Here is my little appreciation post for a Chinese drama called Once upon a time in Lingjian mountain .
For ones who have never heard of it, it belongs to Xianxia genre (to make it short, it’s set in period time with fantasy stuff like demons, immortals,..) but this drama’s particularity is that it doesn’t take things seriously, like not at all. It is actually filled with lots of jokes and contains some contemporary references like Naruto or even drama tropes !

I checked it out first because I needed more Xu Kai aka my current (but ultimate ?) crush 🙈 on my screen.
I didn’t know what to expect but it was overall really enjoyable. I had a lot of fun watching it thanks to its quirky humor which totally worked on me.
Storywise, it wasn’t perfect and I have some complaints but I loved how wacky both main characters were and the group of friends were also funny and adorable. I was also more invested in the bromance than I thought I would.

Thank you show for this fun ride and giving me lots of Xu Kai’s funny expressions and winks (see my humble collection of gifs in the comments), I’m going to miss you. I may probably rewatch when I need a good laugh.

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    I made this gif collection for fun and I thought I should share with you.
    Now I feel embarrassed I made so many of the same person (for the record, it’s the first time I have done THAT much for a particular person or show). And yeah my gifs are strongly biased, guess for who ? 😅🙈

    Enjoy !

    Using @kudoran’s tagging list : @stpauligurl @azzo1 @13infamyss @wapzy and @waadmay @oppafangirl @noobita

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      Don’t be embarrassed Shindy! Share the Xu Kai love!!!! 😍😍 And thank you for doing just that!! Off to scroll down to ogle at the goodies you bring!

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      thank you Shindy for this wonderful appreciation post full of XuKai’s gifs 😀
      I still have 7ep left but I agree with your description of the show : it’s made for fun but we get attached more than expected to the characters.
      XuKai got to act cute/crazy/serious/funny with lots of winks and eyebrows movements , his role as Wang Lu is a treat for fans 🙂

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      Thank you @shindy – I’m not quite half way through and find myself chuckling so much as they are just sooooo over the top!
      I hope it was as much fun making it as it has been to watch it. Of course I throw all logic and thinking out the door when I turn it on.

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        You’re welcome! I’m glad you’re enjoying the drama!
        I had as much fun making these gifs as I’m staring at my gifs on my fan wall right now..😆

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    😉 Winks (what Xu Kai is known for 😆)

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      Will never grow tried watching him wink like this. Please, Xu Kai wink, hope you appear more in his future dramas! 😘

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        Yeah please! Hope dramalords have listened to this prayer 🙏

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      He looks way prettier than the FL in the last gif , he has killer eyes.
      The conclusion: he should always wear mascara 😂

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    😊 Cute smiles

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    😂😭😠 Expressive Xu Kai

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    💖 Heart gifs

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    🌸 Flowery gifs

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    💪 Xu Kai showing off

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    This is a Xu Kai appreciation post shindy 😝😂. Thank you so much for this. I think Xu Kai is my current crush too but I think I have a crush on his characters (both Gu Yanzhen and Wang Lu) more than him. I liked Lingjian Mountain for its nonsensical-ness. Both Sardinne and Xu Kai made a very weak plot show interesting because of their acting and their characters and also the humor.

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      Ohh I hadn’t even realized that, I mean for real !🙈 anyway, he totally deserves it
      I know what you mean, I loved all his characters (so far!) but he seems so adorable and goofy irl that I can’t help myself giggling and falling for him…
      I think I would enjoy it less if it was not with Xu Kai and I’m not saying that because he is my crush but because he was perfect as Wang Lu

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    😍 Random handsome Xu Kai gifs

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    🛀 Bonus : bath scenes (you know for scientific purpose 🙈)

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      Why of course! We need these for research purposes! I’m glad his ancestor knew how to bath. This was 1911 Gu Yanzhen was doing when having a bath

      He needs to learn from his ancestor

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        I know right ! Surprisingly his ancestor didn’t teach him the art of bathing

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      I always love bonus! XK looks best in a gif! He is very gifable! Lol!

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        Yes, I know right he is so gifable! That’s why I can’t stop making gifs of him (please save me from my insanity…)

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    Wow!!! Well what can I say! That was such a joy to scroll down!! Thank you for sharing all these Shindy! Hope it won’t be the last time you will. Happy Birthday 😘😘😘

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      You’re welcome ! I’m glad you enjoyed it !
      I can’t wait for his upcoming dramas for making more gifs and hopefully with lots of winks… (I’m not sure I will make gifs for Yanxi ? I will see…)

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    So much pretty, I can’t even!
    I don’t know when I’ll get to watch this show, I think I’m in a drama-slump and don’t want to be committed to watching anything but these GIFs are perfect (and @kudoran‘s), laughed a lot just going through these, he’s crazy!

    Thank you, shindy, for sharing with us, such a treat this early in the morning!

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      You’re welcome, Azzo ! I’m glad you had fun just with my gifs and yeah crazy Xu Kai is such a treat for us 😆

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    Thanks Shin 💜💚💙

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    This whole collection is adorable, @shindy!

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    Thanyou so much for all this gifs!!! When I started this drama my only thought was WTH is this?! But then I enjoy its comedy a lot. This drama makes a joke of itself and the Xianxia genre in general and some other genre. Plus he looks really good in this drama too. Ohh who I’m kidding he always looks amazingly good.

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      You’re welcome Liube !
      Yes, its comedy was really enjoyable and I sometimes rewatch it when I feel down or bored (well actually I may or may not have rewatched it twice 😆)
      Haha yeah I can’t more agree with “he always looks amazingly good”.

      I don’t know if you saw my last post with Sky of Dance Empire’s gifs, well check it out once you finish watching the drama.

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        Yes, I watched the gifs. I like them all. How do you make the gifs? I would like to make some of them too. And I just finished Dance of the Sky Empire. It’s a happy ending. But… It could have been better.

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          I use the gif editor Screentogif to make my gifs.

          Dance of the Sky Empire was a nice watch for me as long as I turned off my brain. I think it had interesting ideas and potential but the execution and the writing were bad. It could be much better but actually I feared the worst for the ending so I kinda found it not too bad.

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