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I see. My first time watching Zeng Shun Xi is in Fighters of Destiny with Lu Han. He was okay but nothing exceptional. Next is Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber with him as Zhang Wu Ji.

I think his best work that I have ever seen of him is this Ultimate Note. He has a very good career trajectory. I can see he improved in his acting skill.

I think idol nowdays just a living product in the shape of human. I know I sound harsh but I don't think what those idols show to their fans are their true self. Everything is sculpted by their company that create them, including their persona and personality.

To be honest I don't like it when those idols turn to actor and then just relying on their popularity instead of acting skill to sell their dramas. They are called traffic actor. And their elevated presence in the drama industry is one of the reason why acting quality is plummeted in the industry.

Therefore, I am thankful that Xiao Yu Liang didn't continue with his idol route. He certainly can do better. It is a waste for his degree if he just become an idol. Moreover, The Lost Tomb is not an idol drama and he is appreciated because of his acting and fighting skill in this drama not just because his pretty face.

Oh, Zeng Shun Xi has that kind of history?? I never know. Well, good for him too for not continuing that idol route.

Yea, I do like Qin Hao acting in The Tomb of the Sea. Hahahaha, believe me I watched that drama with skipping lots of scenes. I literally skipped the scenes regarding Li Cu friends, and most of Su Wan drama. Liang Wan, I only watched her scenes with Zhang Ri Shan, hahahaa. I was mostly focusing on Zhang Ri Shan, Wu Xie, Black Glasses, and anything Zhang Qi Ling scenes.

As actor, they should not let the real life relationship hindering their chemistry on screen. It is your right to like Reunion as it is my right to dislike it since it cannot fulfill my certain desire when watching The Lost Tomb series. The very first thing that made me went into this franchise was Wu Xie and Zhang Qi Ling relationship and also the adventure genre. Take one of them and it will no longer The Lost Tomb for me.

I have no problem with the more mature setting and as I have stated above, I am aware that Reunion is more about Wu Xie, unlike the main series. But that is not the reason of depriving the drama of Wu Xie and Zhang Qi Ling connection. Not to mention the lack of screen time for Zhang Qi Ling, even when they were within one frame acting together, mostly I just couldn't feel it. Something just .... off, I cannot explain it. I have never commented about acting. And no matter how great is the acting, it is still useless when the "connection" could not be felt. I am a fan of Zhu Yi Long but even his acting could not make me stomach the drama. I will still finish that drama in later date since I need to know the ending. But, it doesn't change the fact that Reunion is lacking something essential.

And why we cannot complain? If we see something bad, we are entitled to say it as it is since we are the audience. We have the right to say like or dislike as long as it is done within reason and decorum. And I did state my reasoning why I feel that Reunion is lacking. Pretty sure I am not the only one who feel like that. I do thankful of Xu Lei for writing The Lost Tomb novel but in the same time I also feel that he no longer care about Wu Xie and Zhang Qi Ling connection in his series.

Glad to find a like-minded person!! There are lots of the so called Mad Feminist in today dramas. It is very difficult to find good FL currently. My last romance drama this year before I delve into Hikaru no Go and the like is The Moon Brightens for You. The FL there is good enough in my opinion. She is indeed stronger than the ML since the ML cannot practice martial arts, but I have never felt her belittle him. In a way, she looks up to him and pretty much valuing his advise.

It would be the best if they can re-shoot the whole main series with the same cast of iron triangle. Moreover, it will be very nice to see all those fighting scenes re-shot using Xiao Yu Liang as Zhang Qi Ling.

Yes, Zhang Qi Ling role truly is tailor made for Xiao Yu Liang. And based on what I have seen from his interview, he truly understand Zhang Qi Ling. I also want to see him depicted Zhang Qi Ling emotion during the farewell before entering bronze gate. I hope he will be called again to play Zhang Qi Ling in other Lost Tomb series. As I see it in weibo and bilibili, the majority of book fans (if not all) actually love him very much. Lots of them claiming that he is the Zhang Qi Ling from their imagination.

Yeah. Also, they pretty much "female", not male in female body. I hate those strong FL character that has this obsession to be better than man as if their worth is depended on whether they can defeat man. It is so maddening. As if a woman doesn't have anything worthy in regard to her feminine value.

No worry! I didn't mean to reprimand you at all. I too know his background just recently through people comment in chinese website. I was actually nodding your speculation that he is indeed a professional dancer, hahahaha. Sorry if my words came out wrongly.

In my opinion, I will call those people who learn to dance through idol training means (ala Korean idol in this age) an idol dancer, but I will call the people who learn dancing by the mean of academic education (the one involving university, academy, and certain degree) a professional dancer.

At that point of time, Wu Xie is indeed an evil emperor. Because of who? Yes, Zhang Qi Ling. In order to give him a safe place after he comes out from the bronze gate.

My point is, this Zhang Qi Ling seems to have an easier way to have chemistry with Wu Xie actor. Not to mention in real life his age difference with Qin Hao should be around the same as the age gap between Huang Jun Jie and Zhu Yi Long. If he could connect with an actor much older than him that way, then I have little worry about him unable to connect with a young Wu Xie.

The Tomb of the Sea is tolerable for me. The drama suffers from draggy plot considering the number of episode. The love story of Su Wan and Liang Wan is indeed too draggy but still tolerable compared with the one of Bai Hao Tian and other female character in Reunion.

The main thing that enabled me to endure The Tomb of the Sea is the plot and Wu Xie connection with Zhang Qi Ling. For the example when the first time he took Li Cu out to the desert, Wang Meng (or perhaps other people) called Li Cu Xiao Ge, Wu Xie immediately reprimanded him to never call Li Cu Xiao Ge again. It was only a small moment, but it spoke volume. From the start to the end, we knew just why Wu Xie did all of that and for who. I also can sense Wu Xie fondness for Zhang Qi Ling when they were in the frame together or when he was talking about him. Those little moments were so endearing.

Not to mention 2x speed. I literally watching the drama with skipping around through the duration bar. I don't understand the appeal of that kind of FL. How can the ML even fall in love with her?

Thankfully Ultimate Note is pretty much bromance. Huo Xiu Xiu is interesting and Ah Ning is .... tolerable. I literally hate the majority of woman character in Reunion drama ......

They are indeed very comfortable with each other. But this Zhang Qi Ling has already acted with another Wu Xie before in The Tomb of the Sea and in those short scenes I actually felt the connection was quite good. So, I have less worry about that compared with the fighting scene quality will plummet.

But of course it would be even better if Zeng Shun Xi could also reprise his role in book 8 so they can continue the chemistry already present in previous season.

Wasn't the scriptwriter for Reunion, Xu Lei himself?? Or at least he was the supervisor or something?

Yea, the connection was so thin, it was nearly not exist. No normal friend will do what Wu Xie had done in The Tomb of the Sea. There is nothing wrong with such a close friendship that goes beyond romance anyway. And it was Xu Lei himself that create those kind of connection between Wu Xie and Zhang Qi Ling.

In the main series novel, I can see how Wu Xie realizing his own feeling toward Zhang Qi Ling bit by bit until finally in the end when Zhang Qi Ling makes that sacrifice of replacing him guarding the bronze gate, he finally understand his own feeling. Which lead us to Wu Xie as evil emperor in The Tomb of the Sea. Wu Xie goes from getting worried about his financial state when Zhang Qi Ling lost his memory in volume 6 (since he thinks that Zhang Qi Ling has become a dead weight at that time) to register Zhang Qi Ling under his household once he returns from the Bronze Gate.

In Reunion, by right, this connection should be even stronger than the one in Ultimate Note if we consider all that have happened in between. But, in the end what did we get in Reunion drama? Nothing at all.

Instead of calling him idol dancer, I think it is indeed more appropriate to call him a professional dancer. He holds a master degree for dance major after all. It is just he has a history of joining a boyband. Thankfully, he didn't continue on that road. And when he took Zhang Qi Ling role, he went without being a traffic actor.

Furthermore, he comes from a martial arts family. He learnt martial arts since childhood. Watching him played as Zhang Qi Ling is such a pleasure for me. For once, there is no abused usage of slow motion and every fight could be shown clearly with his face.

Hahahahahaha!!! Watching those FL is very traumatic and anger inducing.

Correct. That scene in The Lost Tomb 1 actually comes from book 7. So the right place and time line for that scene is Ultimate Note instead of The Lost Tomb 1.

I am also wish that they will film book 8 with the same cast for iron triangle, especially that Zhang Qi Ling actor: Xiao Yu Liang. I have never seen a Zhang Qi Ling that truly touch my heart before him. Not to mention his fighting scenes are all superb. I just can no longer see those wuxia and xianxia dramas after watching him ........

I am filled with trepidation regarding the adaptation of book 8. Firstly, I don't know who is the current holder of the copyright of that particular book, high chance it is Xu Lei's now. And to be honest after watching his Reunion, I can no longer trust him to adapt his own books to drama.

Yes, I am aware the novel of Reunion is more about Wu Xie compared with the main series that more or less revolved around Zhang Qi Ling despite from Wu Xie POV. And I have not read the Reunion novel from the start so I cannot say things for certain. Still, that adaptation seems to lack soul that is making The Lost Tomb. I just felt uncomfortable watching it without knowing why at that time. Zhu Yi Long is one of my favorite actor and I do like Huang Jun Jie for his visual.

Once I watched Ultimate Note, I finally find the reason of my discomfort. It is "connection" between Wu Xie and Zhang Qi Ling. The main series literally begin with Wu Xie attracted to this mysterious character which continue to a kind of obsession in the end (No, I am not talking about romance since their relationship goes beyond that). What Wu Xie had done in The Tomb of the Sea literally was thanks to this very obsession.

Ultimate Note certainly has its flaw regarding production quality but fans endured it and wave it off. Why? Because they were emotionally touched by the "connection" that shown throughout the drama. Once the heart is touched, the brain will follow.

In Reunion, Wu Xie and Zhang Qi Ling seemed to be rather disconnected from each other. Yes, there were moments of tenderness between them for a few seconds here and there but I felt nothing from those. Unlike Ultimate Note, when every gestures spoke volume and thousand words. They were separated for 10 years! And Wu Xie went through hell literally for giving Zhang Qi Ling a "safe home". And when Wu Xie was dying ....... it was so flat.

Now with book 8 that is full of PingXie moment ..... I cannot see it will end well in Xu Lei hand since I see that he no longer respected this connection that exist between his own characters.

Yes, it is in iQIYI

Ah ...... I cannot think any other bromance drama ....
And Ultimate Note will end by next week ..... Aaaaa!! I want the same cast for book 8! Why they stopped only at book 7??? Don't say that we will get a cliffhanger as ending!!!!