Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 230 Self-discipline
As night falls, all things become still and lifeless.

In the stuffy main room, Ran Qing glanced at the copper coin in her hand.

The four ancient Guiluo coins are worn and old, covered with some copper rust, and have many wear marks on the edges.

On the previous copper coins, the lines formed a simple sketch of a monster stepping on Ran Qing.

But as the human-faced demon was killed, the lines on the coin changed back to their original chaotic state.

It resembles some kind of abstract and difficult-to-understand hieroglyphics, or it could simply be a scribble.

Ran Qing made a makeshift bed on the floor in the main room and placed four copper coins under her pillow.

He had just returned from outside and tested the power of the staff of human heads against the ghost.

It's already one in the morning, and Ran Qing is getting ready to go to sleep.

Mo Li stood guard to the side, together with Long Zongshu who had come to provide support.

"Hopefully, as Zong Shu said, the human-faced demon only accidentally targeted you..."

Mo Li muttered under his breath.

She suspected that something was targeting the Yin-walking people, after all, the human-faced demon had tried to harm Aunt Liu, but judging from the current clues, Aunt Liu should have killed the human-faced demon that had harmed her.

After all, she found the ancient witch's skull, which was essential for making the staff of human heads after killing the human-faced demon.

Even with insufficient information, Ran Qing was able to deal with the human-faced demon. Aunt Liu, who knew everything about the human-faced demon and even knew that killing it would make a human-headed staff, was not harmed by the human-faced demon.

But after Aunt Liu died, Ran Qing became the new spirit medium, and now a human-faced demon is trying to harm Ran Qing... This reveals a dangerous sign.

Mo Li was worried that after killing the human-faced demon, something else would come to harm Ran Qing, the spirit medium.

Now Ran Qing can only go to sleep and personally verify the truth of the matter.

After closing her eyes, Ran Qing quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Young people at this age rarely suffer from insomnia, as their body's metabolic functions are at their most active and peak.

Ran Qing slept in a daze for an unknown amount of time, and in his hazy state, he heard his mother's voice gently calling him.

His mother's cool fingers gently stroked his face.

This warm feeling was like returning to infancy; Ran Qing felt a warm glow in her heart.

When he opened his eyes and woke up, he found that his injuries had healed considerably.

Previously, in Longchang Street, Ran Qing was scratched by the claws of a mandrill, leaving a deep wound on her back.

But after I slept yesterday, the wound scabbed over, as if several days had passed.

After sleeping tonight, Ran Qing felt her mother arrive. She took off her shirt and touched her back, finding that the scabs on her back wounds had fallen off naturally, leaving only a few thin scars.

Seeing this scene, Long Zongshu exclaimed in astonishment, "Such a fast healing speed... It's only been two days... Did Auntie really help with the treatment?"

Two nights passed, but Ran Qing's wounds seemed to have healed for twenty days, with an astonishingly fast healing speed.

Mo Li was more concerned about whether monsters would attack.

She looked at Ran Qing nervously and asked, "How are you? Has anything tried to harm you?"

Now that Ran Qing has four Ghost Luo Ancient Coins in his hands, even if monsters come to harm him, Ran Qing will not be unable to move due to sleep paralysis.

Faced with Mo Li's concern, Ran Qing shook her head: "No, I only felt that my mother had come..."

As he spoke, he put on his shirt and took out the four copper coins from under his pillow.

The lines on the four copper coins were still messy, scribbled marks.

In a way, the lines on this copper coin are a kind of omen of danger. When the human-faced demon came to harm Ran Qing, a simple line drawing of the human-faced demon appeared on the copper coin.

The fact that the lines on the copper coin haven't changed might indicate that no new monsters are harming Ran Qing.

Seeing this, Mo Li breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that Zong Shu's guess might be true..."

Ran Qing remained noncommittal. If there really was an evil entity targeting the Yin-walking people, it didn't necessarily have to come tonight; it might come tomorrow night as well.

He wasn't as worried as Mo Li, but he didn't let his guard down either.

"Let's leave this matter here for now. Take a couple of days off, and once the female ghost from Longchang Street has finished her bath, we'll ask her about the situation."

As Ran Qing spoke, she looked at the black earthenware pot in the corner.

Wisps of black smoke rose from the earthenware jar; it was a medicinal wine specially made by the spirit medium, which could enhance one's yin energy if consumed.

The female ghost, having had all her malevolence removed by the soaking, will regain her rational side as a human being.

Ran Qing might be able to talk to her and ask who is raising ghosts on Longchang Street.

After seeing Long Zongshu off, amidst the roar of Long Zongshu's motorcycle, Ran Qing returned to the house, turned on the lights, and took out the unfinished practice exam paper.

Mo Li leaned against the door with suspicion and asked, "Aren't you going to read comics tonight?"

Ran Qing clearly spent the whole night reading comics last night and then spent the entire day reading comic books again, as if she was completely immersed in the exciting stories in the comic books.

But now that she's finished everything and seen the guests off, Ran Qing, who is well-rested and doesn't need to sleep, doesn't immediately go back to reading comics. Instead, she takes out her test paper and starts working on it...

Mo Li looked like he'd seen a ghost.

Ran Qing shook her head and said, "One day of rest is enough. I don't feel safe if I don't do exercises and study for too long."

Ran Qing always feels uneasy and inexplicably anxious whenever she stops studying or doing exercises.

After all, his excellent grades were an important pillar supporting his life.

Upon hearing Ran Qing's reply, Mo Li's expression turned even more astonished.

She stared at this person her age in disbelief and said, "You just watched the World Martial Arts Tournament! It was the most exciting and thrilling part, and you think you can just stop it like that?"

"You've been through drug rehabilitation before, kid?"

Mo Li really saw a ghost.

Ran Qing shook her head and said, "Entertainment is about relaxing and pleasing yourself, allowing you to adjust your mindset and do things better."

"Instead of letting yourself get addicted to it, because if you get addicted, you're not entertaining yourself, you're being entertained."

Ran Qing spoke calmly.

Mo Li stared at him speechlessly, as if it were the first time she had ever met someone like him.

After a few seconds of silence, she couldn't help but sigh, "Logically speaking, once you start to relax and the tension breaks, you'll indulge in unrestrained revelry for a month or two without ever hitting rock bottom, and you won't be able to adjust at all."

"Everyone understands the principle, but it's easy to talk about the big principles, but difficult to put them into practice."

"You're something else, cutting off things so easily, stopping just like that... You're so self-disciplined, it's a waste of your talent to be a student. You should be an ascetic monk. If you had this kind of personality in ancient times, I feel like you could have founded a sect and become a famous great monk."

Mo Li couldn't help but laugh as he spoke: "I'm really worried about your future wife. You're so harsh on yourself, which girl will want to marry you? I can't even imagine what kind of life you'll lead."

Mo Liyan teased Ran Qing with a smile.

But there was a hint of admiration in his teasing tone.

She was truly impressed by Ran Qing's extremely self-disciplined nature.

(End of this chapter)