I Study Archaeology, and You Want Me to Raid Tombs?

Lin Xun, a gifted feng shui student in the archaeology department, is drawn into an expedition deep in the Yanshan Mountains outside Beijing when his family heirloom, the Dragon-Seeking Compass, begins to stir. Under the pretext of “protecting forgotten history,” Professor Yao Pei'an takes him along with Lao Hei, a mysterious martial artist, to take part in an unofficial “academic investigation” of a Liao Dynasty imperial tomb. Though Lin Xun despises tomb robbing, his mentor’s “persuasion” and his curiosity about the unknown tomb leave him half-convinced and setting out on this perilous path.