The Record of the Sunken Lamp

Name: The Record of the Sunken Lamp
Author: Hot Spring Crawfish

沉灯录

by Hot Spring Crawfish (泡汤小龙虾)

Status: Completed
Length: 367k Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Eastern Cultivation
Updated: 5mo ago
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An ill-advised black coffin brought him a host of beautiful confidantes. On a rainy night at Qingshi Ferry, young ferryman Pei Zhaochuan takes on a black coffin he should never have accepted. Inside is someone still alive, and the coffin also leads to a lost old lantern. From then on, he is drawn into a web of old cases alongside Xie Tinglan, a disciple of Shuangting Valley, and He Xilou, a former resident of the Returning Lantern Tower. The cases are intricately linked to the tower’s destruction, the alliance at Zhelu River, the old fire at Qingshi Ferry, and the “Death Transfer Register.” Their journey takes them from ferries and salt flats to tea mountains and border towns, then on to Chengzhou and Zhelu River. They evade pursuers, reopen old accounts, and investigate bones, gradually discovering that this case is not merely about the grudges of a handful of people. It is a secret web that ensnares the jianghu, officials, trade routes, and countless ordinary folk. Pei Zhaochuan only ever wanted to keep one boat, one meal, and a few people close to him safe. In the end, however, he has no choice but to carry that lantern and decide whether the truth should come to light, and whether the old path should be rekindled.

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