Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 226 My name is Ran Qing
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A sharp whooshing sound filled the room as countless tiny red rope figures pierced the dark shadow through the air.

A strange, eerie black shadow, several meters tall and with slender limbs, was pierced through by a small figure with a red rope, and countless wisps of blood-red mist emerged from its sieve-like body.

Inside the main room, Mo Li finally noticed the unusual appearance of the straw figure in front of the ancestral tablets for Heaven, Earth, Ruler, Parents, and Teacher.

She exclaimed in surprise, "Ran Qing!"

Long Zongshu and Mo Li rushed towards the center of the main room at the same time, looking somewhat anxious.

Ran Qing was taken aback by her companion's reaction.

He subconsciously turned around, only to be shocked to see a pale-faced boy lying quietly on the floor in the center of the main room, with his eyes closed and a straw doll clutched tightly to his chest.

That person lying on the floor is clearly him!

Am I still lying in the same spot?

So, who am I now...?

Ran Qing subconsciously looked down at her hands and realized that her hands were somewhat transparent.

Mo Li and Long Zongshu stood around Ran Qing's sleeping body, somewhat bewildered and uneasy.

"What's going on? How did this scarecrow end up on Ran Qing?"

"That kind of monster has appeared?"

"Where is it?!"

Mo Li and Long Zongshu looked around, but in their view, everything in the main room seemed normal.

Ran Qing, who was holding a bell, looked at her companion's condition and then at the strange black shadow in front of her.

He understood something.

"...So I have to take care of this myself, right?"

Even if Ran Qing's soul was out of his body, Mo Li and Zong Shu should still be able to see him.

But both Mo Li and Long Zongshu ignored Ran Qing at this moment.

This proves that Ran Qing was not experiencing an out-of-body experience, but rather a much stranger and more sinister state.

Their plan to work together fell through.

Ran Qing had no time to ponder the reason; she could only continue shaking the bell and chanting the Demon-Suppressing Incantation, fearing that the dark figure would escape.

As he chanted the incantation, all the blood-red runes on the walls, ceiling, and floor grew brighter and brighter.

These bright, blood-red incantations formed a square cage of words, trapping the shadows within.

The only place where no crimson incantations lit up was the red door behind the shadowy figure.

But the red door was covered with little red rope figures. Half of those strange little figures were stuck to the door, while the other half twisted and wriggled in the air.

From a distance, it looks like a dense swarm of red leeches wriggling on the door.

The dark figure immediately moved away from the red gate, but could not escape the Blood Curse Cage and could only drift continuously within the space.

Its slender, strange body grew longer and longer, and as it swayed, it smiled gently and called out Ran Qing's nickname.

"small stone……"

"Mom misses you so much..."

"small stone……"

"Help me, please..."

The mother's voice coming from the shadowy figure made Ran Qing's face turn gloomy.

But by this time he had regained his composure and was no longer angry at the shadowy figure for mimicking his mother's voice.

He remained unmoved by the shadowy figure's calls, calmly standing still, shaking the bell and chanting incantations.

As Ran Qing continued to chant the incantation, the blood-red light within the blood-red cage grew increasingly intense.

In the end, the red runes twisted and fell off the walls and floor.

They swam around like lively tadpoles, wriggling towards the dark shadows in the pitch-black room.

One by one, the blood-red tadpoles wriggled and crawled onto the body of the dark figure.

It was quickly engulfed in blood red, and its body froze in place, motionless.

This is a signal that the demon-suppressing curse has completely suppressed the demon.

But Ran Qing frowned as she watched this scene, not daring to relax, and continued to chant the incantation.

...It's going too smoothly. A strange unease is rising in his heart.

This unseen monster had previously put him under immense pressure.

But now this monster was easily suppressed by Ran Qing... Could it be that this monster wasn't the one who killed Aunt Liu?

If Ran Qing could easily deal with the other party, Aunt Liu wouldn't have been killed by this monster.

While pondering this, Ran Qing continued reciting the incantation.

Finally, all the blood-red runes wriggled and crawled onto the monster's body.

The monster's frozen body seemed to have transformed into a glowing red statue, completely engulfed by the red light.

Only then did Ran Qing step forward to examine the motionless red ghost figure up close.

But they discovered that this thing had no face, no features, and looked incredibly strange and awkward.

Even though it was suppressed and unable to move by the [Demon Suppression Curse], this thing was still murmuring and calling out.

"small stone……"

It is still calling for Ran Qing.

This time, Ran Qing, who was right next to him, finally heard the source of the sound.

It wasn't the monster's face without features, but its belly.

Ran Qing's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly tore open the monster's blood-red belly and saw a smiling face looking at him from inside.

But the face that utters the mother's voice is not the mother's.

The facial features, eyebrows and eyes of this person are exactly the same as Ran Qing's!
The face inside the monster's belly was Ran Qing herself!
Ran Qing was stunned by the bizarre scene.

The human face inside the monster's belly also paused, like a reflection in a mirror, mirroring Ran Qing's reaction.

“…This is really strange,” Ran Qing squinted at the human face, and saw the human face inside his stomach also squinting at him.

As Ran Qing cut open the monster's belly and saw the human face inside, the monster's body gradually softened and quickly turned into a puddle of mud.

Finally, the monster's long, slender body collapsed to the ground, turning into a puddle of water.

And in this pool of clear water, lies Ran Qing's face quietly.

The facial features and pores are incredibly lifelike.

It looked as if it had been peeled off Ran Qing's own face.

Ran Qing picked up the face and stared at it intently, her heart inexplicably racing.

Just then, a painful scream suddenly came from a large jar filled with incense ash.

The cries were incomprehensible, not in any language Ran Qing was familiar with.

For some reason, even though he couldn't understand it, he vaguely grasped what it meant.

The voice seemed to be shouting—"My face hurts so much!"

Ran Qing was startled and sat up abruptly.

"Face!"

The moment she sat up, Ran Qing was shocked to find herself sitting on the floor, back inside her body.

Long Zongshu and Mo Li looked at him nervously and quickly asked, "Has that monster arrived?"

"Where is it?"

Flames ignited on Long Zongshu's shoulder.

The two looked around warily, waiting for Ran Qing's instructions.

But Ran Qing shook her head and said, "I've already dealt with that monster."

As she spoke, Ran Qing stood up from the ground.

As he spoke, he walked toward the large vat containing incense ash.

Ran Qing reached into the incense ash in the large vat and dug out a pale skull with a jade-like texture.

In the dim light, you can see that although the back of the pale skull is still bone, the front has transformed into a vivid human face.

This vivid human face was pressed against the skull, grinning at Ran Qing.

"Hello, my name is Ran Qing," the face on the skull introduced itself.

(End of this chapter)