Novels like Grandma Is a Spirit Medium
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- 1 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—Shelves
- 2 A Spirit Medium’s True Story, in Their Own Words 一个出马仙自述真实经历 An exorcist born in the 1980s shares his true story in plain language, without a single invented or exaggerated detail. I also hope to help those who are lost on this path and destined to walk it, so they can avoid taking unnecessary detours. 344Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 3 The Shaman's Records 萨满出马录 A true-to-life chronicle of spirit-medium practices in Northeast China. It's incredibly authentic, and everything in the book is the truth! Reader review: “Essential reading for anyone in the field!” Every pit the Longfeng Hall has stumbled into and every tear we've shed along the way: each experience can teach you how to read people, avoid traps, and steer clear of needless detours! All the scams and tricks people in the field use are laid bare and explained in full. We tell you everything o 6.6kReads8.9Score510Shelves
- 4 Awakening My Immortal Destiny: The Path of a Spirit Medium 仙缘觉醒，出马仙之路 Lin Xiaoman once thought she would spend her whole life in the old alleys of a small Northeastern town, working from sunrise to sunset and living a quiet, uneventful life like countless generations of her family before her. Then, after a sudden high fever, she began to see “things” ordinary people couldn’t: a woman in blue wandering beneath the old locust tree at the end of the alley, a white-bearded old man tapping on her window at night, and even the indistinct summons of “the immortals” in he 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Sinister Way of the Chuma Immortals 诡道出马仙 Twenty-year-old Lu Yuan couldn't find a job after graduating from college, so he returned to his hometown in Northeast China. There, he joined his great-grandfather and grandfather as a spirit medium. As he practiced, he grew both physically and emotionally, gradually learning the many rules of the spirit-medium trade and encountering all kinds of ghosts and bizarre, uncanny events. 198Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Reborn: I Will Save the Spirit-Medium Industry! 重生之我要拯救出马仙行业！ A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Spirit Medium of the Three Realms 三界通灵人 From spirit medium to spiritual cultivator to primordial spirit, I slowly unveil the mystery. Born with an extraordinary destiny, I endured trial after trial. A strip of red cloth, three chi and three cun long; the elders of the clan and the old spirits of the mountain. My grandmother was a famous village shaman, and the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Porcupine, and Python spirits accompanied me, making me a medium between yin and yang. I roam the Three Realms, helping people avert disaster and driving out 292Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Fox Immortal Haunts Me, Making Me Her Spirit Medium 狐仙缠我当弟马 [Modern Romance + Contemporary Romance + Fantasy Romance + Countryside] I was glued to Grandma when I was little, and heard all the stories about spirits and immortal encounters in the mountains. But there was one tale from thirty years ago that she told with particular solemnity. She said that deep in the old forest, she had once met a snow-white fox spirit, perched on a blue stone, its eyes gleaming like moonlight on water. It had opened with the fateful question of a spirit seeking a title: “ 6Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 9 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—Shelves
- 10 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—Shelves
- 11 Northeastern Immortals: My Tangled Encounters with Spirit Mediums 东北仙家：出马仙与我纠缠的那些 Let me take you into the world of the Chuma immortals. This isn't a power fantasy, just an account told at an unhurried pace of a Chuma immortal's experiences... In the black soil of Northeast China, the depths of the old forests hold many unknown mysteries. People say every mountain has its mountain god, every cave its master, and every willow bank its immortal; pythons can become spirits. On this land, protected by both gods and the wild, there is a kind of person known as a “Chuma immortal”.. 2.4kReads8.6Score133Shelves
- 12 The Life of a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 出马弟子的人生 A novel about real experiences and nothing but facts, centered on the real practice of spirit-mediumship! I hope you enjoy it! No fantasy power trips or immortal cultivation: every bit of it is based on real experiences! 259Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 13 The Spirit Medium's Stories: Me and My Clients! 出马儿之我和缘主的那些事儿！ A girl who grew up in a small village experiences all kinds of hardships and amusing encounters with the people who come to her for help! Stories about my spirit-medium work and clients getting scammed. I'm looking for stories to use! Anyone with a good story is welcome to share a true one with me! 415Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Entering the Dao with Immortal Guidance 带着仙家入道 I started out as a disciple of a top incense master, then met a wise teacher and became a young Taoist disciple. This book consists entirely of popular science and real-life experiences, and it also contains plenty of tips on how to avoid scams! Nothing is made up, and this is not a power fantasy about cultivating immortality. Your support is greatly appreciated! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 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 8.3kReads6.4Score452Shelves
- 16 My Years Running a Spirit Hall in Liaoning 我在辽宁领堂口的那些年 When I was three, a Huang spirit knocked my soul loose, and by chance I became sworn brothers with another Huang spirit. A Ghost King let something slip by accident, and following the clues, I learned that this Huang spirit was actually a golden-armored deity. It was only when the Living Buddha of Haitang Mountain appeared that I discovered I had two souls in one body. The arrival of my wife from a past life gradually awakened my sealed memories. Atop Mount Tai, the majestic and magnificent scen 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Don't Move! I've Got Connections in the Underworld 别动！姐地府有人 The continuation of Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma: filling in the gaps from before, meeting the people who came afterward, and briefly recording the everyday happenings that followed. It also teaches a few simple things that you can put into practice. 745Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 18 The Little Prodigy of the Northern Ma Clan 北马小神童 A strange story set in a small town ninety years later. The heroine begins her shamanic calling at thirteen. On the day she was born, all the fox, yellow weasel, white weasel, willow, and rat spirits within a ten-kilometer radius knelt to welcome her. Then came a series of miraculous experiences. 10.6kReads9.5Score947Shelves
- 19 The First Half of a Female Spirit Medium’s Life! 出马女弟子的前半生！ I’m an ordinary country girl from Northeast China. When I was 18, I learned that I was born with a connection to the immortals. I was often unwell in all sorts of ways, and I sought out many spirit mediums, hoping they could help me escape my predicament. I was cheated, but I also met kind people. This is the story of how I eventually found my way out. I decided to write this book to keep more people from being scammed. I can’t guarantee that everything I say is right, but I can guarantee that I 8.7kReads9.4Score678Shelves
- 20 The Heaven-Ordained Spirit Medium 天命出马仙 When I was five, an old beggar showed up at our door and insisted that one day I would marry a snake as my wife... 12.1kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
- 21 Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记 [Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but 467Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 22 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 32.4kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
- 23 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 39.6kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
- 24 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 22.1kReads9.3Score2kShelves
- 25 Weasel Spirit! Do I Look Like a Human or a God to You? 黄皮子！你看我像人还是像神？ No specialist knowledge here, just a story. [A little horror + a whole lot of comedy + no female lead, no romance] When I was a kid, I took a nighttime shortcut and saw a weasel worshipping the moon. Remembering a story my grandma had told me, I worried it might ask me to grant it a title, so, on a whim, I shouted at it first: “Weasel! Do I look more like a person or a god to you?” The weasel froze for a moment, then said I looked like a dumbass! But from that day on, I really did become an idio 31.2kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
- 26 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 150.8kReads9.7Score13.6kShelves
- 27 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4kShelves
