The Journey of Chongzi Episode 17 Recap
> The Journey of Chongzi Recap
After Chong Zi changed into her celestial gown, she looked around the room's furnishings. In a jade box placed in the corner were many items, making her mistakenly believe they were gifts prepared by her master. Luo Yinfan personally taught Chong Zi the breathing exercises, instructing her to practice diligently on Zizhu Peak. Chong Zi was deeply moved, feeling fortunate to have met Luo Yinfan and to have him as her master.
Since Luo Yinfan went down the mountain to eliminate demons, Chong Zi dutifully practiced the breathing exercises, occasionally gathering fresh flowers and herbs, until one day she met Mu Yu and struck up a close conversation with him. Mu Yu introduced Chong Zi to Sima Miaoyuan. Unexpectedly, Sima Miaoyuan deliberately made things difficult, but Yan Zhenzhu bravely stepped in to help, and Mu Yu even punished Sima Miaoyuan for three hours.
Sima Miaoyuan felt indignant, believing that Chong Zi had become a Nanhua disciple without passing an examination, which was completely against the rules. As a result, Mu Yu saw through her, realizing she held a prejudice against Chong Zi's name. Ting Xue noticed Yunji was often distracted and later learned that Luo Yinfan had taken another disciple.
Just as she was comforting Yunji, Luo Yinfan suddenly visited, stating that he would meticulously teach Chong Zi from now on and could not continue traveling the human world with Yunji. Yunji respected all of Luo Yinfan's decisions and promised to help him conceal the secret of Chong Zi's disguised appearance. Chong Zi sprained her foot on the mountain and found it difficult to walk, and just then, heavy rain poured down. Fortunately, Mu Yu appeared to treat her injury.
After the rain completely stopped, Mu Yu took Chong Zi to the Ancestral Hall to offer incense and introduced her to the Tianmo Token, recounting the story between the Tianmo Token and Demon King Ni Lun. Chong Zi felt some fear upon seeing the Tianmo Token and was eager to leave, but as soon as she stepped out, she met Min Yunzhong. It turned out that Chong Zi's proximity to the Tianmo Token caused it to fluctuate for no reason.
Min Yunzhong sensed this and came to investigate the situation, concluding that Chong Zi was definitely problematic. He punished her to kneel for an hour in front of the Ancestral Hall. Mu Yu's plea for Chong Zi failed, but fortunately, Luo Yinfan rushed over and, without a word, took Chong Zi back.
It was also because of this that Min Yunzhong angrily rebuked Mu Yu for pleading for Chong Zi and felt that she was extremely similar to the previous Chong Zi. However, Yu Du used the Book of Secrets to divine about Luo Yinfan's new disciple, confirming that she had lived in Yangzhou City since childhood, had an innocent background, and there was nothing untoward. The master and disciple returned to Chonghua Palace.
Luo Yinfan examined Chong Zi's injuries and gently comforted her, telling her not to worry too much. Chong Zi asked Luo Yinfan to stay until she fell asleep before leaving. Luo Yinfan sat by the bed, silently watching Chong Zi, hearing her murmur about her parents not leaving her, and felt a heavy heart. That night, Chong Zi dreamed she came to the Ancestral Hall, with eerie laughter echoing in her ears.
The Tianmo Token drew her closer and closer, startling her awake from the nightmare. Mengji was curious why Wang Yue, knowing Wen Zi was Chong Zi, didn't send someone to abduct her and inject her with a demon core. That way, she could have fully entered the demonic path, so why go to such great lengths to guide her to Nanhua to become a disciple?
Wang Yue stated that the Holy Sword was still in Nanhua, so what good would it do to have Chong Zi's empty shell? At this moment, Sha Yihuan sent a letter informing him that he had set up several layers of nightmares as instructed, to bewitch Chong Zi's mind. Even with Luo Yinfan's protective spell, her foundation was not deep, so she probably wouldn't discover that she was under the spell of nightmares.
The next day, Luo Yinfan accompanied Chong Zi in her cultivation and noticed that she seemed distracted, so he used his own experiences to answer her questions. Afterwards, Chong Zi practiced swordsmanship with the other disciples and was once again subjected to Sima Miaoyuan's making things difficult. Sima Miaoyuan arranged for a shepherd boy to compete with Chong Zi. Unexpectedly, Chong Zi, controlled by an evil breath, accidentally wounded the shepherd boy with her sword.
Luo Yinfan appeared in time to control Chong Zi's evil breath, but this only displeased Sima Miaoyuan, who believed Chong Zi was too cruel to her fellow disciples. Qin Ke witnessed the entire process from the side and explained for Chong Zi that the magic weapon was not easy to handle, so accidental injury was unavoidable. Luo Yinfan immediately announced that from now on, he would personally teach Chong Zi swordsmanship.
Sima Miaoyuan could not swallow this anger and ran to Min Yunzhong to complain, which infuriated Min Yunzhong, who was already suspicious of Chong Zi. Qin Ke once again spoke well of Chong Zi.
Mu Yu was ordered to investigate Chong Zi's background, and the answer was obvious, but Min Yunzhong did not fully believe it, always feeling that Chong Zi had a magical aura about her, fearing that she was a spy sent by the demon realm to approach Luo Yinfan.
