Novels like Half Farmer, Half Taoist
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- 51 Tales of the Demon Trafficker 贩妖记 If I told you all of this was true, would you believe me? A bizarre walking marriage among the Mosuo people set me on an extraordinary path that would shape half my life. A thousand-year-old cosmic box. A river where the dead never die. Inspired by numerous supernatural events that really happened and drawing on little-known local customs and traditions, this story reveals a hidden world of spirits and strange creatures! 111Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 52 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain: Others Read Faces, I Read Fate 天师下山：别人看相，我窥天命 The Netherworld infant Xiang Ling is born, delivered by underworld officials, with Black and White Impermanence guarding the gates and the Ten Great Nether Marshals patrolling the streets! The feng shui Xiang family suffers a devastating calamity and nearly faces extinction! Xiang Ling survives against all odds, finds shelter on Longhu Mountain, and becomes an heir to the Celestial Masters. Twenty years later, having mastered the mystic arts, Xiang Ling descends from Longhu Mountain to break evi 141Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 53 A Nascent Soul Expert Gets Beaten Up on Earth 元婴大佬在地球被吊打 When the false is taken for true, even truth becomes false; where nothing is taken for something, something returns to nothing. A dream of Southern Branch is bound to end in waking; returning home, one finds oneself like the man who came back to find the woodcutter’s axe handle rotted away. Chen Zongping, an ordinary college student, accidentally falls into the world of immortal cultivation. Rescued by an old man who takes him in as a disciple, he begins his journey toward immortality. After cou 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Little Fortune-Teller 小半仙 A young half-immortal from Mount Qingcheng descends the mountain to gain experience. He tells fortunes, reads feng shui, explores ancient tombs, and battles venomous insects. He helps people avert disasters, eliminate evil, and uphold justice, all to broaden his horizons, improve his cultivation, and enjoy this wonderful world to the fullest. But as his fame grows, so do the troubles he faces... 70Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 55 A Demon Hunter by Inheritance, I Took Out a God from the Start 祖传猎魔人，开局嘎了个神仙 This is the story of two brothers who exorcise ghosts, subdue demons, vanquish fiends, slay immortals, and kill gods to safeguard the peace of humankind! Born with divine strength and inheriting the 36-character God-Smiting Spell, Jiang Nan traveled across the country with his father from childhood, working as a folk monster hunter. After his father died of illness, Jiang Nan went to the Amazon rainforest to clear his head by battling a giant python. Suddenly, his younger brother Jiang Bei, who 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 There Were No Immortals in This World, Until Too Many People Feared Death 世上本无仙，怕死的多了也就有了 Everyone else seeks immortality with their lives, but I think cultivating immortality is less appealing than dipping ingredients in hot pot. Eternal life? Just an obsession of a bunch of lunatics. Why seek immortality? It'd be more realistic to just ask not to go bald. This is a colossal lie: immortals don't exist. They're all just frauds pretending to have supernatural powers! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Reading Qi in the Imperial Court 气观庙堂 Back then, the roads were still dirt tracks, and there were no big trees along the streets. All you could see was a crowd of children running under the blazing sun, kicking up clouds of dust that mingled with their sweat. After that day, my life was never the same. It has been exactly sixteen years since I first encountered the supernatural. I’ve witnessed the genuine spirit-medium traditions of the Northeast and visited shrines worshiped in other parts of the country. I’ve seen the wondrous cor 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Folklore and the Supernatural: My Grandpa Took Me on Ghostly Errands 民间灵异：我爷爷带我行差鬼事 My second uncle and I followed my grandfather in the business of dealing with ghosts. Guiding spirits, seeing them off, cleansing houses. Into the mountains, into caves, under the water... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Tales of the Strange and Stories of Ghosts 说诡讲鬼 Also known as The Guide Along the Yin-Yang Path (Not a power fantasy + no cultivation + eerie + no female lead + horror) (The book weaves together different supernatural stories and is best enjoyed as an audiobook.) Born at midnight, I have an intensely yang fate and abundant vitality. I encounter all kinds of mysterious events in daily life, and my comrade A Jie, who is also a spirit medium, goes out of his way to help me find answers. I used to think everything I encountered was caused by ghos 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Taoist Descends the Mountain: Signing In at the Funeral Home to Judge Yin Spirits 道士下山：我在殡仪馆签到审阴灵 [Fantasy Supernatural Mystery]+ [Funeral Home]+ [Comedy]+ [Subversion of Tropes] My name is Su Jiu. When I was ten, my master packed up and ran off, leaving behind nothing but a notebook that completely baffled me. I look lively and well, but my true soul has long since vanished. Even I can’t tell whether I count as a living person or a little ghost wandering the mortal world. I went down the mountain to look for my master and picked up Chen Liu along the way. The two of us ended up at Old Man’s 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Terrifying Supernatural Encounters I've Experienced (3) 亲身经历的恐怖灵异事件（三） True Stories of Terrifying Supernatural Encounters (3) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 I Am a Heavenly Master of the Taoist Sect: From the Start, I Capture and Enfeoff Demons 我，道门天师，开局收妖敕封 [Celestial Master + nearly invincible from the start + little girls + supernatural revival] The supernatural returns, and demons run rampant. Vengeful ghosts wreak havoc, and evil gods invade. Lin Qingyang transmigrated and was reborn in the body of a mighty Celestial Master in this world overrun by the supernatural. With power that reached the heavens from the start, already at his peak from day one, how could he face this unfamiliar world? Of course… He'd descend the mountain to exorcise demon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Maoshan Sect Master 茅山宗师 The greatest blessed land under heaven, the eighth grotto-heaven, is known as the Orthodox Maoshan Tradition! The Manifest Sect has carried its mandate for a thousand years, while the Esoteric Sect has subdued dragons across ten thousand miles. The thousand-year struggle between the two branches of the Maoshan Sect has become a legendary tale without precedent. Gathering the finest wisdom of the immortal way from the ages and preserving the ancient essence of rare secret arts, the path is simple 1.3kReads8.4Score10514d adds
- 64 I Rely on Maoshan Ghost Money to Deliver Souls Across Myriad Worlds 我靠茅山冥币超度万界 A Daoist Celestial Master who seals away evil spirits and wicked ghosts has just started livestreaming to sell goods when viewers immediately challenge his identity. "Hey, streamer, can you really do this? If you can exorcise ghosts, why are you selling counterfeit ghost money?" I silently pull out a talisman I personally crafted, marked "Ten Billion Universal Underworld Currency." In an instant, the comments go wild. "Holy crap! The red-clad bride clinging to my window just started kowtowing!" 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 A Curious Record of Getting By 奇妙糊口录 [Not a wish-fulfillment story, slow-paced, slice of life, horror, urban cultivation, a harem of spirits and demons, and chuuni comedy] Skyscrapers conceal mysteries of yin and yang, while deep forests hide monsters and demons. He learned secret Daoist arts passed down through his family, but he isn't chasing the path to ascension. He just wants to live a peaceful life. Eerie screams in the middle of the night, spirits lying in wait under cover of darkness, and evil cultivators with sinister inte 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 A Compendium of Strange Events in the Mountain Village 山村诡异事件大全 This book is adapted from true events recounted by Uncle Zhengyu. It comprises a series of separate paranormal stories, recounting the strange, unexplained events that take place in mysterious mountain villages… It has all kinds of unsolved mysteries! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Everlasting Life of Qinghua 青华长生 In a world where no one can become an immortal or cultivate the Dao, a young man inherits the Shangqing lineage from his previous life and brings the Shangqing Immortal Arts back to the world. He forms the Three Flowers Above the Crown, gathers the Five Qi at the Origin, and trains in the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Arts and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Arts. 81Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 68 Riding an Electric Scooter Through the Yin and Yang, I Am the World's Last Heavenly Master 脚踏电驴巡阴阳，我世间最后天师 “Beautiful lady? Why is your address a mass grave?” Probably just a rookie mistake. Make a few more deliveries and you'll get the hang of it. Zhang Daozhi was stunned. The last Celestial Master of the dynasty had accepted the most powerful inheritance, the Celestial Master's Passing, just a moment ago. The next moment, he was reborn as a food delivery rider. But this life was one of peace and prosperity, with ghosts and monsters existing only in legend. Even the Celestial Master's spells had bee 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 A Taoist Priest’s Guide to Exorcising Evil in the City 道士之都市驱邪 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Funeral Specialist: Targeted Just Three Days After Posting 白事先生：发书三天，就被盯上了 (This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental!) The market is sluggish, and funeral shops are no exception. With nothing better to do, I turned the manuscript Guichen Register, written by my grandfather and father together, into a digital edition. I’m addicted to typing, so I decided to write a novel to help make ends meet. But I never expected that just three days after I published it, someone would set their sights on me... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Breaking Calamity 破厄 “Blasphemy! What an outrage! How dare a mere mortal like you gaze upon a god!” Take another look at the god you speak of. Where is its compassion? If it really is a god, why won’t it let the people behold its glory? Instead, it hides behind you all. If you ask me, it’s nothing but an evil spirit that beguiles people. “It can deliver us from our suffering!” “Perhaps it’s the source of that suffering. Let this Daoist priest help you cut it off at the root!” Everyone, just watch and see how Chen Gu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Terrifying Supernatural Encounters I've Experienced (2) 亲身经历的恐怖灵异事件（二） True Stories of Terrifying Supernatural Encounters (2) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Underworld Messenger: The Paper Impermanence 走阴差：纸无常 No female lead, no System, a pure Republican-era supernatural mystery novel! In the thirteenth year of the Republic, in Weishui City. The Ghost Mother sent her eight-year-old son, Lin Bei, to apprentice at a gloomy paper effigy shop. The shopkeeper, Third Master Chen, had catlike eyes and was known as the “Paper King of Hell.” He could craft “living paper effigies,” travel the yin roads, and communicate with ghosts and spirits. Lin Bei became Third Master Chen’s apprentice and took the name “Pap 990Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 74 The Heaven-Ordained Evil-Sealing Coffin 天命镇邪棺 [Feng Shui Mysticism + Taoist Priest + Ghost Hunting and Exorcism + Folk Legends + Revenge] When I was ten, the Tang family broke all four of my limbs and threw me into a mass grave to be eaten by wild dogs. But fate would not let me die. I inherited the imperial feng shui arts and celestial official mysteries passed down by the ancient Imperial Astronomical Bureau, and became a feng shui master revered by all. “This time, the Tang family will pay for their blood debt in blood!” 20Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 75 The Tomb Seal 墓地封印 The Limitless gives birth to the Supreme Ultimate, the Supreme Ultimate gives birth to the Two Forms, the Two Forms give birth to the Three Powers, the Three Powers give birth to the Four Symbols, the Four Symbols give birth to the Five Elements, the Five Elements give birth to the Six Directions, the Six Directions give birth to the Seven Stars, the Seven Stars give birth to the Eight Trigrams, the Eight Trigrams give birth to the Nine Palaces, and all things return to the Ten Directions. A tal 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Ghost-Eyed Fixer 鬼眼话事人 Chen Cheng was born with ghost eyes, able to see what ordinary people cannot. A Daoist master recognized his gift and took him on as his final disciple. He sought justice for ghosts and drove demons from the mortal world. After his master left, he took over as the new keeper of the ghost eyes, hunting thousand-year-old vengeful spirits, battling zombies, luring vampires to their deaths, and investigating haunted tunnels, ghost villages, and phantom ships... He will carry on the Daoist tradition 969Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 77 The Taoist of Zhongnan Mountain 终南道士 My mother was dead. Half a year later, when they opened her grave, I was born inside the coffin. I am a person born from a ghost. I was born with a yin constitution and destined to become a Taoist priest. Otherwise, I would never have lived past thirteen. My birth set the course of my life, and doomed me to become involved in many things hidden from the world. Don't ask me whether ghosts exist. If you want to see one, burn some joss paper. Write the dead person's name in your blood, and I'll sen 386Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 78 The Taoist Priest's Pact with Three Thousand Ghost Brides 道士与后宫三千女鬼的约定 This Daoist Master doesn't care for fighting and killing. I've had just one hobby all my life: collecting all kinds of beautiful female demons and ghosts from around the world. 133Reads—Score1214d adds
- 79 The Yin-Yang Ghost Master 阴阳鬼师 The young Maoshan Celestial Master Zhao Ziyang ventures into the city. Half a bowl of clear water reveals the workings of heaven and earth; one spirit talisman commands ghosts and gods. He walks the Eight Trigrams steps of Maoshan and wields a divine sword to slay evil spirits. From the underworld’s ghostly canals and the six-eyed evil child to the great demon of Black Mountain and the thousand-year-old Blood Corpse King, he takes them all on along the way. There is a female lead. Pure supernatu 24.2kReads6.3Score2k14d adds
- 80 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 115Reads—Score15514d adds
- 81 I Broke Folk Taboos, Yet Became the Strongest Taoist Priest 触碰民间禁忌，我却成为最强道士 It all started when I got drunk and took a leak by a roadside grave. After breaking a rural taboo, one strange thing after another began to haunt me. My grandfather was a well-known spirit medium in the countryside of Yu Province, and our family worshipped fox spirits at a shrine. There are no peerless thunder techniques, no golden finger upgrades. Rural graves, ill omens when red and white festivities collide, spirit mediums making their rounds, the troops serving beneath the Mount Tai Goddess: 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Little Daoist in Blue 青衣小道长 This is my first work. It’s a book inspired by stories I heard from older generations when I was young, which I adapted and made up, as well as things I’ve written based on my own life. The child at the beginning is real, my own son. This book is also a way of expressing my hopes for him. I hope he does better and better, and can walk just like other people, go to school, grow up, get married, have children, and live the life he wants. That’s why I’m writing this as a mix of fantasy, supernatura 194Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Fortune-Telling Livestream: Bro, Your Girlfriend Is No Ordinary Woman 直播算命，兄弟你的女朋友不一般 When his master passed away, all he left behind was a somewhat dilapidated temple, two junior disciples, and a mountain of debt. The temple was tucked away in a remote place and attracted few worshippers. To keep the temple running, repay the debt, and save the place, he had no choice but to start livestreaming fortune-telling. "Master, when will I find love? Do you think I can marry a rich beauty?" Lu Yan: "It's fine to have dreams, brother, but don't get carried away. That's an illness, and it 2.2kReads6.6Score10914d adds
- 84 You Were Supposed to Catch Ghosts, So Why Are You Flirting with Girls Everywhere? 让你捉鬼，你却到处撩妹 “You little brat, I told you to catch ghosts, but you’re out there flirting with women. Last time, the client even complained that you kept staring at her chest and thighs.” “Hehe! She was dressed so skimpy and had such long legs. She was practically asking people to look. I’d be a fool not to!” 357Reads—Score10214d adds
- 85 The Soul-Sending Road of Chang'an 长安送魂路 [Mystery and the supernatural + ghost hunting + guiding souls + Taoist arts + face reading + feng shui + fortune-telling] Since I turned eighteen, I've traveled far and wide in search of a way to defy fate and change my destiny. Later, I grew tired and didn't want to live anymore, but one slap from my second uncle brought me back to my senses. My life doesn't belong to me alone. They all want me to keep living. My name is Gu Chang'an. They want me to live a long, peaceful life. I am a soul guide —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Strange Tales from the Tea Pavilion 茶榭诡谈 Chilling events that may have happened right beside you and me. Perhaps you and I could become the protagonists, too. These are accounts of things that happened to people around us, as told by those who experienced them. True and false, false and true, right and wrong, wrong and right. Think it over, then think it over carefully!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Great Yin-Yang Edict 太阴阳令 A rural Taoist whom people often overlook can always master other people's secret techniques, from the souls of demon spirits to the deadly strikes of ancient martial arts. He learns them in an instant, and when he uses them, his opponents are done for. In a dark world, he also learns of the thousand-year tragic romance that binds him. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Tales of the Six-Fingered Ghost 六指诡谈 [Born with Six Fingers and Rejected by Fate? I'll Crush the Boundary Between Yin and Yang!] Born with six fingers and plagued by a sinister illness, he was possessed by a ferocious beast just as ghosts and monsters went on a blood-moon killing spree! Only when his fingertip blood seeped into the Soul-Suppressing Stele did he learn that his extra finger was the key to both the Yin and Yang realms: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Maoshan Ghost-Suppressing Records 茅山镇鬼录 The gates of the underworld shatter, and ten thousand ghosts emerge! Enchanting ghosts steal souls, birth ghosts claim lives, zombies devour people, painted-skin demons steal faces, and water ghosts drag people under... The mortal world has become a living hell. Everyone fears ghosts and monsters. Only the Maoshan priests take up talismans and tread the Big Dipper steps! Talismans subdue the dead, swords cut down vengeful ghosts, incantations slay a hundred evils, and dark spirits are sealed awa 5.6kReads8.4Score48614d adds
- 90 Tales of the Supernatural in Rural Northeast China 东北农村诡事录 A collection of eerie and terrifying folk tales. Zhang Liang was born in the 1970s and was forced onto the path of exorcism by a curse. Every tale is full of danger and excitement, with an ending no one can predict. If you have the nerve, come take a look and experience a different kind of ghost story. Mildly scary, read with caution. 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Miaojiang Yin-Yang Gu 苗疆阴阳蛊 Miaojiang Yin-Yang Gu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Is the Taoist Temple Open for Business Today? 道观今天开张了吗？ There is a Taoist temple in the back hills of Qingcheng, built during the Ming Dynasty and fallen into ruin over the centuries. Celestial Master Zhang Qingyuan is the most gifted practitioner in six hundred years. He has mastered thunder arts and talismanic magic, and can see the threads of cause and effect. With seven students and more than thirty mouths to feed, he lives a simple life in this drafty, leaky temple. The second senior brother, Qingxu, runs the Douyin account “Qingxu of Mount Qing 111Reads6.7Score11714d adds
- 93 In Taoist Robes: I Counsel Students, Then Spirits 道袍加身：劝完学生劝鬼神 An art teacher unexpectedly becomes a Taoist exorcist. The colors in the classroom give way to the cinnabar of talismans, and one supernatural incident after another, once dismissed as impossible, begins to unfold. All the ghost stories he had heard were never mere fabrications. Beyond the mist where yin and yang meet lies a truth far more terrifying than anything on canvas. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Yagyu Yelang 柳生夜郎 Liu Shisan was born in the 1990s and learned folk Taoist arts from Grandpa Yun, a member of his family, from a young age. He thought he was simply gifted, but never imagined he would be drawn into the secret of how Liu Bowen of the Ming dynasty severed the dragon veins beneath the land... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Old Debts of Laoshan 崂山旧账 Mystery | Folk Legends | Crime Solving | Feng Shui and Fortune-Telling | Taoist Priest | Urban Supernatural Mystery | National Fortune When the incense dies out, old debts of fate must be settled anew [Slow Burn + Not a Power Fantasy + Protagonist’s Growth + No Overpowered Lead] Thirty years ago, Taoist priest Kuang Zhengqing of Taiqing Palace on Mount Laoshan in Island City died mysteriously on a mountain path. The official explanation was a dispute over incense offerings. Folk rumors said he 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Six Relics to Banish Evil 六器渡邪 On a stormy night, the evil box passed down through my family shattered on its own, and I became a wanted fugitive accused of several murders. My only chance of survival was to recover the six cursed artifacts scattered across the Lin family. But they weren't treasures. They were instruments of torture, each one imprisoning the soul of someone our ancestors had tortured into becoming an artifact. Soul-harvesting rice from the Hungry Ghost Realm, a mending needle used to sew together a hundred —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Guardian of Qin Shi Huang's Tomb 秦陵守墓人 A college student driven by financial hardship unexpectedly steps into the world of night shifts at a funeral home. From then on, he begins a legendary life out in the world, carrying the bloodline of the Qin Mausoleum's guardians. 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Feng Shui: The Master of Supreme Rank 风水之术，超品相师 This book features a wealth of real-life feng shui cases, progressing from the basics to more advanced concepts and combining landform feng shui with qi analysis. It covers the Eight Mansions school, Xuan Kong Flying Stars, the Golden Lock and Jade Gate method, the Twenty-Four Mountains school, Heavenly Doctor feng shui, Liu Yao divination, and more. [Feng Shui]+ [Physiognomy]+ [Fortune-Telling]+ [Eight Trigrams] [Typed by hand]+ [No AI whatsoever] As the eighteenth-generation heir to the Ma Yi 1.7kReads—Score26714d adds
- 99 The Daoist Sect's Spirit Medium 道宗通灵师 I'm a food delivery rider. As it happened, I delivered meals to a mother and her son three days in a row. On the fourth day, I went to their home and saw a forensic doctor carry their bodies out of the house. I also heard the doctor say they'd been dead for more than seventy-two hours. That very night, the ghostly mother and son appeared in my home and took over my room. By chance, I met Wang Xiangyun, a Taoist who knew how to subdue demons and drive out evil spirits, and asked him to help me ge 586Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 100 The Paranormal Master of Xuan Zong Feng Shui 玄宗风水术师之灵异先生 City life, celestial masters, the supernatural, feng shui, talismans, witchcraft, dark arts, ghost hunting, exorcisms, monster slaying, evil-spirit banishment, demon subjugation, battling zombies, living with a policewoman. No cultivation. 734Reads6.1Score10714d adds
