After a while, I don't know if it's an illusion, but I feel like there's a stronger fragrance on me, and people have been asking me what perfume I'm using.

I only said it's the scent of a calming fragrance that I lit at home, but I don't know what happened, I keep having the same dream at night, and that figure appears in the dream as usual, even getting bigger as time goes by.

Or maybe it's getting closer to me.

I looked in the mirror and felt that I had become more beautiful, my skin smoother and fairer, and I vaguely felt a bit unfamiliar with myself.

I asked my husband if I've changed recently.

My husband looked at me for a while and smiled, saying, "Wife, you're still as beautiful as ever."

My mother-in-law also said that it's just that my complexion has improved, so I look a bit different overall.

I touched my face and felt like I was overthinking.

Quite coincidentally, on the way home from work, I encountered that brother and sister again. This time, the little boy was further away from me, as if I smelled worse.

The sister hesitated for a long time but eventually approached me:

"Hello, I didn't mean to disturb you, but the smell of corpse on you has gotten stronger. If this continues, you might be in danger."

Although I didn't believe it, I felt a bit anxious listening to her.

"What do you mean?"

This girl said her name is Lu Yue, and she lives in a Taoist temple. Her grandfather is a propagator of the Taoist temple, so she and her brother have been exposed to many Taoist methods since childhood.

The smell on my body is the smell of a corpse, and it's getting stronger, which means that I have been in contact with corpses every day, and the corpse energy has entered my body. If this continues, it will be irreparable.

I searched for the grandfather that Lu Yue mentioned on my phone, and sure enough, he exists. Then I looked at Lu Yue's brother, who bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, so I started to believe it a little.

"How did the corpse energy enter my body?" I asked.

Lu Yue said there are many possibilities, and she can't know for sure. She only asked if anything unusual happened in my house recently or if my habits have changed.

I pondered for a moment, and the only things that came to mind were the calming fragrance I lit recently and the soul incense pills brought by my mother-in-law.

Could these two things be the problem?

After explaining to Lu Yue, she said that she couldn't confirm based on my description alone, I had to bring the actual items with me. We agreed to meet at the same place tomorrow at this time.