Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 394 Shared Eating
For a long time, the question of where the wandering souls went after passing through the gates of hell in the depths of the Wujiang River ghost realm has remained a mystery.

The Ghost Realm of Wujiang is too eerie, too vast, and too dangerous.

Besides the wandering evil lords and the vengeful ghosts dwelling in the yin houses, there are also some ancient and mysterious evil spirits wandering around.

For example, the previous masters who practiced spirit walking have transformed into evil spirits and have been wandering in the depths of the ghost realm of Wujiang ever since.

However, such extraordinary beings as the so-called "spirit mediums" of past generations have been numerous throughout history.

Not to mention, deep within the ghost realm of the Wujiang River, there lies the ancient Luo Ghost Kingdom, feared by all...

Even those who can travel between the underworld and the netherworld dare not wander around inside Wuzhai Pass.

Where do the wandering spirits go after entering Wuzhai Pass? Many people speculate that they go to the legendary Ancient Luo Ghost Kingdom, while others speculate that they go to the depths of the Wujiang Ghost Realm where there is so-called reincarnation.

But at this moment, Ran Qing, standing in the darkness and seeing the ruins, frowned deeply.

In the surrounding darkness, pairs of blood-red eyes appeared and disappeared in the shadows.

They were greedy and bloodthirsty, and followed Ran Qing around stealthily.

If it were the Ran Qing of the past, she would have been overwhelmed by these things by now.

But now he wears a Nuo opera mask, exuding a chilling, deathly aura, almost more terrifying than a vengeful ghost.

This chilling aura, like that of a malevolent demon, clearly made those things in the darkness wary and uneasy.

The evil lords behind the Nuo opera masks whispered excitedly in Ran Qing's ear, urging him to kill and devour the ghostly figures around him.

Behind those blood-red eyes were wandering, bloodthirsty ghosts.

They are not vengeful ghosts, but they can't be considered wandering spirits either.

Occasionally, one or two ghostly figures would appear briefly in Ran Qing's field of vision before she could dodge them, and her ugly and strange bodies could be vaguely seen.

A man's head, a woman's torso, a child's arm, an old man's leg...

The ghostly figures wandering in the darkness were all twisted and bizarre, as if pieced together from fragments of dead limbs.

But Ran Qing could vaguely guess why they had become like this.

It's probably... mutual cannibalism.

However, these wandering souls cannot digest the bodies consumed by communal cannibalism.

As they devoured more and more ghosts, their bodies became increasingly ugly and bizarre, resembling a jumbled puzzle.

In the darkness, the number of blood-red ghost eyes seemed to be increasing.

They seemed to be getting closer and closer to Ran Qing.

But Ran Qing dragged the bloodied human face in her hand forward, unmoved by the ghostly figures in the darkness.

The fact that this ghostly figure could respond to Ran Qing's ritual of summoning and questioning the spirit clearly indicates that it had eaten a part of Teacher Li and incorporated some of Teacher Li's remains into its body.

Although it tried to struggle and escape Ran Qing.

But at this moment, the ghostly figure being dragged across the ground by Ran Qing's pinched face was convulsing and unable to move as Yin energy was continuously injected into its body.

It was dragged along by Ran Qing like a dead dog.

Ran Qing was still muttering incantations to summon the soul and question the ghost.

"...Do not linger in the winds of the east, west, south, or north; turn back at the crowing of the rooster at midnight."

As he continued to whisper, the ghostly figure he was dragging in his hand, and the darkness ahead, seemed to respond in some faint way.

Ran Qing walked forward indifferently, gradually reaching the depths of the ruins.

This place must have once been an ancient city; amidst the ruins, one can still vaguely see the gates, tiles, and bluestone slabs of the old feudal era. But some unknown event caused this city to be completely abandoned and ruined.

Ran Qing traversed the ruined city and arrived at the depths of darkness.

Ahead, at the end of the ruins, the remains of a city gate, only half of which remains, stand silently amidst the ruins.

One after another, wriggling human heads lingered and moved before the city gate.

They seemed to be yearning for something, or waiting for something.

Something outside the dilapidated city gate attracted them.

Even as Ran Qing got closer, those writhing ghostly figures didn't turn around.

On the contrary, those bloodshot-eyed people who had followed Ran Qing all the way silently retreated after arriving at this place.

Ran Qing frowned and walked to the edge of the group of writhing ghosts. She found that the ghosts crowding at the city gate had the pale, dull eyes of normal wandering souls, and their bodies were also normal.

However, many of the wandering spirits are missing a part of their bodies, such as parts that have been torn off or have obvious wounds.

These normal wandering spirits lingered listlessly at the city gate, wriggling and pacing, occasionally squeezing towards the outside of the gate.

But when the city gate, now only half-arched, was finally opened, there was no gate blocking its way. Yet, when these writhing wandering souls reached the end, it was as if they had bumped into a wall of thin air.

They crawled forward, only to be squeezed against an invisible wall of air.

The wandering spirits behind and all around them pushed and shoved, and those in the front row let out painful howls.

In the end, they were either pushed over and submerged in the sea of ​​ghostly figures, or pushed to other places.

Ran Qing, standing far away on the dilapidated wall, looked at the scene over there with a hint of astonishment and confusion.

What kind of magic is outside these city walls that attracts these wandering spirits?
It seems that the wandering souls of Zangke all flocked here after entering the ghost realm of Wujiang.
The ghostly figures outside with their blood-red eyes and abnormal bodies were already quite numerous, but the wandering souls at the end of this ruin were even more numerous.

Ran Qing stood on high ground and looked down. His field of vision was filled with countless writhing faces and heads, like a surging, semi-transparent ocean.

Such a large number of wandering souls is simply beyond imagination.

Many of the wandering spirits were wearing Zhongshan suits, which were common and fashionable twenty or thirty years ago. They were clearly not wandering spirits who had died in recent years.

After careful observation, Ran Qing even saw one or two wandering spirits with long braids...

This strange sight startled Ran Qing.

In the land of Zangke, most wandering spirits only exist for a few months before disappearing.

A few wandering spirits will roam the human world for one or two years.

As they remained in the ghost realm of the Wujiang River for longer, even spirit mediums were unable to summon their souls.

Therefore, in the past, everyone believed that the wandering souls of Zangke only had a very short lifespan, and people held pessimistic speculations about where they went after entering Wuzhai Pass.

But the dense, writhing sea of ​​wandering spirits before our eyes overturned people's previous understanding.

So many wandering souls are crowded here.

Although the number of wandering souls here is a drop in the ocean compared to the total population that has died in Zangke over the past few decades.

But at least it proves that not all wandering souls disappeared deep within the Wuzhai Pass.

Ultimately, some wandering souls manage to safely traverse the Wujiang Ghost Realm, teeming with evil spirits, vengeful ghosts, and the dead, and arrive at this ruin before them.

The only thing that puzzles Ran Qing now is what kind of magic this ruin holds.

Why has it attracted so many wandering spirits?

(End of this chapter)