The Knight Detective and the Swiftblade Sect

The Swordsman Detective: Swiftblade Sect is a long-form new-style wuxia novel made up of numerous short stories. The first story, "The Swiftblade Sect of Taibai," follows Mi Jiu, a disciple of the sect, who is ordered by his master to retrieve an object in Wu County. But in Taiping County, he is drugged with a sedative and drawn into a baffling martial-world mystery. Only when it comes to an end does he realize he was merely a piece in a game of strategy. He leaves the mountain at the peak of his career, and leaves the martial world as soon as he steps out.