Novels like The Antique Connoisseur
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- 1 The God-Tier Appraisal King 神级鉴宝王 He accidentally acquired X-ray vision, appraised antiques, gambled on jade, made a fortune, and won the hearts of all kinds of goddesses, rising to the top on his road to a comeback. 167Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 2 Divine Eyes That See Through Heaven 神眼通天 Dumped by a gold digger, Chen Xiu is attacked just after boarding the subway. With bad luck piling up, he unexpectedly obtains an ancient jade pendant. From then on, he gains extraordinary skills at appraising treasures! A pawnshop intern who works himself to the bone? Not a chance! With a single glance, he sees through every mystery, and his power skyrockets! From now on, Chen Xiu is the leading authority in the antique world! His cheat-fueled life, rich enough to rival a nation, begins in earn 908Reads8.4Score122Shelves
- 3 Antique Appraisal: From the Start, I Take a Carving Knife to Bet on Jade 鉴宝：开局一把刻刀，空手去赌石 (Also known as: A Carving Knife from the Start, Making a Fortune in Stone Gambling with Bare Hands) Carving, stone gambling, antiques appraisal, collectibles, Daoist medicine, fighting Japanese pirates, and rooting out traitors. Packed with satisfying moments. He has one ingenious trick after another for making a fortune out of nothing, and uses them all with ease. He’s either in the middle of pulling one over on someone or on his way to doing so. Watch him make a fortune from nothing, obtain th 149Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 4 Master Appraiser 鉴宝大宗师 The ruined young master unexpectedly gains a miraculous power: with just one glance, he can see the true nature of anything, instantly becoming a grandmaster appraiser! From then on, he builds his fortune by appraising treasures, finding hidden gems, and betting on stones, making a fortune every day until he’s richer than a nation and unmatched in wealth and influence! 444Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 5 Treasure-Seeking Master 摸宝天师 His father was angered to death, and his mother was hospitalized with an illness. After blowing through thirty million, he became a down-and-out castoff. At the end of his rope, he unexpectedly gained the memories of a master treasure appraiser, beginning a new life in the trade. He would reclaim the life he’d lost as an appraiser! Every treasure the Shen family lost, I’ll take back, one by one! 558Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 6 The Divine Calculator's Bargain Hunter 神算捡漏王 Zhou Ding was expelled from college and could only make a living by bluffing his way through fortune-telling. Then he happened upon a Bagua diagram capable of divining all things, transforming himself into a master fortune-teller whose readings fetched a fortune. He could even strike it rich by spotting hidden treasures among antiques. Millionaire, multimillionaire, billionaire: none of it would be just a dream anymore... 2kReads8.7Score268Shelves
- 7 Peerless Divine Eyes 绝品神眼 The young Ye Feng is framed, and his eyes accidentally gain a miraculous power. When gambling on stones, he can see right through them at a glance. When appraising antiques, a single thought is all he needs to know the answer. 2.7kReads8.5Score360Shelves
- 8 Super Golden Eyes 超级黄金瞳 The Ultimate Golden Eyes can see everything in the world. By chance, this extraordinary power from a rare treasure entered the eyes of Xiao Chen, an ordinary young man, and from then on he began an entirely different, legendary life. First, he turned the antiques world upside down, then he caused chaos in the stone-gambling world. Word has it he's recently ventured into medicine, leaving all the medical bigwigs terrified that they'll soon be out of a job. “Taishang Laojun, you have to stop this 1.5kReads8.4Score159Shelves
- 9 The Jade King 翡翠王 Lin Yue, a low-level worker at a processing plant, made one careless mistake that changed his luck for the better and gave him the power of X-ray vision. He also discovered that the woman who had been living with him for three months was actually a stunning beauty. One stroke of good luck after another put him in his element. He made a name for himself in the world of stone gambling, had beautiful women pursue him, and reveled in their company. 26Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 10 The Peerless Divine Eye 极品神眼 To command the world by day and sleep in the arms of beauties by night: the ultimate goal of every man. An ordinary young man gets a strange jade pendant from an old con artist. To his amazement, the pendant gives him X-ray vision. Watch him take the city by storm and live life on his own terms. 106Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn: The Queen of Antiquities 重生之鉴宝女王 Reborn, An Mian transforms from a weak woman into a queen. She teaches her stepmother and stepsister a lesson, punishes wicked bullies, tramples scheming white lotuses and their little cousins, and puts schoolyard troublemakers in their place. With her golden eyes, she strikes it rich with countless jade-stone gambles, builds an empire from scratch, and has handsome men from every walk of life falling at her feet. 149Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 12 You Have X-Ray Vision, So Why Aren't You Gambling on Stones? Stop Looking Around! 你透视眼不赌石，又在乱看！ [Underdog’s rise + X-ray vision + stone gambling + antiques appraisal + miracle doctor + billionaire + wish-fulfillment] After Cheng Cheng was betrayed by his fiancée, he unexpectedly gained X-ray vision and began his journey to the top! From then on, his fate changed completely, and those who had once bullied and looked down on him were sent plunging into the abyss! He went from a food delivery guy to the world’s richest man. Rare treasures and legendary cultivation techniques alike were all wi 1.7kReads8.8Score273Shelves
- 13 From Civil Servant to Hidden God of Stone Gambling 从公务员到赌石隐神 Frustrated civil servant Tian Chang unexpectedly awakens three special abilities! X-ray vision for gemstone gambling, mind-reading to see through people, and vanishing to save his own skin. One cut at the gambling table makes him rich, but he knows the truth: Show off and you'll get struck by lightning. Keep a low profile and you'll prosper! He's a master of finance and tax, and the law is on his side. He finds bargains at public auctions and private deals, and advances carefully in the busine 10.7kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
- 14 The Ultimate Treasure Hunter 极品捡漏王 Wang Feng, a poor college student, is devastated when his girlfriend breaks up with him. By chance, he gains X-ray vision and rises to power. The astonishing world of jade gambling, the mysterious art of antique appraisal, and the tantalizing ancient tombs beneath the earth make Wang Feng’s name known to everyone. 374Reads8.7Score102Shelves
- 15 Antique Appraisal Comeback: I Strike It Rich with X-Ray Vision 鉴宝逆袭：透视后我靠捡漏赢麻了 [Appraisal in action] [Stone gambling] [Finding hidden treasures] [Antiquing] [Schemes and setups] [Authentic illustrations] Appraising treasures is easy; reading people’s hearts is hard! Five years ago, someone set up Chu Feng’s grandfather with an antique, ruining his reputation and driving him to his death. The Chu family fell into decline. Five years later, Chu Feng unexpectedly awakened the power to see through objects, turning his life around and avenging his grandfather. He finds hidden t 6.2kReads8.5Score650Shelves
- 16 The Appraisal Grandmaster 鉴宝宗师 During the Republican era, Tang Shun, born into a family of antique dealers, saw his entire family wiped out over an imperial jade seal. A century passed in a dream, and when he woke, he had been reborn into a modern body. Relying on memories of his previous life, he makes his mark in the antiques world, finding countless treasures and never making a mistake. He wins the favor of beautiful heiresses and the reverence of antiques-world moguls. “This painting is a fake, because the original was de 5kReads8.9Score470Shelves
- 17 Peerless Clairvoyance 绝品透视 After an accidental electric shock gives him the ability to see through things, Wang Yang rises to the top. Gambling on jade earns him a fortune, healing the sick makes his name immortal, and strengthening his body turns him into the greatest master of ancient martial arts… 2.7kReads8.8Score362Shelves
- 18 I Have a Pair of Super X-Ray Eyes 我有一双超级透视眼 [Mystic eyes + stone gambling + cultivation + billionaire + big shot]~ Zhang Haibo had graduated from university three years ago. He'd hoped to get rich through hard work, but reality had slapped him hard. In that case, he might as well let loose! An unexpected event awakened his mysterious X-ray vision, and suddenly his luck improved. He'd hoped to develop quietly, but people kept coming to provoke him. He'd only wanted to make a friend, yet vast riches kept flowing into his pockets. He'd hoped 2.1kReads8.5Score251Shelves
- 19 Reborn as the Jadeite Queen 重生之翡翠女王 In her previous life, An Jue was betrayed by a lousy boyfriend and died of liver cancer at thirty. Only on her deathbed did she realize that he was the one who had truly loved her! Reborn by a twist of fate, she discovers that her eyes can see jade, and that she has become bound to a strange jade app. An archaeology enthusiast, An Jue now embarks on a path to wealth by finding hidden treasures and betting on stones. She has every kind of top-grade jade at her disposal: imperial green, violet jad 465Reads8.5Score101Shelves
- 20 Antique Appraisal in the 1980s: From the Start, I Get a Hundredfold Profit from Every Find! 年代鉴宝：开局万倍捡漏！ [Period] [Antique Appraisal] [Stone Gambling] [Treasure Hunting] [Shipwrecks] [Ancient Tombs] [Museums] Cao Jianing had spent years scraping by at the Panjiayuan flea market, always stuck among the lowest-ranking stallholders. Just before the New Year, an unexpected visitor changed his life forever. A fragment of Empress Dowager Cixi's coral treasure tree set him on a journey to find hidden treasures. Was Cixi's precious jade watermelon stolen from a Qing imperial tomb, or was it a gift she gave 7kReads8.3Score660Shelves
- 21 Bargain Hunting: I Awakened the Golden Eyes 捡漏：我觉醒了黄金瞳 Qin Tian, an apprentice at an antiques shop, was blessed in the wake of disaster when he unexpectedly gained an extraordinary ability in his eyes. From then on, he rose like a dragon amid turbulent times, mastering antiques appraisal, bargain hunting, feng shui, fortune-telling, life-saving medicine, and more. With a picturesque land and beautiful women all around, I was destined to become the star of this era! 2.7kReads8.5Score264Shelves
- 22 I Really Am the King of Bargain Finds 我真的是捡漏王 His father is framed and sent to prison, his mother is gravely ill, and he is cast out of the family and reduced to a discarded son. Just when he’s at the end of his rope, he gains the supernatural ability to appraise and restore treasures! Starting today, he vows to rewrite his fate and rise from the ashes! “I’m not going back to the Zhang family. I’ll crush them underfoot!” 132Reads8.8Score182Shelves
- 23 Starting Over, I Somehow Gained the Ability to Appraise Treasures 重来一次，我竟有了鉴宝功能 [No romance + urban superpowers + heroine building her career + storage space] A doctor cannot heal herself. In her previous life, Song Chuxia was a renowned practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, but she died of end-stage stomach cancer at just forty! When she opened her eyes, she had returned to her first year of high school. Not only had she been given another chance, she also had x-ray vision, making it easy to gamble on jade and identify antiques! Looking at the familiar classroom an 3.4kReads9.0Score397Shelves
- 24 Antique Tycoon 古玩大亨 [Antique appraisal + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good power fantasy] Xue Chen accidentally obtained a mysterious black piece of ancient jade that gave him the ability to appraise antiques. Thus began his journey of playing the pig to eat the tiger, and he eventually became a legend! 2.7kReads8.7Score366Shelves
- 25 Antique Appraisal: My Eyes Can Identify Anything 鉴宝：我的双眼能鉴别万物 (Finding hidden treasures + stone gambling + X-ray vision + cultural heritage + political intrigue) After an accident, Jiang Cheng discovered that he could see the value of objects with his own eyes. On his very first stone-gambling venture, he struck a top-grade blood-red jadeite with an icy, translucent texture! On his first overseas storage auction, he uncovered cultural relics that had been lost abroad. Jiang Cheng said, “All I want is to quietly become the richest man alive and do my part t 960Reads9.0Score210Shelves
- 26 The Divine Eye of Appraisal: Snatching Treasures Right Under the Experts’ Noses 鉴宝神瞳：从专家手里捡漏 Xu Lang, a cultural relic researcher, accidentally activated an ancient divine disc while on an archaeological dig. A mysterious golden ring empowered his eyes, taking his appraisal skills to new heights. Finding undervalued treasures and protecting national relics became just part of his daily work. What he really sought were buried treasures, ancient shipwrecks, and even valuable mineral deposits. 47Reads9.0Score111Shelves
- 27 The Stone-Gambling Legend 赌石传奇 One cut leaves you broke, one cut makes you rich, one cut leaves you in rags. I'll wager the rest of my life on you turning back to the right path... 81Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 28 The King of Jade 翡翠之王 Synopsis: Stone gambling, an industry with a history of more than a hundred years, is often summed up by the saying, "Nine out of ten bets end in ruin." But stone gambling isn't simply gambling. You must approach the stone with an open mind and study it carefully. If you go in thinking only of gambling, every bet will end in failure. —Reads—Score268Shelves
- 29 The Superb Golden Finger 极品黄金指 A down-and-out playboy stumbles upon a magical finger. From then on, he rises like a dragon, finds hidden treasures, bets on jade stones, appraises antiques, and dominates the casinos. From penniless to super-rich, he begins an extraordinary life of wealth. 343Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 30 X-Ray Appraisal: From Scrap Collector to the Peak of Success 透视鉴宝：从收废品走上人生巅峰 [X-ray vision + treasure appraisal + stone gambling + tycoon + treasure hunting + beauties + face-slapping] The day he gained X-ray vision, a beautiful CEO came knocking. From then on, he entered the perilous world of antiques, where calligraphy and paintings came with beauties, ancient tombs hid traps, and blue-and-white porcelain led to schemes. Surrounded by it all, how would he resist temptation and turn danger into safety? 3.8kReads8.9Score484Shelves
- 31 The Ultimate Treasure Hunter 极品捡漏王 After an accident caused Chen Yu's eyes to mutate, he rose to prominence, struck it rich, and made his way in the antiques trade. Step by step, he climbed to the pinnacle of a triumphant life... 586Reads8.7Score134Shelves
- 32 Stealing Jade, Savoring Its Fragrance 窃玉生香 One cut can leave you broke, the next can make you rich, and the last can leave you wearing sackcloth. That saying couldn't be more accurate. Boss Chen made three million with a single cut, while one cut by my father and me left us bankrupt. My dad even lost his life. To clear my father's name, I set out on the road of stone gambling. I crack open raw stones and rely on my “Heavenly Eye”... The stone-gambling business is full of temptation and risk. Raw jadeite stones sell for a fortune, often c 1kReads8.7Score122Shelves
- 33 The Ups and Downs of the Stone-Gambling Road 赌石浮沉路 No golden finger, supernatural abilities + underdog comeback + hands-on experience with stone gambling This is the story of Guan Fei’s growth as a stone gambler. The protagonist goes through plenty of hardship, because life is full of ups and downs. There’s fighting and killing, as well as the complexities of human relationships. This novel has no golden finger, and its urban elements are largely based on real-world experience. It doesn’t follow the usual wish-fulfillment formula. Although it is 2.1kReads8.9Score214Shelves
- 34 The Dao Heart Foundation-Building Manual 道心筑基诀 Dao Heart Foundation Establishment Art 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 All Paths Return to One, the Great Dao Flourishes Forever 万法归宗，大道永昌 All Techniques Return to the Origin, The Great Dao Flourishes Forever —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Braving the Waves: Warriors of the Deep 乘风破浪，深海勇士 Braving Wind and Waves, Warriors of the Deep Sea 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Master Appraiser 金牌鉴定师 Chu Jian, an appraiser at an auction house, discovers an antique magnifying glass in the storeroom. While examining it, he accidentally causes a mutation in his left eye, giving him the ability to spot flaws in antiques and relics. From then on, his fortunes soar. From archaic, imposing bronzes to breathtaking porcelain and translucent jade, nothing can escape Chu Jian’s discerning eye. Money, beautiful women, and status come pouring in. A master appraiser and great collector rises to promine 2.2kReads8.1Score231Shelves
- 38 Admitting Your Mistakes Is the Greatest Virtue 知错能改善莫大焉 There’s No Greater Good Than Correcting Your Mistakes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Shattered Jade, A Broken Mirror Never Reunites 碎玉，破镜难圆 Shattered Jade, A Broken Mirror Is Hard to Mend —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Dragon's Lair Beneath Blackwater River 黑水河龙窟 Dragon Cavern in the Blackwater River 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Our First Meeting by the Misty Waters, A Glance That Stunned the World 烟水初遇，一眼惊鸿 Our First Meeting by the Misty Waters, A Glance That Took My Breath Away 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Together in the Abyss 深渊同归 Together in the Abyss —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Through Every Trial, At Last, the Flowers Bloom 砥砺前行，终得繁花 Press On Through Hardship, and Blossoms Will Bloom 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Snow Fox Repays a Debt of Gratitude 雪狐衔恩 The Snow Fox Repays a Kindness 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Heavenly Dao Has Its Cycles: Who Can Escape Heaven's Retribution? 天道有轮回、苍天饶过谁 What Goes Around Comes Around, Even Heaven Spares No One 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Kunlun's Black Ice: Polar Files of Bureau 749 昆仑玄冰：749局极地档案 Kunlun Black Ice: The 749 Bureau’s Polar Files 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Peerless Treasure Appraisal 无双宝鉴 His fiancée betrayed him, and then he was framed and driven into bankruptcy. Just when his life hit rock bottom, he suddenly gained a golden finger. He’ll make a fortune appraising treasures and take back everything he lost! 3.7kReads8.4Score427Shelves
- 48 Superpowers: A Thousand Years in a Glance 异能：一眼万年 Down-and-out young man Dou Xiaobao turned misfortune into fortune when he accidentally gained the power of X-ray vision. He could even see the course of a person’s life, and from then on his future opened up before him. Appraising treasures and finding hidden gems were child’s play. Bringing the dead back to life was easy, too, and even extraterrestrial beings called him Boss. When life is going well, you should enjoy it to the fullest. With luxury cars, beautiful women, and a fortune to his nam 6.6kReads8.8Score928Shelves
- 49 Reborn in the 1980s: Gambling on Jade, Finding Treasures, and Building an Empire 重生八十年代赌石捡漏做大佬 Reborn, gambling on jade, finding hidden treasures, wealthy families, powerful big shots. Du Ruo, a master jade carver, was reborn in the 1980s, right when her husband Han Ming had hooked up with a wealthy heiress and the Han family was about to abandon her and her child and secretly run away. Blurb two: It's a story about two people pretending to be something they're not, getting tangled up with each other for their own reasons, then discovering after the glamour fades that they really are made 3.1kReads9.1Score343Shelves
- 50 Only When the Dao Heart Shatters Can I See My True Self 道心破碎，方见真我 Only When the Dao Heart Shatters Can One Find the True Self —Reads—Score—Shelves
