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  1. 401 War Against Demons: Snow Encounter 战妖:雪遇 Urban371k WordsOngoing Born on a snowy night and surrounded by monsters, he was saved in his hour of peril by a kind cultivator. This gave him an unusually powerful spirit from birth. His elders were leaders in an organization dedicated to suppressing demons, and his family had its own legacy, but it was too obscure to be of much use. So he joined the reclusive sect where his elders' comrades served, starting out as an unofficial disciple to gain experience. Thus began his journey of following his elders, master, and 45Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  2. 402 The Secret of Chongcao Village 虫草村的秘密 Mystery10k WordsCompleted “The cordyceps we raise are so fast, you can’t even catch them.” I was watching this funny video on a certain short-video app. Comments flew across the screen. Some people said the joke was hilarious, while others earnestly explained that cordyceps couldn’t possibly run fast. But I knew the joke wasn’t funny at all, because I had seen fast-running cordyceps myself. Perhaps “rabbit cordyceps” would be a more fitting name. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. 403 Longevity Soup 长寿汤 Mystery8k WordsCompleted When I was little, Liu Laoer’s family in the village made a living selling goat-horn powder. The powder came from the horns of female goats. Though those horns were short and slender, Liu Laoer would skin and butcher female goats alive right after they gave birth. Then he would cut off their horns and grind them into powder. He would add the powder to soup made with freshly slaughtered lamb. They said drinking it regularly could help you live a long life. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. 404 The Incarnation 化生子 10k WordsCompleted Huashengzi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 405 The Silent Echo 沉默的回声 Mystery17k WordsCompleted Five years ago, in Room 601 of Ningchuan High School, a girl was found hanged from a bathroom pipe. Her eyes bulged, her tongue was missing, and strange words had been written in blood on the mirror: “He… is back.” Five years later, the sealed cold case was suddenly reopened. Trainee criminal investigator Qin Chuan took over the investigation, never expecting that this bizarre murder would also uncover another buried case: the “South Campus Disappearance.” A deadly game of hunting, lying dormant 54Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 406 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 16kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
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  7. 407 The Midnight General Store 午夜杂货铺 Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted “Welcome to the Underworld General Store. Here, you’ll find merchandise unlike anything else, along with extraordinary service…” I run a midnight general store and work as a professional spirit walker, moving between the worlds of yin and yang. In the pitch-black night, I deal in things that must never be spoken of. Then one day, a strange customer dressed head to toe in red came in, and that was when the real horror began… 7.2kReads8.4Score571Shelves
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  8. 408 Tales of Wraiths and Monsters 魍魉怪談 Mystery157k WordsCompleted This anthology draws on criminal cases, accidents, strange urban rumors, and paranormal encounters from across the country between 2008 and 2020, reworking them into self-contained horror stories, one per chapter. To make the stories feel real, most are written as first-person recollections or accounts shared by netizens. Although the places, events, and people mentioned can be researched online, this is a work of fiction and includes invented elements. It is intended purely for entertainment. R 288Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 409 Huizhu Village 慧猪村 Mystery10k WordsCompleted My college roommate claimed she came from an ancient village called Huizhu Village. She said the village got its name because, from ancient times to the present, it had produced many high-ranking officials and top scholars, as if its villagers were born with pearls of wisdom. It wasn’t until she talked the rest of us in the dorm into visiting her village around the Qingming Festival that I learned it was actually called “Wise Pig Village.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 410 The Death Inn 死亡民宿 Mystery10k WordsCompleted On the first night after checking into the guesthouse, the owner died. But at midnight that same night, Lu Shou actually received a text from the owner. “Please be sure to follow the rules of the Deerhorn Guesthouse. Find the landlady’s dowry box before five tomorrow morning, and you can leave with the deputy manager, an orange cat.” “Otherwise, you’ll be stuck here forever.” Lu Shou broke out in a cold sweat, utterly baffled. “I clearly took his phone. How can he still text me?” —Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. 411 I'm Xie, a Yin-Yang Guide, Not a Taoist Priest 阴阳开路人谢邀,不是道士 Mystery134k WordsCompleted I've seen too many lonely spirits trapped in corners, unable to move on, and too many people hell-bent on harming others. Sometimes I can't tell whether I'm imagining it in the throes of a psychotic episode or witnessing something real. The truth is far darker than fiction. “Absurd” is the only word for it. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 412 Deadly Delivery 致命快递 10k WordsCompleted I received a package from an unfamiliar sender. A note inside said I could scan a code to claim a huge cash bonus. But when I scanned it, my phone opened a livestream instead. Even stranger, my face appeared right in the middle of the screen. The comments were flying by: "This girl looks pretty good. What a shame to kill her." "Tsk, tsk, what a beauty. I recommend having some fun with her before killing her." Just then, I suddenly heard someone knocking behind me. "Hello, delivery!" 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. 413 Strange Happenings in Northeast China 我在东北的邪乎事 Mystery304k WordsCompleted Friends, whatever you do, don’t read this book!!! Run!!! It’s completely absurd!!! See the final chapter for details. The plot is freaking explosive. No gore or violence, no superstition, no real-world allegories. Everything is kept simple: traditional fairy tales, a humorous style, clear and accessible language, and so on. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 414 I'm a Little Spirit Medium 我是小神婆 Rural Life180k WordsOngoing [Mysticism + supernatural + crime-solving + powerful protagonist + resolving mysteries + hidden origins + folk customs] I'm an abandoned baby, picked up from a trash can by my shaman grandmother. Growing up under her influence, I always wanted to become an even more powerful shaman than she was. Because of my unusual fate, strange and bizarre things, sometimes terrifyingly uncanny, are always happening around me... What happened to the female ghost who fell in love with someone else's body? Did 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  15. 415 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Mystery9k WordsCompleted My family makes its living dealing with the dead, and my father is a renowned corpse seamster in the surrounding area. His skills are superb. No matter how mangled a corpse is, he can restore it to look as good as new. Whenever someone died in an accident and their body was disfigured, wealthy families from hundreds of miles around would ask my father to stitch it back together. But as far as I knew, my father used to be a butcher. He was skilled at dressing pigs, but I had never heard that he w 8Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 416 A Strange Tale Every Night 夜夜都有诡故事 Mystery507k WordsOngoing [Extreme Supernatural Horror] [Ghosts, Fox Spirits, and Other Strange Creatures] [Not for Women] [Not for the Fainthearted] Based on personal experience and real events. The occult is science we have yet to touch; science is the occult we have already mastered. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 417 My Three Lives and Three Worlds 我的三生三世啊 Ancient Romance469k WordsOngoing A fantastical tale, all beginning with two bowls of expired Meng Po soup. By the time my hair reaches my waist, the soup's effects will have slowly worn off, and love will have quietly found its way to me! But can love really overcome every obstacle? 298Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  18. 418 A Terrifying New Year’s Eve 惊悚除夕夜 Mystery11k WordsCompleted A Chilling New Year's Eve 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 419 A Few Things from the Underworld 地府里的二三事 Mystery109k WordsCompleted As a disciple of the Ma family with more than twenty years of experience in spirit-medium work, I've written this book based on what I know. Some of it is true, some of it false, and some lies in between. Whether you can understand it is up to your own fate! 339Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  20. 420 Yin and Yang: The Book of Life and Death 阴阳:生死簿 Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing Lin Zhao spent ten years as an outer disciple Taoist at Longhu Mountain and learned only one spell: the Soul Summoning Art. > Until one night, the voice of Heaven rang out in his mind: “Ten zhang ahead, a wronged spirit seeks help.” > Following the voice, he found an old woman clutching a black cat and sobbing that her son had gone missing. > He formed a hand seal to investigate and discovered that the cat's eyes reflected the scene of her son's death: the neighbor butcher's hideous face. > When —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  21. 421 A Woman Fell from the Building at My Feet, Then Begged Me in the Middle of the Night to Avenge Her 坠楼女子落我脚边,半夜她哭着求我替她报仇 Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Evil Spirit in the Talisman On a rainy night, I watched a girl jump from a tall building and die on the spot. Her soul latched onto me and demanded that I avenge her. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 422 I Decided to Kill My Lover, Then Got on a Haunted Bus with Her 我决定谋杀情人,和她上了一辆闹鬼的巴士 Mystery10k WordsCompleted I think I got on a haunted bus. My girlfriend was sitting beside me, her pretty little face deathly pale with fear. "Th-those two people just carried a corpse onto the bus." 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 423 The Grandmaster of Feng Shui 风水祖师 Modern Romance78k WordsCompleted Li Yunfei has had a special talent and interest in feng shui since childhood. By chance, he discovers mysterious feng shui ruins in a mountain cave, setting him on the path of exploring the art. He leaves his hometown and follows his master, Xuan Feng, to study feng shui in depth. Through grueling training and practical experience, he steadily builds up his knowledge and expertise. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 424 The Haunted Roads of the Countryside 乡野阴途 Mystery282k WordsOngoing In the late 1990s, strange things happen often in the countryside. My maternal grandfather is a well-known master throughout the surrounding villages, and he takes me from one nearby town to another to deal with all kinds of bizarre incidents. I was only nine that year. One night, by chance, some villagers came to ask for help in the dead of night. Half-asleep, I heard about a strange incident and was so scared that every hair on my body stood on end. I didn't dare move a muscle. Out of a child' 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 425 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿这些年 Urban5.4M WordsCompleted 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
  26. 426 The Midnight Restaurant 午夜饭店 Mystery935k WordsCompleted I opened a restaurant that can only open in the middle of the night, and it has all sorts of rules. I'm starting to suspect that none of my customers are human. What should I do? Asking online. 46Reads7.7Score—Shelves
  27. 427 After the Wicked Mother-in-Law Drove Her Son’s Family to Their Deaths, They All Became Ghosts 恶婆婆逼死儿媳妇一家后,全变鬼了 Mystery9k WordsCompleted Back in our village, it was perfectly normal for a mother-in-law to bully her daughter-in-law. Even when the entire husband's family bullied the daughter-in-law, nobody thought there was anything wrong with it. But driving the daughter-in-law's entire family to their deaths? I doubt many people could do something like that. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 428 The Northeast Paper Effigy Craftsman 东北纸活匠 Mystery180k WordsOngoing Northeastern paper effigy craftsmen practice the most obscure and dangerous of the region’s yin-yang trades, walking the boundary between life and death for generations. Ordinary paper effigies are used for funeral rites, blessings, and guiding the dead, and can suppress evil spirits and soothe restless souls. Forbidden paper effigies can borrow lifespans, bind souls, exchange lives, and conceal malign forces. The trade’s thousand-year-old ancestral rules are: never paint eyes on paper figures, 1kReads—Score113Shelves
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  29. 429 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子,鬼抬棺 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
  30. 430 Heir to the Qingcheng Sect 青城派传人 Mystery150k WordsCompleted My grandfather was a Daoist priest of the Qingcheng Sect. When he was young, he helped the people by vanquishing demons and dealing with all sorts of feng shui problems. Once, while passing a farmhouse, he skinned a weasel spirit to restore a child’s vitality, offending the Yellow Immortal. To get revenge on my grandfather, the weasel spirit placed a curse on me that made me wish I were dead! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 431 Terror at the Villa: Everyone Who Heard the Weeping Died 别墅惊魂:听见哭声的人都死了 Mystery10k WordsCompleted I'm a feng shui master. One day, I was hired by the tycoon Jia Qing, who said something strange was happening at his villa on Lingzhou Island. Every night, the sounds of a woman and a baby crying could be heard inside the villa. The reward he offered was so generous that I couldn't refuse. Who knew that a string of terrifying events would unfold on the very night I moved in? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. 432 Strange Tales from Western Hunan 西湘散异 Mystery301k WordsCompleted Historical fantasy: When things are hard to speak of, let strange tales record them; when people are not of our kind, seek out the spirits anew. To outsiders, the most mysterious thing about Xixiang is surely corpse-driving. But beyond that, there are also uncanny tales and legends about praying for rain, Zhuyou rituals, dragons and snakes, mirrors, and more. Even carpenters who make coffins can determine life and death with a single swing of their axes. Through these stories, Chen Jun discovere 9Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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  33. 433 Tales of Old Sichuan University 川大旧事 Mystery165k WordsCompleted In 1999, I was lucky enough to get into Sichuan University as the last-ranked student. Over the next few years, I went through the strangest period of my life. Even now, thinking back on it still sends a shiver down my spine... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 434 The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生 Mystery407k WordsCompleted [Completed Novel Recommendation] Northeast Chinese Folk Customs, Mystery, and the Supernatural! Break the rules of the Northeast, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. The yin energy can no longer be contained. My name is Ren Xue. I'm a director who makes supernatural dramas. Fate brought me back to Changbai Mountain, where I became a Guandong woman who understands yin-yang and feng shui. I thought I was simply carrying on my ancestors' legacy. Who knew I was the key to unlocking the "Dragon-Loc 526Reads—Score109Shelves
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  35. 435 My Senior Disappeared from a Nursing Home, So I Went Undercover as a Nurse and Uncovered a Shocking Secret 学长在养老院失踪,我去当护士卧底发现惊天秘密 Mystery10k WordsCompleted My senior disappeared three months ago. He was working at Paradise Nursing Home at the time. To find him, I applied for a job at the nursing home. I never expected to see an elderly resident jump to his death on my very first day. Then more residents started disappearing, one after another. Until one day, inside the refrigerator, I found the finger of a missing resident... —Reads—Score—Shelves
  36. 436 A Nascent Soul Expert Gets Beaten Up on Earth 元婴大佬在地球被吊打 Eastern Fantasy131k WordsOngoing When the false is taken for true, even truth becomes false; where nothing is taken for something, something returns to nothing. A dream of Southern Branch is bound to end in waking; returning home, one finds oneself like the man who came back to find the woodcutter’s axe handle rotted away. Chen Zongping, an ordinary college student, accidentally falls into the world of immortal cultivation. Rescued by an old man who takes him in as a disciple, he begins his journey toward immortality. After cou 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 437 Thirty Years of Strange Tales from the Northeast 东北异事三十年 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Forty years ago, the old man ventured into Ghost Mountain at night and negotiated with the ghosts, winning Dongshan Village forty years of peace. Forty years later, a lone grave has thrown the whole village into chaos. A tragedy from forty years ago has claimed nearly a hundred innocent lives! What started it all? Why has a corpse's white hair turned black, and what is the red-clad female ghost trying to point to when she appears at midnight? 178Reads7.3Score—Shelves
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  38. 438 The Spirit Medium of the Three Realms 三界通灵人 Mystery321k WordsCompleted From spirit medium to spiritual cultivator to primordial spirit, I slowly unveil the mystery. Born with an extraordinary destiny, I endured trial after trial. A strip of red cloth, three chi and three cun long; the elders of the clan and the old spirits of the mountain. My grandmother was a famous village shaman, and the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Porcupine, and Python spirits accompanied me, making me a medium between yin and yang. I roam the Three Realms, helping people avert disaster and driving out 292Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 439 The Spirit-Suppressing Coffin 囚灵棺 Mystery9k WordsCompleted I was curious about the coffin necklace around my boyfriend's neck. Before I could even touch it, he broke up with me on the spot. I complained about it to the viewers in my livestream, but then a fortune-telling streamer suddenly joined the call and warned me: “Break up with him right now. Your boyfriend is wearing a Spirit-Binding Coffin!” From that day on, eerie nightmares, a mysterious female ghost, and my boyfriend's secrets... One strange event after another began to unfold. Just when I th —Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 440 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 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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  41. 441 Folk Tales of the Supernatural and Suspense 民间灵异悬疑短故事 Mystery144k WordsCompleted One story per chapter. Told from the protagonist's first-person perspective, each tale takes you into a new world of the supernatural, filled with folk taboos and paranormal phenomena. Welcome to the scene... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 442 The Child Who Never Existed 不存在的孩子 Mystery10k WordsCompleted My son suddenly disappeared. Everyone told me that I had never had a child. The daycare teacher didn't know me. My husband said we'd never wanted a child, and even my best friend urged me to calm down, saying it was all just an hallucination. But I clearly remembered the child I'd risked my life to give birth to. His name was Liu Chaoyang, he was one year and eight months old, and he was a chubby little dumpling! Then I found baby supplies under the bed, along with photographs and traces that ha —Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. 443 Killing My Second Personality 杀死第二人格 Mystery8k WordsCompleted I killed my second personality. But before he died, he left me a “grand gift”... A list of people to harass at the asylum, with 16 names on it, even though the asylum has only 15 patients in total. “Did you think you were the only one with a second personality?” What is the truth? Who is the real madman? —Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 444 The Spooky, Hilarious Legend 恐怖幽默搞笑传 Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Synopsis of The Spooky, Humorous, Hilarious Tale Other streamers are scared out of their wits when they encounter ghosts on camera. When he runs into evil spirits, his go-to move is “cuddle up”! In a gloomy old mansion, instead of heartrending sobs, the streamer blasts his absurdly catchy “Good Luck Is Coming” theme music. A ghost in white lifts her long hair to scare him, only for him to whip out a pair of Tony's scissors and ask, “Want a makeover?” Even the supernatural crowd rushes to post co 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 445 The One-Eyed Duangong 独眼端公 Mystery245k WordsCompleted [Eerie] [Supernatural] [Episodic Stories] [Thrilling] [Suspenseful] A sudden illness leaves university graduate Lu Tao blind in his left eye. With nowhere else to turn, he becomes a ritualist. Then a series of supernatural events unfolds, turning his worldview upside down... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 446 A Blind Date Turns into a Ghost Hunt: CEO, There’s Someone Hanging in Your Bedroom 相亲变捉鬼:霸总你卧室挂了个人 Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Comedy + supernatural + metaphysics + wealthy-family feuds + a sharp-tongued heroine] Lin Qingjiu, a metaphysics expert, is forced to leave the mountain after her unlucky sect is stripped of its Taoist status. She bears the responsibility of clearing her entire sect's name. To save her seriously ill master, she accepts the Lin family's arrangement: a blind date. But the blind date turns into a ghost hunt, her date ends up in the hospital, and Lin Qingjiu ends up at the police station. Lin Q 335Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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  47. 447 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Girl, Your Bazi Is Seriously Wild 直播算命:姐妹你八字很淦 Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Couple, Strong Female Lead, Live-Streamed Fortune-Telling and Metaphysics, with Various Ways to Change Your Luck] Fortune-telling on a livestream? Heaven Official's Blessing? There are gods three feet above your head. May the Supreme Lord Lao make his presence known! After graduating, Zhao Yun Er inherits a small Taoist temple. With no incense offerings, she starts livestreaming to bring in visitors. [Streamer, when will I meet the right person?] Zhao Yun Er calculates on her fingers. Sis, y 658Reads9.3Score100Shelves
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  48. 448 The Haunted Inn 惊魂旅馆 Mystery9k WordsCompleted An unexpected downpour drowned out the sounds of murder. Late at night, in a remote inn, a corpse lay sprawled across a bed, blood pouring from all seven orifices. The killer seemed to be hiding among the guests, none of whom trusted one another: a police officer, a writer, a psychiatrist, a celebrity, a fan, a college student... Every one of them had something to hide. After a second murder, the line between the dead and the living grew increasingly blurred. Everyone was a suspect, and everyone 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. 449 Old Debts of Laoshan 崂山旧账 Mystery270k WordsOngoing Mystery | Folk Legends | Crime Solving | Feng Shui and Fortune-Telling | Taoist Priest | Urban Supernatural Mystery | National Fortune When the incense dies out, old debts of fate must be settled anew [Slow Burn + Not a Power Fantasy + Protagonist’s Growth + No Overpowered Lead] Thirty years ago, Taoist priest Kuang Zhengqing of Taiqing Palace on Mount Laoshan in Island City died mysteriously on a mountain path. The official explanation was a dispute over incense offerings. Folk rumors said he 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 450 The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事 Mystery4.3M WordsCompleted The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish… 13.9kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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