Jin Yong Wuxia Universe: Dong Xie Xi Du (2025)

CLASSIC. I LOVE IT.

It's classic and I love it. Jin Yong is my favorite author, read his novels many times and never get tired. Reminded me watching 80th movies where realism is the standard of good cinematography. There isn't neat, beauty, jewelries dangling from women's hair or iron-press robes. What it is mud, messy hair, wrinkle clothing, and growling of painful thrown.

This time is the beginning young life of Huang Yao Shi and Ouyang Feng as they first knowing each other. They both are talented in martial arts. Huang Yao Shi is also gifted intellectually as well as arts & medicine, he's a melancholy whom lucky to find love in Feng Heng (Chen Du Ling) which she's also super intelligent and has photographic memory. Just too bad Feng Heng is bodily weak, she loves her husband and understand him too much. It's only ep 6 right now but judging by the book, she doesn't live very long, she'll die in childbirth to Huang Rong. Sad knowing that because she's a lovely lady & well read.

So far Ep 6 is the best scene when Ouyang Feng (Guo Wei Guang) fight in mud. When he's in the mud, he slides and thrown into, mud caked into his face and hair - hard to win the fight for sure. I love Mr. Chai, he's cute and funny, I think Mr. Chai gives a boost in story, whoever the actor is giving entertainment from ep 5-6 and I hope he'll have more screen time. Guo Wei Guan is great as Ouyang Feng, as he's supposedly Westerner his face is undeniably Caucasian. This Ouyang Feng first discover world, although very talented and powerful he isn't that masterful as older-him. He still get kicks and poison, lost his attendants and money too, still naive and straight forward. Kindness is still in his DNA (not when he's older though) and wants to learn the craft. His friendship with Huang Yao Shi is surprising, I mean I used to know they both aren't friendly to each other, suspicious and not trusting. In this drama I learn apparently they sworn in brother rather try to kill each other.

Huang Yao Shi (Zhao Yi Wei) is gifted in so many intellectual means, meet a wife who's the same caliber of intelligent. Just too bad, it cuts short. His meeting with Feng Heng is accidentally.

To be continued.

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