Mystic Nine Episode 16

Wu’s story and mountain deity

Qi recommends himself as the best one to tell Wu’s story. We now know why Wu was so disillusioned and bitter towards Zhang. Wu tried to visit other mystic nine leaders to make contact after first refusal, but he was considered too insignificant to get a meeting. The thing is, this was most likely filtering of the underlings than the actual masters. They let their bias make the decision for the masters. Qi is cut off because they are close to destination. Their first finding is a suspended body hanging upside down. Upon inspection it is discovered the creature ate the brains first and drug the body down to its current hanging spot. The villagers are more than happy to provide updates but they are not allowed to kill the deity. This does not stop them from wishing Zhang’s group success. Qi is set as bait and the baby with Zhang’s second. We hear the baby cry for first time and silenced. Then monster noises become more audible. Qi is the first to see it face to face. As fast as Zhang is, he barely caught a piece of it. The only thing determined initially is the speed and strong smell of the creature. Xiao Yu and baby are noted missing and Wi is his usual brave self. He is the master of camouflage.🤣 The villagers se a Japanese soldier with a creature and curious if the deity. What we know is it’s the smaller creature and the villagers real mission is taking out the Japanese. The small one is to bait the bigger one and they must be very confidant of Wu’s training to only have one guard with whistle accompanying it. It goes to the group looking for Qi. He is found and they drop through a shoot into an underground cavern. Here they find a rosewood chest from the Han dynasty. Inside is a large jar with life exchange herb and an aged monkey underneath. This is a dark magic ritual where one life is exchanged for another. This seems right up QianSui’s alley. 😝 The scene shifts back to Wu who is still caged and making knockout pills for the creature. He firmly believes Huo is the only mystic nine that would bother looking for him. Considering his history with entrance guards, that is a reasonable expectation. I would like to see his face knowing Xhang’s clan was in the mountain looking for him. That would be a true Kodak moment. 🤣We are back to the cavern and the large jar has been removed and there is a story map underneath. This box was used to get people in because the mountain was poisonous to humans. Once in they could perform the ritual that would make them younger. This would make them uneffected by the poison but age them rapidly. So the question became why all this effort to get here? He saw a picture of the small gold vial lech eunuch had. This grants restored youth. It leads to the Xumi realm where this takes place. It it the nirvana for Xiangxi worshippers. The connection from tower to realm was laid out and Xiangxi realm location. Zhang is still hunting and now the creature has taken out two more guys. It is very eerie watching XiaoYu be used as a puppet to communicate. We don’t know yet if he survived but we did see a Mortal Kombat move with full spine removal by Zhang. When the baby was out in danger all hell broke loose. Creature was KGX O2-03 Hatoyama test subject. Qi’s group finds out they need the creature to get through miasma. The return to find Zhang holding the baby and a mess. He knows Wu is alive because he found the whistle inside the creature. Zhang had them retrieve the men from the trees and he personally dug their graves. The greatest irony for the culling that has happened with mystic nine clans is it is not the expected enemy, it’s due to plots of the Japanese. Zhang and remaining of group give farewell salute to their fallen comrades as episode ends.

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