Legend of the Condor Heroes - Chapter 8

[mekare]

Wow, it‘s been so long! I finished the chapter ages ago, but was waiting for two friends who were reading along with me. I had to reread to remember what happened. ;-)

Wow Mu Yi is hurt badly. That was surprising. And Guo Jing is too good to be true, saving sweets for someone he‘s only just met.
Thankfully Wang Chuyi helps him, otherwise I‘d fear for his safety and all his possessions.

The theory that Wang Yang has a second teacher sounds likely, especially if he knows techniques that are evil. Maybe Mei Chaofeng taught him secretly, just like Ma Yu secretly taught Guo Jing??? Did someone fool Chuji and made him teach an unrelated boy?

Wow the dinner with all those martial artists‘s demonstrating their skills was great. Even though the Llama poisoned Wang Chuyi. The idea to get rid of the poison with inner kung fu was new to me.

Hahaha Guo Jing is on a date (wihout knowing it)! The image of the lake with the snow and plum trees was magical. I also really liked the poem Xiao Rong sang for Guo Jing. Luckily I watched a video of the German translator explaining its meaning (the horns at the end hint at war happening, hence the men absent).
By the way, was I the only one not to recognise that Huang Rong was a girl before this chapter?

How did you like the chapter?

Comments

[douqi]

was I the only one not to recognise that Huang Rong was a girl before this chapter?

Honestly very interested in seeing reactions from other people who are currently encountering this material for the first time. If you grew up in the kind of Chinese community I did, it would be hard to escape knowing about Huang Rong's gender even if you'd never read the novel or watched an adaptation before!

[mekare]

I am very lucky to come at this with zero background knowledge. Everything is surprising to me XD. And the novel is so well written! I am extremely lucky in that I seem to have an excellent translation.

I will be asking about favourite adaptations once I‘ve finished.