The Hexi Corridor, the foothills of the Qilian Mountains, the Gobi desert, the ruins of ancient cities, and the evil spirits that have plagued the country for thousands of years. Whose descendants can pacify them?
The Chen family's ghost chisel has been passed down for eight generations. A ghost chisel can open up yin and yang, suppress evil spirits, and save the souls of the dead.
Chen Baliang, the last ghostly descendant of the Chen family, has a disabled left leg. He opened a small cultural relic restoration shop in Dunhuang. Originally he just wanted to live a peaceful life and spent the rest of his life guarding the half notebook left by his grandfather.
But who would have thought that a telegram and an uninvited guest would break the peaceful life. Grandpa's last wish, the ancient city of Blackwater, the inner demon of black iron, the secret of the star map... Involve thousands of years of past events.
From then on, he was everywhere, thousands of miles west of Hexi, the Gobi Desert, the underground of ancient cities, and the depths of Populus euphratica.
Solve the obsession of a thousand-year-old female ghost, appease the prince of the ancient Loulan Kingdom, capture the three thousand hungry ghosts in the underground city, save the soul of the noble concubine in the Tang Palace... The countless secrets of the Hexi Corridor that have not been solved for thousands of years, and the evil spirits hidden underground, all have to be settled one by one with this ghost chisel.
This is a tomb robbing adventure story about walking in the Hexi Corridor, solving weird things, and realizing a thousand-year obsession. Here, you can see desert scenery, ancient city ruins, mysterious metaphysics, folklore, and the persistence of a lame craftsman.
