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- 101 The Hauntings of the Paper Effigy Shop 纸扎店诡事 The mysterious shopkeeper Su Damei can communicate with the worlds of the living and the dead and ward off evil spirits. She runs an inconspicuous paper-offering shop, yet keeps getting caught up in bizarre incidents. Her adorable pet, Big Black Cat, is no ordinary cat! It can see ghosts and make snarky comments, and it’s Su Damei’s ghost-hunting partner. Cat lovers, rejoice! With Northeastern Chinese folk customs and a collection of short, episodic stories, each chapter brings a self-contained 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Founding Ancestor of the Northeast Ma Clan 东北马家开山鼻祖 Legend has it that in the desolate days of Northeast China, bandits ran rampant, and people lived in constant fear. In that harsh, heartbreaking era, no one cared whether others lived or died, and no one spared a thought for the families caught in the chaos. At last, it all came to an end at the hands of a young man from the shamanic clan, who broke the grip of that savage, evil age. No one knew who he was. All they knew was that his actions brought shame upon his people and disgraced his family —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Folk Horror Stories from Across China 中国全国各地民间恐怖故事 Adapted from folk tales told by colleagues and friends. This story contains frightening scenes, so please read with care. If it involves any sensitive information, please contact the author to request revisions. Thank you. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Can’t Beat People in a Fight? Catching Demons Should Be a Piece of Cake, Right? 斗人斗不过，抓妖还不手到擒来？ A ghoul is a creature of lack. Whatever it lacked in life, be it wealth, health, or fortune, it must seize from others after death to make up for it and rest in peace. In 2009, five homeless children were suffocated in a dumpster. I was the sixth, and the only one who survived. I was never meant to become a Yin-Yang Celestial Master. Until I discovered that what happened that year was no accident. Some ghosts are bottomless pits, plundering without restraint. Some people once swept away an entir 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 My Wife Is a Half-Immortal 我的媳妇是半仙 [Slow burn] The story takes place in a quiet, peaceful little town where the people are simple and kind, and neighbors are close. The male protagonist is an ordinary local who leads an uneventful life. His wife, however, is known by everyone as a “half-immortal” for her extraordinary intuition and unusual way of handling everyday matters. 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 106 Folklore and the Supernatural: My Grandpa Took Me on Ghostly Errands 民间灵异：我爷爷带我行差鬼事 My second uncle and I followed my grandfather in the business of dealing with ghosts. Guiding spirits, seeing them off, cleansing houses. Into the mountains, into caves, under the water... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Path Between the Living and the Dead 生人鬼途 [Horror] + [Escape] + [Investigation] + [Pursuit of the Killer] It turns out I was born with a pure yin fate. No wonder Grandpa never read my fortune. With the whole village on the verge of being swallowed by vengeful ghosts, my brothers and I embark on a desperate journey to flee to the city... But once we arrive, we discover things are nowhere near as simple as we imagined. Danger lurks at every turn, and a thick fog of mystery surrounds us. Who should we turn to for help? And what beliefs can 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Tales of the Strange and Stories of Ghosts 说诡讲鬼 Also known as The Guide Along the Yin-Yang Path (Not a power fantasy + no cultivation + eerie + no female lead + horror) (The book weaves together different supernatural stories and is best enjoyed as an audiobook.) Born at midnight, I have an intensely yang fate and abundant vitality. I encounter all kinds of mysterious events in daily life, and my comrade A Jie, who is also a spirit medium, goes out of his way to help me find answers. I used to think everything I encountered was caused by ghos 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Empty Apartment Next Door 没人住的隔壁 The Unoccupied Apartment Next Door —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Watching People Through a Crack in the Door 《门缝看人》 The Eye at the Door Crack 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Heaven Favors Benevolence and Righteousness 天眷仁义 Heaven Favors the Benevolent 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 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
- 113 My Days as a Disciple of the Spirit Mediums 我当出马弟子的时光 A true account of spirit-medium practices, giving you an authentic look at every little detail! Every story and every person in this book is based on real events! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 My Years as a Spirit Medium 出马出道的那些年 Over the course of this book, I’ll take you into a true world of the occult. Southern Maoshan and Northern spirit mediums, Miao poison arts in western Hunan, pulse reading and tracing ailments to their source, healing with silver needles, Qimen Dunjia, finding burial sites and exploring tombs… These are stories that are strange yet true. In this book, I’ll share in detail the journey of an absolute beginner who knew nothing and learned step by step. The book will gradually introduce all kinds of 34Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 115 Born with an Evil Bone, the Yin-Calling Girl from the Northeast Is Forced to Become a Medium 天生邪骨，东北招阴女被迫出马 Have you ever eaten the ashes left after burning paper offerings for the dead? Do you love the smell of paper offerings burning? Are you like me, never finding the smoke irritating whenever you catch the smell of burning paper? Instead, I find an indescribable charred fragrance hidden in the burnt paper money, mixed with the earthy smell of soil. Then the night breeze carries it past… Whenever I come across that scent, I can’t help taking a few extra sniffs. In fact, every time I smell it, I fee 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 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 224Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 117 After Becoming a Spirit Medium, the Nation Asked Me to Be Its Outside Expert 成了出马仙后，国家请我当外援 No CP This book has been renamed: After Becoming a Spirit Medium, the State Asked Me to Be an Outside Consultant Chen An'an, an online writer, impulsively went camping at a botanical garden. She unexpectedly came across a weasel undergoing a tribulation. It tried to borrow her luck to escape the lightning tribulation, nearly getting her struck by lightning. At the critical moment, a huge black rat appeared and kicked the weasel away from its borrowed good fortune. Then it spoke in a human voice: 21.5kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
- 118 The Years of a Spirit Medium's Disciple 出马弟子的时光 Everything that happens in this book is based on my own real experiences, with a touch of fantasy added! There's some popular science in here, too! I hope you enjoy it! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Hall of the Living: A Spirit Medium's Extraordinary Experiences 堂口人间：一个出马仙的神奇经历 A chip is sent from the future to 1970. Recipient: Wang Cuifang, a woman in her early twenties, recently divorced and from a rural village in Northeast China. She has no idea what’s going on: suddenly, something extra is in her mind. She can investigate, defend herself, and attack. With her eyes closed, she can “see” what’s happening across the surrounding villages, and when danger strikes, her body retaliates automatically. But the System’s supernatural abilities must remain secret. She needs a 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 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
- 121 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 242Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 122 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
- 123 A Young Northeastern Spirit Medium 东北出马小先生 Gao Yunfei, the protagonist, was born in Changchun, Jilin, in Northeast China. He graduated from Jilin Institute of Physical Education with a degree in traditional ethnic sports. After college, he taught martial arts and mixed martial arts at a boxing gym. Then, by a twist of fate, he took up his family's ancestral incense tradition and became a spirit medium. Able to communicate with spirits, he moves between the realms of yin and yang, becoming a medium from Northeast China who helps people av 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 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
- 125 Northeast Spirit Medium: From the Start, the Hu Family Town Is Haunted by a Hundred Ghosts 东北弟马：开局胡家镇百诡 [Spirit-medium tradition + Northeastern Chinese customs + folk supernatural tales + feng shui secrets] My name is Chen Mo. I had just graduated from college when my grandpa passed away. On the day he died, the portrait in the mourning hall stared at me, someone spoke from inside the coffin, and his corpse even sat up on the day of the funeral. That's when I learned my grandpa hadn't died of an illness. He'd left me a whole spirit retinue: the Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui spirits, each with formi 8.3kReads6.4Score45214d adds
- 126 The Immortal Hall Beyond the Pass: A Yin-Yang Master Guards Changbai Mountain 关外仙堂：阴阳先生守长白 Have you ever witnessed a weasel asking to be granted a title? What causes people to get trapped in a ghostly maze while walking mountain trails, or suffer from strange ailments that leave them feeling awful but can’t be diagnosed at a hospital? Trained in ancient shamanic arts, versed in the theories of yin-yang masters, and accompanied by an immortal serpent cultivating beneath the streams of Changbai Mountain, become a spirit medium who roams the White Mountains. The rules of Northeast China’ 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Secret Tales of Treasure Hunting (An Explorer's Strange Past) 憋宝秘闻（探险者的诡异往事） My name is Zhang Yang... I’m a mysterious treasure hunter. This book will take you into the folk legends of the deep forests in Northeast China, tales that defy explanation. The Bone Bodhisattva deep in the Greater Khingan Range. The astonishing treasure left behind by the Jiuyi people. The ancient city of ghost soldiers beneath Mount Beimang... The Corpse-Locking Well, the Cave of Ten Thousand Bones, the centipede with a hundred legs, the fox with a human face, the ghostly immortal fetus, the f 708Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 128 A Long Road to Spirit Mediumship 出马路漫漫 A strip of red cloth, three feet and three inches long; troops from the five directions come, immortals from the five directions arrive. The old hall's people and soldiers will one day emerge from an ancient cave, and their fame will spread across the four seas, passed down through countless households!!! There was a young female disciple in Northeast China, full of youthful vigor. After years of stumbling along, where did her path lead? Was cultivation about following the Dao, or understanding 277Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 129 A Practical Guide to Spirit Mediumship 出马仙实务手札 Dongshan, a former journalist, stumbles by chance into the fantastical world of Northeast China's chuma xian spirit mediums. Is it fate playing a trick, or destiny bringing things together? With an objective pen, he records strange and uncanny events as they really happen. Guaranteed to be true, this is a practical guide to understanding a parallel world. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Spirit Medium 通灵出马仙 Everyone knows that in the three northeastern provinces beyond the passes, people worship the “Five Great Immortals,” but few know that the “Outer Five Immortal Halls” also exist among the dark mountains and pale waters. The “Outer Five Immortal Halls” are the Bear, Tiger, Wolf, Eagle, and Centipede. They were once fierce and untamed wild spirits. Only after the Bear Immortal, “Black Mama,” attained the Dao at Jiuding Tiesha Mountain and was appointed “Grand Protector of the Northeastern Taoist 6Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 131 The Price of Love 爱的取舍 The Choice of Love 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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
- 133 Morgue Mysteries: Lord Huang Santai’s Manhunt Order 太平间异闻：黄三太爷的追凶令 No one believes that an immortal fox lives in the hospital morgue, much less that this immortal is the meddlesome “Third Master Huang.” But ever since I took over the bizarre case of a “corpse moving by itself,” I keep seeing a flash of yellow beside the autopsy table. I even caught the reflection of a weasel in the dead person's pupils. As a disciple who can communicate with the immortals, I know this case is part of Third Master Huang's scheme, and a hunt for the culprit that crosses the bound 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 I Cultivate the True Five Thunder Method and Crush the Evil Ghosts of the Spirit Realm 我修五雷正法，力压鬼界恶鬼 Xu Fan was born different. His natural Yin-Yang Eyes could suppress every evil spirit and demon. After Old Xu died, Xu Fan inherited the family’s ancestral spirit hall and became a shamanic medium. He battles Japanese invaders and evil spirits! Beats up the island nation’s Yin-Yang masters! Bullies the shikigami You Chizi! And marries a thousand-year-old White Snake Immortal! 615Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 135 Even Evil Spirits Offer Me Cigarettes: I’m a Northeast Chinese Shaman 邪祟见我都递烟，我是东北出马仙 [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Ghost Hunting] + [No Female Lead] + [Folk Taboos] + [Not Invincible] + [No Cultivation] No specialist knowledge required; a collection of standalone stories. To support the temperamental Willow Immortal he worships at home, the spirit medium Zhao Dashun has scrubbed people’s backs at a bathhouse and set up a stall on an overpass. After capturing the Cat-Faced Granny, Zhao Dashun makes a name for himself in a single battle and sets out on the straight and narrow path 7.3kReads8.4Score75014d adds
- 136 My 1990s Field Notes on Folk Ghost Stories 我的90年代民间志怪见闻录 Jia Nanxing, a young man from a mountain village, chance upon a stone statue and has an extraordinary encounter. Facing all kinds of strange events in the world, “zombies, evil spirits, witchcraft”, he braves countless dangers and later meets Jiang Wangyou, a mysterious female classmate. As they cultivate, the two travel around the world dealing with supernatural incidents. The story features transmigration, antique appraisal, and adventure. Supernatural fantasy all in one, along with all kinds 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 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
- 138 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
- 139 Love's Tribulations Between Immortals and Mortals: A Matchmaker Disciple's Firsthand Tales of Karma and Romance 仙凡情劫：出马弟子亲历的因果姻缘 Love and Tribulation Between Immortals and Mortals: The Karma and Romance Personally Witnessed by a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Great, the Whole Village Is Haunted, and I’m Beyond Saving 太好啦，全村都是诡，我没救了 [Horror + Body Collection + Comedy + Plot Twists] On the day I graduated from college, I got a call saying my dad had skinned himself and died. My mother said she had to meet her daughter-in-law before my dad was buried, so I had no choice but to pay a fortune to hire the campus belle to pretend to be my girlfriend. But when I returned to the village, I discovered that no one there was human! They were all corpses... After narrowly escaping death, I became a corpse collector. The first one I col 982Reads5.6Score10714d adds
- 141 I Run a Spirit Hall in Henan 我在河南领堂口 I cultivated my character deep in the mountains, then emerged from an ancient cave to make my name across the land. Who says the Hu and Huang spirits never cross the Shanhai Pass? That rule is long gone. When I was in college, the spirits enshrined in my family's ancestral hall sought out my mother. But illness kept her from becoming a spirit medium, so the whole spirit retinue eventually came to me. After enduring countless hardships, I was forced onto the path of a spirit medium. A true accoun 449Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 142 Hall of Ten Thousand Immortals: A Rich Kid's Life as a Spirit Medium 万仙堂：富二代的出马生活 [Second-generation shamanic heir + copper-industry heir + incredibly powerful guardian spirits + face-slapping satisfaction + real-life supernatural events] (P.S. Set in real locations in Shuangyashan. No saintly heroine, no frustrating setbacks, face-slapping from the start, and high-octane action all the way through!) Your girlfriend publicly looks down on you and demands 388,000 yuan in bride price? I let out a cold laugh and drove off in the BMW M4 I'd bought for her. “Go marry your mother, 95Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 143 The Engineer's Strange Case Files 工程诡录 Please note: This story has no harem, no brainless characters, no overpowered cheat, and uses science instead of mysticism. If that's not your thing, please don't read. A staunch atheist with a PhD in control engineering is unexpectedly sent as a technical consultant to a new factory plagued by strange incidents. One bizarre equipment failure follows another, yet every scientific method he knows proves useless. With only three days left to finish the project, Dr. Qi decides to use scientific ins 1Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 144 Folk Sorcery 乡野诡术 My fate is ruled by the Seven Killings star, and I was born with a short life. Before adulthood, I face a calamity every year. The eighteenth year is the most perilous, known as the Life-and-Death Tribulation. My grandfather took seventeen calamities for me, but he died before my Life-and-Death Tribulation arrived. Before he breathed his last, he took away seventeen paper figures. They are my karmic retribution... 143Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 145 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
- 146 The Dragon-Taming Bride 镇龙妻 [From home feng shui to esoteric arts, from attracting wealth and changing your fortune to reading faces and understanding people, improve your luck through the lens of metaphysics.] Fifty years ago, my grandfather forcibly pierced an underground dragon vein to find a feng shui treasure site, changing the fortunes and fate of our Zhou family. Fifty years later, a blood-soaked man showed up at our door, saying he wanted to marry into the Zhou family! The Nine Purple Li Fire cycle, the Witch’s Sun 301Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 147 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
- 148 The Paper Horse Shop: Messenger Between Yin and Yang 我有一间纸马铺之阴阳使者 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Strange Tales from the Tea Pavilion 茶榭诡谈 Chilling events that may have happened right beside you and me. Perhaps you and I could become the protagonists, too. These are accounts of things that happened to people around us, as told by those who experienced them. True and false, false and true, right and wrong, wrong and right. Think it over, then think it over carefully!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Tales of the Yin Messengers 阳差诡事录 A yang messenger is a very special kind of person. Whether you're a high-ranking official, a flight attendant, a campus beauty, a mature beauty, or a gorgeous superstar, once your allotted lifespan is up, just one light tap is enough to hook your soul. Of course, there are exceptions, like this policewoman here. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
