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- 1 Not a Penny to My Name, Then I Got Bound to a Museum System 分币不剩，我被博物馆系统绑定了 [Everyday treasure hunting and appraisal + a light System + step-by-step treasure-hunting tips ૧(●´৺`●)૭] His boss turns out to be a crook and runs off, leaving him unemployed. His girlfriend goes off to “cry” in a BMW, leaving him brokenhearted. Tu Qian has not a single coin in his pocket and is about to join the ranks of the Sanhe drifters when he suddenly gets bound to the Museum System. What? The museum is empty? It's only as big as a public restroom? And it really was converted from one? Is 972Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 2 Getting Rich with X-Ray Vision 从透视开始暴富 The story follows Wang Jingxing, a materials science nerd, as he gets rich after gaining X-ray vision and goes about his daily life. [No System] [No pocket dimension] [No womanizing] [No cultivation] [No showing off] The process of finding treasure with X-ray vision should be quite exciting. I hope you enjoy it! 12.7kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 3 From the Start, I Find Treasures at Panjiayuan and Multiply My Profits Ten Thousandfold 开局潘家园捡漏，利润飙升一万倍 Xu Cong gets the Antiques Authentication System, which can identify whether any item is genuine. He thinks it’ll be pretty useless, but an online video about finding hidden treasures reignites his hope. So he goes to Panjiayuan Antique Market and finds a gold pattern coin from the Qing dynasty for just 180 yuan, then sells it for 1.8 million. He chips in 4,000 yuan with others to buy a rare set of Large Dragon stamps, then sells it for a premium of 8 million. He finds an inscription rubbing of t 5.7kReads8.3Score31814d adds
- 4 Picking Up Treasures at Street Stalls: The Grand Antique Imitation Collection 地摊捡漏大千仿古图 Finding hidden treasures, appraising antiques, keeping a low profile, playing it safe. No face-slapping, no showing off. A descendant of a down-and-out master calligrapher, a graduate of a third-rate university's literature program, he can barely make ends meet, let alone plan for the future. He drifts through life in a daze! Huang Yu happens upon the Spirit-Gleam Eye, which lets him see the spiritual radiance emitted by antiques. Together with a few like-minded companions, he travels the world, 5.9kReads8.9Score53914d adds
- 5 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? 3.7kReads8.9Score46814d adds
- 6 Antique Appraisal Tycoon: I Started by Raising a Qilin 鉴宝神豪，从我养麒麟开始 (The antiques pictured in this book are all real. If you have any at home, congratulations!) (Come on, friends, let's take a look at what history and cultural relics really are, and at the luxury goods those Westerners could never hope to afford!) (Appraising treasures, not cultivating immortality! + two female leads) Honorary curator of the British Museum in London, honorary curator of the Louvre Museum in France, honorary professor at the National Museum of China... Faced with all these enthus 6.9kReads8.8Score70314d adds
- 7 Antique Appraisal 鉴宝 Yang Yi, who was struggling to get by, unexpectedly turns misfortune into good fortune when he inherits the third eye of the Horse Lord’s statue. It lets him see through truth and falsehood, and read people’s hearts. From then on, his life changes completely. A dazzling new star rises. From all kinds of antiques to the thrilling gamble of stone betting, he leaves behind a legend wherever he goes. 896Reads9.0Score20214d adds
- 8 The Bargain-Hunting Master 捡漏大师 Synopsis: A treasure appraiser who had amassed trillions died in an accident, only to be reborn twenty-five years earlier, in 1997, in the body of an impoverished middle-school graduate. It all begins again. See how the protagonist finds hidden treasures, goes on adventures, digs for buried riches, raids tombs, and invests his way to the pinnacle of life. An extraordinary story awaits, with thousands upon thousands of priceless treasures ready for you to discover. 10.5kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 9 Reborn Before His Wife Dies in Childbirth, He Saves Their Daughter and Strikes It Rich 重生妻子难产前保下女儿疯狂捡漏 A tycoon in the antiques trade is reborn in 1990. Avoiding every mistake he made in his previous life, he rises to success, makes a fortune spotting undervalued antiques, and gives his family and friends the best life possible. No System, and no mindless plot. 306Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 10 Bargain Hunting: I Just Bet on a Stone, So How Did I Become the King of Northern Myanmar? 捡漏：我就赌个石，咋成缅北王了 Appraising antiques + stone gambling + bargain hunting + miracle doctor + an underdog's rise + a feel-good power fantasy A setback can turn out to be a blessing in disguise. He thought he would die beneath a storm of thunder, but instead, he unexpectedly gained an incredible supernatural ability. What happens when someone has a mystical eye from another world that can see through everything, and divine ears that can hear other people's thoughts? A house, a car, money, women: suddenly, it all bec 1.5kReads8.5Score15314d adds
- 11 Divine Truth-Eye: You Don’t Know the Joy of Mining for Treasure 神级真眼：挖矿寻宝的快乐你不懂 Poor Zhao An unexpectedly acquires the Eye of Truth, just like the true sight in a certain game. Once he plants it, he can see through every hidden thing and every illusion in the world. So what are they waiting for? Buy lottery tickets, gamble on jade, start companies, dig for gold and gemstones, and uncover all the secret treasures buried across the planet... Zhao An shouts, “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s all mine!” “What? King Solomon’s treasure, ranked number one in the Western world? Hand it o 8.3kReads8.8Score62614d adds
- 12 Bargain Hunting: I Make My Fortune by Touching Things 捡漏：我的财富全靠摸 [Antique appraisal + urban life + tycoon + urban fantasy + golden finger] Finding treasures and spotting fakes takes a keen eye, but he chose a different path! Qin Li, an ordinary young man from the countryside with no connections, money, or credentials, failed the college entrance exam and moved to Jiangcheng to make a living as a delivery runner. By chance, his finger fused with a Buddha finger relic struck by lightning. Touching an object with that finger let him see how it had been made, cha 586Reads8.8Score17914d adds
- 13 At Middle Age, I Turn My Life Around with Jade and Become the World's Richest Man 人到中年，赌石翻身成世界首富 [Stone gambling + bargain hunting + X-ray vision + tycoon + everyday life + feel-good story + underdog comeback] After his divorce, Lin Fan awakens the ability to see through things and sets his sights on the stone gambling market. With precision, he makes his moves, and the jade he cuts out shocks the industry. Wealth, status, and beautiful women come flocking, leaving his former wife, who once betrayed him, far behind. 320Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 14 The Golden Eyes of Appraisal 鉴宝金瞳 His father falls gravely ill, and the staggering medical bills weigh heavily on antique shop apprentice Yang Bo. But a kind act brings him a piece of colored glass, granting him golden eyes that can appraise treasures! He can appraise antiques, gamble on jade, expose fakes, and see through people. From then on, he makes a name for himself in the world of appraisal! He hunts for hidden treasures, takes the city by storm, and is surrounded by beautiful women. He turns his fate around and becomes a 16.3kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 15 Reborn in 1993: From the Start, I Break Off the Engagement and Marry a Rich Beauty 重生93：开局退婚迎娶白富美 Appraising treasures, not cultivating immortality. Antiques go great with cigarettes! The book includes illustrations of several antiques. Some come from the internet, while others were photographed by the author’s friends. They are all genuine antique images. Gamble on stones, gamble on jade, gamble on your youth; protect your wife, your family, and the nation’s treasures! “Damn it, where are the treasures we stole from China?” “You said this was the China Pavilion. Where’s everything inside?” 23kReads8.8Score2.5k14d adds
- 16 Why Are You Looking Around with Those X-Ray Eyes Instead of Gambling on Jade? 透视眼不去赌石，乱看什么呢 [X-ray vision + stone gambling + scratch-off tickets + antique appraisal + bargain hunting + tycoon + farming + livestreaming + rags-to-riches comeback] On his way to take out a loan, he was sent flying when a woman driver slammed on the gas and hit him. By sheer luck, he gained X-ray vision. From then on, A stunningly beautiful rich woman chased after him, eager to get close. The campus belle won his heart through his stomach with her cooking, and a breathtakingly beautiful CEO wanted to hand h 5.6kReads8.3Score70314d adds
- 17 Heavenly Eye: Unmatched Treasure Appraisal 天眼：鉴宝无双 (Hardcore Antiques Appraisal + Not a Power Fantasy + One Female Lead + No Cultivation.) The porcelain he painstakingly copied could fool the experts at the Palace Museum. The objects he carved on a whim could make self-proclaimed masters of the Yangzhou school acknowledge him as their teacher. What others dismissed as rubble, he treasured as priceless, then sold for millions. His name was Zhao Xuan. Blind since childhood, he had chanced upon the legacy of the Heavenly Eye. Finding hidden tr 13.9kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 18 The Master of Jade Gambling With X-Ray Vision 透视赌石高手 [Stone gambling + antique appraisal + casinos + an ordinary man's rise + multiple heroines + scratch cards + farming + everyday life] At a company team-building event, he accidentally spots his stunning female boss using the restroom in a small grove. By a twist of fate, he awakens the power of X-ray vision. From then on, he uses his X-ray vision to appraise antiques and find hidden treasures, win big with scratch cards, dominate the casinos, discover valuable antiques and paintings, and gamble 801Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 19 X-Ray Eyes: Appraising Treasures and Gambling on Jade 透视眼鉴宝赌石 [Underdog comeback + X-ray vision + treasure appraisal + stone gambling + satisfying wish fulfillment + bargain hunting + tomb raiding] Zhang Wei is a miserable low-level wage worker. Unable to pay his rent, he works for his landlord in lieu of payment. While fixing the landlord’s faucet, the landlord’s husband comes home. Zhang Wei hides in a closet and accidentally cuts his finger on a nail, awakening his X-ray vision. From then on, his life takes off. Money, beautiful women, luxury cars, mans 318Reads7.8Score12514d adds
- 20 Divorced in Middle Age, I Strike It Rich Through Stone Gambling, and My Ex-Wife Regrets It 中年离婚，赌石暴富，前妻后悔 [Stone Gambling + Antiques Appraisal + Underdog’s Rise + X-Ray Vision + Tycoon + Farming + Everyday Urban Life + No Harem] Unable to bear their frugal, impoverished life any longer, he decided to take a chance for his family. He used years of savings to open a hot pot restaurant with a friend, only to get cheated by that friend, lose everything, and end up owing a huge amount in loan-shark debt. When a gang boss came to collect, his wife immediately asked for a divorce, and he left with nothing. 1.8kReads7.6Score18514d adds
- 21 The Young Stone Gambler 赌石小子 A boy of noble birth grows up in the mountains on the southwestern frontier, where he becomes the disciple of a mysterious master and learns ancient skills. Watch how he grows, how he amasses a fortune beyond measure, and how he wins the heart of a beauty... Love, hate, and passion all await within. No cheats, just a realistic story. Please don't complain if it's not your thing. 18.6kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 22 Live Appraisal: Buddy, You’re in for It Now 直播鉴宝：宝友你可真刑啊 [Livestreaming + Antiques Appraisal + System] Qin bricks and Han tiles, Warring States jade, Tang sabers and Song paintings, Yuan blue-and-white porcelain, and Ming and Qing imperial tombs lined up in a row! Vast and glorious Xia has a history of five thousand years, as immense as the sea and enduring through the ages. The six-hundred-year-old Forbidden City is brimming with treasures! One day, master appraiser Ye Ling transmigrated and activated the livestream antiques appraisal System, setting 6.1kReads9.1Score47214d adds
- 23 Treasure-Hunting Livestream: Everywhere I Look, I See Hidden Treasures 直播捡漏：我眼中到处是宝藏 A sudden accident leaves Xiao Ran in an impossible predicament, but also grants him an unbelievable superpower. With this miraculous ability, Xiao Ran sets out on an extraordinary treasure-hunting adventure in a foreign land, finding hidden bargains along the way. This book is also known as "Live-Streaming Treasure Finds: Clearing Out the West's Wealth", "Finding a Bargain Feels Great, and Finding Bargains Forever Feels Even Better", "Scammed by Americans: My Revenge with X-Ray Vision", "Live-St 42.1kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 24 The Human Emperor's Bloodline, Five Senses Ascended 人皇血，五感升 (X-Ray Vision, Bargain Hunting, Jade Gambling, Miracle Doctor, Underdog’s Rise) Betrayed, heartbroken, caught in a sudden car accident... Courier Lin Yixian is cheated on by his girlfriend, then hit by her lover’s car! At death’s door, he unexpectedly gains extraordinary abilities, including X-ray vision and mind reading! Lin Yi first uses his X-ray vision to clean out lottery shops and earn his first fortune. Then he finds hidden treasures in the antiques market and wins a beauty’s heart. After 1.6kReads7.2Score16414d adds
- 25 The Art of the Steal 捡漏 One glance spans a hundred years, and I am reborn in the modern city. A golden age of art, a world of antique collecting. Qin Dynasty steles and Zhou Dynasty ritual vessels, ancient inscriptions and paintings. Bronze and blue-and-white porcelain, jadeite and precious gems. Every rare treasure under heaven is in my hands. Reborn in the modern city, Jin Feng relies on his peerless eye for antiques to rise, step by step, to the top. He will carry forward the nation’s most time-honored culture and p 16.3kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 26 Playing the Ancient Immortal Path 玩古仙途 Ancient artifacts conceal strange secrets, and ordinary mortals dare knock on the gates of immortality. Young Fang Chen seeks out mysterious relics buried by time, and comes across a jade pendant with its own space. Through the struggles of the apocalypse, he parts layer upon layer of mist. Is the world a prison, or a game? Wherever he looks, a road lies ahead! He cultivates immortality all the way, and in the end, the young man attains the Great Dao! 1.9kReads6.2Score13714d adds
- 27 The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局 [Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra 99kReads9.4Score18.4k14d adds
