Lie Huo Jiao Chou Chapter 137 Discussion

Out of all the Priest's novels, I like this one the most. Even though the spacing is a bit bad and the story will sometimes info dump on you, I finds both the shou and the gong lovable characters. I also like the modern age setting and how it is link to its ancient past. At first, the story is enemy to lover kind, but then later it becomes established relationship and I really like this trope.

I like how the gong (Xuan Ji) is often the clown of the circus, he is just a typical wage s*ave who wants to buy a house in the city and spend time cooking for his lover, but he also has a cool and mature side that I often find refreshing while learning about all the dark tragedy in the past. There is a scene in whichSpoiler

Xuan Ji cries and begs when Lingyuan hurts himself

[collapse]and I just want to hug him and take care of him. I just love a gong that is true to his feeling, if he loves he gonna say he loves and none otherwise.

The shou (Lingyuan) seems to be your typical cold-blooded emperor but later you learn that he is actually the "black sheep" of the family, since his Spoiler

mother and teacher are both the worst scum on earth

[collapse]. I am not exaggerating. Lingyuan is dutiful and would do anything in his ability to keep peace on earth. He has a lot of similarities with Gu Yun in Sha Po Lang, but is also a character of his own, I think I might like him even more than Gu Yun, he behaves much like a king who is wise and powerful. He is always so graceful and gentle to people unless they touch the one thing he hates.

I just enjoy Xuan Ji and Lingyuan living the modern people's life, but pity there were not a lot of moments like that, because there are always accidents happens that require their attention. I wish Priest just writes more romance haha!