Novels like Tales of Northern Tomb Raiders
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- 51 Tomb Raider’s Strange Compendium: Terror and Madness in the Tomb 盗墓诡鉴：墓中恐怖也疯狂 Thirty years ago, a group of tomb raiders broke into a tomb belonging to a yellow fox spirit and stole a golden robe and a ghost casket. Almost all of them died underground, and the few who survived vanished without a trace... Thirty years later, a tortoiseshell hides a secret. As a new generation takes the place of the old to solve the mystery of that long-ago case, I too am drawn into one layer of eerie events after another... The corpse god’s death curse among the shaman tribes, the ice corps 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Meng Chang, the Jade-Faced Hero: Tian Sanjiu's Road Through the Martial World 玉面孟尝：田三久的江湖路 [An audiobook-style narration is now available] In the late 1980s, in the forests of Northeast China, 16-year-old Tian Tian, later renamed Tian Sanjiu, is forced into the dangerous business of tomb robbing to save his gravely ill mother. A boy struggling at the bottom of society, he unexpectedly reveals a remarkable talent for cracking tomb traps and a ruthless decisiveness in the face of danger. But on his very first job, his master betrays him, and he narrowly escapes death. In the ancient tom 35.7kReads7.8Score6.4k14d adds
- 53 My Years as a Tomb Raider 我干盗墓的这些年 A rigged gambling game left me saddled with an enormous loan from loan sharks. But it also set the wheels of fate in motion. In the end, it sent me down the path of tomb raiding! I traveled far and wide and mixed with all kinds of people, going from an inexperienced young man to a tomb raider. Come with me into the underground underworld, a world of deceit and scheming… 62.2kReads8.5Score4.3k14d adds
- 54 The Secret Record of Tomb Robbing 摸金秘记 [A premium, exclusive Tomb Raiding novel] [Zhang Jia Sishu's latest masterpiece of 2016, set to become the ultimate Tomb Raiding novel!] The appearance of an exceptionally beautiful female corpse shattered my ordinary life. Armed with a family-inherited secret art of Tomb Raiding, I opened an ancient imperial mausoleum sealed for a thousand years, seeking rare treasures buried underground and unraveling a mystery beyond anyone's reach. 189Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 55 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern Shaanxi 陕北盗墓笔记 [Tomb raiding, daily life, hardship, growth] This is a story about tomb raiding, feng shui, and the underworld. These are people who once lived ordinary lives but were forced by hardship to take up tomb raiding. They have no experience, only their miserable lives. Watch how they use those wretched lives to forge a legendary future. In 1999, a shocking incident took place in Suiping City, in northern Shaanxi. The tomb of Meng Tian, located right in the heart of the city, was completely emptied 619Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 I'm Zhao Jia. Let Me Tell You About the Ancient Tombs I've Raided 我叫赵甲，讲讲我盗过的古墓 My name is Zhao Jia, an obscure black-market trader in Shancheng. My master, Liu Banchi, spent his whole life hunting with eagles, only to have one peck out his eye in the end. He died at the hands of his own people. Since then, I've been afraid. Not of ghosts, but of people. I washed my hands of the trade, hoping to live in peace, but trouble came looking for me. A map with a sinister secret, a wealthy man with connections everywhere, and a deadly game I can't escape. To stay alive and uncover 25kReads8.6Score3k14d adds
- 57 The Ghostly Blindfold 鬼蒙眼 One night, Liu Zhiwei took a shortcut and ended up haunted by an evil spirit. Misfortune piled up, and he wound up drowning in debt. With no other choice, he and his equally hard-up friend Wu Cheng risked their lives to excavate Japanese tombs. Little did they know that they would go further and further down the road of grave robbing. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Recollections of the Tomb-Raiding Years 追忆盗墓年月 In the early years of the Republic, tomb robbing was all the rage. The trade was split between northern and southern factions, each further divided into more than a dozen gangs, with countless complications within every group. The ancient tombs were strange and uncanny, their twists and turns shrouded in mystery, and every one of them perilous! The suspicious tomb of Fengdu will reveal a hidden chapter of human history... 682Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Northern School Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Plant a Sea of Green in the Fields 北派盗墓：开局田里种青纱帐 More than a decade ago, a northern tomb-raiding crew planted corn in my family’s field and dug a tomb passage! After I joined them, the boss took me from north to south, and I saw a great deal of the world. Feng shui secrets, dynastic treasures, imperial tombs, and taboos surrounding immortality... This world is far more fascinating than what we can see. 34Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 60 Tales of Tomb Robbing 盗掘轶事 To find our missing informant, we broke into the “Nine-Orifice Jade Shroud” tomb of a Liao Dynasty imperial consort. Dunzi was poisoned by corpse venom as soon as he touched the coffin. His body began to rot, and he started babbling. Hu Anna searched through ancient texts and cried out, “This isn’t burial jade. It’s soul-locking jade!” Just then, blood began seeping from every jade plug, and a seductive woman’s voice came from inside the coffin: “Three hundred years... At last, a man has come to 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Heavenly Tomb's Labyrinth City 天墓迷城 I'm a feng shui master. By chance, I stumbled into a fascinating and mysterious world unlike any other. My goal is to unravel every mystery and uncover the true essence of feng shui! How many secrets are hidden in China's five thousand years of history? How many unknown mysteries lie within its 9.6 million square kilometers? The answer to everything lies in feng shui. 433Reads6.7Score10314d adds
- 62 Northern School Tomb Appraiser: The First Tomb I Robbed Wasn't Right 北派掌眼：我盗的第一座墓就不对 Grave robbers never see the light of day, and never meet a good end. Their lives are tied to three feet of yellow earth, and their fortunes are stained with blood debts. That is the business of the yin trade. Once you get into this line of work, there's no turning back. On my very first dig, I encountered three strange things. The Luoyang shovel went seventeen meters down. The soil it brought up dated to the Warring States period, but the tomb on the surface was clearly from the Ming dynasty. My 25.2kReads—Score1.4k14d adds
- 63 My Tomb-Raiding Life 我的盗墓江湖 There's only one disease in this world: poverty. My mother's suicide forced me to face reality. With no other choice, I joined a tomb-raiding crew and set foot on a road of no return. Northern and southern factions, mysterious ancient tombs, living by the blade, and the ways of the underworld. I've seen countless strange and uncanny things happen around me. Even after getting rich, I once wanted to escape this mire. But once you're in the underworld, you have no say in your own fate... 2.1kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 64 The Tombs Beneath the Heavens 天下墓藏 (Tomb raiding + mystery, the most authentic tomb-raiding experience) Sometimes life tells us without warning that the things we care about and yearn for aren’t really important. Because before we came into this world, we were already given a special mission... Ninety-nine lives, all to make a single remedy. My name is Xu Chuyi, and I’m a “herb gatherer.” I know the blue sky and the white clouds, understand Grain Rain, trek through forests and scale cliffs, and revere the ancient and mysterious m 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Grave Digger 掘徒 Grave robbers, tomb diggers; Official thieves take the big haul, common thieves the small; Gold ingots lie beneath the Luoyang shovel; The living guard the tombs, the ghosts watch over the graves; The ancestral teachings are passed down through the generations; Quicksand, trapdoors, and stone doors that seal the way. A conspiracy by a mysterious organization, driven by an entanglement of money and desire, forced me to begin a journey into the underground world. Through one life-and-death adventu 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Tomb Raiding: I've Been Destined for Great Things Since Childhood 盗墓：从小就是干大事的人 The autobiography of a master sand-reader. [Tomb Raiding] + [Feng Shui] My name is Shaozi. I went to Yunnan hoping to make a fortune gambling on jade, but Li Buping dragged me into Tomb Raiding instead. On my first trip into a tomb, we pulled a piece of blank cloth from the back of an ancient corpse’s head. On the second, the dense rows of hanging coffins overhead nearly drove us to kill one another. On the third, in a Shang-Zhou tomb, we dug up three stitched-together monsters with beast heads 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Lamp Blower 吹灯者 Deep in a ravine on the Loess Plateau lie the secrets of a dynasty, sealed away when Cao Cao established the Gold-Touching Captains. Sixteen-year-old Qin Xiao accidentally awakens the yin-yang eyes inherited through the Qin bloodline when he touches a bronze compass in a collapsed Dragon King Temple. Those gray-white eyes can pierce the earth and glimpse the flow of qi meridians, revealing the ancient tomb complex known as the “Nine-Bend Linked Citadels,” formed when the Yellow River changed cou 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Tomb Book Series: Gazetteer 墓书系列之州志 [Tomb Raiding, Family, Everyday Life, Rural Life, Romance] After tomb raiders broke in, two families faced utter ruin. Both fathers were murdered inside the ancient tomb. One woman lost her husband; one family was torn apart. And the evil kept spreading. Two men who had grown up together like brothers severed their bond; a love story that had been sealed with a token suddenly came to an end; a search that began with so much hope ended in despair. This is a book about tomb raiding, but it no long 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Notes on Searching for Dragons 寻龙笔记 In the early 1980s, everything was about money. It was an era of setting things right, an absurd era, an era of daring and fighting, and above all, an era full of opportunity. It was fate that led me into the world of antiques, where I took up archaeology, exploration, and treasure hunting. This suspenseful, perilous tale of twists and turns begins when the production team organized a river-repair project. 54Reads7.4Score914d adds
- 70 The Dragon-Seeking Mystery 寻龙诡藏 It all began in 1999, when Chen Yuan traveled from Shaanxi to Beijing's Panjiayuan to trade antique bronze fragments and met Liu the Fatty. “Boss, how much for this thing?” a deep voice called from above. Chen Yuan looked up and saw a burly, fat man squatting across from him. The man wore a wrinkled white undershirt, a gold chain around his neck, and held a handful of melon seeds, crunching away with relish. A funny tomb-raiding adventure novel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Tomb Raiding: I Get Stronger by Touching Corpses After Burying the First Emperor Alive 盗墓，活埋始皇陵我摸尸就变强 Gao Yong was an ordinary tomb raider who only wanted to find riches in a mysterious ancient tomb. He never expected to be buried alive. But that was when the wheels of fate began to turn: at the brink of death, he unexpectedly activated the Corpse-Touching Power-Up System. Every time he touched an ancient corpse, his strength skyrocketed. Power, agility, swordsmanship, and all kinds of other formidable abilities came flooding in. Deep beneath the earth, the Mausoleum of the First Emperor was pac 22Reads—Score214d adds
- 72 Tomb Raiding: Strange Encounters in the Tomb 盗墓风云之墓室奇遇 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Legend of the Gold-Touching Captain 摸金校尉传奇 Li Yi, an antiques shop owner and heir to a line of Mojin Captains, embarks on a thrilling adventure after discovering a mysterious ancient scroll. He forms a team with an archaeologist, an adventurer, and a computer hacker, then ventures into a mysterious ancient tomb, where they face peril after peril. After breaking an ancient seal, confronting guardian spirits, and escaping a collapsing tomb, they follow a new lead into a mysterious valley, where they uncover more astonishing secrets and hid —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Tomb Raider's Notes 盗墓手札 In 2013, I unexpectedly went bankrupt, and my girlfriend left me. With no other options, I took this path, and a strange, uncanny world opened before my eyes. Deep beneath mysterious tombs that have stood for millennia, half the people are tomb raiders, and the other half are... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Sunken Sand Tomb: The Nanhai King’s Mausoleum and the Mermaid Coffin 沉沙诡墓：南海王陵与人鱼棺启 Beneath the deep sea, the Nanhai King's tomb stands silent, sealed away for a thousand years... Legend has it that a mermaid sleeps in the depths of the tomb, imprisoned inside a strange coffin covered in incantations, condemned to never be reborn! Duan Lieyang and his companions are experts in underwater tomb raiding, but they cannot foresee the terrifying journey ahead, one that will transcend life and death and test the limits of human nature. Tomb raiding has become more perilous than ever: 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Eye Beneath the Earth 入地眼 I was just seven when I crawled out of the tomb. Much later, when I looked back on it, it seemed as if everything had been arranged by fate. Perhaps from that very moment, it was predestined that I, who had crawled out of that tomb, would embark on an adventurous, mysterious, and utterly bizarre legendary journey. The dragon stirs, and the land is shaken! 1.4kReads8.6Score14314d adds
- 77 Northern School: Memoirs of an Antique Restorer 北派：一个古董做旧师的自传 [Northern School + Antique Forgery + Mystery + Treasure Appraisal + Wits and Intrigue in the Underworld] Shenyan Feng, a tomb raider, once gave me the nickname Ghost-Hand Liu. Silver Fox Wang Xiansheng wanted to take me on as his godson. He said the Miao Yin Bird I made was even better than the one he’d dug out of a pit. My name is Liu Chuan. I’m from Harbin, and I spent ten years behind bars. In the first half of my life, my skill at forging antiques let me enjoy every bit of good fortune, but 5.9kReads6.5Score28014d adds
- 78 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles of a Loser 屌丝盗墓笔记 [Tomb raiding + suspense. No fantasy, no System, guaranteed to be good! If you don't like it, roast me!!!] Would you dare go tomb raiding for a million yuan in blood money? Who really built Sanxingdui? Did the ancient divine tree Jianmu really exist? Has the bird-bodied, human-headed monster come back to life? Has Genghis Khan become a zombie? What secrets lie inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang? … Keyboard tomb-raiding king Jiang Xing is getting serious this time! 1.5kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 79 Secrets of the Black Dragon: A Feng Shui Tomb-Raiding Chronicle 玄龙秘藏：风水盗墓录 Beneath the land of Huaxia lies the “Nine Twists of the Dragon Vein.” Deep within each twist are secret burial sites dating from antiquity through the Ming and Qing dynasties, holding the secrets of feng shui, tales of immortality, dynastic treasures, and forbidden curses. Folk feng shui masters are divided into three factions: the “Tomb Guardians,” who protect the dragon veins and the order of ancient tombs; the “Tomb Raiders,” who use feng shui to find tombs and make a living; and the “Evil-Br —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Strange Tales of Tomb Raiding in the Southern School 南派盗墓异事 [Real Tomb Raiding + No AI] My name is Zhou Quan, and I'm from Guangxi. Here I recount the supernatural and bizarre events that really happened during my tomb-raiding adventures. I've read a few web novels in my spare time, and it seems AI-written web novels are everywhere these days. I want to tell this story from the perspective of someone who was actually there, as a record of things past. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Secret Records of Northern Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓秘录 [Hardcore Tomb Raiding]+ [Suspense at Full Throttle]+ [Utter Terror] Before my master disappeared, he sent me only a stone shard carved with a black dragon coiling around a coffin, along with a bloodstained prophecy: “When the Dragon-Suppressing Coffin stirs, the nine lineages return to their source; when the black dragon opens its eyes, the secret map will emerge.” To find my master, I set out with the black dragon shard and my childhood friend Wu Nianjiu for a suspected Liao-dynasty tomb benea 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Sin 罪 A death-row inmate’s monologue on the eve of his execution. From stealing and robbing, to stumbling into the underworld, going to prison for his lover, then tomb raiding, heading to the Miao borderlands in search of an antidote, and being poisoned with a Gu curse... And the strange adventures that followed. The story moves quickly at first, but gets better and better as it goes on. If you’re interested, please let me tell you the whole tale. 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Tomb Raiding: The Dark Mystery Mirror 盗墓：玄冥宝鉴 [Tomb raiding + treasure hunting + mystery solving + ensemble cast + history + no mindless plot] An original work, not fan fiction. [Tomb raiding is illegal. Do not try this yourself.] Does the Dust-Repelling Pearl really exist? What secrets lie behind it? What strange and mysterious events are hidden behind the national treasures? What connections link tomb raiding, antique appraisal, the underworld, the martial world, and the protagonist? 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓笔记 From a “master of antiquing” to the “Divine Eye Beyond the Pass,” one thought is all it takes for Xiao Xu to embark on a dangerous road of no return. In the perilous underground world, friendship and loyalty are cheap, while profit and betrayal are the order of the day. Only by letting go of desire can you make it out unscathed. 1.2kReads8.8Score12614d adds
- 85 The Northern School's Tomb Raider: Searching for Dragons 北派盗墓寻龙记 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Adventure + Underworld + History] Adapted from true experiences. That year, I was no master appraiser fresh out of prison. I was just a poor kid who identified soil by smell and felt his way along tomb passages with his fingers. I drifted through a hazy youth and into middle age, enduring hardship and uncertainty all the way. Over half a lifetime, I witnessed all sorts of people from all walks of life, and heard tales of the underworld you have never heard before. If yo 52.6kReads7.9Score4k14d adds
- 86 A Grave Robber's True Records 盗墓贼的真实笔录 No romance. A true account of grave robbing. Follow my perspective and see the most authentic world of tomb raiding. Want to get rich? Rob a tomb. Make ten thousand yuan overnight: that was life back in our day. One trip into a tomb could earn you tens of thousands at the very least, or hundreds of thousands, even over a million. There’s not much startup capital needed for this line of work, and it’s more thrilling than gambling. There are no traps or ghosts in these tombs. The ones you need to 32.9kReads7.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 87 Tomb King of the Imperial Capital 帝都墓王 The Mo family tomb-raiding syndicate is the only force descended from the Faqiu Zhonglang tradition. Beneath the capital's turbulent surface, the family battles over the clan head's position, while tomb raiding brings thrills and danger and tangled relationships grow ever more complicated. Can Mo Xunhun, the Mo family's illegitimate son, fight his way through every obstacle? 239Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 88 Tomb Raiding: The Five Faqiu Secrets and the Ancient Guizang Kingdom 盗墓：发丘五字诀之归藏古国 The only keepsake Mom left behind was like a key, unlocking the bloodline sealed inside Yu Hui for twenty-seven years. A fragment of a tortoiseshell unearthed from a sacrificial tomb led to twelve ancient zodiac tombs, whose secrets could piece together earth-shaking mysteries from antiquity. Weiyang Bureau, Wuqishi Bureau, Haiji Bureau, Zisu Bureau... One tomb, one calamity. Every calamity reveals a shell inscription. A web of connections ultimately points to a lost civilization that can only b 95Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 89 The Great Mystery 大迷踪 Does the legendary Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin really exist? Where did the mysterious organization with snake tattoos on the backs of their necks come from? A strange ancient blade shaped like a serpent, and a life-or-death game spanning a thousand years! Can the young man who stepped out of an antique shop shoulder the heavy, turning wheel of fate? What can the so-called heir to the art of tomb-grabbing really do? 40Reads7.1Score714d adds
- 90 Northern and Southern Tomb Raiders 南北派盗墓贼 [Tomb Raiding, Suspense, Jianghu, First Person] In the mysterious underground world, ancient tombs are riddles no one can solve, and a source of treasure in the hearts of countless people. Some raid tombs for money, but I am a tomb raider willing to do whatever it takes to escape my family's curse. In the dark underground world, I embark on a life-or-death race against time. I spent more than eight years in the military. To escape my family's curse, I had no choice but to take this thorn-strewn 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Kunlun Abyss 昆仑极渊 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Adventure + Lighthearted + Witchcraft] The Ghost Mother of the Ghost Kingdom in a bronze coffin, the mysterious boat-shaped coffin in a thousand-year-old well, the coffin sunk beneath the lake in the Valley of Death on Mount Kunlun, the mysterious airport on Mount Kunlun, and the temple ruins of the Queen Mother of the West's kingdom all point to one mythical place: the Ruins of Kunlun. To uncover the truth, I traveled through all kinds of hidden places: underground, si 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: An Autobiography 盗墓笔记：自传 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Early Growth + Later Power Fantasy] My name is Wang Yifan, and I’m a college student. One day, I saw my girlfriend, “Meng Yao.” Not just one, but two identical Meng Yaos. I wanted to investigate the matter, so I sought out the Faqiu Sect. Then one day, after making thorough preparations, I ventured deep into the uninhabited wilderness of Lop Nur and witnessed one strange event after another: “Snow monsters?” “The Demon Tomb of Cancong?” “Instant teleportation?” “The Twi 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Forbidden Code (Original Title: Ancient Tales of the Yellow River) 禁忌密码（原名：黄河古事） The great river flows ever eastward, nurturing China's most ancient and brilliant civilization. For thousands of years, countless people have tried to uncover its secrets, yet no one knows what truly lies hidden in its waters. Corpses embracing boats, ghosts sailing vessels, strange stone coffins sunk beneath the riverbed, nameless bodies rising from the dead... A river diver who grew up along the Yellow River takes you back thirty years, to an era brimming with bizarre mysteries and thrilling t 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Notes from the Sunken Abyss 沉渊手记 My name is Chen Mo. Back home, drought and famine drove us into debt, and my mother was so sick she had only a breath left in her. In the bitter winter of 2009, I was turned away from a construction site in the county seat. I was completely out of options. Then Wang Laoguai, a crafty old crook with a limp, lured me into a shack deep in the mountains with a bowl of noodles and a lie about a short-term job in an orchard. That night, a constant creaking came from below. He was gnawing at the earth 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 In Search of Miracles 神迹寻踪 [Supernatural, old-school style, serious mystery and adventure novel, not a tomb-raiding story, slow to start, but it gets exciting later] The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth can transform into all things under Heaven. The stillness of Wu Earth is a wild force that can move mountains and overturn seas. The solemn change of Geng Metal is a sharpness that strikes straight at the soul. The concealment of Gui Water is a chill that can freeze time and space. The refinement of Yi 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Memoirs of a Tomb Rat 土耗子回忆录 I was born into an ordinary family and was an intern at a vocational school. I had hoped to live a quiet, uneventful life, but my classmates’ ridicule, my teacher’s humiliation, and the upheaval at home sent me down the irreversible path of tomb raiding. By a twist of fate, I became an unorthodox tomb raider, known to others as a “dirt rat.” [Mystery + Tomb Raiding + Underworld + Treasure Appraisal] 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Secret Forbidden Lands 幽秘禁地 College student Liu Minghui has recently been dreaming again and again of an ancient, mysterious altar. In his dreams, he is trapped deep in the Ailao Mountains, where he encounters extinct creatures, eerie rituals, and piles of corpses in armor. Each time he wakes, the terror lingers... He was going to dismiss it as a mere hallucination, but then Liu Hui happened to learn that ruins had been discovered in the primeval forest of the Ailao Mountains, and that they eerily matched the scenes in his 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The Sinister Tomb of No Return 盗墓笔记：无间诡冢 (Fanfiction + Original Trio + Pure Tomb Raiding) Staying true to the original style, this story takes Wu Xie, Zhang Qiling, and Wang Pangzi on a brand-new adventure. The nine “Nine Nether Ghost Tombs” conceal the secrets of ancient alchemists who sought immortality. Each is filled with strange mechanisms and mysterious riddles. From the corpse-strewn white forest of “Shituo Grove” in Yunnan, to the “Netherworld Water Palace” beneath Dongting Lake, and then to the mysterious structures on Changba 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Thirty Thousand Days 三万天 The inspiring story of a young person striving through life in the modern era. Undaunted by hardship and ready to fight, they grow and transform, living with discipline and confidence. Young, determined, and full of life, they never give up, with sunshine and a bright future ahead. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Feng Shui Master of the Nine Netherworlds 九幽风水师 “Place cinnabar on the acupoint, bury the corpse at the hour of the Tiger, seal the coffin with Xu earth. Wherever the Zi-Wu meridian is shifted by three inches, blood fiends will arise.” On the yellowed rice paper, the characters my grandfather had written in cinnabar bled a rusty dark red. I traced the crack along the edge of the bronze compass. Beneath it lay a book titled The Record of Geomancy in the Nine Hells. At midnight last night, the book, which should have been buried with my grandfa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
