Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 310 Aunt Liu hasn't caught a ghost in two years

Mo Li's words left Ran Qing stunned.

What she said was so shocking that Ran Qing's brain went blank for a moment, and she almost doubted her ears.

"...Wasn't it Aunt Liu who wrote this booklet?"

Ran Qing looked at Mo Li in astonishment and said, "Then who else could it be?"

Ran Qing found this booklet under the bed on the night her sixth aunt passed away!

It is almost impossible for someone to switch it out.

Moreover, the booklet does indeed contain many techniques for treasuring the underworld and catching ghosts, filling in some gaps in "The Art of Witchcraft and Ghosts".

And so far, Ran Qing has been able to catch ghosts safely and smoothly by following the order in the booklet.

If it wasn't Aunt Liu who arranged for all of this to be written down, then who else could it be?
Ran Qing couldn't believe it.

Mo Li looked at the booklet and said, "The old woman did write a similar booklet. I glanced at it a few times when she wrote it."

"Some of the content at the beginning of this booklet is consistent with what she wrote at the time; it is indeed her writing."

"But the handwriting isn't hers; it looks like someone else copied her notebook..."

As Mo Li said this, he added, "Moreover, I always find the ghosts mentioned later strange."

"Given the old woman's personality, if she knew there were such powerful ghosts near Yue Zhao, she would have dealt with them herself. Why would she leave them for you?"

"If you can deal with these ghosts, why can't she?"

Mo Li said, "Completing the technique of refining ghosts in a vat and finding the Ghost King's coffin is the long-cherished wish of her and Aunt Shen Er for decades."

"She only needed to collect a few more ghosts herself to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Yin-Yang lineage, but she didn't and kept them... That's very strange!"

Mo Li said, "This isn't like the old woman. She's always been very impatient. Leaving the 'Ghost Refining Technique in the Jar' which is about to be completed is like leaving a dried fish in front of a wild cat and the cat ignoring it—it's completely against common sense!"

Mo Li's words made more and more sense.

But Ran Qing hesitated for a moment, looked at the girl in front of her, and said, "Well... ever since you ran away from home, Aunt Liu hasn't gone ghost hunting anymore."

"In the two years since you left, Sixth Aunt has not cared about anything in Moonlight City. As a result, some evil spirits and demons have appeared in the city, and even the common people have heard about it, but she has not done anything about it..."

The most obvious example is the water ghost in the well on Changba Banan Road.

The haunted location is in the city center, where several people have died, and the nearby residents all know that the place is haunted.

But Aunt Liu completely ignored it.

When Old Sheepskin heard that Ran Qing was going to catch a ghost, he felt a sense of relief and thought that Ran Qing was ridding the people of a scourge.

But Mo Li was unaware of these things.

Two years ago, she had a falling out with her sixth aunt and ran away from home alone. Two years later, she returned, but stubbornly refused to ask Ran Qing about what happened before her sixth aunt died.

Mo Li only knew that her sixth aunt had passed away, but she was not clear about the details of her death.

Upon hearing Ran Qing's words, Mo Li was suddenly taken aback.

Her lips parted slightly, somewhat shocked: "...She hasn't caught ghosts for two years?"

Under the bright sunlight, a hint of sadness appeared on Mo Li's face at this moment, as if he had been moved by the scene.

"She hasn't caught a ghost in two years..."

Mo Li repeated it to himself, seemingly deeply moved by this fact.

The girl's unusual reaction stirred something within Ran Qing.

—Could it be that Mo Li's departure from home is related to her sixth aunt's ghost-catching?

So, after Mo Li left home, Aunt Liu stopped catching ghosts?

But because the ghost-hunting cultist was exorcising ghosts, the mother and daughter had a conflict... That's very strange!

He became even more curious about the conflict between the mother and daughter. But just as Ran Qing was considering whether he could take the opportunity to ask about it...

Mo Li suddenly spoke up: "But even so, something's not right..."

Mo Li pointed to the booklet in Ran Qing's hand and said, "The handwriting in this booklet is not my own; it was written by someone else."

“Even if the old woman made a pact with the ghost before she died and was impersonated by the ghost, this impersonation would be almost indistinguishable from her own person, and there would be no change in the handwriting.”

"So this booklet was still written by someone else."

"Besides the handwriting, the last ghost in Moonlit City is also strange."

Mo Li's sadness and melancholy lasted only a few seconds before she immediately put those emotions aside and focused her attention on the booklet.

She looked into Ran Qing's eyes and said, "Logically speaking, you should be looking for that ghost from Slaughterhouse 857."

"The ghost in the slaughterhouse has appeared in recent years, and many people in Moonlight City know about it. Although this ghost is fierce and terrifying, it is much simpler than the minibus on the headless road."

"That minibus on the road with the head cut off has been in Yue Zhao for decades. It's eerie, sinister, and frightening."

“When I was young, back when I interrogated Second Aunt, that evil spirit was already there… although it was a horse-drawn carriage back then.”

"But even the old woman and Aunt Shen Er turned a blind eye to this strange evil spirit on the beheading road and did not provoke it."

"Now this pamphlet is telling you to find this ghost, instead of the simpler 857 slaughterhouse... This is very strange!"

Mo Li's expression was serious.

Aunt Liu's inability to catch ghosts for two years made her feel a little sad.

But for the two of them at this moment, the most important thing was naturally the ghost they were going to catch tonight.

Her words implied that she suspected the booklet was written by an outsider with malicious intent.

They even thought that going to find that midnight minibus was extremely dangerous.

“Let’s go to Slaughterhouse 857, maybe that would be better,” Mo Li suggested.

Mo Li's suggestion made Ran Qing hesitate.

"Slaughterhouse 857..."

He had only been in the business for a month and didn't know much about the Yin-Yang Dao.

He had never heard of the 857 slaughterhouse that Mo Li mentioned.

But Mo Li wouldn't harm him; this might be a prudent suggestion.

Up until now, Ran Qing has been catching ghosts in the order listed in the booklet.

Now we suddenly have to change our goals...

Ran Qing thought for a while, then went inside and made a phone call to Old Sheepskin.

After dialing Old Sheepskin's number, Ran Qing inquired about the 857 slaughterhouse.

Old Sheepskin didn't even need to ask; he immediately gave an answer.

"...857 Slaughterhouse? Mr. Ran, are you going to this place?"

Old Sheepskin hesitated for a moment and said, "That place is very dangerous... Aunt Liu went to take a look and she said that the place was very fierce, and even she had to be careful."

"But later, I don't know what happened, Aunt Liu suddenly stopped caring about Moonlight City, and the 857 Slaughterhouse was left standing."

Old Yangpi's words silenced Ran Qing.

It seems that the 857 Slaughterhouse truly has a notorious reputation.

He then asked about the midnight minibus on the cut-off road.

(End of this chapter)