Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 121 The Ghost in the Dark
A cold, gloomy wind suddenly appeared in the dark stone chamber.

The moment the blood-red words appeared from the diary, Mo Li, who was standing aside reading, was startled.

Her reaction was extremely fast. She jumped back almost instantly, avoiding the diary that had become eerie and strange.

But after jumping away, Mo Li saw Ran Qing standing stiffly in the same place, still clutching the diary tightly.

The tomb robber's diary seemed to have some kind of sticky adhesive force at this moment.

Ran Qing could clearly feel a chill spreading from the notebook, trying to spread into his body.

The hairs all over his body stood up, and the Yin energy in his body immediately gathered in his hands to resist the strange and evil chill.

The little red rope figures at the feet also jumped up with a babbling sound and stabbed towards the diary like flying needles.

shhhhh--

The little people on the red ropes stretched their bodies straight and flew through the air like sharp needles.

In an instant, the diary turned into a hedgehog, pierced by more than twenty red rope figurines, and a faint sound of resentful howling could be heard in the air.

Mo Li on the side also rushed over.

She reached into Ran Qing's canvas bag with one hand, rummaged around inside, and soon took out a bag of incense ash.

Then Mo Li grabbed the incense ash and sprinkled it on the diary.

Incense ash dripped onto the diary, and a puff of acrid smoke rose from it. Like a barbecue on a red-hot iron plate, the pages of the diary sizzled and crackled.

The next second, the diary in Ran Qing's hand fell and could no longer stick to him.

The diary let out a miserable howl and curled up on the ground, shrinking like a piece of paper money being burned by flames.

The incense ash caused great damage to it.

Ran Qing looked at the notebook on the ground, a little surprised.

"To think... there is such a trap."

This is really an eye-opener.

The book "Witchcraft and Demonic Arts" is indeed not comprehensive, as it only discusses how to deal with evil spirits. However, it does not mention such bizarre traps.

When Ran Qing encountered this for the first time, he suffered a small loss.

He thanked Mo Li.

The girl shook her head and said, "Even without me, you can break free."

This little trap is a bit troublesome for Ran Qing, but it is not difficult to break free, it just consumes a lot of energy.

Ran Qing sighed and said, "It would be best if you could help me..."

As he spoke, Ran Qing looked at Xiaomianhua.

When going out to exorcise ghosts, especially to unfamiliar places, it is best not to do it alone. This is the precaution written on the first page of "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic".

Sometimes we encounter situations that we cannot handle alone and often need help from our companions.

So Ran Qing always took the timid little Mianhua along with him.

But when he looked at Xiao Mianhua beside him, he found that Xiao Mianhua had a confused look on her face. She was staring at him and Mo Li blankly, completely unaware of what had just happened.

Mo Li sighed, walked over and touched Little Mianhua's head, and said, "Don't count on Sister Mianhua... She's stupid."

Ran Qing looked at the silly little Mianhua, sighed softly, and said nothing more.

He picked up the incense ash and sprinkled it little by little onto the diary on the ground.

As the incense ash that Ran Qing had infused with Yin energy fell, the biting dead faces suddenly jumped onto the diary and began to bite it hard.

Soon, the entire diary was torn and chewed up by the dead faces and disappeared without a trace.

Ran Qing then looked at Mo Li and said, "The ghosts in this Taoist temple are not just the three siblings who died tragically..."

Ran Qing's expression was somewhat solemn.

This diary is just a little trap, it's not scary at all. What's scary is the information revealed in the diary...

Twelve years ago, the evil god worshipped by the three tomb robbers failed to save them.

The junior brother among the tomb robbers was probably targeted and bewitched by the old ghost that crawled out of the ancient tomb. He hid the statue of the evil god, causing the power of the evil god to be damaged.

So the three brothers were killed.

But this mysterious evil god still played a role. He found scapegoats for the three brothers after their death.

"But twelve years ago, there were supposed to be three living people and an old ghost crawling out of an ancient tomb in the Taoist temple."

“But two years ago, only three people walked out.”

"In this Taoist temple, besides the three scapegoats, there's also a ghost hiding..."

Ran Qing's eyes were gloomy.

To find a scapegoat for the three siblings, all they need to do is kill Ran Qing, Mo Li and the other two. There is no need to deliberately lead them underground to find out the truth.

The ghost hiding in the dark did this simply to lure Ran Qing and the others into digging out the evil god statue buried in the yard.

As long as the statue of the evil god is destroyed, the power of the evil god in the Taoist temple will completely disappear, the three evil ghosts looking for scapegoats will also disappear, and the death prophecy against Ran Qing and the other two on the altar will become invalid.

——This is the simplest way to deal with the three scapegoats.

But it's also a trap.

Once the evil god's power disappears, the ghost suppressed by the evil god in the Taoist temple will be completely free.

Ran Qing looked at Mo Li and asked, "Who do you think this ghost hiding in the Taoist temple is?"

Mo Li was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said, "I think it's an ancient corpse from the Han Dynasty..."

Mo Li said, "The evil god saved the three brothers and allowed them to find a scapegoat and escape. This is the blessing we receive from worshipping the evil god."

"But the old ghost that crawled out of the ancient tomb didn't worship the evil god. It even killed the evil god's believers."

"So the evil spirit suppressed the old ghost in the Taoist temple. The old ghost couldn't escape, so he tried to trick us into digging out the evil spirit statue in the courtyard..."

I didn't expect the evil god worshipped by the three tomb robbers to be so powerful...

Ran Qing and Mo Li looked at each other, both of their brows tightly furrowed.

The stronger the evil god's power, the more terrifying his prophecy of finding a scapegoat for his death becomes.

Over the past twelve years, tomb robbers have stopped offering sacrifices, but the evil god still watches over this place, still suppressing the thousand-year-old ghost...

Ran Qing murmured, "Whether it's an evil god or an old ghost crawling out of an ancient tomb, they're not easy to mess with..."

He had already roughly guessed which ghost might have the ancient bronze coins in this Taoist temple.

But saving your life is more important now...

At this moment, Little Cotton's frightened cry suddenly sounded in the darkness.

"Oh no, Ran Qing! The embroidered shoes are coming in!"

Ran Qing, who was talking to Mo Li, was stunned and subconsciously looked towards the entrance of the stone chamber.

But I found that the entrance was empty and there was nothing there.

But the mirror in his canvas bag fell to the ground because Mo Li was busy taking things out.

Xiaomianhua regained consciousness at some point and was holding a bronze mirror towards the entrance of the stone chamber, helping Ran Qing and the others to keep watch.

Now, through the reflection in the mirror, one can see a pair of strange embroidered shoes standing quietly in the shadow of the stone chamber entrance - and not only embroidered shoes, but also two pairs of plastic-soled cloth shoes, one large and one small, also appeared at the entrance of the stone chamber.

Three pairs of shoes stood there quietly, like three numb and cold corpses, coldly blocking the only way out.

Ran Qing's hair stood on end instantly.

"Chasing in?"

(End of this chapter)