Chapter 12 - Soul-Eating Jade Pendant

After hearing Qin Yi Heng's explanation, the topic still continued to consume my thoughts, after thinking about it for a while, and I started to understand his meaning. In case what he said is true, and the driver had not died in an unnatural manner, it is weird that we cannot track his soul's location.


How could this be? I asked Qin Yi Heng this question.


He thought for a while and said, if our assumption is true, then there is only one possibility- the driver's soul has been taken away by someone.


After hearing what he said, I became a bit frightened; this assumption is a bit too much, no wonder his face looked so burdened. Although I don't really understand this spiritual business, but I can already see that this matter is very troublesome only by looking at his expression.


I asked him, what should we do now?


Qin Yi Heng is also conflicted, he said, right now based on the current circumstances, if the driver's soul has been taken away from that person, then we are totally unaware of the identity of the thing that has taken his soul. If his mood is not good, and wanted to take more souls, there is a possibility that he would also take both our souls.


I am quite sure myself, that having heard his words, that this trip is fruitless. Having returned to the hotel, we then prepare to pack things to go home the next day. But during the night, Qin Yi Heng was pondering alone by his bed for the whole night, and as I couldn't be of any help, I dozed to sleep myself.


The next morning just before we are prepared to depart, Qin Yi Heng still has his own doubts, and he took his phone to call the villa's owner. I did not know what he talked about with the owner, the owner suddenly told us not to leave, and had wanted to chat with us.


I was surprised and asked Qin Yi Heng what he had talked about with the owner. Qin Yi Heng said, he had contemplated this for a long time, and had wanted to say that the soul of a child can be used to polish the spirit. I am afraid that it has been stated in a lot of horror novels and dramas, but an adult soul is already latched into the body, and cannot be easily taken away. Even after taking it, storing the soul would be a problem, needless to say, doing this is rather useless.


Legend has it that souls can be used to forge swords when smelting weapons in ancient times. Everyone knows the story of Gan Jiang Moxie, but these days no one knows how to smelt weapons, but later on many people like to use souls for magical rituals. In this manner, he thinks that the problem lies in the jade pendant.


This jade pendant was not bought legally; the villa's owner is likely to have been defrauded and had been deceived to buy a problematic pendant. He is not very sure how this pendant is problematic, but he will know when he looks at it which is why he had called the owner, in order to talk about the pendant, even that owner is very interested to listen about it, and had called them to talk together.


Originally, I had wanted to leave this place in a hurry. After all, Qin Yi Heng cannot solve the villa's problem. How would I have wanted to stay? But after hearing what he said, my curiosity is piqued as I had wanted to see what the golden jade pendant is like.


It didn't take long for the owner to arrive, and I was surprised that he does not look like a sordid merchant, but unfortunately, he didn't bring the pendant. After saying a few words, we finally reached this topic. The villa's owner shortly talked about the pendant's history. He had bought this pendant from a businessman in Thailand, but did not explain further and was reserved about it. I suppose he is afraid that we are going to negotiate and lower the villa's price.


There is no need for such a conversation, as Qin Yi Heng merely said a few words to him before saying that we will take out leave.


Just as we are about to leave, Qin Yi Heng strangely asked the villa's owner whether his business is doing well and whether it has not been profitable lately. When the owner heard his question, he immediately became eager and asked whether Qin Yi Heng knows how to solve this problem.


Qin Yi Heng shook his head, but only took his bag and proceeded to leave with me. That owner still wanted to ask further, but Qin Yi Heng left quickly with me, so the owner simply called us from our back and did not make any further movements.


On our way to the airport, I asked Qin Yi Heng how he knew the owner's business is not doing well. I thought this shouldn't be based on national policy or market conditions. There must be a reason for him to think so.


Qin Yi Heng said that in actuality, human belief is a very powerful force. Even if we may not be able to see or touch it, but if the beliefs of many people are combined, then there would be an amazing reaction. To put it simply, if there is 10,000 people who believe that a stone could ward off evil spirits, as long as their beliefs are unified and free of impurities, then the stone could really ward off evil spirits. In summary, it is not the stone that is able to ward off evil spirits, but the beliefs of all people.


Then Qin Yi Heng said that we Asian people, especially Chinese people, have a rich cultural history of Jade. Jade is considered to have the function to ward off evil spirit and protect the body, and if worn for a long time will have spiritual powers and can help the owner to prevent disasters. If a person found that the jade has cracked after being born for many years, or if the red thread necklace had been cut off, it will help the owner to prevent a catastrophe. As jadeite is a type of Jade, according to him, there is a possibility that the golden jade pendant has an evil Buddha inside it. If a jade pendant has good color, is crafted by an expert and has a cultural value, you won't be able to buy it with 300,000 yuan. Presumably, the owner of this jade is aware of the evil Buddha inside it and was eager to sell it quickly.


After the owner bought it, as he had a lot of evil-repelling charms, they warned in him with a nightmare and told him to get rid of the jade pendant. This caused the owner to be terrified, which had led him to give the pendant to his driver. Later on, the driver lost his life due to this pendant. Even though the owner was able to save his own life, but he still had a price to pay and hence the decline of his business. Unfortunately, this might only be the beginning, and at worst he could lose his limbs.


In addition, Qin Yi Heng also said that when it comes to hand-held objects that have already been opened, be it jade pendants, golden Buddha, or car decorations for peace of wealth, if those items are specifically made for you, then they should be worn only by you. After using it, remember not to let other people reach and touch it. Because after it's touched by other people, it will lose its spiritual powers and consecration ability.


What Qin Yi Heng said doesn't sound like a lie. Even though there were twists and turns in this experience, I still benefited a lot. At least I still hear him tell me lots of stories. It's just that this trip was unfruitful which caused me to feel a bit frustrated. Fortunately, after this matter was settled, another small house was offered to us.


Although there were some spirits inside it, they were not harmful but also not interesting. The house's owner came to me by himself. Anyway, it was a friend that was introduced me by a friend whom Qi Guai Ba Guai knew. He had bought a 26 sqm apartment with a loan. It was a high-rise apartment on the 13th floor. Then, he started living with his girlfriend. There was nothing at first, but after living in it for some time, they discovered something strange. Even though the apartment was not big and did not have much furniture, it always felt crowded. Although the house is small, but most small houses would not give people a cramped feeling. The two did not pay attention to this at first. But, after that, every night before he goes to bed, the girlfriend would suffer a sleep paralysis.


Suddenly, they would notice that the slippers placed by the bed had changed positions. At first, they had thought that it was just misplaced. But, later on they paid more attention to it and as expected, the slippers would move by themselves the next morning.


The two of them were very scared, so they came to find me. They did not want to sell the house and had just wanted us to help them take a look. After all, it is not easy for two migrant workers to live in the city. Although I really want to make some money, as he is a friend of a friend, I can only help to see the problem.


I took Qin Yi Heng to take a look. The house was not big and I could see the whole house in one look.


After reading it, Qin Yi Heng simply asked them a few questions and whether they had intercourse every night. They admitted this generously. Then, Qin Yi Heng told them to remember to close their curtains when they went to bed in the future, otherwise a lot of spirits would be attracted to watch, and at this time, many child spirit would mistakenly think that it was time for them to reincarnate and watch. While this might not appear harmless, one day they could get possessed by these spirits.


After telling this to the couple, Qin Yi Heng simply hung the mirror on the wall facing the window, and had put red paper under the feet of the four bed legs, saying that he would be fine in the future.


Since then, there has not been a strange incident in the apartment, and the couple had lived happily. 

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