Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 75 Golden Peak Ghost Market, Extraordinary People and Strange Figures

The Chenghuang Temple Fair in Jinfeng County began on the morning of March 1st.

Vendors from the vicinity of the City God Temple arrived first, followed by traders from all over, offering a wide variety of goods including grains, tea, fruits, farming tools, and children's toys.

By eight or nine in the morning, the streets of the city were packed with people, some there for the market, others to worship the gods.
People from all directions came to pray for blessings, longevity, and to offer incense and sacrifices; the lively scene continued until evening.

Zhou Lan and Zhou Wen spent the whole morning looking around without finding anything. At noon, they discussed it and went to see their sister in the clan who had married into the city. That's how they finally selected three places.

The first place is located near the county government office. Although there are not many passersby, it can accommodate the yamen runners from the county government office.

The second place is located in the largest market in Jinfeng County, which is bustling with people, but the rent is too expensive.

The third place is located near the City God Temple, where people come and go to make wishes and pray for blessings. Even though it is crowded during the City God Temple Fair, there are still quite a few people there on ordinary days.

They were just looking at houses; the final decision was made by someone else.

This person is neither the Zhang family mother and daughter who held shares, nor the Li family couple who held the most shares, nor the Golden Toad Messenger who spearheaded the God of Wealth Plan, but rather Yan Tianchou, who single-handedly devised the God of Wealth Plan.

Yan Tianchou displayed great ambition: "The three locations correspond to the government, the marketplace, and the pilgrims, all of which are excellent locations for opening a shop. If conditions permit, I will definitely want them all."

"Since the God of Wealth Project is in its initial stage, it needs to be done little by little. Even if there are sufficient funds, there are no trustworthy people, so we can only choose one place first."

“Opening a shop near the county government office will definitely bring good business, but the local market may be saturated and could even infringe on the interests of some people. It’s best not to take the risk in the early stages of planning.”

It's easier to see the King of Hell than to stop his underlings; Yan Tianchou doesn't want to compete with the government right now.

"Although there are many worshippers near the City God Temple, their main purpose is to make wishes and pray for blessings. It is acceptable to mainly sell pastries and vegetarian dishes, but it is not suitable for a menu that can generate income."

Although the dishes on Shengcai's menu are all home-style dishes, they come from the comfortable life of modern society, emphasizing delicious taste and freshness, with a strong sense of everyday life, which doesn't quite fit the atmosphere of the City God Temple.

"In the marketplace, most customers have some assets, making it easy to purchase raw materials and attracting a wide range of customers, which makes it more suitable for recipes that generate income."

Ultimately, it's because there are many people and much money in the city, and the well-connected roads can attract even more people.

As evening approached, Su Ji entrusted the patrol mission to the local spirit soldiers, and then arrived in Jinfeng County with the Bed God, the Kitchen God spirit soldiers, and the local earth god.

On the way, I ran into Zhou Lan and Zhou Wen, and easily learned the whole story.

Su Ji had reached a conclusion, but still needed to be told through a dream, so he could only wait until evening.

The City God Temple Fair in Jinfeng County is a grand event for the people and also for the spirits. The people start entering the city early in the morning, while the spirits gather in the evening.

According to the local deity, tonight there will not only be a gathering of gods, but also a "ghost market" where humans, ghosts, and gods mingle, so there is a chance to find bargains.

As for the City God's Spirit Realm, there is another explanation.

Some spirit realms are only open at night, some are only open during the day, some can be entered by presenting a token, and some will not allow entry after a certain time.

The gathering of deities is from 7 to 9 pm, the ghost market is from 9 to 11 pm, and the City God's Spirit Realm opens at 12 pm sharp, so it doesn't have much of an impact.

The entrance fee to the City God's Spirit Realm isn't expensive; it's equivalent to a month's salary from the Earth God.
It's not exactly cheap; even if you only need a hundred strands of divine power, it's still twenty-five taels of silver, which is equivalent to all the assets of the Zhang family mother and daughter.

Most importantly, the City God's Spirit Realm is only open for seven days and seven nights, from midnight on March 2nd to midnight on March 9th, giving ghosts and spirits ample time to come and go.

However, this action has little effect on ghosts, little effect on cultivators who want to break through with the power of the spiritual realm, but a great impact on cultivators who want to comprehend the mysteries.

For most cultivators, seven days and seven nights is indeed a rather short time, not to mention that some City God Spirit Realms may have time limits.

For example, the City God's Great Sun Spirit Realm and the Bright Moon Spirit Realm are open during the day and night respectively, so they can only be counted as seven days and seven nights.

Fortunately, the Spirit Realm also nurtures some treasures. Although the City God Temple will harvest a batch of them in advance, some will still be left for the cultivators who enter the Spirit Realm.

Over the years, some cultivators have indeed found treasures worth no less than a hundred strands of divine power, which makes their investment worthwhile.

Some cultivators even had incredible luck, acquiring top-grade spiritual materials worth no less than five hundred strands of divine power, which aroused the envy of countless other cultivators.

As a result, every time the City God's Spirit Realm opens, it attracts many cultivators to participate, and there is even a new type of cultivator who makes a living by searching for treasures in the Spirit Realm.

As evening approached, the City God Temple was less crowded than during the day, but it was filled with many more spirits and deities attending the gathering, as well as a considerable number of cultivators.

After Zhu Nanshan eliminated the walking corpses last time, he made quite a name for himself. Not to mention some martial arts masters, even many aloof cultivators had heard of Master Zhu's name.

Not to mention, the people have become increasingly reverent towards Master Zhu, and some even refer to him as "Master Zhu" all the time.

However, after enjoying the praise for a few days, Zhu Nanshan still realized the reality: he was just a minor cultivator at the Cave Profound Realm.

Although he is not afraid of ordinary ghost generals, if he wants to become a true Zhu Fashi or even Zhu Dafashi, he still needs to break through his Dongxuan cultivation to the level of a Fashi.

In the past, Zhu Nanshan earned money by fighting demons and ghosts, and the spiritual items he obtained were all of low quality, so he didn't accumulate much wealth.

This trip to Dongsang Village not only yielded two mid-grade slightly inferior spiritual artifact copper coins bestowed by the daytime spirit soldiers of the Earth God Temple, but also allowed them to discern a valuable magical artifact chain capable of suppressing evil spirits.

The chains were originally used to bind the walking corpses of the Wu family. After being struck by lightning several times, they absorbed some of the evil energy from the walking corpses when Chen Dianshi burned them.

Of the four chains, only this one became a magical artifact. Zhu Nanshan originally wanted to spend some money, but he couldn't resist the villagers' enthusiasm and finally accepted it reluctantly.

After a recent field experiment, the chain proved quite effective against even ghost generals. Furthermore, the crow spirit used a magical copper coin to subdue the ghost general, allowing Zhu Nanshan to achieve the remarkable feat of slaying a ghost general with only the cultivation of a minor cultivator. With the City God Temple Fair about to begin, Zhu Nanshan decided to sell the ghost general's inner core to gain access to the City God's Spiritual Realm for cultivation. If he could advance to the Cave Profound Mage level in one fell swoop, all the better.

The crow spirit was also excited: "As long as we can collect a dozen or so low-grade Yin Qi beads, the trip to the Spirit Realm will be worthwhile."

The conditions for the formation of Yin Qi Pearls are very demanding; even the lowest quality Yin Qi Pearl is worth five strands of divine power.

Zhu Nanshan, however, thought to himself, "If we could obtain two mid-grade spiritual materials, then this trip would be truly worthwhile!"

A complete piece of mid-grade spiritual material is worth at least sixty strands of divine power, while a piece of mid-grade spiritual material of excellent quality can be worth more than ten times that amount.

As a result, some mid-grade spiritual materials are more expensive than high-grade spiritual materials, not only because of differences in attributes, but also because of their rarity.

That's right. This time, Zhu Nanshan plans to bring the crow spirit into the City God's Spirit Realm with him. He will find a safe place to cultivate first, while the crow spirit will go around searching for treasures.

However, the City God Temple was too harsh on the prices of treasures, and it couldn't offer high prices for treasures like the inner core of a ghost general. So Zhu Nanshan placed his hopes on tonight's ghost market.

"call--"

Someone opened their mouth and spewed out a ball of flame, drawing cheers from many people.

"boom--"

A young nobleman bought fireworks, which not only won the smile of a beautiful woman but also gave the surrounding people a visual treat.

"A fleeting dream, a lifelong wish, a beautiful dream come true in an instant!"

Amidst the flickering firelight, a somewhat alluring voice drifted over, quickly attracting several passersby.

Upon closer inspection, the stall owner turned out to be a beautiful woman. Before anyone could even leering at her, they spotted the muscular young man next to her.

The young man had a stubble beard, carried a long sword, and had a hint of murderous intent flashing in his lowered eyes.

"cough……"

The newcomer sobered up a bit, but wasn't too afraid. After all, this was the City God Temple Fair, and even the most vicious people wouldn't dare to commit violence here.

Besides, he only came over out of curiosity to take a look; they didn't even discuss any business!
This wasn't the first time Zhu Nu had attended the City God Temple Fair. She continued with a smile, "Open for business, honest and fair to all, at the City God Temple Square, it's all about mutual consent..."

It was already past nine o'clock at night. Besides the gods who had finished their gathering, there were also ghosts, cultivators, and even ordinary people who had mistakenly entered the ghost market.

Several people who had stumbled upon the place did not notice anything amiss, unaware that the so-called City God's Palace was actually the City God's Underworld Palace.

At this time, a portion of the City God's underworld power was revealed to the world, transforming into a ghost market that not only attracted many ghosts and gods, but also gave ordinary people the opportunity to see them.

"So it's the Dream Fairy of Qili Lake! It's been two years since we last met. Today I finally have the chance to have another grand dream!"

Jinfeng County has a population of over 10,000. Even if you select one out of a thousand, there are still many special individuals, not to mention that the Ghost Market further lowers the bar.

Some people had participated in the Ghost Market many times before, and some had even become supporters of the Pearl Maiden's Dream Magic. Now that they saw the Dream Fairy again, they were overjoyed.

Zhu Nu couldn't help but smile. In the past two years, she had been training Qian Feng and it was impossible for her to parade around with a vengeful ghost, so she had not come to the City God Temple Fair again.

Now, Qian Feng has not only shed his identity as a vengeful ghost, but has also gained the favor of the gods. After the ghost market ends, they will enter the City God's Spirit Realm to cultivate!

"If you're ready, sir, please pay here..."

Ordinary people could exchange their silver for divine power at the City God Temple, which is why the Ghost Market did not prohibit mortals from entering.

"Drawing on paper as a picture, cutting paper into people, conversing freely, leading the way and helping out..."

There was a strange person who set up a paper-cutting stall. With just a breath, a paper figure would fall to the ground and become a guide in the ghost market; there were also paper horses, paper cows and paper donkeys that fell to the ground and were rented by ghost cultivators as mounts.

"Making clay into objects, firing them to take shape, using them as tools, and shielding people from disaster..."

The speakers were neither cultivators nor ghost cultivators, but rather the land spirit soldiers and the kitchen god spirit soldiers of Lake Beach Village. Su Ji had just seen them at the gathering of gods.

What the two spirit soldiers said was not wrong. The soil they used contained tangible but intangible low-grade spirit soil, and the flames were the spirit fire of the Kitchen God's spirit soldiers.

If an ordinary person encounters demons or ghosts while walking at night, these clay sculptures may indeed have the ability to protect their owner.

The ghost market suddenly became lively.

Even Zhu Nanshan's stall attracted many customers, most of whom were ghost cultivators, all of whom had their eyes on the ghost general's inner core.

Zhu Nanshan saw a business opportunity and immediately started an on-the-spot auction, which attracted quite a few onlookers.

"Good and evil will be rewarded in due time, and good deeds will bring blessings. Come and calculate when you will reap the rewards of your good deeds!" A blind old Taoist priest sat at the corner of the ghost market and, seeing no business, hurriedly called out.

Just then, a majestic firebird offered a high price and bought Zhu Nanshan's Ghost General Inner Core from a group of competitors. After watching the excitement, many people dispersed.

Some people continued to stroll around, while others were drawn over by the fortune tellers' shouts.

(End of this chapter)