Also known as The Yin Locust's Call
Everyone knows the saying: a locust tree in front of your door invites the yin.
But nobody knows that the entire town of Qingwa is a coffin, buried alongside the Locust God.
Lin Yan is nothing more than an ordinary man.
His grandfather mysteriously disappeared in Qingwa, leaving behind only a book full of taboos, The Compendium of Folk Taboos, and half of a locust-wood talisman that can both calm a soul and summon one.
From the moment he sets foot in Qingwa, every uncanny creature in town makes him its target.
He breaks yin formations in the role of a ritual officiant and fights death-dealing spirits with the rules of folk tradition, piecing together the truth behind a century-old curse in an ancient town where danger lurks at every turn.
But when he finally stands before the Locust God, he discovers that the most terrifying thing was never the resentment within the yin locust tree. It is the human heart, hiding behind rules as it devours people.
And the cycle he fought with all his strength to break was nothing more than a script the Locust God had written long ago.
