Chapter 128
Chapter 128
In metaphysics, mirrors are considered objects of yin and yang information.
Within the symbolism of the Eight Trigrams, they are classified under both the Qian trigram and the Dui trigram, which belongs to yin. Therefore, a mirror represents the duality of yin and yang within the trigrams.
Such objects can reflect things invisible to the human eye-namely, Ghosts.
When Song Xiaotian and Meng Yifan carried out the Dressing Table, I already saw an extra figure in the mirror.
This figure was one of He Tao’s Po.
But strangely, besides He Tao, there was another figure next to me. That figure looked very similar to me, and its movements were perfectly synchronized with mine.
I thought it was mimicking me and was momentarily startled.
Song Xiaotian and Meng Yifan saw it too, and both were shocked.
“Why are there two…”
“Don’t worry about it.”
Old Zhao Seven suddenly pulled out another Talisman and slapped it directly onto my forehead.
The moment the Talisman was applied, the figure that looked like me suddenly vanished.
“A Po is not a soul; it cannot possess your body. But right now, your yang energy is at its weakest, so only you can communicate with him.”
Old Zhao Seven reminded me, “Don’t ask complicated questions. Get straight to the point. Ask if his Earth Soul and Human Soul were eaten by Du Yuwei, and ask if he knows where Du Yuwei is.”
I nodded and hurriedly asked the mirror, “He Tao, I was sent by your mother. Tell me, were your Earth Soul and Human Soul eaten by Du Yuwei?”
I expected to hear He Tao’s voice, but in reality, I heard nothing.
The strange thing was that although I didn’t hear him speak, a piece of information quickly entered my mind. It was a message conveyed to me by He Tao.
“He says yes. Du Yuwei has already eaten his Earth Soul and Human Soul.”
“Du Yuwei also told He Tao that if he had agreed to be with her sooner, she wouldn’t have troubled his girlfriend, and she wouldn’t have died. She blames He Tao for her death.”
I quickly relayed the information He Tao had given me.
Old Zhao Seven urged, “Keep asking.”
I stared at the mirror and asked again, “He Tao, do you know where Du Yuwei is?”
Soon, I received another reply from He Tao in my mind.
“He Tao says he only knows Du Yuwei is in the mountains, but he doesn’t know which mountain.”
“He also said… he saw two Du Yuweis…”
Meng Yifan and Song Xiaotian knew nothing about there being two Du Yuweis and were instantly stunned. “Two? Did she split?”
With a grim expression, Old Zhao Seven remained silent for a few seconds before waving his hand. “We can end this now.”
“Wait, wait!” Meng Yifan hurriedly signaled me with his eyes. “The house…”
I realized what he meant and quickly addressed the mirror again. “He Tao, your father is in the hospital waiting for money for treatment. Your mother needs to sell the house to pay for his medical bills. If you stay here, the house can’t be sold. I hope you can leave this place…”
Just as I finished speaking, the figure in the mirror vanished instantly.
I quickly tore the Talisman off my forehead and asked Old Zhao Seven, “Seventh Master, is he gone?”
“He didn’t just leave; he’s gone for good.”
Old Zhao Seven sighed. “After a person dies, their Seven Souls dissipate. For someone like him who couldn’t accept his own death, one Po might remain in the world of the living as a lingering obsession. But because you just persuaded him, he chose to dissipate on his own to save his father.”
Song Xiaotian couldn’t help but ask, “Can he still reincarnate then?”
Old Zhao Seven shook his head. “He can’t. The most important soul for reincarnation is the Earth Soul. Only when the Three Souls-Heaven, Earth, and Human-reincarnate together can one be human in the next life. If the Earth Soul and Human Soul reincarnate together, they become an animal. If the Earth Soul reincarnates alone, it becomes a plant.”
“His Earth Soul has already been consumed by Du Yuwei. Now only his Heaven Soul remains, and it has returned to the sky, destined to become a permanent part of the world’s magnetic field.”
I felt a bitter pang in my heart hearing that.
He Tao had been innocent from start to finish; he had simply rejected Du Yuwei.
Just for rejecting her, she had destroyed him, leaving him unable to even enter the cycle of reincarnation.
And now, his father had cancer.
“That girl Du Yuwei… she’s too ruthless. If she can’t have it, she destroys it…” Song Xiaotian said, somewhat speechless.
Old Zhao Seven let out a cold snort. “I told you before, this is the nature of a Mother-Child Shade. You didn’t listen and insisted on giving the child back to her. Strictly speaking, a Mother-Child Shade isn’t even a ghost anymore; she is a Sha. And what is a Sha? The pinnacle of yin and evil, driven by a bloodlust.”
“If she hadn’t harmed anyone, I could still help her. But now that she has, there are only two possible outcomes.”
We hurriedly asked what those outcomes were.
Old Zhao Seven looked at me and said, “Either she continues her killing spree, or I kill her.”
My heart sank. Old Zhao Seven intended to kill Du Yuwei…
“Du Yuwei’s original name was Su Wenjing. That was the name her biological parents gave her.”
Old Zhao Seven continued with a grim expression, “Her parents had three children in total. The first was a boy, and the second birth resulted in a pair of twin girls. The elder sister was named Su Yajing, and the younger was Su Wenjing.”
All three of us looked up, stunned.
Twins!
No wonder there were two Du Yuweis.
One was Du Yuwei’s twin sister. That sister was still alive, which made her a living person.
I finally understood. When I was being buried alive, the person who came to save me was Du Yuwei’s sister. The ‘Du Yuwei’ captured by the bar’s surveillance cameras was also her sister.
And when I jumped off the bridge, the one who saved me was her sister as well.
“That’s impossible. In the reports on the Massacre Case from fifteen years ago, none of the news outlets mentioned the Su Family having twins,”
Song Xiaotian countered. “At the time, they said it was a family of four-three died, and one little girl went missing. The missing one was Du Yuwei. If she really had a twin sister, the media would have sniffed that out and reported it long ago.”
Old Zhao Seven explained, “Less than a year after the twins were born, their parents suffered a string of misfortunes. The father broke his leg in a bike accident, and the mother had her bag snatched twice in six months. A relative of theirs who believed in the Dao suggested the parents visit a Daoist Temple to have a master look into things.”
“They eventually found a famous local Daoist Temple and had the master there examine the entire family’s Birth Date and Time.”
“The master said those two sisters had committed too many evils in their past lives. They had come to the living world in this life to atone for their sins and had to be sent away. Furthermore, the sisters had to be sent to different places and could never meet again in this lifetime. Otherwise, the family would face endless calamities.”
Song Xiaotian blurted out, “Isn’t that just superstition?”
Old Zhao Seven chuckled. “You can choose not to believe it, or call it superstition. Regardless, the Su Family did send one away. They didn’t send both because they couldn’t bear to.”
“But because they didn’t listen to that Daoist Priest, their family later suffered that horrific Massacre Case.”
“And these two sisters met again twenty years later. Do you know when they crossed paths?”
We shook our heads. After all, we hadn’t even known Du Yuwei had a twin sister until now.
“Just two months before Du Yuwei died.”
Old Zhao Seven said, “They had known each other for less than two months before Du Yuwei was killed.”