Chapter 459: Meeting an Old Friend

Li Qi jumped down without hesitation. He had made plans.

First, see if anyone is selling things in this place.

This is already a deep ocean area. Those who venture here and trade with others are basically adventurers seeking wealth, and many of them come for the remains of the Dragon King.

Purchase some ingredients from them to complete the commission of the cooking pot. Even if you can't buy all of them, it doesn't matter. The research ship will continue to move forward and will definitely be able to buy them all.

Anyway, the cooking pot has already paid all the money to Li Qi, and there is still a lot of surplus, so there is no need to worry about running out of money.

Secondly, prepare the offerings and personally go to worship Shen Tu and Yu Lei to thank the other party's spirit for helping you.

Thirdly, look for any special souvenirs in the East China Sea, buy some, go back and carve them into hairpins, give them to Rabbit, and bring some specialties to other friends by the way.

Finally, take a walk around Dushuo Mountain, and then remember them in your mind and turn them into your own foundation. Maybe they will play a big role at some point and become the key to help you open a certain door.

With a plan, the rest is action, so Li Qi was the first to jump ashore. He was not afraid of Mount Dushuo or the Gate of Ten Thousand Ghosts.

People have said that the treasure ship will protect everyone. Li Qi can now see an invisible aura covering his body. Ghosts cannot get close to him, and Yin Qi cannot harass him. He is very safe.

This is an invincible pass. It is so useful to go out with the fifth-grade treasure ship. If I come by myself, I will probably be eaten by ghosts outside.

It's just... a bit of a coincidence.

The fifth-grade treasure ship is not such a simple thing, but after contacting it, it seems to be a matter of course to get on the ship, and naturally I was invited by Li Dao.

The knowledge of Li Dao and Ling Dao is also the same, and the Shen Yi Army related to Dragon Soul is also the same.

It is impossible that there is no pusher behind this.

Li Qi's current guess is that the pusher should be the real dragon. After all, this is his original idea. After he came to the East China Sea, the real dragon will definitely try and throw bait to him.

Now that the bait is there, just eat it with peace of mind. There is no need to do anything else. At most, give Donghai some hints. After that, you can wait for Donghai to intervene in the affairs of the sun and the moon.

With Donghai's interference, it will be easier to break the situation and let Luofu Mountain's vitality emerge from it.

Li Qi mediates in the middle. He feels that he can become a bridge between Luofu Mountain and Wushen Mountain. After Luofu Mountain recovers, he can let Luofu Mountain fall to Wushen Mountain.

Many times, cooperation and division are just lacking a little trust.

Li Qi believes that as a blessing person, he can become the fulcrum of this trust, so that Luofu Mountain can hand over the opportunity of the Great Dao to Wushen Mountain, and completely exchange for life and inheritance.

But all this needs to muddy the water first.

Therefore, in the face of these temptations of the real dragon, Li Qi stepped in without hesitation, so that he could eventually follow the fishhook, climb up the fishing rod, and see the dragon fishing.

However...

Li Qi really didn't expect what the old man of Shen Yijun and his group of dragon-slaying teams would be for the time being. Could it really be a coincidence? After all, Li Qi felt that such a strong man would not necessarily be calculated by others.

No one can calculate everything. This is what Li Qi has always thought. There will always be various accidents.

Man's plans are not as good as God's plans.

Thinking of this, Li Qi has walked to a city gate on the shore, but saw that there were markets outside the north and south of the city gate.

There are many ghosts in action, some are short ghosts about two feet tall, and some are giants several feet tall. Among them, men, women, old and young, officials, monks and Taoists, are busy coming and going, and the people in the market are carrying burdens, carrying donkeys and carts, and everything is available.

It was still dark all around, surrounded by yin energy, and the sun could not penetrate at all. The only light source was the big peach wood that pierced the sky, so the weather was still chilly and dark.

Li Qi squinted his eyes and looked at the city, only feeling that it was illusory and subtle, as if he could see it, but also as if he couldn't see it.

He turned his head to look at the market over there, and vaguely saw two rows of Buddha statues on the roadside, with their eyes closed, as if they dared not open their eyes to see things.

If it were an ordinary person, he would be frightened and trembling all over by this weird thing at this moment, but Li Qi was not so scared. He knew that he had encountered the "ghost market".

Well, I'm lucky. Although this kind of thing is weird and inexplicable to ordinary people, it is just right for Li Qi.

Witches and shamans are a kind of "weird" in themselves. Generally speaking, witches and shamans are indispensable characters in many ghost market stories recorded and narrated by mortals.

Besides, ordinary people go in to exchange their life or promises for the items of ghosts and monsters, but Li Qi has a lot of things to trade with these ghosts and monsters.

So he strode towards the ghost market.

Walking into it, there are many ghosts and monsters inside, some with green faces and fangs, some with sores all over their bodies, some with pus and blood, and some with phosphorescent fire, appearing everywhere.

However, there are many who look like ordinary people like Li Qi, and you can even see many monsters wandering around in their original form.

Snake monsters circling and moving, fox monsters swaying with every step, luring the ghosts behind them.

Li Qi also saw a person dressed as a big shot, who seemed to be a great evil ghost with great cultivation, riding in a sedan chair, but in the sedan chair was a coffin, and eighteen ghost slaves were carrying it. Behind him were powdered women, wine and meat, jade bowls and golden cups, and the light reflected on the tables. He was very arrogant and swaggered through the city.

Ordinary people would probably be frightened to death in such a gloomy and weird place, but Li Qi felt more and more strange walking in this ghost market.

It's really interesting. It turns out that the great evil ghost who has achieved great cultivation actually has a coffin inside his sedan chair. Interesting, interesting!

Li Qi looked around and shopped for a quarter of an hour, but saw a ghost shop on the roadside, which seemed to be a pawn shop, with many confused people standing in it.

When he took a closer look, he found that they were all souls who had left their bodies!

Li Qi saw that several demons and ghosts were constantly blowing on these living souls, exhaling Yin Qi to stabilize their souls.

He immediately became interested. Li Qi had read about this situation in a book. It said that demons and ghosts would sneak into dreams and lure people's souls out of their bodies and into the ghost market.

At this time, people are confused and think that they are dreaming, so they will do business with the monsters in the dream, pawning their life span or other valuable things in exchange for the monsters' help.

Some are asking for money, and the ghosts buy them with money. Some are asking for children, and the ghosts will bribe the ghosts to reincarnate in their homes. There are also all kinds of weird requirements, as long as the ghosts can meet them, he can give birth to them. If you can afford the price, you can make a deal.

Many woke up from their dreams in a state of confusion, and some did not even know that they had sold their decades of life in exchange for some money.

Li Qi observed the process of those living souls thinking they were in dreams and constantly talking to demons and ghosts, trying to record them.

However, at this time, Li Qi suddenly discovered that those monsters seemed to have seen Li Qi, so they stopped breathing air on these living souls and hurried away.

Li Qi saw the demons running away and calling someone.

But not long after, Li Qi heard a voice: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to disturb others in the ghost market while doing business, right?"

This voice... why does it sound familiar?

When Li Qi was suspicious, he looked back.

Upon seeing it, he couldn't help laughing.

A person... ah no, a ghost, wearing a majestic official uniform, was staring at him.

This is none other than Li Weng!

When Li Qi was in Lizhou, when he first dealt with the dispute between humans and ghosts, that Li Weng had his grave dug up by the Wang family!

Unexpectedly, after he escaped from the tomb, he actually came to this ghost market, and looking at it like this, he even managed to get an official position? I had just scared the monsters, and they called me to warn me!

When Li Weng saw Li Qi, he frowned at first, and then suddenly seemed to remember something. He suddenly realized it, clapped his hands, changed his previous rigid expression, and shouted in surprise: "Zhu Ren! How could I meet you here?! You're dead!" Already?”

"Do you think I look dead? I just came to this ghost gate to see what the ghost market looks like. And look at my yang energy, I am alive and well." Li Qi said with a smile, He took the initiative to say hello to Li Weng.

This centuries-old ghost seems to be doing well now, wearing the clothes of a government official, and his cultivation has improved a lot, and he is now considered good among the eighth-grade.

"Zhu Ren, why did you come to this ghost market? We are really destined." Li Weng said with a smile.

"It is indeed fate. I never thought that one day I would meet you again, Li Weng. There is nothing else to say except fate." Li Qiye smiled, looking a little surprised.

I'm really surprised. This is the location of the Ghost Gate in the East China Sea. It's really nostalgic to meet old friends here.

"I came from the East China Sea. How did you get here, Li Weng? You were probably still in Baiyue at that time, right? How did you come here?" Li Qi and Li Weng started talking and asked about each other's situation.

Li Weng also looked very happy and responded immediately: "It's a long story. I reconciled with the Wang family at first, and everyone was happy afterwards. I wish people left with plenty of water, and the Wang family invited people, according to the I hope that the pattern you mentioned will reshape the tomb for me. After that, I will stop cursing and turn to blessing. From then on, the Wang family will prosper and embark on the path of spiritual practice. "

"And I have been cultivating quietly in the tomb for three years. Three years later, something sinister came to my door."

"I originally thought that Yin Chai was here to arrest me and throw me into reincarnation. I was already lamenting that I could not be captured. However, Yin Chai said that I had a predestined relationship, was contaminated by divine energy, and had the Five Elements pattern added to me. Now it has become a climate. From now on, if I don't take the initiative, I can If you don’t enter reincarnation and practice the ghost path, you can live a second life.”

"That's when I realized that the whip that Zhu Ren whipped me had the aura of the Ghost Emperor on it. It was really thanks to Zhu Ren's help that I was able to escape from reincarnation."

Hearing this, Li Qi smiled and said, "I didn't know about this at the time. I can only say that it was all your fate."

"That's what I said, but Li Weng dared not forget to wish people great kindness and virtue. Speaking of Yin Cha, Yin Cha said that I was no longer in reincarnation, so he asked me if I would like to be admitted to the City God Examination and become a serious person. As for my background, I thought about it, so I went to the Chenghuang Temple and took the exam to become a government official. I even entered the ghost gate and became a serious underworld official. Now I was assigned to supervise under the big peach tree in Dushuoshan Mountain. In this ghost market, it is the right way to uphold justice for all the little devils." Li Weng said, bowing respectfully to Li Qi and thanking him for his help.

It was Li Qi who transformed him with the spirit of the Ghost Emperor, and designed a real five-element pattern for him to temper his ghost body. He was able to practice alone, break away from reincarnation, and rely entirely on the other party. It is not an exaggeration to say that it was the grace of reinvention.

Now that he has become a ghost messenger and gained more experience, he understands even more how amazing it is that a Zhu Ren who was not of the highest rank could produce a magic weapon with the aura of a ghost emperor.

I am afraid... this Zhu Ren is a disciple of Wushen Mountain, which is much more prominent than himself, a ghost messenger.

As for the saying of the ghost emperor, both sides understand this.

The two brothers Shentu and Yulei are actually the Eastern Ghost Emperors among the Five Ghost Emperors.

The Eastern Ghost Emperor Shentu and Yulei brothers rule the big peach tree in Dushuo Mountain.

The Southern Ghost Emperor rules Luofu Mountain.

The Western Ghost Emperor rules Fanzhong Mountain.

The Central Ghost Emperor rules Baodui Mountain.

The Northern Ghost Emperor rules Luofeng Mountain.

That's right, Luofu Mountain is actually a ghost gate.

As one of the ten great caves of Taoism, Luofu Mountain itself certainly has many strange features. The first is the structure. Luofu Mountain has existed since ancient times. Fushan was originally a peak of Penglai. During the Yao period, the flood came to Luoshan, so it was called Luofu Mountain.

There is a 'Zhu Ming Cave' on the top of the mountain. It is called Zhu Ming, also called Yao Zhen, belonging to Yang Ming, and red in color, which is a very yang place.

There is also a ghost gate underground, which is a very yin place.

The combination of the two has achieved the pattern of the fusion of yin and yang in Luofu Mountain. This is also the reason why the exercises and Taoism of Luofu Mountain attach so much importance to the changes of yin and yang.

"Haha, I didn't know that Shen Tu Yu Lei's spirit had such an effect at the beginning. It can be regarded as a lucky coincidence. By the way, when I just came here, I saw countless spirits being punished outside. Does Mr. Li know what's going on?" After the two sides exchanged greetings, Li Qi couldn't wait to ask.

There is an old acquaintance of the Yin Messenger here, so it's a waste not to ask, this is all knowledge that only the Yin Messenger knows.

"Oh, Zhu Ren asked this? Although it is the ghost gate in the world of the living, it is the underworld after all. Those outside are all evil ghosts. If the sins of the guilty cannot be redeemed, they will be punished until they redeem themselves." Li Weng explained: "So all the ghosts caught here must be examined by the Ghost Emperor first. If they are extremely evil, they must be punished outside before they can enter the reincarnation."

Li Qi nodded and said: "So that's the case, then all the ghosts that can appear here are not so bad?"

"That's true. They can't be said to be good people, but at least there are no extremely evil people. However, the time they can stay on this island is limited. They are different from the Yin Cha who can't enter the reincarnation. Their spirits will gradually dissipate. This is called 'yin life'. After the yin life is over, they have to reincarnate."

Speaking of this, Li Weng asked curiously: "Zhu Ren, this ghost gate is not so easy to come. You said you came from the East China Sea? How can you not be eroded by the yin energy?"