After his father disappeared, Chen Xu inherited a junk recycling shop that was about to close down.
Others collected scraps and sold them by the pound. He collected scraps, but he received a bronze bell worth nine yuan.
That night, the bell rang throughout the old street, and everyone began to forget their names. The old ancestral account book opened automatically, and words appeared on the first page:
[The record of forbidden objects in mountains and seas is opened.
[The first forbidden item: the soul-calling bell.
[Containment failed, the whole street will lose its name tonight.
From that day on, Chen Xu learned that the old things sold as junk in the city might be bronze mirrors that steal life, red embroidered shoes that lead the dead home, stone tablets that calm underwater beasts, and wordless books that can write on their own.
Every time he recovers a forbidden object, he will gain an ability and will also get a clue left behind by his father before he disappeared.
Until one day, the old account book turned to the last page, and there was only one sentence written on it:
"Xiao Xu, if you see this, it means Shan Hai Jing has started to eat people."
