The Search for the Nine Elders: the Mystery of Immortality

In the late 1990s, the corpse of a scavenger was unexpectedly found in an abandoned ancient house. The cause of death was an "accident" involving cephalosporin and wine. However, a stack of ancient Taoist books and a strange talisman were found at the scene - a "longevity talisman" that is rare even for senior Taoist priests. After police investigation, they discovered that the deceased had assumed someone else's identity, and his true identity was actually Tianxuan, a wandering Taoist priest who mysteriously disappeared from Miaohua Temple many years ago. After eleven years of silence, the customs uncovered a major cultural relic smuggling case. The longevity talisman on the inner wall of a Tang and Song Dynasty copper pharmaceutical cauldron was exactly the same as the talisman in an ancient house, and the old case was reopened. Liu Xuangu, a talented Taoist priest from Xuanzhen Temple, suddenly appeared and bluntly stated that Tianxuan was his father, and his father's death was closely related to a mysterious organization that was obsessed with immortality and had caused trouble for thousands of years - the Jiulaohui. "The longevity charm is not a magic spell. It is a tool used by the Nine Elders to refine the elixir of immortality. Master's atonement is to protect a secret treasure that can subvert the Nine Elders' dream of immortality." Criminal police captain Meng Chen and female criminal police officer teamed up with Taoist wizard Liu Xuangu to trace the manuscripts and ancient books left by Taoist Master Tianxuan step by step. The secret of Miaohua Temple, the truth about the mountain bombing accident, the millennium conspiracy of the Nine Elders, the ultimate secret of the longevity talisman, the bloody price behind immortality... When all the clues were connected, they discovered that the death of Taoist Master Tianxuan was not the end, but the ultimate plan against the Nine Elders. [Urban suspense + Taoist secrets + longevity conspiracy + old case restart + detective reasoning]