Novels like Yellow Springs Inn
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- 1 The Living Coffin 活人棺 My girlfriend of four years had always been very conservative, until she said she wanted to take me to her hometown to meet her parents. Later, I discovered it was a place where women vastly outnumbered men... 247Reads—Score100Shelves
- 2 I Became a Yin-Yang Master's Disciple at Seven and Read the Signs in Northeast China 七岁拜师阴阳先生，我在东北看事 When I was seven, my fate was rewritten. Something evil had entered our home, so I became a disciple of Liu Ye, a folk master. From the start, I ran into a rat spirit, and my mother was cursed with a Gu from the Miao borderlands. At seven, I became his apprentice and braved the supernatural dangers of Northeast China. From then on, I went from village to village, reading fortunes, dispelling curses, guiding souls, and capturing ghosts. Haunted houses in mountain villages, strange happenings in g 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Corpse Soul's Lost Spirit 尸魂落魄 I bought a human-body mannequin on Taobao. The seller had clearly gone to a lot of trouble, because what arrived was a living corpse... 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Curio Shop 奇物斋 One strange incident after another intertwines... One mysterious artifact after another is traded... A dismembered woman... an obsession unaware that its owner is dead... an inn that eats people... a rich girl who raises ghosts... a man with a manic disorder... people raised in pigsties... a game under attack from the apocalypse... a vanished mountain god... a land of nothingness... They say there is a wondrous place in this world called the Curio Shop. Its location is unk 204Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 590Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 6 The Yellow Springs Inn 黄泉客栈 Legend has it that at the boundary between the mortal realm and the underworld lies an ancient, mysterious street called Banshijin. On it stands an inn known as the Reincarnation Inn. Any soul, be it human, god, demon, or monster, whose heart is gripped by an overwhelming fixation will come here after death and wander along this street. 1kReads5.8Score—Shelves
- 7 They Call Me the Great Master 他们叫我大先生 You surely know about the shamanic horsemen beyond the passes, but have you heard of the Four Great Houses within the passes? In the 1990s, Yang Wanli was born in a village in northern China. A fortune-teller said he was the reincarnation of an evil ghost and was destined to stir up trouble. By a twist of fate, he became a disciple of the Daoist school and got entangled with the Four Great Houses. Strange and sinister things kept happening around him. A fallen dragon, an immortal who has shed th 801Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 8 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 274Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 9 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 129Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 10 The Underworld Boss’s Overworked Agent 冥界BOSS的社畜代理人 This is the story of an overworked office drone who saves the world with “project management thinking” (and takes the gods for all they’re worth along the way). Urban workplace drama + supernatural suspense + divine boss. It’s action-packed from start to finish, so you won’t regret giving it a try! Su Xiaoxiao is an office drone crushed by performance targets and rent. The only birthday gift she receives is a ring sent by someone she doesn’t know. Then a silver-haired man who calls himself the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Horror Mountain Village: I Get a Golden Finger by Completing Quests 恐怖山村：我靠做任务得金手指 [System] [Horror] [A touch of romance] [White-lotus heroine] [Two male leads] Gu Xi enters a real-life scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” but she doesn't even survive the first volume before the ghost bride kills her. She has barely been buried when someone comes to dig up her grave. After finally making it back to the village alive, she must face an enormous natural disaster. The fog from the mountain behind the village is spreading. What will become of the entire Dizang Village? With t 607Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 12 Terrifying Folklore: It Begins with the Weasel Spirit 恐怖民俗：从黄皮子开始 The day I was born, I bore the burden of the Five Ghosts, and my soul was bound. I was destined to die, but my grandfather used an evil folk ritual to borrow a life for me. When I was twelve, weasels surrounded the village. They told me the life I'd borrowed had to be repaid... 100Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 13 The Supernatural General Store 妖妖灵杂货铺 A dilapidated grocery store goes by another name: Yaoyao Ling. Think that sounds strange? The owner of this shop is stranger still. Other people hunt ghosts, but he eats them. You’re afraid of going to hell, but he was born there. After thousands of years, he can no longer tell whether he is human or ghost. But he knows exactly why he is still alive. Everything begins in this little grocery store, where funny, thrilling, and fascinating supernatural tales await. It’s all here at the Yaoyao Ling 118Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 14 Memoirs of a Spirit-Medium Taoist 出马道士回忆录 First establish a spirit-medium altar, then head to Bayu to study the ritual arts. A Qingwei disciple, holding the rank of Dujiao, with a white crane in his cave. A book of real experiences, true stories, and popular science! Everything in this book comes from my own real experiences and true stories! This book only covers things that really happened. It contains no fantasy or cultivation tales! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Young Physician 少郎中 All things in this world have their causes and consequences. Good deeds bring blessings, while evil deeds breed sin. Children are too young to know better, so they cannot be the cause. When ill-fated bonds arise, it is usually because their parents have done wrong. We, the Young Doctors, are here to free these innocent children from their suffering… 386Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 16 The Maoshan Sect Master 茅山宗师 The greatest blessed land under heaven, the eighth grotto-heaven, is known as the Orthodox Maoshan Tradition! The Manifest Sect has carried its mandate for a thousand years, while the Esoteric Sect has subdued dragons across ten thousand miles. The thousand-year struggle between the two branches of the Maoshan Sect has become a legendary tale without precedent. Gathering the finest wisdom of the immortal way from the ages and preserving the ancient essence of rare secret arts, the path is simple 1.3kReads8.4Score105Shelves
- 17 Born of a Corpse: I Landed a Government Job by Catching Ghosts 尸生子：我靠抓鬼混上编制 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Black Cat General Store 黑猫杂货铺 The Black Cat General Store trades one item for another. Whatever you desire, it can provide... My friend, have you heard of the Black Cat General Store? It is a place of trade in another world, where desire is exchanged for desire. Whatever you want can be found here. Money, power, beauty, luck... As long as you are willing, anything is possible... 147Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 19 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I’m Just an Ordinary Woman 我只是一个普普通通的女子 The rating has only just opened, so it’ll keep going up! [Supernatural + Strong Female Lead + Feng Shui and Metaphysics + Horror + Episodic Stories + Spiritual Qi Revival] A metaphysical ghost-hunting story featuring supernatural tales. The female lead is the strongest fighter, bar none! The pairing is with her master. Set against the backdrop of spiritual qi revival, the mortal world and the underworld work together. The world unfolds as the stories progress. The female lead has already been re 709Reads8.1Score116Shelves
- 22 My Final Ten Years as a Taoist 我为道士的最后十年 Wherever there is desire in this world, there are ghosts. I, Jiang Ping, was accidentally caught up in a supernatural incident, leaving me with only ten years to live. Since my fate is sealed, I’ll cultivate the Dao and extend my life. Capture ghosts, slay demons. A sharp mind and a well-laid plan. No cheap melodrama or harem antics, though the plot takes a while to unfold. Also, this is a long novel. What? You don’t like that? Take your time and give it a proper read, or don’t blame me when I 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Years I Spent as a Shepherd 我当羊倌那些年 A noodle shop packed with customers uses eels dug out of graves. A scrawny yellow dog is willing to develop gallstones for the sake of its master. A man-eating catfish has a water-swallowing pearl in its belly, while the teeth of an ancient corpse have turned to jade. As an heir to the grave-robbing treasure-seeking trade, I transmigrate through mountains and forests in search of heavenly treasures. People call those of our trade shepherds… 2kReads8.1Score237Shelves
- 24 The Yin Messenger's Wife 阴差夫人 Twin sisters, one human and one ghost. My parents were brutally murdered before my eyes. I sought help from a ghost-catching official to avenge them, but he demanded I catch three thousand ghosts for him. I never imagined I would end up becoming a ghost-catching official myself... 3.9kReads9.0Score335Shelves
- 25 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 110Reads—Score155Shelves
- 26 Tomb Raiding for Gold 盗墓摸金 A hidden paradise and unexpected romance in a tomb? Rumor has it that the prince’s tomb on Sifang Mountain is full of terrifying zongzi zombies, ghosts, deadly traps, and immense treasure. Having inherited my grandfather’s tomb-raiding skills, I decided to see for myself. But to my surprise, the tomb held a hidden paradise, where a group of strange people lived… 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Exorcism Records: The Supreme Judge of Yin and Yang 镇鬼实录：阴阳第一执宰人 [Traditional supernatural horror + ghost hunting + no romance] The city is full of tricks. I want to go back to the countryside. After losing his job, Jiang Bai returns to his rural hometown, only to find that a wicked spirit has begun tearing out people’s hearts. More and more villagers are being killed, and the whole village is helpless. Ignoring his late grandfather’s prohibition, he inherits his grandfather’s legacy and enters the world of the mystic arts. In a once-quiet town, accidents kee 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Midnight General Store 午夜杂货铺 “Welcome to the Underworld General Store. Here, you’ll find merchandise unlike anything else, along with extraordinary service…” I run a midnight general store and work as a professional spirit walker, moving between the worlds of yin and yang. In the pitch-black night, I deal in things that must never be spoken of. Then one day, a strange customer dressed head to toe in red came in, and that was when the real horror began… 7.2kReads8.4Score571Shelves
- 29 The Legend of Han the Blind Man 韩瞎子传奇 He was known as Han the Blind, a master of the secrets of feng shui and yin-yang arts. For decades, he roamed the lands beyond the Great Wall, known to everyone. He could read the heavens, the earth, people, and ghosts, yet could never predict his own fate. His life was beset by misfortune: orphaned by his father at a young age, he bore the burden of his sect’s rise and fall. Cursed with the Five Abuses and Three Deficiencies, he had love in his heart, yet was destined to die alone. This book re 2.5kReads7.2Score448Shelves
- 30 Every Female Ghost I Meet Is Absolutely Top-Tier! 我遇见的女鬼都超顶！ I happened to receive a piece of spirit money from the Bank of the Underworld on Ghost Festival, and it kicked off an entertaining career of running into ghosts. And they're all beautiful female ghosts!! Hehe, as long as you're brave enough, even female ghosts take maternity leave!!! 1.2kReads7.4Score166Shelves
- 31 Living in America, I Start with a Chinese-Style Haunted House 人在老美，开局中式鬼屋 American Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and none make it out alive; Chinese Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and six people make it out; I’ll prove that all Americans are cowards! 616Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Ghost-Hunting Qingfeng Lodge 捉鬼清风居 “Clear Breeze Hall” is a shop specializing in exorcising demons and driving away ghosts. A strange couplet hangs by the door: First line: If you’re free of disaster and trouble, don’t come in. Second line: If you’ve got ghosts or demons, come on in. The shop’s owner is a 21-year-old young man named Zhang Qingfeng, the thirty-ninth-generation heir of the Zixiao Sect. Some say the owner is obsessed with money and cares about nothing else. Others say he’s a living bodhisattva who came into the worl 6.2kReads8.8Score519Shelves
- 33 A Feng Shui Master Born in the 1990s 90后风水师 One glance tells you who is destined for riches. Two reveal who will live or die. After realizing that the goddess was doomed to disaster, Li Shiyi embarked on a road of death from which there was no turning back. 282Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 34 The Death and Life Inn 生死客栈 (Don’t read this. Go away.)… 245Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 35 A Record of Strange Encounters 怪异见闻录 [Folk horror, Taoist exorcists, spirit mediums banishing evil, no romance, intelligent protagonist] My grandmother is a spirit medium. Just tonight, Uncle Bei from our village came to ask her to perform an exorcism. He said Auntie Liu from the village was actually a ghost? But Auntie Liu only came to my shop yesterday to buy paper money! And so began a series of strange encounters… that turned me from an ordinary person into someone with only three souls and six spirits left! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Tales of the Supernatural 灵异怪谈 Yin-yang masters are fated to suffer the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies. Is there any way to escape their fate? A life-and-death romance with a bloodthirsty vampire zombie! After desperately searching for the Strange Records of Yin and Yang, he discovers it is all part of an even bigger conspiracy! The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, bloodthirsty vampire zombies, an inn in the underworld, an ancient Warring States tomb, and the Strange Records of Yin and Yang all feature in Strange Tales of the S 1.6kReads8.8Score137Shelves
- 37 Strange Yin-Yang Tales: A Half-Immortal’s Records 阴阳诡事：半仙诡录 [This is no ordinary supernatural story. It’s all about horror and suspense: no mindless power fantasy, just yin-yang taboos, the Grinning Fiend, the Ghost Bride’s Gown, eerie shadows in an ancient mansion, and the Mandarin Duck Pendant. If it’s not good, you can break my legs!!] There’s no shortage of bizarre happenings between the worlds of yin and yang. The Grinning Fiend: what unknowable resentment lies behind that sinister face? The thousand-year-old fox: what cunning schemes hide beneath h 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Deadly Taboos of Horror 惊悚死人禁忌 [Definitely not ordinary paranormal fiction. Focused on horror and suspense, not mindless wish fulfillment. Folk tales of the supernatural, ghost babies. If you don’t like it after reading, feel free to criticize it.] A mountain village shrouded in mystery is beset by one strange incident after another. A coffin that cannot be lifted at a funeral, children mysteriously drowning, and the question of why a water ghost has appeared. What truth lies behind the deaths? A baby’s anguished cries ring o 154Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Midnight Spirit Shop 深夜灵店 I'm neither a yin-yang master nor an exorcist, but I do have an unusual left eye. I run a shop that opens only at midnight, serving customers who have run into special troubles. A little shop, a cup of tea for a guest, and so my story begins... 1.8kReads8.6Score194Shelves
- 40 The Heavenly Coffin Comes to Town: Living Must Keep Away 天棺出巡，活人回避 The year Jiangnan suffered a terrible drought, a coffin was dredged up from the river. From that day on, torrential winds and rain battered the region for a month. Floodwaters surged, swallowing countless towns and cities. I was ten that year. More than a dozen red Hongqi cars with Beijing plates, along with rows of luxury cars, arrived in our little town. I don’t know how many important people knelt outside my home, begging my grandfather to stop the floods... [Folk customs, feng shui. A coffin 8.6kReads8.8Score792Shelves
- 41 Strange Tales from the Countryside 乡野诡事 There is a saying among the common folk: those who keep an "immortal patron" may earn fortunes and receive countless favors from them, but when death comes, the patron takes it all back. The village elders say that Bu Gui was not born to his parents, but was sent to them by Seventh Granny with the help of an "immortal patron." Seventh Granny is a renowned spirit medium from far and wide, and now she is close to death. A series of strange events befalls Bu Gui. To stay alive, he has no choice but 4.1kReads8.9Score270Shelves
- 42 The Republic-Era Book of Mysteries 民国诡秘录 Sometimes, the one who takes your life isn’t a person at all, but an evil spirit or demon. And the one controlling those spirits from behind the scenes might well be human... In the chaotic Republican era, foreign powers encircled the nation, eager to invade China, while warlords fought among themselves at home, leaving the land in ruins. On the other side of the jianghu, evil spirits rose everywhere and ghosts ran rampant, while mysterious foreign religions invaded as well. After waking from a 907Reads—Score105Shelves
- 43 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 690Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 44 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
- 45 The Autobiography of a Yin Walker 一位走阴人的自传 Adapted into a full-cast audiobook on Tomato Listen. [This story is based on the true account of someone who walks between the worlds of the living and the dead. The horror is off the charts, so timid readers beware!] Have you ever heard of someone who walks between the worlds of the living and the dead? I'm the only son in three generations of the Guo family. My name is Guo Lideng. I've had the yin-yang eyes since I was a child, and can see things ordinary people cannot. As an adult, I stumbled 5.8kReads7.1Score340Shelves
- 46 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.5kReads9.1Score960Shelves
- 47 The Grave Relocation Master 迁坟师 You've heard of yin-yang masters, fortune-tellers, and feng shui masters. But have you ever heard of a grave relocation master? Do you know how relocating a grave can affect the deceased's descendants? My name is Chen An, and I'm a grave relocation master. I've spent my whole life dealing with graves and bones. I've seen clients strike it rich after relocating a grave. I've seen clients rise to high office after relocating a grave. I've also seen clients whose entire clan died out after relocati 10.5kReads9.0Score911Shelves
- 48 On My Graduation Internship, I Become the Underworld Emperor Fengdu's Spokesperson 毕业实习：我成了酆都大帝代言人 Just before graduation, Du Feng gets an interview at the Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Shop and unexpectedly becomes the spokesperson for the Great Emperor of Fengdu. From then on, his life takes a dramatic turn. As the young lord of the underworld, he commands the respect of countless ghosts, slays ghosts and demons, drives out evil and binds spirits, and judges the affairs of yin and yang... Du Feng: “Crush their bones and scorch their marrow, gouge out their eyes and flay them, tear out their tendons 1.5kReads8.4Score148Shelves
- 49 I'm a Merchant in a World of Horror 我在惊悚世界当商人 Some people trade in the living, while others trade in the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, joss paper, burial clothes, or paper offerings. I sell things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger… 2.6kReads8.8Score262Shelves
- 50 Rice Divination and a Ghostly Wedding 阴看米，鬼哭嫁 On the day I was born, paper figures came to pay their respects and left behind money to buy my life. To keep me alive, an old woman from Miaojiang made me lie in a paper coffin, pinned me down with bones, and buried me alive at birth. This drew a hundred ghosts to bow before me and severed the heads of nine dragons. The old woman said that a spirit wanted my life. She hid my shadow, and I must not look in a mirror before I turned sixteen. I followed her warning faithfully, but then the old woma 3.7kReads9.0Score454Shelves
