**Title: “Winds Rise, Waters Flow”**
**Author: Dao Men Lao Jiu (The Ninth of the Taoist Sect)**
**Synopsis:**
To fulfill the last wishes of his late master, Liu Dashao, the young successor of the Celestial Masters’ Sect, travels extensively across the northern and southern frontiers, the western regions, and the eastern seas. Using the Taoist secret arts he has learned, he exorcises ghosts, subdues demons, and suppresses evil spirits.
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**Prologue**
In the year 1968, the Dragon and Tiger Mountains—the central headquarters of Taoism—were raided by the Red Guards. During his escape, the wandering Celestial Master Zhang Enpu encountered Liu Dashao, a rural ruffian born with the supernatural ability to see spirits. Because Liu Dashao offered him a single meal, Zhang Enpu decided to personally intervene and save the village, which had already been corrupted by malevolent forces.
Together, they confronted possessed individuals, subdued village temples, battled zombies, and ventured into haunted tombs. Through life-and-death trials, they eventually earned the villagers’ recognition, allowing them to make a living as spiritual mediums. However, fate was unkind. The campaign to eradicate “ox ghosts and snake spirits” intensified, and Zhang Enpu was betrayed and denounced by the very villagers who once relied on him. Humiliated in public parades, he ultimately jumped from a building and sustained critical injuries. In his final moments, Zhang Enpu handed Liu Dashao the insignia of the Dragon and Tiger Mountains, entrusting him with the hope of preserving the last flame of Taoism.
Determined to fulfill his master’s dying wish, Liu Dashao, now disillusioned, dons a fake mustache, slings a peach-wood sword over his back, and dives headfirst into the chaotic world of urban spiritual charlatans. Amidst his schemes and deceptions, he accepts a series of bizarre, high-paying commissions, using his Taoist techniques to banish ghosts, suppress demons, and neutralize malevolent forces.
To solve these bizarre supernatural cases described by his clients, Liu Dashao’s journey takes him across the northern borders and southern frontiers, through western lands and eastern seas—even as far as the continents of Europe and America—in search of seemingly insignificant clues that are, in fact, intricately connected.
From the underworld of ghosts to the hanging coffins of the Qinling Mountains, from the mysterious lake monster of Heaven’s Pool to the corpse carriers of western Hunan, from Christian legends to deadly seven-day curses.
The enigmatic Sanxingdui Ruins, with their bronze masks that have caused archaeologists to die one after another.
The vast northeastern plains, where the legendary warlord Cao Mengde left behind seventy-two false tombs.
In a school haunted by eerie songs, weekly suicides by jumping from buildings send chills down the spine.
Thus, one after another, spine-chilling and inexplicable encounters, and ancient mysteries that defy explanation, are gradually unraveled through the memories of the protagonist.
Perhaps, as you marvel at the depth and sophistication of traditional Chinese Taoist arts, you will also sigh at the darker side of human nature, which can sometimes surpass even the cruelty of demons and spirits.
Perhaps, just as you finish reading a chapter and breathe a sigh of relief that all evil spirits have been subdued, our Liu Dashao will already be standing silently behind you, gazing quietly at the vengeful spirit clinging to your back—smiling, but saying nothing…
**(Note: This book is based on real-life events from that era, revealing the secrets of the Celestial Masters’ Sect, a Taoist school of exorcism even more sophisticated than Maoshan.**
**The author hereby warns readers that this book will introduce various methods of summoning and exorcising spirits, the basic principles of talisman drawing, incantations, techniques for banishing ghosts and removing curses, methods for reshaping fate, and geomantic arrays for altering feng shui—all of which will be presented in detail. Therefore, readers are strongly advised not to imitate these practices or use harmful feng shui techniques to harm others, for the consequences may be beyond your comprehension and could even affect future generations.**
**This is not an exaggeration or idle talk. Some things are simply beyond human understanding.**
**Please remember: If you have any questions, feel free to contact the author directly. Under no circumstances should you attempt to imitate these practices. Be warned! Be warned!**
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