Chapter 36: The First Encounter with the Hundred Ghosts' Night Parade

  I glanced at Xiaoyu, and she also nodded in agreement, apparently supporting me. However, my phone has not been turned on for a long time, so it can't be opened anyway. Moreover, even if I could open it, there's no signal here.

  For safety's sake, we decided not to walk at night anymore. Since the distance from Fengmen Village is not far away, we should be able to arrive by noon tomorrow. However, in order not to have to retrace our steps again, we decided to rest here for now.

  The sunglasses hero checked the screen again, and at the same time, he also released several Gu worms around. But when he was about to take out a soul-like thing, I couldn't help but be curious, so I asked him what this thing was. He told me it was a Gu, and I said I understood that Gu was a poisonous insect. But this clearly looked more like a spirit! The sunglasses hero told me that his Gu was not single, but had been innovated and cultivated by him, and he couldn't explain it to me either. I said okay, I wouldn't ask anymore, but I wanted to know what his relationship with Xiaorou was.

  As soon as I mentioned Xiaorou, this sunglasses-wearing guy smiled and said to me: "This one, you can take a guess."

  I think this sunglasses hero's joking mode is about to start again. I said: "If I guess correctly, will there be a reward?"

  He shook his head decisively and said, "Not a single reward. Are you still going to guess?"

  "So I'll guess, Xiaorou is the one you have a crush on, right? She's the one you like." I asked tentatively, although Mojing Xia was always wearing sunglasses, but I could sense his fondness for Xiaorou.

  At that time, Mò Jìng Xiá was stunned for a moment, remained silent for over ten seconds before asking me: "How did you know?"

  "I knew it!" I smiled slightly.

  "You're really good at guessing, can you guess whether we'll be together in the future?" The sunglasses-wearing guy got a bit excited.

  "Sunglasses Brother, your question is indeed a problem, but I suggest you Baidu it, this can't be explained."

  "My god, don't just copy like that, at least be a bit innovative. Not a single word is different from mine."

  "Heh heh!" I smiled at him and started to be silent. Just then, I vaguely heard some noisy sounds coming over. At first, I thought I had misheard!

  At this time, Xiao Rou ran over and said to us two: "Our luck is too bad, it seems that we really encountered the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade."

  At that time, both I and Mo Jing Xia were stunned, because I didn't understand what she meant, and hadn't expressed my opinion. But Mo Jing Xia said: "I've lived so big but never caught up with the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, it's good like this, let's hide and watch, I'd love to see what kind of scene this is."

  Xiao Rou was extremely nervous, but Mo Jing Xiang was the complete opposite, and instead had a sense of anticipation. However, this too couldn't be understood. Personality determines everything, no matter how terrifying things happen, as long as Mo Jing Xiang is there, he can always change the atmosphere to make it much more relaxed.

  "It's like this now, but to avoid accidents, I have to use magic to hide us well. These ghosts alone can't do much harm, but with so many gathered together, their power is quite formidable."

  Xiao Rou spoke while taking out a pair of glasses from her body and handed them to me, saying that I should wear them to hide my eyes. I agreed, and then she took out two talismans from her body, handing one each to the Sunglasses Hero and me. At first, I thought they were for self-defense. But unexpectedly, the Sunglasses Hero directly put it into his mouth and ate it, saying that it tasted good afterwards.

  Then he started staring at me, although he didn't say a word, the meaning was already very clear, and also made me eat this thing.

  Before I could even speak, Little Rong also told me: "Little Dragon, you should also follow Chen Sheng's example from earlier and swallow the talisman. This way, you can hide your yang energy and these ghosts won't be able to detect it."

  "Is this how you eat?" I was bewildered.

  "Are you kidding me?" The sunglasses-wearing guy glared at me, "Do I need to add some chili and MSG for you too?"

  When I heard him finish this sentence, Xiaorou couldn't help but laugh too. It was only then that I realized how beautiful Xiaorou looked when she smiled. There was even a faint small dimple...

  Helpless, I had no choice but to swallow the talisman. To be honest, it didn't feel particularly special after eating it. It was similar to eating newspaper!

  After that, I and Mo Jing Xia walked towards the noisy area under Xiao Rou's guidance. Because Xiao Rou said before, the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade is a grand event where all the ghosts in the nearby gather together. In order to ensure our safety, we had to blend in with them and wait for the night parade to end. If we didn't follow them, they would definitely identify us as outsiders.

  Originally, this demon village had always been shrouded in mist, but now all the gathered mist had dispersed. I reckon it's because of Xiaoyao's Hundred Ghosts Night March!

  The two of them were in different states, the sunglasses guy was very excited, while Xiaorou looked worried. I was mostly curious, because Xiaorou and the sunglasses guy were by my side, so even if there was danger, I wasn't afraid.

  When I walked to the source of the sound, I was stunned. Here, a hundred-meter-long market suddenly appeared out of thin air. It's a bit like the night markets in our lives, with many vendors and buyers, and many ghosts gathered together in joy.

  At this time, they slowly approached us. I widened my eyes to see what these ghosts looked like, but unfortunately, I could only see their outlines and nothing else was clear. It wasn't that they all looked the same, it's just that I couldn't see clearly.

  "Is this the legendary Hyakki Yakou? It's not that impressive!" Mokuren muttered.

  "Shh!" Little Rong whispered, "Don't speak, it's not good now. It's because they haven't found us yet. If we're discovered by them later, we'll be in big trouble."

  These ghosts were all deformed, some had no arms, some had no hands, some were several times taller than ordinary people, and some were smaller. Some were missing noses and eyes, in short, they were as strange as possible. However, no matter what, I couldn't see their outlines clearly, although it looked like a market here, but I couldn't see what they were trading. Fingers were passed back and forth, but nothing could be seen. Maybe because the two of them were by my side, I didn't feel tense or afraid in my heart, just like strolling around.

  And just at this moment, I saw that something seemed to be different. Between the markets, there was a faint light like starlight, and each color was different: red light, scarlet light, orange light, purple light...

  There are about a dozen or so colors, and around the bright light, there is also a halo, making it look especially beautiful. At this time, the sunglasses knight quietly opened one of the buttons on his body and installed one of the star lights inside. At that moment, I wanted to ask him something, but he made a "don't speak" gesture to me.

  The three of us walked along this long street, according to Xiaorou's words, we can't leave this market, or they will find out. And she also wants to see if there are any extremely evil ones among these hundred ghosts.

  The sunglasses hero usually talks a lot, but now he doesn't say anything. He just quietly goes to grab those candle lights when Xiao Rou is not aware of it. Making it look mysterious! I also can't help but ask Xiao Rou what this starlight is, is it the legendary ghost fire?

  Xiao Rou told me that this thing is not a ghost fire, but the love existing among these ghosts, including familial love, friendship and romantic love. These loves were unfinished before death, and after death they gather into light. Generally, one or two ghosts are unable to achieve this, it can only be seen during the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, and even then not every time. This thing is something that can be encountered but cannot be sought.

  She spoke with a hint of excitement and longing, it seemed these things were good. But I just couldn't understand what this masked man was up to, collecting these things must have some use.

  Until we walked to the end of the market, Xiaoyue's Bagua plate started shaking slightly. Then several tornadoes swept over...

  "Not good, it seems there are indeed extremely evil guys among these hundred ghosts. We must be careful!" Xiao Rou reminded.

  The sunglasses hero quickly covered it up and started looking around...