The True Lineage of Qingwu

Everything in this book is fictional. Do not imitate it; believe in modern science.

At twenty-five, Su Qingya is the last orthodox heir in the lineage of Guo Pu, Yang Junsong, and Yuan Tiangang. He carries his family’s secret text, The True Lineage of Qingwu. No System, no cheat abilities, no supernatural powers: he makes his way in the world solely through ancient arts of physiognomy and feng shui passed down for thousands of years. With The Ma Yi Book of Physiognomy, he can tell life from death with a single word; with The Liu Zhuang School of Physiognomy, he reads bones to determine fortune and misfortune; and with The Book of Burial and The Classic of Dwellings, he identifies ominous graves and adjusts the feng shui of homes.

He abides by his ancestors’ teaching, “Relieve the poor and help others, never take what you do not deserve.” He resolves countless haunted-house curses and calamities that threaten entire families among the common people, only to stumble upon a shocking conspiracy sweeping across the country behind a string of murders.

The century-old heretical sect, the Dragon-Nailing Society, stirs beneath the surface. It uses forbidden arts to steal fortune and cause bloodshed, and even drives Dragon-Nailing Spikes into China’s dragon veins. From the tributary vein in Jiangcheng to the three great dragon veins spanning north and south, it lays deadly traps to sever the veins everywhere. Innocent people suffer, while the orthodox mystical sects are slaughtered to the last.

From an old-street fortune-telling shop to the vast lands stretching for thousands of miles, Su Qingya uses orthodox teachings to defeat evil and ancient arts to protect the people. He breaks the forbidden blood-physiognomy technique, pulls out the deadly Dragon-Nailing Spikes, searches for the true dragon-vein points, and safeguards China’s earth veins, using his inherited knowledge to stand against heretical forces spread across the land.

He has always believed in one timeless truth: appearance springs from the heart, and virtue shapes feng shui. The best feng shui in the world has always been the human heart.