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- 101 Pendulum: The Super Taoist Works at a Convenience Store 灵摆：超级道长在便利店打工 After the Sacrifice to the Lord of Mount Tai, the Netherworld King Chacha searches everywhere for Zhao Li, Xia Dongqing, and Wang Xiaoya... A young Taoist priest named Zhang Zhongyang is ordered by his master to go study Chinese at Jiangzhou University. But he is so exceptionally skilled that he gets a perfect score on his final exams and unexpectedly lands a job at Convenience Store No. 444. There, he opens his third eye and takes over from Zhao Li as the new spirit guide. From then on, ancient 240Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 I Run a Pawnshop in the Underworld 我在地府开当铺 I'm a college student named Wu Tong. I always thought the biggest moment of my life was when Old Liu tricked me into going to the underworld and taking over the Yellow Springs Pawnshop. Even more unbelievably, just after I took over, the Jade Emperor appointed me a Celestial Immortal, making me an underworld figure on par with the Great Emperor of Fengdu and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. But I was wrong. It wasn't until the very end that I realized this was only the beginning... 26Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 103 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸匠 Paper effigy crafting is a business of the yin world. Of the many trades, the seventh refers to making paper effigies. My master said our line of paper effigy makers suffers from the Five Banes and Three Deficiencies, and is steeped in bad luck. We can forget about marrying and having children. If a female ghost starts haunting us, that's practically a blessing from our ancestors! “So that's why you told me to marry a paper effigy?” I looked at the paper figure lying beside me and felt a chill r 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, So I Enrolled at a Paranormal Vocational College 高考落榜，我上灵异职业技术学院 After failing the college entrance exam, Su Xing gets a beating from both parents and, worked up, threatens to jump into a river. Ding! The System sets Su Xing up with a school: the Paranormal Vocational and Technical College. The school doesn't teach math, Chinese, or English. It only teaches ghost-catching, demon-subduing, spirit investigation, and more... Su Xing complains to the System, “Even with a System, you won't let me go to a proper university? Why a vocational college?” “Guaranteed to 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Corpse Driver: From the Start, I Take My Mother-in-Law to a Blind Date 赶尸人，开局赶着丈母娘去相亲 While Zhang Tianyi is driving corpses, his godmother calls and arranges a blind date for him. “Hello, I’m Liu Sisi. Let’s set a time and place to meet for our blind date.” “How about midnight? Meet me at the Magpie Bridge.” “Can’t we pick another time?” “I’m driving corpses these days, so I can only go out at night.” Liu Sisi doesn’t take him seriously and shows up at the Magpie Bridge at midnight as agreed. From the thick fog come eerie bells and a strange voice. “Jingle, jingle...” “The dead a 7Reads8.7Score514d adds
- 106 My 365 Folk Tales of the Supernatural 我的365个民间诡异故事 (The rating just came out, and it's expected to rise!) [Urban Legends] [Rural Legends] [Folktales] [Supernatural Mysteries] [Unsolved Mysteries] [Not AI-Generated] One short story per chapter, adapted from all kinds of eerie and terrifying folk tales. The plots are bizarre and outlandish, making them ideal for reading in small bites. (Note: Don't read if you're easily scared! Every story is terrifying! Everything in this book is fictional, so don't take it seriously! Believe in science! Reject s 20.9kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 107 A Miscellany of Folk Mystical Arts 民间秘术杂谈 Summon snakes and command them, walk in the shadows and call back souls, drive corpses and deploy poison, invite ghosts to possess the living, borrow years through nightmare rites… These folk arts, long thought lost, have reappeared in the world. On the day I was born, my grandfather stood before the statues of the Ten Kings of Hell, peeled off his own skin in a bloody ritual, and swore never to be reborn as a human… 342Reads8.8Score10614d adds
- 108 Northeastern China’s Coffin Bearer 东北抬棺匠 In the old days, evil spirits ran rampant across the Northeast, and immortal beings roamed everywhere. It was common for the dead to lie in their coffins, impossible to carry out. I was the most renowned coffin master for miles around, the last Coffin-Carrying Heavenly King. With half a copy of the Coffin Spirit Register in hand, I had seen every evil coffin under heaven. The coffin of a doomed life, the coffin of a violent death, the coffin of resentment, the coffin of hatred, the coffin of mis 569Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 I Became a Pallbearer After Graduation, and Dai Xiaomei Exposed Me 毕业做抬棺匠，被呆小妹曝光了 Graduation day. Parents, relatives, classmates, and teachers ask Feng Chuqi: “Have you found a job?” Feng Chuqi: “I have. No 996, and I work when I want. When I don't, I take the day off.” Parents, relatives, classmates, and teachers: “What?” “Thump, thump.” Feng Chuqi taps the coffin behind him. “Ghosts are carrying a coffin. Living people, stand aside.” Parents, relatives, classmates, and teachers: “Holy crap, coffin bearers really exist?” Feng Chuqi: “Of course not. Believe in science, everyo 160Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 111 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 There is always more to the Yellow River than you know! You’d be better off never asking about the forbidden legends of the Yellow River! The Yellow River’s ghost soldiers, the Fish-Bone Divine Temple, the Iron-Headed Dragon King, deadly venomous insects, ghost wedding processions... The strangest objects of the Yellow River, and the oldest, most mysterious profession: Yellow River corpse divers! Their families have guarded the ancient river route for generations. But what are they really protec 27Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 112 The Heaven-Chosen Paper Effigy Maker 天命扎纸人 First comes fate, then fortune, then feng shui; fourth, accumulate virtue, and fifth, study. Sixth, choose a spouse; seventh, choose a career; eighth, make friends with people of influence; ninth, practice good health. Those who work with yin and yang make their living by reading fate, but they are doomed to three deficiencies and five afflictions, with life and death impossible to predict. With nothing but the craft of making paper effigies, they guide countless wandering souls and spirits to t 351Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Strange Case Files 诡局录 [No System + No Cultivation + No Foolish Protagonist + Traditional Supernatural Horror + Mystery and Suspense] My name is Shang Tian, and I’m a man cursed by an evil spirit. It was a lottery ticket that should never have existed. Its dark, yellow-black background looked soaked in old blood and night; the glaring red lettering wasn’t a set of lucky numbers, but an invitation to hell. When I scratched it off, overjoyed and thinking I’d found a lifeline to a hundred-thousand-yuan jackpot, my finge 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Ghost Fan's Grave: Crossing the Yin-Yang Divide 鬼扇坟之阴阳渡 I saw a ghost for the first time when I was five. Using a ghost fan and a pair of eyes that could see through evil, my grandfather led me into the crack between the worlds of yin and yang. From then on, I became someone who mended fissures, patching up secrets that the living should never see and the dead could never tell. This is a story about eyes that see through evil and a ghost fan, two souls sharing one body and the Six Fiends, sacrifice and protection. From the first ghostly wail in Yinsh 5Reads—Score214d adds
- 115 The Yin-Yang Twin 阴阳双生人 [Mild Horror + The Supernatural] Ming Ye grew up living in a cemetery. Her parents went missing seven years ago and were eventually found dead under bizarre circumstances in the mountains. Seven years later, she became an emergency room doctor. One midnight, she met the Taoist priest Xu Baoyang on a bus as he was out catching ghosts. Later, while tracking clues about his missing master, Xu Baoyang came to the hospital where Ming Ye worked and discovered that a strange hospital orderly had set up —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 291Reads—Score1014d adds
- 117 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 429Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 118 Walking Between Yin and Yang: Haunted 行走阴阳：撞邪 My mother was born under the rare fate of a nine-life yin woman, cursed with solitude. A fortune-teller said that women with this fate were destined to bring misfortune to their husbands, children, and parents. I survived only because my mother gave her life for mine. The night I was born, crows called out to summon souls, wild cats wailed like mourners, and a hundred ghosts fought over me... 262Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 119 Street Lie Detection: The Corpse Stitcher’s Identity Can’t Stay Hidden 街头测谎，缝尸匠的身份瞒不住了 Su Chen unexpectedly gets the strongest corpse-stitching System. He can grow stronger just by stitching up corpses. One day, he goes out to stitch a corpse, but a beautiful woman stops him halfway and demands to give him a lie detector test. The result unexpectedly exposes Su Chen's identity as a corpse stitcher, and then one strange event after another begins to unfold… 39Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 120 My Dead Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 亡妻归来新婚夜 My Late Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Corpse Walker: I Brought Your Ancestors Back 赶尸人：我把你们祖宗找回来了 Han Tian was a killer who bound himself to the [Corpse-Driving System] at the brink of life and death. From then on, he embarked on a very different path. A Fourth Master who turns to people's ancestors whenever he can't make up his mind? A Black Panther who can draw talismans? A corpse driver who uses brute force to deal with ghosts? He brought back a group of ancient corpses from a tomb deep in the mountains. Going from house to house, he said, “Come on, I've brought your ancestor back.” Now t 1kReads8.2Score10614d adds
- 122 I Am a Maoshan Corpse Driver 我是茅山赶尸人 Gu Yuan transmigrates into a zombie world overrun by demons and zombies, and accidentally binds himself to a Celestial Master System. Thus begins his journey in another world as an amateur corpse-handler. Uncle Jiu: “Xiao Yuan, you have an excellent build and remarkable talent. Would you like to become my disciple?” Shi Jian: “You can use Lightning and Thunder Fist too? Dare to test your skills against me… Gu Yuan, I was wrong. Please go easy on me.” Gu Yuan: “Miss, would you care to play Pai Go 280Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 123 I Asked You to Make Paper Effigies, Not Control the Yin Soldiers 让你做扎纸匠，没让你控制阴兵 Ye Xuan is a paper effigy maker who unexpectedly gets the strongest Paper Effigy System. The more effigies he makes, the stronger he becomes. Then one day, a popular celebrity on a film set draws eyes on one of his paper effigies. Who could have guessed it would come to life and snap the celebrity’s neck? Ye Xuan is accused of using someone else to do his dirty work. From then on, his name becomes a trending topic, and everyone learns he’s a paper effigy maker. A string of bizarre incidents foll 171Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 124 The Poor Corpse Driver, Whose Sister at the Public Security Bureau Begs to Become His Disciple 穷鬼赶尸匠，市局妹妹跪求拜师 Chen Mu is a university student majoring in traditional Chinese medicine. His father raised him on a shoestring, so tight that he has to work part-time just to pay his tuition. While gathering medicinal herbs, he stumbles upon a woman's corpse. After calling the police, he shows off his corpse-driving skills, making the body open its eyes and point out the killer. The cops who mocked him for watching too many movies are scared out of their wits. He uses corpses as “living maps” and smashes crimi 851Reads7.1Score10314d adds
- 125 The Coffin Prison 囚棺 The seventh-night return of the soul. A peaceful death is called a returning calamity; a violent death is called a returning evil spirit. On the day the evil spirit returns, the household is unsettled, and another death may follow. A man must be chosen to send the spirit away. After my second uncle hanged himself, I once had to send a spirit away. As a result, I was marked by it. 500Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 126 I Know a Few Ghost Tricks 我会点鬼术 A hundred years a ghost, ten years a good man. My name is Bai Yaoyao. In this world overrun by vengeful ghosts and monsters, all I want is to tend my little paper funerary shop and live in peace. But my meager ghostcraft seems to keep getting me into enormous trouble. With no other choice, if I want to survive, I’ll have to hone this little bit of ghostcraft to perfection! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Corpse-Driving Taboos 赶尸禁忌 Grandpa died, but then he came back to life. He said I was destined to face a terrible calamity... If I couldn’t survive it, my whole family would suffer! 145Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 128 A Paper Effigy Maker Is Useless? My Painted Paper Dolls Terrify the Entire Internet! 纸扎匠废？我纸人点睛吓懵全网！ [Concept God]+ [Incredibly satisfying]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Funny]+ [Overpowered protagonist] Dungeons invade, and might makes right! Everyone gets one chance to awaken a class at the age of eighteen. Awakening a high-tier combat class means soaring to success. Awakening a low-tier civilian class means fading into the crowd. Lu Yuanzhou, the top student in the entire city, has his awakening ceremony livestreamed by his school to the whole internet. On the awakening platform, Lu Yuanzhou has to choo 14Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 129 Giving Pointers in My Livestream, I Get Recruited to the Paranormal Bureau 直播间指点江山，被请成立灵异局 Jiang Bai transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a Paranormal Containment System. “Could you make your filming a little more professional? That’s a ghost! Bullets won’t work. You need black dog’s blood, rooster’s blood, or a peachwood sword.” “If all else fails, use a virgin’s urine.” When it comes to dealing with vampires: “I’m begging you, use silver bullets, holy water, and crosses! How can screenwriters like this make a vampire blockbuster?” Then one day, someone shows up at his door… 1Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 130 Nightmare of Terror: Entering the Haunted World on the Red-Eyed Bus 惊悚噩梦：从红眼巴士进入诡世界 [Infinite flow + ghost survival + mild suspense + horror instances + no romance] “Ghosts cannot be killed. Only ghosts can deal with ghosts. Learn their patterns.” Lin Xi unexpectedly boarded a bus with no driver. The passengers here disappeared at regular intervals, and as more and more vanished, the survivors gradually uncovered the secret to escaping... Possessing a Nightmare Invitation means setting foot on a one-way road. At regular intervals, you are forced into the nightmare world to comp 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Strange Tales of the Corpse Retrievers 捞尸诡闻 My grandfather was a corpse retriever. When he died, the waters of the river churned all night. In a single night, every chicken in the village died... 20Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 132 Debts of the Dead 死人债 Born of vengeful spirits, bound by the debts of the dead! When a hundred ghosts roam, they chain the souls of the departed! Bearing the debts of the dead, I enter the cycle of reincarnation, blessed from birth with the ability to foresee death... 317Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 133 The Heaven-Mandated Ghost Tamer 天命驭鬼人 [Traditional · Supernatural · Suspense] I was born from a corpse, and the day I was born, my parents died because of me. Yin and yang clash, and my fate is marked by the Seven Killings. An orphan's grave, a green-clad sky lantern, Qin Mao shadow puppets, a portrait of a blood-eyed beauty… All the ghosts bow before me. Clad in a yellow robe, I wield wondrous powers. 251Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 134 The Earth Master 地先生 Every title in the occult arts has a special meaning: tomb raiders are called grave diggers, those without a school or sect are called Mr. Bai, and those who sew heads onto corpses are called Old Madam Butian... Our trade calls us Earth Masters. Ghostly incense, the flayed-skin curse, the pecking-eye gu, the Cave of Nine... Every job I take on is full of twists and hidden dangers. Fight your way through, and the spirits and ghosts will fear you, and you’ll reign supreme in the occult world. Fail 86Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 135 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score12614d adds
- 136 I Have a Ghostly Wife 我有鬼娇妻 [Mystery] [Comedy] Have you ever experienced something like this? I mean, asking for a wife at the bottom of a dry well! I live in a small village in the mountains, cut off from the outside world. No outsiders have visited in hundreds of years. Maybe it's because of a curse, but no baby girls have ever been born in our village. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 I’m a Corpse-Driving Empress from the Start, and the School Belle Found Out 开局赶尸女帝，被校花发现了 Chen Tianxiu transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has been revived for a thousand years. Everyone in this world can cultivate and become a warrior. The strongest can even fly through the skies, tunnel beneath the earth, move mountains, and overturn seas, becoming like gods! Then he awakens the Divine Corpse-Wrangling System. Every successful corpse-wrangling earns him various rewards. He can even abandon martial arts and pursue immortality! His first target is the Empress Qianqiu, who v 3.2kReads8.7Score23514d adds
- 138 A Corpse Driver Seeks Justice for the Dead, Then Gets Exposed by a Streamer! 赶尸人为亡者申冤！被主播曝光！ Zuo Qian becomes a corpse driver and takes on commissioned jobs “Thirty years ago, a magnitude-nine earthquake struck Zhongnan City. Aid poured in from every direction! But the supply truck driven by volunteer Zeng Xiao vanished without a trace!” The livestream camera focuses on an elderly couple. Reporter: “What do you think about your son selling off life-saving supplies?” The old man says angrily, “He didn't! He never sold them!” The reporter sneers, “Really? Then let's hear it from him i 404Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 139 Chinese-Style Horror Stories 中式恐怖小说 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain: Others Read Faces, I Read Fate 天师下山：别人看相，我窥天命 The Netherworld infant Xiang Ling is born, delivered by underworld officials, with Black and White Impermanence guarding the gates and the Ten Great Nether Marshals patrolling the streets! The feng shui Xiang family suffers a devastating calamity and nearly faces extinction! Xiang Ling survives against all odds, finds shelter on Longhu Mountain, and becomes an heir to the Celestial Masters. Twenty years later, having mastered the mystic arts, Xiang Ling descends from Longhu Mountain to break evi 149Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 141 Opening the Sparrow Gate 开雀门 While my mother was carrying me, I was sitting upright in her womb. The doctors all said the birth would be difficult, but my grandmother traded my life to a spirit messenger. My Xuanwu even went so far as to strip off his skin and bones for me! My relatives sought out one master after another to protect me, but sadly, they all said the good fortune I was born with was nowhere near enough to keep me alive. If I wanted to survive, I had no choice but to embark on the path of cultivation. From Sha 30Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 142 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Chose to Become a Corpse Stitcher 恐怖复苏，开局选择成为缝尸人 Zhao Han transmigrates to the Blue Star for no apparent reason, and from the start is recruited by the Spirit Suppression Bureau, an organization devoted to handling supernatural incidents. Thanks to his outstanding talent, he is assigned to the team with the best benefits. But then a System appears, and he has to join the corpse-stitching team to activate it. To activate the System, Zhao Han says, “I don’t want to join Team One. I want to join the corpse-stitching team.” Much later, when people 1Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 143 The Yin-Yang Judge of Life and Death 阴阳生死判 [Slow-paced story. Enter at your own risk if that’s not your thing.] Remote villages are often home to all kinds of bizarre legends. A hundred ghosts carry a coffin for a thousand miles to deliver a child... The King of Hell calls the roll, then hunts someone down for a thousand miles... These strange events all happen to Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu: “I am the Judge of Life and Death. I’ll handle affairs in the world of the living, and affairs in the underworld too. The laws of the Underworld are strict. Le 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Spirit Guide 送灵先生 A madwoman from the neighboring village died, but even in death her eyes wouldn’t close. No matter how many people tried, they couldn’t lift her coffin. The living face trials in life, and the dead face trials in death. An infant who cannot pass the trial between life and death cannot enter the new world. A dead person who cannot pass the trial of death cannot move on, and remains by their loved ones’ side. A sprig of green bamboo summons the spirits; a three-foot spirit banner sends the souls o 16Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 145 Dragon Seeking 寻龙 Forty years ago, a great flood unearthed an ancient Warring States tomb. Forty years later, a mysterious will from my grandfather leads me back into the tomb. Carve corridors through mountains and hollow them out for tombs! How many secrets lie hidden in the tombs of ancient kings? To find a dragon, seek the mountain's winding folds. Each winding ridge marks another pass; If a gate has a thousand locks, a prince or lord must surely lie within. Only when I opened the coffin did I realize that som 910Reads6.6Score10314d adds
- 146 The Feng Shui Mastermind 风水大掌柜 The day I was born, nine dragons came bearing a coffin, and a hundred ghosts wailed in mourning. I was born under a fated star. My name is Bai Ke, a feng shui master delivered to the mortal world in a coffin borne by nine dragons. I guide souls between yin and yang, and was born with an innate gift for the mysteries of heaven and earth. When you run into anything supernatural, just come to me, Bai Ke. I am the chief feng shui master, and there is no mysterious matter in this world that I cannot 594Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 147 Mountain God Festival 山神祭 The Greater Khingan Range. Temperatures below minus twenty, with snow up to a hunter's knees. A weasel spirit crouched in a tree, watching as a hunter in a fox-fur hat crept across the snow with his rifle at the ready. If the hunter died, his flesh would go to the beasts and spirits hiding in the woods, while his soul would belong to the mountain god who commanded the clouds, winds, and rain. From the moment he took his first step into the forest and snow, the hunter's life was no longer his ow 40Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 148 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 186Reads8.5Score3114d adds
- 149 One Stick of Incense to Worship the Gods, an Outlaw Exorcist: Zhang Wulang! 一香祀神法外狂徒，端公张五郎！ This book is a work of fiction. The rituals, incantations, and water-based magic performed by Duangongs are invented for the story. Do not imitate them. What you read here is a story, not a craft. Cherish life and trust in science. Read the final chapter, and you will see with your own eyes what lies at the end of tearing down altars and temples. I transmigrated to the late Qing dynasty and became an outlaw. In other words, a man beyond the reach of the law. My skills came from ancient times, b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 I Became a Heavenly Master of the Dao 我成了道门天师 My name is Li Changqing. When my mother gave birth to me, ghosts roamed the night, and a wandering Daoist saved my life. He said my fate was far too harsh, bringing calamity to my closest relatives. My parents might not die peacefully… and I still had three disasters to survive. My only chance of survival was to join the Daoist sect. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
