Spirit Seer

My name is Lin Meng, and I’m a treasure seeker. This profession goes by different names in different regions, such as “spirit reader” and “sheep herder.” It belongs to one of the eight unofficial trades, outside the three hundred and sixty recognized professions. Strictly speaking, we’re members of the Thieves’ Sect. But “even thieves have their code,” and Third Master Lin told me over and over from childhood that our rules were simple: “First, never profit from the dead. Second, never steal from the living.” Everything we take is a natural treasure born of the world, something that belongs to no one. Eight years ago, at Wushan, Third Master Lin died before my eyes. I gave up the trade and wandered from place to place. Eight years later, in Qinglong Village, someone set me up and I was poisoned with a parasite. To save myself and unmask the mastermind, I had no choice but to come out of retirement...