Novels like The Mystic Middleman
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Mystic Middleman, best match first.
- 151 The Immortal's Path to Medicine 参仙医路 Liang Dakuan, a graduate of a college of traditional Chinese medicine, happens upon a thousand-year-old ginseng spirit in the Changbai Mountains by a twist of fate. This ginseng spirit is no ordinary treasure: it can detect ailments in the human body, pinpoint their causes, and quickly devise the most effective treatments based on ancient medical texts. Armed with this extraordinary boon, Liang Dakuan sets out on the path to becoming a great doctor who heals the world. From a small village in th 185Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 The Medical and Martial World 医武江湖 What is Chinese medicine? Is it a technique or a Way? What is the world of the jianghu? Is it black or white? This story tells of the first half of a life spent entering the Way through medicine, taking you into the real jianghu and revealing the most mysterious parts of traditional culture, as well as the good and evil buried deep in human nature. 1.9kReads8.9Score247Shelves
- 153 The Imperial Physician and the Powerful Consort 权妃之帝医风华 [A Perfect Ending!] Born into a distinguished family, she lost the use of her left leg while saving a prince, only to be publicly humiliated on her wedding day. The heir refused to marry her, her wedding dress fell to the ground, and her coldhearted father and vicious stepmother looked on with indifference... She was an orphan abandoned by her family; he was a young prince of the imperial clan burdened by a blood feud. At a Qixi Festival banquet, her unparalleled elegance dazzled the entire aris 738Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 154 A Divine Medicine Can Heal a Chaotic Age, but Not You 神药可医乱世，不可医你 [Historical romance for female readers + Historical transmigration + Making medicine in a time of chaos + Heart-wrenching political intrigue + A possessive male lead + Redemption through compassion + Penicillin + Battlefield medic] Jing Xiaoju, a modern pharmaceutical researcher, transmigrated into a war-torn age as an abandoned girl. She had no golden finger and no powerful backers. All she had were her own two hands, with which she made penicillin using primitive methods. She could save wounde 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 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—Shelves
- 156 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—Score155Shelves
- 157 I'm a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, and I'm Also an Expert in the Supernatural 我是中医生，玄学也精通 Physiognomy + the Four Pillars of Destiny + feng shui + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Zi Wei Dou Shu + traditional Chinese medicine + talismans + Zhuyou healing + sorcery... The protagonist is Shen Zhuoran. He was once Shen Shaoxun, a master of metaphysics and renowned practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine during the Jiaqing era of the Qing dynasty. After being reborn through reincarnation, he transmigrated to 1996. In 2016, he enrolled in a university of traditional Chinese me 27.7kReads8.4Score1kShelves
- 158 You're Almost a National Go Master, So Why Are You Still Going to College? 你都快成国手了怎么还来上大学 This book is the sequel to The Way of Medicine. My new book, From Village Doctor to Master of Chinese Medicine, is also being updated, and I strongly recommend that readers look it up. Chinese medicine has five levels: first, herbal remedies; second, decoctions; third, diagnosis and treatment; fourth, microscopic precision; and fifth, grandmaster. After graduating from university, most people only reach the level of decoctions. He had already mastered diagnosis and treatment before he even start 7.6kReads9.1Score940Shelves
- 159 Livestreaming Medical Consultations: I Became the Ancestor of Chinese Medicine 直播看病：我竟成了中医祖师爷 [System + Traditional Chinese Medicine + livestreaming + miracle doctor + melodrama] After studying Traditional Chinese Medicine for three years, he still hadn't had a single patient. Just as he was starting to think there was no future in it, a System appeared. Complete the System's missions and earn rewards. Ding! Congratulations, you've acquired god-tier pulse diagnosis skills. Ding! Congratulations, you've acquired god-tier bone-setting skills. Ding! Congratulations, you've acquired god-tier 371Reads8.7Score103Shelves
- 160 I, the Ancestor of Chinese Medicine, Take on the Traditional Medicine Industry 我，中医老祖，出手整治中药圈 In principle, outsiders are forbidden from interfering with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Conference! But the moment Xie Xingyuan, a mere 135-year-old grandmaster of traditional Chinese medicine, stepped onto the stage, even that principle was scared into silence. “Do you people know the law?” “Why wasn't I given a slot to speak?” “Can any of your so-called experts treat patients? Why do you need so many fancy titles? Do they look nice?” “...” As the 135-year-old grandmaster passionately let 6.8kReads6.6Score335Shelves
- 161 The Art of Reading People 观人有道 The Daoist Five Arts are Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Physiognomy, and Divination, representing Heaven, Earth, Humanity, Ghosts, and Immortals respectively. The Immortal Way is Mountain: focusing on cultivation, talismans, martial arts, geography, and feng shui. The Human Way is Medicine: focusing on healing, Daoist medicine, Chinese medicine, acupuncture, pulse diagnosis, and prescriptions. The Divine Way is Destiny: focusing on fortune-telling, the Eight Characters, Zi Wei astrology, and more. 13.6kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 162 The Classic Formula Slacker 经方摸鱼派 In a nutshell, this is all about practical cases. The opening introduces the origins and characteristics of the Classical Formula School of Traditional Chinese Medicine; everything after that is devoted to real-world practice. The story is secondary. Chen Yu, a country boy, has been plagued by illness since childhood. With nowhere left to turn for treatment, he reluctantly enrolls in a school of Chinese medicine in hopes of saving himself, but the knowledge taught by its academic school of thoug 779Reads7.1Score179Shelves
- 163 The Heavenly Master 一代天师 Forty years ago, a husband and wife ignored their ancestors' warning and died horribly at the entrance to their village. The woman's eyes were gouged out, and her body was hung from the old ginkgo tree in the ancestral hall. A year later, a young man from out of town unearthed a strange clay figure and was plunged into a deadly calamity, only to be saved by an old Daoist. Forty years later, a mysterious letter drew attention back to that village. No one knew that opening it would mean opening th 6.8kReads9.2Score975Shelves
- 164 A Secret Medical Casebook 隐秘的医案，细雨著 This story is entirely fictional. A note from Xiyu: The time when these words were written doesn’t really matter. They will emerge for you to see only when you are ready to understand them. It is like the videos, audio, and texts we are creating now. Few people pay attention to them at present, but they have been preserved. When someone reaches the right stage in the future, they will naturally be guided here, receive the teachings they need, and gain the resources that allow them to manifest. W 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Fifty Years in the World of Traditional Chinese Medicine 中医江湖五十年 For historical reasons, most people know little about traditional Chinese medicine, and some are even prejudiced against it. Yet firsthand medical experience is undoubtedly the best way to understand it. The author recounts his own journey studying medicine, as well as those of his master and grandmaster. In particular, he tells the story of his master, known as “A Heart Devoted to Medicine,” who began studying medicine at the age of eight and has now practiced for fifty years. The book offers r 6.6kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
- 166 My Years as a Daoist Master 我当方士那些年 With five fingers, he divines the fate of all under heaven; with a single reading, he plots the destiny of dynasties for generations to come. Uncover a mysterious and unfathomable world of Daoist arts. His predictions are always spot-on, and his word is absolute! 2.3kReads8.7Score421Shelves
- 167 Reborn: The Chief National Doctor 重生之首席国医 Chen Heng, the country’s leading surgeon, was reborn in the year 2000. At the ancestral hall, he obtained the Shennong Herbal Medicine Classic. With his father’s suspicious death, his family on the brink of collapse, and their rundown clinic in shambles, Chen Heng chose a different path this time. When all the clues were pieced together, he discovered that it had all been part of an organized, premeditated campaign to crush traditional Chinese medicine. He would rebuild the clinic, avenge his 10.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 168 I'm a Traditional Medicine Streamer, Master of the I Ching, Physiognomy, Feng Shui, and Martial Arts 我中医主播精通周易面相风水国术 The renowned Zhouyi expert and feng shui master Li Changsheng transmigrates to a parallel world. He becomes a pitiful orphan who has relied on his grandfather for as long as he can remember. In this world, traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies vanished more than five hundred years ago. But his grandfather has a dream: to revive traditional Chinese medicine. Li Changsheng has read the book The Heavenly Healer’s Secret Realm tens of thousands of times since childhood. His grandfather ho 4.5kReads8.9Score708Shelves
- 169 Exiled to the Countryside: Unmatched in East and West 发配乡野，中西合璧天下无双 [Scalpel x Silver Needles, Dual Systems, A Disgraced Rising Western-Medicine Star Meets the Most Sharp-Tongued Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor] Xia Yu, a rising star in thoracic surgery, saved a patient suffering from tension pneumothorax with a single needle in the middle of a busy street. The patient later died. His family sued her: "Murderer!" She won the case, but public opinion tore her to shreds. Her career was ruined, and she was sent to provide medical aid in the remote village of Yu 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 The Traditional Chinese Medicine Gravekeeper 中医守墓人 The rating has only just opened, and it will gradually rise, so feel free to enjoy! [A book that will help you rediscover Treatise on Cold Damage] [No System, no cheats] Young miracle doctor Jiang Chen runs the old clinic his grandfather left behind, using his peerless medical skills to take the Chinese and Western medical worlds by storm. The old-school doctors in the field look down on him for being young, while Western medical bigwigs mock Chinese medicine as useless. One difficult case after 5.4kReads6.6Score743Shelves
- 171 Tokyo Traditional Chinese Medicine: Mr. Dalin, You’re Being So Mean! 东京中医：大林先生，你好过分！ [The Real Japan] Lin Jueming was detained by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and barred from leaving the country over suspected involvement in a special case. If he wanted to return home, he would have to rely on himself. But Tokyo was full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Surviving here would be no easy feat! 686Reads6.3Score103Shelves
- 172 The 90s-Era Celestial Master 九零后天师 Everyone knows the Book of Lu Ban, but few have heard of the Gongshu Manual. The art of creation has been passed down through the generations. A Celestial Master descends into the mortal world, stirring up storms across the land! 4.4kReads8.8Score619Shelves
- 173 The Ghost Emperor in the City 鬼帝在都市 Lin Yu was once a good-for-nothing whom everyone could bully. Then, in an accident, he devoured the remnant soul of the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, one of the five great Ghost Emperors of the Ghost Realm. From then on, his timid nature changed, and he began capturing and devouring ghosts to grow stronger. 411Reads—Score101Shelves
- 174 Herbs Become Spirits, and the Livestream Gets Showered with Tips 草药成精直播间疯狂打赏 Lin Feng graduated from a university of traditional Chinese medicine but couldn’t find a job, so he came up with the idea of teaching people about Chinese herbs through livestreams. And guess what? He ended up bound to a miraculous System! Whenever the livestream’s tips hit record highs, the herbs he talked about would come to life as if by magic! Lingzhi mushrooms danced, ginseng started talking. Just imagine how incredible that would be! The viewers stared in amazement as tips poured in. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 The Mad Daoist Xiaofan’s Journey to Enlightenment in the Mortal World 癫道小凡的人尘悟道之行 Author He Gui Gu Shan Xi poured their heart and soul into this work, blending historical sources and imagination. They build bridges between fact and fiction, and paint in the space between what is and what is not. They strive to restore historical figures to their true character while drawing on personal experience to reimagine fictional characters in depth. The novel embraces the earnest pursuit of knowledge and the Dao, the benevolence of healing through medicine, the wisdom of feng shui, the 1Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 176 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! 3.2kReads8.9Score960Shelves
- 177 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. 3.5kReads7.4Score465Shelves
- 178 The Nation's Leading Physician 首席国医 An outstanding young doctor from the 21st century is transported by chance to the late 1970s. When he wakes up, he finds he has a wife. What on earth happened? Having lived a second life, Jiang Fei must figure out what to do amid complicated family relationships, rejection from his brothers, and the cold shoulder from his mother-in-law. Faced with a turbulent social climate, compromises over competing interests, and life-or-death struggles, what choices will Jiang Fei make? No matter how success 3.5kReads9.0Score501Shelves
- 179 Tales from the Corner: A Dream of the Immortal Palace 角落往事之梦落仙宫 People often say that a scary story is one thing, but the words "based on a true story" are what really frighten you. But what if most of the story is raw truth, untouched by embellishment? What is the truth about demons and monsters? Have the legends passed down by word of mouth really left traces in this world? And the dragon: was it merely an ancient totem imagined by people, or did it truly exist? If it did exist, what might it have been like? And where in the world is the mist-shrouded Kunl 3.2kReads9.5Score382Shelves
- 180 Celestial Master, Divine Healer 天师神医 The mysterious master Wang Huan came down from the mountains. With his remarkable medical skills, he saves lives, and with his mysterious arcane arts, he takes the city by storm and rules the world! 9.8kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
- 181 The Green Satchel Medical Text: A Divine Doctor in the City 青囊医书之都市医仙 In a materialistic society, people resort to any means to fight over their own interests. The book's rich knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine is its greatest draw. What you see may not be the truth. People live behind masks, and only when those masks come off do you see how appalling things are beneath the glamorous surface. The person you trust most can hurt you the deepest. And those you look down on, or feel are beneath your company, may be the very people who help you the most. Human n 24.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
- 182 I'm the Daoist World's Peak, So Being a Little Stronger Is Only Natural 我道门天花板，强亿点很合理啊 [Urban fantasy + Taoist arts + Chinese-style horror + no female lead + invincible powerhouse] A child cries on a rainy night, and he attains the Dao during the Southern Song dynasty. For eight hundred years, he alone has guarded the mortal realm. No ghosts or monsters dare take him lightly. Yu Wuye attained the Dao during the Southern Song dynasty. On Zhenyang Mountain stands Zhenyang Hall, and beneath it lies Zhenyang Pass. Zhenyang Pass is where the underworld and the mortal realm meet. 1.7kReads7.4Score103Shelves
- 183 Reborn: My Teacher Is a Great Immortal Venerable 重生：我的老师是大仙尊 [Huge ensemble cast! Very slow burn! The main plot starts in chapter 66! Guest appearances welcome! Leading the spiritual qi revival] This book is a complicated mix with shaky logic, and its main appeal is lighthearted comedy. Readers, proceed at your own risk! A group of rebellious young masters and heiresses meet a homeroom teacher who's even more rebellious, and this eccentric teacher is a daft Immortal Venerable with a cowlick! What kind of sparks will fly when they collide? Obviously, spark 2.2kReads8.6Score284Shelves
- 184 Judging Beasts: Three Feet of Grass on My Grave from the Start 审判畜生：开局坟头草三米高 The grass on his grave grows three meters tall from the start, and furious flames scorch through time and space! Qin Wuji, a web-novel writer, was brutally tortured and crushed to death in his previous life by human-skinned beasts. Armed with the Heavenly Punishment System, he tears through the cycle of reincarnation and is reborn in a parallel world! His Eye of Good and Evil opens! Road-raging demons? Heart-devouring monks? Vicious beasts tormenting the people? Every monster and demon is a lamb 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 We Died of Overwork and Were Reborn, So Knowing a Little Daoist Magic Seems Fair 都猝死重生了，会点道术很合理吧 [Urban Cultivation]+ [Daoist Medicine and Changing Fate]+ [Feng Shui and Face Reading]+ [Exorcising Demons]+ [Reborn Face-Slapping] Every bit of humiliation you swallow is a slow-acting blade. Anger harms the liver, fear harms the kidneys, and overthinking harms the spleen. The five organs of a people-pleaser are like a leaky wooden bucket. Lin Beichen died suddenly, then was reborn. He inherited the "Qi Meridian Records". Seventy-two Daoist arts and nine great sequences, from the midnight-noon —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 Traditional Chinese Medicine: As a School Doctor, All My Patients Are Big Stars 中医：坐诊校医，患者都是大明星 [Traditional Chinese medicine + lighthearted everyday life + showbiz] You ask me what traditional Chinese medicine is? Traditional Chinese medicine is the Dao; Western medicine is the technique! Traditional Chinese medicine can treat the illnesses you Western doctors can handle, and even the ones you can’t! The debate between the Dao and technique has always existed. Do I really need to explain which matters more? Su Zhengnan smiled as he took the student’s pulse. One silver needle, and the illn 3.9kReads8.4Score251Shelves
- 187 Master Ni's Heavenly Principles 天纪倪师 I'm studying Master Ni's book Tian Ji, and I'll post updates here as my understanding of it develops. I'll keep learning and updating, covering the harmony of Heaven, Earth, and humanity, along with imagery and numerology. I'll explain it in plain language, using recent cases and feedback to deepen understanding, speed up learning, and build experience. 810Reads8.0Score197Shelves
- 188 National Doctor Dad: My Admirers Fill the Showbiz World 国医奶爸：我的红颜遍布娱乐圈 Half of the Celestial Healer's Token stirs the martial world, bringing the Eight Great Schools of Traditional Chinese Medicine back into the world! He wields silver needles like a sword and uses medicinal herbs as a shield, curing chronic and stubborn ailments with miraculous skill. His adorable, clever little one is always by his side, while beauties from the entertainment world seek him out and give him their hearts. From saving lives in the emergency room and making a name for himself, to tak 2.1kReads7.2Score147Shelves
- 189 Paranormal Streamer: The Sledgehammer Notes 灵异主播：铁锤笔记 A paranormal livestreamer and a female yin-yang practitioner team up to deal with supernatural incidents. After being ambushed by an evil sorcerer, they fall victim to a curse involving poisonous magic. To break the curse, they descend into the Yuanchen Palace, face off against ghosts in a battle of song, storm a reclusive sect’s warded realm, help underworld officials subdue demons, escort an earth immortal to take up a post, and venture into the underworld to steal a prophecy from a forbidden 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 The Acupuncturist's Strange Tales 针灸师的异闻录 The Clinical Adventures of an Acupuncturist and His Friends in the Mystical Arts: When acupuncture meets the mystical arts, and medical principles shed light on strange phenomena. A book that will make you see Chinese medicine anew, from the transmission of pathogenic qi to spirit-light divination and fire offerings, unveiling the invisible battlefield of life behind Chinese medicine. Perhaps one day, in the hands of a Chinese medicine practitioner, it can become a reference book for finding the 3.8kReads8.9Score755Shelves
- 191 I Found a Zi Wei Astrology Book at a Street Stall and Became the Disciple of a Reclusive Medical Sage 地摊捡本紫微书，拜师隐世医圣 Warning! This novel is only suitable for readers interested in traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese divination. The material on medicine and divination is drawn from the classics and covers the Five Arts: mountain, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination. 1.8kReads7.0Score240Shelves
- 192 My Son-in-Law Is the Peerless King of Medicine 女婿是绝世医王 He was once the Heavenly Doctor Sect’s most gifted successor in a thousand years, codenamed “Hell’s Bane.” His medical skills could bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones, while his poisons could make even gods and Buddhas tremble. Three years ago, he was betrayed by his closest friend and lover, his cultivation crippled, and his memories damaged. He drifted into the city and became a live-in son-in-law to the Su family, suffering every humiliation. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 The Hilarious, In-Depth Guide to Face Reading in a Hemp Robe 麻衣相术爆笑详解版 The Hilarious, In-Depth Guide to Face Reading is a book that explains the ancient art of physiognomy, The Art of Ma Yi, in a witty and humorous way. With a lighthearted style, it makes the once-mysterious principles of face reading vivid and entertaining, letting readers discover its secrets through laughter. The book not only offers detailed explanations of traditional techniques such as face and palm reading, but also incorporates practical tips for reading people in modern life and the workpl 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 The Art of Healing 医路精诚 The companion novel to this book, I Am a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, is complete. The new novel, From Village Doctor to Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is currently being updated. Interested readers are welcome to check it out. At a time when traditional Chinese medicine is in decline, hospitals bearing its name are treating patients with Western medicine. Wang Chen, an heir to the Shanghan school, simply cannot stand it: even for a common cold, a traditional Chinese medicine ho 21.8kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
- 195 My Wife Hated Me for Three Years, Then Broke Down After Our Divorce 妻子恨我三年，离婚后她却崩溃了 Under pressure from Ye Zhixuan's parents, the wealthy CEO, worth hundreds of millions, was forced to give up the love of her life and marry Lin Xian, a penniless man. Ye Zhixuan always believed that Lin Xian had resorted to underhanded means to make it happen. So she hated Lin Xian for three whole years. Throughout those three years, Ye Zhixuan treated him with icy indifference, still longing for the perfect love she had dreamed of. No matter how devotedly Lin Xian cared for her and how attentiv 18.5kReads6.6Score1.3kShelves
- 196 The Healer Reigns Supreme 医者为王 One needle is worth a fortune, and a single prescription is impossible to find. With miraculous skill, he can shift the stars and turn fate itself, his divine needles reversing yin and yang. A humble young doctor from an ordinary family relies on his superb skills to make Death take another route and force illness to yield. Moving among the powerful and making his way through the city, this young doctor creates an urban legend, saving lives and working miracles. With miraculous hands, he brings 8.9kReads8.8Score999Shelves
- 197 Forty-Eight Taoist Spells and Techniques 道家咒术四十八法 In Taoism, spellcasting is a form of ritual magic that invokes deities through incantations or curses ghosts and demons. It is believed to establish communication with the Celestial Emperor and command spirits, driving away evil, averting calamities, and turning misfortune into good fortune. 2.3kReads6.6Score619Shelves
- 198 The Genius Ghost Doctor 天才鬼医 A medical immortal with peerless healing skills roams the world! He practices medicine to save lives, treating all kinds of difficult and unusual illnesses. He props up buildings on the verge of collapse and turns the tide when all seems lost. He explores the mysteries of heaven and humanity, understands the changes of past and present, and forges his own school of thought. 14.2kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
- 199 Stealing Heaven's Secrets: My Feng Shui and Face-Reading Skills Are Worth Trillions 窃天机：我的风水相术价值万亿 This is an urban story, and also a guide to avoiding common pitfalls, written for ordinary people. From ordinary folk to tycoons, I have personally witnessed hundreds of cases. The methods for resolving hundreds of environmental and layout issues mentioned here all come from ancient texts. Nearly every common environmental issue found in homes and shops is covered. 42.2kReads8.7Score4.3kShelves
- 200 The Ghost Emerges from the Coffin 鬼出棺 Xie Bangui is secretly recruited into the Ghost Yamen and, on his master's orders, serves there, making a living by hunting demons and ghosts. Yet he has no idea that he carries a world-shaking secret. Leading the Ghost Yamen's warriors, Xie Bangui launches a night raid on a prison for evil spirits, fights a bloody battle on the execution platform against a demon, encounters a soul-snatching carriage, and cleverly breaks a skeleton lock. He survives evil spirits' attempts to claim his life, outw 1.6kReads9.1Score144Shelves
