Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 25 Catching Ghosts
Carrying the empty black clay jar and the sick old dog, Ran Qing followed Aunt Liu back to her home.

Following Sixth Aunt's instructions, Ran Qing placed the black clay altar under the tablets of Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers in the main hall, side by side with the large altar filled with incense ash, and then tied the sick old dog at the door.

This sickly old dog seemed to be familiar with Ran Qing. When Ran Qing carefully put the leash around its neck, it just looked at Ran Qing lazily and let Ran Qing tie it up.

After tying up the dog, Ran Qing saw that Aunt Liu was still packing things in the inner room and had not come out yet, so he picked up a broom and swept away the dust and garbage on the cement yard at the door.

There were many mud marks and chewed bone fragments on the cement yard at the entrance, which should have belonged to the toads last night.

After Ran Qing cleaned the door, he saw that Aunt Liu had not come out yet, so he went to tie up and tidy up the cardboard that Aunt Liu had piled up next to the doghouse when she went out.

After finishing all this, Ran Qing looked up and found that the figure of Sixth Aunt had appeared in the shadow of the main door of the main hall at some point, looking at him sinisterly for an unknown amount of time.

The two looked at each other, and a hint of annoyance inexplicably flashed in Aunt Liu's dead fish eyes.

"...He's quite diligent."

She snorted sarcastically. Although it was a compliment, it was full of sarcasm.

Walking out of the main hall, Aunt Six took out a cloth bag and handed it to Ran Qing, saying, "Old people always say that the master leads you to the door, but the practice is up to you."

"But I don't have much to teach you here. It's enough for you to get started."

"Take these things back, catch that old ghost, and bring him to me tomorrow morning. If you catch that old ghost, I will take you to find the body. It just so happens that you don't have classes tomorrow in your second year of high school."

After saying that, Aunt Six looked at the sky with her dead eyes and said, "If there's nothing else, you can go away."

"Of course, if you died tonight, it would be the end of everything, and I wouldn't have to worry about your Ran family's affairs anymore."

On the way here, Aunt Liu told Ran Qing very clearly that she would not help in dealing with the old ghost tonight and asked Ran Qing to go by himself.

If Ran Qing can't even deal with this old ghost, there's no point in talking about going to the Wujiang ghost world to save people.

Letting Ran Qing catch ghosts alone tonight is obviously a test to verify whether Ran Qing is capable.

Ran Qing had no objection to this.

If he couldn't even deal with the old ghost at the door of Old Chen's house, he really had no right to see Li Hongye.

This cloth bag contains some small items that can be used when catching ghosts. Aunt Liu had already given him some instructions on the way here.

Ran Qing opened the cloth bag and checked that everything was complete, then he slung the bag over his shoulder and turned to leave.

The moon shines on the city late at night, and the night wind is cold.

The thick fog that enveloped the city during the day dissipated completely at night.

At this time, there was almost no fog in Yuezhao City and visibility was not affected.

Ran Qing was walking alone in the winding alleys at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. Shortly after leaving Aunt Liu's cement bungalow, he quickly felt something following him in the darkness.

Some malicious eyes lingered behind him.

Under the cover of night, those things wandering in Yuezhao City were attracted and gathered around him.

The Yin-walkers wander between yin and yang and have the ability to deal with ghosts and monsters, but they are also the most likely to attract these sneaky evil creatures.

Those malicious gazes and ill-intentioned rustling noises were getting closer and closer behind Ran Qing.

Even though Ran Qing walked out of the winding path and came to Zhongshan Street under the street lights, the things behind him still did not converge.

After all, Zhongshan Street is deserted late at night and there are no people around.

Although it was the widest main thoroughfare in Yuezhao City, Zhongshan Street was deserted late at night, with few cars even. Those who dared to go out alone in the dead of night... were rare.

Walking on the empty street with his schoolbag on his back and his head down, Ran Qing listened to the rustling sounds behind him getting closer and closer, and even vaguely felt the cold chill approaching him.

A street without people walking around does not scare away sneaky things.

Ran Qing listened to the noise behind him and frowned. He didn't have any cigarettes with him, so he couldn't imitate Aunt Liu and smoke to use the pungent smell to drive away the thing following him.

After a brief silence, Ran Qing silently took out the Nuo opera mask and hung it on his schoolbag.

A Nuo opera mask painted with bright colors was hung on the schoolbag, and the green-faced and fanged ghost mask was facing the street behind Ran Qing.

The dim light from the street lamp fell on the mask, and the hideous evil ghost mask with green face and fangs seemed to grow on Ran Qing's back, inexplicably vivid.

In an instant, the cold and chill behind Ran Qing disappeared.

The rustling sounds that had followed him all the way, increasing in number, disappeared without a trace.

In this way, Ran Qing returned to the Qingyuan Road shantytown safely and unhindered.

At the dirty entrance to the shantytown, Ran Qing put the evil ghost mask into his schoolbag to avoid alerting the enemy.

Then he lowered his head and walked silently into the alley where sewage was flowing. He was wearing a school uniform and carrying a schoolbag. He looked like an ordinary poor student.

A familiar stench wafted through the air, a strange smell mixed with sewage from the sewers and feces from public toilets, filling the alley.

In the dark shantytown, all the lights were off in every household, and the view was completely dark.

Ran Qing could only rely on the flashlight in his hand for lighting.

Holding a flashlight, he climbed up the bumpy and muddy slope, passed through a path so narrow that only one person could pass, and came to the foot of the slope in front of Lao Chen's house.

On the cement slope is Old Chen’s two-story bungalow.

In the room on the first floor, the faint sound of a child crying in pain could be heard. There was light coming from the crack of the door, indicating that Old Chen's family had not yet gone to bed.

The light bulb on the roof had long been extinguished, and the cold moonlight fell on the concrete yard in front of the door.

A scary old man in shroud stood in front of the door, staring at the gate of Old Chen's house. Under his right trouser leg... there was nothing.

Everything is the same as before.

This old man has indeed set his sights on Xiao Erwa and has been lingering at the doorstep ever since.

The moment Ran Qing appeared with a flashlight, the old man in the moonlight turned his head abruptly. His old, stiff face, with skin drooping like dried orange peel, stared straight at the student who appeared in the middle of the night.

The cold gaze fell on Ran Qing, and Ran Qing got goose bumps all over his body.

The extremely terrifying pressure, accompanied by the cold gaze, came. Even though he had been mentally prepared in advance, Ran Qing still felt his scalp tingling under the stare.

At this moment, he even had the urge to turn around and run.

He had clearly seen even scarier evil spirits before, and even possessed the ability to walk through the underworld. But at this moment, facing the old man, Ran Qing found that he still couldn't suppress his fear.

And this fear is even stronger than before.

After learning the skill of ghost walking, I became even more terrified when facing the weird and scary old man!

(End of this chapter)