Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 293 Gate and Wall
But the next second, Ran Qing rejected this conjecture.

At present, it seems that Chuan Duoji is not very suspicious. The most suspicious people are Xiong Dacheng and his group of ghost breeders!

Those ghost-raising people came uninvited, mocked and provoked Kawasakichi at the Dharma assembly; their intentions were hostile and filled with malice.

The human-faced demon who harmed Ran Qing was intricately connected to this group of ghost breeders.

Now another similar monster has appeared...

All of this seems more like the group of ghost breeders have their eyes on the other people attending the ceremony tonight, and have sent monsters to harm them!

Seeing that the monster's claws had already touched Mo Li, Ran Qing immediately rushed forward.

The monster crouching beside Mo Li seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around. The green light emanating from the eyes of the man-headed staff seemed to make the dark figure wary.

Upon seeing the green light emanating from the eyes of the man-headed staff, the dark figure turned and ran without hesitation, rushing towards a cement brick wall on one side.

It easily penetrated the thick cement brick wall, and the shadow escaped to the outside world.

This dark figure, like the two dark figures Ran Qing had chased away before, could also pass through walls...

Ran Qing saw the dark figure flee and quickly ran towards the door.

We've already lost track of the two shadowy figures we chased away before, but we can't lose this one.

But as soon as he rushed out the door, he heard Mo Li's anxious shouts coming from the house behind him.

"...Don't go! It's the middle of the night!"

After the monster left, Mo Li quickly regained his mobility and broke free from the sleep paralysis.

Meanwhile, in the next room, Long Zongshu, who had also experienced a life-or-death crisis, ran out covered in sweat.

Three flames burned on his shoulders, and his face was deathly pale as he stared at Ran Qing at the door. He said, "Mo Li is right, we can't chase after them, it's already past midnight..."

The moonlight in the latter half of the night is fraught with danger, with countless gates of hell open in the darkness, and countless evil spirits pouring into the human world from behind them.

Once a person practicing unorthodox methods enters the perception range of those evil spirits, they will inevitably encounter danger and die a violent death in the streets...

Mo Li and Long Zongshu's reminders helped Ran Qing quickly calm down.

He stood at the door of the cement house, looking at the moonlit city under the night sky, watching helplessly as the dark figure escaped.

This old residential area, which could be described as dirty and chaotic, was engulfed by the darkness and silence of the late night.

In the dark houses where the lights were off, the residents slept peacefully, unaware that a terrifying and sinister monster was scurrying past outside their doors.

Without turning its head, the monster spread its enormous black wings in the darkness, like a hunched bird taller than a human, gliding over the old houses on Park Road and disappearing into the distant darkness.

Ran Qing said, "This kind of monster can pass through walls..."

It's really weird!
Although vengeful ghosts and spirits have no physical bodies, they cannot pass through walls and must enter a house through the main door.

From the ancient, dark ages, the houses and walls built by humans seem to have some kind of power to ward off evil spirits. Many evil spirits cannot pass through the gates and must enter the houses of the living through the main gate or small window.

However, this eerie black shadow, which was pitch black and whose appearance could not be seen, could ignore the obstruction of the walls and freely enter and exit Ran Qing and his group's cement house.

This is still the ancestral altar of the spirit medium, not an ordinary house.

—And after they entered, the evil lords in the Yin Altar did not react at all!
Even a malevolent being like the Evil Lord couldn't sense these strange monsters...

Mo Li murmured, "It seems that they share the same origin as the human-faced demon, coming from the same place."

The human-faced demon inexplicably targeted Ran Qing, a wandering spirit, but was killed by Ran Qing. After that, Ran Qing did not encounter such a monster for a long time.

It wasn't until tonight, when attending the Dharma assembly, that Ran Qing encountered them again, and he wasn't the only one to encounter them. Tonight, all three people and the fox who had chairs at the Dharma assembly were attacked, only Little Cotton, who wasn't sitting in a chair at the time, was unaffected.

Long Zongshu suddenly said, "Um... everyone will be attacked tonight, so will Uncle Ran also be...?"

Ran Jianfei was also among those attending the Dharma assembly tonight. Hearing Zong Shu's reminder, Ran Qing was taken aback.

Before Ran Qing could react, Mo Li had already run to the next room and dialed Ran Jianfei's number.

"...Hmm? Is this Aunt Luo? I'm Mo Li..."

"Hmm... Is Uncle Ran asleep?"

"Yes, yes, I have something very important to ask Aunt Luo..."

"Hello? Uncle Ran, are you alright?"

"Is such that……"

"Yes...you must be careful..."

"Okay... Goodbye, Uncle Ran..."

"Okay, I know."

"Okay, okay, goodbye Uncle Ran..."

When Ran Qing and Long Zongshu entered the house, they saw Mo Li talking urgently to Ran Jianfei on the other end of the phone.

Mo Li told Ran Jianfei about the monster attack and warned him to be careful. He even offered to lend Ran Jianfei some Ghost Luo Ancient Coins so that Ran Jianfei could send his wife to collect them.

Although those practicing unorthodox cultivation are not allowed to move around freely outside, Luo Xuefang, an ordinary person, is unaffected.

But Ran Jianfei refused, saying that he should have a way to deal with this monster that resembled a human-faced demon.

He was surprised that Ran Qing and the other two had also attended the Dharma assembly. He genuinely did not recognize the three disguised individuals at the assembly.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries on the phone, Mo Li hung up, turned to look at Ran Qing, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's great! Uncle Ran hasn't been attacked yet. I've already told him about the monster."

"Although he didn't have the Ghost Luo Ancient Coin, he said he might have a way to deal with it, so we don't need to worry."

Little Cotton muttered, "What about the others? There are so many people attending the Dharma assembly tonight. We can't reach the others. Will they all die...?"

Long Zongshu scratched his head and said, "I quite like that Daoist Liu Fang, but I don't have his contact information..."

In the era before WeChat, social media, and even the more ancient PHS phones, which were not yet widespread, communication between people was extremely inconvenient.

Those with a landline at home can also be notified by phone.

However, they couldn't contact the outsider, the Corpse-Driving Taoist.

Ran Qing sat in the room, looking at the empty bed, recalling the thrilling experience just now.

By the time he realized something was wrong, the two monsters' claws had already touched Zong Shu's eyelids and chest.

If only he had woken up a few seconds later...

The miserable state of the sixth fox outside the door made him feel a little scared.

The most sinister and terrifying thing is that the monster that comes tonight can disembowel people.

This is much more sinister than the previous human-faced demons!
But after listening to Ran Qing's account of the situation, Long Zongshu suddenly said, "This kind of monster should have a more obvious weakness, and may be easier to deal with than the human-faced demon."

Zong Shu's words drew the attention of everyone in the room.

Ran Qing and Mo Li both looked over.

Long Zongshu hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm just guessing..."

(End of this chapter)