The Great Xia Empire's Greatest Detective: The Legend of Chu Honglou
大夏第一神探：楚红楼传奇
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.2M Words
- Genre
- Eastern Fantasy
- Subgenre
- Eastern Cultivation
- Updated
- 2y ago
- English
- Request a translation
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Other names
- This Sword God Is a Little Unorthodox这个剑神不太正经Alternate title on Fanqie
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Martial arts and the jianghu.
The Martial World, the Imperial Court, and Wuxia
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Wuxia, Strategy, the Jianghu, and Life and Death
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Something I can keep reading nonstop.
Ancient-Era Detective Novels
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Sword-Wielding Protagonists: No Sword of Coming, Misty Rain Tower, or Sword Bone
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Wuxia Novels with a Young, Freewheeling Jianghu Spirit
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Ancient-Era Forensic Mystery Novels
A woman who transmigrates to ancient times and works as a forensic medical examiner
System, Embroidered Uniform Guard, Dominating the Martial World
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The story blends elements of martial arts, imperial court, and crime-solving, offering a captivating and nuanced plot. It gets better the more you look at it.
Excellent, a truly wonderful book.
It's been a long time since I've read a book this attentively. The writing style is concise and engaging, definitely reminiscent of Gu Long, with a touch of Wen Ruian. Jin Yong's books are easier to imitate, like Kunlun, but it's difficult to capture the grandeur and scale of Jin Yong's style. Gu Long's books are the most difficult to imitate, but this author truly showed me Gu Long's influence; it really has that flavor. I absolutely love it and have been recommending it ever since!
It's great. To be honest, I have very high standards for books, but this one has a really good plot and a very tight structure. The twists and turns in the story are particularly well-written, so much so that I finished all the chapters in one day. I hope the author updates soon! It's really great, but sometimes when it comes to writing about friendship, it's better not to be so sentimental.
This book is truly excellent; I hope the author keeps it up!
Not bad, it has a bit of a Gu Long vibe!
Excellent! The story is full of twists and turns, captivating and engaging. Besides Gu Long, I never imagined there was anyone else who could write as well as him. 🤭
Well written, reminiscent of Gu Long.
It has a real (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry) vibe, not bad! 👍👍👍
This book is absolutely brilliant, but the author seems to have made a mistake in the synopsis? It mentions cultivating immortality? I thought it was a fantasy novel, but after reading a few dozen chapters, it seems to be a traditional martial arts novel, like "The Divine Detective Zhuge". However, that doesn't stop me from praising this book endlessly!!! 👍👍👍