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Books by Cockroach of the Mortal World
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A Rogue Taoist Descends the Mountain 野生道士下山
There’s a run-down Taoist temple near the Laoye Temple area on the Aotai Trail. Only one Taoist lives there year-round. My Taoist name is Ye Xuanzi, but the old farmers and aunties down the mountain all call me Yezi. I usually go down to take the villagers’ pulses and treat their leg problems, and I can handle minor ailments with ease. Before my old Taoist master passed away, he told me that my fate belonged to yin, and that I should wait until I was past twenty-eight before leaving the temple.
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The Antiques Middleman 古玩二道贩子
I’m a secondhand dealer who’s spent eight years in the antiques trade. I’m thirty, with no house or car, and rent a place in an old neighborhood beyond Beijing’s Fourth Ring Road. I make ends meet by dealing in items that are half genuine and half fake. But because of a broken pottery jar, I get swept up in one thrilling tomb raid and treasure hunt after another. Just watch how I unravel this game within a game that’s been going on for a thousand years.
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The Hidden Grave: The Eerie Lodge 墓隐诡舍
I have always been fascinated by ancient tombs that have already been robbed bare. Passing through a wrecked looters’ tunnel and entering a tomb chamber stripped of everything, you often find nothing but shards of pottery, scattered yellow earth, and a silence hollowed out by both time and human hands. To many, this is where the story ends. But I have always felt there might be another door hidden here. The looters’ iron tools once ruthlessly pierced through a layer of history. They seized every
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