Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 114 Grave Robbers

June 23rd of the lunar calendar, Wednesday.

The horse is in trouble and the south is in danger, which will cause the punishment from the gods.

Aunt Six passed away in the early morning of June 13th.

It has been ten days since Aunt Liu passed away.

Ran Qing returned to the cement house with his schoolbag and saw Xiaomianhua still sleeping on the cement yard.

Mo Li sat at the door reading a book. Everything was the same as at noon.

The girl's expression was completely focused, and she was completely absorbed by the comic book in her hand.

Even though she just learned about the horrible thing at noon, she was not affected at all.

When Ran Qing came back, he didn't read or study first, but was in a hurry to cook.

Mo Li, who had only lived together for a few days, already understood the boy's character.

She put down the book, walked to the door in surprise and asked, "Are you going to Ghost Cave Village tonight?"

Ran Qing, who was washing rice, nodded and said, "The curse of the destiny card has been cast, and it will be quick this time."

When the person in charge of the horoscope went to the field, it took him two days to curse the water ghost in the well.

But this time, it only took one day to go to the farther Guidong Village.

During the afternoon class, Ran Qing was in a trance for a moment.

In that confused and dazed state, he saw the word "life" jump into a gloomy and deserted Taoist temple and disappear into the shrine of the Taoist temple.

Mo Li thought silently for a few seconds, then said, "I'll go with you tonight. I'll take you there on my motorcycle later."

"Ghost Cave Village is so far away. If you walk there like you did last night, you'll tire Sister Mianhua to death."

Mo Li's words surprised Ran Qing, who was washing rice. "You rode a motorcycle to take me there? Where did you get the motorcycle?"

Mo Li glared at Ran Qing and said, "It's parked right next to my room! It's been there for several days, didn't you see it?"

Ran Qing was speechless for a moment: "No..."

He rushed into the house every day, hurriedly read and did exercises, or studied "Witchcraft and Supernatural Powers", and had no time to hang out outside.

He didn't even notice there was a motorcycle parked on the side of the concrete house.

Mo Li looked at him deeply and shook his head: "You... live like an ascetic monk, don't you feel it's hard at all?"

Two boys and girls of similar age lead completely different lives.

Ran Qing washed the rice, wiped the moisture off the pot, and put the pot into the rice cooker while speaking.

"I can't be a ghost walker my whole life. I'm going to do the right thing after graduation."

Ran Qing said calmly: "If you work hard now, it will be ten times easier in the future."

Ran Qing didn't want to live in the countryside with his face facing the earth and his back to the sky, and he didn't want to be trapped in the village for the rest of his life.

Although he now has the ability to travel into the underworld, he does not intend to make a living by doing so.

The reason why making money through side jobs is called side jobs is because it is not the right way and it is also dangerous and unpredictable.

Even someone as strong as Aunt Six will encounter evil spirits that she cannot afford to offend.

After Ran Qing fulfilled his sixth aunt's last wish, uncovered the real culprit behind the scenes, and resolved his own life-and-death crisis, he could live a peaceful life.

The three of them quickly had dinner together, and then Ran Qing went to the main room.

The female ghost in the jar has stopped emitting resentment, and the medicinal wine is ready.

Ran Qing confirmed it one last time, and the female ghost still wanted to leave in disgust.

So he simply opened the Yin altar, threw the female ghost in the jar into a large vat full of dead faces, and began to refine the ghost.

The dead faces biting each other quickly drowned the female ghost.

In a few days, the female ghost in the jar will become one of the dead faces, lose consciousness, become empty and numb, and completely disappear from the world.

After drinking the medicinal wine, Ran Qing felt a chilling force spreading throughout his body. This medicinal wine, brewed by a fierce ghost, was icy cold to the bone.

When Ran Qing finished drinking, he saw two soul incense sticks slowly emerging from the incense ashes in the large jar.

There were three soul incense sticks in total, standing there quietly.

His strength seemed to have increased a lot. He should no longer be exhausted after using the Yin energy in his body a little like before.

"Let's go," Ran Qing said concisely after finishing his work.

Night fell over the city. Mo Li's motorcycle, carrying two people and a dog, drove out of the old residential area of ​​Park Road and headed towards the mountains outside Yuezhao City.

Mo Li's motorcycle was of a strange style, completely different from the ones Ran Qing had seen in the countryside.

Its seat and handlebars were curved, and the body looked thick and heavy, like a squatting fat man. The engine had a deep, deep roar, and the headlights were brighter than those of a scooter in the countryside.

Sitting in the car, Ran Qing felt that his ears were almost numbed by the engine noise, it was so noisy.

When getting off the car, Ran Qing couldn't help but say, "Your motorcycle is so weird."

It was the first time he had seen this style of motorcycle. It looked bulky and fancy, and the engine was so loud.

He thought that all motorcycles were the kind with red fuel tanks, pedals, and were straight and sleek.

Mo Li rolled his eyes and said, "Harley is just so noisy. You have to get used to it."

The motorcycle stopped on the dark, dark loess road. Mo Li pointed to the top of the mountain and said, "Go up from here and you'll find the Taoist temple. I've been here once. The Taoists there aren't very skilled. They're not from the Xuanmen sect. The old woman said they were tomb robbers who fled to the mountains to avoid disaster."

After Mo Li parked the car, he got out of the seat and said to Ran Qing, "Let's go. I'll go up with you."

In the desolate mountains, the night wind blows.

From the distant woods came bursts of strange and shrill cries.

Those are the sounds of birds and animals in the mountains and forests.

Some of them sounded like ghosts crying, some like babies crying, and they were heard in the forest in the wilderness, inexplicably creepy.

But this mountain with an abandoned Taoist temple was deserted and silent, even the sound of crickets that could be heard everywhere had disappeared.

In the night wind, the only voices in this mountain were those of Ran Qing and the other man.

He looked at Mo Li in surprise, but said nothing.

Since she is Aunt Six's daughter, she must be capable.

But Mo Li was confused by him: "Aren't you bringing a paper figurine this time?"

The last time Ran Qing went to catch ghosts, he brought four paper figures in straw raincoats. Mo Li knew this.

On the dark mountain path, Ran Qing, holding a flashlight, shook his head. "Paper figurines aren't always necessary. Besides, Aunt Six's pamphlet says that the only things in this Taoist temple are the Seven Star Nails. She also specifically warned us not to bring paper figurines."

The girl was stunned by Ran Qing's words.

"Seven-star nails? Aren't those used to fight zombies?"

The girl looked up at the Taoist temple above her head in surprise and said, "Aren't we going to catch ghosts?"

Ran Qing shook his head and said, "Except for the paper figurines, I've brought almost everything I can. We'll see how things unfold after we get there."

When he heard that the Taoist priest in this Taoist temple was a tomb robber in the past, he vaguely understood something.

Grave robbers often go to tombs and open coffins year-round, often becoming contaminated with Yin Qi and corpse Qi, and may even be poisoned by corpses without realizing it. These tomb robbers are prone to turning into zombies after death.

No wonder Sixth Aunt asked him to wear the Seven-Star Nail.

However, starting from this Taoist temple, what Aunt Liu wrote in the booklet became increasingly vague and brief.

After visiting the water well on Banan Road, Ran Qing even discovered that there was a huge discrepancy between the records in the booklet and reality.

Now, he only uses the booklet as a reference and has no intention of reading it.

Except for the paper figurines that Aunt Liu specifically warned not to bring, Ran Qing brought almost everything he could prepare, filling his canvas bag to the brim.

(End of this chapter)