The King of Curses

Chapter 233 Most Wanted Criminal

In addition to the ticket for carriage A, Cen Dongsheng also carried 100,000 new ghost money. He first had to evaluate the purchasing power of this currency.

Although the guys who established the Shanyin Ghost Market like to cosplay and call their own currency "ghost money", the operators of the Shanyin Ghost Market obviously do not intend to let it expand at the same speed as the ghost money that ordinary people use to worship their ancestors, and the transaction price still needs to be controlled.

Passing through the dark street, Cen Dongsheng arrived at Tianbao Pavilion.

This is an ancient tower in traditional architectural style. It is seven stories high and eight corners high. The roof is in the "Zanjian" style. The tower body is built with blue bricks, and the brick surface is engraved with Feng Shui patterns of mountains and rivers. Bells hang from the eaves in front of the door, and a gold-plated plaque with the three characters "Tianbao Pavilion" is hung at the main entrance.

There are five open floors inside, and the price of goods increases according to the number of floors. Each floor is embedded with luminous pearls and decorated with gold and splendor.

Cen Dongsheng looked around inside and found that there were basically no products priced over 50,000. He estimated the prices of this ghost market in his mind and confirmed that he was carrying a considerable amount of money.

After all, it was my elder sister who took action, so she couldn’t be stingy.

But then again, forbidden items are always in short supply, and it's not that easy to buy what you want.
Although there are Grade A banned items for sale, even in the core market of this so-called largest "ghost market", there are still only two items on the shelves as treasures of the museum, and their effects and types do not meet Cen Dongsheng's needs.

Some are consigned here by other curse masters. If you want to see the real thing, you have to contact the other party first and then negotiate the price. Some people do not accept monetary settlement and can only be exchanged.

Although Cen Dongsheng felt a little regretful, he also felt that it was within his expectations.

Forbidden items are even more scarce than forbidden spells. As part of the rank of a forbidden spell master, as long as a person can fully use a first-class forbidden item, he can naturally become a first-class forbidden spell master, and he can be a high-level elite no matter where he is.

There are lower-level ones, but there is no need to buy them here.

Cen Dongsheng certainly hopes that his teammates can use the best forbidden items, but if he really can't get any good stuff, he can only rely on the channels of the Super Working Committee to get the second-grade forbidden items for defense first and then replace them later.

"If you need it urgently, we also hold auctions here regularly. The next auction will be the day after tomorrow."

The staff of Tianbao Pavilion introduced the products to this guest, from the first floor to the fifth floor, without any impatience on their faces, and were as respectful as before.

As he introduced, he smiled and pointed upwards.

“In two days, the upstairs will be open.”

“Will there be any at the auction?”

"The goods are consigned by prominent people from all over the world, and with the guarantee of our appraisers, the probability of customers getting the goods they want is always higher than trying their luck in the dark streets."

"Yeah, that makes sense. Get me a copy of the auction list."

"No problem. If you want to participate, you can contact the deacon, or our Pavilion Master..."

……

On the other side, there is a dark street full of all kinds of people.

Song Yutang and Jiang Yunmei both wore coats and hoods to cover their eye-catching beautiful faces, and successfully blended into the crowd.

Jiang Yunmei listened to and understood the conversations of the people around her. She adjusted a pair of sunglasses on her nose. Her beautiful pupils under the lenses shone with a gem-like blue luster as she looked around.

The girl walked and stopped along the way, but after only a distance of a hundred meters, sweat began to appear on her forehead. Maintaining the "clairvoyance" for a long time was quite exhausting for her.

"Senior, you are so serious."

Song Yutang had been observing her and couldn't help but sigh.

"Of course I am serious about this. After all, it involves my own forbidden items. I am looking forward to it."

"In fact, even if you don't have to work so hard... Master has a high status in the Super Work Committee, so it's not difficult for him to get the forbidden items."

"But he looked unhappy with the result, that's why he came here, didn't he?"

Jiang Yunmei smiled, showing no intention of giving up.

"Besides, even if it's not something I can use, as long as I can find any 'treasures' that are hidden and unnoticed, it will be considered helpful."

"..."

Song Yutang fell silent.
Unlike me, the senior's abilities can really help me outside of combat.

She took out the dark street map and silently crossed out the places Jiang Yunmei had been to. At this time, she heard the girl next to her muttering in surprise.

“It actually exists.”

"what?"

"Teacher Cen just said, 'Divine objects conceal themselves.' Some forbidden objects and curses can even develop their own intelligence and avoid being found by curse masters... Of course, the things we are looking for are probably not that mysterious. Usually, some kind of seal has been imposed on them, so the aura cannot be leaked out."

Even if a spell-binding master has a keen sense of perception, he will not be able to discover it before the seal is lifted.

Therefore, what Jiang Yunmei saw with her "clairvoyance" were actually objects "with similar seal marks", rather than simply using her spiritual sense to perceive.

Customers who come to this dark street to shop will prepare detection methods, but perception can be "deceived".

The girls had noticed before that if they released their spiritual senses, they could roughly feel that at least one-third of the stalls were "full of jewels and precious stones"; but after using their clairvoyant eyes to examine the items, they found that these items were often only coated with a layer of powder on the surface, or the stall owners had simply tampered with the items underneath.

"You found it now?"

Song Yutang was a little surprised.

"We just found something that seemed to be sealed up. It's hard to say what's underneath."

Jiang Yunmei answered with a smile.

"But let's get it first."

……

The two of them walked slowly to their destination. This place was obviously quieter than other places. There were only a few customers who left after quickly browsing. The stall owner's cold and numb face also served to discourage customers.

"These are..."

Jiang Yunmei put several items together seemingly casually.

“It’s still covered in dirt.”

She raised her head, smiled at the stall owner and asked:
"Is it a newly unearthed artifact?"

"Why, you're not used to using dead people's things?"

The stall owner snorted.

"That's not the case, I just think it's a bit immoral."

“Then don’t buy it.”

"Hey, let me ask about the origin first. I see these things are all from the same place?"

The other party replied stiffly:
"None of your business."

"It's none of my business, or you don't know?"

Jiang Yunmei persisted and the stall owner finally gave in.

"...I got it from a bunch of robbers."

Tufuzi is another name for tomb robbers. This answer was exactly what she expected.

"Yes, I understand..."

"If you can recognize the origin of these things, or if you have any connection with the tomb owner, don't bother me."

"Of course, of course."

Jiang Yunmei waved her hand with a heroic attitude. "I want all of these."

Cen Dongsheng gave them 30,000 new ghost money before leaving. The girls had done things like comparing prices before, and knew that the money they had was more than enough to buy the entire stall.

Among these funerary objects, what Jiang Yunmei really valued was a nail covered in mud.

Although it is called a nail, its size seems to be several times larger than that of ordinary cement nails, and it can be used as a weapon such as a dagger.

If you spread it in your palm and look at it carefully, you can find that the patterns on it covered with silt are intricate and delicate. It feels quite heavy in your hand. I don't know what material it is made of, but it is definitely not an ordinary product.

"It doesn't look like a forbidden item of defensive nature."

she thinks.

"It seems to be used to seal something..."

Jiang Yunmei put away the nails and stood up.

At this moment, the ground beneath people's feet suddenly shook, and the entire street swayed in their field of vision, like a dark centipede.

Both the stall owner and the customers stopped what they were doing vigilantly at this moment.

There was no panic or shouting. After all, they were spell-breakers with extraordinary powers. Several figures flew into the sky, looked down from a high place, and looked around, trying to find the source of the inexplicable vibration.

But the vibration came and went quickly, and it subsided after a few seconds, leaving people with confused faces.

In a corner where no one could see, a figure took advantage of the vibration to sneak into the dark street.

This man's body was tightly wrapped in a piece of human skin, like a "cocoon". He was the middle-aged man that Cen Dongsheng and others saw on the boat.

Refining and manipulating human skin is his best skill. The skin he refines can not only disguise himself as a human being and speak and act like one, but it can also be used as a weapon for many other purposes:

When wrapped around someone, it can restrict movement, suffocate, or even strangle them like a python, breaking their bones.

If it is wrapped around oneself, it can serve as both armor and camouflage, allowing the body to expand or shrink, like the legendary bone-shrinking skill, allowing one to sneak into and hide in spaces that were originally inaccessible.

It was with this method that the middle-aged man was able to escape from the pursuit and blockade of Zhou Ruian and other members of the Earth Master Association.

The man wrapped in human skin moved among the shadows cast by the eaves, like a worm or a snake, crawling through the sewers and tiled roofs, and sneaked across half the street without being noticed by anyone; then, hiding in a clay jar, he took out a compass, carefully looked in the direction, and soon found the target.

"The 'Dragon Suppression Nail' that the Geomancer Society lost was stolen by a group of grave robbers before they could find it themselves... Lame Old Seven really didn't lie. I didn't expect it to end up in the dark streets."

The thing he wanted to get was now being held in the hands of a hooded woman, and there was another woman standing next to her, who should be her companion.

The middle-aged man was not worried.

When it comes to stealth and hiding ability, even the top-ranked curse masters in the organization cannot match him, let alone detect him.

Unless he takes the initiative——

It only took him a moment to snatch the thing and escape.

"Give me that thing!"

A roar was heard and people on the street looked over in astonishment.

Before actually taking action, he used human skin to make sounds and attracted everyone's attention from the side, while he himself pounced on the hooded woman from another direction.

But something unexpected happened.

The hooded woman raised her head as if she had foreseen the future and smiled at him.

Those eyes were staring straight in his direction... He had been discovered!
W-why?
While he was stunned, he heard a crisp scolding and the "squeaking" sound of electric current surging.

"roll!"

Suddenly, a tall figure appeared in the air, kicked out with a high leg, and the fierce force accompanied by indigo electric current mercilessly hit the man's head.

*
Not only did the elder sister prepare a huge sum of money for them, but the influence brought by those VIP tickets to enter the Shanyin Ghost Market was greater than Cen Dongsheng imagined.

Zhou Ruian, a deacon of the Geomancer Association, once mentioned that the "A-type compartment" of the Netherworld Train might not have a passenger for a year or two; the various privileges enjoyed along the way have attracted many surprised looks.

It is obvious that the respect between curse masters cannot be bought with "money".

For example, now, after hearing that Cen Dongsheng was going to participate in the auction, the one who came out to register was not an ordinary waiter, but the Pavilion Master of Tianbao Pavilion——

"My name is Yue Sihan, nice to meet you."

A plump man wearing a mandarin jacket and a watermelon hat, who looked like a shopkeeper in a costume film, came up to greet us. He had a big smile on his face and a warm attitude.

"What's your name, sir?"

"My last name is Cen."

"Mr. Cen! Your presence here to spend money really brings honor to our humble company..."

“I haven’t said I’m going to buy it yet.”

"Of course, feel free to look around. Your name is already on the guest list and someone will come to notify you when the time comes."

Yue Sihan smiled.

"I wonder what your opinion is on our service along the way?"

"Opinions? Of course I have some."

Since the other party had spoken, Cen Dongsheng would not be polite. He would take this opportunity to probe a little. After all, there were few people in the entire ghost market who understood the situation better than the person in front of him.

"I heard that you are not only the head of Tianbao Pavilion, but also the representative of the operation of 'Shanyin Ghost Market'?"

"It's just an empty position. I was chosen to be a figurehead. I still need everyone to work together..."

"It's not important. As an outsider, I only know that things have been very unsettled here lately. Not to mention the guests, even the lives of your own family members are in danger."

"This……"

Yue Sihan's fat face showed an embarrassed expression. Cen Dongsheng counted on his fingers and began to list everything one by one. But as soon as he started, the fat man's face suddenly changed.

"Lame Old Seven...?!"

He was so surprised that his voice became shrill.

"Your Excellency, what you mean is, you, you found Lame Old Seven? Where is he?"

"..."

Cen Dongsheng raised his eyebrows.

"It seems this person is unusual."

I didn't expect that the first person I met would be the key person. I don't know whether I should sigh at my sharp intuition.

It’s a pity that the old man could pretend to be an ordinary train driver in front of them without blushing or getting nervous.

"It is... very unusual."

Yue Sihan took a deep breath.

"He is the number one criminal wanted by the Geomancer Association and the operator of the Shanyin Ghost Market. He stole the twelve 'Dragon Suppression Nails' buried underground, causing the ground energy to become disordered and the dragon veins to become unstable, putting the entire Ghost Market at risk of destruction..."

(End of this chapter)