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Unveiling the Three Teachings and Nine Schools of Old China 旧中国三教九流揭秘
In the old China that emerged after the Opium Wars, the land lay shattered and Chinese and foreign influences mingled. All kinds of social forces flourished, and a multitude of secret societies made their presence felt. The Green Gang, the Hongmen, Yiguandao, the Paoge and other groups staged one historical tragicomedy after another. Vividly and in detail, this book exposes the many ugly sides of these underworld groups, lays bare their tricks and layers of disguise, and portrays both the dark c
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- 52 EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚:我只卖凶宅 Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
- 53 Tomb Raiding Tales from Republican China 民国盗墓往事 A long-lost memory brings a gripping story from the past to light. What I’m about to tell you is a secret from the Republican era… 3.5kReads8.8Score604Shelves
- 54 The Haunted Houses I’ve Experienced 我经历的凶宅 The older generation often says that people who die violent deaths cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Their souls endlessly haunt the places where they died, seeking substitutes. Only then can they be reborn. That’s why we often hear in the news about car crashes that keep happening at certain locations. Sometimes the place isn’t even a proper intersection, yet terrible accidents leave cars wrecked and people dead. Some streams aren’t even as deep as a person is tall, yet every year there 2.1kReads8.9Score188Shelves
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Record of Folk Traditions 民俗传承录
My knowledge is limited! I’ve organized the memories of my working life into a memoir and written down some of them. If you’re interested in feng shui, geomancy, or the arts of fate and divination, take a look. It’s all practical information. If you’d rather hear stories, you can read the memoir.
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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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Department of Paranormal Investigations 神秘事件调查处
The Secret Incident Investigation Bureau, Book One As a child, Zhuge Yun was struck by lightning and branded with a thunder rune. During an archaeological excavation, he accidentally awakened the thunder element within himself. After joining the Ninth Division, under the Huaxia government’s secret agency, Bureau 749, Zhuge Yun and his teammates handled all kinds of supernatural incidents. The mysterious Poyang Lake Delta, ghost soldiers crossing the land, resurrected terracotta warriors in the M
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- 58 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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He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡,这个道士正到发邪!
[Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot
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- 60 Department of Paranormal Investigations II 神秘事件调查处【贰】 The X-Files Investigation Bureau, Part Two “That's a dragon!” “No, there are no dragons. That's a kite, that's a black plastic bag, that's a bird soaring through a storm. You've read Haiyan, haven't you? Exactly.” In 1968, our country established Institute 507, whose full name was the Institute of Space Medicine and Engineering. Later, as more and more supernatural events were discovered, the institute began handling certain cases. In September 1974, some departments of Institute 507 were split 6.4kReads8.8Score569Shelves
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Tales of the Uncanny in Jiangnan 江南诡事录
I was born in an old town in Jiangnan, and from childhood I loved hanging around beneath the eaves of the old teahouse. I would listen as Zhou the Blind sipped his strong tea and spun yarn after yarn, recounting the strange tales he had heard over most of his life. Half of what this book records came from the stories passed by word of mouth beneath the teahouse storyteller’s gavel; the other half came from what I saw and heard as I grew up wandering the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. Now the te
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- 62 Old Tales of Gushui: The Jade Toad of the Ghost Market 沽水旧闻:鬼市玉蟾记 Old Tales of Gushui: The Jade Toad of the Ghost Market —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Old Tales of Gushui 9: The Wonton Tale 沽水旧闻9:馄饨记 Old Tales of Gushui 9: The Wonton Tale —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Old Tales of Gushui 2: The Phantom in the Opera Trunk 沽水旧闻2:戏箱魅影 Old Tales of Gushui 2: The Phantom in the Opera Trunk —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Old Tales of Gushui 3: The Tale of the Mirror 沽水旧闻3:镜中记 Old Tales of Gushui 3: The Tale in the Mirror —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈
A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me?
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- 67 Old Tales of Gushui 4: The Scales of Conscience 沽水旧闻4:良心秤 Old Tales of Gushui 4: The Scales of Conscience —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Old Tales of Gushui 5: The Three-Ghost Mystery 沽水旧闻5:三鬼奇案 Old Tales of Gushui 5: The Strange Case of the Three Ghosts —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道
A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea
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- 70 Old Tales of Gushui 6: The Crying Next Door 沽水旧闻6:隔壁的哭声 Old Tales of Gushui 6: The Crying Next Door —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Old Tales of Gushui 7: Li Laowai Hunts Demons 沽水旧闻7:李老歪捉妖 Old Tales of Gushui 7: Li Laowai Hunts a Demon —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Old Tales of Gushui 8: Chen Ergou Steals a Jade Ruyi by Night 沽水旧闻8:陈二狗夜盗玉如意 Old Tales of Gushui 8: Chen Ergou Steals a Jade Ruyi by Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Old Tales of Gushui 10: The Shadow Peddler 沽水旧闻10:影子货郎 Old Tales of Gushui 10: The Shadow Peddler —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Old Tales of Gushui 11: Chen Ergou's Encounter with Evil 沽水旧闻11:陈二狗撞邪 Old Tales of Gushui 11: Chen Ergou Encounters Evil —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Old Tales of Gushui 12: Outwitting Daoist Zhang 沽水旧闻12:智斗妖道张 Old Tales of Gushui 12: A Battle of Wits with Zhang the Demon Taoist —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Old Tales of Gushui 13: The Return of the Soul 沽水旧闻13:回魂记 Old Tales of Gushui 13: The Tale of the Returning Soul —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The True Story of a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我,一名凶宅试睡员的真实经历
If there were a job where you didn’t have to do anything, but could charge by the minute and make a fortune just by sleeping, would you be interested in trying it? There’s just one catch: you can’t be afraid of ghosts. If you’re curious about what kind of job this is, I’m a veteran in the field, and I’ll tell you about my own experiences…
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- 78 Old Tales of Gushui 14: How a Fake Daoist Caught a Real Ghost 沽水旧闻14:假道士巧拿真鬼 Old Tales of Gushui 14: How a Fake Taoist Caught a Real Ghost —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 690Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 80 Old Tales of Gushui 16: Li Laowai's Third Visit to the Ghost Court 《沽水旧闻16:李老歪三探鬼衙门》 Old Tales of Gushui 16: Li Laowai's Third Visit to the Ghost Yamen —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Old Tales of Gushui 17: The Real and Fake Li Laowai, Introduction 《沽水旧闻17:真假李老歪》导语 Tales from Gushui 17: The Real and Fake Li Laowai, Introduction —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2 Heaven Official's Blessing, no taboos under heaven. The second installment of Living People’s Taboos! 8.1kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 83 Old Tales of Gushui 18: The Disappearance of Xiao Ergou 《沽水旧闻18:消失的小二狗》 Tales from Gushui 18: The Disappearance of Xiao Ergou —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录
The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one!
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Tales of the Strange in Jinmen: The Five Great Families 津门怪谈之五大家
The Five Great Families, the Fox, Yellow, White, Willow, and Gray, live alongside humans and possess an air of the immortal. If you leave them alone, they’ll leave you alone. But if you provoke them, you’d better be ready to accept your bad luck. And just like that, strange things start happening.
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- 86 Old Tales of Gushui 15: Chen Ergou Raises Hell on Ghost Festival 《沽水旧闻15:陈二狗大闹中元节》 Tales from Gushui 15: Chen Ergou Raises Hell on the Ghost Festival —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Ghost Hunter 猎鬼人 Tightly interwoven, every step fraught with danger. A deadly game, a chain of interlocking traps. An old mansion from eighty years ago... The secrets of Fengmen Village... A headless corpse in Qinghai... A ghost city in the desert... Summer is here. Why not step into these stories and experience a bone-deep chill... 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Legends of the Nine Rivers 九河怪谈 The nine rivers flow into a patchwork land, with three floating bridges and two passes. Here in Tianjin, the nine great rivers are said to be nine dragons, giving rise to the tale of Nine Dragons Governing the Waters. You may not know this, but those nine rivers are steeped in all kinds of eerie happenings. Just how eerie are they? Don’t rush. Sit yourself down nice and steady, sip your tea, and let me tell you all about Nine Rivers Strange Tales... 1kReads8.8Score103Shelves
- 89 Old Tales of Gushui 19: A Dark Walk to Extend His Life 《沽水旧闻19:走阴续命》 Tales from Gushui 19: Extending Life Through a Yin Journey —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 The Other Shore Flower: 101 Supernatural Tales 彼岸花之101个灵异小故事 Paranormal tales, folk legends, phenomena science cannot explain. The flowers of the other shore bloom, then fade. They bloom for a thousand years and fall for a thousand years; flower and leaf never meet. Every frame holds a longing for family and a yearning to live. I hope you’ll enjoy the short paranormal stories I’ve written. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Heir to the Ghost Hunters 猎鬼传人 Haunted by an evil spirit, I accidentally stumble into a mysterious place. By fate's design, the ghost-hunting ability I worked so hard to cultivate becomes my inheritance as a ghost hunter, granting me a path between the worlds of the living and the dead. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Dual Cultivation of Dao and Immortality 道仙双修录
My name is Lin Xiaoman. I was born around the time of Xiaoman, or Grain Buds, and my father named me in a hurry during the busy farming season. My grandfather’s words, “A life that is just full is better than one that is perfect,” became a prophecy for my whole life. In the bitter winter of the 1950s, my grandfather borrowed grain and encountered a red fox seeking a title. A single respectful form of address planted the seeds of a century-old karmic bond. But the fox immortal failed to survive i
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- 93 I Witnessed a Fox Immortal's Ancestral Hall: When Immortals Choose a Mortal 亲历狐仙立堂:当凡人被仙家选中后 My Firsthand Experience of Establishing a Fox Immortal Shrine: When an Immortal Chooses an Ordinary Person —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录
The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa
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The Heaven-Ordained Spirit Medium 天命出马仙
When I was five, an old beggar showed up at our door and insisted that one day I would marry a snake as my wife...
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Legend of the Demon-Slaying War 平魔传
This is a work I wrote many years ago, now revised and presented to you! Its original title was The Demon-Slaying War. If you've read it before, feel free to keep reading! No System, no evolution, no being reborn. It's been restored to the fantasy world of old!
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Tales of the Strange and Stories of Ghosts 说诡讲鬼
Also known as The Guide Along the Yin-Yang Path (Not a power fantasy + no cultivation + eerie + no female lead + horror) (The book weaves together different supernatural stories and is best enjoyed as an audiobook.) Born at midnight, I have an intensely yang fate and abundant vitality. I encounter all kinds of mysterious events in daily life, and my comrade A Jie, who is also a spirit medium, goes out of his way to help me find answers. I used to think everything I encountered was caused by ghos
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Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介:我在重庆卖凶宅
A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut
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- 99 The True Record of General Black Tiger's Spirit Possession 黑虎将军起乩实录 [Not an invincible protagonist + supernatural mysteries + paranormal + horror + adapted from true events + adapted from Minnan ghost and deity folk traditions] The Record of General Black Tiger's Spirit Possession is also known as The Record of Banishing Spirits in the Mortal Realm: The Story of General Black Tiger. (Support the official release. This book is published only on Fanqie.) In the north, spirit mediums invite immortals to possess them; in the south, spirit mediums enter a trance to c 13Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Wind Returns to the Wandering Sands 风回迥沙
“I've never liked cooked food, even since I was little.” “Huh? Are you like them, then?” The woman shook her head. “They like human flesh and blood. That's not my thing.” “Then... you?” “Me? I like duck blood.”
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