The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 185 seems to have failed at showing off.
Yunran checked it over and confirmed that there was no problem with the little paper doll swallowing the evil god's 'messenger'.

Then he looked at Yun Qing, who was fast asleep, and took a video of her pitiful appearance and sent it to Yun Jingyang.

Under the cover of night, she picked up her bag and left the courtyard, heading towards the porcelain and artisan families she had previously suspected.

When Yunran arrived at the family of artisans, she saw from afar that someone had sneaked in before her.

He immediately took cover in the roadside weeds, lay prone on the ground, and stared intently at the ancient building complex that had existed for hundreds of years.

Before she came, she guessed that these families of artisans must have their own 'secret recipes', otherwise, how could they have prospered for so many years?

As she had guessed, these ancient buildings appear perfectly normal to the average person.

However, those skilled in esoteric arts can immediately tell that there is a special spirit-binding array here.

Yunran was not far away, and from this vantage point, the view was excellent. She quickly heard the commotion coming from inside.

[Host, tell me, what was that person who went in earlier doing?]

"How should I know? Do you really think I'm a god?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of gunshots rang out from the courtyard, indicating that the man had been discovered.

The ginseng fruit assumed its host would continue watching the spectacle.

To everyone's surprise, Yunran immediately stood up, took a running start, and easily flipped over the courtyard wall.

The entire process was incredibly smooth, easily bypassing surveillance and other defenses.

The ginseng fruit, having misjudged the situation, had no idea what its host wanted to do.

Yun Ran crouched in the corner, her fingers clasped together, tracing a line across her face. At that moment, her eyes emitted a faint, ethereal blue light.

They instantly identified the problem in the courtyard.

Taking advantage of the fact that the security guards in the courtyard were all distracted by the previous person, Yun Ran did not waste the convenient conditions created for her by the 'predecessor'.

After a few dodges, we arrived at a rockery. Next to the rockery was a large pond with lotus flowers growing in it.

The place she was looking for was below this lotus pond; the entrance was right here by the artificial hill.

A whooshing sound rang out.

Yun Ran instinctively caught the willow-leaf throwing knife that was being shot at her. In such a dim environment, anyone who reacted even a little slower would have already been hit.

A person who looked like a skeleton appeared 50 meters behind her.

He was carrying something that looked like a human figure, his eyes fixed on Yun Ran.

"There was another one."

Hearing the somewhat shrill sound, Yun Ran was momentarily dazed, but she reacted quickly and immediately shook her head.

At the same time, he watched the person warily; the person's voice actually had a sonic attack effect.

If she remembered correctly, there were indeed techniques in the Xuanmen (mystical sect) that involved sonic attacks, which, once mastered, were incredibly lethal.

Yun Ran almost fell for the trap just now. Seeing that person coming this way, Yun Ran's eyes darted around, and she immediately pretended that she had been tricked.

She originally wanted to explore what lay beneath the lotus pond, and it would be even better if someone could take her inside.

As the skeleton approached, Yun Ran saw that the man was so thin that he was just skin and bones, and he looked extremely terrifying, even uglier than a ghost.

Although she couldn't clearly see who the person he was carrying was, Yun Ran was eighty percent certain that this person was the one who had broken in earlier. The skeleton man's eyes were filled with a sinister light as he scanned Yun Ran from head to toe, especially noticing Yun Ran's somewhat dazed face.

He nodded in satisfaction: "I didn't expect that what came to us would be even better than what we caught from outside."

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Yunran, hoisting her onto his shoulder.

This person's bones are really hard; they're digging into her so hard it hurts. Yun Ran immediately showed a pained expression.

Especially since people have to go down stairs to get into the artificial hill, and each step is a bumpy one, it's even more unbearable.

Ginseng Fruit quickly encouraged Yun Ran: [Host, keep going, keep going, hang in there...]

Yunran: ...

Fortunately, this arduous journey wasn't too long, and Yunran was successfully brought in.

The moment she entered, the overwhelming smell made her feel uncomfortable all over. Then, she was thrown to the ground like a punching bag.

Yun Ran finally got a good look at the person being carried. It was a very young man, tall and imposing, yet he was being tossed aside like a chick.

[Host, what's wrong with this...]

For the first time, the ginseng fruit felt its vocabulary was inadequate; it didn't know what words to use to describe the darkness and terror of the place.

Everywhere there were prayer flags covered in graffiti, and countless bottles and jars. Most importantly, Ginseng Fruit could sense that there were things inside those bottles and jars.

Seeing this, Yun Ran was certain that the skeleton had been turned into this state by the backlash of his own magic.

Her previous suspicions have now been confirmed.

Now, without needing to go back in time, she can roughly deduce how Hirano Jiro got into trouble back then.

As a Xuan Master, he discovered that the children's souls had been extracted. Upon careful investigation, he discovered that something was amiss with these artisan families.

Unfortunately, Hirano Jiro's mastery level was too low, and he was probably captured by the great masters worshipped by these artisan families as soon as he infiltrated.

The spirit of a Xuan Master is much stronger and more useful than that of an ordinary person, so it is reasonable that it was used to make clay for cellar storage.

However, if not handled properly, who knows if the Xuan Master's soul might turn into some kind of ferocious evil spirit.

This is where the prayer flags come in: they soothe the soul, making the person whose soul has been extracted forget how they died—it's a minor matter.

This whole thing was so interconnected that Yunran couldn't help but think that these people had truly taken the harm they caused to the extreme.

The skeleton who had walked away earlier returned with a bowl of some kind of liquid and looked at the two people lying on the ground.

Then she selected the man, squatted down, and prepared to pour the medicine into his mouth.

If Yun Ran weren't here, it would be one thing, but since she's here, can she just stand by and watch someone get harmed by evil magic? Wouldn't that be a slap in her face?

Yun Ran braced herself with one hand on the ground and delivered a powerful spinning kick, sending the bowl of medicine flying.

"Your good days are over!"

Just then, the man lying on the ground, who seemed to have been knocked unconscious, also threw a punch, but he was a little slow.

Yunran: ...

Looks like my attempt to show off failed.
(End of this chapter)