I checked the time and found that it was

 early morning

. However, it was still twilight outside. 

“There’s no daylight in Fengdu. Most of the time, it will look like twilight. There will be five hours 

of darkness

 to give the living people who join

the Ghost Market time to rest.” 

“

T

his Ghost Market is really human

-friendly

.” 

I shifted on the bed, but I couldn’t sleep because I was 

too

 excited. Chuyi d

ecided to take

 me outside to widen my knowledge. I hurriedly got up. When we passed by Zen Master 

Baimei

’s room, I wanted to call him to go with us. However, as I heard him snoring, I didn’t want to disturb him. 

As soon as we got out of the inn, I scurried around to see the shops on both sides of the streets. 

“Hey, calm down. You should wait

. T

here will be good things to see later

,”

 Chuyi told me. 

I refrained from my curiosity 

and

 walked with him. After walking for around ten minutes, the path in front of us changed. There 

were

 no more 

streets

 or buildings. 

I saw

something that looked

 like a traditional market. However, there was no roof. 

“This is the location where the trade conference 

will be

 held this time. However, i

t hasn’t opened yet, 

so 

there aren’t

 many ‘businessmen’ here. Although there 

are

 only a few sellers here, I 

can

 see 

the

 powerful mass of Yin energy they

’ve

 created in the air

.

 Don’t underestimate them. They are all on the Ghost King level, thousand-year

-

old monsters, or spirits living deep in the mountains. They

’ve come

early

 because they are afraid that they 

won’t be able to

 sell their goods. Although they 

have

 good stuff, their stuff 

is

 very expensive. That’s why they 

can't sell them fast

,” Chuyi explained to me. 

“What are the prices?” 

“Your longevity, your children’s karmic rewards,

 stuff like that

.…” 

I felt awkward

 and thought 

that it was understandable why they couldn’t sell their stuff. Who would have the mind to exchange years of their life for some item? 

However, I was curious to see what they were selling. I wanted to go there

, but 

Chuyi hurriedly stopped me. 

“Don’t. Those Ghost

s Kings 

like to force people 

into

 buying their stuff. Do not appear in front of them at any cost. They may stalk you later. Although they won’t do anything to you during the time of the trade conference, they will 

hold

 a grudge against you later.” 

I didn’t expect to have to 

learn so

 many things for just a trade. Licking my lips, I wanted to leave. However, when I turned around, I saw a figure inside the market. Instinctively, I stopped walking. 

“What’s wrong?” asked Chuyi. 

“I think I

’ve seen 

that person before. Do you know him?” I looked at a young man who looked smooth, chubby, and white. Although I had just caught a glance of hi

m

, I 

had

 a familiar feeling. 

Chuyi carefully took a glance 

at that

 man then said, “Oh, he’s a jade spirit. Every time I come here, I see him. What’s wrong?” 

“A jade spirit?” 

I was surprised. Then, I remembered the secretary who had dreamed 

of

 being 

molested. W

hen she 

woke

 up, she had a lot of kiss marks on her nec

k

. I had helped her 

solve

a case regarding

 a jade spirit. To prevent that thing from harming people, I had directly melted it. 

When Chuyi told me it was a jade spirit, I recognized that there was 

a

 special aura

 about

 those jade spirits

.

I had thought that I would see a lot of rare and interesting stuff

, but

 I hadn’t expected to encounter so many rules. Gradually, my 

enthusiasm

 was drained, so I asked Chuyi to bring me back. 

Unexpectedly, he waved his hands

 and told 

me not to rush. He checked the time then said, “A treasure is about to show. Moreover, the seller won’t force you to buy it. Let’s wait and check it out.” 

As he 

had become

 mysterious again, my curiosity was aroused. “What

 is it

?” 

Chuyi blinked

 and blushed

. “What do men need the most?” 

“Money?” I answered instinctively. Men had to feed their 

families

. Money should be the 

most

 important thing. 

Chuyi shook his head. “No

. O

f course, men need healthy kidneys.” 

“Haha!” I couldn’t help but laugh. 

“So, this place also sells something like Viagra?” 

Chuyi nodded. “Wait and see.” 

As soon as he said that, a melodic voice came from the sky. “Hahaha, here I come again!” 

After that, a market stall suddenly appeared in the market a

long

 with a white-headed old man. As soon as he appeared, he started to 

work

 with an iron wok on his stall

, which

 contained hot sand and dust. Sometimes, he used his hand to stir the dust like a chef stirring his vegetables. 

“What is he doing?” 

“Just wait 

and

 see.” 

As the sand in the wok was heated up, many five-colored pellets appeared in the wok. They kept tumbling for a while. Soon, they exuded strong fragrances of shrimp and meat. 

The old man then conjured a male dog from his stall and exposed its body. Then, he took a pellet from his wok and put it into the dog’s snout. 

After the dog had swallowed the pellet, it rolled on the ground as though it was in a frenzy. Soon, it la

id

 on the ground

 and panted

. 

Before I could ask what had just happened,

the dog slowly 

floated

 up. It stopped around half a meter 

in the air

. 

T

he dog spun slowly, revealing its weenie, which was small and soft at first. After eating the pellet, the dog’s weenie turned red and big like a hot iron rod… 

I was baffled. After a long moment, I pulled myself together

.

 “How 

can it

 be?” 

Chuyi nodded embarrassedly. “

T

hat old man is a shrimp spirit. Because shrimp can boost men’s stamina, he

 has

 decided to come here to sell his Divine Pellets.”  

It turned out the pellets were called 

‘D

ivine 

P

ellets.

’

“I guess his business is really good

.”

 I was curious. 

“I think so.” 

After saying that, Chuyi asked me to go back. On the way, I saw that his face was red

. 

I felt hot, too. 

Those

 pellets were truly divine as we couldn’t help ourselves after just inhaling its fragrance. 

When we 

returned

 to the inn, the sky was dark. As there were only a few hours of ‘

night

’ here, we seized the time to sleep to replenish our strength. 

However, not long after we went to sleep, there was a loud commotion outside.

Chuyi and I almost got up at the same time. We heard people begging for mercy and someone shouting and crying. 

Curiously, I went to the window to see. Not far from our inn, ghosts were surrounding a spot on the street. There were also living humans mingling with the ghosts to watch the fun. 

Inside the circle of 

ghosts

 la

id

 a haggard-looking middle-aged man. He had wicked eyes, which wasn’t a good first impression. 

Floating next to him was a cute, small rabbit that was constantly blowing dark gas toward him

.

 Every time the dark gas hit him, the middle-aged man shivered. Soon, he vomited blood

. It looked like 

he 

w

ouldn’t 

be able to e

ndure

 it 

for a long time. 

“Didn’t you say that someone would ensure the security of the trade conference? That rabbit almost kill

ed 

the man. 

Why does nobody

care

?” 

That man looked like a living human. My chronic occupational disease surged in me, making me want to save him. 

Chuyi shot a glance at the man then snorted. “He deserves that. I’ve seen this man. He comes here every year

, b

ut he always wants to make use of the ghosts. He promises to give them good stuff, like burning them more money paper, and offerings. But he has never kept his promise. He 

gets

 the good stuff, but he 

doesn't

help

 the ghosts

.

 He’s capable

 and

 only chooses 

to trick the

 little ghosts. That’s why 

people ignore him

.” 

Chuyi was a little angry. “He’s even tricked 

the dead

. This sort of man should die. Moreover, the trade conference organizers won’t care about 

a

 situation like this. You shouldn’t put your nose in it.” 

I nodded. I had thought 

of helping

 him because he was also human. I didn’t expect to hear such a disgusting story.

Chuyi went downstairs

.

He said, 

“We can go and see. Just don’t make 

a

 move.” 

I followed him

 as I wanted 

to see what the man had done to tri

ck 

the little rabbit. When we 

got

 there, the middle-aged man was dead. However, the onlookers hadn’t left yet. 

T

he little rabbit had a small stall next to the dead body, and there was only one white hair on its stall. 

As the rabbit didn’t transform into human form, it couldn’t talk. Chuyi asked someone standing next to him

, 

“What happened?” 

A ghost wearing a Chinese tunic garment kindly explained the situation to us. 

“This man bought an Invisible Needle from the rabbit and promised that he would give offerings to it for three years. He didn’t keep his promise. The rabbit wait

ed

 for him

 in the market

 this time

, and

the man

 was killed as soon as he got here. He deserved 

it

.” 

I gave him a friendly smil

e and asked

, “What’s the Invisible Needle?”