There was one question the government could not find an answer to no matter what.
Be it Li Suchun and his zombie, Maoshan Sect and its talismans, or even things like the undead insects and snake-controlling, they all came down to one question at the end of the day—what brought such change?
When this modern state was established ninety years ago, reorganizing the Taoist scriptures was among the first things the government carried out in the beginning. The so-called 'men of great virtue and might' of the Taoist community were also summoned at the time, yet all turned out to be nothing but common folks. When the Taoist association was set up later, the government had also let things slide and the organization was as good as non-existent.
To most government personnel, the only thing those Taoist priests were capable of was to bamboozle money out of the government's pockets.