[Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Northeastern Shamanism] [Spirit Medium] [No System]
A graduate of a 211 university who can’t find a job goes back to his hometown in Northeast China to perform shamanic rituals? Zhang Bei says, “I’m a committed materialist. There’s no way I can make a living doing this!”
But reality is harsh. He has just 300 yuan left in his pocket, while his grandma gives him 20,000. Zhang Bei takes off his cheap suit, wraps himself in a padded coat, and beats the King Wen drum, silently reciting, “Prosperity, democracy, civility, and harmony.” In the blink of an eye, he’s possessed by his family’s guardian spirit: Second Uncle Huang, a yellow weasel who loves smoking Soft China cigarettes.
He thought he was just dabbling in feudal superstition, but it turns out the weasel spirit really can slap the hell out of ghosts. Just as Zhang Bei starts worrying that he’ll be arrested for practicing medicine without a license and fail the background check for a civil service exam, the government’s mysterious 749 Bureau comes swooping in in a Hongqi sedan.
“Young man, that shamanic spiritual energy of yours is something else. How’d you like a deputy section-level specialist position with a government appointment?”
Zhang Bei pushes up his gold-rimmed glasses, pulls out his newly issued special law-enforcement ID, and grins at the stunned con artist. “I used to be a shaman. Now I’m a civil servant. Come on, let’s talk about your scam involving feudal superstition.”
See how a top 211-university graduate preaches science while working alongside spirits, serving the people with grit across the mountains and rivers of Northeast China! These days, a shaman with a government appointment is the real deal!
This book showed me the power of an iron rice bowl and the determination to never work overtime.