Jiangshi: Gu Nie's Tattoo Parlor

Qiusheng says Gu Nie, who moved here half a year ago, is the real deal. He loves listening to Gu Nie tell stories about Fahai and his mighty dragon-subduing powers. Gu Nie, meanwhile, calmly looks over Qiusheng's physique and says he isn't tough enough to get a Fahai tattoo. As the tattoo needle bearing the Three-Legged Golden Toad design touches down, Qiusheng feels only a tingling sensation, as though something is burrowing into his arm. Wiping the needle tip, Gu Nie says that only someone with his master Uncle Jiu's level of cultivation is qualified. Just then, a rooster crows from the direction of the funeral home. Qiusheng looks down at the lifelike golden toad on his left shoulder and suddenly remembers that tonight is his turn to keep watch.