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A tale of an adventure between two people secretly in love with each other.

The story follows Chu Huan, a former secret service agent who was pursuing the ringleader of a drug trafficking group, “Big Ghost”, when he accidentally fell off a cliff. A series of bizarre adventures ensue.

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Guardians of the Lands (drama)
Shan He Biao Li
Shānhé biǎo lǐ
Sơn Hà Biểu Lý
ผู้พิทักษ์เขามฤตยู
山河表里
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SuzanneM4Y
New SuzanneM4Y rated it
December 9, 2024
Status: Completed
I would say this is one of the fluffiest danmei by Priest. Personally, the CP is one of my favourite couples in danmei, and Nan Shan is such a whole green forest 💚 (TBH, it could be said that Nan Shan is the first character to turn me into a green flag enjoyer; my faves before him were all 🚩 in one way or another lol)

It's a modern fantasy setting, and the worldbuilding is exquisite, and the literature is also so beautiful; typical of Priest. Plot-wise, it's one of... more>> the lighter reads IMO compared to other works by Priest, but still very intriguing. There's some TWs though
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PTSD, depression, suicidal MC, gore

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By the way, I'm seeing one of the reviews saying that Chu Huan is the 'centre' and Nan Shan is the 'fringe' and Nan Shan is "expected to communicate in Chinese"? I've completely read the novel for at least two times and all these allegations can't be more wrong.

Yeah, Chu Huan had trouble communicating with Nan Shan at first because of language barriers but Chu Huan never insisted Nan Shan to "communicate in Chinese". Nan Shan used Chinese out of his own will since it's the only option to communicate with Chu Huan since NS's mother tongue is a much more obscure language and Chu Huan had zero knowledge of it. Moreover, Nan Shan had a purpose of trying to learn Chinese and Chu Huan was not planning to actively learn any new language at the moment,
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and he thought that their encounter would be just temporary

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so...

And about the "jokes being played on Nan Shan's clumsy Chinese", it's not done in a derogatory or distasteful manner IMO. Funny situations do arise IRL too when anyone is using a language they're not familiar with (I have tonnes of firsthand experiences for this), and Chu Huan handled those situations very properly; he just always try to teach the correct usage/ word or explain the different nuances in Chinese whenever Nan Shan made a mistake, instead of laughing at him.

Meanwhile, Chu Huan himself
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literally got laughed at once by a child and once by an adult native speaker when he first tried speaking Nan Shan's ethnic language.

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Well, anyway, I do recommend giving this story a try. It's an underrated hidden gem, IMO. <<less
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stardustmist
stardustmist rated it
September 13, 2020
Status: extra 3
This novel is such a delight!!!! I didn't expect to fall in love with the world-building so much. It didn't have specific tags and I wondered if it was a mistake to stumble upon this, I kid you not, it's one of the best novels out there (which I say about almost every Priest novel I read).

The MC, Chu Huan, he's such a badass assassin, he's smart, good looking, cunning, loveable and funny. Quite shameless, too haha. His little tricks and shenanigans backfire on him, that's hilarious to read.

... more>>
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He was teaching the clan Mandarin and he made them call him as Big King, he was so smug about it.

Until Nan Shan asked him what best brother was called in Mandarin and he said it was b*tch. Then his name changed from Big King to b*tch/ sl*t King hahahaha. He deserved that lmao. I read the MTL version so it might be incorrect.

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The ML, Nan Shan, he's just so lovable. He is bold, straightforward, yet blushes easily. He's so doting and protective, I love him so much. One of the best ML ever!!!!

Nan Shan might be the most beautiful character in Priest's universe!!!

Also, the fact that Chu Huan fell in love at first sight, who wouldn't?? I am not surprised!!!

And, THEY ARE MARRIED AHHHHHHH

The side characters are all well written, Yuan Ping is my favourite. He's always opposing Chu Huan, they are always bickering, they are so adorable and precious!!!

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Lu Ge and Yuan Ping are definitely in love, I won't listen to anything else ahhhh. Priest didn't explicitly say they are a couple, but I know they are hahahah.

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The plot was so good, the adventures, the horror, the character growth, the sadness when they sacrificed, the happiness when they succeeded, everything made me so emotional. I couldn't stop crying at the end, I didn't want to finish reading this novel as I didn't want to move on.

The couple dynamic is so adorable, I think they are in my top 5 CPs!!!

Plot: 1000 stars

Characters: 10000 stars

Main CP: 100000 stars

The ending was so beautiful, I could imagine the scene vividly. Everything tied up well at the end. I cried so much, this was such a beautiful novel. I highly recommend this novel. This is just so perfect!!! Please give them lots of love~ <<less
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saphire8626
saphire8626 rated it
March 27, 2022
Status: Completed
i love priest and I love her writing and how tropey and fun her books are, but this book is seriously turning me off... the book was going fine until the main character, Chu Huan, a Han Chinese meets the other protagonist, Nanshan, the leader of an ethnic minority group (china has 55 ethnic groups) living in a village near the mountains. okay, I know priest is very uncritical of race relations (see: 杀破狼 Sha Po Lang) although in that book I could still sort of close an eye; but... more>> in this one, the full racialized differences come out: Nanshan is uneducated and exotic. BUT very handsome and very intelligent, which makes him desirable and admirable. their language barrier is narrated with a lot of humor, but Chu Huan is the 'center' and Nanshan is the 'fringe' -- Nanshan is expected to communicate in Chinese, and jokes are played on his clumsy Chinese. sigh... <<less
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caiyessuerista
caiyessuerista rated it
July 15, 2021
Status: Completed
"As I see it, as long as you are not dead, even if you have nothing at all, you still count as being alive."

This was an unusual experience for me. I got into this novel without any expectations because there weren't many tags for it when I started. Now that I've finished reading, I can kind of understand how no number of existing tags can accurately describe what kind of story this is. I think that while Imperfections is about hope, Of Mountains and Rivers is about living and loneliness,... more>> told in a vivid way that is almost like a fairy tale.

After spending three years enclosed from society, our MC, Chu Huan, accepts a mission as a secret agent, only to accidentally slip off a cliff upon completion. Wounded in a rural area, he takes a bus to the last station and finds two strangely dressed men holding a cardboard sign awaiting his arrival. Not being able to speak Chinese, both seem foreign to the country. After waking up, Chu Huan falls in love at first sight with the beautiful one, our ML, Nan Shan. Nan Shan wants Chu Huan to come back to the village with them to teach the children Chinese. After initially declining, Chu Huan agrees because while being nursed back to health by Nan Shan, he felt a fire that he hasn't felt in years. Thrilled, they take him back to their village on the other side of the river...

It was an excellent start that was able to captivate me after six chapters. What stood out to me was the number of funny scenes there were. I really enjoy priest's humour, but none of her other novels that I've read had this high ratio of comedy. Their attempts to overcome the cultural and language barriers really killed me.

Another thing that drew me right into the story was MC's tender character. While being competent and shameless, his weaknesses and vulnerability felt so real and relatable. He is slightly withdrawn and is used to going with the flow. His recklessness was balanced out by the ML's sweet, earnest and unwavering personality. Their push and pull dynamics reminded me very much of Changgu in Sha Po Lang, who are only one of my favourite CPs of all time. Nan Shan even knows the same trick that Chang Geng uses to momentarily paralyse Gu Yun, which Nan Shan has to employ because Chu Huan hides away a lot. He hides both his body (he is a spy) and his mind, constantly causing Nan Shan to fret. This also induces Nan Shan to assert his possessiveness -there is more physical intimacy in this story than in other priest's novels.

Lastly, I absolutely adored the green poisonous snake with the triangular head. Strangely enough, I think the snek is my third favourite character in the novel after the CP, and unexpectedly ended up being an MVP. I don't cry that easily, and I'm not sure what my problem is, but the snek was the only character I cried for in this novel.

All of this culminated in it urging me halfway through this adventure when suddenly, the real genre of the story finally started to expose itself. I was taken aback because the angst that appeared didn't come from the direction I was anticipating. All I can say is that the blazing questions that you'll surely ask will be answered at the very end and that the story relies on symbolism, which really hit home for me in hindsight.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they will adapt this imaginative plot into the live action.

Overall, it is one of the more accessible novels of priest: it is more compact, has more fluff in relation to the plot, and has a highly likeable CP.

Please ignore all the one-star ratings, there is absolutely no reason for them. People are probably just dumb and impatient. <<less
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Lwless
Lwless rated it
April 16, 2024
Status: Completed
It's a masterpiece. How can this novel so underrated. At first, I just read for fun but as I read chapter, then next chapter then next next chapter, it's captivates me. The worldbuilding of the story is so much fun. The MC and ML also very interesting and their chemistry and interaction during this whole novel is so cute and fluffy.

Totally recommend this novel❤️❤️.

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The extra is not enough.😭. I want to read more on Nanshan and Chu Huan interaction especially *cough*cough* scene. I also curious on the relationship between Luger and Yuan Ping. But I don't understand on the seed part. Its very confusing. It said that the seed is the cause of the darkness but what actually happened to the people who get swallowed by the seed. Now Chua Huan has destroyed the seed, what happened to those people? Did they just disappeared? Or they actually being saved and live on the other side of mountain gate?Also, in regards to the person Chua Huan meet in the dreams, what is actually his background? He said he is the previous mountain guardian patriach. But what exactly happened?

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Huhuhu... can someone enlighten me? 😌🙂 <<less
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yellauraya
yellauraya rated it
July 21, 2024
Status: Completed
➺ 4/5 🌟

I really enjoyed this danmei a lot! This might be my second supernatural novel from Priest after Guardian. There are a lot of funny moments in this novel and I absolutely loved reading Chu Huan's thoughts because he's so hilarious, albeit sometimes he's a bit morbid with dark humor. It's really entertaining to read his perspective. But there's also some dark, hopeless and depressing moments, so be prepared.

I didn't read anything about this novel before I started and didn't even know it's supernatural until the sudden genre and... more>> setting switch up less than ten percent of the story. From being responsible of taking down the biggest trafficking group to suddenly becoming the rescuer of an indigenous clan high up the mountain, even Chu Huan himself was not ready. But this setting is very interesting and kind of refreshing among Priest's works. Maybe I'll pick up more of her supernatural genre in the future.

I also do adore the Nanshan-Chu Huan pairing a lot. Even if I read this without knowing that it was written by Priest, just with the the MC and ML's interaction and relationship growth alone, I can tell that they are Priest's couple. It's not that Priest's couples are similar because they are absolutely not, but it's really a pleasant surprise to still recognized some kind of familiarity with all her couples. Nanshan's contrasting personality of being so kind, innocent and ignorant of the 'outside'/modern world with his absolute physical strength and so much vitality and hope complements so much with Chu Huan's exhausted attitude towards his tedious and monotonous life.

For those who are planning on picking this up, I suggest that you just MTL the last half. I MTLed the second half of the novel because I noticed that the translation after the translator's long hiatus is not on par with the first half and there are a lot of scenes omission. If I didn't check the raw myself, I wouldn't even realized that there's a kissing scene between Nanshan and Chu Huan because it was excluded. The scene was not even considered as NSFW. Aside from some intimate scenes, there are also some important action scenes that are not included in that translation.

But don't let this issue deter you from picking this up because I highly recommend! <<less
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Little Cloud
Little Cloud rated it
June 13, 2024
Status: --
As I finished reading this amazing novel, I can say that this story is one of a kind. It has very unique storyline with unexpected twists and turns. I really love the way that author had developed the story. The characters are very well written. The different kinds of relationships in this novel have their unique warmth and love, either it is a brotherhood or romantic love. I really loved this novel from begining to end. Many thanks for the auther and translator for bringing this masterpiece for us to... more>> enjoy!

Highly recommend! <<less
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Xianxiabl
Xianxiabl rated it
October 25, 2024
Status: Completed
My god this is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. Blurring the lines between reality, fantasy, and madness. What is real? What isn't? When even the senses you rely on have been corrupted, what next?

What to do when all your sacrifice, and the lives you are carrying on your back seem to be in vain? What next? Where do you run to when the very flame of existence that has shrouded you sputters and dims?

I have so many words, so many things to say, but mastery... more>> over language fails me exceedingly. The world you live in will be what you make of it, as little Mingming asked, "What if I'm in a bad seed?" Yes, what if indeed?

Nan Shan, Chu Huan, I love you both. Their love story is one that is believable and so real.

On a lighter note, I see a future with Luger and Yuan Ping. Haha.

Thank you NovelUpdates for letting me find this book, thank you translator, I will look for more books on your website to read to support you, and most of all, thank you author, for sharing this story with me. With all of us who were able to grasp the nuances and the story behind this story.

If you've made it this far in my note, please know that even if you may be living in utter darkness now, a single candle flame guiding you as darkness crouches, waiting for an opportunity to devour you, there's sunlight just within your reach. The question is, will you give up? Or will you continue? The choice has always been yours. <<less
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