Records of a Taoist Master Catching Ghosts.

Summary

The passage describes a young man returning home for summer vacation, visiting Old Mi Xin and exploring his family's ancestral graves on Jilin Slope. After traveling with his friend Xiang and spending time learning mystical talismans, he seeks information about his father's mysterious profession. Old Mi Xin reluctantly brings him to a hidden bamboo grove containing over 20 family graves, where the protagonist begins paying respects to his ancestors, starting with a tombstone of Chen Ling, who lived a short life from 1925 to 1950. The narrative hints at underlying family secrets and a potential supernatural background.

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