On a rainy night in an abandoned old house, a thief is found dead under mysterious circumstances. There are no signs of a struggle, only a “Heart-Piercing Curse” feng shui formation that someone has tampered with.
Shen Yan, a young feng shui master who makes a living from his family’s inherited geomancy skills, is half-coaxed, half-tricked into going to the scene by the criminal investigation team. He only means to get through the assignment, but soon discovers that the murder is closely connected to the mysterious death of his grandfather thirty years ago.
On one side is a police captain who solves cases through scientific reasoning; on the other is a “mystic consultant” who reads events through yin-yang and the Five Elements. As Shen Yan confronts one strange case after another, he uses an inked carpenter’s square, copper coins, and a compass to unravel the feng shui traps laid by the killer. Piece by piece, his deductions also reveal the truth behind his family’s old case.
When criminal investigation meets the secrets of feng shui, and modern crimes lead to long-buried mysteries, Shen Yan must do more than solve the case before him. He must also fight the malice lurking between the worlds of yin and yang. This is a feng shui master’s casebook, and a hunt for a killer spanning thirty years.
