Looking for Traditional Trade Stories, Like Corpse Collectors, Corpse Exorcists, Spirit Healers, or Corpse Drivers. The Protagonist Should Be Cold-Blooded 求传统职业文如捞尸人勾尸人巫医赶尸匠猪脚冷血

1. 101 全 National Horror Escape: I'm the Only One with a Survival Guide 全民恐怖逃生：唯独我有求生指南 Clear Wine, Bamboo Sword清酒竹剑Mystery281k WordsOngoing [Mass transmigration, supernatural oddities, catastrophe, survival, class advancement, safe houses, clever survival, no saintly heroine, intelligent wish fulfillment] “I’ve never feared hardship, because I can shift every bit of it onto someone else.” Top survival expert Chen Li The human cleansing plan begins, and everyone is transported to the “World of Strange Shadows” to become survivors. People can only move around during the day. At night, strange entities emerge to slaughter the —Reads6.2Score—Shelves
2. 102 张 The Zhang Family's Ancient Tower Is Being Demolished, and My Secret Duty to Guard the Ultimate Is Exposed 张家古楼拆迁，我守护终极被曝光 Half a City of Mud and Sand半城泥沙Mystery455k WordsCompleted My name is Zhang Ruoxuan. I am the last patriarch of the Zhang family, and I bear the duty of guarding the Ultimate. On my adventures, I met two friends. One was a bold, sharp-eyed fat man who loved money more than life itself. The other was a university student who loved photography and came from a prestigious family. He filmed our adventures along the way, edited the footage, and gave it to me. At the very last moment before I entered the Bronze Gate, I left the Ghost Seal and the footage insi 9.6kReads8.5Score815Shelves
3. 103 道 The Taoist Priest Comes Down from the Mountain: Ghost Hunting Is My Specialty 道士下山，我捉鬼是专业的 Wind in the Painted Pavilion Last Night画楼昨夜风Urban122k WordsOngoing Chen Changsheng transmigrates to a world where ghostly energy has returned. He takes on the identity of a Taoist priest and awakens a ghost-hunting System. He can grow stronger by catching ghosts and earning rewards. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve obtained three years’ worth of cultivation.] [Obtained S-rank technique: Purple Sky Divine Thunder] [Obtained S-rank item: Seven-Star Compass] [Obtained SS-rank divine ability: Unhindered Passage Between Two Realms] On his first trip down the mou —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 104 小 Survival in the Residential Complex, but I Was Pulled into the Management Group 小区求生，但我被拉入了管理群 Nazgar纳兹嘉尔Mystery784k WordsCompleted [Infinite horror + no female lead + cold-blooded male lead + split personality + author’s mental state is questionable + kill, kill, kill!] When everyone is unexpectedly dragged into a survival game, Cheng Xu discovers that his name appears in the administrators’ group. By day, the survivors search for resources and strengthen themselves and their shelters. At night, ghosts run rampant and disasters erupt. Only those who rely on their shelters can survive. One deadly trial follows another, and b 6.1kReads9.2Score837Shelves
5. 105 盗 Tomb Raiding: Beginning My Cultivation as a Guanshan Taibao 盗墓：从观山太保开始修仙 Xuanxiao Tianhan玄霄天汉Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Feng Yuanqing transmigrated into a tomb-raiding world and chose the identity of a Guanshan Taibao. He was also a graduate student in archaeology at Jingcheng University, conducting research under Professor Sun. But he soon discovered that this world was far from simple. The Queen of Jingjue, corpse immortals, the Bronze Gate, qilin blood, the Queen Mother of the West, immortality, ancient gods… This world was full of mysteries. With the help of his golden finger, he gradually embarked on the pat 7kReads7.6Score415Shelves
6. 106 神 Department of Paranormal Investigations 神秘事件调查处 Great Fox of Qingqiu青丘大狐Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The Secret Incident Investigation Bureau, Book One As a child, Zhuge Yun was struck by lightning and branded with a thunder rune. During an archaeological excavation, he accidentally awakened the thunder element within himself. After joining the Ninth Division, under the Huaxia government’s secret agency, Bureau 749, Zhuge Yun and his teammates handled all kinds of supernatural incidents. The mysterious Poyang Lake Delta, ghost soldiers crossing the land, resurrected terracotta warriors in the M 4.4kReads8.4Score250Shelves
7. 107 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 177.9kReads9.4Score16kShelves
8. 108 死 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 The Classic of Mountains and Seas Courier山海经搬运工Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 31.9kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves

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   It features people working as corpse retrievers. The male protagonist's wife is both beautiful and capable. A novel that requires some thought to read. Highly recommended!

9. 109 娱 Showbiz: I Asked You to Be Down-to-Earth, Not Bring Out the Ghostly Vibes 娱乐：让你接地气，没让你接阴气 General Commander Chen Tang陈塘总兵Urban558k WordsOngoing Cao Mu transmigrates into the body of a heavily criticized pretty boy and joins a variety show called Going to the Countryside with the Stars. From the start, he takes a gig playing the suona at a funeral? Is this really something a pretty boy would do? He becomes a Yellow River corpse retriever? That’s way too creepy! He carries a coffin with one hand. Please, do something normal for once! You can perform the Zhong Kui dance too? What kind of variety show is this? From that moment on, every sho 160Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   At first, the main characters were singers, like those from a grand funeral procession. Then later, many people appeared, dressed as Zhong Kui (a mythical figure associated with Tao Yuanming), Taiwanese poets, and poets like Feng Xiaogang.

10. 110 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6kShelves

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    No romantic pairings, no dragging plot, intelligent protagonist, and not a Mary Sue/Saint.

11. 111 捞 The Corpse-Retrieving Ghost, I Founded a Secret Organization in the City 捞尸女鬼，我在都市成立诡秘组织 DI JunDI君Urban492k WordsCompleted (Mysterious Revival + Urban Life + Live-Streamed Corpse Retrieval) One night, a teenage boy wakes up and discovers he has awakened the Corpse Retrieval System. He must venture to the River of the Underworld to retrieve the corpse of a female ghost. The tragic beauty Qiao Ji, the quirky Luohua Cave Maiden, the fox spirit Tamamo-no-Mae, the fiendish Banruo... As the mysterious returns to life, the boy loses his memory before a bronze gate on a rainy night. The gates of the underworld swing wide op 116Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Do not retrieve a body that is standing upright, do not retrieve the body of a young girl, do not attempt to retrieve a body during thunderstorms, and if a body cannot be retrieved after three consecutive attempts, give up decisively. —The Corpse Retriever

12. 112 入 The Mortician's Book of the Supernatural 入殓师灵异录 Yi Mu一木Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I majored in funeral services, and to secure a place in the university's Communist Party, I took on a funeral case. That led to me spending the night with the red-clad corpse of a woman who had hanged herself. Afterward, a series of eerie events unfolded: a haunted phone, a red-clad figure on a street corner. What conspiracy lies hidden in this abandoned factory from the 1980s? After narrowly escaping with my life, I thought I had made it out. Little did I know that the thing was already right o 8Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 给 Food Delivery for Ghosts: Leave Me a Bad Review and I'll Hammer You to Tears! 给鬼送外卖：敢给差评锤哭你！ Sanqi Lu三七鹿Urban217k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Hilarious + Great Villain + Wild Imagination] In an age when the bizarre ran rampant, Shen Lang had just gotten out of prison when he unexpectedly awakened the Great Villain Role-Playing System, which was supposed to help him adjust to his new life. Middle-Aged Pervert Ghost: “Is there no law anymore? I didn’t give the hotpot place a good review, and he’s going to beat me into a vengeful ghost hotpot?” Schoolgirl Sadako: “Waaah, I didn’t give him a good review, so he ripped out m 1Reads6.8Score—Shelves
14. 114 惊 Horror Delivery 惊悚外卖 Web Novel Author He Haosheng网络小说作者何浩笙Mystery605k WordsOngoing The food delivered by the God of Death carries a terrifying death knell. Anyone who receives this dreadful takeout falls under the horrifying curse of an ancient phone. After I received one such delivery, Chen Yong left, and I joined the police force to take his place. Together with Su Xiaotian, I carried on his legacy and solved countless supernatural cases! —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 阴 The Yin-Yang Courier 阴阳快递员 Uncle Black Eyes黑瞳叔Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Parcel delivery has expanded beyond the countryside and reached the underworld. And I am a courier who delivers to both the living and the dead! I've delivered countless packages and encountered countless strange, unknown events. Let me tell you a deathly tale about parcel delivery, based on my own experiences... 10.9kReads8.7Score368Shelves
16. 116 地 Underworld Courier 地府快递员 Loanword Character通假字Urban3.0M WordsCompleted On the surface, I’m an ordinary deliveryman, zipping around on an electric scooter loaded with parcels, come rain or shine. In private, I still work as a deliveryman, but the routes I take are anything but ordinary. They’re the roads of the legendary underworld... 501Reads8.8Score107Shelves
17. 117 我 I Keep Showing Up at Murder Scenes 我总出现在命案现场 Tangtang Sixth Young Master糖糖六公子Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Shanghai's most shameless man + Underworld Judge + KPI + the Netherworld + supernatural events] I almost ended up in an incinerator, you know? When I came to, I somehow became a Judge of the Underworld in charge of guiding souls. From then on, I was saddled with an enormous burden of performance targets! So I was forced to go to all kinds of murder scenes to collect souls. That's why the public sees me as an omen of death, the police see me as a godsend, and the King of Hell sees me as a model 936Reads8.0Score140Shelves

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    Book A: I almost laughed when I was reading this. Book B: A dedicated craftsman. Book C: The protagonist is not human. Book D: The protagonist has obsessive-compulsive disorder.

18. 118 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score804Shelves
19. 119 惊 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 27.7kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
20. 120 小 Mr. Xiao Wang 小王先生 Young Master Wang小王鲜生Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted My mother held on for several extra hours while giving birth to me, just so I wouldn’t be born on the date the fortune-teller had predicted. Haunted by evil spirits! Delivering winter clothes to the dead! Wandering ghosts! Why does everyone come to me for everything? Incense roots? Fate? Five-colored cloth? These mysterious trades all depend on intuition! Granny Bai says I have a spiritual gift and a knack for opening the senses. Aunt Yang says I have all three kinds of affinity. But I never tho 13.5kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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    These two books are particularly good for understanding the shamanic practice. They are based on the author's own experiences over the years, and also include some popular science information. They are very vivid and highly recommended!

21. 121 文 The King Wen Drum, the King Wu Whip, and the Five-Dragon Flower Staff Summon the Immortal Elder 文王鼓，武王鞭，五龙花杆请老仙 Mr. Xiao Wang小王先生Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing “Cultivate your character deep in the mountains, then emerge from your cave and make your name known across the land.” A year after I began working as a spirit medium, my life took a completely different course. On the sixth day of the sixth month, I took charge of the altar. The old spirits took their seats, but brought a long-buried case to light. An unremarkable woman was haunted by several infant spirits. In the dead of night, the one who said “Hi” to me was actually a paper doll. An old man 1.9kReads8.8Score194Shelves
22. 122 摆 Ferryman: From the Start, Keeping Watch Over the Campus Beauty at the Crematorium 摆渡人：开局在火葬场给校花守灵 V Young Master of the Fan FamilyV范家大少Urban500k WordsCompleted [Urban + campus beauty + college life + supernatural + ferryman + underworld + firearms] Heavenly Funeral Home Hiring Notice: Location: Cremation Room Job: Corpse Handler Pay: Day shift, 800 per day; night shift, 1,200 per day (must work at least seven days!) Requirements: Brave, no high blood pressure, heart disease, mental illness... Netizen 1: "Is anything scarier than being broke? 1,200 for one night? I'd not only carry corpses, I'd chase them down if they ran away." Netizen 2: "1,200 fo 5.1kReads9.0Score343Shelves

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    Take these books first

23. 123 灵 Soul Ferry: It All Began When Zhao Li Betrayed Me 灵魂摆渡，从被赵吏出卖开始 Ninth Master of the Bereaved丧九爷Mystery244k WordsCompleted I’m Zhao Jie, the ghost doctor. King of the Underworld A Cha (Tu) is forcing me to marry her, so I fled to Convenience Store No. 444, only to be sold out by my brother Zhao Li in an instant. Xia Dongqing: “Ever since he showed up, I can barely afford instant noodles. Chi You, please wake up already!” Zhao Li: “What a disaster. He’s conned me out of money again. I’m disowning him as my brother.” Wang Xiaoya: “I’m a God of War, and he actually thinks I’m ugly. He won’t even let me hang out with hi 556Reads7.1Score—Shelves
24. 124 你 Your Mystery Novels Make You Better at Solving Cases Than the Police? 你写悬疑小说比警察还会查案？ Ju Jiuzhi桔九织Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (No System, no female lead, not invincible, mostly everyday life, Conan-like bad luck, cases both big and small.) (Warning: The protagonist does everything for himself and is no conventional good guy. Don’t read if that bothers you. Also, no female lead doesn’t mean no female characters; it just means there are no romantic scenes. Don’t read if you don’t want women to appear.) Other people transmigrate and find opportunities and connections waiting for them. When Lu Ci transmigrates, the only th 7.1kReads8.9Score846Shelves

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    A corpse-driving expert and a novelist who was hired by the police station.

25. 125 盗 Tomb Raiding: Reopening the Century-Old Charity Estate 盗墓：重启百年义庄 Pagoda Tree North of the City城北槐树Mystery425k WordsOngoing [No heroine + no romance pairing + two storylines: tomb raiding and a funeral home (emphasized), skip if this bothers you] In an old alley in Shacheng stands a century-old funeral home, where the dead are received and laid to rest, and lost souls are guided onward! Jiang Xing inherits his family's century-old funeral home and goes from a modern young man to its keeper! But since Jiang Xing had bound himself to the Keeper System long ago, the change doesn't bother him at all. He originally only w 656Reads9.0Score103Shelves
26. 126 女 A Cross-Dressing Corpse Driver Exposed on Xiaomei’s Livestream! 女装赶尸，被呆小妹直播曝光了！ Siheyuan四合院Urban235k WordsCompleted [Exposure-style + Dai Xiaomei fan fiction + corpse-driving + campus + comedy + plot twists] A string of bizarre murders occurs in the girls' restroom at school. The victims strangle themselves or drown in washbasins! The corpses weigh as much as mountains and cannot be moved. Then Su Xu unexpectedly gets the Corpse-Driving System, triggering a mission that requires him to drive corpses while dressed as a woman! “Three hun and seven po, return to your senses and reverse the infant soul. Three hun 266Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    The first book, "The Corpse Cremerer," was very well-written and enjoyable. The second book, "The Exorcist," was also very good. The third book, "The Corpse Driver in Women's Clothing," was also very good.

27. 127 他 He Is His Salvation 他是他的救赎 Don't Know What Comes Next不知更Two Male Leads516k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + supernatural mysteries + suspense + sweet romance] Zhang Buting enters the city to gain experience. Skilled in fortune-telling, drawing talismans, exorcising ghosts, and capturing demons, he joins forces with police officer Li Yanqing to solve one strange case after another. As for the two of them... 81Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    This is a gem!!! Supernatural fiction, episodic stories, Master Zhang is incredibly skilled at exorcising ghosts and performing divination and fortune telling! No female lead, two male leads! Super good!

28. 128 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

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    👀👀When I was little, my grandma told me stories. In her youth, she traveled extensively doing business, and she told me tales of the Miao people raising Gu poison. She said that those who raised Gu would kill a rooster with the largest, reddest comb, hang it on a tree until it rotted, and then grind it into powder. The Gu powder was white and odorless, and some Gu practitioners would even use it on their own children. There was a woman in a neighboring village who went to that family to ask for a bowl of water and was poisoned. A few days later, she fell ill; her belly became swollen, and eventually, the decay started from her neck, and she died. The village doctor couldn't do anything about it.🙀🙀🙀 But this is just a story; just listen for fun.

29. 129 赶 I Came Down the Mountain as a Corpse Driver and Scared My Online Girlfriend Silly 赶尸下山，我把网恋对象吓傻了 Refill the Ink续杯墨水Mystery92k WordsOngoing His shima told Zhang Hao to take his marriage contract and go down the mountain to meet his beautiful fiancée. Then the woman he'd been dating online for seven years sent him a message. Liu Shishi: "Let's break up. I don't want to keep staring at my phone." Zhang Hao: "I'm coming down the mountain." "Then... let's meet in person." "Let's meet in person tomorrow night. Don't keep me waiting." Liu Shishi brought her twin sister and showed up at the designated spot as promised. A young man 1Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    When the dead are handling matters, the living should avoid them. Whether you choose to avoid them or not is up to you. —A Corpse Driver

30. 130 面 Rejected at a Job Interview, I Turned to Corpse Driving: Scaring Dai Xiaomei to Tears from the Start 面试被拒去赶尸：开局吓哭呆小妹 Maple Leaf Country枫叶之国Urban319k WordsCompleted Autumn has arrived, and graduation season is here once again. Lin Yuan gets rejected from a job interview, then learns he has a terminal illness. In the class group chat, his classmates laugh: “You're the only one in the whole class who still hasn't found an internship, Lin Yuan. Are you planning to live off your parents forever?” Class monitor: “Wang Tianzong has already started his own company!” Wang Tianzong: “I'm short a cleaner for the office bathrooms. Want to give it a try? If you do well 120Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    That's all. [Smirk][Smirk]

31. 131 背 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery728k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score327Shelves

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    The first book, as its title suggests, is about a professional corpse carrier. The second is about running a coffin shop. The third is about making paper effigies. The fourth is about ferrying people to the underworld. In short, all four are very haunted.

32. 132 我 I Drive a Taxi, but I Don’t Pick Up Passengers, Only Female Ghosts and Models 我开出租不拉客，只拉女鬼和模特 I Want to Run Wild我要浪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Pan Mudan kept her lips pressed tightly together, not daring to make a sound in case her husband heard... I used to be a company driver at a steel mill. Then the company laid people off. I spent eight thousand yuan on an almost-decommissioned commercial vehicle and started driving a taxi. My friends all said I'd struck gold! Even without the air conditioning on in summer, the car was chilly inside! 6.2kReads8.9Score568Shelves
33. 133 缝 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Seventh Master Hu胡七爷Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing When I was born, torrential rain fell for forty-nine days straight. Rivers overflowed their banks, and mudslides swept through the land. My master cut me out of my mother's womb. The moment I came into the world, ghost soldiers marched across the land and countless ghosts paid homage to their king. When I was a little older, my master told me that my Seven Killings fate had no restraint, and that I might incur Heaven's punishment in the future. He then taught me the art of corpse stitching, so I 161Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 134 借 Borrowing Yin Lifespan 借阴寿 Five Dou of Rice五斗米Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever slept wearing burial clothes? Don’t try it. I did once, and that night... My name is Li Yiliang. I was born with a shortened lifespan, and my birth caused my mother to die in childbirth. But one night when I was eighteen, my mother came back and said she wanted to take me with her... My grandfather told me to sleep in burial clothes, then gave his own life to help me escape that fate. From then on, my life was never free of strange and uncanny things... 4.7kReads8.9Score411Shelves
35. 135 黄 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 14.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
36. 136 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
37. 137 镇 Tomb of the Yin 镇阴棺 Five Dou of Rice五斗米Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was always at my grandfather’s side, helping people relocate graves. There was a special burial practice involved in moving graves called a second burial. It required opening the coffin, gathering the bones, and dressing them in new clothes. The first time I encountered a second burial, I dug up a female corpse that looked lifelike... 122Reads8.6Score—Shelves
38. 138 黄 No. 81 on the Yellow Springs Road 黄泉路81号 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 42.1kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
39. 139 我 My Host! The Path to Godhood Through Magic, Cleared in One Year 我宿主！魔法成神路，一年速通 Mao Yuyu猫渔渔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No male lead + another world + livestreaming + strong female lead] Also known as: She Becomes a Legend at the Welcome Party, and the Top-Tier Star of Magic Is Actually a Mage! Fa Liyue, a first-year voice acting major, is picked to perform at the welcome party. She thinks she's about to embarrass herself, but then a shocking System suddenly appears, and she draws a magic skill. As long as she performs magic in front of people and earns shock points, she can get all kinds of rewards. From then o 4kReads8.6Score536Shelves

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    Sisters, even though the rating isn't high, it's really beautiful, give it a try!

40. 140 都 Urban Astrologer 都市星相师 Ancestor Haha哈哈老祖Urban659k WordsOngoing [Physiognomy + Fortune-Telling + Feng Shui + Celestial Master + No Livestreams + No System + Cultivation + Immortality] My name is Ling Xiao, and I'm an astrologer making my way in the city! You might not know much about astrologers, but I'll name a few of my fellow disciples and you'll get the idea! Zhuge Liang, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, Liu Bowen... They're all senior members of my school! Astrologers are skilled at observing the stars, allowing them to discern the past and future, as well a 4kReads9.3Score288Shelves

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    Are astrologers considered stubborn?

41. 141 茅 Disciple of the Maoshan Sect 茅山门徒 Master of the Dragontail Studio曳尾斋主Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted A strange antique shop where the owner uses his ghostly eyes to appraise treasures and spends a fortune buying ghost bones! Think the owner only knows how to appraise antiques? Think again. He can read beautiful women, too! The domineering female CEO, the hottest star, an unconventional beauty, the pure-hearted campus belle, the girl next door… He can see right through you with a single glance! 7.1kReads9.0Score636Shelves

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    "Does that old woman live upstairs?" Han Zipei asked. Xia Zhengyang nodded. "You brat, you died so tragically..." Suddenly, a sobbing voice came from upstairs; it was Granny Lan's voice. The voice wasn't loud, but it was extremely shrill, like a thin wire piercing into the ear, making one feel uncomfortable all over!

42. 142 冤 The Unlucky Heavenly Master Walks the Mortal World 冤种天师走人间 Master of the Dragontail Studio曳尾斋主Mystery748k WordsCompleted The Maoshan Celestial Master holds yin and yang in check, slays ghosts, banishes demons, and dispels ill omens. A three-foot peachwood sword, a stick of incense for virtue! My fate is unusual: I court death but never die, so my master took me in as a disciple and taught me the secret arts of Maoshan. After descending the mountain, I met a beautiful older girl I knew as a child, and she led me down a road of no return. A beauty in an ice coffin, a snow-mountain witch, a fox spirit beneath the moo 729Reads7.4Score101Shelves
43. 143 我 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 Dragon-Taming Pool御龙潭Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 38.7kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves

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    Every moment in life is unique, 💘... First, I sing the electronic savior's song, inviting the cyber immortal; second, I broadcast the intelligent breeze, descending to earth to ensure a bountiful harvest; third, I strike the digital Wenwang drum, with all the immortals busy on their journeys; fourth, I travel to the technological capital of Fengdu, 😶 and light only oil candles to conserve energy...

44. 144 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
45. 145 你 Don’t You Feel Guilty Making a Living Selling Ghosts? 你当鬼贩子良心不会痛吗 Lord of Bailu City白鹿城主Mystery506k WordsCompleted [Ghost peddler + no female lead + bluffing + ghost summoner] Ghostly energy surges, and terror descends. Lu Jing inherits the funeral goods shop his grandfather left behind and becomes the best business partner the Spirit Guard Bureau could ask for. “Captain Fang, 30,000 for this B-rank evil spirit. That's fair, right?” “Fair enough...” “Captain Fang, 500,000 for this A-rank evil spirit. That's fair, right?” “Fair enough...” “Captain Fang, this Ghost King...” Watching Lu Jing remove 5.4kReads8.9Score377Shelves
46. 146 蘑 Back to Field: The Haunted Inn Exposed by the Beloved Life Show 蘑菇屋：灵异客栈，被向往曝光了 Watching the Clouds at Dusk暮看云.Mystery113k WordsOngoing Back to Field, Season Six. The show is set in the mysterious and peculiar Greenleaf Village in western Hunan. The village is famous for its legendary corpse-driving rituals. A mysterious building stands in the dense woods outside the village. The old village chief treats the young homeowner with the utmost respect. Guest Liu Shan is spotted on the road by a “young lady” who has been single for ages, and she forces him to marry her. Liu Shan: I don’t want to marry her!!! Shadow: If a living perso 65Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 147 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Became a Corpse-Driving Master 盗墓：我成了赶尸匠 Hardworking Fatso拼命的肥仔Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Yun discovers that he has been chosen by the Corpse-Driving System. He starts out at an ancestral hall in western Hunan, travels through one world after another, and wins great renown for the corpse-driving tradition. “The six-winged centipede in western Hunan? I already killed it, and now its corpse is my mount!” “I’ve already opened the Bronze Gate. The ultimate secret is about to be revealed.” “These nine dragon corpses, and that bronze coffin: once I claim them, I should become even stron 20Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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48. 148 4 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.2kReads8.0Score253Shelves
49. 149 让 You Asked Me to Explore the Wonders of Science, So Why Did I Walk Into a Haunted Lair? 让你走近科学，你走进诡窝？ Pumpkin Rice Porridge南瓜米粥Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Single heroine + livestreaming + supernatural exploration] Jiang Yuan is live-streaming an outdoor night-fishing trip at a haunted reservoir when he scares popular streamer Xiaoyi into tears! The clip shoots straight to the top of the trending list. His agent panics. “I told you to stick to science and share educational content. Now you’re claiming that ghost soldiers are crossing over? You’re fired!” Jiang Yuan: “Come on, it’s all science! Just hear me out!” The authorities show up and ask him 12.9kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves

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    These books all feature traditional professions, such as corpse retrievers, corpse drivers, and funeral service providers. Highly recommended! [Learned][Learned][Learned]

50. 150 我 I'm a Celebrity. What's Wrong with Doing a Side Hustle? 我一个明星，搞点副业很合理吧？ My Meat Is Really Tasty我肉真好吃Urban2.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Xia becomes a minor celebrity stuck near the bottom of the industry. Everyone knows that D-list celebrities are treated worse than dogs. Life is tough, so Lin Xia makes a living with odd jobs. To get by, Lin Xia has no choice but to take up some side gigs. Day one: picking a lock at someone’s home, netting 200 yuan. Day two: setting up a fortune-telling stall, netting 500 yuan. Day three: selling cartoon-print underwear at a street stall, netting 800 70.2kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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