Inside the room, there was still a deathly silence, with no response.
Lady Yan suddenly felt a bit hesitant, murmuring, "His worries are valid; he and Xiaozhao are the most important people in my heart... so be it. While he’s busy outside, I’ll provide him with a home."
She smiled sweetly, and across from her, listening to her confessions, was a female ghost.
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The next day.
A "Ghost Street Product Catalog" from Pang Yuanhua was placed on Li Yuan’s desk.
[Ant Little Sugarman]: Price, 4 cents; Effect, when you look at the target and completely lick the Sugarman, the target will transform into a Sugarman (cannot speed up the process by chewing).
[Rabbit Sugarman]: Price, 3 cents; Effect, as above.
[Giant Elephant Sugarman]: Price, 2 cents; Effect, as above.
[Gray Rouge Box]: Price, 4 cents; Effect, simple makeup that allows you to become another person, as long as you don’t wash your face with Shadow Blood containing Ancestral Talisman, it should remain undiscovered (the change cannot cross gender, and cannot increase height or change body shape, only facial appearance changes), after one use, the rouge box is spent.
[White Rouge Box]: Price, 1 cent; Effect, as above, with the additional ability to change height and body shape.
[Yellow Rouge Box]: Price, 3 cents; Effect, unknown.
[Black Rouge Box]: Price, 1 money; Effect, unknown.
[Red Rouge Box]: Price, unknown; Effect, unknown.
[Cyan Rouge Box]: Price, unknown; Effect: unknown.
[Copper Pendant]: Price, 2 cents; Effect, after wearing the copper plate, the person engraved on the plate will automatically transform into the likeness of the wearer and help the wearer resist curses and various attacks.
[Copper Hairpin]: Price, 2 cents; Effect, weave a doll with the target’s hair, then silently visualize the target’s name and appearance, stab the hairpin into the doll to inflict a terrifying attack on the target.
[Copper Ring]: Price, 2 cents, Effect, unknown.
Li Yuan quietly observed.
He found it somewhat eerie.
He knew these "equipments" organized by Pang Yuanhua were among the most common ones, sold by the peddlers at the entrance of the Ancient Street.
Likewise, these items’ effects are the easiest to figure out, as there are always numerous outsiders constantly trying them out.
"Previously, I was puzzled why the smaller Sugarman was more expensive.
It turns out, the smaller the Sugarman, the easier it is to completely lick it, thus cursing the target faster, which is why they’re more expensive."
"The Rouge Box, this item... is much better than any human skin mask.
If someone uses a Rouge Box to infiltrate my vicinity, I might not even notice..."
"The pendant and hairpin, one resembles a shield against curses, the other a sharp sword to inflict them."
"These items are only sold at the entrance of Ghost Street and could be considered common goods...
But if common goods are already this terrifying,
It’s hard to imagine what those shop-sold items, or even flowers sold by the girl at the Miracle Beast Garden, can do."
"The wandering thing is truly terrifying.
Even without any inherent power, these items can cross multiple realms to directly kill, and they’re also defenseless against it.
The key is, the comprehensive strength manifested on these wanderers’ bodies isn’t their true power at all.
However, luckily I can see the opponent’s equipment, or else it would indeed be difficult."
Li Yuan, looking at these items, became even more determined not to easily blend into the wanderer circle.
However, he needed to gather ghost money and buy more "equipment" instead.
He glanced at the money on him: one 3 cents, two 1 cents, two 3 cents, and one 1 cent, totaling 5 cents 4 cents.
After thinking briefly, he handed over 4 cents 4 cents of ghost money to Pang Yuanhua, saying, "Buy two [Copper Pendant]s, one for you, one for me, and also a [Gray Rouge Box]."
Pang Yuanhua received the ghost money, replied, "Understood."
Li Yuan asked, "Is robbing the only way to acquire ghost money?"
Pang Yuanhua pondered and replied, "Mainly robbing and selling. Robbing involves taking from those ignorant outsiders, while selling involves selling items to ghosts, just like those Rouge Boxes I sold to you last time."
Li Yuan’s fingers lightly tapped the table as he lowered his head in thought, "I later thought, those Rouge Boxes may be a medium to enter the Ghost Realm, or a curse from an Evil Ghost...
So, the reason why wanderers are so elusive is that they’re searching for items they can’t use themselves, but can sell to Evil Ghosts?"
Pang Yuanhua nodded, saying, "I consulted a woman named Long, she mentioned that the Woodworker Ghost and Mass Grave belong to relatively simple Ghost Realms from a not-so-distant past, so no ghostly beings have emerged from them.
If it were those complex Ghost Realms, you’d be able to see quite a few ghostly beings. Therefore, the wanderers’ elusiveness is likely due to hunting these ghostly beings."
Li Yuan said, "You can see the threads, so you can lock onto a Ghost Servant, and if the Ghost Servant is outside, it might carry such ghostly beings."
Pang Yuanhua wasn’t afraid, as she was bound with the man in front of her, sharing the same fate, and after thinking, she asked, "Should we go find the Ghost Servant?"
Li Yuan shook his head but said nothing.
Pang Yuanhua suddenly remarked, "It was indeed right for the senior not to come to the Zhong Mansion."
Li Yuan raised his head with interest, asking, "Why?"
Pang Yuanhua said, "Every force operates with a purpose. I was always worried about the Woodworker Ghost and hadn’t observed the Zhong Mansion carefully.
But now, I’ve noticed some clues.
The Zhong Mansion seems to have changed several batches of people..."
"Oh?"
Li Yuan’s eyes slightly narrowed.
Pang Yuanhua’s words provided indirect confirmation for his previous suspicions.