Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 389 Everything She Tailored for You

Ran Qing's sudden judgment surprised both Mo Li and Long Zongshu.

Long Zongshu looked bewildered: "Why? Just because more ghost-raising people die?"

The inference that the pale ghosts are targeting ghost breeders simply because many ghost breeders die is somewhat lacking in evidence.

Mo Li frowned and looked at Ran Qing, saying, "...Because of the living soul?"

“Yes, because of the living soul,” Ran Qing said slowly with a cold expression. “The living soul is mentioned in ‘Witchcraft and Ghostly Arts’ and the book that Ran Jianfei left me.”

"This strange object is very special and malevolent, and it can suppress two extremely powerful evil spirits."

"One of them is what we all know... the blood corpse, a blood corpse raised in the evil-nurturing ground under the red coffin lid. If a living soul can be found to sacrifice, it can greatly weaken the resentment of the blood corpse."

Ran Qing finished speaking with a cold expression.

Long Zongshu was still a little confused and didn't understand.

Mo Li's expression changed drastically: "...You mean, the corpse thief is Li Hongye?"

Mo Li was insightful and understood Ran Qing's meaning in an instant.

Seeing that Zong Shu was still somewhat confused, Ran Qing explained, "The death of Li Hongye's family is inextricably linked to the ghost breeders. They may even have been members of the ghost breeders themselves before they died."

"Li Hongye's mother, blinded by hatred, killed her entire family."

"Li Hongye's family kept two female shamans, who lived with her for a long time."

"And another place in Moonlit City where there are witches is the elevator building, the lair of those ghost-raising people..."

Ran Qing slowly recounted and organized the clues she had gathered.

The clues we had previously gathered were too fragmented.

But as more and more clues emerged, these fragmented clues somehow came together.

And they all point to the same truth.

"...Li Hongye is a corpse thief!"

Ran Qing said with a grim expression, "When she was alive, she was just a high school girl who could not go against her mother's will and had no way to resist those ghost breeders."

"But after she died, she became a ghost, extremely powerful and terrifying, with the power to dominate everything."

"The ghost behind the ghost raiser is very good at extracting information. Perhaps Li Hongye was able to pry a way to get close to the Ghost King's coffin and dig out the Ghost King's remains from this ghost."

"Or perhaps the ghost-raising people had already obtained the Ghost King's remains, which were then stolen by Li Hongye."

"In short, no matter what method she used, after Li Hongye stole the Ghost King's remains, the entire Ancient Luo Kingdom went mad, and more Ancient Luo evil spirits were awakened and poured into the human world, with red gates opening everywhere in Zangke."

“The places we’ve been to before, like Longchang Street and Laowang Mountain, are remote rural areas. Logically speaking, it’s impossible for them to have red doors. Red doors are only opened in densely populated cities.”

"But these towns all have red gates, and what they have in common is... ghost-raising people who kill people and raise ghosts there."

Ran Qing's expression grew increasingly grim as she spoke.

Mo Li picked up the thread and added, "...Those Red Gates are chasing after the traces and scents of the ghost-raisers, purposefully hunting them down."

Ran Qing nodded slowly and said, "But that's not enough."

"Although the Red Gate is wide open everywhere, those ancient demons are not crazy enough."

"They only appear at night and only roam around the area near the Red Gate; they won't venture further." "As long as the ghost keepers are careful enough and stay far away, they can still be safe and sound."

“I suspect that the elevator where the ghost-raising people stay is a place like the Yin Altar or the Yin Temple, which under normal circumstances would be impossible for the ancient ghost soldiers to get close to.”

"Therefore, in this situation, to kill the demon keeper, the ancient demons must be driven even more insane!"

Ran Qing slowly took out a small booklet from her canvas bag.

The text above, written in hasty handwriting, contains many key points about the Yin-Yang lineage.

Also, where can I catch evil spirits near Moonlit City?

This is a booklet left by Aunt Liu, which has been guiding Ran Qing in catching ghosts.

but……

Staring at the messy handwriting on the booklet, Ran Qing said with a grim expression, "If you want to rely on the ancient evil spirits for revenge, simply opening the red gate is not enough."

"We must completely destroy the curse of the Ghost King's Coffin, allowing those evil spirits to roam freely during the day, no longer confined to the vicinity of the Red Gate, but wandering throughout the entire city and the whole of Zangke!"

Ran Qing looked at Mo Li and said, "You said before that the handwriting on this booklet... isn't Sixth Aunt's. It looks like someone else copied it..."

If this booklet wasn't written by Aunt Liu, but was copied by someone else.

So what's the point of the other party copying such a booklet?

Mo Li murmured, "The knowledge passed down by the spirit mediums at the beginning was probably written by the old woman. But those ghost-catching locations later on..."

Ran Qing nodded slowly and said, "Yes, it was written by Li Hongye."

"She hid the booklet that my sixth aunt left me, copied a fake one herself, and added her own writing at the end. The information about the locations for catching ghosts was to guide me and make me follow her instructions to catch the ghosts near Moonlit City and complete the technique of refining ghosts in a vat."

"I have completed the art of refining ghosts in a vat, returned the ancestral tablets of the spirit mediums, and the curse of the Ghost King's Coffin will be completely destroyed."

"The evil spirits of the entire Ancient Luo Kingdom will also descend into madness, completely freed from the restrictions of the Red Gate and sunlight, and will be able to search and kill in the human world day and night..."

Ran Qing's tone was so calm it was almost eerie.

He said expressionlessly, "This is the answer to the question that has been troubling us before—if Aunt Liu knew about so many ghosts near Moonlit City before she died, and knew them in detail, why didn't she deal with them herself, given her abilities, instead of leaving them for me?"

"The answer is—Sixth Aunt had no idea about these ghosts' background before she died!"

"The part about catching ghosts in the second half of the booklet was written by Li Hongye!"

"That's why the ghost-hunting tasks were arranged in such a progressive order, from easy to difficult, and were basically all within my capabilities at the time!"

"This is a ghost-catching guide that Li Hongye tailored specifically for me to help me complete the Ghost-Refining Technique in the Jar!"

"She was watching me the whole time, and she warned me twice and rescued me from danger, all to help me complete the Ghost Refining Technique in the Jar as soon as possible!"

"Until the spirit medium's ancestral tablet was returned, the curse of the Ghost King's Coffin was completely broken, and her plan was accomplished. Then, the group of out-of-control ancient ghost soldiers searched all over the human world for the ghost raiser."

"And in just two days, they killed half of these ghost breeders!"

"So much so that these ghost keepers were forced to come to me for help and ask me to open the door to the underworld."

"Because these ghost breeders don't know that I, the spirit medium, am, but they know who the enemy is! That's why they need living souls to deal with the blood corpses!"

(End of this chapter)