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- 1 Secrets of Spirit Mediums: Incense-Bearing Rituals and Journeys Between Worlds 出马秘闻：顶香出马，走阴串阳 Cultivating immortality requires a destined connection to the Immortal Path, and every immortal has a master to recommend them. Masters roam far and wide, and miraculous powers appear when one falls from grace and passes the imperial examinations. Born in the 1990s, I once thought I had a bright future ahead of me. But one strange thing after another began happening, and all my ambitions came to nothing. Then someone pointed out that I was meant to become a spirit medium and serve the spirits. F 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I Call You Dad, Do You Dare Answer? 我叫你爹，你敢答应吗！ [Two powerful leads, neither saintly nor self-sacrificing + Spirit-medium cultivation + No female lead + Suspense and the supernatural + Two male leads + A series of cases investigating the uncanny] As a child, Ni Die thought the words written in bold, flowing calligraphy above his family's spirit altar were incredibly badass: A body full of resentment becomes immortal might, Even underworld bailiffs dare not give chase. With the command seal, I can summon a thousand ghost soldiers, When the Kin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Uncle Is a Spirit Medium 我老舅是出马仙 My Uncle Is a Spirit Medium 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Strange Tales of Spirit Mediums 出马仙异闻 In the lands of the Northeast, amid the dark forests, mysterious tales of spirit mediums have been passed down since ancient times. The five great spirit clans, the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Bei, have cultivated for thousands of years, choosing humans to serve as their mediums. Through mortal bodies, they walk the world, exorcising evil, upholding justice, and accumulating merit to become immortals. Those chosen by the spirits, known as spirit disciples, bear a fated burden. They move between —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Immortal Hall's Secret Records 仙堂秘录 The tales of the northeastern spirit mediums are widely known, but have you ever heard of someone serving as a medium for a “Dragon Immortal”? From childhood, I was a walking calamity, born under the sign of Yinghuo and beset by a fiery catastrophe. By a twist of fate, the immortals chose me as their medium. This immortal is not one of the “Five Great Immortal Clans.” She looks sweet and adorable, but she is actually a young dragon from the Heavenly Lake of Changbai Mountain! On the day we estab 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I'll Accept a Yellow Immortal's Request for a Title, but You're Just a Huge Rat 黄仙讨封我认，可你是大耗子 It all began when a rat demon asked to be granted a human form and was refused, setting off a series of bizarre events. Feng Wuxie has blundered his way through life up to now, unaware that his grandfather had long ago prepared an escape route to help him evade his calamity. His grandfather went to his death in high spirits, and the reason he was so closely tied to Feng Wuxie remains a mystery. But what is coming will come. There’s no escaping it. The vicious old corpse-chaser Yin Hou Tan insist 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Modern Tales of the Strange: We Worship a Northeast Tiger at Home 现代志怪见闻录，我家供了东北虎 [Ghost hunting, local deities, strange tales, folk customs, first-person narration] Everyone knows about the Ma Xian and the household guardian spirits, right? The disciples’ families usually worship fox, yellow weasel, snake, and python spirits, but my family… worships the Mountain Lord! A Northeast tiger that has been cultivating for who knows how many years! Remember that nursery rhyme? “Hook pinkies~ hang yourself, and don’t break your promise for a hundred years!” That saying didn’t come fr 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Bullying Me? You Really Think a Spirit Medium Is a Soft Touch? 霸凌我？真当出马仙是软柿子啊 I got into a university in the city after growing up in the countryside. Before I left, Grandpa gave me a wooden sword and told me to keep it with me at all times, even when I slept. With an outfit this strange, the aunties thought I was practicing tai chi, and my roommates thought I was a cosplayer. The campus belle made fun of me, and the campus bully picked on me... Until the freshman bonfire party. I stood beside the fire, reciting an ancient spell to summon spirit mediums, as the shadow of 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Fengdu Errand Service 酆都代办 I do jobs for ghosts, and they pay me in "rewards." Sometimes it's a few years of my life, sometimes it's a deadly curse. The last "underworld delivery" I took made me the next target for a killer. I told you, you can't afford anything in this shop. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Taoist Girl: Something’s Wrong with My School 道门少女：我的学校不对劲 When I was six, I gazed up at the stars. The clouds of colored light were in the south, the dark moon in the north, and I drew qi into my body. My grandfather was so terrified that he grabbed my hand and ran for thousands of miles. On the first day of school, the Taoist arts class didn’t teach civics. Chinese class taught talismanic script. The homeroom teacher was scarier than a Taoist priest. At school, a mysterious powerhouse shows up every day to save the world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Spirit Mediums Beyond the Pass: Making a New World in the Internet Age 关内出马：互联网时代闯出新天地 The Hu and Huang spirits never cross Shanhai Pass, but I'm a spirit medium for the new era, and I'm going to venture out! So I crossed Shanhai Pass, stepped into the world of the internet, and entered a world unlike any other... A brave spirit medium fears no hardship! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Spirit Medium: Protected by a Hundred Immortals, Yet Clueless 出马：身受百仙护卫，屌丝不自知 [Supernatural] + [Semi-True Accounts] + [Spirit Mediumship] + [Peng Zu's Legacy] + [Feng Shui] An inherited spirit-medium tradition, bonds spanning a hundred lifetimes, the innate ability to see spirits, and the legacy of Peng Zu's cultivation techniques. The legendary life of Wang Rengong began one night while he was delivering food. The female ghost in the security office dragged this chosen one straight into the world of the occult. From then on, there was no turning back. He learned prote 6Reads—Score11114d adds
- 13 Northeast Dragon and Phoenix Hall: This Spirit Medium Is a Little Unhinged 东北龙凤堂，这个弟马有点癫 The Ma family of the Northeast practices an occupation steeped in mystery. I've been at it from the age of fifteen to twenty-five: ten years honing my craft, though I haven't exactly honed it quickly. This book will be updated as things happen, and I'll share some of my experiences from these years. Discussion is welcome. Here's the important part!!! To anyone who wants to hurl insults: you definitely won't win that contest with me. To anyone who disparages the profession: go ahead. Things reall 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Path of the Spirit Medium 出马这条路 The path of spirit-mediumship is hard, difficult every step of the way. I'm very grateful to all the readers who follow Million-Dollar General Store. A debut is bound to have a few flaws. I'll do my best to improve and correct them. 293Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 15 Northeastern Spirit Medium: The Yellow Weasel Mourns the Dead 东北出马仙：黄仙哭丧 My dad beat a weasel to death. That night, outside our house, ghosts wailed and countless yellow weasels mourned... A three-foot red sash draped over the body, four beams and eight pillars forming a ladder to heaven. Three great roads meet in the center; nine sticks of incense honor the immortals and gods. The sky grows dark, chaos reigns in every direction. Whenever an age falls into turmoil, demons and evil spirits emerge, wearing human faces and worming their way into the halls of power. Some 160Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 16 The Realm’s Boundaries 域界之方圆 The path of cultivation has always defied heaven itself. As for the strange, unknown things encountered by spirit mediums, which science and the naked eye cannot explain, how can they be dismissed in just a few words? I’ve been reading the signs through incense for nine years. Along the way, I’ve tasted every kind of joy and sorrow, experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature, and seen plenty of scheming and rivalry. I’ve read so many stories that I’ve come to disagree with some of them, 35Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 17 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... 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Spirit Medium: My Altar Has Only Five Words 出马仙：我的堂单只有五个字 [Urban] + [Mystery] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Supernatural Mystery] + [Transmigration] + [Single Female Lead] + [Lighthearted] My master transmigrated, and I have to bring him back! After the college entrance exams, a farewell dinner landed me a shop for free. It also gave me a new goal: save my master! Did you know? Spiritual qi has revived. Becoming a spirit medium is a shortcut to cultivation. In an age of spiritual qi revival, it’s already too late to rely on your own cultivation. So, w 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Spirit Medium’s Hall 出马堂口 In recent years, people have looked down on the northeastern tradition of spirit-mediumship. But it’s not just spirit-mediums: every line of work has both good and bad practitioners. There are so many fraudsters that even people who need help now hesitate to consult anyone. These days, it’s become common for someone to finish a reading and tell you that you have a whole host of problems to deal with. If you don’t pay to have them fixed, it weighs on your mind; if you do, you’re afraid you’ve fal 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I’m a Spirit Medium in the Northeast 我在东北当顶香师 “Heaven has thirty-three layers, Earth has three feet and three halls. I walk the yin road, descend to the Underworld, and am a spirit medium from Northeast China.” My name is Ye Ling. My life was ordinary until I turned twenty-one. Then my grandmother died of an illness, and I began having nightmares every night and seeing ghosts all the time. I even gained some kind of special ability. I went to see a fortune-teller, who told me I couldn’t leave this county for three years and had to sit in 243Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 21 In the Northeast, Everyone Has a Spirit Medium 东北都是出马仙 [Humorous and hilarious] + [Spirit-medium investigations] + [Mystery and the supernatural] + [No heroine] A weasel spirit seeks a heavenly title from Xiao Nan: "Do I look like a human or a god to you?" Xiao Nan replied, "You look like Zhu Bajie to me!" The weasel spirit froze, thinking, What an idiot. But a moment later, the weasel suddenly burst out laughing, saying: "I did it! I successfully got my heavenly title! Zhu Bajie is a god! Zhu Bajie is a god! He said I look like Zhu Bajie, which m 6kReads7.0Score37814d adds
- 22 My Life as a Spirit Medium 我当出马仙的那些事 What do people imagine a spirit medium does? Reads incense, or dances and sings? Tells you to run up the mountain and bind your acupoints? Or summons a whole army? The spirit mediums here are different from those in the Northeast! He doesn't need any spirit tablets or ancestral kings. He's an enforcer of the Underworld! He was reincarnated for the sake of one person alone. His previous life spent thousands of years laying plans, only for everything to come to nothing! 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 My Grandma Is a Spirit Medium 我的奶奶是个出马仙 Ever since I can remember, I would mysteriously fall ill. The adults would put me in a little room at my grandmother’s house. The walls were covered with yellow paper charms, and the table was lined with incense burners. I had no idea what any of it was, but in that room, I felt as if many people were keeping me company, and the pain would ease. It wasn’t until I grew up that I learned my grandmother was a spirit medium from Northeast China. I’ve collected some of her experiences and brought the 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Spirit Medium’s Incense Child: A Record of Supernatural Sensations 出马香童：仙缘体感录 During the long, grueling years of opening the spiritual apertures, a swollen brow, ringing ears, and energy coursing through the body become everyday occurrences. Each kind of immortal visitor brings its own distinct sensations: when a White Immortal arrives, a gentle warmth spreads through the body, and they excel at warding off calamity and curing illness. When a Qingfeng Ghost Immortal comes calling, an icy chill seeps into the bones, and an inexplicable sadness rises in the heart, making yo 1.4kReads6.8Score10814d adds
- 25 The Last Spirit Medium 最后一个出马先生 For years, I went unnoticed amid the bustle of the city. Then one day, I made my debut, and the whole world knew my name. My name is Yan Youli, and I'm a shaman. Punishing evil, promoting good, cultivating myself, and helping others: those are my principles. Vengeful spirits, wicked fiends, ferocious beasts, and even beautiful women from the underworld: why are they all coming after me? The last shaman takes you into the wondrous world hidden behind traditional culture! 12Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 26 I Was Forced to Take the Spirit-Channeling Seat Too 我也被迫出堂了 The protagonist, Zhang Muchen, lives in a small county in northern China. His childhood is plagued by one disaster after another. His story isn’t exactly bizarre, but it is full of twists and hardships. After passing through trials of love, wealth, and life itself, he is eventually forced to open a spirit altar and read fortunes. He thought things would go smoothly from then on, but instead he faced one ordeal after another... This book is based on the author’s personal experiences. All names ha 512Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 27 A Night Journey in Red Embroidery: A Republic-Era Record of Supernatural Tales 红绣夜行，民国仙家诡事簿 In 1934, amid the turbulent clash between old and new ideas in the territory controlled by the Fengtian warlords beyond the Shanhai Pass, Yin-Yang Alley in western Changchun was lined with pawnshops, coffin shops, and incense and candle stores. Smoke rose without pause from the temple of Lord Hu San at the end of the alley. Spirit mediums had to pass the "Three Trials" and forge blood pacts with the five spirit clans: fox, weasel, hedgehog, snake, and rat. In this war-torn age, vengeful ghosts r 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Memories of Life and Death 忆生死往事 Written from my own true experiences, this is about becoming a spirit medium and the various supernatural encounters that have brought me face-to-face with life and death. The main figure is my mother, who has been a spirit medium for thirty years and has spent all that time reading people’s fortunes. Everyone has their own fate, and every family has its own rules. I hope you enjoy it, and you’re welcome to share your thoughts. —Reads—Score114d adds
- 29 Notes from a Spirit Medium 出马仙随记 This is a true account of a spirit medium’s experiences. I have summoned spirits to possess me so worshippers could speak with the dead across the divide between yin and yang; I have also handled difficult cases of people tormented by ghosts, unable to find peace day or night; Immortals sending warnings in dreams, strange changes in the incense at the altar, evil spirits coming to trouble people… There are no exaggerated supernatural battles or made-up wish-fulfillment thrills. Every incident is 19Reads—Score314d adds
- 30 Sun Wuji of the Northeastern Immortal Sect 东北仙门孙无极 The Northeast Ma Xian series: Sun Wuji, a disciple of the Immortal Sect, is born to face a tribulation and is the chosen one. He endures trial after trial, forging a path to invincibility and reaching the supreme pinnacle of the Immortal Sect. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Northeast Spirit Medium: My Years as the King of Tragedy 东北出马之我当悲王那些年 (Traditional supernatural fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, no cultivation, parallel storylines for a man and a woman. Don't try the spells in this book; this story is entirely fictional!) After dying on the street while trying to help someone, Zhang Daoxuan became a lonely ghost. He thought his only hope was to find a substitute and then reincarnate in the underworld. But through a twist of fate, he became a shamanic spirit medium. With my left hand, I push open the yin-yang gate; with my 242Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 32 The Northeast Spirit Medium's Hall 东北出马堂口 The Zhang family’s spirit-medium clan in Northeast China, from the works of Northern Little Master. A reader of qi can determine life and death through qi, and distinguish yin from yang through the eyes. The old clan’s people and its spiritual encampment, five armies marching forward. When the sun breaks through, fame follows; when the immortals descend, the incense burns bright. A lineage passed down through two branches and three generations, with more than a decade of professional experience. 24Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 33 I Met a Northeastern Immortal in Hebei 在河北遇到东北仙 Because of his unusual fate, Zhang Yang kept running into all kinds of strange things before he turned eighteen. As a child, he helped his mother work in the fields. Whenever she set him down by the ridge, a white shadow would circle around him. On his way home from evening study at primary school, he once ran into an acquaintance who had died earlier that afternoon. When he was twelve, he made a bunch of wild guesses while telling someone's fortune, and every single one came true. Thinking he m 75Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 34 The Horse-Riding Immortal: Revelation 2 出马仙启示录2 I am a spirit-medium myself. This novel is written in a loosely narrative style, and my writing isn't particularly polished, but I only write about the most authentic experiences I've had as a spirit-medium. I won't dress things up with empty talk; I'll stick to the facts and share what I've learned over the past few years. This line of work is so chaotic now, and many people have been taken for a ride until their families fell apart. I wrote this book to help aspiring spirit-medium apprentices —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Collection of Strange Tales of Immortal Feuds 仙仇诡事集 [Comedy] + [Mild horror] + [Two male leads] + [A different story in each episode] I’m not a professional writer. I’m mainly here to tell stories, so please bear with my writing! Other people form bonds with immortals. I’m different. I made enemies with immortals… When I was thirteen and didn’t know any better, I killed a snake with a hoe. Later, while playing with my friends, I went catching rats in the rice paddies and accidentally caught a weasel worshipping the moon. As luck would have it, I 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Tales of a Northeast Chinese Spirit Medium 东北出马仙实记 [Fantasy + Supernatural Mystery + Northeastern Chinese Folk Customs + Light Comedy] My name is Hu Xiaohua. On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, a weasel squatted on top of the corn stack in my yard. With a tattered red flower perched on its head, it asked me whether it looked more like a person or a god. I took one look at it and said, “You look like your grandma’s grandson.” Ever since that day, my altar has never known a moment’s peace. My maternal uncle is the altar’s wanderin 1.1kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 37 Notes from a Century-Old Spirit Medium’s Hall 百年堂口出马笔记 When I was seven, I accidentally discovered a secret that had been locked away in my grandfather's drawer for decades. From that moment on, my life was never ordinary again. The spirit hall passed down in my family for centuries chose me as its incense-bearing disciple. During those decades of silence, the world outside changed beyond recognition. But the story of me and all the immortals in the hall was only just beginning. How will these once-mighty immortals, with my guidance, accumulate meri 104Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 38 I Gave the Immortals a Fake Name 我给仙家报了个假名字 Just rated, so read with confidence [Spirit Mediums + Spirit Cultivation + Secrets of the Immortals + Supernatural Events + Divination Explained + Feng Shui and the Mystical Arts + Suspense + Folk Tales + Modern Paranormal Cases + True Stories] I’ve turned my experiences over the years into a novel. At the age of seven, I jolted awake beneath the gaze of the dead. After a lifetime of ups and downs, I entered the world of spirit mediums and stumbled my way toward becoming a disciple on the path t 14Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 39 Spirit Medium: From the Start, I Took Down the Entire Weasel Family 出马：开局掀了黄皮子全家 A yellow weasel began harming people in a remote mountain village, and I was dragged into the incident when I was seven. It became a nightmare that lasted five years. When I was twelve, my mother sent me away from Heigouzi, and I managed to survive. Twelve years later, thinking the nightmare was over, I returned to my hometown. Little did I know, the real horror was only just beginning… 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Mysterious, Yet Not So Mysterious 玄而不玄 [Modern Women]+ [A Real Spirit-Medium Journey]+ [Born with a Spiritual Constitution] Only after a shadowy figure began haunting her did Xu Cui realize she was destined to work with spirits. This ordinary office worker joins forces with an old immortal to unravel a vengeful ghost’s curse and embark on a career helping people deal with the supernatural! (This story is adapted from real events.) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Grandmaster's Little Darling 祖师爷的小宝贝儿 ★ True stories of real paranormal events! ★ The trials and tribulations of more than a decade spent seeking the Dao as a spirit medium! ★ Tales of battling through every obstacle to fight evil mediums and wicked immortals! I’m sharing my own experiences and what I’ve learned, hoping to help those who are meant to find this book! I agonized over writing this, since I’ve never written anything before and I’m no great scholar. So I lit incense and asked my patriarch for guidance. He told me not to 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Tales of the Five Immortals of the Northeast: Ma Daha’s Strange Adventures 东北五仙那些事儿马大哈奇遇 Take a look. This man is called Ma Daha. Thirty-three, unmarried, a farmer by trade and a bachelor on the side. His greatest achievement is making the village chief's mangy old dog stop barking at him. It’s afraid of catching something. His life plan was simple: farm, eat, and wait to die. Until one night, he ran into a weasel standing guard at the village entrance. “What are you looking at?” “What’s it to you?” Those few words sent his life completely off course. The next morning, he woke up to 5.5kReads6.9Score21214d adds
- 43 My Rise to Immortality in the Mortal World 我在人间之出道仙 You think I’m writing a story, but what I’m really writing about is my own misadventures. A realistic, documentary-style novel about a spirit medium making their debut. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. The main plot follows the male lead as he undertakes missions, guides spirits to their final resting places, fights demons, and heals the sick and saves lives. The novel also introduces many disciples who are connected to the male lead… Every divination has a source. Realism + documentary-sty 437Reads8.4Score4814d adds
- 44 The Midnight Chef 午夜厨师 I wanted to become a master chef, but by accident I ended up at a restaurant as the exclusive chef for the basement level. The eerie atmosphere, the strange rules, the extra pair of black leather shoes, the missing underground parking garage… One terrifying incident after another left me with no choice but to believe that the people dining here weren’t human! 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Strange Happenings After Returning to the Village 回村后诡事 You’ve probably seen someone die with their eyes open, but have you ever seen a dead person standing in their own grave? What happened back then that wiped out the entire generation of my father and his brothers? Rats held a funeral for the dead, the blood moon hung overhead, and entire households were sealed off. One eerie event after another unfolded. Come and hear my story. 937Reads—Score10514d adds
- 46 I Catch Ghosts with Cheats 我靠开挂捉鬼 The day I was born, strange signs appeared in the village. The fortune-teller said my birth chart was entirely yin, and that I was different from ordinary people. So, starting when I was four, I could always see things that other people couldn’t. A female ghost possessing Grandpa Li, a mysterious man in black, a water ghost reeking from head to toe, a weasel pretending to be a spirit... My ordinary life became dangerous and thrilling... 105Reads8.0Score13214d adds
- 47 Huang Xiaofan’s Adventures: I Don’t Want to Die 黄小凡出马记之我不想死 Huang Xiaofan was born in a village in Northeast China where the people worshipped the Yellow Immortal. One day, the villagers offended the Yellow Immortal, and everyone suffered the consequences. Huang Xiaofan and his grandfather survived, but Huang Xiaofan was cursed by ill fate and doomed to die before turning twenty. To stay alive, he chose to become a disciple of a spirit medium and investigate the truth behind what happened that year. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Night Watchman of Fengdu 酆都守夜人 Do you think we live in a safe world? In truth, the world is not as peaceful as it seems. The money you find on the road might be cursed “life-buying money,” and a pair of blood-red eyes might be watching passersby from a dark corner. But because certain people exist, the balance between yin and yang in this world is maintained. They are the ones who hold up the sky, the lonely night watchmen. I'm Su Cangnan. Let me tell you my story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Heir to the Paper Effigy Tradition 纸扎传人 I learned paper effigy making from my master from the time I was little. After that, all kinds of strange and bizarre things began happening around me. I didn’t want to die, so I inherited the art of paper effigy making. 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Guiyuan’s Path as a Chuma Xian 归缘的出马仙之路 Scarlet gauze drapes hang three feet and three inches high, and a golden flower-adorned bowl rests in the main hall. Born in a rural village in Northeast China in the late 1980s, I was renamed Guiyuan at the age of three. I gritted my teeth and held on until I was twenty-two, when I took over the old incense lineage passed down by my ancestors. (Everything in this book is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental.) Guiyuan will do her best to tell you all a good story every time! 101Reads6.8Score—14d adds
