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Chapter 243 The Ghost Market in the Oil Pot: A Place Apart from the Human World

The ghost has arrived.

Wei Yuan sat on Chen Xu's shoulder, looking ahead with curiosity.

The mouse huddled inside Chen Xu's sleeve, peeking out only its eyes to quietly observe the world beyond the cuff.

A small path led straight to the foot of the mountain, suggesting that the distance to the foot of the mountain was at most fifty meters.

Oh, they're finally going down the mountain.

But Chen Xu stopped at that moment, and a mist had risen up along the small mountain path ahead.

The strangest thing is that a fork in the road suddenly appeared in the fog.

A fork in the road that had never appeared before!
The mouse was startled and quickly shrank its little head back into Chen Xu's sleeve.

Wei Yuan, on the other hand, was much calmer. He even dared to use earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or magic) to go to Pufeng Mountain during his heyday, so he wasn't really afraid of ghosts.

What it feared was the inexplicable silence that had preceded it.

This is also the nature of living beings; at some point, they may suddenly fear a world that is completely silent.

Wei Yuan opened his eyes wide with curiosity. Just then, a strange, round figure suddenly emerged from the mist ahead.

No, rather than running, it was more like the figure appeared by tumbling and crawling.

As it scrambled towards them at breakneck speed, the figure emitted a sound so excited it was almost on the verge of tears:

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
My lord, you have finally appeared.

I've been eagerly awaiting your arrival, and it's finally here!
You have no idea how much torment and pain I have endured every night while waiting for you in the afterlife during these days without seeing you.

Waaah... Without you, there is no way to the underworld, and no moonlight in the netherworld.

Your Majesty!

The final cry of "Your Excellency" was truly poignant and deeply moving.

Wei Yuan's eyes widened; he was completely stunned.

The little mouse Ashi, huddled in Chen Xu's sleeve, was also stunned for a moment.

Its ears stood up, and its upper body involuntarily stood upright; the whole mouse was almost dumbfounded.

At this moment, Wei Yuan, who was sitting on Chen Xu's shoulder, finally saw clearly what kind of "thing" was speaking.

Using "thing" to describe that thing is absolutely appropriate.

Because the one who had just poured out his heart to Chen Xu was not the "short, round humanoid ghost" that rolled out of the mist, but a tray held in the palm of that short, fat ghost!
The short, fat ghost had dull, lifeless eyes and looked as if he had no intelligence.

In the center of the tray in its palm grew a huge, black hole-like mouth, which opened and closed, endlessly proclaiming worship.

"Your Excellency, just now when the moonlight rose, there was a brief overlap between the underworld and the mortal realm."

You have no idea, but I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of you slaying demons and monsters!

Waaah, so Your Excellency's strength is truly immense! This humble one is incredibly fortunate to have met Your Excellency.

Your Majesty, are you really not going to keep that brat by your side?
This little devil is willing to go through fire and water to serve you!
Your Majesty…

"squeak!"

Finally, a fluffy little head peeked out from Chen Xu's sleeve, angrily baring its sharp teeth at the tray ghost.

Chen Xu remained silent, but A Shi finally couldn't stand it anymore and leaned out to taunt the tray ghost.

The tray ghost immediately fell silent, pursed its lips, and shrank back.

Chen Xu was both amused and exasperated. He reached out and gently stroked the mouse's fluffy head, then asked the tray ghost, "What kind of ghost market is open tonight?"

Without uttering a single wasted word, he went straight to the point, and the tray ghost dared not waste any more words.

"Reporting to Your Majesty," the tray ghost hurriedly said, "the Underworld Ghost Market is also open, but somehow, I wandered along the road in a daze and ended up far from the Underworld Ghost Market, and instead saw the nearby Oil Pot Ghost Market." Oil Pot Ghost Market?

This name is quite interesting.

Chen Xu didn't speak, but only raised his eyebrows slightly.

The tray ghost, observing the situation, quickly explained, "The oil pot ghost market is where all the ghosts that want to go to the ghost market have to be rolled in the oil pot at the entrance of the ghost market."

Hehe, the longer you roll, the more ghost coins you'll get when you come out.

Many ghosts were still gathered around the oil pot, setting up betting odds and making a great commotion.

It is said that the longer you stay in that oil cauldron, the more karma and resentment you can expel from your body.

To be honest, even if I don't get any ghost coins, I'd still be willing to go and get fried in that oil fryer.

"But...hehe, my cultivation level is low, I might not be able to last long."

Is its cultivation level low?
That’s not necessarily the case!

Upon hearing this, Chen Xu suddenly raised his hand and flicked out a red cinnabar pill.

The small, crimson fruit landed in the tray ghost's mouth, which it crunched down in one bite, exclaiming with delight, "What a wonderful spirit fruit! What a delicious taste!"

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Look, what kind of low cultivation level is this?

However, it's just right if one's cultivation level is not low.

Chen Xu then heard the ghost on the tray wailing: "Your Majesty, you are truly the most generous master in the world. Waaah, I must have used up all my luck in life and death to finally meet you."

I'm so happy and touched..."

Chen Xu didn't speak, while the little mouse rolled its eyes in its sleeve.

Wei Yuan gripped Chen Xu's clothes tightly, staring intently at the tray ghost.

Chen Xu finally said three words: "Shut up."

The tray ghost hurriedly fell silent, while the short ghost raised its head and stared blankly at Chen Xu.

Chen Xudao: "Get to the point, what else is in the 'Oil Pot Ghost Market'?"

The tray ghost dared not waste any more words and hurriedly said, "After entering the oil cauldron at the archway, some of your karmic obstacles can be fried away. Then, in the ghost market, in addition to free trading, you can also use ghost coins to go back to your past life!"
In the middle of the Ghost Market in the Oil Pot, there is a Mirror of Stillness. After many ghosts have relived their past lives, they are suddenly able to gain profound enlightenment.

Then the ghostly body dissipated, and the true spirit entered the River of the Underworld, where it would be reincarnated on its own.

At this point, the tray-carrying ghost turned around and suddenly sighed:

"I don't know if this reincarnation is good or bad. To put it bluntly, the ghost body has already dissipated. What difference is there between it and courting death?"
Even if one is reincarnated, the person in the next life is not the same person as in the previous life.

Therefore, I will definitely not look into that Mirror of Tranquility.

Your Excellency, there's no need for you to use it. It can only show what happened before you died, not what happened before.

However, the Youguo Ghost Market is not without its own local specialties.

After passing through the oil cauldron, all the ghosts that went in to set up stalls will have their belongings purified.

There are many purifying substances that can be used by both the living and the dead.

There are also some ghostly energy spheres that can be bought and sold; these have all been deep-fried and are often dropped from extremely powerful ghosts.

Although these air clouds can often only be used once, some of them are really useful!

It is no less powerful than talismans made in the human world, nor is it inferior to talismans made in the netherworld.

At this point, the tray ghost spun around, looking extremely anxious, clearly wanting to obtain a few of those ghostly energy clusters.

(End of this chapter)