Novels like A Story Sparked by a Feng Shui Charlatan
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- 151 The Maoshan Daoist: Quest for the Tripod Across the Nine Provinces 茅山道士，九州寻鼎记 It is only natural for Maoshan to have Daoist priests, and it is easy enough to accept that ghosts and monsters exist in the world. But a Dragon Palace in Weishan Lake? Does that surprise you? Chen Gangdan, whose ancestors belonged to the imperial family, was blessed in misfortune as a child when he was taught Maoshan magic. But he unexpectedly discovered that his bloodline was deeply afflicted by a curse. The same curse had also befallen two other people. What secret do they share? How can the 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 The Secret Arts of Chinese Feng Shui and Divination 华夏绝学堪舆术数 The ancient arts of Huaxia: the I Ching and Bagua, yin-yang arts and divination. Every article is based on practical experience, with the aim of reviving Huaxia culture. Along the way, I'll share many details and secrets. Don't use them to commit evil, or Heaven will punish you. Good done without ulterior motives will be rewarded; evil done with intent will be punished. 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Tale of Uncle Gu of the Daoist Sect 道门谷叔传 This is not a light, fast-paced read designed to cater to readers looking for quick entertainment. If you prefer shallow, padded stories, you may be disappointed. But trust me: if you can patiently read the first twenty chapters and still find them dull, feel free to speak your mind and offer criticism in the reviews. Let this book be our promise. I’ll await your verdict. The story takes you to a corner of the outskirts of the capital, where you’ll follow Uncle Gu’s footsteps and push open the 68Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 154 Proving the Dao in Peach Blossom Ravine 证道桃花涧 In the final years of the Tang Dynasty, warlords carved up the land and regimes in the Central Plains rose and fell in rapid succession. The Khitans eyed the Central Plains hungrily, demons ran rampant, and the people suffered. Gui Yuannan headed south in search of love, stumbled into an immortal’s destiny, entered the Dao, and cultivated the wondrous methods of the Shangqing tradition. After completing her training, she descended the mountain 17Reads—Score214d adds
- 155 A Cold-Blooded Emperor's Lifelong Love 冷血帝王之一世情长 [Two powerful leads, satisfying revenge, sweet romance, special agent transmigration, no pocket dimension] The modern-day “Ghost Doctor” and “Living King of Hell” somehow transmigrated. Upon opening her eyes, she found: One white-lotus younger sister, One scumbag father, One evil stepmother, One scumbag fiancé, And wait, Are you sure this is the kind of setup the great Ghost Doctor should have? Fine, throw in one icy-faced King of Hell too. Oh, this one seems like a better match for me... 918Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 156 After the Taoist Nun Came Down from the Mountain, She Ran Wild 道姑下山后，野翻了 [Fantasy, paranormal, secret identity, sweet romance, urban romance] [Bai Ran = Ling Yuanzi] Everyone assumes Bai Ran is a Taoist nun at Yinshan Temple who trims dead branches and clears weeds. In truth, she is Celestial Master Ling Yuanzi of the Upper Sect of Yinshan, and at her master's command, she has come down from the mountain to marry Mo Lin. [Upper Sect of Yinshan] Ling Yuanzi's thirty-five senior brothers: Junior Sister, we heard you're coming down the mountain to get married? Who's bol 227Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 157 You Can Cultivate Immortality While You Lie Flat 躺平也可以修仙 These are my personal insights and experiences in cultivating the Dao and refining qi, woven into a novel that creates a strange and eerie supernatural world through both dreams and reality. If you enjoy supernatural mysteries and immortal cultivation, give it a read. It’s unlike anything else, and the opportunity is rare. When this old man achieves a perfected Golden Core, you’ll all be disciples of my Qingfeng Sect. 651Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 158 The Book of Feng Shui and the Mystical Arts 玄学风水录 Adventures in Modern Feng Shui is adapted from the true experiences of Li Chengxuan, a modern feng shui master. It offers the most up-to-date and down-to-earth account of feng shui in the city, reflecting people's contemporary fascination with the subject. Through varied settings and feng shui incidents, it answers people's questions about the practice. It also records practical methods and techniques, letting readers learn more about feng shui through gripping stories. This is truly an account 176Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 A Complete Guide to the Six Yao and Eight Trigrams 六爻八卦一点通 A Quick Guide to the Six Lines and Eight Trigrams Are you fascinated by the mysterious Eight Trigrams and Six Lines, but find ancient texts obscure and technical terms hard to understand? This book is designed especially for complete beginners. With the goal of making the material easy to learn and understand at a glance, it uses everyday language, abundant examples, and original learning methods to guide you into Six Lines divination with ease. Its 300,000 words of systematic instruction will h 2.3kReads7.2Score57914d adds
- 160 The Reborn Goddess at Full Power Goes Viral Livestreaming Fortune-Telling 满级神女重生，直播算命杀疯了 (The score's just been posted, so it'll go up later.) Max-level powerhouse + fortune-telling livestreams + layers of secret identities + everyone gets their comeuppance After failing her tribulation, the “true ancestor” of the mystic sect is reborn in the body of a “fake heiress” from a wealthy family. She owes a billion, and the whole internet wants her dead. On the first day of her fortune-telling livestream, she calmly tells the camera, “Your daughter is dead.” The entire internet explodes wi 11Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 161 The Wanderer's Grave 浪客冢 “Tune: Water Melody · The Wanderer’s Tomb” Blood boils in the pot, old mysteries sink deep; the night is cold, and guests come often. Above the Cloud-Arriving Tower, beneath a deep-browed hat, I recognize the face I once wore. Three deadly impasses laid bare, seven fatal moves counted down; our shadows share a cup beneath the lamp. A jade pendant inscribed with osmanthus blossoms; to whom does the missing finger belong? The mountain moon falls, gratitude ends, plum blossoms burn. Fifteen years i 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Chaos Divination 混沌神算术 When algorithms become the fortune-telling of a new age, who can see the human heart behind the numbers? At the darkest point in his life, the protagonist Liao Muran awakens the Chaotic Art of Divine Calculation. He could read the secrets of fate and claim a fortune for himself, but instead he chooses the harder path: using mathematical thinking to guide people lost in confusion. If Genius on the Left, Madman on the Right explores the limits of thought, this book reveals its warmth: how the olde 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Dao De Jing for Cultivators 修仙版道德经 The protagonist happens upon a copy of the Dao De Jing rewritten for cultivators. From then on, he embarks on the path of cultivation. It does not depend on how diligently you practice, nor on how much you read, but on insight and spiritual understanding, and even more on whether you have the destined connection with the immortals. Though it is called attaining the Dao, in truth nothing is gained. To transform all living beings is called attaining the Dao. Those who understand it may pass on the 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Reincarnation Simulator: Ascending to Immortality on the Wheel of Rebirth 轮回模拟器之转轮上成仙 [In-depth Daoist knowledge + a Daoist cultivates immortality + reincarnation simulations + saving the world] I, Cheng Xuan, was an ordinary mortal who had dreamed of becoming an immortal since childhood. By a strange twist of fate, I met an unremarkable old Daoist in the mountains and began my path to immortality. After three years of arduous cultivation, I finally earned my master’s approval. As the thirty-fifth-generation disciple, I was formally accepted into the Lingbao Sect. On the very da 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Heaven-Mandated Diviner 天命卦师 [Supernatural · Urban · Mysterious] My mother was a shameless woman... Before I was even a month old, she abandoned me. The man who raised me was my adoptive father, who wasn't related to me by blood at all. When I was seven, disaster struck out of nowhere. A woman gave me a burial shroud. My adoptive father said that woman meant to take my life... 2.8kReads8.5Score24914d adds
- 166 Don't Mess with This Streamer, He Can Rip Zongzi Apart with His Bare Hands! 别惹这主播，他能手撕粽子！ [Urban, livestreaming, no heroine, feng shui, fantasy, System, invincible, feel-good power fantasy.] In a parallel world with gaps in its historical record, ancient tombs have been officially designated “forbidden zones of life.” To me, they're nothing more than beginner zones. That's because I've bound myself to the [Exploration Livestream System]! What others consider a near-certain death sentence is the perfect dungeon for me to farm Shock Points. A general's tomb? Experts say anyone who ente 12.9kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 167 The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: I Sell My Temple and Become a Young Master 道士下山：卖掉道观做少爷 “I am Wang Shiye, a Taoist!” “King of the Taoists, you say? What an arrogant introduction!” His master was dead, and his sect's fortunes had run out. Wang Shiye sold the temple and took the Four-Eared Temple's ritual implements down the mountain. He may not be the King of the Taoists, but this young Taoist in his early twenties, though no good at magical duels, could tell fortunes and read the flow of qi and divine trigrams like no one else. He could even use divination like GPS. Unfortunately, 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Chou Xian'er 仇仙儿 Good demons are for Fahai to handle, and bad ghosts need bad people to deal with them. If life is already miserable, who cares if you end up in the frying pan after death! If you won’t let me, Chen Guang, live in peace, then what the hell am I cultivating merit for? One word: fight to the bitter end! 3.3kReads—Score19714d adds
- 169 The Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 When I was ten, my grandfather built a coffin for himself with his own hands... From that moment on, the heavens shattered and all realms fell into chaos. [The 2021 feng shui and fantasy masterpiece!] 624Reads8.1Score13414d adds
- 170 The Black Blade Ghost Slayer 黑刀斩鬼人 No System, no clichés, not a naive protagonist, and no livestreaming. Mysticism, the Hetu and Luoshu, yin-yang, the five elements, the eight trigrams, and the nine palaces. Fantasy and supernatural events include a ghostly flood dragon in Changbai Mountain’s Heavenly Lake, a water spirit in the Peach Blossom Spring, a black dragon in Heilongjiang, a serpent transformed in the bamboo forests of southern Sichuan, an ancient tomb in the Qinling Mountains, a wormhole in Ailao Mountain, an underwater 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, the Government Has Its Eye on Me 算命太准，被国家盯上了 Lin Xiaoman is a country girl who just graduated. Her only special talent is “being eerily accurate when she speaks.” On a high-speed train, she sees a masked woman across from her with blood-red words floating over her head: “Will die in three hours.” She recognizes those eyes: they belong to top-tier star Bai Lu. After hesitating for three seconds, she hands her a note. Bai Lu changes her route and escapes disaster. But Lin Xiaoman, for “revealing heavenly secrets,” gets a nosebleed and slee 5.3kReads7.7Score68814d adds
- 172 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 632Reads9.0Score11414d adds
- 173 Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道 A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea 335Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 A Complete Guide to the Four Pillars of Destiny 八字大全讲解 Do you believe in fate? In just eight words, this book captures its true meaning. It's especially suitable for beginners, and can also be used as a reference. I hope you study hard and never stop learning. 331Reads7.5Score10214d adds
- 175 The Heavenly Book of Changing Fate 改运天书 The character is based on the fifth great figure of the Northeast Renaissance, Old Xu, the "knowledge mixer". Special thanks to: Wang Shengdong of Northeast Sushantang Zhang Xiaotian of Northeast Xuande Hall Zhang Wumeng, the fourth great master of the Northeast Renaissance Ouchi's secret talk A book review is the best introduction. Book lover [Chuxin Yijiu Ha]: This masterpiece is a must-recommend! The author has a wealth of knowledge, humorous language, and is proficient in everything from fen 1.1kReads8.5Score25314d adds
- 176 A Female Feng Shui Master's Work Diary 一个女风水师的工作日志 The author met a feng shui master and exchanged contact information with her. After seeing her work journal, the author found some of its contents worth reading. They also carry on traditional culture, so the author is sharing them here with her permission. 434Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 177 The Puppet Master's World 天下傀门 They say trouble follows a widow wherever she goes. That year, the villagers drove Zhang Wenqing's mother to hang herself. To avenge her, Zhang Wenqing gave up thirty years of his life and mastered the secret arts of the Puppet Sect. In the martial world, among all walks of life, men are ruthless and women beguiling. Zhang Wenqing sees men fighting like vicious dogs over food and women competing to outshine one another. Witchcraft, spirit mediums, corpse walkers, the Thieves' Sect, ancient marti 13kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 178 The Secret Teachings of Quanzhen 全真密传 The Complete Perfection Dao brings together the Three Teachings, recognizes the mind and sees one’s true nature, and preserves the whole truth. This ancient tradition, passed down for thousands of years, nearly withered away during a period of turmoil… In 1977, the mainland’s college entrance examination, suspended for ten years amid the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, was reinstated. Eighteen-year-old Liu Yong left the mountain at his master’s request to take this momentous exam, hoping to fi 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Charlatan 神棍 A fortune-teller, one of the oldest professions. An ancient name for a fortune-teller or feng shui master. Knowing the stars above and the earth below; the five elements of yin and yang, the eight trigrams and nine palaces. Physiognomy and feng shui, defying fate and changing one’s destiny: nothing is beyond their power! Huang Zheng, a modern-day fortune-teller. Born under the influence of yin and yang, with the canopy star at his back. With extraordinary skills in reading fortunes and feng shui 1kReads8.7Score12914d adds
- 180 The First-Eye Feng Shui Master 第一天眼风水师 This is not your typical feng shui story. If that bothers you, please move along. Inside you’ll find the most terrifying human demons and ghosts, horrifying infant spirits, bewitching female ghosts, thousand-year-old flood dragons, and even a ghastly face that will make your heart race... There are no tired formulas here, so be patient. The further you read, the better it gets… The story begins on the day I was born. On the day of my birth, every last one of the chickens and ducks my family k 17.9kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 181 A Feng Shui Master Born in the 1990s 90后风水师 One glance tells you who is destined for riches. Two reveal who will live or die. After realizing that the goddess was doomed to disaster, Li Shiyi embarked on a road of death from which there was no turning back. 282Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 182 Tales of the Shangqing Sect 上清宗往事 After accidentally stumbling into the Four Fiends Soul-Suppressing Formation, he finds his life ticking down to its end in seven years. He joins the Daoist sect in pursuit of immortality, grows stronger as he encounters zombies, ghosts, demons, and monsters, travels the human world and seeks out hidden realms, slays demons and monsters to prove the Dao, and searches through the Six Paths of Reincarnation for true immortality. Only today does he finally realize who he truly is. 6kReads8.8Score57814d adds
- 183 Fortune’s Cry 禄鸣 I'm Shen Lu, the most expensive fortune teller in Rongzhou. I have one quirk, though: I only take clients with old-money style. Then one day, an old man in flip-flops walked in and said, “Tell me, when will my son, that high-ranking official, be transferred back?” I cleaned up the official circles and took over a business empire. It wasn't until I met him that I realized I didn't understand fate at all... And now an even bigger conspiracy is drawing near. If anyone dares to tamper with the desti 12Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 184 The Art of White Sorcery 白相术 Thieves Have Their Code Three tales: "The Art of White Magic," "A Thousand Killings," and "The Ultimate Thief" Two stories retold: "Bajie" and "Wukong" "The Art of White Magic": Even underhanded methods can save lives, and even righteous justice can kill. "A Thousand Killings": In old Shanghai, there were once four master pickpockets. Some speculate they may all have been aliases of the same person. "The Ultimate Thief": The pinnacle of thievery, and a game of wits between people. "Bajie": D 1.3kReads9.3Score23714d adds
- 185 Fortune-Telling with Incense: A Life-or-Death Incense from the Start 看香算命：开局生死香 [Mystery] + [Fast-Paced] + [Extremely Satisfying] Fresh out of college and unemployed, he is forced to inherit the family business of incense reading and fortune-telling. At the City God Temple, he meets He Hui and they set up an incense-reading studio. When someone frames them, they turn the tables and earn their first fortune. Later, he heads to the countryside to lay low, encounters all kinds of strange happenings, and learns to manipulate people, creating plenty of money-making opportunitie 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔：甲子太平 [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 2.3kReads—Score16014d adds
- 187 The Legend of Situ Shankong 司徒山空传 The rags-to-riches journey from teahouse server to grandmaster. The extraordinary life of an old Taoist from eastern Sichuan, spanning seventy years! 3.2kReads8.9Score96014d adds
- 188 A Record of Strange Encounters 怪异见闻录 [Folk horror, Taoist exorcists, spirit mediums banishing evil, no romance, intelligent protagonist] My grandmother is a spirit medium. Just tonight, Uncle Bei from our village came to ask her to perform an exorcism. He said Auntie Liu from the village was actually a ghost? But Auntie Liu only came to my shop yesterday to buy paper money! And so began a series of strange encounters… that turned me from an ordinary person into someone with only three souls and six spirits left! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Folk Secret Arts: The Yuan Guang Technique 民间秘术之圆光术 Have you ever wondered what secret arts of ancient times could pierce the mysteries of heaven and earth and reveal the truth? Open this book and discover the legend of the Light-Circle Art, a tradition passed down for millennia. Born from suspicions surrounding a treasure theft in the immortal realm, it was an “ancient surveillance system” created by immortals. With talismans, it conjured a luminous screen to expose the schemes of petty thieves in the demon realm. As it spread among mortals, it 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Urban Landscape Feng Shui Master 都市园林风水师 When my construction crew started using a compass to lay out the site and peachwood stakes to mark its boundaries, my peers laughed at me for engaging in feudal superstition. Then... The state media praised the municipal park I built as an “ecological miracle.” The homes in the residential complex I landscaped sold for twice the price of surrounding properties, and you still couldn’t get one. The clients who once mocked me as a “charlatan” now come with checks in hand, begging me to “take a look 187Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 191 Maoshan Taoist Arts 茅山术 “Master, why does everyone say that after the founding of the country, animals aren’t allowed to become spirits?” “Because it’s the law. Whatever is spoken becomes law. After the country was founded, no animals, plants, or anything else was allowed to become a spirit!!!” “Then why have we still run into so many demons and monsters?” “Because those were all from before the country was founded. Afterward, there are only ghosts. So you have to live your whole life carefully and keep a low profile. 3.4kReads7.4Score45414d adds
- 192 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺匠 My family has dealt with the dead for generations. Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a coffin bearer. Before carrying a coffin, I always offer the deceased five incense sticks. When offering incense to the living, three long sticks and two short ones are taboo. When offering incense to the dead, three short sticks and two long ones are taboo. That day, I carried a coffin, and the dead pregnant woman inside gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! [Shh, keep quiet! We’re settin 2.8kReads8.3Score18414d adds
- 193 A Complete Guide to Bazi 八字通晓 Eight Characters Made Clear is really just two names put together. Whose names are they? Tan Bazi, a man, and Jiang Tongxiao, a woman. At Tangfeng Cave, Guan Jixu and Fang Zhinan received the true teachings of Immortal Masters Xu and Guan, among others. They founded the Taihua East Peak School of Destiny Studies, enthroning as its patriarch and as deputy patriarch. From then on, Tangfeng Cave and Taihua East Peak became two important forums for destiny studies. The st 999Reads8.1Score22014d adds
- 194 The Ruyi Teahouse 如意茶馆 In a lively old town stands a century-old teahouse where residents and passing travelers come to rest. Who could have guessed the true meaning of the words “as you wish”? As you wish, as he wishes, or... as it wishes! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 The Great Scripture of the Mystic Truth 玄真大道经 Li Xuanxin was abandoned at birth on Mount Zhongnan, but fortunately, the reclusive Daoist master Qingxu took him in. He thought he could devote himself to cultivation in peace, far from worldly affairs. But then the funeral bells of Yongjia rang. The Five Barbarians’ cavalry trampled across the Central Plains, Luoyang fell, and bones lay exposed in the wilderness. Before ascending, his master left him a prophecy: “Heaven and Earth are sealed, and the laws are incomplete. To seek the Great Way, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Feng Shui for Beginners 零基础学习风水 My name is Chen Ping'an... Understand this novel, and your destiny will change forever... Even complete beginners can learn simple, practical feng shui secrets... If you want to change something in your life, you really should give it a read! 224Reads7.0Score18714d adds
- 197 The Divine Feng Shui Master 神级风水师 Houses are divided into yin and yang: yin dwellings gather the qi of the dead, while yang dwellings foster prosperity. This is the art of feng shui. A scion of a feng shui family accidentally inherits a Celestial Master’s legacy, mastering the yin-yang arts and feng shui techniques of past and present. He can discern qi and communicate with the yin and yang realms, pass on the secrets of feng shui, understand how to dispel evil and invite prosperity, and collect precious magical artifacts. Thus 724Reads8.2Score10714d adds
- 198 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 83Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 199 After Passing the Civil Service Exam, a Mage Tricked Me into Catching Ghosts 考编上岸后，我被法师骗去抓鬼 [Supernatural powers + spirit mediums + divination + disciple of a bodhisattva + ghost hunting] This entire novel is told through my personal experiences. I’ve simply recorded all the supernatural events I’ve experienced, witnessed, and encountered over the years. Readers can decide for themselves whether they’re true or not. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Feng Shui Clinic 风水医馆 Lin Feng, a brash young man with a formal education in traditional Chinese medicine, takes over his grandfather's “Feng Shui Clinic.” He's well-grounded in Chinese medicine and knows a little feng shui. He expects to spend his days guarding a run-down shop and barely scraping by, but to his surprise, his family's inherited “feng shui acupuncture” technique helps him make a name for himself. He reads feng shui and unblocks meridians, treating the body while changing people's fortunes. With Chines 825Reads—Score14614d adds
