Looking for a Story Where the Main Character Has an Old-Timey Trade, Like a Corpse Retriever or Paper Effigy Maker 主角是古职业 比如 捞尸人 扎纸匠 之类的

152 捞 Corpse Retriever: The Yellow River Bone Pact 捞尸人：黄河骨契 Little Feng Who Doesn't Like Reading不爱读书的小风Mystery154k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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This is a suspenseful adventure novel centered on the mysterious profession of Yellow River corpse retrievers. It tells the story of Chen Yan, the ninth-generation corpse retriever of Huaiyin Ferry, who, carrying the corpse-retrieval notes passed down from his grandfather and an unfinished mission, embarks on an adventure on the Yellow River in his corpse-retrieval boat.

153 爷 When Grandpa Died, Dragons Lifted His Coffin and Ghosts Wept at His Grave 爷爷死时，龙抬棺，鬼哭坟 Big Brother Shuiyue水月大哥Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted My grandfather was tragically caught up in a thousand-year-old feng shui plot. When he died, a dragon lifted his coffin and ghosts wailed at his grave. As for me, I was born wrapped in snake scales. They all called me a monster, but the Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters. They secretly sent me to Dragon Pool, where eight old men took me on as their disciple. When I grew up, I punched demons and monsters and kicked spirits and fiends aside. Practicing both Buddhist and Daoist arts, I 10.6kReads8.5Score830Shelves

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Consider the protagonist's background: his grandfather is a legendary figure in the world of feng shui, capable of determining the spiritual energy of mountains and rivers; his grandmother is a member of the fox spirit clan, possessing captivating beauty; and his maternal grandmother is a ghost mother who wields extraordinary powers in the underworld. His father died young but was reborn, and together with a dragon girl, they had the protagonist. The protagonist possesses the advantages of both immortals and ghosts; even the Ghost King is utterly defeated by him, and underworld officials flee in terror. He acts with fierce courage and ruthlessness!

154 兽 Beast Power Conversion: Invincible with My SSS-Rank Wife 兽能转化：带着SSS级老婆无敌 My Name Is Fangcun我叫方寸Urban5.1M WordsCompleted [Now published in print. [Sweet romance + one heroine + female emperor] [The myriad races awaken] [Divine seals awaken] [Beneath the Gods' Forbidden Domain, all gods must be silent] The myriad races awaken, and monstrous beasts run rampant. Su Liang, who had awakened a worthless B-rank divine seal, is reborn in the past and gains the ability to convert beast powers. He dotes on the future female emperor before she can grow into her power, treating 139.5kReads8.8Score16.3kShelves

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The male and female leads are both invincible, it's a coming-of-age story, it incorporates certain political themes, it starts slowly but gets great later on, the plot is tightly woven with unexpected twists and turns.

155 惊 Thriller Game: Why Are All My Skills from the Underworld? 惊悚游戏：怎么我的全是阴间技能 Dugu Qiudao独孤秋刀Mystery539k WordsCompleted A separate dimension called the Horror Game descends upon Earth. It randomly selects challengers and throws them into terrifying games. But against the vicious ghosts, humanity's survival rate is less than one percent! That is, until Su Cheng enters the game! [Yellow Springs Pawnshop] From the start, he has the Flying Dragon Cloud-Gathering Hand. “Your item is quite nice, customer. Too bad it'll be mine in a second!” [Green Mountain Hospital] Master Anesthetist taking appointments online. “You'r 60.9kReads9.0Score16.1kShelves

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I'm absolutely blown away! This book is incredible! The plot is intricately woven, and the content is absolutely brilliant. Come read it with me!

156 开 I Expose My Corpse-Driving Skills at School 开学赶尸，被校花曝光了 Boiled Fish水煮鱼Urban178k WordsCompleted He was just passing by while escorting a corpse, but the campus belle exposed him! They even thought he was playing dress-up! “Bro, your makeup looks so real!” “Miss, these are real zombies! They're not pretending!” 2.7kReads6.9Score134Shelves

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This is a corpse-driving ritual.

158 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—Shelves

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The old trades of corpse retrievers and paper craftsmen are so fascinating! They use yin and yang and Taoist magic to solve strange cases. There's no system or low intelligence involved. The plot twists one after another, the details are meticulous, and it's incredibly addictive to watch.

176 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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The first book is about transporting corpses; the second is about raising corpses.

179 捞 The Corpse Retriever: Hearing Tales of the Supernatural on the Yangtze River 捞尸人：我在长江听诡谈 Flawless Flower Stem花柄无缺Mystery156k WordsOngoing On the Yangtze, a river that has swallowed countless secrets, Chen Sanshui makes his living retrieving corpses, earning just enough to keep himself alive. One stormy night, he pulls up a strange female corpse dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her face looks lifelike, and her hands clutch a battered radio. From that moment on, he is dragged into the deadly maelstrom of Strange Tales. At midnight, the radio turns on by itself despite having no power. A cold AI voice issues its first death-defy 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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If you've ever struggled desperately for your family, you absolutely must watch *The Corpse Retriever*! The protagonist, Chen Sanshui, is forced to participate in a "death livestream" on the Yangtze River to save his critically ill sister. A woman's corpse hangs upside down in an elevator, phosphorescent lights create a procession of ghosts... He uses folk wisdom to carve a path through these supernatural tales! A blend of Chinese horror and heartbreaking family drama, the immersion is incredible; I stayed up until 3 AM watching it! (Searchable on Tomato, it's truly addictive!)

180 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.1kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves

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The first book's protagonist has a system; he can earn rewards by promoting underworld culture. I personally think it's worth reading [smirk]. The second book's protagonist is reborn and bound to a corpse retriever system, which is pretty good too [smirk]. If you don't like those, you can browse my bookshelf; I have some other good works there~_(•̀ω•́"∠)_

183 六 The Six-Fingered Exorcist 六指诡医 Linghu Erzong令狐二中Mystery7.8M WordsCompleted Born with six fingers on his left hand, he was called a jinx by his family. His father died the day he was born, and misfortune followed him everywhere as he grew up. He endured discrimination and contempt. When he turned eighteen and suffered his third half-cycle tribulation, even his beloved grandparents died. From then on, the protagonist was forced to wander. While struggling to stay alive, he investigated the truth behind the mysteries. Caught in an endless struggle between life and death, 4.7kReads9.2Score820Shelves

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12. Sometimes you can turn off your phone, log out of social media apps, and not log into Weibo. Enjoy the peace and quiet for a few days, then check back a few days later. You'll find that: NO DO ...

191 天 The Heavenly Dao: Ask the Heavens 天道，问天 TravelerGG赶路人GGEastern Fantasy301k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Wentian was framed by his biological father and stepmother, forced to take the blame for his good-for-nothing younger brother, and unjustly killed. His blood stained an ancient jade pendant that was a thousand years old, awakening a pocket dimension. He was reborn at the age of fifteen. A spiritual spring tempered his body, letting him rise to the heavens in a single bound; the pocket dimension held endless treasures and resources. In this life, he would be neither weak nor —Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book is really good.

192 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.2kReads8.3Score265Shelves

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I recommend a thrilling campus-themed novel, a feng shui and supernatural story called "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." It combines elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, feng shui battles, historical time travel, reincarnation, fantasy, science fiction, feng shui and supernatural phenomena, Lu Ban's techniques, Mohist mechanical arts, Gu poison, and corpse-driving. Written from the perspective of architecture students and building engineers, it explores feng shui and supernatural events. It's currently being serialized on Tomato Novels!

193 云 Yun Che: Paper Effigy Maker 云澈：扎纸匠 Run Yu888润玉88813k WordsCompleted Yun Che: The Paper Effigy Maker 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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Runyu888 recommends "Yun Che: The Paper Craftsman," a story about a paper craftsman whose eerie craftsmanship hides taboos, taking you into a thrilling world of folk tales and experiencing a different kind of suspense and excitement. Come and read it!

194 湘 Corpse Driving in Western Hunan: The Soul-Calling Guide on the Night Road 湘西赶尸：夜行引魂人 Star Moon Wonderstone煋月奇石Mystery301k WordsOngoing A sudden disaster at a mass grave! Wu Liangzi is struck on the back of the head and wakes among rotting coffins and bones, clutching a bloodstained piece of yellow paper. It bears the name of the man he has spent three years tracking down for murdering his father! Seven corpses in black robes dance around him all night, their lifeless eyes seeming to “acknowledge their master.” A mysterious corpse driver tosses him a life-and-death contract. “Four of your seven souls have scattered. If you can’t 240Reads—Score—Shelves

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This one is my top recommendation, it's great! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

195 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score101Shelves

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Who would have thought that a self-taught, imposter master would stir up such a chaotic and sinister situation in the countryside? Red paper figures borrow lives, ghostly palanquins travel at night, and weeping echoes every night from the old house. He has no ancestral magic, no protective artifacts, and when things happen, his palms sweat with fear, yet he still has to maintain the air of a master. His impromptu, farcical attempts, ironically intimidate all sorts of evil spirits, leaving them speechless. It's genuinely terrifying, and genuinely hilarious. "Terrifying Folklore: The Imposter Master Shakes Up a Hundred Demons," a folklore book you'll both fear and be reluctant to put down.

198 仙 The Land Every Immortal Sect Must Fight For 仙家必争之地 Xia Mi XL虾米XLUrban3.0M WordsCompleted [Gods of Huaxia] [Divine Processions] [Folk Customs] [Cultivation] [Invincible] Beneath the land of Huaxia lie countless people, immortals, gods, Buddhas, evils, and demons... In 2449, when the eerie moon appeared and evil forces launched an all-out invasion, humanity was raised as livestock for blood and plunged into an eternal night. Xu Wangyou, reborn with the Record of Gods and Immortals in hand, goes against the tide, saves a collapsing world, crushes the myriad races of the heavens, and re 16.1kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves

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Bao Gu, grew up in a temple.

199 全 Everyone Tames Ghosts: From the Start, I Get an S-Rank Ghost King 全民御鬼：开局获得S级鬼王 A Fleeting Dream一瞬而逝的梦Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [One of the hottest supernatural novels of 2024] [No saintly protagonist] [No heroine or one heroine] [Satisfying power fantasy] After transmigrating to a parallel world where the supernatural has returned, Ye Chen finds it overrun with beasts and rampaging ghosts. Cities have fallen, and life is filled with despair. After more than a century of struggle, people have learned to use ghosts to fight ghosts. But before Ye Chen has even adjusted to his new surroundings, a female ghost sets her sight 1.3kReads6.3Score136Shelves

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The whole nation controls ghosts, the whole nation controls monsters.

200 扎 A Paper Effigy Maker Who Sacrificed His Five Senses from the Start 扎纸匠开局献祭五感 When Leaves Fall, Cicadas Sing叶落知了叫Mystery170k WordsCompleted I sacrificed my five senses to make paper effigies, but ended up creating the most terrifying monster in the world. The paper effigy came to life, and from that day on, I could no longer taste whether something was salty or bland. After my sense of taste came my hearing, smell, sight... But little by little, I realized that the senses I’d lost let me “smell” things ordinary people couldn’t see. The Flower Cave Maidens of western Hunan weren’t brides claimed by a mountain god. They were buried al 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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Unorthodox, unorthodox, and low-class types