The Fragrance of Fox Bones

Spirit mediumship, also called "raising the rods," refers to spirits and creatures that have cultivated their powers, such as foxes, snakes, and weasels, possessing people to investigate cases and heal the sick, earning merit in the hope of attaining enlightenment sooner. The possessed person is called a horse, or a horse disciple. My name is Tang Xiaoxiao, and I am a female spirit medium from Northeast China. Fifteen years ago, my father committed an evil deed and offended the mountain god, bringing disaster upon our whole village. The villagers sought revenge. They beat my grandfather to death and planned to offer me to the mountain god as a sacrifice. Luckily, fate was on my side… One day, fifteen years later, I began having the same strange dream over and over. In it, a huge emerald-green snake was always trying to coil around me… To stay alive, I had no choice but to become a spirit-medium disciple. And the immortal spirit who chose me turned out to be…