"The Imperial City Ghost Market has a long history, said to have started from the clandestine sale of imperial items, operating secretly from midnight to dawn; as time passed, the scale gradually expanded, and the variety of goods also diversified."
"Gold, jewels, paintings, books, and some unimaginable items like herbs, weapons, materials, rare insects, and plants—but the Ghost Market is a place of complex characters and mixed crowds, where all sorts of dubious figures come to trade."
"Thus, the items sold there mix the genuine with the fake, hard to distinguish. Old Lady Hua has a rule in her dealings: she only sells to regulars, no transactions with new faces."
"If you want to trade with her, you must be introduced by a regular. I have traded with her a few times and can guide you if you need," Shen Wanzhang patiently explained with enthusiasm.
