Night Talk by Autumn Lamp: Tales of Jianghu

A great fire at the Shutu Temple leaves its abbot inexplicably vanished. A tragic case involving the Li family dredges up old loves and hatreds from the jianghu. Li Tie, who had been hiding in Liulin Town, is forced back into the martial world, where he happens to meet Lin Qing, a disciple of the Three Ghosts, master of Huaigu Valley. One is a steady, seasoned constable; the other, a green newcomer. Together they join hands to crack baffling cases. The Yi Gang, one of the notorious Lower Five Sects rumored throughout the jianghu, gathers top assassins: for a hefty price, anyone can be killed. Its leader, Hu Jihua, has mastered a whole body of dark arts, yet no one has ever seen her true face. The gang cultivates vast fields of datura flowers, which cloud the mind and kill without a trace. There are also eerie maze formations, filled inside with every kind of cunning trick, where many vengeful enemies have been trapped to death. The Three Ghosts, master of Huaigu Valley, bestrode the jianghu in his youth; legend says he can command ghosts, and he has trained the Tianyi Heart Method to its highest twelfth level, his spiritual power reaching its peak. For some unknown reason, he has hidden himself in Huaigu Valley and no longer sets foot in the jianghu. As the saying goes: In the flash of blades and shadows lies a hero's dream; beneath the bright moon at the world's edge, an old friend returns... — Description from novelcodex.org