During the Southern Song period, a series of bizarre deaths among three county magistrates shocks Fengcheng. Ji Xiang, a young scholar, happens upon an enlightened master and learns wondrous magic. With his intelligence and spiritual lineage, he follows clues and investigates meticulously, solving one baffling case after another and earning praise throughout the court. Just as the Song Emperor is about to promote him, Ji Xiang quietly departs for Mount Tai, where he devotes himself to studying and spreading Taoism.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
