When Sui Feng wakes up, he finds himself lying beside a rubbish heap in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.
He’s wearing a tattered Taoist robe, with a coin sword tassel at his waist. He has no money and can’t even afford a plate of char siu rice.
A young Taoist who spent eighteen years cultivating on Mount Longhu, he had only gone down the mountain to buy medicine for his master when a woman in red scared his soul right into 1990s Hong Kong.
Here, neon lights flash, Cantonese voices chatter, and the aroma of food drifts from tea cafes. But ghosts lurk everywhere, too.
The Sham Shui Po police station is haunted night after night. Filing cabinets open by themselves, and footsteps echo through empty corridors.
Old cop Cao Dahua is so scared his legs go weak, while rookie officer Jin Maiji can barely hold a talisman.
Sui Feng silently pulls out a peachwood sword. “Don’t be afraid. I’m a professional.”
From then on, the Hong Kong police force has a new “supernatural consultant.”
Late-night diners in tea cafes, vengeful ghosts left behind by stock-market jumpers, lingering feng shui curses in shops, and sinister formations that keep ghosts in skyscrapers…
Behind every bizarre case lies the same mysterious organization: the Five Ghost Sect.
They raise ghosts with living people and lay their plans along veins of yin energy, seeking to drag the entire city into the abyss.
With a talisman in one hand and a sword in the other, Sui Feng faces a steady stream of evil spirits and dark arts, with a band of loyal police brothers who are terrified of ghosts at his back.
He says, “I came from Mount Longhu. I don’t know how to do much else, but I do know how to catch ghosts.”
But this time, he must catch more than ghosts. He must also uncover the monsters lurking among the living, and a truth buried for twenty years.
Hong Kong-style supernatural mystery × Taoist detective work × hot-blooded brotherhood
Welcome to 1990s Hong Kong, where the nights are livelier than the days.
And more dangerous, too.
This book is pretty good, and it made me feel differently about the characters in the movie again. Interesting and interesting, highly recommended The taste is still there, but some plot descriptions by the author need to be strengthened.
I prefer the Hong Kong variety genre, and this book is pretty good. To pass the time, have a little toot