Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 178 Very lively
The girl moved very quickly, raising her hand and closing the lampshade in one smooth motion, the whole process taking only three seconds.

But Ran Qing saw that during these three seconds, the figure of Sixth Aunt corresponding to Mo Li took two steps at the edge of the candlelight, and one foot had already stepped into the range of the candlelight.

Then a strange scene appeared. After the foot stepped into the range of candlelight, it actually brought in the darkness outside.

The originally circular candlelight area that illuminated the surroundings now had a concave gap where the shadow of Aunt Six stepped in.

Even though Mo Li shrank back under the coffin, the concave black gap did not disappear.

The ghost corresponding to Mo Li seemed to stop there, waiting for Mo Li to be illuminated by the soul-guiding lamp next time before it continued to move forward.

Ran Qing murmured: "It's really useless..."

Mo Li tore a thick comic book into pieces and made a simple lampshade, which only covered the soul-guiding lamp for one second.

The next second, flames ignited on the lampshade.

The entire comic book lampshade was burned to ashes, which flew all over the sky in the dry and cold wind in the cave.

Mo Li looked at Ran Qing and said, "Now it's up to you. This thing is a treasure inherited from you Yin-walking people. Your book "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic" should have a way to deal with it, right?"

Mo Li was indeed right.

In "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic", there is a method to suppress the soul-guiding lamp.

But now Ran Qing is lacking in Yin energy and cannot use many of the evil spells in "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic".

Secondly, the things needed to deal with the soul-guiding lamp were not prepared.

For people like them who have special abilities, advance preparation is very important.

In "The Story of Shen Erjie and the Demon-Slaying", there is a Taoist priest from Mount Mao, who has great magical powers and has practiced for many years. He and Shen Erjie work together to kill demons and exorcise ghosts.

This Taoist priest made sufficient preparations in advance, opened the altar and cast spells, and could even attract thunder from the sky.

However, such a powerful Taoist priest was shot to death by several people due to a momentary quarrel while staying in a wild inn.

Even a powerful Heavenly Master is like this, let alone Ran Qing, a rookie who just entered the industry.

Even a good cook cannot cook without rice, let alone he is not a good cook.

Frowning and thinking for a long time, Ran Qing said bitterly: "It's difficult..."

Little Cotton was immediately disappointed: "What should we do? Are we going to hide like this forever?"

Long Zongshu knocked on the coffin again and said, "Well... the soul-guiding lamp can ignite paper, but it can't ignite this coffin lid."

They tried to cover the soul-guiding lamp with a lampshade, but it burned up. However, they had been huddled under the coffin for so long, and the coffin showed no signs of burning.

Long Zongshu looked at Ran Qing weakly and said, "How about we push open the coffin lid and throw the lamp into the coffin?"

The tall and thin boy reached out and pushed the coffin lid above his head. Although the coffin lid was closed tightly, it could be shaken by a slight push, and it was not nailed shut.

Ran Qing looked at Mo Li, and Mo Li said, "This idea seems feasible..."

Ran Qing frowned and thought for a few seconds, then nodded: "Indeed, we prepared in advance. We pushed open the coffin lid, forced the ghost inside out, threw the soul-guiding lamp in, and then closed the coffin lid."

Ran Qing took out candles and incense sticks from his canvas bag and took a deep breath.

"Wait until I open the Yin Altar..."

The ghost in the coffin has not moved so far, as if it is trapped in the coffin.

Ran Qing and his team have plenty of time, so they can just wait and see.

He decided to open a Yin altar first and temporarily set up incense here.

Then he set a trap with Long Zongshu, and after everything was ready, he opened the coffin to lure the ghost.

But just as the candles and incense sticks were taken out and Ran Qing had no time to start, a rustling sound suddenly came from the shadows outside the candlelight.

Then, the strange cries of monkeys rang out in the darkness around them.

It seems like there are many monkeys climbing and approaching in the cave.

Ran Qing and the others immediately stopped what they were doing and looked around vigilantly.

Soon, a group of macaques with rough and dirty fur came out, squeaking and screaming.

They all excitedly and eagerly pounced on the shriveled giant snake corpse next to the coffin. The monkeys jumped directly onto the snake corpse and began to bite and tear off the dried snake scales and flesh on the giant snake corpse.

When they passed by the coffin, the macaques all stared at Ran Qing and his companions with strange eyes. But although they stared at Ran Qing and his companions, they did not approach the coffin, but ran directly past it.

Apparently the shriveled snake corpse attracted them more.

Ran Qing and the others under the shadow of the coffin suddenly dared not move.

They stared at the fanatical monkeys warily, watching them tearing the shriveled corpse of the giant snake like crazy.

Little Cotton murmured, "These monkeys are very strange..."

Ran Qing and the other two said nothing.

Because Xiao Mianhua didn't need to tell anyone, anyone could see the weirdness of this group of monkeys.

Not only do they have strange expressions and sinister eyes, but they also smell like a strange, sweet, and fishy odor.

The stench of blood, which comes from years of hunting living things, should not be found in this group of monkeys, but should only be found in the wild beasts in the mountains and forests.

But at this time, this group of macaques all emitted such a foul smell.

Moreover, under the candlelight of the soul-guiding lamp, the shadows of the group of monkeys were crooked, and the shadows cast on the ground were not the shadows of macaques, but the shadows of snakes.

Dozens of monkeys squealed and leaped around the coffin, gnawing at it. Their slender shadows slithered in the candlelight, like dozens of black poisonous snakes.

Mo Li murmured, "These monkeys have been possessed by the evil spirit..."

The snake god is dead, but this group of daring monkeys are attracted by the snake god's corpse and dare to eat it.

Their original consciousness as living creatures had long been erased, and what was controlling these monkeys now was most likely the evil spirit remaining from the corpse of the snake god.

This group of monkeys seem to be still alive, but in fact they are a group of empty shells without self-awareness, like walking corpses.

Even if this terrifying evil god is dead and only his corpse is left, his remains will still leave behind endless poison.

Ran Qing clenched the death hammer in his hand, feeling a little nervous.

He thought of how the monkeys had led them into the stone forest.

Now it seems that this group of monkeys deliberately lured them in and wanted to harm them.

However, when they found Ran Qing and the others next to the coffin, they did not show any signs of attacking.

Long Zongshu suddenly said: "Ran Qing, look outside..."

Ran Qing's attention was completely attracted by this group of monkeys, and he was wary of this group of strange monkeys.

It was not until Long Zongshu reminded him that he looked at the shadow at the edge of the candlelight.

I was suddenly shocked.

Porcelain-white statues of Bodhisattvas appeared in the nest at the edge of the candlelight at some point.

They stand at the border of darkness and light, their rich and compassionate pale smiling faces looming in the darkness.

There seemed to be a cold and malicious light in those pairs of phoenix eyes that were narrowed in smiles.

——This group of ghost Bodhisattvas of unknown origin actually appeared!

Ran Qing immediately looked towards the darkness around him and listened carefully.

Finally, he heard some rustling sounds in the darkness.

While the monkeys were busy eating the giant snake's corpse, something else was moving in the darkness of the cave.

The familiar movement that was much heavier than that of a monkey, and the blood-red eyes that flashed from time to time in the darkness...it was not difficult to guess what was in the shadows.

Ran Qing looked at Mo Li with an unpleasant expression and said, "The witch is here too."

The group of evil monsters that we encountered in the Rhino Cave before all squeezed in.

Now these things appeared at the edge of the coffin at the same time, completely blocking Ran Qing and the others.

The originally empty and quiet underground nest suddenly became lively.

Little Mianhua trembled with fear and said, "Ran Qing, I don't want to die..."

(End of this chapter)