My Days Catching Hungry Ghosts in Republican-Era China

From the day I entered the sect, my fate was bound to that disheveled old Taoist priest who always had a dry tobacco pipe between his teeth and far more to him than met the eye. As his most beloved disciple, I spend every day pushing the limits of the supernatural world under my master's erratic guidance and the “supervision” of my pretty, clever junior sister. With my master's recommendation, I join the mysterious Celestial Secrets Bureau. There, I meet brothers I'd trust with my life: Chen Yifan of the Maoshan Sect, an expert in talismanic arts, and Huzi of Mount Longhu, a gifted martial artist. By a stroke of fate, I even take Xiaojing, a gentle and kind female ghost, as my spirit servant. Though she is a creature of yin, she is utterly devoted to me. Together, we travel to distant lands. We match wits with sorcerers in Thailand's deep jungles, uncover the horrifying truth behind child-ghost cultivation in Myanmar's shadowy villages, and brave the hidden tribes of Miao territory to unravel the dreaded arts of witchcraft and gu poison. But danger comes not only from demons and ghosts lurking in the shadows: foreign forces are stirring as well. Japan's Genyosha has been conspiring with the Ninth Chrysanthemum Sect, secretly plotting for years to sabotage the dragon veins and geomantic energy of the land of Hua Xia and steal a thousand years of national fortune. The clash between good and evil is about to erupt. A covert war that will decide the fate of our country is quietly unfolding in the shadows...