As soon as we 

entered the

 room, Chuyi opened his box. Lying inside the box was a he

av

y bronze whip. The bronze whip was dull

, and its

 handle was covered 

in

 gray mold. To me, it 

looked like a broken

 item. 

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 worri

ed

. “Do you know what 

this is

?”  

Chuyi thought 

for a moment, 

then answered, “It’s Prince Ma’s whip. 

According to the

 legend, Prince Ma was a Daoist ghost catcher. He had a fierce appearance with a yellow face and red hair. Moreover, he had three eyes

. His 

third eye could see ghosts and monsters. 

Whenever

 he found 

them

, he would use this bronze whip to kill them. This weapon is most feared by ghosts and monsters

.

” 

I knew about Prince Ma. If 

this

 was his weapon, of course, it wasn’t an ordinary weapon. Moreover, Chuyi was familiar with sword

s

. It shouldn’t be a problem for him to use this whip. 

Then, Zen Master 

Baimei

 opened his box. Surprisingly, it was a chain of red 

sandalwood

 mala beads. Each bead was carved with many texts. Although I didn’t understand Sanskrit, I felt happy knowing that 

they were

 Buddhist mala beads. Zen Master 

Baimei

 was lucky because it was his favorite weapon. 

Chuyi also felt better. “Zen Master 

Baimei

, what are the words on these mala beads?” 

“I don’t understand them, either.” Zen Master 

Baimei

 shook his head

. H

e didn’t look 

too 

excited, 

though

. Anyway, as he wasn’t a competitive person and didn’t show much of his emotion

s

, I 

wasn’t too worried. 

They had both chose

n 

ideal weapons for themselves. I felt more confident

 and 

directly 

opened

 my box. Inside the box, I saw a sparkling

 silver

 ring. 

The ring looked like an engagement ring

, but i

nstead of a diamond, it had a gem as red as agate. Although the gem had a shiny surface, countless red capillary vessels slightly throbb

ed

 inside. 

At first, I thought it was 

an

 awesome 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 what 

this thing

is

?” 

Chuyi studied the ring for a while then passed it to Zen Master 

Baimei

. They 

both

 shook their heads. 

P

ocket-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 ring 

didn’t

 react.

“Damn it!” I couldn’t h

elp but 

curse. There were only two possibilities when the blood couldn’t seep into the item. One, there was an intimidating spirit dwelling in that ring. That

 was

 why it resisted the external spiritual force. And two, this 

freaking

 ring wasn’t an otherworldly item!

This ring didn’t have anything special about it at all. Even Chuyi and Zen Master 

Baimei

, 

two people with 

great brains, were 

at a loss

. So, it was probably something trashy. I was puzzled and worried

. I made 

a face

 and 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 com

fort 

me. 

I rubbed my face

 and tried 

to look okay. 

All right, there

’s

always a

 way. Perhaps what One-

A

rmed Dragon got is even trashier than this ring!

Tomorrow morning

 would be

 the day of battle between Chuyi and Yi Zhangqing. We went to bed early. Soon, I heard Chuyi 

performing 

breathing

 exercises

. I became tense again. 

That Demon King had 

explained

 everything 

but

 the punishment to the losers. It made me even more worrie

d.

 I had a feeling that the losers would

 die

. 

After t

hinking about this, I clenched my fists

 and 

encoura

ged

 myself. 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 crowd 

cheer

 loudly from the center of the Ghost Market. 

I went to the window to see. The area where the three precious treasures had appeared yesterday 

had

 changed. There was a screen that projected the line, ‘Prince Ma’s Whip 

vs

 Ghost Cutte

r

…’ Underneath was the description written in Ghost language. 

At first, we thought that the Demon King would 

provide

an

 introduction 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 a

n 

assassin equipped 

with the mighty Ghost

 Cutter. 

A

 bloody fight between her and Chuyi

 was 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 to 

chop

 off 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

,” said 

Chuyi with a stern face. He told me and Zen Master 

Baimei

 to wait for him in the inn. He needed to find a place to 

cleanse

 Prince Ma’s Whip.

I knew I couldn’t find any useful information about the ring. That

 was

 why Chuyi and Zen Master 

Baimei

had to

 win. As the match had started, I was afraid that Chuyi would encounter danger if he went out alone. I suggested 

going

 with him so 

that

 we could take care of each other. 

Zen Master 

Baimei would be relatively safe 

in this inn. Chuyi thought about it and agreed with me. 

After 

we left

 the inn, I found that both the humans and ghosts 

that had joined

 this trade conference were watching the screen at the Ghost Market. The screen was split into two smaller screens

. O

ne was projecting me and Chuyi, while the other was showing Yi Zhangqing

 in a conversation 

with Yin

-

Yang Tiger. 

“Chuyi, no matter what you or Yi Zhangqing do, 

the other

 will know it. How 

will

 you plan your battle?” I looked at the screens, feeling puzzled. 

Chuyi was surprised, but he shook his head. “

No one is going to

 make such a low-level mistake. I’m sure 

they’ll find a way

.” 

Then, Chuyi took me out of the village

. We went 

to the place I had 

almost gone to

, the River of Unmindfulness.

He 

explained

, “In front of us is the River of Unmindfulness. It’s the darkest river in 

the

 world. The river 

is

 packed 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

. By 

using the Yin energy from the river

, I can 

wash 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 was 

a

ccompanying Chuyi, I wasn’t really scared. 

After walking for half an hour, we saw

 that 

the 

trees

only had 

bare trunks. Most of them 

were 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 arm

 and made 

me 

stand

 behind him

. In a low voice, he said, 

“Watch out.”

I nodded and drew the Emei Piercer from my waist. Chuyi 

carried

 the Han sword on his bac

k and walked

 into the woods 

with the bronze whip

. 

After a few steps, I 

smelled something pungent; it was 

decomposing flesh. At the same time, I heard some crackl

ing 

in 

these

 quiet woods. 

Some animal noises arose, just like the squeaking from rats. But 

h

ow could rats live in a place like this?