Merchant of the Underworld

The old man showed a faint smile: "Young man, don't change the subject. Tell me, do you think the fate of those prostitutes is tragic?"

I nodded helplessly.

The old man was silent for a moment, and then he let out a long sigh: "Like your grandfather, he has a soft heart. You must know that your grandfather died because of his fatal weakness of soft heart."

Hearing what the old man said, I suddenly became nervous and stared at the old man with burning eyes: "Do you know how my grandfather died? Was he killed by someone? Tell me quickly."

The old man waved his hand: "I can't tell you this. Telling you would break the rules of the circle. When the time comes, you will naturally know..."

But my heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and I asked the old man again and again about the cause of grandpa's death. But the old man has always been tight-lipped, and no matter how hard I try, I can't pry it open.

In the end, I had no choice but to give up.

The old man told me to go to the willow forest outside the village and bring back some willow branches. The branches must be one and a half meters long, either too short or too long.

I looked at the old man speechlessly, wondering why the old man would do this?

And do willow trees have such long branches? It would be good if you can find one that is about one meter.

But the old man smiled and told me to just rest assured that I would find it when I got there.

I was even a little doubtful at the moment, was this old man kidding me? Of course, I finally believed it, because the photo album left by my grandfather would not be fake.

Now that I knew that the old man had no ill intentions towards us, I immediately called Li Mazi from the hotel and asked him to go with Yin Xinyue and me to break willow branches outside the village.

We asked the villagers in the village about the location of the willow forest.

When the villagers learned that we were going to Willow Forest, they all looked at us strangely. There were even a few warm-hearted aunties who advised us not to go there.

We felt very strange and asked why, but they refused to tell us.

I felt vigilant in my heart. It seemed that the damn old man hadn't told me the truth! He must be hiding something from me. The reason why he didn't take action was not because he would die if he took action. It was probably because there was another mystery in this willow forest.

But no matter how dangerous the willow forest is, we must go this time.

When I arrived at the willow forest, I discovered that the forest was not big, and the trees were arranged very neatly, as if they were artificially planted.

It's just that the willow trees here are very young and don't look like they have grown for many years. It is difficult to find willow branches of about one meter, let alone one that is one and a half meters tall.

Li Mazi measured it with a steel ruler, and the last bit of his patience was exhausted. He cursed: "Isn't this old guy playing tricks on us? Where can I find a 1.5 meter wicker? I really can't just break two of them." Just go back and forget it.”

I said this was not possible. These wickers were the tools we were going to use tonight, so we couldn’t afford to be careless.

After searching around in the dense willow forest, we finally found an old tree. This willow tree is actually as thick as two people embracing it. It is located at the edge of the willow forest.

When I saw the position of this tree, I felt something was not right.

Because willow trees are originally yin, the hills in the willow forest are often places where ghosts breed. Logically speaking, this place should be barren of grass.

But the willow tree in front of me not only did not die, but was actually the tallest and strongest. I am afraid only the old man knew what was wrong with it.

Forget it, forget about this for now and quickly find some 1.5 meter wickers!

To our surprise, most of the branches on this willow tree, except for some new growth, were about 1.5 meters tall. And there are obvious pruning marks at the ends of the branches.

In other words, someone deliberately kept these wickers at a length of one and a half meters, neither too long nor too short.

Who did all this? What is his intention in doing this?

We folded some wicker sticks, and when we saw that the quantity was almost there, we tied them into a bundle and hurried back.

The sky was getting dark now. As we walked forward holding the wicker in our arms, I suddenly felt a chill on my back, as if someone was blowing air on my neck.

Although the feeling was vague, it made my scalp tingle and I couldn't help but speed up my pace.

Naturally, I didn’t dare to look back. If I saw something, I would be under greater psychological pressure.

Not to mention the legend of carrying three sunfires on his shoulders? If you turn around and extinguish one of them, you'll be in trouble.

Continuing forward, I suddenly heard Yin Xinyue scream.

I quickly glanced at Yin Xinyue out of the corner of my eye, only to find Yin Xinyue squatting on the ground, her eyes wide open, as if she was frightened by something.

I secretly cursed myself for being careless, why did I forget to remind Yin Xinyue? So I pulled Yin Xinyue up without hesitation.

But for some reason, Yin Xinyue, who weighed less than a hundred kilograms, now seemed to weigh more than a thousand kilograms. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't pull Yin Xinyue up.

No, something happened!

I was so frightened that I broke out in a cold sweat, and I didn't dare to look back to see what happened, so I had to call to Li Mazi next to me and ask Li Mazi to help.

But when I turned to look at Li Mazi, I discovered that Li Mazi was squatting on the ground with his head facing back, just like Yin Xinyue, looking behind him with burning eyes, not knowing what he was looking at.

I called Li Mazi twice, but Li Mazi ignored me.

What the hell is going on?

Could it be that he met the legendary ‘Ghost Nail Man’.

The so-called ghost nailing a person means that a person is haunted by ghosts and stuck into the soil like nails. It is impossible to pull out the entangled person with brute force.

Damn, what should I do now? I had only heard my grandfather mention the ‘Ghost Nail Man’ before, but I didn’t know how to crack it.

So I stood there staring at the two of them, a little at a loss.

Just when I was about to call the old man for help, I suddenly heard the voices of Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue calling for help from behind me.

I immediately turned around, and a vast white fog suddenly appeared behind me. I couldn't see anything. The voices of Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue asking for help came from deep in the fog.

This weird scene made me tremble with fear.

You know, Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue are squatting in front of me at this moment. Why do their voices come from the distant thick fog?

And the moment I turned around, the white mist instantly surrounded me. I cursed secretly, it seemed like I turned around just now, and the sun fire on my shoulder must have been extinguished...

This is really a disaster!

Before I was completely swallowed up by the fog, I immediately squatted down and marked the front, back, left and right to avoid being confused about the direction later.

what to do? Is it still too late to ask the old man for help? What did Yin Xinyue and Li Mazi see?

The more I thought about it, the more panicked I became, and the more panicked I became, the less I could think of a solution.

Slowly, I discovered that there were shadowy figures moving in the thick fog around me.

It was like there were countless people walking towards me from the thick fog.

Moreover, the postures of these people are so strange. They are all standing on tiptoes, their necks are long, and their heads are tilted. I tried hard to see more clearly through the white fog, but it was impossible. The fog was too thick.

"Li Mazi, Yin Xinyue, is that you?" I shouted to Bai Wu, hoping to get a response from the two of them.

However, the two of them may have encountered a ghost beating the wall. They could not see or hear the movements of the outside world at all, and they were just walking around in the small world of the ghost beating the wall.

I can even imagine how critical the situation between the two of them is at this moment.

But if the two of them are really trapped in the white mist, then what the hell is going on with Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue next to me? I turned to look at Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue beside me. They were still squatting there and moving.

The figures in the white mist did not come closer for a while. I knew in my heart that it must be the two sun fires on my shoulders that were still burning, so they did not dare to approach.

Forget it, let’s give it a try! I still have some tricks to deal with ghosts hitting the wall. I randomly found a willow tree, dug a hole underneath, then peed into the hole, bit my middle finger and index finger, and dropped a drop of blood in each of my urine. Finally, I took out a willow branch and dipped it in Urine was sprinkled around.

Unexpectedly, this trick actually worked. Those figures seemed to be very afraid of urine. The urine thrown out by the willow branches forced them to retreat continuously, and the white mist gradually became thinner at a speed visible to the naked eye.

I was overjoyed and quickly increased my speed. Not long after, the surrounding white fog dissipated, and I breathed a sigh of relief and went to look at Yin Xinyue and Li Mazi beside me.

Looking at it like this, I was immediately speechless. Standing next to me were Yin Xinyue and Li Mazi. They were clearly two willow tree stumps. No wonder I couldn't move them just now.

So where are the real Yin Xinyue and Li Mazi?

At this moment, the voices of Yin Xinyue and Li Mazi came from a distance again, as if they were exactly where the old willow tree was.

I was shocked and quickly followed the sound.

Finally, I discovered that Yin Xinyue and Li Mazi were lying under the old willow tree, closing their eyes and shouting for help.

Both of them were covered in dirty dirt, and Li Mazi even had his mouth filled with dirt. Moreover, he kept waving his hands, as if he was going to drive them away once someone came close.

Yin Xinyue kept pulling her hair and shouting loudly, "Get away, get away!"

I was ready to comfort them both.

But as soon as I took two steps forward, I felt like there were countless pairs of eyes staring at me in this old willow tree.

I shuddered involuntarily, stopped, and looked up at the big willow tree with burning eyes.

When I glanced at the tops of the big willow tree, I almost had a nervous breakdown. Because there are heads hanging on the willow branches at the top of the old willow tree. The hair is disheveled and densely dotted, at least hundreds of them!