Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 362 Seventy Percent
The moon shines over the city under the night sky, and a chilling wind blows.

No one knows how many red doors are open in the darkness, nor how many evil spirits and demons emerge from them.

If a person practicing unorthodox metaphysics appears near the Red Gate, they will immediately attract evil spirits to harass them.

For Ran Qing and his group, Moonlit City under the cover of night was extremely dangerous.

Mo Li and Long Zongshu carried Ran Jianfei to provide emergency care, which can be said to have been at great personal risk.

But before they could even get to the hospital, he had already died...

Ran Qing walked over and carried the lifeless Ran Jianfei on her back.

The heavy corpse fell on his back, heavier than he had expected.

Fortunately, as a spirit medium, his physical strength had been enhanced, allowing him to stand up steadily.

If it were a month ago, he wouldn't have been able to lift this incredibly heavy corpse at all.

He carried Ran Jianfei's heavy body on his back and walked out of the emergency building with Mo Li and Long Zongshu.

After arriving at the roadside outside the hospital, the three got on the motorcycle.

After starting the two motorcycles, they quickly drove away from the city hospital and headed towards the cement building on Gongyuan Road.

Before long, they finally returned safely to the cement bungalow halfway up the mountain.

It seems that there is no open red gate between the cement building and the city hospital.

Ran Jianfei's body was placed in the center of the main room.

Ran Qing recounted his experiences in the ghost realm of Wujiang, sharing what he had seen and experienced with his two companions.

As she spoke, Ran Qing silently gazed at Mo Li's profile.

Upon hearing that the Ghost King's Coffin could revive the dead, and that the coffin was empty and the Ghost King had disappeared, both Mo Li and Long Zongshu were taken aback.

The two were stunned and horrified.

"...The purpose of the Ghost Luo Ancient Coin is to buy life?"

"Could it be that the purpose of those ghost-raising people scattering ancient coins everywhere is to resurrect the dead?"

"If it were a copper coin that could revive the dead, it could indeed fetch a high price..."

Mo Li and Long Zongshu were shocked and discussed the terrible news.

To resurrect the dead, with their personalities, memories, and appearances exactly the same... this is simply beyond imagination.

Even if they know that what is being resurrected is likely just a ghost.

But at least that ghost really looked exactly like the dead person who was to be resurrected!

The "Li Hongye" that Ran Qing met had the same personality and appearance as the real Li Hongye when she was alive. She was just as playful and rational, and she didn't linger too much and easily accepted the fact that she couldn't leave.

The "Sixth Aunt" that Little Cotton wants to revive is even more outrageous.

As a "dead" resurrected by the Ghost King's Coffin, she accurately judged that she was a ghost and was unwilling to leave.

This is a perfect replica of everything about Aunt Liu.

The only potential danger of a ghost resurrected by the Ghost King's Coffin is that if the person who resurrected it passes away, the ghost may become uncontrollable.

—This was Ran Jianfei's worry before his death.

Ran Qing looked at her two companions and said, "I'm going to the overpass tomorrow to visit Ran Jianfei's house."

Although Ran Jianfei, on his deathbed, repented and begged Ran Qing not to go looking for Luo Xuefang and her daughter again.

But Ran Qing had to go.

He wanted to find out what changes would occur in the ghost that Ran Jianfei had resurrected after Ran Jianfei's death.

And, his half-sister... Hearing Ran Qing's words, Long Zongshu hesitated for a moment, seemingly wanting to persuade her.

But in the end, he didn't speak, clearly feeling he had to check on the ghost's condition.

Even if it might be dangerous.

Mo Li squinted, pondering, "More importantly, the Ghost King inside the Ghost King's coffin is gone..."

"If the Ghost King has disappeared, is it related to the sudden influx of evil spirits from the Ancient Ghost Kingdom into the human world?"

"After those ancient ghost soldiers captured the old ghost in the Laro Mine Ghost City, they locked it in the Ghost King's Coffin... According to your description, Ran Qing, it looks exactly like a battery."

"Does the Ghost King's coffin need to be supported by an evil ghost? So this time, the evil ghosts have flooded into the human world not to turn people into ghosts, but to capture ghosts to use as batteries?"

As Mo Li spoke, he looked at Ran Qing: "That old woman was targeted by those ghost soldiers before..."

Ran Qing nodded slowly and said, "Sixth Aunt at that time had been dead for a long time, and was indeed a ghost."

Because Aunt Liu was a ghost at the time, and a very powerful one at that, she was targeted by the pale ghostly figure... This logic is quite reasonable.

But Ran Qing instinctively felt that it wasn't that simple.

But he glanced at Mo Li and didn't say anything more.

Instead, they expanded on this line of thought: "And what exactly is the identity of the ghost that the ghost keepers worship?"

"The ghost they dug out of a strange coffin is a vague memory for my aunt."

"But I'm certain that it's not the ancient Luo Ghost Kingdom, and the coffin that was dug out isn't the Ghost King's Coffin."

If the ghosts worshipped by those who keep ghosts are actually the ghost kings of the ancient Luo ghost kingdom.

Then a lot of information can be connected, and it will become a simple and straightforward villain story about a ghost king returning to the human world and enslaving the living to do things for him.

But in Aunt Ranqing's hazy memory, the coffin was not the Ghost King's Coffin, and the scenery around the coffin was not the Ancient Luo Ghost Kingdom.

However, based on the current behavior of that ghost and the people who raise ghosts, it can be inferred that the old ghost may be related to the ancient Luo Ghost Kingdom.

Mo Li looked at Ran Qing and said, "We can only find Li Hongye for this... If we can rescue Li Hongye from her parents, we should be able to learn more about the ghost breeders."

Li Hongye is the key to unlocking the mystery.

Before they were born, the mother and daughter were clearly one with this group of ghost keepers, and they knew each other well.

Li Hongye was able to point out the location of the life tablet to Ran Qing. The fact that Li Hongye and her daughter killed themselves and buried themselves underground must have required the assistance of a third party.

After all, no matter how fierce the place where evil spirits are nurtured under the red coffin lid is, how can a person bury himself properly and cover himself with soil?

Even if someone is fierce after death, that's a matter for after death.

Someone must have assisted the mother and daughter in completing the ritual of covering the coffin with a red lid and filling it with soil after their burial.

Long Zongshu looked at Ran Qing and asked curiously, "...Are you confident in dealing with the Blood Corpse now?"

Ran Qing did not tell Yin Mai about her increased Yin power, and immediately shared the good news with her two companions.

At this moment, Ran Qing no longer had her greatest trump card: the memorial tablet of her late master.

But his Yin power alone is enough for him to stand on his own.

Ran Qing, who had been pondering in silence, thought for a moment and said, "I'm about 70% confident..."

His current incense offerings are almost as strong as when his sixth aunt was alive.

Before her death, Aunt Liu was able to suppress two blood corpses plus Li Hongye all by herself.

Ran Qing may not be as effortless as Sixth Aunt, but she was no longer powerless against the two blood corpses.

Mo Li asked, "Shall we go to Plum Blossom Mountain tomorrow night?"

(End of this chapter)