Modern Novels All Repackage the Same Old Ideas. Are There Any Fresh Ones? 现在的小说换汤不换药，有没有新颖点的

1. 201 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 39.7kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves
2. 202 长 Longevity: Cultivating Through Martial Arts Until the Immortals Die of Old Age 长生：以武入道熬死修仙者 New Leaves in Spring春上新叶Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The System is unreliable. The moment he transmigrated, the Heavenly Dao killed him. Luckily, the beginner's gift pack he'd received beforehand had already made Li Yuanchang immortal. And so, an ultimate survivor was born. What are peerless prodigies and undefeated emperors? Under the erosion of time, they're all fleeting illusions. No matter how dazzling you are, in the end, you can't withstand the merciless passage of time. He lived through the rise of technology. He also witnessed the sp 24.6kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
3. 203 国 National Treasure 国家宝藏 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery930k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Smart Protagonists] There is a group of people armed with black blades and mysterious arts, born to venture into ancient tombs across the land. There is a group of people who fight without end and bleed until they are drained, dying to protect the nation's treasures. They stand before the countless people of the world, shielding them from its darkest corners. They leave the greatest glory of their people behind them, for all to behold. They share one name: Qilin. But I 38.6kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves
4. 204 西 Journey to the West: I’m Bored Anyway, So Why Not Pull Off a Robbery? 西游：反正很无聊，随便打个劫呗 Charging Lion进击的狮子Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing Chu Yun transmigrated to the Primordial World and successfully activated the Robbery Makes You Stronger System. As a result, Chu Yun became a professional bandit chief. Traveling merchants? Rob them! The king's guards? Rob them! Local officials? Rob them! In less than twenty years, Chu Yun had reached the second heaven of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Just as Chu Yun was planning to expand his robbery business, he spotted a monk riding a white horse. His eyes lit up at once. Chu Yu 39.1kReads7.5Score2.3kShelves
5. 205 就 I Just Took a Part-Time Job, So Why Are You Offering a 15-Million Bounty on Me? 就兼个职，你通缉我一千五百万？ No Pen Name笔名无Urban432k WordsCompleted A new work is out! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 198Reads7.7Score108Shelves

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   That one looks really good, the theme is fresh, I might want to add it to my watchlist and watch it sometime.

6. 206 命 Fate's Scripted Murder: From the Start, I Draw a Death Identity 命数剧本杀：开局抽取死亡身份 Boundless Eternal Life无垠永生Mystery528k WordsOngoing [System] + [Mystery] + [Occult Shock] + [Characters with brains] #Ding~~ Click here to sign your death warrant. I’m betting my life that the System can out-weird the occult!# Lin Fan stakes his life and wields the System as a weapon, navigating between reality and scripted worlds. He must not only defy fate and overturn the board manipulating countless lives, but also expose the mastermind stealing lives from the shadows! Every script is a desperate wager with death. Every edit is a battle of wi —Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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   Yes, mine.

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