Evil Pawn Shop
Everything in the world can be pawned - only "evil things" can be pawned in exchange for life, but in exchange for obsession.
Lin Xuan, a young Taoist priest, inherited a strange pawn shop hidden in the market. This place does not accept gold, silver and jewelry, but only "evil objects" contaminated with resentment, obsession, and cause and effect: a mandarin duck mirror that allows people to relive old dreams but consumes their life span, a shadow puppet that can realize wishes but at the cost of memory, a hosta that hides resentments from past lives and cries every night...
Behind every evil thing, there is a tangled cause and effect. Lin Xuan relies on Taoist magic skills (referring to Wang Ye's transparency + Zhang Zhiwei's concealment) while dealing with the "guests" who come to pawn - there are idiots who want to win back their lovers, politicians who thirst for power, and resentful spirits who bear blood feud; while uncovering the mysterious truth behind the evil objects, resolving the hidden crisis.
There is only one rule in the pawn shop: "Exchange of equal value will displease heaven." Some people exchange half their lives for a moment of reunion, and some people bet their conscience on a fortune, but they don't know that evil things are easy to get, and karma is hard to repay. As more and more evil things gathered, the dust-laden secrets of the pawn shop gradually surfaced, and Lin Xuan discovered that he had already been involved in a yin and yang game that spanned a century.
Should we stick to the right path and cut off our obsessions, or should we follow the cause and effect and sink? Let's see how Lin Xuan takes charge of the evil pawn shop in the mist where humans and ghosts intertwine, uncovering the horrifying and bizarre stories one after another, and walking out of his own way.
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