I Can’t Be a Sword God

"The sky is dry and things are dry, be careful with candles..."

On the old city wall, there was a sound of clappers.

Thick ink-like darkness flooded the surroundings, except for a pale lantern hanging over the city gate, illuminating a small circle of light several feet in radius.

The stooped old lady with shambling steps walked into the city gate in a black robe, carrying a basket covered with black cloth in her hand.

Walking to the gate of the city, a baby cried suddenly from the basket, "Wow——"

The high-pitched cries were harsh.

"Oh...the baby is awake." The old woman said in a coaxing tone, "Don't cry, don't cry, if you cry again, grandma will eat it for you."

The crying stopped suddenly.

I don't know if she used some other means, or the child understood the polarity reversal between "eating grandma" and "grandma eating".

Sitting at the gate of the city was a skinny old man carrying a clapper. When the old woman passed by him, she nodded, and the skinny old man also nodded in response.

After a while.

In the darkness ahead, another slender figure came over. When passing by the old man, he stopped and asked, "Grandpa, I want to get some baby spirit blood. Is there any in today's episode?"

It was a feminine male voice. When speaking, a bright red tongue fell from the shadow of the hood and flicked back and forth.

"The old lady cat just brought one in. I don't know if there is a stall. You can go and have a look." The old man known as the grandfather nodded his chin.

"Thank you, grandpa."

Long Tongue thanked him and walked into the gloomy old city.

Immediately, three more people walked out of the darkness.

These three people are also covered with black robes that are standard in the ghost market, and their hoods cover their faces, making it impossible to see their faces and body shapes clearly.

But it can still be seen that the first person is extremely handsome.

The old man looked at these three people and raised his eyebrows.

Li Chu walked out of the "Ghost Gate" and came here. When he saw the old man sitting at the gate of the city, his eyes paused for a while, but he didn't look much.

Just walk over.

Suddenly the old man called out: "Stop."

The three stopped, and Li Chu turned around.

The old man asked: "Why do you go in?"

"Shopping." Li Chu replied.

"What to buy?" the old man asked again

"Medicine." Li Chu replied again.

"What medicine did you buy?" the old man asked again.

"Fate medicine." Li Chu replied again.

The old man narrowed his eyes, his eyes were like knives, he lingered between the three of them, and finally said after a while: "After entering the door, go east, there is a little girl selling life medicine at a stall."

"Thank you."

Li Chu thanked him, then turned and left.

The old man looked at their backs, thought for a while, then got up suddenly, and walked into the darkness.

This darkness is like sea water, once the old man entered it, he seemed to be a swimming fish, and his figure instantly swam out of the boundless distance.

There seemed to be two lanterns hanging high in front of them, but when they got closer, they realized that they were actually a pair of eyes.

A pair of miraculous eyes with insight into the blue sky and the yellow spring.

I'm afraid he must have a mountain-like body to have such big eyes.

"Lord Tongyou." Seeing those eyes, the old man landed respectfully, "I just saw three people entering the market, and there seems to be something wrong with them..."

"oh?"

The terrifying existence in the darkness just let out a soft sound, and there seemed to be big waves rolling around.

"But there's nothing wrong with it in my opinion."

"But..." the old man hesitated, "I have been guarding the ghost city for more than a hundred years, people like this can spot them at a glance..."

"Then!" Master Tongyou interrupted him: "It's because you are wrong."

"Ah, this..." The old man was stunned.

"In short, don't provoke them."

Master Tongyou's voice seemed to contain anger.

The old man didn't dare to argue anymore, he turned around obediently and left.

Tongyou is a remnant of the prehistoric times.

The ancestors used to be called divine beasts, with powerful innate supernatural powers, that is, "knowledge of ghosts and gods", able to see through many things that ordinary people cannot see.

It is precisely because of this kind of innate supernatural power that this Tongyou can be selected as the existence to guard a ghost market.

With it, no one with evil intentions can get into this ghost city.

I was actually questioning Master Tongyou's vision of knowing ghosts and gods... After the old man left, he couldn't help feeling annoyed at his stupidity just now.

...

After Li Chu and the others entered the gate tower of the ghost city, they followed the old man's guidance and walked eastward.

On both sides of the road, there are many stalls paved with ancient animal skins, which are far away from each other, at least five or six feet apart.

The people behind the stalls were also wearing black robes, so they couldn't see their faces clearly, except for some really weird ones, as long as they were in human form, they all looked similar.

There are not many people like Li Chu who can look handsome even if they cover their bodies and cover their faces.

Although there are many stalls and many customers coming and going, the atmosphere here is still desolate and lonely, with a thin mist and darkness as the background color of everything. Everyone is talking in a low voice, and there is almost no sound.

As for the things displayed on the booth, it is even more strange.

The severed limbs, eyeballs, tongues, internal organs of various creatures...these are just ordinary, and there are some pots and jars with "Yellow Spring Water", "Graveside Rice", "Da Neng Ashes"...etc. A strange thing that adds up to a meal.

There are also fish kowtowing on the land, dead monkeys covered with talismans... The most conspicuous thing is a solitary human head resting on the ground, its eyes rolling around, and it keeps calling for help.

I don't know who would buy this kind of thing.

As for the talismans, magic tools, and strange objects, there are countless of them, but most of them don't know each other.

They were not very curious about it, they just wanted to quickly find the life medicine that bound Wang Longqi's father.

I kept walking and found a booth in no time.

There are a few medicinal herbs on the stall, but the medicinal herbs are all pasted with yellow paper with the birth date written on it.

It is exactly the same as the life medicine described by the spider spirit.

It should be here.

They looked at the stall owner, slightly confused.

The old man calls this a little girl?

The person sitting at the back of the booth, judging from the degree of protruding figure, can tell that it is indeed a woman... It can even be said that she has a good figure. But what was on his head was a huge fish head. It is covered with blue scales and raised fins, even the hood can't hide it.

A mermaid with a fish head and a human body?

The murloc turned his head when he saw someone approaching.

Of course, this is not disrespect, but because the eyes of the fish head are on the side.

"What?" it asked.

Listening to the voice, it is really a woman's voice.

Wang Longqi leaned down and carefully looked at the four plants of life medicine on the booth. The date of birth on them was scanned, and pointing to one of them, he said excitedly, "This date of birth belongs to my father!"

No wonder he was excited.

After running around all the way, I finally found the result. As long as he got this medicine, at least his father's life could be saved temporarily.

As for how to untie the curse, that is a later question.

Li Chu looked at the four life medicines and said, "I want them all."

"Oh?" The murloc sized them up, "I got this life medicine from Empress Yao, and it's all ripe and very expensive."

"Let's make a price." Li Chu said calmly.

It has matured, which means that each of these life medicines is a life, and must not fall into the hands of evil spirits.

So his tone was very firm.

"I want..." The murloc's big eyes rolled, "The ghosts of the four mysterious yin sunflowers and water life."

Li Chu replied without hesitation: "No."

No matter what Xuanyin Kuishui Ming is, if it wants to trade with ghosts, it is impossible.

Since the bazaar is a barter market, it is normal to not have what you need at that time, so there must be more than one demand for stalls.

Hearing that he said no, the murloc changed his mind and said, "Then forty beautiful faces must be freshly peeled off within seven days."

Li Chu frowned slightly, "No."

The murloc also seemed a little displeased.

It said again: "Then a heart of a dragon descendant, at least the second generation blood descendant of a real dragon."

this……

There really is one in Deyun Temple, and it is the real dragon itself.

Just a little fatter...

Of course it is impossible to give it.

After all, what it said was not something that could be obtained by formal means, and it was impossible for them to do that kind of thing.

So Li Chu shook his head again and said, "Not this one either."

There was clearly visible impatience in the murloc's big eyeballs.

At first, I thought you were a rich man when I heard your tone of voice, but it turned out that this is not, that is not, you don’t want to prostitute for nothing, do you?

Do you want to give my wife a next time promise?

It said angrily: "Why did you come to the ghost market without anything? The last thing, I want to live with yang energy! If there is no more, you don't have to ask anymore."

Li Chumeifeng gathered together.

In fact, he came to the ghost market for the first time, and the situation was unknown, so he didn't want to cause trouble... So he planned a total amount of twenty taels of silver for this operation in his heart.

If the transaction can be completed within this amount, everyone will be happy.

As it is now, the other party doesn't want money at all, and if the deal cannot be negotiated, then they can only resort to some impolite means.

"Eh."

Wang Longqi next to him suddenly pulled him and pressed his shoulder.

Wang Longqi turned his back and said in a low voice: "Li Chu, don't worry. We are here for the first time, and everything is unclear. We should try our best to talk if we can. If we can't... Sigh."

He bears the burden of humiliation, as if he is about to make some great sacrifice.

Say it.

Wang Longqi looked at the ferocious fish head with a woman's body, gritted his teeth and said, "Yang Qi, I can give it to you!"

"But I have a request..."

"When taking Yang Qi, you have to wear a mask..."

"and……"

"No kissing."