Chapter 505: 505
It was not only Xue Wei who was on high alert; Lan was also observing everything with scrutinizing eyes .
Although he had sealed his power, he held many advantages against others at the same strength . He had his experience and insight . He also had his abilities, even though their power had scaled down alongside the sealing of his powers .
Although he and Xue Wei were aware that it was risky to allow the ghosts to mask their lifeforce, they also had a certain amount of faith in themselves .
Xue Wei had an affinity with the lightning element, and he knew that lightning was the ultimate enemy of the ghosts . While this world consisted of ghosts as the only living beings, they were all known as dark and evil creatures .
Lightning was pure and heavenly; it could strike any evil creature down, and was the nemesis of anything which was evil .
Although Xue Wei's lightning would not make him unbeatable in the ghost realm, it was still a great assistance for him, and it would allow him and Lan to escape .
Lan and Xue Wei disembarked from the carriage . They looked at the gates that had been closed, their eyes were solemn, and their muscles taut .
If they encountered the slightest threat, they would fight back, but they soon noticed that the ghosts were extremely polite to them, and explained everything they did in detail .
They had nothing living to try their mechanism on, but after explaining it well, Xue Wei felt a lot more relieved . They were not extinguishing the life force within him; they were merely going to hide it by putting a token on his body that had an illusion inscribed within .
This illusion blocked all traces of life force, and those who looked at them would see a ghost-like existence like any other .
Their eyes would seem all black, and their aura would be cold and gloomy . Their cultivation base would also look very different from their actual strength, but more similar to that of the ghost realm's cultivation base .
Lan and Xue Wei were feeling quite good when they realized that they did not need to alter anything in their bodies, and that they merely had to carry a token with them, but even then, they did not let go of their vigilance .
Xue Wei accepted the token . The wood it was made from was dark purple, and there was a pulse of energy erupting from it every second .
He looked at the inscription on the token, he was not familiar with the runes, but they seemed to work in the same way as the inscriptions he had learned .
Xue Wei felt cold energy shrouding him as he held the token . It was not uncomfortable, but it caused a chill to run through his body . However, it did not permeate into his body; it was merely the skin that felt the chill .
Xue Wei was even more convinced that this token would not affect or influence his body .
Lan was currently in a small version of his original shape, and he could not hold the token in his hands, but he simply coiled his tail around it, and it vanished from sight . Moments after, the life force within his body had also disappeared .
Xue Wei placed the token in his robes and nodded his head . He then took out many herbs and resources that were heavy in yin energy, and handed one to each of the people present, while the mayor managed to get a handful of items in return for the two tokens .
Both sides felt that they had taken advantage of the other . Xue Wei had so many resources that using a few was truly no difference to him, but the mayor was also quite happy because the tokens were nothing special to him, as everyone had a few .
These tokens also had another use . They were illusion tokens, and could change the appearance of a ghost .
This was their primary purpose; the side effect was that they would make anyone appear as a ghost .
After looking at Xue Wei time and time again to ensure that he was the same as any other ghost, the mayor finally allowed the gates to open, and for the merchants to display their goods .
Xue Wei was quite curious about what the currency here in the ghost realm was, and he was quite surprised to find that they used a strange white substance that was being carried in calabash bottles .
Xue Wei could not help but walk next to the mayor . "What is the currency here?" he asked with a low voice, and the mayor glanced at the many wooden calabash bottles with the white translucent liquid within .
"This is liquified spiritual liquid," he answered . "There are different mechanisms that allow you to either convert your own spiritual energy into this Liquid Spirit, or you can convert the spirits you are consuming into Liquid Spirit . "
Xue Wei nodded his head . He could not convert his own spirit into Liquid Spirit, as he was not a genuine ghost, but he did need one of those mechanisms that could transform others into this currency .
He needed to buy it, and thus he had to have something that could be exchanged first .
"If you have treasures with high yin density, then we are willing to make a trade with you," the mayor said, a cunning light flashed in his eyes, and Xue Wei smiled .
Although he knew that the mayor just wanted to benefit, he was not against it . He needed something that the mayor had, and it was only natural that he had to pay for it .
After considering for some time what to take out, he took out a Night Luminous Pearl .
This pearl absorbed yin energy and stored a certain amount at a time, but as soon as it was used, it would begin to convert more yin energy from the heaven and earth essence . To the ghosts, this was a heavenly sent treasure .