So I suggest keeping expectations low for this drama, despite the fan love for the original source novel. The C-drama Xian Yu is adapted from the novel Offering Salted Fish to Master and has been in the works for years for live action and manifested it finally with leads Chen Fei Yu and Wang Ying Lu cast last year after a lot of names attached. The drama finished filming this month and released the first OTP poster above and official stills of all the main roles. There are plenty of familiar faces and the costumes don’t look back, but from all the filming set leaks it appears Chen Fei Yu is the male lead in name and top billed, but due to script changes his screen time won’t be a lot and it’s mostly focused on the female lead. It’s weird IMO since he’s the way better known one of the two leads but let’s see if the final product is a better story all around after these changes.