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Mentor turned nemesis

Han Li has reached tier three and even stingy doctor Mo recognizes quality herbs are needed to continue cultivating. He doesn’t allow them to accompany him. I think this is to keep secret the specific herbs he needs. He knows Han Li too smart to have recipes down. When he gets back from trip he is completely exhausted and health failing. Han Li tries to help but knows the doc is running out of time. He is taking the same bone agony pills Li Feiyu is and has one year left. He is now threatening friends and family if Han Li doesn’t get level 4 before year end. Zhang Tie catches doc talking with shadowy immortal and hears them conspiring about true intentions for Han Li. He hid well but was discovered and dealt with. When Han Li asks about him he is lied to. The gloves come off and the doc has a candid conversation. He tells Han Li his age is 37. Now fun fact the actor’s age is 73, so not sure if this inverted as a funny or just interesting coincidence. He makes Han Li take a pill that will definitely do bad things to him. He does, however, teach him his motto. These 4 rules will prove quite useful for Han Li later. Hide cleverness with clumsiness. Do good with discretion. Stay pure in this world of darkness. Treat concession as a way to advance. Han li has advanced to tier 4 but wants to level more before doc finds out. He is also learning defense skills from Li Feiyu who suggests poison as a first step. Han Li knows his life depends on learning and cultivating as much as possible. His family and friends’ lives are also in the balance. His mystery bottle has let him open it. The essence ages plants hundreds of years instantly. He also learned it is not for living things to ingest. His scarecrow to fool doc’s bird spies was fun. This has let him collect herbs and learn more than mentor gives him credit for. The element of surprise will be his best asset when battle time comes.

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How two blockheads become physician disciples

The episode starts with narrator telling how he became a cultivator. He goes back 200 years when he and best friend enter a race to become members of seven mysteries sect. They both are poor, illiterate, and know the only way they can help their families is to place in this contest. They are only known as blockhead until old enough to participate. So today the two friends become Han Li and Zhang Tie. Luck was not with them and they were diverted to be disciples of a doctor. They are taken to a beautiful remote location and tested to see if any value to their mentor. Han Li can cultivate but his friend cannot. So Han Li bargains for both of them to stay and the doc offers to teach Zhang Tie mammoth skin. He also promises to teach them how to read and write. If they can level up, he will pay them the same as seven mysteries sect members so they are happy to be able to send home money to pay off their families’ flour debt. They have three rules to follow. They must pay attention to everything in their surroundings, they are not to interfere with the locals and they must recite and level a mantra. One year later Han Li has reached tier 1 and can read and write. He is becoming too smart so the doc hides the books. Zhang Tie’s skin is developing folds like elephant so he is progressing in strength. Moving on to level 2, Han Li finds a green bottle while herb hunting and learns it collects moonlight. They both know to hide this from the doc. A run in with a couple traitors results in the doc throwing one over the cliff so both now know the doc has hidden martial arts skills. He also has a black entity following him around wanting the leveling to go faster. The doc has a dark secret and is not the benevolent mentor they thought he was. He does help them learn medical skills and herb growing and preparation, but he isn’t as forthright with why he is willing to train them. Han Li is approaching level 3 when episode ends. The drama is very like learning the rules of a video game and how to level up. Fortunately many familiar with the story are explaining things of the cultivation world in comments. It is an interesting premise as their mentor is also their nemesis

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Unbelievably smooth

Like Zang Hai discussed with Antu, everything that happened in this episode looks like a carefully crafted strategem of the true third figure. There's no way things could escalate so easily like this. Shi Yi Ping's death looks more like an orchestrated ploy to make Zang Hai believe his revenge is done with. He just met his supposed 3rd person of revenge, whom he just thought might be the one, with no hard evidence. I wonder how Zang Hai was convinced that SYP is THE ONE he's searching for? I'm puzzled. Maybe there were some scenes I missed. However, there's no doubt that something fishy is still going on behind the scenes...

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Behind the wooden mask

The masked man has finally revealed himself to Zang Hai 😶‍🌫. However, I still can't shake this feeling of unease. Is he truly helping Zang Hai out of duty and goodwill, considering everyone's interests? Or does he have other ulterior motives hidden behind that wooden mask? Why did he put on a disguise to show himself only now? I just hope he's an ultimate ally for our male lead with no concealed malice.On the other hand, it was yet another phenomenal episode. The 'Fortune Feast', as Zang Hai described, was like the calm before the storm. It was heartwarming, and Zang Hai undoubtedly felt like he was finally home, and that he had now another mission on his list - to protect this newfound family~🫂

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