Originally Posted by
Ian Liew
Just finished this!! Spent a week reading the first 3 chapters in Chinese (I only have a jianti version of the books, and I'm really bad at jianti) then gave up and read the remaining 19 translated chapters in 3 days!! Thanks, Yufeng!
I do wish that there was some closure to Guo Yuxia's infidelity to Long Fei, though. It seems that the 4 Zhijiao disciples will go back to being just martial brothers and sisters like before. Shi Cen repented, but Guo Yuxia was never called to account for any of her actions. I thought maybe she'd die and Long Fei could marry Gu Yihong, but it didn't happen. I don't mind Guo Yuxia surviving (she wasn't really that dislikeable at the beginning, quite likeable in fact, and everything just went into a spiral downward for her later on) but at the very least let us know if Long Fei actually knew about the affair or not, and let him forgive her or something.. but there was no closure at all to that part of the story.
Otherwise it was a very very good read. Hopefully TVB could take note and produce it or something, although I'm not sure they'd be able to find actresses to play the role of Mei Yinxue and Ye Manqing.
i just finished it too!
i hated gyx. of all the females in the novel, i dislike her the most. she's significantly worse than lady proudless. and definitely, gyx was left open ended, but i don't think she got off scott free.
click to show/hide spoilersnangong ping knew she was evil and shi chen also despised her. plus, her husband is too righteous to face a wife like that.
at least with lady proudness, you know she's evil to the core. she even thought myx was cold blooded for "getting over" her husband. on the other hand, gyx planned to kill her husband or allow him to die in the mountains when she thought it was convenient for her, and she switches sides when it's to her advantage. the woman has no morals whatsoever.
i love ymq...imo, her character was cooler than myx. although towards the end, i learn to like myx alot compared to my feelings for her than in the beginning. nevertheless, ymq seems like a much better fit for the protagonist even though i didn't understand why she liked him so quickly. i'm a huge fan of ymq, and i wish gl had devoted more time to develop her character. she would easily be the best female character of all time imo. sure, myx is extremely clever and beautiful but she's a bit petty and whiny. ymq has a great head on her shoulder and even went against her master's last hope and protected long bushi because she knew it was the right thing to do.
i think tang yan can play myx pretty well. as for ymq...well, i think yang mi of 2005 would have been good enough for me, but not the one from 2010. i'll just wait until another actress captures my attention...for now, tang yan can be a contender for either role for me.
nangong ping is one very lucky dude...and he's such a cool character too.