Later, Niu Gur got a job in a newspaper illustrating advertisements, and then became a reporter who travelled with the troops. Quite unexpectedly he came in contact with the mysterious "Red Spear Society" located in the remote mountains, and, after he came to Taiwan, he wrote a famous book based on this experience.
後來由畫廣告畫而進入了報社，在「大楚報」任隨軍記者，竟意外接觸到大別山區神秘的「紅槍會」，這段奇特的經驗，來台後還被他寫成名著《亡魂記》。