."

Lu Qian didn't seem to hear the flaw in her words, and smiled and nodded at her.

There was a hint of disappointment on Xiaoyu's face, and then she turned around, spurred her horse, and ran back.

Lu Qian looked at Xiaoyu's retreating back and said softly: "This girl Xiaoyu is quite sensible."

Wang Zirong turned to look at Lu Qian's face and said, "What?"

Lu Qian said: "When you go to buy something, sometimes you don't like someone watching, right?"

Wang Zirong shrugged and said: "I didn't see what she was thinking; but you really do what you do and love what you do, and you have become an 'inn owner' so quickly."

Hearing the teasing tone in Wang Zirong's words, Lu Qian looked back at her and said with a smile, "I not only love what I do, but I also fall in love with someone when I do it."

After hearing Lu Qian's words, Wang Zirong had a look of astonishment on her face. She seemed to feel that there was something wrong with what he said, but she didn't notice it for a moment.

The next moment she woke up, her face was instantly covered with blush.

Wang Zirong glanced at Lu Qian with her seductive eyes and spat, "Why didn't I notice before that you were speaking so improperly?"

Lu Qian said: "We didn't even have a casual acquaintance before, but now we know everything about it. Of course it's different."

Wang Zirong snorted and said, "Why don't I think I know you that well?"

Lu Qian smiled and said: "If you can understand the 'root' and the 'base', you have already understood half of it."

After that, he spurred his horse and continued running north.

Wang Zirong looked at Lu Qian's back from a distance and said with suspicion: "Why do you feel like he always has something in his words? What the hell... Hey--"

After muttering a few words to himself, Wang Zirong suddenly clamped his legs and galloped after Lu Qian. After catching up with Lu Qian, he lowered his voice and said, "Those three monks behind you, don't care about them?"

Lu Qian had a sneer on his face and said, "I'm just afraid they won't come. Now that they are here, there's no need to rush. We'll wait until night."

Wang Zirong nodded. She could feel that there would be a bloody battle tonight.

They didn't need to see the people following them with their own eyes to know that they were the three monks from Tianbao Temple.

Part of the reason why Lu Qian was so arrogant last night was just to show them.

There were a lot of people in the inn, and Linglong was watching. It was really difficult for Lu Qian to start there. He had long been thinking about how to fish out the monks from Tianbao Temple.

Unexpectedly, they actually took to the road and followed right behind them.

……

Not long after walking forward, we saw several mounds of varying heights rising from the flat ground.

One of them looks like a prostrate tiger, with a small door opening at the "tiger's mouth".

The door was dark and nothing could be seen inside.But Lu Qian was convinced that this was the entrance to the Prairie Ghost Market.

This ghost market opens in front of the Five Color Mountains. Especially at this time, it will naturally attract many ghosts.

Lu Qian and the two dismounted. Lu Qian grabbed hold of the horse, turned the two horses into paper horses and put them away, and then got in without hesitation.

The entrance was pitch black. Lu Qian covered his eyes with spiritual power and saw that it was a square earthen house.

There was nothing inside the earthen house, except for an opening at the bottom, which contained a staircase dug out of the earth.

Walking down the stairs to the underground, you will be greeted by a straight underground corridor.

The underground corridor is dug very flat on all sides and is only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, making it a bit narrow.

Several wall lamps were lit on the walls on both sides of the corridor. Although the light was dim, you could still see things clearly.

As far as the eye can see, there is a table lying across the end of the corridor, blocking the front of the corridor.

Behind the table, there was an old man sitting.

This scene seems familiar.

Lu Qian and Wang Zirong walked forward. When they reached the end of the corridor, they saw a dark hole on the left and right walls.

The old ghost sitting behind the table raised his eyelids, glanced at Lu Qian and the two, and then said with unswerving expression: "Two human beings? If you are here to learn more, I advise you to turn back and leave as soon as possible. If you want to stay, pay five Turn right for ten ghost coins.”

Lu Qian understood it as soon as he heard it. It seemed that the hole on the left led to the ghost market, and the hole on the right led to the accommodation area.

A person's 25 ghost money a night is 250 taels of silver, which is quite dark.

The charging standard is actually the same as that of Linglong Inn.

Lu Qian reached into his arms and took out Zuo Qiuling and six other paper brides.The old ghost knocked on Lu Qian with a suspicious look on his face, then glanced at the women, and then said: "To enter the market, each person pays two ghost coins; to rent a stall, ten coins per day."

Lu Qian took out eighteen pieces of ghost money and handed it to the table. Then he turned around and led everyone into the cave on the left.

"Wait a minute—"

As soon as they entered, they were suddenly stopped by the old ghost at the door.

Lu Qian paused and was about to turn around when he heard the old ghost say again: "Take your little bug away. This is the first offense, so forget it; if there is a next time, we have rules for ghost gatherings."

Wang Zirong curled her lips. Her right hand hanging by her leg suddenly opened and she grabbed it backwards. With a "swish" sound, a black light shot into her hand.

She originally wanted to leave a bug to monitor the monks behind her, but this old ghost saw through it.

Seeing this, Lu Qian continued to walk forward.

Not far from the door, there is a right-angle corner.Turn right and there is a set of steps descending.

After walking along the steps for a long time, the front immediately became bright, revealing a straight and wide passage.

On both sides of the passage, every ten feet, there is a door.

Inside the door is a rectangular room with a circle of counters on all sides.

At the same time, there are some signs at the door of the house, looking at the items for sale in this room.

Categorized and organized.The management level of this ghost market is quite good.

Lu Qian did not rush into the house to check, but continued to walk forward.

The passage is very long. More than a hundred feet away, there is a crossroads.

There are three identical passages in the left, front and right directions.

On both sides of these three passages are rooms.

There are shadows on these two long cross passages.There were many people strolling around inside and outside the house.

Almost all of them are enlightened ghosts.

Including the ghosts who set up stalls, the number is unknown.

This was the first time Lu Qian saw so many enlightened ghosts.

It seems that this five-color mountain has really attracted a lot of ghosts.

Of course, many of them are original grassland aborigines, just like Linglong.

Wuqin Grassland is not a human world.It makes sense that the Yin Ghost Sect is entrenched here.

Lu Qian weighed the bag in his hand and said, "We have limited capital, less than three thousand ghost money. Depending on your needs, mainly buy some armor, ghost weapons, and useful elixirs. Go and take a look. , whoever falls in love with something should come to me."

Duan Zhouzhao gave Lu Qian a large bag of gold in exchange for 300 ghost coins. Linglong advanced his "salary" of [-] ghost coins, plus the more than [-] ghost coins that Lu Qian talked with last time he went to the ghost market. The total is close to three thousand.

"Yes, my lord."

After hearing this, all the brides looked happy, and then they dispersed in twos and threes, except Qin Yingying who stayed where she was.

Lu Qian looked at her suspiciously and asked, "Why don't you go?"

Qin Yingying said: "The ancient leaf Dharma plate that my husband gave me is enough. Our money is limited, so let's give it to other sisters."

Lu Qian smiled and said, "You're in good spirits. If you don't want a ghost weapon, you can go look at other things."

Qin Yingying was not good at words. When Lu Qian said this, he hesitated immediately.

Lu Qian reached out and patted her shoulder gently, and said with a smile: "Go ahead and buy at least two pieces of skin for spare use. Linglong said that human skin is very important inside."

Qin Yingying doesn't like shopping, so she only has one human skin.After hearing Lu Qian's words, she finally nodded and walked towards a certain passage.

At the intersection, only Lu Qian and Wang Zirong were left.

The ghosts coming and going looked at them with curiosity when they saw Lu Qian and two humans standing here.

It is still very strange for humans to come to the ghost market.

What's more, these two people are as talented and beautiful as golden boys and girls, so it's hard not to attract attention.

Wang Zirong felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by the ghosts. She turned to look at Lu Qian and asked, "Aren't you going to take a stroll?"

Lu Qian understood what she was thinking, and said with some humor: "Do you also like to visit ghost markets? Then go ahead and write down what you like first, and I will buy it for you later."

Wang Zirong pouted immediately after hearing this.

But she also understood that Zuo Qiuling and the others needed the ghost money more at the moment, so she would not feel uncomfortable at this time.

Once Wang Zirong left, Lu Qian was the only one left.

In the wild grassland outside the pass, I didn't expect there to be such a lively market.

Although almost all the people in the market are ghosts, they at least look a bit like humans.

As time went by, ghosts continued to come in one after another.

Lu Qian sat down at the corner of the intersection and hid behind the wall, but his eyes were always fixed on the entrance of the ghost market.

The three monks following him never came in.

It seemed that they were somewhat resistant to entering the ghost market.

Or maybe the ghost gathering does not welcome Buddhists, and they are blocked from the door.

After a while, Qin Yingying ran over first and said to Lu Qian, "Mr.

Qin Yingying had a shy look on her face, as if she was embarrassed to ask Lu Qian to spend money.

Lu Qian took Qin Yingying's hand, stood up, and followed her into a room.

The word "Ghost Pill" is engraved on the door of this room.

Obviously, elixirs are sold here.

The elixir eaten by ghosts is naturally called "ghost elixir".

This room is eight feet wide and twenty feet long. There are stalls on both sides of the room.

They are all selling ghost pills.

Of course, there are also a few prescriptions for sale.

Naturally, Lu Qian didn't consider the prescription. With such a short time, even if he had the prescription, he would have nowhere to go to find the medicinal materials to make the pill.

There were quite a lot of ghosts in this room. Qin Yingying pulled Lu Qian forward and came to a stall, only to see Zuo Qiuling and Guo Tuan there.

When the two of them saw Lu Qian, they greeted him, then picked up a dark pill and handed it to him.

This elixir is very soft, pungent, and slightly smelly.

However, most ghost pills look like this.

Zuo Qiuling said: "Mr. Sir, this is the 'Yin Transformation Ghost Pill'. After taking it, you can increase your Yin power in a short time."

When Lu Qian heard this, he immediately understood that this was equivalent to a pill that increased the power of Qi in a short period of time, and was purely used to enhance combat power.

This is of course a good thing.

Guo Tu picked up another pill and handed it to Lu Qian, saying: "The Guoyin Ghost Pill can enhance the cohesion of the ghost within a certain period of time."

When Lu Qian heard this, his expression couldn't help but change slightly.

There are really good things in this ghost market!

What Yin ghosts fear most is the collapse of Yin energy.Once the ghost is completely dissipated, it is equivalent to the death of the ghost.

This "Guiyin Ghost Pill" can actually enhance the cohesion of ghosts within a certain period of time, making it less likely to collapse.When Lu Qian heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of this elixir.

"how much is it?"

Guo Tu said: "The 'Guoyin Ghost Pill' costs [-] coins each, and the 'Huayin Ghost Pill' costs [-] coins each."

Two hundred ghost money is 2000 taels of silver!

At this moment, Lu Qian wanted to go back to the Moon Palace immediately and take out all the money accumulated inside.

Zuo Qiuling saw Lu Qian's expression and immediately understood what he was thinking. She took a step forward, held his hand, and said softly: "Ms. sir, I think we each have two of these 'Guyin Ghost Pills';" The Yin Ghost Pills are cheaper, three pills per person. In total, a total of 560 ghost coins."

Guo Shoun also said: "Two 'Guyin Ghost Pills' per person are almost enough."

Lu Qian knew in his heart that Guo Tuan's "almost" was actually a little less interesting.

This time they entered Five Color Mountain, not just for three or five days, but they might stay for several months.

After listening to their words, Lu Qian turned his eyes and glanced at the stall owner.

The stall owner is a woman. She should also be wearing human skin, but her human skin is really not that good. She is old, looks wrinkled, and has even dried up and turned yellow in some places.

I don’t know if this stall owner is a poor man, or if he just doesn’t care about his image because he is unwilling to change his skin to a better one.

She sells "Guyin Ghost Pill", so her income should be pretty good.

Lu Qian took two steps forward, looked at the stall owner, and said with a smile: "Boss, how many of these two kinds of elixirs do you have here in total?"

(End of this chapter)