Tianjin, it’s a little after 12:30 at night.

I patted my belly and walked contentedly with Master on the street.

"Still taking pictures, it's been more than two hours since I ate. Are you that hungry?" Master glanced at me, a bit like a country bumpkin.

"Really, Master, your buddy is so interesting. He was worried that we wouldn't be able to eat it, so he specially bought the authentic buns for us. I didn't expect Goubuli steamed buns to be so delicious. My stomach was so bloated that I had to pat it down." I said.

Now I feel like everything I say smells like buns.

"Then just keep filming. You're like a fool. You ate ten big buns and had dinner. If you're not bloated to death, you're really capable. You're like a hungry ghost."

"Master, can you please stop talking about hungry ghosts when I am so satisfied!" I was very dissatisfied. What kind of master is this? The image of a hungry ghost.

"Oh, let's not talk about hungry ghosts. Let's talk about hungry ghost bugs. You said hungry ghost bugs are white and fat. Are they delicious? How about, Sanwa'er, you try eating one? Help Master first

Try the taste." Master said calmly.

"Ugh." I couldn't help but retched. I wanted to say "Master, please stop talking," but I couldn't even say it. I was afraid that I would spit it out if I said it.

"But this hungry ghost insect is extremely tough. It has teeth that bite and bite, and it should keep biting it, right? Well, it should taste like bubble gum." Master said to himself without even looking at me.

I gave Master a very resentful look, then ran directly to a corner, squatted down, and vomited

He looked at me with a smile as I squatted in the corner and finished vomiting. Facing my resentful eyes, Master pretended to be shocked and asked me: "Sanwa'er, did you go drinking? Are you drunk? Why did you vomit so much?"

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"Come, master, let me check your pulse. Are you pregnant?" The master said seriously.

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After a minute of silence, I said feebly: "Master, let's go. Didn't you say you were going to the ghost market? It's already past 12 o'clock, let's go."

"Okay, let's go." The master chuckled and walked straight ahead with his hands behind his back.

I didn't even have the strength to curse in my heart, so I had no choice but to follow him.

In Tianjin, on a certain section of the Yangtze River Road, I looked at the bustle in front of me in shock. Is this a ghost market?

In fact, I don't believe that ghosts can open a market at all. However, in my imagination, the ghost market should be deserted, but I didn't expect it to be so lively.

"What are you doing standing still? Let's go." Master said calmly.

I followed Master a little stupidly, and then I realized that there were really all kinds of things sold in this market. As soon as we took two steps, someone stopped us: "Boy, do you want a set of tools? It's the ex-factory price. You can definitely get it outside."

Can’t buy it.”

When I took a look, I saw that it was really a brand new set of tools, including a hammer, a screwdriver, everything.

Just as I was about to answer, Master dragged me away. He said to me: "Here, if you don't buy it, don't answer nonsense."

I don't know if this is the rule here, but I followed the master as he was told. When I was almost at the end, I realized that the things sold here were probably 'prohibited' items that could not be sold openly in the market.

thing.

I even found someone selling things dug out of graveyards. In fact, I really wanted to buy them. I was short of pocket money. I had a gut feeling that there were a lot of genuine items here.

But the master ignored me at all, and pulled me to keep walking, and in an instant I was out of the ghost market.

"Master, weren't you visiting a ghost market? Why did you come out without buying anything?" I didn't understand Master's behavior.

Master looked at me: "This is a ghost market for humans, and what we are going to is a ghost market for ghosts."

"What?" I couldn't react at the moment.

But Master ignored me and just kept moving away, so I could only keep up.

"Actually, there are many understandings of ghost markets. In ancient times, people often saw so-called ghost markets, and the explanation given on the surface was 'mirage'. I think mirages exist, but whether this is actually the case remains to be seen.

Let’s discuss.” Walking in the dark night, Master explained to me as he walked.

"Master, why is it subject to deliberation? What do you think?" Actually, I am very curious about what a ghost market of ghosts is.

"My opinion? Haha, maybe it's due to the interlacing of spaces." The master pondered for a while before giving an answer.

Space interlacing? I frowned. After all, I am already a college graduate. Although my major is Chinese language, I also read a lot of miscellaneous books while soaking in the library. I have heard of space.

Yes, but this is just a scientific hypothesis. Does metaphysics also support this statement?

"Master, are there really different dimensions?" I was very curious.

"Maybe, the six paths of Buddhism and the thirty-three realms of Taoism, maybe." The master's answer was unclear.

I looked at him with some doubts, always feeling that this old man was hiding something from me, but when I saw his calm look, I felt that I was overthinking it, but suddenly I thought of something.

I couldn't help but excitedly pulled Master and asked: "Master, when you take me to the ghost market, are you taking me through space?"

After I said it, I thought it was nonsense. But in fact, if Master said it was possible, then I absolutely believed it was possible. After all, I have experienced a lot of what ordinary people thought was "nonsense."

Master looked at me as if I was crazy. After a long while, he patted me on the shoulder and said, "Sanba'er, you are seriously ill and should be treated."

I am

I don’t know how long I walked. The buildings gradually became sparse and the surrounding area became darker and darker. I suspected that I was almost reaching the outskirts of the city. It was not until I reached a very remote alley that the master stopped and said: "

Just go in and you’ll be there.”

I was a little dissatisfied, so I turned to Master and said, "This is the place to go. Why go to the so-called 'ghost market'?"

"You know nothing. What we are going to enter now is called the ghost market, also called the Yin market. Ordinary people only know that the ghost market is actually a human being, and they only sell shady things. How would you know the existence of the Yin market? I will take you there.

I went there because I wanted to be more popular. After all,

It is actually a market where humans gather, and the popularity is the most prosperous. People who come to this Yin Market are prepared in various ways. I am just too lazy to bother, so I will take you to get some popularity." Master glared at me and said.

Yes, it seems to be saying that you are ignorant.

"How about going to the market during the day?" I curled my lips.

"Leave me aside and reflect on the wall. After studying with me for so long, don't you know that the breath is flowing? The popularity you acquired during the day has long since dissipated. Is it possible that you can still collect it and put it in your trouser pocket?

Come on, melon!" At the end of the scolding, the master even used old man Huijue's catchphrase.

I listened to the master's scolding in silence, carefully keeping a smile on his face, and the master finally snorted and led me into the alley.

The alley was gloomy, there wasn't even a streetlight, and it didn't look like there were many people living around it. I suspected that the houses on both sides were empty, but as a descendant of Shanzi Mei, such a scene would not scare me.

My, I'm very calm.

"It used to be used by many people, but it needs to be demolished." Master said calmly.

"Who are you? Living here, isn't it Yinshi?" I was speechless.

"This Yin City is very secretive. People who don't understand can't see through the mystery. Besides, almost all the people who lived here before were knowledgeable people. After gathering together for a long time, this place became the Yin City."

While we were talking, Master and I had already walked out of the alley. Unexpectedly, at the end of the alley, there was a wilderness-like open space. In short, it was so remote that ordinary people would never come here at night.

My eyes suddenly widened. There were still people in twos and threes here, not many, but at least twenty or so. They were doing their own thing, squatting in the corner, or guarding a pile of burning paper money. What were they doing?

Compared with my surprise, Master's expression was calm and composed. It was obvious that this was not his first time here. He looked at me and said, "You want to know what you are doing, right?"

I nodded blankly.
Chapter completed!