My father has the appearance of an emperor

Chapter 4: Market (Part )

After a while, Jiang Chen woke up slowly.

He saw that he was still lying on the empty ground, and the purple-black soil gave off a peculiar, intoxicating smell.

Feeling myself again, it seems that nothing has changed.

Jiang Chen slowly stood up, took out his cell phone and looked at it.

Sure enough, it is not in the service area.

Jiang Chen picked up the sandalwood box on the ground, and it was empty.

Holding the box in my hand, I felt confused and didn't know what to do, when suddenly I saw a light in front of me.

The red light cut through the darkness and the fog dissipated.

As the fog receded, Jiang Chen was surprised to see that there was a market not far away.

It seemed to appear suddenly, surprising and mysterious.

The market is not big, with only one long street, lined with ancient wooden buildings on stilts. The eaves of the brackets are mostly carved with flowers, birds and animals, and some of them have huge stone lions standing in the front row.

The entire street is lined with red lanterns hanging in front of the gates, swaying in the wind. They are lined up in an antique style, and you can vaguely see figures in long robes with wide sleeves swaying.

Is this a return to the ancient feudal period?

Jiang Chen involuntarily walked towards the market. When he got closer, he saw that the market was indeed built in a cemetery.

There are large tombs all around, with tattered tombstones standing on them, arranged in a disorderly manner, and some uncollected bones can be vaguely seen.

At the central entrance of the market is a huge classical archway with exquisite carvings of birds and animals, cloud patterns and brocade, and two rows of ancient characters on both sides:

“Don’t pee in the bazaar.”

“Don’t bargain at the bazaar.”

Uh……

What a lack of manners!

On the street in the center of the market, some people were walking woodenly.

They were dressed in ancient robes, had pale faces, and walked with their bodies straight.

Some were dressed in white, as if in mourning, and they whimpered from time to time; some were carrying a red paper umbrella, with the upper half of their bodies covered by the umbrella, and under the umbrella came the rustling sound of swallowing food; and some were apparently floating as they moved.

Floating?

Jiang Chen was so horrified that he froze completely.

ghost!
These are ghosts!!!
Standing in front of the red archway, Jiang Chen's body was trembling slightly.

"Remember, fear will not help you with anything. You must learn to be calm, observe calmly, and think calmly. Recite it a hundred times!" My father's words rang in my ears like a wake-up call.

Do not be afraid!
"The novice level is not very dangerous. It mainly tests your wisdom and courage. You must have courage. Pick up the spirit of fighting against your father and treat those things as your fathers."

Jiang Chen thought of the words in the letter.

Now he knew what those things were.

Treat Gui as your father?
Dad, you really dare to say that!

Are you the legendary ghost father?
Jiang Chen closed his eyes and took a long breath.

He still stood in front of the archway, just watching.

My legs are so weak.

It’s not that I’m calm enough to observe, it’s that the only ability I have left is observation!

At this time, a white ghost that seemed to have been soaked in water for three days floated over and was about to hit Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen instinctively dodged to the side, but he was a little slow. The ghost's body collided with Jiang Chen's arm. Jiang Chen felt a mist passing through his arm, and then nothing happened.

The ghost just passed through his arm, walked out of the market, came to a tomb, fell inside, and entered the tomb.

"Huh!" Jiang Chen let out a long breath and patted his chest.

Standing at the entrance of the market, watching the ghosts moving around, some ghosts were even hawking their wares along the street.

Then I thought about how that ghost didn't seem to have any problem with me just now...

I hope what my dad said is right. This place isn't very dangerous, it just looks scary.

Jiang Chen worked hard to prepare himself mentally.

After a while, Jiang Chen finally faced reality.

As far as it can be seen now, I have indeed traveled through time and space, and came to the ghost world.

But these ghosts didn't seem to be dangerous, and the only thing he could do if he wanted to go home alive was to follow the system's instructions.

Leave the place of no return!

Well, it looks like we should go through the market.

Jiang Chen stepped in courageously.

The cold wind blew, and Jiang Chen inexplicably felt a chill on the back of his neck. He slowly turned his head and saw a pale female face looking at him. Only the face was visible, and the lower half of the body was a void of black mist.

When Jiang Chen turned his head, both sides...

Face to face!
Jiang Chen's pupils dilated, and he suppressed his inner fear and didn't scream out.

The pale female face looked at him, then turned away and floated away.

I go!

Are you trying to scare me to death?

Jiang Chen was breathing heavily.

I kept repeating to myself: Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, this is my father!

Just then, a peddler carrying candied haws walked up to him.

The peddler stopped and raised a pale dead face. There was only half a head left. The other half was probably eaten by a dog, revealing a somewhat rotten brain with maggots even gnawing on it.

He stared at Jiang Chen with one eye: "Would you like some candied haws?"

As he said that, he picked up a string of candied haws and handed it to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen immediately remembered his father's words.

"Don't ask for anything if you don't have money."

Jiang Chen swallowed hard and shook his head gently.

The vendor took back the candied haws with a sigh: "Business is not good."

He walked away carrying the candied haws.

Seeing that there was no danger, Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief and continued to move forward, soon arriving at the end of the market.

Just as he was about to walk out of the market, he saw the ground suddenly crack and a huge hand slapped the ground, shaking the earth violently.

Jiang Chen was startled and stepped back hastily, only to see a huge corpse crawling out from the ground, its body covered in rotten flesh. The dense seams made it look like an abomination, blocking the exit of the market like a city wall.

This super fat guy was sitting at the intersection, with distorted faces printed on his chest, as if he was wailing endlessly.

It stared at him and let out a low, hoarse, and intimidating growl: "Without the commandments, you cannot pass!"

Uh……

Jiang Chen reluctantly took a few steps back again.

Discipline...what the hell are those?
Look at the other party's super body.

Come on, you’re big and you’re awesome, okay?

As long as you don’t do anything, we can talk it out!
Jiang Chen turned around and walked back. After he had taken a few steps, he saw a peddler in coarse linen clothes and a ghost carrying a load on his shoulder appear in front of him.

Although Jiang Chen knew in his heart that he was not a human, at least this one looked much more pleasing to the eye than the previous ghosts.

When he put the shoulder pole down in front of Jiang Chen, he saw various cakes in the pole, including osmanthus cake, peanut cake, red date cake, etc.

The peddler looked at the sandalwood box in Jiang Chen's hand and said with a chuckle, "Young man, I think your box is very beautiful. Do you want to sell it for a hundred yuan?"

Box?

Jiang Chen looked at the sandalwood box in his hand.

This box was previously filled with shit, and Jiang Chen could still smell the lingering stench.

What the hell wants this?
Yes, this box is something my dad left for me, and I guess it will be useful.

But my dad only said that if you don’t have money, don’t buy things, but he didn’t say you can’t sell them.

Jiang Chen asked: "How much?"

The peddler said shakily, "One hundred yuan."

This is too cheap.

My father Jiang Luo has the potential to be an emperor, it is impossible for him to leave me only such a small inheritance.

Jiang Chen shook his head: "It's too cheap, can you increase the price a little more?"

Hearing this, the peddler, who had originally looked like a human being, suddenly had cracks on his honest and simple face, like a broken piece of porcelain, breaking into countless pieces. Jiang Chen could even hear the crackling sound of the fragments.

A terrifying giant mouth appeared under the mottled and shattered face, and it squirmed out a thunderous sound: "You bargained! You bargained! Hehehehe!"

It was as if the eerie and terrifying sound came from the eighteenth level of hell. The huge mouth opened wider and wider, grinning to both sides. A row of densely packed teeth, like a sickle, stretched towards Jiang Chen.

"Fuck!"

Jiang Chen only had time to shout out two words before the peddler swallowed his head in the next second.

Only the headless body was left outside, and blood gushed out from the severed head, dyeing a large area of ​​land red.

Jiang Chen, dead.

(End of this chapter)