Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 177 Mo Li's Father

In the shadow of the coffin, Mo Li curled up and looked at Ran Qing: "What should we do now?"

"We can't turn off the lights, but we can't let them shine... How are we going to catch ghosts if we just keep crouching like this?"

"Besides, this soul-guiding lamp is so evil. Are you sure you can't mess with the ghost in the coffin?"

Mo Li glared at Ran Qing and said, "Isn't that old woman writing nonsense in a delirious state before she died and trying to harm you?"

"Even that damned book might not have been written by the old woman."

As Mo Li spoke, his thoughts seemed to broaden, and his words became more and more outrageous: "Didn't you say that after the old woman died, she was impersonated by a ghost for a long time?"

"Maybe when that ghost pretended to be an old woman, he deliberately wrote some false information to harm people, hoping to kill you!"

"I've always felt like something's wrong with the contents of that booklet. Not only is it getting increasingly dangerous, but the first two places I visited also happened to have those ancient copper coins... How could this be such a coincidence!"

"There might be some conspiracy here!"

Mo Li's words were outrageous, and Ran Qing remained silent.

He just said calmly and firmly: "Impossible..."

Regarding the death of Sixth Aunt, he had carefully studied "Witchcraft and Demonic Arts".

The most consistent explanation for Aunt Six's condition before her death is an evil sorcery recorded in "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic" - the reincarnation of nightmare ghosts.

Sacrificing and killing a close relative will lead to a nightmare ghost being reborn into one's body, thus delaying one's own death.

The nightmare ghost that is lured to reincarnate will completely imitate the personality, consciousness, and emotions of the deceased during his lifetime, fulfill the deceased's last wishes, and will never do anything that goes against the deceased.

This technique is extremely dangerous and strange, especially the choice of sacrifice, which is extremely terrifying. It must be someone who is very close to the person walking in the underworld, and the relationship must be extremely deep. Just blood relationship is not enough.

With such a huge price to pay, the evil magic used is naturally extremely rigorous and there is no possibility of any mistakes.

Especially the one who performed this technique, was Aunt Six, who was considered the top inheritor of the Yin-walking technique throughout the generations...Ran Qing believed in Aunt Six's level.

But looking at Mo Li's face, Ran Qing couldn't say these words.

Because he knew from asking the neighbors that Aunt Six had a husband who was paralyzed at home...

"In short, there can't be any problem with Sixth Aunt's technique," Ran Qing said firmly, "The booklet written by Sixth Aunt won't harm me."

Mo Li obviously had some understanding of the abilities of the Yin-walkers, but his understanding was not very thorough.

She did not understand this extremely evil forbidden sorcery, [Nightmare Ghost Reincarnation].

Ran Qing would never let her know.

She already had complicated feelings towards her mother. If she knew how her father died, she would probably...

Ran Qing wanted to keep this secret to himself.

He had complicated thoughts in his mind, but his expression was extremely calm, without revealing any flaws.

In the shadow of the coffin, Mo Li stared at him, somewhat dissatisfied with Ran Qing.

"Do you trust that old woman so much?"

"Do you think her shit smells good too?"

"Where do you get so much confidence in her?!"

Mo Li, who had a tense relationship with his mother and even ran away from home, obviously did not have a very good impression of his mother.

Ran Qing's unconditional and unreasonable trust in Aunt Liu irritated the girl so much that she rarely lost her temper.

This was the first time the two had quarreled since they met.

Mo Li's tone was very stern.

Seeing the tension growing, Long Zongshu quickly said, "Well... I've got an idea!"

"Actually, we don't need to be illuminated by the light to catch ghosts." Long Zongshu's sudden words interrupted the quarrel between Ran Qing and Mo Li.

Mo Li and Ran Qing looked over at the same time. The tall and thin boy subconsciously shrank his neck again. He was not used to being stared at like this.

He is introverted and timid, like a rat in a gutter, instinctively avoiding the gaze of others.

"That...isn't the coffin next to us made of wood?" Long Zongshu pointed at a coffin nearby and said, "It's been in here for so many years, and the cave is so dry, even the best coffin would have rotted away."

"Why don't we just use a knife to dig a hole in the coffin and force the ghost out?"

Long Zongshu looked at Ran Qing and said, "Before digging the hole, let's make preparations in advance. If the ghost inside emerges, we can catch it... Is this feasible?"

Long Zongshu asked Ran Qing for his opinion.

It has to be said that his proposal is indeed feasible.

Ran Qing subconsciously looked at the coffin beside him and knocked on it gently.

The coffin placed in the dry underground nest had almost rotted away.

The giant snake corpse beside it had dried into a sausage, and the coffin was no longer sturdy.

The fingers tapped gently, and the sound was very clear, indicating that there was no moisture in the coffin.

For this kind of extremely dry coffin, you can dig a big hole with a sharp knife or an engineer shovel.

They huddled at the edge of the coffin, waiting for the opportunity, setting a trap, and just avoiding the candlelight above their heads.

But after thinking for a few seconds, Ran Qing shook his head: "No, the risk is too great."

The ghost in the coffin has not come out yet. It is very likely that it is sealed in the coffin.

It would be very troublesome if there was a soul-guiding lamp outside. If something unexpected happened when releasing the ghost inside, the evil ghost would not be caught.

If the evil ghost escapes, and there is a soul-guiding lamp shining outside, then Ran Qing and the others will be in danger.

"We can't take any risks," Ran Qing said firmly.

You only have one life, and you can't take it even if there is only a 10% risk.

"We have to deal with this soul-guiding lamp first. We can't face the soul-guiding lamp and the ghost in the coffin at the same time."

This is the safest way.

Ran Qing and the others are not in any other danger for the time being, and the situation is not so urgent that they have to fight to the death.

In this case, we should cherish our lives even more.

Little Mianhua suddenly said, "Well... if we can't extinguish the soul-guiding lamp, can we use something else to cover it so that its light can't shine out?"

It's just a lamp. If you cover the flame, the candlelight won't illuminate anything.

Ran Qing shook his head: "It's not that simple..."

This lamp has been free from the suppression of the ghost for hundreds of years and has long since regained its original evil nature.

If it was so easy to solve, it wouldn't have taken several generations of ghost walkers to suppress it.

But they decided to give it a try.

Mo Li pulled out a comic book from his backpack and said with some regret, "I was planning to read it when I was bored on the road..."

Unfortunately, I was running all the way and had no time to stop and rest and read.

She tore the comic book into several pieces and tied each stack of papers together with a thin thread, which was just enough to make a simple lampshade.

Then Mo Li raised the lampshade with one hand, reached out from the shadow of the coffin, and fumbled to put the lampshade on the bronze lamp above his head.

(End of this chapter)