I hurriedly checked all the stuff I could use while 

keeping track of

 One-

A

rmed Dragon

’s movements

. I didn’t want to miss any move of his! 

H

e raised his arm, and I saw

his fist coming

right at

 my face. I hurriedly read the 

Big

 Dipper Sirius Spell

; r

ed light bloomed from the Holy Mother Scepter. However, One-

A

rmed Dragon’s punch was 

already

 in front of my face. 

The red light from the Holy Mother Scepter was pushed backward little by little

, causing my chest to

vibrate

 hard. I 

thought

it

w

ould explode in the next second. 

One-

A

rmed Dragon grabbed my throat. I screamed and used 

the

 last bit of m

y 

strength to stab the Invisible Needle right at his glabella

.

The man didn’t expect that I 

w

ould counterattack

. After all, it 

looked like I had nothing else left to use. He couldn’t dodge my attack. 

Blood immediately

 streamed 

down

 his forehead.

Unexpectedly, he 

raised

 his hand and wiped it. 

His

 wound closed miraculously. 

Despair 

shrouded my

 heart

 as

 I landed on my butt

. M

y head was empty 

as I watched

 One-

A

rmed Dragon’s hand 

aim

 at my throat one more time…

At

 this moment, a senile hand stopped One-

A

rmed Dragon’s attack. I turned and saw Zen Master 

Baimei

. I didn’t know why, but I suddenly felt that his cultivation base had increased 

significantly

. 

One-

A

rmed Dragon was now pulling back and forth with Zen Master 

Baimei with 

their magic powers. The wound on his glabella that had disappeared was 

now 

cracked and 

bleeding

. Zen Master 

Baimei attacked furiously

. He put the chain of mala beads 

around

 One-

A

rmed Dragon’s neck. The 

man

 staggered and stumbled. 

“Brother!” 

Yin-Yang Tiger

shouted

 when he saw One-

A

rmed Dragon 

fall

.

 He immediately

 dashed toward Zen Master 

Baimei

. 

As 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 had come to assist his brother, Zen Master 

Baimei

 felt he couldn’t put up with both of them. Shortly after, 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 had pricked him a few times. 

Out of energy

, the monk slumped. 

I 

understood

 that Zen Master 

Baimei

’s strength just now was his 

final showing

 before his death. 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 stepped on Zen Master 

Baimei

’s chest

 and used 

the Taiyi Traceless Sword to pat his face. He shouted, “You old donkey, you’re about to be buried under the yellow earth

, yet you dare to act tough

?” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 still 

kept

 his calm and indifferent face. However, it was a stab to my heart. 

He nodded at me. “Run!” 

I closed my eyes. Tears rolled down my cheeks. I grabbed the Holy Mother Scepte

r and ran

. I crossed my heart and pledged that after this trading conference was over, even if I had to pay with my life, I would 

set things straight 

with the Longquan Villa! 

When I returned to the inn, I stood by the window and looked at the screen above the market. 

The screen was showing burning flames, but 

I was able to see 

through the

m. I 

saw 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 insulting Zen Master 

Baimei

. 

I clenched my fists

 and carved Yin-Yang Tiger

’s image into my head. He would be the first one I 

would find 

after this trade conference was over. 

“You’re back?” 

A feeble voice came from behind me. I turned and found 

that

 Chuyi was awake. He asked worriedly, “Why are you here alone? Where is Zen Master 

Baimei

?” 

I didn’t dare to look in his eyes. I had to gather my courage to tell him what had happened. 

“

They’re c

ourting death!” 

Chuyi’s eyes turned red. He clenched his fists then spurted blood. He fell back to the bed

 before 

blacking out. 

At this

 moment, I heard the crowd cheering outside. I went to the window to see. The screen now showed that 

Yin-Yang Tiger

was the winner

. He 

had

 obtained the Taiyi Traceless Sword. 

The result was clear

, and

I felt as though my heart was emptied out

. I wondered if Zen Master 

Baimei

 was

 dead.

I 

thought

 I would 

go

 crazy soon. I rushed downstairs

. I wanted 

to find him. When I got out of the inn, I saw a few shadows carrying Zen Master 

Baimei

 back. 

The ghost leading the team said something, then threw Zen Master 

Baimei

 on the bed.

They left shortly after. 

I didn’t know what he was saying. But when they left, they 

smiled

. It seemed the Demon King didn’t kill Zen Master 

Baimei

 after he lost the match. Looking at the two unconscious people on the bed, I felt strangely pressured! 

I thought that Chuyi and Zen Master 

Baimei

 would 

have

 easily won. It turned out 

that 

after the two matches, both of them were severely injured. 

Chuyi had 

risked his life

 to win

, but

 Zen Master 

Baimei

 was crushed by 

Yin-Yang Tiger

. The Buddhist mala beads couldn’t subdue the sword. The pressure 

now hung 

on my head. If I lost the match, then everything Chuyi and Zen Master 

Baimei

 had done would have been in vain. 

However, I 

didn’t even know

 the name of 

my otherworldly item

. Right now, 

it was no different from

 a broken ring. 

If I faced One-

A

rmed Dragon one on one, I wasn’t his equal opponent. Moreover, he was 

a

 first-class 

expert in the Longquan Villa

. Surely, he 

had

 many experiences in dealing with otherworldly items. 

As the time drew nearer to the morning, Chuyi woke up while Zen Master 

Baimei

 was still in a coma. He sat up and coughed. “Jiulin, you have to trust yourself! No matter what happens, never give up. You have to keep 

this

 in your mind. As long as you are patient and 

put

 up with it, you will receive the mermaid’s tears!” 

I nodded and poured him a cup of water

. Then, I asked 

him to wait for my good 

news

. I grabbed the Holy Mother Scepter

 and left 

the inn. 

On the way to the market, the people 

made 

way for me. They knew I would join the next match soon. Some 

humans

 and ghosts gave me thumbs-ups. 

I didn’t care about them. Lifting my head, I saw the mermaid’s 

tears

 hovering in midair. 

Chuyi was right. I 

had to

 be persistent. 

B

efore I reached the destination, I shouldn’t let them defeat me. 

After t

hinking about Yin 

Xinyue, 

who was waiting for me at home, I felt full of energy.

Suddenly, the crowd cheered enthusiastically. 

“Finally, the last match 

is starting

!” One-

A

rmed Dragon’s excited voice came from the center of the market.

I saw the crowd partin

g, making 

way 

for him. He 

was running toward me with a strange saber in his hand. 

He stopped in front of me and assessed me from 

head

 to toe. In the end, his eyes stopped at the ring.

After a moment, he burst out laughing

 and spoke 

to me in a way he 

assumed was humorous

. “Kid, we don’t even need to fight…” 

As

a

 first-class 

figure

 in the Circle of otherworldly merchants, he knew my ring was trash at the first glance. 

I was embarrassed

, and my 

face 

turned

 red. “Wh

ether we n

eed 

to fight 

or not

 is something we’ll have

 to see

,”

 I said through gritted teeth.

“Come, come! It’s 

started

!” 

“My God, it’s the Ghost Claw Saber!” 

After I barked back 

at

 him, the crowd had another uproar. Instinctively, I lifted my head to 

see

 the screen. It said, “Perpetual Spirit Ring 

vs

 Ghost Claw.” 

I took a deep breath

. 

One-

A

rmed Dragon 

had

 the Ghost Claw. My mood 

received

 another fatal 

blow

. 

The Ghost Claw was one of the most bizarre 

weapons

 in this world. I heard that it was made in the fourteenth century by a blacksmith from 

Italy

. That blacksmith 

liked gambling, but h

e couldn’t pay his debt at last. In the end, he killed his wife and son 

and used

 their bones to create this horrible saber 

to

 give to his 

creditor

.  

However, three days later, his 

creditor

’s home was burned down, 

which killed

 his entire family. From that day onwards, the Ghost Claw had been 

in the hands of

 many 

people

. However, every time, its owner 

died

 without a known cause. 

The Ghost Claw disappeared, but the rumors about it had never ceased. 

It gradually became a symbol of

 bad

 luck

. I had never expected to see it in this Ghost Market! 

Although the Ghost Claw 

brought

 misfortune to 

its

 owner, it surely had

intimidating power. As One-

A

rmed Dragon had lost 

an

 arm, he coincidently

shared the same

 pain

as

 the spirits inside that saber. 

T

he ghosts around me discussed boisterously

. They were 

asking around if anybody 

knew

 about the Perpetual Spirit Ring. 

“Never heard of it. I guess they put it in to get enough items…” 

“That kid is so unlucky. He got this broken item. I don

’t 

think there’s 

anything

 to see. The Ghost Claw will win!” 

After l

istening to their conversation, my head became muddled like a bowl of congee. Everybody thought that I 

didn’t have a

 chanc

e of winning

. 

However,

 I wasn’t a person who would accept 

a

 loss that easily. The more difficult 

the challenge

, the stronger my will to fight! 

Suddenly, the noise of the crowd disappeared. The images on the flaming screen 

were

 gone. I knew the match had started. Immediately, I turned and headed toward the village entrance. 

I knew I couldn’t fight against him face

-to-

face

, so

 I 

would

 wait 

in

 the 

illusional land

 and ambush him! 

That was 

how I could survive

.

I could use the Invisible Needle to 

go anywhere

 I wanted

, but i

t would be difficult for One-

A

rmed Dragon to do 

the same

. 

It was 

the

 only advantage I had now!