Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 423 Mountain Ghost
Ran Qing had already summoned three evil lords with the blood talisman, yet he could still raise the blood talisman to summon more... This illogical scene left not only Li Hongye, the vengeful ghost, but even Liu Fang, the corpse-driving Taoist, dumbfounded.

"...Ran family brat, just how many evil lords do you possess?"

Isn't it said that there is only one evil master behind the spirit mediums?

Blood surged within the white mist.

The blood talisman in Ran Qing's hand melted and flowed continuously.

But this time, the force surging from the blood was not as terrifying as before.

A cacophony of piercing sounds emanated from the blood, and strange shadows of varying heights, builds, and builds crawled out of it. Some resembled humans, others beasts, but even the few red shadows that resembled humans looked bizarre.

After crawling out of the blood, the evil lords excitedly rushed into the thick fog ahead.

"Hahaha! Li Hongye!"

"The sweetheart of the Ran family's son!"

"Tear her apart! Drag her back to the Ran family boy to breed with!"

The evil lords shouted excitedly, emitting strange howls that only Ran Qing could understand.

They crawled out of the blood in an endless stream and ran towards the thick fog ahead.

The sheer number of them shocked everyone.

Even Mo Li, who had some knowledge of Nuo opera masks, was speechless with astonishment: "...So many!"

The evil lord who crawled out of the blood was not powerful—compared to the previous three evil lords.

But their numbers were so dense and numerous that they were frightening.

Behind Ran Qing's seemingly innocent facade, there are actually so many evil masters.
Soon, the blood beneath Ran Qing's feet dried, and the evil lords who had rushed into the thick fog frantically and restlessly searched for Li Hongye, who was hiding in the fog.

When Ran Qing looked down, she discovered that all of her fingernails and toenails were gone.

This time, what was sacrificed was his fingernail.

Without pausing, Ran Qing took out the blood talisman again and raised it high.

The cacophony of the evil lord's voice was so loud it felt like his head was about to explode.

The group of evil lords who hadn't yet emerged were all restless and urging Ran Qing to hurry up.

As the blood flowed down, even the most composed Long Zongshu couldn't help but turn his head and look over in surprise.

A continuous stream of eerie blood shadows crawled outwards from Ran Qing's feet.

The ghost eye given to him by the Ghost Eye Sheep God gave him the confidence to use blood talismans at will.

When the blood beneath Ran Qing's feet dried up once more, Ran Qing's head became bald, and all the body hair on his body disappeared; all the hair on his body had been sacrificed.

The noise around him finally subsided.

A small number of evil lords have not yet emerged, but they are not worth Ran Qing using a blood talisman on.

Ran Qing coldly looked up, the cacophony from the blood mist ahead was deafening.

The scattered and fleeing evil lords quickly found Li Hongye's trail.

From within the thick fog came the excited roars and strange cries of the evil lords.

They surged toward Li Hongye relentlessly, unafraid of being torn apart and trampled by the blood corpses. Instead, they shouted excitedly as they faced their deaths.

Even if the evil lord's projection summoned by the blood talisman dies, it will not cause any damage to their true form.

One by one, the evil lords perished tragically in the thick fog, and the noisy clamor of the evil lords around Ran Qing gradually became grating again.

When the noise around her reached a certain point, Ran Qing raised the blood talisman and chanted the incantation again.

Bright red blood dripped down, and once again, a continuous stream of blood-red evil shadows crawled out from under Ran Qing's feet. These evil shadows rushed forward relentlessly and fearlessly toward the two blood corpses that were being dragged in the thick fog.

Outside the stone chamber, the earth trembled, ten thousand ghosts howled, and the eerie instruments of the ancient Luo ghost soldiers played a frenzied chorus.

The three evil lords held off the entire rioting ghost kingdom for a full two minutes!

When the first projection of the evil lord could not hold on and was devoured and submerged by the evil spirits, Ran Qing in the stone chamber immediately took out a blood talisman and chanted a spell.

The three consecutive blood talismans caused three evil lords to appear one after another outside the stone chamber.

They stood coldly beside the high platform in the center of the Ghost Kingdom, turning it into a forbidden zone that evil spirits could not approach. Even if all the remaining evil spirits of the entire Ancient Ghost Kingdom surged in, even if those sinister and terrifying pale ghostly figures played their frenzied music.

However, the three enormous red figures standing beside the high platform, rising above the stone platform, remained steadfast like pillars of heaven.

Inside the stone chamber, Li Hongye was trapped in the thick fog, unable to move.

A continuous stream of blood-red ghostly figures crawled out from under Ran Qing's feet, seemingly endless and fearless, engulfing her.

Even the incredibly strong and impervious Blood Corpse, as well as the Flying Zombie that Ran Jianfei had transformed into, were now covered in wounds and in dire straits.

Ran Qing, who could continuously sacrifice himself and use blood talismans, was quickly healed and completely unharmed after simply removing the bandages from his arm and using a ghost eye.

Upon witnessing this scene, the headless demon let out a low, venomous roar from within the thick fog.

"...Ran Qing!"

Evil spirits are merely malevolent, but not foolish.

Ran Qing's plan was simple: to drown it with this endless tide of evil lords!
Those evil lords are endless; once they die, they can be resurrected immediately through the blood talisman.

However, the headless demon and the zombies beside it cannot recover immediately when they are injured.

As one side gains and the other loses...

The headless demon roared furiously, trying to break through the tide of evil lords and escape.

But at that moment, the vengeful ghost's body suddenly stiffened.

The next second, its voice became calm and indifferent, no longer filled with resentment as before.

"Ran Qing".

With her rational side regaining control, Li Hongye coldly asked, "You have five ghost eyes in total, right?"

"You want to wage a war of attrition against me, hoping to wear me down with sheer numbers?"

Li Hongye said coldly, "Your demon mask is indeed sinister, as there are so many evil spirits behind it."

"And that demon-eyed goat god is really meddling... Just because I schemed against His spirit medium, does that mean he gave you so many demon eyes to target me?"

"He's clearly an evil lord, yet he harbors goodwill towards humanity... How laughable..."

Li Hongye regained her rationality and spoke coldly in a low voice.

She did not try to escape, thus rejecting the escape plan of the evil side.

Although running away and hiding seemed to be the best solution when faced with this surging tide of evil lords.

However, the rebellious Ancient Luo Ghost Kingdom also posed a significant threat at this time.

To turn the Ghost King into a blood corpse and complete its plan of revenge, it must escape this place as soon as possible and return after the evil spirits in the Ghost Kingdom have calmed down and fallen asleep.

It can no longer allow the evil spirits in this ancient kingdom of demons to continue their rebellion.

The headless female ghost suddenly floated up and landed between the two blood corpses that her parents had created.

She had no head, yet she still made a sound.

"Then let's settle this directly, Ran Qing."

"Your evil lords are endless, but the three strongest evil lords are outside helping you fight off evil spirits."

"These evil lords around you now... ha..."

Li Hongye sneered as she easily crushed a blood-red evil shadow that was charging towards her.

Staring at the headless ghostly figure ahead in the thick fog, he said coldly, "By gathering the full strength of our family of three, we can kill you in one blow and ruin your plan."

"Unfortunately, I didn't want you and that bitch to die so quickly... but now there's nothing I can do."

Li Hongye murmured softly.

A headless female ghost, shrouded in thick fog, landed on the shoulders of two blood-soaked corpses.

The two blood-soaked corpses stood side by side, together.

The headless female ghost, who had landed on the blood corpse's shoulder, suddenly merged with the blood corpse through her transparent body.

At the same time, the thick fog surging inside the stone chamber rushed towards the two blood corpses and continuously flowed into them.

These thick fogs were originally the malevolent energy of the blood corpse. Now, as the blood corpse withdrew its malevolent energy, the huge stone chamber quickly became clear.

Beside the eerie stone coffin floating in the very center of the stone chamber, two blood-soaked corpses were stuck together. They resembled two melting ice cream cones, with blood dripping continuously from the points of contact between their bodies.

A piercing, agonizing scream emanated from the blood-soaked corpse.

Those belong to Li Hongye, her mother, and her father.

The family of three, turned into blood corpses, once again suffered the agony of their tragic deaths.

Ran Qing and his three companions, who stood by the door of the empty stone chamber, were not surprised at all.

Forcing Li Hongye to the point of merging with the blood corpse was part of their plan.

The randomness of blood sacrifice is too high; no one knows what organ will be sacrificed next.

If you're unlucky and your vital organs are sacrificed one after another, the demon eye given by the sheep god won't last long.

—We didn't prepare enough blood talismans either.

For Ran Qing, the best way to win is to force Li Hongye to fight him.

Inside his canvas bag lay three ghost talismans, even more ferocious and terrifying than blood talismans.

I hadn't taken it out yet, waiting until the very last moment!
Ahead, the fog had dissipated.

The two blood corpses, having absorbed all the mist, were completely stuck together.

Their features were crowded together on the same face.

Its ugly and terrifying appearance makes it the most terrifying and horrifying among zombies.

According to the Ran family's corpse refining technique, a blood corpse created by a family of blood relatives through simultaneous sacrifice, once fused into one, is so evil and terrifying that it may even attract heavenly lightning.

If you encounter such a blood corpse, the safest way is to lure it to an open outdoor area and try to summon heavenly lightning to strike.

But this is the Ghost Realm of the Wujiang River, where there is no heavenly lightning.

Ran Qing took a deep breath and said, "...According to the plan, you guys hold on."

Mo Li, Long Zongshu, and the Corpse-Driving Taoist all protected Ran Qing.

In addition, there was a storm of hundreds of talisman papers floating around Ran Qing.

This is all the strength Ran Qing has put into his final gamble.

Ran Qing held one of the three ghost talismans in her canvas bag and took a deep breath.

This ghost talisman requires three years of one's lifespan to be used.

The other ghost talisman has a 50% chance of killing Ran Qing on the spot, and a 50% chance of not requiring a sacrifice... It's a gamble with life.

The last ghost talisman...

The three most forbidden evil spells in "Witchcraft and Ghostly Arts" were lying in Ran Qing's canvas bag.

This is a power even more powerful and forbidden than the Blood Talisman.

If all of Ran Qing's preparations are insufficient to kill the blood corpse, he will have no choice but to use the forbidden power within this canvas bag.

Beside the stone coffin, the hideous, blood-soaked corpse, now integrated into the whole, grew even taller and more malevolent.

It tilted its head and stared at Ran Qing with resentment.

This time, it wasn't Li Hongye's voice that came out, but rather the cold, sharp voice of Li Hongye's mother.

"...Ran Jianfei's child."

It was filled with resentment and malice.

Immediately following was the painful voice of a middle-aged man.

He was wailing, "...It's not their fault! It's not Fei-ge's fault! Ran Qing, run!"

The wailing middle-aged man was clearly Li Hongye's father.

But his desperate cries were clearly not respected by his family.

Upon hearing the middle-aged man's painful wailing, Ran Qing's eyes flashed with a complex sense of pity.

It turns out that all this tragedy stemmed from the wishful thinking of a madwoman...

But things had come to this point, and seeing the ferocious, blood-soaked corpses ahead, Ran Qing slowly stood up.

The storm of talismans around him spun wildly as they were dragged along by little red rope figures.

The evil red figures that crawled out of the blood ignored everything and continued to rush towards the blood corpse with frenzied excitement.

"...Eat them!"

"Eat! Eat! Eat!"

These restless evil lords seem to have no idea what calmness and rationality mean.

Li Hongye's voice rang out coldly amidst the blood-soaked corpses.

"...Farewell, Ran Qing."

The enormous, hideous blood corpse walked in step by step, its massive body causing the stone chamber floor to tremble.

Those evil red figures that rushed towards it were all easily torn apart, crushed, and chewed up.

After the family of three merged into one, they finally revealed the true power of this blood corpse, which was forged by imprisoning kinship and resentment.

The enormous blood corpse coldly passed through the surging red tide of the evil lords, crushing them one by one like ants.

The surging evil lords could no longer stop the arrival of the blood corpses.

Ran Qing took a deep breath and suddenly stood up.

His hand reached into the canvas bag, ready to activate the forbidden ghostly spell at any moment.

Just then, a thin, tall, bamboo-like figure walked out and appeared in front of Ran Qing and the others.

Long Zongshu, who had been standing silently to the side, responsible for guarding against the flying zombies, suddenly stepped out alone and stood quietly in front of Ran Qing and the other two like a thin, frail wall.

This sudden anomaly caused Ran Qing's pupils to contract sharply.

Mo Li cried out in terror, "...Zong Shu! What are you doing? Come back here!"

Their formation was pre-planned and couldn't be disrupted.

But at this moment, without any warning, Long Zongshu stepped forward and went to meet the blood corpse in front of him.

The situation seemed to suggest that he was facing the terrifying blood corpse alone.

Ran Qing cried out in disbelief, "Zong Shu! Come back!"

Zongshu, who was always taciturn, never held anyone back or did anything foolish.

But now... does this blood corpse possess the power to bewitch people? Has Zong Shu's mind been bewitched by the blood corpse?

Ran Qing was extremely anxious and tried to drag Zong Shu back.

But the tall, thin boy with his back to the three of them said calmly, "...Don't move, just stay where you are."

"Ran Qing, don't touch those talismans in the bag."

"Leave it to me, no problem."

The thin, bamboo-like boy looked up at the terrifying blood-soaked corpse in front of him with a gentle voice.

The blood-soaked corpse, which even heaven and earth could hardly tolerate and which would attract heavenly lightning in the human world, walked towards him, but Long Zongshu showed no fear whatsoever.

In his dark, deep eyes, instead of looking deep, there shone a kind of liberated radiance.

Staring at the terrifying blood-soaked corpse in front of him, the young man said softly.

"...Li Hongye, didn't you say that without a living soul, you can't be dealt with?"

The boy's hands fell to his sides, and he dropped the bamboo ball. The flames on his shoulders also went out.

The boy, who had suddenly become lifeless, calmly said to the blood corpse, "Actually, I am a living soul..."

"Or rather, the mountain spirit!"

From the boy's pale, translucent lips came a chilling, eerie voice, like the night wind.

"You killed me, it's been a month..."

"I've been waiting for this day..."

(End of this chapter)