Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 318: Silver Locust Ghost Market
Zhang Junbao brought Zigong Taiyi and Ling Wei to the Wuli Ghost River. The river water was as dark as the Yellow Springs and the dark river. The eerie ghost sounds kept ringing in the ears, disturbing people's minds. "This is the entrance to the Yinhuai Ghost Market in the rumors, the Wuli Ghost River."

Ling Wei was terrified by the shrill howling coming from the bottom of the river, "Brother, there is a ghost at the bottom of the river, there is a ghost!"

"Senior, this river is different."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Zhang Junbao had just finished speaking when a row of bamboo cutters came, making the already gloomy Wuli Ghost River even more eerie. "The boat is here, let's get on."

After bringing all three people onto the raft, Zhang Junbao took out a purple amber knife coin and placed it into the groove of the lantern on the raft.

The lanterns glowed with a faint red light and automatically moved deeper into the river to ferry people across. Zhang Junbao took advantage of this time to warn Zigong Taiyi and Ling Wei, "After entering the ghost market, you two must follow me closely. Now, hold your breath, calm your mind, and don't listen to those voices."

The bamboo raft sailed on the foggy Ghost River. After an unknown amount of time, they finally saw the river bank. After the three people went ashore and Zhang Junbao retrieved the knife coin, the bamboo raft automatically sailed away and disappeared on the coast.

"There is someone there." The two followed where Ling Wei pointed and saw a figure holding a bright lamp coming from afar in the thick fog on the river bank.

Zhang Junbao threw the purple amber knife coin in his hand towards the figure, and heard a gloomy voice from the figure in the thick fog, "It's the purple amber knife coin, it turns out that a distinguished guest has come."

Then a huge carriage came. Upon closer inspection, it was found that there was no one controlling the carriage. A gloomy voice sounded again, "Please get in, my dear guest."

Zhang Junbao took the two of them into the black carriage. Unlike its gloomy exterior, the interior of the carriage was bright and spacious, with gorgeous decorations. There were tables and chairs prepared for the three of them, with soft couches and the table filled with food, all of which were delicacies.

The Zigong Tai family is knowledgeable, and Ling Wei has learned a lot from his father's teachings on diet therapy. They recognized that these were rare delicacies, so they looked at Zhang Junbao.

Zhang Junbao smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is the way Yinhuai Ghost Market treats guests, you can enjoy it without worry."

"Senior, don't you want to eat?"

"I've eaten it many times before, you guys can try it." Zhang Junbao refused, "It'll take some time to get to the ghost market, you..."

I opened the curtains and saw the scenery outside the window passing by quickly. The carriage had started moving.

Zigong Taiyi saw this and couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's amazing, this carriage is clearly moving, but we can't feel any shaking inside."

"The Yinhuai Ghost Market has its own special features to be able to stand firm on the border between China and Miao. Taiyi, you must be more careful when traveling in the martial arts world in the future."

"Taiyi knows, thank you for your teachings, senior."

Half an hour later, the gloomy voice sounded again, "Please get off the car, my dear guest."

Zhang Junbao led the two out of the car. In front of them was a heavy door with a guard standing in front of it. "Yinhuai Ghost Market."

The gloomy voice began to match the code, "The night is over."

"A distinguished guest has arrived."

"Yearly money is hard to buy."

After the secret signal was given and the guard moved aside, Zigong Taiyi discovered that this person was actually a puppet created by mechanical engineering, and his appearance was so amazing that he looked like a living person.

Just after the guards retreated, the huge door opened, and what came into view was a bustling and noisy market scene. In the dark night, under the bright lights, it felt like being in a fantasy world.

"We have arrived at the Underworld Street. Please proceed slowly, distinguished guest. I will withdraw now." After saying this, two Zhuhu knife coins fell into the hands of Zigong Taiyi and Ling Wei.

"Senior, this is" "This is your certificate for entering the Yinhuai Ghost Market in the future. If you want to enter the Ghost Market, you must enter the underworld with ghost coins. Otherwise, you need someone with knife coins as a recommender and meet the conditions set by Yinhuai."

"Then Senior, isn't it for the two of us?"

"Don't worry." Zhang Junbao waved his hand and said, "I am not an ordinary guest. I am the holder of the only three purple amber knife coins in the world. I have the right to bring two people in."

"I see. If you hadn't come with us, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to enter even if we got here."

"Well, let's go in." Zhang Junbao introduced Zigong Taiyi and Ling Wei: "This place is called 'Yinsi Street', which belongs to the jurisdiction of 'Xiu Mu Palace'. It is the place where ordinary guests in the ghost market can buy and sell. The items are varied and trivial, ranging from food, clothing, and daily necessities to intelligence and life. When doing transactions, the seller hides in the dark, and the buyer has to rely on his own eyesight, luck, and intuition to decide whether to trade. This should be where Ling Wei is looking for."

"Thank you very much. I'm going to buy a birthday present for my father." Ling Wei walked among the stalls, looking for what he was looking for.

"Taiyi, you finally made it to the ghost market, don't you want to take a look around?"

"Senior, Taiyi is not short of these things, but I am curious about the ghost market. Can you please give me some advice?"

"If you have any questions, just ask."

"Excuse me, Senior, what is the 'Deadwood Palace' you just mentioned? Are there other areas in the Ghost Market?"

"Since you asked, I'll tell you. The Ghost Market is divided into five areas. They are Luohua Suiyuan Manor, which specializes in buying lives with money; Xiumu Palace, which is a black market for buying and selling drugs, stolen items, information, martial arts secrets, magic weapons, supplies, medicine, and rare treasures; the Never-Sleeping River, which is in charge of gambling houses, restaurants, brothels, arenas, hotels, pawnshops, banks, and other places of wine, sex, money, and power; the Yanjia area, which is the technical reserve and logistics center of Yinhuai Ghost Market for mechanical technology, casting technology, firearms, counterfeiting; and the Ghost Lord area, which is responsible for coordinating and supervising these four major forces and maintaining the stability and law of the Ghost Market."

"According to the description of the senior, there should be many masters in the Ghost Market."

"There is a saying in the Ghost Market: 'The sky controls death, the earth controls life, the craftsman controls crafts, the master controls the merchants, and if anyone disobeys, the Ghost Lord will decide on rewards and punishments.' This is the current situation of the top ten masters in the Ghost Market."

"Taichi has made a note of it."

Zhang Junbao continued to persuade him: "Taiyi, you finally came here, take a look, you might get unexpected gains."

"Okay." Unable to resist Zhang Junbao's persuasion, Zigong Taiyi randomly selected a weapon vendor, picked out a sword from the weapon basket, and pulled out the blade. It was shining coldly, proving that it was made by a famous master. "This is a good sword."

Zhang Junbao commented: "It's the Bingpo Sword, which is considered a good weapon in the martial arts world."

"Boss, how much is it?"

"Twenty taels of silver"

"Boss, isn't this too cheap?" Zigong Taiyi knew that if this weapon was placed in the martial arts world, it would probably not be sold for less than ten thousand taels of gold.

Zhang Junbao explained: "Don't be surprised. In the ghost market, no matter how high or low, as long as both parties agree and sign a contract, the transaction is done. Since you are in the ghost market, why not buy this sword as a souvenir?"

"Okay." Zigong Taiyi took out some silver and handed it to the merchant. They signed a sales contract and bought the Bingpo Sword.

At this time, Zhang Junbao and Zigong Taiyi heard noise coming from the direction where Ling Wei was going. Fearing that something had happened to him, they hurried over to check.

Just as he saw Ling Wei was about to hit the vendor, Zhang Junbao moved instantly and appeared beside Ling Wei to stop him.

Thanks to Dutianshensha Zhoutianxingchen for the reward.

(End of this chapter)