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[Supernatural fantasy fiction] [Some settings are adapted from various classical texts and folk tales] [Some magical artifact settings are fictional] [Individual stories are inspired by real life] [No fixed pairing] [Ensemble cast]
[An episodic series of leveling up and fighting monsters] [Chinese-style horror] [An exploration of human nature] [The Ten Great Evil Spirits]
A blind man guards the gate, never stepping outside.
A pharmacist who can commune with spirits and ease the suffering of humans and ghosts.
A ghost officer who does not destroy spirits, though the highest bidder may not get what they want.
A Taoist who upholds truth, goodness, and beauty, steadfast in the righteous path.
A mysterious young shopkeeper, aloof and taciturn, indispensable when it matters.
A little shop where yin and yang meet. It takes on any task, and objects are the price.
“The shop makes little profit, but everyone who walks through the door is a guest.”
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First case, The Human Skin Scroll (Skin Peeler):
The Skin Peeler splits and takes over hosts, eroding their humanity.
(The distortions of human nature and the madness of obsession behind the “human skin fragments.”)
A human-skin mask adorned with red spider lilies, another face beneath the mask.
A pair of human-skin gloves, delicate and slender, the temptation of starting from nothing, the impossibility of becoming famous again.
For more details, see the full story.
