[A fictional world of wandering martial arts youths, gender equality, more female than male supporting characters]
Strong, beautiful, and capable heroine × quick-witted, smooth-talking, clingy male lead
The plot-to-romance ratio is roughly seven to three.
The heroine's perspective:
Feng's second master and senior sister have gone missing. She makes money as a guide while following clues to find them, until one day she gets a client with a special identity.
The client is a clever, eloquent young master who cares a lot about his appearance. He's not as strong as she is, but he's capable enough.
Just as she's starting to think better of him, she suddenly realizes: why is the young master getting clingier and clingier?
The male lead's perspective:
Young Master Lang discovers that his guide is rather captivating.
Not only did she soothe his qi deviation the first time they met, she's also exceptionally strong and capable.
She's surrounded by mysteries: a dilapidated thatched hut, Hu ancestry, twin blades, tattoos, an old horse, and a folding fan.
After sharing life and death on the road, Young Master Lang wants to end their employment relationship. And replace it with a different one.
Story introduction:
The Great Chu founded itself on the chivalrous way, then fell into chaos because of it. Eighteen great clans and thirty-six sects vie for dominance in troubled times. Some want to outlaw the martial heroes; others want to promote them.
Feng Chenlu is a Hu foundling abandoned at the border. Raised in a dilapidated thatched hut, she is skilled in martial arts and military strategy. She makes a living as a guide and knows the customs of the frontier, but knows little about the clans and sects of the lands within the passes.
Lang Juxu is the son of a general without a great clan to back him. Raised in the army, he yearns for the freedom of the martial world and its cycle of grudges and vengeance. Then his father is unjustly executed, and his entire family is thrown into prison.
To uncover the truth behind his father's death, Lang Juxu seeks out Feng Chenlu.
From the desert to the waterways, they ride together for a thousand miles through the years of the martial world.
Working hard to update according to the outline! It is a rare martial arts on the road, full of frontier fortress atmosphere, light and restrained without any emotional line. The main plot focuses on trekking through troubled times. The male and female protagonists have vivid personalities, and they act with the sobriety and prudence of bottom-class survival. The supporting characters are also carefully created. The windy and sandy ancient road and the encounters on strange roads describe the trade-offs and mutual protection on the wandering road. The rhythm is gentle and realistic. If you like slow-paced Jianghu and realistic martial arts stories, you must not miss it.