bestfiction Chapter 286: Ghost Market Illusion
Chapter 286: Ghost Market Illusion
He forgot.
The illusion of the ghost market is so great that even adults who have just arrived here cannot bear it, let alone a child?
Lai San's slap failed to wake up Lao Wu.
He took out a snuff bottle from his bosom, uncorked it, and put it under Lao Wu's nose.
"Ah!"
The spicy smell was inhaled into Lao Wu's nose, and he sneezed several times in a row, with tears streaming down his face.
He shook his head and looked again.
Where are there so many flowers and colorful halos?
Even the lights were not as bright as before.
However, those people wearing masks while walking are real, the Kunlun slaves and children, the charming young ladies, etc., are all real.
The music was dim and had a strange fragrance.
"go!"
Lai San patted Lao Wu's head again: "Don't look at it, or you'll get caught again."
He pushed Lao Wu and pointed to a dark hole on the right: "Let's go this way."
Lao Wu went in and found that it was a pipe whose original purpose was unknown.
The smell was dark and damp, and from time to time you'd step on lumps of sticky stuff that you didn't know what it was made of.
Thanks to the unpleasant smell, Lao Wu did not have hallucinations again.
Because he was small, Lai San could only crawl using his hands and feet, but Lao Wu could walk directly.
Looking down through the gaps in the winding pipes, you can see the bustling street below.
Lai San said proudly: "Boy, you haven't seen me outside, right? Let me tell you, in this ghost market, my name Lai San is very famous! As long as you follow me well, you will have everything you want in the future!"
No matter how loudly he brags, it does not affect the fact that he is like a sewer rat and can only crawl in this pipe.
Lao Wu asked innocently, "Is the delicious food and spicy drinks here?"
Lai Sanyi choked.
Why is this child so unpleasant?!
A quarter of an hour later.
Lai San took Lao Wu to the other end of the ghost market.
It's not as lively here as before, and the atmosphere is gloomy.
Because the gate of hell is not far away.
In the ghost market, no matter whether one is trying to make a living, hiding from enemies, struggling to survive, or doing business, one has to act according to the ghost gate's mood.
In other words, if you offend the Ghost Gate, no matter how high your status is outside, you will not be able to take a single step here.
As an elder worshipped by Guimen, if Elder Qu had not been hunted down by his enemies and seriously injured, he would not have had to hide secretly and dare not reveal his whereabouts.
Lai San glanced down and saw that everything was fine in Elder Qu's hall and no one dared to make trouble, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
This time, he wanted to take back the medicine box that Elder Qu had placed in the hall, and a set of silver needles that he usually used.
Elder Qu was being hunted, and he had long been accustomed to having three burrows. Now he had no way of returning to his old residence to get his familiar tools.
He had kept this set of equipment in the hall as a backup, and now it was finally put to use.
"We're going to that place."
Lai San pointed at the hall and said to Lao Wu, "Did you see it? We'll go down later. You sneak under the table from the back. There's a piece of cloth blocking it. You crawl under the cloth to the incense table and drag the two boxes out for me."
At the entrance of the hall, there were two people from the Ghost Gate guarding it.
There were still people passing by in front, all of them were people entering and exiting the ghost gate.
Lai San relied on his short stature to steal things easily. Now that Lao Wu was with him, it was even easier.
After hearing this, Lao Wu felt extremely conflicted.
He is no longer the old fifth child who would go to the kitchen to steal food because he was hungry.
The book says "taking things without permission is stealing", how could he become a thief and bring shame to his mother!
Lai San finished speaking, but did not hear Lao Wu's reply, so he threatened: "If you can't complete such a simple task, I will let the elders drain all the blood from your body!"
Lao Wu was frightened by him.
He knew that the other party was not just threatening him.
The wound on my arm from which I had bled yesterday suddenly became painful.
He was about to speak when he suddenly saw several familiar figures walking to the entrance of the hall.
Mother!
Father!
And there is the third brother!
Even if they were disguised, wearing turbans and masks, Lao Wu could still recognize them.
They came to see me!
The third brother was not wearing a mask and was looking up and around. The fifth brother saw that he looked sick.
When he saw Third Brother's face clearly, Old Five's heart skipped a beat and tears fell.
Lai San, who was about to go down, cursed inwardly, "bad luck", turned around and said to him: "Wait!"
If you want to go down to get something, it is better to go when there are fewer people around.
Who would have thought that someone would come at this moment and seek treatment from Elder Qu?
Lai San turned his head and saw Lao Wu’s face full of tears.
Children are children, they cry at the slightest provocation.
Lai San thought with a headache, reached out and grabbed Lao Wu's arm, signaling him not to move.
Lao Wu was extremely anxious.
If only my parents had come a little later.
At that time, he had already reached the bottom, and as long as he could rush out, he would be safe.
But what should we do now?
As he became anxious, his tears couldn't stop falling. Soon, the small pearls formed a line and dripped down along the gap in the pipe.
It hit the ground, splashing out tears silently.
They were not far from the hall entrance, just behind Qin Yaoguang and the other two.
While his parents were negotiating with those people in front, the third child was looking around attentively.
Ever since entering this ghost market, everything seems weird.
It turns out that the transactions conducted on the roadside were just a cover.
In other words, those who have no qualifications or means to enter the underground city set up stalls on the road, hoping to make a few lucky bucks.
This underground city is where the real ghost market is.
If it weren't for Huang Laoshi, who had been in South City for several years, they wouldn't even be able to get in the door.
The ghost market illusion is eye-opening.
The bustle and many things here are unique scenes that cannot be seen in the East and West Markets.
Take the Kunlun slaves for example. There are only a few of them in the entire capital city, but they can be seen everywhere in the ghost market, being driven around by others.
After coming in and asking around for a while, Qin Yaoguang ruled out other clues and locked on the ghost doctor who opened a clinic in Guimen, who was exactly the person she was looking for.
Judging from his age and appearance, as well as his unique skills in medicine and poison, he just happened to disappear suddenly in the past few days.
All signs indicate that he is the old man who kidnapped Lao Wu.
Therefore, he called the third child to disguise himself as a weak child and went to the ghost doctor's clinic, using the excuse of curing the children's strange diseases to look for clues.
Listening to Yan Changqing's conversation with the people in the hall, the third brother looked around for a moment and then looked back at his feet as if possessed by a ghost.
At this glance, you can see some differences.
What's that on the ground behind him?
Drop by drop, it seemed like some liquid was falling from above.
The third brother was confused and looked up.
Above, it looked no different, just an ordinary roof ceiling.
The pipes are so concealed that they cannot be seen from below.
The fifth brother opened his eyes wide and stared at the third brother's clear eyes, but Lai San covered his mouth tightly and he could not utter a word.