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Shadow sect maneuvers

After the failed negotiation Muyu sends a message to Changhe. Changhe invites healer to go to Tianqi City with him to find Muyu. Uncle Zhe is still watching, passing intel and testing Muyu. I find myself annoyed that he tests Muyu at a brothel and has his weapon. This proved inconvenient when the three from Soul Raptors hall shows up to imprison him for shadow sect leader. They are convinced Changhe is the easier mark because of his avarice and ambition. Uncle Zhe is fending off honeypot while Muyu takes on the three in the street. Here we see he has inherited the finger sword from his father which came in handy. Miracle physician wanted to give him grief about location but had to shut up when her father was the culprit.😝she does give him medicine for his injured finger before he is taken away by water rep to shadow prison. Here, he seems to be testing the waters with Muyu to decide if he’s going to help or not. Changhe is greeted by Crow who still thinks he has the upper hand. Episode ends with Changhe questioning him about the status of his head if he moves. Here I do not know if this is an improvised plan to appear weak at first or a misstep by Uncle. If misstep, he picked a fine time to stop watching and to start meddling.😝🙄Changhe is the most interesting as he is the wildcard they can’t predict. The eunuch and prince think they will use shadow sect as Blood River whetstone. Where the shadow sect doesn’t really care about Blood River if they get rid of the prince, the prince and eunuch have definite plans to keep them as a formidable blade. The only good thing of the confrontation is earth rep was killed so one less to deal with. The story still moves at a nice pace. I enjoy the machinations so more dialogue and less battle still worked for me. They are building up to a much bigger fight because the one thing Changhe will want is the Yellow Rivers’ pawn shop token the shadow sect has and Muyu wants Wanjuan Tower’s intel destroyed to gain freedom for Blood River.

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i am utterly annoyed at Wandee, like WTF was…

i am utterly annoyed at Wandee, like WTF was he thinking - well he wasn't thinking & that's the main problem. he knows that suddenly Ter is acting all flirty. he knew Yoryak was on his way - yet he chose to go to Ter's room?!? didn't think to change?!?? remove that moronic head band??? then he has the audacity to yell at Yoryak & tell him "....he always choses violence..."?!? is he f*cked in the head? dude deserved to get punched in the mouth for saying that gaslighty sh*t to Yoryak! when has Yoryak EVER resorted to violence?!????? WHEN???? just cause he is a boxer, that means he is a violent individual?!? is Wandee stupid? well that's a rhetorical question what with the way he keeps acting... & he got what he deserved, when Yoryak broke up with him. cause the stupidity didn't end there - for a moron that keeps making a big deal about kisses - he was gonna let a drunk ass Ter kiss him. that he wasn't gonna avoid like he got the plague - like he reacted every time Yoryak tried his luck. so even though that kiss at the end was hot as f*ck, i aint a happy camper. Yoryak deserves better - he too good for the likes of Wandee, heck wish Plakao was a main, at least he got his head on right. *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************was kinda shocked Taemrak wanted to kiss Yoryak considering she treated him like an A-sexual friend throughout this BL so far. but in that moment, where no one would really blame Yoryak - he didn't break, knowing his head wasn't in the right place didn't use Taemrak. this why i think Yoryak deserves better. ***********************************************************************also am 100% sure Oye lost his sh*t, cause of the debts or rather the loans he has taken out. sadly he in over his head, given the loan sharks not gonna use legal means to collect. he needs to confide in his partner & his brother, as i doubt the debt was a result of gambling or something shady. better then shouldering everything alone & then when things don't go as planned, losing his sh*t & taking it out of his brother. hurting his only family.

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Assessing the players

The Yellow Springs pawnshop was an interesting place. For all the wealth and weaponry revealed, I think the only thing Muyu would ever really want from there is his father’s sword. That room showed him the lifeblood of the people he grew up with and that sword had a major impact on him. Changhe is adding up the riches and i\brings out his hell palm with the three from Soul Reapers hall. It is interesting that the water rep is most sympathetic with their cause. He recognizes that the labels placed on them wasn’t by choice and he wants to go with the group that simply wants to live their lives as they see fit without being an enslaved blade. The one holding the token left out the detail that it was a fake and would not help in the least in retrieving any items. The key is essential to neutralize all traps but the token is required to take out anything. They did have the surprise of finding out that they had already paid the fee for anything they would want. Changhe and Muyu have separated and Muyu is accepting the invitation in the city. Changhe shows up with the current head of Mu clan and has declared the ferryman his. This is where he finds out that the shadow sect holds the token they need. For unknown reasons he has made HongYing a Mu and promises whatever purchases her to be paid when they get the token. She agrees and has no problem with this exchange. The pawnshop owner is less enthused but seems willing to go along with the exchange. Muyu is tested by the shadow sect. They want to control Blood River as their own enforcement personnel. They have all intel to include pics of every assassin and the leader uses this to blackmail Muyu to kill the Prince. Muyu surprises him and the eunuch by being very aware of what they are asking and who truly benefits. His deal is to have all intel destroyed and that they will be separate entities with no ties if he agrees to have the Prince killed and anger the entire world. The leader isn’t biting and calls the negotiation finished. Muyu downs two more shots and says that they don’t have to strike a bargain but that Blood River would stop at Tianqi City first and wipe the shadow sect off the face of the world. He was quite serious and gave them something to think about. Muyu tried to visit the Imperial Astronomical Bureau his father took him to as a child, but he was rebuffed. I wonder if the elder would have felt the same if he knew Muyu’s origins. It also seems that the favors for the shadow sect included dealing with the elder Tang and drawing out Lianyue. It is said he was also killed but I hope this to not be true. We will now get to see how the ghost and undertaker take on the political machinations behind the scenes of Blood River.

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maybe mean of me, but i didn't want Shirasaki…

maybe mean of me, but i didn't want Shirasaki to get the part. like i didn't want Asami to welcome him back with open arms. Shirasaki was being petty as if it was Asami's fault that he had a head start, that he got scouted, that he was a natural & went from strength to strength in the industry. was it his fault that Asami didn't get scouted while he was still in collage? that he didn't get a role, the sec he started auditioning?!? ***********************************************************************************being actors he should've taken into consideration the fact that sooner or later, they might end up rivals wanting the same role. holding a grudge & making petty rules, just to hurt ur partner was some immature sh*t. & the only reason Asami went along with it, let alone then happily accepted him back was cause of his past trauma & abandonment issues - which really annoys & makes me actively dislike Shirasaki. so the fact the preview showed that he has a hard time with the director of the new play made me smile. sorry not sorry. Asami is having a tough time & he doesn't have anyone to lean on, something Shirasaki should be - but cause he is self-centered Asami can't allow himself to be vulnerable around him cause Shirasaki needs constant support ugh...

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there is a part of me that get's Wandee,…

there is a part of me that get's Wandee, u can't be infatuated with someone for over 6 yrs & then go cold turkey one day, cause u got rejected. yes he is putting up a front that he has supposedly moved on. but we all know that is far from the truth. but he is fighting to make this a reality - put Ter & the feeling he has for him, behind him. so i get him being shaken, but it still annoyed me that he automatically shut his eyes, when he thought Ter was gonna kiss him. especially when he has mad chemistry with Yoryak & yet he will never give in & allow him to kiss him. **************************************************************************& given how shaken he is by Ter's advances i don't get how he is gonna be in the same hotel room with him - & now Ter even extended their vacation. idk what Wandee is thinking. but thankfully he has a good friend in Plakao, who is giving him great advise. he should make up his mind about who he wants.****************************************************************************yes Yoryak has his own baggage & he is as uncertain about who or what he wants. & that issue also needs to get resolved. but as he aint flirting (on the verge of kissing) Taemrak, he not annoying me as Wandee is. ********************************************got from the short scene that Oye took out a loan from some shady types & the main question i have is how & why, didn't he force Yoryak to put on weight & go up a class so his fight/win will bring in more money?!?? & Yoryak won so where that money go??? i am worried his choices r gonna hurt Yoryak. hope i am wrong -

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Rest time is over

The miracle physician and Muyu have established their clinic and daily all the available women come in hopes of catching Muyu’s eye. Apparently his cooking skills are quite lacking.😂 This led to a thoughtful scene with healer and Muyu over some healing chicken soup that reminded her of her passed mentor. This makes the meal bittersweet for her as she is reminded how she learned to make it, tho she is also proud her skill exceeds Muyu.😂 They are visited by a traveler who came to see Muyu. He is invited to dinner but because he can cook.😂 He shares a bit of what he learned and the two take time to appreciate his skills. There is another visitor that is less friendly. There was some reference to a repeated scene but unfortunately I am not familiar with the other stories so missed the tongue in cheek humor of it. The miracle physician is a fangirl of Muyu’s colleagues. 😂 She knows their skill techniques and has the audacity to want to see the frost sword in action. She is very capable in using family and social ties to her advantage to give her access to conversations she is not really part of. This ended with all four sharing a meal and some special wine. The healer pretends to be drunk so she can listen to their conversation and so they think they have privacy. The two visitors are not happy that Muyu is not the patriarch and have some strong opinions about Changhe. Just as the one was heating up in her speech, Changhe himself shows up to comment. There is a brief test between the frost woman and him and a temporary truce as long as Blood River has nothing to do with the towns and are moving to other side and becoming new as promised. Muyu’s healing time is over and he is called back to assume his responsibilities to Su clan. While he and Changhe talk, Changhe reveals the secret of the second sword. He shows Muyu the key and surprisingly he is well aware of what the key belongs to…the Yellow Springs pawn shop. The episode ends with Muyu and Changhe traveling with the soul reapers and an eerie body shifter that can change both face and gender at will. By the time they reach the pawnshop, she has become a he loudly knocking on the door. As Changhe and Muyu enter, there is a man crazily working an abacus and unhappy with the results. He slams it down on the floor and demands them all to be killed. What is unclear is who he is referring to. This story continues at a nice pace that draws in known characters while still introducing them to those like me unfamiliar with the side stories. It does a fine job of combining humor and tension so that the story progresses nicely without the humor feeling overdone. It lightens the mood and helps story transition to more serious topics by showing the camaraderie and rivalry between the assassins.

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