My name is Liu Yuan, the last member of the Liu family of Pingzhou.
The year I went to visit my grandmother's grave, I came across a woman in red.
She was so beautiful that one look was enough to steal my soul.
I lost my soul right then and there... One soul and two spirit fragments, lured away by her.
But the instant my soul left my body, something suddenly appeared in my mind.
How to draw talismans, the words for incantations, where to set up formations, the taboos of warding off evil...
The Liu family's ghost arts, lost for a hundred years, were all in me as if carved into my bones.
When paper figures came in a sedan chair to fetch me, I drew a talisman and captured them.
When the woman in red came at night to lure me away, I set a formation and trapped her.
When a snake spirit sprang at me asking for a hug, I pulled out my gun and sent it on its way.
From then on,
ghosts see me and take the long way around.
People see me and greet me with cupped hands.
Beautiful women come asking for help, and I first check their sincerity.
My prices are fair, and I treat everyone equally.
