Folk Customs: Starting with a Turtle Spirit Offering Treasure

In a world steeped in folk customs, the people make offerings to ghosts and gods, and all things possess a spirit. Turtle spirits offer treasures, while fox spirits ask for titles; Ancestors return from the dead, and corpses save the living; Ritual masters make sacrifices, and spirit mediums chant sutras; The living build houses for the yang, while the dead are given homes in the yin; There are underworld-breaking rites, feeding of hungry ghosts, arrow-piercing rituals, and processions for the City God… This world is home to the Three Teachings and Nine Schools, countless trades and professions, and the four great lines of work. Master any trade, and you can find its true path and gain cultivation. Beyond the three hundred and sixty recognized trades, there are also: spirit-walkers and corpse porters; paper effigy makers and corpse retrievers; spirit mediums, yin-yang masters, and other occupations of the shadow world, all traveling between the realms of yin and yang. There is yet another trade: the Treasure Hoarder. With eyes that can spot any treasure, they are feared by ghosts and gods and specialize in seizing the fortune of Heaven and Earth. Lin She carried the Register of Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Treasures as he transmigrated into the body of a fisherman. Later, he was initiated into treasure hoarding and became a Treasure Hoarder. From then on, he ventured into perilous places, entered the homes of the powerful, traversed the realms of yin and yang, outwitted fools and spirits, and hoarded the greatest treasures under Heaven.