Novels like The Mountain Wanderer
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- 151 This Spirit Medium Is No Ordinary One 这个出马仙不一般 [Paranormal tales from Northeast China, adapted from true stories] A three-foot strip of red cloth bears the names of a hundred or so immortals. Incense smoke curls before it, and the disciple is known as a spirit medium. My name is Jin Laimi. A weasel calling itself the Yellow Immortal once possessed me, and from then on, I became a spirit medium. I opened an agency specializing in feng shui and all kinds of “paranormal” cases. A father who guards his daughter with his spirit even after death; 375Reads8.9Score1914d adds
- 152 The Shaman's Records 萨满出马录 A true-to-life chronicle of spirit-medium practices in Northeast China. It's incredibly authentic, and everything in the book is the truth! Reader review: “Essential reading for anyone in the field!” Every pit the Longfeng Hall has stumbled into and every tear we've shed along the way: each experience can teach you how to read people, avoid traps, and steer clear of needless detours! All the scams and tricks people in the field use are laid bare and explained in full. We tell you everything o 6.6kReads8.9Score51014d adds
- 153 A Snake's Many Pregnancies 蛇孕连连 My ancestors killed countless snakes, and generations of my family have had snake blood on their hands. A passing Taoist priest said we would have to pay for those blood debts. A fire burned my father to death. As I was collecting his remains, a snake on his body bit me. The village chief said it was a subterranean dragon snake from Hell, come to claim my life, and that I had less than three months to live. I refused to believe it, until one day a handsome young man came and insisted on marrying 79Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 154 Strange Feng Shui Affairs 风水异事 My grandfather is a feng shui master. While he was away, a woman came looking for him. After I greeted her, I saw purple-black veins of blood on her face, writhing on their own… 1.7kReads8.8Score52014d adds
- 155 Northeastern Spirit Medium: This Apprentice Is Such a Spendthrift 东北出马仙：这个弟马太败家 [Comedy] [Supernatural mystery] [Witty] [No womanizing] [No saintly protagonist] Li Pingfan, a graduate of a top-tier 985 university, just wants to be an ordinary corporate drone. But her grandmother forces her to take over a spirit-medium altar, along with a bunch of eccentric immortal spirits: Huang Dudu, a chatterbox with nine hundred years of cultivation who can’t go a day without running his mouth; Uncle Song, a stingy wandering spirit who fled famine and won’t accept even one coin less in 21.1kReads8.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 156 Morgue Mysteries: Lord Huang Santai’s Manhunt Order 太平间异闻：黄三太爷的追凶令 No one believes that an immortal fox lives in the hospital morgue, much less that this immortal is the meddlesome “Third Master Huang.” But ever since I took over the bizarre case of a “corpse moving by itself,” I keep seeing a flash of yellow beside the autopsy table. I even caught the reflection of a weasel in the dead person's pupils. As a disciple who can communicate with the immortals, I know this case is part of Third Master Huang's scheme, and a hunt for the culprit that crosses the bound 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Records of a Hundred Ghosts 百鬼事录 [Short Story Collection] + [Based on True Events] + [Folk Paranormal] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Urban Legends] + [Standalone Stories] Two hundred standalone horror stories, with no dragging things out. Every story delivers a jolt to the heart, with supernatural encounters, suspense, and eerie mysteries taking turns onstage. No lengthy buildup, just instant scares. Not for the faint of heart! 288Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 158 A Young Taoist Moonlights as a Spirit Medium, and Every Demon and Ghost Rushes to Offer Him a Smoke 小道兼职出马仙，精妖鬼怪忙递烟 What? The little treasure is facing a life-and-death ordeal at six? How could the old immortals let their beloved little darling come to harm? Protect! Spoil! Help! Oh my... How is this kid getting more and more capable? Now she's protecting the old immortals' little brats instead?! Who cares what kind of monster the Hu family is? If they mess with my old immortals, I'll kill them without a second thought! Hu Xianxian is the prettiest, I'll praise her, praise her, praise her! Liu Xian is the tou 21.9kReads8.8Score2.5k14d adds
- 159 The Yin Sovereign: The Fox Immortal Arrives 阴天子，狐仙驾到 I was born with an extraordinary destiny, meant to become an emperor. But just after I was born, someone tried to sabotage my fate. To save me, my grandfather gave away the merit accumulated by eighteen generations of our family, and risked his own life to defy the heavens and change my destiny... 5.5kReads7.4Score35114d adds
- 160 A Spirit Medium’s Disciple Who Became a Taoist 当道士的出马弟子 First, I offer incense as a disciple of the spirit-medium tradition. I am a junior student of Qingwei! This book has three aims! First, to explain some rather mysterious topics and present superstitious ideas from a scientific perspective! Second, to share a few tips on avoiding scams, so no one gets tricked! Third, there is no fantasy cultivation or wish-fulfillment in this book! Fourth, everything mentioned in the book is based on my own personal experience! Zhengyuantang, Wang Clan Immortal R 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 A Fading Lamp Shines on the Lonely Dead 残灯照孤冥 (Mystery + supernatural + no female lead) (Ghost case files + Taoist arts) (Tomato Original) The male lead is born under the fate of a lone star of calamity, destined to walk alone. A dying lamp lights the lonely darkness, and that darkness lights me in turn. 331Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Immortal Bones of Fengtian: The Biography of Li Jinglin 奉天仙骨：李景林传 Thunder crashes, the black earth crowns a legend! For a hundred years, the Northeastern mystic sects have produced no young prodigy like him, a master of talismans who can subdue heaven and earth. He slays demons with his sword and protects all living beings with his life! At ten, he took up his brush and drew talismans that summoned thunder from the heavens. At fifteen, he roamed across mountains and rivers, glimpsing the dragon veins at a glance. At twenty, his talisman magic reached the divin 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 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
- 164 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Huang Daxian 黄大仙儿 The Huang Daxian of Northeast China, also known as the Huangpizi, are weasels that have cultivated into spirits. This is a terrifying story about the shamanic traditions of Northeast China, told in the region’s authentic style. A supernatural tale rooted in the everyday life of Northeast China. 3.1kReads8.6Score33614d adds
- 166 Get Up, Nobody Sleep! I'm Holding a Meeting for Ghosts! 起来都别睡，我给鬼开个会！ [Traditional]+ [Supernatural]+ [Comedy]+ [No Female Lead]+ [No CP]+ [No Cultivation] The animated comic Huang Daxian's Odd Jobs: My Host Is All Talk is now online. When Li Zhengyang was little, he went with his father to visit relatives. They were driving home at midnight when their car inexplicably stalled three times as they passed a graveyard. His relatives had plied him with liquor, but Li Zhengyang was fearless as a newborn calf. He got out of the car and yelled curses at the nearby mounds 6.7kReads8.3Score53514d adds
- 167 The Snake King's Consort 蛇王妃 I am an ill-fated woman. The day I was born, a flood swept through hundreds of miles in every direction, wiping out all the livestock. The villagers bullied and insulted me, calling me the serpent king’s wife. When my parents died under mysterious circumstances, I had no choice but to leave my hometown and embark on a one-way path to slay demons and exorcise evil. The demonic shadows of the Eastern Sea, the legends of mirages, terrifying butterfly curses, and those hidden villages scattered acro 72Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 168 The Keeper of Fate 守命人 Five years ago, my brother became addicted to gambling and racked up 700,000 yuan in debt. To pay it off, he went to Xiangxi’s Corpse-Hiding Cave to carry corpses and gamble with his life. 819Reads7.2Score14714d adds
- 169 The Spirit Chaser 赶阴人 Read the stars and moon, and declare life and death with ironclad certainty. A man on the margins of the human world, he sets right the injustices of the underworld. My new book, The City's Strongest Immortal Son-in-Law, is out now. I humbly ask for your support! 455Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 170 A Life Borrowed from the Yin Realm 借阴命 To keep me alive, my grandfather borrowed someone else’s life for me. Years later, that person’s descendants came seeking revenge... 190Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 171 Feng Shui Yin-Yang Master 风水阴阳师 "Born under the Emperor Ziwei's fate, with yin-yang eyes from birth." An extraordinary life is his destiny. He inherits his ancestors' feng shui arts. In the world of the mystic arts, yin flourishes while yang declines. A thousand-year plan awaits just one person. 1.2kReads7.1Score11614d adds
- 172 Strange Tales from the Northeast Paranormal Investigation Bureau 东北民调局异闻录 This is an organization dedicated to investigating and handling all kinds of bizarre supernatural events. To avoid causing public panic, it was established under the name Bureau of Folklore Investigations. The novel reimagines and develops various supernatural legends from Northeast China. Its strange events and compelling stories are presented with a distinctive Northeastern sense of humor. All manner of mysterious incidents, mountain spirits, and ghosts are told here! 403Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Last Yin-Yang Master 最后一个阴阳师 Twenty-three years ago, my father bought my mother for three hundred yuan. Twenty-three years later, a man claiming to be my second uncle returned to the village. What enormous secret lies behind my grandfather’s mysterious death? See how an ordinary young man navigates one dangerous situation after another, carefully uncovering a truth that should never have come to light. What connects the Ghost City of Fengdu, the divine realm of Kunlun, prehistoric Shennongjia, a mysterious space, vanished r 340Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 174 The Day I Was Born, the Heavenly Coffin Bestowed Blessings, and Nine Dragons Suppressed Evil 我出生那天，天棺赐福，九龙镇煞 The day I was born, the Nine Dragons wailed, and a divine coffin appeared in the sky. Feng shui lore says that when the Nine Dragons bow before a coffin, it becomes a Heavenly Coffin. Whatever lies inside will bring either immense fortune or great calamity. I was never meant to live in this world. My grandmother stole my life from a dragon-bone Heavenly Coffin. When I turned eighteen, she told me a great secret about the Heavenly Coffin… 3.8kReads7.6Score32114d adds
- 175 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 290Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 176 Northeast Spirit Medium: From the Start, the Hu Family Town Is Haunted by a Hundred Ghosts 东北弟马：开局胡家镇百诡 [Spirit-medium tradition + Northeastern Chinese customs + folk supernatural tales + feng shui secrets] My name is Chen Mo. I had just graduated from college when my grandpa passed away. On the day he died, the portrait in the mourning hall stared at me, someone spoke from inside the coffin, and his corpse even sat up on the day of the funeral. That's when I learned my grandpa hadn't died of an illness. He'd left me a whole spirit retinue: the Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui spirits, each with formi 8.3kReads6.4Score45214d adds
- 177 Come In and Knock: The Parasitic Spirit Arc 进来敲门——寄生灵篇 Come In and Knock: The Parasite Spirit Arc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Fifth Watch 五更 The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo 705Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 179 The White Fox Guardian Spirit 白狐保家仙 I was just a mortuary cosmetologist, until I saved a white fox and killed a wolf demon during a camping trip. That unexpected encounter tied me to the immortal families of the Northeast by an unbreakable bond. More and more great demons have since moved into my home. Was it an accident or a long-planned scheme? I have no idea. Grief over his beloved wife turned his hair white overnight. To keep his promise, he willingly gave up his treasured artifact. For the woman he loved, he lived in a state 2.5kReads9.0Score25314d adds
- 180 Frightening Folk Tales of Ghosts and Monsters 民间吓人的鬼怪故事 This book collects folk tales about ghosts and monsters from China and around the world, both ancient and modern. They include deeply moving love stories, myths where good and evil are repaid in kind, and eerie tales that will leave you trembling with fear. We hope you enjoy them. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 291Reads—Score1014d adds
- 182 Strange Tales from Guandong: I'm a Chuma Immortal 关东诡事异闻录，我是出马仙儿 As a child, I was always running into evil spirits and seeing ghosts. A master said I was destined to become a spirit medium. My grandpa barked right back: “Why not become a donkey instead? A spirit medium, my foot!” But Huang Tianlong, the immortal from the Huang family, saw right through me and declared that I was born under a guiding star, a spirit medium chosen once in a thousand miles. My mother wanted to send the immortal connection away. The old immortal slammed down his wine bowl. “Send 250Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 183 Ghost Hunting: My Baton Is Made of Thunderstruck Wood! 捉鬼：我的警棍可是雷击木做的！ The protagonist, Chen Mo, starts out as an ordinary criminal police officer. After stumbling upon a supernatural incident, he is recruited by the Special Security Department to join its Seventh Squad, which specializes in handling paranormal cases. The Seventh Squad is a unit stationed in the field that deals with supernatural criminal cases. Hidden within the police station, its members work with beings the public knows nothing about. 226Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 A Century of the Supernatural 百年灵异 This is a truly unusual book, recording the supernatural events that took place in a village over the course of a century. These events are unlike traditional tales of ghosts, fox spirits, demons, and immortals. There is none of the vulgar promotion of superstition or idealism found in popular culture. Instead, the book is filled with the world's strangeness and unknowns, leaving readers baffled. After the shock and terror, you can't help but question and imagine what lies beyond, and find yours 8Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 185 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score12614d adds
- 186 Tales of the Immortals of the Black Soil 黑土地仙家录 On the black soil of Kaoshantun in Northeast China, young Li Gousheng grows up with his grandfather. By chance, he gets caught up in strange affairs involving the Huang Immortal, the Fox Immortal, and other spirit beings. From helping a neighbor resolve a grudge with the Huang Immortal to clearing the names of wronged souls, from facing snake plagues and zombies to matching wits with practitioners of dark arts, Gousheng gradually grows, under his grandfather's guidance and with the spirit beings 25Reads—Score214d adds
- 187 The Spirit-Sealing Corpse Shroud 镇灵尸衣 On the day I was born, ghosts surrounded our home. I only survived because a master gave his life to save me. Only later did I learn the truth: I was born on a yin year, yin month, and yin day, making me a Yin Child. My master said that anyone born under all three yin signs would have a life full of misfortune and spend their days wandering from place to place. 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Thirteenth Eye 第十三只眼 As a kid, I was a mischievous little brat, and I once caused a whole lot of trouble. As a result, I hit the jackpot and ended up with three shadows. One black, one red, and one blue. I bragged about them plenty, even though I was the only one who could see them. One night, the red shadow slipped away from beneath my feet and sprinted into the darkness... I panicked and chased after it! If you run off, what am I supposed to brag about? You've been with me this long. The least you could do is say 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 189 The Guardian Spirit of Northeast China: Between Illusion and Reality 幻实之东北的守护灵 If you ask about the guardian spirits of people in Northeast China, they might be the region's several great immortals: the weasel (Huang Xian), the fox (Hu Xian), the python or snake (Liu Xian), the hedgehog (Bai Xian), the gray immortal, or rat (Lao Shu), and the ghost immortal, which is exactly what it sounds like: a ghost. These animals are believed in Northeast China to possess special spiritual powers and divine abilities, capable of influencing people's fortunes and misfortunes, the rise —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 The Drought Demon's Bone 旱魃骨 My name is Yin Jian. I crawled out of my mother’s corpse three days after she died. I was born bearing the bones of Hanba, foremost among evil bones... Where Hanba appears, a thousand miles of land turn barren... But this barren land isn’t dry earth. It’s a blood-soaked wasteland... I inherited the legacy of the Shenxiao Sect, becoming its last disciple and the final disciple of the sect... 452Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 191 Wayfarer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳行者 The ultimate truths of heaven and earth are two: death and parting, and the way between yin and yang. I protect the living in the world of light, driving out evil and subduing demons until every specter is vanquished. I guide the dead across the Yellow Springs, and set foot upon the Bridge of Helplessness without hesitation. A traveler between the realms of yin and yang, I bear the balance of life and death on my shoulders. Have you ever seen an old sheep knock at your door, or a paper figure sp 268Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 192 I’m Going to Lure 100 Lost Souls 我要勾满100个亡魂 Sequel to I Guide Souls at Wangxiang Terrace Lin Jiaojiao, 24, an overworked office worker, suddenly dies on the Nth night in a row of staying up all night revising proposals. When she opens her eyes again, she has already completed every step of the underworld’s procedures. But just as she reaches Wangxiang Terrace, the guide Zhou Yi stops her. “Your attachment remains unresolved. You can’t be reincarnated.” Judge Li Muzi offers her a way forward: work as a soul reaper under him, and she can be 11.2kReads—Score4k14d adds
- 193 Demons of the Northern Mountain 北山有妖 When I was twenty, someone killed me. My killer dumped my body at Beishan, a thousand miles away… 2kReads7.5Score24314d adds
- 194 The Yin-Yang Occult Artisan 阴阳诡匠 As the old saying goes: “Better to offend the King of Hell than a carpenter.” A carpenter isn't someone who puts together a plank to make a door or builds a table. That's just woodworking! A true carpenter understands the yin and yang, knows feng shui, and can bring prosperity to a household or cause someone to die a sudden, violent death. I might have spent my whole life as an ordinary woodworker, if Grandma hadn't given me a mysterious old book... 4.6kReads7.0Score49014d adds
- 195 Tomb of the Yin 镇阴棺 I was always at my grandfather’s side, helping people relocate graves. There was a special burial practice involved in moving graves called a second burial. It required opening the coffin, gathering the bones, and dressing them in new clothes. The first time I encountered a second burial, I dug up a female corpse that looked lifelike... 122Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 196 The Girl Born of a Corpse with a Yin Fate 尸生阴命女 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a human-skin lantern appears at the mass grave on Shiping Mountain. A little girl cradles a skull and slowly follows behind the lantern. The girl is called Qiyue. Born from a corpse and destined to live among the dead, she grows up determined to uncover the truth about her corpse-mother’s origins. When all the clues point to a mysterious ghost village...! 1.5kReads8.6Score17514d adds
- 197 Is It Too Much for a Fortune Teller Like Me to Know a Little Yin-Yang Magic? 我一个算命的会点阴阳术不过分吧 [Maoshan Arts + Ghost Hunting + Face Reading + Powerful Connections + Walking Between the Yin and Yang Worlds + Team] Zhao Yang's grandfather made him study three books from a young age: the Zhouyi, the Ma Yi Divine Physiognomy, and a third book with no cover, whose contents were handwritten. After his grandfather passed away, Zhao Yang inherited his mantle. But now that cremation was the norm, all he could do was read people's feng shui, barely earning enough to get by. Just as he was thinking 318Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 King of Gu Sorcery 蛊术之王 (Miaojiang + Chiyou + Supernatural + Gu Poison) A hundred years ago, the last Gu King passed away, leaving behind a Golden Silkworm Gu. A hundred years later, on a winter night, two boys were born one after the other. Their arrivals in the world were perilous and strange. One was a Gu fetus, the other a ghost infant! [Miaojiang Gu Arts, Feng Shui Talismans, Evil Spirits and Gu Gods] [Brotherhood] 1.1kReads8.9Score13714d adds
- 199 The Years of a Spirit Medium's Disciple 出马弟子的时光 Everything that happens in this book is based on my own real experiences, with a touch of fantasy added! There's some popular science in here, too! I hope you enjoy it! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Fox Seeks a Wife 狐讨妻 When I was born, I fell gravely ill. To save my life, my father sold me to a white-haired fox. Fifteen years later, the fox came to collect its debt and demanded I repay it by becoming its disciple. From then on, I began encountering all kinds of bizarre things I could never have imagined. I thought the fox and I had nothing more than a simple debt to settle, but later I discovered a shocking secret hidden beneath it all. 401Reads9.0Score10014d adds
