The Strange Adventures of Old Li of Maoshan follows the eccentric daily demon-exorcising exploits of Maoshan Taoist Li Xuan and his divine donkey, Tiedan. From finding a coffin and a newborn at a graveyard to searching for Tongyuan Post along the Silk Road and honoring an old promise at a small inn, their journey is a blend of thrills and laughs: a rubber duck appears in Li Xuan's pants, Tiedan's bray scares off evil spirits, and talismans join forces with erguotou liquor to drive out demons. It's bizarre and full of fiery spirit.
From resolving grudges at a corpse-raising ground and restoring a fragment of the Classic of Tea to restarting the Silk Road's spiritual leyline, they wander the margins of the human, demon, and spirit realms, using unorthodox methods to break through deadlocks. Ancient incantations collide with modern humor. As clues emerge about the mysterious masked figure and the orphan born from a coffin, the mystery of the thousand-year-old spiritual leyline gradually comes to light. Every strange exorcism is an unconventional interpretation of the Dao and human sentiment. Between chills and belly laughs, the story sketches a supernatural world that is both eerie and full of everyday warmth.
