Enough of the pretty boy/pretty girl worship!
We see very few of our young wuxia heroes grow to a ripe old age. Often, their stories end during their youth or on some rare occassions, in middle age. Picture the following wuxia heroes and heroines at age 80 (assuming they live to be 80) :
Kiu Fung
Deun Yu
Wong Yu Yin
Gwok Jing
Wong Yung
Yeung Gor*
Cheung Mo Gei
all four of Cheung Mo Gei's main women
Ling Wu Chung
Yam Ying Ying
Wai Siu Bo
all seven of Wai Siu Bo's wives
*no Little Dragon Girl; she has the magic never-gets-old card