Chapter 101: Evil Dog Guarding the Gate and Haunted House (Part 100)
"Could this be the evil creature in the house, the Black Flower Spirit, recorded in the Taoist "Taiqing Jinque"? " Xu Qing looked at the two strange dogs guarding the gate and remembered an evil creature in the house recorded in the Taoist scriptures.

According to "Taiqing Jinque", the black flower spirit is an evil spirit in the house.

It looks like a dog, but has no dog hair, red skin and six eyes. It often hides in solitary places. It spits at people from afar. If someone is attacked by it, he will suddenly feel upset, spit out saliva and blood, and die of the disease.

"It is indeed the Black Flower Spirit." The white-robed Buddhist disciple who was the last one in the crowd said slowly, "I have heard of the name of Tianguangxu even in Nandu."

"Seeing is believing. Lanterns made of corpse oil, roads lit by fire, and evil dogs guarding the gates. I wonder if this Tianguang Ruins has an owner?"

"At present, the owner of Tianguangxu is missing. Some unorthodox practitioners have used this place to form a ghost market." Captain Luo replied.

The Buddhist disciple in white nodded slightly upon hearing this.

After an inconspicuous episode, Xu Qing and his three companions ignored the two evil dogs and approached the gate.

"Creak" sound.

When the light from the lanterns in the hands of Xu Qing and the other three illuminated the door with peeling red paint, the door slowly opened in front of everyone with a harsh friction sound.

Behind the door was a darkness as thick as ink, with only a few pale green flames floating around, like the lights of fishermen rising and falling with the waves of the sea at night.

"Remember, the light only illuminates the goods, not people!" Captain Luo gave a final reminder, "Never use the light to illuminate other people's faces, and don't expose yourself to the light."

"Yes."

Four people walked into the door holding lanterns emitting a pale green flame. As soon as they entered, noisy and chaotic sounds filled their ears.

The flames that seemed so far away outside the door suddenly came closer.

Xu Qingyun used all his eyesight to lift the lantern slightly upwards and use the faint light of the fire to observe the situation around him.

As far as the eye can see, the first thing is those pale green flames that are particularly conspicuous in the darkness. Some of the flames are moving around, while some of them stay in one place without moving.

Those moving flames were “guests” like them, while the stationary ones were the “stalls”. The light of the lanterns diffused dimly, but could only barely illuminate a corner of the stall.

If you want to see more things on the stall, you can only get closer and use your lantern to shine.

The figures and faces of all the "guests" and "stall owners" here are hidden in the sticky inky darkness all around them. At the same time, everyone strictly abides by the rules and does not shine the lights on other people.

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze from the distance and looked at the lantern in his hand that was emitting a turquoise light.

His eyes have been opened and he has extraordinary vision. He should be able to see things clearly even with this little light.

However, all he could see now were the areas illuminated by the fire.

Is there something wrong with the darkness here, blocking visual detection? Or is it that even other means of observation are ineffective here?
The more Xu Qing learned about Tianguang Ruins, the more weird and mysterious it seemed.

"In Tianguang Market, there are three kinds of money that can be used. One is the Universal Money issued by the Great Sheng Dynasty, one is the Incense Money, and the last one is the Yin De Money."

"Universe money is equal to the value of the elixir, and only certain 'stalls' will accept the latter two coins."

"Other than that, we can only barter."

Captain Luo looked at the three lanterns beside him and spoke in a low voice.

"Brother Luo, we are here to find the body of old Patriarch Tao and stop him from harming the Tao family. We are not here to hang out." Mo Qingxue said.

"I know." Captain Luo said in a relaxed tone, "But as far as I know, there are only a few families in Tianguang Market who collect corpses."

"Let's go to those stores first and ask if anyone sees anything they like along the way. We can all stop." He finished speaking.

Led by Captain Luo, the four of them had a clear purpose. They walked through the stalls one after another, and finally came to a coffin with a lantern hanging from it.

"Old Ghost Fang." Captain Luo knocked on the coffin gently. "Have you collected any special corpses recently?"

Mo Qingxue lowered her voice and explained beside Xu Qing and the other two, "This is a disciple of the Corpse Driving Sect. He has stayed in this Tianguang Ruins for many years and uses the environment here to cultivate bronze corpses."

"No." A muffled voice came from the coffin.

Captain Luo fiddled with the tongueless bell on his waist inconspicuously. It was a magic weapon of the government. He had absorbed a trace of the aura left by the old patriarch Tao from the Tao family in advance.

As long as the same breath approaches within a certain range, the bell without a copper tongue inside will vibrate wildly.

There's nothing here. Captain Luo's eyes flashed.

Next, under the leadership of Captain Luo, the four of them went to several stalls to collect corpses, but they returned empty-handed every time.

"I knew it wasn't that simple. No matter how unscrupulous the Tao family is, they would not directly sell the body of the previous head of the family. There must be something fishy going on here!" Mo Qingxue muttered.

Captain Luo's face was hidden in the darkness and his specific expression could not be seen. All that could be heard was that he snorted coldly.

"Then how can we find the body of Patriarch Tao now?" Xu Qing asked with a frown. In this environment, it was not easy for him to release his guardian deity.

Who knows what changes might occur?
This Tianguang Market was too mysterious and weird. It was not the ghost market he had imagined before.

"Leave this to me." The Buddhist monk in white made a Buddhist salute with one hand, "I have a way to determine the location of Patriarch Tao's body."

"Master, do you have a solution? Then please help!" said Captain Luo.

"Leave it to me." The Buddhist disciple in white robes said calmly, and then began to recite scriptures silently, "All dharmas arise from causes and conditions, and all dharmas perish from causes and conditions. I, the great monk Buddha, always say this."

"The cause is the ability to produce, and the effect is what is produced. Where there is a cause, there must be an effect, and where there is an effect, there must be a cause."

cause and effect?

Xu Qing's eyes moved. Is this Buddhist in white using the method of tracing cause and effect?
"Found it, but something is wrong." After a short while, the Buddhist in white stopped chanting, and his tone of voice sounded a little solemn when he spoke.

"Master, what's wrong?" Captain Luo asked in a deep voice.

"According to the guidance of the cause and effect line, the body of Patriarch Tao should be deep in the Tianguang Ruins." The Buddhist disciple in white raised the lantern in a certain direction: "But there seems to be no stall there."

"Deep in Tianguang Ruins?" Captain Luo's expression changed. "Haunted house?"

"Haunted house? What haunted house?" Mo Qingxue was confused. "Is there any other place in Tianguangxu?"

"Didn't you come in through a door?" Captain Luo explained, "In fact, the entire Tianguang Market was originally inside a haunted house."

"But later the owner of this house disappeared, and some unorthodox practitioners used it to build a ghost market."

"This is just the front yard of the house, not the inner hall of the real haunted house."

"If Patriarch Tao's body is really in that place, this will be troublesome."

Everyone quieted down after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)