The woman quickly stood up and said, "Mom, this is my friend. I have something to talk to her about today. Why don't you take the baby out to get something to eat? Mom, here's some money, take it and take the baby out for some porridge."
"Oh? Is that so? What about the light then?"
"Mom, don't worry about it, I'll get someone to fix it in a bit." Without another word, the woman put the child in the stroller and pushed the baby out the door.
The woman breathed a sigh of relief after getting the person away, but the flickering lights made it look like a haunted house.
Linghu Lan stared at the black cat and said coldly, "Don't play these tricks. Believe me or not, I'll burn you to the ground."
The flickering lights in the room finally stopped, and the light source stabilized again.
Cat Skin transformed back into a cat in Linghu Lan's arms, letting out a ferocious howl.
Linghu Lan laughed. "Why are you looking for your own testicles? Is it because you want to be reborn?"
"Meow!"
Linghu Lan recalled the description in Wenmo's ghost stories: ghosts with incomplete souls cannot be reborn unless they find a substitute. This is why some places where car accidents frequently occur will have one accident after another. Water ghosts that fall into the water must drag another person into the water in order to be reborn.
I never expected cats to be like this too.
Linghu Lan gently touched the cat's body with her finger. If this cat can't find its testicles, will it also turn evil and kill its owner's entire family?
Linghu Lan was no longer sure. After thinking for a moment, she whispered, "I will help you."
"Meow!"
"You don't believe me? Heh! Then go fend for yourself. I'm sure that without my help, you'll be subdued in less than three days."
"Meow!"
"Good boy, that's right, call me master!"
Cat: "..." I am the master!
Linghu Lan instructed the woman to find some white paper, intending to make an egg for the cat herself.
According to folklore, making paper figures is a very sinister profession. Plain white paper can be transformed into paper figures that connect the realms of the living and the dead, and then burned and sent to the underworld.
Therefore, it is reasonable to say that paper effigies have a strong yin energy.
In the past, some highly skilled paper makers could make their paper figures come to life in the middle of the night, playing chess, chatting, playing music, and singing.
Therefore, experienced craftsmen would never put eyes on the paper figures before burning them, because once eyes are put on, the paper figures are said to have a soul.
They would wait until the very last moment of burning before putting the eyes on the paper figure, so that the paper figure would go directly to the underworld and not retain any memories of the mortal world, thus preventing it from causing trouble.
In Wenmo's novel, she once described such a scene: A person died, missing half of his face. When the crowd tried to lift the coffin, they found it to be as heavy as a mountain and they couldn't lift it no matter what they did.
Later, a paper effigy offered some guidance, saying that if one is missing half a face, one is missing a soul, and the underworld will not accept such a person; the other half of the face must be replaced.
So the paper effigy made half a face out of paper for the corpse, making it so lifelike that it looked almost like a living person. The moment the eyeballs were painted on, the paper effigy hurriedly shouted to close the coffin.
The moment the coffin was closed, someone saw the dead man suddenly open his eyes, a sharp glint in his eyes as he looked at the person closing the coffin. This terrified everyone, almost causing them to lose their souls. Fortunately, the paper figures quickly sealed the coffin tightly and ordered the nails to be driven in. Only then did everyone feel relieved.
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