Oh, I was wondering if the crystal globe was still going to make an appearance. Good to know that it does :) This review, if you look all the way at the bottom in the comments, said the ice crystal ball was deleted which got me worried for a sec.Elise:
And they didn't remove XY waiting for him for 7 days? That is nice to hear too.
I don't know which script the reviewer read - perhaps it's a revised or different version? According to the one I read, the crystal globe was retained - her sparing no expense to forge it, as well as her waiting for him; him receiving it and saying to himself that he did not equip her to protect herself just for her to take things as they come; and finally him sealing it in the big-bellied doll with the additional figure of a man and his blessings, which he gave to her via A Nian.
gives context as to why Xiang Liu had closure after this since in Ep3, Xiang Liu had a conversation with the Lirong one-armed seller about the bug and Xiao Yao, which is more painful to read.liddi:
Oh? You have my interest!
Incidentally, based on the script, we will get to hear Xiang Liu sing Chi Chen and A Heng's song
first to the Lirong one-armed seller, and later to Xiao Yao.
Oh! Is this in response to the song that the one-armed veteran sings in chapter 29?
The one-armed man stared at Xiao Yao and suddenly asked, “You are the daughter of the Xuan Yuan Princess?”
Xiao Yao turned to the old man “Yes.”
“Your dad is…..”
Li Jie Chang just called out that she was the Gao Xing Princess, didn’t the one-armed old man hear that? Xiao Yao quizzically answered, “The Gao Xing Grand Emperor.”
The one-armed old man stared intently at Xiao Yao before downing all the wine in his bowl and then launching into a song. His song was sad and plaintive, singing about the fallen Sheng Nong kingdom and the sorrow of the soldiers fighting.
Xiao Yao listened intently and suddenly remembered the blood red sunset when Xiang Liu was dressed all in white and walked towards her from a burning funeral pyre of dead Sheng Nong soldiers.
Li Jie Chang yelled, “Uncle, stop your drunken craziness!”
The old man kept singing so Li Jie Chang shoved him into the house and nervously said to Xiao Yao, “The old man has low tolerance but loves drinking. When he gets crazy he loves to sing songs he heard from places…..he only has one arm now and his legs can barely walk, he’s already useless…..”
Xiao Yao said, “I only came to eat. Once I walk out this door I’ll forget everything.”
Li Jie Chang was relieved and listened to the singing from inside the house and sadly added, “My Uncle isn’t a bad guy, in fact he’s too good of a guy which is why he….can’t forget.”
Xiao Yao suddenly realized that when Li Jie Chang was talking about Fang Feng Bei earlier, all the things he was saying were about Xiang Liu. Did he know Fang Feng Bei was Xiang Liu?
That meant Jing also knew now that Bei was Xiang Liu.
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which he heard in Jade Mountain
This is pretty ironic, considering everything Sir Bi did in the novel was removed.
I still utterly hate that Sir Bi has been written out of the story. But perhaps we can read XL knowing this song from visiting Jade Mountain as a quiet acknowledgement to the novel readers that XL and Sir Bi are still friends and occasional drinking buddies in the drama version of the story.
Oh that's right - thank you for reminding me!
No problem. The question of Gong Gong's appearance in the novel has come up in this thread before ^^
The man's cause was pretty much the iceberg that singlehandedly sunk our ship, and all he had to say for himself in 52 chapters was "怎么了 What is it?"
Whoops I was typing too quickly in transit and gave him too little credit. Three whole words.
That makes sense. Nonetheless, remember when Jing asked him to remove the bug from Xiao Yao in Ep13, that happened before the Xuan Yuan - Gao Xin war ended. Jing offered him more provisions as payment but Xiang Liu flat out told him that the Shen Nong army do not have another additional 37 years left. Do you remember how long it had been after Feng Long's wedding up to the war against Gao Xin?
XL and XY spend a month together in QS town after the wedding, and it was winter. Then XY briefly visits TSJ and ZX separately before spending four months at Five Gods Mountain making the life-preserving pill for TSJ. Then she spends several months (from spring to summer) seducing TSH until the truth was finally revealed. The narrative said that it took half a year for everything to settle down, and TJS met up with XY during the first snow of the year on Xiao Yue Summit. XY meets XL in chapter 35 after the new year, but it is still winter. So about a year after their month in QS town.
In the spring, the Grand Emperor announced that XY would be struck from the Gao Xing family ledger, and she became Xiling Jiu Yao a few days later. FFYY faked her death near the end of spring.
In the summer, TSJ took XY to Gao Xing where she meets her mother and her father's spirit and then to Jiu Li to return their ashes to their proper home. The Yellow Emperor mentioned that it was fall when they returned to Sheng Nong Mountain.
The first Xuan Yuan attack on Gao Xing happened when summer was approaching the next year.
So about two and a half years pass between when XL took XY away from her wedding to FL and the beginning of Xuan Yuan's war with Gao Xing.
him receiving it and saying to himself that he did not equip her to protect herself just for her to take things as they come
Does that mean they changed the scene where he holds the ice crystal ball by the river and places a finger on it so that, from the right angle, it looked like he was taking the mermaid's outstretched hand?
I don't know which script the reviewer read - perhaps it's a revised or different version? According to the one I read, the crystal globe was retained - her sparing no expense to forge it, as well as her waiting for him; him receiving it and saying to himself that he did not equip her to protect herself just for her to take things as they come; and finally him sealing it in the big-bellied doll with the additional figure of a man and his blessings, which he gave to her via A Nian.
Honestly, I hope the script you translated is the legit one because the one the other reviewer summarized sounded even worse ?
So they're keeping some of the epilogue too, nice :)
That makes sense. Nonetheless, remember when Jing asked him to remove the bug from Xiao Yao in Ep13, that happened before the Xuan Yuan - Gao Xin war ended. Jing offered him more provisions as payment but Xiang Liu flat out told him that the Shen Nong army do not have another additional 37 years left. Do you remember how long it had been after Feng Long's wedding up to the war against Gao Xin?
I'm looking at the novel again and trying to make sense of how the timelines changed in the drama.
In the novel, TSJ asks XL to remove the bug in chapter 38, 8 years after the ~10-year war between Xuan Yuan and Gao Xing began / 8 years after XY started working on the medical texts.
43 years (working on medical texts) - 8 + 7 (the years that TSJ was dead) = 42.
So, in the novel, TSJ asked XL to remove the bug (and XL rejected his "tempting offer") roughly 42 years before the Sheng Nong remnant army was wiped out.
Oh! Is this in response to the song that the one-armed veteran sings in chapter 29?AH :
No. Fangfeng Bei sang it when coming to visit the old man. He will sing it for Xiao Yao later in Ep4.
I still utterly hate that Sir Bi has been written out of the story. But perhaps we can read XL knowing this song from visiting Jade Mountain as a quiet acknowledgement to the novel readers that XL and Sir Bi are still friends and occasional drinking buddies in the drama version of the story.
Yes! While A Nian is a compelling and sympathetic replacement, we lose the insight that Xiang Liu's heart was so pure and upright that it could not be corrupted by Sir Bi's singing voice.
Whoops I was typing too quickly in transit and gave him too little credit. Three whole words.
Oh, you really shouldn't take away that extra word from Hong Jiang!
So about two and a half years pass between when XL took XY away from her wedding to FL and the beginning of Xuan Yuan's war with Gao Xing.
2.5 years means that the Shen Nong army had less than 35 years of provisions left...
Does that mean they changed the scene where he holds the ice crystal ball by the river and places a finger on it so that, from the right angle, it looked like he was taking the mermaid's outstretched hand
No. The script shows him touching the hand of the mermaid twice - the first time at Gourd Lake, when he first received it; the 2nd when he was on the boat headed towards Zhi Yi city, preparing to snatch her away on her wedding. It was during that 2nd time that he said:
Fangfeng Bei gazed fixedly at the cystal globe as if under a trance, reaching out to touch the mermaid in it. Their fingers met, separated by the crystal. His eyes were tender, yet his words were icy cold.
FFB: I taught you how to protect yourself, yet now you want to take things as they come, drifting along in life. Have you asked whether I agree to it?
Honestly, I hope the script you translated is the legit one because the one the other reviewer summarized sounded even worse ?
So they're keeping some of the epilogue too, nice :)
Yes, we get the epilogue but within the last episode, not at the end. The version I read is not all that great either, with trainwreck potential. I fervently hope that the aired version would be a pleasant surprise.
I'm looking at the novel again and trying to make sense of how the timelines changed in the drama.
In the novel, TSJ asks XL to remove the bug in chapter 38, 8 years after the ~10-year war between Xuan Yuan and Gao Xing began / 8 years after XY started working on the medical texts.
43 years (working on medical texts) - 8 + 7 (the years that TSJ was dead) = 42.
So, in the novel, TSJ asked XL to remove the bug (and XL rejected his "tempting offer") roughly 42 years before the Sheng Nong remnant army was wiped out.
Hmm... Perhaps the provisions Jing provided are like lembas, one piece sufficient to keep a man full for a entire day...
In the script, Xiao Yao proposes to Jing after Cang Xuan married A Nian, after she completed the medical texts (beginning of Ep17). Jing asked Xiang Liu to remove the bug back in Ep13, during the Xuan Yuan-Gao Xin war. I still cannot wrap my mind around the drama timeline. This is one of the problems even in S1, with no clear indication of elapsed time except for the "300 years later" which propels the children to adulthood.
Leaked script Ep3 (S2 Ep11)
Thank you for translating!
The old Lirong man froze in shock, and his eyes fixed on the entrance with wild joy and a disbelieving look. A strongly built man in red robes (Chi Chen) stepped into the courtyard, and the old man stood up in excitement.
LM: Great General!
As the song died away, the illusion cleared and what stood before him was the richly dressed Fangfeng Bei.
Wow they're really spelling out the parallel. But interestingly it's between Chi Chen and FFB, rather than between Chi Chen and XL. Even though FFB with the one-armed man is basically just XL with black hair.
LM (air of malaise): This was the love song Great General Chi Chen sang to his wife. From where did you hear it?
Fangfeng Bei sat opposite him.
FFB (calmly): Jade Mountain.
Yep. I'm taking this as confirmation of XL and Sir Bi's friendship.
Great General Chi Chen sang to his wife
Interesting that he refers to Ah Heng as Chi Chen's wife. My understanding was that they never married in the novels, even after Ah Heng divorced Shao Hao. I guess it's a respectful way of referring to her, especially since she's the mother of his child.
Go to Bai Li and ask the shaman king
They changed the name from Jiu Li to Bai Li? I guess that makes sense since Jiu Li is associated with the mythical figure Chiyou and they changed that name.
FFB: What is the relationship between the oldest Gao Xin princess and Chi Chen?
Interesting. I'm not sure when XL becomes aware of XY's parentage in the novel, but it seemed to me like it must have been before the first time he brings her to the one-armed veteran's donkey meat restaurant. In terms of the order of scenes in S2, does this scene come before the first time XL brings XY to the one-armed man's restaurant?
LRC (wry smile): Of course I do, yet here I am. As Xuan Yuan's envoy, I have come to persuade you to surrender to Xuan Yuan; as a friend, I am here to persuade you to set yourself free.
It's interesting that this leaked script uses "Gao Xin" and "Xuan Yuan" instead of "Haoling" and "Xiyan".
[He sees elderly Chuan zi and Sang Tian'er with their grandchildren, affectionate smiles on their faces]
So this flashback scene took place before XL took XY away from her wedding with FL? You mentioned that the question scene comes later? Or was Chuan Zi (and not just Tian Er) still alive when XL took XY to QS town?
FFB: You don't have to worry. She once said that I am not the type of person who should be allowed to enter dreams.
FFB (seeming not to care): The person in her heart is not me.
How frustrating. He should know it's more complicated than that... if for no other reason than the fact that the bugs have not turned into Heartbreak Bugs.
But I can see why you said that the question scene would give XL some reassurance, by showing him that he is, in fact, in XY's heart.
No. The script shows him touching the hand of the mermaid twice - the first time at Gourd Lake, when he first received it; the 2nd when he was on the boat headed towards Zhi Yi city, preparing to snatch her away on her wedding. It was during that 2nd time that he said:
Fangfeng Bei gazed fixedly at the cystal globe as if under a trance, reaching out to touch the mermaid in it. Their fingers met, separated by the crystal. His eyes were tender, yet his words were icy cold.
FFB: I taught you how to protect yourself, yet now you want to take things as they come, drifting along in life. Have you asked whether I agree to it?
Oh good! Although portraying it that way seems a little confusing. In the novel, he places his finger presumably because he wishes he could take XY's hand, but he has come to the conclusion that, just as the exterior of the ice crystal ball keeps him in a separate world from the mermaid inside, he and XY are in different worlds and fated not to be together. If he touches the mermaid's hand twice... it doesn't seem to convey the same message.
In the script, Xiao Yao proposes to Jing after Cang Xuan married A Nian, after she completed the medical texts (beginning of Ep17). Jing asked Xiang Liu to remove the bug back in Ep13, during the Xuan Yuan-Gao Xin war. I still cannot wrap my mind around the drama timeline. This is one of the problems even in S1, with no clear indication of elapsed time except for the "300 years later" which propels the children to adulthood.
Yes, that seems different from the novel where XY and TSJ get engaged before the war begins. TSJ and XY each ask XL to remove the bug 8 years later (while the war is ongoing). And XY and TSJ finally set a wedding date after XY completes the medical texts 43 years after they first got engaged.
The old man knows Fangfeng Bei is Xiang Liu, as do his nephew Lirong Chang. My thinking is that the script refers to him as Fangfeng Bei here because he was dressed as him during this time.
In the novel and the script, the names of the 3 kingdoms remained as Xuan Yuan, Gao Xin and Shen Nong while renaming other places e.g. Jiu Li was renamed to Bai Li. It is only in the drama that even the kingdoms were renamed.
All these events take place in Ep3. Fangfeng Bei sang the song sometime after bringing Xiao Yao to visit the old man for the first time. By the wedding in Ep7, Chuan Zi and everyone else Xiao Yao knew were already dead, with the exception of Tian'er.
I too was surprised that Xiang Liu was seemingly unaware of Xiao Yao's parentage until this subsequent visit to the old man. I would have thought he would be clued in by now, if not anything but the way Xiao Yao was assassinated in Plum Forest so many years prior. I just wonder why he was singing the song in the first place, if it wasn't out of its connection to Xiao Yao...
If he touches the mermaid's hand twice... it doesn't seem to convey the same message.
It could convey his innermost longing that he could be free to take her hand, which he knows could never happen.
All these events take place in Ep3. Fangfeng Bei sang the song sometime after bringing Xiao Yao to visit the old man for the first time. By the wedding in Ep7, Chuan Zi and everyone else Xiao Yao knew were already dead, with the exception of Tian'er.
I too was surprised that Xiang Liu was seemingly unaware of Xiao Yao's parentage until this subsequent visit to the old man. I would have thought he would be clued in by now, if not anything but the way Xiao Yao was assassinated in Plum Forest so many years prior. I just wonder why he was singing the song in the first place, if it wasn't out of its connection to Xiao Yao...
Good catch about XL singing the song before learning about the connection between XY and Chi Chen.
So XL brings XY to the old man's restaurant, but he wasn't intentionally bringing her there to meet a person who knew Chi Chen, because he didn't know about the connection between XY and Chi Chen yet. And he sang that song, still not knowing about their connection.
I guess that doesn't directly contradict anything in the novel... but the first part contradicts my interpretation of XL's intentions in the novel.
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