What's Going On with The Hustler: Northern School? Why Has It Stopped Updating? 老千，北派怎么断更了？

1. 1 千 The Thousand Gates Saga Continues: After Chu Liu 千门未了：初六之后 Mu Qiu Shan木丘山Male-Channel Fanfiction197k WordsOngoing Important Announcement: Now that Teacher Ma Xiaohu has resumed updating, I won't presume to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. I only regretted the hiatus and wanted to chat with fellow Qian fans. Starting today, I will stop updating permanently. Anyone who wants to discuss the continuation of my story or the plot of Old Qian is welcome to join the group. Next month, I will take this book down. The unpublished content will stay buried in my gut. I'll write a new book called Midnight, with an up 8.7kReads8.2Score63814d adds

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   So beautiful! So beautiful! So beautiful!

2. 2 我 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 Ma Xiaohu马小虎Urban3.3M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 454kReads9.5Score47.1k14d adds

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   Well written, I've started updating.

3. 3 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 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8k14d adds

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   Just rush in and you're done.

4. 4 灵 Tomb of Spirits 灵墓 Zero Degrees零度Mystery4.6M WordsCompleted The tide of the world is vast and unstoppable. Those who follow it prosper; those who oppose it perish! An ancestral book of paintings gradually unveils the secrets behind Eastern mythology. This twisted, unpredictable myth begins when the production brigade organizes the villagers to repair a river. 3.1kReads8.6Score38614d adds
5. 5 倒 Tomb Raiding: My Adventures as a Grave Robber 倒斗：我的盗墓往事 Acy1Mystery166k WordsCompleted [Tomb raiding + antiques appraisal + the martial world] After ten years in the business, I was framed and sent to prison for breaking some old-timers’ self-imposed rules. I was originally sentenced to death, but I clung to the last lifeline and got my sentence reduced to fourteen years in prison. After getting out, I had nothing to do, so I decided to tell you some stories from my past. Just listen, that's all. Tomb raiding is illegal, so don't try it yourself... 3.7kReads—Score14514d adds

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   A first-person, realistic tomb raiding novel; worth reading.

6. 6 乡 The Country Doctor’s Good Life 乡村神医好快活 A Stone Blooms石头开花Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Rural Miracle Doctor + Little Guy’s Rise to Success + Business Fortune] To protect Xu Taohua, Song Qian offends Wang Mazi and is thrown into a cave in the wilderness. By a twist of fate, he encounters the Lotus Immortal Empress and receives her legacy. To help Song Qian return her to the world of cultivation, the Lotus Immortal Empress expends her strength to pass on all the cultivation she has accumulated in her lifetime. With this legacy, Song Qian begins his path to turning his life around. 52.8kReads8.9Score3.1k14d adds
7. 7 我 My Casino's Golden Eyes Can See the End of All Life 我的赌场金瞳，能见众生末路 Baldy with an Astonishing Amount of Hair发量惊人的光头Urban2.6M WordsOngoing I’m Zhao Fan. I make my living in casinos, with a pair of eyes that can see through fate. But who knew this wasn’t some divine power? It was nothing but a shackle, one that bore the weight of human hearts and human nature. After spending enough time around gambling, I came to understand: Nine out of ten games are rigged, and every gambler loses in the end. Stay away from gambling. The moment you sit at the table, you’re taking the first step toward ruin. You’re after money, but everyone else is 15.5kReads8.4Score98714d adds

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   An unfinished story is like a cherished memory, while an unfinished one is like a cinnabar mole. I wonder what this one will become in your hearts.

8. 8 老 The Swindler: Through Fire and Water for You, Uncle! 老千：赴汤蹈火啊，二叔！ A Cup of Iced Lemon Tea来杯冻柠茶Urban1.2M WordsCompleted If you learn the art of cheating, you’ll see me as a mayfly sees the heavens. My name is Feng Shiqi, a veteran swindler who came out of the mountains. PS: The best quit-gambling novel on the whole internet, and the most wholesome swindler story online. ⚠️ Don’t open it at night, or you won’t be able to sleep. 18.5kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds

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9. 9 盗 Tomb Raiding: My Years with the Northern School 盗墓：我在北派那些年 Li Guolao李果老Mystery597k WordsOngoing [Tomb raiding + adventure + treasure appraisal] I'm a poor kid from the countryside in Henan. I dropped out of middle school, and after an accident, I joined a tomb-raiding gang. That was when the gears of fate began to turn. Over the years, I've faced countless dangers, seen countless treasures, and learned just how hard it is to read people's hearts. Geese leave their calls behind as they fly by; people leave their names behind as they pass through life. I've written down my story in the hope 140Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This tomb raiding novel is so vivid! The protagonist is a young man from Henan. The tomb raiding adventure is thrilling and exciting, with traps and mechanisms appearing one after another. It feels like you are also adventuring in the tomb, making your heart race.

10. 10 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds

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    The writing is delicate and humorous.

11. 11 贱 The Scoundrel Immortal's Eight Gates and Generals 贱仙千门八将 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy492k WordsCompleted [Comedy + Fortune-telling + Sleazy antics + Con artist + Flashy face-slapping + Demon-catching + Ghost-slaying + Cunning schemes + Outrageous stunts + Memorable one-liners] Wu Xuanye, Blue Star’s “Prince of Trash Talk,” stays up all night in a fierce battle and transmigrates into the cultivation world, where he becomes “Wu the Half-Immortal,” a third-level Qi Refining cultivator from Backing Mountain Village. Armed with an ancestral tortoiseshell that works only some of the time, and carrying a 169Reads7.6Score—14d adds

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    Wu Qi, an abandoned child in Macau in the 1970s, grew up under the protection of four renowned con artists. On his sixteenth birthday, however, his four masters cruelly pushed him out the door—"Take 100 yuan and earn 100,000 yuan within a year, or you'll die out there!" Thus began his journey into the world of gambling! In this Macau underworld rife with intrigue and violence, how will a 16-year-old boy earn 100,000 yuan in a year with only 100 yuan? Watch as he uses the four great con artists of "alcohol, women, wealth, and anger" to turn the tables! 💖💗💓☪️☪️

12. 12 狐 Fox Ji Mi's Fifth Book 狐姬幂的第5本书 Hu Jimi狐姬幂Urban153k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 36Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 13 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.1kReads8.8Score2.9k14d adds

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    Let's look at the feng shui.

14. 14 千 A Thousand Paths 千人有道 Wu Qi武棋Urban3.3M WordsCompleted [Modern underworld] [Stories of crooked gambling] [Gambling scams] [Anti-gambling] When I was six, my grandaunt said I was doomed to a life of loneliness. She sold me. She sold me to an old man who had lost one hand. An old man who made his living as a swindler. From then on, I learned how to cheat at gambling from him. The old man became my master, but he told me to call him Fourth Master. I became a professional swindler, too. But on the day I graduated from my apprenticeship, Fourth Master di 12.9kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds

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    I played a few rounds to see if he was bluffing. Later, seeing he was determined not to leave, I folded, watching the three of them play silently. After four or five more rounds, they decided to go for the highest hand. Sure enough, Liang the Cripple's pair of Queens won the money. I also confirmed that this old man could indeed see the fluorescent markings left on the back of the cards beforehand. Seeing that it was about time, I sat up straight, ready to close the net. After playing a few casual hands, my pair of small eights finally won the money, and I regained the right to shuffle. I picked up the deck, shuffled it, and placed it on the table while stealing a card into my hand. Then, using the "water cloud sleeve" technique, which is also called "water zi" or "water show" in Northeast China, it basically means using the sleeve to steal cards. Besides the "water cloud sleeve," I also used a technique I'd used before: while shuffling, if nothing unexpected happened, Jia the Bald would have an AK flush. Wang Jun, as if deliberately searching for something, picked up a stack of cards from my hand, and then...

15. 15 我 My Life in the Underworld of Cardsharps: Unstoppable 我的老千江湖之所向披靡 Yanxilou668燕西楼668Urban380k WordsCompleted A showdown between professional cardsharps isn't just about winning or losing. It can mean the difference between life and death. My name is Lin Lingdong. I'm a professional cardsharp and a powerful gang boss who commands respect throughout the underworld. As the saying goes, one thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. The underworld is a place where the strong prey on the weak, and in the world of cardsharps, you can get rich overnight or lose everything just as fast. Where do we go from h 3.9kReads8.2Score18614d adds
16. 16 我 A Tomb Raider Came to My House 我家来了个盗墓贼 The Scholar Without a Brush无笔书生Mystery331k WordsOngoing {Amateur grave robbing and feng shui treasure appraisal. Special reminder: All underground cultural relics and ancient tombs belong to the state. Grave robbing is illegal, so don't break the law.} In the south, people light candles; in the north, they offer nine incense sticks. We roam the mountains in search of ancient tombs, just to fill our bellies. In the 1990s, as reform and opening-up gathered pace, I, a country boy, began dreaming of making a fortune. Then a chance encounter brought me to 421Reads6.6Score10714d adds

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    Tea in China,

17. 17 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds

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    Looks pretty good, I recommend it.

18. 18 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2k14d adds

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    [Added to bookshelf][Thumbs up][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Thumbs up][I also highly recommend it][Thumbs up][Note]

19. 19 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.3kReads9.6Score10.6k14d adds
20. 20 雪 Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局 Trusted Washlet心腹大浣Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries. 8.2kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds

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    A true horror story of adventure in the hidden realms of Tibet, with a unique and eerie thriller unlike anything found in mainland China! A pure mind-bending masterpiece that rivals the Northern School of fiction! Highly recommended!!!

21. 21 玩 Playing the Ancient Immortal Path 玩古仙途 Playing with Antiquities玩古Urban533k WordsOngoing Ancient artifacts conceal strange secrets, and ordinary mortals dare knock on the gates of immortality. Young Fang Chen seeks out mysterious relics buried by time, and comes across a jade pendant with its own space. Through the struggles of the apocalypse, he parts layer upon layer of mist. Is the world a prison, or a game? Wherever he looks, a road lies ahead! He cultivates immortality all the way, and in the end, the young man attains the Great Dao! 1.9kReads6.2Score13714d adds

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    Youth + Space Cultivation + Treasure Appraisal

22. 22 北 Beijing Drifter Xiuxiu 北漂修修 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰Urban589k WordsCompleted I’m Wu Qi, an utterly ordinary poor kid. After graduating from high school, I ended up in Yanbei at a third-rate diploma mill where you could earn a degree through self-study exams. Then, in one night, I unexpectedly inherited a legacy, completed the Foundation Establishment stage, and reached the Golden Core stage in a month... From then on, I cultivated my mind, character, and practice in the mortal world... I started working part-time in Yanbei, selling things at street stalls, looking for jo 118Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Recommending new books when you're experiencing a reading slump is really great!

23. 23 梅 Mei Feixin Takes the Case to Court 梅费心打官司 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰8k WordsCompleted Mei Goes to Great Lengths to Sue 24Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 91Reads—Score—14d adds

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    On one side is Xiao Yi, whom she deeply protects, and on the other side are endless supernatural crises. Song Wei calmly deals with both sides.

25. 25 我 Making a Living on the Side in Australia 我在澳洲捞偏门 Autumn Hidden in Shallow Bamboo浅竹藏秋Urban537k WordsCompleted This story is based on real events. I came to Australia with a dream of studying abroad, only to be driven to the brink by reality. From a lowly street-level smuggler to a force to be reckoned with, commanding the underworld and crossing the world, I paved my way to power with cunning and bloodshed. Only when I stood at the summit and looked back did I realize that the most dangerous gamble of all is the one you make with human nature. This is a road with no turning back, but who knows which cor 28Reads—Score—14d adds

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