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  1. 1 Tomb Hunting in the Wilderness 荒野寻墓 Mystery5.0M WordsOngoing [Tomb Raiding Is Illegal, So Don’t Try It Yourself] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Appraisal + Human Nature + Rules] In the 1990s, with nowhere else to turn, I joined a tomb-raiding gang and embarked on a perilous quest to find ancient tombs. We searched the towering mountains for a vanished kingdom that had stood for a thousand years. Could the sacrificial rites of the ancient Shu civilization really grant eternal life? The deceit and scheming in the antiques trade showed me how cold the world could 59.2kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves
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  2. 2 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves
  3. 3 The Thief’s Disciple 盗徒 Mystery496k WordsOngoing (A new author and a new book. The rating has just come out, but it will gradually rise.) My uncle said I wasn't cut out for this line of work, but he was the one who took me into my first tomb. My name is Li Wuming. I've been called an ill-fated loner since I was a child. When my grandfather forced me to memorize the feng shui formulas in the Book of Origins, I thought the most I'd ever become was a fortune-teller. Some roads aren't ones I choose to take. Fate forces me down them. 387Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 4 The Yin-Yang Secret Records: The Old Man Won’t Let Me Open That Coffin 阴阳秘录:老爷子不让我开那口棺 55k WordsCompleted The Secret Record of Yin and Yang: The Old Man Won’t Let Me Open That Coffin 139Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. 5 Even Thieves Have Principles: Wu Lao'er's Tomb-Raiding World 盗亦有道:吴老二的盗墓江湖 Mystery147k WordsOngoing (Tomb Raiding + Jianghu) (Fictional story, please do not imitate) (Tomb raiding is illegal. Do not try it yourself.) Times are tough, and my pockets are empty. With nowhere else to turn, I shoulder a Luoyang shovel and venture into a remote mountain tomb. Evil spirits in the tomb, unscrupulous fellow tomb raiders, patrolling militia: danger after danger closes in. Everyone says tombs conceal riches, but I know all too well that making money underground usually means gambling with your life. 18.5kReads—Score901Shelves
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  6. 6 The Young Celestial Master of Tomb Raiding 盗墓小天师 Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing (Tomb raiding + exploration + feng shui + folk taboos) Others raid tombs with Luoyang shovels and Soul-Guiding Talismans. I raid tombs with peachwood swords and yellow talisman paper. The last young celestial master of White Water Temple on Longhu Mountain somehow becomes the tomb-raiding world's most sinister “yin-yang master.” Wang Yan carries the bronze bell passed down by his master and a half-volume of the incomplete Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror. He had planned to spend the rest of his days ten 25.7kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
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  7. 7 The Thieves' Den 盗薮 Mystery4.1M WordsOngoing Thirty-Six Pounds: The Thieves' Sect Reigns Supreme (Paranormal + Tomb Raiding + Jianghu) (Don't read too much into this or try it yourself.) I'm an orphan. After Wu Laoer raised me, he brought me into the Thieves' Sect. From then on, I experienced a very different Jianghu. The King of Lingnan's tomb, the ancient city of the Dangxiang, the Kunlun ruins, and a whole series of adventures showed me the good and evil of the Jianghu. If you have time, let me tell you about them. 31kReads8.9Score2kShelves
  8. 8 The Mystery of the Tomb Raiders 盗墓疑云 Mystery163k WordsOngoing In 1983, a close friend of mine was sent to Ganquan County, Yichuan, on an archaeological expedition. On the mudflats along the Yellow River, the team dug up a bronze bell sealed shut with cowhide. When the bell was accidentally opened, a woman's bones were found inside. From that moment on, strange things began happening one after another: Archaeologists died one by one, and human bite marks appeared on the bodies... Mongolian villagers slept on their knees, and time suddenly began running back 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 9 After a Female Ghost Got Pregnant, I Became the Scapegoat 巜女鬼怀孕后,我成了替罪羊》 14k WordsCompleted After a Female Ghost Got Pregnant, I Became the Scapegoat —Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 10 Live-Streaming the Nine Dragons Coffin 巜直播九龙拉棺》 Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted [Live Stream: Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin] 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. 11 Report! I Caught One of Our Own 巜报告!我抓了个自己人》 18k WordsCompleted Report! I Caught One of Our Own 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  12. 12 The Underachiever's Self-Cultivation 巜学渣的自我修养》 19k WordsCompleted The Self-Cultivation of a Poor Student —Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. 13 A Tomb Raider's Rules for Fighting the Japanese 巜盗墓者的抗日法则》 30k WordsCompleted The Tomb Raider’s Rules for Fighting the Japanese —Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. 14 The Past's Gas Station 巜往事加油站》 17k WordsCompleted The Past Pit Stop —Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 15 The Bronze Talisman 巜铜符》 18k WordsCompleted Copper Talisman —Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 16 Rice in the Bowl, You in My Heart 巜盆里有米,心里有你》 10k WordsCompleted There’s Rice in the Bowl, and You in My Heart —Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 17 My System Is Here to Test Human Nature 我的系统是来测试人性的 12k WordsCompleted My System Is Here to Test Human Nature —Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. 18 Damn! How Did a Manly Man End Up Reborn in a Woman's Body? 我靠!堂堂七尺男儿尽重生到女人身上! Ancient Romance79k WordsCompleted Damn! A grown man, a full seven feet tall, has actually been reborn in a woman’s body! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 19 Midnight Taxi 巜午夜出租车》 8k WordsCompleted "The Midnight Taxi" —Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 20 The Top Student System's Quest to Win Her Heart 巜学霸系统追妻记》 13k WordsCompleted The Top Student System’s Quest to Win Her Heart —Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 21 Growing Grass in the Eastern Wilderness 巜我在东荒种草》 22k WordsCompleted I Grow Grass in the Eastern Wilderness —Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 22 Tomb Raiding: Starting with My Own Family's Ancestral Tomb 盗墓:先从自家祖坟开始 Mystery179k WordsCompleted Qin Bei transmigrated here and, while sorting through his grandfather’s belongings, discovered that he was actually a descendant of Qin Shi Huang. He also obtained a Tai’e Sword. His family’s ancestral instructions said that entering the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang with the Tai’e Sword would bring remarkable results. So Qin Bei went to the foot of Mount Li, dug a grave-robbing tunnel, and crawled inside. What he didn’t know was that right after he went in, the national archaeological team began a 58Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  23. 23 The World Inside the Tomb: The Cao Clan Reigns Supreme 墓中世界,曹氏为王 Mystery503k WordsCompleted [Golden Crow bloodline + multiple heroines + not a goody-two-shoes + no couples + merged worlds] Please don't read if this isn't for you. Thank you! Cao Yining unexpectedly arrives in a world of tombs. From the start, he obtains a powerful legacy in his family's secret chamber. Then one day, Cao Yining learns the origins of the Golden Crow Spirit King. He is stunned. What? I'm actually a real Cao thief? Whether it's the Gold-Touching Captain, the Mountain-Watching Grand Protector, the Ridge-Unlo 81Reads6.9Score104Shelves
  24. 24 Tomb Raiding: Marrying the Girl, Building a Thousand-Year Clan 盗墓:娶妻丫头,打造千年家族 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Yun Xiao unexpectedly transmigrates into a Republic-era world of tomb raiding and becomes the head of a clan! But seeing his family suffer under a curse and decline day by day, Yun Xiao feels immense pressure! Fortunately, he awakens a System cheat and receives his ancestors' protection and blessings. Leading his clan, Yun Xiao enters Pingshan, descends into Sanjiang, climbs Kunlun... and breaks into countless ancient tombs. 16.7kReads6.8Score1.4kShelves
  25. 25 You Wanted to Raid Tombs, So Why Are You Refining Ten Thousand Gu Poisons and Emptying Bottle Mountain? 让你盗墓,你炼万蛊搬空瓶山? Mystery725k WordsCompleted [Tomb raiding + Gu cultivation + System + invincible protagonist + fast-paced wish fulfillment] Transmigrating into The Warlord’s Tomb, Xu Long finds himself from the start in a gloomy funeral home, surrounded by coffins and thick corpse miasma! Xu Long unexpectedly awakens the [Gu God Legacy System] and obtains the ancient divine artifact, the King Pan Bowl. Others raid tombs with Luoyang shovels. He does it by cultivating Gu! All insects obey his commands. He follows the path of Gu cultivation 1.2kReads5.0Score103Shelves
  26. 26 I'm Zhao Jia. Let Me Tell You About the Ancient Tombs I've Raided 我叫赵甲,讲讲我盗过的古墓 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Jia, an obscure black-market trader in Shancheng. My master, Liu Banchi, spent his whole life hunting with eagles, only to have one peck out his eye in the end. He died at the hands of his own people. Since then, I've been afraid. Not of ghosts, but of people. I washed my hands of the trade, hoping to live in peace, but trouble came looking for me. A map with a sinister secret, a wealthy man with connections everywhere, and a deadly game I can't escape. To stay alive and uncover 25.9kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
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  27. 27 Tales of the Shocking Shan Hai Tomb 山海惊墓录 Mystery118k WordsCompleted I was born in Northeast China, at the western foot of Changbai Mountain. From there, my journey began, crossing rivers and enduring hardship. Everything started there. The strange and uncanny things I encountered in those years, I wanted to bury deep in my heart and let time wear them away. But nightmares came again and again, disturbing my sleep. Whenever I woke with a start, I often felt I could barely breathe, and the pain cut to the bone. Thinking it over, I finally decided to put pen to pap 7.8kReads7.0Score924Shelves
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  28. 28 Tomb of Mountains and Seas 2 山海惊墓录2 Rural Life138k WordsCompleted Where will we end up if we keep going down? At the Earth's core? The darkness seems to cling to our skin and seep into our bones. Aren't we underground? Then why is there an endless river of stars above us? 761Reads—Score260Shelves
  29. 29 Records of the Shocking Tombs of Shan Hai 3 山海惊墓录3 Mystery203k WordsCompleted Some hear breathing but cannot find its source; some see a shadow but cannot tell whether it is their own or some being from the sea. It feels neither anger nor joy. The moment you step inside, it remembers you, and you will never be able to leave. 484Reads—Score249Shelves
  30. 30 Tales of the Shanhai Tomb 4 山海惊墓录4 Mystery194k WordsOngoing A low, eerie chuckle drifted from deep within the desolate woods. The red cloth that had been offered in worship swayed from a branch. Ancient paper ash and dying incense lay scattered on the ground, and faded red cords hung deep in the forest. It looked up at me, its mouth splitting into a grin. 413Reads—Score229Shelves
  31. 31 Secrets of the Hidden Labyrinth 藏迷探秘 Mystery972k WordsOngoing An accident ten years ago led me down the path of tomb raiding. On my first tomb expedition, I gained the ability to live forever, but it came at a terrible cost. Is immortality truly a blessing, or a curse? To uncover the secret of immortality, I traveled far and wide, exploring countless famous mountains and ancient tombs, and experiencing more bizarre events than I could count: the sinister Daji hidden in a tree in the Stone-Born Haunted Tomb, a blue elf that had survived for a thousand years 16.9kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
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  32. 32 National Treasure 国家宝藏 Mystery930k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Smart Protagonists] There is a group of people armed with black blades and mysterious arts, born to venture into ancient tombs across the land. There is a group of people who fight without end and bleed until they are drained, dying to protect the nation's treasures. They stand before the countless people of the world, shielding them from its darkest corners. They leave the greatest glory of their people behind them, for all to behold. They share one name: Qilin. But I 38.6kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves
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  33. 33 Tales of Tomb Robbing 盗掘轶事 Mystery600k WordsCompleted To find our missing informant, we broke into the “Nine-Orifice Jade Shroud” tomb of a Liao Dynasty imperial consort. Dunzi was poisoned by corpse venom as soon as he touched the coffin. His body began to rot, and he started babbling. Hu Anna searched through ancient texts and cried out, “This isn’t burial jade. It’s soul-locking jade!” Just then, blood began seeping from every jade plug, and a seductive woman’s voice came from inside the coffin: “Three hundred years... At last, a man has come to 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Obtained the Bloodline of a True Dragon 盗墓:开局获得真龙血脉 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted People light the candles, ghosts blow them out, and the Mountain-Moving Taoist descends into the tomb. When a mysterious heir appears, one who has mastered the secret arts of all four tomb-raiding schools, the entire tomb-raiding world is turned upside down. Third Uncle: "Ninth Master is the strongest tomb raider I've ever met!" Fatty: "I've never been scared going into a tomb with my senior brother!" Naive: "Ninth Master showed me that tomb raiding can be as easy as sightseeing!" Zhang Qilin: " 45.3kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
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  35. 35 Help, I Transmigrated into the Grave Robbers' Chronicles World 救我,我穿越盗笔世界了 Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [The Iron Triangle + Slow Burn + No Heroine + Not Mindless + Original Plot Follows the Source Closely + Both Heartbreak and Sweetness + Panzi + CP] (P.S. There are livestreams, but they're entirely from another world, and the livestream itself is a huge plot hook. There are no livestreams in Volume Two.) On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, five planets align. A fantastical transmigration journey begins. Lian Qian carries something closely connected to the tomb-raiding world, searching in t 8.6kReads9.4Score520Shelves
  36. 36 A Grave Robber's True Records 盗墓贼的真实笔录 Mystery631k WordsOngoing No romance. A true account of grave robbing. Follow my perspective and see the most authentic world of tomb raiding. Want to get rich? Rob a tomb. Make ten thousand yuan overnight: that was life back in our day. One trip into a tomb could earn you tens of thousands at the very least, or hundreds of thousands, even over a million. There’s not much startup capital needed for this line of work, and it’s more thrilling than gambling. There are no traps or ghosts in these tombs. The ones you need to 32.5kReads7.6Score2.6kShelves
  37. 37 The Cage of Rules: I Use the Brush of History to Break Every Deadlock 规则囚笼:我以史笔破万局 Mystery74k WordsCompleted High-IQ mind games + infinite-loop survival + rule-based horror + historical research + smart characters + fast-paced plot + battles of human nature + no saintly protagonists + satisfying wish fulfillment + everyday warmth When a higher-dimensional civilization turns Earth into a game board, every rule is a blade aimed at your life, and every scenario is a gamble with death. Zhang Mingyong, a historical document archivist who has spent ten years poring over old records, is thrown headfirst into —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 38 The True Record of a Tomb Raider 来至一个盗墓者的纪实录 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Real tomb raiding + suspense + antiques appraisal] Starting in the 1990s, this story follows Wei Yonggang, a young man from the countryside, as he rises swiftly through the tomb-raiding world, going from accidental participant to an underground legend thanks to his “guts, attention to detail, and expertise.” He is sworn brothers with Tian Sanjiu, the last disciple of Silver Fox, and his junior fellow disciple is the sharp-eyed Feng, known as Fengzi. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. 39 Unrivaled Master: From Hauling Bricks at Construction Sites to Urban Kingpin 无双国手:从工地搬砖到都市枭雄 Urban127k WordsCompleted God of War + Divine Physician + Live-in Son-in-Law + Suspense + Emotional Entanglements A double knockout of a God of War and a divine physician! When a battle-hardened soldier living under an assumed name is arrested by his own ex-wife, a bloody trial that will sweep across the entire city begins. The day my ex-wife personally cuffed me and dragged me into the interrogation room, she said through red-rimmed eyes, “Zhang Mingyong, you deserve to rot in the mud for the rest of your life.” I lowe —Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 40 After I Started Slacking Off, All Humanity Begged the God of War to Return 我摆烂后,全人类跪求战神出山 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse115k WordsCompleted High Martial Arts + System + Subverting Expectations + The God of War Returns + Getting Stronger by Slacking Off + Hidden Powerhouse + The Ex-Wife Regrets It Too Late + Global Crisis + Sci-Fi Apocalypse He was once the Dragon Torch God of War who guarded the nation's borders. After retiring, all he wanted was to fix cars and take it easy. His ex-wife thought he was a good-for-nothing and divorced him. Then the beast tide breached the city, and during a global livestream, he shattered countless s —Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. 41 I Told You to Raid Tombs, Not Start a Livestream on the Spot! 让你盗墓,你竟然现场开直播! Mystery88k WordsOngoing In life, we walk many roads. Some are sweet, like the days of youth; others are bitter, like old age and illness. Liu Chuanfeng is walking a road of no return. Yao the Foreman went in, and Wang the Foreman went in too. In the end, even the most cautious, Xiang the Foreman, went in. Liu Chuanfeng seems to be on that road as well. Take care of every step while you can! In 2023, a live broadcast of a tomb-raiding expedition was caught in the act by the cops. Following the clues, they uncovered a ne 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 42 Don't Compare Tomb Raiders! The Guanshan Taibao Have No Taboos! 别拿摸金比!观山太保百无禁忌! Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted My name is Jiang Jiuhe. My ancestors were the Guanshan Taibao, who built and guarded imperial tombs to keep tomb raiders away. But by the time the duty passed down to me, I'd spent twenty-five years on guard and still couldn't get a decent meal. I looked at our ancestral copy of The Guanshan Guide to Mysteries and spat. To hell with the ancestral rules! In this world, starving to death is no better than gambling everything, even your life. But I never imagined that by tearing it up, I would be r 662Reads—Score106Shelves
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  43. 43 A Thousand Years of Sign-In in the Underworld, Then Reincarnating Makes the Empress Cry 地府签到千年,投胎气哭女帝 Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted After Li Heng died, his soul entered the underworld. He thought he would be reincarnated, but instead he unlocked a sign-in System in the Hall of the King of Hell. And so he became a lowly underworld officer who swept floors, wandering through every corner of the underworld. “Ding! You signed in at the Hall of the King of Hell and received the King of Hell's Sword!” “Ding! You signed in on the Eighteenth Level of Hell and received the Primordial Demon God Spear!” “Ding! You signed in at the Hall 14.6kReads8.6Score67.4kShelves
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  44. 44 From the Start, I'm an Emperor: Building an Ancient Divine Sect 开局大帝境,打造太古神宗 Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted After Wang Yi became sect leader, he activated a System and was rewarded with the cultivation of a Great Emperor. He vowed to build the greatest divine sect of the ancient era. Looking at the many prodigies hoping to join his sect... “What? You have a Supreme Bone and want to become a Holy Son? Sorry, in our sect, people with Supreme Bones are only good enough to guard the gate!” “You have the bloodline of a Heavenly Phoenix? Not bad! The kitchen needs a chef who can produce phoenix fire, so the 19.7kReads8.4Score982Shelves
  45. 45 The Dragon Bone's Secret Hoard 龙骨诡藏 Mystery217k WordsOngoing Others raid tombs to find gold and treasure, but I get entangled with a vengeful spirit instead. My grandfather, Chen Xuanli, vanished in the Ailao Mountains. I entered the mountains with a dragon-bone divination disk, only to accidentally awaken a century-old female spirit. From then on, danger closed in at every turn: perilous underground palaces, ruins left by ghost soldiers, and secret Japanese military caches. The Fatty smashes through evil with his shovel, the Yin sisters set up formatio 59Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 46 Roving the Underworld with the Appraisal System 带着鉴宝系统闯江湖 Urban242k WordsOngoing [Antique Appraisal + Martial World + Suspense] Gao Chen, a vocational college student, enters the world of antiques and martial arts with the help of an antique-appraisal System, where he witnesses the ups and downs of human life. Gang wars, martial-world feuds, and contests between martial artists: Gao Chen watches every detail of this world like a recording device. Schemes, traps, and plots within plots: one snare after another proves to Gao Chen that the martial world is far more complicated 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 47 Meng Chang, the Jade-Faced Hero: Tian Sanjiu's Road Through the Martial World 玉面孟尝:田三久的江湖路 Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [An audiobook-style narration is now available] In the late 1980s, in the forests of Northeast China, 16-year-old Tian Tian, later renamed Tian Sanjiu, is forced into the dangerous business of tomb robbing to save his gravely ill mother. A boy struggling at the bottom of society, he unexpectedly reveals a remarkable talent for cracking tomb traps and a ruthless decisiveness in the face of danger. But on his very first job, his master betrays him, and he narrowly escapes death. In the ancient tom 35.7kReads7.8Score6.4kShelves
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  48. 48 Tomb Raiding Tales from Western Henan 豫西倒斗往事 Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [Tomb Raiding] [Appraisal] [Period Piece] [Supernatural Mystery] [Feng Shui Secrets] My name is Jin Hai. My grandfather was one of the most skilled tomb raiders of the Republic of China era. While he was alive, he repeatedly warned me never to get involved in tomb raiding. But after he died, I had no choice and ended up taking that path anyway. In the early 1990s, I went against his dying wish and followed in his footsteps, bringing along my childhood friend Wang Ping. Our Luoyang spade plunged 6.5kReads8.6Score421Shelves
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  49. 49 The World Beneath the Soil: A True Record of Tomb Raiding 土里乾坤之盗墓记实录 Mystery356k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Laosan. In 1985, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind only a notebook on feng shui. I was a timid country boy from rural Hebei, forced into the world of tomb raiding. Over fifteen years, I used feng shui to track dragon veins and the Six Lines to divine fortune and misfortune, sharing life-and-death adventures with three brothers. We explored an underwater tomb in the Yellow River, a tomb guarded by wolves in the Qinling Mountains, hanging coffins in —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 50 Folk Feng Shui: I Made My Name by Moving a Grave 民间堪舆:从迁坟开始扬名 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted On a midnight road, a ghost encounters a coffin being carried. A blood-seeping black coffin holds calamity at bay. Chen Mo, a boy from a remote mountain village, only wanted to live in peace with half a box of tattered books and a cracked compass left behind by his grandfather. Then the old village chief died mysteriously, and the supposed auspicious burial site turned out to be a place steeped in a century of resentment. The instant the coffin was opened, bloody words appeared alongside claw ma 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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