Chapter 72: Dream

As for Kunlun, Grandpa Yuan only knew a little about it. As he said, if I wanted to know more, I would have to find a Kunlun person or a descendant of Kunlun. In this ghost market, although Grandpa Yuan and I had a chance encounter, I couldn’t stay for too long. So after so much conversation, it was time for Grandpa Yuan and I to say goodbye.

Facing my farewell, the old man’s face showed a hint of loneliness, and he opened his mouth several times but stopped.

I said, “Old Master, is there anything you want to tell Yuan Yi and Cheng Yuan?” I understand that in such a lonely place, the longing for children and grandchildren is probably even stronger because they can’t see them.

“Well… never mind…” Grandpa Yuan sighed in melancholy and said, “Everything that the Yuan family should pass on is recorded in secret books. I don’t have much to teach them. It all depends on each person’s talent and fate! I originally wanted to meet them, but some things can’t be forced. Besides, the Ghost Market is not necessarily a good place. I hope they never touch it in their lives. Where is the price so easy to pay?

I was silent. Yes, didn’t my master protect me in the same way? If it weren’t for chance, I wouldn’t even have heard of the Ghost Market.

“Well, then I’ll say goodbye to the old man. For clues, I’ll come to the ghost market again in the future, and I’ll talk to you then.” No matter what I thought in my heart, it was time to say goodbye.

“Kid,” Yuan’s grandfather stopped me. I turned around and he looked at me and said, “Don’t be too persistent. Even if you have a deep relationship with your master, don’t be too persistent! This is not something worth pursuing for the rest of your life. Live your life as you please.”

This is a gentle reminder from Master Yuan. As he said, the price is not so easy to pay.

I looked at Grandpa Yuan and wanted to nod, but I never did, because everyone knows that feelings and moods are not always controllable. In the end, I just smiled and turned away.

After walking through two alleys, the door to the market was still there. I took a deep breath and stepped through the door.

Entering this door, I felt a little like entering a mountain gate, but the feeling was much shorter. When I came to my senses, a noisy sound like a market almost drowned me out.

Before I could take a look at the market, a woman who looked enchanting and beautiful, dressed in typical Ming Dynasty clothing, had already come up to me: “Want secret techniques?”

I shook my head.

“Wealth? A blessed place? A prescription?…” The woman listed a lot of things that cultivators need.

This made me a little curious, so I asked, “Do you have them all?”

“I don’t have it, I can only take you to this place to find what you want, and the price won’t be too high.” The woman smiled, and her flirtatious eyes were indeed a bit seductive, and I’m afraid that most men would not be able to resist.

I know that almost all the people in this place are cultivators, but I rarely know that there are also such charming women among the cultivators. Because cultivation is lonely, most cultivators are plain, and I really want to know where this woman came from.

However, it is probably not possible to inquire about other people’s affairs without permission here. I said, “I don’t want anything you’re talking about. I just want to inquire about the news.”

“Oh? What news do you want to inquire about? Tell me.” The woman’s eyes revealed a hint of curiosity. After all, what she said was something that it was difficult for cultivators not to be moved by, but I was only interested in inquiring about the news.

I knew that this was a mixed place, and under the circumstances of not knowing anything, of course, I would not disclose a word about Kunlun. I said, “I want to inquire about the news of the Ancestor. Maybe it’s because my heart is higher than the sky that I always want to get the best inheritance.”

Asking about the news of the Ancestor was obviously suspicious, so I had to find a good reason!

I thought the woman would agree with me, but she looked at me with a look of insanity and said in a bad mood, “I can’t help you with this. Goodbye.”

After that, she disappeared into the crowd. I laughed to myself. To be honest, I don’t know if the people here have been in contact with modern people for a long time, but their speech has a modern flavor that is quite difficult to adapt to.

After the woman left, I finally had time to take a look at the ghost market. Looking at the ghost market, I could only think of a painting, that is, “Along the River During the Qingming Festival.” Yes, the scene of the ghost market is really similar to that depicted in the painting. This is not a pure market, but more like the street where this place is located. There are people doing all kinds of things here.

One can’t help but think that it is because the existence here is too lonely that they try to make this place as human as possible, but in fact, it is not really human! This thought can’t be thought deeply, and if you think about it, you will feel a little sad, thinking that this life is short, it is not easy to be a human, but in the end it is just a mirage.

I don’t feel like trading here, because I want to learn more about this place before slowly starting to look for what I need.

Deep down, I had already made up my mind that I would not come to the ghost market just once. Since the ghost market only opens once every six months, why should I panic? Besides, I can’t be too rash! Furthermore, if I can get a quota once, I can get more quotas in the future. I will inevitably have to contact people in the circle.

Walking around here, I found it very interesting. There are even fruits and vegetables for sale here, as well as all kinds of vendors doing business. If it weren’t for the modern people interspersed among them, I really thought I had returned to ancient times.

These things are not a secret. I casually asked around and learned that these so-called things from the world of the living are actually not cheap here. They are traded over and over again. Those who come here from the world of the living supply the beings here with special methods, and then they trade them. Over time, a unique market has formed in the ghost market.

Yes, it is possible to make offerings in a special way. Ordinary people can make offerings, let alone cultivators. It’s just that some things are a bit more difficult to offer to the people of the underworld.

And these ghosts don’t really need to eat, or rather, they ‘eat qi’. Various foods on earth are not essential to them, but occasionally they will miss that taste.

Walking here, I found many shops that deal in secret transactions. There are many modern people in these shops, but I’m afraid I won’t know what they sell if I don’t go in. I saw people in these shops who were ecstatic, greedy, pitiful, and lonely. Money moves people’s hearts, and here, it moves the hearts of cultivators. Peel away the outer layer of cultivators, and in fact, what is the difference between them and ordinary people?

I am the same!

But I am glad that I have self-control. Walking here, I have never entered a shop. I told myself that unless I have a definite clue and need to make a transaction, I will not pay a price for external objects.

I was walking around like a tourist, only missing a camera to take pictures, otherwise I would have really become a traveler.

Just when I was enjoying everything here, I suddenly felt as if I had fallen into the water, everything began to blur, and I was a little panicked and didn’t know what was going on.

Finally, a splitting headache, like the pain of being drunk, woke me up. When I opened my eyes with great difficulty and woke up, I was already in a cave, where was the ghost market!

I was used to the wonderful feeling of being able to move around without any restrictions when I was in spirit form, but when I moved my physical body again, it felt heavy. I endured the headache and looked at the dark cave. I was always a little dazed. Did I really go to the ghost market? Or was it just a dream, like the famous legend?

I knew very clearly that I must have been there, but I felt like I was dreaming, and I couldn’t even tell the difference between reality and fantasy.

“You’re awake?” At this time, a voice beside me interrupted my thoughts. I looked up and saw that it was Gu Xindao.

I nodded and he asked me with a smile, “Do you feel like you’re dreaming? Many people have wondered if this ghost market really exists, or if there is a powerful being that makes us all dream together. You know that ghosts can appear in dreams. But in fact, there are always people who get something in the ghost market, so this is the biggest reason why the ghost market exists. In fact, I have also had the feeling of dreaming. Some even suggested that this formation is just a gathering of many powerful beings, and then we are collectively dreaming, and in the dream we can also get the information we want…

“Yes, the transactions in the ghost market are ultimately a transaction of information, and the state of the soul is more easily influenced by dreams or illusions.” I continued, saying that I was actually a little confused. Was this really a dream?

But this is something that I and Gu Xindao, as beings, can’t figure out. I simply don’t want to think about this deep topic, and instead asked, “How did I suddenly get kicked out?”

“It’s always like this. When you’re trading, you’ll be kicked out once the transaction is complete. If not, you’ll be kicked out suddenly.” Gu Xindao explained with a smile.

At this point, a few people had already left the cave, and Gu Xindao invited me to leave with him. He was lamenting that the ghost market was truly a dreamlike wonderland, but unfortunately, it was only possible to enter for a short time every six months.

However, I sighed in my heart. The fairyland we thought of was called a prison by Mr. Yuan.

You are not a fish, you are not a fish… You don’t know the joy of being a fish, and you don’t know the suffering of being a fish either! Standing at different angles, the scenery of this world is always different.