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I could tolerate Minglan, but for this one I had to watch at 2x speed.

pacing is sooooo slow

I can't believe he's a rookie actor? His performance in The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty makes him seem like an experienced one. Hope he gets more roles that will showcase his talent. There's potential for someone as young as him.

There is nothing wuxia about this. No emphasis nor mention on combat techniques, internal power, acupuncture points, sects, jianghu, etc.

The actor is Taiwanese and they didn't dub his voice.

According to novel fans, he's a very complex and interesting guy with "grey" areas, but he is good to the male lead throughout the story.

Stunning cinematography. Wang Zhi (3rd male lead) is the star of the show for me so far.

I know he has a female love interest lmao? I'm literally also watching it for Xiao Yan? I'm not expecting it to be BL. Just pointing out the bromance that fans on weibo and douyin are talking about. You're not the only one who can read chinese here.

haha I love the bromance, it's the highlight of the show so far. Hu Yitian is refreshing taking on a role that's different from his previous ones.

this is so cute and fluffy

Can somebody fix this, Yu Zheng is not the screenwriter.

Excited for this! It has some huge Farewell My Concubine vibes.

This must be the adaptation that is the most faithful to the novel (the scene with Xiao Yuer "dying" to him being resurrected and jumping to hug his brother went EXACTLY like the novel, word by word) and while I appreciate that, I wish they could've changed Princess Lianxing's fate and not have her die at the hands of her sister.

because they follow the novel and the novel ends with them finding out the truth :(

She is his master, not aunt... Naturally the dynamics will be different as in all other wuxia dramas, you do as your master says.

ask gu long...he has a weird way of writing the heroes' love interests lol

She tries to poison him. Hands him two wines and lies that only one has poison when that's not the case (both have poisons).

I feel proud of myself that this is the first cdrama of 2020 that I've completed without regrets, considering that I can barely finish cdramas nowadays, but maybe it's got to do with the lack of wuxia these days which I've missed soooo much.. This one will mark down as one of the best adaptations of the novel.
My favorite scenes are the well-choreographed fights and wuxia-nerdy scenes, Xiao Yuer using his brains and the interactions between the brothers (I feel like HYT and CZY both have better chemistry with each other than with their respective love interests lol). The only big issue I have with this drama is the editing, but it's understandable considering they had to cut down from 50+ eps to 40+ due to NRTA new quota.

yes

If you think su ying is bad in this adaptation, wait till you see how worse she is in the novel lol. When meeting tie Xinlan for the first time and learning that she is a love rival, she wishes to take TXL's heart out and stab her heart until there are holes in it before deciding to kidnap her to wei wuya's palace. The girl is selfish but crazy as hell. This adaptation is actually doing her favors by whitewashing her despite what she tries to do to HWQ.