Looking for Supernatural Taoist Ghost-Hunting Novels. No Cultivation, and Scare Me to Death. I’m a Veteran Reader 求灵异 道士 抓鬼 不要修仙最好吓死我 老书虫了

1. 451 活 The Living Must Keep Away 活人回避 Wanderer of the Mortal World风尘散人Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted Originally titled Living People, Keep Away. An antique set me on a desperate path. From then on, just to stay alive, I became a yin walker who dealt with the dead and the walking corpses. Three years searching for dragon veins, ten years locating acupoints, roaming between yin and yang, dealing in ghosts and spirits. I kept walking, struggling my way to where I am today. 2.8kReads8.9Score301Shelves
2. 452 道 Daozhen Xuanbian 道真玄边 Joy and Grief Without a Toast乐哀无觞Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing A remarkable encounter when I was six changed my entire life, allowing me to tell the true story of my life in a different way. The more I learned, the more I realized how little I understood. I marveled that everything in this world has its own laws, and that all forms among living beings are ultimately formless. The world is vast, and I am small. We can only do our best. 530Reads7.4Score108Shelves
3. 453 让 I Asked You to Read the Feng Shui, Not Dig Up Their Ancestral Grave! 让你看风水，你刨人家祖坟？ Unbelievably Proper正经的不得了Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as "The Folk Feng Shui Secrets". [Supernatural + Feng Shui Master + Unmatched Skills + No System + No Saintly Hero] An old man dies full of resentment and is buried in a dangerously inauspicious ancestral grave. Disasters strike one after another on the day of the burial. Wang Nan, a yin-yang master, spots the problem and immediately tells the descendants to dig up the ancestral grave and choose a new feng shui site for a deep burial, only to discover that this was all part of a plot 365Reads8.9Score100Shelves
4. 454 都 The City's Ultimate Expert 都市巅峰高手 Holding the Pen执笔Urban4.9M WordsCompleted “I'm not sharing a room with him!” The campus beauty points at me... I came from the wilderness and was raised by five grandparents with extraordinary powers. To uncover the truth behind my parents' murder, I return to the city and move in with the campus beauty. With just a dog for company, I begin a shameless life of swindling and scheming. I cross the Yangtze on a reed and livestream a challenge at the Southern Heavenly Gate; To save the woman I love, I surround Mount Taihang all by myself; I 3.5kReads8.7Score885Shelves

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   The first book is considered a cultivator, but it is worth reading. The last two books are simply good news for those who like supernatural books. Important things are mentioned three times. They are good-looking, good-looking, and super good-looking.

5. 455 出 After Prison, I Became the King of Feng Shui 出狱后，我成了风水之王 Homesick Sorrows他乡的忧伤Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead + Plenty of Flirting + Mysterious Master + Empress of Zhao + Beautiful Gymnast + Policewoman + Beautiful Designer + Scheming Ex-Wife + Nine Chrysanthemum Sect + Battle over the Investiture of the Gods + Patriotic Hero] Five years ago, Yang Shaoyang went to prison to take the blame for his brother-in-law, who had been driving drunk. Five years later, Yang Shaoyang was released. But his scheming wife and brother-in-law not only failed to come greet him, they cruelly mocked 1.6kReads7.3Score126Shelves

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   Recommended, highly recommended.

6. 456 乡 Strange Tales from the Countryside: Based on True Events 乡村异闻根据真实经历改编 Yi Jiu Xiao Chun Feng依旧笑春疯Mystery172k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Reminds you of childhood nightmares

7. 457 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 690.8kReads9.6Score84.2kShelves

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   It's quite good, the kind that you can stay up late to read

8. 458 婴 Baby Lantern 婴儿灯 Old He Baba老河灞灞Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light... 216Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is it okay to scare you to death?

9. 459 西 The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery551k WordsCompleted Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It is an urban cultivation novel that contains a lot of real knowledge about transportation, exorcism, and Feng Shui. Most of the platforms are filled with stereotyped Internet articles such as Golden Three Chapters, Golden Finger, and System. Read this article for a change.

10. 460 江 Old Tales of Jiangyang: The Evil Dragon of Sanjiang 江阳旧事之三江孽龙 Rabbit 87兔87Mystery206k WordsCompleted Luzhou, in central Sichuan, was known in ancient times as Jiangyang Commandery and is also called the City of Liquor. The Yangtze, Tuo, and Chishui rivers surround the city, which also borders Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, making it an important transportation hub for the three provinces since ancient times. The constant streams of mule caravans within the city, cargo boats on the rivers, and merchants lining the streets, along with the local brotherhood halls where sworn brothers trained with f 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've finished reading the old book, and it's always good to change my taste with a new one. It's guaranteed to be very interesting.

11. 461 民 Strange Tales from Republican-Era Sanjiang 民国三江诡事集 Rabbit 87兔87Mystery220k WordsCompleted Whenever Eunuch Li from the teahouse downstairs told stories about the many strange and uncanny things he had encountered in his youth, a crowd would always gather around him. Whenever I was bored as a child, I would run over to listen. A corpse that had been dead for days was pulled from the Yangtze River, yet bled when its relatives came to see it. The owner of Second Brother’s restaurant had a brother who was a sworn brother of the underworld. One night, he followed the gang’s leader to an ab 145Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 462 汴 The Iron Fan, Famous Detective of Bianjing: Strange Tales of the Song Dynasty 汴京名捕铁扇子：大宋诡事录 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineMystery210k WordsCompleted At night, an empty coffin floats on the Bian River, and water ghosts come to claim lives. Apparitions haunt a mansion, and ghosts knock at the door on rainy nights. Qi Guan Shanyu, the youngest renowned constable of the Six Gates, known as the “Iron Fan,” joins forces with an adversary more terrifying than ghosts: the human heart. A coffin rises from the water by itself, and the dead man’s face wears an eerie smile… Bianjing is in an uproar! Each case is more bizarre and mind-bending than the la 5Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 我 I’m Not a Character in a Play 我不是戏中人 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineUrban211k WordsCompleted On his way back to his hometown, 33-year-old writer Xi Chuan is involved in a strange car accident. After falling unconscious, he plunges into a dreamlike version of western Hunan where truth and illusion are impossible to tell apart. His gravely ill grandfather struggles to his feet and takes him to an ancient opera stage plagued by strange events, where he performs a Nuo exorcism opera. Xiao Hei, a loyal dog, transforms into an earth spirit beast to fight the unseen things lurking in the darkn 3Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿这些年 Jin Shiliu金十六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 ‘ 76kReads9.2Score9.1kShelves

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    For those of you who love horror and supernatural reading, I really won't allow you to miss these few books!

15. 465 邻 The Neighbor Auntie’s Secret 邻居阿姨的秘密 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Mystery412k WordsOngoing Each volume is a standalone horror story. Read them in any order. Open one at random and plunge straight into terror for a frightening reading experience anytime, anywhere. The scares never stop. —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 466 无 No King, No Emperor, Yet I Rule the World 无王无帝定乾坤 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Eastern Fantasy24k WordsCompleted For three thousand years, the Tianyuan Continent had been ruled jointly by the Immortal Dynasty and the sacred lands. It was iron law that common-born youths kneel to receive imperial decrees, and custom that sect disciples give the royal family a half-bow. That all changed when a boy carrying a woodcutter's blade stormed the capital and kicked over the Nine-Dragon Cauldron. "I hear your emperor calls himself the Son of Heaven?" Lin Kaiyuan split open the Imperial Ancestral Temple with one slash —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 467 开 The Record of Breaking Calamities in the Kaiyuan Era 开元破劫录 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Eastern Fantasy32k WordsCompleted Days are like pages, turning softly. Sometimes they're filled with sunshine, sometimes shrouded in gloom. But that's what makes the good moments all the more precious. Take the time to appreciate them, and you'll find surprises hidden throughout life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 468 禁 The Forbidden Path of Mystery 禁忌谜途 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Mystery39k WordsCompleted Days are like pages in a book, turning gently one after another. Sometimes they overflow with sunshine; sometimes they’re shrouded in gloom. But that’s what makes the good things all the more precious. Take the time to appreciate life, and you’ll find surprises waiting everywhere. —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 469 禁 Shadows of Mystery in the Forbidden Village 禁村谜影 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Mystery9k WordsCompleted Shadows Over the Forbidden Village —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 470 狂 The Mad Cultivator’s Mysterious Path 狂修玄途 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Eastern Fantasy32k WordsCompleted Days are like pages, turning softly. Sometimes they're filled with sunshine, sometimes shrouded in gloom. But that's what makes the good moments all the more precious. Take the time to appreciate them, and you'll find surprises hidden throughout life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 471 逆 Defying the Sword, Shattering the Heavens 逆剑破穹 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Eastern Fantasy38k WordsCompleted Days are like pages, turning softly. Sometimes they're filled with sunshine, sometimes shrouded in gloom. But that's what makes the good moments all the more precious. Take the time to appreciate them, and you'll find surprises hidden throughout life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 472 商 Haunted Shadows in the Mall 商城诡影 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Mystery7k WordsCompleted Haunted Shadows in the Mall —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 473 黑 Tales of the Immortals of the Black Soil 黑土地仙家录 Rain Over Guo, Clear Skies雨郭天晴Urban496k WordsCompleted On the black soil of Kaoshantun in Northeast China, young Li Gousheng grows up with his grandfather. By chance, he gets caught up in strange affairs involving the Huang Immortal, the Fox Immortal, and other spirit beings. From helping a neighbor resolve a grudge with the Huang Immortal to clearing the names of wronged souls, from facing snake plagues and zombies to matching wits with practitioners of dark arts, Gousheng gradually grows, under his grandfather's guidance and with the spirit beings 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story of the fairy family in the black land of Northeast China, the supernatural story, is not meant to be scary! Just for the sake of respecting heaven, earth and conscience

24. 474 黯 Chasing Souls Through the Dark 黯夜追魂 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Mystery13k WordsCompleted Chasing Souls Through the Dark —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 475 医 Shadows of Doubt in the Hospital 医院中的疑云 Lin Kaiyuan林开元10k WordsCompleted Suspicion at the Hospital —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 476 锦 A Dream of Brocade, A Heart of Rippling Waters 锦梦澜心 Lin Kaiyuan林开元Ancient Romance36k WordsCompleted Life is like the pages of a book, turning gently. Sometimes it overflows with sunshine, and sometimes dark clouds gather. But that is what makes the good things all the more precious. Pay attention, and you’ll find surprises hidden everywhere in life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 477 触 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 Lone Swordheart孤高剑心Mystery141k WordsCompleted It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Blessed are those who like to read traditional folk supernatural literature.

28. 478 当 When a Ghost Meets a Dog: What Are You Looking At? 当鬼遇上狗：你瞅啥？ Little Taoist of Guishan龟山小道Urban541k WordsCompleted My life has been full of misfortune, so I’ve never believed in fate. It was all thanks to toxic feel-good slogans that I found the courage to keep living. As I struggled against fate, I discovered that the only way to protect myself was to do things even I couldn’t understand. As long as fate is left utterly baffled, I have a chance to survive. If fate won’t let me be human, fine. I can always become a ghost. If fate won’t let me be a ghost, fine. I can always become a dog. If I’m human, I’m bol 542Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    "It is unfair to bully dogs, and their survival depends on the evil hands" Destiny has been unpredictable since ancient times. When it is targeted, the only way to resist is to do something that you cannot understand. As long as fate is in a state of confusion, I have a glimmer of hope. I turned into a dog by accident, and all the advantages of human beings were gone. The prerequisite for unlocking the truth behind it is to stay alive, and making money is an unavoidable threshold. What? Asking a dog to perform a chest-breaking performance? What? Let a dog hunt ghosts? What? Let a dog defend the country? I've been walking on thin ice in my life, do you think I can make it to the other side?

29. 479 顶 The Master Feng Shui Practitioner 顶级风水师 Scallions葱花Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Heaven and Earth are dark and yellow; the universe vast and primordial. The sun and moon wax and wane; the stars are arrayed across the sky… 2kReads8.8Score279Shelves

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    💥NO.1 This book is narrated in a Taoist way, with interlocking plots and a story about a male protagonist. Although there is a story about a female protagonist, it does not take up much space. It is not the kind of story where you fall in love with each other when you see one. The growth path of the male protagonist can be called a refreshing article. Recommendation index 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 💥NO.2 This book is more plot-oriented and less about Taoism. However, the plot is easy and funny, and the supernatural is not very scary. It is a very entertaining novel. Recommendation index🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 🔥NO.3 Book is more supernatural and has a horror index🌟🌟🌟It can be regarded as a collection of folk tales. Don't listen to the book while walking, it will make your back feel cold👻👻👻 All three books have funny elements, it depends on which one you like.

30. 480 诡 A Strange Interweaving of Time and Space 诡异的时空交错 Buying Tea沽茶Mystery7k WordsCompleted A Strange Intersection of Space and Time 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Guaranteed to be a good watch, brothers, the ultimate suspense is waiting for all you Yanzu Liu Yifei to reason about, I get goosebumps when I watch it [laughing evilly] [laughing evilly]

31. 481 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 139.5kReads9.0Score11.9kShelves
32. 482 阴 Yin-Yang Celestial Master: I Stole Your Magic Artifacts, and Now a Hundred Ghosts Roam the Night 阴阳天师：偷我法器，百鬼夜行了 Ink Blade Slays the Stars墨刃斩辰Mystery149k WordsOngoing [Celestial Master + invincible + folk-customs mystery + paper effigy maker + supernatural revival + dimensional superiority + comedic face-slapping + wild imagination + System] Wei Ping’an transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual qi revival is underway, becoming the last Celestial Master of Maoshan’s Yin-Yang paper effigy lineage. He watches over a shabby funeral shop called Three Pure Ones Funeral Services. He had planned to earn merit with the Great Dao Manifestation System and unlo 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tired of Western magic and knight novels? Come and try this book "Yin Yang Master: Steal My Magical Weapon, Hundreds of Ghosts Walk at Night"! When overseas anti-counterfeiting anchors clamored to use chainsaws to smash "Oriental metaphysical instruments" in a global live broadcast, they did not know that they were opening the door to hell with their own hands! What kind of Holy Light Cross or what kind of heavily-armed mercenaries are as brittle as paper in front of the red-clothed ghost king and the thousand-year-old flying zombie passed down from our ancestors! See how the protagonist Wei Pingan uses the purest Chinese horror to teach those foreigners who look down on people a lesson on what a real cultural dimensionality reduction attack is!

33. 483 关 The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生 Sun Xian'er孙仙儿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 364Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Just what you want, fine chaff type novel

34. 484 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~ 32.7kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves

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    They are all chasing [blowing kiss][blowing kiss]

35. 485 我 I Came From the Underworld to Subdue Demons and Ghosts in the Mortal World 我自冥界来，于世间镇妖鬼 Dancing Flames Across the Nine Heavens火舞九天Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing A live-action, high-definition animated series of the same name is now available on Hongguo and Tomato Novel. Search to watch. Witchcraft ☞ Taoist arts ☞ Feng Shui secrets ☞ Mountain spirits and ghosts ☞ Scary enough to make you scream ☞ Funny enough to make you laugh ☞ No harem Mei Wuji was possessed by the Netherworld Emperor. He died and came back to life, defying Heaven’s will. Mei Tianlang mastered Meishan witchcraft and Feng Shui geomancy, understood fate, and divined that his grandson Mei 26.2kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
36. 486 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 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I promise it looks good. If you don't look good, kill me!

37. 487 道 The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: I Sell My Temple and Become a Young Master 道士下山：卖掉道观做少爷 Eighteen Angry Men十八怒汉Urban332k WordsCompleted “I am Wang Shiye, a Taoist!” “King of the Taoists, you say? What an arrogant introduction!” His master was dead, and his sect's fortunes had run out. Wang Shiye sold the temple and took the Four-Eared Temple's ritual implements down the mountain. He may not be the King of the Taoists, but this young Taoist in his early twenties, though no good at magical duels, could tell fortunes and read the flow of qi and divine trigrams like no one else. He could even use divination like GPS. Unfortunately, 124Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Catch ghosts and eliminate demons!

38. 488 提 The Clue System: No Criminal Can Escape 提示线索系统之犯罪分子无处可逃 A Life Like a Probe探似人生Mystery370k WordsCompleted (Urban crime investigation + System + mystery and deduction + team investigations.) The protagonist, Song Mozhou, unexpectedly awakens a System that provides clues to criminal cases. Follow along as he solves one baffling case after another with the System’s help. This is a pure crime-solving novel, with no romance, featuring a series of standalone cases. All cases and characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Here’s hoping you’ll enj 209Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 489 棺 The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人 Rivet铆钉Mystery6.1M WordsOngoing When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe. 33.2kReads9.4Score879Shelves

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    I think it looks good. There are coffins, ghosts carrying coffins, paper figures, etc. I like these. I personally don't like those who are cultivating immortals. These are very attractive.

40. 490 怪 A Record of Strange Encounters 怪异见闻录 Liao Jianwei廖建威Mystery133k WordsCompleted [Folk horror, Taoist exorcists, spirit mediums banishing evil, no romance, intelligent protagonist] My grandmother is a spirit medium. Just tonight, Uncle Bei from our village came to ask her to perform an exorcism. He said Auntie Liu from the village was actually a ghost? But Auntie Liu only came to my shop yesterday to buy paper money! And so began a series of strange encounters… that turned me from an ordinary person into someone with only three souls and six spirits left! 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a new book. The author writes smoothly.

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