I know only a few people remember Psych Hunter and no one remembers the original novel that Psych Hunter is adapted from (btw it’s called Xiongzhai Biji — or Haunted Houses Handbook). Personally, I even thought that the franchise went dead.
But voila, today, out of freakin’ nowhere, another drama based on Xiongzhai Biji just got aired on Tencent. And this drama even gets to keep the same name as the novel!
Also apparently this time, they promise they will stick more closely to the novel and not anyhow insert a just-for-the-sake-of-cheap-romance female lead *shoot a deadly glare at Psych Hunter*.
Bromance fans, horror fans, supernatural fans, I have no idea if this drama will be good or bad (to be safe, I’d say let’s just keep our expectations not too high), but I really need to shout to y’all about it:
(For anyone keen to know a bit more about Xiongzhai Biji: About the novel | Artist illustrations of the characters)
*Xi Ping fanart volunteered by @stellarish / used with permission
[“Anti-propaganda” is not allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character, and please be courteous in the notes.]
Han Yuan from Liu Yao
“Unlike us that had a vagrant life, domesticated kids are shy; I have to look after him in future.”
- Han Yuan about Cheng Qian
Submission: Cringefail loser(most affectionate) dragon boi. Gone edgy but his family loves him anyway.
The “idiot” from the description - “A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a narcissist, troublemaker, meanie, idiot, and wimpy kid.”
“our fav -1 braincell kiddo”
Xi Ping from Tai Sui
Submission:
He is literally everything to me. Pure chaos condensed into a single person. Everyone loves him, everyone hates him. He does his best, he doesn't try at all, he beats up monsters with a qin, he brought about the destruction of the entire cultivation world…
Han Muchun from Liu Yao
"Only I, your master, would not detest you, my dirty girl. If it were your first senior brother here, he would have stewed you."
- Han Muchun to Shuikeng, Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Chapter 29
[No propaganda submitted]
Took some disciples for his declining sect and unexpectedly became a father
(Sharing a picture with Tong Ru because zooming in any further makes it almost indistinguishable. Also, pain.)