Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 187 A Secret Known to Generations

"Back off to the coffin! Don't move!"

Ran Qing pulled a few people to the side of the coffin, watching the arrival of the figures in the fog with horror and vigilance.

Thick fog rolled in the darkness, and fierce cold wind roared out from the fog, madly hitting the bodies of everyone present.

This terrifying power is even more terrifying than the group of pale ghosts at the beginning.

Considering that the power of these righteous gods will be weakened when they come to the Wujiang ghost world, they are obviously more terrifying than those strange, ancient, pale evil shadows.

It is definitely the most powerful and terrifying existence that Ran Qing has ever seen.

——The righteous god!
Ran Qing swallowed subconsciously, feeling uneasy.

Logically speaking, ordinary people should not be afraid when they see a righteous god.

If a god can be called a righteous god, he will not be a demon or evil spirit and will not harm people.

However, the description of the righteous gods in "The Trial of the Second Sister and the Demon Slaying" was so bizarre and terrifying that a shadow fell over Ran Qing's heart when he heard the word "righteous gods".

He pulled everyone to hide beside the coffin, preparing for the worst. If an accident really happened, the soul-guiding lamp in the coffin could still be used...

Ran Qing prepared for the worst.

And the horrifying sound of war drums continued to echo in the fog, as two rows of tall, burly, shadowy figures were approaching them.

The clinking of cold chains came from the fog.

A tall and burly black figure walked in front, looming in the fog.

He stared grimly at the black jar on the ground, his hoarse, deep voice announcing in the fog.

"...Changzhou disciple Liu Dashan violated the Black Law and used the evil magic of Southern Xinjiang to be imprisoned in the Iron Wall Mountain, where he will never be able to be reborn!"

The sound of cold chains colliding was heard, and a thin chain suddenly flew out from the fog and hit the black clay jar directly.

But the black clay jar was not broken. The thin chain actually penetrated the clay jar and dragged out a pale and struggling human figure from the jar.

However, after being worn away by Ran Qing's [Exorcism Spell], the pale ghost figure was too weak to even struggle.

Finally, the cold chain dragged the ghost figure away into the fog.

The dull sound of war drums rang out again, and the group of strange and terrifying gods slowly turned around and left along the way they came.

The tall figure who came out alone glanced at the people beside the coffin at the last moment.

The moment their eyes met, Ran Qing felt cold all over, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

A cold terror he had never felt before spread throughout his body.

He saw a wriggling tentacle of flesh and blood on the face of the figure!
The fleshy tentacles actually replaced the figure's eyeballs and squirmed in the fog!

Ran Qing suddenly took several steps back, his expression filled with horror.

——This terrifying face is a true god?!

Ran Qing's mind went blank, and the senses of a ghost-walker were filled with a horror he had never experienced before. The terror and fear that came like a violent storm made him lose the ability to think.

It was not until the sound of the war drums disappeared in the fog and Long Zongshu and Mo Li came to support him that Ran Qing realized that his hands and feet had become stiff and cold, as if they were frozen, and he was unable to move for a long time.

Long Zongshu looked at Ran Qing in astonishment and asked, "Ran Qing, what's wrong with you?"

Mo Li looked at him suspiciously and said, "Even if the righteous gods are powerful, they wouldn't scare you like this... Are you so timid?"

The two men obviously didn't notice anything unusual and were surprised by Ran Qing's intense reaction.

In the mist, Ran Qing's face was pale and his body was cold and stiff.

The terrifying scene he just saw was not scary at all, as it was just a strange look.

What truly terrified Ran Qing was the incomparable, immense, and cold aura he felt as a ghost walker when he stared into the eyes of the righteous god. Ghost walkers were extremely sensitive to evil and dead things.

The feeling that the righteous deity gave Ran Qing was different from any evil spirit or demon he had ever seen before.

But that cold and terrifying feeling also aroused the instinctive perception of the ghost walker...

These righteous gods...

Ran Qing stood there stiffly for a long time with a pale face, his mind going blank.

Are all the righteous gods in this world like this?

They are actually... righteous gods?
Mo Li and Long Zongshu asked with concern, but Ran Qing had nothing to say.

Can't say either.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why the description of the righteous gods in "The Trial of the Second Sister and the Demon Slayer" was so strange and obscure.

[Younger disciples must retreat when encountering a true god. If they cannot avoid him, they must keep their mouths shut. No matter what they see or hear, they must not tell anyone else and must keep it to themselves.]

In "Witchcraft and Demonic Arts," it is also mentioned that it is best for people who practice the Yin to not leave Zangke. Even if they have to leave Zangke, they should avoid dealing with the orthodox sects that worship the righteous gods.

Ran Qing originally thought that this warning was because those who practiced the unorthodox way of Yin would be ostracized by the orthodox cultivators of the Xuanmen sect.

But now it seems that there is another reason...

Standing stiffly beside the coffin in silence for a long time, Ran Qing's brain was working rapidly, constantly digesting the shocking information he had unexpectedly obtained tonight.

When he came to his senses, he saw Mo Li and Long Zongshu looking at him worriedly.

Ran Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Let's go. Everything is fine now..."

He spoke to comfort Mo Li and Long Zongshu, telling them not to worry.

He planned to follow Miss Shen Er's instructions and not tell anyone about the secret that happened tonight.

At the same time, he instinctively felt that if this big secret was told, something terrible might happen.

Even if Miss Shen had not given him the instructions, he would have chosen to keep silent and pretend that he knew nothing.

This matter may be a secret that has been passed down from generation to generation among the ghost walkers, but is known to everyone...

Although Mo Li and Long Zongshu were worried about Ran Qing, seeing that Ran Qing had recovered as usual and could speak and communicate normally, they thought that Ran Qing was really frightened by the aura of the righteous god.

"But there's still some weight in this jar?"

Ran Qing walked to the coffin, picked up the jar and shook it, quite surprised.

After he opened the jar, he was shocked to find that the jar was not empty. There was a pale and transparent human figure curled up in the jar.

"Didn't those righteous gods capture all the Taoist ghosts?" Ran Qing was very curious.

Mo Li came over to take a look and was also surprised: "Really, there is a little soul left... It seems that the power of the righteous gods is indeed limited when they come to Zangke."

Ran Qing carefully wrapped the black clay pot with a red rope and put it into the canvas bag.

Then he looked at the coffin in front of him and said, "We should leave. The arrival of these righteous gods must have alarmed the evil master deep in the Wujiang ghost world."

The Wujiang ghost world is the territory of the evil lords. If the righteous gods from other places come here, they will inevitably alarm the evil lords.

We can't stay here much longer.

Ran Qing and others walked to the side of the coffin, carefully pulled the lid, and finally lifted it up.

Finally, Long Zongshu, who had been cared for by the soul-guiding lamp for the least time, came forward and took the bronze soul-guiding lamp from the coffin and placed it on the coffin lid.

(End of this chapter)