Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 367 Evil Shadow in the Mirror
The demon on the sofa was laughing excitedly.

It clearly took Ran Qing's silence as a signal of some kind of compromise or consideration.

Ran Qing slowly shook her head at this.

He reached into his canvas bag and pulled out a bronze mirror, saying, "You must have misjudged my abilities."

Witnessing the evil spirits of Luo Xuefang's ten years of life from an outsider's perspective, all I know is that Ran Qing became a spirit medium a month ago.

And Ran Jianfei died last night.

The last time it saw Ran Qing was a few days ago on the road to the headless gate.

It had no idea where Ran Qing had gone or what she had experienced last night.

Logically speaking, Ran Qing, who had only been a spirit medium for a month, wouldn't amount to much even if he caught a few more fierce ghosts.

Unfortunately……

Ran Qing held the smooth surface of the bronze mirror up to face herself, and her face was reflected in the mirror.

Looking at the identical face in the mirror, Ran Qing's lips moved, uttering a cold, strange, and stiff tone.

"...The mirror shines coldly, the gates of hell open, and three drumbeats bring shadows."

"The sins of the past life piled up on my neck, and the bitterness and hatred of this life are buried in the mirror."

"I am Ran Qing, a wandering spirit from Zangke, and today I invite the spirits to a feast."

"Come quickly!"

Ran Qing finished reciting in a cold and strange tone, then suddenly roared.

A chilly gust of wind suddenly swept through the living room, which was already filled with a cold, damp atmosphere.

The next second, the reflection in the mirror that looked exactly like Ran Qing suddenly tilted its head and made a completely different movement from Ran Qing outside the mirror.

It tilted its neck and twisted its neck in the mirror, making its neck into an extremely strange posture.

It's like looking back at the evil spirits behind a mirror in reality.

The next second, a pale face appeared in the mirror.

After it emerged from the mirror, it rapidly expanded and grew larger.

Like an inflated balloon, it quickly fell to the ground.

It turned out to be a figure that looked exactly like Ran Qing.

But the figure's steps were unsteady and its eyes were strange.

Its cold, empty eyes swept around the room before quickly fixing on the evil spirit on the sofa.

Upon seeing this, the demon's smile suddenly froze.

A look of shock appeared on its face.

"...You can summon the evil image in the mirror? How is that possible!"

The evil spirit was clearly frightened.

It sprang to its feet almost instantly, attempting to escape outside without the slightest hesitation.

However, the figure that looked exactly like Ran Qing followed directly and instantly grabbed the evil spirit by the neck.

The demon's head suddenly turned at an extremely terrifying angle, viciously biting at the human figure.

But its sharp teeth pierced straight through the figure, as if what was grabbing it was just a transparent phantom.

Seeing this, Ran Qing sat coldly on the sofa and said, "Since you know what kind of technique this is, then it's easier to talk."

"This is a dark magic spell specifically designed to deal with evil spirits like you. I can use it to drag you into a mirror and make you a ghost in the mirror."

"There's nothing in the mirror, it's unbearably cold, it's a technique to seal away evil spirits."

"But you are different from ordinary ghosts; you have reason and consciousness."

"So being sealed inside will cause you even more pain, more unbearable than being imprisoned in Luo Xuefang's body for ten years."

Ran Qing spoke terrifying words in a nonchalant manner.

The demon went even more frenzied, struggling and biting wildly in the figure's hands.

Its skin cracked open, revealing several large mouths with sharp fangs.

But no matter how much it struggled and bit, it couldn't attack the figure choking it. To the ghost, the figure choking it was like a wisp of air, completely untouchable.

Ran Qing said with some disappointment, "Since you don't want to talk about it, then go inside and stay for a few days. Maybe you'll figure it out once you're inside."

Ran Qing said coldly.

The eerie figure that emerged from the mirror seemed to be in tune with his thoughts.

As soon as Ran Qing finished speaking, without even issuing any commands, a figure that looked exactly like Ran Qing dragged the evil spirit toward the mirror.

Seeing the evil spirit getting closer and closer to the mirror, it finally panicked.

It struggled desperately, howling, "Your sister isn't with me! She's been taken away!"

Upon hearing the demon's reply, Ran Qing frowned slightly, and the eerie figure stopped.

The evil spirit froze in front of the mirror, staring intently at Ran Qing.

In the eyes of the evil spirit, there was fear and dread, but even more so, there was a sinister, malevolent, and violent rage.

Ran Qing ignored its resentment and violence; all she needed was for this ghost to know fear.

"...Who picked them up? When?" Ran Qing asked calmly.

The demon stared intently at him and said, "Last night after dark, I took her to the elevator building!"

"Want to save her? Go to the building with the elevator!"

The demon roared, issuing a provocative statement.

The words "elevator building" seem to give it some confidence.

It's as if there's something in that elevator building that makes it proud.

Ran Qing asked, "Which apartment in the building with the elevator? Who did you give it to?"

The evil spirit sneered and said, "Go in and find it yourself. As long as you enter the elevator building after dark, someone will come out to greet you! As long as you dare to go!"

The demon's cold laughter was hoarse, unpleasant, and provocative.

Ran Qing shook her head and said, "It seems you don't know either... right?"

"All you know is that there's one of your evil spirits in the elevator building, and he's very powerful."

"But you don't know who the other party is?"

"You didn't even dare to touch her? You just left the little girl at the door and walked away?"

Ran Qing coldly analyzes the psychological state of the evil spirit.

This demon is too easy.

It's like a blank sheet of paper, where anything written on it is immediately clear.

Perhaps it had been holding it in for too long, becoming frantic and restless, unable to control its emotions, and even less able to hide them.

Ran Qing's cold words, tinged with a hint of disdain, caused the evil spirit's body to stiffen abruptly.

It glared fiercely at Ran Qing and roared, "How did you know?"

Ran Qing looked at it coldly and said, "...Because before you, I saw another ghost."

But that old man Shou always fought alone and didn't associate with the ghost raiser.

Furthermore, the demon's fierce yet cowardly demeanor, using the elevator building to threaten Ran Qing, revealed no further information about it.

And as mentioned in "The Book of Witchcraft and Spirits," Master Shou always travels alone, and it is extremely rare for two Master Shou to appear together.

"It seems that you ghosts who have been resurrected in the mortal world are all of the same kind, yet you are wary of each other."

"Let me guess, you can not only steal the lifespan of the living, but also steal each other's lifespan... right?"

Ran Qing smiled and said, "But you still sent your daughter to the elevator building, deliberately revealing that you are a ghost... Perhaps, the ghost in the elevator building found you first?"

"It's asking you to send your daughter there in exchange for peace between the two sides?"

"You're afraid of it, so you compromise?"

"What is that ghost's identity in the ancient Luo Kingdom? What makes you so afraid of it?"

(End of this chapter)