Northeast: The Double-Pupiled Spirit Medium

My name is Xu Yuxuan, and I'm a genuine spirit medium. Unlike other mediums, my family neither worships a large red spirit altar banner measuring three feet and three inches, nor hangs a landscape painting. And unlike some naturally gifted mediums, I don't carry an entire host of spirits on my back. The spirits connected to my mediumship are all carried by the double pupil in my left eye.

As the saying goes, cultivate one's nature deep in the mountains, then emerge from an ancient cave to make a name for oneself across the land. People think that spirits choose mediums and accumulate merit so they can earn a chance to ascend to Heaven and receive divine recognition once their earthly deeds are complete. In truth, spirits choose mediums to help the world and save all living beings. The so-called divine recognition is merely a misunderstanding by ordinary people who mistake cause and effect.

A medium must do more than diagnose illnesses, investigate strange happenings, drive out evil, and save people. They must also cultivate a Buddhist heart, learn Daoist arts, carry a bond with spirits, and follow Confucian propriety: cultivating through Buddhist compassion, dispelling evil through Daoist arts, protecting themselves through their spiritual bond, and engaging with the world through Confucian manners.

Because of my spiritual bond and the double pupil in my eye, I suffered one calamity after another from childhood. Fortunately, a mad monk dressed in a Daoist robe offered me guidance. I joined my fate to that of a serpent spirit maiden, exchanged vows with Heaven and Earth, and saved my life.

After that, I used the power of my double pupil and my bond with the spirits to handle cases for the living and work for the dead, repeatedly becoming caught up in bizarre and uncanny events that nearly cost me my life.

Want to know why all the women on the commercial street miscarried at once? Want to know why an ordinary person turned into a ball of flesh? Want to know why a weasel spirit set up a stage and sang opera to coax people into leaving their calligraphy behind? Follow the protagonist's perspective and experience the strange, wondrous world hidden behind our everyday reality.

My name is Xu Yuxuan, a double-pupiled spirit medium.