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Plot:
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The setting is in the martial arts world.....

There is an assassin organization named Wufeng to which almost every other martial arts family has surrendered other than Gong family.

Gong family, lives in a valley consist of two hills, front hill and back hill. But freedom comes with a price, so, Gong family paid a huge price for this and faced a huge massacre of its family members and lost almost all males of the family. After that they completely sealed their borders and forbid their members to go outside the valley. Everyone is thoroughly searched and investigated before entering and exiting the valley. Wufeng sent its assassins in the bride selection ceremony held by Gong Family to select brides for the young adults who are reached marriageable age.

Wufeng has four positions for its members: Chi, Mei, Wang, Liang and the leader or head, ascending in power respectively.

Gong family has four lineage: Shang, Jue, Zhi and Yu, all live on front hill, other than these, there are family of three elders: Xue, Yue and Hua live on back hill and are forbid to leave the back hill untill summoned or in case of emergency.

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Actors and Characters:
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Gong ZiYu (Zhang Ling He): He was a lazy and fun loving person at first, who usually has self-pity for himself but also very clever, observant, loyal and kind-hearted. He had low martial arts skills when he crowned as family head, after the murder of his father and brother, by the elders to fill the position as there is rule in family that the position of head cannot be vacant, it should be filled immediately. He faced objections, pressure and a fierce competition to become a true Sword Welder(head) but, he did it and become truly powerful. He knows how to pursue his love and made Yun WeiShan to fall for him by his love, trust, kindness and loyalty. Gong ZiYu proved, pressure makes a man work hard, LOL. Zheng Ling He did a good job with this character.
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Yun WeiShan (Yu Shu Xin): She was an assassin sent by Wufeng to assassinate the Young Lord and Sword Welder(no matter whoever he is) of Gong family but end up falling for Gong ZiYu. She just wanted freedom from Wufeng so she accepted this deal of assassination as her deadly last task. In her life, freedom was the only thing she has been longing for but after entering Gong Family she fall in love and defected from Wufeng for her love. She also has some kindness even after being a assassin for long time. I like her character but don't love it very much because there are not much dimensions in her character.
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Gong Shang Jue (Chang Lei): He is a fighter and a righteous person having a scaring look and cold gaze on his face. His smartness is the second to none in Gong Family. He loves his family and wanted to protect them at any cost. He is the most capable person in the Gong Family, never trusts others easily and ruthless to ones who have intention to hurt his family. Reasonable person and knows rights from wrong. Have a little warmness for the ones he cares for, but never show it outside much. One of my favourite character in this drama.
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Shangguan Qian (Lu Yu Xiao): She is a cunning person and an assassin sent by Wufeng to handle the most hard-to-deal person in Gong family, Gong Shang Jue. She managed to deal with him but was going back and forth between her feelings for him and her mission. At last, she confessed her feelings as well as completed her mission. She is an interesting character from start to end and shows many sides of her character.
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I liked other characters as well like Gong Yinzhi, Jin Fan, Young Master Yue, Young Master Xue, Young Master Hua, Yan Que, Xue Gong Zi. But I don't like the character of Gong Zi Shang, she feels annoying at times. All cast did a pretty good job in portraying their characters well.

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OSTs and Costumes:
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OSTs are okay for me and costumes are decent, but I feel they could have make it better in costumes.

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Ending and Recommendation:
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The ending is a cliffhanger and don't know if we will have a Second Season or not. Many secrets are not resolved yet.
This is a must watch drama for those who really love thriller and mystry genre. I loved this drama and its in my favourite's list now.

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