Or, I bet you forgot about all these side characters The Legend of the Condor Heroes was written in the 1950s so I doubt the following line was intended to be as meta as it seems with our modern perspective, but it's still pretty funny.  Condor Heroes was meta before meta was cool. We left … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 5

Or, Everyone is a Jerk Again I know there’s quite a few years between when this was written, and my expectations as a reader/writer of fiction...but man, sometimes these characters are just jerks. General Yue Fei: the man of the hour...or rather, the dead man whose writings everyone is willing to kill for. (This pic … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 4

Or, Even More Terrible Decisions So, Lotus and Guo Jing are still stuck on the island with their mortal enemies, whom they’ve been constantly fighting with…and whom they just bailed out of certain doom. Again. Our heroes truly are the architects of their own downfall. Check this out! I found covers of old manhua by … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 3

Or, Lotus Has an Adventure The action this week picks up right in the midst of all the chaos, with Count Seven and Viper Ouyang still battling as the ship burns down around them. Count Seven is pressing his slight advantage, and Viper decides to unveil his Sacred Snake Fist kung fu, something he had … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 2

Or, Guo Jing and Count Seven’s Adventure on the High Seas The next volume in the Condor Heroes series starts off with a bang, literally throwing our plucky hero into the deep end. Guo Jing, Zhou Botong, and Count Seven discover what the mute crew has been trying to tell them. Lord Huang’s magnificent ship … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 1

Or, Guo Jing Comes Over for Dinner Things are really building to a head now, as all interested parties converge on Peach Blossom Island for Lotus’ hand in marriage. Who will be her lucky guy? When we last left Guo Jing he was following a herd of snakes across the island. He finds Apothecary Huang … Continue reading A Bond Undone – Read-along, Chapter 9

or, Secrets are Revealed and No One Is Happy The conclusion of book two is upon us! Will Guo Jing and Lotus find happiness? Will they at least manage to not get beat up/killed by the feuding masters? Will anybody get off Lord Huang’s island?  Lotus and Guo Jing, our intrepid, and at times, stupid, … Continue reading A Bond Undone – Read-along, Chapter 10

Or, Guo Jing Levels Up Our intrepid couple, Lotus and Guo Jing, continue on their collision course with Lotus’ father, the fearsome Apothecary Huang, Lord of Peach Blossom Island. Trapped on Peach Blossom Island with Zhou Botong, Guo Jing helps his martial brother develop an entirely new style of kung fu! Zhou Botong, the Hoary … Continue reading A Bond Undone – Read-along, Chapter 8

Or, Guo Jing Gets Lost Guo Jing and Lotus make their way to Peach Blossom Island and we learn the provenance of the Nine Yin Manual that everyone is so hot to get their hands on. Spoilers ahead! Peach Blossom Island is actually a real place! See the end of the post for details. After … Continue reading A Bond Undone – Read-along, Chapter 7