Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 181 Even if I die

fog……

Heavy fog.

In the desolate and gloomy land, endless fog obscured everything.

The pitch-black coffin stood alone on this barren and flat yellow land, like a corner forgotten by the world.

A strangely shaped bronze lamp with a human face stood quietly on the coffin.

The dim candlelight cast dark shadows around the coffin.

Ran Qing curled up in the dark shadow under the lamp, quietly staring at the fog around him.

There was still a hint of fear and anxiety on his face.

Mo Li also stared at him with wide eyes and said, "Your bad luck actually came true..."

In the darkness of the cave, there was actually a huge monster snake lurking.

The strange snake had not made any sound until Ran Qing opened the Yin Altar and was about to drag everyone into the underworld, then the strange snake made a sound in the darkness.

It obviously didn't want to let Ran Qing and the others leave, and immediately rushed out from the darkness.

But Ran Qingyin's altar had already been opened, and with the special power of the soul-guiding lamp, the entire coffin and the four people outside the coffin were immediately dragged into the ground.

At the last moment when everyone was shrouded in fog, they saw a huge black shadow of a snake head appear at the edge of the candlelight.

Although only the outline was seen, the huge snake head was as big as a house and was terrifyingly large.

Seeing such a huge creature up close is terrifying.

Long Zongshu rubbed the goose bumps on his arms in shock and said, "The snake god's corpse has clearly dried up, so why is there still a giant snake? Where did that thing come from?"

Long Zongshu couldn't believe it.

When he saw the dried corpse of the giant snake next to the coffin, he relaxed temporarily, thinking that the noise he had heard in the stone forest before was an illusion caused by the Yin-Yang Evil.

But now I realize that it was not an illusion at all!
There really was a terrifying giant snake that wanted to eat them.

Ran Qing's face also looked a little ugly. He didn't expect that the giant snake was really lurking nearby.

Mo Li laughed dryly and said, "We're doomed now... If that snake stays where it is, we'll run into it when we go back, right?"

Once you enter the netherworld, you can only return the same way you came.

But if I go back, I will have to face a giant snake...

Ran Qing was silent for a few seconds, then said, "It seems that the snake cannot get close to the soul-guiding lamp. We can take advantage of this."

With the speed at which the giant snake rushed at the last moment, it could have rushed in directly and swallowed the living person next to the coffin.

But it finally just stopped outside the candlelight, as if it was also afraid of this strange soul-guiding lamp.

"And I feel like there's something wrong with that snake."

Ran Qing looked at the coffin beside him and said, "But let's deal with the ghost in the coffin first. We can't delay in the underworld for too long."

While speaking, Ran Qing took out the books from his backpack and sprinkled them on Long Zongshu.

Long Zongshu was stunned for a moment, but did not resist. He let Ran Qing pour the cold water in the bottle over his head and soak his whole body.

Seeing this scene, Mo Li took out the water bottle from his backpack and poured water on his head.

Facing Long Zongshu's confusion, Ran Qing explained: "When a living person's flesh enters the netherworld, the fragrance of that fresh flesh and blood will drift far away and will attract evil spirits."

He is a ghost-walking person, and his body is covered with strong yin and evil energy, so he can enter and exit the underworld freely.

But Long Zongshu and Mo Li did not have this kind of evil spirit to cover up their human smell, so they had to pour cold water on themselves to temporarily cover up the human smell.

Pouring cold water on the body can temporarily cover up the aroma of living human flesh. This is a little knowledge that Aunt Liu taught Ran Qing when she first met him.

It is also recorded in "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic".

"This Wujiang ghost world has become a little weird and more troublesome than before." "We can't stay here for too long. Let's catch the ghost quickly and then go back."

While Ran Qing was speaking, he was nervously watching the fog around him.

Fortunately, the fog was empty and no evil spirits were attracted here for the time being.

This place is indeed very remote.

But if several living people got in, even if they were doused with water and the smell of human flesh on their bodies was temporarily covered up, it couldn't be concealed for long.

It must be resolved quickly.

Long Zongshu was soaked by the cold water. Seeing Ran Qing watering his cousin, he asked, "Shall we start now?"

The pitch-black coffin lid was right above everyone's heads and could be pushed open with just some force.

But Long Zongshu, who had never seen an evil ghost, had a bit of awe towards this kind of thing.

His family's ancestral skills would be powerless against evil spirits, so he could only rely on Ran Qing.

After pouring water on Long Zongshu and his cousin, Ran Qing looked at Long Zongshu.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "I need your help, Zongshu. It might be a little uncomfortable..."

Ran Qing's words made Long Zongshu stunned for a moment, and he was very curious: "What do you need me to do?"

Ran Qing said: "Once the coffin is opened, the ghost inside will definitely run out. It may not attack us, but run away directly."

"I can't open a Yin Altar in the Wujiang Ghost Realm because a Yin Altar has already been opened there, and I can't open another one."

"But without the Yin Altar, we can't trap this ghost. If it chooses to escape, we are restricted by the soul-guiding lamps and it will be difficult to catch it."

"Once we let it escape, all our efforts will be wasted."

"So we have to lure it out and trap it in a living person. To put it simply, we have to let it possess the body."

The body of a living person is sometimes a natural cage.

Luring out the ghost, stuffing it into a living person's body, and then capturing it is a very common way to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits.

Not only do the ghost walkers do this, many Taoists, monks, and people in the underworld will take a few disciples around them and travel the world with them.

Apprentices are needed to do this kind of dirty and tiring work.

But Ran Qing himself is a rookie and has no apprentice to help him, so he can only ask his companions for help.

After hearing Ran Qing's plan, Long Zongshu felt a little uneasy: "Is that...safe?"

When a ghost possesses a person, the negative energy will collide with the person, which will have a great impact on the qi and blood of the living person.

But he was obviously the only one who could be the unlucky one.

At least he is a person of the underworld, and his ability to withstand this kind of evil energy entering his body is much stronger.

If it were an ordinary person like Mo Li, after being possessed by a ghost, the worst case scenario would be a loss of energy and blood and weakness for a few days, or a serious illness.

Not to mention that Mo Li is a girl, and the consequences of being hit by Yin energy are more serious for a woman.

Although Long Zongshu was uneasy, he nodded and said, "Okay! I leave it to you. Lead the ghost to me!"

Ran Qing was grateful in his heart and promised seriously: "Even if I die, I won't let anything happen to you!"

He immediately took out the red rope from his canvas bag and began to prepare.

He strung tiny bells onto the red rope.

Nine bells were strung into a small ring, which Ran Qing put on Long Zongshu's right ankle.

Next, take off Long Zongshu's right foot and wrap one end of the other red rope around Long Zongshu's big toe.

He then handed a handful of incense ash to Mo Li and said, "I'll open the coffin a little later. The moment I open it, sprinkle the incense ash in."

(End of this chapter)