Secret Files of an Ancient Village: Qixiaochuan, a folklorist, travels to Wuyin Village to collect folk tales. There he unexpectedly discovers a book called Records of the Strange, which documents a century of bizarre events, and uncovers a hidden connection between his family and the local supernatural occurrences.
The Bewitching Ghost Opera: In a neighboring village, Qixiaochuan encounters a mysterious traveling opera troupe. He discovers that all the performers are ghosts, the audience is made up of paper figures, and his senior fellow apprentice, missing for many years, has appeared among the troupe.
