Novel Synopsis
My name is Chen Jiu. I was born in Chenjia Village, nestled against the mountains of northern Henan. While other children spent their childhood playing and laughing, mine was spent among ancient tombs, feng shui, and rammed earth. My grandfather was an old yin-yang master who secretly held the art of tomb raiding. Half a copy of the Book of the Green Crow contained the secrets of locating dragon veins and choosing auspicious burial sites. I was clever and nimble from a young age. By nine, I could identify the rammed-earth walls of ancient tombs and recognize feng shui layouts. With my tricks, I scared off outsiders who dug up graves, and I climbed trees and scrambled over walls as easily as walking on level ground. I had been a mischievous child, secretly learning my grandfather’s skills in the hills and countryside, laughing and playing as the days passed. But a family heirloom, a fragment of an ancient text, drew the attention of strangers with sinister intentions. On a night when heavy snow sealed off the mountains, my peaceful childhood came to an abrupt end. The mysteries beneath the earth, the secrets of my birth, and the dangers of the tomb-raiding world all began in this little mountain village, then closed in on me one step at a time.
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