Soul-Sealing Talisman: A Hundred-Year Cycle

Poor student Chen Yan finds an admission letter from the Republican era and discovers that his critically ill grandmother is being haunted by a Zombie King. A black cat in the ruins suddenly speaks: "Your grandfather used this letter to suppress a thousand-year-old zombie!" Even more chillingly, blood seeps across the letter to reveal the words "Spirit Nurturing Department," guiding him to Qingyun Academy, hidden in a rift in time and space. Modern police sirens echo through its old blue-brick alleys, while applicants use their phones to look up guides on "how to raise ghosts."

A man in a blue robe closes in, intent on stealing the Soul-Suppressing Talisman. A robed instructor seems to come to Chen Yan's rescue, yet beneath the altar, a hand wearing the red cord knot of his neighbor reaches out for help. When Chen Yan uses his blood to claim the bronze door, he finds beyond it the ruins of the urban village where he lives, with white bones bearing his own likeness buried beneath every building!

A jade pendant reflects the blue-robed man's image in his pupil. At last, Chen Yan realizes that Qingyun Academy is a chessboard in the battle between a pawnshop keeper and the Zombie King, and that he is both a pawn and the final bait needed to resurrect the zombie...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.