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
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- 201 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 821Reads—Score109Shelves
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I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店
I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both
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Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播
"Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!"
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- 204 The Corpse Coffin's Ghostly Fragrance 尸棺鬼香 [The corpse sits in the coffin, the ghost eats incense] [Fate from a past life, continued in this one] A Maoshan Taoist’s path to raising ghosts... After his grandmother dies unexpectedly, Shen Lin happens upon the notes his grandfather left behind. From then on, he begins a ghost-hunting life in which he narrowly escapes death time and time again... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
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On Tomb-Sweeping Day, I Opened a Viral Paper Effigy Shop on the Road to the Underworld 清明节，我在黄泉路开网红纸扎铺
Unemployed young man Lin Xiaoman is forced to return to his hometown and take over the family’s traditional paper effigy shop. But he discovers that the paper money, luxury cars, and phones he makes turn into real goods in the underworld when burned! From then on, his customers are no longer just the living... The King of Hell commissions a “paper aircraft carrier.” A vengeful spirit asks him to repair a “torn marriage contract.” Even the Underworld’s Bureau of Industry and Commerce comes knocki
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Yellow River Corpse Retriever: From the Start, I Crawled Out of a Coffin 黄河捞尸人：开局从棺材里爬出来
I transmigrated as the only son of a Yellow River corpse diver, and from the start I was shoved into a coffin. The first thing Lin Du realized when he woke up was that someone had nailed the coffin shut. The second was that he had activated the Yellow River Spirit-Ferrying System and acquired a qi-reading art that could expose the weaknesses in a person’s fate. The third thing: a dockside bully kicked down the door of the coffin shop and demanded he repay a debt of two hundred taels that didn’t
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- 207 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿这些年 After his master died, Lin Ran inherited his craft, took over the funeral business, and promised his master he would not leave this small town for three years. Keeping his promise, Lin Ran had to face the world without his master's protection. He saw all the strange sides of human nature that he had never witnessed before! Lin Ran remembered his master's words: “People look down on those of us in this line of work. Compared with ordinary people, we're also missing something. They call it being ‘ 71.7kReads9.2Score7.8kShelves
- 208 Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客 My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies! 908Reads8.6Score118Shelves
- 209 Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记 [Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but 467Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 210 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 49Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 211 My Grandfather’s Supernatural Notebook 我爷爷的灵异笔记 [Spirit Medium + Supernatural + Episodic Stories] One eerie incident after another, each like something out of a horror novel. Getting trapped in a ghostly maze in the middle of the night Strange mystical arts and Taoist magic A weasel that can talk A notebook of supernatural cases left behind by my grandfather helped me unlock my Yin-Yang Eyes, sealed for years. From then on, I embarked on an extraordinary everyday life as a ghost hunter! 498Reads9.1Score102Shelves
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My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年
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
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Yun Che: The Seven Lamps of the Paper Effigy Maker 云澈：扎纸人的七盏灯
Yun Che: The Seven Lamps of the Paper Effigy Maker
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I Know a Few Ghost Tricks 我会点鬼术
A hundred years a ghost, ten years a good man. My name is Bai Yaoyao. In this world overrun by vengeful ghosts and monsters, all I want is to tend my little paper funerary shop and live in peace. But my meager ghostcraft seems to keep getting me into enormous trouble. With no other choice, if I want to survive, I’ll have to hone this little bit of ghostcraft to perfection!
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Yun Che: Corpse Retriever 云澈：捞尸人
Yun Che: The Corpse Retriever
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My Paper Effigy Shop Hit the Underworld's Trending Search List 我的纸扎店上了阴间热搜榜
After I took over Grandma's funeral paper shop, the paper mansions and sports cars I made suddenly went viral on the Underworld Forum. As I scrolled past the trending topic, [Meng Family Paper Shop Suspected of Being the Underworld's Biggest Hell Money Laundering Operation], I stared pensively at the ghosts filling the shop and burning paper offerings to make wishes. Then the official account of the Underworld rewarded me with 999 Mirror Platforms of Sin and left a message: "Descendant of Meng P
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- 217 A Paper Effigy Maker Is Useless? My Painted Paper Dolls Terrify the Entire Internet! 纸扎匠废？我纸人点睛吓懵全网！ [Concept God]+ [Incredibly satisfying]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Funny]+ [Overpowered protagonist] Dungeons invade, and might makes right! Everyone gets one chance to awaken a class at the age of eighteen. Awakening a high-tier combat class means soaring to success. Awakening a low-tier civilian class means fading into the crowd. Lu Yuanzhou, the top student in the entire city, has his awakening ceremony livestreamed by his school to the whole internet. On the awakening platform, Lu Yuanzhou has to choo 12Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 218 A Paper Effigy Shop 一家纸扎店 Finding a job after graduation is so hard. Luckily, I still have a fallback: my dad left me a shop in a prime location. I’ll open up and run a business. My paper effigy boutique is getting more and more popular, but why are my customers getting stranger and stranger? Something about this business just isn’t right! 245Reads—Score—Shelves
- 219 The Corpse Retriever of the Yin River 捞尸人阴河 The day the crack appeared between my brows, Great-Grandpa’s hands began to shake. My name is Li Zhuiyuan, and my family has been pulling corpses from the water for generations. Lately, a pair of eyes has been watching me from the riverbed. Yin Meng, from the paper offerings shop, brought me a paper boat. The little figure sitting at its bow had a black mole between its brows, exactly like mine. The order had no name on it, only my birth date and time. Great-Grandpa said that once you learn c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 220 Xiao Zhan's Seventh Book 潇战的第7本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 221 I Work Night Shifts at a Funeral Home, and the Supernatural Things Leave Me Good Reviews 我在殡仪馆上夜班诡异给我写好评 I'm a socially anxious office worker who took night shifts at a funeral home to pay my mortgage. Then I accidentally bonded with the [Paranormal Service System]. Every night, I have to serve all kinds of bizarre “customers,” follow the rules, and earn five-star reviews to stay alive. A bad review? Instant death. Then one day, I got a bad review from an S-rank Paranormal King: “Terrible service. I want to file a complaint.” 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 222 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 10: The Ultimate Tale 盗墓笔记10终极物语 Seven thousand years ago, someone buried seven doors in seven places around the world. The Zhang family guarded one of them, in the Changbai Mountains. The other six were hidden beneath the pyramids, deep in Babylon, and in the Mayan jungle. Wu Xie knew nothing about them. He thought the bronze door was the end, and that the ten-year promise was the greatest secret of his life. Until a jade tablet appeared in the backyard of Yucun. It was a letter sent five years after Huo Xiangu’s death. It 250Reads—Score—Shelves
- 223 Ultimate Notes: The Imperial Tomb's Lost Trail 终极笔记帝陵迷踪 An unsigned letter. A wax seal with an eye in its center. Wu Xie receives the unsolved mystery his grandfather left behind: What lies beneath the Qin Mausoleum? Zhang Qiling, who hasn't spoken of his own accord in three years, says four words: “I want to go to Mount Li.” From the mercury river beneath the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang to the immortal mountain illusion of Emperor Wu of Han; From the curse on Wu Zetian's Qianling Mausoleum to Genghis Khan's Eye of Eternal Life... The Iron Triangle re 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 224 The Worse I Behave in the Cultivation World, the Stronger I Get 人在修仙界越坏越强 The day the sect broke Lin Yuan’s spine, he awakened the Strongest Villain System. The System told him: the worse you are, the stronger you get. The more people hate you, the stronger you become. So He stole the righteous sect prodigy’s spiritual medicine. He took the holy maiden’s first kiss. He learned every secret technique guarded by the ten greatest sects. The entire cultivation world curses him as the greatest demon of all time. Lin Yuan laughs. “Go on, curse me. The more you hate me, the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 225 Underworld Temp Worker: I Adjust Feng Shui for Haunted Houses 地府临时工：我给阴宅调风水 In a modern city, there is an "Underworld Order Management Bureau" (abbreviated as the Underworld Bureau). It maintains the balance between the worlds of the living and the dead, manages ghosts lingering in the mortal realm, and handles supernatural incidents caused by feng shui. The Underworld Bureau is desperately short-staffed, especially when it comes to experts in feng shui for burial sites. After Xia Chengfeng is hit by both a breakup and unemployment, he has no choice but to overcome his —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 226 Zhang Mingyuan, the Gaokao Holdout 高考钉子户张明远 Zhang Mingyuan, the Eternal College Entrance Exam Taker 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 227 Young Man, Feng Shui Master 少年，风水师 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 228 On the Day of the Funeral, the Mute Son-in-Law Flipped His Father-in-Law’s Coffin Lid 葬礼当天，哑婿掀了岳父棺材板 Li Zhan spent three years as a live-in son-in-law of the Su family, a mute punching bag who could be beaten and berated at will. His true identity: the Supreme Lord of the Underworld, who commands the global shadow organization known as the Netherworld Hall. When his father-in-law dies in an “accident,” the family pressures the heroine, Su Li, to marry into their enemy's family. Unable to bear it any longer, the hero throws open the coffin and unleashes his fury! Was his father-in-law's death an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 229 I Am a Female Sorcerer 在下女术师 The night Bai Zhou returned home to inherit the funeral-clothing shop, someone tried to murder her... From the moment she came back from the dead, she was swept up in one eerie, chilling case after another. A dead old woman wandering through a funeral hall; vengeful spirits who died violent deaths scrambling to find substitutes; a sinister temple in the mountains where people are killed; evil spirits crying out for justice during a performance of Judge Bao... Watch Bai Zhou learn the Taoist Five 17.9kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
- 230 The River Bones That Bind Souls: The Corpse Retriever 河骨锁魂：捞尸人 When the corpse-retrieval hook catches destiny instead of a body, and the river-sealing seal restrains human nature instead of restless spirits, every floating corpse in the murky Yangtze becomes a key to opening the Bone Pagoda. And every corpse retriever is destined to become its eternal gravekeeper. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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Tales of Spirit-Binding and Ghost-Fighting 扎灵斗阴传
My name is Yun Bo, and I make paper offerings. My master said there was one taboo every paper-offering maker had to observe: never paint the eyes on a paper figure. Because once you do, it might come to life. That year, during a deadly night at a haunted house, I broke the taboo. I thought I had only brought a pair of guides to life, never dreaming they would become weapons of murder. It was only when the government’s shackles closed around my wrists that I understood: I had never been the one c
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The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一位扎纸匠
[Folk horror + fiercely protective wife + fated showdown + ruthless action] The day my grandfather died, half the red lanterns on the old street went dark. He left behind a red coffin nailed shut, gripping my hand tightly as he said: “Yang’er, don’t open the coffin before you turn twenty-four! Don’t paint its eyes! And whatever you do... don’t look back!” As the last paper effigy maker of the old Xu family, all I wanted was a quiet life running this rickety shop. Then the bronze-armored corpse o
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- 233 Years Have Passed, and I Know Not When the Flowers Fell 已过数载，不知花落 Years have passed. Who knows where the flowers have fallen. 160Reads—Score—Shelves
- 234 Bearing a Sword, I Patrol the Heavens 负剑巡天 A speck of dust, a world. A pair of cultivator partners, a legend. The Twofold Dust Realm, a real world within a speck of dust. Here, they are its creators, able to still heaven and earth, and each other’s hearts. The world outside covets them, hunts them, and schemes against them without end. But as long as he is there, she is unafraid; as long as she is there, he will not retreat. Because the greatest power has never been the ability to destroy heaven and earth. It is this: You are by my si 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库
An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan
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A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫
[No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga
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Married Off While Driving Corpses 赶尸上嫁
Marrying into a Corpse-Chasing Family
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- 238 Born to Fail at Corpse Stitching 生不缝尸 Born Without the Skills to Stitch Corpses 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 239 The Secret of the Buddha Mother 佛母的秘密 The Buddha Mother's Secret 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 240 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 半夜十二点，闺蜜喊我去钓鱼 At Midnight, My Best Friend Asked Me to Go Fishing 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 241 Tang Corpse, Song Rush 唐尸宋弛 The Corpse of Tang, the Slackers of Song 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 242 The Blind Woman’s Wedding 盲女的婚礼 The Blind Girl's Wedding 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 243 Records of the Tang Dynasty Zombies 大唐丧尸录 The Tang Dynasty Zombie Chronicles 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 244 The Debt Beneath the River, Billed in My Name 河底那笔账，记在我名下 The debt at the bottom of the river is in my name 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 245 Tales of My Best Friend's Haunting 闺蜜诡事录 Tales of Strange Events Among Best Friends 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 246 Terror at the Luxury Estate 豪苑惊魂 Terror at the Grand Estate 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 247 The Qingling Rankings 清凌榜 The Qingling Rankings 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 248 The Girlfriend Who Disappeared 我消失的女朋友 My Girlfriend Who Disappeared 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 249 The Mysterious Domain City 诡秘域都 The Mysterious Domain City 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 250 The Strange Sword 诡剑 The Ghost Sword 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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