Chapter 11: Yin Python Part 1

Night insects and frogs chirped in the grass, while rats scurried away, startled by the approaching Wang Ya. The construction site was devoid of any lights, shrouded in complete darkness.

The construction site was very calm, so calm that it resembled an utterly ordinary spot on a typical summer night, showing no signs of the Ancient Old Ghost lurking there.

Wang Ya’s backpack contained a Strong Flashlight, but she did not use it. Even in the blackest night, there was light—it was just too faint for ordinary eyes to discern anything from it. In Wang Ya’s cultivation method, Night Vision and Yin Viewing were among the essential foundational lessons, allowing her to clearly see her surroundings by borrowing the night’s faint light.

The state of the construction site had not changed much from her previous visit, but Wang Ya still carefully noticed that an Expert had come here and set up some arrangements! On either side of the main entrance to the construction site sat bowls each containing half a bowl of water, with traces of burned talisman paper inside. Every nine steps from the entrance stood another identical bowl. Using bowls to burn paper talismans against ghosts was a common minor technique, but techniques varied in skill and depth. An ordinary little Taoist Priest might manage just one bowl, a stack of paper money, and three incense sticks to send off Lonely Ghosts and Wild Ghosts. Skilled Dao Sect cultivators could demonstrate far more profundity and power, with differences arising from the Talismans and Blessings used and the incantations employed, leading to varied effects and purposes. The markers of this technique outside the construction site were very obvious, and Wang Ya recognized it at a glance. One bowl every nine steps, connected to each other, forming an array. This was the Yunnan Zhang Family’s Cloud Dragon Nine Steps Ghost Sealing Demon Locking Array! The array had no effect on people—an ordinary person could kick over a bowl and break it—but to Yin Spirits and Ghost Entities, it was like an impenetrable high wall.

Wang Ya recalled that the woman who had come with Zheng Yanxia was also surnamed Zhang, and now the Yunnan Zhang Family’s Cloud Dragon Nine Steps Ghost Sealing Demon Locking Array had appeared here. It was hard for her not to think of that Show-Off Beauty as a descendant of the Yunnan Zhang Family. Wang Ya thought to herself that while Zheng Yanxia might not have much ability herself, she certainly had wide connections. Hiring an Old Tang skilled in Talismans and Blessings and Talisman Soldiers from overseas was one thing, but she had even brought in a descendant of the Yunnan Zhang Family. The Yunnan Zhang Family was a hereditary family, not one of those noble clans in the imperial court, but a Xuanmen family that had existed in Yunnan for many years. Unlike orthodox sects like Laoshan, Longhu, and Maoshan that openly recruited disciples, it was similar to side-path sects like Miaojiang Gu Village and Xiangxi Corpse Driving that avoided entanglement with officialdom. Her Grandma had told her many things about the Yunnan Zhang Family and repeatedly warned her to be extremely careful around them.

Wang Ya felt very uncomfortable inside. Since Zheng Yanxia had already hired her, why bring in people from the Yunnan Zhang Family as well? Was it because she didn’t trust her? If she didn’t trust her, then why pay her to deal with this Old Ghost! Since the Yunnan Zhang Family had already acted to trap this Old Ghost within the construction site, why not simply eliminate it and make her take this risk! Was it just because she came from the countryside, so she deserved to do this deadly, grueling work?

Wang Ya was unhappy, but she had taken the money, so she had no choice but to tough it out if she wanted to earn.

As soon as Wang Ya stepped through the construction site gate, she felt the air turn abruptly cold—the temperature had dropped by more than ten degrees! Inside and outside the simple wall were like two different worlds in terms of temperature. Outside, insects chirped and rats scurried lively; inside, it was deathly silent and unusually cold and eerie.

A massive pit had been dug inside the construction site, apparently for an underground parking garage, but work had stopped long ago, leaving only some machinery and building materials behind.

A hunched black figure appeared in the pit. Wang Ya clearly felt the yin-cold gaze cast by that pitch-black, stooped silhouette—full of resentment and chill. The surrounding Yin Qi grew even denser, and a terrifying aura seeped into her bones. The night took on an eerie quality.