The Unconventional Path

Lu Lu, a young woman from Miaojiang, grew up in her village as its holy maiden. Online, she's a little streamer who loves slurping rice noodles and is always saying, "Our village secretary won't allow it."

By day, she shares the legends of her Miao village with people from every corner of the country. By night, she helps those with nowhere else to turn, using Gu magic to seek answers and show them the way. Gu is for finding the way, not for □□.

But Gu magic isn't the only trouble that comes looking for her.

Gu masters who curse people, corpse drivers who raise the dead, Taoist priests who draw talismans, Five Thunder formations, and wandering spirits she encounters by sheer chance... These strange tales, steeped in Miaojiang's ancient traditions, all form part of a mystery that grows more unsettling by the day. Every case she solves uncovers another piece of the secret, and every piece brings her closer to the truth buried beneath Miaojiang.

Some people deceive her, some trust her, some want to harm her, and others see her as their last lifeline. She struggles through the obscure corners of unorthodox arts, encountering things others dare not see and making choices others dare not make.

But the A Yi case is only the beginning.

When the first personality, whose memories were sealed away before she was reborn as Lu Lu, begins to awaken bit by bit on the night of the full moon; when names she thought were mere legends come knocking one after another, she finally understands that what lies buried beneath Miaojiang is far greater than she could ever have imagined.

As she saves others, she is also gradually finding herself again.

Theme: Through the forms of Miaojiang Gu magic and strange tales, this story explores how people choose their own paths between good and evil. Victims who have been deceived turn around and become perpetrators; no one else can judge them, and everyone must take responsibility for their choices. It also uses the shell of myth to question whether the so-called gods are real: What lies behind the ancient legends we believe to be true?