What never came across in either translation or the drama is that JGY spoke in kindergarten teacher voice (the one people often say the use to pacify angry customers) almost all the time, esp during guanyin temple.
On a scale of Chang Geng to Luo Binghe, how well does your teenage protagonist cope with the realization that he has a massive thing for the guy that's basically raising him?
Not to piggy back off of your post but I'm insane and sorry for yelling I'm excited
BECAUSE ALSO TO MENTION
That in the original PIDW, Yue Qingyuan also never canonically unsheathes his sword. SHEN YUAN NEVER SEES YUE QINGYUAN DO SO IN THE ORIGINAL NOVEL, WHICH MEANS. BINGGE WITH A LEGENDARY SWORD, GOLDEN FINGER, BINGGE, WHO STARTED CULTIVATING AT THE PERFECT AGE, BINGGE, DESCENDENT OF HEAVENLY DEMONS COULD NOT BEAT YUE QINGYUAN IN COMBAT WITH YUE QINGYUAN NOT EVEN UNSHEATHING HIS WEAPON. OVER THE COURSE OF MULTIPLE 1V1 BATTLES.
YQY, even with his setbacks, is ridiculously overpowered. And you know what makes that even better?
He's literally just a dude.
He's just a sweet guy, who's only ambitions in life were 1. Stay with Shen Jiu, and 2. Be a cultivator. He's super simple in his desires and he's not egotistical or arrogant at all, he's JUST A GUY.
But because he's just INSANELY TALENTED FOR NO REASON HE ENDED UP A SECT LEADER.
Absolutely blows my mind that Yue Qingyuan not only started cultivating late, but then had his entire spiritual system crushed and had to start over at a deficit and STILL managed to be the first of the peak lords to develop his core, and is the strongest of his generation. This man, y'all.... this man....