Folk Horror, Feng Shui, Talismans, and Incense Offerings 民俗恐怖，风水符咒，香火供奉

1. 1 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 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5k14d adds

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2. 2 舅 My Great-Uncle’s Child of Destiny 舅姥爷的童子命 Zen's Joy Brushes Away the Dust禅悦拂尘Urban534k WordsCompleted My Great-Uncle's Boyhood Fate is a collection of family stories spanning many years, recounted to the author by their 93-year-old grandmother and compiled into a book. The author's grandmother grew up where the North China Plain meets the Taihang Mountains, in an area of rolling hills and plains. The land was relatively fertile, and the people were simple and honest. Her childhood was comfortable by the standards of the time: her family ran an oil mill and employed around a dozen laborers. Her y 4Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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3. 3 民 Folk Qimen Dunjia: Feng Shui and the Art of Changing Fate 民间奇门遁甲风水改运术 At Ease Hall随心堂Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted People only reach true understanding when they are driven to the brink. Only in dire straits can they let go of unrealistic fantasies, give up expecting anything from the outside world, and unlock their limitless potential. That is why pain and hardship are often important catalysts for enlightenment. Adversity, sorrow, betrayal, and deception can all shatter your fragile sense of self, but you also need a little help from the outside. Adjusting the feng shui of your home and surroundings, and i 1.3kReads7.4Score19914d adds
4. 4 民 Folk Occult Records II 民间邪门录II My Name Is Niu Shanyun我叫牛山云Mystery350k WordsOngoing [Traditional suspense and supernatural] [Traditional folk arts and secret techniques] [Do not imitate] The three treasures of medicine are spirit, qi, and essence. Ever since my mother received a kidney transplant, she has suffered from a strange illness. Gradually, I discovered that she had been feeding on other people’s essence, qi, and spirit all along… 61Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 5 北 The Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma Clan 北马小神童 Northeastern Old Snow Beer东北老雪花Mystery344k WordsCompleted A strange story set in a small town ninety years later. The heroine begins her shamanic calling at thirteen. On the day she was born, all the fox, yellow weasel, white weasel, willow, and rat spirits within a ten-kilometer radius knelt to welcome her. Then came a series of miraculous experiences. 10.8kReads9.5Score96414d adds
6. 6 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 5.9kReads9.3Score66214d adds
7. 7 我 I Use Zhu You Healing to Subdue a Hundred Evils! 我以祝由镇百邪！ Yu Bi Chengmo煜笔诚墨Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Lu Zhao inherited ancient Daoist medicine and the mysterious forbidden art of Zhuyou. All he wanted was to open a humble clinic in a quiet corner of the city, heal the sick, and keep a low profile. But the blood curse left behind by his master's bizarre death, the relentless threat of his own “Nine Yin Severed Meridians,” and the city's strange “yin ailments and evil spirits” keep pushing him into the spotlight. A rich young woman haunted by a vengeful ghost? One talisman-infused draught and a Z 2Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 8 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 86.4kReads9.6Score8.2k14d adds
9. 9 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.3kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds
10. 10 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 278.4kReads9.4Score23.6k14d adds
11. 11 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 230.7kReads9.6Score66.9k14d adds
12. 12 东 Northeastern Ghost Doctor: I Cure Every Kind of Defiance! 东北鬼医：专治各种不服！ Buddhist-Style Grind King佛系卷王Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Mystery and wild ideas] [Hilarious power fantasy] [Folk horror] [Invincible protagonist] [No female lead] (The short drama adaptation, Northeast Ghost Doctor: Five Ghosts Carry Me on My Journey from the Start, is now available on Tomato Short Drama.) Chen Shian, a ghost doctor from Northeast China born under the "Tenfold Peace" destiny, descends the mountain at his master's command to heal the world. With silver needles in his left hand, he cures ailments caused by ghosts; with his right fist, 27.1kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds

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    A buckwheat hull talisman to ward off bizarre ghosts! A lovesick ghost trying to find a match for the old locust tree is pestering you, a gossipy ghost snatching your sewing basket keeps nagging—if you're not happy, just stick some on! A talisman is tossed, and buckwheat flies everywhere. A Northeasterner retorts: "Don't be silly, lovesick ghost, I'll smear buckwheat hulls in your mouth!" The ghost surrenders: "I give up! I'll never pair up anyone again!"

13. 13 开 From the Start as a Lowly Shrine God, I Become a Mountain Lord and Attain Godhood 开局香火野神，封神证道山君 Italian Noodles With Gravy意大利打卤面Eastern Fantasy713k WordsOngoing [Incense-Fueled Apotheosis + Transmigration + Mountain Lord + Mythical Beasts + Divine Path + Invincible Protagonist + Character Growth + Redemption + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Everyday Life + Nonhuman Protagonist] Mo Yuan transmigrates to another world and becomes a giant black tiger mountain lord, struck dead by lightning, with remnants of heavenly tribulation energy still inside him. He discovers that he can feed on thunder and cultivate by drawing down lightning. He had planned to live 10.1kReads—Score1.2k14d adds

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