Feng Shui of the Body

Lin Du is a lazy young man who runs a wellness clinic in an urban village. He has a secret no one knows: he can “see” the feng shui inside the human body. In his eyes, the heart is the Vermilion Bird Hall, the kidneys are the Black Tortoise Palace, and the five organs and six bowels together form a living feng shui array. Excess stomach heat is “fire burning the Gate of Wealth,” a blocked cervical spine is “a jammed Wenchang Pagoda,” and pent-up emotions are “the Azure Dragon pressing down on the White Tiger.” The fortunes people pray to the gods and seek divination to learn about are simply everyday sights to him as he observes, listens, questions, and feels the pulse. He had planned to live out his days in peace, but a strange sudden-death case brings Detective Su Qingyue to his door. On the victim, he sees a deliberately arranged “Metal Qi Locking the Heart” formation. Someone has turned feng shui techniques into a means of murder. From then on, two major forces lurking in the dark side of the city come to light: The Taotie Society, ancient hunters who treat human lives as hunting grounds for fated destinies. The Heavenly Doctor Group, innovators pursuing a “human optimization plan” in the name of science. Their leader, Qin Wang, is trying to turn the entire city into an altar to forge his own “immortal foundation.” When his enemies go from “bad feng shui” to “perfect gods,” Lin Du finally understands why his master made him “temper his heart in the mortal world” for twenty-three years. This is what he was waiting for: Not for Lin Du to defeat perfection, but to protect every imperfect soul in this world.