Wulin Heroes is a lighthearted and easy to watch romantic drama. Having only 22 episodes and a low budget, it naturally has its flaws, (like female lead's white wig, you can see VERY clearly her dark hair underneath) but is compensated with the lack of angst. Very fastpaced, has a reverse harem and the story itself is not complicted. If you are looking for something very easy to watch, i suggest this drama.

STORY:
The story follows Ye Xi, a ginseng fairy who meets a handsome and cold yet lonely doctor Bai Yue. Bai Yue is a "miracle doctor" and the lord of Fenghua Valley. Devoting his whole life for medicine, he is lonely, having only a few to talk to and not allowed to fall in love. Until one day he gets saved by a mysterious girl in red. This girl is Ye Xi.
Wanting to repay Ye Xi, he treats her and saves her when she is getting fooled by men.
Ye Xi is kindhearted and trusting and gets betrayed by men many times,even getting the nickname "Wicked witch" due to fabricated rumors.

SPOILER PART OF THE STORY, MY OPINION:
In my opinion Wulin Heroes is a good drama that has its "trashy" moments. The plot itself is nice, Ye Xi (and the viewers) are getting the lesson "Love yourself the most. Do not blindly trust men as they can betray you, but there will be good men that will treat you well." The drama has a good lesson to be learned as Ye Xi goes through what many of us do in real life. She doesn't fall in love with any of the men that betrayed her. She only felt friendship/like towards these men, but was ready to believe in them and maybe marry them. She just wanted desperately to be with someone whom she can talk to and grow old with. She didn't know what love was until it hit her and she met Bai Yue.
Bai Yue was sharp tongued but always ready to help her without expecting anything in return. The drama had a very quick start, which was a little confusing but i got used to it quickly. In the end there were only 2 men that truly loved her. Bai Yue and Cang Qi. Cang Qi had a tragic and sad backstory and i felt bad for him as he tried too hard to force Ye Xi to be with him. He had fallen in love with the only one who gave him warmth and blaming himself for her "1st death" (She died but because she is a ginseng flower, it was like a flower going through hibernation) he became obsessed with her. I was hoping he would get his happy ending too, as he never wanted to be an emperor, he only wanted to be able to protect her. The drama was a little bit all over the place sometimes, but for 22 episodes, it was expected. Ye Xi's personality wasn't my cup of tea as she was too kind and trusting and even though Bai Yue told her not to trust Tang Huan, she still did and in the end ended up killing him. There were some plot holes that left me wondering. For example: When Bai Yue dies from heart failure due to a curse that had been passed down for generations, Ye Xi lies down in the coffin with him and closes it and suddenly the coffin disappears and they are thrown into the mountains near the Fenghua Valley. Bai Yue didn't seem to be alive when Ye Xi woke up but later on he wakes up and realizes that the way to break the curse was to lie down with the one you love in the coffin. It left me baffled.

Wulin Heroes had clearly a low budget and i understand that, but Ye Xi's white wig was awful. I saw her real hair in almost every shot clearly from underneath. The only other flaw i would say was that the makeup artist went a little too far in some of the scenes (for example Bai Yue having a really dark and refined dark red lipstick after getting a wound on his shoulder.) The drama is only 22 episodes long which in cdrama terms is short, so i won't be too hard on the plot, costumes or on the set. The plot is unusually charming to me. I would have said its 7.5 but due to the actors being so good ( Li Hongyi, Zhu Zanjin and Qi Peixin) i'm personally going to give it a 8.

ACTING:

Huang Ri Ying as Ye Xi,
I was glad to see a female who had strong martial arts and could protect the people she wanted to protect. She didn't need much protecting from men but naturally was saved by Bai Yue a couple of times. Huang Ri Ying was a good pick for this role. She was nothing too special in my eyes but most importantly, she wasn't whiny or too childish.

Li Hongyi as Bai Yue,
Cold, sharp tongued yet caring. His role reminded me a little bit of Lan Zhan (Wang Yibo) in Untamed and i was happy to see another actor being able to say so many words with just one look. His eyes never lied when his mouth did. The feeling of love and affection was in his eyes. Li Hong Yi is elegant and was the greatest pick for this role. His acting was very nice.

Zhu Zanjin as Cang Qi,
Cang Qi had a tragic backstory, not wanting to live or having anything to live for. He gets saved by Ye Xi many times and for the first time in his life, he feels warmth and care. Naturally he is thankful and regretful and eventually becomes obsessed with Ye Xi. Wanting to protect her, treat her well and to be with her. Zhu Zanjin was able to convey the feelings so believably and a part of me wanted him to get Ye Xi just because how desperate and lost he seemed. Personally felt like Zhu Zanjin was the greatest pick for the drama.

Qi Peixin as Tang Huan,
A baby face who turns out to be evil? Very nice! It was truly a great role to see Qi Peixin in. A mean, cruel and scheming Tang Huan who was obsessed with power. Qi Peixin was a very nice pick for this role.