Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 224 Demon-Suppressing Curse

As the ferocious wooden sculpture of the evil god departed, the mist and the eerie wind vanished without a trace.

The air in the main room, with burning incense and candles and many red rope figurines hanging from the ceiling, was stuffy and hot.

Ran Qing frowned as she watched the evil god depart, remaining silent.

He turned and went into the house, taking out the ancient shaman's skull that was on the table.

The cold, pale white skull of the ancient shaman has a warm, jade-like texture, giving a very comfortable feeling when held in the hand.

According to the records in "The Art of Witchcraft and Ghosts", this thing is a very useful little magic tool that will not harm people. On the contrary, it can help people who travel around the world and pretend to be gods and ghosts.

Water contained in this skull not only becomes sweet, but drinking more of it can even help with sleep, relax the mind, and make people feel happy.

But for something that seemed so insignificant, Aunt Liu was willing to break the taboos of spirit mediums and make a deal with a mountain demon...

Ran Qing stared at the skull in her hand, letting out a soft breath: "Could it be that you scared the evil god away..."

His instincts told him that it wasn't the skull that had scared away the evil god.

The most dangerous thing about him is the unseen, eerie evil spirit.

However, just to be on the safe side, Ran Qing took the skull to the main room and carefully buried it in a large jar containing the memorial tablets of past masters and the incense ash of spirit mediums.

"May our ancestors protect us..."

Ran Qing lit another stick of incense, as was her custom.

The incense ash used by spirit mediums is already an item for warding off evil, and when combined with the memorial tablets of past masters, even the head of an evil god thrown in would be suppressed and unable to move.

Having finished all this, Ran Qing let out a soft breath.

Those who walk the spirits are not good at dealing with mountain monsters and evil spirits. Therefore, those who walk the spirits are good at negotiating and trading with evil spirits and inanimate objects. Instead, they are forbidden from trading with mountain monsters.

Aunt Liu took the risk of trading with the mandrill. Although it was only one mandrill and the risk wasn't very high, it still violated a taboo.

Ran Qing was curious about her sixth aunt's purpose in doing this.

He instinctively felt that the ancient shaman's skull might be related to his sixth aunt's death.

After all, such unseen monsters do not exist in the records of "Witchcraft and Spiritual Arts", and the special function of this ancient witch skull is also not recorded in "Witchcraft and Spiritual Arts".

When these two coincidences come together, they no longer seem to be coincidences.

Ran Qing took a deep look at the large vat and said, "It's a pity there's no time to study it now."

Tonight he will face that unseen monster head-on. Even if this ancient witch's skull really has some wonderful use, it can't help him now.

Ran Qing left home to prepare what she needed for tonight.

He brought back a large white plastic bucket filled with goat blood, added incense ash, shook it well, and left it in the sun for two hours at the front door. Then, he dipped a brush in the blood and began to write strange and ancient incantations along the cement walls of the house.

The incantations used by the spirit mediums are somewhat similar to the ancient script seen in the Huaga Tiankeng, but there are also subtle differences.

The three characters Ran Qing wrote on the wall were called the "Demon-Suppressing Spell." This spell wasn't particularly effective against vengeful ghosts, evil spirits, mountain monsters, or evil lords. However, the "Demon-Suppressing Spell" was effective against all kinds of evil spirits, mountain monsters, and evil lords.

In "The Legend of Sister Shen Er's Demon Extermination", Sister Shen Er even used the "Demon Suppression Curse" to kill a vicious and cruel evil cultivator - this curse can also work on living people.

Ran Qing didn't know what the invisible monster was, so she couldn't cast a spell specifically on it. She could only use the most versatile [Demon Suppression Spell].

He wanted to use goat's blood soaked in incense ash to write the incantation of "Demon Suppression Spell" on the entire exterior walls, ceiling, and floor of the cement house.

This place was originally a shrine for spirit mediums, and with the added blessing of the demon-suppressing incantation, Ran Qing would transform the cement house into a cage to suppress evil spirits tonight. However, this was a huge project. As dusk fell and the sun set, Long Zongshu, having eaten and rested his fill, arrived at the entrance of the cement house, while Ran Qing was still squatting on the roof, sketching and writing.

The exterior walls of the cement house, bathed in the setting sun, were covered with blood-red incantations.

The incantation was strange and its meaning was incomprehensible, yet it gave people a strange sense of coldness.

The sheer number of three-word blood curses densely covering the exterior walls of the cement building was inexplicably terrifying.

Long Zongshu hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Um... Ran Qing, can't these words be written inside the house?"

Long Zongshu looked puzzled: "You wrote it on the outside, it looks scary. The kind of monster you're talking about, seeing so many blood curses... would it still come in?"

Long Zongshu voiced his doubts.

With so many incantations, won't it alert the enemy?
Ran Qing, who was squatting on the roof and continuing to scribble, didn't look up and said, "We'll cover the house with a tarpaulin later, so it won't be visible from the outside."

At the entrance of the cement courtyard, there was a thick stack of three-colored waterproof cloth.

This was prepared by Ran Qing on her way to buy things.

As night fell completely, Ran Qing finally covered all the exterior walls and rooftops with blood-red incantations.

Working together, he and Long Zongshu covered all four sides of the cement house with waterproof cloth and then figured out a way to secure it.

Under the cover of night, the cement house looked rustic, covered with a red, blue and white waterproof tarpaulin.

After securing the waterproof tarpaulin to the exterior wall, Ran Qing carried a bucket filled with sheep's blood into the house and began writing the incantation for the "Demon Suppression Spell" on the floor of the main room.

Once the floor and doors of the main room were covered with the incantation of the "Demon Suppression Spell," Ran Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief and announced that it was complete.

Soon after, the sound of a motorcycle engine rang out, and Mo Li returned on his motorcycle.

She went to the old sheepskin shop and picked up some spirit banners and four straw figures.

"Old Sheepskin said it was done according to your requirements. Please check it," Mo Li parked the car at the door, carried in the soul banners tied to the car, and handed them to Ran Qing for inspection.

Ran Qing checked it carefully and confirmed that it was indeed made according to the specifications he requested.

Old Sheepskin truly lives up to his reputation as Aunt Liu's old friend; the soul banner he made is exactly the same as the specifications required in "The Art of Witchcraft and Ghosts".

As for those four little figures made of straw...

Ran Qing also carefully checked the four scarecrows before placing them under the ancestral tablets for Heaven, Earth, Ruler, Parents, and Teacher.

Long Zongshu asked curiously, "What should we do next?"

Ran Qing only told him to come here after dark, but did not say how to deal with the evil spirits.

Seeing her companions' confusion, Ran Qing said calmly, "You all stand in the corner of the room and wait for me to fall asleep."

"I will lure that monster out after I fall asleep."

"Once that monster appears, we'll all work together and give it a good beating."

"Zongshu, just breathe fire in the direction I'm pointing."

Ran Qing walked directly to the center of the main room and lay down on the makeshift bed that had been prepared in advance: "I tested it before. It is actually afraid of the evil spirits we deal with, which proves that our methods can harm them."

(End of this chapter)