Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 620: Ghost Raising Village

I noticedthatChuyi had his fistsclenchedthe entire time. I could tell he had a deep grudge against the folks in this village.

“Could you tell me more aboutit?” I asked.

Chuyi took a deep breath, then gave me a serious look. “Jiulin, leave it alone. I’llhandle everything. When it’s over, you’ll know.”

He asked me to rest and prepare to take action tonight. Before I could react, he leaned back on his seat and closed his eyes.

How could I not trust you? I just wanted tosharethis burdenwith you…I sighedinwardly,then closed my eyes.

We woke up at around twilight.Many trucks weremoving around, and a few hundred workers were moving back and forth to unload the goods. The surroundings were well-lit.

I was a little worried. “What if they workduringthe night?Willwe have a chance to take action?

“Don’t worry. I’m sure they will leave before 11:30 PM.”

Chuyi was unruffled. He gave me a feeling that he was very familiar with this place. I stopped talkingand turnedto watch the workers out there. The maritime business here was indeed busy.

This place was dozens of miles away from the big port in Laizhou. However, I could see that they wereverybusy. It gave me the impression that the famous coastal citiesin the Southeastoperated during theday and night.

While I was imagining the prosperous growth of our country’s blue economy, Chuyi was admiring his eight-faceted Han sword. He looked yearning and anxious.

Itooka glanceathim from time to time, but he hadn’t sent me a look back. If I didn’t know him, I wouldhave thoughthe was an idiot.

At around 11:00 PM, the workers were still moving goods outside. I thought Chuyi had finally learned how to joke. It was just half an hour before 11:30 PM,andthe workers out there didn’t show anysignthat they would stop workingsoon.

I closed my eyes and decided to take a nap.I decided that whenI woke up, I wouldtease him. However, before I could fall asleep, Chuyi patted me. He smiled and pointedoutside our window. “Jiulin, let’s watch the fun.”

Then, I heard a loud horn.

I was stunnedto seethe workers out theredropeverythingbefore rushingto the shuttle buses.The shuttle buses immediately left the area.

Within seconds, Chuyi andI werethe only ones left there.

“Wow.”

I gave Chuyi a thumbs-up. “Should we go to the village to take a look now?”

“Just wait a little more.”

“Wait?” I turned around anddidn’t see anyone. “Why?”

After a few minutes, I couldn’t stay put. Before I could ask him, Chuyi switched off all the lights in the carand turnedto look at me.

His eyes had turned red. His shaky right handheld ontohis eight-faceted Han sword. He looked like he would draw his sword out of its sheath to kill me in the next moment.

I shiveredandwanted to ask him what was wrong. But then, I saw a figure reflected in his eyes. The figurewas outside the window behind me.

“Is that…”

Subconsciously, I turned and saw a face sticking to the window!

That face was as thinascicada wings, but the facial features were distinctive. The body attached tothefaceflutteredin the wind like a plastic bag. The ghostly face seemed to knowthatwe were looking at it. Itsmirkedand provokinglystuck outits tongueatus.

I was startled at first, butafterI got a hold of myself, I recognized it was just a normal little ghost. I took out the Emei Piercerand attemptedto attack that ghost. Chuyiblockedmy hand and lowered his voice. “Don’t move. It’s probing us.”

I was surprised. I turned andcarefullyfaced the ghost.

Around one minute later, the ghostly face detached from the car’s window and flew to an empty truck.

When I was sure that it couldn’t hear me, I asked carefully, “What’s going on?”

Chuyi said with a sullen face, “It’s a ghostraised by thevillagers. Every night, itcomeshere to patrol. As soon as it spots an outsider,it’ll kill that person.”

Chuyi seemed to be triggered. He started to tell me many things about this village.

Many people had comehereknowingnothingabout the place. Theyhadthe same ideaasme. Theywentout of their hideouts to kill the scouting ghost. Immediately afterward, countless ghosts swarmed toward them from every direction.

This ordinary-looking villagewas actually raisingso many little ghosts! I smacked my tongue, but I had a feeling that Chuyi’s loved one wasn’t killed by those ghosts.

The little ghost was moving faster and faster. However, there were so many trucks here. It took the ghost around one hour to finish its patrol round.While hovering, the ghost howled then flew toward the village.

At the same time, I heard commotions here and there. Icuriouslylooked around and found so many hidden ghosts. Theygatheredand ran toward the village.

After all of themweregone, Chuyi patted meto indicatethat I could getout ofthe car. To be honest, what I had just seen was beyond my estimation!

It was understandable if I met a lot of ghosts inagraveyard. But tonight,they appearedin a port area, whichspoke oftheabilityof the people living in Dragon King Village.

Now, Iwas even more convincedthat this village had the water nymph’stears!

After gettingout ofthe car, Chuyi went to the window that the ghost had stuck its face on. He took out a big piece of yellow paper and adheredit tothe glass. Then, he sprinkledsome cinnabar powder on it.

Amiracle happenedright after. The cinnabar stuckonthe spots the ghost had touchedearlier,while theremainingamountfloated and felltothe ground.

After the ghost appeared on the yellow paper, Chuyi made a cutout of it. Then, he put the paper doll into his pocket. With the eight-faceted Han sword in his hand, he slowly advanced.

I grabbed the Holy Mother Scepter in my left hand while my right hand held the Emei Piercer. I carefully walked behind him.

Inthe beginning,we only sawpiles of boxes. However, after a few minutes of walking, the scene changed. In front of us was a village that was even smaller and poorer than Yin Xinyue’s village.

“This is Dragon King Village.”

Chuyi stopped in front of an old water tower. “This water tower is in the center of the village. If we get up there, we can see the entireplace.”

The water tower was abandoned.While climbingto the top, spider websstuckon my entire body. However, it meant that the place Chuyi had chosen was relatively safe. He took out the paper dolland bitthe tip of hisfingerto drip a drop of blood on the ghost’s eyes.“Jiulin,keep an eye on thevillage.”

Then, he closed his eyesand startedto read something while shaking the paper doll.

It looked like he wanted to use the paper doll to beckon that ghost. I carefully watched around. Eventually, I saw Yin energy arising from a house near the river. I focused on that house. A few seconds later, a shadow flew up. When it zoomed nearer, I recognized it was the ghost that had checked our car.

Ithoughtthat Chuyi would make that ghost show us the way.But to my surprise, the ghost burned and turned into ashes.

I turned and saw that Chuyi had used his spirit flame to burn the paper doll.

“Wasn’t it better if wemade it show us around?”

“If we don’t destroy it,our whereabouts willbe exposed.” Chuyi gritted his teeth. “Did you see which house the ghost came from?”

I nodded andpointed at thehouse.

He sneered and explained, “The mermaid is the biggest secret of this village. If somethinghappens out here, the folks will be alerted. They will inevitably think that someone has come for the Dragon Eye and the mermaid!”

“What if the ghost owner doesn’t come out?”

Chuyi wanted to kill the ghost to alert its owner, which would make the ownercomeout to check on the Dragon Eye. It would give us the chance to follow him there.

After all, tens of thousands of yearshad passed, which made it hard to recognizeitsoriginal location. Except for the locals, no one knew whereit was.

It was a good method. However, I didn’t think it would workas these peoplewere unlikely tocome outside at midnight.

“I’m sure he will show up.” Chuyi gave a faintnod,then looked around. I didn’t want to disturb him, so I leaned against the inner wall of the watertowerto rest.

I didn’t know howmuch timeit had passed when Chuyi suddenlysaid, “Here he comes!”