Supernatural Novels, Preferably Set in a Modern City 灵异的小说.最好都市

1 牛 A Working Stiff's Ghost-Hunting Diary 牛马捉鬼日记 Wild Boar Saburo野猪三郎Mystery227k WordsOngoing Mystery + Supernatural + Comedy. Slow burn; impatient readers, enter at your own risk!!! My name is Qin Fang. I was an ordinary, downtrodden wage slave, until one day, on a whim, I spent a whopping five hundred yuan at a street stall on a nine-story pagoda ornament. My peaceful life was turned upside down. Now, on top of slaving away at work all day and suffering for a measly few thousand yuan, I have to serve the pagoda spirit, Lord Bai, every night. I’m forced to hunt ghosts and subdue demons 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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Modern urban supernatural novel, funny

2 这 Who'd Have Thought This Guy Was a Ghost-Catching Taoist Master? 这货居然是捉鬼天师 Peng Baiyu Is Not a Fish彭摆鱼不是鱼Mystery433k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Wang Yang, is a gifted Taoist with a fragment of Emperor Fengdu's soul hidden within him. He has trained in the mountains since childhood, and Black and White Impermanence are his childhood friends. One day, after blowing up his master's alchemy furnace out of sheer boredom, he is kicked off the mountain to gain experience. At the foot of the mountain, he meets his martial uncle. On the way, he hears that the Taoist world is holding a new disciple tournament, so he heads there t 651Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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Think ghost hunting is a spooky, hardcore adventure? This guy is going to take the double buff route of comedy + thriller! He is apparently a "rookie heavenly master" who was driven down the mountain by his master to gain training, but is actually the reincarnation of Emperor Fengdu. Is the villa haunted, feng shui disrupted, and monsters causing trouble? Just catch it and that's it! All kinds of wonderful adventures, weird and funny events happen one after another. From Novice Village to the top of the Three Realms, he upgrades and fights monsters all the way, and gains love and friendship at the same time. The plot is compact and not procrastinating, funny and suspenseful at the same time. You can stay up late to catch up!

3 扎 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 Jie Yu界玉Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 27.8kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

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In the first part, many ancient industries have their own taboos and rules. When these rules and taboos are broken, terrible things will happen😱The male protagonist is strong, kind-hearted, and has a bit of a "cheesy" mouth [laughing] In the second part, the rules are twisted? Is order contaminated? Then someone should question the superior gods [what] So I appeared, the male protagonist is calm and has high IQ [Like]

5 蛇 My Lord Snake, I Don't Want to Practice Dual Cultivation 蛇君大人我不要双修 Little Xu Jing小徐静Mystery213k WordsOngoing “Are you a python? But your true form is a lot bigger than the pythons we know.” He glared at me angrily. “I'll say it again: I am a snake dragon, not the python you call me.” I looked at his face in confusion and rolled my eyes. “What's the difference? Aren't they both snakes? Reptiles with spines running through their whole bodies. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me sick.” He advanced on me step by step, a fierce glint appearing in his eyes, as if he were about to devour me. “Say that again. 52Reads—Score—Shelves

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The author is probably not writing about his own experience! Real people, real places, scary 😱 I think this book is scary because the author wrote me into it and I was experiencing some of the things in the book.

6 我 Born with Zhong Kui’s Fate: Solving Special Cases by Day, Claiming Souls by Night 我天生钟馗命，昼办特案夜勾魂 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 18.2kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves

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Combine your requirements,

7 男 So What If I'm Out of a Job as a Male Model? I Can Exorcise Demons! 男模下岗咋了？老子会驱魔！ Bi Mo Lan璧墨澜Urban150k WordsOngoing [Paranormal + Exorcism + Episodic Stories + No Female Lead + No Romance + No Harem + Brotherhood + Growing Up] Male model and drinking companion Sun Yu gets plied with drinks and groped by rich women in private rooms every night. He curses under his breath but still has to smile, thinking he’s doomed to spend his whole life trapped in drinking parties. Then he finds a busted piece of wood hidden by his adoptive father, and a big brother from an exorcist family suddenly shows up! Now the winegla 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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Recommended new urban supernatural articles! No heroine, no emotional line. No CP. The story tells that the male protagonist was desperate and became a nightclub male model. Unexpectedly, he accidentally uncovered the mystery of his life experience and discovered that he was a descendant of a family of exorcists. Later, after meeting their only biological brother, the two brothers began a story of exorcism and revenge.

8 惊 Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪：中华异事录 Gu Family Lane顾家巷Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Two generations, multiple timelines, ghost hunting, Taoist arts, mysteries, wuxia, ensemble cast] *The chief disciple of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school: a peerless martial artist and master of Taoist arts... *A master of the Swallow Sect, known throughout the martial world as Swallow Li San... *A female Nationalist secret agent, clever and icy... During the Republican era, disciples of the Taoist sects are ordered down the mountain. Amid the raging flames of war, they fight the invade 162Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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Recommend this, supernatural and fantasy

9 低 Awakening in a Low-Dimensional World 低维觉醒 Chasing Dreams in the Starry Sky星空追梦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse178k WordsCompleted A meticulously crafted sci-fi mystery thriller that will take you to an explosive climax, bring you to tears, and make you think deeply about the universe, society, and human nature. It tells the story of Jin, who grows stronger with each mysterious case he solves, while the evil intent within those events invades him and makes him increasingly wicked. After battling the monsters conjured from his own inner darkness, he ultimately triumphs and discovers the truth about the higher-dimensional uni 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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Supernatural. A carefully constructed sci-fi suspense mystery drama that will make you excited to the point of bursting, force you to cry, and provide you with in-depth thinking about the universe, society and human nature. It tells the story of the protagonist Jin becoming stronger and stronger through the tempering of suspense cases. At the same time, he was invaded by the evil thoughts in the incident and became more and more evil. After experiencing the confrontation with the demon in his heart, he finally defeated and discovered the truth of the high-dimensional universe. But unexpectedly, the truth about the world of higher-dimensional consciousness is only the tip of the iceberg, and the real darkness and terror has just begun.

10 7 Bureau 747: The Paranormal Incident Investigation Unit 747局之妖怪事件处理科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 478Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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Do you really know your relatives and friends around you? Maybe, they are not human at all, maybe they are demons! If a special soldier had not participated in a highly confidential mission, all this would not have been known to the world...

11 落 After Failing the Exams, I Became a Corpse Herder, and Dango Exposed Me 落榜后当赶尸人，被团子曝光了 Feng Wuqing烽吾青Urban374k WordsCompleted Shh, the corpse is rising! Keep quiet. The dead are on the move, so the living must stay clear! In ancient Xixiang, strange and terrifying things happen whenever night falls: white coffins, thousand-year-old corpses, and more! Under the moonlight, Jiang Chen shakes a soul-snaring bell in his left hand and holds a talisman to suppress evil in his right, controlling a stiff figure that hops along... 841Reads8.3Score100Shelves

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The plot of "The Exorcist" is suspenseful and supernatural, and it's particularly interesting.

12 小 The Funeral Home in a Small Town 小城殡仪馆 Rampaging Bear狂暴熊Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since Lin Yu took a job driving a hearse at a funeral home, his life became anything but ordinary. He and his friends went through all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events together. Vengeful spirits possessing people, a dead infant in a pot, opera singing in a graveyard... No one knew what would happen next. 19.9kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves

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This book is awesome!

13 神 Tales of the Strange in China 神州异事录 Zero Degrees零度Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Ever since I was young, I’ve experienced all sorts of strange things beyond ordinary people’s wildest imagination. In particular, these eyes of mine can see the dead and all manner of yin entities… Now that I’m old, I have plenty of free time, so I’ve decided to look back on the things I’ve experienced. If life were a piece of music, I’d say it’s like the suona. Of all the instruments, the suona reigns supreme: it either sends you to heaven or plays at your wedding. Everyone gets to live a life 148Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book is really good, the author's writing is very stable, and the plot is good

14 阴 The Yin-Yang Warden 阴阳巡守使 Young Demon Boy童子小妖Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing The Abyss of the Dead, tombs that suppress ghosts, Miaojiang witchcraft and poison, strange tales and weird encounters: none of them could stop me. Neither the underworld nor the living world dares provoke me. Be they beautiful ghosts, evil ghosts, or vengeful spirits, they all take the long way around when they see me. Even the ghost soldiers, ghost officials, and ghost generals have to treat me like a sworn brother. There's only one reason: I'm the Yin Envoy in the world of the living, tasked 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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These books are pretty good. [1] There is no golden finger that is turned on to the maximum as soon as it comes up. 2My mood is ups and downs. The love in my past life and this life is so sweet.

16 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿那些年 Stardust Tells Stories星尘讲故事Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The funeral services provider Gouqie runs a one-stop funeral business on a shoestring. Uncle Yang is attacked, bringing the Chenxing List to light. A perfectly ordinary funeral services provider is drawn onto the path of spirit-mediumship. Gouqie has seen every side of the human world, yet is pulled into another supernatural realm. This isn't transmigration. Funeral shops, funeral homes: Gouqie's business keeps growing, and so does the number of enemies! Meng Qin, the Chenxing List, the Qia 957Reads7.6Score102Shelves

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No system!

17 深 The Midnight Beauty I Brew into a Potion 深夜艳女，都会被我熬进药罐中 Hei Xun黑巽Mystery157k WordsCompleted Those old folk remedies are a scam? Chinese medicine is useless? Ye Xuan sneered inwardly. “You’re just missing one medicinal ingredient.” No one knew that every alluring woman who appeared late at night would end up simmering in his medicine pot... A funny urban paranormal power fantasy. If you laugh yourself to death, you’ll be the next medicinal ingredient... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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It's super good-looking. I highly recommend this modern urban supernatural novel. The male protagonist is an orphan. He was raised by a fake Taoist priest in the village. His adoptive father died unexpectedly during a trip. The protagonist can disperse ghosts and catch ghosts to make medicine, and his eyes were opened by a boy's urine. The protagonist was later expelled from the village, and his celestial eye failed, but he accidentally gained the clairvoyance function of his left eye. This book contains antique treasure appraisal and folk remedies.,,, Ip,,,

18 结 Hand Seals 结印 Can Xiao残晓Mystery147k WordsOngoing Yin and yang restore heaven and earth, Hands form seals to bind lost souls. Good and evil, loyalty and treachery, all hinge on a single thought; Let no wicked spirits bring harm to people's homes. The myriad paths inspire awe, stretching out in every direction; The lofty Kunlun lineage is passed down through the ages. Those who study the teachings of this sect Must not speak falsely or distort right and wrong. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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Tomato doesn't give recommended amounts, so you have to rely on yourself. I just stopped monitoring for one day and stopped measuring me [crying][crying][crying]

19 猎 The Ghost-Hunting Squad 猎诡战队 A Little Gengjiu一只小哏啾Mystery821k WordsOngoing Hello, I'm Zhong Wuyan. I have no respect for Newton: one swing of my hammer can work miracles. I've got my sweet, adorable illusionist teammate by my side. My teammates and I have all faced life-or-death trials together, and that bond is more trustworthy than romance fueled by dopamine. Of course I turned the ghost's ambush around and killed it. I'm strong in body, but I'm no fool. Everything has been under my control from the very beginning. This world is full of despair and might scare you, b 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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Ghosts and ghost hunters in the city, as well as villains and mercenaries...

20 我 My Uncle Ghosts 我的猛鬼大叔们 The Cactus on the Windowsill窗台的仙人球Mystery258k WordsCompleted The day Zhong Buqi was born, the hospital exploded, and he became an orphan. But he was never lonely, because a group of uncles helped raise him, even though nobody else could see them. As he grew up, Zhong Buqi's greatest wish was to send the uncles on their way. That was when his life began to change. Or perhaps his life had been destined to be different from the very beginning. 129Reads—Score—Shelves

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You can read this one.

21 墨 Mo Chi Y 墨池Y Idler from Fuyang Prefecture凤阳府闲人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted The inspiration for this novel came from a real supernatural incident involving a residential compound security guard. As cities expand, they inevitably encroach on the homes of the dead. The Dingyuan Estate, where Yao Yan worked as a security guard, had been built on a mass grave abandoned for a thousand years. One late-spring night, deep in the darkness, all was silent beneath a fine drizzle. Suddenly, a girl’s spine-chilling cry for help came from outside the guard booth: “It hurts so much. C 86Reads—Score—Shelves

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I recommend this urban supernatural novel, it's so scary, but warm.

22 阴 Records of Yin-Yang Mysteries 阴阳异闻录 Yao Jiu Guai Liu妖九拐六Mystery6.2M WordsCompleted The newly dead have their brows painted and faces made up; those long dead have their skin painted and bones carved. The people around you may not be human, and the stories you've heard for years may be more than just stories. 432Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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These books are pretty good ①The Taoism written in it seems to be real ②He is a bit stupid in the early stage, but becomes smart and powerful later on ③Dad started out as the Six Kings, and then became the Yin Emperor ④There were a few points where I burst into tears

26 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 2.1kReads—Score188Shelves

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ꉂ (๑¯ਊ¯)σ Hehe, it's so scary.

27 阴 The Yin-Yang Inn 阴阳旅店 Mo Baiqiu墨白秋Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted From the day I was born, underworld soldiers came to drag my soul away. At eight, I arrived at the Yin-Yang Inn and began working as a guide for the dead. From then on, I guided both the dead and the living. Every ghost or living person who came to the inn had a secret they couldn't tell. The Yin-Yang Inn has strange rules. Ghosts must sign a contract, while the living must stay the night. Whether or not their request is fulfilled, their payment is never refunded. Even so, guests keep coming one 389Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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These are all! The first book, just the right theoretical analysis of magical thinking The second book is consistent with the legendary funeral rules. The third book has a bit of the flavor of Soul Ferryman The fourth book has moments of warmth and moments of shock.

31 诡 The Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate 诡门十三针 Bu Gu不谷Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After graduating from college, I spent months looking for a decent job and couldn’t find one. Then Grandpa handed me his herbal medicine stall, saying it was an inheritance passed down through the Xia family and could make a fortune. Grandpa had conned me. He said it would make a fortune, but in more than two months I hadn’t made a single sale. That night, the pretty older sister next door, whom I rarely spoke to, came to see me... 131Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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These are all books!! The first one, a bit of thriller and horror is my favorite type The second book is very relevant to some folklore and rumors. The third book, the fear felt deep in the heart

34 战 War Against Demons: Snow Encounter 战妖：雪遇 Qiqi Never Loses琪琪不败Urban363k WordsOngoing Born on a snowy night and surrounded by monsters, he was saved in his hour of peril by a kind cultivator. This gave him an unusually powerful spirit from birth. His elders were leaders in an organization dedicated to suppressing demons, and his family had its own legacy, but it was too obscure to be of much use. So he joined the reclusive sect where his elders' comrades served, starting out as an unofficial disciple to gain experience. Thus began his journey of following his elders, master, and 55Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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The latest chapter of "War Monster: Snow Encounter" is "Guardian", a natural village where human cultivators are stationed in turns, blocking the passage from the demon realm to the secular world, a novel about the battle between human cultivators and a group of demons [smile]

35 天 The Celestial Master’s Verdict 天师决 North Gate He Si北门何四Mystery773k WordsOngoing The living have their police, and the dead have their ghost officials. By a twist of fate, an old ghost who has lost all memories of his previous life joins the nation's paranormal affairs department and begins a journey of capturing ghosts and growing stronger. One battle after another awakens all of his memories. A thousand ghosts, a thousand forms; ghosts roaming the night; Xingluo's voodoo curses; Japanese shikigami; Western demons; rebels from the Underworld. One by one, a conspiracy target 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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Please give me a five-star rating

36 体 The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴 Qu Shen去甚Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co 11Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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All kinds of scary things, suitable for watching at night. My hair stood on end, my back felt chilly...

40 雇 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Zahari扎哈里Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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Flesh and blood and emotions

41 左 Banish Evil with My Left Hand, Keep the Martial World in Check with My Right 左手灭邪祟，右手平江湖 Dun'er Dun墩儿墩Mystery285k WordsOngoing I was born with an extra soul, and I can remember everything from the moment I was born. Before I was even a month old, all sorts of people came to my home, and they had only one goal: to take me away. They said I was a rare Tianlu child, seen only once every few centuries, able to perceive the realms of yin and yang at six and attain an invulnerable body by ten. My parents refused. On the day I turned one month old, several groups finally came to blows, and every one of my close relatives fell —Reads—Score—Shelves

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The male protagonist is extremely talented and possesses the "Destiny" that comes only once in hundreds of years. However, the hidden sect wanted to seize it from him at birth and train him as a seed player of the sect. His family did not agree and the whole family was killed. Later, he was rescued by several mysterious bosses. It is a non-traditional supernatural novel, urban + supernatural, with an online IQ. The characters are vividly portrayed, the plot arrangement is unexpected but reasonable, and the logic is important. The storyline is online. The author is a detail-oriented, and all aspects are explained clearly. It is really super good-looking!!

42 白 Scrounging Doesn't Count as Begging, and a Poor Man Doesn't Count as a Ghost? 白嫖不算嫖，穷鬼不算鬼？ Snow on the Western Mountain西山雪Urban105k WordsOngoing Walk the night roads often enough, and sooner or later you'll run into a female ghost. Do you make a move or run? Don't panic just yet! Sit down and calmly smoke a cigarette. Remember, as long as you're brave enough, even if you run into a female ghost, a vicious ghost, or an evil ghost, you'll still be scared... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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Recommended to take a look.