Looking for Supernatural Stories About Exorcising Ghosts, with a Powerful, Laid-Back Female Lead 想看玄学捉鬼小说，女主很厉害，有点佛系的

1. 1 你 Why Pick on Her? She's Got Powerful Backing 你惹她干啥！她下面有人 Yueyue Loves to Take a Look悦悦爱瞅瞅Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted *Original title: “CEO, Your Wife Is Pawning Knives Again” A knife is a pledge, and a word is a promise. When a prophecy comes true, it’s time to collect the reward. That’s what a knife pawnbroker does in the world of mysticism. Tu Shanjiu is the 283rd-generation knife pawnbroker. Her talent for the mystic arts surpasses everyone else in her family. Her divinations are uncannily accurate, and she can communicate with ghosts and gods. Unfortunately, because of a curse placed on the Tu Shan family 34.6kReads9.2Score4.7k14d adds

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   The female protagonist is a once-in-a-century girl in her family, the only surviving member, and the most powerful person in the family. It's a unique kind of metaphysical novel.

2. 2 仙 The Immortal World's Top-Tier Star Reborn as the Real Heiress 仙界顶流穿成真千金后 Crimson Snowfirefly绛雪萤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Star of Metaphysics in the Immortal Realm + Livestream Face-Slapping of Scumbags + Putting Green Tea and White Lotus Types in Their Place + Slight Everyone's Favorite + Exorcising Ghosts and Leveling Up Through Cultivation] Su Qintang, the top-tier star of ghost hunting in the immortal realm and a Golden Immortal of Primordial Chaos, was envied by someone and suddenly reborn as the despised real daughter of a modern wealthy family. On the night of the birthday banquet, facing the fak 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Both of these books are excellent and very enjoyable. The plots are fast-paced, the female lead is very capable, and the male lead is very handsome.

3. 3 灵 Lord of the Spirit Realm: From the Start, Bound to a Horror Short-Drama System 灵境主宰：开局绑定恐怖短剧系统 Crimson Snowfirefly绛雪萤Mystery838k WordsOngoing [Soul Transmigration to the Modern World + Cultivation Expert + Unhinged CEO + Demon-Fallen Buddhist Monk + Horror Short-Drama Instances + Yandere Villain + Love Rival Showdown] Li Xinghua, a Mahayana cultivator, was ambushed by a Buddhist monk who had fallen to the demonic path. Her soul transmigrated to the modern world, where she became a freshman at Huaqing University who had died from staying up too late. Stripped of her cultivation and stranded in an unfamiliar world with scarce spiritual 3Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 4 天 The Celestial Master Stuns the World with Metaphysics on a Dating Reality Show 天师大佬在恋综用玄学震撼全世界 You Zhinan有枝南Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Fortune-telling and mysticism + livestreaming + wealthy CEO] Fu Yang, a powerful celestial master, transmigrates into a much-maligned guest on a livestreamed dating show. The other guests include celebrities, CEOs, and influencers. She’s the only complete unknown. Someone maliciously speculates: “She has no connections or fame. She must have gotten on this dating show by sleeping her way in!” Fu Yang curls her lip in a smile and kicks over a foreigner who stole a CEO’s wallet. The man falls 14.1kReads8.8Score2.5k14d adds

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   This is truly a very enjoyable read. The female lead always knows what she should do, she's very clear-headed and has a clear plan, which is incredibly impressive. The overall reading experience is clear and smooth, without any dragging parts, making you want to read to the end in one go. The author's writing style is also very good. I love it! 😳😳😳(๑'~๑)

5. 5 景 Master Jing's Sweetheart Is a Ghostly Menace to the Supernatural World 景爷的乖软心尖宠是玄门鬼见愁 Mei Haijiaxin梅海嘉欣Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + supernatural arts + everyone’s favorite + powerful lead + romance + sweet indulgence + fast-paced] Complete, feel free to dive in In the Xuanyue Dynasty, Taowu tears through the barrier between the realms of yin and yang, unleashing the filth of the underworld upon the mortal world. All the masters of the supernatural arts gather to suppress it, but in the end, they fail to harm Taowu in the slightest and suffer countless casualties instead. Nangong Ruan, Imperial Preceptor of t 2.5kReads8.1Score26614d adds
6. 6 我 I’m 18, and I’m Already a Legend in Peacekeeper Elite 我18岁，和平精英已封神 47-Year-Old King of Hard Work47岁努力王者Sports4.0M WordsCompleted “It starts with a game, but it doesn't end there.” [System]+ [Campus]+ [Rebellious Teen]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Comeback] This book tells the story of Chu Junwen, an eighteen-year-old high school junior who turns his life around. By day, he is an ordinary teenager weighed down by academic pressure and family troubles. By night, with the help of a mysterious “support system,” he becomes the legendary Midnight War God in Game for Peace, using his in-game rewards to quietly ease his family's financial 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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   I want to say that none of the ones I recommend are of this type.

7. 7 开 The Founding Emperor Reborn as a Disgraced Crown Prince 开国大帝穿成废太子 47-Year-Old King of Hard Work47岁努力王者Historical619k WordsCompleted [This is just too satisfying!] Lin Long, who carries memories from two lifetimes, transmigrates into the disgraced crown prince of the Great Yi Kingdom on Blue Star. Several princes fight for power, and he is framed, slandered, vilified, and even set up again and again! Surrounded on all sides and in grave danger... After transmigrating, Lin Long decides to defy fate and change his destiny. He gradually changes his image, breaks through encirclements, roots out treacherous ministers, and forges 40Reads—Score114d adds
8. 8 游 Gaming Addict: Lord of Time and Space 游戏瘾君子：时空王者 47-Year-Old King of Hard Work47岁努力王者Sports385k WordsCompleted Wang Chuan, 47, had been obsessed with the game Hot-Blooded Legend ever since college. During his junior year, he was expelled from Langya University, the top university in Huaxia. He spent half his life in dire straits, immersed in one game after another. After three marriages and five children, he contracted the pandemic during the mask crisis at age 47. After 11 days of futile resuscitation in the ICU, his bleak life came to an end... Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've successfully activated 78Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 9 不 Undying Starry Sky: The 47-Year-Old Who Keeps Striving for King 不灭星穹：47岁努力王者 47-Year-Old King of Hard Work47岁努力王者Sports2.5M WordsCompleted 3,659 matches as Wu Zetian, with a 47% win rate. Almost 87% of the time, she plays mages. Besides Wu Zetian, the heroes she plays most are Ying Zheng and Mi Laidi. She’s never been popular, not even once: an aging streamer whose livestream room peaks at just over ten viewers and who has never made more than a few yuan. The kind of player who loves the game more the worse she is. Then she suddenly gets a System and switches to cheat mode: dominating the Rift, ranking up at rocket speed, specializ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 10 重 Back to Senior Year: My Comeback to the Top 重回高三逆袭成大佬 The Cat Whisperer喵语者Urban4.2M WordsCompleted This book is available in print, so enjoy it with confidence! [Reborn Academic Ace + No System + Sound Logic + Schemes and Power Plays + Decisive and Ruthless + A Comeback in the Business World] If you could live your life over, what would you do? In my previous life, I gave my life for my country. In this one, I’ll rise from my senior year of high school to become a business tycoon. I’m going to ace the college entrance exams, and I’m taking the money of those unscrupulous capitalists, too. Onl 53.4kReads8.8Score5.7k14d adds
11. 11 我 Finding Treasure Chests in PUBG 我在绝地求生捡宝箱 Young Master Yan Ke公子燕客Sports397k WordsCompleted Ye Han, a professional PUBG duo partner, transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the Strongest Treasure Chest System. He can find all kinds of treasure chests on the game map, and killing enemies or winning a chicken dinner can earn him chests too! Open a Gold Chest and get Master-level 98k marksmanship! Open a Diamond Chest and get Hall-of-Fame driving skills! Open an Ace Chest and get 100 million RMB! Wei Shen: “I really don't want to get matched with Ye Han ever again. He’s not 1.3kReads8.5Score10114d adds
12. 12 吞 Devouring the Heavens: The Beihang Prodigy Reincarnates as a Sweeping Monk 吞噬诸天：北航才子穿成扫地僧 47-Year-Old King of Hard Work47岁努力王者Eastern Fantasy402k WordsCompleted Lin Yu was a top student at Beihang University in Beijing, Blue Star, majoring in aircraft propulsion design. His mind was filled with the principles and design of aero engines, and he dreamed of one day helping China's homegrown aircraft propulsion systems surpass the rest of the world. But fate played a cruel joke on him. He transmigrated, only to find himself in the frail body of a little monk sweeping floors in some unknown place... 12Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 13 风 From the Storm, a Dragon Rises 风云化龙 47-Year-Old King of Hard Work47岁努力王者Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No System + Eastern Fantasy + An Ordinary Man Defying Fate] A man, a dog, and a crab: when the winds of fate converge, they will become dragons. He came from the wilds and is bound for the clouds. The mystery of my origins, the blood feud over my parents: no matter how peerless your martial prowess or how vast your power, I, Yu Wen Gaotian, will come for you! I, Yu Wen Gaotian, will be higher than the heavens and stronger than the heavens in this life... 25Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 清 Cold and Heartless? So What If His Wife's Back Is Broken? 清冷无情？他老婆腰都折了算什么 Grapefruit葡萄柚Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + seme protagonist + quick transmigration + powerful, mutually faithful couple + I dare you not to find this sweet] [Calmly unhinged, robotic, icy beauty of a seme vs. a quick-tempered shou who splits into different versions] Xiao Ji was a ten-thousand-year-old block of ice who took human form and became a god. He governed the law, cared only for rules, and had no understanding of human feelings or warmth. Who would have thought that his very first mission in the mortal realm wou 45.5kReads9.5Score4.1k14d adds
15. 15 怎 What Do I Do? The Male Lead Goes Crazy and Only Wants Me [Quick Transmigration] 怎么办？男主发疯只认我【快穿】 Yao Yaoling夭妖铃Modern Romance588k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + sweet 1v1 romance + a hint of everyone falling for her + villainess trains her men + male lead goes crazy and only listens to the heroine + men competing for her + love at first sight + happy ending] (Note: The male leads are pure in both body and heart and have never liked the original heroines. The original heroines are villainized, and there's plenty of melodrama...) As a vicious supporting character, Lu Nian diligently followed the plot, playing all kinds of wicked ro 12.9kReads7.7Score96514d adds
16. 16 铁 The Fortune-Telling Master Never Misses: Divination on the Overpass 铁口直断，玄学大佬天桥算卦 Lin Jiajiu林家小九Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + fortune-telling + ghost-hunting + feel-good revenge story] There’s a romantic pairing, but romance isn’t a big part of the story. Jiang Yao, a mystical arts master who died for the cause, is reborn in another world. Unfortunately, her new body belongs to a poor student with empty pockets. No worries! She sets up a little stall on the overpass and gets to work reading fortunes and telling fortunes. -“When will my daughter and son-in-law have a child?” “Your son-in-law is a gay man wh 9.2kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
17. 17 玄 The Metaphysics Masteress Got the Wrong Script 玄学大佬她拿错了剧本 Little Peach Blossom小桃夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Light horror + doting romance (she pampers him at first, then they spoil each other) + several paranormal tales woven throughout] Rumor has it that the refined, shrewd, and highly intelligent president of the Su Group, the pride of the capital, was sold off by his mother. His price: three Soul-Anchoring Talismans. The buyer's demand: get married within three days. The buyer: Mu Yaoguang. A metaphysical expert born with Yin-Yang Eyes, exceptionally gifted in ghost-hunting, feng shui, physiognomy 10.5kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
18. 18 傅 Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has Gone Fortune-Telling on the Street Again and Again 傅总，您夫人又又又去摆摊算命了 Mu Fufeng木抚风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + comedy + wish fulfillment] After her master passes away, mystic prodigy Lin Xi comes down from the mountains to set up a fortune-telling stall, earning money while searching for her fiancé. “Master, when will my son meet his destined woman?” Lin Xi: “There’s no destined woman, but there is a destined man.” “Master, I keep dreaming about a ghost. Please get rid of it for me.” Lin Xi: “The ghost is your father. You’ve been visiting the wrong grave. He 63.7kReads9.3Score7.7k14d adds
19. 19 摆 Telling Fortunes at a Street Stall and Exorcising Vengeful Ghosts: Mrs. Fu Is a Metaphysical Grandmaster 摆摊算命撕厉鬼傅太太是玄学老祖 Gugu Jiu咕咕九Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Mysticism / fortune-telling / ghost hunting / wealthy CEO / satisfying read / marriage before love] Lin Mo, an ancient master of the Mystic Sect, failed to ascend. A lightning tribulation struck her into the body of a descendant from thousands of years in the future. She started telling fortunes at a street stall, and the young girl could even hunt ghosts. The only problem was that there wasn't enough spiritual energy, and her health kept deteriorating. Fortunately, her descendants had left her 4.3kReads8.4Score46014d adds
20. 20 掐 Casting Lots and Reading Divinations: The Invisible Earl's Heir's Daughter Stirs Up the Capital! 掐诀起卦，伯府小透明在京城兴风作浪！ Zao Bu Dou枣不逗Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted The famed young Daoist priestess Yuan Tu of Qingxuan Temple owns a magical artifact called the Taixuan Eight Trigrams Mirror. It can divine a person's future as well as drive out demons and evil spirits. If she offers up her most precious possession in exchange, it can even take her back to the past and change her fate. One day, a flowerpot falls from upstairs and knocks her down. She wakes up in ancient times, in the body of the unloved third daughter of the Rongchang Earl's household. To earn 41Reads5.5Score—14d adds

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21. 21 直 My Fortune-Telling Livestream Is So Accurate, the State Wants Me to Come Forward 直播算命太准，国家请我出山 Nine Congee九粥Modern Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Feng Shui + Ghost Hunting + Satisfying Read] After being ambushed, the metaphysics expert Jiang Yi is reborn and unexpectedly bound to a merit system. System: “If you want to stay alive, you must ward off calamities and drive out ghosts to earn merit points. Otherwise, you'll drop dead immediately.” Jiang Yi: “???” Isn't “drop dead” a little too harsh? To keep herself alive, Jiang Yi decides to become a metaphysics streamer and earn merit by tellin 27.8kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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    For those who enjoy reading about metaphysics, this is a slightly scary read without any unnecessary romantic pairings.

22. 22 王 The Princess Consort Even Beats Up Ghosts. Why Would You Provoke Her? 王妃连鬼都敢揍，你说你惹她干嘛 Egg Yolk Pastry蛋黄酥Ancient Romance703k WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + The Hero Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + Metaphysics] This story is all about a cast of villains getting their revenge. Their mental states are way ahead of the curve. Tang Jingran says, “I was perfectly happy in the Underworld. How did I get summoned back so soon by the unworthy descendants of Southern Chu, only to be stuffed straight into a little girl’s body?” Her eyes are gouged out, her hands are severed, and her face is ruined. Wonderful. The descendants of South 591Reads6.5Score11314d adds
23. 23 王 The Princess Consort Comes from the Underworld 王妃她从地府来 Mian Xixi面兮兮Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + ghost hunting + powerhouse + past and present lives + lighthearted comedy + absurd] Shang Feiyuan was a ghost in the underworld until she was inexplicably dragged into the world of the living and became Yin Buhuo’s princess consort. The Black and White Impermanence bring her the Book of Life and Death and tell her she must capture ghosts to extend her lifespan. So she sets herself a goal: live a little longer and eat a little better. Who would have thought Yin Buhuo, who hadn’t 3.9kReads9.1Score42614d adds
24. 24 从 The Regent's Consort, Pulled from a Tomb 从坟墓里扒出来的摄政王妃 I'm Your Qian Qian我是你的浅浅Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Everyone, the web drama based on this novel is now complete. You can watch it on Tomato Short Dramas. Search for The Princess Consort of the Regent, Unmatched in Medicine and Poison, and enjoy! Love you all, mwah~~ Mu Fengyan, born into a family of ancient martial artists, had her soul blasted by her enemies' modern firearms into a parallel world, in an era never recorded in history. A master of both medicine and poison, she never expected that after she'd sent every last one of her enemies to 67kReads9.4Score7.8k14d adds

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