Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 380 The First Warrior
Ran Qing politely declined the old sheepskin's offer of kindness.

They were advised that if the family wanted to leave, they should leave early and not delay any longer.

"...Those ancient evil spirits like to roam around crowded places. It would be best if your family drove yourselves, avoiding cities and towns and taking back roads, so as to minimize your chances of encountering the evil spirits."

"As for the evil spirits in the mountains, there's no need to worry about them."

"Now that the fog is thick, all the evil spirits in the mountains are heading into the city, so you won't encounter many evil spirits on the side roads."

"However, it would be best if you came here before you set off, and I will give you some incense ash to take with you."

"I'll also write a few more talismans for you, so your family can keep them for future use."

"Going west to Nanzhao Province is the fastest way to leave the province."

Ran Qing calmly offered advice and planned a route for Old Sheepskin.

He knew more about these ancient evil spirits and their movements, which overturned Old Sheepskin's original plan to leave by train.

When traveling by train, you inevitably pass through cities.

For the Zangke people of today, this behavior is too dangerous.

Old Sheepskin had dealt with many unorthodox and mystical practitioners, and his own spiritual senses were quite strong, making him vulnerable to being targeted by ancient evil spirits.

On the other end of the phone, Old Sheepskin, upon hearing Ran Qing's planning reminder, thanked her profusely and hurriedly said he would pack his things tonight and leave tomorrow morning.

After hanging up the phone, Ran Qing took out the contents of her canvas bag, preparing to write a few talismans to put on the old sheepskin belt.

With the Yin power of his two hundred sticks of incense, he can now attempt to perform all the spells in the "Witchcraft and Ghostly Arts".

However, after taking the contents out of the canvas bag, Ran Qing suddenly noticed a gloomy little wooden plaque.

He had previously used it to curse Xiong Dacheng, the ghost keeper, intending to capture Xiong Dacheng and interrogate him to uncover the ghost keeper's secrets.

However, Li Hongye's urgent reminder made Ran Qing give up looking for Xiong Dacheng and instead find another ghost breeder—her aunt hiding in the shantytown of Qingyuan Road.

From his aunt, he learned that Xiong Dacheng was actually a trap set openly by a ghost breeder.

After learning about this, Ran Qing stopped causing trouble for Xiong Dacheng.

The curse of the Life Master card landed on that guy, and he didn't have time to take it back immediately.

After all, it would take several days to break the curse, and Ran Qing was really busy.

But now, as Ran Qing took the contents out of her canvas bag and inadvertently saw the gloomy little wooden sign, her gaze suddenly locked onto it.

On the somber little wooden sign, a blood-red character for "fate" lay silently, glaringly conspicuous.

But the curse on Ran Qing's fate card was not lifted; the word "fate" shouldn't have returned.

The word "fate" returning on its own means there's only one possibility: the person cursed is already dead.

In other words, Xiong Dacheng, the ghost-raiser... is dead.

Ran Qing stared at the gloomy little wooden plaque in her hand, her brows furrowing slightly.

Mo Li and Long Zongshu were also somewhat shocked when they saw it.

"...The Life Master card is back?"

"Xiong Dacheng is dead?"

What the corpse-driving Taoist priest said might be false.

But the anomaly in the Life Master card cannot be faked.

Some of those ghost keepers really died.

At least Xiong Dacheng is dead...

At this moment, the credibility of the corpse-driving Taoist's words increased by another point.

Mo Li couldn't help but mutter, "Could there really be another mastermind behind this?"

There was a gentle knock on the main door of the cement house. The three people who were talking looked up and heard a hoarse, tired voice coming from the doorway.

"...Master Ran, are you home?"

The voice of the old, weary woman was very familiar to Ran Qing and the other two; it belonged to the old fox from Lao Wang Mountain.

Because of the death of its grandson, Lao Liu, this old fox went into the city to seek revenge and has been missing for many days.

I never expected the old fox to come tonight. It was such a coincidence. The corpse-driving Taoist priest had just left, and the old fox came right after.

Its enemies are those ghost breeders...

Ran Qing and the other two exchanged glances, walked to the door of the main room, and opened the door.

Sure enough, in the corner of the cement courtyard stood an old fox with dull fur.

It dared not get too close to the main room, standing at the edge and cautiously watching the cement house.

Ran Qing and the other two came out, somewhat surprised: "Why is the old lady here? Is something the matter?"

The old fox, its fur dull and its appearance weak and tired, stood listlessly at the edge of the cement courtyard, coughing softly like an old man nearing the end of his life.

The old fox said, "My lord, I've come to warn you three."

"Those ghost breeders want to join forces with you... right?"

The old fox's eyes emitted a faint green glow in the darkness.

"These past few days, I've been lurking in the elevator building and overheard some secrets of the ghost breeder."

"So those ghost breeders were all puppets! They were controlled by an ancient evil spirit! They all obeyed that spirit's commands!"

The old fox's voice was hoarse and his tone sinister, like he was telling a ghost story, making people's hair stand on end.

However, Ran Qing and the other two only showed some surprise.

—It's not that I'm surprised by the fact, but I'm surprised that this old fox was able to sneak into the elevator building and eavesdrop on such an important secret.

As expected of an old monster, he is indeed capable.

After the old fox finished speaking those two sinister and terrifying sentences, Ran Qing and the other two listeners reacted coldly.

The old fox, seeing this, was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood: "Master Ran... you already know?"

"Yes, I understand," Ran Qing nodded calmly, without saying much, but said to the old fox, "Did the old lady come to warn us not to join forces with those ghost breeders? Will something bad happen if we join forces with them?"

The old fox nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, those ghost keepers are controlled by a ghost."

"That ghost was no ordinary evil spirit, but an ancient evil spirit from thousands of years ago."

"In his lifetime, he was the elder brother of the King of Guro and also the number one warrior of the Guro tribe."

"It scatters ancient ghost money and sets up altars for ghosts all over Zangke, in order to use the ancient ghost money to resurrect those ancient evil ghosts who died thousands of years ago, and to bring back the royal family and priests of the ancient Luo Kingdom to life in this era!"

"The ancient Luo ghost soldiers who are now shrouded in ghostly mist and killing people everywhere are very likely the ones they lured out; they were originally one group."

"If you come into contact with those ghost breeders, you're likely to fall into their trap."

"Because what the ancient evil spirits fear most is the lineage of those who walk the path of the dead."

"The lineage of Yin Walkers, who are able to enter the Netherworld, are their greatest threat!"

The old fox warned in a hoarse, sinister voice, "This could very well be a trap for you, sir! Please don't fall for it!"

"Also, they kidnapped your sister to the elevator building yesterday."

"Why would you arrest your sister for no reason?"

"They definitely want to use this to threaten you!"

(End of this chapter)