I delayed watching this drama because of some reviews about it also I've watched most of the lost tomb drama not in order before this one and despite me knowing it's prequel ,, I wasn't eager to watch it but I was bored this summer and I stumble on it again ,, I gave it a go and I'm surprised that I actually loved it and enjoyed it so much WHY ??
It has Bromance and really good friendship between the four male leads not just the main two
The Bromance was the thing that made me fell in love with it
Fo ye is a very caring loving friend who thinks and cares about his best friend's happiness even if he himself will get hurt because of it
The character of the Main lead is very Charismatic charming yet powerful commander and devoted friend to his best friends not just Lay Zhang's character which was annoying most of the time and really selfish yet his best friend didn't hate him or fight him even when he was about to kill him two times
The main character hold the story together really well ,, he earned his place as the head of the nine families and the best soldier protecting his town from it's enemies
Lay Zhang was ok as an actor seemed off sometimes with his lack of expressions but it was ok ,, his character was really annoying sometimes because of his obsession about his wife ,, his whole story revolves around his insanity following his wife's death and hurting his friend over and over again because of it
they made every female except the main FL fell in love with Lay Zhang's character hahahah that was ridiculous
the story had it's flows and the drama sometimes get draggy but not too much skipping few scenes especially the scenes of the evil guys plotting it was draggy a bit and annoying sometimes
but overall it's quite an adventurous ride with lots of Bromance and comradery
I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed every lost tomb series may be more
I recommend it so much and don't just judge by anyone's saying it's boring or it's about politics because it's not at all
The fighting scenes yes there were plenty of it but it was good Wu Xie like fighting a bit exaggerated but also the whole story is fictional so it's fine by me
the secondary two friends who stood by their boss and his best friend were amazing ,, they had their own bromance too helping the main two characters and putting them first ,, they endangered themselves to save their friends both of them
they were crucial to the story without them the main two male lead would have died in the middle of the story
also the female lead is really nice and caring person not over baring or annoying