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The Nightwatcher of Dafeng

大奉打更人 · 卖报小郎君

by Newspaper Boy Langjun

⚔ Xuanhuan / Eastern Fantasy

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⏱ ≈ 240h read 👥 5M

A modern detective wakes up in a fantasy dynasty — and finds himself on death row.

Xu Qi'an, a police academy graduate, wakes inside a prison cell in a Confucian-Daoist-Buddhist fantasy empire — three days before being exiled to the frontier. With detective instincts from his past life and a uniquely modern mind, he rises from gong-beater to court magician. A best-selling 'mystery-cultivation' hybrid.

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