Dai Nanzhou and the others looked at me curiously. At this time, Zhou Xi couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zhou, what's the use of this egg?"
I smiled and said, "Don't look down on this egg.
In our profession, an egg, especially a perfectly round egg, represents Tai Chi. The egg white and the egg yolk represent the primal chaos of Yin and Yang. A person's soul is in chaos and doesn't have a consciousness. Only through this egg can we communicate with it. "
"You can use this egg to communicate with a person's soul?" Dai Nanzhou's eyes were filled with disbelief as he asked.
I shook my head. "It's not enough to rely on this egg. We need this Soul Inquiring Talisman."
Then, I didn't explain further and placed the egg between Lin Yuetong's eyebrows.
The egg was perfectly round, and a person's forehead was flat. Normally, the egg wouldn't be stable. However, after I let go, the perfectly round egg stood upright and didn't move an inch.
The curiosity in the eyes of the surrounding people became stronger.
After everything was done, I asked Dai Nanzhou and the others to close all the doors and windows of the dormitory. I also covered all the curtains.
The originally bright dormitory room instantly darkened. I found a candle, lit it, and placed it on Lin Yuetong's bedside.
"You can stand here and watch. However, without my permission, don't talk or take deep breaths," I reminded them.
After Wang Yongjun and the others heard me, their faces became solemn. They nodded and promised me that they wouldn't talk.
I stretched out my hand and gathered my Dao energy to touch the hole in the eggshell. Then, I opened my mouth and read, "Ask the spirit and open the spirit. Ferry the soul and the person. Three souls return to their original position.
Lin Yuetong, do you know why you are unconscious? "
After I said that, everyone's eyes gazed at Lin Yuetong. However, she was still lying there without moving. It seemed that she didn't have any reaction.
Asking the spirit required time. I had to use my Dao energy to temporarily open the spirit of Lin Yuetong's soul. Only then would she respond to me.
I wasn't in a hurry at all. I sat there and waited quietly. On the other hand, Dai Nanzhou and the others were affected by the quiet and solemn atmosphere in the dormitory room. Everyone's breathing became heavy, which was very clear in the quiet room.
I knew that they probably didn't have anything to fear, but that was how people were. Their emotions were easily influenced by their surroundings. That was why I had warned them not to breathe too deeply.
However, they were standing far away from Lin Yuetong. As long as they didn't breathe directly at Lin Yuetong, it wouldn't affect her too much. I wasn't too worried.
"Hu hu …"
Around seven or eight minutes later, the candle by Lin Yuetong's bedside table suddenly flickered. A cold wind came out of nowhere and blew a few strands of Lin Yuetong's hair.
Feeling the cold wind, I felt happy and looked at Lin Yuetong's face.
"I … what's wrong with me?"
Lin Yuetong's lips didn't move, but a timid woman's voice arose. It sounded a little illusory.
"You're in a coma. I used a talisman to temporarily open the spirit of your soul. Now, your soul is communicating with me. You don't need to be afraid. Tell me why you're unconscious."
After I asked, the timid woman's voice disappeared. She didn't say anything for quite a long time.
Just as I was getting impatient, the voice arose one more time. She hesitantly said, "I … I'm not possessed. I've been like this since I was a child. Every few years, I would suddenly bark like a dog in my sleep. After that, I would fall into a coma. I went to see a doctor, and the doctor said that I have a fetish for mimicry, which is accompanied by epilepsy …"
Fetish for mimicry?
Epilepsy?
I frowned. If Dai Nanzhou had told me this before, I would have believed her. However, her mother had chanted Buddhist scriptures to her, and her weak soul had told me that it wasn't that simple.
I said in a low voice, "Lin Yuetong, you've been in a coma for three days. Your soul is very weak, and something bad could happen at any time. Moreover, I can't contact your family. If you don't tell me the truth, I won't be able to help you if something bad happens. You should think about the consequences yourself."
The voice went silent. Around half a minute later, she said, "Actually … my symptoms are related to my family's factory. However, I don't know if I'm possessed or not …"
Lin Yuetong finally opened her heart. I exhaled in relief and quietly listened to her story.
Lin Yuetong wasn't a native of Shenzhen. She was from Yulin City, which was located in the southeast of Guangxi. Yulin City had a long history, and it was known as the 'Dog Forest' in ancient times. There was a local proverb that said, 'Fish is raw during the winter solstice, and dog is eaten during the summer solstice.'
Thus, when the summer solstice arrived, the local people would eat dog meat and eat lychees. Gradually, it became a custom, and there was a festival called the 'Yulin Lychee Dog Meat Festival'.
The local custom of eating dog meat was very popular, and there were many proverbs that mentioned it. For example, 'After eating dog meat, don't cover yourself with a blanket', 'Rolling dog meat three times, even the gods can't stand still', 'Dog meat is fragrant, Buddha jumps over the wall', 'Dog on the summer solstice, dog has nowhere to go', 'Fish is raw during the winter solstice, dog on the summer solstice, how many delicacies are there in a year', and so on.
In recent years, the annual 'Lychee Dog Meat Festival' in Yulin caused a large number of dogs to be slaughtered. People from all walks of life denounced and opposed this event. Some people even called it the 'Yulin Slaughter Incident'.
Since the local dog meat was consumed a lot, many related industries were created. Lin Yuetong's father operated a local slaughterhouse, which specialized in slaughtering dogs.
Mr. Lin had entered the business early. More than twenty years ago, before Lin Yuetong was born, he had already operated this slaughterhouse. He lived there until he got married and had children.
In other words, Lin Yuetong was born and raised in this slaughterhouse.
According to her, when dogs were killed in the slaughterhouse, some dogs would always let out violent screams before they died. When she was still a baby, she was awakened by the screams of a dog when she was sleeping. At that time, she became stupid. After finding someone to take a look at her, they said that she had lost her soul. Then, her parents found someone to help her call her soul. Gradually, she got better.
But from then on, every once in a while, Lin Yuetong would inexplicably bark like a dog in her sleep. Then, she would become stupid and wouldn't recognize anyone. At the same time, her whole body would twitch and she would fall into a coma. The symptoms were exactly the same as this time.
At that time, her parents took her to see a doctor and also to Yin Yang Xian 'er.
The doctor said that she had epilepsy and mimicry, while Yin Yang Xian 'er said that when she was a child, she didn't call back her own soul. Instead, she called back the soul of a dog, which was why she got this strange disease in the future.
Both sides said different things, but the same thing was that there was nothing they could do about her illness.
Later on, when her mother took her to a temple to pray to Buddha, she accidentally heard some Buddhist scriptures. That was when she calmed down and gradually got better.
From then on, her mother bought a lot of Buddhist scriptures and read them silently every day. When she had an attack, she would read them to her. It was very effective every time. But this time, she didn't know why she was in a coma.
After listening to her, I vaguely understood.
However, I didn't agree with her. When she was a child, she was scared by a dog's barking and lost her soul. Then, she called for a dog's soul … It was impossible if she didn't know anything about geomancy.
The result of my consideration was that her mother had been affected by the resentful energy in the slaughterhouse when she had been pregnant with her. Lin Yuetong, who had been in the womb at that time, was at the stage where her three souls had formed, just like Tong Tong.
The difference was that Tong Tong died when his three souls were formed, but Lin Yuetong was affected by the dog soul that was full of resentment when her three souls were formed. There were some dog souls in her soul, which led to the later symptoms.
After understanding all this, I sighed with emotion.
When it came to eating dog meat, different people had different views. It was hard to say whether it was right or wrong. However, even if it was a slaughterhouse, they had to pay attention to the way they handled the animals. Barbaric slaughtering not only made the animals suffer, but it also affected people.
This was especially true for children and pregnant women. If they didn't have to go to slaughterhouses, they would try to avoid them.
However, after understanding the reason, I still didn't understand Lin Yuetong's situation.
When her three souls were formed, they were mixed with the souls of other animals. This kind of situation wasn't really serious because the souls of animals were weak. They weren't as strong as human souls. Thus, they wouldn't affect people too much.
It was just like what Lin Yuetong had told me. After all these years, as long as she listened to Buddhist scriptures, her symptoms would be alleviated.