Chapter 48: No Master to Inherit From

  Mr. Guo walked in front of Yin Zhouyang with an extremely confident look, and fortunately, Yin Zhouyang just frowned and didn't care about it anymore. However, in my opinion, this is a typical case of a weasel paying respects to a hen for a hundred years, not having good intentions. But I don't understand where Mr. Guo's confidence comes from.

  Zhao Feiyu grabbed me and whispered in my ear: If anything goes wrong, take action immediately.

  I naturally nodded in agreement. This sentence is so reasonable that I didn't even want to refute it.

  Kong Yat sang a Buddhist mantra, as if sighing about something. Yin Zhou naturally knew what the three of us were thinking in our hearts, but he didn't show any signs of wanting to object. As usual, he just walked quietly.

  "If you want to lay hands on me, it's best to do it now. Later, I'm afraid you won't have the chance." Yun Zhou Yang said calmly as he was about to walk out of the cave entrance.

  "I don't want to kill two people at once." I was about to continue, but Kou was one step ahead.

  Kong Yī's words completely enraged Yǐn Zhōu, who turned around with a menacing look as if he was about to take action. Zhao Fēi Yǔ and I almost simultaneously pulled out the meteorite iron and dustpan to block Kong Yī's path.

  "I advise you not to make a move, as there are four opponents here. I can let you die four times, and you know I'm not joking." When Old Man Guo's voice rang out, Yin Zhouyang indeed had no choice but to drop his hand.

  Under the protection of our seniors, I suddenly felt that this was a fortunate thing. Yin Zhouyang walked alone with his head down towards the front and didn't care about Old Man Guo. The danger eliminated, Zhao Feiyu and I also put down our defensive weapons.

  Zhao Feiyu turned around and patted Kong Yiren's shoulder, saying with a heavy heart: Your sharp tongue hasn't changed!

  Kong Yatuo smiled and said with great confidence: I'm a Virgo, you don't know?

  These two people laughed like fools, as if they had done something extraordinary. Old Guo walked up to Zhao Feiyu and slapped him on the head with a loud slap, saying somewhat angrily: How did I usually teach you? Speak!

  Zhao Feiyu covered his head with his hands and looked at Old Man Guo with a resentful gaze, saying: "You didn't make the first move, I won't make the first move. If I were to make the first move, it would be a decisive blow."

  Mr. Guo nodded and estimated that Zhao Feiyu had not completely forgotten these things yet. Mr. Guo continued walking, but his mouth was still muttering some words of teaching us.

  Nothing about being too sharp or aggressive, just things like "if you can win a fight then fight, if not then run". The three of us stood behind him nodding our heads in agreement, but I was getting impatient. It wasn't until I had an apprentice of my own and was repeating these same tedious warnings to him that I finally understood the good intentions behind Old Guo's words.

  When we walked out of the cave, Yin Zhouyang was obviously impatient. Out of the cave, it can be said that there is another world.

  This is a high place, although the sky here is gloomy, but standing at a high place and looking down, all around are dense ancient buildings. I turned my body and saw that next to the cave entrance there was a huge stone. And on that stone were densely packed with dense curses.

  Is this what Old Guo meant by Ghost Market?

  One minute later, I saw five black sedan chairs rushing towards us quickly. When they ran close, I saw that the ones carrying the sedan chairs were not humans, but four ghosts.

  The sedan chair stopped in front of us, as if it had come to pick us up. Yin Zhou Yang got into one of the sedan chairs with ease, and so did Old Man Guo.

  However, before getting on the sedan chair, Old Guo reminded us: when walking, don't lift up the curtain, otherwise I won't be able to save you.

  The three of us looked at each other and got into the sedan chairs separately. As soon as I sat down, I felt that the chair had left the ground and was moving quickly.

  I don't quite understand what Old Guo meant by that. But thinking about it, this place has a heavy yin energy and our identities are somewhat special, so they probably won't let us look out.

  I fell into a doze all the way and didn't open my eyes until the sedan chair landed.

  I lifted the curtain and got off the sedan chair, five people were there, not one less. This actually made me a little disappointed. I thought something would happen, but now it seems I was overthinking.

  In front of me was a palace-style building, but what was different was that its pillars were all made of black lacquer, and the surface of the building was entirely white lacquer. This looked rather dismal. The place gave people a bad feeling in general. I stood in front of the palace, looked up and saw three big characters written on the sign: Lou Yu Xuan.

  In history, there was only one Lou Yu Xuan, which was the temporary palace of Ying Zheng. It seems that this Ying Zheng is indeed a person who cherishes the past.

  Mr. Guo patted his clothes and strode in with big steps. At this moment, in this situation, how could we be timid? Although there was some discomfort in our hearts, on the surface, the three of us still had an expression that said "so what".

  We walked into the palace, just as I had imagined. The people from Jianghe were already there, sitting and waiting for us. Of course, the host seat naturally belonged to Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng was wearing a black dragon robe today, which undoubtedly showed off his identity. As I looked around, Yin Zhou Yang and Tian Zhe's clothes were very similar, and another girl with completely white hair was also similarly dressed.

  That girl looks very delicate, but there is no sparkle in her eyes. She sat quietly beside Yin Zhou Yang, needlessly to say, she was Zhou Chenxin.

  Huang Shi-bo simply closed his eyes and sat quietly on one side, unaware whether he was alive or dead.

  This can be said to be a gathering of the spiritual circle. However, in my opinion, this is Qin Zheng's declaration to the world that he has returned.

  "Please." Ying Zheng said to Old Man Guo with a fake smile, pointing to a position beside him. Then, he also gestured for us three to sit down and talk.

  On each table, there was only one cup of wine. Apart from this thing, nothing else existed. I couldn't guess the meaning of Ying Zheng's actions, what did he want to do?

  "Who else hasn't arrived?" Qin Zheng looked at the two empty seats and asked with a frown.

  "Hui Huang is Mu Rong Xing and Dong Qing Zi." Yin Zhou Yang glanced at the position, then immediately replied.

  Ying Zheng merely furrowed his brow, without making any further reaction. Tian Zhe let out a cold laugh, seemingly speaking to me: Afraid of death? Then why hide? I will find you sooner or later, won't I?

  I looked up at the sky and raised my wine cup to toast: This cup of wine is to wish you an early reunion. Or, I should say, may you have a chance to find my apprentice.

  Tianzhe couldn't take these verbal provocations. At the slightest disagreement, she would stand up, looking like she was about to get physical. Yin Zhouyang quickly grabbed Tianzhe and shook his head at her.

  Tian sat back in her seat, saw me still holding the wine glass, and she tilted her head to drink down the cup of wine on the table. After seeing her swallow the wine, I calmly put the wine glass back on the table.

  Heaven saw my actions and asked in a displeased tone: You toasted me with wine just now, but you're not drinking it? What do you mean?

  I looked at the wine in the cup and smiled: Why drink with a dead man?

  "Ha!" Just as Tian was about to erupt, Ying Zheng burst out laughing.

  Everyone's eyes were focused on Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng picked up his wine cup and said: I am about to leave the world, according to the rules, naturally need a few sacrifices. Forgot to tell you all, in your wine cups, I put some poison, also put antidotes. As for which cup is poisonous, which cup is non-toxic. I myself can't remember it either. However, I thought of a way. You can choose your opponent yourself, and duel with that person, the winner can give their own wine cup to the loser. Whether it's two cups of poison or two cups of antidote, I don't know either ah. Tian Ye, the wine you drank earlier, I also don't know if you will die or not ah. Hahahaha!

  The heavens heard this and changed color greatly. I thought to myself, Qin Zheng this old fox indeed came prepared. I didn't say much, just quietly listened. However, I saw the embarrassment on Kong Yiji's face, Kong Yiji never drank wine because it was against his principles.

  Mr. Guo didn't say a word throughout the whole process, but he had already anticipated this outcome. Tian's face was also extremely ugly, and it could be seen that she couldn't sit still anymore.

  "Since you're so eager, then let's have you go first. You can choose your opponent from anyone present." Qin Zheng pointed at all of us and said with a smile, but his gaze stopped on Old Man Guo.

  We all know about Guo Lao's grudges with Tianzhu. At this time, Zhao Feiyu stood up by himself and said to Tianzhu: I'm willing to fight you!

  Guo Lao looked at Zhao Feiyu with some surprise, and Zhao Feiyu didn't care whether Tianzhe agreed or not, he just walked to the center of the main hall. Tianzhe felt like she had been greatly challenged, and she didn't care about anything else, using her fastest speed to walk to the center of the main hall.

  "Heaven, if you win, I'll give you the antidote. But if you lose, Zhao Feiyu's wine will still be yours to drink." Qin Zheng's mouth curled up into a sly smile, as if he was already ready to enjoy the show.

  Zhao Feiyu turned around and looked at Old Man Guo, then put his hands on his hips and said in fluent Sichuan dialect: "Old Man Guo! I've given you face today, so don't go around saying that apprentices are useless from now on!"

  Facing Zhao Feiyu's fluent Sichuan dialect, Old Man Guo just smiled and didn't say much.

  "Amitabha Buddha." Kong Yat sang another Buddhist mantra and then began to turn the prayer beads, as if praying for Zhao Feiyu's blessings.

  The heavens looked at Old Man Guo with a complex expression, then shifted their attention entirely onto Zhao Feiyu.

  One is Guo Lao's direct disciple, the other wants to become Guo Lao's disciple. This battle of magic, I'm afraid both sides have been waiting for a long time.

  Zhao Feiyu took out a duster and skillfully dusted his arm, slightly bowing to the sky, and said politely: "Ghost Building Zhao Feiyu, disciple of Guo Jianhua. I've paid my respects."

  "The nine gentlemen in charge of the imperial court, heavenly ones, without a teacher to inherit from, have already completed the rites."