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Chapter 11 Strange Tales of the Ghost Market
"Then give me a bowl," Xu Qingling said, and found a table to sit down.

"Alright, young man, wouldn't you like a bowl?"

Sikong Yan hurriedly waved his hands, "I'm not hungry, no need, no need."

Although the aroma was incredibly tempting, Sikong Yan couldn't help but swallow hard, but he managed to resist.

The food sold at the ghost market, while not exactly grotesque, is imbued with yin energy. Any human eating it would definitely get an upset stomach, and might even fall ill.

So even if you really crave it, just forget about it.

However, Sikong Yan sat down in the chair next to Xu Qingling.

"Your body will be sewn back together. We are a royal embroiderer. No matter if your body is torn, broken, or your head is severed, we can mend it completely without leaving a single crack!"

Shouts and hawking came from the stalls across the street.

Xu Qingling turned her head and saw an old woman dressed in the clothes of an ancient palace maid, quickly threading a needle, with a large loudspeaker next to her, repeatedly shouting.

And what she was wearing...

It was a seven or eight-year-old boy with his head severed.

The little devil was lying there, and the old woman was holding a thread, constantly mending the severed neck of the little devil, and she was very fast.

The headless little devil seemed to sense the attention others were paying attention to him, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xu Qingling, revealing a childlike and cute smile, with two dimples. As he smiled, his eyeballs suddenly popped out... as if he was deliberately trying to scare Xu Qingling.

Xu Qingling: ...Luckily, I'm not afraid of ghosts, otherwise my heart condition would have been triggered by the fright.

The next second, the old woman slapped the head of the decapitated demon hard. Xu Qingling saw that the head was flattened by the old woman's slap, but the next second, it swelled up like a balloon and returned to normal. The old woman's withered hands straightened the head and scolded in a cold and hard tone, "What are you doing? What if something isn't patched up? What if you walk with a lisp in the future? You'll be reborn as a crippled person in your next life. Don't move!"

The headless little devil was now obedient and dared not move, nor did he dare to frighten Xu Qingling.

Xu Qingling turned around and saw Sikong Yan looking frightened yet desperately trying to comfort her, his face almost in tears.

When Xu Qingling looked at him, he forced out a smile that looked worse than crying and said, "I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid. If I lose my temper, I'll be even fiercer than him." As he spoke, he puffed out his chest.

In front of Xu Qingling, the female ghost, Sikong Yan naturally had to play the ghost. Seeing that Xu Qingling continued to look at him, seemingly not believing his words, he quickly continued, "It's true, his eyeballs just fell out. I can gouge my eyeballs out, and they can fly."

"And my hands, they can be folded off and attached to my butt."

Xu Qingling silently withdrew her gaze from Sikong Yan. Forget it, I won't look anymore. If I keep looking, I wonder if this child will break off his feet and install them on his head.

When Sikong Yan saw that Xu Qingling was no longer looking at him, he breathed a sigh of relief. Pretending to be a ghost was quite difficult.

"Miss, your soup noodles are ready." At this moment, the ghost shopkeeper placed a steaming bowl of soup noodles in front of Xu Qingling.

Xu Qingling looked at the noodles, which seemed no different from what she usually ate in the human world, and even smelled more delicious.

Picking up her chopsticks, Xu Qingling ate some noodles. The noodles were chewy and elastic, with a good texture. There were also slices of meat from some unknown animal, which were very tender. She lowered her head and took a sip of the soup, which also tasted delicious.

"How about it? Not bad, right?" Old Li, the ghost boss, was very confident in his skills.

Seeing Xu Qingling eating so heartily, Sikong Yan swallowed hard, but he refrained from ordering a bowl.

"Hey, you all know about the newly established Fengdu Leave Office in the Underworld, right?"

"Of course I know, I filled out a leave application form immediately."

At this moment, several ghosts also sat down at a table next to Xu Qingling, each ordering a bowl of soup noodles, and began discussing the latest happenings in the underworld.

The most talked-about topic among ghosts recently is undoubtedly the Fengdu Leave Office. Upon hearing this, Sikong Yan's eyes lit up, and he immediately perked up his ears to listen.

This time, he came to the Ghost Market to inquire about the Fengdu Leave Office.

"I heard that the director is a young woman, and quite beautiful at that."

"I've heard that this director has a powerful background, but it seems she got the position through connections. I've even heard that our Underworld Emperor has to give special consideration to the person behind her."

"I don't care how I got this director position. I just want a chance to return to the human world and see my family."

"By the way, did you know that the Underworld Emperor is reportedly planning to abdicate? I heard that he seems to favor Lord Black Impermanence to succeed him..."

"..."

Sikong Yan never expected that he would hear news that the Underworld Emperor seemed to be abdicating.

I don't know if this is just a rumor or if it's true.
If this is true, it would be a significant upheaval for both the underworld and the human world.

It's a pity they didn't discuss the matter of the Director of the Leave Department in Fengdu anymore. All he knows from them so far is that she's a young woman with a powerful background; the ghosts don't know anything else.

Just then, Sikong Yan's gaze inadvertently fell on Xu Qingling, who was eating noodles. Right, she was also a ghost.

I don't know how much she knows.

So Sikong Yan asked.

Xu Qingling finished a bite of noodles, then slowly looked up at him. "You want to know about the Leave Department and its director?"

Xu Qingling looked him up and down. "I do know some things that others don't, but if you want me to tell you, don't you also want to tell me some things, like why you're asking about them?"

Xu Qingling's sharp and aloof gaze fell on Sikong Yan, and for a moment, Sikong Yan felt as if he had been seen through.

"Okay, okay, then I'll tell you some information."

"The underworld and the human world seem to be two different worlds, but they are closely related..."

Through Sikong Yan's explanation, Xu Qingling pieced together the reason why Sikong Yan had inquired about her and the reason for requesting leave.

In this era, the existence of the underworld is not a secret among the upper echelons of the human world, and there are also many families practicing metaphysics in the human world.

Furthermore, the underworld and the human world sometimes cooperate and interact.

Of course, these metaphysical families hold the people of the underworld in high esteem and awe.

In particular, the establishment of the Leave of Absence Division is to assist ghosts with lingering attachments to return to the human world and fulfill their wishes. The human side knew about this almost from the moment the Leave of Absence Division was established and will continue to provide strong support.

And most importantly, there hasn't been a god descending upon this world for nearly a hundred years. The God of the Underworld is a god too...

Just ...

"...This Leave Department, and its director, are rather mysterious."

"To this day, no family in the human realm knows where the Leave Office is or what the head of the office looks like, so everyone is searching for it."

Xu Qingling understood. So this was why Sikong Yan came to the Ghost Market to inquire about the Leave of Absence Office?

(End of this chapter)