446: Chapter 446, "The Lotus Lantern," is now airing!

Viewers hoping to see Lin Chuyan in "lotus lantern" right away were about to be disappointed.

The opening of "lotus lantern" established Yang Jian's background.

His father, Yang Tianyou, and mother, Yaoji, had given birth to three children over ten years.

The eldest brother, Yang Jiao, loved to wield spears and staves; the second son, Yang Jian, was very mischievous; and the youngest sister, Yang Chan, was gentle and kind.

A wide-angle aerial shot.

In the distance, green mountains stood like dark eyeliner, surrounded by winding streams.

Up close was a walled compound—this was the home Yaoji had transformed from a thatched hut.

The Yang Residence.

Under a peach tree, Yaoji, dressed in simple plain clothes with a simple hairpin, was teaching young Yang Jian how to write in front of the door. Beside them stood little Yang Chan, wearing her hair in two buns. Her attention was unfocused; sometimes she would look at her mother, sometimes at her brother, but she just wouldn't look at the characters on the table.

Yang Tianyou, dressed like a scholar, walked over with their eldest son. The family of five gathered together in harmony.

Many people were watching the TV while discussing it in their WeChat groups.

[Holy crap, little Yang Jian! Who's playing him?]

[Don't know, but he's actually quite cute, hahaha!]

[No, what I mean is, we aren't going to have to wait several episodes to see Lin Chuyan, are we?]

Thankfully, no.

The plot moved at lightning speed.

The camera zoomed in.

Young Yang Jian held a calligraphy brush, and just as he wrote the character "Jian" on the paper, the table suddenly started to shake.

This is...

Yaoji's pupils constricted, and she looked up sharply.

A wide-angle shot pulled up rapidly.

In the sky.

Dark clouds churned like spilled ink, blocking out the sun, and the firmament cracked open, looking particularly terrifying.

The camera cut back to Yaoji. She didn't panic but immediately hid the children behind her.

Looking at Yang Tianyou, it seemed he had long anticipated this day would come.

The camera returned to the sky.

Countless celestial soldiers and generals began to appear, yet no one made a sound, making the celestial might seem even more unfathomable.

Leading them were the Great Golden Crow and Tianpeng.

Witnessing the situation, Yaoji seemed to know she couldn't escape her fate. With a calm expression, she told the Yang Jian siblings that divine blood flowed through their veins.

For her children and husband, she could do anything; she had decided to fight the celestial soldiers to the death.

At this moment, the celestial soldiers had already surrounded the Yang Residence.

The two sides were able to talk at first, but seeing that Yaoji was obstinate, the Great Golden Crow began to order the celestial soldiers and generals to attack.

Bows in hand, countless arrows broke through the clouds and rained down from the silent, churning sky!

Fortunately, Yaoji had the Celestial Eye; all the arrows were shattered before they could even get close to her.

Ranged attacks didn't work? Then they would engage in close-quarters combat.

It was evenly matched at first, but—

A celestial soldier actually bypassed Yaoji and thrust his sword toward Yang Jian!

Seeing this, Yang Tianyou hurriedly blocked in front of Yang Jian, taking the sword strike head-on, and fell to the ground, dead.

His father's blood stained Yang Jian's vision red. Some blood drifted into the air and landed right on the character "Jian" he had just written, dyeing the paper bright red.

"No!!!"

Yaoji let out a shrill, mournful cry and returned to her husband's side.

However, while she was distracted, her eldest son, Yang Jiao, was also stabbed to death by a celestial soldier.

Yes, the other side had come specifically to wipe out their family.

How could mortal offspring be allowed to remain in this world?

The Great Golden Crow also attacked.

Killing the innocent? That didn't exist; they were just mere mortals.

A wheel flew over, aimed directly at the helpless young Yang Jian.

Yaoji had no choice but to fly in and block it, then fell to the ground, heavily injured. Knowing that her chances of survival were slim, she gave her Celestial Eye to young Yang Jian.

Without the protection of the Celestial Eye, Yaoji was quickly captured by the Great Golden Crow.

Just as the Great Golden Crow was about to attack young Yang Jian and young Yang Chan, Tianpeng stood up.

He shouted at everyone to back off and used the Aging Palm to put the Yang Jian siblings into a state of suspended animation, thereby helping them escape the pursuit.

...

Honestly, the plot had moved very quickly.

It was only the first episode, and already a hundred thousand celestial soldiers and generals had been deployed. The characters included both villains and the well-known Marshal Tianpeng.

Well, although the latter's image wasn't quite what everyone had imagined.

But it didn't matter; as long as the plot was good, that was fine.

The opening was a massive conflict, directly leading to young Yang Jian's biological father being killed and his mother being captured, leaving behind only his younger sister to depend on him.

Just when everyone thought they would be able to watch young Yang Jian struggling to survive...

Sorry, young Yang Jian's screen time ended right there.

After all, it was a myth; the screenwriter didn't even use any camera transitions—what was Tianpeng's Aging Palm for? After waking up, the two siblings had just grown up like that...

Yes, Lin Chuyan's version of Erlang Shen finally appeared.

He was wearing grey hemp clothes, with long black hair draped over his shoulders. There was no third eye on his forehead; he only wore a thin black cord around his neck, upon which hung the Celestial Eye pendant his mother had personally placed in his hands.

With well-defined brows and bright eyes, his look was clean and refreshing.

Although Erlang had not yet revealed his divinity, he already possessed the air of an immortal.

Many fans immediately recalled his look from the drama "drama" years ago—

Ancient costume! This is ancient costume! The ancient costume version of "Lin the Beauty" has returned for a limited time!

It was exciting; this feeling was hard to describe, especially after seeing his look in "the mission" a few days ago.

While a buzz cut was nice, in the eyes of some fans, ancient costumes were the arena where Lin Chuyan was unrivaled!

Otherwise, how did he get the nickname "Lin the Beauty"?

Haven't you seen how many ugly men there are in the Chinese Entertainment Industry wearing ancient costumes? Simply tying up their hair is enough to reveal their true forms.

Fans were watching while posting messages on various social media platforms—WeChat Moments, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and even Douyin. Lin Chuyan's ancient costume look reached the hot search list once again.

[Quick, go watch, Lin Chuyan in an ancient costume is so good-looking!]

[Lin Chuyan was in the first episode, he got hit by Zhu Bajie's palm and then grew up, it killed me laughing.]

[By the way, is there a Taobao link for that Celestial Eye pendant? I want one!]

[There really is one, damn, aren't these people moving too fast???]

As the plot progressed.

Yang Chan was captured by a tiger spirit. Yang Jian used the Celestial Eye his mother had given him to save his sister. Afterward, Yang Chan began encouraging her brother to find a master and learn martial arts.

Just as the two siblings were worrying about whom they should take as a master, a voice rang out beside them:

"At Jinxia Cave on Mount Yuquan, there is a Master Yuding, a rare and famous teacher within the Three Realms. If you can become a disciple of Master Yuding, you will surely achieve greatness in the future. However, to become Master Yuding's disciple, you must walk on foot from here to Mount Yuquan, which is a thousand miles away. You cannot ride on clouds, nor can you ride a horse or take a sedan chair."

The first episode finally ended there.

One episode a day, but fortunately the pacing was good and the plot moved quickly.

However, everyone could see that this was just the beginning of the mythological drama "lotus lantern"!

At this moment, Yang Jian only had a Celestial Eye that he hadn't fully mastered, and he didn't know any magic spells.

Where was his Howling Celestial Dog? What about his Eight-Nine Arcane Arts? How would he seek revenge on the Jade Emperor? When would he split the mountain to save his mother? How would the subsequent plot unfold?

[Good! Not wordy at all! It started with young Yang Jian, and by the end, it was Lin Chuyan!]

[It's true, I thought I was going to have to watch several episodes of young Yang Jian, hahaha!]

[Oh my god, this show is worth following, but it airs a bit too late; it can't be a show to watch while eating.]

[Hahaha, when the celestial soldiers and generals and Tianpeng appeared, it felt a bit like watching "journey to the west".]

The first episode ended, and many people were discussing it; some were already recommending it everywhere.

There was another group of people who were already getting impatient—Lin Chuyan had many fans abroad too!

The brother's new show premiered, and there were actually no resources online?

Also, they couldn't understand Chinese; they couldn't chew through the raw footage. When would there be subtitles?

...

Lin Chuyan himself wasn't able to watch the show right away; he only watched it at the hotel after finishing his scenes.

Xia Zhi picked out the online buzz and told him all about it: "Brother, besides those praising "lotus lantern" for being good, the rest are basically all praising your ancient costume look."

"Then it's over."

"Huh?"

"If they're praising this ordinary look from the first episode so desperately, won't they be obsessed with me later on?"

Xia Zhi: "..."

The key was that this guy really wasn't just bragging. You tell me, isn't that infuriating!