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  1. 51 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 1: The Road to the Yellow Springs 访灵笔录1:黄泉路 Mystery202k WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Supernatural] [A Powerful Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Cast Hunting Ghosts] "The road to the Yellow Springs stretches for thousands of miles. The living and the dead are separated, with only fate to reunite them in another life." Quan Ning got into a car accident on a mountain road. As he lay on the brink of death, a man claiming to be a ghost judge from the underworld offered him a chance to live. "I'll lend you ten years. Interest is three percent 83Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  2. 52 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5:权势局 Mystery243k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l 131Reads9.2Score100Shelves
  3. 53 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4:恨海潮 Urban175k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 246Reads9.3Score103Shelves
  4. 54 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3:欲望渊 Mystery209k WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 184Reads9.2Score109Shelves
  5. 55 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2:名利场 Mystery267k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe 257Reads9.3Score104Shelves
  6. 56 Record of the Spirit Seekers 2: Farewell to the Mortal World 访灵笔录2:入世辞 Mystery196k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + powerful partners + lively humor + episodic stories + ghostly tales + an ensemble cast hunting ghosts] “Nothing brings greater joy than meeting a new friend; nothing brings greater sorrow than parting from a loved one.” A chance encounter with a beauty on Ghost Wasteland Mountain turns out to be a deadly ghost's attempt to claim a soul! Karmic ties from a past life and entanglements in this one: whose mistake is it, and whose fate? Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi are accidenta 45Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  7. 57 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 201Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  8. 58 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 Mystery813k WordsCompleted I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 117Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  9. 59 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 Mystery810k WordsCompleted I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 49Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  10. 60 The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年 Mystery302k WordsCompleted Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return! 116Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  11. 61 The Underworld Calls Me Little Sir 地府叫我小先生 Eastern Fantasy803k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mystery + power progression] Getting hit by a basketball and falling into a lake was bad enough. Even worse, I got killed by a basketball!! The Black and White Impermanence told me I still had seventy years left to live. To make it up to me, they offered me a job in the underworld. So I became an HR officer on the underworld’s permanent staff and even got a ghost recruitment System! As long as I help the underworld recruit talented ghosts, I can earn all kinds of abilities: talis 401Reads—Score—Shelves
  12. 62 This Taoist Priest Is a Little Too Cool 这个道士不太冷 Mystery802k WordsCompleted My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduation, I’d get promoted, earn a bigger salary, marry a beautiful, rich woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who knew the company would go under and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single penny of my wages, couldn’t even afford rent, and had to sleep at the train station every night! Then a ragged Taoist priest told me I was dogged by bad luck and possessed by a host of ghosts, and that 798Reads7.8Score—Shelves
  13. 63 I Live in Fengmen Village 我住在封门村 Mystery807k WordsCompleted My hometown shares its name with the legendary number-one haunted village in China: Fengmen Village. What’s more, our village also has a grandmaster’s chair. Whoever sits in it is doomed to die! It was 1997, and I had been accepted into the high school in town. Once summer vacation was over, I would finally be able to leave the place where I’d spent sixteen years. But what I never expected was for one terrifying incident after another to strike the village! Rats that ate human flesh, five-colore 712Reads6.1Score—Shelves
  14. 64 The Haunted Grave 诡坟 Mystery802k WordsCompleted I think I've been possessed! Right before the college entrance exam, I suddenly came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. I missed the exam and had to spend half a year recovering at home. During those six months, I found a job as a cemetery groundskeeper. My coworker, Old Zhang, saw how frail I was and how weak my yang energy seemed, and insisted on finding me someone to protect me. But he didn't tell me that my protector would be a female ghost!! Not only does she want to marry me, she 101Reads7.4Score—Shelves
  15. 65 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 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
  16. 66 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 Mystery802k WordsCompleted A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 6.1kReads8.5Score324Shelves
  17. 67 My Dearest Husband 我亲爱的丈夫 19k WordsCompleted My Dear Husband 35Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. 68 After a Snake Bite, Two Purple Lines Appeared on My Arm 被蛇咬后,手臂爬上两道紫线 7k WordsCompleted After a Snake Bite, Two Purple Lines Crawled Up My Arm 22Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 69 Oh No! My Scumbag Boyfriend Is a Premium Ingredient 糟糕!我的人渣男友是极品食材 10k WordsCompleted Oh No! My Scumbag Boyfriend Is a Choice Ingredient 29Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 70 The Ancestors Are Watching 祖宗有眼 9k WordsCompleted Our Ancestors Are Watching 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 71 The Class Belle's Secret Video 班花的秘密录像 9k WordsCompleted The Class Beauty's Secret Video 9Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 72 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 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
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  23. 73 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 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
  24. 74 Midnight Terror: Human Nature Stories That Will Haunt You 午夜惊魂:让人细思极恐的人性故事 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 537Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  25. 75 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 32kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
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  26. 76 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
  27. 77 Invincible After Coming Down the Mountain, Yet My Uncle Master Says to Stay Away from Women 下山无敌,师叔却让我离女人远点 Eastern Fantasy156k WordsCompleted Pei Zhaoye spent twenty years on Burial Star Mountain. His martial aunt was beautiful, and had quite a temper. Before his master went missing, he left him only three things: an old token, a broken sword, and a single instruction. "Go down the mountain." So Pei Zhaoye stepped into the Nine Wastes for the first time. But as soon as he came down the mountain, he realized something was off. A demoness, a saintess, a princess, a princess of the Dragon Clan... They all came looking for him one after a 19Reads—Score228Shelves
  28. 78 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 Mystery675k WordsOngoing [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5.1kReads8.6Score377Shelves
  29. 79 Yin-Yang Headhunter: I Find Jobs for Ghosts, and They Ask Me Out 阴阳猎头:我给诡找工作,诡问我处不处对象 Mystery307k WordsOngoing On the day he was laid off, Jiang Ye received a death notice: in thirty days, someone would throw him off a rooftop. To stay alive, he was forced to take a job at Yin-Yang Headhunting Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in finding jobs for ghosts. Every time he finds a job for a ghost, he unlocks part of the truth behind his own death. Every time he fails, another corpse spot appears on his body. Once they cover him from head to toe, the company will devour his soul. Every high-level order com 2.4kReads8.4Score369Shelves
  30. 80 The Wicked Ex-Wife's Second Career: Bianjing's Number One Wonder Chef 恶毒前妻再就业,汴京第一妙厨娘 Ancient Romance982k WordsOngoing [1v1, devoted couple, transmigrate into a book, food, business, slice of life] The moment she opened her eyes, Ye Zhaozhao had transmigrated into a book as the vicious ex-wife of the male lead in a powerful minister novel. In the story, the original owner dreamed of becoming an official's wife. She did everything she could to marry the male lead, but after he was stripped of his official post, she ignored his and their child's pleas, divorced him, and returned to her hometown of Yangzhou. There, 30.7kReads8.0Score9.8kShelves
  31. 81 Three Years of Chasing Him? Miss Chi Takes Back Her Body and Goes on a Rampage 倒贴三年?池小姐夺回身体杀疯了 Modern Romance861k WordsCompleted [Unhinged heiress + wild childhood friend + nonstop high-stakes takedowns of villains + reclaiming her stolen body] Her body had been occupied by a useless soul for three years. She had been married to her sworn enemy and bullied for those same three years. After returning to her body, Chi Xingwei considered even a single second of being a pushover against the rules! Xie Yanzhao grabbed her by the throat and told her to die for another woman? Chi Xingwei kicked him so hard his internal organs ru 63.3kReads7.9Score34.4kShelves
  32. 82 Back When I Was a Folk Mage 我做民间法师的时候 Mystery152k WordsOngoing I entered the trade at fourteen and spent six years as a folk ritual master. In the south, this line of work is called “spirit arts.” I watched it go from thriving to decline. This year marks my sixth year, and I’ve finally left the trade behind. This work isn’t as glamorous as it looks. We’re all rats crawling out of the sewers, and the bar for entry keeps getting lower. I’m writing these stories down now as a way to remember those days. 192Reads—Score104Shelves
  33. 83 The Court Hears My Thoughts: I Slack Off and Enjoy the Gossip! 满朝文武听我心声,我摆烂吃瓜! Ancient Romance738k WordsCompleted [Everyone Can Hear Her Thoughts + Goofy Comedy + Gossip + Doing the Bare Minimum] This is not a no-romance story! There isn’t much focus on romance, though, and the male lead isn’t human! If you’re okay with that, come on in! After finally becoming the daughter of a respectable family in ancient times, she’s determined to treasure this wonderful life! After transmigrating, Lin Mo spends over a decade living like a lazy fish, planning to keep it that way. But her father worries she’ll starve, so 61.3kReads9.5Score90kShelves
  34. 84 So Sweet, So Alluring! The Tipsy Young Master Held Her Close and Coaxed Her All Night 又乖又欲!太子爷醉酒夜抱她轻哄 Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted [Print edition available] The deeply devoted, dangerously unhinged scion of a powerful family × the cool, fallen heiress [Originally titled "A Night of Desire in the Capital"] A pure-hearted socialite from Beijing's elite circle + a rekindled romance + an ex who will do anything to win her back + an older lover who takes the lead + falling for him all over again Jiang Wanzhi comes from a prestigious family and is known throughout the capital as a pure, well-behaved young woman. Few people know 126.8kReads9.4Score175.7kShelves
  35. 85 I Sell Secondhand Mirrors Online, and the Buyer Says Someone in the Mirror Is Watching Her 我在闲鱼卖二手镜子,买家说镜子里有人在看她 12k WordsCompleted I sell secondhand mirrors on Xianyu. The buyer says someone is watching her from inside the mirror. 2.8kReads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 86 The Food I Deliver Has a Recipient Who's Been Dead for Three Years 我送的外卖,收货人死了三年 11k WordsCompleted The person who received the food I delivered died three years ago. 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
  37. 87 Commanding Ghosts to Save the World: I Face Ten Thousand Calamities in the Mortal Realm 驭诡救世:我于人间抗万劫 Mystery210k WordsOngoing This world is completely absurd At some point, evil spirits began appearing without warning, and one supernatural incident after another followed. Ordinary people could only hide in terror, while spirit wielders were the only ones capable of standing up to ghosts. Lin Jie only wanted to find a job and pay his rent, but through a twist of fate, he was drawn into a series of events that seemed destined to happen. There are no born heroes, and no fated burdens to bear. Since a ghost has already po 519Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 88 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 Mystery756k WordsOngoing (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.7kReads8.3Score7.2kShelves
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  39. 89 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop: No Living Visitors 黄泉典当铺,生人勿近 Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Ghost Hunting + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Strange Tales + Taoist Arts + Maoshan] At the end of a street at midnight stands a Yellow Springs Pawnshop. You have no way of knowing whether those who come and go to trade are human or ghost! Lu Guanshan takes over the pawnshop, and on his very first night, he encounters a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof Ghost Queen hanging from a beam. She latches onto him and stays by his side as they collect yin objects and subdue a hundred ghosts. 5.3kReads6.5Score472Shelves
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  40. 90 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score101Shelves
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  41. 91 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 821Reads—Score109Shelves
  42. 92 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. 93 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 94 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开,青丝缠人拖入柜 18k WordsCompleted The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. 95 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档:洞察所有厉鬼规律 Mystery124k WordsOngoing [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 916Reads—Score104Shelves
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  46. 96 A Record of Strange Sightings in the City 都市诡异见闻录 73k WordsCompleted Tales of the Strange in the City 33Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 97 Tales of the City's Strange and Unusual, Part Two 都市诡异见闻录第二部 44k WordsCompleted Urban Supernatural Encounters, Book Two 11Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. 98 Financial Ruin 破財 Xianxia154k WordsOngoing Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 286Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 99 12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分,请确认你的姓名 Mystery349k WordsOngoing In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di 17Reads—Score170Shelves
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  50. 100 Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记 Mystery95k WordsCompleted [Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but 467Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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