Synopsis:
Protagonist, Uncle Jiu: Lin Zhengying, 25. He appears to be a poor Taoist priest, but is actually a once-in-a-century genius of the Maoshan Sect.
Second male lead: Chen Pi, 22. An heir to the art of tomb raiding, he’s greedy and afraid of death, but loyal to his friends. His hilarious “priest and thief” double act with Uncle Jiu provides most of the comedy.
Uncle Jiu was an ordinary Taoist priest in a small town in Jiangnan. While trying to save villagers bitten by zombies, he accidentally unearthed the corpse of a Qing dynasty general and was drawn into a plot involving Qing spies searching for the “Dragon Vein of the Great Qing.”
Forced to join an expedition with tomb raiders and grave-diggers, he ventured deep into the imperial tombs of the Northeast. Along the way, they encountered all kinds of evil creatures, including jumping corpses, blood corpses, and white-haired drought demons. With his Maoshan arts and Yin-Yang Twin Fish Pendant, Uncle Jiu repeatedly turned danger into safety, breezing through one crisis after another.
As the expedition went deeper, Uncle Jiu discovered that the Qing court wanted not only to excavate the dragon vein, but also to resurrect the thousand-year-old Corpse King buried in the tomb and overthrow the world. In the end, Uncle Jiu joined forces with various factions to battle the Corpse King and the Qing court’s lackeys deep inside the imperial tombs. He stopped the conspiracy, then headed south with the treasure to support the revolution, becoming a legend of his age.
