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Thanks Joryenai. Yes, very excited of what's coming ahead. And yeah, it's 6pm already. I'm going to check out #17

Hey Vi Dao, Xiao Chu, the screenwriter's name/profile is missing from the Cast listing. Can someone or MDL administrator please put it up please? We really must give her due credit to this new wuxia!

Thanks for sharing, Vi Dao. In the translation, it mentioned a director by the name Cheng Zhi Chao 成志超 (English name Gary Sing) whose biggest request in the actors' performance was that they needed to know how to speak with their eyes.

Also, the director/s use of "everything lies in what is unsaid" manner in their performance...

So very true. We are now seeing their achievement. Well done Director Cheng and Thank You!

Waaahahahaha! Doesn't the slim orange back & side view look like a alluring lady!!!

If it's really meant to be one BL couple, then probably SK is the effiminate party while ZJ is the dominating bi who plays with people's feelings like he did with his ex-lover XSG

hahaha, maybe maybe not. But somehow, the way the actors acted out their behaviour towards each other does insinuate something...

yeah, ZJ is good at that, playing with affections ^__^

yes, Scorpion King is Prince Xie and Zhao Jing's foster son. I can't quite catch the part he said after killing the other foster son. But it sounded he does have some personal ambiltion. Will have to wait for the subs for #16 ^__^

No worries Peanutbutterjelly :)
@Apocalib & @Joryenai have responded to my points below by their discussion above *_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72qTeR7qfoM

Yes yes. It was sweet and funny!
When YBY casually remarked abt ZCL, WKX rebutted "no matter how stupid OUR kid is, it's still better than..."
ZZS had to mediate between the two, pleading that it's raining outside, to choose a clear day to duel instead...

Jin Mook has already killed MinJung. And I believe he's the killer all these years. He could have hidden the bodies in the kimchi store with the fermentation!!! Best place to hide the bodies. EEEEEEK

yup, and he was so frustrated that he went out to the back, took her mobile and sent a text msg to Jin Mook. #1 to scare Jin Mook. #2 to make police think Min Jung is still alive in order to remove JiHoon from suspicion

Hahaha, hope he's not one for too long!!!

Tsundere: A Japanese character development process that describes a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing their warm side over time. ... "Tsundere probably likes you, but don't expect him to be frank about it.

Yup, you nailed it.

hi PeanutButterJelly, do you agree with my notes raised in my reply to Slythe below?

Having watched up to #16, this is no doubt a WuXia 武俠 cdrama about martial pugilist leaders in Jianghu or Wulin. They are regular humans but with higher level of fighting ability & in search of the Glazed Armour. It's not a magical object. It's a key (made of Ruyi) to opening the vault containing top martial arts manuals of various sects.

All WuXia costume dramas include flying around because of their Lightness Skill (轻功 qīnggōng), a skill achieved only after years of internal energy cultivation. It is not magic.

Xianxia 仙侠 refers to “Immortal Heroes”. Heavily inspired by Taoism. Such dramas usually feature good/evil protagonists' attempt to cultivate to Immortality, seeking eternal life and the pinnacle of strength. Xianxia folklores/ mythologies feature magic, demons, ghosts, immortal diety...

Ye BaiYi is no immortal. He's a living person who still needs to eat to survive. He's still looking young because his inner energy level has reached pinnacle. Moreover, being a healer himself, YBY would know what's good and harmful to his own body.

Up to #16, ZZS & WKX and the others have displayed only high level of fighting ability and internal energy (内力 nèilì). No magical godly powers. No folklore diety or immortal.

The flute music is not magic. It's basically WKX's inner energy being transferred to the flute music. It's supposed to help calm down ZZS during his meditation and cultivation of his inner energy to alleviate the pain from his self inflicted injury at every midnight.

Although the place where WKX comes from is called Ghost Valley, the occupiers are not demons or ghosts. They are foresaken pugilists and/or people who are being chased after and found refuge in Ghost Valley. WKX is not a demonic cultivator. He is highly skilled because he had undergone training under many pugilist experts living in Ghost Valley. Up to #16, WKS' fighting skills are neither demonic or magical.

ZZS is also able to produce the powerful flute music to counter the harmful pipa sound because of his inner strength. Also, the flute itself is not a magical tool. Hence, WKX didn't even think twice before breaking it into pieces in anguish and despair.

XianXia immortals don't need swords for fighting. They have magical powers. Just flick a finger or swoosh the hand. Demons don't either. They can do mind control and many other things that normal Wuxia cannot.

hi Slythe, sorry to barge in on this conversation trail. Not quite sure what is being debated on. I grew up watching a fair share of WuXia and Xianxia movies and HongKong TV dramas. Hence, excuse me please for these notes.

He got rid of the other foster son so that he's the one and only foster son assisting Zhao Jing. My guess is that Scorpion King is also scheming on his own against Zhao Jing after he succeeds in getting rid of their enemies and rule JiangHu.

in Prince Xie's flashback, it's revealed that he's one of Zhao Jing's foster sons.