Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 637: The Three Great Divine Items

“What?”

I was stunnedand turned aroundto look. After a while, I recognized that the mermaid’stearswerecompressed into the form of a bead by some kind of force. Whenthey were used, theywould naturally turn back intotheirliquid form.

I couldn’t wait to have them. I turned to Chuyiinexcitement.“Howcanwe get the treasure?”

“They aren’t meant to be sold. They are the items they use to show offatthe Ghost Market. Butsometimes, theywillgive them away to the people whohavecontributed a lot to the market orhaveaveryactive team.Don’t worry. Except for us and the Longquan Villa, thereare noother people forming teams in thisyear's tradeconference. That’s why onlyusand the Longquan Villawillbe eligible to receive the rewards.”

I felt better. Even if I got the mermaid’s tears right now, One-Armed Dragon and his friends wouldn’t leave me alone. I shouldn’t worryabout themfor the time being.

Then, Chuyi enthusiastically introduced the other two treasures to me. The set of clothes on the left was said to belong to Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty,whilethe mask on the right used to be worn by a great Daoist Priest in the Han Dynasty. That mask’s attack power was shocking. Chuyi said that if the user could connect to the mask’s spirit, they could even release the fire phoenix. It worked the same wayasmy Invisible Needle.

Although they were great treasures, my mindwasoccupied by the mermaid’stears. I didn’t show interestin the other items.

We finallyeasedour worries as we’d found the mermaid’stears.Weheaded backto the inn to rest. When we reached the inn, a team of dark shadows surrounded us.

Subconsciously, I drew outthe Emei Piercerand wasready to defend myself. Zen MasterBaimeiand Chuyi held a hand in front of me to stop me. Chuyi smiledand talkedto the leader of the shadows in a language I didn’t understand.

Zen MasterBaimeitook the chance to mutter his explanation to me. “These shadows are the henchmen of the market’s owners. They are responsible for the Ghost Market’s security.”

I frownedand hada feeling that they didn’t come in peace.

Indeed, after talking to the dark shadow, Chuyigrimaced. He said carefully, “Those big bosses know that wegot in afight with the people from the Longquan Villa. They want to summon us to talk!”

“Then…”Sincethe ghost soldiers were here, I shot Chuyi a lookandasked him to run away.

He shook his headanddirectly told me, “You don’t need to think about running away. If thesepowerful bosses that run the Ghost Market were to join hands, eventhe King of Hell would beafraid of them!”

Zen MasterBaimeiwanted to say somethingwhensuddenly, everything turned black in front of us. The wind hissed by our ears. I felt my body floating up.

Soon, the light came back and I landed. I opened my eyes and found Chuyi and Zen MasterBaimeinear me. One-Armed Dragon and the other two were standing on the other side.It seemed the ghost soldiers had worked efficiently. I smacked my tonguein admiration.

Then, I pulled myself together and observed the place. We were inside a hallthatwas lit up with rows of flickering blue candle lights. Westood on one end of the hall while the Longquan Villa’s teamstood on the other end.

All of a sudden, we felta powerful presence.It wasthe bossesandowners of the Ghost Market. Their names were well-known everywhere. They were theMonster King, the Judge of Hell, and the Demon King…Six rectangle boxes were placed on an altar in front of them.

Iwondered whatwasinside those boxes. From the number of boxes, I guessed they were for us.Are they going to ask us to drink some poison? Isthisour execution?

Soon, Irejectedthis idea. If they wanted to kill us, they didn’t need toput on this show.

I turned to Chuyi. He looked dumbstruckand shookhis head.

Acharming female voice arose. “We shall start now. Each of youwill choosea box.We’regoing toplaya game with you. Haha.”

No one made a move after the woman said thatas we didn’t know what her plan was. Even One-armed Dragon, who was normally haughty,didn’t move an inch. Anyway, we were nothing in front of the three bosses of the Ghost Market.

The woman appeared clearer in our vision. She waswearing a redwedding dress with a phoenix headwear. She had a small mouth. When she spoke, her red lips parted seducingly.Unfortunately, her face was chalk-white. It looked as thoughshe had a thin layer of whitepowderon her skin, whichreduced her beauty.

While I was assessing her, she also checked us. Her voicegrewcolder. “You have violated the rules of our Ghost Market. Accordingly, all of you should be executed and your souls sent to Hell. But as it’s the first time you’veviolated the rules, I’m going to give you a chance to survive!”

I exhaled. Chuyi shook his headand whispered,“Don’t believe her.”

Indeed, the womansmiledcunningly as she explained her game to us.

Each of those six boxes had a famous otherworldly item. They wanted each of us to choose one. Then,they would randomly match us for a battle.

During thebattle, we could only use the otherworldly item we had chosen. Otherwise, we would lose. There was no regulated fighting mode or fixed arena. We could choose any place in the Fengdu area to fight.

When the woman finished her introduction, the shadows sitting next to her all laughed at once.

Then, sheraisedone hand. Immediately, right in the middle of the hall, a screen made of flames was conjured.

I was stunnedand watchedthe flame screen divideinto countless smaller screens.Thosescreens were monitors positionedatevery corner of Fengdu!

Perhaps she just wanted toopen our eyes,soshe picked a small screen and zoomed into it. Immediately, we saw ghosts and humans movingon thescreen. We even heard them bargaining.

Then, the woman turned the screen back into countless smaller cubes. She saidhumorously, “When yougoback, spend timestudyingyouritem. You shouldn’t think about running away. Every move of yours is watched!”

When she said that, I was almost petrified. I gaveup all ideas of fleeing.

Zen MasterBaimeiand Chuyi looked better than meastheyhad a betterstate of mind than I did. After a moment ofcontemplation, theymovedforward and picked a box.The Longquan Villa’s people rushed toward the altarand sawthat the other two had already chosen their boxes.

“The ratio is the same. You don’t needto freakingrush!” I cursed under my breath. I was the last oneto pick abox.

Then,the womanconjured six pieces of paperthatfloated in front of us. We chose one each. In the end, we gotamatching result. Chuyi vs Yi Zhangqing; Zen MasterBaimeivs Yi Yang Tiger; and I would fight against the strongest among them, One-Armed Dragon…

“To ensurefairnessinthe game, before your match starts, you will not knowtheotherworldly item your opponent has chosen.Goback and prepare. The first match will begin at 8:00 AM tomorrow!”

After the women said that, the shadows disappeared before we couldspeak. Then, the ghost soldiers took us back to our inn.

At the moment I went upstairs, One-Armed Dragon shot me a cold glanceand sneered. “I hope you’re nottoo weak.”

“Don’t worry.You’ll have a chance to see that,” I barked back. However, I was anxious. One-Armed Dragon was the strongestofthe three elders, while I was the weakest in our team.

However, as it wasaruleinthe game that if Chuyi and Zen MasterBaimeidefeated their opponents, and One-Armed Dragon defeated me, theoverallresult wouldn’t be affected.

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