“We should 

keep

 vigilant a

t all 

times.” 

Chuyi didn’t have the confiden

t

 countenance he always had. 

He carefully

 said, “If we can’t beat 

them

, you

’ll

 have to listen to me and go before it’s too late.” 

It seemed 

he was afraid that I would 

persistently 

stay here to find the mermaid’s 

tears

. He told 

me to

 prevent such a 

scenario

. 

I nodded. “What should we do to this man?” 

Chuyi thought, then directly threw Ryuzawa Ichiro through the window. No matter what, the Longquan Villa’s people 

were staying

 in the same inn. They 

would 

hear that commotion. 

Indeed, not long after the man was thrown out, the three elders appeared outside the inn. They hurriedly came and checked on Ryuzawa Ichiro. When they found that his neck was broken, they were all enraged

. Their 

red eyes 

gazed

 at us. 

Chuyi shrugged by the window. He even threw the others a provoking glance. 

The other three hated that they couldn’t just rush in and hit us. They needed to get Ryuzawa Ichiro to the hospital now. 

After they left, Chuyi said, “There’s no hospital in the Ghost Market. They have to 

take

 Ryuzawa Ichiro back to the mortal world. We need to take this time to find the mermaid’s 

tears

.” 

To extend our search range, we parted into two teams. Zen Master 

Baimei

 would 

check

 the shops, 

while

 Chuyi 

would take

 me to the center of the market. 

I

t would be July the fifteenth in 

a couple of hours

. Most of the buyers and sellers had arrived. The center of the place, which was also the core of this trading conference, was packed as ‘people’ were busily walking back and forth. 

It was beyond my expectation that wherever Chuyi passed by, 

both humans and ghosts made

way for

 him. I felt like we were VIPs. “How 

are you doing

 this?” 

“Because I’ve registered an ordinal number

,”

 Chuyi answered calmly.

“Since there will be so many people com

ing

 on July the fifteenth, the 

o

wner here has established ordinal numbers. We use the ordinal number to get priorit

y

.”

However, after 

we’d walked

 around the Ghost Market, we still didn’t find the mermaid’s 

tears

. 

“Chuyi, who’s the 

o

wner of the Ghost Market? Where is that person?” I asked. 

“

T

here are a few 

o

wners, not 

just

 one. The

re

 are Judges from the Underworld, Monster Kings, and even Demon Kings. They won’t show up 

personally

, though. Normally, they 

have

 their subordinates 

controlling 

the operation of the Ghost Market.” 

Then, he pointed at a palace-like building behind the Ghost Market. “They are right there, receiving the offerings. After the Ghost Market is over, they will return to their territories to continue their cultivation.” 

I nodded. With those earth-shaking existences watching over the place, who would 

dare to cause trouble

?

While walking around the market, we saw many bizarre otherworldly items, but we couldn’t find the mermaid’s 

tears

. 

I 

felt

 dispirited. The mermaid’s 

tears

were

 a rare treasure. If this market didn’t have 

them

, there was no shop on the street that did. Chuyi had the same thought.

 He patted 

my shoulder. “If we can’t find it here, we can release the news to the Circle when 

we go back

. I think we will 

hear

 some 

news

 about it.”

I sighed 

but

 didn’t want to give up now, so I asked Chuyi to find Zen Master 

Baimei

. 

Along

 the way, we saw ghosts rushing toward the village. While they were ‘running,’ they talked to 

one an

other. “They’re fighting! Hurry! 

Let’s c

heck it out!” 

“They don’t want to live anymore? 

They d

are 

to cause a

 mess here!” complained another ghost. 

I suddenly thought about Zen Master 

Baimei

. I turned to look at Chuyi. 

He 

also had a stern face. He immediately dashed away. 

When we came near the inn, we saw many people standing at the village entrance

. Both 

humans and ghosts 

were crowding the area.

 We

 then

 heard 

the sound of

 people fighting. 

When we finally

 arrived there

, we 

saw Zen Master 

Baimei

 fighting with One-armed Dragon. Although they were equally powerful, Zen Master 

Baimei

 was much older. He was slower than One-armed Dragon. I could see that he 

would have

 the 

lower hand

 soon. 

Gritting my teeth, I wanted to help him. Chuyi pulled my arm

 and said 

calmly

, 

“

This is a

 fight between 

those

 two. If we 

jump

 in, 

it

 will be a fight between the two sides. It won’t do any good to 

either

 side.”  

I pulled myself together. 

I thought that if 

the brawl was loud enough

, why hadn’t 

the manager come here to stop them? Didn’t they say they 

had

 a manager who took care of the security of the trade conference? 

I wanted to ask Chuyi this question. However, Zen Master 

Baimei

 suddenly spurted blood. He took a few steps backward and landed on his butt. 

One-armed Dragon gave him a disdainful smile and turned around

 before running 

away. I 

don’t

 know why, but he looked flustered when he left. He disappeared in just a blink. 

As there was nothing else to see, the onlookers left 

for the

 main market. I 

went

 and helped Zen Master 

Baimei

 get up. “What happened, Zen Master?” 

“

The m

ermaid’s 

tears

. He

’s

 got the mermaid’s 

tears

…” Zen Master 

Baimei

 said intermittently

 while s

purting blood continuously. 

Chuyi’s eyes brightened when he heard the monk 

mention the

 mermaid’s 

tears

. He told me to stay and take care of Zen Master 

Baimei. Then, he ran 

after the other party. 

I looked at Zen Master 

Baimei. M

y eyes 

turned

 watery. The monk had never liked to take action. And now, to help me get the mermaid’s 

tears

, he had 

fought 

with 

someone.

 How could I repay this favor? 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 wiped the trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth

 and said

to me

 worriedly, 

“Young Benefactor, I’m all right. Hurry, go after Chuyi! D

on’t be confused. Chuyi’s not their equal opponent. Go help him! Hurry up!” 

His voice was stern. 

As

 the Longquan Villa’s people weren’t here, I thought 

that 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 wouldn

’t be in any more danger

. I directly turned around and ran 

in

 Chuyi’s direction. 

When I reached

 the village

’s entrance

, 

the

 blurry 

picture

 in front of me suddenly

 became clear

. 

At the same time

, the structure of the village

 and 

the Ghost Market behind me 

became

blurry

. 

This feeling was like 

entering a new area 

in 

a

 game. From the outside, the player saw only one place. But when he entered, he 

found

 an 

entire

 new world. 

When I came to this place earlier, 

I didn't find it

 really scary

—perhaps due to the bustling Ghost Market

. 

But

 now, it was strikingly differe

nt.

I

 felt as if I was

on

 a deserted 

battlefield

from 

ancient 

times

. There were a few rickety structures and collapsed houses. Wisps of Yin energy arose from them.

Alongside the road

 were a lot of

 white skeletons. 

Many shadows slowly moved

 around the empty area ahead of me. They all had incomplete bodies and charred faces. They were all ghosts! 

While I was stunned, I heard footsteps. I thought someone had just 

arrived

. I turned around and saw a headless body holding its head standing next to me. 

Th

e

 body was decomposing. The head 

in 

its hands looked purpl

ish-

red

, and its eyes were wide open. 

I was so scared that I almost tripped myself. I hurriedly took a few steps backward. 

The corpse followed me

 and asked 

with rage

,

 “Did you see my head?” 

I was afraid that thing could bewitch me. I clenched my jaw

 and tried 

to calm down. Then, I pretended 

that I didn’t hear anything and

 continued 

to move

 away. The corpse asked me a few more times. I didn’t answer. In the end, the corpse left.

After he 

was

 gone, I sighed then rushed away. However, I had run for a long time, but I 

didn’t see

 any living human beings. I became worried.  

T

alking about speed, Chuyi couldn’t be much faster than me. He had left around ten seconds before I did. As I was in this deserted, empty place, I should be able to see him somewhere. 

Looking at the ghosts with blank or emotionless faces everywhere, I became more anxious. I thought I shouldn’t move further. I 

wore

 a Yang Concealing Talisman

 and 

approached a ghost

. I asked,

 “Where are you 

headed

 to?” 

The ghost stiffly lifted his head to look at me

. He looked at me with a 

doubtful and cautious expression

; I

t seemed 

he didn’t want to a

nswer me. I tried to make myself sound eviler

 and asked 

him one more time. 

This time, the ghost shivered

 and 

answer

ed

stiffly

, “

T

he River of Unmindfulness!”