Chapter 32 Yang Shou
Li Yi, wearing a human skin mask, rushed out of the courtyard at this moment, and then quickly walked through the alley according to his memory.

There were two reasons why he left so impulsively. First, he didn't want his master Zhao Ge to waste time buying medicine to teach him boxing. Second, he also wanted to find a way to leave Ghost Street.

"The route is correct. It looks like nothing has changed here."

Li Yi turned left and right, and soon he walked out of the alley and came to the dark and strange street again.

Coming and going are all terrifying ghosts and gloomy people in shrouds. This place seems to be a special area where yin and yang meet. There are wandering souls from the underworld and living people dressed as the dead. No one can tell where the things that appear on Ghost Street come from.

It's just like Li Yi, who lives in a modern city, but meets Zhao Ge, a martial artist who lives in ancient times.

Is it an illusion?
Or is it a collision between reality and the other world?

Li Yi didn't know. He only wanted to buy his master's medicine to repay him for saving his life and teaching him martial arts, and then leave here alive and return to Tianchang City.

Look around.

There was fog at both ends of the ghost street and I couldn't see the end at all. I had no idea where it connected to or where it led to.

"I should look in the direction I came from. Maybe this way I can still have a chance to find a way out." Li Yi said to himself.

Just as he took a step and was about to take action, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind him. Zhao Ge's daughter Zhao Qian, who was dressed like a paper girl at the moment, hurriedly chased after him.

"Brother Yi, you don't know where to find the medicine. I'll go with you to find it." Zhao Qian said cautiously in a low voice.

"It's too dangerous. You should stay with your master. I'll go on my own. I'm also trying to find the way home. If you get lost in the ghost street, you'll be doomed." Li Yi wanted to persuade Zhao Qian to go back so that he could take the risk alone.

Zhao Qian said, "Dad's illness was caused by me. If I don't do my best to show my filial piety, I will definitely feel guilty in the future. Brother Yi has only been my disciple for one day, but he is willing to risk his life. Dad has raised me for more than ten years, but I don't even think about repaying him. Isn't that the same as an animal?"

"Brother Yi, stop talking. Let's act together."

Seeing this, Li Yi stopped trying to persuade him and just nodded: "Okay, then let's act together and be careful about everything."

"Yeah." Zhao Qian responded in a low voice.

Immediately, the two people walked into the ghost street, and then slowly moved forward along the strange crowds on both sides of the road.

"You only have half an hour. When the time is up, you must return to the courtyard regardless of whether you have the medicine or not, so don't go far." Zhao Qian reminded in a low voice.

But as soon as she spoke, the breath of a living person leaked out of her mouth, which immediately attracted the attention of some ghosts around her.

Li Yi remembered the scene when his master Zhao Ge saved him. He immediately covered Zhao Qian's mouth and nose, and then made a hissing sound.

Zhao Qian reacted immediately and held her breath.

She breathed a sigh of relief only when she saw the cold gazes from people around her disappear.

"It's really dangerous. Let's leave here quickly and don't let anyone target us." Li Yi then put down his hand, grabbed Zhao Qian, and quickly left the area.

Zhao Qian looked at Li Yi holding her hand, her face turned red and a feeling of shyness surged in her heart.

Li Yi didn't pay attention to so many things at the moment. He pulled Zhao Qian through this strange and bizarre street, his eyes moving under the leather case, paying attention to the surrounding situation.

"The medicine that Master Zhao Ge is looking for is called Coffin Ganoderma. It sounds like a special kind of Ganoderma. Since it is a medicine, it must be sold in pharmacies or street vendors, so I have to look in that direction instead of wandering around the streets."

Although he didn't understand many things here, he could still understand some of the meanings.

After walking for a while.

soon.

Li Yi stopped when passing a fork in the road. He looked towards the fork and a special street came into his sight.

That street was equally busy, with people coming and going, and there were some special vendors on both sides selling all kinds of things. Through observation, he found that although the people on this street all looked cold and weird, they were actually living people who had entered here through some means just like Zhao Ge and Zhao Qian.

"Go look inside, this should be the market."

Li Yi didn't think twice and plunged into this unknown street.

His arrival immediately attracted the attention of many vendors.

Even though Li Yi is wearing a human skin mask, this thing is just to fool the ghosts with low intelligence. A living person can tell at a glance that Li Yi is a normal person.

"Where did this young man come from? His disguise is too crude. Isn't he afraid of being targeted by some evil spirits and ghost soldiers?" Many vendors showed strange looks.

Li Yi was ignorant and fearless. He whispered, "I don't know Guan Zizhi. Miss Zhao, please keep your eyes open and see if there is any of these people's stalls. We need to find it quickly."

"Okay, Brother Yi." Zhao Qian nodded slightly.

The two men started searching quickly.

Li Yi saw many incredible things here, including neatly arranged human skulls, limbs of some strange creatures, and even some paper figures and paper clothes. The most outrageous thing was that some people actually put fresh corpses on the roadside for sale.

"They really sell everything here." He was very surprised and felt like he had entered a black market in an unknown illegal area.

Another walk.

At this time, Zhao Qian suddenly became a little excited and pulled Li Yi's arm, then pointed to a stall next to her and whispered, "That's the coffin."

Li Yi looked over.

But the person setting up the stall was an old man with gray hair and a skinny body. He was sitting cross-legged in front of the stall, and he looked lifeless. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a dried corpse that had been dead for a long time.

However, there were several strange things on the old man’s stall, including a black mushroom-shaped thing, which was the coffin ganoderma mentioned by Zhao Qian.

Li Yi walked over immediately, looked around, then squatted down, pointed at the item on the stall and said, "Boss, how much is this coffin?"

"Sixty." A hoarse voice sounded.

"So expensive?" Zhao Qian's face turned pale and she looked a little dazed.

"Zhao Qian, is there not enough money? I'll find a way to make up for it." Li Yi asked in a low voice, then touched his body.

He only had a smartphone on him, and he didn't know whether these ancient people from another world would accept it. Besides that, he also had a half-broken knife coin. This thing was a rare item and should be worth some money. If Zhao Qian couldn't come up with the money, he would have no choice but to grit his teeth and sell this broken item.

Although the rare object is very precious, Zhao Ge saved his life, and Li Yi cannot just stand by and watch him die because of his greed.

"Brother Yi, we don't accept gold or silver when buying things on Ghost Street." Zhao Qian seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if she couldn't get the words out.

Li Yi asked: "If you don't accept gold and silver, then what will you accept?"

He had to observe the surrounding situation every time he spoke, but it seemed relatively safe in this market. There were few ghosts nearby, and he was not targeted even when he spoke.

"I wish you a long life." The skinny old man who was selling things at the stall replied suddenly.

"Ah? Life can be bought and sold?" Li Yi was immediately surprised.

The skinny old man glanced at him and was too lazy to explain to this outsider.

Zhao Qian lowered her head and said at a loss: "My martial arts level is not high, and my life span is no more than 60. Now I am already 16, and my life span is only 44. And this coffin starts at 60. Even if I spend all my life span, I can't afford it."

"How do you know that your life span is only sixty?" Li Yi asked, "The average life span of a person is at least eighty or ninety."

"Brother Yi, you don't know that among the people of Xingzhou, the average lifespan of ordinary people is no more than around fifty. I only lived to be sixty after learning martial arts. My father is at a high level and can live to be eighty," Zhao Qian explained.

Li Yi suddenly realized that this was the case.

This is indeed very ancient.

"If you can't afford it, stay away and don't hang around here." The skinny old man said in a hoarse voice.

"You're selling this coffin for too much. It used to only cost around fifteen yuan." Zhao Qian said, gritting her teeth.

The skinny old man snorted and said, "That's an ordinary coffin herb. My coffin herb comes from a thousand-year-old tomb. It has extraordinary effects, so it's naturally expensive. And I won't bargain for it."

"Brother Yi, let's go somewhere else to have a look." Seeing this, Zhao Qian could only pull Li Yi away.

Sixty years of life is something you can't even afford even if you sacrifice your life. It's simply asking too much.

Li Yi did not leave, but just said: "Boss, if I buy it, how can I pay for it?"

"Sign it with blood. In seven days, the debt collector will come to your door to claim your life." The skinny old man took out a piece of white talisman paper with incomprehensible words written on it. He stretched out his finger and touched the blank spot on the white talisman paper.

"Just press a fingerprint and it's done? So convenient? Aren't you afraid of people refusing to pay?" Li Yi asked.

The skinny old man snorted coldly: "If the debt collector ghosts can't collect the debts, the ghost soldiers will come to your door. If the ghost soldiers can't collect the debts, the ghost generals will come to your door. If the ghost generals can't collect the debts, the ghost gods will come to steal your souls. Can you deny it?"

"I feel relieved when you say that. I'll buy this coffin." Li Yi immediately waved his hand and planned to buy it.

What a joke.

You are an Earthling, so are you afraid that ghosts from another world will come to collect debts?
Let’s get through it first.

"Brother Yi, don't be impulsive. Your sixty years of life will cost you your life." Zhao Qian suddenly became anxious and grabbed Li Yi.

Li Yi said, "Don't be afraid. I am born strong and saving people is the most important thing. If we miss this place and continue looking, we may not be able to find the coffin mushroom. We don't have enough time. You don't need to persuade me. Master saved my life. I will buy this coffin mushroom as a way of repaying his kindness."

"Okay, it's settled, boss. Let's sign the contract."

After saying that, he pushed Zhao Qian away and bit his finger without hesitation to prepare to sign.

"You can sign the signature, but first I need to see how much life you have left. I don't want to do business at a loss." The skinny old man blocked Li Yi's hand from signing, and then took out something that looked like a compass.

He grabbed Li Yi's finger and pressed it on the black compass.

"Don't be nervous, this is a longevity plate, it's used to measure your longevity."

The needle on the compass moved and soon pointed to a number: one hundred and fifty.

"Live to be one hundred and fifty? What a long life." The skinny old man was shocked.

"Can I live that long?" Li Yi looked at the compass and found it a little unbelievable. Can this thing really measure a person's lifespan?

However, after the practitioner's body evolves, he can indeed live to over a hundred years old if he is free from illness or disaster.

But in the eyes of these short-lived ancient people in other worlds, one hundred and fifty is already considered a very long life.

"You have enough capital, please sign it." The skinny old man suddenly laughed strangely, took out a white talisman paper and handed it to Li Yi.

Li Yi pressed it down without hesitation, leaving a bloody handprint: "That's it."

"Yes, this item is yours."

The skinny old man was fair in his business. He carefully put away the white talisman paper and handed the coffin away. There was no so-called black-eating-black phenomenon.

After Li Yi took it, he stuffed it directly into Zhao Qian's hand, feeling that he had done a favor.

"Brother Yi."

Zhao Qian looked at the coffin in her hand and didn't know what to say for a moment. Tears of gratitude welled up in her eyes.

That’s sixty years of life, he can be sold just like that.

Even though his father had saved him and taught him martial arts, this was still too much of a reward.

Li Yi, however, didn't seem to care and started chatting with the boss: "Boss, can I ask you something?"

"explain."

The skinny old man's attitude was much better at this moment. After all, he had just made a big deal.

"I entered the Ghost Street by accident. Is there any way to leave here?" Li Yi asked.

The skinny old man said in a hoarse voice: "Are you saying that the way back is blocked? That's not difficult. Buy this thing and you can go back."

After saying that, he pointed to something on the stall.

It was a pony made of mud.

"What is this?" Li Yi picked it up and took a look. There was nothing special about it.

"This is bullshit." The skinny old man snatched the thing from Li Yi's hand, fearing that the young man would break it.

"What the hell?" Li Yi looked at him strangely.

"Yes, this is the mud horse."

"Damn, how much is it?" Li Yi said.

"Damn it, I'm selling you ten years of my life." said the skinny old man.

"Damn, it's so expensive?" Li Yi said.

The skinny old man's face suddenly darkened: "If you want to buy it, buy it. If not, don't talk nonsense."

Li Yi said, "Fuck, if it's cheaper I would buy it, but yours is too expensive."

"Are you buying something or cursing someone?" The skinny old man couldn't stand it anymore.

"Boss, weren't you the one who took advantage of me first? There are so many other names like mud horse." Li Yi said.

"." The skinny old man's face twitched, and he wished he could slap the young man to death.

"I'll sell this thing for ten years of my life, no bargaining."

He took a few deep breaths to calm himself.

Li Yi said: "How do I use this thing after I buy it?"

"Drop a few drops of blood on it, and this horse will turn into a Yin horse. As long as you sit on it, it will take you to your closest people. If you have no relatives in the world of the living, then just ignore what I said." said the skinny old man.

"You have no relatives. Come on, sign it." Li Yi stretched out his finger and said.

The skinny old man's expression improved a little when he saw this, and he took out a piece of white talisman paper and handed it over.

Li Yi was not burdened by many debts, so he signed the pledge without hesitation, then thought for a while, pointed to another item and said, "I want this mud horse too."

"You have a long life ahead of you, so you can buy as many as you want." said the skinny old man.

"It's better to be prepared. Who knows if I will suddenly end up in the ghost street again one day."

Li Yi signed again and took away the two mud horses.

　Sorry. I'm going to spend one chapter (4,000 words) today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)