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Welp... he is a salty character for sure!!!

And I believe Deng Tan is one of Futu's men who died dead. The one with the distorted eyelid.

Tang Zheng should be Luyao's ghostlike husband.

That scene surprised me too. I think there is a lot more to Bancha who doesn't lie than meets the eye. Maybe he is a guardian but he doesn't know exactly where the gold is? My sense is he is very watchful, always hovering but in no real hurry to jump into the fray unless he absolutely has to.

Ah ok I didn't get past the first chapter and I read a review trashing MZY's performance in the series - since she was Eastern Heretic's disciple I assumed she would be in that chapter but maybe not. And yeah actress is on my HELL NO list.

Its well known, no child is safe in Chinese dramas.😅

I thought the eagle scratched Futu as a rebuke bc his falconer was killed.

I find it quite unbelievable that no one else has figured out the General is dead. And then I think of Mitch McConnell...

My bro is a big guy with a petite wife.... the way he hides behind her and hollers "Honey... " at the sight of a cockroach is comedy gold.

I don't really mind adaptations that reimagine the plot but I get irritated when it doesn't come out better. With stories that already check all the boxes, I think the production should stick to the original unless they think they can do better. I gave up on the Eastern Heretics chapter bc MZY annoyed me too much. 😅

So far, the gold guardian is only Bana and possibly Bancha. Maybe there were more of them in the past (30 years ago) but they died out? And indeed my first reaction to the 300k taels is - dude that's gonna be near impossible to move without the whole town knowing.
I am not sure who you mean kept Futu and his gang alive. Futu was colluding with Yu Hao and Ha Bingzhou to find the gold. So far it is suggested that Luyao was lured back to the desert by Futu to reveal the location of the gold. I think they needed her abilities to get pass the poison that the gold guardians were using.

Well... at surface it seems to be a line that doesn't stop at killing a kid... But as long as he doesn't pollute the well he is still a good guy???

LOL - the entire course of history as we know it could be different...

I suspect its real but everyone dies trying to get it and it remains a myth of the Gobi desert.

I am not sure I trust Bancha. I alternated between wondering whether he was a guardian or whether he was simply also biding his time in the hope that Bana would reveal the location of the gold.

The General was always Yu Hou's moral anchor that reined in his love for the good life. All hell broke loose when he learned he was dead.

Bancha's salt crossbow reminds me of my bro's Bug A-Salt Gun (search Amazon.com). He is terrified of cockroaches and uses it to shoot them dead. Yeah before you ROFL, know that HK has these gigantic mutant flying cockroaches that can scare the daylights out of anyone.

I am less familiar with Xu Bing's works - I loved his Fearless Blood but Legend of Heroes was an unspeakable atrocity and desecration of Jin Yong's most popular work. Unlike Jin Yong, Gu Long never created any iconic female characters. So I wonder if he is turning in his grave or pleased with Zhang Luyao.

As for Chen Kun - he takes so few roles these days I am just happy as a clam to see him show up cross dressing here! I don't mind if he takes darker roles. I always thought villains are a lot more interesting than heroes.

I am not at ep 6 yet but I suspected Chen Kun’s role is a villain role from the start. He is just a deputy commander of some godforsaken post far from the capital but he has a fondness of Jiangnan silk PJs and underclothes. He also owns a fake zither (meaning he can’t afford the real thing). That suggests he may be after the gold - but then maybe so is Bancha. It’s a treasure hunt to maybe that doesn’t exactly make them villains per se.

I mean, that should weigh more than 11,000 kg! Good luck trying to hide/move that!!!

Pu Ying after a near death encounter - Coroner! You stay the hell away from me!!!
LMAO!!!