Hey guys this is Anton.
The Legend of Fei is officially live.
We have a bit of an unexpected surprise in this premiere because the rumors were that it would
not air until December 18th, 2020, but its first episode ending up being released yesterday
December 15th.
Anyways, I’ll be explaining the episode and what happens in it with you guys in this video.
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Okay, let’s get right to it.
Episode one starts off introducing Zhao Liying and the backstory with a poem.
It reads: One day you will leave behind these quiet rivers and hills, and will witness for
yourself countless mountains which that cannot be conquered, but have fallen and become the
sea.
And endless sea which cannot be crossed transformed into a mulberry field.
Your fate depends on the blade of your sword, and that blade must always be pointed forward.
We get some children chanting about getting rid of evil, and the narrator continues the tale.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were wars that caused the people tremendous
strife.
The Southern Sword, a hero, in order to protect the innocent young and elderly set up a base
alongside 48 sects in the martial arts world.
After several years of peace, the group was able to recruit many young talents and build
their strength.
The southeastern base was the only one that did not need to be guarded.
It was situated between two high cliffs with a powerful river in the center.
So this next scene a group of assassins are trying to break into the base.
As they do, the old man who is on guard wakes up and activates the trap that is used to
defend the area.
He claimed that no one has ever been able to break through this contraption as the black
masked assassins fall to their doom in the river.
We skip to a scene of the 48 tribes compound and our second male lead who is seen sparring
in front of a group of people.
The audience are debating whether or not he is the most powerful in the 48 tribes, and
they mention that Zhou Fei, his martial sister is better.
Zhao Liying as Zhou Fei finally appears and he tries to get her to duel with him, but
when she ignores his calls, he flings a rock at her to get her to accept the challenge.
She beats him easily and we then finally see Wang Yibo’s first appearance.
He tries to get through the river trap using leaves to get past the wires, but the old
man stops him.
When he gets away, the old man sends a flare into the sky to alert that an intruder had
appeared.
Everyone rushes out and when they get to the forest Zhao Yiling notes that it is rigged
with the same wire trap that protects the river.
She chases Wang Yibo through the forest, who seems to know how to get past the wires very
well.
She doesn’t, and when she almost accidentally walks into one, he picks her up and saves
her.
She asks him who he is and why he invaded 48 tribes.
He introduces himself and then just flies off.
He runs past Li Sheng who fights him briefly to try to stop him, and then makes his escape.
We get to the next scene where she and him are getting scolded by the matriarch of 48
Tribes, who had saved Li Sheng previously from falling into the wires.
We find out that she’s Zhao Liying’s mother.
She tells her daughter that the forest is forbidden and even she does not dare to go
in, and orders her to just go and read her books instead.
Zhou Fei replies back that she was just following the stranger and that how could she continue
to read books when an unknown intruder is wandering around.
The matriarch tells her bluntly that 48 Tribes has people to deal with the situation and
that she should just mind her own business and dismisses to her room.
Li Sheng, who is her nephew, is also dismissed.
We see that the matriarch is very kind to Li Sheng compared to Zhou Fei and it is revealed
later on that after his father had died, the matriarch felt that she owed him something
and expressed that she wanted to transfer the leadership of 48 Tribes to him after she
steps down.
Li Sheng is listening in on the conversation, and hears about how she is concerned with
his martial arts skill and that he may get lost in his path.
He gets upset.
Next scene we finally see Pinky Zhou, who finds out that Li Sheng wants to leave.
After she tries to unsuccessfully get him to stay, she calls out for help, but he ties
her up and leaves anyways.
Pinky manages to hop to Zhao Liying, and tells her that Li Sheng wants to try and cross the
river.
Zhou Fei finds him at night and joins him in crossing the river.
When the wire trap is sprung, they get pinned down and Zhao Liying declares that the intruder
must be a powerful martial artist if he can get through the contraption, and that he must
be killed.
Out hops Wang Yibo, who saves her again, and tells her that if she wants to kill him then
she needs to be able to live on herself.
After some time fighting with the wires, the matriarch and old man come and scold the two
for trying to cross the river.
They confront Wang Yibo and asks him why he has come here.
He tells them that he was asked to come here to find somebody, and when Zhou Fei’s mother
asks him who, he tells her that someone named Wang Lin had told him to come.
She suddenly gets angry hearing the name.
After some conversation, he tells her that Wang Lin is dead, and then makes a distraction
to get away.
The matriarch says to increase security in the area so that not even a fly can go unnoticed.
Zhou Fei aids in his escape and then we go to the final scene where she is being punished
for letting him get away.
She refuses to repent and says that she is right for letting him go since he saved them.
Her mother reminds her of what happened ten years ago, and we go to a flashback of her
as a child being carried away on horseback.
When the kidnappers take away a bracelet from her, she uses an arrowhead to stab him in
the eye and takes back her necklace.
When she is about to get slashed by a sword, she gets saved and… that’s the end of
episode one.
So, it’s been interesting so far.
I think with 51 episodes that this series might get a bit stretched out, but we will
see.
The CGI is a bit much sometimes, but I think overall I’m getting into the series.
There are now eight episodes that have been released, no sign of English subtitles yet
on them though.
They should hopefully be coming very soon.
You guys know the drill on these explained videos, I’ll only continue them for episode 2
if subs continue to be slow, but I think “Legend of Fei” will be popular enough
where the subtitles will get pushed out quickly.
So what do you guys think of it so far?
Let me know if you are enjoying this series in the comments section below.
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