Novels like The Boy in the Hemp Robe
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Boy in the Hemp Robe, best match first.
- 1 The Reincarnated Ghost Tamer 轮回驭鬼师 (An intelligent male lead + one female lead + no saintly do-gooding + both leads are ruthless + first-person narration) The underworld grants a general amnesty, and evil ghosts pour forth. Yin spirits are reborn into the Ghost Path, controlling ghosts to prolong their lives and worshipping reincarnation! If there are no ghosts in this world, I will die. If there are ghosts in this world, others will die. So I choose to stay alive. I don’t know who I am. I only know that I suffer from a strange i 251Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 2 The Midnight Ghost Examiner 诡夜鉴 Strange and eerie tales, forgotten by the neon lights of the city, awaken one by one to the chimes of midnight. Beneath every modern facade lies a century-old chain of cause and effect. Written in cinnabar, this collection of urban tales unveils the ancient malice lurking between reality and illusion. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Coffin Man 棺人 There was an old coffin in our home. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, Grandpa had me paint it with red and black lacquer. This went on for years, but he never told me why. It was only after I turned eighteen and was buried alive inside that old coffin that I gradually uncovered one secret after another. From then on, I embarked on a very different path in life. Three calamities and six tribulations, nine coffins crossing together: ferrying people, demons, and restless souls! The Ye 251Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 4 The God of the Underworld Is My Big Sister. Is It Really So Strange That I Catch Ghosts Barehanded? 冥神是我姐，徒手抓鬼很合理吧 [Paranormal + two female leads + powerful partners] I accidentally awakened an incredibly powerful female ghost, and now she won’t leave me alone! Because of her, I also learned the truth behind my tragic fate. I swear I’ll take back what belongs to me. A wealthy businessman’s newly purchased restaurant is haunted. When other people catch ghosts, they use magical artifacts, talismans, compasses... “Wait while I set up a formation and use my artifact to drive her out...” Me? I marched right up an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Thirty Years of Cultivation: I Slay Evil Ghosts, Never Save the Living 修道三十年，只杀恶鬼不度众生 Stars hang over the plains, illuminating yin and yang; good and evil are always weighed in the balance. Do not say the netherworld has no justice. I urge you to do good and avoid bringing calamity upon yourself. Black Summoning is an ancient shamanic art for those who walk between yin and yang. Ordinary mages and sorcerers mostly worship spirits, hoping they will show mercy, offer protection and blessings, and ward off disaster. Those who learn Black Summoning stand as equals to the spirits. The 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Half a Life, Half a Heartless Soul 无心半命人 When I was born, I had no heart, yet I could live normally. I could also see ghosts, so everyone called me a “Half-Life Person.” As I investigated one bizarre haunting after another, I discovered that every vengeful ghost had a chilling story from its past. It gave me a new understanding of human nature. There are no ghosts in this world; evil comes from human nature. As my investigation continued, I discovered that my parents' disappearance and my birth were both unusual. A vast secret seemed t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Inherited a Murder Mystery Game Shop from the Start, and All the Staff Are Vengeful Ghosts 开局继承剧本杀店，员工全是厉鬼 While others inherit family fortunes, Jiang Ye inherited a haunted shop. Freshman Jiang Ye was forced to take over the script murder game shop his second uncle left behind, a business on the verge of bankruptcy. To his surprise, he became bound to the [Register of a Hundred Ghost Employees]. From then on, while others caught ghosts to exorcise evil, he caught them to put them to work. A hanging ghost at the front desk, a water ghost running the air conditioner, and a red-clad vengeful ghost acti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Mythic Forbidden Zone 神话禁区 Beneath the firmament, divine treasures lie hidden and ghosts lie in wait. I stumbled upon the secrets behind the legends. I crossed the lands between the three rivers and six banks, stained the snowy plains of towering peaks with blood, and endured countless brushes with death as I fought against fate for my life. I survived, yet the world has no trace of me. 203Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 9 A Fox Borrows Her Womb to Bear a Child 狐借腹，人生子 When Bai Xi was born, she had a human body and a fox’s tail. The old woman who delivered her went mad, and her mother died in childbirth. The villagers said she was a monster born of her mother’s affair with a fox spirit in the mountains, and they wanted to burn her alive. On the night of the execution, a heavy rain fell from the sky. An old man with a face covered in scars walked through the rain, cut off her fox tail in front of everyone, and took her into the mountains, vowing never to return 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Moonlit Schemes in the Coffin 棺中月策 “After the century-old Blood Coffin upheaval, the Yin-Yang Token, fought over by both the living and the dead, is actually inside the bronze coffin carried by a woman? As the Nine Houses surrounded Su Tan, she laughed like a madwoman. They wanted rules? Then she would become the rules! The sword of a cultivator in the Profound Mansion Realm could not pierce her coffin, and the soul-binding chains of the Hall of Yama could not restrain her. Only when she climbed to the heart of the game over the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Tales of the Strange in Bluestone Alley 青石巷诡事录 [Supernatural] [Light Horror] [Episodic Stories] [Chinese Folk Customs] Deep in Qingzhou’s Qingshi Alley lies a ferry inn unknown to anyone. Its owner, Shen Du, exists beyond life and death. He has survived for a hundred years, all to dispel the obsessions of the departed. Behind every strange and uncanny event that comes to light are debts of humanity buried for a hundred years. A headsman’s rusty blade, a performer’s jade, salt smugglers bringing disaster, a canal guild’s water tokens, a night 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 After the Power Goes Out, Don't Take Off Your Headphones 停电后，别摘耳机 After the power goes out, don’t take off your headphones —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Tales of the Strange in China 神州异事录 Ever since I was young, I’ve experienced all sorts of strange things beyond ordinary people’s wildest imagination. In particular, these eyes of mine can see the dead and all manner of yin entities… Now that I’m old, I have plenty of free time, so I’ve decided to look back on the things I’ve experienced. If life were a piece of music, I’d say it’s like the suona. Of all the instruments, the suona reigns supreme: it either sends you to heaven or plays at your wedding. Everyone gets to live a life 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Rules of the Gods: I Have Only Six Months to Live 神明规则：我只剩半年生命 [The Old World Ends, a New Covenant Begins] The mysterious realm and reality are colliding again and again. The mysterious has begun invading the world, and the residents of the old world are locked in fierce battle with the entities of the New Covenant. Who truly deserves to rule the world? Ye Ze, terminally ill and driven by a fierce will to survive, was invited by the [God] to the [Amusement Park]. Countless people came here to take part in all kinds of scenarios, driven by desires for money, 83Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 15 Bone Flute: The Yin-Yang Soul 骨笛之阴阳魄 When Xuan Niantao was born, she was a phoenix egg with no arms or legs. Her father, Xuan Yan, and her mother, Tao Yaor, later sent her to Bai Ting, the leader of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, for treatment. Bai Ting took her to Lovers' Valley and went into seclusion to heal her. Unfortunately, just as she was about to grow a pair of arms, Peach Blossom Valley suddenly collapsed. Bai Ting died, and by a twist of fate, Niantao ended up in the Yellow Springs. From then on, a little sidekick appeared on 12Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 16 A Collection of Northeast China's Folk Horror Stories 东北民间恐怖故事合集 This is a collection of horror stories that peels back the mysteries of Northeast China. Every tale comes from stories passed by word of mouth in the countryside. When the lamps are lit tonight, let me tell them to you slowly: strange happenings deep in the mountains, ghost stories from old houses, rural taboos and legends, and the chilling truths and terrors hidden behind the warmth of everyday life. Are you ready to hear the “old stories” of the black soil? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Ye Qingyu: The Curse of Yin Birth 夜轻语：阴生诅咒 Ten years ago, things beyond human understanding appeared in this world. They fed on fear and toyed with human souls! No one ever knew what these things really were. They were collectively called the Uncanny. Yet even stranger, one day they suddenly vanished all at once, and no one remembered the disaster. Even fewer remembered that it all began when two girls suddenly went mad on the streets of Chaoyun City… Ten years later, her life began. It might not be perfect, but she still lived with 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Blood Sacrifice: The Nightmare Prison 血祭：梦魇之狱 [Dark + paranormal + evil gods + Cthulhu + demons + angels + mysterious cases + horror + suspense + series + religion + reborn] A mysterious experiment has brought demons back to the human world. The truth is waiting to be revealed, and reporter Donovan Ned is being pulled by an invisible force, step by step into the darkness. Evil gods, living dead, ghouls, bizarre creatures, and a terrible fate await him. He must search for answers and uncover his destiny amid one strange incident after anothe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Forbidden Curse: Spirit Touch Opens the Door to Terror 禁忌咒子：灵触开启惊悚之门 [Horror] [Fortune-Telling] [Ghost Hunting] [Feng Shui] [Read with Caution at Midnight] I, Bai Qingyun, was once just a Maoshan Taoist priest at the Hundred Spirits Hall. It wasn't until I went alone to investigate an incident and saw a boy hanging himself in a red dress that I realized the evil in human nature went far beyond what I had imagined. Behind every strange incident lies both the wickedness of human nature and a tragedy. As I traveled from one region to another, resolving one incident 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Eerie: This School Is Haunted 诡异：这个学校闹诡 Yin Jiuyi, a student at Shibei Technical School, is forced into a supernatural game when an entity invades the campus. But as he continues to complete the supernatural games, Yin Jiuyi discovers that they conceal the truth behind the deaths of students who took part in the games the previous year. With fate and death tightly bound together, what will Yin Jiuyi choose? Will he keep playing the supernatural games and wait for death, or fight back against the supernatural? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Strange Tales of Southeast Asia 东南亚诡事 (The author has opened a coffee shop in the ancient city of Dali and is busy with renovations. Please wait a little while for updates.) My name is Ning. During college, I went alone to Thailand to intern at a hotel, where a series of bizarre and inexplicable things happened. Why was there a temple built inside the hotel? What secrets did this temple hide? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Forbidden Burial Ground 阴坟禁地 The beautiful female corpse in the yin grave turns out to have been my wife in a previous life... In this life, a female Taoist priest has taken a liking to me. The beautiful female corpse and the sexy Taoist priestess in fishnet stockings are fighting over me? How am I supposed to choose...? 4Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 23 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Chronicles 茅山天师录 Maoshan is famous for its Taoist arts. I learned Maoshan Taoist magic and came down from the mountain to exorcise ghosts. My whole life has been filled with confusion. Is this really how my life is supposed to go? What is the meaning of what I protect? And who is behind the eerie doll and everything else? 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Strange Tales of the Corpse Retrievers 捞尸诡闻 My grandfather was a corpse retriever. When he died, the waters of the river churned all night. In a single night, every chicken in the village died... 17Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 25 Grandma's Yin-Yang Eyes 奶奶的阴阳眼 When I was little, I didn’t understand anything. I just thought it was fun. I remember when Second Grandma died, even Second Grandpa, who slept beside her, didn’t know. But Grandma woke Dad up and told him to go pay his respects... 672Reads7.8Score10314d adds
- 26 The Funeral Home Host's Path to Immortality 殡仪馆司仪修仙记 A fortune-teller said Mo Wen was fated to be haunted by five ghosts, and that a disastrous curse would befall his family that very day. Mo Wen didn't believe him. Then his father fell off the roof that same day and broke his leg. To keep his family out of danger, Mo Wen went far away, but the spirits continued to hound him. In a fit of anger, he walked into a funeral home and took a job as an unofficial funeral host, only to attract even more vicious ghosts... A love affair spanning three thousa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Heaven's Mandate: Yin and Yang 天命阴阳 The Pixiu feeds on wealth from every corner of the world. It swallows all things but never excretes, attracting riches and gathering treasures, taking in but never giving out. On my eighteenth birthday, I met a girl who completely bewitched me. But I never expected that she would actually… 1.4kReads8.4Score18914d adds
- 28 Tomb Raiding: Strange Tales 盗墓诡异实录 In the early 21st century, tomb robbers roam all across China. Their tracks can be found everywhere, from snowy plateaus and forests to lakes and seas, even in forbidden zones where no one is allowed to go. My father was one of them, but after an expedition to a tomb, he never came back. To find out what happened to him, I was forced onto this road of no return, traveling from south to north and east to west. I've seen the dangers of the underworld and every facet of human life, survived countle 160Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 29 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 637Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 30 Mountain Patrolman: I Suppress Evil with a Dragon's Sinew Only Three Inches Long 巡山人：我以三寸龙筋镇邪异 Warrior King Luo Laowai returns to his old home in the forests of Northeast China. By a stroke of luck, guided by the Gray Immortal, he obtains a three-inch dragon tendon. An old soldier with an old rifle takes on the forces of nature, ghosts, demons, and monsters. Fox, Yellow, White, Willow, and Gray Immortals gather as divine warriors at his gate. The Three Realms have always existed among humankind, and true immortals walk beside ordinary people... 12.6kReads7.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 31 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 594Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 32 The Secret Records of Yin and Yang 阴阳秘录 Mountain spirits summon immortals; water spirits summon dragons. Do immortals really exist in this world? I don't know, but I do know that dragons are real. From the day the roar of machinery rang out across Miaoling Valley, everything began to slide toward an unknowable abyss. And from that abyss, a pair of eyes watched those involved, their gaze carrying an emotion impossible to decipher... 188Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 33 I Was Born Without a Breath, and the One Who Saved Me Was a Nine-Tailed Fox 出生断气，救我的竟是九尾狐 [Traditional Supernatural Horror + Urban Legends + Ghost Stories] I had no breath when I was born. I should have been a stillborn baby. Just as my family fell into despair, a woman in white opened the door and saved my life... The one who rescued me wasn’t an enlightened master, but a nine-tailed fox who had lived for over a thousand years. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Strange Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Southern School 南派盗墓异事 [Real Tomb Raiding + No AI] My name is Zhou Quan, and I'm from Guangxi. Here I recount the supernatural and bizarre events that really happened during my tomb-raiding adventures. I've read a few web novels in my spare time, and it seems AI-written web novels are everywhere these days. I want to tell this story from the perspective of someone who was actually there, as a record of things past. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 In This Life, I Shall Suppress Yin and Yang 这一世，镇压阴阳 [Urban high-martial arts, reincarnation and rebirth, one heroine, a touch of the supernatural, lighthearted and passionate.] In their previous lives, he was an orphan, and she was a ghost. An orphan and a ghost, from meeting and understanding each other to relying on and keeping one another company. Then, their feelings quietly blossomed, and they became lovers... after overcoming countless hardships. But what happy ending has there ever been for a human and a ghost in love? Every union between 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Fog City Funeral Director 雾都殡葬师 A strange fog has engulfed the city for three years. Daylight looks like dusk, and the nights are pitch-black. The living dare not venture outside at will. There are things in the fog that devour people and imitate the voices of their loved ones to call them by name. The authorities can do nothing, so all kinds of folk practitioners have emerged: exorcists, feng shui masters, dream interpreters, talisman makers, and funeral specialists who guide souls to the afterlife. The protagonist, Pei Wujia —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Mystery, Horror, the Supernatural, and Folklore: Fourth Auntie? Where Did I Get a Fourth Auntie?! 【悬疑惊悚+灵异+民俗】四姑婆？我哪儿来的四姑婆！ [Mystery and suspense + the supernatural + folk customs] Great-Aunt Four? Where would I even get a Great-Aunt Four?! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Stranger's Path Through the Ghost World 鬼途陌路 Modern setting + horror + suspense + supernatural + strong female lead Hu Ying is a funeral makeup artist who just wants to earn a little money and lie flat. Who would have thought that after an accident, she’d be forced onto a one-way road where she’d have to live among ghosts? From then on, she uncovers conspiracies and fights evil cults, and somehow ends up at the very peak of life... 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Four-House Village 四户村 I live in Sihu Village, a place sheltered on all four sides. Just as its name suggests, Sihu Village has exactly four households, no more and no less. There is no life or death here, only reincarnation, once every twelve years. The rules of Sihu Village are simple: the master must not leave the village, and guests must not stay overnight. Then one day, I really did leave the village, breaking the rules... 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Orthodox Unity Taoist Acolyte 正一小道爷 My master vanished without a trace. As the sect’s last heir, I have the sect’s treasured spirit sword and a purple-gold spirit talisman brush. One man, one sword, one brush: I descend the mountain to subdue demons and ghosts. Note: Some events in this book are based on real experiences the author has had, and some of the methods are quite authentic. Do not attempt to imitate them! 592Reads6.1Score10014d adds
- 41 The Yin-Yang Geomancer’s Legacy 阴阳地师传 At ten years old, I slew a white serpent and subdued a hundred ghosts. The generals of the underworld called me “little brother.” Using feng shui, the art of Qimen, and Taoist magic, I solved one strange murder case after another! It all began with the corpse of a man in a cornfield! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Sun Pupil, Moonless Night: I Know the End from the Start! 日瞳月晦：开局我已知晓终末！ [Supernatural] ~ [Mystery] ~ [Mind Games] ~ [Plot Twists] ~ [No Idiot Plots] The first time was at a casino. I won every last chip in the place, but I couldn’t escape the strange curse that clung to me. Luckily, when I woke up, the game hadn’t started yet. The second time, death came calling at midnight. The rules offered no way out. I watched the skin being peeled from my body inch by inch, helpless to stop it. The nightmare wouldn’t go away. The third time, the fourth time... Death played out 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I'm Broke, Why Should I Be Afraid of Ghosts? 我穷鬼，岂会怕鬼？ [Goofy] [Funny] [Irreverent] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Hop in] [No System] [A fish that slipped through nine years of compulsory education] Wang Ling landed a job paying 18,000 yuan a month as a security guard at a private hospital. On his first day, he was left completely stunned! Each floor of the hospital's inpatient wing had a special passage enshrining one of the underworld's yin deities. The morgue even had butcher's knives inexplicably lying around. Wang Ling put up with all of that. Then 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Hunt Ghosts at the Funeral Home: The Supernatural Descends 我在殡仪馆斩鬼：诡异降临 Two souls in one body. I'm an undertaker, so it's only natural I know a few tricks! A female ghost clings to me from the start! But I never expected it to lift the veil on a mysterious supernatural world... [System + transmigrate + Supernatural Awakening + High-Martial Urban Fantasy + Unhinged + Satisfying + Lighthearted Humor + Passion + Invincible + Ascension to Godhood + No Romance + Supernatural Invasion] The collapse of the Underworld's order has unleashed supernatural horrors upon the huma 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Drifting into the Haunted Room 漂移凶间 Mild Horror + No Stupid Decisions + Narrative-Driven + Slow Pacing + Large Cast In her previous life, Shen Qingyue was a brilliant but ill-fated rising forensic pathologist. Just as she was about to expose a shocking conspiracy, her life was cut short by a murder disguised as an accident. As her consciousness faded, she saw the killer's blurred, cold smile. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to three years earlier, to the crossroads of her fate. She had just joined the Municipal P 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Chronicles of Strange Events 异事簿 When I was eight, I accidentally drowned. The village's mad Taoist came to my house and told my parents to give me a grand seven-day funeral with gongs and drums. After seven days, I would return to life. During the funeral, lightning flashed every day and the rain poured without stopping. Everyone in the village said it was a bad omen. On the seventh day, strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the sky. The mad Taoist returned to my house, told me to take the moon in the sky as my godmother, and 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Feng Shui Master by Fate: Commanding Yin and Yang with the Five Thunder Palm 天命风水师：五雷掌阴阳 [Supernatural Ghost-Hunting | Feng Shui and Taoist Arts | Five-Thunder Righteous Technique | Hardcore Talisman Drawing | The Protagonist Won't Take Things Lying Down] The Lin family was once the world's foremost feng shui clan, able to alter fate and determine fortune, with kings and nobles vying for its favor. As the years passed, the family dwindled. Lin Tiancheng, the last heir of the Lin family, learned the clan's secrets from his grandfather at the age of six. Evil spirits emerge and strang 2kReads—Score12714d adds
- 48 The Grand Mystic 大玄师 Sun Lei smiles faintly and raises a hand to split open the Yin-Yang Road. “Moved yet?” Demons, ghosts, monsters, and spirits: “Wouldn’t dare. Wouldn’t dare…” 132Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 49 The Midnight Last Train 午夜末班车 He was on the last bus home late at night when a beautiful woman got on. He was about to confess his feelings, but then he noticed how sinister her reflection looked in the window. He got off the Route 155 bus and instinctively looked up, meeting her gaze... 721Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 50 The Dragon Coffin 龙棺 The day my mother gave birth to me, a dying giant snake frightened her so badly that she started bleeding. In a fit of rage, my father cut off the snake’s head. When I was born, birds and beasts took flight, and countless snakes gathered, surrounding our courtyard so tightly that nothing could get in or out. My grandfather asked a feng shui master to resolve the matter. He buried the giant snake’s remains in our ancestral graveyard, and only then did its resentment subside. Ever since I was old 315Reads8.1Score—14d adds
