Chapter 78 Qinglan Mountain City
Chapter 78 Qinglan Mountain City (Part )
Wen Weilan took Liu Sheng to shuttle between the stalls. They looked very familiar with the place and must have been here countless times.
It was the first time for Liu Sheng to come to such a place. He looked around curiously, and everything was new to him.
In this market built specifically for ghost hunters, every item is related to the weird and ghost hunting.
There were stalls that specialized in selling various spiritual tools, spells, elixirs and other items needed for hunting monsters, and there were even stalls that directly displayed all kinds of strange materials. The little tentacles sensed the greed and kept sending Liu Sheng a drooling expression.
It was the first time that Liu Sheng saw such a strange arrangement outside the warehouse of the weaving institute. He tilted his head and asked Wen Weilan, "Aren't they afraid of the strange energy leaking out and infecting them?"
Wen Weilan said: "Everything that can be sold here, whether it is strange materials or strange objects, has been purified after paying a purification fee to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, so there is nothing to be afraid of."
After hearing what Wen Weilan said, the little tentacles immediately started yelling in Liu Sheng’s mind for snacks.
Liu Sheng was so annoyed that he went to a shop selling all kinds of eyeballs to ask about the prices.
Then Liu Sheng fell silent, and the little tentacles also fell silent.
I finally understand why some people would take the risk to become ghost hunters.
Because it’s really profitable!
Why are you still working? Just come out and do it!
Liu Sheng was screaming in his heart.
Fortunately, the part of her personality that loved scientific research finally suppressed her restless "fighting girl" personality. She told herself that working was still a job, and she still had to participate in the Honghu Project, and the National Academy was waiting for her ahead!
Moreover, I heard from Wen Weilan that the General Administration of Weaving and the Ministry of Industry now possess many cutting-edge technologies that are not available to the public. How can I have the chance to take a look at them if I don't climb up the ladder?
Liu Sheng looked around all the way and finally followed Wen Weilan to a relatively flat small square in the middle of the mountain village.
There are two rectangles taller than humans floating in the air on the left and right of the square. The borders seem to be drawn with ink, with ink-colored words displayed on them in turn, as if an invisible brush is constantly writing.
The box on the left has [Information] written on it, and pieces of information are scrolling below.
[Looking for a weapon that can kill souls, price negotiable. 】
[Scene-type weird cracking experience manual, ten spirit yuan per copy, hurry up if you want to buy it. ]
[Gui Fen, I like you. I am waiting for you under the crooked tree in the village.]
[Please tell me how to solve the problem of always feeling like someone is staring at me, urgent!!!]
Wen Weilan explained to Liu Sheng softly, "The information board here is for ghost hunters to leave messages and communicate. Whether it's a transaction, a request for help, or ahem, a personal confession, you can leave a message here."
The box on the right is marked [Recruitment].
[Searching for the disappeared Lingquan Village, reward of 20 Spiritual Elements, estimated level: "Dangerous".]
[Emergency! Requesting support to clear the strangeness in Xinghua Village. Participants will receive additional rewards based on their contributions. Estimated level: "Dangerous".]
[We need an experienced ghost hunter to enter Jinguang Peak to investigate the missing caravan. The reward starts at 30 spirit essences. Estimated level: "Dangerous".]
[An unknown monster has appeared in the Changxing Mountains. Three teams of monster hunters have disappeared. We invite brave monster hunters to join us in the exploration. Rewards will be paid based on contributions. The basic reward is 50 spirit essences. Estimated level: "Extremely dangerous."]
Liu Sheng's eyes moved across the recruitment board, and when he saw the one at the bottom, his brows furrowed slightly.
“Who are the posters of these recruitments?”
"Most of them are ghost hunters looking for teammates, some are commissioned to Xiaoxiang Tower by ghost victims, just like someone came to your Wanshitang for entrustment, and some are posted by Xiaoxiang Tower itself. I even heard that when the Weaving Institute is short of staff, it will come here to post." Wen Weilan said.
Behind the two large pages was a small house with a long line of people lining up from the door.
Wen Weilan pulled Liu Sheng to the end of the line, muttering, "It's all my fault for coming back late. The line is so long. It would be bad if we didn't get a chance to line up when the market closes."
"I was wrong, I was wrong, but didn't you also forget the time while eating buns?"
"Who asked me to eat this bun?"
The two people, who always maintain an aloof and taciturn image in front of outsiders, are actually very noisy and often quarrelsome in private.
Seeing that the line looked like it would take a long time, Liu Sheng said something to Wen Weilan, squeezed out of the line, and turned back to buy something he had just seen.
After a while, she came back with a small box covered with seals.
Wen Weilan looked at it and asked curiously, "Why would you buy this strange object storage container?"
"This is a disposable version made by someone imitating the monster collection container of the Weaving Institute. It is probably made secretly by an old man who retired from the Weaving General Administration. Although the technology is average, there is no other way. We can only use this to contain monsters. If you are not going to hunt monsters, it is really a waste of spiritual energy." Liu Sheng shook his head and did not answer Wen Weilan's question.
Of course she could tell it was a poorly made one-off, but there was value in taking it apart to learn from it.
When she was in the warehouse, she was always eager to move to the box containing the strange creature. She wanted to tear it apart and put it into her stomach, no, the urge to put it into her brain was very strong.
But unfortunately, as soon as the analysis is completed, the items and the boxes have to be sent to the warehouse, so there is really no chance to disassemble and study.
Now that he finally had the chance, Liu Sheng played with the small box and smiled with satisfaction.
Fortunately, she had some inspiration in her mind.
Liu Sheng was thinking, since the principle of the monster containment container is that it can create a closed and stable environment to isolate the monsters and prevent their energy leakage.
So can this closed characteristic be used to preserve and study spiritual particles, especially those that are difficult to stabilize and easy to dissipate?
In this way, can she study the differences between the spiritual particles in the two worlds?
Liu Sheng was deducing in her mind for an unknown amount of time before it was finally their turn to enter the house.
There was only a blurry paper man standing in the room. On the wall behind him hung two much smaller information and recruitment boards, but they still switched information automatically.
"What can I do for you?" the paper man asked politely.
Wen Weilan stepped forward and said, "I want to release information."
"Okay, one line and one spirit element."
This information also costs money. It seems that the person who confessed his love is willing to spend a lot of money? Liu Sheng muttered in his heart.
Wen Weilan paid the money and wrote down the information to be released on the paper according to what the paper man said.
"Okay, I've registered. You'll see it in a moment. Is there anything else I need?" asked the paper man.
"I want to sign up for the recruitment mission." Wen Weilan said again.
"This is a complete list of our current missions. Which one do you want to join?" The paper man shook out a long scroll and opened it to show them. It was densely covered with various missions. And it looked like there were not only missions near Qinghe, but also missions outside the Tang Kingdom. It seemed that this recruitment list was connected to the "Eight Scenic Spots".
From time to time, a horizontal line would be drawn across a task on the list, and then the task would disappear. It was probably because the recruitment for that task was full.
Wen Weilan looked at it carefully, feeling a little confused.
Liu Sheng made up her mind quickly. She pointed to the recruitment mission outside that said there were strange monsters appearing in the Changxing Mountains and said, "I want to participate in this one."
Wen Weilan looked up at her in surprise, then remembered that Liu Sheng was born in the Little Green Garden in the Changxing Mountains, sighed lightly, and chose this option as well.
"Okay, the registration has been successful. After the recruitment is completed, the time and location will be sent to your tokens."
After leaving the room, Liu Sheng whispered to Wen Weilan, "Thank you for accompanying me."
Fortunately, Wen Weilan had changed her appearance at this time, so Liu Sheng could not see the blush on her face. He just pretended to be calm and said, "What is our relationship? Let's not say such polite words."
"In short, you have to protect me."
The two of them were thinking about a lot of things, and looked up at a new message that appeared on the information board:
[If you need a warning of strange spirits, please go to Qinghe Qingcai Lane to find Qingyun Pavilion, which can be customized. ]
"Do you think this will work?" Liu Sheng asked with a hint of doubt.
"Spread the word, it should be useful, right?"
"If it works, won't it tire me to death?"
"You are a major shareholder! The more money you make, the more you benefit!"
"I always feel like I've been cheated. It's not enough to have one good job, I have to work two jobs..."
Wen Weilan laughed twice, then said, "Let's go, let's go home, Autumn Rain Picture is about to close."
Then run away.
"Don't run! Explain yourself clearly!"
Liu Sheng chased after him angrily.
(End of this chapter)