Storywise, this novel has initial premise for a duel between two swordsmen, Yan 13 and The Third Master of Xie Family (the title of the book is The Third Master). But then to make it a long story, the duel can't be happening at the first part. Then the sub-plots appeared and rolling continuously.... more>>

It's a good read from Gu Long, with his distinctive writing style. There're lots of betraying and plot twists in such a short novel, sometimes resulting in confusion for readers. The Third young master is a good character, with his personalities unravel mostly through other characters.

Long story short, the duel was inevitable. The surprise at the end of duel was made this wuxia story uncommon. <<less

Liang Shu sent his people to Baihe Village and ordered them to discover what Liu Xian’an hated the most.... more>>

Several days later, his people returned with the information. Firstly, Second Young Master Liu hates copying books, and secondly, he hates you, my lord.

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Liang Shu (gong) x Liu Xian’an (shou) <<less

A broken prince, a shadowy scheme, all that amidst a bloody fight for a throne wrongly succeeded. Join a group of youngsters as they take their first steps into the martial world, towards the grandest adventure of their lives. It all begins in a certain inn, set against verdant mountains and facing a scenic lake.... more>>

"Bring us your finest wine and best meat!" Yelled a hulking man who seemed to be the leader of the dozen strong group.

"How much?" The waiter anxiously nodded his head.

"As much as you have!" The hulking man yelled back.

"That's..."

"HUH?" The hulking man shot the waiter a furious glare.

"Dear guests, our inn operates on the principle of 'pay first, dishes later'. As such, it will be better if you tell us exactly how much meat and wine you need." Xiao Se returned their furious stares with a thin smile.

"Who are you supposed to be?" The hulking man eyed him with bulging eyes.

"This humble one is known as Xiao Se, the owner of this inn, the Fallen Snow Villa." Xiao Se replied with the same smile and with a level of courtesy worth a solid 12/10.

"Well, we have no money." The hulking man stabbed his blade into one of the nearby tables.

"Oh?"

"But I'm sure you have some!" The man pointed his finger at Xiao Se.

At that, Xiao Se furiously shook his head. "I'm sorry to break it to you but our little inn hasn't made a single sale in almost a month. I'm about to owe them salaries myself..."

"Like hell if I care!" The hulking man smashed his palm down on the table. "Even if you have no money, that fur coat of yours should at least be worth a hundred odd silvers."

"NONSENSE!" Yelled Xiao Se, eyes wide open and gaze as sharp as daggers.

The hulking man was stunned, his body even shivering involuntarily for that split second.

"I, Xiao Se, ride only the finest horse and wear only the richest threads! This fur coat of mine was specially sewn by some of the finest seamstresses in the imperial capital in the August Threads. Just sewing it took three whole months, shipping it, another one. Hmph, a hundred silvers? That's not even enough to buy the sleeves of my coat!" <<less

The Snowblade Vagabond, Long Chengbi, along with his friend the Valleylord of Healer Valley, Xu Qiaozhi, are tasked by Dongfang Wuyou, the martial world alliance head, to kill the alliance head of the Thousand Demon Alliance. Along the way, Long Chengbi enlists the help of his friends, the professional killer Sima Xue, and the Head Chopping Xia Wei Kongkong. But there are many twists and turns that await them, as the situation becomes more and more complicated and unexpected...... more>>

This is the first book in the 50-book Snowblade Vagabond series by Hong Kong author Long Chengfeng. <<less

The story is about friendship and love, deception and betrayal, ambition and lust for power. In the middle of it all is, Linghu Chong, an... more>> orphan who is the senior student of Yue Buqun, leader of Huashan Sect, and the protagonist of the story. The story deals with his journey and development as a swordsman and his witness to the various intrigues which take place in the martial world of the story. <<less

At the Rivers & Lakes Loft on Mount Huang, trouble is brewing. The Black Killer Gang has its sights set on the dominating the martial world, but they have to get through the Eight Major Martial Arts Schools first. Only, where is the martial world alliance head, who has dominated the martial world for the past twenty years?... more>>

A standalone novella, not a part of the Snowblade Vagabond series. <<less

A major event happened recently to the demonic sect – their powerful sect master suddenly went missing.... more>>

Everyone comforted each other: “Don’t worry, the sect master must be out pursuing fun, and so on.”

“Well, that makes sense.”

They waited.

Waited and waited.

Waited and waited.

Waited and… Everyone slammed the table: “We’ve waited so long! The sect master must have met with a mishap! Look for him!!” Numerous disciples therefore ran rumbling down the mountain.

On a certain day of the month, a certain sect master opened his eyes and thought in confusion: Hey, who am I? <<less

A couple ties a red ribbon to a blessings tree.

Xu Man is infected by a Gu, it is a special one named “You must get the first person you see when you open your... more>> eyes to tell you I love you”. If that person doesn’t say “I love you” to him within three months, then Xu Man will slowly bleed to death. Unfortunately, the first person he saw when he opened his eyes was Tang Sifeng, the leader of the Demonic Sect who notorious for killing people without blinking.
It would be a hard task to make Tang Sifeng say “I love you” to him. <<less

Zuo Qinghou was a famous martial artist in the Jiangnan region and the master of Cup-Throwing Manor. His beloved daughter, Zuo Mingzhu, died after contracting a strange disease. In the meantime, another young maiden, Shi Yin, also died from illness. At the moment of Shi Yin’s death, Zuo Mingzhu suddenly returned to life and claimed that she was Shi Yin. It seemed that if Shi Yin’s spirit has possessed Zuo Mingzhu’s body. Zuo Qinghou asked his close friend, Chu Liuxiang, to help him resolve the bizarre case.... more>>

Through his calm and wit, Chu Liuxiang gradually unraveled the mystery and learned the intricate love story involving young men and women from feuding influential families in Wulin. <<less

Ode to Gallantry is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised in Hong Kong from 11 June 1966 to 19... more>> April 1967 in the newspaper Ming Pao.
The novel shares the same Chinese title as a poem by the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai, which was used as its epigraph. <<less

Until he became the lowest-ranked master, his lonely and luckless life never changed.... more>>

Suddenly one day, a descendant injected him with a nanomachine, and the machine started ‘speaking’ to him.

[I am the seventh generation Nanomachine manufactured by Sky Cooperation, and I am operating as a central nerve connected to your brain.]

“What? What are you talking about?”

This was beyond the boy’s knowledge, he turned pale.

The Nanomachine linked to his cerebrum realized the User was not understanding a single word it said.

“Who are you, and why are you doing this to me?”

[“I am the seventh generation Nanomachine.]

“Nano Machine?”

[Yes, Nanomachine.]

The boy’s face hardened.

Mashin was the deity the Mashin Religion worshipped, along with the Sacred Fire.

The religions’ Master communicated with Mashin.

“Um, are you really Mashin?”

The boy knelt down and asked with a trembling voice. At this, the Nanomachine attached to his cerebrum realized it had been misunderstood. <<less

‘Lou Mu Yan’, the daughter of Tian’ling Continent, Yan’zhou Kingdom’s God of War, has a prominent family background. But she was known throughout the Empire for being a tr*sh with blocked meridians. After the concubine, arranged by her most beloved’s Clan to marry him, severely injured her, she perished.... more>>

‘Lou Mu Yan’ was the finest, most talented Female Immortal from the Immortal Cultivation World who was at the Body Fusion Stage and bore the Heavenly Spiritual Root. But because of a spatial storm, her Soul transmigrated to a completely foreign world and continent.

Perhaps destined, ‘she’ became ‘her’, and hence forth, she improved her constitution, tossed away the scumbag man, disabled the fake white lotus, and ‘abducted’ a powerful, devilishly handsome, and beautiful man as her husband.

The queen had returned. Just watch how she, the almighty, brewed a gentle breeze that roused the waters, flourishing in this foreign world, stirring up layers upon layers of storms and waves. <<less

To most people, Feng Jin is a mercurial, dangerous man but to Shang Guan Jing who barged into his territory innocently, he is but a lonely, man, ostracized by villagers. To keep this interesting companion by his side, he masked his impatience, his calculation, and played the meek, sensitive man to the hilt.... more>>

To his delight, he can trick talk her all the way into marriage – only to find out that he does not make it to the first, second or even third placing in her heart. How dare she treat him so poorly? Maybe it is time to show her what he has that makes him the Devil of the Wild South… <<less

Tang Yan: “How are you?”... more>>

The Swordsman from the Western Regions: “I’m about to die.”

Tang Yan didn’t say anything else and examined him with his hand. The arrow pierced his arm in a non-life-threatening area.

The Swordsman from the Western Regions blinked his eyes: “There’s poison on your arrow.”

Tang Yan frowned. “No.”

The Swordsman from the Western Regions’ eyes moved: “But I’m dizzy and my heart is about to stop.”

Tang Yan looked at him: “……”

The Swordsman from the Western Regions sprawled onto the ground, shut his eyes, and pretended to be dead. <<less

Rumors circulated in the Jianghu that the young master of the demonic sect had cultivated a skill known as “Transmuting Yang Heart Technique” since he was a child.... more>>

Rumors flew in the Jianghu that as long as they were a man, if anyone dual cultivated with the young master, their martial level would advance rapidly, moving at the rate of a thousand li per day.

Rumors flew in the Jianghu that whoever obtained You Mengzhe would obtain the world.

One day, the sixteen-year-old young master of the demonic sect ran away from home and went down the mountain.

And immediately, a wave of bloody rain washed over the Jianghu… <<less

Kung Fu by Giddens Ko, the story of a Taiwanese middle school student who is obsessed with wuxia novels and ends up learning martial arts... more>> from a mysterious old man. <<less

Alone, Pang Wan entered the Jiang Hu[1]. Her dream was to become a pure lady [2], to find her destined other half.... more>>

To fulfill this dream, everyday, she would dress elegantly in white and sit in the teahouse to admire handsome men and read her novels.

She heard, the demonesses [3] related to Jiang Hu were all, depending on their martial arts capabilities, divided into groups of three, six and nine.

Currently, the evil woman, who had the beauty of a blossoming flower, who had a heart like snakes and scorpions, who could kill at such a young age, was a once in a century’s peerless demoness.

She also heard that the demoness had came down the mountains to challenge the Wu Lin [4] champion Gu Xi Ju, to take the title of number one and to wreck havoc in the Jiang Hu.

Yet again she heard that all those who had decent martial arts skills vowed to get rid of this witch.

Aiyaya, it’s not good! Isn’t this demoness her? She did not kill the person! She did not start the fire!

This infamous name of the demoness is also not what she wanted!

Looks like Jiang Hu’s road is very curved, she'd better run!

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[1] Literally translated as rivers and lakes. Refers to the pugilist world.

[2] Direct translation: A lady like a White Lotus, meaning pure.

[3] Not exactly the supernatural kind. It’s kind of a name for the women of Jiang Hu.

[4] Wu Lin meaning martial arts. <<less

The Blood Warrior of the Ungpae Association, who created a sea of blood wherever he went, made the world of the Forces of Evil possible.... more>>

The Nine Great Sects and the Six Great Clans joined forces to fight him, but were unable to stop him.

Four Great Warriors, who were Murim’s last hope, appeared.

The four of them fought against the Blood Warrior and eventually defeated him at Mount Song.

The time has come for the legacy of the Blood Warrior to rise once again. <<less

Fu Hongxue was a cripple, born with a lame leg and subject to epileptic seizures. He was also one of the most powerful, legendary figures... more>> of the martial arts world, with a dull black saber that was second to none. His fame made him a frequent target of challengers, but whenever his saber left its sheath, only corpses would remain in its wake. One day, however, Fu Hongxue rescued someone whom he should have killed…and in doing so, set of a chain of events and a conspiracy that would rock the world. <<less

Thrown in prison and awaiting death for a crime he didn’t commit, Fan Kuzhu must now find a way to escape and find out who... more>> framed him. But when he gets out he learns that losing everything is just the beginning of his heartache. <<less

As the left protector of the Demon Sect, and being so "honored" to be seen as the successor by her crazy Demon Sect leader...... ah, to be honest, she's someone who rather just lead an idle life, but... sigh, her luck has always not been good.... more>>

When she was ten, the Demon Sect leader bestowed upon her a handsome sect servant (they are called Sky s*aves (天奴)), in order to survive, she and her sky s*ave never parted from then on, cooperating perfectly, he even promised he would follow her for one life, one lifetime... what a one life, one lifetime!

Ah... it's only a beautiful back, there's nothing important about it, she shall be generous and not ask the person to take responsibility. Who knew that she's generous but the other person is stubborn, insisting on having her as an adopted sister! Adopted sister? She once heard that the Cloud Family has a bad practice in the "Jiang Hu" (literally rivers and lakes, but indicating the pugilist world).

--- Ah! She has miscalculated! Miscalculated! Once she met the charismatic but poisonous heavenly man, can she make a full retreat? <<less

Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, also known as Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was... more>> first serialised in Hong Kong between 9 February and 18 June 1959 in the newspaper Ming Pao. The novel has a prequel, The Young Flying Fox, which was released in 1960. Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain is one of Jin Yong's shortest novels, with only 10 chapters. The chapters are labelled in numerical order, instead of Jin Yong's typical style of using a short phrase or duilian as a chapter's heading. <<less

The protagonist of the third novel is still Ye Kai, Li Xunhuan’s apprentice.... more>>

Ye Kai has been tasked to take care of Shangguan Xiaoxian, a daughter of Shangguan Jinhong and Lin Xian-er from the first novel.

Shangguan Xiaoxian appears to be slow-witted, but since she has inherited his father’s wealth and martial arts manuals, she becomes the target of many jianghu figures.

When Ye Kai plans to keep Shangguan Xiaoxian hidden in a secret location, the information is mysteriously leaked out. Suspecting that there is a spy among them, Ye Kai sets a trap to lure the spy out. It turns out that the spy is Shangguan Xiaoxian, who has been pretending to be dumb.

In fact, she has been planning to restore the Gold and Money Sect and succeed her father, and she intends to manipulate Ye Kai into helping her eliminate her potential rivals. <<less

The Leader of Jiuhua Sect died mysteriously.... more>>

The mu*derer remained unknown.

The Leader position is empty.

Who will be able to last till the end, pushing aside the dark clouds to reveal the clear sky?*

* T/N: Finding the truth hidden behind conspiracy or solve a mysterious/complicated situation.

— Jianghu Frolic Series Part III <<less