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Chapter 176 The Tailor Shop and the Ghostly Funeral Garment (4k)

Lu Ming's goals and plans are very clear.

After moving the tourists away from Taiping Ancient Town, we went to investigate the ghost street in the old residential area of ​​Taiping Ancient Town.

Let's see if the Ghost Stage appears.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Ming dispersed the crowded people using the most efficient methods.

Upon seeing this, Li Yang was shocked and secretly marveled: "I didn't expect that Captain Lu had used the supernatural to this extent. What he just used should be the Ghost Domain, but even among those who control ghosts with the Ghost Domain, there are only a handful who can do this."

"But... why does the captain's ghost domain feel strangely familiar?"

After joining headquarters, Li Yang has been studying diligently and researching the sealed paranormal files.

Studying these paranormal files is partly to prevent ghost hunters from encountering the same vengeful spirits again, since ghosts cannot be killed.

On the other hand, it is to enable new ghost hunters to learn the relevant precautions for handling paranormal events at the lowest cost and in the fastest time.

Li Yang had never heard of a ghost tamer who could use the Ghost Domain to this extent.

Li Jun then spoke up: "Taiping Ancient Town is quite large. Should we split up? That might be more efficient."

Without a second thought, Lu Ming immediately rejected the proposal.

"You want someone to discover the situation and then contact the rest of the people via satellite phone? That's a nice idea, but it's actually impossible."

"There are some ghosts that, the moment you see them, if the supernatural confrontation falls into a disadvantageous position, you will be killed instantly, without any suspense."

Then, Lu Ming stopped playing the riddle-maker and started making arrangements based on the information he knew.

"The area in front, which is part of the scenic area, is fine. What's really noteworthy is the old residential area of ​​the ancient town, where some neutral ghost tamers live, and there's also a strange ghost street..."

"The source of Ghost Lake is deep in Taiping Ancient Town, but we are not here to deal with Ghost Lake this time."

"I need to find a strange county town that is shrouded in fog. If you have any relevant clues, please let me know immediately."

If I remember correctly, the legendary Ghost Stage was located in that eerie county town.

Or perhaps the entire eerie county was born because of the Ghost Stage.

As if suddenly remembering something, Lu Ming didn't forget to specifically remind Liu San: "By the way, don't let the paper figures wander around, they might cause unnecessary trouble."

The reason Lu Ming specifically reminded Liu San was because he remembered that there was a one-eyed old man living in the ancestral hall of Taiping Ancient Town.

The old man was a ghost tamer who had lived for a long time. Although he was not an old thing left over from the Republic of China era, he was a second-generation ghost tamer like Chen Qiaoyang and Zhang Xianguang.

The one-eyed old man's name is He Liansheng. He is a soul summoner in Taiping Ancient Town. By constantly summoning his own soul, he breaks the lifespan limit of a soul summoner and becomes an anomaly among ghost tamers.

If Liu San, this fiery young man, were to provoke He Liansheng, the two of them would likely fight to the death, neither willing to yield to the other.

Following the route he remembered, Lu Ming first crossed an old stone bridge, then looked to his right.

To his surprise, there was no such thing as a ghost street.

There was only an old, dilapidated wall there.

Like the Ghost Post Office, the Ghost Street in Taiping Ancient Town is only open to a select group of people.

People who do not meet the criteria cannot see the existence of Ghost Street even if they stand at the entrance of Ghost Street.

Or perhaps the selection criteria are not specific people, but rather that one must be at a specific time to see Ghost Street.

Li Yang asked, "Captain, what happened?"

Lu Ming roughly explained his conjecture.

"So, we can't get in now? We have to wait until a specific time?"

"Not really."

The Ghost Street doesn't exist in reality and cannot be entered using conventional methods.

But Lu Ming certainly didn't only use conventional methods.

The ghost bride then appeared beside him.

Wearing a bright red veil and a bright red wedding dress, the air around the ghost bride turned several degrees colder the moment she appeared.

ghost!
This was the first time Li Yang had seen the ghost bride beside Lu Ming, and he was immediately startled.

Having lived in the ghost painting for so long, he is extremely sensitive to the aura of vengeful spirits.

So in just a moment, he determined that the ghost bride next to Lu Ming was a real vengeful ghost.

"How did Captain Lu end up with a ghost?"

"This is completely beyond the scope of a ghost tamer..."

What shocked Li Yang was far more than just this.

Next, Lu Ming had the ghost bride use the real Ghost Painting Ghost Domain. The surrounding space was affected by the supernatural, losing its original colors and turning into a gray haze.

The ghost realm invaded the dilapidated old wall.

Lu Ming pulled all the buildings in the old residential area into the ghostly realm.

A ghost realm with a strength of five levels can directly affect reality.

As everyone watched, the buildings within the Ghost Realm gradually blurred. Ordinary things that were not tainted by supernatural phenomena were filtered out by the Ghost Realm and could not enter the fifth level of the Ghost Realm.

This layer of ghost realm is already able to connect to the supernatural world, sending some less terrifying ghosts away from the real world.

This is why many supernatural phenomena require five layers of ghostly realms to be observed.

This includes the Ghost Post Office, the corridor of the Caesars Hotel that doesn't exist in reality, and this Ghost Street right now.

Some haunted places do not exist in reality.

Therefore, we must break down the boundaries between reality and the supernatural in order to see the truth behind it.

As the ancient buildings gradually disappeared from view.

An unbelievable scene unfolded.

As the surrounding buildings gradually blurred, the old ghost street became increasingly clear.

It seemed to have appeared from some supernatural place that doesn't exist in reality.

The Ghost Painting Ghost Domain, which reached the fifth level of the Ghost Domain, forcibly broke through a certain boundary, which led to the appearance of the Ghost Street in Taiping Ancient Town.

"I wasn't very lucky; I didn't get to see Ghost Street like Wang Sheng did."

"Fortunately, it was successful in the end."

This time, Li Yang remained silent.

Because he couldn't speak at all.

When Lu Ming first saw the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain remove the tourists from Taiping Ancient Town, he was filled with amazement.

Now that the complete Ghostly Painting and Ghostly Realm were laid out before him, Li Yang was certain where that inexplicable sense of familiarity had come from...

"This is the Ghostly Realm, the place where I lived for half a year, a place like hell..."

"Countless ordinary people and ghost tamers have died here. The vengeful spirits wandering in the Ghost Painting World could easily cause large-scale paranormal events with just a few of them..."

"How could such a ghost be controlled by a person?"

Looking at the ghost bride holding hands with Lu Ming, a terrifying thought surfaced in Li Yang's mind.

At that time, Lu Ming not only resolved the ghost painting incident, but also successfully controlled this terrifying ghost.

Is the ghost painting the ghost next to Lu Ming?
No, it's not just that.

The nightmarish ghost painting is only part of the ghostly bride beside Lu Ming.

After realizing this, Li Yang's thoughts subtly underwent a change. His emotions at this moment were complex and could not be simply described as "shock."

Like a person in darkness who sees a faint glimmer of light, they want to grasp that last bit of light at all costs.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that it was not a faint light at all.

That's the sun.

"I respect Captain Lu as a god."

This sentence best encapsulates Li Yang's mindset.

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The others, including Lu Ming, did not notice Li Yang's complex inner thoughts.

They looked toward the ghost street that had appeared in reality.

On the ghost street in front of me, there were many pedestrians of all kinds, men and women, dressed in all sorts of clothes.

There are people from modern times and people from the Republican era. These diverse people are mixed together, as if they have witnessed the history of this street.

These pedestrians are clearly not real, but rather a figment of imagination.

However, under the influence of the supernatural, they appeared very real, with their expressions, gestures, and movements all flowing smoothly and naturally.

"Let's go in and have a look."

To be honest, even without considering the Ghost Stage, one of the Red Fiend Puzzle Pieces, Lu Ming was quite interested in this Ghost Street in Taiping Ancient Town, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

He now has 57 yuan of ghost money in his pocket, which he got from headquarters.

Among the vengeful spirits, inflation doesn't seem to be severe; unlike the stereotypical image of ghost money, where paper money is more valuable than real money.

Many shops on this ghost street have very reasonable prices and won't overcharge customers.

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The other four followed Lu Ming into Ghost Street.

To Lu Ming's surprise, both Xiong Wenwen and Liu San remained quiet and did not cause any trouble.

The former might be a little scared in this unfamiliar environment; after all, he's still just a little kid.

Liu San probably lost a paper figure in the eerie village where the ghost feast took place, and he felt a little heartbroken.

In addition, there were Lu Ming's specific requests.

Therefore, he did not release the paper figures to run around in Ghost Street.

Li Jun exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Everyone's gone?"

Once you actually enter Ghost Street, you'll find that all the different kinds of pedestrians you saw before have vanished.

Sure enough, the seemingly lifelike pedestrians were nothing more than supernatural projections.

It doesn't even qualify as a paranormal derivative.

The street was lined with quiet shops on both sides, with the occasional stall set up on the roadside.

There were hardly any pedestrians around, and it was unclear who these shops and stalls were for.

Lu Ming focused his attention on a shop that had gone out of business.

This shop occupies a large area and seems to have been once glorious, but things have changed and it has now fallen into decline.

What's most eye-catching is the three large characters written on the black signboard in front of the shop.

Ghost money exchange.

There are not many records about ghost money shops in the materials.

But Lu Ming had his own set of conjectures.

The so-called "ghost money" that has been tainted by the supernatural may itself be a ghost.

It is known that a certain ghost possesses the ability to split, and after its various parts split, they form special ghost coins.

If someone presents ghost money to Zhang Dong, the leader of the Seven Elders of the Republic of China, this ghost money will transform into a part of a vengeful ghost's body...
Those who controlled ghosts during the Republic of China era had ways to obtain ghost money, which probably came from these ghost money shops.

However, just like the ghost bus and the ghost post office, the originally stable haunted places will gradually go out of control over time.

Ghost money shops are no exception.

The collapse of money shops also led to ghost money becoming increasingly scarce and rare.

After passing the ghost money exchange, the five of them passed some vendors and arrived at a tailor shop.

The reason why you can tell that this is a tailor shop is because the three big black characters "Tailor Shop" are hanging on the white signboard.

"The tailor shop is a place that sells clothes, and every piece of clothing here is a ghost, making them extremely precious."

Lu Ming had an idea and immediately decided to go into the tailor shop to choose a piece of clothing.

These clothes were not chosen for himself, but for the ghost child.

The ghost baby doesn't get paid, so it's like working for free.

As the owner of Furen Building, Lu Ming naturally couldn't be too stingy and had to provide some benefits to his employees.

For example, bringing back a well-fitting ghost shroud for the ghost baby.

"To put it bluntly, a ghost baby can only be considered a ghost slave. It does not have the characteristic of being invincible, so it is still necessary to wear a ghost garment for self-defense."

Thinking this, Lu Ming told the other four to wait outside, and then led the ghost bride into the tailor shop.

His main concern was that he didn't want Liu San to come in with him.

Liu San is just a sixteen-year-old boy who is prone to causing trouble. If he shows up on his own, he is most likely just a paper doll who can act recklessly and there is nothing to be afraid of. But if he acts recklessly, Lu Ming and the others will be in trouble.

Push open the door and enter the tailor shop.

Two rows of clothes came into view, all kinds of them, but these clothes were for ghosts to wear, not for humans.

The sound of running water came from behind the tailor shop, as if someone was washing clothes inside without stopping.

After Lu Ming and the ghost bride entered the room, the sound of washing clothes stopped.

A middle-aged woman's voice came out.

It wasn't a sales pitch, but rather very sarcastic and cutting remarks.

"Get out! Get out now!"

"Why would you look at clothes on a dead person? What bad luck!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming's face darkened.

He had anticipated that the middle-aged woman in the tailor shop was a sharp-tongued ghost-controller.

But her words at that moment were extremely targeted.

It's understandable that the ancestral halls in Taiping Ancient Town don't allow the dead to enter.

But what do you mean by not letting the dead into your shop when you sell funeral clothes?
Moreover, although Lu Ming's physical condition was very poor, barely clinging to life, he had not yet become one with the ghost bride and could not be considered a true dead man.

So the dead person the mean woman in the tailor shop was referring to could only be the ghost bride.

Lu Ming had no intention of wasting time arguing with the shop owner.

He surveyed the room with an icy expression, then said coldly, "The funeral clothes here aren't cheap..."

"I only had 57 yuan on me."

"I'm afraid I can't afford normal consumption."

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