Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 387 Corpse Thief

Hearing the corpse's sigh, Ran Qing frowned slightly.

So... the ancestor of the spirit mediums was indeed the high priest of the ancient Luo Kingdom?
This is the certification of the number one warrior of the ancient Luo Kingdom back then, so it's almost certainly genuine.

No wonder the curse of the Yin-Yang lineage requires that Ghost King's Coffin to break.

The existence of the memorial tablet of the late master should be closely related to that coffin and the fall of the ancient Luo Kingdom thousands of years ago.

However, the curse on the ancestral tablet had been lifted by this time, and the matter of the sect's inheritance was not the focus.

Ran Qing stared at the corpse and asked, "What was your purpose in enticing those people to raise ghosts for you?"

This has been Ran Qing's biggest dilemma over the past month.

The corpse that was the mastermind behind it all calmly spoke: "The Ancient Luo Kingdom... is about to be destroyed..."

"I want to save my family and friends before I am destroyed..."

"There's a kind of copper coin... that can buy your life..."

"Those who are resurrected... will become my family..."

"Raising ghosts...is for offering to copper coins..."

"Those copper coins... require resentment to use..."

"For this... I killed some people..."

It's unclear how much Ran Qing knew about this corpse.

But at this moment, in order to show its sincerity, it didn't need Ran Qing to ask any further questions; it spilled everything out.

This includes its indiscriminate killing of innocent people.

A hint of coldness flashed in Ran Qing's eyes.

This ghost... speaks of indiscriminate killing of innocent people so lightly...

At the entrance of the cement building, the corpse sitting in the chair slowly opened its mouth.

"...You have a sense of justice...that's good..."

"I only killed a few innocent lives..."

"But the demon soldiers have already killed... dozens, even hundreds..."

"There will be...more in the future..."

The corpse stared blankly at Ran Qing and said, "You have to help me... to stop the dead..."

The corpse clearly sensed Ran Qing's emotional fluctuation at that moment.

Although it speaks in a dull and slow manner, this ghost has a keen eye for observation.

Ran Qing frowned as she looked at it and asked, "How can I help?"

The corpse in the fog spoke coldly.

"...The Ghost King has left...but his remains remain..."

"Her remains are in the coffin... The ancient kingdom perished in its slumber..."

"But someone opened the Ghost King's coffin..."

"Stealing the remains..."

"The ghost soldiers kill...search...in order to find...corpses..."

The corpse finished speaking haltingly, explaining the reason.

It stared at Ran Qing and said, "Kill the corpse thief...retrieve the Ghost King's remains..."

"The demon soldiers will continue to slumber..."

"No more people will die..."

The corpse not only explained the cause, but also revealed the solution.

Ran Qing stared at it suspiciously and said, "But you just said that eating the Ghost King's bones can grant immortality. You're promising the living immortality and making them work for you."

"But now they say the Ghost King's remains should be returned to his coffin..."

If the Ghost King's remains cannot leave the Ghost King's coffin, how can they be distributed to the ghost-raising people?
The corpse on the chair coldly said, "The destruction of the Ghost Kingdom... only the curse of the Ghost King's Coffin has disappeared... the evil spirits that relied on the curse to survive have perished..."

"But the ruins of the Ghost Kingdom... the coffin of the Ghost King... the remains inside... will not disappear..."

"If you wish to live forever... I can share a cup with you..."

"Half of my men... are dead..."

The corpse's cold, lifeless narration and explanation.

Finally, he even offered the temptation of immortality, expressing his willingness to share a portion of the spoils with Ran Qing and the other two. After all, half of his men were dead, so there were fewer people to divide their remains.

Unfortunately, the allure of immortality was irresistible to Ran Qing, Mo Li, and even the newly awakened Long Zongshu.

None of the three young people were very interested.

The impetuous age of seventeen or eighteen is a time of youthful vigor and boundless curiosity about the world.

They have little experience of the cruelty of life and death.

They are not as afraid of birth, aging, sickness and death as the elderly.

People always become more afraid of death as they get older.

Even though she wasn't interested in immortality, Ran Qing did want to prevent the disaster that was happening in Zangke.

Besides not wanting to see more innocent people die tragically, it was also because he himself was within the scope of this disaster.

If those pale, ghostly figures continue killing, they'll eventually come to his doorstep.

Although the altars of the spirit mediums are powerful, they are feared by the pale, ghostly figures.

But if dozens or even hundreds of pale, ghostly figures swarmed in at once and surrounded the concrete building, Ran Qing wasn't sure if the Yin Altar could still protect her...

Ran Qing asked, "Who is that corpse thief? How do we deal with him?"

The corpse showed no joy upon hearing Ran Qing's question.

It simply said calmly, "The corpse thief... is hiding in the ghost realm of the Wujiang River..."

"I need you to open the door..."

"All you need to do is open the door... don't worry about anything else..."

"I swear an ancient blood oath to you... May this land bear witness..."

"I will never break my promise..."

"Just open the door for me..."

"The remains of the immortals to come... there will be a cup for each of you three..."

The corpse raised its hand, before Ran Qing could even speak.

It then removed its bronze mask and slashed its palm hard.

The sharp edge of the bronze mask sliced ​​a piece of pale flesh from its palm, without drawing blood. But a murky, yellowish gas rose from the ground and spread to the corpse.

This is an ancient blood oath, but the oath made by the corpse is a one-sided constraint that only applies to it.

Whether Ran Qing agrees or disagrees, it has no impact on her.

But if Ran Qing opens the door for it and fulfills the blood oath, this corpse must then keep its promise...

Ran Qing was somewhat surprised to see such a sudden blood oath.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered the warning the female ghost from Longchang Street had given him.

The leader of the ghost-raising group wasn't scary, but anyone who saw it couldn't refuse its invitation...

The reward of immortality, a one-sided blood oath.

At this moment, even though Ran Qing had no desire for immortality, he couldn't help but feel a fleeting moment of attraction and admiration.

This former number one warrior of the ancient Luo Ghost Kingdom is nothing like a ghost.

Its open and honest style of conduct is more like that of an ancient chivalrous hero in a story.

With minimal effort, one can reap enormous rewards...

Ran Qing stared at it and asked, "If I'm willing to open the door for you, when do you need it?"

Ran Qing remained skeptical about the so-called immortality.

But if it can stop this disaster, he wouldn't mind helping.

The corpse replied, "These past two days..."

"We're going to capture a living soul... Kawamata Tangichi..."

"You may have heard this name before..."

"To deal with corpse thieves... we need living souls..."

"After we catch you...we'll come looking for you..."

"No more than two days..."

(End of this chapter)