Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 238 Ancient Miao King

The disheveled Taoist priest looked shocked, his eyes filled with vigilance.

But the language he spoke was not the Zangke dialect, but rather carried a strong Xiangjiang accent.

Ran Qing frowned as she looked at the old Taoist priest, then exchanged a glance with her companion.

Ran Qing asked, "How did you know I was a spirit medium?"

The old Taoist priest recognized him at first glance as a spirit medium and Zong Shu as a member of an exorcism clan... He had some skills.

The Taoist priest chuckled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said, "With such heavy Yin energy on you, there seems to be no other possibility than that you are a vengeful ghost or a dead person."

"As for the person next to you..."

The Taoist priest stared at Long Zongshu for a long time before saying, "I have met Long Shanyong of the Long clan. That guy is exactly like this little boy."

The disheveled Taoist priest shook his head and jingled the bell in his hand, saying, "Legend has it that the more powerful a member of the Zangke Dragon Clan is, the more they resemble their ancestor who entered Guizhou."

“Long Shangyong looks a lot like the portrait of their ancestor, and this little boy has the same face. It seems this little boy is also very powerful…”

The slovenly Taoist priest showed off his knowledge, then looked the three people in front of him over again and said, "But no matter how powerful you are, you're just three little kids... You three brats have come to this deep mountain forest to die? Where are your parents?"

"Your master is Mo Baifeng, right? Where did Mo Baifeng go?"

The disheveled Taoist priest inquired about the whereabouts of Sixth Aunt.

Ran Qing and Mo Li exchanged a glance. Ran Qing said, "My master told us to come here to find ghosts. She is resting at the foot of the mountain and will come up later."

The slovenly Taoist priest was filthy and exuded a strange, sinister aura.

Although the other party did not show any hostility, Ran Qing did not dare to let her guard down.

He half-jokingly revealed his purpose, testing the disheveled Taoist priest before him: "I wonder what brings you to Old Wang Mountain, Master? Are you also here to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits?"

The slovenly Taoist priest looked at Ran Qing with a ghostly expression after hearing her words: "You came to this mountain to catch evil spirits and exorcise ghosts? Where would you find ghosts in this mountain to catch? Do you think I'm a stupid pig?"

"The ancient Miao king is buried in these mountains, so there can't be any ghosts within a radius of twenty miles."

"A little kid is just a little kid. He can't even make up a lie. Where did Mo Baifeng find such a deformed and ugly apprentice? He's good-looking but useless."

The slovenly Taoist priest looked down on Ran Qing's lies, which were full of loopholes.

But this slovenly Taoist priest, who liked to show off, revealed extremely important information.

"...Is the ancient Miao king buried in these mountains?" Ran Qing was somewhat shocked.

He grew up at the foot of Laowang Mountain, how could he not know that there was an ancient Miao king's tomb in the mountain?
The slovenly Taoist priest chuckled and said, "You little brats, your acting is quite good. Unfortunately, I am not someone you three immature kids can fool."

"We're all here to find the entrance to the ancient Miao King's tomb, so let's rely on our own abilities. Don't try to annoy me, I can't be bothered with you anyway."

Jingle Bell--

A series of urgent bell rings rang out, and the disheveled Taoist priest shook the bell again, heading deeper into the forest.

"Alright, I need to get back to business. I don't have time to waste with you three kids."

"You all go your own way and don't get involved with this Taoist priest."

“Go back and tell your master, Mo Baifeng, that Liu Fang, the corpse-driving Taoist from Xiangxi, is here, but I don’t want to see her, and I also ask her not to bother me.”

"When searching for things in Old Wang Mountain, everyone has to rely on their own abilities."

The disheveled Taoist priest talked as he walked, and soon disappeared into the dense forest.

But his voice drifted clearly from the woods and reached the ears of everyone present.

Ran Qing and the other two stopped in their tracks, exchanging bewildered glances, hesitant to make a move. The old Taoist's bell continued to ring, and from the distant woods came a rustling sound of leaves rubbing together.

It felt like someone else was walking through the woods.

A faint smell of death and the faint stench of decay wafted through the air.

Of the three people present, one was a spirit medium and the other a member of an exorcist clan, both of whom were extremely sensitive to the smell of these walking corpses.

Long Zongshu muttered to himself, "This old Taoist priest is a bit strange..."

Although they did not show any hostility towards the three, the moment they saw the disheveled Taoist priest, all three sensed the approach of some kind of danger.

Ran Qing squinted as he watched the disheveled Taoist priest leave, and said, "Since he doesn't want to get involved with us, that's fine. Let's all go our separate ways."

There is an ancient Miao king's tomb in Lao Wang Mountain, and this slovenly Taoist priest is looking for the entrance to the tomb.

This reminded Ran Qing of her father, Ran Jianfei, who had also been searching in the mountains for over a week.

Could it be that Ran Jianfei is also looking for the tomb of the ancient Miao king?

I stood there for a while, until the bell of the corpse-driving Taoist had completely faded away, and the faint smell of corpses was no longer noticeable nearby.

Ran Qing and the other two then continued on their journey.

Although they were curious about the so-called tomb of the ancient Miao king, Ran Qing and his companions' primary target remained the giant tree cursed by the Destiny Master Card.

The corpse-driving Taoist's words gave Ran Qing a strange idea.

The corpse-driving Taoist said that there couldn't be any ghosts within a 20-mile radius of Old Wang Mountain, but the Destiny Tablet did indeed find the giant tree where the ghost was located here, and Aunt Liu's pamphlet also said that there were ghosts here.

"...Could the ghosts in these mountains be connected to the tomb of the ancient Miao king?"

Long Zongshu sighed, "Starting from the Huaga Tiankeng, it seems like every place we've been to is haunted by something else..."

There are eerie giant snakes and many evil ghost bodhisattvas in the Huaga sinkhole.

Longchang Street has a red gate, and the streets are filled with people and ghosts living together.

Now, coming to Laowang Mountain, things are even more outrageous; there's even some ancient Miao king's tomb...

Mo Li shook his head and said, "The mastermind behind the ghost-raising scheme who spends money everywhere can't just raise ghosts anywhere."

“Those kinds of places with special feng shui are very likely to breed evil spirits or are themselves evil spirits.”

The three discussed the current situation and continued walking deeper into the forest.

Long Zongshu asked Ran Qing curiously, "By the way, Ran Qing, do you know this Ancient Miao King? What kind of Ancient Miao King is so powerful that his tomb is bound to be haunted?"

Long Zongshu subconsciously asked Ran Qing, a local native, for information.

Unfortunately, Ran Qing was also unaware of this. He shook his head and said, "I have never heard of any ancient Miao king's tomb in this area from childhood to adulthood."

"I've never heard of a Miao king being so powerful that there wouldn't be any ghosts within a 20-mile radius of his tomb."

The things the corpse-driving Taoist priest said were completely new knowledge to the three of them, something they had never encountered before.

It is not mentioned in "The Book of Witchcraft and Spiritual Arts" nor in "The Legend of Sister Er's Demon Extermination".

As for the so-called kings... to be honest, there have been a lot of kings, big and small, in the southwestern mountainous areas since ancient times.

What Miao King, Dian King, Yi King, Yelang King... these kings, even the strongest, only ruled over half a province, and the weakest might only have ruled over a single county.

The gold content of the character 【王】 in Zangke is extremely low.

(End of this chapter)