Novels like Secret Tales of Treasure Hunting (An Explorer's Strange Past)
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- 51 The Traffic Labyrinth 流量迷宫 The Traffic Labyrinth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Lin Wanqiu, the Beautiful Innkeeper 美女掌柜林晚秋 Lin Wanqiu, the Beautiful Shopkeeper —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 A Collection of Folk Feng Shui Records 民间风水集录 Also known as The Dragon-Seeking Secret: The Five Masters of Jingmen. Main characters: Tao Duoyu and Ren Shiyu; The Five Masters of Zhongzhou: Xiong Lei of the Northeast, Zheng Xuan of western Hunan, and Su Mei of Jiangnan; My name is Tao Duoyu. My master is Tao the Blind, the foremost of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou. Twenty-four years ago, he saved me when I was at death’s door, snatching fate from the heavens to extend my life by more than twenty years. Twenty-four years later, my master myst 2.5kReads9.1Score38914d adds
- 54 Sell High, Buy Low: The Great Way Is Simple 高抛低吸，大道至简 Sell High, Buy Low: The Great Way Is Simple 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈 The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine! 14.2kReads9.1Score94114d adds
- 56 Transmigrating to the Demon Realm: Crossing Mountains and Rivers Together Through the Years 穿越妖界，山河同渡，岁月情长 Transmigrating into the Demon Realm, crossing mountains and rivers together, with love that endures through the years 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 My Sister's Worries 妹妹的牵挂 My Sister's Concern 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 When You Reach the Mountain, There’s Always a Way Through 车到山前，必有路 When You Reach the Mountain, You’ll Find a Way 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Chronicles of Dust and Galloping Horses 边尘走马录 The Borderlands Horseback Chronicle —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Through the Clouds, I See the Blue Sky 拨开云雾，见青天 Through the Clouds, the Blue Sky Appears —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Warm Sunshine in an Old Photo Album 旧相册里的暖阳 Warm Sunlight in an Old Photo Album 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Wine Fills My Sorrowful Heart, Longing Cuts to the Bone 酒入愁肠，相思入骨 Wine Drowns Sorrow, Longing Cuts to the Bone 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Secret Treasures of Mountains and Seas 山海秘藏 I have stood atop mountains and descended into the vast seas. I have ventured into every mysterious corner of China! Could a distant ancient kingdom in the Western Regions really be home to a stunning queen who lives forever? Could the vast mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang really conceal the greatest sword under heaven? Did hundreds of people really witness a legendary dragon on a misty island in the North Sea? In a dark old coffin in western Hunan, the King of the Undead stirs restlessly. I venture i 3.2kReads8.9Score45414d adds
- 64 Borrowing Yin Lifespan 借阴寿 Have you ever slept wearing burial clothes? Don’t try it. I did once, and that night... My name is Li Yiliang. I was born with a shortened lifespan, and my birth caused my mother to die in childbirth. But one night when I was eighteen, my mother came back and said she wanted to take me with her... My grandfather told me to sleep in burial clothes, then gave his own life to help me escape that fate. From then on, my life was never free of strange and uncanny things... 4.7kReads8.9Score40114d adds
- 65 Fake Eunuch: Conquering the Empress and Ruling the World 假太监：从攻略皇后开始制霸天下 One day, Zhang Shihao transmigrates and becomes a fake eunuch in the imperial palace of the Han dynasty. From the start, he obtains the Ultimate Eunuch System and narrowly escapes death. By a stroke of fate, he becomes the empress's personal eunuch. After Zhang Shihao gradually resolves his struggle to survive, he starts thinking he can live carefree for a few years. Even if the realm falls into chaos, he can take a few beauties into seclusion in the mountains and enjoy a life of freedom. Then h 7.6kReads8.9Score84514d adds
- 66 My Grandfather’s Supernatural Notebook 我爷爷的灵异笔记 [Spirit Medium + Supernatural + Episodic Stories] One eerie incident after another, each like something out of a horror novel. Getting trapped in a ghostly maze in the middle of the night Strange mystical arts and Taoist magic A weasel that can talk A notebook of supernatural cases left behind by my grandfather helped me unlock my Yin-Yang Eyes, sealed for years. From then on, I embarked on an extraordinary everyday life as a ghost hunter! 472Reads9.1Score10214d adds
- 67 Coffin Shop No. 44 44号棺材铺 Everyone knows what a coffin shop is, but would you dare enter one where someone has died? Ever since I took over a coffin shop, strange things have been happening all around me. Only then did I realize that the people who come to buy coffins aren't necessarily alive… 2.2kReads8.0Score25314d adds
- 68 The Imperial Daughter Returns: Building a Path with Renown 帝女归来：声望筑道 The Imperial Princess Returns: Building the Dao Through Prestige 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 访灵笔录 [Standalone stories + Supernatural horror + Thrills + Folk customs + Lighthearted fun + Ensemble cast + Nonstop ghost-hunting action!] Lawyer Quan is on the verge of death after a car accident. At his most desperate moment, he encounters Yin Cangyi, a netherworld judge tasked with collecting evil spirits. To stay alive, Quan Ning strikes a deal with the judge, paying with years of his life. But the price of this lifeline, borrowed on credit, is beyond anything he could have imagined! An evil spi 777Reads8.3Score18014d adds
- 70 The Spirit Medium's Strange Cases 通灵诡事 Parental love? I have none. From the moment I was born, they wanted to strangle me. Sibling affection? I have none. My own brother calls me a country bumpkin. Friendship with my peers? I have none. Everyone in the village says I'm a demon in human form who eats children. Love? What even is that? The first time I saw Qi Yue, I just thought he looked clean-cut and handsome. The next time I saw him, I found out his mother was the woman who had gone looking for Fourth Auntie years ago. Only now, she 1.9kReads9.2Score37714d adds
- 71 My Three Lives and Three Worlds 我的三生三世啊 A fantastical tale, all beginning with two bowls of expired Meng Po soup. By the time my hair reaches my waist, the soup's effects will have slowly worn off, and love will have quietly found its way to me! But can love really overcome every obstacle? 302Reads8.2Score2014d adds
- 72 That Guy Is Both a Northern Shaman and a Southern Taoist 那家伙既是北马又是南茅 Join the Old Immortal in gathering merit and spreading blessings across the land! Anyone with a “little circle” on them is there to help others. This is a little master who is both rather laid-back and a bit of a slacker, “part Taoist, part Marxist,” and specializes in helping people solve their problems and helping the Old Immortal accumulate merit! He’s also an expert at exposing fakes! Ha, take that, take that, take that, take that, take that, take that! 709Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 73 Plenty of Stories at the Funeral Home 殡仪馆里故事多 Ever since Lin Yu took a job driving a hearse at a funeral home, his life became anything but ordinary. He and his friends went through all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events together. Vengeful spirits possessing people, a dead infant in a pot, opera singing in a graveyard... No one knew what would happen next. 13.2kReads8.7Score97814d adds
- 74 You Asked Me to Explore the Wonders of Science, So Why Did I Walk Into a Haunted Lair? 让你走近科学，你走进诡窝？ [Single heroine + livestreaming + supernatural exploration] Jiang Yuan is live-streaming an outdoor night-fishing trip at a haunted reservoir when he scares popular streamer Xiaoyi into tears! The clip shoots straight to the top of the trending list. His agent panics. “I told you to stick to science and share educational content. Now you’re claiming that ghost soldiers are crossing over? You’re fired!” Jiang Yuan: “Come on, it’s all science! Just hear me out!” The authorities show up and ask him 13.1kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 75 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 19.5kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 76 Don't Move! I've Got Connections in the Underworld 别动！姐地府有人 The continuation of Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma: filling in the gaps from before, meeting the people who came afterward, and briefly recording the everyday happenings that followed. It also teaches a few simple things that you can put into practice. 737Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 77 A Few Things from the Underworld 地府里的二三事 As a disciple of the Ma family with more than twenty years of experience in spirit-medium work, I've written this book based on what I know. Some of it is true, some of it false, and some lies in between. Whether you can understand it is up to your own fate! 348Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 78 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 28.8kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds
- 79 The One Who Stopped Time 时间停摆者 The Time-Stopped 16Reads—Score514d adds
- 80 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma Clan 北马小神童 A strange story set in a small town ninety years later. The heroine begins her shamanic calling at thirteen. On the day she was born, all the fox, yellow weasel, white weasel, willow, and rat spirits within a ten-kilometer radius knelt to welcome her. Then came a series of miraculous experiences. 10.8kReads9.5Score96414d adds
- 82 Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2 Heaven Official's Blessing, no taboos under heaven. The second installment of Living People’s Taboos! 7.9kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 83 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 1.8kReads9.0Score13514d adds
- 84 The First Half of a Female Spirit Medium’s Life! 出马女弟子的前半生！ I’m an ordinary country girl from Northeast China. When I was 18, I learned that I was born with a connection to the immortals. I was often unwell in all sorts of ways, and I sought out many spirit mediums, hoping they could help me escape my predicament. I was cheated, but I also met kind people. This is the story of how I eventually found my way out. I decided to write this book to keep more people from being scammed. I can’t guarantee that everything I say is right, but I can guarantee that I 8.7kReads9.4Score67814d adds
- 85 Crushed by the Bride Price, I Transmigrated to the Kingdom of Women 被彩礼压垮的我，穿越到了女儿国 Crushed by the Bride Price, I Transmigrated to the Kingdom of Women 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Warmth of the Mortal World, All Tenderness 人间烟火，皆温柔 All the Warmth of Everyday Life 13Reads—Score514d adds
- 87 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.2Score40714d adds
- 88 The Sword Falls Beneath Azure Skies: I Transmigrated into the Villain's Junior Apprentice Brother 剑落青云：我穿成了反派小师弟 The Sword Falls upon the Azure Clouds: I Transmigrated into the Villain's Junior Fellow Disciple 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 What?! The Paper Effigy Shop Owner Is a Feng Shui Master! 惊！纸扎店老板，竟是玄学大佬！ [Strongest female lead + occult expert + satisfying power fantasy + no romance] Xia Bai's master left her a house. She uses it to get a secure civil-service job in the Underworld. From then on, she spends her days taking on every job she can find, all to help build a new Underworld. Substitute ghosts? Off to reincarnation with you! Borrowed lifespans? That's against Underworld regulations. Go downstairs and face your punishment. Anglers? You want to chum the waters on the Bridge of Helplessness? 8.2kReads8.8Score94714d adds
- 90 The Celestial Master's Dragon-Seeking Secret 天师寻龙诀 Before she died, Grandma gave me three instructions. The most important one was that, on the night I turned eighteen, I must not open the door for anyone. But that night, my dead grandmother came back... 4.6kReads8.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 91 I Can See When Everyone Will Die 我能看见每个人的死亡时间 I Can See When Everyone Will Die 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 What Is Meant to Be Will Be 命里有时终须有 What Is Meant to Be Will Be 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Chaos Beast Tamer: From Good-for-Nothing to World Lord 混沌御兽：从废柴到界主 Chaos Beast Taming: From Good-for-Nothing to World Lord 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Yellow Emperor’s Secret 黄帝秘藏 With a blood-written deed on my body, I fought hungry dogs for food. In the bitter cold of winter, I was about to be beaten to death on the frozen ground, until someone stood before me and told me I was a dragon in the art of feng shui... 14.2kReads8.9Score59714d adds
- 95 I Transmigrated into a Cauldron Destined for the Slaughter 穿越成了待宰的炉鼎 I Transmigrated into a Cauldron Awaiting Its Slaughter 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Folk Tales: One Chapter, One Horror Story 民间怪谈一章一个恐怖故事 [Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun. 25.6kReads7.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 97 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 They say everyone has a few little secrets they can't bring themselves to talk about these days. But if you really want to hear something out of the ordinary, go find Old Bu. Old Bu runs a little tavern set inside an abandoned train carriage. From the day it opened, he laid down one rule: One interesting story in exchange for a night's worth of drinks. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Too bad he doesn't give you much to drink, and the stories just keep getting stranger. An intelligent wristb 10Reads7.6Score614d adds
- 98 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 99 The Immortal Orchard in My Dantian Helps Me Enter the Immortal Sect 丹田仙圃助我入仙门 The Immortal Garden in My Dantian Helps Me Enter the Immortal Sect 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Fleeing Drought and Famine: A Sign-In Spring to Build a Dynasty 旱灾逃荒：签到一口泉，打造王朝 [Farming + spatial ring + building a dynasty + fleeing famine during a drought] In the year of the great drought, the earth cracks, the rivers run dry, and the land is filled with scenes of utterly heartbreaking misery! Li Qingshan transmigrates into this world and becomes the head of a household! Looking at his beautiful wife, hungry and pitiful, Li Qingshan's heart aches…! Day one sign-in: obtain a spring and two catties of pork belly! Day two sign-in: obtain wheat seeds and corn seeds! … Use 4.8kReads8.6Score47214d adds
