My mind went blank

.

 I turned around and 

ran away at my fastest speed. 

In many legends, Meng Po 

lived

 by the River of Unmindfulness. Every 

ghost that came

 here had to drink her soup to forget everything 

of

 th

eir previous

 life before reincarnating again. 

It was n

o wonder 

the

 ghosts here looked 

unwilling

. They wanted to

 keep

 the memor

ies

 of their previous lives! 

I was certain that I couldn’t 

get close

 to the River of Unmindfulness. If I drank Meng Po’s soup, 

my life

 would end here.

Still, n

o matter how hard I tried to run, I only saw new surroundings. I couldn’t find the way back to the village. 

Fengdu was the border between the two worlds. There were many forbidden lands

, and i

f one 

got

 trapped, 

they could

 die here. 

Walking aimlessly like this wasn’t the right solution. I looked at the vague area ahead of me.

 S

uddenly, I remembered the Invisible Needle.

It was an otherworldly item and it could fly fast. Perhaps it could show me the way! 

Even if I couldn’t get out 

immediately

, I w

ould at least save my strength

. I took out the Invisible Needle and used my 

thoughts

 to control it. The needle flew 

away quickly

. 

The Ghost Market 

didn’t cover

a large area

. 

Furthermore, C

huyi and the man from the Longquan Villa had strong Yang energy, which 

made

 them prominent targets to find. That

 was

 why I focused on finding the two of them. 

As the Invisible Needle was moving faster and faster, more and more

images flashed in my head. Soon, I felt 

a wisp of

 Yang energy from a 

certain

 image. I focused on that image and saw Chuyi standing before the three elders of the Longquan Villa. 

The place where they were standing was different from where I was. 

There were no 

wandering 

ghosts around

. However, compared to the wasteland here, it looked even more frightening. 

Before I could do anything, One-armed Dragon had taken action

 and aimed 

at Chuyi. 

H

e only had one arm, but every time he moved, a strong wind rose with him. Chuyi was holding his eight-faceted Han sword

and

 had 

the advantage 

of having higher reach

. He could relatively have an equal fight against One-armed Dragon.  

Right 

at

 this moment, Yi Zhangqing fetched some hidden weapons from her waist

 and darted 

them at Chuyi. 

Chuyi reacted fast. He wielded his sword and wiped Yi Zhangqing’s hidden weapons away. 

However,

this

 gave One-armed Dragon the chance to hit Chuyi

’s 

back. 

Chuyi halted. He withdrew his sword and slashed One-arm Dragon’s arm. But

 the latter seemed to be

 immune to pain. He 

raised

 his bleeding arm and grabbed the long sword. 

As I knew the situation was

n’t good

, I used the Invisible Needle to 

find my way

 toward Chuyi. 

At this

 moment, Yin

-

Yang Tiger suddenly moved after a long time of standing still. Both of his hands curved like a pair of claws

 that aimed 

at Chuyi’s wound on his back. Yi Zhangqing took the chance to throw more hidden weapons. Chuyi wanted to duck, but his body couldn’t move. 

“You 

bastards

! 

The three of you are

 attacking one

 person!

” I cursed, then used the Invisible Needle to stop the hidden weapons. At the same time, I threw the Emei Piercer at Yin

-

Yang Tiger. 

He didn’t know what I had darted at him, so he had to give up on attacking Chuyi. Chuyi seized the time and read a short spell. The eight-faceted Han sword glowed magnificently. It cut one of One-armed Dragon’s fingers. The man screamed and backed off. 

I stormed forward

 and stood 

near Chuyi. “Are you okay?” 

“Why are you here?” Chuyi said with a cold face. “We’re trapped. They don’t have the mermaid’s 

tears

. That Zen Master 

Baimei

wa

s fake.” 

Now I understood while the ghosts 

hadn’t

 come to intervene when One-armed Dragon and Zen Master 

Baimei

were fighting. Since 

they were from 

the same

 side, the ghosts must have thought that they 

were having

 an internal dispute! 

It wasn’t that hard to figure out. But as w

e were 

blinded by

 the mermaid’s tears

, 

we hadn’t thought the matter through. 

To give Chuyi more time to 

prepare

, I asked the

 enemy,

“What happened to Zen Master Baimei?” 

Before the Longquan Villa’s people answered me, I heard Zen Master 

Baimei

’s merciful voice coming from all directions. “Young 

Benefactor

, don’t worry. I’m all right.” 

As his voice grew louder and clearer, beams of golden light filled the place. 

Then, 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 appeared as though he had just descended from the sky.

After he landed, he put the mala beads back 

in

 his pocket. The golden light flashed, 

then

completely

 disappeared. 

“Zen Master, where have you been?” 

“They tricked me into coming here earlier. I didn’t know the situation, so I was trapped. I didn’t expect to see th

e 

two of you here.” 

I felt awkward

. 

Y

ou

’re too sincere

, Zen Master. Couldn’t you just say that you came here to help us? 

No

 matter what, 

now that

 Zen Master 

Baimei

 was here, our 

strengths

were

 equal. Although I was weaker than them, with th

e

 Invisible Needle, I wouldn’t be at a 

disadvantage

. 

One-armed Dragon’s team grimaced. Their smirk was gone. They

’

d decided to attack us in the market and 

divide us

 as they were afraid that they 

wouldn’t be able to

give

 a nice report to their 

superiors otherwise

. 

However, 

the three of us had found each other by chance. 

Now that

 they had climbed on the tiger’s back

, t

hey 

had to

 figure out how to get down! 

Chuyi had rested

 enough. He asked 

coldly

, “Do we still need to fight?” 

The people from the Longquan Villa 

made

 ugly faces. However, they didn’t answer him. After exchanging looks, they flew backward. 

“What did they mean?” I asked. 

“I’m lucky that you two came. Otherwise, I 

couldn’t

 even dare to imagine 

the consequences

,” said Chuyi. 

This area wasn’t the Ghost Market, so the owners didn’t 

bother to protect

 the land here. The people from the Longquan Villa had seized this chance to carry out their dark deeds. They wanted to finish us discreetly. 

However, as the three of us were 

reunited

, 

fighting 

could create a big commotion that 

would require

 the big boss of the market to 

step in

. 

If that happened

, 

let alone taking revenge,

 the people from Longquan Villa 

might not even be able to

 leave Fengdu. They understood this well. That

 was 

why they had decided to leave. 

“

That was close,

” I 

blurted out

.

I was worried, though. As they had used the mermaid’s tears to lure us in, they knew why we 

had come

 to the Ghost Market. 

I

f 

the 

mermaid’s tears 

were

 sold at this trade conference, they could buy 

them

 before us. No matter what, they were equally 

rich

! 

Chuyi understood this. He immediately took us through layers of illusions to return to the center of the trade conference. 

T

he market was so crowded. Stalls had packed the original market

, and even

 more stalls were on the streets outside. 

We walked around but stil

l couldn’t find 

the mermaid’s 

tears

. Suddenly, three 

flows

 of white light crossed the sky. 

The p

eople and ghosts cheered happily. Even Chuyi looked yearning when he saw the light. 

I checked the time. It was right at midnight. Finally, July the 

15

th 

had come

! It seemed 

that

 the white lights 

signaled that

 the Market’s owners had come to show this year’s treasure. Indeed, 

when

 the three 

beams

 of white light vanished, three items appeared in midair. 

On the left was a set of clothes that looked as thin as cicada wings. A few transparent beads floated in the 

middle. O

n the right was a special mask, which had a fire phoenix moving on it. It looked magnificent to the eyes. 

I didn’t know what those treasures could be used for

,

s

o I turned to ask Chuyi. When I turned to him, I saw t

hat he

 and Zen Master 

Baimei

looked

 dumbstruck

. They were gazing at 

the transparent beads.

I pushed hi

m and asked

, “What’s wrong?”  

“Jiulin, you are lucky.” Chuyi couldn’t hide his joy

. His 

voice 

shivered

. “

Those are

 the mermaid’s tears, the thing you want to find!”