Chapter 1: The Haunted Forest of Demons (Part 1)

  Most people in the world who subdue demons and exorcise evil spirits will not go to subdue or refine the ghosts of the newly dead before the yin hour, because doing so would make it impossible for the captured ghost to be reborn. Of course, there are also some unscrupulous Taoist priests or demon cultivators who specialize in selecting these resentful ghosts that have just died, because their resentment is strong, so the elixirs or ghostly instruments refined from them are filled with powerful and violent energy, making them extremely effective.

  However, those who do evil will ultimately perish. Although these wicked individuals can temporarily satisfy their selfish desires, they often have a short lifespan and die young due to being accompanied by intense resentment for many years. Therefore, although the female ghost that just died almost took Ding Ling's life, he still didn't think of capturing it.

  Ding Lingxiu and Zhang Shanyi walked into the morgue, they had added a lot of clothing before coming, even Zhang Shanyi, who was full of energy, wore Ding Lingxiu's leather jacket and autumn pants. However, after entering this cold room, they still found that all their clothes became useless, wave after wave of cold air accompanied by the humming sound slowly fell from the edge of the ice cabinet, cool air circulated throughout the room, the chilling feeling made the two men tense up, their whole body lightly trembling.

  The ghost from before had not dispersed, and was now standing above her corpse with a blank expression, as if he hadn't seen the two of them. His tattered face wore a sorrowful expression, and icicles formed from his tears hung exaggeratedly on the freezer above.

  "Huh? This happy god was just fierce and evil a moment ago, how did he suddenly cry like this?" Zhang Shanyi looked puzzled.

  "You don't understand this, do you? Do you know what's different between men and women when they cry?"

  "I don't know."

  "When a man cries, it means he really cares; when a woman cries, even she doesn't know why."

  Zhang Shanyi seemed to understand and nodded slightly.

  Zhang Shanyi's yin-yang eyes were different from Ding Lingxiu's, they weren't innate, but rather acquired through later study, so no matter when or where, they were always in an open state. He saw that the female ghost had lost her hostility and signaled to Ding Lingxiu that he could begin.

  Ding Lingxiu took out the key and opened one of the freezers, inside which was also a female corpse. The woman's head was half gone, her upper body was full of bullet holes, her skin was dark green, and her muscles had atrophied, clearly having been stored for a long time. Ding Lingxiu sniffed and smelled a faint scent of gunpowder, then looked again at the clothes on the corpse, which were tattered and charred.

  "What's wrong?" Zhang Shanyi asked as he leaned over.

  "There's nothing, look at this joyful god, it should be blown up." Ding Lingshu said lightly.

  "It's really pitiful, you want to go into this icebox?" Zhang Shanyi asked.

  "Huh? Why me, it's us." Ding Lingyu replied.

  "What? The two of us hiding in a freezer?"

  "What do you think, can one person freeze to death?"

  "It's a bit too crowded for us two, isn't it?" Zhang Shanyi's face turned red again.

  "Aren't you a snake-boned spirit? What are you afraid of?" Ding Lingxiu replied nonchalantly, "Come on, lend a hand."

  Ding Lingxiu hinted at Zhang Shanyi to help move the body.

  The human body is originally very heavy after death, and this corpse was even more solid after being frozen. Two people moved it for half a day without any reaction.

  "Brother Ding, I'm afraid we can't move this happy god with our strength. It's too heavy. If we pull too hard, we might even pull off his arm." Zhang Shanyi said in a low voice.

  Ding Lingxiu took another careful look and pulled out the Hundred Ghosts Painting, saying:

  "It's okay, let Xiaoyu sister help with it."

  Ding Lingxiu chanted the incantation of summoning, a cluster of blue light hit the ground, and Yu Nu appeared in the Taiping Interment.

  The Rain Woman was a high-level yōkai, and as soon as she appeared, the lingering spirit in the Taiping realm that had not yet been taken away by the Yin messengers seemed to react, slowly looking towards them, but with no expression on her face, only trying to get closer to their direction, but immediately blocked by Zhang Shanyi's White Tiger Ghost Array.

  The slender and elegant figure of the woman in the thin cold fog appears hazy and refined, her bright big eyes are like two pools of autumn night's moonlit water, clear and bright, shining with a charming and alluring light; her slightly smiling mouth and radiant face add to her many flirtatious and tender feelings. However, this tenderness and elegance is implicit rather than artificial, moving people's hearts without being annoying.

  The Rain Girl was originally a woman from Jiangnan, and her physique was already extraordinary. With the addition of thousands of years of cultivation, she was simply a stunning beauty beyond compare. As soon as the Rain Girl appeared, Zhang Shanyi's eyes widened in shock, and he began to recite the Pure Heart Mantra.

  "Little Master Ling, it's been a long time since we last met. Why do you have injuries all over your face?" The sound of Yu Nu's voice was melodious and pleasant, easing the gloomy atmosphere in the mortuary somewhat.

  "Don't mention it, I've been thinking about you day and night." Ding Lingxiu said, touching his still slightly swollen face.

  "Less poor, I thought you wouldn't say to find me out to play, hurry up and say, this time what do you want to do by getting me into this morgue?" Yu Nu gently pulled Xiang Liang, afraid that she would freeze on the ground.

  "Hehe, Xiaoyu sister is the best! It's like this, you help us absorb all the moisture inside and around the refrigerator that just lost power, and then cover the door of the refrigerator." Ding Lingxiao said with a smile.

  His smile didn't seem serious, but Yu Nu suddenly froze, her eyebrows drooping down, her mouth pursed, and she looked at the two of them with a strange expression.

  "What's wrong?" asked Ding Lingxiu.

  "Nothing... nothing at all." The rain girl threw a timid glance.

  "Just say whatever comes to mind." Ding Lingxiu smiled again.

  "Master, it's late at night, and you're still keeping these two men and one woman corpses in the icebox... I've been a demon for thousands of years, and I thought I was quite worldly, but I didn't expect that young people like you would be getting more and more perverted..." The Rain Girl swallowed her saliva and replied timidly.

  "…where did you go? We're supposed to hide inside and catch monsters." Ding Lingxiu's face was full of helplessness.

  "Alright." The Rain Girl was reluctantly persuaded, but she still seemed to feel that something was off.

  The woman in the rain held a flower-shaped umbrella, its colorful edges spinning gently. The cold air in the room seemed to be drawn into the umbrella like silk threads from the icebox. Before long, not a speck of frost was left on the icebox, only some faint bloodstains remained. The female corpse inside had shrunk several sizes, looking as if it had weathered away.

  "Let's go in."

  "Good."

  Ding Lingxiu and Zhang Shanyi finally managed to squeeze into the ice cabinet, but because they were afraid of the corpse, they moved the female corpse to the edge of the ice cabinet, making the already cramped space even more crowded, with the two people almost embracing each other.

  The rain woman closed the refrigerator door, and Ding Lingxu was suddenly surrounded by darkness, with only Zhang Shanyi's breathing sound around him.

  "Alright, Little Rain, you just need to gently place the crab claw lock on the outside next, don't lock it too tightly." Ding Lingyu said.

  "Got it." The rain girl replied softly.

  But in fact, because the refrigerator door was too thick, and the refrigerator's cooling sound was rumbling, Yu Nü only heard the word "lock" clearly, and had no idea that Ding Lingxiu was telling her not to lock herself in. She clicked the lock shut with a satisfied expression, transformed into blue light and returned to the Hundred Ghosts Picture. As for Ding Lingxiu inside, it was impossible for him to hear the sound of the lock clicking shut, and he was completely unaware of the current situation.

  "It's not cold at all now," said Zhang Shanyi.

  "Of course, you can rest assured, as long as we follow my plan, we'll definitely capture this ghoul tonight." Ding Lingyu said confidently.