Folklore-Inspired Supernatural Fiction, New Authors and New Books 民俗灵异小说，新人新书

1. 1 出 A Chronicle of Debut 出道纪事 Flying Mountain, Unbroken Jade飞山不破玉Mystery527k WordsOngoing [No formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no web-novel conventions, traditional supernatural fiction, based on real events. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] I graduated from high school in 2014 and became a disciple of my master, Li Jingshan. I spent three years studying the Dao and another three learning the arts. Then I spent five years practicing them in the world, occasionally gaining new insights. I enjoy reading novels, but lament that today's books are all baseless fabricat 630Reads8.5Score123Shelves

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   Objective, the story is interesting and engaging, and you can learn a lot from it.

2. 2 神 The Divine Oracle 神卦 Startled Bird落惊禽Mystery374k WordsCompleted The reviews are the best introduction. Reader [Bai Ri Bu Dao Chu Qing Chun Zi Lai]: Meeting was fate. I was completely absorbed in these words, and in a few chapters, I felt as if I were right there in the story. As I read, I found myself wondering what kind of person the author was. Over the years, I’ve met a number of people who study the esoteric arts. Of all those so-called “masters,” very few have truly earned my respect. Yet through these words, I’ve come to admire the author’s character a 541Reads8.4Score100Shelves
3. 3 一EN The Unconventional Path to Immortality 一本不正经的修仙感悟 A Wisp of Clamor一缕喧嚣1.9M WordsOngoing [Fantasy] [Xianxia] [Xuanhuan] [Comedy] [Urban] After three lifetimes, I finally attained the Dao, Roaming the mortal world, laughing at its vicissitudes. I ferry souls across the River of the Underworld, following fate, But whoever the hell dares lay a hand on my people, I’ll beat you to death, you little bastard... 1.7kReads9.2Score120Shelves
4. 4 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 694.2kReads9.6Score146.3kShelves
5. 5 祝 Zhu You Arts, Isn't Bringing the Dead Back to Life Perfectly Reasonable? 祝由术，起死回生很合理吧？ Jianghu Baixiaosheng江湖佰晓生Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Supernatural, mystery, Zhu You healing arts, folk forbidden arts, witchcraft, metaphysics, magic arts, no System] “Zhu You healing arts can bring the dead back to life, revive the living dead, and restore flesh to bare bones.” “We’re the Spirit Binding Squad.” Late at night on campus, the lights flicker on and off, a sinister atmosphere hangs in the air, and shadows whisper in the corners. “I am Xiang Yu, one of the Eighteen Bronze Arhats of the Mahayana Sect!” At an ancient temple in the barre 5.1kReads8.1Score541Shelves
6. 6 别EN Don’t Read This Book, or You Might Defy Fate and Change Your Destiny 别看这本书我怕你逆天改命 Spartan Who Writes Novels写小说的斯巴达Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This is nothing more than an ordinary online novel. It is nowhere near as miraculous as fellow readers claim! The only reason you can click to read it is that your luck has already begun to change. When you start from the first chapter and read carefully, the gears of your destiny may already have begun to turn. 386.6kReads9.4Score60.7kShelves
7. 7 时 The Enlightened Seeker of Time 时光悟道者 A Wisp of Clamor一缕喧嚣Urban157k WordsCompleted [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Growth] [Awakening] [Salvation] There's not much to say about it, really. This is just a short memoir of a life gone by. Those who read it can take it as a bit of fun. 217Reads8.0Score—Shelves
8. 8 修 The Cultivation Investiture of the Gods 修仙封神榜 Light of the Dao道之光Fantastical Romance602k WordsCompleted In the Age of Declining Dharma, immortals and demons wage a great war. The Way of Heaven is the way of humanity. The survival of the Dharma realm rests in the hands of every one of us. This book is tagged as fantasy romance. The love in this story is the Way of Heaven's care for all living beings, and the righteous love that inspires them to work together to uphold its order. Cultivating immortality means cultivating humanity. The righteous path in this world is a rough one. 14.2kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
9. 9 不 The Unorthodox Horse-Riding Immortal 不正经的出马仙 Xu Gou'er许狗儿Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Nine out of ten shamanic practitioners are frauds, and the other one is still cultivating. It’s both lucky and unlucky that I’m a shamanic practitioner who doesn’t cultivate immortality. I only like hanging out with my fox spirit companion, and I absolutely refuse to cultivate. 15.6kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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   The first book had a tight plot, no unnecessary details, and a very original story – highly recommended. The second book was absolutely hilarious.

10. 10 黄 A Weasel Demands a Title, So I Reveal My Purple-Robed Celestial Master's True Form 黄皮子讨封，我亮出紫袍天师法身 Horse-Herder Immortal出马仙Mystery4.8M WordsCompleted Humorous and hilarious + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium rituals + no System Zhang Tiezhu staggers home drunk one night. He runs into a tailless weasel that asks him for a blessing. The weasel asks, “Do I look more like a human or a god to you?” “Heh... You look like your grandma’s leg!” The weasel says, “...Brother Zhang, cut it out. Give me a proper answer!” Zhang Tiezhu says, “Weasel, let me tell you: these days, you have to believe in science!” The weasel says, “I’m a Yello 52.9kReads8.9Score8kShelves
11. 11 民 Folk Feng Shui Secrets 民间风水秘术 Unbelievably Proper正经的不得了Mystery248k WordsCompleted This story focuses on practical feng shui and fortune-telling. If you're looking for made-up drama, this isn't for you! Feel free to skip the first four chapters and start reading from Chapter Five. The adaptation will also start from Chapter Five, which should make it much easier to adapt. Thank you for understanding! (Traditional, no System, no wild flights of fancy, funny, not saintly! A technical, skill-focused story!) I was born in a poor mountain village. From a young age, I traveled aroun 27.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves

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    Book Recommendation | *Folk Feng Shui Secrets*: A True Account of the Hardcore Feng Shui Practice. Want to learn real, practical Feng Shui knowledge? Don't miss the incredibly authentic *Folk Feng Shui Secrets*! The author focuses on pure traditional techniques, without any fantastical or unconventional ideas. The first four chapters can be skipped; from chapter five onwards, you'll delve directly into genuine Feng Shui and physiognomy. The protagonist, from a mountain village, makes a living by interpreting Yin and Yang through Feng Shui. His inescapable fate at 18 provides an immersive experience of the real daily life of a Feng Shui master. Want to understand the intricacies of folk Feng Shui, see how traditional secrets influence lives, and experience hardcore folk customs without empty rhetoric? This book is a "practical manual" for the Feng Shui profession, a must-have for enthusiasts. It will guide you through the fog of Feng Shui, revealing the traditions and secrets of the profession.

12. 12 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 84.7kReads9.6Score8kShelves

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    I was preparing for exams and don't usually write book reviews, but this is the first time I've encountered such a seamlessly crafted work, and it's truly worth recommending. First, why do I say this book is seamlessly crafted? As we all know, novels are meticulously structured, focusing on building a main plot or a grand world-building framework, often subtly revealed through clues and foreshadowing within chapters (I read a lot of fantasy and cultivation novels, haha). The arrangement of these elements directly impacts the reading experience, sometimes appearing contrived. This novel, however, tells stories of extraordinary people and events in Northeast China. While this theme may not be uncommon, it's autobiographical, simply recounting events as they occur. Perhaps the author didn't need to plan ahead? [Got it] (as stated in the book). It feels like chatting with the author, flowing naturally. Secondly, I've only read a little over a hundred chapters so far, but the characters are all very well-developed, especially the loyal but sometimes impulsive Tie Ge and Xiao Jia, whose cooking skills are inconsistent 😏. The authors are also quite entertaining. Furthermore, this book has truly reminded me to revere nature, respect life, and do good deeds, not seeking personal gain but for peace of mind. In this complex and fragmented era, it's a blessing to be able to settle down and read a book you enjoy. I hope Brother Tie will continue updating; I'll read it for as long as he updates. Speaking of which, I should probably take the entrance exam for Northeast China; I want to experience the warmth and hospitality of the Northeast someday. [Understood]

13. 13 出 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 Cloud Road Faraway云路遥Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 32.4kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves

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    This book, filled with folk customs and taboos, feels like an autobiography; it's written very realistically, and it's truly terrifying.

14. 14 鬼 The Ghost-Eyed Fixer 鬼眼话事人 Protecting You with All My Love用挚爱守护你Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Chen Cheng was born with ghost eyes, able to see what ordinary people cannot. A Daoist master recognized his gift and took him on as his final disciple. He sought justice for ghosts and drove demons from the mortal world. After his master left, he took over as the new keeper of the ghost eyes, hunting thousand-year-old vengeful spirits, battling zombies, luring vampires to their deaths, and investigating haunted tunnels, ghost villages, and phantom ships... He will carry on the Daoist tradition 944Reads7.3Score100Shelves
15. 15 秋 Chen Shi Lives Next Door to Akita 秋田隔壁住陈实 Simple Mountain Birch朴实的山桠Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted Qiutian’s mother was known throughout the surrounding villages as a capable woman. She was still harvesting rice in the fields just before giving birth to Qiutian, so she named her daughter Qiutian, meaning autumn fields. When Qiutian was one, her mother went mad. Carrying her on her back, she ran around everywhere and even made her drink filthy water from a cesspit. When Qiutian was three, her mad mother fell off a cliff and died. Her father, a traveling peddler, was hardly ever home. Her five- 7.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    These are treasured books, the best I can't bear to delete.

16. 16 春 Sleepless Spring Night 春夜难眠 Warm Little Kitty暖小喵Modern Romance977k WordsOngoing “Rule number one in my workplace: Always be on call, 24/7, for both the boss’s bed and the conference table.” [Forced love] + [Contract relationship] + [Abstinent male lead] Delicate, sweet girl VS abstinent, cunning tycoon My hypocritical husband sent me to work as an assistant to Shen Tinglan, the boss of the parent company, under the pretense of loving me. After one night, I was Shen Tinglan’s personal assistant by day, but late at night I became a gift he unwrapped on his conference table. H 23.4kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
17. 17 荒 Two Wolves in the Wilderness 荒野双狼 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.2M WordsCompleted A prequel to King of the Wilderness, and the first installment in the Wilderness series. Yu Zekai’s days in northern Myanmar... Half of it is true and half is fictional. Take your time reading, and you won’t be disappointed. 38.3kReads9.1Score4.6kShelves
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! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves
19. 19 南 Pacifying the Southern Sea 南溟镇海 Huo Yan霍言Mystery144k WordsOngoing In the thirty-third year of the Wanli reign, a massive earthquake struck Qiongzhou. Seventy-two villages sank beneath the sea, and more than forty thousand people were swallowed by the waters. The head of the Maoshan sect used the “Southern Sea Suppression Seal” to seal the entrance to the sea, binding the resentment of countless souls. Four hundred years later, the seal begins to weaken, and the things buried beneath the sea start rising to the surface. Zhang Heming, an heir to the Maoshan tr —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good supernatural novels and folk legends

20. 20 重 Reborn as a Dog 重生变成狗 Shengbi Maliang生笔马靓Urban422k WordsCompleted Only after I turned into a husky did I realize that being a dog is way more fun than being human. And don’t underestimate me, either. I can do plenty of things you can’t... 2.3kReads8.0Score214Shelves

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    It sounds great!

21. 21 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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    Book Recommendation | *The First Taboo of the Folk*: A life-or-death struggle in a world of folk horror – buried alive by his fiancée? But the protagonist is destined for the underworld! The bizarre *The First Taboo of the Folk* delivers a thrilling experience. Folk horror intertwines with feng shui secrets, including skin-painting for spirit summoning, ghost-walking and corpse-driving, as well as mysterious practices like Gu poison, black magic, and puppeteers. From dog-digging graves on cemeteries to ghostly feasts at river god temples, various taboo scenes abound, with Miao people raising Gu poison and Southeast Asian ghost children adding to the mystery. If you want to experience a folk adventure on the edge of life and death, and feel the thrill within feng shui talismans, then follow the protagonist as he escapes being buried alive, breaking through obstacles and achieving a comeback in a taboo-filled world of folk horror, witnessing how a man destined for the underworld overturns the darkness! Don't miss it if you like folk horror and metaphysical adventure!

22. 22 民 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 Ma Nanshan马南山Mystery959k WordsCompleted The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.5kReads9.1Score960Shelves

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    Book Recommendation | *Tales of the Wilderness*: Suspenseful and Supernatural Tales from the Mountains and Wilds. Ma Nanshan's *Tales of the Wilderness* will pull you straight into the mysterious mountains and wilderness! The truths hidden within ten suspenseful cases are paired with chilling taboos, brimming with folklore. Unearth secrets from the strange events of the mountains and wilderness; feng shui, supernatural phenomena, and taboo legends bombard you, giving you goosebumps while you read! Readers are hooked, with some saying it's "so real it feels like strange tales from my hometown," and others begging for it to end. If you love suspense, the supernatural, and folk horror, come and peel back the layers of the mountain mists to unlock those unknown, terrifying truths!

23. 23 我 My Cute and Fierce Undead Bride Protects Me as She Slaughters Her Way Through! 我的女尸老婆萌凶甜，护我杀疯！ The Little Page, Neither Happy nor Sad小小书童不喜不悲Mystery640k WordsCompleted [A Taoist priest becomes a demon king, protected by his corpse bride][Ghost hunting, traditional supernatural fiction] [By the command of the heavens, I’ll take your life!][Strange tales from the folk tradition] I slept in a pigsty and drank sow’s milk. Later, I shared a bed with a female corpse. After our wedding ceremony, she awoke. I rely on her to keep me alive, while she relies on me to grow stronger. Our fates are intertwined. My fate is unusual. An old man’s guidance helped me survive, an 1.7kReads7.6Score126Shelves

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    Dear author, my husband and I really enjoy reading your books. Could you please include our names in the book? Lian Jiayi, Zhong Jiahua

24. 24 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... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves

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    Book Recommendation | *Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master*: A Wonderful Journey of Feng Shui Secrets and the Game of Fate Are you curious whether feng shui can truly influence one's life? Da Qiezi's *Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master* takes you into the mysterious world of Qimen Feng Shui. The book gathers Qimen Feng Shui and folk secrets, from incantations and sorcery to healing arts, from the Nine Palaces of Destiny to the "Sheep-Taming Treasure Hunt," peeling back the layers of feng shui's mysteries. Are hardworking yet impoverished people due to bad luck or feng shui? Follow the perspective of a feng shui master to explore how feng shui affects wealth, marriage, and family, and rethink the mysteries of "fate" while unraveling feng shui enigmas. Interested in metaphysics and folk customs? Don't miss this exciting game of feng shui and fate; open it and unlock the wonderful possibilities of changing your destiny!

25. 25 我 Did I Ruin This Account by Training It? 我这号是练废了？ Ink Immortal 0G墨仙人0GMystery438k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror and the supernatural] Most stories are adapted from real events, told as a collection of ensemble, episodic tales. No formulaic plots, no invincible characters, no mindless stupidity. Bizarre situations? Soap-opera drama? They all reveal the distortions of the human heart and nature! Every night at midnight, you’ll enter a dream and explore the secrets of a strange otherworld. Featured chapters: The blurb can’t do them justice, so read the story! [Dream-Eating Syndrome - 85Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Based on true stories, this is an anthology of ensemble tales that explore the distortions of the human heart and human nature.

26. 26 被 Betrayed by My Best Friend: My Rise from Hell to the Top 被闺蜜出卖后：自地狱逆袭至巅峰 Ink Immortal 0G墨仙人0G10k WordsCompleted Betrayed by Her Best Friend: From Hell to the Top 6Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 吓 My Crush Is Terrified! My Horror Comics Have Come to Life 吓疯Crush！我的恐怖漫画竟成真 Ink Immortal 0G墨仙人0GModern Romance12k WordsCompleted Crush is terrified out of his mind! My horror comic has actually come true 4Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score804Shelves
29. 29 奇 The Secrets of Qimen Fengshui 奇门风水秘术 Big Eggplant大茄子Urban117k WordsCompleted Li Dingfeng learns his family's ancestral art of feng shui, mastering both landform and qi analysis. At a glance, he can read the terrain and water; with a gesture, he can tell fortune from misfortune. He only wants to live in peace, but one strange incident after another finds him, from the harmful influence of a shop's sharp corner to a sinister formation haunting an old family home. As one mysterious feng shui case after another comes to light, grudges buried for years resurface. He journeys 7.8kReads8.7Score675Shelves
30. 30 民 A Collection of Folk Ghost Stories 民间鬼怪故事合集 Yang Xuan'er杨璇儿Mystery240k WordsOngoing The faint of heart should stay away. This collection of ghost stories is all based on things I’ve seen and heard myself. Ghosts and monsters really do exist in this world. Call it superstition, or call it mysteries science has yet to explain. (Better to believe they exist than to assume they don’t.) 92Reads—Score104Shelves

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    These two books are quite realistic and look alright.

31. 31 4 400 Folk Ghost Stories 400个民间鬼故事 I Really Want Barbecue Rice好想吃烤肉拌饭Mystery759k WordsOngoing Those who scare easily, stay away! This collection of folk tales is made up entirely of things I have personally seen and heard. One strange, little-known story after another: these long-buried supernatural incidents are now yours to hear, one by one! (Better to believe they exist than to believe they don't.) 22Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 在 Those Years I Spent Hunting Ghosts in Kunming 在昆明抓鬼那几年 Huo Yan霍言Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Modern Celestial Master] [Criminal Investigations] [Forensic Pathology and Ghosts] I'm Zhang Chenfeng, a celestial master who can draw Five Thunder Talismans, and a “Special Case Investigator” specially appointed by the police. Last year, I handled 47 paranormal cases and nearly lost my life 12 times. My approach to solving cases is hardcore: ✓ Forensic examiners test DNA; I measure the concentration of yin energy. ✓ Criminal investigators hunt down the culprit; I guide the dead to the afterl 325Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Folklore and supernatural stories? I highly recommend this one.

33. 33 活 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家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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    In a remote mountain village in the north, Zuo Shisan grows up with a mysterious mark he was born with. In "Living Taboos," the bizarre truth shrouded in taboos awaits to be peeled back layer by layer!

34. 34 民 Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈 Su Wan苏皖Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me? 9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Book Recommendation | *Folk Taboo Anecdotes*: Unveiling the Life-and-Death Codes Behind Trade Taboos. Did you know that butchers don't kill pigs with five toes, and village guardians don't guard villages with temples? Su Wan's *Folk Taboo Anecdotes* delves into the mysterious rules of every trade. These ancient taboos are not mere formalities! Butchering pigs, guarding villages, feng shui, midwifery… each trade hides a terrifying secret: breaking the taboo will lead to death. Following the stories, you'll discover that behind the taboos lies an interweaving of folk culture and unknown horror. To unlock the mystery of trade taboos and experience the chilling twists of traditional folk customs, open this book and see how seemingly ordinary rules lead to a series of life-and-death mysteries, making you re-examine the eerie power of "old rules." Don't miss it if you love folk horror, suspense, and mystery!

35. 35 风 A Bizarre Tale of Feng Shui! 风水奇谭！ Chen Jiu辰九Urban555k WordsCompleted Chen Yan, a top student at a 985 university, suffered a devastating blow at just twenty-two: His roommate set him up and framed him, driving him into a dead end; His girlfriend of three years cheated on him; his father was hospitalized with a serious illness, and he couldn't even scrape together the 5,000-yuan deposit. His loan payments were overdue and collectors were after him. He was about to become... Just as he sank into utter despair, a mysterious old Daoist appeared, opened his heavenly e 3.9kReads8.5Score316Shelves

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    Come on, read this feng shui novel!

36. 36 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 243Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Those with a weak heart absolutely cannot withstand this!! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

37. 37 午 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 Qiao Dou Ma Dai QAQ桥豆麻袋QAQUrban171k WordsCompleted At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 416Reads8.7Score—Shelves
38. 38 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves
39. 39 午 Midnight Terror: Human Nature Stories That Will Haunt You 午夜惊魂：让人细思极恐的人性故事 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery142k WordsCompleted At midnight, let's listen together to the little stories that circulate all around us. Maybe they're true. Maybe you've heard them too, or even experienced them yourself. Those moments that grow more terrifying the more you think about them go perfectly with the pitch-black night beyond the window. Red brick walls are common in many places. But we've never stopped to wonder: why are those bricks so red, so vivid? Rideshares at night aren't necessarily safe. Passengers have their concerns, and dr 522Reads8.8Score—Shelves
40. 40 民 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural Horror Stories + Anthology + Folk Horror Tales + Chinese Supernatural] Supernatural happenings are most likely to occur in mountain villages, and the stories we've heard may well have really happened. In the eerie night wind, Granny Hao, the midwife who receives the dead, is like a messenger from the underworld, guiding the spirits of helpless mothers and children home. Locust trees commune with spirits, and poplars attract yin energy. Beneath the village's ancient trees lie secrets that 829Reads8.9Score105Shelves
41. 41 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves
42. 42 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score204Shelves
43. 43 人 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 203Reads8.3Score—Shelves
44. 44 话 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery88k WordsCompleted They say everyone has a few little secrets they can't bring themselves to talk about these days. But if you really want to hear something out of the ordinary, go find Old Bu. Old Bu runs a little tavern set inside an abandoned train carriage. From the day it opened, he laid down one rule: One interesting story in exchange for a night's worth of drinks. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Too bad he doesn't give you much to drink, and the stories just keep getting stranger. An intelligent wristb 8Reads7.6Score—Shelves
45. 45 阴 The Netherworld Inn 阴间客栈 Sun Jiu Hutu孙九糊涂Mystery814k WordsCompleted My name is Qin Yu. While on a business trip, I checked into a uniquely styled inn called the Yin Room Inn. It even offered “special services” in the middle of the night. Little did I know it was an inn from the underworld. I began having nightmare after nightmare, and my friends kept getting into trouble... 2.7kReads9.0Score152Shelves
46. 46 我 My Years as a Buddhist Nun 我当师太的那些年 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was born a girl with a Pure Yang fate into a family of feng shui masters. For generations, my family had practiced feng shui in the countryside. My grandfather had hoped his eldest grandchild would be a boy, so he could pass down his skills to the eldest son and grandson. But I turned out to be a girl. Grandfather never took a liking to me, so my parents could only take me to live in the city. No one expected that, during the Ghost Festival in the year I turned twenty-five, Grandfather would s 420Reads8.7Score—Shelves
47. 47 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves
48. 48 我 I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命 Knife in the Sleeve袖里刀Mystery808k WordsCompleted When I was little, my mom asked a Taoist priest to tell my fortune. He said I'd face a calamity at 26, and that he'd come help me get through it the day before my 26th birthday. When the day finally came, the priest really did show up to change my fate. He even gave me a “Fate-Changing Ruler” and told me I had to change the fates of seven people with different destinies to survive the calamity. Otherwise, I'd only have five years left to live. So much for changing my fate for me! Did he only cha 76Reads8.9Score—Shelves
49. 49 阴 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 Yan Huo炎火Mystery806k WordsCompleted I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan 676Reads7.7Score—Shelves
50. 50 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves

    Reader note

    This novel will show you a "supernatural version of Crime Squad 6"! Special forces soldier Shen La is unexpectedly drawn into the mysterious "Folklore Affairs Investigation Bureau" (abbreviated as the Bureau), and from then on, he takes on bizarre cases that defy scientific explanation: ghostly soldiers borrowing passage in the Forbidden City, a snowman attacking people in the Kunlun Mountains, an ancient mirror in a museum devouring souls... His colleagues in the Bureau are all possessing supernatural abilities—a fat man who can manipulate adipocere, a Taoist priest who can seal souls with acupuncture, and a white-haired old man who can crush a zombie's neck with his bare hands. Author Er Dong Shui Shou seamlessly blends suspenseful detective work with folk legends. Each case carries the everyday life of old Beijing's hutongs, yet it is chilling when the truth is revealed. As Shen La transforms from an ordinary person into a capable investigator, the secret history of the organization and the thousand-year-old curse hidden behind it gradually surface. There is no pretentious metaphysics, only logically rigorous supernatural criminal investigation, making it the pinnacle of Chinese supernatural detective fiction!

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