Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 93 Enthusiastic Stranger
On the phone, after Old Sheepskin heard Ran Qing's request and confirmed it, he became curious: "Boss Ran, are you going to catch a ghost?"

Lao Yangpi has been working with Aunt Liu for many years. When he heard Ran Qing's request for the straw raincoat paper figurines, he immediately guessed the purpose of these paper figurines.

Ran Qing did not hide it from him and replied, "I plan to go to the field in a few days. There is a well there."

The well in the field is the weakest ghost in Aunt Liu's booklet. As Ran Qing's first ghost-catching operation since his debut, this is the most suitable whetstone.

But after hearing this, Old Sheepskin was a little hesitant.

"Um...Boss Ran, how much do you know about that well?"

Ran Qing, holding the phone, thought for a moment and said.

"Sixth Aunt told me something. She said the water ghost in the well has been there for more than two years."

"Water ghosts are afraid of Yin Qi and paper figures. They are less ferocious when out of water. As long as we can find a way to lure them out of the well, their power will be reduced by 70%."

These are Aunt Liu’s analyses of the water ghost in the well in her booklet.

In the booklet, Aunt Liu clearly analyzed the weaknesses and characteristics of the water ghost, and also summarized the best way to catch it.

Ran Qing only needs to follow the steps instructed by Aunt Liu.

Ran Qing asked, "Boss Yang, do you have any advice?"

From the other end of the line, there was a dry laugh from Old Sheepskin.

"Um...Boss Ran...I don't quite understand the skills you're talking about."

"Anyway, you want to catch ghosts, and I fully support you."

"Sixth Sister hasn't been involved in Yuezhao City's affairs for over two years. A lot of trouble has happened in those two years. If you can eliminate these troubles, it will be a great deed to accumulate good karma."

"It's just...um...I heard that well is very dangerous."

"Half a year ago, a wandering Taoist priest arrived from out of town, claiming to be a descendant of Mount Mao, and traveled extensively, slaying countless demons and evil spirits. He heard there was a water ghost on Banan Road, so he confidently went to slay it, but was found dead on the street the next day."

"The Taoist priest's body was hanging from a street lamp, his robes torn and tattered, and his body swollen from water."

"During the autopsy, the medical examiner dug out a pile of broken copper coins from the Taoist priest's stomach. It turned out that the Taoist priest had been choked to death by his own copper coin sword. His intestines and stomach had all rotted away. It was a horrifying death."

"Three months ago, a wet nurse was performing a bodhisattva dance for someone. She predicted that the owner's family had run into a ghost from the well on Banan Road. The wet nurse went to the well in broad daylight to fetch a basin of water, but before she could do anything, she was gone."

"That night, the wet lady died in her master's house under unclear circumstances."

"The body was also swollen from being soaked in water, as if it had been soaking in water for many days."

"Even the Bodhisattva statue offered by Shilao Po was broken into pieces."

"I heard that wet lady used to be quite famous in Anping City. I don't know why she came to our Yuezhao, but she died right after arriving..."

Old Sheepskin recounted the story of a Taoist who had been killed by a water ghost. Afterwards, he cautiously said, "Um... Boss Ran, you're new in this business, so be careful..."

He didn't directly say that the water ghost was scary and asked Ran Qing to hide away.

And from the two stories he told, Ran Qing got some very strange information.

——Sixth Aunt hasn’t been involved in city affairs for more than two years.

Does that mean Aunt Six hasn't caught ghosts in two years?

But at the same time, wandering Taoist priests from other places and wet ladies who used to be active in the neighboring Anping City all came to Yuezhao without any prior arrangement.

They are all enthusiastic about killing ghosts...

It would be fine if it was just a wandering Taoist priest, but could a cunning and deceitful person like Lady Shi be so kind?
Ran Qing thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll be cautious. Thank you, Boss Yang, for your concern."

"But I'll have to trouble Boss Yang about the straw raincoat paper figurine. I'll be at the store in a couple of days, and we can discuss it in detail then."

Ran Qing naturally knew the dangers of the water ghost in the well, but if he was afraid of ghosts, he couldn't be a ghost walker.

Moreover, the skills of the Yin-walking people are different from those of other mysterious and unorthodox methods.

Some of the skills and tools of ghost walkers have special killing effects on evil spirits and monsters.

When he first opened the Yintan, he was like a child. Although he was weak, he held a gun that was used to kill evil spirits.

As long as he is well prepared, Ran Qing will be able to fight against any powerful evil ghost or monster.

The most important thing is that Ran Qing had seen the well in the Wujiang ghost world.

The water ghost was indeed scary, but not so powerful that Ran Qing couldn't afford to offend him.

Aunt Liu has already summarized the method, and Ran Qing just needs to follow it.

The road has been paved by the master. If he, as an apprentice, does not even have the courage to walk on it, then he should not do this job.

After hanging up the phone, Ran Qing looked at Xiao Mianhua beside him and asked in confusion, "Xiao Mianhua, Aunt Liu hasn't gone out to catch ghosts for more than two years? Why?"

Little Mianhua, who was drowsy lying on the edge of the bed, was stunned when she heard this.

"Ah? Is that true? I don't know."

"It seemed like not long after Mo Li left, my aunt no longer wanted to take me out, and she tied me to the door to watch over the house every day."

"She does go out occasionally, but it seems she doesn't catch ghosts much anymore. I don't know why."

"Maybe it's because she had already become a ghost by then?"

Little Cotton said this blankly and gave herself an explanation.

Ran Qing was speechless.

I really can't rely on Little Cotton for serious matters...

"Forget it, I'd better go and think about the water ghost."

The battle record of that water ghost is indeed a bit scary.

Two powerful people from the Xuanmen sect went to kill the evil with full confidence, but they both failed in the end.

Among them is a wet lady...

The evil ways of Shilaopo are rampant in the rural areas of Qiangke. Nine out of ten of them are liars, and the remaining one is a capable and big liar.

They worship "Bodhisattvas", but the "Bodhisattvas" they worship are not real gods. Most of their abilities are borrowed from the Bodhisattvas.

"Records of Strange Things" says that most of the wet ladies in Zangke live ordinary lives.

Even if they have real skills, they rarely go into battle, and their main focus is fraud. They will avoid anything too fierce.

It's just that in the poor southwestern mountainous area, you can't make much money by cheating the poor people in the villages.

When Ran Qing was a child, he had seen a wet nurse perform the bodhisattva dance. Each time she danced, she would chant something and take an egg. She would dance for most of the night, sweating profusely, just to trick the owner of the house into giving her a bamboo basket of eggs and two live chickens.

The wet lady three months ago knew that the water ghost was dangerous, but still dared to provoke it... It's really strange.

Could it be that the water ghost in the well in Changba has some treasure?
Ran Qing keenly sensed something unusual in these two things.

He took out "Witchcraft, Ghosts and Magic", opened Aunt Liu's booklet, and began to study it carefully.

The first time he went out to exorcise ghosts, he had to make full preparations. He absolutely couldn't learn to interrogate the second lady. Without doing the preliminary preparations, he would call the Grandmaster when he encountered someone he couldn't afford to offend... He didn't want to die suddenly at the age of forty.

(End of this chapter)