Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 229: Half a Day of Leisure

Long Zongshu analyzed, "There's even a possibility that the human-faced demon was arranged in advance by Sixth Aunt and sent specifically to you."

"After all, we followed Aunt Liu's booklet to catch ghosts, and we were able to find the Ghost Luo Gu Coin every time."

"Once you collect all four Ghost Luo Ancient Coins, that human-faced demon will no longer be a threat to you and you will be able to kill it easily."

"Rather than believing that something has its eye on the Yin-walking lineage, I'm more inclined to believe that this is a trial arranged for you by Sixth Aunt."

Long Zongshu shrugged and said, "Reality isn't a game. The villainous BOSS will send his minions to deliver you to your doom."

"If some evil thing really has its eye on the Yin-walking lineage, wouldn't it just come rushing over and crushing you to death, thus ending everything?"

"They brought over a human-faced demon, dug into your stomach for almost a month, but couldn't kill you. In the end, you even suppressed it and turned it into a magical artifact..."

Long Zongshu shook his head: "There's no way the mastermind behind this is that stupid."

"Perhaps it was an accident that the human-faced demon targeted you."

Long Zongshu's analysis seems to make more sense.

Ran Qing was silent for a few seconds, then sighed, "That's the only way to think about it..."

Since things have come to this point, he has nothing else to say.

Ran Qing walked to the large vat containing incense ash, raised the life tablet, and tried to cast a spell.

A light mist drifted in the air, and the blood-red character for "fate" on the somber wooden plaque hopped and skipped into Ran Qing's palm.

Ran Qing stared at the character "Fate" but remained silent. Instead, the staff with the human head held in her left hand opened its eyes and uttered a chilling whisper.

"...Go to Lao Wang Mountain."

The staff of human heads issued a command, but the vivid and eerie red character for "fate" trembled violently, seemingly terrified by the staff's voice.

It suddenly jumped out of Ran Qing's hand and ran towards the door in great fear.

The speed at which they ran and fled was several times faster than when Ran Qing cast the curse.

Watching the red "Fate" character disappear, Ran Qing took a deep breath and slowly put away the blank Fate Master card.

As the surrounding mist gradually dissipated, Ran Qing returned to the mortal realm and saw Mo Li and Long Zongshu in the house.

Seeing that Ran Qing had cast a curse, Mo Li asked curiously, "Where is the next destination?"

Having dealt with the unseen monster, the three should now head to the next ghost's lair.

Ran Qing paused for a moment, then slowly said, "Go to Lao Wang Mountain."

Mo Li then asked, "Where is Lao Wang Mountain? How far is it from here?"

After asking the questions, Mo Li was surprised to see that Long Zongshu's expression was strange, and Ran Qing's expression was not good either.

She paused for a moment, then belatedly asked, "Is there something wrong with this place?"

Long Zongshu glanced at Ran Qing, then hesitated, "That..."

Seeing that Ran Qing was unwilling to speak, Long Zongshu sighed and said, "That place is very close to Ran Qing's hometown village, which is at the foot of Lao Wang Mountain..."

Ran Qing nodded and finally spoke: "Old Wang Mountain is far from Moonlit City. We have to spend the night there this time, staying in my old house for one night."

Mo Li paused for a moment, his expression strange: "I remember Uncle Ran went back too... Um... how about we go camping?"

Mo Li cautiously offered his advice.

Ran Qing said expressionlessly, "That's my home. He's the one who should avoid it."

"Besides, he didn't have the key to the old house, so I changed the lock a long time ago."

Even if Ran Jianfei returned to the village, he couldn't get through the gate of the old house.

Ran Qing had no intention of avoiding the other party.

Mo Li nodded and said, "Then let's rest. Tonight we finally had a good result."

Having successfully suppressed the unseen and eerie monster and obtained an ancient magical artifact, Ran Qing can be said to have achieved a great victory.

That night, I could finally rest in peace.

Ran Qing wasn't sleepy, but he still decided to take a nap.

He wanted to see if his mother would come back...

After seeing Long Zongshu off, Mo Li and Xiao Mianhua went back to their room to watch TV. Ran Qing went back to her room alone and went straight to sleep.

He lay quietly on the hard bed and slept until four in the morning.

When I woke up, I felt extremely hungry.

He didn't wake up from this sleep, nor did he see his mother in his dream.

But a faint, lingering sense of familiarity made him feel at ease.

The mother came; she did not leave with the disappearance of the human-faced demon.

Ran Qing's injuries sustained on Longchang Street are still healing rapidly.

Ran Qing felt relieved and, feeling very hungry, went to start a fire and cooked a bowl of noodles to fill her stomach.

Afterwards, having nothing better to do, he went to the next room to borrow a book from Mo Li.

He found himself becoming complacent, and his desire to study wasn't as strong.

Especially after a long and arduous journey home, having narrowly escaped death, Ran Qing had no desire to study and only wanted to do things unrelated to her studies.

Reading comic books became his pastime.

Mo Li and Xiao Mianhua were sitting in front of the TV, but they weren't watching the Japanese anime anymore.

They were watching a Hong Kong TV drama, and the distinctive accent of their Mandarin came through the television.

"...Are you hungry? I'll make you some noodles."

Ran Qing glanced at it twice, but wasn't very interested.

This is a TV series about love and everyday family life.

He borrowed Mo Li's comic book and went back to the room next door. He read the comic book alone until dawn.

The following day, Ran Qing had a rare moment of leisure.

He didn't do a single question; he just habitually memorized vocabulary for an hour and ancient poems for half an hour at dawn.

After reviewing the key points, I opened the comic book to continue reading.

The warm morning sunlight shone on him, and Ran Qing felt lazy and didn't want to move.

He hadn't enjoyed this relaxed and comfortable feeling in a long time.

In a daze, I recalled that the last time I felt this relaxed and carefree was when I was very, very young, still a child.

Since his mother's death, his life has been like a wound-up toy, always rushing anxiously towards the next destination.

This is the first time in ten years that I've sat and played like this, not studying or thinking too much.

Ran Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief after reading comics until dark.

He returned the comic book to Mo Li, and after dinner, he took out the man-headed staff and began to study it.

Ran Qing was very curious whether this human head staff could really fight ghosts.

At midnight, Ran Qing lit three incense sticks at the crossroads not far from the cement house, placed two dried biscuits as offerings, and gently shook a bell.

Amidst the tinkling sound, several dazed and listless wandering souls slowly emerged from the darkness.

They died tragically, their bodies transparent, and instinctively walked towards the altar that Ran Qing had temporarily set up, reaching out to grab the offerings on the ground.

After the three wandering spirits started eating, Ran Qing swung the staff with the human head in her hand and smashed it down.

boom--

boom--

boom--

Three piercing screams rang out, and three dry biscuits with one or two bites left on the ground. The wandering spirits vanished without a trace.

Ran Qing stood there in astonishment, somewhat doubting her own eyes: "Luckily, I stopped in time..."

This staff that can be used to strike ghosts is even more powerful than I imagined!

If he hadn't stopped in time, those three wandering spirits would probably have been beaten to a pulp on the spot.

(End of this chapter)