Chapter 269: Chapter 267: Naless Wild Ghost
Two human-shaped statues stood atop the shop, one a white-clothed figure, tall and thin with a pale face and a long tongue protruding from its mouth. This figure wore a white-pointed hat on its head, with the words “Wealth at First Sight” written on it.
The other statue was clad in a black robe, its face fierce and its body wide and fat. It too wore a similar black pointed official hat, with the letters “World Peace” inscribed upon it.
Beneath the statues was a four-story building, its walls as white as jade tiles. The entrance was exceptionally wide, about three tis larger than the neighboring shops. It hung a large silver plaque with red letters reading “Impermanence Pavilion”.
Many ghosts moved in and out of the main gate of the Impermanence Pavilion. Those that ca out mostly wore smiles on their faces, apparently gaining much from their encounter inside.
“Impermanence Pavilion, judging by the na, could it be a shop created by the two Impermanence Officials?” Shen Luo asked, looking at the two statues on the rooftop.
“I’m not sure about that,” the Old Ghost shook his head and replied, “So say yes, others say no. Who knows? Just be sure not to cause trouble when you’re buying things inside, otherwise nobody can save you.”
“Thank you for your advice,” Shen Luo replied with gratitude, his mind whirring with thoughts as he left the shop.
However, he did not imdiately head towards the Impermanence Pavilion; instead, he looked around at his surroundings first.
At the pill shops he visited earlier, Breaking-realm Pills for the Qi refining phase were already imnsely expensive, costing him about thirty to forty pieces of Immortal Jade each. The pills for the Grain Avoidance Stage would certainly be even more costly – his current amount of Immortal Jade was likely insufficient and he needed to sell so of the things he had to gather the necessary amount.
Suddenly, Shen Luo’s gaze landed on a small miscellaneous goods shop in the distance. The sign outside read: “Naless Wild Shop,” with four large, crooked words.
“Naless Wild Shop… Isn’t that the place that child nad Yu Guan told to go? To think it actually exists here in the Ghost Market! Is it possible that the kid and the shopkeeper are in collusion?” He recollected the child’s advice, his mind churning with various thoughts.
Nevertheless, the impression left by the child was profoundly mysterious; he didn’t seem like a swindler.
His face undergoing various changes, Shen Luo weighed his options for quite a while before finally deciding to walk over.
The shop was small, and the interior was as chaotic as its na, “Naless Wild Shop”, suggested. Various items were haphazardly arranged, not categorized by type, on two shelves taking up the sides of the shop, which was about three to four feet wide.
There was a thick layer of dust on the lower two layers of the shelves, indicating it hadn’t been cleaned in quite a while.
There was no one else in the shop at that mont, only a blue-black ghost sitting behind the counter.
This ghost was short in stature, wearing a grey overcoat and a high peaked hat. Its head was covered in dust too, looking like it hadn’t been cleaned in a long ti.
“South of the wood, kudzu vines amassed. The noble gentleman rejoices, good fortune underfoot…” The blue-black ghost held a book in his hands and was humming irregularly, fully imrsed in what seed to be a poem, completely oblivious to Shen Luo’s arrival.
Shen Luo glanced at the book. It surprisingly turned out to be an anthology of poetry from the human world, causing him to chuckle.
He coughed, and when the ghost still didn’t break away from his poetry, Shen Luo knocked on the counter, calling out.
“Shopkeeper.”
“Ah, apologize, apologize, I was so engrossed in my reading that I neglected the custor. I am a Naless Wild Ghost, the proprietor here. Sir, is there sothing specific you are looking to buy?” The blue-black ghost hurriedly put down his book, a smile on his face as he asked.
“Naless Wild Ghost? Naless Wild Shop, they do match well enough,” Shen Luo chuckled without imdiately discussing business. Instead, he started strolling around inside the shop.
“Excuse my remissness, sir. It’s not that I am unwilling to reveal my na, but rather because I do not rember it. Hence, I call myself the Naless Wild Ghost,” the Naless Wild Ghost didn’t get angry, but instead followed Shen Luo docilely.
Shen Luo quickly inspected the entire shop and found nothing unusual. The so-called Naless Wild Ghost shopkeeper just seed to be an ordinary ghost, probably at the early stage of Grain Avoidance.
Frowning slightly, Shen Luo wondered why the child had directed him here.
After pondering for a mont, Shen Luo quickly abandoned these pointless thoughts.
“I’m not here to buy anything. Does your shop also purchase magical instrunts?” He turned around and asked.
“Magical instrunts! Of course we do, may I ask what the custor is looking to sell?” The Naless Wild Ghost’s face lit up, and he imdiately replied.
Shen Luo reached into his robes, groped around, rummaging inside the stone box in his pocket. He took out a golden Demon-subduing Pestle, which was the weapon of the Asura Puppet Ghost.
This Demon-subduing Pestle was undoubtedly a magical instrunt. Regardless of the materials or the quality grade, it far surpassed his Ghost Wailing Ring.
He originally planned to keep it for his own use in the future, but now, he had no choice but to sell it.
“Your Excellency, how about this magical instrunt…” Shen Luo started talking.
Before he could finish, a “clattering” sound interrupted his words.
A green bamboo tube rolled out from his robes and fell to the ground. After a few rolls, it laid still— it was the bamboo tube that he had been keeping in his stone box along with the heavenly book.
Shen Luo frowned lightly, guessing that while he had blindly reached into the stone box and taken out the Demon-subduing Pestle, the bamboo tube must have gotten scraped out too. He bent down to pick it up and casually stuffed it back into his pocket, placing the Demon-subduing Pestle on the shop counter as he did so.
However, the Naless Wild Ghost was not reaching out to examine the Demon-subduing Pestle. Instead, his eyes were glued to the green bamboo tube half-protruding from Shen Luo’s robes.
“Shopkeeper?” On seeing this, Shen Luo said, his eyes flickering.
The Naless Wild Ghost’s body gave a sudden jolt and he seed to co to his senses.
“Apologies, I lost myself for a mont there. But could you let take a look at this bamboo tube?” The Naless Wild Ghost pointed at the bamboo tube in Shen Luo’s robes, his face filled with anticipation.
After a mont’s thought, Shen Luo took out the bamboo tube and handed it over.
Since Gouhun Ma Mian had said that fighting was prohibited in the Ghost Market, the shopkeeper would not dare to steal his item. Moreover, it would also be helpful if he could ascertain the bamboo tube’s origins.
“Thank you, thank you.” The Naless Wild Ghost took the bamboo tube with glee and examined it carefully. His thin fingers lightly brushed over the bamboo tube, tapping it ever so gently – he handled it with the utmost care.
However, as ti passed, his brow furrowed. It seed as though he was having trouble understanding sothing.
“How could this be? Have I gotten it wrong?” he mumbled to himself. After a mont’s pondering, he beckoned towards the bamboo tube with one hand.
A black light shot out and struck the bamboo tube, imdiately disappearing into it.
A trace of delight appeared on the face of the Naless Wild Ghost. He pointed his hand at the tube once again, from which a thick black light surged continuously, flowing into the bamboo tube.
The originally green bamboo tube slowly started to turn black before quickly spreading out. In a few breaths, the green bamboo tube had turned into a piece of pitch-black bamboo with red dots appearing on its surface.
“Indeed, it is Netherworld Bamboo!” No longer pouring black light into it, the Naless Wild Ghost looked at the bamboo tube in his hands and announced excitedly.
Just at that mont, the red dots on the surface of the bamboo tube suddenly lit up. The black qi in the hands of the Naless Wild Ghost surged out like a dam breaking, pouring into the bamboo tube.
“Ah!” The Naless Wild Ghost’s face changed and he cried out in alarm, tossing the bamboo tube away as if it were a venomous snake. The flood of black qi emitting from his hands finally ceased.
The bamboo tube fell to the ground. After a couple of rolls, it stopped moving. The red dots on it flickered a few tis before slowly dimming.
The black hue of the bamboo tube then rapidly faded. In a few breaths, it had turned back to its original color of lush green.
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