After a while, the blades on the ground seemed to 

come to

life

. They moved

 toward us

 like shark fins surfacing on the sea. 

I took a step back. 

At this

 moment, Li Mazi’s voice suddenly came to me. “Little 

B

rother Zhang, help me!” 

I couldn’t believe it

 and turned 

to look. Li Mazi was tied 

to

 a pole. A female ghost was 

raising

 a knife above him. His bean-sized eyes turned watery when he saw me. “Little 

B

rother Zhang, save me! I don’t want to die here. This ghost is so ugly! I don’t want to be killed by her!” 

I shot him a disdainful glance. 

So, you want to die in the hands of a beautiful ghost?

I rushed toward him

 and used 

the Emei Piercer to smash the female ghost. Then, I curtly cut off the rope that was tying Li Mazi. 

After c

hecking his body

 once

, I found he wasn’t injured in any way. 

“Why are you here?” I was puzzled. 

He blinked, still looking rather 

vulgar

. He lowered his voice. “You know, all the items in this Ghost City are top quality. We just need to get one

. After that, 

we won’t need to worry about a thing for the rest of our lives!” 

I was speechless. I shouldn’t have 

saved

 him. For the s

ake of 

money, he 

came to a

place

 he shouldn’t have come to. Li Mazi giggled

 and a

wkwardly 

changed

 the topic. “

Little Brother Zhang

, why are you here? What have you got?” 

“Of course, I…” 

I suddenly felt a lump in my throat. I couldn’t speak. 

M

y mind became muddled, then empty. 

Li Mazi wrapped his arm around my shoulde

r and smiled

. “I think I

’ve

 found 

some good 

stuff. You should come with me and see.” 

I shot him a doubtful glance. “

Is

 it something 

dangerous

?” 

Li Mazi gave me a scornful look. “

Little Brother Zhang

, we are in the Ghost Market. What kind of otherworldly item w

ould dare to 

wreak havoc here?” 

“I saw a strange bead. Tch, tch, if we 

get

 it, we will be 

rich

!” Li Mazi 

made

 a face

 and said,

 “Hurry up! I don’t want someone else to get it!” 

I felt that something was wrong, but I couldn’t tell what

 it was

. Perhaps, I was just too cautious.

Since the Ghost Market had opened, ghosts 

of

 all shapes had come and mingled with humans. It was a strange scene. 

Li Mazi pulled me to the center of the market 

and pointed 

at a booth above

. He said

, “You see,

 t

hat item is on that booth. I

’ve

 asked around and the people have told me it’s something called the mermaid’s tears. It’s priceless!” 

Mermaid’s 

tears

?

 I heard something explod

e

 inside my head. It felt as though a lightning strike had hit me right at my head. I looked at Li Mazi. He was waving his hands

 while describing

the good qualities of 

the mermaid’s 

tears

. 

“Get lost!” 

I stabbed the Holy Mother Scepter at him. He felt the pain

 and wrinkled 

his face. Looking at me, he groaned, “

Little Brother Zhang

, it’s okay 

if

 you don’t need the mermaid’s 

tears

, but you shouldn’t vent out your anger on me.” 

I looked at him in fright. 

Was

 he the real Li Mazi? 

I bit my finger and smeared blood 

over

 my eyes. After taking a

nother 

look at him, I saw the man was still groaning. The three Yang flames were burning on him. He was a living person. 

“

Little Brother Zhang

, are you all right?” He waved his hand in front of me

 in bewilderment. 

I shoved his hand aside and said, “I’m okay. 

S

tay here and wait for me.” 

Then, I ran to the village entrance. However, I couldn’t sense Zen Master 

Baimei

’s whereabouts. Li Mazi followed me, gasping for his breath. “

Little Brother Zhang

, what happened to you? You look bewildered and frightened. 

Has a

 ghost possessed you?” 

I shot him a fierce glance. He came

 and walked 

next to me. 

“Hey bro, tell me. 

Have

 you seen 

any

 nice female ghosts? Any beautiful girls? I knew it! Show me, show me!” 

h

e said despicably. 

I pushed him aside. His face turned red

as he pitched his voice. “Zhang Jiulin, I’ve 

come

 here from so far away. I was worried about you

, but y

ou’re a 

freaking

 ungrateful dude. Why do you do this to me? Do you think I 

will

 always stay 

around

and

 let you bully me?”

Suddenly, he 

raised

 his fist and punched my stomach. I felt 

a

 sharp twinge. I couldn’t believe it

 and lifted 

my head to look at him. Li Mazi was vanishing right in front of me. 

I 

lowered

 my head and saw half a blade was 

stabbed

 into my stomach. Blood was dripping from the knife

. Drops of my blood fell to the floor

. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 put me on his back

 and ran 

toward the village. “Young 

Benefactor

, were you in an illusio

n

?” 

I shivered in pain. I couldn’t even speak, so I nodded at him. 

“Merciful Buddha.” 

He carried me upstairs and put me on the bed. Then, he said, “Be patient. Endure it for a while.” 

Then, before I 

could react

, he pressed on my shoulder blade and pulled the blade out of my stomach. 

I crouched my body in pain, cursing Zen Master 

Baimei

 and his ancestors in my mind. I was lucky that the small knife 

hadn’t

 stab

bed my stomach 

too deeply

. It had barely missed 

my

internal 

organs. Otherwise

, I would have die

d 

already. 

He quickly poured some medicinal powder on the wound. I heard it 

sizzle

. Frightened, I tried to look at my wound. Miraculously, my wound was closing at a speed the naked eye could see. 

A few seconds later, there was no wound on my stomach anymore. If 

it weren’t for the blood on the bedsheet

, I would 

have thought

 that I 

was never

 injured.

Zen Master 

Baimei

 looked sullen

. He sat next to me and

 said, “I

 was 

in the 

illusion

 too. I

 was the one 

who stabbed you. I’m really sorry.” 

My teeth itched

. I really wanted to grab the kni

fe and 

stab 

it

 into his stomach.

He stood by the window

 and looked 

at the flaming screen in midair

 in silence. I

 went to him and said, “Zen Master, even if we lost this match, we still have a chance!” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 turned to me

. H

is face had resumed 

his

 usual aloofness. He brought his palms together

 and chanted, “M

erciful Buddha.

” 

The sky outside had turned dark. It wasn’t favorable to us at all. 

After r

esting for a while, we left the inn. Although 

the battle didn’t have 

a 

fixed

 arena, we didn’t want to cause trouble 

at

 the inn. If Chuyi got involved again, I thought I would collapse this time. 

D

uring the 

daytime

, the sky was gray here. Still, it wa

s better than navigating the area 

at night. 

At this

 moment, the sky was purely dark. Zen Master 

Baimei

 was walking just half a meter in front of me, but I could only see the light from his dimly glowing beads. 

At night, the ghosts on the street looked even more terrifying. Eyes 

glowed of different colors everywhere

, like floating flames. 

“Master, wait for me.” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 was walking

 quickly

. The light from his beads was moving far ahead of me. I had to run to catch up to him. 

After we left

 the village, we went to the wasteland. I decided to use the Invisible Needle to trace the path. This thing was useful, but it used a lot of energy. 

After around twenty 

minutes

, my head couldn’t bear it anymore. I had to retrieve the Invisible Needle. 

All the

 images the needle had sent to me were black. 

I had thought that moving through the night in Fengdu would be scary 

and filled with

 many strange noises. 

However,

 it was the opposite. There was no noise here. Even the sounds of our footsteps were absorbed by the darkness. 

It made me even more anxious. I stayed close to Zen Master 

Baimei as I 

didn’t dare to stray away from him. I was afraid that I would easily get lost here. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 didn’t say a word

 and kept 

walking forward. The further we walked, the colder it 

became

. My teeth almost clattered

. I said

, “Zen Master, where are we going?”  

He halted. From the light of his mala beads, I saw that his 

face was blank. 

My heart sank. He was being controlled! 

“Zen Master!” I roared. 

M

y 

shout

 carried abundant Yang energy. 

Under

 some conditions, loudly shouting could shoo the ghosts away. However, I had done that just to try my luck. If it could control Zen Master 

Baimei

, how could it be a normal ghost? 

Indeed, he didn’t even bat an eye on me. He continued walking forward. Soon, he disappeared 

from

 my sight. I was so flustered

. I rushed 

and 

grabbed

 his kasaya. 

No matter what kind of trap 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger had set up for us, I 

had to go

 with Zen Master 

Baimei

 and 

destroy

 it! The Yin energy around us was getting thicker. I had goosebumps all over my body. Zen Master 

Baimei

 didn’t have any reaction to the environment

. He dragged 

me along

 and walked 

forward. 

I sneezed

, feeling

that

 I was about to 

freeze

. 

“

Screw

 it! Ten more minutes!” I shouted and read the Sacred Text of Daoism in my head. After walking further for a while more, I felt my skin crack. 

After c

alculating the time, I boldly screamed, “Five minutes. I’ll walk for five minutes more!” 

Time ticked by, but it didn

’t seem like 

Zen Master 

Baimei

would

 stop in the next second. I was almost frozen. A layer of frost had appeared on my body. 

“Oh 

shoot

! I’m not going to do this anymore! I’m going back!” 

I turned around and was about to leave. Zen Master 

Baimei

, who hadn’t done anything but 

walk

 the entire time, suddenly pulled me back. He even pushed my back. 

In the night, I felt as though

my body was falling free. I kept cursing in my head. 

I guessed Zen Master 

Baimei

 was being controlled by 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger. But since they 

were

 equal

ly matched

, if he wanted to control Zen Master 

Baimei

, he must be within one hundred meters from us. In other words, he had witnessed

 our 

every mov

e… 

I landed on the ground with a thud. The soil here felt soft, but my body felt like 

cracked 

ice. I wanted to get up, but I heard the wind 

rush

 above my head. I turned my head around to see. A shadow was moving toward me. 

When I saw 

a

 glowing white light 

i

n his hand, I knew

Zen Master 

Baimei

 had just jumped toward me. 

Ptui! 

He landed on me

, and

 I vomited blood. I didn’t care who was controlling him now

 and pushed 

him aside. He fell on the ground next to me, which startled me. 

“Master? Zen Master?” I called him. 

He wiggled and got up. With his palms brought together in front of his chest, he chanted 

“M

erciful Buddha

”

 then looked at me

.

 “Young 

Benefactor

, are you okay?” 

Besides

 telling him that I was all right, I couldn’t complain

 about 

anything else. “Zen Master, what just happened?” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 covered my mouth

 and lowered 

his head to whisper into my ear. “When something reaches an extreme, it can only move in the opposite direction. I just checked it. 

The

 surroun

dings of this 

well

 have

 the thickest Yin energy in Fengdu. 

However,

 this well is the place with the strongest Yang energy. We can stay here tonight.” 

“

Were

 you pretend

ing 

the e

ntire 

time?” 

“Of course

. It was to 

deceive 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger’s team…” 

I felt a little angry. “Master, if they show up now, we

’ll

 have no way to escape!” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 frowned, then relaxed his wrinkled face

. He said firmly,

 “They won’t come here. 

Right now

, they 

think

that we are

 dead.” 

“Master, don’t forget about the three bosses of 

the

 Ghost Market!” 

I sighed. “If we 

were

 dead, the Demon King 

would

 announce that 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger 

is the winner

. How could 

o

ur trick deceive them?” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 was perplexed. 

He

 hadn’t thought about this. He felt embarrasse

d and admitted

, “It seems I didn’t calculate everything this time.” 

I couldn’t blame him. At night, our 

movements

were

 limited. Finding a spot to hide was 

a

 common idea. 

But now, what I was worried about the most was that this place was 

a

 trap that 

Yin-Yang

 Tiger had arranged for us! Right when I had such 

thoughts

, we heard people laughing above our heads.