Mystic Nine Episode 7

Solving the Raise son well puzzle and Yin Changsheng’s methods

The first wrong solution punishment releases a golden snitch sized tribble that acts like a Crite from Critters horror movies. This is one of the creatures shown on the underworld creature relief carving. It gravitates to pretty things which is why Wu gets chased the most.😂when Zhang captures it, it dissolves in his hand. The second solution attempt results in the son becoming a beggar and death of the mother. This time an eel like creature is released that shows itself like Alien popping out of people’s stomach area. This creature is insatiable and they pass it back and forth since only one can be possessed at a time. Sound effects and acting imply possession rather than showing it. Even now Wu makes wisecracks about Zhang’s turn. 😝😂Apparently once something eaten the creature doesn’t leave host. This satire of horror creatures segues to scene with Huo’s group. The finger tap signal is a code between Wu and Huo. She knows it isn’t them in spite of appearances and gets enough common sense in the bickering clans to be given the explosive which she gets to ceiling. They find another sealed off wall and Qi recommends staying put til more news. Back at the opera scene Wu figures out the punishments are the three Peng parasites and they are on the second one. They finally note eye contact transmits it. 🙄 The third parasite is through heart fire. Zhang understands how opera can move the heart and redistributes props from a viewers perspective. Zhang restrains Wu and covers his eyes while the mechanism is activated. The son is now top scholar with a happy mom and the mechanism reveals a new door. They both know that if all three parasites are conquered the next creature will be the great ghost. Here the scene shifts back to the two confined clans. Qi knows something is up with Huo and Wu. The finch with the map is found and they want to try one more time. Huo sees the ghost in the top corner, but agrees with the clans for Qi to do rite one more time. They all disappear except Qi who immediately faints.🤣 The scene goes back to Zhang and Wu who find themselves in a room with many vats. Further investigation reveals it to be an ancient prison where creatures and humans were experimented on in the vats surrounding them. The otherworld patriarch used the creatures to convince his disciples he was magical, but it backfired and the monsters escaped. Zhang believes they are bound to following a pattern and can be defeated. Wu is not as optimistic. While studying the relief they see differences from the mural and see that the mural is a map of the tower. The top person is Yin Changsheng who practiced magical arts. The other world patriarch tried to master them but was unsuccessful. Wu speculates that Changsheng took one of his pills and became neither human or ghost and could manipulate time. Wu believes Otherworld patriarch fled when ritual failed and left his disciples to deal with the monsters and built a huge wall to cover it all up. Zhang thinks more is going on than meets the eye. We see an ancient ritual starting when episode ends. There are interesting aside puzzles in this episode but I could have done with less of the ping pong Peng parasites. 😝

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