Peerless
无双 (Wushuang)
Meng Xi Shi (梦溪石); translator: Faelicy; art: Me.Mimo
Two rival intelligence agents, Feng Xiao and Cui Buqu, are forced to share a case after a foreign envoy is slaughtered on a snowy road.
- Format
- novel
- Status
- completed
- Volumes
- Novel · 5 vols
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Synopsis
An envoy from Khotan is massacred in the snow and the jade tribute he carried disappears. Feng Xiao of the Jiejian Bureau follows the trail to Liugong City, where the rival Zuoyue Bureau has already sent Cui Buqu. The two agents distrust each other and spar at every turn, yet neither can crack the case alone, so they work it together while the tension between them keeps rising.
Good to know before you buy
- The story is complete in 5 volumes, so there is no waiting for the ending.
- Also adapted: Chinese audio drama (MissEvan); manhua on Bilibili Manga (cancelled, no English edition); set in the Thousand Autumns universe.
- 1 more title from Meng Xi Shi on the shelf, listed below.
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Is Peerless completed?
Yes. The English edition is completed.
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