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I thought he was giving up the "Head Disciple" position but then retrieved again after he came out?! Whatever his mistake was, him being 12 feathered pretty much secured his position in the sect, shouldn't it?! In the novel, Yuan Lang had to chase Si Feng out so that he can become the sect leader.

I skipped most of his scenes (except there was Si Feng in that scene, too) when I marathoned episode 36-44. Hearing him preaching made me so angry with his narrow minded view. And now Xuan Ji father and Ling Long also joined this bandwagon.

Correct she is stubborn. Earlier episodes showed this strongly, how she persistently tried protecting Si Feng. However, as I have seen it, this trait of her seems to be fizzled out little by little after she found out that Si Feng was a demon. She being in shock, I understand. It is natural. But, they were a couple already before the revelation. I expect she should more or less understand what kind of person Si Feng was. Instead of asking whether their love was real or not, I wish she asked why Si Feng has done all of that (well, she has done this when they met under the tree so okay ..).

My annoyance with her actually started when the "good sects" came to Li Ze Palace. Before this scene, I was okay with her since I could see that she truly loved Si Feng and tried her best to find explanation when her world crumbled (even though I still hoped that she didn't need Zi Hu to remind her and looked for Si Feng on her initiative). In the scene in Li Ze Palace, she saw with her own eyes how deceitful her esteemed senior brother was. But then she was still pandering to her sect. This is why I am sorely waiting for the moment of truth. I want to know how she handles her family and what she would do to woo Si Feng back since at that time he "no longer" want to do anything with her.

Also, we might need to remember that in this life Si Feng is not human. In the novel, it was once stated that Si Feng and also his father were only want to deal with absolute in love (I think this implies for all the golden bird). For them, it was all in or nothing. And they were expecting the same from their partner. So Xuan Ji being so conditional regarding his demonic status and doubting his intention perhaps matter more to him than normal. It did not matter that Xuan Ji doubt was within normal logic. I think this might be able to explain why Si Feng un-logically still hoped Xuan Ji to believe him after all the MSX fiasco he created himself.

Sorry for the long post

In the novel, he is a reincarnated character. In this life, he is the common 6 feathered golden bird. In the past life, he was the best friend of Wu Zi Qi. I don't know what type of demon he was in the past.

Yes, correct. Si Feng is the successor to the sect leader seat. I think it is one of the reason Yuan Lang hated him and never wanted to help him.

Hahahaha, I tried counting their wings, too. Si Feng has 12, but his father I can only counted 10.

I am also in awe of his acting here. Already waiting for his future drama - The Promise of Chang An

Being a 12 feathers does not guarantee that your descendant will also be 12 feathers. That's why they said it is a rare type of golden bird. The novel also never said that you must be 12 feathers to become sect leader; but if you were 12 feathers then the sect leader seat would be yours sooner or later.

Being 12 feather was the one reason Si Feng was let alive when he was a baby and why his father was the sect leader despite his mistake. Yuan Lang is only 6 feathers (if I remember correctly). That's why he told Ruo Yu to kill Si Feng because he could never become Li Ze Palace sect leader as long as Si Feng existed.

I understand your stand. I think what people mad about (including me) is the fact that Xuan Ji allowed herself to be led around by her so called father and senior brother. One of the poster here already talked about her sheltered upbringing which could help explaining why she acted like this. However, understand does not make her current act bearable for some viewers.

I actually quite surprised reading your comment. I can say that I read almost all (if not all) comment here. I don't think anyone here in particular blamed Xuan Ji after MSX fiasco. I, myself mostly only irritated when those goody sects including her family successfully sway her. She needs Zi Hu to talked some sense into her to drive her meeting with Si Feng to clarify things. If Zi Hu didn't say anything I bet she would kept mopping around and nod her head on everything her family said about demon.

Agree with you assessment regarding Si Feng character. However, even though he was doing something else (not mopping about Xuan Ji), you can still somehow sense that he was not okay inside. I think this is a great acting; makes you feel the character condition in arc timeline manner not just scene from scene. I really hate it when in some scene the character is great distress, then in the next scene (when the problem caused the sadness has not ended) he/she seems to loss this feeling when in conversation with other people; as if they only acted sad when the script is a sad scene.

Regarding Xuan Ji, some posters above have tried to defend her. In a way it is a dejavu for me for I have seen the same thing happen in Ashes of Love, hahaha. Unlike Jin Mi, I actually like Xuan Ji character. However, in the drama they deepen the missunderstanding more. And the way she keeps pandering to her sect starts to annoy me. Perhaps what you have said is correct. It is a matter of upbringing. Xuan Ji is used to people tell her what to feel and what to do. Still, I am waiting for her to realize everything and make up to Si Feng. I think Si Feng deserves to have that from her.

In term of story and plot, this drama has been superb this far. I hope this doesn't disappoint me by brushing off Xuan Ji fault easily. Well, if he did marry the other woman, the story will be too much like soap opera. So perhaps this is for the better, hahahaha.

I am too, waiting for that moment. Tired of this woman. She needs to learn to think by herself and to judge something by herself. She also needs to open her eyes to the fault of her people. I think she still has this prejudice towards demon.

So far she just swallowed all her father, Hao Chen, and Ling Long preaching. Even though she had a little doubt about their words, that doubt was soon disappear and she was again doubting Si Feng.

Finally someone who agreed with me regarding Ashes of Love. That drama also suffers from filler episodes. I even thought that they put some filler in the middle of what should have been a full blown angst moment for Jin Mi after she killed Xu Feng and realized that she loved him.

One of the reason that L&R so far tops any similar themed drama (with similar number of episodes) is because of its pacing. There is no wasted episodes. When you have angst arc, it is never cut with some scene showing that the respective characters have a merry chit chat with some people about some other problem. Especially for the male lead of L&R, I can see that he keeps a great sadness inside. Throughout his conversation with other people and when he masquerading as MSX, there is this aura of melancholy surrounding him. He doesn't need to talk about his romance, doesn't need to always mopping about his failed romance, but you somehow just can sense it.

I haven't scrutinized the female lead since I admit that I skipped some of her scenes in episode 40+. I just saved myself the Hao Chen and her father preaching.

What the ...???? This guy is crazy.

The memory was weird. As far as I remember, Bai Lin gave the armor to the God of War at that scene. And the blue dress was given by Si Feng while in heaven. Seems Hao Chen intentionally changed certain things to make as if he was the good guy

The so called good guys is a bunch of prejudiced lot with no integrity. Coward, all of them.

Ended up marathon all 8 episodes. I was so angry for the whole time. I have been annoyed with Xuan Ji father since he was so coward in episode 21-23. Even he giving his blessing to Si Feng and Xuan Ji in episode 35? could not soften my stance. And now??? He blackmailed Xuan Ji is my last straw. I don't think I will even like him even after he realized his error. You just don't threaten your daughter that way. Shao Yang is a bunch of hypocrite with no integrity. Good sect?? Just a bunch of clown!

Cannot wait when all truth comes out and watch how Xuan Ji trying to earn Si Feng forgiveness. I hope the drama give a moment for Si Feng to vent for a while. In Ashes of Love, I hated it when nearly everyone blaming Xu Feng when he vented out his anger and sided with Jin Mi as if she could do that heinous thing and Xu Feng should just forgive her. Please, let that kind of thing not happening in L&R.

Ling Long PTSD started to get on my nerves, too. Hello girl Si Feng was the one that saved you back then. Now she acted like ungrateful woman. I know that she has such traumatic experience but ...... And Ming Yan!!! He has not learned his lesson back then when he doubted Si Feng and caused Si Feng to be tortured.

Sorry for the long post. I really need to rant

Seems her experience with Wu Tong was so traumatic for her that it clouded her judgment. Currently watching episode 42 and I am already so angry with the whole Shao Yang

This whole Xuan Ji mother addition just added on angst. I feel the drama just keeps on adding the reason why they cannot be together.

Really hope the drama can give us a satisfying answer ad explanation and not just forced feed us with certain facts.

I think it would be:
Si Feng true form - Li Ze Palace arc
Xuan Ji chooses to trust Si Feng - enter the Shao Yang secret realm
Si Feng lie he is MSX
Hao Chen dies
Wait for 2 years
Fake Wedding
Reunion - Love curse lifted
Heaven arc - something happen to Si Feng that causes him to be in coma
Another waiting game for Xuan Ji
Wedding (the one that Si Feng carries Xuan Ji fly using his wings)
END

If I only read the novel, I might think of it as boring (more or less similar with Ten Miles and Ashes of Love) since the love line is that simple. But with this adaption, the plain love line become this heart-wrenching. I need to applause whoever is the script writer!

If only The Legend could have this kind of superb script writer. That drama really a wasted potential. Great chemistry could not save that bad ending.