Chapter 117: An unusual ghost market
For some unknown reason, Su Yi was dragged away from the market by the old woman.
"Mother-in-law, stop pulling me."
"Little girl, I won't pull you along. Grandma also knows where her home is. She will go back by herself."
The old woman let go of her hand and without waiting for Su Yi to reply, she ran faster than an adult man and disappeared from Su Yi's sight in the blink of an eye.
It took Su Yi several seconds to react. She was stunned by the old woman's speed.
"That market...why is it gone?"
Su Yi looked towards the market, but found that it was pitch black there, with no lights or noise.
"Su Yi, what are you looking at?" Zhang Yixin's voice came from behind: "I saw you haven't come out of the alley for a long time, and there was no sound when I called you, so I called the police. You scared me to death."
Su Yi turned around and saw Zhang Yixin's frightened expression. There were two policemen standing next to Zhang Yixin.
"I... I just met an old lady. I sent her home. Oh, yes, I also met a market on the way. It was so lively..."
"Market? What market is there? How could there be a market this late at night? I didn't see you helping the old woman out."
Zhang Yixin's words shocked Su Yi, while the two young policemen exchanged glances. One of the female policemen smiled and said, "Madam, you look a little pale. Are you a little dazed because you have been working too hard and not resting well recently? There is only one exit in this alley, and your friend has been guarding the entrance of this alley."
"Yes, I have been standing here, waiting for the police to arrive, but I have never seen you come out."
Listening to what the police and Zhang Yixin said, Su Yi also became a little suspicious. Was she really hallucinating? Was it because she was still obsessed with the young man on the high-speed train that she had hallucinations?
Thinking of this, her pretty face turned red, and she didn't dare to tell her that she had seen the young man on the high-speed train, for fear that her best friend would laugh at her for being a fangirl, and even so fangirl that she had hallucinations.
"If you're alright, then go back. It's not safe for two girls to hang out outside this late."
The two policemen watched Su Yi and Zhang Yixin leave, then glanced at the alley. The female policeman said into the intercom, "Team leader, it's been resolved."
Control center.
Chen Ming and Li Datou are in charge. All calls tonight will be received by them. They will screen them and then pass them on. Once it is confirmed that it may be an abnormal incident, it will be taken over by the people from the identification institute. The two policemen are staff members of the identification institute.
The reason for doing this is that every time the ghost market opens, there will be many ghosts who use various means to trick people into the ghost market, and then ask them to buy items for them. In this way, according to the rules of the ghost market, the bargaining chip of the transaction falls on the people who were deceived.
In order to prevent this from happening, before each ghost market opens, residents are specifically asked not to go out at night.
"Something is wrong. In the past, there were only two or three cases of ghosts deceiving people, but tonight, ten of them have happened . Chen Ming, is there something wrong with the ghost market?"
Li Datou looked at the number of incidents reported and found that it had far exceeded previous numbers.
"Do you think this has something to do with Gao Rui?"
"Gao Rui, that shouldn't be possible. He is just a ghost merchant, and those ghosts won't obey him." Chen Ming was a little uncertain.
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The market, or to be more precise, the outskirts of the ghost market!
Lin Ye just looked at the vendor boss. The ghost vendor was at a loss and kept rubbing his chest with his hands.
Only ghosts don't sweat, otherwise this ghost vendor would have a face covered in cold sweat at this moment.
"You should know the rules of the Ghost Market. You lied to a living person to make a deal. According to the rules of the Ghost Market, you should know what the result will be!"
Lin Ye spoke coldly, and the ghost merchant trembled. He was afraid because he felt the aura of intimidation from this person, but after hearing this, he also refuted: "You are not a ghost merchant, so you have no right to represent the ghost market."
Ghost market!
Ghost businessmen are the maintainers of the rules.
Hearing what the ghost vendor said, Lin Ye took out a token from his waist and threw it on the stall. When the ghost vendor saw the token, his face changed instantly and he knelt down on the ground.
"Please spare my life, sir, please spare my life."
That token was actually the Ghost Merchant’s token. Seeing this token was like seeing a Ghost Merchant.
With the ghost merchant token and strength, the ghost was already scared out of his wits and said quickly, "Sir, I didn't dare to do that. This ghost merchant... I'm not talking about you, sir, but another ghost merchant. He has already said that there are no rules for this ghost market. That's why I lied to the living people."
The ghost trader's words made Lin Ye's face turn cold. In the other world, when Hu Jun was slightly drunk and complaining to him, he once said that the real difficulty of being a ghost trader is to maintain the rules of the ghost market.
It is actually nothing for some powerful ghosts to force ghost merchants to trade. Those ghosts also have their limits. At most, they will make the ghost merchants feel a little painful. If they force the ghost merchants into a corner, it will not do any good to these ghosts.
The biggest trouble for ghost merchants is some ghosts who do not abide by the rules of the ghost market. The existence of ghost merchants, in addition to directing ghosts and living people to trade, is also to maintain order in the ghost market.
As Hu Jun said, both his father and grandfather did not have a good end because some ghosts did not obey the order of the ghost market. In order to maintain the order of the ghost market, his grandfather and father paid the price of their lives.
For those ghosts who do not abide by the order, the ghost merchants can expel them from the ghost market and prevent them from entering the ghost market in the future. The natural consequence of this is that the ghost merchants will be retaliated by these blacklisted ghosts.
This is why Lin Ye’s expression turned cold.
As a ghost merchant, it would be fine if he didn't maintain order in the ghost market, but he actually threatened to let ghosts wreak havoc.
"If you like to dig out hearts so much, then go until the end of the ghost market."
Lin Ye turned and walked into the ghost market, leaving the ghost vendor standing there stupidly. After a while, he reached into the chest and took out the heart, then put it back in and took it out again...repeating this cycle over and over again.
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Ghost market!
Gao Rui was at the innermost part, looking at the bustling streets as usual, but with a sinister look on his face.
This time he told the ghosts that the ghost market did not have to abide by the rules, which meant that many ghosts would trick the unlucky living people who were still wandering outside late at night into the ghost market. These living people who were tricked into entering would be skinned alive even if they did not die.
But what does this have to do with him? The one in trouble is still the appraisal institute, and this is also his revenge on Chen Ming.
“This noodle is not tasty!”
Lin Ye appeared in a noodle shop and held down a fat young man who was about to eat noodles. The shop owner, who had been staring at the fat man with excitement, became flustered after Lin Ye appeared, and without saying a word, he took the noodles he had just served to the fat man back.
"Yes... yes, our noodles are not tasty, so we won't serve you today." The boss half-dragged the fat man out of the store, and the originally enthusiastic vendors now showed indifferent expressions towards the fat man.
Not far away, a young man was shopping with a woman in sexy clothes. The woman pointed to a clothing store and said, "The clothes here are nice. Can you buy me some clothes?"
At the woman's coquettish and seductive look, the young man was about to nod, when suddenly an arm fell on his shoulder. The young man turned around and looked at the owner of the arm behind him in confusion.
"Brother, this is my girlfriend, and she's having a conflict with me."
When the woman saw the person who was speaking, her face turned pale and she quickly stretched out the young man's hand. Facing the young man's questioning gaze, she lowered her head and said, "Yes... yes."
The young man looked a little embarrassed. He also said that he was lucky in love today. When he went out for a walk at night, he would meet a beautiful woman who would throw herself into his arms. After cursing the bad luck inwardly, he turned and left.
"Follow behind."
Lin Ye glanced at the woman and then looked away. Behind him, there was already a long line of about a dozen ghosts. Ghosts who were setting up stalls to sell things on both sides saw the ghosts' expressions of despair, and looked at Lin Ye with fear in their eyes. At the same time, they were also glad that they did not cheat others, otherwise they would be standing in the line now.
But when did such a powerful guy appear in the extraordinary human circle?
The further Lin Ye walked, the gloomier his expression became. The vendors on both sides were silent as Lin Ye passed by, for fear of provoking Lin Ye. As ghosts, they were most sensitive to scent, and in their eyes, Lin Ye was like a tiger. They didn't dare to look him in the eye.
Lin Ye's face was gloomy because he didn't expect that in just this short distance, he had saved thirteen living people who were tricked by ghosts into the ghost market.
Thirteen people, and behind them are thirteen families.
Damn this ghost businessman!
At this moment, Gao Rui was drinking with several ghosts.
"This time the ghost market is open, you guys must have made a fortune."
"No matter how rich we are, we can't compare to you, Boss Gao. We only make money from ghosts, but you, Boss Gao, take advantage of both humans and ghosts. "
The ghosts present are all the bullies of the ghost market. These ghosts control the stalls in the ghost market. Generally, if ghosts want to set up stalls in the ghost market, they have to pay rent to them.
The ghost market was originally fair. Any ghost could enter and set up a stall. But just like the market for the living, the stalls were divided into good and bad ones. Once the good positions were occupied, the stalls in the corners naturally had no business.
According to the original rules of the ghost market, these stalls are ownerless and first come first served. However, there is no absolute fairness in this world. Some powerful ghosts will naturally seize the good stalls of weaker ghosts, and the original ghost merchants are responsible for maintaining order.
But Gao Rui never maintained it. On the contrary, he colluded with these ghosts, so that the ghosts who really needed to trade had no chance and could only accept the exploitation of him and these ghosts.
"I need four ghost yin energies here."
Gao Rui stated his needs, and several ghosts looked at each other and said, "No problem, here is the list of items we need."
These ghosts took out a list. Gao Rui took it and looked at it. They were all daily necessities. It wouldn't cost much to find a paper-making shop.
As for how much commission these ghosts took, he didn't care. After all, it was the ghosts who were exploited and it had nothing to do with him.
"Boss Gao, I heard that you won't restrain the ghosts this time?"
Gao Rui listened to this and said nonchalantly: "We are ghost merchants. We maintain order in the ghost market and ensure that the ghosts participating in the ghost market will not harass ordinary people. It's just that some people can't see it. In this case, let them know how much impact it will have on society without us ghost merchants to maintain order in the ghost market."
When the ghosts heard this, they exchanged glances and understood that it must be the appraisal made by the living world that offended Gao Rui.
As ghosts who have been hanging around in the ghost market for a long time, they also know about the appraisal institute.
"Those people in the appraisal institute don't know how important Boss Gao is. It's time to let them know how much trouble their appraisal institute will be in without a ghost businessman like Boss Gao."
"Now that Boss Gao has spoken, the brothers know what to do."
"I didn't say anything, don't talk nonsense."
Gao Rui raised the corner of his mouth, and several ghosts quickly agreed. They were talking nonsense, but the ghosts' minds were as clear as a mirror and they knew what to do.
Just when these people were thinking up their own plans, a ghost suddenly ran in panic at the door.
"No...someone is causing trouble."
The person who came in was a little ghost. When the ghosts heard this, they all became furious. How dare someone cause trouble in the ghost market?
"Is there a ghost?"
"No... no, it's a stranger."
"Stranger!"
Several ghosts laughed. If an alien dared to come to the ghost market to cause trouble, he was simply seeking death.
Gao Rui also laughed: "Good fellow, I have been a ghost merchant for all these years, and I have never seen anyone who dares to break into the ghost market and cause trouble. I want to see who is so brave."
"Let's go and see who this bold and ambitious alien is."
Several ghosts also laughed. In the ghost market, only ghost merchants could come in. If other strange people dared to come in, they would be torn into pieces.
"Don't look, I'll do it myself."
Just as Gao Rui and several ghosts were about to walk out, a figure walked in.
A thin figure appeared in front of Gao Rui and several ghosts. With just a glance, the arrogance on the ghosts' faces disappeared instantly.
One by one they became silent.
The aura emanating from this person made their souls tremble.
You know, they are physical ghosts.
These ghosts naturally didn't know that the aura that frightened them was because Lin Ye had refined the City God Seal. The City God Seal was a treasure from the underworld and was naturally able to frighten ghosts.
"Dao... Daoist friend, what's your name?"
In the silence, Gao Rui spoke. He did not feel the intimidating aura emanating from Lin Ye like the ghosts did. However, from the expressions of these ghosts, he could tell that the man in front of him might be a tough guy.
"My name is Gao Rui, and I'm a ghost merchant. Fellow Daoist, you came to the ghost market, maybe you need to trade something? Maybe I can help you."
Lin Ye looked at Gao Rui and said calmly, "I do need your help."
"You are welcome, fellow Daoist. Just go ahead and speak."
Gao Rui smiled. As long as they were here to trade, it would be easy.
"Hand over the Ghost Merchant Seal and I will cut off one of my arms."
