New Smiling Proud Wanderer (2018)
Other Title: New Swordsman / 新笑傲江湖
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Wuxia
Episodes: 37
Country: China Mainland
Director: Jin Shen (金琛)
Writer: Meng Huan (孟欢)
Network: Youku
Release Date: Feb 26, 2018 – Apr 9, 2018
Related Show: Laughing in the Wind (Chinese adaptation) , State of Divinity (Hong Kong adaptation), State of Divinity (Taiwanese adaptation) , Swordsman (Chinese adaptation), The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong
Cast:
- Ding Guan Sen as Linghu Chong
- Xue Hao Qian as Ren Yingying
- Ding Yu Xi as Dongfang Bubai
- Liu Jia Tong as Lan Fenghuang
- Chen Xun as Lin Pingzhi
- Jiang Zi Xin as Yue Lingshan
- Li Hao Han as Yue Buqun
- Jiang Zhuo Jun as Yi Lin
- Zheng Hao as Zuo Lingchan
- Wang Jin Song as Feng Qingyang
Synopsis:
The plot’s initial development revolves around a coveted martial arts manual known as the “Bixie Swordplay Manual”. The manual is an heirloom of the Lin family, who run the Fuwei Escort Agency, a private security service, in Fuzhou. Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, leads his followers to massacre the Lins and attempts to seize the manual for himself but does not find it. Lin Pingzhi, the sole survivor from the Lin family, is saved by Yue Buqun, the head of the Mount Hua Sect, which is a member of the Five Mountains Sword Sects Alliance. Yue Buqun accepts Lin Pingzhi as an apprentice and trains him in swordplay.
The novel’s protagonist is Yue Buqun’s most senior apprentice, Linghu Chong, an orphaned, happy-go-lucky but honorable swordsman who has a penchant for alcoholic drinks. He befriends the notorious bandit Tian Boguang and saves Yilin, a nun from the (North) Mount Heng Sect, from Tian’s lecherous advances. In the meantime, Liu Zhengfeng of the (South) Mount Heng Sect announces his decision to leave the jianghu (martial artists’ community) and invites his fellow martial artists to witness his retirement ceremony.
The event turns into a bloodbath when Zuo Lengshan, the chief of the Mount Song Sect, and other orthodox sects accuse Liu Zhengfeng of being unfaithful to their code by befriending Qu Yang, an elder of the “evil” Sun Moon Holy Cult. Liu and Qu are cornered by Zuo and his men and eventually commit suicide. Before dying, Liu and Qu give Linghu Chong the score of Xiaoao Jianghu, a musical piece they composed together.
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