Mystery and Supernatural Novels with Ghost Hunting, a Smart Protagonist, and a Strong Atmosphere 悬疑灵异，要捉鬼的，主角别太弱智，氛围感很强的

1. 401 破 The Bankrupt Exorcist's Haunted House Livestream 破产天师的凶宅直播间 Fengyuan砜元Mystery356k WordsCompleted “Congratulations. You've inherited a mansion worth a fortune, as well as... 200,000 yuan in deadly yin debt.” The lawyer's voice was like a scalpel, cutting through all my beautiful dreams. I'm Wu Suowei, a con artist who edits photos to pass myself off as a master of the occult. I was planning to pack up and run. But when I opened the doors of Jingxin Studio and saw the strange assortment of “family members” inside... I knew there was no escape. This wasn't a haunted house. It was an ancient se 90Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a suspenseful and supernatural book. The male protagonist is a mean Taoist priest with super strength who lives with a group of ghosts. The killing is decisive, the IQs of the main and supporting characters are all online, and the sense of immersion is strong

2. 402 天 The Heaven-Mandated Diviner 天命卦师 Chacha Is the Queen茶茶是女王Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural · Urban · Mysterious] My mother was a shameless woman... Before I was even a month old, she abandoned me. The man who raised me was my adoptive father, who wasn't related to me by blood at all. When I was seven, disaster struck out of nowhere. A woman gave me a burial shroud. My adoptive father said that woman meant to take my life... 3.7kReads8.5Score285Shelves
3. 403 邪 The Diviner with the Evil Bone 邪骨相师 Ji Sijiu姬四九Mystery676k WordsCompleted My name is Xiang Yin. According to my adoptive father, he took me in from a snake immortal. My adoptive father runs a funeral shop in a northern town. He foresaw that I was born with a gift for serving the immortals and would one day become the finest spirit medium. Everyone else says I'm a corpse-born child, steeped in darkness. Only my adoptive father treasures me, teaching me spells and skills. When I was seven, something strange happened. I sold a woman a pair of burial shoes in the midd 9.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
4. 404 麻 The Divine Son-in-Law in Hemp Clothes 麻衣神婿 Rise to Godhood in One Move一举成神Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The day I was born, strange omens appeared in the sky. To keep me alive, my grandfather came out of retirement and arranged an engagement to prolong my life. Twenty years later, thanks to the great fortune my grandfather bestowed on her family, my fiancée had become the richest woman in the land, yet her family broke off our engagement. They had badly underestimated my grandfather’s power and my background. Then karma came knocking... 11.3kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
5. 405 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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   Fine chaff! This book is not suitable for readers who are looking for "brainless fun". Its audience is readers who like suspense reasoning, folklore adventure, wit games, and character growth. [Chinese Cthulhu | Northeastern Folklore | Suspense and Supernatural | Feng Shui Metaphysics | Exploring Ancient Tombs | Single Female Protagonist | No CP | No Heroes | With Team]

6. 406 民 A Collection of Folk Feng Shui Records 民间风水集录 Idle Clouds and Wild Ducks闲云野鸭Mystery5.3M WordsOngoing Also known as The Dragon-Seeking Secret: The Five Masters of Jingmen. Main characters: Tao Duoyu and Ren Shiyu; The Five Masters of Zhongzhou: Xiong Lei of the Northeast, Zheng Xuan of western Hunan, and Su Mei of Jiangnan; My name is Tao Duoyu. My master is Tao the Blind, the foremost of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou. Twenty-four years ago, he saved me when I was at death’s door, snatching fate from the heavens to extend my life by more than twenty years. Twenty-four years later, my master myst 2.7kReads9.1Score376Shelves
7. 407 玄 Mysticism: A Female Cultivator Reborn as a Wicked Old Lady, Living Life on Her Own Terms 玄学：女修穿成极品老太独自美丽 Get Rich Quick Pear暴富梨Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Mystical arts, satisfying read, no romance] Su Ran fails to advance and transmigrates into the body of a shrewish old woman in another world. The original owner is a notorious local spirit medium who makes a living by swindling people. She's a selfish, lazy old woman. As soon as Su Ran arrives, she's nearly thrown in jail, and only escapes thanks to her ghost-catching skills. The family she rescues escorts her home with drums and gongs, only to find her five children setting up a memorial shrin 3.3kReads8.8Score395Shelves

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   💥He failed in promotion and traveled through the body of a top-notch old lady in another world. He almost went to jail when he first arrived. He escaped by killing ghosts and monsters. Let's see him punish evil and promote good, subjugate demons and catch ghosts, break through the void, and lead the town to live a happy life [Sending Hearts]

8. 408 捉 Ghost-Hunting Yin-Yang Master 捉鬼阴阳师 Breeze and Floating Clouds清风浮云Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted On the day I was born, the clear sky suddenly filled with lightning and thunder. A bolt struck a tree in our yard, and everyone in the village decided my birth was an ill omen. They all kept their distance. One villager accidentally offended me, and that night he mysteriously hanged himself. The body could only be taken down if someone knelt before me. On the day of his funeral, his brother died a violent death and the coffin fell to the ground. That was how the whole story began… 223Reads8.8Score100Shelves
9. 409 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 198.6kReads9.1Score28.5kShelves

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   💥He failed in promotion and traveled through the world to the best old lady. He almost went to jail when he first arrived. He escaped by killing ghosts and monsters. Let's see him punish evil and promote good, subjugate demons and catch ghosts, break through the void, and lead the town to live a happy life [Send heart]

10. 410 地 The Underworld Is Real: I Became a Viral Ghostbuster Through Livestreaming 地府有人，我靠直播驱鬼火遍全网 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Mystery668k WordsCompleted [Live Streaming + Ghost Hunting + Horror + No Female Lead] After being killed by a ghost, Zhou Yu meets his father in the underworld, where the old man is a senior ghost officer. Since he has connections down there, it looks like he can do whatever he wants without worrying about dying again. There’s a condition for coming back to life: he has to help his father send evil ghosts and vengeful spirits to the underworld. To make ends meet, Zhou Yu starts livestreaming his ghost hunts, and unexpecte 5.6kReads9.3Score640Shelves

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    🌸The conscience that never sleeps constantly whips people. 🌸Live connection, lock👻, guide the direction of the underworld. 🌸Tianshi uses an eraser! Find a girl!! That's how you play it, right?!!

11. 411 我 There’s Someone on My Back 我的背上有个人 Number One Roadblock绊脚石一号Mystery629k WordsCompleted I always thought I'd slept wrong. I tried medicated plasters and got X-rays, until I met an old man who said, "Young lady, someone has been riding on your back for nearly half a year. You need to send her on her way, right now..." —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🌩️🌩️(Read this supernatural new work with confidence) The story progresses reasonably, with constant twists and turns, and the characters are three-dimensional. I like the protagonist very much. I guarantee that you won't be able to stop after reading it, and you will still have more to say.

12. 412 道 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 29.2kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
13. 413 风 A Feng Shui Streamer: One Follow and the Whole Internet's Authorities Panic 风水主播，一个关注全网官方慌了 A Great Dream, Never Waking大梦不觉醒Mystery485k WordsCompleted Zhang Chen transmigrates to a world of the uncanny and joins forces with a young companion to rebuild the Imperial Observatory! If the heavens will not punish a demon, the Imperial Observatory will! If the earth will not fill a chasm, the Imperial Observatory will! A deadly highway, with accidents happening one after another! Follow the highway authority's guidance, erect soul-calming stones, and recite the scripture for the deceased! A subway collapse has shut down the line! Follow the urban co 5.9kReads8.7Score265Shelves
14. 414 黄 Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客 Third Master Zhejiang浙三爷Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies! 944Reads8.6Score102Shelves
15. 415 镇 Exorcism Records: The Supreme Judge of Yin and Yang 镇鬼实录：阴阳第一执宰人 Three-Year Fish三年鱼Mystery181k WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural horror + ghost hunting + no romance] The city is full of tricks. I want to go back to the countryside. After losing his job, Jiang Bai returns to his rural hometown, only to find that a wicked spirit has begun tearing out people’s hearts. More and more villagers are being killed, and the whole village is helpless. Ignoring his late grandfather’s prohibition, he inherits his grandfather’s legacy and enters the world of the mystic arts. In a once-quiet town, accidents kee 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a good read, recommended, modern ghost hunting novel, no cp

16. 416 人 A Walking Taboo of the Heavenly Dao 人间行走的天道禁忌 The Dao Opens the Primordial Realm道起鸿蒙Mystery160k WordsOngoing He was born on the night of the Ghost Festival, with a naturally extreme yin constitution, a rarity once in a thousand years. At his birth, a hundred ghosts fought over his soul, and heaven and earth changed color. The sky split open. Nine bolts of purple lightning soared like dragons, piercing the heavens and tearing through the long night, shaking the underworld. In that moment, the heavens stirred and all living things trembled. This child was destined to be extraordinary. 1.3kReads—Score129Shelves

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    Awesome.

17. 417 正 The Orthodox Unity Celestial Master Dao 正一天师道 I Am a Fiend我叫妖孽Mystery274k WordsCompleted Zhang Tianfeng, a Celestial Master from Maoshan, descends the mountain after mastering his art. He faces a nest of Yin spirits, the Five Ghosts Devouring the Dragon, the Netherworld Bureau, the Xiangxi Corpse King, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, the evil god Xingtian, the Battle of the Azure Underworld, and the Ghost Emperor of the Great Clarity of the Apocalypse. Zhang Tianfeng was born with the destiny of a Ziwei Celestial Master. Is he also a reincarnated ghost child? From a divine being amon 1.9kReads—Score248Shelves

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    Heavenly master catches ghosts, modern city, daily urban life, talisman formation to destroy ghosts and demons

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