No taboos

Chapter 310 Too Calm (asking for monthly ticket)

Today's "Old Market" is not large in scale.

The old market also holds a big meeting every two weeks.

When there is no market during the day, the Xiaoxi Temple area is actually not deserted. There are many shops where you can buy calligraphy and paintings, ancient books, bronze and stone artifacts, second-hand items, etc.

Most of the temple ruins have been cleared and rebuilt with houses.

The street in front of the door is wide.

During the big market, the streets are lined with stalls and are so crowded that only one person can pass through.

The only thing left is the location of the main hall of the temple, which is still in ruins.

The heavy foundation was buried under broken bricks and tiles, the pillars collapsed, the beams broke, and the once vermilion-painted and gold-painted doors and windows had long since rusted and rotted.

Of the statues that were once so popular, only some broken pieces of earth remain, scattered among the ruins. Occasionally, a touch of bright oil paint can be seen on them.

For some reason, no one has cleaned up the ruins of the main hall.

The lady and her men were waiting outside Xiaoxi Temple before dark.

Today they came with two carriages.

The lady sat alone in one room, while the other five guards squeezed into another.

After dark, a guard took out a clay pot, opened the pottery jar wide, and threw something into it.

The smell is unpleasant.

This is a mixture of corpse water and bat flesh and blood.

A swallowing sound came from the clay pot. The guard didn't dare to look inside, but just put his ear to the clay pot and listened.

The swallowing sound inside stopped, and he put the clay pot on the horse's head.

When it was taken off, there was a toad as big as a bowl lying upright in the center of the horse's head.

The two sticky front paws tightly covered the draft horse's eyes.

The guards did the same with the second draft horse.

Then he carefully said to the lady in the car: "Madam, no matter what noise comes from outside the car, you must not open the window or door to look, and you must not come out."

"I understand. Let's go in now."

For her, going to the old market is just a small event.

The draft horse's eyes were grabbed by two toads, and its whole body instantly became cold.

Silently and with stiff movements, the carriage creaked towards the ruins of the main hall.

No matter what I encountered along the way, I would neither hide nor give in.

Just as the carriage was about to crash into a shop, suddenly both the carriage and the shop became illusory and chaotic.

The carriage passed through the shop as if it was not in the same world at all.

If a divine cultivator used a secret technique to take a look, he would be able to see that what was lying upright on the horse's head was not a toad, but a ghost covered in slime.

Its lower body was completely inserted into the horse's body along the two horse's eyes.

The two carriages "passed" through four houses and a stone archway and entered the ruins of the main hall.

Then he walked out from the main entrance of the main hall.

Everything before my eyes changed completely.

The main hall, which had originally become a ruin, still stands tall and magnificent.

The surrounding shops are still the same shops, but their owners have changed.

In the gloomy night, there are no lights here, but it is still very lively.

All kinds of ghost talk, animal talk, and evil words mixed together, low and high, vague, can make ordinary people change strangely in an instant as soon as they hear it.

But the lady and her men were not affected at all.

"Go find Mr. Zhang's shop!"

They investigated in the city for a day and found some clues about Zhang Lao Ya, so they came here.

……

Not long after the lady's carriage entered, Xu Yuan and Miao Yan arrived.

After using almost the same method, Miao Yan quickly got into the carriage and shut the doors and windows tightly. Usually, this type of carriage would be covered entirely with a thick cotton cloth.

After Miao Yan came in, he told Xu Yuan: "Sir, after we go in, I can only call you by your name.

Along the way, you will hear all kinds of strange noises outside the car, and even underworld beasts will ram into the car body, giant ghosts will toss the carriage around like a toy, and unknown things will reflect your inner heart... But no matter what happens, you must never open the windows or doors to look outside, and you must not get out of the carriage, otherwise you will surely die!
My Lord, please remember this!"

Xu Yuan nodded: "Okay, don't worry."

Miao Yan continued to ramble on, constantly reminding people of some taboos that he suddenly remembered.

Xu Yuan smiled and said, "There aren't many fire masters here, right?"

“Uh…” Miao Yan, his true intentions revealed at a glance, smiled bitterly and said, “I’ve only been here twice. To be honest, sir, this place… is not a place for the living.

Apart from freaks like Zhang Laoya, no one likes to come here.

You'll understand once you get in. Those things make us drool just by looking at us.

Even if they are negotiating a deal with you and don't want to eat you, they will still drool."

Miao Yan suddenly stopped and estimated the time in his mind: "My Lord, be careful, those things... are coming!"

Miao Yan was nervous.

He had been here twice before. The first time, he was invaded by something in his heart and forgot everything around him. He suddenly felt that outside the car there were beautiful women, endless treasures, and elixirs that could help him advance to the top third class!

Rushing out regardless of the consequences.

Fortunately, there was a senior nearby who knocked him unconscious.

The second time, the entire carriage was grabbed by something outside and thrown to the ground.

The carriage almost fell apart.

You can even feel the cold wind hissing into the car through the cracks!
Miao Yan was almost frozen to death, and only at the last moment was he able to pass through and enter Lao Ji.

"This time, I have to act as a 'senior' and take care of the inexperienced Lord Xu." Miao Yan was under tremendous pressure.

He seemed to hear the ticking of a water clock in his ears, and the interval between each tick was extremely long.

It was quiet outside the carriage.

The carriage moved forward steadily.

"The calmer it is, the bigger the sudden change that is brewing will be!" Miao Yan became even more nervous and secretly prepared himself mentally.

Unconsciously, unconsciously, I suddenly felt the carriage falling down, the tranquility outside the carriage faded away, and all kinds of evil and strange hawking sounds from the old market came in!
"Huh?!" Miao Yan was confused for a moment: He came in so soon?

What about those things that always try to cause trouble along the way? Why didn't they attack our carriage?

"It shouldn't be..."

Xu Yuan had already opened the car door and walked out.

The shop opens, and the evil ghost smiles to welcome customers.

The stalls were crowded and the stall owners were competing for customers. They were arguing fiercely and seemed to want to eat each other in one bite.

Xu Yuan lowered his head and glanced across the stall.

Lots of good stuff.

The stalls were filled with high-quality materials. Although the quality was a bit low for Xu Yuan, only ninth or eighth rate, it could be considered excellent at this level.

There was a stall owner whose head was left with only a skull, and many leeches were drilling in and out of his eye sockets, nostrils, etc., emitting black evil spirits.

It shouted at Xu Yuan in a vicious voice: "What are you looking at? You can't even afford to buy one even if you sell it!"

Although the tone is very bad, it speaks the truth.

Because the prices of the items on its stalls are clearly marked, and the cheapest one costs "twelve living people."

The shop next to it was wide open, and four ghost girls were smiling and welcoming customers.

Just their smile can scare children to tears.

One of the women scoffed, "This water corpse doesn't know how to do business. Living people, ignore it. Come in and see what you want. We have everything in our store."

Xu Yuan walked into the shop and asked, "I'm looking for a treasure. Do you have any in your shop?"

Miao Yan's face fell. It was over. He was like a fat sheep, waiting to be slaughtered.

(End of this chapter)