The Liar

If you ask me what moved me most about "The Lie Eater", I wouldn't say the battle scenes - although the moment when the Iron Heart statue opens its eyes and the light of the Mantra Iron collides with the pillar of void light is indeed exciting. I wouldn't say there's a plot twist either - although the scene where Shen Tianxu reveals his Eyes of Nothingness at the Tianji Pavilion wedding is really mind-numbing. I would say it's the quiet affection hidden in the details. It was what Lin Mo's mother wrote in her final letter: "Your father would stand on the top of the mountain every night and look in the direction of Qingyun Sect. He would look at it for an hour. My mother asked him what he was looking at, and he said: 'Look at the stars. The stars are very bright tonight, and our little stone should be looking at them too.'" I was on the subway when I watched this episode. I closed the book, pretended to have sand in my eyes, pretended to yawn a long time, and pretended nothing happened. But those words were like a needle, pricking into an acupuncture point that I didn't even know existed. The soreness and pain spread along the meridians to my limbs and bones, lingering for a long time.