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- 51 My Years as a Daoist Immortal 我当仙家那些年 Because of something that happened in the past, I formed a bond with the Immortal Families. The Fox Immortal Family: Helps me master spiritual arts and keeps romance coming my way. The Yellow Immortal Family: Helps me seize souls and read the hidden secrets of the world. The White Immortal Family: Helps me heal the sick and save lives with miraculous skill. The Willow Immortal Family: Gives me the protection of a divine dragon and lets me retrieve objects from a thousand miles away. The Gray Imm 20Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 52 This Chuma Immortal Is Too Vicious 这个出马仙太凶狠了 My father had never once imagined, even as an adult, that he would have a child. Then one day, I came into the world and shattered that age-old belief for good. The thing is, I was born frail and sickly. It was only thanks to Chang Er Ye taking possession of me that I survived in this world. This is my extraordinary tale of spirit-medium tricks and supernatural dealings... 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 A True Spirit Medium 一个真实的出马仙 Spirit mediums are believed to bridge the human and spirit worlds. By drawing on the power of their “immortals,” they can help people avert disasters, resolve troubles, and predict good or bad fortune. Chosen from a young age to become a spirit medium, she is a young disciple burdened with a fate unlike anyone else’s. Her spirit altar is home to more than a hundred spirit beings, including fox, weasel, snake, and python spirits, spirits of the outer five types, and Qingfeng and Yanhun. Each ha 512Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 54 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
- 55 I Was Scammed Into Buying a Haunted House from the Start, So I Invited a Fox Immortal to Subdue All Evil 开局被骗买凶宅，我请狐仙镇百邪 From the Start, I Was Tricked into Buying a Haunted House, So I Summoned a Fox Immortal to Suppress Every Evil Spirit 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 56 The Legend of the Horse Immortals of Jinan 济南马仙传记 (Original title: Strange Tales from Jinan) An obscure nobody has set out on a path whose destination no one knows. No one knows how far he can go, either. So he’ll just keep going for as long as he can. 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 57 The Spirit Medium: The Old Immortal Wants Me to Be a Taoist Priest 出马仙：老仙让我当道士 At first, the Old Immortal taught me about the Four Pillars of Destiny in my dreams. Three years later, I set up an altar and began spirit-medium work, becoming a disciple of the spirit mediums. Then, for reasons beyond anyone’s control, the Old Immortal had me enter the Daoist path and study under a master! This book doesn’t have many fantastical tales. It’s made up of the true stories I experienced during my five years in the profession, along with plenty of tips on how to avoid scams! It will 464Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Apocalypse's First Spirit Medium 末世第一出马仙 This is the story of Qingcheng, a disciple of a shamanic tradition entrusted with the mission of saving the world. On the land of Northeast China, as the Age of Declining Dharma descends, Qingcheng grows stronger, cultivates their powers, and gathers spirit companions. In the end, they establish the foremost spiritual lodge, turn the tide, and save both the world and the Age of Declining Dharma. 10Reads—Score214d adds
- 59 Reborn: I Will Save the Spirit-Medium Industry! 重生之我要拯救出马仙行业！ A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Testimony from the Immortal Realm 仙家证词 Murders in the old forests of Northeast China are never just a matter of earthly cause and effect. When testimony about "a weasel spirit delivering a warning" or "a fox immortal showing the way" appears in the police station's case files, everyone dismisses it as nonsense. Only I, a half-trained spirit medium, know the truth: these are ironclad proofs from the immortals, and death warrants binding the living to the dead. The truths hidden in the sparks of a pipe and floating atop the incense ash —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 A Divine Summoning Gone Awry 阴差阳错请神人 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Spirit Medium's Revelation 出马仙启示录 I’m a shamanic practitioner from Northeast China, also known as a great immortal. These days, so many people get scammed and end up buried in debt, then go mad. It really worries me, though I also think they’re foolish. I’ll share my own experiences and stories from fellow practitioners to talk about Northeast China’s shamanic tradition, and warn people not to get scammed. (For special reasons, I can’t be too direct with ordinary readers, so I’ll express things obliquely.) 6Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 63 Tales from the Folkways of Northeast China 东北民间轶事录 [The new book, The Northeast Folk Tales: An Account of Zhong Kui, is now being serialized] [Ensemble cast + folk legends + the customs and character of Northeast China] The land and skies of the Northeast; its folk customs and its people Set in the rural Northeast of the 1990s, this book is adapted from remarkable folk legends and true events widely told across the vast lands of Northeast China. It recounts the hardships protagonist Xu Liang faced in his youth, along with the many legendary expe 3.4kReads8.8Score40314d adds
- 64 It's 2:30 A.M. Let Me Tell You a Story! 凌晨两点半，我来给你讲故事！ Before I knew it, this book had passed 200 chapters. Time flies, and now the story is nearing its conclusion. It will end after just one million words. We’re currently in the rapid-update phase, with three chapters posted every day at 9 a.m. This book is a collection of folk horror stories set in the countryside. Each chapter is a standalone story, and every plot has been carefully crafted by the author. Comments from fellow readers are welcome. If you like it, add it to your bookshelf. 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 65 The Spirit Medium 出马仙 Have you heard of a weasel possessing someone? Have you heard of a gui taking over someone’s bed? Have you heard of returning infant spirits? How much do you know about the Five Great Clans of Northeast China? Open this book, and I’ll tell you all about the little-known stories of Northeast China’s spirit mediums. 499Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 66 Marked for the King of Hell, My Grandpa Gets a Female Ghost to Break My Fever 命犯阎王，爷爷找女鬼给我退烧 [Folklore + feng shui + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + lighthearted comedy] My father is a heretical cultivator, my mother is a nine-tailed fox, and I was born with a pure-yang constitution. I often suffer from fevers that won't break, so every year I have to visit a cemetery to cool down with a female ghost. The Daoist community considers me a monster... The King of Hell wants to take me, the Daoists want to destroy me, and every sort of evil spirit has its eye on me. To stay alive, I'll lea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Qilin Boy Sets Out as a Spirit Medium 麒麟童子出马仙 Looking for book reviews! [First-person + mystery and the supernatural + cultivation + comedy] My new work is here. Everyone is welcome to read it, and I hope you'll enjoy it. The main story: The protagonist, Yang Chongwen, is the reincarnation of a fragment of a Qilin's soul. His unusual constitution combines yin and yang, making him the prize everyone fights over among the wandering cultivators of the Northeast. Later, he sets up a spirit altar and deals with all kinds of supernatural incident 718Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 68 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? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Flowers Bloom from Withered Bones 枯骨生花 This story is also known as The Spirit Medium’s Diary. Little Hu Rong holds incense in her hands, born to take her place in the main hall. Though it was shortly after five on a June morning, the moment she was born, darkness swallowed everything. At seven, she made a mistake that cost the life of a Willow Immortal. Like oil catching fire, it set off a disaster that had been building for years. At eighteen, she fell ill, and a fortune-teller declared: “You were born to make your living as a spiri 71Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 70 The Little Fairy of Showbiz 娱乐圈的小神仙 A Little Spirit Medium Takes on the Entertainment Industry Written work by Director Chen Peng Notable directing credits include Similar Love, A Round Trip to Love, I Won’t Be Bullied by Girls, and Twelve Palaces of Heavenly Secrets. In real-life projects, I’ve worked with artists such as Cai Xukun, Zhang Ruoyun, Zhong Chuxi, Xu Song, Zhou Keyu, and Yan Zidong, among others... Born with an unusual fate, I began an unbelievable first half of my life: going to school, reading people’s fortunes, 82Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 71 I Take the Immortals to Another World 我带仙家闯异界 You know about the spirit mediums of Northeast China, but have you ever heard of one from another world? I’m Li Jiuxuan. I don’t know what day I was born, because I have no parents. Granny Li, the village’s spirit medium, found me and raised me... 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Those Years I Served as a Spirit Medium 顶香出马的那些年 I was born at midnight on July 16. A white fox and a black snake blocked the door when I was born. My second aunt, a shaman, read my fate: I was never meant to be born, but was a little ghost who escaped from the Underworld. I was born with an evil bone, possessed yin-yang eyes, had all seven apertures open, and was fated to have my life claimed by the King of Hell. To survive, I eventually chose to become a shaman. After experiencing many paranormal events, I encountered an evil organization ca 144Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 73 My Life as a Chuma Xian 我的出马仙儿生涯 In our vast land of China, the snowy black soil of the north is home to a strikingly unusual folk tradition: worshipping the “Immortals.” The Immortals do not appear in person. Instead, they possess their disciples, who are known as “spirit mediums,” serving as intermediaries between humans and spirits… A suspense masterpiece showcasing the very best of Northeast China's spirit-medium culture! 164Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 74 A Century-Old Spirit Hall: I’m a Spirit Medium for the New Era 百年老堂口之我是新时代出马仙 When a century-old clan hall joins forces with a young man born in the ’90s, he upholds the idea that a new era calls for a new style, using modern methods to make the old immortals famous far and wide! The story features every kind of feng shui secret art, and all the everyday spells can be put into practice. A heaven-chosen spirit medium, a rice-divining witch, a mountain wanderer, folk sorcerers, the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect? I know them all! Before I became a spirit medium, I was meek and ti 206Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 With a Hide Drum and a Spirit Dance, I Summon the Hu and Huang Spirits 拿皮鼓，跳大神，我请胡黄 [The Earliest and Purest Supernatural Tales] [Rituals and Chants for Spirit-Medium Ceremonies] [Anatomizing Fate, Destiny, and Reincarnation] [Ensemble Cast, Reasons to Fight] I'm a spirit medium. More accurately, I'm a little con artist. After Old Crooked-Eye picked me up one night when I was a child, he gave me the name Xiao Ye. But Xiao couldn't be a surname, so I changed my family name to Xiao. From then on, Old Crooked-Eye and I made our living by swindling people. I thought we'd go on like 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 A Hundred-Year-Old Villager’s Tales of Ghosts and the Supernatural 农村百岁老人口述鬼怪奇谈 I grew up in the countryside, and whenever I had free time, I liked listening to centenarians in the village tell strange tales of ghosts and other uncanny events from days gone by. I have collected, recorded, and adapted these folk stories. There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story. Not for the faint of heart!!! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 A Road of Feuds and Revenge 出马情仇路 Clinging to attachments traps you in the cycle of rebirth; letting go awakens the self within. Lost in delusion, you don't know who you are. Only upon awakening do you know your true self. This book is based on the author's real experiences. It was written only to retrace the path they once took. The book focuses on questions of human nature and exposes countless problems in the spirit-medium community. Readers who enjoy making moral judgments should think carefully before reading. The book 2.3kReads9.4Score21614d adds
- 78 The King Wen Drum, the King Wu Whip, and the Five-Dragon Flower Staff Summon the Immortal Elder 文王鼓，武王鞭，五龙花杆请老仙 “Cultivate your character deep in the mountains, then emerge from your cave and make your name known across the land.” A year after I began working as a spirit medium, my life took a completely different course. On the sixth day of the sixth month, I took charge of the altar. The old spirits took their seats, but brought a long-buried case to light. An unremarkable woman was haunted by several infant spirits. In the dead of night, the one who said “Hi” to me was actually a paper doll. An old man 1.9kReads8.8Score20014d adds
- 79 The Yellow Weasel Asked Me to Grant It a Title, So I Wore the Old Immortal as a Scarf 黄狼讨封，我把老仙当围脖系上了 [Traditional supernatural] + [No System] + [Drunkard] + [Comedy] “Kid, do I look like a human or a god to you?” “Uh... well... you look like a fur scarf to me! Hand it over!” “Yow!” A drunkard who read only half a web novel before daring to open a spirit altar; A weasel who cultivated powers by blindly practicing on its own and loves to brag; A wild fox that trains hard to attain enlightenment, but has to sneak down the mountain every so often to steal a chicken and whet its appetite; And a 1.6kReads8.7Score12814d adds
- 80 The Fox Immortal Haunts Me, Making Me Her Spirit Medium 狐仙缠我当弟马 [Modern Romance + Contemporary Romance + Fantasy Romance + Countryside] I was glued to Grandma when I was little, and heard all the stories about spirits and immortal encounters in the mountains. But there was one tale from thirty years ago that she told with particular solemnity. She said that deep in the old forest, she had once met a snow-white fox spirit, perched on a blue stone, its eyes gleaming like moonlight on water. It had opened with the fateful question of a spirit seeking a title: “ 6Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 81 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
- 82 The Ghost Doctor's Heir 鬼医传人 A reincarnated child can't live past twelve? At twenty-four, I was forced into the fate of a reincarnated child! From then on, I became a modern-day Tang Sanzang. Ghosts and monsters were drawn to me all my life! Fortunately, I met an old Chinese medicine doctor and a successor to the Celestial Master sect, and they saved my life! From then on, I set out on the path of healing the sick, saving the world, and driving out demons... 58Reads—Score214d adds
- 83 I Picked Up a Republic-Era Ghost Wife 捡个民国鬼妻当老婆 Lin Mo, a greedy, lecherous relationship counselor, takes a bride price of a hundred thousand yuan to go on a matchmaking visit to a remote village. In a daze, he signs a marriage pact with the dead and marries a ghost bride from the Republic of China era who has been dead for eighty years! His left hand awakens as a Yin Hand: touch a ghost and it can be destroyed, touch a living woman and she suffers searing pain. Only a female ghost can approach him without harm. A cool, beautiful policewoman 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 A Collection of Folk Supernatural Tales, Part One 民间灵异事件合集（上） Collection of Strange Supernatural Tales from the Countryside, Part One 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 365 Folktales of the Supernatural, All Come to the Human World 365个民间怪谈，皆来人间 [Standalone Stories] [Folk Tales of the Strange] [Rural Supernatural] [Horror Folklore] [Terrifying on Closer Thought] No overarching plot! Each chapter features a separate tale of strange events from local folklore, adapted from true stories passed down by elders in my hometown. Note: This story is entirely fictional and for entertainment only. Trust in science and reject superstition. 3.7kReads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Spirit Medium's Stories: Me and My Clients! 出马儿之我和缘主的那些事儿！ A girl who grew up in a small village experiences all kinds of hardships and amusing encounters with the people who come to her for help! Stories about my spirit-medium work and clients getting scammed. I'm looking for stories to use! Anyone with a good story is welcome to share a true one with me! 415Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Northeast Spirit Medium 东北出马仙 [Rural life + folk legends + strange tales + horror + Northeastern China + adventure + crime and deduction + solving cases] [A police officer with a special constitution × a shaman grandmother: an ensemble mystery-solving tale as they team up to uncover the secrets of spirit mediums!] Northeastern China is the birthplace of shamanism and a thriving home to spirit mediums, including the Fox, Weasel, Hedgehog, Snake, and Rat spirits. Since ancient times, it has been full of people with extraordina 3.1kReads9.3Score15314d adds
- 88 My Wife Is the Asura King 我的老婆是修罗王 Enter a ghost marriage, command a hundred ghosts, recruit ten thousand immortals, return to Yuxu... A new disciple’s “Madman’s Diary” 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 I’m a Yin-Yang Fate Judge in Qingshi Town 我在青石镇当阴阳裁命人 Metaphysics + yin-yang eyes + the Five Arts of Chinese Tradition + a terrible start from the start There’s an inconspicuous incense and candle shop in Qingshi Town, run by Lin Qiu, a young woman who can see beyond the divide between the living and the dead. She inherited the Lin family’s ancestral Five Arts of “mountain, medicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination.” Her yin-yang eyes can distinguish the golden glow of merit from the bloody aura of ill fortune, and she specializes in resolving st —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Northern Horse Immortal Venerable 北马仙尊 [Supernatural]+ [Demons]+ [Immortals and Spirits] In Northeast China, there is a group of extraordinary people. Because of their own origins and family ties, they are chosen by spiritual beings cultivating deep in the mountains. From then on, their fates change, and they are destined to follow an extraordinary path. They often walk between the worlds of yin and yang, resolving people's troubles in exchange for nothing more than an honest fee. The world calls them spirit mediums. Those who serve 1.1kReads7.8Score10114d adds
- 91 Northern Horse Notes 北马笔记 The Five Immortals of the Northeast are chiefly the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Hui. After cultivating their powers and attaining the Dao, they descend the mountains to take disciples, borrowing their bodies to do good deeds among humans and earn their way to ascension. This story is told in the first person. 414Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 92 Reborn in Northeast China: The Spirit Medium Among the Educated Youth 重生东北：知青出马仙 Buddhas in the south, immortals in the north: a reborn young intellectual becomes a spirit medium! Back in the 1970s, he encounters folk tales and legends, one small story after another. With an eighteen-foot Serpent Spear in hand, truth in his left and magic in his right, he knows that good people are always bullied, while evil spirits meet their match in evil men. 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 True Stories from a Folk Fortune-Telling Shop 民间算命馆实记 This isn’t some rumor or something I made up. It’s all true, things I saw with my own eyes and experienced myself. Even after all these years, just thinking about it still makes my back grow cold and my hair stand on end. The midnight knocking, the old woman sitting motionless on a roof beam, the white snake unearthed in a graveyard, strange glowing characters appearing on an old wall, the little boy at the five-way intersection, the stone tablet in a dream, the white rooster at the crossroads, 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Tales of a Little Spirit Medium 出马仙之小小传 Everyone wants to get their spiritual powers quickly, but no one knows how hard the trials are to endure. If you haven't experienced anything strange, if you haven't suffered through the kind of misery that's hard to explain, why would the immortals choose you? 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Fated Demon Bride 天命妖妻 I was born under an unusual fate, and people predicted I wouldn’t live past the age of ten. To save my life, my parents arranged an extraordinary marriage for me. On the wedding night, my family laid out a grand feast, but no one came. I was left alone in the bridal chamber until a pair of cold hands led me inside. Only when the groom lifted my veil did I finally understand: I had married a demon... 62Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 96 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
- 97 Not a Daoist Priest, but a Mage 不是道士是法师 Beat the drum and swing the whip. With a shiver, I emerge from the mountains. I open my mouth and speak like a human: I'm the half-mad Li Xiaoxian! Ever since I was born, bad luck has followed me everywhere. I've nearly died time and again. To fight against the fate laid out for me, I believed in the Lord, recited Buddhist scriptures, and even worked at a wholesale market. But Heaven played a cruel joke on me. Misfortune kept piling up until I became completely dazed and unhinged. Desperate to g 396Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 98 Tales of a Northeastern Spirit Medium 东北出马仙见闻 Strange things began happening around Li Yaoyao while she was still in school. Later, all sorts of baffling images kept appearing in her life. Had she really seen them with her own eyes, or had she imagined them? Perhaps neither you nor I can tell. It was only after she met her master that everything became clear through her explanations. Yet these so-called truths were only the opening chapter of the story of what happened to her. The road a spirit medium must travel is long, very long. Over th 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 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
- 100 My Years Running a Spirit Hall in Liaoning 我在辽宁领堂口的那些年 When I was three, a Huang spirit knocked my soul loose, and by chance I became sworn brothers with another Huang spirit. A Ghost King let something slip by accident, and following the clues, I learned that this Huang spirit was actually a golden-armored deity. It was only when the Living Buddha of Haitang Mountain appeared that I discovered I had two souls in one body. The arrival of my wife from a past life gradually awakened my sealed memories. Atop Mount Tai, the majestic and magnificent scen 11Reads—Score—14d adds
