Introduction to The Ley Lines Never Lie
There are hidden credit records between Heaven and Earth. Mountains, rivers, and streams form contracts and keep track of merits and misdeeds. If humans defy the laws of the ley lines and disrupt the natural order, they trigger a credit default, bringing monstrous beasts from the mountains and seas to collect, and unleashing supernatural disasters. Only a Mountain-Sea Credit Master who has inherited the tradition can mediate contracts, repair ley lines, clear “bad debts,” and protect the balance of the world.
Lin Yan is an ordinary young man who unexpectedly inherits his ancestral home and the lost tradition of the Credit Masters. When he takes over a long-standing “ley-line debt,” he is forced into a hidden world beyond the reach of ordinary people. He meets Qing Li, a proud and formidable nine-tailed fox; Zhao Jiujin, a brawny man who would do anything to protect his sworn brother; Wen Lan, a kind-hearted woman skilled in medicine; and Gou San, a man who is neither wholly good nor wholly evil, specializing in digging up dirt and extortion. Together, the five set out on a journey to “collect debts and mend the ley lines.”
From a water-vein contract default at a village well to collapsing ley lines at a construction site in the county seat; from an ecological catastrophe in the desert’s sand veins to pollution wreaking supernatural vengeance on rivers, lakes, and seas, they travel across the land, facing unscrupulous developers and malicious vandals. They also uncover the secrets of ancient contracts and the schemes of dark forces. Guided by justice, Lin Yan upholds the Credit Masters’ code of fairness. The team balances good and evil, working together in perfect harmony as they resolve ley-line crises across the land and fight the mastermind bent on overturning the order of Heaven and Earth. In the end, they restore trust to the ley lines and make “Heaven and Earth uphold their word, and the ley lines never lie,” bringing peace and balance back to the human world and the mountains and seas.
With “credit contracts” at its heart, this work blends fantasy, adventure, and urban elements, delivering thrilling wish fulfillment alongside a richly developed world. It tells a passionate story of a team growing together and standing by their principles, while exploring the theme of harmony between humanity and nature.
