Tales of the Strange: Northeast China Spirit Mediums

Buddhism reigns in the south, immortals in the north. The Hu and Huang clans do not cross Shanhai Pass. In the Northeast, the land is rich in spiritual energy, and strange and supernatural beings abound. Grass spirits, demons, Qing Feng, and Yan Gui can all easily attain spiritual form. The disciples who serve the immortals of the Upper Realm act as their proxies, walking between the worlds of yin and yang. My name is Fang Yuan. I am a Seven Star Child with all nine meridians yin. My great-grandfather performed a ritual to borrow twenty-three years of life for me. When I was seven, I killed a weasel, awakening the fated bond between me and the Huang Immortal clan. Huang Er said, “Take my child onto the path to immortality. After you turn twenty-three, marry one of the women of my Huang family.” But when I set up my altar and took on the role of an Immortal’s disciple, not a single Earth Immortal was willing to help me. I became an out-of-bounds disciple with no spirit soldiers at my side. “The path to immortality crosses six trials. Nine lives out of ten are lost, and those who return do so with only half a soul.” Braving the path could let Huang Liulang become an Earth Immortal and give me a chance to change my fate. It seemed to be my only way out. When I was eighteen, Fang the Fatty tricked me into digging for fighting stones. My life stone shattered, and my tribulations began that day...