Looking for Modern Ghost-Hunting, Fortune-Telling, or Supernatural Fiction 求现代捉鬼，算命神棍，灵异类的小说

1. 1 掐 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算，你是逃犯！ Red Flowers and Green Willows花红柳绿Mystery4.2M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 46.6kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves

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   ① Catching ghosts and exterminating zombies, fortune telling, and feng shui consultations are all second nature to him. ② Bai Yuan lives in an era of resurgent terror and rampant vengeful spirits. But what does this mean for him, who becomes stronger by eating ghosts?

2. 2 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves
3. 3 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

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   Read this book now! It explains why you can't sing at night or open an umbrella indoors, and offers solutions for dealing with supernatural phenomena. Reading it will make you wiser, but it may also make you paranoid, as if something is following you. If you're easily frightened, don't read it.

4. 4 九 The Ninth-Rank Demon Exorcist 九品驱魔人 Sharp Edge Hidden in Night Eyes夜眸藏锋Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted When the sun sets, every door in the city is shut! Evil spirits open their eyes, and monsters run rampant! The Wei Constables mount the city walls, while exorcists draw their swords. An apprentice from a martial arts school stands proudly amid the demons, determined to protect one last sanctuary. 70.1kReads9.1Score7.6kShelves
5. 5 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
6. 6 五 Five Elements, No Money [I Become a Rich Woman Through Metaphysics Livestreaming] 五行缺钱【我靠玄学直播成富婆】 Chonghua, Who Loves Carp Stewed in Milk Soup爱吃奶汤熬鲤鱼的重华Modern Romance168k WordsOngoing [Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + No CP + Episodic Plot + Punishing Evil and Promoting Good + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Su Nuan’s Five Elements are short on money, and she happens to have the appetite of a gluttonous beast. After eating the old man’s Taoist temple out of house and home, Su Nuan decided to start livestreaming to fill her bottomless stomach, and accidentally gained a huge following. “Streamer, which of us guys is going to pass out first after drinking?” Su Nuan: “You will. Your so 143Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I saved up for a month and finished it in 20 minutes. After Chapter 20, the plot slowly goes wrong [laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing]

7. 7 直 Insulting Me on My Livestream? I'll Read Your Fortune Right Back at You! 直播间骂我？反手推你八字！ Big Dark Cloud大乌云Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Coming of Age, Ensemble Cast, No System, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel, Metaphysical and Supernatural] [The short drama adaptation is now available!!!] I’m a lousy fortune-teller, and I’m a streamer too. If you insult me in my livestream, I’ll use your birth details to put your embarrassing secrets on a livestream for the whole internet to see. If another streamer talks bad about me, I’ll help him court good fortune and avoid disaster, and make sure he suffers. I can even diagnose internet cripp 10.7kReads9.0Score972Shelves

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   "🏃‍♂️📚 Once I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down. It's a masterpiece among Tomato Novels, a breath of fresh air. I absolutely love it, and I always stay up all night to finish it—it's so good!"

8. 8 我 My Sect Has Eleven Graves 我的门派有十一座坟 Ten Lifetimes, This Life十世今生Mystery997k WordsCompleted Fantasy and the supernatural, with a lighthearted, humorous tone and a touch of horror. My name is Zhang Shiyi. I have ten senior brothers, so my name is Zhang Shiyi. But all ten of my senior brothers are dead. They’re lying in the graves outside. What? My master? He’s dead too. The biggest, roundest grave is his. Haha~ Well, congratulations, then~ Get ready to sing: Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to you, hey! Congratulations, congratulations to you~ 24.6kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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   I can't stand reading any other novels, but I had to check out this one! Oh my god, this book gave me so many dark circles under my eyes! I can't get enough of it! Please write more novels like this! I really love it, it's totally my style!

9. 9 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Sponsored Grandpa's Underworld Startup 直播算命：开局赞助爷爷地府创业 Osmanthus of August, Gui'an八月桂安Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On 44.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves

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   Metaphysical fortune telling, face reading, feng shui, and ghost hunting 🍑🍑🍑 1. The female protagonist, a combination of live streaming and offline activities, slept for 1500 years. Upon returning to the human world, she only received two pieces of ghost money from the Emperor of Fengdu. To avoid starving, she had to catch bad guys for rewards, live streaming her fortune telling. When she encountered someone doing wrong, she would call the police and even use a sewing machine to catch them. Even the police would stake out her live stream to boost their sales. 2. The non-live streaming protagonist has a great personality; she's skilled and confident in face reading, fortune telling, and feng shui. Each short story is very interesting.

10. 10 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
11. 11 我 I'm a Fortune-Telling Streamer, and the Whole Internet Is Fighting for a Spot 我算命主播，一个名额让全网疯抢 Ren Xiao Shi牣小十Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Wang Yue transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits a fortune-telling shop on the verge of closing down. His 300-jin landlady is also eyeing him hungrily. Luckily, the System may be late, but it finally arrives, activating the Divine Fortune-Telling System at a crucial moment. From then on, he makes a point of telling fortunes in unconventional ways. Other people read palms, but he tells fortunes by looking at photos. Wang Yue: “You there, kindred spirit. I see a terrible omen hanging over y 23.2kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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    ★Look, look! Every time you read it, you'll be grinning from ear to ear! If you don't want to buy it after reading the first chapter, I'll eat my hat! It'll have you laughing so hard you'll get abs and eight-pack abs—the pinnacle of laugh-out-loud comedy. Don't just look at the rating; it's inaccurate. It deserves at least a 9.9, And going for a 10.0 Wouldn't be an exaggeration. Hilarious lines and mind-blowing creativity!

12. 12 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    Completed, read it all at once!

13. 13 风 The Feng Shui Diviner 风水神相 A Leaf Boat一叶木舟Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted [The short drama and comic adaptation are now available] First comes fate, then luck, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate good karma; fifth, study; sixth, choose a name; seventh, read faces; eighth, honor the gods; ninth, make friends with benefactors; tenth, maintain your health. Eighteen years ago, an old Daoist priest found an abandoned baby in the mountains. Eighteen years later, a young feng shui master left his temple and came down from the mountain. Over the years, Jiang Chen learned all m 11kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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    The first is a traditional feng shui supernatural novel, already completed. It has no female lead, no system, strong suspense, and the male lead is intelligent. The book contains a lot of useful feng shui knowledge, and the writing is very realistic. There's also an audiobook version available. The second highly-rated supernatural masterpiece doesn't need much recommendation.

14. 14 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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    This book features many types of ghosts and monsters, including the Zhang brothers of the Taiping Dao, Xu Fu, the five shamanic families of Huang, Bai, Hui, Hu, and Chang, and the dragon-transforming Pine Elder. It's also set in modern times, and the main character is a student.

15. 15 穿 I Transmigrated into the World of the Taoist Priest of Zombie 穿越僵尸道长世界 Lychee Congee LZ荔枝粥LZMystery228k WordsOngoing I, Li Zhizhou, transmigrated and became a junior disciple under Uncle Jiu. After awakening the Daoist Cultivation System, I carried all of Maoshan to greatness. Grand Martial Uncle Shi Jian, Martial Uncle Qianhe, and Martial Uncle Simu look at me as if they're about to steal me away as their disciple! Complete all kinds of missions, and you can learn supreme Daoist arts. There are also divine-grade pills, top-tier magic artifacts, and the finest talismans. And so, I became the most gifted discip 1.3kReads—Score110Shelves

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    This is a super enjoyable fantasy novel! If you like horror, suspense, ghosts, zombies, and magical battles, and if you like Uncle Nine, Shi Jian, Si Mu, and Qian He, you can read it without hesitation. The pacing is tight, and the brotherhood between the male lead and Qiu Sheng and Jia Le is also very heartwarming. I'm a little afraid to read it alone at night. [Currently working on a draft] [You'll appreciate it]

16. 16 你 You Can Instantly Kill the Ghost Emperor, Yet You Still Claim You're Not a Cultivator 你都秒杀鬼帝了，还说不是修仙者 Noon Fire Burns the Green Lamp午火燃青灯Mystery273k WordsOngoing [Supernatural resurgence, no System, satisfying read, invincible Celestial Master, no mindless bragging and face-slapping] Why does a thousand-year-old female corpse scream in the dead of night? Why are the ghosts roaming at night suddenly wiped out? Why has an SSS-level haunted forbidden zone, feared by every nation, been reduced to ruins overnight? And why have so many infamous Ghost Kings been imprisoned and enslaved? Is this a distortion of human nature, or the corruption of evil spirits? Xi 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main character is a young exorcist, very strong and violent. The supporting characters are also very well-developed, making it a fun and lighthearted watch.

17. 17 天 The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算 Long Life and Prosperity寿比南山Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master. 149.1kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves

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    9.6 Points. Although the title is "The Divine Calculator," it's actually all about catching ghosts. It's exceptionally good, and the 9.6 Rating speaks for itself.

18. 18 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Real Heiress with Mystical Powers Shakes Up the Internet 直播算命：玄学真千金炸翻全网 Boom Boom Pig爆爆猪Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Female lead with no romance + episodic stories + face-reading and ghost-catching + folk legends and supernatural mysteries] To accumulate good karma, Jiang Yu comes down from the mountains and starts livestreaming fortune-telling. She runs into a red-clad vengeful ghost from the start? Jiang Yu: “See that peach tree in your yard that was just struck by lightning? It’s fresh lightning-struck wood. Go chop off a branch and stab that bastard to death!” Viewer One: “Streamer, I think a ghost beat m 77.9kReads9.3Score11.9kShelves

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    This book is great! The female lead has strong morals and is very capable. The episodes are exciting, featuring ghosts blocking cars, man-eating locust trees, weasels demanding lives, Southeast Asian black magic, Ouija boards, ghost marriages, borrowing lifespans, and trips to the underworld. It also includes a lot of esoteric knowledge, some thrilling, some heartwarming and funny.

19. 19 滴 Didi Rides: The Ferryman of the Underworld 滴滴搭车，地府摆渡人 The Tall, Strong Saint Son of the Jiang Family高高壮壮的姜家圣子Urban511k WordsCompleted “Hey, beautiful, where are you headed?” “The Yellow Springs Road. I’m going to be reborn.” Qin Zeyu never imagined he’d become a ferryman for the Underworld, much less a special-contract driver with the number 007! Picking up passengers, fighting ghosts, earning merit, and flirting with Bai Shao, a beautiful ghost officer: his days are... thrilling! But when he meets a female ghost heartbroken by love, he discovers that the netherworld has its own tangled romances and bitter rivalries. 185Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Strongest Ferryman is very good.

20. 20 怪 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Blue Forest Night Wind蓝林夜风Mystery176k WordsOngoing Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book! It's not the kind of book that gets you hooked right away, but it gets better and better as you read on, and you won't be able to put it down once you start. It's a classic supernatural story, both scary and funny, and watching the protagonist grow and catch ghosts is truly a rare gem!

21. 21 道 The Daoist Arts Compendium: Flirting with Ghosts in the Underworld 道术灵册我在冥界调戏鬼 Helpless Flower-Season Wind奈何的花信风Mystery277k WordsOngoing Supernatural and bizarre incidents keep happening, along with the use of all kinds of talismans, spells, and Taoist arts. Follow me, Lin Feng, as I promote traditional Chinese Taoism. Lin Feng was raised from childhood by his grandfather, Lin Yousheng, a renowned Taoist priest. The story takes place in a small town in the 1980s and 1990s. Before turning thirteen, Lin Feng had little interest in his grandfather's identity as a Taoist priest, but at thirteen, he began his journey down the Taoist p 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Heaven and earth were dark and yellow, the universe was vast and boundless, yin and yang gave rise to each other, and the five elements restrained each other.

22. 22 都 The City's Exorcist 都市驱魔先生 User86275860用户86275860Urban597k WordsOngoing When shadows emerge beyond the reach of the city’s neon lights, young exorcist Jin Lei sets out on the path fate has laid for him. He inherits more than his family’s powers: he also inherits a tragic mystery spanning a hundred years. Why did his ancestor and fellow disciple turn evil? What earth-shattering scheme is the Xuanjing organization plotting from the shadows of history? From strange happenings on campus to bloody feuds in the countryside, from urban crime investigations to a battle ove 274Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a great book. The protagonist grows from a clueless novice into a capable exorcist. It uses an episodic story format, and each volume is exciting. You won't guess the truth until the very end. It's definitely worth reading.

23. 23 小 Chen Buqi, the Little Taoist 小道士陈不欺 Big Sister Li李家大姐Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing Hello, everyone. My name is Chen Buqi. My professions include Taoist priest, locksmith, cook, phone repairman, driver, and tomb-raiding consultant…. I have too many to list them all. I was raised by my master and martial uncle! They were both incredible! I only learned that after coming back from my first year out in the world. Because I liked to play around, I also squandered a lot of techniques that people would have envied! Fortunately, I devoted myself to physiognomy and mastered two special 151kReads9.1Score13.3kShelves

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    A hilarious ghost-hunting adventure; not invincible, but with a powerful backer.

24. 24 黄 The Lady Master of the Yellow Springs Express 黄泉快递的当家女先生 It's Prajna, Yeah是般若吖Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Plot-driven fantasy anthology | Deities undergoing tribulations × ten lifetimes of reincarnation | Spirit communication and fortune-telling | Subverting expectations | The early chapters focus on the heroine's growth. After experiencing supernatural events and schemes, she gradually uncovers more secrets about her past life and origins. Spoiler: the story is told in reverse chronological order. Take your time and enjoy! 63Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Others rely on magical artifacts to catch ghosts, but I rely entirely on my words. I outwit and outmaneuver ghosts, leading to countless hilarious situations.

25. 25 黄 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺，生人勿近 The Moon Bridge Remains桥月仍在Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.3kReads6.5Score472Shelves

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    I can combine folk customs with Taoist secret techniques, and I can also use geomancy and feng shui to catch ghosts.

26. 26 说 You Call Me a Con Artist? I'll Scatter Your Ashes to the Wind! 说我招摇撞骗？骨灰都给你扬了！ Mr. Bacteria细菌先生Mystery164k WordsOngoing [Shameless Celestial Master] [Ghost Hunting and Case Solving] [Fortune-Telling on the Overpass] [Sweet-Talking and Deceiving] After being reborn, Zhang Yang activates the Shameless Celestial Master System and discovers that he seems to have become entangled in a conspiracy spanning a hundred years... The Seven Evils Corpse Vault, a dilapidated City God temple, a haunted apartment building, a living sacrifice to the River Goddess... Every unusual criminal case turns out to have a connection to 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book features a wicked exorcist master who catches ghosts and solves cases, fortune tellers on overpasses, and a mix of deception and trickery. It's an absolutely captivating urban suspense novel with a conspiracy spanning thousands of years and a wildly imaginative plot. It's truly excellent and highly recommended!

27. 27 我 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.3kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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    This one is good.

28. 28 让 I Told You to Be a Ghost Officer, Not to Turn the Underworld Upside Down 让你当鬼差，没让你把地府闹翻天 Nini Niny旎妮NinyMystery247k WordsCompleted [Ghost hunting + comedy + episodic short stories + two romance arcs] “Scare factor: 1. Comedy factor: 99! It has a vibe similar to Spirit Pendulum. Hope you enjoy it.” “Talking about ghosts, telling tales of human feelings.” Shen Zhe, a minor celebrity with no fame to speak of, suddenly dies. Was it suicide, or was there more to it...? His friend Han Min, who was already on borrowed time, seeks revenge for him and unexpectedly ends up in the underworld, but can’t find him anywhere... I can’t be 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a modern ghost-hunting story with a female protagonist and a ghost king, filled with many interesting short stories. It's a female-oriented story suitable for girls.

29. 29 茅 Thirty Years on Maoshan 茅山三十年 September Stone九月石Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing ♥ Don’t let the rating fool you, my book is top-notch! A feel-good story about a Taoist priest who descends the mountain to catch ghosts and drive out evil. No romance, no saintly do-gooder. Traveling far and wide to vanquish demons and uphold the Dao. No padding, no rambling, no romance. 9.4kReads8.8Score750Shelves

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    This one's good. It's Chinese-style horror, quite captivating.

30. 30 南 Step Aside, Southern Maoshan and Northern Ma Clan! My Lord Is Here to Back Me Up 南茅北马一边去，我有老爷来助阵 Not for the Three Dukes不为三公Mystery721k WordsCompleted After being laid off by a major tech company, Lin Mo returns to his hometown in Chaoshan to lie flat. His grandma tells him to fill in for a few days at the Temple of the Three Mountain Kings, serving as a spirit medium. On his first day, an irritable voice explodes in his head: “That old crook A Kun! He’s stuck some idiot kid here to screw me over!” It’s the local earth god, a four-hundred-year-old spirit with a foul mouth, a weakness for women and tea, a protective streak, and an insatiable ap 259Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's both entertaining and funny.

31. 31 访 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 访灵笔录 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Standalone stories + Supernatural horror + Thrills + Folk customs + Lighthearted fun + Ensemble cast + Nonstop ghost-hunting action!] Lawyer Quan is on the verge of death after a car accident. At his most desperate moment, he encounters Yin Cangyi, a netherworld judge tasked with collecting evil spirits. To stay alive, Quan Ning strikes a deal with the judge, paying with years of his life. But the price of this lifeline, borrowed on credit, is beyond anything he could have imagined! An evil spi 791Reads8.3Score174Shelves

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    💥💥💥There's no messy or cheesy plot; the story is full of twists and turns, incredibly engaging, and you can't guess the ending—it's so good! 💕💕💕

32. 32 最 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 The One in Charge话事人Mystery813k WordsCompleted I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 117Reads8.5Score—Shelves
33. 33 改 The Book of Changing Fate: I Defy Heaven by Manipulating All Things 改运天书：我靠拨弄万物逆天改命 Lantian, Who Loves Sweet Potatoes爱吃红薯地瓜的蓝天Urban328k WordsCompleted Traditional fortune-telling relies on a person’s birth date and hour, but the incomplete scroll of the Book of Guicang inherited by the protagonist, Su Zhe, teaches the Plum Blossom Numerology: “All things are hexagrams.” In his eyes, the entire world is made up of the sixty-four hexagrams. A falling leaf, a bird’s cry, even the color of a passerby’s clothes, will automatically combine in his vision to form a floating “hexagram.” 18Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    The fortune-telling is written in such a refreshing and unconventional way! The protagonist relies on his insight into and ability to manipulate the laws of the world. The feeling of being a behind-the-scenes mastermind controlling everything is incredibly satisfying.

34. 34 生 The Soul Shop: My 49 Deadbeat Clients 生魂店：我的49个死鬼客户 A Kind of Smile一种笑笑Mystery235k WordsOngoing When I was nine, Grandpa used his life to arrange a marriage for me. My fiancée wasn't human. She was a vengeful spirit in red. The marriage was meant to keep me alive. Ever since I learned to walk, I would mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night. When my family found me, I would be in a ravine far from home or on a dead person's grave. The worst thing happened when I was seven… 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Modern ghost hunting, fortune telling, suspenseful supernatural phenomena

35. 35 第 The First-Eye Feng Shui Master 第一天眼风水师 A Kind of Smile一种笑笑Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted This is not your typical feng shui story. If that bothers you, please move along. Inside you’ll find the most terrifying human demons and ghosts, horrifying infant spirits, bewitching female ghosts, thousand-year-old flood dragons, and even a ghastly face that will make your heart race... There are no tired formulas here, so be patient. The further you read, the better it gets… The story begins on the day I was born. On the day of my birth, every last one of the chickens and ducks my family k 17.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
36. 36 我 I’m a Ghost Officer, So Why Are You Asking Me to Marry the Campus Beauty? 我一个鬼差，你让我跟校花领证？ V Young Master of the Fan FamilyV范家大少Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Just Started College, and I Married the Aloof Campus Belle] [I’m a ghost officer. You want me to marry the campus belle?] [College Student Ghost Officer] [Campus Belle Wife] [Marriage Before Love] [Ferryman] … Synopsis: On his first day of college, freshman Cao Ning is forced to marry Xia Shihan, his betrothed, whom he has never met. He thinks it’s just a minor incident, but when he returns to campus to register, he discovers that the beautiful upperclasswoman at the registration desk is the ve 40.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    A college student who works as a ghost messenger finds his campus beauty wife is actually the King of Hell! Just pure bliss! Over two million words, complete and plentiful!

37. 37 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
38. 38 女 A Female Ghost Comes to Be My Bride 女鬼嫁到 Hai Shazi海沙子Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Cao Susu’s shoulders shook as she wept pitifully. Zhao Cao couldn’t help putting an arm around her shoulders and drawing her closer. With his arm around her, Cao Susu simply let herself fall into his embrace, sobbing softly. … A loser with the extraordinary fate of having lived ten lives makes an invincible comeback as a Taoist master. He mixes it up with female ghosts and the underworld, then, with the help of female ghosts and demons, takes back ownership of the Hongyuan Group… 466Reads8.2Score101Shelves

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    Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes!

39. 39 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

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    Ghost hunting? Supernatural? I've been searching for a long time, but I haven't found a good modern supernatural ghost hunting novel. Until I watched a video and saw this novel, wow, it's the best of the best, it's a divine book that I can't stop reading.

40. 40 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Is Back at Her Street Stall 玄学大佬她又去摆地摊了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original titles: The Fortune-Telling Street Vendor Is Actually a Mystical Arts Ancestor?! and The Mystical Arts Big Shot Is Back at Her Street Stall [Fortune-telling + ghost-catching + feng shui + powerful protagonist + no romance, thriving solo + gossip + episodic stories] The junior sister of the Zhengyang Sect, sealed away for a thousand years, wakes up reborn in the body of a girl whose parents don't care for her. The girl wants to go to school, so she'll have to earn her own tuition. So We 43kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves

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    [A Metaphysical Master Sets Up a Street Stall?!] 🔥 "Feng Shui Metaphysics: Starting from a Street Stall" - A 9.5-Rated masterpiece, now complete! The patriarch of the Zheng Yang Sect, sealed for a thousand years, is reborn as a modern girl struggling to pay her tuition. Thus, fortune telling, ghost hunting, and feng shui consultations become her "work-study" activities. A solo adventure with no romantic pairing and episodic storytelling, watch as this metaphysical master sweeps through the modern city with his metaphysical skills. With 47,000 high-scoring reviews and 1.17 Million words of exhilarating storytelling, this free-to-read journey awaits you!

41. 41 我 I Tell Fortunes, You Go to Jail, and the Police Station’s Performance Is 666 我算命，你进狱，警局业绩666 Rain in the Empty Mountains空山雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + fortune-telling + metaphysics + ghost hunting + no romance + satisfying read + goofy humor + everyone’s favorite] Shi Yi spent fifteen hundred years making her way in the underworld. At last, just as Emperor Fengdu’s term was about to end, he waved his hand and sent her back to the human world. Before she left, seeing as she was returning to the human world for the first time, Emperor Fengdu took pity on her and sent her off with two bills of underworld currency. Shi Yi: ... Ret 15.5kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
42. 42 我 I Tell Fortunes, You Watch the Drama! My Good Karma Depends on Everyone 我算命，你吃瓜！我的功德靠大家 Coconut Milk Taro Balls椰汁芋圆Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn + livestreaming + fortune-telling + ghost hunting + episodic stories + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + feel-good wealthy-family drama After waking up from a nap, Huo Ning, a master of the mystic arts, finds herself in the body of the Huo family’s miserable eldest daughter, kicked out of the house and saddled with massive debts. To pay them off, she starts livestreaming fortune-telling. “Streamer, I think I’ve got a supernatural admirer. A female ghost cleans my room every day and w 4.8kReads8.8Score631Shelves
43. 43 那 That Guy Is Both a Northern Shaman and a Southern Taoist 那家伙既是北马又是南茅 Song Qin's Darling松琴的宝贝Mystery962k WordsOngoing Join the Old Immortal in gathering merit and spreading blessings across the land! Anyone with a “little circle” on them is there to help others. This is a little master who is both rather laid-back and a bit of a slacker, “part Taoist, part Marxist,” and specializes in helping people solve their problems and helping the Old Immortal accumulate merit! He’s also an expert at exposing fakes! Ha, take that, take that, take that, take that, take that, take that! 725Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    True story documentary, also includes debunking fake news.

44. 44 金 The Golden Snake Appears, and the Path to Immortality Is Proven 金蛇现，证道路 Flying Mystic Jade Seal飞玄玉章Urban462k WordsOngoing [Supernatural][Cultivation][Plot][Single Female Lead][Vast Worldbuilding] Bullied and humiliated throughout his early years, he was fortunate enough to encounter a sliver of opportunity and join the Shenxiao Sect. But the sect has fallen into decline, its halls in ruins. His old grudge remains unsettled, and revenge still lies far off, as distant as a thousand cloud-wreathed mountains. The road ahead is long, and demons and monsters lurk and run rampant along the way. What awaits him is a strang 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good.

45. 45 0 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 Yesterday's Chang'an i昨日长安iMystery675k WordsOngoing [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5.1kReads8.6Score377Shelves

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    Many people recommend these three books, and they are all excellent, especially the first one, which I highly recommend!

46. 46 第 The First Notebook of a Feng Shui Master Passed Down Through Generations 第一本祖传风水师笔记 I Come from the East我自东方Urban900k WordsOngoing [Adapted into a short drama] [A feng shui novel about the world around you] This novel explores feng shui in homes, shops, offices, graves and burial grounds, and people’s personal lives. There’s nothing mysterious or abstruse here, just feng shui stories from everyday life. By the time you come across this book, the gears of fate may already have started turning. Read carefully, and you may find something unexpected... 238.7kReads9.1Score24.2kShelves
47. 47 最 The Strongest Outsiders of the Martial World 最强江湖外八行 Old Jianghu Number Six江湖老六Mystery426k WordsCompleted When the Qianmen rise in anger, the jianghu falls into chaos. Without conflict, there can be no Qianmen. If conflict rises again, the Qianmen will surely take the helm of the jianghu, restore order, and put an end to the fighting! When I was little, my grandfather read my fortune and said I was destined to “ride the wind to success.” After he died, I inherited his hardware store. Only when a beautiful woman came knocking did I learn that I was the heir to the Qianmen, a legendary jianghu school 556Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    A great, enjoyable read!

48. 48 我 My Years as a Buddhist Nun 我当师太的那些年 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was born a girl with a Pure Yang fate into a family of feng shui masters. For generations, my family had practiced feng shui in the countryside. My grandfather had hoped his eldest grandchild would be a boy, so he could pass down his skills to the eldest son and grandson. But I turned out to be a girl. Grandfather never took a liking to me, so my parents could only take me to live in the city. No one expected that, during the Ghost Festival in the year I turned twenty-five, Grandfather would s 420Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Four different types of ghost-hunting novels❣️❣️ The pinnacle of metaphysics is the episodic stories💥The author truly understands metaphysics; you'll regret not reading them😫

49. 49 捉 I’m Tough on Ghosts and Diligent in My Studies 捉鬼不手软，学习也不马虎 The Snow Melts at Dawn朝雪初融Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + Supernatural + Fortune-Telling + Ghost Hunting + Master and Disciple + No Romance] Jiang Wenxi is the ninth junior sister, adored by everyone in her sect. Her master, senior brothers and sisters all dote on her, and her junior brother protects her too. But when danger strikes, her tribulation arrives. Luckily, her master has already prepared a way to handle it, though things don't go quite as planned. Fan Chengya is an unremarkable student who dies after accidentally hitting h 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A modern metaphysical novel. [Cool] The female lead is amazing (she grows stronger later on), has an impressive background, is skilled in divination and fortune-telling, and is proficient in magic battles, talismans, ghost hunting, and formations. The storyline is very engaging. [Kiss]

50. 50 心 A Psychology Grad Student's Daily Ghost-Hunting 心理学研究生捉鬼日常 Xiong Miao33熊喵33Mystery697k WordsOngoing [Urban Supernatural] [Esoteric Arts] [Past and Present Lives] [Mystery] [Power Fantasy] [Psychology] By day, she uses psychology to break down the physiological mechanisms behind "seeing ghosts": a racing heart, goosebumps, and fear that quickly fades are nothing more than survival instincts left over from evolution. At night, talisman flames ignite in her palm as she forms hand seals and chants incantations, guiding lost souls burdened by deep obsessions into the afterlife. No one knows that th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "The Haunted House Notes" is a pretty good supernatural novel I read before; its writing style is quite unique. "The Daily Ghost Hunting Life of a Psychology Graduate Student" combines supernatural elements with suspense, making it suitable even for beginners.

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