In the ancient mountain villages of Xishuangbanna, a strange old man beneath the waters of Dianchi Lake, an ancient Theravada Buddhist temple in the Nujiang Gorge, a kingdom lost for thousands of years, and clan rituals hidden deep in the marrow.
My name is Liang Qing. I’m an ordinary college student. On a trip, I encountered a series of bizarre events that turned my worldview upside down. They all had one purpose: to use my flesh and blood to fulfill an ancestral wish left unfinished for a thousand years.
