Chinese-Style Horror Novels About Ghostly Incidents in Mountain Villages, No Cultivation, Just Chilling Terror 中式恐怖，山村鬼事，不修仙，后背发凉的恐怖小说

1. 851 雇 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Zahari扎哈里Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 54Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 852 我 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 Xuan Xiao Hermit玄枵居士Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (No harem, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, fighting monsters and leveling up) My name is Yu Xuanxiao. I was an ordinary person, but I was inexplicably drawn into a conspiracy and had no choice but to enter the Daoist sect and learn the art of talismans. By chance, I discovered that the source of it all was connected to a black fox from a hundred years ago. For the sake of my future, I can only fight alongside a group of like-minded companions, battling demons and monsters to the death time an 11Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 853 出 The Spirit Medium Qing Xuan 出马仙清玄 Beima Qingxuan北马清玄Urban2.3M WordsOngoing A strip of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people and horses, the old hall's immortal. Whip the horse down the mountain, and make your name known throughout the land. I was born in 1990 in an ordinary village in a northeastern province. When I was three, a great deity said I would one day take up the incense and become a spirit medium. I didn't believe in fate, but in the end, I did become one. Over the years, I've worked as a chef, served as a leader, and entered the 1.1kReads7.2Score103Shelves
4. 854 道 The Daoist Descends the Mountain: The Revival of Eerie Energy 道爷下山之诡气复苏 Xuan Mo Zi玄墨紫Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted The uncanny returns, throwing yin and yang out of balance. Ghosts and monsters roam by night, slaughtering people until the human world becomes a living hell. Everyone lives in constant fear. Only I emerge from a mountain Taoist temple. I cultivate the Great Way of Yin and Yang, wield the art of slaying the uncanny, and shatter all illusions and evil spirits. Evil spirits wreaking havoc? I will suppress them with Taoist arts. The uncanny tide spreading? I will cut it down with a single sword. De 9.6kReads8.3Score681Shelves
5. 855 出 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 Cloud Road Faraway云路遥Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 32.4kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
6. 856 鬼 Ghost Tattoo Seal, Forbidden Arts of the Yellow Springs 鬼纹印，黄泉禁术 Bu San Si Mu不三四沐Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted From the start, he was bound in marriage to a ghost. After a series of twists and turns, he met a master. To stay alive, Yin Linchuan followed an old Taoist priest to catch ghosts and ward off evil, slaying demons and vanquishing monsters. From then on, he embarked on the path of catching ghosts and driving away evil... —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 857 傩 The Nuo Dancer's Ordeal 傩人难 Invincible Little Seal无敌小海豹豹Mystery129k WordsOngoing Isolated and misunderstood, two people just alike meet because of fate. What kind of story will unfold? Will it be funny or terrifying? Everything takes place beneath a vast shadow. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male lead is born with the ability to see evil spirits! The protagonist has been isolated for many years as an outcast until he meets a woman who is also possessed by evil spirits. The two redeem each other, and the exorcism plot is both exciting and scary. The cultural background is also very unique, and the plot just won't stop!

8. 858 汴 Ghost Stories of Bianliang 汴梁鬼谈 Tattoo Story House刺青故事馆Mystery387k WordsOngoing Kaifeng, known in ancient times as Bianliang, is a city built atop layers of cities. The Yellow River has flooded it time and again, and each time it has been rebuilt. So buried beneath the ground are not just the ruins of one old city. Drawing on real locations such as Longting Park, the Drum Tower Night Market, and the Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden, this book records local tales of the supernatural: Drumbeats sounding in the dead of night, with no one there to strike them, Something in t 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book, which has been passed down in the countryside

9. 859 出 Memoirs of a Spirit-Medium Taoist 出马道士回忆录 The Number One Horse Who Writes Books写书的第马20k WordsOngoing First establish a spirit-medium altar, then head to Bayu to study the ritual arts. A Qingwei disciple, holding the rank of Dujiao, with a white crane in his cave. A book of real experiences, true stories, and popular science! Everything in this book comes from my own real experiences and true stories! This book only covers things that really happened. It contains no fantasy or cultivation tales! 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's not about cultivating immortality or fantasy; it's just a realistic record of things that are hard to explain and inexplicable. The more you read it, the more mysterious and real it seems.

10. 860 救 Help! The Horror NPCs Are Lining Up for Me to Do Their Makeup 救命！惊悚NPC都排队找我化妆 Wild Donkey Tribe野驴部落Mystery519k WordsCompleted [Horror game + NPCs + horror survival + no System] Su Qing, a workaholic makeup artist, was just working overtime. When she opened her eyes again, she had been sucked into a horror game with a 99% death rate! As she watched her teammates panic and wet themselves, the bottom-performing Slit-Mouthed Woman approached her with a pair of scissors. Su Qing despaired. But wait... This woman’s makeup is way too crude! Her professional instincts kicked in, and she blurted out, “Your makeup isn’t working. 880Reads—Score177Shelves

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    This, this, is really beautiful.

11. 861 阴 Part-Time Underworld Constable: A Taoist Priest Investigates Murders in the City 阴差兼职：贫道在都市查凶 Du Chuan Yu渡川雨Mystery553k WordsOngoing A lazy, penny-pinching, down-and-out Taoist is forced to work off his debts as a part-time underworld officer! A reclusive old man dies mysteriously, ghostly passengers haunt the midnight subway, and vengeful spirits from cold cases return. The entire city turns out to be a giant formation for a fiend to refine evil spirits! Police captain: There are no ghosts or gods in this world! → I take it all back! Master Chen, save me! Black Impermanence: Slacking off costs you underworld merit; shirking 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's really good, highly recommended.

12. 862 奇 The Strange Gate Subdues the Eight Wastelands 奇门镇八荒 Lone Boat into a Dream孤舟入梦Mystery151k WordsOngoing My name is Yang Yufan. I was born with a pair of yin-yang eyes, and my grandfather taught me the arts of the Qimen. I thought that becoming an inheritor of the Qimen tradition would make me a fortune-teller... But who could have guessed that I’d end up as one of the saints guarding the Eight Wastelands? I’ll tell you the story of what happened in my own words! 10Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this treasure of a book. It claims that the ability to see ghosts and spirits, and the use of esoteric arts to exorcise demons, are all vividly portrayed, making you feel like you're right there in the story.

13. 863 荒 The Wilderness Hunting King 荒年猎王 The Moon Crosses the Star River月渡星川Historical702k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.7kReads8.1Score129Shelves

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    New author promoting new book 📚, please support if you like it!

14. 864 都 Reborn in Another World: A Carefree Urban Legend 都市异界重生之逍遥传奇 The Moon Crosses the Star River月渡星川Urban530k WordsCompleted Lin Yu, a young man from a modern city, was caught up in a mysterious experiment by accident. His soul transmigrated to another world that blended urban life with fantasy. In this world, technology and magic coexist, powerful clans control vast resources and political influence, and mysterious organizations and hidden dangers abound. 49Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 865 后 The Harem Emperor 后宫大帝 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted A harem novel with multiple female leads and a System. If you like beautiful women, come take a look. A naturally lecherous nouveau riche gets sent to the cultivation world after sexually harassing a waitress and being hit by a computer, bringing along a hundredfold experience System. He levels up at breakneck speed, is lecherous by nature, gathers a harem, and gets revenge on his enemies. He's a coward who fears death and never goes anywhere dangerous. I've never liked challenging people above 757Reads6.4Score—Shelves
16. 866 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 421Reads6.6Score—Shelves
17. 867 头 The Seventh Night 头七 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Seventh Day 54Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 868 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 293Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 869 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 90Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 870 我 I’m Just an Ordinary Woman 我只是一个普普通通的女子 Where Did I Put My Cat?我猫搁哪儿了Mystery423k WordsOngoing The rating has only just opened, so it’ll keep going up! [Supernatural + Strong Female Lead + Feng Shui and Metaphysics + Horror + Episodic Stories + Spiritual Qi Revival] A metaphysical ghost-hunting story featuring supernatural tales. The female lead is the strongest fighter, bar none! The pairing is with her master. Set against the backdrop of spiritual qi revival, the mortal world and the underworld work together. The world unfolds as the stories progress. The female lead has already been re 709Reads8.1Score111Shelves

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    This is a new book I recently discovered. I don't know why so few people are reading it, but I'm giving it a shout-out. It's made up of a series of short horror stories, and so far there aren't any major red flags. The book is a bit short, and the male lead is basically just a background character who barely appears. The female lead has a somewhat humorous personality, and the stories are fast-paced. However, compared to the previous ones, I prefer the story about the color-changing door at the end. The new story is also quite interesting; maybe I just prefer more thrilling stories where people might die…

21. 871 东 The Eastern Wei Crown Prince's Tomb 东魏太子墓 Geothermal Park地热公园27k WordsCompleted The Eastern Wei Crown Prince’s Tomb —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A rare horror-mystery novel! The truth is elusive, and the plot twists frequently!

22. 872 灵 Supernatural: The Book of Yin Bonds 灵异：阴缘簿 The Little Pig Who Lies会说谎的小猪Mystery280k WordsOngoing Born on Ghost Festival, with a fated bond to the yin world, young Yang Yifeng has been able to see the yin and yang realms since birth. Following his grandfather, who knows secret arts, he steps into a world full of eerie mysteries and karmic entanglements. From a vengeful spirit in a well to a ghostly figure on the last bus, behind every terrifying encounter lies a tragic story. Can he understand his fate through one brush with death after another and uncover the truth behind his unusual consti —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Are any of you interested in the events in the Southwest region?

23. 873 末 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.6kReads8.7Score314Shelves

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    This story, set in a mountain village, features ghost tales without any cultivation of immortality, yet it embodies a strong sense of Chinese horror. The plot becomes increasingly captivating as it progresses, and the portrayal of human nature is very realistic; it's not a formulaic story.

24. 874 被 After a Rich Girl Set Me Up, I Revealed My True Identity 被富家女算计后，我亮出真身份 Passing Through October路过十月17k WordsCompleted After a rich heiress set me up, I revealed my true identity 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short stories

25. 875 女 A Female-Focused Writer Enters a Male-Focused Genre: I Open a Horror Museum in America 女频入男频：我在美国开恐怖馆 Five Cups of Goji Berry Tea to Calm My Nerves五杯枸杞压压惊Mystery212k WordsCompleted This seemingly prosperous and peaceful American city hides strange truths unknown to the public. Countless local ghosts lurk in every corner: abandoned theaters, roads on rainy nights, old apartment buildings, and cemeteries on the outskirts of town. Evil spirits and eerie shadows wander everywhere, unseen by anyone, while ordinary people remain completely unaware and go about their everyday lives. Tourists who visit for a thrill think the venues' gloomy atmosphere and bizarre scenes are just ca 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    American horror, the Chinese girl who kills American devils

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