A retired swordsman who opened a shop in the end [Quick Transmigration]

Bai Qingxian bid farewell to Xi Lan temporarily, and went to the store she mentioned to have a look.

From the outside, the shop looked no different from the dilapidated shops around it. Except for the dilapidated door, the interior of the shop was very tidy by the boss.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see an old man sweeping away the dust brought into the store by the cold wind. The broom looks like a homemade product, with many irregular dead branches wrapped around cloth strips of various colors.

The entire storefront looks smaller than that of the Leisure Inn. There are three shelves in total, and the style, size, material and color of each shelf are completely different. They should be collected from different abandoned stores.

The most products on the shelves are all kinds of books that have been browsed countless times. Although they look old at first glance, they are still very neatly classified according to the labels.

In addition to books, you can also see recreational props such as jigsaw puzzles, puzzles, Kongming locks and nine chains.The square table next to the shelf that doesn't match the chairs even lacks two table legs, so it can only be fixed to the wall. There is also a chessboard placed on the square table, where two equally old souls are sitting and playing chess.

Portable musical instruments such as flutes and harmonicas hang on the walls of the store.

Bai Qingxian even had the illusion of accidentally walking into an activity center for the elderly.

In the shop, apart from the boss sweeping the dust and the two old men who were playing chess, there were also a few souls standing by the shelves looking through books, and returning them to their original positions after each book.

Those souls... or those people read books very fast, as if they were flipping through books they had read countless times, and put the books back after glancing at the highlights that they had memorized by heart.

"welcome."

After noticing someone coming in, the shop owner who was sweeping the floor raised his head and looked at Bai Qingxian: "It's a new face that I haven't seen before. He just came to Nightmare City not long ago, right?"

The appearance of the boss is also a white-haired old man, with a somewhat stooped figure, one eye is a gray artificial eye that does not move, and the other eye is covered with bloodshot eyes.

This made the kind-hearted boss in Xi Lan's mouth look a little scary.

"I heard from a lady that the owner here is a good person, and he has been in this city for a long time." Bai Qingxian looked around, "I am also a grocery store owner, and I can feel that this store is being owned by the owner. You took good care of me."

"Young people, those who can stay in this nightmare city for decades are not good people." The boss put aside the homemade broom and took a cloth from the side to wipe off the dust on his hands, "I've been here Stayed for 50 years, only a little younger than the city itself."

"When I first came to this city, apart from the deputy city lord Qin Yan, there was no other normal person on this street who was willing to talk to me. After all, most of the people who came to Nightmare City at that time were murderers full of evil. "The boss mentioned his friendship with Qin Yan by the way.

"Anyone can come here now, and I don't know if it's your luck or your misfortune." The boss seems to like chatting with others, so there is no need for Bai Qingxian to ask anything.

"If you feel that life here is boring, you can come to the store for a stroll. Many things in this store are left by old customers, some are no longer needed by them, and some are not even the original owners. "

As the boss said, he picked up a set of unknown novels from the shelf and handed them to Bai Qingxian: "Young people who have just come to Nightmare City like to borrow this set of books to read, do you want to give it a try?"

"Thank you." Bai Qingxian did not refuse, but smiled and said to the boss after accepting the book, "Although reading is a good pastime when you are bored, I prefer chatting with others."

"Let's talk, let's talk, we also like to listen to the boss chatting with newcomers who don't know anything." The old man who was playing chess at the side also said with a smile.

"Yeah." The old man on the opposite side also nodded in response, "Every time a new face appears, life seems not so boring. Only at this time can I understand why the members of the Evil Ghost League like to torture newcomers so much."

"What do those bastards have to understand?" The shop owner's fake eyes stared straight at the two regular chess players, "If you think it's boring to play chess here every day, why don't you just join the evil ghost alliance?" gone."

"No, no, no, old bones like us can't stand the toss." The two chess players shook their heads quickly, "I heard that once when the Evil Ghost League was bored, they gave each of the newcomers who entered the checkpoint a bone tool, and then asked They killed the evil spirits who participated in the show."

"Those evil spirits thought they would live a good life by joining the Evil Ghost Alliance, but they ended up dying in the hands of those newcomers. It's too miserable, it's really too miserable."

"Since you don't want to go, then shut up." The shop owner stared at the two with bloodshot eyes, then turned to look at Bai Qingxian, "If you want to know anything, just ask."

"I heard from other people on the street that those souls who escaped from other nightmare cities are called immigrants. So what happened to the nightmare city they were originally in?"

Bai Qingxian remembered that the number of his city was 666, which means that more than 600 nightmare cities were probably born before this, and an unknown number of nightmare cities were born after this.

"I have always stayed in this nightmare city, and I have never seen what other nightmare cities look like, but I have also received a few settler guests."

The boss showed a thoughtful expression, as if he was sorting out his words, and then continued: "Everyone knows that the city lord holds the lifeblood of Nightmare City, and the anger and other negative emotions of the city lord will cause natural disasters, but as long as the original lord is killed, can be replaced.”

"In other nightmare cities, it is not uncommon to fight for the position of the city lord. Some are because of the desire for power, and some are dissatisfied with the city lord who frequently causes natural disasters. Bringing forth the most terrifying natural disasters."

"Natural disasters will not wipe out the soul, but will make the soul suffer the most painful torture, just like lighting a fire to burn your arm when you are awake. There is no painkiller, and it will not let you die."

The boss said with some amusement: "When I first arrived in this nightmare city, there were many people looking around for the true identity of the city lord, and even threatened and lured Qin Yan, who has the authority of the deputy city lord."

"Now, almost no one covets the position of the city lord anymore." The boss pointed upwards with a hand gesture, "After all, our Nightmare City is too peaceful and stable, and all those who once wanted to compete for the position of the city lord think they can't do this Decades of tranquility."

"Except for conniving the evil ghost alliance, our mysterious Lord City Lord is almost perfect." The old man who was playing chess next to him also nodded in agreement.

"Boss, have you met the Lord City Lord?" Bai Qingxian never expected that the fight that the will of the world was expecting would never come during his decades of retreat.

But thinking about it, even the city lord himself is missing, so where does the fight for the crown of thorns come from?

"As long as you enter the Evil Ghost League, you will be able to meet the city lord." The shop owner's words caught Bai Qingxian by surprise, "Those guys always use this to attract those who are curious about the city lord, and some even get tired of it." The settlers who lost the incompetent city lord also turned to join the Evil Ghost League for this reason."

"The relationship between the Evil Ghost League and the city lord is so good?" Bai Qingxian felt that something was wrong.

"Of course, otherwise, the Evil Ghost Alliance could have been dominating this city for so long?" The old man who was playing chess next to him seemed to be convinced of this, "I don't know if our city lord is too good-tempered or what, from the beginning to the end They all turned a blind eye to the spirit-torturing actions of the Evil Ghost Alliance, I have been in Nightmare City for so long and haven’t seen the sky change here, even the moon has not changed at all.”

"Will the moon change?" Bai Qingxian thought that the red moon was already weird enough.

"Those settlers said that the moon is like the lifespan of this nightmare city. No matter how many city owners are replaced, if the moon turns black one day, they should run for their lives." The red moon in the field of vision, "but our moon here has not changed for at least 50 years."

He's been "sleeping" after all.

"Maybe the city lord doesn't know what the evil ghost alliance is doing, maybe the city lord himself is kept in the dark, after all, the deputy city lord has the same authority, doesn't he?" Bai Qingxian probed.

"Deputy City Lord Qin is a nice person." The shop owner shook his head immediately, "The reason why I opened this shop here is also his idea. He is not the kind of person who would do that kind of thing."

The two old men who were playing chess next to them also nodded repeatedly.

Bai Qingxian could see that the situation in this nightmare city was somewhat complicated.

The wandering souls on this street hate the Evil Ghost League very much, but because behind the Evil Ghost League are the city lord and vice-castle lord, and there are even ways to earn extra points, so the wandering souls have nothing to do with the existence of the Evil Ghost League. Method.

These souls should have hated the city lord and deputy city lord who helped the evil, but in their eyes, the mysterious city lord has been guarding the seat of thorns, guarding the safety of this nightmare city, and protecting all city residents from natural disasters. The city lord respected more than resentment.

The deputy city lord is also a "good guy" who has a good reputation in his soul.

This tangled and helpless feeling has always maintained the balance of the entire Nightmare City, but now the number and ambition of the settlers have clearly exceeded the control of the Evil Guild, enough to become an existence that breaks this balance.

Bai Qingxian guessed that the secret of the Evil Ghost Alliance might be exposed to everyone because of this.

It would be a pity if I couldn't witness the scene where the balance was broken... Thinking of this, Bai Qingxian directly asked the shop owner who seemed to know everything: "Boss, when will the Evil Guild recruit people?"

"..."

The shop owner immediately widened his one-eyed eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you asking for?"

"I want to join the Evil Ghost Alliance Trial..."

Before Bai Qingxian finished speaking, the shop owner directly picked up the big broom that was placed beside him just now, and greeted Bai Qingxian suddenly.

"Go, get out of my shop from the Evil Ghost League! Get out!" The shop owner's gray beard almost blew out in anger, "Get out!"

Bai Qingxian didn't fight back either, but just avoided the store owner's offensive, and then walked out of the store step by step with a smile on his face.

Anyway, if you want to join, just walk in the direction of the school.