Chapter 47: Trading with Ghosts

You don’t know the ghost market until you enter it, and then you realize why it is so attractive.

Like the human market, every straw hut here has a signboard-like card outside, with all kinds of information written on it.

For example, I have seen all along that there are gambling houses, and generally there are 10 rounds of betting. If there are more, then everyone’s karma is too deep, and no one can afford it. But think about it, if you have the capital, you can go to a big casino and bet 10 rounds. No one knows your bottom card, and everyone else’s bottom card is all seen…

For example, if you know someone who can sell information about an ancient tomb, it is usually not one tomb, but several, and the price is determined according to what is in the tomb.

There are also people who help settle grudges and get revenge on their enemies…

Even more exaggerated is that there are people who know the information about the treasure of the genius…

In other words, here, as long as you can afford the price, you can be rich and powerful, you can have your grievances redressed, and you can get revenge.

This is a market where there are no restrictions, where anything can happen. No one cares if you are corrupt, no one cares about your methods. Everyone puts on a mask when they come in, and you have no idea who has made what deals!

This makes me wonder if there is a connection between the sudden emergence of a wealthy person, a sudden stroke of luck, or the sudden death of someone who has been unlucky in real life and this ghost market.

Here, there is only one restriction, and that is that you must be able to pay the price.

After just one round, my eyes were almost red, swollen with various impulses and desires. This made me realize that my heart is actually very fragile, and that I will have a rapid heartbeat in the face of temptation. It is just like when I think of the difficulty of practicing, because it requires a lot of money to support, so I can only keep it simple.

If…

But I only dared to think about it. After all, I hesitated and did not enter the tomb-like thatched cottages. After all, I dare not forget the teachings of my master. The bottom line of human beings is that you should not stretch out your hand. If you stretch out your hand, you will be rewarded or punished. Between great wealth and peace of mind, you will find that peace of mind is more valuable.

“A good meal is one that is delicious and well-prepared, whether it is sumptuous or simple. A good sleep is one that is refreshing and well-prepared, whether it is on a silk quilt or a rope bed. The foundation of all this is what? Sanwa, remember this: it’s peace of mind.”

So, I didn’t end up entering any of the thatched cottages. I was afraid that the temptation would be even stronger, and I would give in to it at any cost.

After walking around like this, I didn’t find what I was looking for, so I went straight to the buying area, where there were also individual thatched huts. The fee was not expensive, 1,000 yuan for you to use as you like. Anyway, you only have one hour, and within one hour, regardless of whether you have a result or not, you have to leave, so it’s only worth 1,000 yuan.

I paid the fee, and someone here was responsible for writing the signboard. I told the person my request, which was to find someone with the XX fate, and then entered the thatched hut.

In fact, compared to other things in the ghost market, my request was very small. It was so small that even the “good brothers” didn’t dare to say that they sold people’s life information, so I had to buy it, and I wasn’t worried about not having any “business” come to me.

This small hut is similar to a farmer’s night watch hut. Inside, there is a table and two stools, a flickering candle on the table, and nothing else. I was so tall that I was really cramped in this small hut, hunched over, just hoping that business would come quickly.

As I had predicted, my request was indeed very small. I had been sitting there for less than five minutes when a man in a plain robe came to the door and closed it behind him.

I quickly sat up straight and said that, to be honest, I felt strange. After all, I was dealing with a ghost. Since the man in the robe was called a messenger, he must have been possessed by a ghost and had no sense of autonomy at all.

The man in the robe sat down in front of me with his eyes in a strange state of rolling back his eyes. After all, they were possessed by ghosts, and it didn’t matter whether they looked at you or not. I had no intention of looking at the man’s appearance. After all, people who were possessed by ghosts had distorted expressions, because their bodies rejected them.

“Uh…” The man burped as soon as he sat down. This was a sign that his yang energy was neither high nor low. Fortunately, the frequency was not very high, so it could be judged that the ghost possessing the body was an old ghost, able to control its own magnetic field and yin energy so that it did not affect the person possessing the body too much.

I don’t want to waste time talking nonsense, so I asked directly, “Do you have information about the person I’m looking for?”

“Well… what kind of request is this? It’s a trivial matter. I’ve been wandering from the Republic of China to the present day. I’ve seen… well… countless people with this kind of fate. Now I know at least a hundred of them.” The man in the plain robe said disapprovingly.

It turned out to be an old woman. It was really hard to get used to a man sounding like an old woman in front of me.

However, judging from its tone, it is not evil. From its words and lines, I know that this old woman ghost is also a pitiful ghost. If a ghost is at peace in the grave, where would a ghost wander around? Even if it does not return to its hometown, it should not be so homeless.

You have to know that ghosts walking in the world of the living are even more pitiful than thieves. They have to find dark corners to stay in and guard against all kinds of things. If they are accidentally bumped into, they will become even weaker, and their unlucky souls will be scattered.

So, there is really no need to be afraid of them. If you are willing to set the spirits free and help them transcend, it is a kind thing to feed them under the guidance of someone.

As for why this old woman was unable to reincarnate, I can’t ask, and I can’t ask either. Here, every question can bring about a cause and effect, so it’s better to stay away from it.

Hearing this, I was relieved. I said, “Grandma, I’m looking for someone with this fate. They must have a difficult life, absolutely suffering so much that they need to ask for help. Do you know anyone like that?”

The old woman coughed a few times and said disapprovingly, “Which of the people with this fate will have a good life? It’s already a blessing if they don’t die young. Don’t worry, I know at least 20 or 30 people out of hundreds who are in dire straits and would love someone to help them. Go ahead, what else do you want?”

“I want a woman, younger, no…” At this point, I couldn’t tell why, but I felt that I couldn’t drag someone too young into this karma, so I quickly changed my mind and said, “As long as she’s not too old, that’s fine.”

“There is no problem with this. I can immediately find you several people who meet the requirements. I can tell you their names, surnames, and where they live. You can just choose! You know, we ghosts don’t lie or deceive people. Unlike you humans, who have a physical body and are not afraid of the consequences of their actions, what kind of price can you give me? If you are looking for someone to be a substitute for a soul or something, that is a big consequence. I can’t help you carry it for no reason, can I?” The old woman talked to me about the terms of the deal with a shrewd look on her face, deliberately making the matter sound a bit more serious. It was amazing that it didn’t even hiccup.

In fact, when I said I would only ask for what I needed, I meant that I would not force it. How big could the cause and effect be? But you can’t prove this to the “ghost family,” can you?

I was stunned. Master Liu just asked me to make a deal, but he didn’t say what price I had to pay. But then I realized that Master Kunlun’s clue was not so easy to get, and Master Liu wanted me to pay a price to make a deal.

His trembling, frail body, which looked like it was on its last legs, was indeed unable to come to the transaction. He couldn’t even walk steadily.

But what price can I pay to this old woman? I frowned slightly, not quite sure what to do.

“Hmph, you’re in business, and you don’t even know what you’re going to give? Are you mocking me and the other ghosts?” The man in the plain robe suddenly collapsed, and a sinister-looking old woman appeared in front of me.

At first I was angry and then I laughed.