Treasure Hunting, Mining, and Antiques 寻宝，挖矿，古玩

1. 1 捡 The Art of the Steal 捡漏 The Real Gold Yuanbao金元宝本尊Urban11.9M WordsCompleted One glance spans a hundred years, and I am reborn in the modern city. A golden age of art, a world of antique collecting. Qin Dynasty steles and Zhou Dynasty ritual vessels, ancient inscriptions and paintings. Bronze and blue-and-white porcelain, jadeite and precious gems. Every rare treasure under heaven is in my hands. Reborn in the modern city, Jin Feng relies on his peerless eye for antiques to rise, step by step, to the top. He will carry forward the nation’s most time-honored culture and p 16.7kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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   ➊🍃🍃Jin Feng, a character from the Republican era, travels back to the modern era. Using his knowledge and skills from the Guiguzi school of thought, he stumbles upon opportunities and slaps people in the face along the way. 🍃🍃This novel has a bit of an educational element; patient readers can check it out. ➋🍃🍃🍃The author of this book previously wrote a book where he got himself imprisoned—who would believe it? 🍃An autobiography of a modern-day tomb raider🍃Passionate, thrilling, and exhilarating🍃

2. 2 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰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 天 The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局 Little Nine Disciple小九徒Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra 100kReads9.4Score18.4kShelves
4. 4 让 I Told You to Pan for Gold! Do You Even Know What That Means? Why Are You Hauling It Away by Car? 让你淘金，淘金懂吗！你用车拉？ Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted A financial crisis sent wages plummeting, and newly graduated students fought tooth and nail for jobs paying just 1,200 yuan. Fresh graduate Chen Feng couldn’t take the disappointment. He stayed home, hanging around doing nothing, smoking and drinking every day. Luckily, he awakened the Gold Prospector System. With a metal detect 19.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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   ✨✨Both of these are about mining and gold panning, one set in China and the other abroad. In the first book, the protagonist travels back in time to China. It's during a financial crisis, and the protagonist doesn't want to be a security guard, so he hires a gold prospector. [Top Post] In the second book, the protagonist is in Australia and raises a wolf as a gold prospector. He follows his pet, using prospectors to pan for gold, digging for ore, and panning for gold in rivers. [Cool]

5. 5 开 From the Start, I'm a Wilderness Gold Prospector: I Haul My Gold Away by the Truckload! 开局荒野淘金客，我黄金用车拉！ Madman-Eating Flower发癫食人花Urban708k WordsCompleted One man, one car, one dog. A metal detector in his left hand, a little shovel in his right! Unable to take another day of being squeezed dry by his idiot boss for a monthly salary of just 1,500 yuan, Li Dashan quit on the spot. He put what little he had on the line, headed for the western wilderness, and became a proud wilderness gold prospector! After awakening the Voice of All Things, he could communicate with all kinds of animals without a hitch! With connections spreading across the wilderne 6.9kReads8.3Score530Shelves
6. 6 环 Treasure Hunting Around the World: Starting at a Mystery Box Warehouse 环球寻宝：从盲盒仓库开始 Rock 'n' Roll Pineapple Candy摇滚菠萝糖Urban1.3M WordsCompleted After a car accident and a divorce, Chen Rui's luck hit rock bottom. Then he suddenly gained the supernatural ability known as the Golden Eye. Watch as Chen Rui uses his power to spot treasures hidden in plain sight, starting with bargain finds in Europe and America, and turns his life around. Pearls and jade, antique porcelain and collectibles: bring them all to me! Treasures from the East, the West, Africa, and South America: they're all mine! Setting sail from North America, Chen Rui swears t 251Reads8.1Score113Shelves

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   These are all books I've read and enjoyed, mostly over 2 million words. I hope you like them too! 😘

7. 7 紫 Purple 紫色 situhanUrban5.2M WordsCompleted In everyday life, purple refers to a color. In Chinese tradition, it is a color of nobility, and there is also the saying, “Purple Qi Comes from the East.” Purple is one of the novels in the Color series. It has some connections to the others, but is essentially a standalone story. Li Fan is the son of a famous doctor, but he followed neither in his father’s footsteps nor in his “mother’s.” Though he inherited his parents’ gift for languages and practiced Chinese martial arts under his father fr 124Reads6.6Score108Shelves
8. 8 做 The Antiquities Restorer 做旧师 Three-Foot Demon Sash三尺妖带Urban2.9M WordsCompleted [Entirely handmade, with no AI whatsoever + Behind-the-scenes industry secrets + Authentic antique identification with images and text + National vendettas and family feuds] If you want to truly understand the antiques trade, start by making fake antiques! Start by learning to age forgeries! My name is Mei Jiu. I was just a temporary odd-jobber on a film crew, but after I helped them repair a broken bowl, I was promoted to assistant prop master. I fix props, so why are they asking me to make fak 40.5kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
9. 9 极 The Ultimate Salvage King 极品打捞王 Old Yang the Half-Immortal老杨半仙Urban3.9M WordsCompleted 71% of Earth's surface is surrounded by oceans, and at least three million sunken ships lie quietly on the seafloor, waiting to be discovered! What does that mean? Wealth? Fame? No! No! No! In the eyes of Xiao Peng, the King of Salvage, that's all garbage! As a cleaner of the ocean, every one of these shipwrecks... IS! MINE! 18.9kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves

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   [Heart][Top Post][Heart] The plot is logical; it's clear the author did a lot of research. 1. It starts with an underwater cleaner discovering ancient coins, getting rich, and gradually growing from small to large, salvaging treasures from the seabed. 2, 3. It begins with treasure hunting and collecting from an American warehouse.

10. 10 直 Treasure-Hunting Livestream: Everywhere I Look, I See Hidden Treasures 直播捡漏：我眼中到处是宝藏 Strive to Write Ten Thousand Words Every Day争取每日万更Urban4.7M WordsOngoing A sudden accident leaves Xiao Ran in an impossible predicament, but also grants him an unbelievable superpower. With this miraculous ability, Xiao Ran sets out on an extraordinary treasure-hunting adventure in a foreign land, finding hidden bargains along the way. This book is also known as "Live-Streaming Treasure Finds: Clearing Out the West's Wealth", "Finding a Bargain Feels Great, and Finding Bargains Forever Feels Even Better", "Scammed by Americans: My Revenge with X-Ray Vision", "Live-St 41.3kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
11. 11 匠 Craftsmanship 匠心 Sandbag沙包Urban2.7M WordsCompleted If you can’t even keep your own house in order, how can you put the world in order? 250Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    These are the books I selected after browsing through numerous antique and treasure appraisal novels. No romance, so feel free to read them. The first and fourth books are still ongoing, but that doesn't stop me from reading them [shy]. Genre: Antique and Treasure Appraisal

12. 12 天 The Celestial Craftsman 天工 Sandbag沙包Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Su Jin, a top-tier cultural relic restoration expert, was reborn in a new world. Restoring the Forbidden City, restoring the Leshan Giant Buddha, restoring the Dunhuang murals... He came to change this world. 368Reads9.2Score—Shelves
13. 13 直 Live Appraisal: Buddy, You’re in for It Now 直播鉴宝：宝友你可真刑啊 Writing with a Sword in Jiange剑阁执笔Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + Antiques Appraisal + System] Qin bricks and Han tiles, Warring States jade, Tang sabers and Song paintings, Yuan blue-and-white porcelain, and Ming and Qing imperial tombs lined up in a row! Vast and glorious Xia has a history of five thousand years, as immense as the sea and enduring through the ages. The six-hundred-year-old Forbidden City is brimming with treasures! One day, master appraiser Ye Ling transmigrated and activated the livestream antiques appraisal System, setting 6.1kReads9.1Score483Shelves
14. 14 寻 Treasure Hunting Through Storage Auctions 寻宝从仓储拍卖开始 A Thread of White Hair半缕白发Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Unlucky student abroad Li Jie gains the ability to see through things after an accidental medical mishap. Treasure hunting in American warehouses Gold prospecting in the Devil's Valley A plan to recover antiques Salvaging treasures from the old world deep beneath the sea This is the story of an ordinary man's rise to fortune... 86Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    The first book offers insights into gold mining, warehouse auctions, and more. The second book explores treasure hunting in the mountains and finding treasures worldwide. The third book details a person blind since childhood, a successor to the "Heavenly Eye," whose counterfeit porcelain is so realistic it's indistinguishable from the real thing. The fourth book states that knowledge plus luck equals the king of bargain hunting. The fifth book features clear arguments and extensive evidence.

15. 15 寻 Treasure Hunting Around the World 寻宝全世界 Nile River尼罗河Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Just after Zhang Jing gets dumped by his gold-digging girlfriend, he obtains a Treasure-Hunting System! System: “Ding! Two meters underground ahead, there’s an unusual metal!” Zhang Jing: “I thought it was an antique, but it turns out to be a meteorite worth tens of millions!” Ancient coins buried deep underground, valuable antiques beneath the water in a park, and treasure sites no one else has been able to find... They all appear before Zhang Jing’s eyes! A gold-threaded jade burial suit, 68Reads9.1Score—Shelves
16. 16 天 Heavenly Eye: Unmatched Treasure Appraisal 天眼：鉴宝无双 Mountain Peak山峰Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (Hardcore Antiques Appraisal + Not a Power Fantasy + One Female Lead + No Cultivation.) The porcelain he painstakingly copied could fool the experts at the Palace Museum. The objects he carved on a whim could make self-proclaimed masters of the Yangzhou school acknowledge him as their teacher. What others dismissed as rubble, he treasured as priceless, then sold for millions. His name was Zhao Xuan. Blind since childhood, he had chanced upon the legacy of the Heavenly Eye. Finding hidden tr 14.1kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
17. 17 古 Finding Antiques and Bargains, Starting in 1985 古玩捡漏从1985开始 Mint Bureau造币总厂Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After spending half his life in the antiques trade, middle-aged Luo Jun is reborn in a dream in 1985, back in an era when buying grain required ration coupons. He becomes a clerk at a trust store. With the antique knowledge he accumulated in his previous life and memories of a future beyond his time, Luo Jun thrives at work and makes a name for himself in the collectors' world. Step by step, he grows into someone he never would have dared imagine becoming in his past life... [Period piece + an 7.3kReads8.6Score645Shelves
18. 18 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Master 捡漏大师 Recluse of Changling长岭居士Urban3.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: A treasure appraiser who had amassed trillions died in an accident, only to be reborn twenty-five years earlier, in 1997, in the body of an impoverished middle-school graduate. It all begins again. See how the protagonist finds hidden treasures, goes on adventures, digs for buried riches, raids tombs, and invests his way to the pinnacle of life. An extraordinary story awaits, with thousands upon thousands of priceless treasures ready for you to discover. 10.8kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
19. 19 让 You Asked Me to Hunt for Treasure, but I Found All These Beautiful Women 让你寻宝，你却寻这么多红粉佳人 Xi Jie西孑Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Gold Prospecting + Adventure + Beauties + Tycoon] Pan Xiaowei transmigrated to the 1990s in a parallel world and was bound to a treasure-finding System from the start… Anything without an owner, from cash on the ground to gold in the earth and treasures in tombs, all ended up in his possession… As Pan Xiaowei made his fortune, romantic encounters and luck with beautiful women kept coming his way… 5.9kReads8.2Score638Shelves

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    These are the few novels I've read so far that are about gold mining, treasure hunting, and antique collecting. There are also some other antique-themed novels. I haven't recommended any specific ones to you, but you can check them out first. They're quite interesting, and some of the plots are very suitable for you.

20. 20 荒 Wilderness Gold Prospector 荒野淘金客 Kang Yimu康一沐Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Wilderness Survival + Gold Prospecting + Gunfights + Special Cheat + World Exploration] Reporter from a world-famous TV network: “Mr. Lei, as a Longxia native, you went from having nothing to becoming a billionaire in the United States in just a few years. It’s quite a story. There are three rumors in the gold prospecting world: that you have superhuman strength; that you know Eastern dragon-seeking and tomb-raiding arts; and, finally, that you know kung fu and once fought the infamous Golden B 2.4kReads7.1Score186Shelves
21. 21 神 Divine Truth-Eye: You Don’t Know the Joy of Mining for Treasure 神级真眼：挖矿寻宝的快乐你不懂 Salt's Scar盐巴的疤Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Poor Zhao An unexpectedly acquires the Eye of Truth, just like the true sight in a certain game. Once he plants it, he can see through every hidden thing and every illusion in the world. So what are they waiting for? Buy lottery tickets, gamble on jade, start companies, dig for gold and gemstones, and uncover all the secret treasures buried across the planet... Zhao An shouts, “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s all mine!” “What? King Solomon’s treasure, ranked number one in the Western world? Hand it o 8.2kReads8.8Score607Shelves
22. 22 荒 Gold Panning in the Wilderness: From Laborer to King of Gold 荒野淘金，从打工牛马到黄金之王 Dragon-Slaying Squad屠龙小队Urban300k WordsCompleted Chu Mu, a civil engineering graduate, was only an intern, yet he had to oversee safety for the entire project. He earned just 1,800 yuan a month and was eventually fired. After getting fired, Chu Mu awakened the Strongest Gold Prospector System. As long as he could dig gold out of the ground, he would receive rewards. “Master Prospector,” “Physical Attributes x10,” “Lifespan +10 Years,” and more... Taking everything he owned, Chu Mu flew to the western United States and became a wilderness gold 706Reads6.4Score—Shelves
23. 23 神 Divine Treasure-Digging System 神级挖宝系统 Shanmu杉木Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Zhang Wei’s gold-digging girlfriend cheated on him, but by chance he obtained a Treasure-Digging System. From then on, while everyone else hauled bricks, he dug for treasure. What? You look down on manual laborers? Let me tell you, hard work pays off, and the System Shop has anything you could want! Finding cures and saving lives is difficult? He can casually produce Bian Que’s lifelong medical insights. … From then on, Zhang Wei’s motto was: Don’t show off, or you’ll get wrecked! 232Reads5.8Score—Shelves
24. 24 淘 Gold Rush Rookie: Did I Dig Up a Mammoth Tusk on Day One? 淘金新人，第一天挖出猛犸象牙？ The Postman邮差Urban482k WordsCompleted [Gold panning + everyday life + farming + lighthearted + pets + tycoon] After unexpectedly transmigrating, Gu Wen awakened a quest System. As long as he completed quests, he could earn traits of the corresponding level, and even grant those traits to other team members. [Gold Prospector]: Can sense ores underground, but there’s a chance you’ll dig up nothing but rocks! [Master Mechanic]: Nothing special, just years of practice! [Heaven-Defying Luck]: You’re not searching for a mineral vein. The 190Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 重 Restarting in 1989: The Gold Rush Years 重启1989：淘金年代 Listening to Rain in the Night at the Tower夜雨听楼Urban208k WordsOngoing It was an era of abject poverty, but also one where fortunes could be made everywhere! Zhang Zhen is reborn in 1989. Looking at the mess left behind by the surging tide of the times, he knows he has to live a bold and fulfilling life unlike any other. In this turbulent age, he rides the wave of reform and development, carving out a spirited comeback story! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 重 Reborn in the California Gold Rush: I Will Rule America 重生加州淘金：我要统治美利坚 Jin Yanmu金炎木Historical173k WordsOngoing Tang Hui, a history major, is reborn in California in 1850 and awakens the Golden Empire System, which lets him locate gold underground. In this legendary era of the Gold Rush, while everyone else pans for gold, he digs it up, going after the biggest deposits and ignoring the small ones. This allows him to amass a fortune. Once he has built up enough seed capital, he uses his knowledge of history to seize every opportunity in a rapidly developing America, competing head-to-head with the titans o 80Reads6.4Score—Shelves
27. 27 透 X-Ray Vision: I Became a Tycoon by Foraging in the Mountains 透视：我靠赶山成首富 Thunderbolt Kid霹雳娃Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [X-ray vision + enhanced body + treasure hunting in the mines + revenge on an ex-girlfriend] When Zhang Wei awakened his ability to see through stone, his body was enhanced as well. Zhang Wei’s family had been tricked into paying an outrageous price for an abandoned jade mine. Zhang Wei looked over the mountain with his X-ray vision and said, “There’s so much raw jade here. This mine isn’t abandoned at all.” When the village bully picked on his father, Zhang Wei beat him up and sent him off to p 4.4kReads8.5Score544Shelves
28. 28 开 From the Start, I Obtained a Treasure-Hunting System 开局获得寻宝系统 Happy Fizzy Water快乐气泡水Urban1.4M WordsCompleted With the Treasure-Hunting System, I can claim every treasure for myself. What?! Beautiful women count as treasures too?! 223Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 超 The Super Treasure-Hunting Scanner 超级寻宝仪 Old Song Next Door隔壁老宋Urban9.8M WordsCompleted Young Zhou Zhong unexpectedly obtains a super treasure-hunting System and goes on to discover countless treasures lost throughout the world. 5.4kReads7.3Score593Shelves
30. 30 我 I Am a God-Tier Mining Magnate 我是神级大矿主 Mo Bei Wang墨北望Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Someone bragged to me about how rich he was. I looked at the hundreds of mining permits in my hands. Someone bragged about how many underlings he had. I looked at the hundreds of thousands of employees at my mines. I’m Chen Sheng, a no-nonsense mining tycoon with godlike abilities. While you’re still mining on Earth, my mines have already spread throughout the 2.8kReads8.5Score159Shelves
31. 31 首 The Richest Man Starts Out Playing Gold Miner 首富从玩黄金矿工开始 Xi Men Wuye西门无叶Urban368k WordsCompleted Chi Jin was chosen by the Gold Miner System. As long as his hook is accurate, the rewards will keep coming! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received a luxury home in Zhujiang!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received 100 million in cash!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have received 100% of the shares in Baili Games!] Reporter: “Mr. Chi Jin, how did you build such a vast business empire and monopolize so many industries?” Chi Jin smiled faintly. “Because I’ve loved playing Gold 73Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 超 The Mining Empire's Overlord 超级矿业霸主 Cold Boat on the River江上寒舟Urban894k WordsCompleted He acquires a super industrial mother machine, rises from the countryside, mines across the globe, and builds up an army among the stars. 123Reads8.2Score101Shelves
33. 33 直 Livestreaming Bargain Hunts in the West: From the Start, I Make a Hundred Thousand Times the Profit 直播欧美捡漏，开局十万倍利润 Xue Is Not薛不是Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Xiao Bai transmigrates to a parallel world, inherits a bankrupt private collectibles museum, and awakens the [Bargain-Hunting Reclamation System]. The System can identify and appraise the history and value of any salvaged item, and even help recover collectibles. System: Host, wake up! Get out there and find a bargain! Xiao Bai: Shut up! Stop rushing me! I can't find bargains fast enough as it is! Whoa! Is this a rare edition of the Maryland News? Whoa! Is this an ancient Roman emperor's footwra 2kReads8.3Score175Shelves

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    Everyone come check this out! I highly recommend the third book. It's not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel. It's not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel. It's not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel. I'm saying it three times because it's important! Go read it now, seriously! [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Cool][Cool][Cool][Cool][Cool][Cool][Cool]

34. 34 我 I Just Went Out to Sea to Salvage Things, So Why Is the Whole World Panicking? 我就出海打捞，怎么全世界都慌了 It's Wanwan是晚晚阿Urban542k WordsCompleted Qin Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and heads out to sea to salvage sunken goods. All he wanted was to recover a few treasures! But then... on the first day, he salvaged a whole case of Lei Hua beer. On the second day, he hauled up a pile of corpses, and they were wanted criminals??? On the third day, he salvaged a pile of cannons! On the fourth day, he hauled up a self-propelled howitzer!! On the fifth day, he brought up a submarine!!! On the sixth day, what the heck was this Imperial Ja 21.6kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
35. 35 王 Wang Xiaomao's Cheat-Code Life 王晓毛的开挂人生 Qing Dingzi青顶子Urban244k WordsCompleted Wang Xiaomao accidentally gains the ability to see through things and meets the beautiful Su Ruixue. Together with the Mu siblings, he forms a four-person team to explore and search for treasure. They gamble on jadeite, hunt for jade, search for meteorites, and travel north and south in two RVs. Along the way, he finds love and friendship, amasses a fortune, and lives a life with cheat-like advantages. 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Jade gambling, jade hunting, antiques, adventure

36. 36 疯 Are You Crazy? You Call This Amateur Treasure Hunting? 疯了吧，你管这叫民间挖宝？ Chowing Down咔咔一顿炫Urban505k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a parallel world, Cheng Ze awakens the [Treasure-Seeking Divine Eye]. Every treasure within his field of vision is laid bare! He closes and opens his eyes, and countless glowing markers appear, as dense as the stars! “You dug up a pig trough. Material: lightning-struck peachwood. Volume: 0.95 cubic meters. Weight: 13 jin. Value: 120,000 yuan.” “You dug up a meteor crater. The meteorite soil (breathing earth) found alongside it gave rise to a natural medicinal herb garden. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book gets a 9 out of 10, and the content is incredibly diverse, sometimes digging into tombs, sometimes into bandit bases, and even into Ming Dynasty armories, with a consistent two updates per day. The second book digs into everything imaginable, from the heavens to the earth to the very air, except perhaps the Earth's core.

37. 37 全 Global Treasure Hunt: I Actually Dug Up the Netherworld! 全球挖宝：居然挖出九幽地府！ A Thousand Nights of Splendor千夜锦绣Urban632k WordsCompleted [Exploration + Treasure Hunting + Livestreaming + One Heroine + Interactions with Female Celebrities and Beauties Early On (If You Don’t Like It, Please Don’t Complain) + Plenty of Thrilling Explorations Later On, with Nonstop Excitement!] Lin Hong, an exploration and treasure-hunting streamer, unexpectedly activated the [Global Treasure-Hunting System]. All he had to do was earn amazement points to unlock detection and dig up treasures everywhere! “Found a top-grade bloodstone worth one million 428Reads8.5Score108Shelves
38. 38 我 I'm a Modern-Era Esper, and Getting Rich Takes No Time at All 我是现代异能者，要发财分分钟钟 Life at the Manor庄园人生Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Zhuang Hai grew up in an orphanage. After saving a treasure-hunting rat out of kindness, he obtained its inner core and awakened an extraordinary ability. He finds hidden bargains, gambles on jade, and hunts for treasure, meeting many confidantes along the way: a mature, alluring woman, a campus belle, a police officer, the richest man in Hong Kong, a female drug lord, a jade merchant, and more. 3.7kReads8.9Score481Shelves

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    This author writes about superpowers, it's great!!

39. 39 知 I Knew Bao Had Left, but I Didn't Know I Was the King of Psychic Powers 知道走了宝，不知我是感应异能王 Life at the Manor庄园人生Urban1.0M WordsCompleted College student Li Xiangyang graduates and heads back to his hometown. Along the way, he saves a thousand-year-old tortoise and gains the power to sense things. After that, there's no stopping him: catching crabs, finding ancient coins, discovering treasures and gold, picking up antiques for a bargain, gambling on timber in Hainan, gambling on jade in Yunnan, and seeking out Shoushan stone and bloodstone in Fuzhou. One opportunity after another comes his way... 675Reads7.7Score104Shelves
40. 40 你 You Have X-Ray Vision, So Why Aren't You Gambling on Jade? What Are You Looking At? 你透视眼不去赌石，乱看什么呢！ Years of Twilight迟暮流年Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Underdog's rise + X-ray vision + stone gambling + treasure appraisal + finding hidden gems + tycoon] Qin Zhaoyang is an ordinary college graduate who spent two years drifting through life without accomplishing anything. All he can manage is an apprenticeship at an antique shop, earning the “handsome salary” of 2,500 yuan a month. Then, by a stroke of luck, he gains the ability to see through things. His fate changes, and his life takes a whole new course. From then on, finding hidden gems, appr 526Reads9.1Score281Shelves

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    These are exciting stories about jade appraisal that you can listen to directly! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts] You won't be able to put them down once you start listening! [Admiration] They have different styles, but they have a lot of exciting moments. Anyone who wants to learn about jade gambling and appraisal should check them out!

41. 41 开 I Unlocked a Superpower in My Left Eye, but I Use It to Livestream 开启左眼神通，我却用它来直播 Zhang Sanming张三鸣Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: (Stone Gambling+Antique Appraisal+Supernatural Powers+Face-Slapping+Billionaire) (The early chapters include a brief bit about livestreaming, just to set things up. It only takes up a small part of the story, so I hope you readers won't mind!) His girlfriend demanded a 300,000-yuan bride price, so Lin Xiao gambled everything on stone gambling. He lost it all and was dumped, but unexpectedly awakened the ability to see through things with his left eye. With a power this incredible, he m 958Reads8.7Score129Shelves
42. 42 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 694.2kReads9.6Score146.3kShelves

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    Amidst the hustle and bustle of the world, a unique journey of spiritual cultivation quietly begins. "The True Story of Changing Destiny" acts like a mysterious key, unlocking the mystical world of Feng Shui, Taoist medicine, and more. The protagonist is hastily taught divination by his master before descending the mountain to navigate the world, struggling and learning in the mortal realm. Here, you'll find practical knowledge and a scientific explanation of metaphysics, helping you use Feng Shui common sense to improve your luck. Come and join this wondrous journey of changing your destiny, exploring its unique possibilities. @Lin Canghai who likes water peanuts

43. 43 青 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 Agate Squire玛瑙员外Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br 136.6kReads9.5Score15.8kShelves
44. 44 古 The Antique Conspiracy 古玩迷局 The Way Is Extraordinary道非常Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Antique appraisal + martial world + love and hatred + national treasures] When I was five, my mother disappeared because of an antique. My father married a woman who beat me every day, so I ran away from home and spent fifteen years learning the art of antiques from my master. My master was framed and killed, and my senior sister left me behind to avenge him on her own. I could no longer stay silent. Resolutely heading north to find my senior sister and investigate my master’s enemies, I carved 6.7kReads8.5Score588Shelves

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    Both of these books are about antiques, and the writing is very good; you might want to take a look.

45. 45 我 I Have a Sea Serpent Doppelganger, Yet I Became a Fishing Pro 我有海蛇分身，却成捕鱼达人 Ideal Little Pig理想小猪Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A young man from a fishing village gains a sea serpent clone and settles into a laid-back country life of fishing, gathering seafood along the shore, and hunting for treasure. Every day, his catch is just a little bit enormous. One day, his sea serpent clone finally evolves into the overlord of the ocean. But the original, who has always lived on land, gets scolded by the campus belle, his senior fellow apprentice, and the landlady: “Pah, you womanizer! You’re such a player!” The young fisherman 17.3kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    Treasure hunting and gemstone appraisal

46. 46 让 Use Your X-Ray Vision to Gamble on Stones, Not to Peek Around 让你用透视眼赌石，别乱看啊 Ultimatum After Drinking醉后通牒Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Stone gambling + antiques appraisal + farming + wealthy protagonist + livestreaming] The day he gains X-ray vision, he moves in with the campus belle. His stunning senior also starts looking at him with admiration. But all he wants is to make money quietly by gambling on stones and appraising antiques, becoming an utterly ordinary tycoon. 32kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves
47. 47 别 While Others Appraise Antiques, I Find Hidden Treasures and Become the Richest Man Without Lifting a Finger 别人鉴宝我捡漏，躺着成首富 Two Cups of Poison两杯毒酒Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Antique appraisal, bargain hunting, older woman-younger man romance, sweet everyday love] A blow to the head gave him a magical eye that can appraise antiques. By sheer luck, Chen Jing, with nowhere else to turn, enters the antiques trade! From Tang tri-color pottery and Song official wares to Yuan blue-and-white porcelain and Ming Xuande pieces, with beauties as lovely as jade by his side, he begins a life of wealth, success in business, and love! 15.6kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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    You can take a look at a few of the better ones.

48. 48 都 Antique Appraisal in the City: My Eyes See Through Everything 都市鉴宝：我的眼睛看穿一切 Domestic Giant Panda国产大熊猫Urban4.4M WordsCompleted [Stone gambling] + [Finding hidden treasures] + [Farming] + [Heiresses] + [Supernatural abilities] The only God of Gambling in the world of stone gambling. The foremost expert in the antique collecting scene. The rumored boyfriend of countless rich and beautiful women. The world's richest man, worth over a trillion. Yang Feng let out a sigh. “I want to keep a low profile, but my abilities won't let me!” It all began the day he acquired a pair of eyes... 7.4kReads9.0Score943Shelves
49. 49 年 Antique Appraisal in the 1980s: From the Start, I Get a Hundredfold Profit from Every Find! 年代鉴宝：开局万倍捡漏！ Ultraman of the Northern Hemisphere北半球奥特曼Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period] [Antique Appraisal] [Stone Gambling] [Treasure Hunting] [Shipwrecks] [Ancient Tombs] [Museums] Cao Jianing had spent years scraping by at the Panjiayuan flea market, always stuck among the lowest-ranking stallholders. Just before the New Year, an unexpected visitor changed his life forever. A fragment of Empress Dowager Cixi's coral treasure tree set him on a journey to find hidden treasures. Was Cixi's precious jade watermelon stolen from a Qing imperial tomb, or was it a gift she gave 7kReads8.3Score660Shelves
50. 50 我 The Years I Spent as a Shepherd 我当羊倌那些年 Fan Xiaoban蕃晓般Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted A noodle shop packed with customers uses eels dug out of graves. A scrawny yellow dog is willing to develop gallstones for the sake of its master. A man-eating catfish has a water-swallowing pearl in its belly, while the teeth of an ancient corpse have turned to jade. As an heir to the grave-robbing treasure-seeking trade, I transmigrate through mountains and forests in search of heavenly treasures. People call those of our trade shepherds… 2kReads8.1Score237Shelves

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    Since watching too many shows like "Golden Eye" (a popular Chinese TV show), which all follow the same formula, I recommend a different kind of antique novel. The antiques in it are only somewhat valuable; the real treasures are the legendary uses of the "Zhi Ren Gou Bao" (a type of ancient Chinese treasure) passed down by elders from all over the country.

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