Any Novels About Unusual Professions, Like Corpse Divers or Coroners? 有没有偏门职业的书，如捞尸人啊，仵作啊等等

1. 1 国 National Treasure 国家宝藏 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery930k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Smart Protagonists] There is a group of people armed with black blades and mysterious arts, born to venture into ancient tombs across the land. There is a group of people who fight without end and bleed until they are drained, dying to protect the nation's treasures. They stand before the countless people of the world, shielding them from its darkest corners. They leave the greatest glory of their people behind them, for all to behold. They share one name: Qilin. But I 38.6kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves

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   Black Blade Qilin: A little-known profession, dedicated to serving the nation and protecting its treasures.

2. 2 半 I Play Rock-Paper-Scissors with the Mirror at Midnight, and I Won't Sleep Until I Win 半夜和镜子猜拳，我赢一把就睡 Mr. Krabs Loves to Eat蟹老板爱吃饭Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The entire Xie family had a rather spooky air about them. His great-great-grandfather was a mountain wanderer, and his great-great-grandmother sewed up corpses. His great-grandfather was a Maoshan Taoist, and his great-grandmother was a spirit medium from Fengtian. His grandfather made paper offerings, his grandmother prepared bodies for burial, his father drove corpses, and his mother raised poison insects. Some of his ancestors even liked to dig themselves out of their graves… As a result, X 6.2kReads9.0Score559Shelves

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   All I can say is that it's good; the length of time I spent reading it speaks for itself.

3. 3 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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   I personally recommend the first book. The plot is logically sound, but there are too many typos. The second book only has 83 chapters; the last update was in March 2021. It's very good, but I found it interesting. Someone in the comments said the author died because of cancer. The third book: I don't really recommend it. That female streamer is just too disgusting.

4. 4 玄 Xuanhuan: I Lead Hundreds of Millions of Yin Soldiers to Rebuild the Underworld 玄幻：我率领亿万阴兵，重建地府 Xiao Jiang Next Door隔壁小江Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted Chen Qiye transmigrated into a fantasy world, only to find it crawling with countless vicious ghosts that preyed on people and stole their lives. Fortunately, the most powerful Underworld Emperor System awakened within him. Summon Heibai Wuchang to seize wandering souls and slay evil ghosts! Summon the Yin soldiers and generals, throw open the gates of the underworld, and set a hundred ghosts roaming by night! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and keep the mortal realm i 15.5kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
5. 5 被 After the School Belle Humiliated Me, I Became a Corpse Driver and Now I'm Invincible! 被校花侮辱后成了赶尸人，我无敌了！ Heavenly Meow齐天喵Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted At the dinner where he plans to confess to the campus belle, Zhang Bufan, a student who failed his exams, is pranked by his classmates and unexpectedly obtains a god-tier Corpse-Driving System! Classmate: Zhang Bufan, come clean the toilets at my dad's company. I'll give you the friends-and-family rate: 1,000 yuan a month! Zhang Bufan: For 100 yuan, I'll help your dad find his way back to his ancestors. “When the dead are on the move, the living must keep away...” At midnight, the bells ring and 393Reads5.4Score102Shelves
6. 6 走 The Crooked Path 走偏门 Li Er Bu Ha李二不哈Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Adapted into the short dramas Fishing in the Shadows, Taking the Crooked Path, and The Mastermind; and the animated dramas Fishing in the Shadows: Drifting North, A Crooked Road to Comeback, A Thousand Faces in the Underworld, and Tales of a Shady Deal. Check them out if you’re interested.] What is the crooked path? Those who walk it seek a way to survive for themselves and plot certain doom for others. Once you step onto this path, it stretches as deep as the sea. You’ll roam far and wide, mix 23.5kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves

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   This is the best book I've ever read.

7. 7 请 Please Sign for Your Personal Repair Specialist 请签收，你的专属修复师 Doudou from Zhongyue Province中月省的逗逗Two Male Leads497k WordsCompleted Complete ◎ [Two male leads · strong leads healing each other · gentle older man × clingy puppy · mutual salvation ✖️ both pure] On a stormy night, Ji Yang, a former search-and-rescue team captain, knocked on a door in a sorry state. Drenched to the skin, he was having a PTSD episode and could no longer tell reality from memory. The man who opened the door was cool and elegant as jade, with a hoof knife for repairing books in his hand. “Sorry, we’re closed.” “...Don’t turn off the lights. Plea 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A retired rescuer and an ancient book restorer, younger man and older woman, it's a great story.

8. 8 我EN Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 124.1kReads9.2Score14.9kShelves

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   The male protagonist is a cremator, who obtains information about the past and various rewards by burning corpses. He survives in the turbulent Da Li Dynasty, gradually becoming invincible through these rewards. Later, he travels to a world where spiritual energy has vanished, where gods have gone. Different worlds, different people, but one thing remains the same: Crematorium No. 7 Is still operating. [Eating popcorn]

9. 9 我 I Became an Executioner in the Daqing Dynasty 我在大庆朝当刽子手 Little Chick小鸡崽Eastern Fantasy412k WordsCompleted [Overpowered Protagonist] [Fast-Paced] [Supernatural] When He Yuan wakes up, he has become an executioner at the vegetable market by the Meridian Gate in the Great Qing Dynasty. The Great Qing's national fortunes are waning. Demons and monsters run rampant, corrupt officials and cruel enforcers abound, and countless people have died unjustly. He Yuan wields a ghost-head saber and has an endless stream of prisoners to execute each day. After every execution, he finds he can obtain all kinds of re 140Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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   The executioner's profession is definitely unorthodox.

10. 10 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves

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    Very good. You deserve it.

11. 11 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.2kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves

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    Just watch, not a single one of them makes a sound.

12. 12 诡 The Strange Heart 诡异心脏 Qingfeng Riverside青峰浦上Eastern Fantasy504k WordsCompleted Ma Liu transmigrates into a world of demons and monsters and becomes a pickpocket in the Skinning Office. He discovers that he has fused with a strange heart, allowing him to slaughter demons and monsters and absorb their memories and various abilities. Humans and demons live side by side in this world. To survive, he has no choice but to lie low and quietly grow stronger in the Skinning Office. A thousand years later... When Ma Liu finally decides to leave, his hidden trump cards are just a tin 3.3kReads8.9Score241Shelves

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    Joining the Skin-Peeling Division, the protagonist acquires a bizarre heart, granting him the ability to absorb the blood and energy of demons and learn their entire life memories. Though confined to his home, he remains informed about world events. This is a world where humans and demons coexist; many demons are kind, but the world is unfriendly to them. Watching the nation gradually decline, the protagonist slowly grows into someone who can influence the course of events... There's no absolute power to suppress the demons; the writing is excellent, and the characters are well-developed and relatable.

13. 13 直 Livestream: A Mountain Forager Starting with a Fish Hooked in the Mouth 直播：从死鱼正口开始的跑山人 Di Jiutian帝九天Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Bei had been able to hear the mountain god’s voice since childhood. Having grown up at the foot of Changbai Mountain and made his living foraging in the mountains, he affectionately called the local mountain god Old Bai. But gods live on faith, and as technology advanced, more and more mountain gods became mere legends. To help Old Bai regain his power, Zhang Bei started livestreaming his mountain foraging trips. Ginseng buried deep underground for a thousand years, and lingzhi mushroom 15.5kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves

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    There are many such unconventional professions here. The protagonist also has an unconventional profession.

14. 14 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Ninth Gate’s Beloved Mystic 盗墓：九门团宠是神棍 Ma Youye马由頁Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Tomb Raider fanfiction, young Taoist, disguises herself as a boy, doted on by everyone, starting with The Mystic Nine] Proceed with caution: This is not a wish-fulfillment story! The protagonist grows over time and comes of age after Chapter 79. Qi Baye had a little granddaughter whom he raised by his side from the time she was born. He personally chose her name, deciding that whether the baby was a boy or a girl, she would be called Qi Lechuan. After her father, Qi Yu, disappeared while on the 6.2kReads9.4Score831Shelves

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    A sweet and tear-jerking story; the author's writing is good and not childish. It's worth reading.

15. 15 综 Wuxia Crossover: Autumn Execution Grounds, Beheading Makes Me Stronger 综武：秋斩刑场，斩首就变强 Wei Zhougong维周公Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Executioners bring misfortune to others and themselves, and must observe many taboos. Shen Yidao was reborn in a comprehensive martial arts world as the third-generation heir to a family of executioners. Every person he beheaded earned him a new skill. As the land descended into chaos and monsters ran rampant, Shen Yidao kept to the execution ground in Autumn, beheading prisoners to cultivate in a world filled with countless heroes. Then one day, the Jurchen marched south and a demon immortal de 22.1kReads7.9Score1.1kShelves

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    The first book, "The Corpse Cremator," grants abilities by burning corpses. The second book, "The Executioner," grants abilities by beheading. The third book, "The Embroidered Uniform Guard," makes you stronger by making money. The fourth book, "The Leader of an Assassin Organization (crossed out) - The Orphanage Director," makes you stronger for each orphan he successfully trains.

16. 16 贪 Charge One Silver Coin More, and Even the Great Emperor Has to Pay 贪一银加一点大帝来了也得交银子 A Thousand Paths Through the Mortal World千道红尘Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Short drama now streaming: As a Brocade Guard, Is There a Problem with My Having Absolute Power? (Ruthless and decisive + no distinction between good and evil, only differing sides + clear-headed. In short, just sit back and enjoy. Do-gooders, please keep away.) On the Xuanqing Continent, people held martial arts in such high regard that they even sought to become immortals and attain the Dao. Li Hanjiang transmigrated to this continent, into the territory of an empire called the Chiyan Empire. 23.8kReads8.7Score2kShelves
17. 17 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
18. 18 说 You Said You Were a Fake Celestial Master, So Why Do Female Ghosts Run When They See You? 说好假天师，为啥女鬼见你就跑？ North of the East Side of Town城东以北Mystery216k WordsOngoing In the class group chat, Jiang He’s identity as the sixty-sixth-generation Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain was exposed. But Jiang He had spent years studying Taoism under his grandfather and didn’t know a single spell, so he came clean and admitted he was a fake Celestial Master. When his classmates’ construction site was haunted, they invited Jiang He to perform a ritual. He thought he’d just have to go through the motions, but as soon as he began the ceremony, a woman in red appeared! “Din 4Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    I recently found these two books. I think they're quite good.

19. 19 去 I Went on a Blind Date, and My Identity as a Yellow River Corpse Retriever Was Exposed 去相亲，黄河捞尸人身份曝光了 Urban Glory都市荣耀Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Lin Yan was a corpse retriever. In his previous life, he violated the three taboos of the trade and was consumed by baleful energy, only to be reborn by accident. After binding to the Corpse Retriever System, he returns to his old profession and becomes the last corpse retriever in a parallel world! This time, he swears he won't repeat the mistakes of his past life! But unexpectedly, he ends up trending online. UC: “Shocking! Celebrity W 2.1kReads7.8Score264Shelves
20. 20 我 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 Ma Xiaohu马小虎Urban3.3M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 454.1kReads9.5Score48.3kShelves

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    It's said the author wrote this after coming from inside the story, so it feels very real.

21. 21 大 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥，你是警察啊，不是道士！ Mou Zui谋醉Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T 71.6kReads9.2Score7.4kShelves

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    [Please follow] Looking for books by Lingzi when you're experiencing a reading slump ⭐ The first book is about a paper craftsman. The protagonist is supposedly a reincarnation of a powerful figure. While others can only accumulate good karma through cultivation, the protagonist gains merit by helping the police solve cases, relying on metaphysics to solve crimes. Later, he gradually enjoys the process of solving cases. ⭐ The next two books are about coroners. One is about Song Yang, a descendant of Song Ci, a high-ranking official in the Song Dynasty, and his struggle against the Jiangbei slayer. The other is about Ding Yin, Song Yang's disciple, searching for the truth behind the massacre of his family.

22. 22 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
23. 23 猎 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 5.9kReads9.4Score819Shelves
24. 24 夺 The Heart-Stealing Sleuth 夺心狂探 Xin Bai辛白Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Urban superpowers! This is actually a superpower story with a touch of suspense, so please don’t approach it as a traditional suspense or supernatural mystery. Gao Yao, the founder of criminal law, left behind eight volumes for suppressing evil. Among them, an ancient mind-control technique can seize people's souls and manipulate their minds. Its modern inheritor is Chou Yun, the orphan of a murderer. Though Chou Yun was born in darkness and raised amid hardship, he has a strong and righteous he 1.7kReads9.0Score161Shelves

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    You'll fall in love with it after reading it.

25. 25 捞 Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门！ Li Er Bu Ha李二不哈Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.” 10.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    Great books are here! Follow me and you'll never run out of reading material! One protagonist starts as a charlatan but unexpectedly becomes a connector behind the scenes of the world. He then navigates various factions, constantly developing his power, and finally escapes to resolve the crisis! Another protagonist starts with a cataclysmic event but possesses maxed-out, unspeakable abilities. He then continuously develops his power in the shadows of the world, ultimately becoming the strongest in the world and traversing the path to enlightenment.

26. 26 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 51.9kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
27. 27 捞 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 Little Treasure小宝Mystery643k WordsCompleted In ancient times, there were corpse-drivers. Today, there is the profession of retrieving corpses from the water. The corpse-drivers guide the dead back to their roots, while what I retrieve is my own life. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 僵 Jiangshi: Patriarch of the Unorthodox Dao 僵尸：左道祖师 Snow-Stained Maple Red雪染枫红Mystery610k WordsCompleted When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to a world of zombies. As a modern man, who could resist the allure of supernatural power? Unfortunately, his constitution is poor and his aptitude is lacking. He can only struggle on alone. But if the path to immortality is closed to me, then I'll forge a path of my own. 3.3kReads7.1Score136Shelves

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    Well, is this some kind of offbeat book? I highly recommend the fifth one. The protagonist gains immortality right from the start, but he's blind. He grows stronger through corpses and later acquires a cultivation technique perfectly suited to him, further strengthening himself by sacrificing his lifespan. The plot is completely straightforward and silent throughout. [You'll appreciate the details.] (Recommending books isn't easy, Zhang Baba. [Please follow!])

29. 29 邪 Apprentice at the Occult Curio Shop 邪术杂货店的学徒 The Mountain-Moving Daoist搬山道人Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted I never believed in Southeast Asian black magic, Nanyang sorcery, or even the gu poison arts of Yunnan. But after a trip to Hong Kong, not only did I believe in them, I also used them to make a fortune… This book reminds everyone: don’t be lazy, greedy, arrogant, or wicked. May it leave a deep impression on your heart! 156Reads5.4Score—Shelves
30. 30 民 Folk Taboos: I Cultivate Merit in the Mortal World 民间禁忌：我在人间修功德 Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Everyone knows the barber, but few realize that the earliest barbers were actually executioners, and strange adepts who mastered esoteric arts. They walk between life and death, needing only a barber's razor to read the secrets of Heaven and travel between yin and yang. They shave the living, and they shave the dead. Even today, folk wisdom warns: never offend the barbers who roam the land with their poles and packs. 158Reads7.1Score—Shelves
31. 31 赶 The Corpse-Driving Inn: Taking the Iron Triangle on a Corpse-Driving Run 赶尸客栈，带着铁三角去赶尸 I Don't Want to Be a Graphic Designer不想做美工Mystery786k WordsCompleted Qin Feng transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world, intending to explore tombs, but accidentally activates the Corpse-Driving Inn System. Just as the ten-year agreement comes to an end, the Iron Triangle reunites. Qin Feng decides to take the Iron Triangle corpse-driving! Fatty: "Hey, Third Master? Got a tomb job? Forget that, why raid tombs when driving corpses is so much better?" Wu Xie: "Making paper effigies is an art, especially when you're making women!" Xiao Ge: "I don't know those guys. I 1.8kReads8.5Score240Shelves
32. 32 诡 The Weird Path to Immortality: I Become a God in a Strange World 诡道长生：我在诡异世界封神 Xian Muo衔木oEastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Eerie] [Gu cultivation] [A completely revamped power system] The blind Lin Hun is a corpse collector, a white-clad servant in his ninth life at the Demon Suppression Bureau. Born ill-fated, he cultivates the eerie path with his crippled body. He spends his days collecting, stitching, and refining corpses, surrounded by the Eerie. Then he unexpectedly awakens the divine Eerie art, "The Lifespan-Boiling Gu Cultivation Method": Use lifespan as fuel, boil up supernatural abilities, and cultivate Gu 23.6kReads8.2Score2.6kShelves
33. 33 摹 The Rubbing Master: Nine Empty Skies, Emperor of the Underworld 摹搨师：九空帝冥 Mr. Photographer拍照先生Mystery43k WordsOngoing There is a folk saying: “Be born in Suzhou or Hangzhou, and be buried at Beiman.” In feng shui, Beiman Mountain is considered the heart of China's dragon vein. Wealthy merchants, celebrated writers, generals, ministers, and emperors of ancient times all flocked to the mountain, seeing burial there as the ultimate goal in life. This earthen mountain stretches for hundreds of miles and rises more than two hundred meters, yet it holds tens of thousands of tombs, large and small, including over a hu —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is indeed a rather niche profession; I haven't seen any other novels about it.

34. 34 恐 Horror Game: I Max Out Affection and Do Whatever I Want 恐怖游戏：加爆好感，我为所欲为 The Old Heavenly Master Is Here老天师在此Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A horror game descends upon the world! Lin Bei, who has just transmigrated, is unfortunately selected. After entering the horror game, he obtains a System that can raise the affection of every species except humans. And Lin Bei can earn all kinds of rewards from it! Snowfield Phantom instance? [Ding!] [Snow Maiden's affection is maxed out!!] [Golden Treasure Chest's affection is maxed out!!] Blood Sea Evil Spirit Ship instance? [Ding!] [Blood Maiden's affection is maxed out!!] [Blood Sea (one-ki 5.3kReads8.9Score578Shelves

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    Don't doubt it, it's just that beautiful.

35. 35 开 I’m a Corpse-Driving Empress from the Start, and the School Belle Found Out 开局赶尸女帝，被校花发现了 Chen Tianxiu陈天秀Urban344k WordsCompleted Chen Tianxiu transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has been revived for a thousand years. Everyone in this world can cultivate and become a warrior. The strongest can even fly through the skies, tunnel beneath the earth, move mountains, and overturn seas, becoming like gods! Then he awakens the Divine Corpse-Wrangling System. Every successful corpse-wrangling earns him various rewards. He can even abandon martial arts and pursue immortality! His first target is the Empress Qianqiu, who v 3.2kReads8.7Score233Shelves

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    I loved the first few chapters of this book.

36. 36 湘 Tales of the Strange in Western Hunan 湘西异闻录 Qia Ling Little Taoist恰灵小道Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [A friendly warning: This book has no System. It's funny and terrifying, with suspense and clever twists throughout, plus plenty of passion and brains. The more you read, the better it gets.] When I was four, I was kidnapped and taken to a cursed village to be sacrificed alive. A fox spirit risked her life to save me, and secretly pledged herself to me for life. To marry my fox bride, I venture deep into the Miao Valley, tread the Nether River Gorge, and walk the boundary between Yin and Yang. I 6.1kReads9.1Score593Shelves

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    Each season offers a unique landscape, each grain of sand a world, and each flower a universe.

37. 37 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves

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    I really enjoyed reading this book; it's quite good.

38. 38 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

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    Good, extra

39. 39 红 The Red Moon Returns: Sewing Up Corpses Makes Me Stronger 红月复苏：缝尸就变强 Xian Mu衔木Urban1.4M WordsCompleted (The hottest feel-good power fantasy of 2022) (A brand-new profession: Corpse Stitcher) Ghosts roam the night beneath a blood-red moon; Each shattered corpse Is a resource that makes the Corpse Stitcher stronger. Three incense sticks burn, and the Rebirth Mantra ends; The human-bone abacus rings, and corpse stitching brings rewards. One day, a corpse speaks: “I’m calling your name. Do you dare answer?” Two streams of bloody tears run from Ying Ji’s eyes... Stitch human corpses, stitch ghost corp 2.8kReads8.8Score306Shelves

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40. 40 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 31kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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    The more you read, the more exciting it becomes, feeling like a series of short stories.

41. 41 医 The Medical and Martial World 医武江湖 Yong Zhi用之Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing What is Chinese medicine? Is it a technique or a Way? What is the world of the jianghu? Is it black or white? This story tells of the first half of a life spent entering the Way through medicine, taking you into the real jianghu and revealing the most mysterious parts of traditional culture, as well as the good and evil buried deep in human nature. 1.2kReads8.9Score161Shelves
42. 42 扎 Paper Effigy Maker: From the Start, I Summoned a Hundred Ghosts! 扎纸匠：开局扎出百鬼夜行！ Mo Chou墨丑Urban222k WordsOngoing Su Changsheng transmigrates to Blue Star, where horror is on the rise, inherits a funeral shop, and obtains a divine paper effigy System. With only an illustrated guide, Su Changsheng can craft the corresponding ghosts and gods of the underworld. Craft ghost soldiers and ghost generals: a procession of a hundred ghosts, ghost troops crossing the land! Craft Black and White Impermanence: seize souls and punish evil spirits! Craft the Ten Great Judges: distinguish good from evil and decide who liv 6Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    They should all fit the description of niche professions.

43. 43 超 The Super Corpse Walker Gets Stronger Through Livestreaming 超级赶尸匠，直播就变强 W Happy Shut-InW快乐肥宅Urban204k WordsOngoing A groveling corporate wage slave is looking for work, but keeps getting rejected… He interviews for a job transporting corpses, only to unexpectedly awaken a livestream corpse-driving System… (Forget about being a female streamer and all that. I’ll put myself in the spotlight!) “Jingle, jingle!” Three rings of the soul-summoning bell, and ten thousand corpses bow! “The dead are on the move. The living, stay clear.” “If you don’t, the consequences are on you!” Veterans from border battlefields, d —Reads6.2Score—Shelves
44. 44 刺 Sashimi Celestial Master: They Mistook Me for the Ultimate Villain 刺身天师：我被错认成究极大反派 Bi Qi毕奇Urban298k WordsCompleted Don't get a dragon tattoo above your shoulders, and don't get a tiger tattoo below your waist. With her eyes closed, Guanyin cannot save the world. With his eyes open, Guan Gong will surely kill! A tattoo marks a new beginning, but if you violate the taboos associated with its design, you will suffer the backlash. And one more thing: if your fate isn't strong enough, never get a tattoo by force. Otherwise, disaster is sure to follow! After Gu Xing fused with the System, he successfully advanced 1.5kReads7.7Score101Shelves

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    Unorthodox methods: tattooing, tomb raiding, disembowelment, cremation—how about that?

45. 45 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
46. 46 皮 The Skin-Suit Master 皮囊师 Tong Liang童亮Eastern Fantasy176k WordsCompleted The Skin Painter is a legendary tale. Upstairs from the young Li Ban lives a mysterious fox spirit and a woman sealed inside a vase. They had hidden there to escape a deadly pursuit by their enemies and avoid the ravages of war. After years of peaceful coexistence, uninvited visitors, spirits in human guise, begin arriving one after another, and Li Ban learns the secrets of the fox spirit and the woman in the vase. 258Reads9.2Score110Shelves

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    The Skin Master 🎭 is both Buddha 📿 and demon 👻. To those who desire beauty, wealth, and fame, they may be gods and Buddhas; to those deprived of their human rights and whose body parts have been stolen, they are demons. A woman encased in a vase, a rat kneaded into a lump of flesh, people manipulated like shadow puppets, an old woman whose bones have been shaved into a horse to be ridden… The plot is intricate and full of twists and turns, short and concise!

47. 47 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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    I don't know how these are.

48. 48 点 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Long-Eared Rabbit长耳朵的兔子Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 715Reads8.3Score103Shelves
49. 49 神 The Divine Nuo Master 神傩师 Lord Qiudao, the Second Most Handsome in the Universe宇宙第二帅的秋刀大人Mystery117k WordsCompleted Masks were also called xiao masks in ancient times. Some xiao masks can bridge yin and yang and defy fate through the power of karma. These are known as divine visages and ghost masks. I’m a nuo exorcist who specializes in making divine visages and ghost masks. The nuo exorcist’s trade incurs karma, and the sins that can never be atoned for must ultimately be paid for with one’s life. Before something happened to my grandfather, he hid inside a temple. He thought he could escape disaster that wa —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 苗 The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事 Namo Kasaya Science Buddha南无袈裟理科佛Mystery4.3M WordsCompleted The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish… 13.9kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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