Folk Customs: Becoming a God Through the Eight Schools of the Jianghu

[Chinese-inspired soulslike, folk legends and strange tales, mysterious and eerie, cosmic secrets] As the saying goes, there are three hundred and sixty trades, and every trade has its top talent. Yet people divide them into all sorts of ranks and classes, from high to low. Those born above look down on the mundane world; those born into it toil just to get by. Chu Chen is a passing stranger in this bustling world, hurrying through it with no intention of returning. By chance, he obtains a mysterious game and becomes the inheritor of the Eight Inner Schools, a branch of unorthodox arts. On this eerie land, he begins to explore and uncover the ruins of the past. Feng shui and divination, walking among the dead and robbing tombs, corpse driving and warding off evil, insect curses and witchcraft... countless folk deities descend in secret... A yellow weasel that has gained spiritual powers wants to become a god, while a fox spirit that bewitches all living beings schemes to ascend to immortality. When these folk deities reveal themselves to a world that long ago stopped believing in ghosts, gods, or immortals, everyone is overcome with despair. Just then, Chu Chen calmly steps out of his shop. His serene, ethereal voice echoes in everyone’s hearts, dispelling their anxiety: “Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it.” The School of Astonishment: qi-reading, yin-yang eyes, heavenly divination, seeking good fortune and avoiding calamity The School of Fire: fire control, alchemy, inner cultivation, Samadhi True Fire The School of Wind: feng shui, sensing yin and yang, dragon-seeking techniques, Qimen Dunjia This book is also known as My Motley Crew and Eight Schools, I Never Wanted to Become the Lord of Folk Deities, and This Game Is Trash, I Don’t Want to Play Anymore.