Zhang Qingyuan, a direct disciple of Longhu Mountain, is sent into the world at his master’s command. Hoping to earn money to repair the Taoist temple, he unexpectedly passes the civil service exam and is assigned to the mysterious department known as the Special Folk Customs Affairs Processing Division. From then on, he uses the most orthodox Taoist methods to handle the strangest case files and write the most official reports, performing the most unscientific “physical exorcisms” within a scientific system.
