Modern Ghost-Hunting Stories, Female Leads Who Read Feng Shui and Hunt Ghosts, No Romance 现代捉鬼文，女主可看风水也可捉鬼，无cp

1. 1 假 The Fake Heiress Tells Me to Be Generous, So I Throw a Ghost at Her 假千金劝大度，我反手朝她丢只鬼 Nai Naiyi奈奈一Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead] [Unhinged] [爽文] [No CP] [The animated series is out! If you're interested, go check it out!] After transmigrating, Shi Qing thinks she's landed in a story about a real and fake heiress, and that she's the real heiress everyone despises. But as soon as she steps outside, she locks eyes with a ghost... Does this world really go that hard? ☸ Transported to a world overrun by ghosts, Shi Qing gets her hands on a space-time shop. With all the treasures she trades for there, s 11kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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   No romance, ghost-hunting metaphysics, not live-streaming type, completed. These are my top-tier novels, all rated 9 points or higher, super exciting and thrilling! This type of novel is really hard to find. I've read so many but couldn't finish them all. Only these three I read from beginning to end and found them extremely good—my favorites! The fourth one isn't finished yet, but it's also incredibly good and highly recommended!

2. 2 豪 The Beloved of a Wealthy Family, the Metaphysics Master Rises to Power in High Society 豪门团宠，玄学大佬在上流圈杀疯 A Sour Little Mandarin一颗酸桔子Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted The rating just came out. It'll slowly go up! [Occult powers + feel-good wish fulfillment + strong heroine + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + pampered by everyone + no romance] [Main plotline + episodic stories] There's a new piece of gossip among Xincheng's elite: the Shen family's long-lost youngest daughter has been found. As soon as she returned, she severed her eldest brother's romantic ties, tormented her younger brother until he was skin and bones, and even dared to hit her own grandmoth 10.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
3. 3 我 I Am a Feng Shui Diviner 我是风水女相师 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious supernatural comedy + feel-good power fantasy + no romance + adored by all] My name is Zhao Xin. I was born in 2000, the Year of the Dragon. I've dealt with ghosts since I was little, and strange things are always around me. People think I'm a weirdo. They say I'm a crackpot, call me a fraud, and insist that sooner or later the ghosts will drag me away. But I refuse to believe in bad omens. To stay alive, I wandered from place to place with my family, visited sects and sought out m 5.8kReads8.9Score737Shelves
4. 4 我 Me, a Cultivation Big Shot: How Much Stronger Can I Get? 我，修仙大佬强亿点怎么了 Cabbage白菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted "Soul Ferryman + No Romance + Story Arc Adventures + Spiritual Qi Revival + Cultivation + Invincible" Yun Miao, a cultivation powerhouse who has lived for thousands of years, sets out to uncover her origins. She volunteers to become a ferryman, guiding vengeful ghosts to the afterlife. The ghosts are full of resentment, hatred, and longing. She works diligently, her heart as firm as stone, yet can never uncover the mystery of her origins. Until one day... The Taoist priests of the Xuanmen 27.4kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves
5. 5 纸 The Paper Effigy Shop Owner Is a Powerful Occultist 纸扎店老板娘她是玄门大佬 A Xia, Beautiful and Talented阿夏貌美且有才Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The second installment, Gods Cannot Save Themselves 2, is now available! Strong female lead, no CP (a monk with unrequited feelings approaches the heroine with an ulterior motive) + wish fulfillment + plot-driven. The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint, so if you like that type of heroine, please look elsewhere. The heroine, Chen Zhaoyuan, owns a paper offerings shop. She's a “person” who has lived for a very, very long time. Some of her memories are missing. She's no good at music, chess, c 31.5kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves

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   The female protagonist is a powerful figure in the Xuanmen sect. Chen Zhaoyuan, as the first-generation disciple of the Xuanmen, single-handedly wiped out the other three sects. She could even fight an ancient demon to a draw. She traversed the underworld, killed ghost messengers, and fought against Yama, the King of Hell. Fast forward to the new century, and Chen Zhaoyuan settled down in a remote corner, opening a paper offering shop.

6. 6 坟 I Set a Stool by the Grave and Overheard the Wrong Gossip, Then Slapped Him Across the Face 坟前摆凳吃错瓜，反手给他一嘴巴 Luo Xiaoyao骆小妖Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [No Romance + Metaphysics + Supernatural + Satisfying Revenge + Lighthearted + Playing the Fool to Catch the Enemy Off Guard] Jiang Nanshu, the only child at Changqing Temple, went down the mountain to earn a living after the college entrance exams. Penniless, she discovered that a funeral home was hiring night watchmen for 800 yuan a night. The only requirement was an exceptionally strong birth chart. Jiang Nanshu eagerly raised her hand. “Me, me, me!” Even if a corpse rose in the middle of 22.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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   This is really good; the female lead is strong and there's no romantic pairing. The story is also quite interesting.

7. 7 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Real Heiress with Mystical Powers Shakes Up the Internet 直播算命：玄学真千金炸翻全网 Boom Boom Pig爆爆猪Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Female lead with no romance + episodic stories + face-reading and ghost-catching + folk legends and supernatural mysteries] To accumulate good karma, Jiang Yu comes down from the mountains and starts livestreaming fortune-telling. She runs into a red-clad vengeful ghost from the start? Jiang Yu: “See that peach tree in your yard that was just struck by lightning? It’s fresh lightning-struck wood. Go chop off a branch and stab that bastard to death!” Viewer One: “Streamer, I think a ghost beat m 77.9kReads9.3Score11.9kShelves

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   This book is great! The female lead has strong morals and is very capable. The episodes are exciting, featuring ghosts blocking cars, man-eating locust trees, weasels demanding lives, Southeast Asian black magic, Ouija boards, ghost marriages, borrowing lifespans, and trips to the underworld. It also includes a lot of esoteric knowledge, some thrilling, some heartwarming and funny.

8. 8 玄 The Metaphysics Master Shakes the World After Coming Down from the Mountain 玄学大佬下山后轰动全世界 Gathering the Galaxy一揽星河Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + satisfying read + sweet romance] Everyone in the industry says the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. One sentence from her can break up a marriage, shatter a family, drive someone into bankruptcy, or land them in jail, so people steer clear of her. What’s more, she has opened a Taoist temple and does fortune-telling, face-reading, feng shui, sells talismans, and catches ghosts. She’s done every sort of scam imaginable! Later, word gets around that the elde 82.7kReads9.5Score12.9kShelves

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   My favorite metaphysical article!

9. 9 我 I Pledged Myself to a Slacker, and the Metaphysics Master’s Secret Identity Was Exposed 我与咸鱼画押，玄学大佬马甲被扒 Oolong Milk Cap Tea奶盖乌龙茶Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [No romance + mysticism + a cast of lovable goofballs + spiritual qi revival + a little wish fulfillment + secret identities + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite] Gu Juanyan transmigrates into a novel about secret identities as a fake heiress side character with her brain in her backside. All she does is court death and give the heroine chances to face-slap her. After learning her situation, Gu Juanyan decides to keep out of trouble and live like a lazy fish. She had hoped to coast t 14.8kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves

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10. 10 玄 The Metaphysics Master Eats Her Own Gossip Every Day 玄学大佬每天都在吃自己的瓜 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleModern Romance435k WordsCompleted (Metaphysical, no romance, feel-good story, no logic, with showbiz elements, though the heroine won’t enter showbiz) Shen Yu, a great survivalist, was forced into seclusion when a cataclysm struck and the Heavenly Dao perished. By the time she ventures out again, the world has changed. Phones? Surveillance cameras? Airplanes? Cannons? Good heavens, this world is even more dangerous than the cultivation world! No need to panic. She’ll quietly cultivate and keep a low profile until she’s invincibl 6.7kReads9.3Score692Shelves

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    [Metaphysics + Feng Shui + Ghost Hunting] This is a super enjoyable read, no romantic pairing, and the plot is fantastic. Shen Yugou, after living through countless ages, emerges from seclusion and changes the world, finding himself in modern times. He's swept the streets, worked as a cafeteria lady, and countless juniors think he must have been cultivating immortality!

11. 11 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Is Back at Her Street Stall 玄学大佬她又去摆地摊了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original titles: The Fortune-Telling Street Vendor Is Actually a Mystical Arts Ancestor?! and The Mystical Arts Big Shot Is Back at Her Street Stall [Fortune-telling + ghost-catching + feng shui + powerful protagonist + no romance, thriving solo + gossip + episodic stories] The junior sister of the Zhengyang Sect, sealed away for a thousand years, wakes up reborn in the body of a girl whose parents don't care for her. The girl wants to go to school, so she'll have to earn her own tuition. So We 43kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves

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    Fortune telling + ghost hunting + powerful figures + satisfying read 😎 No romance, just pure enjoyment! A fun and engaging story with a lively and lighthearted plot!

12. 12 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Sponsored Grandpa's Underworld Startup 直播算命：开局赞助爷爷地府创业 Osmanthus of August, Gui'an八月桂安Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On 44.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves

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    It's a live-streaming type of story where the female lead has superstitious abilities; there's no romantic pairing.

13. 13 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Livestreams Ghost Hunting 玄学大佬在线直播抓鬼 The Rabbit Loves Buns兔子很爱吃包子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No romance!!!! The heroine shines on her own. Tan Qi, a master of metaphysics, transmigrated into a book. She became a minor celebrity in a domineering CEO paranormal novel, universally hated online, cursed and abused, with photos edited to look like her memorial portrait. In the end, she could only take her own life... Looking at her bank balance, she had no choice but to keep filming livestream variety shows. She was playing with a spirit-writing pencil in an abandoned house when she fou 3.2kReads9.1Score401Shelves

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    It's really good, no romance, female characters are strong.

14. 14 重 Reborn as a Pitiful Little One, the Metaphysics Big Shot Goes on a Rampage 重生成小可怜，玄学大佬杀疯了 Missing-Tooth Tiger缺牙虎Modern Romance365k WordsOngoing [Reborn + Occult Expert + Medical Skills + Pocket Dimension + No Romance + Thrilling Power Fantasy + Government Support] Song Li, leader of the Strange Medicine Sect on the Fenglei Continent, is killed by a villain while undergoing tribulation and is reborn as a pitiful girl who has just lost her grandmother. She thought this was an ordinary world, but it turns out to be anything but. All sorts of monsters and ghosts emerge, and Song Li uses her skills to catch ghosts and hunt demons, occasional 3Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 觉 I Awakened the Yin-Yang Eyes and Became a Viral Ghost-Hunting Livestreamer 觉醒阴阳眼后，靠直播见鬼火遍全 Sima Bingtang司马冰糖Modern Romance396k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Growth Arc + Supernatural Powers + Livestreaming + Entertainment Industry] After losing her job, Ye Man became a streamer specializing in the occult. This building is haunted? Blow it up! An evil spirit is harassing your best friend? Chop it down! Your handsome coworker was captured by a monster? Fly off on the wind and save him! Boss: You’re pretty gutsy. I’ve got a job for you: go film a paranormal investigation variety show! A desolate mountain piled with bones, an ancient town 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this one: no romantic pairing, female protagonist awakens a new superpower, a growth story.

16. 16 天 Destiny's Chosen: The Master Is Here 天命所归：观主在上 Xiao Xiao Mingqiu小小明秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient High God × Overwhelming Power × Subverting Expectations × Complete] She is Xihe, an ancient high god. Suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, she must enter the cycle of reincarnation once every few thousand years, cultivate virtue, accumulate merit, and reclaim her divine status. This time, things go terribly for her from the start: an orphan, a car accident, and an old Daoist who takes her in at a rundown temple. Everyone thinks she’s a poor little thing. Then she accidentally falls into a ca 2kReads8.5Score204Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, modern ghost hunting

17. 17 民 Folk Feng Shui Secrets 民间风水秘术 Unbelievably Proper正经的不得了Mystery248k WordsCompleted This story focuses on practical feng shui and fortune-telling. If you're looking for made-up drama, this isn't for you! Feel free to skip the first four chapters and start reading from Chapter Five. The adaptation will also start from Chapter Five, which should make it much easier to adapt. Thank you for understanding! (Traditional, no System, no wild flights of fancy, funny, not saintly! A technical, skill-focused story!) I was born in a poor mountain village. From a young age, I traveled aroun 27.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves

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    After reading the first book, you'll be able to go out and set up a fortune-telling stall and become a professional fortune teller. It has pictures and explanations! The second book is by the same author and just released; it's a great buy!

18. 18 让 I Asked You to Read the Feng Shui, Not Dig Up Their Ancestral Grave! 让你看风水，你刨人家祖坟？ Unbelievably Proper正经的不得了Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as "The Folk Feng Shui Secrets". [Supernatural + Feng Shui Master + Unmatched Skills + No System + No Saintly Hero] An old man dies full of resentment and is buried in a dangerously inauspicious ancestral grave. Disasters strike one after another on the day of the burial. Wang Nan, a yin-yang master, spots the problem and immediately tells the descendants to dig up the ancestral grave and choose a new feng shui site for a deep burial, only to discover that this was all part of a plot 317Reads8.9Score100Shelves
19. 19 渡 After Failing My Tribulation, I Became a Top-Tier Star, Won Fans, and Ascended to Immortality 渡劫失败后，我当顶流圈粉成仙 Dudu, Go to Bed Early嘟嘟早点睡Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted [No romance + mysticism + entertainment industry + ghost hunting] After failing her tribulation, Ancestress Gongsun transmigrates into a notorious actress on Blue Star. She plans to leave the industry, but unexpectedly discovers that gaining fans can boost her cultivation. From then on, she becomes a woman of many hats: popular actress and ghost-hunting master. A-list movie stars offer her their room keys, top-tier stars knock on her door in the middle of the night, and all sorts of people try t 143Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairing. The female lead is a female celebrity who focuses on her career while also catching ghosts in the entertainment industry.

20. 20 让 I Told You to Study Law, Not Become a Wizard 让你学法学，没让你当法师 Who Is She?她是谁Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-hunting + livestreaming + no romance + lighthearted + comedy] After ascending, the grandmaster of the mystic sect was reborn as a baby in another world. To ascend again, she had to accumulate merit. Zhou Yi: “I'm the grandmaster of the mystic sect. This little job is a piece of cake!” Some traffickers had the nerve to try to kidnap her. She smacked them upside the head, then sent their whole gang to enjoy a vacation at the police station! A female ghost lin 340Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    This book fits the bill perfectly. It has no romantic pairing but a system, fortune telling, ghost hunting, and feng shui consultations are all included, the writing style is light and humorous, and it also touches on many current social issues, making it incredibly witty.

21. 21 天 The Greatest Cultivator Under Heaven 天下第一修士 The Monkey Who Doesn't Like Bean Sprouts不爱吃豆芽菜的猴子Modern Romance269k WordsOngoing Yun Xi ascended! Yun Xi failed... Then a heavenly tribulation struck her into an underground cavern, where she was trapped for thousands of years! She dug out a “three-bedroom, one-living-room” home, and could tell day from night only by peering through a tiny hole. To keep from going mad, she split into different personalities and acted out conversations with herself, until she calculated the right moment to burst out of the ground! But the one who crawls out, covered in dirt, is a three-and-a- 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, modern cultivation novel

22. 22 猫 Kitten-Eared Dumpling: My Sister Hunts Ghosts 猫耳小团子：我的姐姐会捉鬼 Wo Wo Jia Jia喔喔佳佳Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted Qi Yue, a prodigy of the mystic arts, transmigrates into the body of a young Taoist nun. The moment she wakes up, she sees a tiny cat-eared creature crying, “Sis, I’m hungry...” Her master has just passed away, leaving behind a dilapidated little Taoist temple and a three-and-a-half-year-old demon brother who hasn’t fully mastered shapeshifting. The family has only enough money left for one breakfast. (The siblings, who can eat dozens of steamed buns in a single meal, stare at each other.) Looki 259Reads9.0Score100Shelves

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    It's good, no romantic pairing.

23. 23 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Female Ghost Is Anxious About Her Looks 直播算命：女鬼她容貌焦虑了 Hua Qingqing华卿卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Live Fortune-Telling: Your Dad’s Been Running Around Naked Down There for Three Years [No romance, livestreaming, fortune-telling, episodic stories] Lin Qingwan transmigrates into a book while attending a metaphysics lecture and reading a tearjerker. She becomes the poor, lovesick heroine who loses a kidney, a leg, and her sight, goes bald, yet stubbornly survives to get a happy ending with the male lead. After waking up to find her home completely bare, Lin Qingwan returns to her 5.2kReads9.2Score743Shelves

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    This is mainly a live stream of ghost hunting. Most of the stories are hilarious. Lin Qingwan is adorable with her strong moral compass and love of eating. The kittens and babies in it are also incredibly funny.

24. 24 我 I'm a Frail, True Heiress, So What's Wrong With Knowing a Little Mysticism? 我病弱真千金，会亿点玄学怎么了 Luo Shengsheng洛笙笙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying revenge + absurd comedy + no romance] Chi Le had lived for sixteen years before finding out his younger sister had been switched at birth! His parents said, “Your sister is frail and sickly, and can't take care of herself. You have to look after her.” One sleepless night, Chi Le went outside for a walk and saw his frail, sickly sister jump straight down from the third floor without a scratch. Chi Le: ? Then his supposedly helpless sister punched a thou 198.6kReads9.5Score35.2kShelves

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    I really love reading this one.

25. 25 疯 A Vengeful Ghost Dies of Anger in the Asylum: How Much Water Is in This Fool's Head? 疯人院中气死鬼，敢问冤种脑中水 Eighty Degrees八十度Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Real and Fake Heiresses, Face-Slapping and Ghost-Hunting, Fortune-Telling Livestreams, Appraising Treasures and Making a Fortune! Male Lead... Barely There] There’s a miserable little wretch in the asylum! Her own mother wanted her to serve as a living blood bank for her adopted daughter; her brother wanted to take her kidney for his adopted sister. Her fiancé, who claimed to be a devout Buddhist, sent her to the asylum for the sake of the fake heiress; her father left her there to be abuse 108Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    A metaphysical master played the role of a pitiful, unloved heiress whose luck was stolen from her from a young age, and who was even killed by a fake heiress and her family. She liked to preach the law in the human world, sending those who deserved to jail to jail, those who deserved to go bankrupt to go bankrupt, and arresting ghosts as well. She dealt with evil spirits, while the wicked were handed over to the law.

26. 26 直 My Fortune-Telling Livestream Is So Accurate, the State Wants Me to Come Forward 直播算命太准，国家请我出山 Nine Congee九粥Modern Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Feng Shui + Ghost Hunting + Satisfying Read] After being ambushed, the metaphysics expert Jiang Yi is reborn and unexpectedly bound to a merit system. System: “If you want to stay alive, you must ward off calamities and drive out ghosts to earn merit points. Otherwise, you'll drop dead immediately.” Jiang Yi: “???” Isn't “drop dead” a little too harsh? To keep herself alive, Jiang Yi decides to become a metaphysics streamer and earn merit by tellin 27.9kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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    🌿🌿There's more on the bookshelf... Modern metaphysical novels... No male lead... 🌿🌿The first one has a female protagonist who transmigrates into a pitiful child who's unloved by her parents, wandering the streets, her stomach growling with hunger... She calculates that she needs to find a place to sleep before it rains, when suddenly she sees a ghost👻, clinging to a man, sticking out its long tongue—it's absolutely cringe-worthy... The female lead is strong, has strong morals, and a cute personality. The plot is great, exciting, and I haven't had enough yet, and it's already finished! [Facepalm][facepalm][facepalm]

27. 27 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Bouncing Around in the Gossip Fields Every Day! 直播算命：天天在瓜田里蹦跶！ A Cowering Introvert蜷缩的社恐Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted [No romance + episodic stories + the supernatural + livestreaming + transmigrate into a book + fortune-telling, face-reading, and ghost-catching] The moment Meng Sheng opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book and taken the place of a cannon-fodder character with the same name. But what greeted her was a suitcase drifting down the river, wrapped in layer upon layer of shackles, with a ghost floating above it... Meng Sheng: “Same old rhythm, same old feeling! Even the ghosts look quite a 10.6kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
28. 28 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Senior Disciple Sends You Off to Reincarnate from the Start 直播算命：大师姐开局送你投胎 Wild Garlic Sprout野蒜苗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + fortune-telling livestreams + invincible powerhouse heroine + government support + heroine stands alone and grows stronger + packed with plot] In the Dharma-ending Age, the mystic sects have withdrawn from the world. After a thousand years of silence, it's time for the incense to burn bright once more. Yan Qing descends the mountain to spread the Daoist faith, and make a little money on the side! But on her first day running a stall, someone smashes it up. Yan Qing coolly tells the 5.6kReads9.3Score731Shelves
29. 29 我 I Tell Fortunes, You Go to Jail, and the Police Station’s Performance Is 666 我算命，你进狱，警局业绩666 Rain in the Empty Mountains空山雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + fortune-telling + metaphysics + ghost hunting + no romance + satisfying read + goofy humor + everyone’s favorite] Shi Yi spent fifteen hundred years making her way in the underworld. At last, just as Emperor Fengdu’s term was about to end, he waved his hand and sent her back to the human world. Before she left, seeing as she was returning to the human world for the first time, Emperor Fengdu took pity on her and sent her off with two bills of underworld currency. Shi Yi: ... Ret 15.5kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
30. 30 玄 Mystical Livestream: One Wave of My Hand and I Set Every Circle Straight! 玄学直播，小手一挥整顿各圈！ Mu Niannian暮念念Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted (No romance, supernatural mysteries, livestreaming, fortune-telling, ghost-hunting, wealthy families, the entertainment industry, real and fake heiresses) Her master passed away, leaving Mu Nianchu with the task of safeguarding the nation’s prosperity. With no other choice, she started livestreaming, earning money and fighting evil in a dual-mode stream! “Master, is there something wrong with the baby in my belly?” Mu Nianchu: “Nothing serious, except he isn’t related to you by blood. The baby y 263Reads8.3Score—Shelves
31. 31 玄 As a Mystical Master, There's Nothing Wrong with Serving My Country, Right? 玄学大佬，为国做贡献没毛病吧？ Hua Chaoling花朝泠Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted [No romance + episodic stories + fortune-telling + punishing evil and promoting good + satisfying read + gets more popular as you read] The Demon Emperor Xi You died of overwork because her job was way too demanding, then transmigrated into the entertainment industry's most hated scandal queen. Her biological parents dote exclusively on their fake daughter and want nothing to do with her. Her adoptive parents think she's bad luck and sell her scandalous stories everywhere to earn a bride price f 345Reads9.1Score100Shelves
32. 32 传 They Say Even the Ghosts Who See Her Die Young 传闻，见到她的鬼都成了短命鬼 Painted a Dream画了梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Livestreaming + Ghost Hunting + Fortune-Telling + No Male Lead] When the metaphysics expert Su Ning opened her eyes, she discovered that she had been reborn. And right beside her was a female ghost glaring at her with ill intent. “What are you looking at?” “I had my eye on this body first!” The female ghost glared furiously, two bloody tears rolling down her cheeks. Su Ning flipped her hand gracefully. “But I got here first. Why don’t you try taking it back?” 138Reads7.5Score—Shelves
33. 33 考 After Passing the Civil Service Exam: Why Is My Boss Asking Me to Catch Ghosts? 考公上岸后：领导喊我去捉鬼？ Chu Yan's Level-Up初砚的升级Modern Romance467k WordsOngoing [Supernatural + no male lead + straight to the heroine, no beating around the bush + uplifting] #No-golden-finger occult fantasy# Episodic storytelling The heroine lives by the rule: if you can settle it with your fists, don't waste words. Occult expert Xie Bingqing is ready for a career change. Ghost-hunting has no future; taking the civil service exam is the way to go. Her dream is to coast through life in a government job. She eventually passes the exam and joins a municipal government agency 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't miss this one! No romance, no ambiguity, no misogyny, the female lead is strong and not repressed (not relying on any special abilities), intelligent, and physically capable. The female lead, a top-tier metaphysical expert, switches careers to take the civil service exam, and after passing, receives a task from her superior: "Burn some paper money for your neighbor!" 😍

34. 34 真 The Real Heiress Is a Mystical Master, and She’s Impossible to Kill! 真千金是玄门大佬，超难杀！ Sangyu Poetry and Wine桑榆诗酒Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Metaphysics Expert + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Strong Female Lead + Ghost Hunting + Powerful Families + The Ex Who Begs for Forgiveness] Jiang Wanyi, a prodigy of the mystic arts, accidentally transmigrated into a small world during a secret-realm trial and became the biological daughter abandoned by a wealthy family. Branded a “cursed loner” by a fortune-teller, she was sent to a Taoist temple and left there for twenty years! On her first day back with her birth family, the driver kicked the 16.6kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    Sister, this is gorgeous! [Cool][smiley face]

35. 35 穿 I Transmigrated and Became a Mom, Mastering Both Mystical Arts and Paper Effigies 穿越喜当妈，玄学扎纸两手抓 Flowers Bloom in the Demon Realm花开魔间Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural arts + alternate setting + romance] Nie Qing woke up one morning to find herself in the body of a scrawny, sallow-faced woman who was apparently someone’s “mom.” How come everyone else who transmigrates gets doted on by their whole family or becomes a tycoon, while she’s broke and living in a dump? When she rode down the road in a green, rickety horse-drawn cart, she left everyone gaping. When she set up a stall to do business, people actually mistook her for offering special serv 2.4kReads9.1Score310Shelves
36. 36 玄 A Mystic Sect Master Transmigrates into a Book as the Real Heiress, and the Whole Family Faces Retribution 玄门大佬穿书真千金，全员火葬场 Nineteenth Hall十九殿Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + wish-fulfillment + no romance + livestreaming + secret identity + fortune-telling + a touch of ensemble cast + everyone gets their comeuppance, no forgiveness] Xi Jiudu, sect leader of the Mystic School, failed her tribulation and transmigrated into a book as the biological daughter who was doomed to be cannon fodder in a pampered-daughter story. The heroine, meanwhile, was the adopted daughter, Xi Cha. Father Xi: “Xi Jiu, listen carefully. Whatever you do, Cha Cha will always be 2.1kReads8.1Score261Shelves

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    No romantic pairing. The female lead is the true daughter of a powerful figure in the Xuanmen sect, skilled in feng shui and ghost hunting, and possesses incredibly strong and upright morals.

37. 37 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Is It Normal to Let You See Ghosts from the Start? 直播算命：开局让你见鬼很正常吧 Yuan Lege Yuan元了个圆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fortune-telling livestream + No CP + Strong heroine + Judgment] Jiang Tang, a mighty expert from the mystic arts sect, transmigrates to the modern world and becomes an online sensation through her fortune-telling livestreams! She doesn’t tell fortunes. She reveals truths that send chills down your spine. “Master, is the person sitting across from me on the subway a corpse?” Jiang Tang: “They escaped from a funeral home. Their makeup is pretty good.” A drug lord calls in asking for help findin 17.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    🍒🍒🍒Modern ghost-hunting novels are here! No romance! 🍒🍒①The female lead is a metaphysical master who livestreams fortune-telling and ghost-hunting. No romance. 🍒🍒②The female lead is reborn into the body of a short-lived female college student. To prolong her life, she livestreams fortune-telling to earn merit and punish evil. No romance. 🍒🍒③A metaphysical master transmigrates into the body of a minor, universally disliked character. She livestreams variety shows, starts by playing with a Ouija board, and has a somewhat silly and goofy personality. No romance. Follow me to avoid running out of books to read! [Please follow][Please follow]

38. 38 让 I Was Asked to Tell Fortunes, So Why Am I Solving Crimes and Saving the World Too? 让你算命，你破案救世五项全能？ Scorching Sun赤日炎炎Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + fortune-telling + solving cases + ghost-hunting + no romance + supernatural revival] Ye Chu, a crazed powerhouse from the world of metaphysics, was reborn into the body of a university student in another world who had the same name. Unfortunately, the girl was destined to die young, so Ye Chu fell back on her old trade: livestreaming fortune-telling, punishing the wicked, and driving away misfortune for good people to earn merit and prolong her life. “Master, my daughter has bee 1.8kReads9.1Score197Shelves
39. 39 掌 The Sect Leader Senior Sister Is a Ghost Hunter 掌门师姐是个捉鬼师 A-Dai by the River江上阿呆Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted [Modern Romance + Strong Female Lead + Ghost Hunting + No Romance] Lu Jin was the sect's violent senior sister. Though she had no spiritual power, her unusual constitution let her see and touch ghosts. She always dealt with them by throwing punches, so the little ghosts nearby would steer clear of her. After she ran riot around the sect, beating up chickens and chasing dogs, her master kicked her down the mountain. The director of the Ghost-Hunting Affairs Bureau tricked her into becoming the he 7Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 算 I Tell Fortunes and Catch Wanted Criminals, Now the Police Want Me to Register! 算命抓通缉犯，警察喊我去备案！ Flying Pig1会飞的猪1Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + No Romance + Episodic Stories + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Fortune-Telling + Ghost-Hunting + Absurd Comedy] Mysticism master Lin Sheng woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated into a fortune-telling family in a village. Mysticism master Lin Sheng woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated into a fortune-telling family in a village. “Master, why haven’t my hens laid any eggs lately?” Lin Sheng: “Have you considered that they might be laying them at someone else’s hous 3.3kReads8.8Score365Shelves
41. 41 你 You Say She’s Weak? The Real Heiress Tears Vicious Ghosts Apart! 你说她弱？真千金她手撕厉鬼！ Xu Qingbai许青柏Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + metaphysics + feel-good story + comedy + no romance + episodic short stories] Si Yao is the notorious terror of the Netherworld. The Ten Halls' Kings of Hell get headaches at the sight of her, and the Eight Ghost Emperors want to beat her up. Others cultivate merit. She cultivates shamelessness. Stealing, extorting people, flirting with Meng Po, kicking over the King of Hell's desk: she's truly the Netherworld's resident menace. At last, the Ten Halls' Kings of Hell jointly su 14.8kReads7.6Score2kShelves

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    Absolutely very good, watch with confidence! Highly recommended.

42. 42 灵 The Little Exorcist: The Rat Race Starts in Childhood 灵异小天师：内卷从娃开始 Sincere Washbasin诚挚的面盆Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Adorable kid + supernatural + occult arts + ghosts and monsters + no romance + a supernatural novel even timid readers can enjoy + doted-on darling] Li Niuniu is adopted by a fortune-teller who swindles people and his rich wife. They think she's an ordinary little girl, but she opens her mouth and asks to eat ghosts, scaring the ghosts half to death. When her parents aren't looking, she finally gets to lick one. Brr, it's so spicy! On her first day of school, she skips class and follows some gr 1.6kReads9.1Score231Shelves

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    This one is quite similar; there's no romantic partner, and the female lead can do feng shui and catch ghosts.

43. 43 成 After Becoming an Academician, I Discovered That All My Ancestors Were Tomb Raiders 成院士后发现：祖上全是盗墓的 Fengling's First Words凤玲初话Female-Channel Fanfiction558k WordsCompleted [Tomb raiding + silly comedy + no romance + System + original female protagonist + the New Fateful Five + family and friendship] For the first twenty-four years of my life, I believed I was a model citizen and a pillar of the nation, a proud member of the Party. But when I got my mother’s last letter, I discovered the truth: my mother was a tomb raider. In fact, her whole family were tomb raiders. Well, at least my grandpa had fought in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Surely my da 10.7kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Ghost hunting, feng shui, and tomb raiding are all interconnected; check out this humorous and funny book with no romantic pairing.

44. 44 规 Rule Horror Has Arrived? Sorry, I’m the Ancestor of Metaphysics 规则怪谈降临？抱歉我是玄学祖宗 I'm Little Ye我是小野吖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Powerful Female Lead + No Romance] [Occult Livestreaming] [Eerie Folk Customs] [Rule Horror] [Feng Shui Secrets] Once, she was a much-mocked, infamously unpopular star, derided online as a fake fortune-teller and told to get out of show business. Now, an heir to a thousand-year-old Taoist temple has come down from the mountain with a fragment of the Book of Life and Death! Beneath her cool, otherworldly Taoist-priestess exterior lies a shameless obsession with money. Unfazed by the heckling of 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend this novel! [Kissing emojis] [Kissing emojis] [Admiring emojis]

45. 45 捉 I’m Tough on Ghosts and Diligent in My Studies 捉鬼不手软，学习也不马虎 The Snow Melts at Dawn朝雪初融Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + Supernatural + Fortune-Telling + Ghost Hunting + Master and Disciple + No Romance] Jiang Wenxi is the ninth junior sister, adored by everyone in her sect. Her master, senior brothers and sisters all dote on her, and her junior brother protects her too. But when danger strikes, her tribulation arrives. Luckily, her master has already prepared a way to handle it, though things don't go quite as planned. Fan Chengya is an unremarkable student who dies after accidentally hitting h 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No romance, no system [Note], modern metaphysical story, the female lead gradually grows stronger, the premise is novel, [cool] the female lead has a distinct personality, and the story and plot are very engaging [kiss] (the later parts are even better).

46. 46 我 I Inherited a Joss Stick and Candle Shop 我继承了一家香烛店 Want Money I Can't Spend All Of想要花不完的钱Mystery130k WordsCompleted Bai Linlin had just graduated when she was involved in a car accident that had been planned long in advance. After being discharged from the hospital, she had to use a wheelchair for a while, so she decided to take over the incense and candle shop her grandmother had left her. The shop served both the living and the dead, and business was far busier than Bai Linlin had expected. Especially business from the underworld. Fortunately, it was right up the alley of Bai Linlin, who came from a family 101Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Looks good, not bad, not bad

47. 47 丧 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 Fang Zhihe Yue-方知鹤月-Mystery246k WordsOngoing The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 207Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist and her master handle various paranormal events in the countryside.

48. 48 她 She’s Short on Money in the Five Elements 她五行缺钱【玄学】 Spicy Porridge麻辣粥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yi was kidnapped at the age of five and unexpectedly became the 108th successor of an obscure Daoist temple. The one who raised her and taught her everything was a wisp of the temple’s founding matriarch’s soul, which had remained inside her memorial tablet. Her temple was nothing more than a ramshackle shack made from discarded boards that mountain hunters didn’t want. It had no running water or electricity. Even dog-litter mushrooms grew between the floorboards. After they came down the 931Reads9.4Score198Shelves

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    This book is very good, and there's no romantic pairing.

49. 49 直 Live Fortune-Telling: Did I Really Change a Black Cat’s Fate from the Start? 直播算命，开局就给黑猫换命？ UnaModern Romance137k WordsOngoing [No romance + livestream fortune-telling + mysticism + suspense + a few rule-based horror stories + fortune-telling for ghosts in the underworld] After a powerful expert helped her soar and earn a great deal of merit, Qiao Yichun got lucky and became the new manager of the Merit Inn. She inherited the previous managers' signature skills and rose to become a mystic arts expert. She also inherited their astronomical debts. To pay them off, Qiao Yichun reluctantly started livestreaming fortune-tell —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Various cases, such as the cruise ship wife-killing case? The AI ​​in King of Glory saying it will kill you in three days? It can even tell fortunes for a female ghost from the Republic of China era? Ghosts are watching the live stream? An abandoned orphanage? A haunted villa? And a series of other stories. The female lead is not a saint. She directly confronts the bad comments and helps the good ones.

50. 50 渡 The Spirit-Passing Café: Wishes Delivered 渡灵咖啡馆：心愿速递 Qi Xueshi齐雪石Mystery108k WordsOngoing When people die with unfulfilled wishes, their souls lose their way and cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation on their own. Ghosts are not really frightening. They are simply pitiable people with wishes left unfulfilled. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's really good, excellent, and worth watching.

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