Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 638: Prince Ma’s Whip vs Ghost Cutter

As soon as weentered theroom, Chuyi opened his box. Lying inside the box was a heavy bronze whip. The bronze whip was dull, and itshandle was coveredingray mold. To me, itlooked like a brokenitem.

I weighed it in my hand and found it was heavier than the eight-faceted Han sword, which would affect Chuyi’s movements. I was worried. “Do you know whatthis is?”

Chuyi thoughtfor a moment,then answered, “It’s Prince Ma’s whip.According to thelegend, Prince Ma was a Daoist ghost catcher. He had a fierce appearance with a yellow face and red hair. Moreover, he had three eyes. Histhird eye could see ghosts and monsters.Wheneverhe foundthem, he would use this bronze whip to kill them. This weapon is most feared by ghosts and monsters.”

I knew about Prince Ma. Ifthiswas his weapon, of course, it wasn’t an ordinary weapon. Moreover, Chuyi was familiar with swords. It shouldn’t be a problem for him to use this whip.

Then, Zen MasterBaimeiopened his box. Surprisingly, it was a chain of redsandalwoodmala beads. Each bead was carved with many texts. Although I didn’t understand Sanskrit, I felt happy knowing thatthey wereBuddhist mala beads. Zen MasterBaimeiwas lucky because it was his favorite weapon.

Chuyi also felt better. “Zen MasterBaimei, what are the words on these mala beads?”

“I don’t understand them, either.” Zen MasterBaimeishook his head. He didn’t looktooexcited,though. Anyway, as he wasn’t a competitive person and didn’t show much of his emotions, Iwasn’t too worried.

They had both chosenideal weapons for themselves. I felt more confidentanddirectlyopenedmy box. Inside the box, I saw a sparklingsilverring.

The ring looked like an engagement ring, but instead of a diamond, it had a gem as red as agate. Although the gem had a shiny surface, countless red capillary vessels slightly throbbedinside.

At first, I thought it wasanawesome treasure. But when I put it on my finger, I didn’t feel anything. I handed the ring to Chuyi and asked, “Do you know whatthis thingis?”

Chuyi studied the ring for a while then passed it to Zen MasterBaimei. Theybothshook their heads.

Pocket-sized otherworldly items often required using blood to activate them. I bit my finger and dripped some drops of blood on it. I even read some simple spells to send my spiritual power into it.

However, after a long moment, the ringdidn’treact.

“Damn it!” I couldn’t help butcurse. There were only two possibilities when the blood couldn’t seep into the item. One, there was an intimidating spirit dwelling in that ring. Thatwaswhy it resisted the external spiritual force. And two, thisfreakingring wasn’t an otherworldly item!

This ring didn’t have anything special about it at all. Even Chuyi and Zen MasterBaimei,two people withgreat brains, wereat a loss. So, it was probably something trashy. I was puzzled and worried. I madea faceand said,“What should I do now?”

“Don’t worry. The Demon King said that before the battle, they will tell us the names of these items, right?” Chuyi said to comfortme.

I rubbed my faceand triedto look okay.All right, there’salways away. Perhaps what One-Armed Dragon got is even trashier than this ring!

Tomorrow morningwould bethe day of battle between Chuyi and Yi Zhangqing. We went to bed early. Soon, I heard Chuyiperformingbreathingexercises. I became tense again.

That Demon King hadexplainedeverythingbutthe punishment to the losers. It made me even more worried.I had a feeling that the losers woulddie.After thinking about this, I clenched my fistsandencouragedmyself. I wouldn’t hold my team back!

I drifted into sleep. When I woke up, it was already 8:00 AM. While I was thinking about how they would tell us the time of the battles, I heard the crowdcheerloudly from the center of the Ghost Market.

I went to the window to see. The area where the three precious treasures had appeared yesterdayhadchanged. There was a screen that projected the line, ‘Prince Ma’s WhipvsGhost Cutter…’ Underneath was the description written in Ghost language.

At first, we thought that the Demon King wouldprovideanintroduction about the otherworldly items and how to use them. Unexpectedly, besides the names,there was no other information.

“Things aren’t going to be easy…” I couldn’t hold back this comment.

Yi Zhangqing was anassassin equippedwith the mighty GhostCutter.Abloody fight between her and Chuyiwas guaranteed.

“The Ghost Cutter is a divine weapon that was used to kill ghosts during the Heian period in Japan. Its first owner was a samurai named Watanabe! He used this cutter tochopoff Ibaraki Douji’s arm and scared away the ghosts during the Night Parade. Afterward, the cutter got the name Ghost Cutter. I’m afraid it has absorbed a lot of ghost energy,” saidChuyi with a stern face. He told me and Zen MasterBaimeito wait for him in the inn. He needed to find a place tocleansePrince Ma’s Whip.

I knew I couldn’t find any useful information about the ring. Thatwaswhy Chuyi and Zen MasterBaimeihad towin. As the match had started, I was afraid that Chuyi would encounter danger if he went out alone. I suggestedgoingwith him sothatwe could take care of each other.

Zen MasterBaimei would be relatively safein this inn. Chuyi thought about it and agreed with me.

Afterwe leftthe inn, I found that both the humans and ghoststhat had joinedthis trade conference were watching the screen at the Ghost Market. The screen was split into two smaller screens. One was projecting me and Chuyi, while the other was showing Yi Zhangqingin a conversationwith Yin-Yang Tiger.

“Chuyi, no matter what you or Yi Zhangqing do,the otherwill know it. Howwillyou plan your battle?” I looked at the screens, feeling puzzled.

Chuyi was surprised, but he shook his head. “No one is going tomake such a low-level mistake. I’m surethey’ll find a way.”

Then, Chuyi took me out of the village. We wentto the place I hadalmost gone to, the River of Unmindfulness.

Heexplained, “In front of us is the River of Unmindfulness. It’s the darkest river intheworld. The riverispacked with ghosts who couldn’t reincarnate. That’s why the Yin energy there is always sky-reaching. I want to use the Yin-Yang converting principle. Byusing the Yin energy from the river, I canwash the impurities on the bronze whip.”

I had listened to the story of the River of Unmindfulness and the Bridge of Helplessness since I was a little boy. I was really curious about this mysterious place. Now that I wasaccompanying Chuyi, I wasn’t really scared.

After walking for half an hour, we sawthatthetreesonly hadbare trunks. Most of themwere broken in half. The ground had a thick layer of yellow-brown leaves. It was a sad scene to look at.

I didn’t know why, but when we were about to enter the woods, my heart throbbed. Subconsciously, I took a step back.

Chuyi pulled my armand mademestandbehind him. In a low voice, he said,“Watch out.”

I nodded and drew the Emei Piercer from my waist. Chuyicarriedthe Han sword on his back and walkedinto the woodswith the bronze whip.

After a few steps, Ismelled something pungent; it wasdecomposing flesh. At the same time, I heard some cracklinginthesequiet woods.

Some animal noises arose, just like the squeaking from rats. Buthow could rats live in a place like this?

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