Novels like The Ruyi Rouge Shop
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Ruyi Rouge Shop, best match first.
- 101 A Sequel to Yashe 哑舍自续 I'm no great literary master or veteran writer. I'm just a guy who likes reading and has a passion for history. I've been fortunate enough to visit many museums. To me, the antiques in their display cases are conversations across centuries, echoes across millennia. I also really like Xuan Se, but I don't know why Ya She suddenly ended. There were still so many stories waiting to unfold in that antique shop. I couldn't bear to see that shop disappear, so I thought I'd continue the story in my own 224Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 102 Ethereal: The Tianchizhuan Volume 缥缈·天咫卷 In the prosperous Tang dynasty, Chang'an is beset by ghosts roaming the night and demons gathering in their thousands. In the West Market district, where yin and yang meet, stands a mysterious, ethereal pavilion: the Piaomiao Pavilion. It trades in rare treasures and the seven emotions and six desires. Humans, demons, ghosts, and gods all pass through its doors. Where is the Piaomiao Pavilion? Those without fate may pass right by and never see it; Those with fate will seek it out, even from a th 559Reads9.5Score113Shelves
- 103 Reborn in a County Magistrate's Body: I Solve Cases with Yin-Yang and Become a Legend 魂穿县令：我靠阴阳断案封神 Yun Yan, a Taoist priest from Xuanqing Temple, gave his life to shield his master, Daoist Xuanyang, from a fatal sneak attack. He was trying to stop a traitorous Taoist from the Central Plains, who had allied with the Kikugawa sect of Sakura Country, from destroying the dragon vein and bringing disaster upon the people. During their battle at Lingxu Ridge, Yun Yan’s soul was scattered. When he opened his eyes again, he had unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of Shen Qingwu, a penniless sch 21.9kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
- 104 Modern Bestiary of Demons: The Immortal Fox Plays the Zither for a Thousand Years 现代百妖谱：仙狐有琴渡千岁 Mystery-solving ensemble + fantasy and the supernatural + heartwarming stories. Su Jiujing, a nine-tailed fox, has followed her master, Gong Yuhui, the spirit of a nine-string zither, into the Demon-Suppression Bureau to hunt demons for over a thousand years. She has met emperors lamenting, “In the moonlight, it pains me to look back on my lost homeland”; scholars sighing, “The tears of the survivors are spent amid the dust of the northern invaders”; and Taoist priests furious that “the gods tre 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Tales of a Floating Life: Volume One 浮生物语·壹 Thousands of years ago, she was a little tree demon who fell in love with the Water God. After experiencing the tragic end of that ill-fated romance, she lived on alone into the modern era and became the proprietress of the “Endless” dessert shop. She brews a tea called “Fleeting Life,” and all sorts of strange customers visit her shop. Each one drinks her tea and tells her a story: the stirring love and hate of the monsters. A handsome young cat demon falls in love with a fish; a visually flamb 113Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 106 Feng Shui Master, Hear My Words 风水师报君知 [Fantasy + episodic stories + magic arts + romance + punishing evil and promoting good] In the old town, Flowerbranch Street always stays at 25 degrees. Hidden along it is Courtyard No. 128. Its resident is Bao Junzhi, a feng shui master of breathtaking beauty. His magic is wondrous, and he despises evil. From the shadows, he protects the safety of the kindhearted. Flowerbranch Street No. 128 is a sanctuary that can appear anywhere. Anyone facing sorrow or fear can step into Bao Junzhi's courtya 130Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 107 The Wangchuan Tea House (Two-Volume Set) 忘川茶舍（全二册） [Xianxia romance + based on a screen original + tragic love + twists in an ancient setting] [A cup of tea, a love story. At Wangchuan Teahouse, you’ll never be troubled by love again.] To restore her beloved’s soul, Liu Sheng came to the mortal world and opened a teahouse, gathering the most unforgettable emotions among humankind. Whenever she collected a feeling as clear as water, she poured it into the River of Forgetfulness. Once its murky waters ran clear, she would be able to see her belove 268Reads9.3Score100Shelves
- 108 The Bone Painter 白骨画师 He is a painter, and she is the work he is most proud of. He is also a collector, using artifacts as his medium and white bones as his guide. Shanghai, in an old alley. An ancient woman, and a qipao shop called Ling Gu Zhai. Every antique in the shop holds the record of a story from the past. So, did you know that the things of legend really do exist... (A collection of strange tales and supernatural mysteries, beginning in the Republican era.) 155Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 109 A Surprise Stepmother: Winning Over My Husband and Raising the Kids 喜当后娘，撩夫养崽 [Super-Sweet Feel-Good Story + Ugly, Fat, Poor Woman's Rise + Making a Fortune + Strong Female Lead + Adorable Kids] What's worse than being ugly? Being fat! What's worse than being fat? Being poor! Ugly, fat, poor... When all three fatal flaws descend upon Mingxi, she knows she's in trouble, big trouble! Bring on the beauty treatments, bring on the weight loss, bring on the fortune-making! She's just as formidable in ancient times, running a little restaurant and making money hand over fist, wh 73Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 110 Reborn as the Killer, I Clear My Name Through Forensic Autopsies 穿成凶手后我靠验尸洗白 [Hilarious + satisfying revenge + sweet romance + transmigrate + mystery] Modern forensic pathologist Jiang Ci transmigrates into the body of a murder suspect. The moment she wakes up, there’s a corpse under her bed, and it’s naked. Jiang Ci is speechless, especially since the man in charge of the investigation is her fiancé, His Highness Prince Yu of the Great Liang Dynasty. Unwilling to spend even a day in the Ministry of Justice’s prison, Jiang Ci decides to land herself a job directly with t 622Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 111 Strange Cases of the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺诡奇案 Mystery and crime-solving. (The male and female leads have feelings for each other, but they will not end up together. They see the world differently and have their own ideas about their futures. The female lead gets far more page time than the male lead. He barely appears in some cases, and there is very little romance. I’m putting this upfront so you can decide whether to read it. Updates are often irregular, and I write wherever the story takes me.) To clear her family’s name, Qiao Lanzhi ent 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 She Solved Cases and Became the Finest in Yanjing 她靠破案冠绝燕京 Murder mysteries + sweet romance + woman disguised as a man She is the daughter of a disgraced official. To survive, she disguises herself as a man and becomes a coroner. He is the emperor’s brother-in-law and the only prince with a different surname in the Great Xia dynasty. He oversees the empire’s criminal justice system. But who could know that every day, he lives as if treading on thin ice? They meet during an assassination attempt, and later, while investigating a case together, they come 92Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 113 Underworld Girl Meng Yu 地府少女梦屿 [Underworld + short arcs + long arcs + wild imagination + based on true events + no CP for now] Meng Yu had just graduated from college and was ready to make her mark in the world. But her plans were over before they even began. Before she could collect herself, she had already become an employee of the Land Administration Bureau. While everyone else was still working hard to earn money, she could retire at thirty. It's not that Meng Yu is bragging. The Land Administration Bureau simply pays w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Betrayed, I Rose from the Ashes 被背叛后，我涅槃了 This book is titled The Bell Tower Chronicles. [Fantasy + strong female lead + ensemble cast + episodic arcs + mystery-solving + past and present lives + an overarching storyline] One heartwarming yet sorrowful story after another forms a River of Forgetfulness that is impossible to cross and impossible to forget. To exterminate demons and uphold the Way is to defend righteousness. But do humans always represent righteousness? What is the righteous path, and what is evil? How are demons and beas 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 After I Was Dumped at a Mass Grave, All My Clients Were Ghosts 被丢乱坟坡后，我的客户全是鬼 [Historical Romance + Watching the Drama Unfold + All Kinds of Ghosts + A Heroine Who Puts No One First + From the Start, the Story Jumps Straight Ten Years Ahead Instead of Starting with Childhood] The lax cultivator Zhuyu failed her tribulation. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in the body of a dying three-year-old child in ancient times. In the middle of winter, her family had tossed her onto a mass grave. She was just about to freeze to death. The good news: She'd been struck dead 60.5kReads8.9Score8.8kShelves
- 116 The Underworld Bureau and the Ghost Teahouse 阴曹司，鬼茶馆 Ba Xian Town, Sifang Street. At the heart of the street stood a small courtyard. A plaque of boxwood hung above the entrance, bearing three characters in wild cursive: Wei Teahouse. This teahouse, built of carved blue stone, had always done good business. Traveling merchants stopping for tea and old men strolling with their birdcages were regulars. It was an age of upheaval, superstition, warlords, and rampant banditry, yet no one dared cause trouble for this little teahouse. For every nightfall 141Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 117 Langhuan Art Gallery 嫏嬛画馆 A fantastical historical romance from popular Jinjiang author Qiu Ruoye! This is not only a collection of fantasy historical romance episodes, but also the taming diary of a rich, beautiful boss and her husband. In Luoyang, down an inconspicuous alley, there is a gallery called Langhuan. Hidden away from the world, it waits for those destined to find it. Its owner is a young woman named Langhuan. Rumor has it that her brushwork is so masterful it seems divine, and that she can paint the desires 26Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 118 Chang’an Moon, Frost-Colored 长安月如霜 [Fox Demon ♥ Rabbit Demon]|Love and hate|Everyone's favorite|Late Tang supernatural mysteries|Suspense and horror|Battles between good and evil Foxfire lights the long night; frost falls upon Chang'an. In the waning years of the Tang dynasty, the world is in turmoil and demons run rampant. Monsters lurk in the alleys, harming people. A solitary lamp flickers in the dead of night; ghostly shadows drift through deserted lanes, and eerie cries ring out. Beneath the bustle of human life lie count 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 My Princess Consort Is a Great Detective 我的王妃是神探 Su Qingmo, the legitimate daughter of a prestigious family who has only just come of age, is married into a prince's manor by imperial decree. She had planned to spend her life with her princely husband in mutual respect, but never expected the pair to become entangled in a string of bizarre cases in the capital. Dismemberment! Vengeful spirits! Cannibalism! Gu poison! Who is the mastermind behind it all? Each case is enough to make one's blood run cold, yet they are also filled with warmth and 182Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 120 The Dali Temple Couple’s Daily Case Files 大理寺夫妇探案日常 Completed [Detective husband-and-wife duo + episodic cases + deduction + fair-play mysteries + everyone's favorite] A transmigrated policewoman obsessed with solving cases VS a Minister of the Court of Judicial Review just as obsessed with solving cases. Bound together by their sense of justice, these two workaholics gradually fall for each other as they investigate. Together, they solve one baffling mystery after another and find a love forged through the bonds of comradeship. 426Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 121 Detective Bieyang: The Dali Temple Deputy Minister's Personal Advisor 女探别漾，大理寺少卿的私人参军 By a twist of fate, Bie Yang and her adopted younger sister Zhong Ling save Xiao Rui, a former junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review who has been demoted to county commandant of Linglong County. They assume their paths won’t cross again, but when two unidentified skeletons are discovered in a secret room at Xiuwei Pavilion, they are brought together once more. Hoping to solve the mystery quickly and keep it from hurting the pavilion’s business, Bie Yang and County Commandant Xiao join 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Twin Mystery: My Sister Is a Coroner 双生谜案：我的姐姐是仵作 [A genius coroner sister is murdered, and her kitchen novice sister is forced to step in] [Autopsies ✙ golden finger ✙ twists ✙ bickering partners ✙ swapped identities] Also known as: Lord Shaoqing! There’s another big case! The greatest thing A Wan can do is toss a wok and stir-fry. Her worst nightmare? Having to perform an autopsy on her dead sister! Five days ago, her sister A Qing was murdered while investigating the “Hairpin Flower Case.” She left behind only one word: Live! To uncover the 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Carefree Teahouse (Complete in Two Volumes) 无忧茶馆（全二册） A richly atmospheric, fantastical and romantic tale where the fates of humans and demons converge amid the bustle of everyday life. Rumors of demons often emerge from the Wuyou Teahouse by the Qutan River in Wuyou City, Zhaoguo. People say that after nightfall, mournful sobs and whispered conversations drift out of the teahouse. As a result, business is poor and it barely stays afloat. Five hundred years ago, Gao He unwittingly made a wager with the demon-hunting sorcerer Qiu Guan. Ever since, 1.1kReads9.0Score219Shelves
- 124 The Misty World: The Divine Capital Arc 缥缈·神都卷 In the flourishing Tang dynasty, Chang’an was a place where ghosts roamed at night and countless demons gathered. In the marketplaces of the Western District, on the border between yin and yang, stood a mysterious, ethereal pavilion: the Misty Pavilion. It traded in rare treasures and the seven emotions and six desires. Humans, demons, ghosts, and gods all came and went within its walls. Where is the Misty Pavilion? Those without fate with it may pass right by and never see it. Those destined 1.1kReads9.5Score106Shelves
- 125 Tales of a Cat Demon: Urban Legends 猫妖物语：城市传说 Mystery version: I’m a demon, a cat demon everyone wants dead. I have nine lives, and the first three were taken by the magical weapons of monks and Taoist priests. I don’t want to die, and I don’t want to kill anyone. I just want to live, and live well. That’s why I need the Fruit of Immortality. If you happen to see one, contact me immediately. My number is 132XXXX2706. Yu Mingzhu, owner of Urban Legends Dessert Shop, female, age 500+ Heartwarming version: Yu Mingzhu, a nine-lived cat demon, o 11Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 126 Guide to the Yellow Springs 黄泉路引 [Fantasy xianxia + strange tales + past and present lives] At the border between the human realm and the underworld, there is more than just the Bridge of Helplessness and Lady Meng. There is also me, the first guardian on the Yellow Springs Road. My name is Quanyin. I know not when I was born, nor where my road will end. I only guard the boundary between yin and yang, ever present at the moment between life and death. I hold two lamps. One lights the souls’ path westward; the other helps them h 310Reads9.1Score107Shelves
- 127 The Grand Court’s Female Coroner’s Journal 大理寺女仵作日志 Tan Anruo, a young coroner at the county yamen, is summoned to the turbulent city of Luozhou by an imperial order from the Empress Dowager. She is inadvertently drawn into an unsolved case at the Court of Judicial Review. To save her own life, Tan Anruo joins forces with Song Jiu'an, a junior official at the court, and others to crack the case. A paper effigy kills in the dead of night, dressed in red and with its hair hanging loose as it asks people for directions. Is it really a paper effigy, 1.4kReads8.7Score216Shelves
- 128 Even in Ancient Times, I Was a Master Detective 穿到古代我也是破案大天才 After cracking her skull in a fall, Ji Mingyue recalls her past life as a criminal police officer. Seeing how dull and lifeless her current life is, she decides to head to the capital for some excitement. After all, a brilliant, capable, clever genius like her should contribute to society and help these ancient people, whose brains are full of holes, solve difficult and unusual cases. Then she can live happily ever after, famous and wealthy, eating and drinking to her heart’s content. The road a 1.8kReads8.8Score279Shelves
- 129 The Fox Spirit’s Tavern 狐姬酒肆 Hu Ying the little fox immortal made wine so tempting it bewitched the Three Realms and ensnared all living beings. But it had no effect on Prime Minister Qin Lingmo. Worse, after she saved his life, he accused her of being a demon and even asked the sect leader to subdue her. Hmph! How could I, the great fox immortal, lose an argument to a mere human? Sooner or later, I'll take over your prime minister's residence! All the money will be mine! And the man, too! 17Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 130 Misty: The Corpse Tomb Volume 缥缈·尸穸卷 In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was haunted by a hundred ghosts and thronged with myriad demons. In a district of the Western Market, at the boundary between yin and yang, stood the mysterious, ethereal Pavilion of Mist and Mirage. It traded in rare treasures and the seven emotions and six desires. Humans, demons, ghosts, and gods all came and went within. Where is the Pavilion of Mist and Mirage? Those without fate pass by without seeing it; Those with fate will seek it out from a thou 654Reads9.5Score102Shelves
- 131 I'm a Ghost Officer in the Underworld 姐在地府当鬼差 [Mysticism, ridiculous laughs, mildly spooky supernatural elements, a powerful and devoted couple, episodic stories] Legend has it that there is a city in the Underworld called the City of Unjust Deaths. Those who died unjustly, whether they have grudges left unresolved or wishes yet unfulfilled, can submit their cases to the Bureau. Only after their grievances are settled and their obsessions dispelled can they enter Fengdu in the Underworld and pass through the six paths of reincarnation. Almo 44Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 132 Taking My Demon Wife to Guide Spirits Across 带着妖妻去渡灵 The new book, This Enchanting Spirit Takes Me Ghost-Hunting, is now available! In this vast world, there are countless things beyond belief. Over the course of a long life, everyone is bound to encounter something unclean, and even many years later, the memory can remain vivid… When I was ten, I got lost in the mountains with my chubby friend because we were fooling around. That was when my life began to change dramatically. From then on, armed with my thousand-year-old demon wife, an incomplete 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Love and Crime: The Forensic Beauty and Her Obsessive Prince 谈情说案：强迫症王爷的法医美妃 She was a genius forensic pathologist in the 21st century. Her hands had dissected the dead and saved the living; with a turn of her wrist, she could command the winds and clouds. After being murdered, she became the eldest daughter of the Qin family, a foolish beauty whom everyone in Shengjing despised. He was His Highness Prince Jinyang, Gu Yanci, a cold and aloof man with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. A level-ten case, by all accounts. While everyone waited to laugh at her, Qin Yan jo 61Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 134 The Tyrant Threw Me from Yitian Hall, and the Entire Court Pressed Me to Sue Him 被暴君推下仪天殿，全朝逼我告他 [Humble overworked office drone × sickly tyrant emperor] [Mutual salvation + power struggles + comeback + two strong leads] Lin Yan died at twenty-five. With a sigh, fate let her see the light of day once more. At her empress coronation, she fell from the Cloud Hall’s long staircase. The whole court was asking: Had the tyrant done it? The court was alive with hidden blades, waiting for her to make a move. But the empress had lost her memory. Confused, she couldn’t answer a single question. The t 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 With Love, With Time 以爱情以时光 During graduation season, my boyfriend and my best friend both cheated on me. Seven years of love and friendship vanished overnight. I was consumed by bitterness and left utterly humiliated. That was when Luo Xiangdong appeared, looking down at me with pity. He said, “Liang Zizhen, are you really that desperate for a man?” Later, when money troubles forced me to drink with clients and smile for them, he said, “Liang Zizhen, would you sell your dignity for money?” He took me through a world of gl 3.2kReads9.1Score384Shelves
- 136 The County Magistrate’s Daily Case Files 女县令的查案日常 No romance Young Tang Shifang passes the imperial exam and secures a post as magistrate of Fengyang County. But after becoming entangled in a power struggle, he is ambushed on his way to take up the post, falls off a cliff, and disappears, presumed dead. To uncover the truth, his younger sister, Tang Shiqi, disguises herself as him and takes up the post of magistrate. While secretly searching for her brother, whose fate and whereabouts are unknown, she solves countless cases, including a couple 124Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 137 Tales of Strange Beings from the Mountains and Seas 山海异闻录 With a brushstroke and a sheet of paper, she writes of the meetings and partings of the Three Realms; across a lifetime, she witnesses all the joys and sorrows of the living. Jun Chishu is a book-writing demon who dreams of writing a remarkable Record of Interviews with Ancient Demon Gods. So she bids farewell to her friend Jiaolong and leaves her homeland. Along the way, she meets legendary demon gods with distinctive personalities, including the Nine-Headed Serpent, Taotie, Xingtian, Minshan, 340Reads9.3Score103Shelves
- 138 The Gluttonous Lady (3-Volume Set) 饕餮娘子（全三册） In the late Ming dynasty, on Liuqing Street in the ancient city of Jiangcheng, the alluring proprietress Tao Sanniang is a Taotie in human form. Her mysterious restaurant, Huanxiang Hall, can cook every delicacy people could ever desire. The girl Tao Yue'er works as a kitchen hand at Huanxiang Hall. By chance, she stumbles upon the secrets behind its delicacies: Immortal Vinegar is brewed from the obsession of two ill-fated lovers, one living and one dead; Rose Cakes are the deliberate revenge o 1.4kReads9.4Score294Shelves
- 139 The Legendary Case Files of the Female Chief Minister 女首辅的断案传奇 Remember that portly Magistrate Di? Remember those baffling cases that were so hard to crack? Remember... But!! This is a female-oriented mystery, so... hehehe. A legendary detective story set in a fictionalized classical era, starring a chubby female minister! If you love brain-teasing mysteries and solving crimes, come on in, sweeties. You'll find things you can guess and things you can't, as well as things you expect but never saw coming. Of course, there's no romance!!!! This isn't a mindles 69Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 140 Madam Pei: This Case Looks Like a Punishable Offense to Me 裴娘子：这个案子我看刑 [A fallen noble coroner VS a chatty, scheming Vice Minister of Justice] [Case-Solving] A child dead in the snow, a woman with her flesh torn away, a baby inside a sheep’s belly: each case is more horrifying than the last. The clues left behind by a corpse are messengers sent to the living. Listen closely to the final message they bring. [Romance] One is cool and dignified; the other has a severe case of social awkwardness. One is excessively polite; the other is outrageously flirtatious. There’s 303Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 141 At the Foot of Gemstone Hill 宝石山下 At the foot of Gem Mountain lives Li Muzi, a Taoist priest with boundless powers. He can communicate with the past and present, is skilled at solving crimes and catching demons, and is open to discussing anything as long as the price is right. This is the story of the young Taoist priest Li Muzi solving cases across time and space. A mix of deduction, ghosts and romance. More deduction, less romance. 1.1kReads8.8Score133Shelves
- 142 Household Schemes: Not a Decent Soul in the Prince's Manor 宅斗，王府里没有一个好东西 Domestic power struggles: there isn’t a single decent person in the prince’s manor. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Chronicles of the Demon World 妖世录 A companion novel to Moon-Scaled Chronicle and a prequel to Jade and Gold. The heroine is a peach spirit, the hero is a dragon, and the male supporting character is a nine-tailed fox with a severed tail. An ensemble cast in a classical Eastern fantasy world of spirits and monsters. [Two powerful leads uncovering each other’s secret identities + ensemble cast + immortal heroes slaying monsters + aloof, bewitching dragon prince and an innocent, clever healer who awakens as a goddess of war] Jiu Zh 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 The Flower Goddess Record 花神录 There is a clinic called Plain Sight, where the demons treat ghosts, not the living. There is also a coffin shop with no name or signboard. It serves the living and takes business from the dead... 63Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 145 The Great Zhen Female Forensic Examiner 大祯女法医 Yan Ziran transmigrates into the body of a wanted criminal who has been on the run from the authorities for over a decade! A palace upheaval years ago not only took her loved ones from her overnight, it also left her burdened with a blood feud against everyone responsible for her family’s slaughter. To evade the authorities, she fled with her wet nurse to Qingjiang County. There, the coroner at the public mortuary adopted her, and from then on she devoted herself to studying forensic examination 2kReads8.6Score262Shelves
- 146 The Sickly Prince Regent’s Little Mystic Pet Wife 病娇摄政王的玄学小宠妻 Synopsis: Fantasy, supernatural, sweet romance Rumor had it that the biological daughter of Chancellor Ge in the capital was a jinx. A single sentence from her could tear families apart and ruin lives, so everyone avoided her like the plague. Born with a pair of unusual eyes, she could see through all things and predict the future. She even opened a fortune-telling shop in the capital, offering divination, palm reading, fortune-telling, talismans, and feng shui. She did every kind of trick to sw 150Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 147 The Prime Minister's Legitimate Daughter Became an Unofficial Member of the Court of Judicial Review 相府嫡女竟成了大理寺的编外人员 [Talkative, sunny heroine vs. cold-faced killer hero] [Fierce wolfdog in public vs. sweet little puppy in private] Though still young, Lu Zheng guarded the borders and kept Great Zhao safe. Yet somehow, the rumors about him were that he killed one man every ten paces, leaving rivers of blood in his wake; that he was cold and indifferent, and disliked women. When Lu Zheng, stationed far away at the border, heard about it... Wait, who started the rumor that there was something wrong with his sexua 402Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 148 The Phoenix Calamity 凤凰劫 After lying low for ten thousand years, Feng Yinuo finally killed Huang Yihe, the one who was said to bring chaos to the Six Realms. Huang Yihe had waited for twenty thousand years, yet never received a promise from Feng Yinuo. In the end, she became a demon, carrying the blood jade stained with Feng Yinuo's blood and doing everything she could to turn him into one as well… With the power of the blood jade, Huang Yihe was reborn and gave others the chance to start over, too. She watched them e 37Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 149 Misty: The Lantern-Bearer Volume 缥缈·提灯卷 In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Chang’an is haunted by ghosts and swarming with demons. In the Western Market, where yin and yang meet, stands a mysterious and ethereal Pavilion of Mists. It trades in rare treasures and the seven emotions and six desires. Humans, demons, ghosts, and gods all come and go. Where is the Pavilion of Mists? Those without fate with it pass by without seeing it; Those who are destined to find it will seek it out from a thousand miles away. Why must the Pavilion of Mist 3.6kReads9.5Score535Shelves
- 150 A Guide to Cooking Monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海经妖怪食用攻略 Since ancient times, we've only heard of monsters eating people. Who has ever heard of people eating monsters? At the end of the Eastern Wilderness, strange beasts run rampant, and every kind of demon and monster makes its appearance. Taotie squints and rubs his belly, muttering, “These are all natural, pollution-free, premium ingredients, top of the line.” Bai Li tosses a wok with one hand and holds a pot with the other. To her master, who is burping from eating too much, she says, “The old man 29Reads7.7Score—Shelves
