Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 371 Loyalty and Righteousness (Part 2)

Long Zongshu suggested that he ask his grandfather to come out of retirement.

This old man from the Long family was a well-traveled and knowledgeable man in his youth, but he was injured while fighting evil spirits in his early years and has difficulty moving around.

So, in that incident ten years ago, it was Zongshu's father who stepped forward for the Long family.

Ran Qing and the others didn't need the old man to take action personally; what they needed was his guidance based on his experience.

Mo Li said, "If you're going tomorrow, you can't go alone. We'll go together."

Mo Li pointed to the thick fog outside the door and said, "Now, even at dawn, it's not safe in Yue Zhao. Evil spirits and monsters roam in this fog, and we don't even know if the evil ghosts from those red doors will come out."

"We must go together."

Mo Li's reminder made Long Zongshu's expression stiffen slightly, and he realized his oversight.

“Yes, we must go together!” Long Zongshu said. “Besides, if we go back, we can bring Grandpa to the city to take refuge!”

In the Long family lineage of Shiyuanzi, only Zongshu among the younger generation has learned the family's skills.

Many of the older generation learned this skill, but some died or disappeared, leaving only Grandpa Zongshu still alive.

Although he has difficulty moving around, he hasn't dealt with evil spirits for many years.

When the evil spirits of Kuro capture practitioners of unorthodox cultivation, they don't care whether you have physical disabilities or not.

Zongshu's grandfather lived in the countryside, which was also within the diet of those evil spirits.

Although the countryside is sparsely populated and the probability of encountering a red door is very low, it is still dangerous.

Ran Qing's house on Park Road can be said to be the safest refuge in Moonlit City, or even the entire Zangke.

The altar of the spirit medium stands here, watched and inhabited by evil lords. Even the ancient ghost soldiers can only wander and spy from a distance, daring not to approach.

With Ran Qing's current cultivation level as a Yin Walker, coupled with the protection of the Yin Altar, he would not be afraid even if flying zombies came to his door.

What troubled him was the flying zombie that Ran Jianfei had turned into after his death. If he couldn't catch it once and it escaped, the flying zombie would take advantage of him when he was out or away from the Yin Altar to do something terrible.

Therefore, if you can make sufficient preparations before the flying zombie attacks and catch it in one go, it will definitely be a one-time solution.

Inviting Grandpa Zongshu over will not pose any danger; it's just that the old man will be tired from traveling.

Once the idea was finalized, Long Zongshu immediately called his mother, who was on a business trip out of town, to report his itinerary, because school was starting the next day and his mother needed to ask the teacher for leave.

After hearing Zongshu's explanation over the phone, Zongshu's mother remained silent for a long time.

Finally, she agreed to grant Zongshu leave.

However, a requirement was also put forward.

—That is, after this flying zombie is resolved, she wants to take Zongshu, as well as Zongshu's grandparents, to another place to avoid trouble.

At that time, we may have to transfer Zongshu to another school.

Ran Qing was not surprised by Zong Shu's mother's request.

Even the fact that Zong Shu's mother agreed to let Zong Shu continue to help this time, instead of directly asking her son to transfer schools, was already far beyond Ran Qing's expectations.

When Zong Shu hung up the phone hesitantly, Ran Qing patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "...There's nothing wrong with going outside to avoid trouble, it's just that the teaching level here in Zangke is too poor."

“If you transfer to another school, it will be even harder for you to get into university.”

Not all unorthodox practitioners coveted the Ghost King's Coffin.

Some who are afraid of death will flee Zangke and hide when danger arises.

Ran Qing had personally opened the Ghost King's coffin and knew that there was no elixir of immortality inside.

The so-called elixir of immortality is most likely a hoax spread by those ancient evil spirits to lure people into Zangke and send them to their deaths.

To be honest, even if Zong Shu's mother were to sternly demand that her son flee Zangke to avoid trouble right now, Ran Qing wouldn't be unhappy. On the contrary, she would be relieved to see her friend safe.

But young people always take life and death lightly and value friendship and loyalty very highly.

Long Zongshu felt somewhat disappointed by his mother's request, as if he were the only one who had deserted.

Not long after, Zongshu's mother called back, saying that she had taken leave. After chatting for a few minutes, the mother, who was busy with work, hung up the phone.

Ran Qing then called her homeroom teacher, Ms. Jin, and made up an excuse to ask for two days off.

That night, Long Zongshu tossed and turned in bed for a long time, unable to fall asleep.

Ran Qing and Mo Li, on the other hand, were much more relaxed.

Ran Qing even felt relieved because Zong Shu was about to leave Zangke and get away from danger.

Now that the ancestral tablets of the spirit mediums have been removed, he feels uncertain, but the situation in Moonlit City is becoming increasingly bizarre and dangerous.

He was genuinely worried that something might happen to Zongshu, and he wouldn't be able to face Zongshu's family if that happened.

Ran Qing slept for two hours, then got up and went to the main room, where she sat at the entrance and looked out at the outside world.

In the dark, moonlit city, all was deathly silent.

The thick fog that lingered during the day completely disappeared at night.

This anomaly was indeed exactly the same as the thick fog that had occurred a month ago, before Aunt Liu died.

It's almost certain that this thick fog was brought by the ancient evil spirits.

But this time, who have the ancient demons set their sights on?

Little Cotton said that the group of pale ghostly figures were wandering outside the Yin Altar, but when the evil spirits were wandering, Ran Qing and Mo Li were not in the house.

Those evil spirits couldn't possibly be after Xiao Mianhua or Ran Jianfei's corpse in the main room, could they?
Moreover, they simply wandered around, unlike when Aunt Liu was alive, when they attacked the Yin Altar and launched offensives.

It just felt like I was just passing by?
Thinking that there might be an unlucky soul in Moonlit City who had been targeted by those evil spirits, Ran Qing felt a mix of emotions.

"...The one being targeted must be quite a formidable figure, right?"

The ancient demon soldiers always provoke ruthless characters.

Those eerie, pale ghostly figures are now the most malevolent and dangerous things on the land of Zangke.

As dawn broke, Long Zongshu, who had tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep soundly, got up early, still half asleep.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked dazed. He was clearly still struggling with guilt and remorse about deserting.

Ran Qing sighed, but didn't say anything more.

I already offered some words of comfort last night. Nagging on won't help; it will only increase Zongshu's psychological burden.

Although they had only known each other for a month, friendship is such a strange thing; some people can spend every day together and still find it hard to get along.

But some people can become friends after just one conversation.

Ran Qing and Long Zongshu were undoubtedly such good friends.

They made no promises of sworn brotherhood, nor did they share any common interests. They might not even exchange a single word for months after starting their studies or work.

But once the two sit together again, they can immediately return to their former friendship.

Such friendships do not require deliberate maintenance or cultivation.

Not to mention that in the past month, they have shared life and death and gone in and out of dangerous places together.

This sentiment is incredibly precious to Ran Qing.

(End of this chapter)