studiobondurri Chapter 154: Soul Capturing Bell
Chapter 154: Soul Capturing Bell
Chapter 154: Soul Capturing Bell
"Thank you." Yuan Ming said, walking towards the passage.
"Friend, is this your first time coming to the Ghost Market? Are you planning to enter like this?" The shadow suddenly spoke.
"What do you mean by that?" Yuan Ming felt a little strange about this person suddenly speaking to him, but he didn’t lie and asked.
"Although you are wearing a hat, this level of disguise can be easily seen through by divine sense. Don’t you know that it is very dangerous to be seen through your true appearance in the Ghost Market?" The shadow said.
Yuan Ming was taken aback. Gu Yue did not mention this.
The shadow’s words made sense, but he couldn’t hide his appearance without the Thousand Machine Mask, which was not yet refined.
"Friend, there’s no need to worry. Here is a hidden cloak that can conceal your aura and block divine sense. As long as you wear it, I guarantee that no one will recognize you. Since we have met today, I can sell it to you for fifty spirit stones, or rent it to you for five spirit stones for one use. How about it?" The shadow took out a gray-black cloak with a hood and his tone became eager.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming understood and couldn’t help but laugh.
This shadow stopped him because he wanted to do business.
He used his divine sense to touch the cloak, but it was forcefully repelled by an invisible force.
Yuan Ming’s eyes lit up. This cloak could really block divine sense, it was a good thing.
However, his Thousand Machine Mask would be refined soon, so he didn’t need to spend a lot of money to buy this item.
"Rent it for one use, one spirit stone." Yuan Ming took out a spirit stone and handed it over.
"Hehe." The shadow chuckled, took the spirit stone and threw the cloak over.
Yuan Ming put on the cloak and his magical aura and scent disappeared completely.
He touched the cloak. It was not made of cloth, but woven from a soft black grass stem. It seemed like he had seen it somewhere before.
Yuan Ming carefully recalled and suddenly the figure of the old tobacco pipe appeared in his sea of consciousness.
Most of his memory had been restored, and he vaguely remembered the situation when he was picked up by the old tobacco pipe and some other bodies.
On that day, he was picked up by the old tobacco pipe from the riverside. The old tobacco pipe had used a grass mat to cover him and the other bodies, concealing the smell of the bodies. It seemed that the grass mat was made of this kind of grass stem, which seemed to be a specialty of Southern Region.
"Please enter. Remember not to follow the sellers!" The black figure reminded him and disappeared into the darkness again.
Yuan Ming stepped into the wall passage and soon reached the end. The light ahead became normal and a dim square came into view.
Looking around, he saw small stalls filled with various goods. All the stall owners were wearing masks and they looked a bit crude, far from the scale and grandeur of the Black Rock City market.
There were a few scattered customers in the square, each of them hiding their true appearance. Most of them were wearing black cloaks like Yuan Ming, obviously bought or rented from the black figure, and they looked vague.
After a quick glance, Yuan Ming casually walked towards the nearest small stall.
There was nothing else on this small stall, only two bodies lying side by side. They were covered in green scales and a faint black mist appeared on their bodies.
"Corpse refinement."
Combining the information he had seen in the sect, Yuan Ming recognized that the two corpses had reached the level of "Green Steel Corpse," which was a relatively high-level corpse refinement in the Black Fire Sect. They would not easily leave the sect, but unexpectedly, there were two of them appearing in the Ghost Market at once.
Looking at these two Green Steel Corpses, Yuan Ming was a little tempted.Visitt for the latest updates
According to the stall owner, this fruit was from a unique tree owned by a family in the southern region of Nanjiang, which only bore fruit every few hundred years. After a fierce beast ate it, its fertility rate could be rapidly increased. If this fruit was placed in the forest, the faint scent it emitted would attract fierce beasts from hundreds of feet around to fight for it.
By now, Yuan Ming had seen more than half of the stalls in the Ghost Market. In addition to these three black fruits, he had bought a few other items: four talismans, three yellow pills, and more than thirty kinds of spirit wood and spirit grass.
The four talismans, known as the Four Directions Sealing Spirit Talismans, must be used together. They could form a hidden boundary, concealing all fluctuations of aura inside and hiding one’s tracks, suitable for use when resting in the wild.
Unlike ordinary talismans, these talismans were of the type that slowly unleashed their power and could be used multiple times.
The three pills were not ordinary elixirs, but a common attack method used in the Hundred Poison Cave. When they hit an enemy, they would explode into a cloud of poison powder, similar to the smoke bombs he used to use frequently.
As for the spirit wood and spirit grass, he bought them on a whim, intending to use them for experimenting with making incense. After this investigation of the White Night Scattering Alliance, Yuan Ming had deeply realized the magic of the incense burner. However, the duration of the black incense’s effect was too short to bring out the effect of the incense burner, so he had to find a way to prolong the time of the black incense.
His understanding of incense-making materials was still insufficient, so he could only use the most straightforward method: buying various spirit materials and trying them out bit by bit.
All these items were somewhat cheaper than the market price, but when added up, they were not a small amount. He had spent about two hundred spirit stones in total. Including his previous expenses, he only had a little over four hundred spirit stones left in his storage ring.
This trip to the Ghost Market was quite fruitful.
But he was surprised to see the Yin Ghost Flag of the Kun Diagram for sale in a corner!
Although he didn’t know the seller’s face, it was undoubtedly one of Wu Lu’s accomplices. Yuan Ming was about to approach and start a conversation, but a cultivator beat him to it and bought it at an unknown price. The seller also left in a hurry, and Yuan Ming didn’t dare to follow.
Yuan Ming continued forward, and a black stone pillar appeared at the edge of the square ahead. Several luminous stones were embedded in it, illuminating a large area around it.
There were four such pillars in the market, located in the four corners, and the light they emitted illuminated the entire square.
Under the light, Yuan Ming looked around. By now, there were far fewer stalls than when he first entered.
Under the stone pillar was a stall run by a one-armed old man wearing a fox mask, who was currently sitting on a worn-out bamboo chair with his eyes closed.
A few items were scattered on the small stall, most of them spirit materials, and one magical tool, a dark red small shield.
Yuan Ming’s eyes lit up, and he squatted down in front of the stall, saying, "May I take a look at this magical tool?"
"Please," the old man said without opening his eyes.
Yuan Ming picked up the shield, channeled his spiritual power into it, and the shield immediately floated up, emitting a red glow, and a red rune appeared.
"A low-grade magical tool, what a pity!" he thought to himself.
With that thought, Yuan Ming put down the dark red small shield, intending to get up and leave.
The one-armed old man opened his eyes and called out to Yuan Ming, "Please wait, fellow Daoist."
"What is it?" Yuan Ming stopped and asked.
"Do you want to buy a defensive magical tool? This Fire Rock Shield is not bad. If you like it, I can give you a discount," the one-armed old man said with a smile.
"I’m not interested," Yuan Ming replied.
"Pardon my boldness, but do you have any beast eggs or exotic beasts on you?" the one-armed old man asked.
Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in Yuan Ming’s eyes. Not only did he have the Black Toad, but he also had a blue beast egg.
(End of Chapter)