Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 24 Missing Important Memories

"Sixth Aunt..."

Ran Qing, whose head hurt so much that it felt like it was about to explode, struggled to hold on for a long time, and was in a daze and didn't know the time.

But the time on the digital watch on his wrist showed that he had been awake for an hour.

But his head still hurt and his mind was in a mess.

Ran Qing climbed out with difficulty, holding onto the edge of the mud pit, and said, "I don't remember anything."

Ran Qing said: "I only remember seeing the Ghost-Eyed Sheep God, but the Sheep God only glanced at me, and then I fell."

"And then...and then I can't remember anything."

Ran Qing covered his head with his hands, a look of pain on his face.

"I don't remember how the mask came into my hands. I feel like I forgot something very important."

Ran Qing slowly described the situation, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment.

These experiences and experiences were a completely unfamiliar world to him. He had never come into contact with or understood them. They only felt mysterious and strange.

After hearing this, Aunt Liu, who had been sitting on the embankment smoking tobacco for an hour and smelled of smoke, frowned.

"You don't remember seeing anything, but you got the mask?"

Aunt Six stared intently at the air beside her and asked coldly, "Are Nuo opera masks so weird?"

There was a gust of cold wind halfway up the mountain. Aunt Liu suddenly spoke to the air around her in a very fierce tone.

When Ran Qing saw this scene, he felt a chill on his back.

——This is a completely instinctive tremor.

At this moment, there seemed to be something strange and terrifying sitting in the air next to Aunt Liu.

And Aunt Six seemed to be questioning it?

The next second, Aunt Liu suddenly turned her head and looked at Ran Qing.

Her eyes suddenly turned cold, eerie, and cold.

At this moment, Ran Qing felt that the person standing in front of him was not Aunt Liu, but a fat, ugly and terrifying monster.

The creepy feeling made his whole body go hairy.

But soon, Aunt Liu withdrew her gaze.

The cold pressure suddenly dropped.

She lowered her head, took a casual puff of her pipe, and said vaguely, "Maybe Nuo opera masks are just so weird... This thing hasn't appeared in many years. The old people say Nuo opera is very weird."

"Because of the Wujiang ghost world, the Nuo opera masks in this area of ​​​​Zangke are even more spooky than those outside."

"Anyway, it's a good thing you got the artifact. Be careful next time and don't use this mask unless necessary."

"Anyway, you just want to save your father, wake up Ran Lao San, and let him teach you the skills of corpse refining. Maybe it will be more useful than mine."

Aunt Six took one last drag of her tobacco and knocked all the ashes from her pipe onto a stone. Then she put her pipe away and stood up, saying, "You've almost had enough rest. We should go."

"We still have some time tonight, we need to finish the next thing."

Aunt Liu turned around and left, holding her small wooden box and carrying her small cloth bag.

The old dog lying at her feet also followed happily and soon disappeared on the mountain path.

The heavy black clay altar was left there by Aunt Liu, just as she said when she came - I will give it to you to carry when you are ready to leave the body.

Ran Qing hurried over and carried the heavy black clay jar on his back. He tied the jar several times with ropes made from twisted grass, but after Ran Qing put it on his back, he found that the jar was empty and almost weightless.

He immediately guessed that the goat blood that Aunt Liu had poured on him before was probably from this jar.

But the goat blood must have been processed by Aunt Liu, otherwise it wouldn’t have been so cold when I touched it before.

He followed Aunt Liu with a flashlight in his hand, watching her walk back and forth, and asked carefully.

"Aunt Liu, what's the next thing?"

The electronic watch shows that it is 22:31.

It’s not too late, but should we go look for Li Hongye’s body now?
Ran Qing was a little nervous and frightened, but also a little excited.

Ran Qing's excitement obviously made Aunt Liu guess what he was thinking.

Aunt Six sneered and scolded, "You just learned to crawl, and you want to learn to run, right?"

"I can't wait to burn that little bitch's body so you don't have to bother me every day."

Aunt Six used her usual vulgar tone and cursed Li Hongye with hatred: "But you only have one chance, and you only have one life."

"It doesn't matter if you die, but if you drag me down, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost."

Aunt Six glanced at Ran Qing coldly and said, "You just got the artifact tonight, so I have to take you to find an evil ghost to practice."

"Although you should be able to use this mask, you still need to practice and become familiar with your new skills."

"You're rushing into battle without any preparation. You're not going to die, but I want to live a few more years!"

Aunt Six cursed, "Isn't there an evil ghost hanging around near where you live?"

"I suspect that thing came from a wrong place. It might be aimed at you. You can go and deal with it and find out what's inside it."

"That damn thing and your classmate were guarding your door on the same day... How could it be such a coincidence! I've suspected something was wrong with that thing for a long time!"

"Ran Lao San has offended many people while refining corpses and digging graves. Perhaps the debt your father incurred in the past has now fallen on you."

"Go and practice on that old ghost first, to test your skills. If you can take on that old ghost on your own, I'll take you to find your classmate's body tomorrow."

Aunt Liu's curse words were filled with a lot of information.

Ran Qing's head was already dizzy, and now he received such a large amount of information at once that he felt his head start to hurt again.

He covered his head and rubbed it for a long time before saying, "My father offended someone back then... Sixth Aunt, are you saying that the old ghost in the shroud might have been sent by someone to harm me?!"

Ran Qing felt dizzy and his brain felt like it was about to explode.

A large amount of unfamiliar knowledge was surging in his mind, and now he had to think about what Aunt Liu said. For the first time, Ran Qing felt that his brain was slow and he couldn't think clearly.

Aunt Liu, standing on the dark mountain path, didn't even turn around, her tone cold and sarcastic: "That's just a possibility."

"You, the Ran family, are absolutely heartless, digging up graves and refining corpses. I wonder how many enemies you've offended. Otherwise, why would your ancestors have gone to hide in the deep mountains and forests of Zangke a hundred years ago?"

"Your father, Ran Laosan, said he never digs graves, but if he doesn't dig graves, where does he find the corpses he refines?"

As Aunt Six spoke, she sneered sarcastically, "Those who plant trees before them enjoy the shade. Those who are immoral before them suffer the consequences."

"The suffering you are experiencing today might be the result of the karma your father, Ran Lao San, incurred when he was young!"

When it comes to Ran Qing, Sixth Aunt never hesitates to use her vicious words and makes no secret of her disgust and disdain for Ran Qing.

But this woman was trying hard to help Ran Qing survive... Such a contradictory and twisted attitude made Ran Qing unable to tell for a moment whether this elder hated his father or was on good terms with his father.

(End of this chapter)