Books That Hooked Me in My First Ten Years of Reading, and I Still Remember Them: An Incomplete List 十年书龄中被骗入坑,至今不忘的不完整。
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The Immortal Above Liaozhai 聊斋之上仙
Books hold beauties like jade and houses of gold. Why, you ask, do I love myths above all else? Because here, there are mountain foxes and wild ghosts, as well as beauties fair as jade. New group: 542855073 (verification: Giant Bear)
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The Phoenix Descends Upon a Crumbling Han 凤穿残汉
Cai Zi Mei swallowed five million in stolen money; Cai Zi Mei was sent flying by a Buick; Cai Zi Mei was reborn as Cai Ji. What? This is the late Eastern Han, with heroes rising everywhere? What? This is a brutal age where all creation is treated like straw dogs? What? You, a woman, dare to proclaim that you’ll make the sun and moon shine on a new world? In the next moment, the reborn Cai Ji smiled. Those who are meant to die will die in the end, and those who aren’t will live on. What matters i
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The Ordinary Girl's Tale of Cultivation 凡女修仙传
Life is a journey against the current, and I too am but a traveler. Even if I wander into an evil sect, with only ordinary talent; Even if the heart of a fair maiden must ultimately return to dust; What is there to fear? Come, follow the cultivation journey of an ordinary woman.
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The Cultured Guest 清客
Fine calligraphy, but no more than ordinary; second-rate talent, kept under wraps; three jin of liquor, yet never drunk; clothes for all four seasons, but never quite right; five stones at Go, without regret; six performances of Kunqu, never turned down; a crooked seven-character poem, written without delay; eight rounds of the card game ma diao, with nothing left unchecked; a rank of ninth grade, never sought; and a full ten parts of geniality, without a trace of vulgarity Travel five hundred y
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Crossing to Immortality 仙渡
[Literary Version] Half a bamboo scroll, a world in your palm. Carry a little private realm with you, enjoy a happy life of farming, and cultivate in peace. A rainbow stretches across the sky beside the Lan River, and a boy's smile is mischievous and warm. Will you take the spirit immortals aboard your boat? [Plain-Spoken Version] After finally becoming an official disciple of Kunlun, Ye Qingli never expected her first sect mission to be taking care of a child. The Immortal Ferry Jade Chime Acad
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A Survival Tale of the Water Margin 水浒求生记
Where are all my trusted men!? These were the last words cried out by Wang Lun, the founding chief of Liangshan Marsh, as he lay dying in the original course of history. But a lightning tribulation sent history veering off its destined path. The Song Dynasty is in turmoil, its moral order and political institutions are crumbling, the Jurchen neighbors eye it hungrily, and domineering outsiders are taking over. With troubles within and threats without, will it survive or fall? White-Clad Scholar
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