Resumen del episodio 9 de Fate Chooses You
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Inside the Nine Absolutes Cave, Su Taiyi welcomed his master, Lu Qianqiao, and Chu Ying into a chilly inner chamber. Su Taiyi jokingly admitted that he had borrowed the prestigious name of the Nine Absolutes Sword just to give the cave a more majestic title. While the Immortality Pills were still brewing in the furnace, he explained that the fire was his only source of warmth during the cold nights.
To celebrate their reunion, he produced a bottle of sixty-year-old Luosang wine, a treasure they had buried together decades ago. Meanwhile, a tense gathering took place in the main hall of Chongling Valley. A senior from the Qingshan Sect spoke condescendingly of Xin Xie Manor, lamenting that the great cultivator Xin Xiong had no worthy successors. He pointedly criticized Xin Mei and her companions for their lack of manners.
Though the insult was clear, Xin Mei maintained her composure and performed a formal greeting to uphold her sect's dignity. Li Si, however, was not as patient; he mockingly revealed that the Qingshan Sect was so destitute that they had to rent land from other sects and would admit anyone with enough silver, regardless of their spiritual potential. The arrival of Bai Zongying from the Tianyuan Sect momentarily shifted the mood.
His commanding presence and refined aura immediately caught Xin Mei’s eye. Noticing her distracted gaze, Lv Yunsu teased her, but Xin Mei quickly denied having feelings for him, claiming she had merely seen him before and doubted he even remembered her. The gathering then turned to the tallying of Gongshan Jade Tablets. Various families and minor sects reported their modest holdings, ranging from one to five tablets.
When Lingji Mountain claimed ten, it seemed like a high count until Bai Zongying announced that the Tianyuan Sect held twenty tablets. Despite vocal skepticism regarding their origin, Zhu Yu concluded the session by offering guest rooms to the attendees while they waited for the furnace to open. Back in the cave, the wine loosened Su Taiyi’s tongue. He began to vent his long-standing frustrations regarding Emperor Zongding, whom he had known since the man was a prince.
Su Taiyi complained to Lu Qianqiao about being relegated to a mere nominal disciple while the Emperor had been taken in as a true one. Beyond personal grievances, Su Taiyi expressed a deep bitterness toward the world of cultivation. He argued that the obsession with individual power and immortality had caused human civilization to stagnate.
While mankind once made great strides in technology and philosophy, he felt that for the past ten thousand years, the lives of ordinary people had remained primitive because everyone was too focused on personal ascension. As the guests settled in, Xin Mei was assigned to a dilapidated room filled with cobwebs. It was clear that Huai Qing, the medicinal apprentice, harbored a deep dislike for cultivators and treated her with cold indifference.
In contrast, Lv Yunsu and Li Si were given much better accommodations at Mingzhu House because Lv Yunsu was a patient. Adhering to the valley’s strict prohibition on magic, Xin Mei attempted to navigate the grounds on foot but quickly became lost. She eventually ran into Lu Qianqiao and, not recognizing him due to her sealed memories, asked for directions to the pantry.
Lu Qianqiao was momentarily stunned by her presence and her lack of recognition, but he patiently guided her. After she left, Chu Ying teased Lu Qianqiao, suggesting that his destiny with Xin Mei was far from over. In another part of the valley, a clinical discussion took place between Zhu Yu and Lu Qianqiao.
Zhu Yu had prepared bones for Lu’s impending replacement procedure, but Lu Qianqiao insisted on using a set of animal bones he had been nourishing in a cold spring. Despite the risks of physical rejection, such as severe heart pain and a weakened constitution, Lu refused to take a human life for his own recovery. Meanwhile, in a local tea house, a stranger was searching for a woman matching Xin Mei’s description.
The tea house owner took the man’s silver and provided vague information, eventually warning him that the woman’s crescent-shaped blade was more than capable of taking his life. Xin Mei’s condition continued to worsen as her thirst became unbearable. Zhang Dahu found her and, rather than helping, used her desperation to run another scam. He claimed that Dr. Zhu was too busy and persuaded her to seek out a "Dr. Liu" who specialized in digestive issues.
He led her to a high wall and convinced her to climb over it, instructing her to collapse on the ground and feign an emergency to force the doctor's hand. Before the plan could proceed, Zhang Dahu abandoned her on the pretext of a sudden stomach ache. Left alone in the sweltering heat and suffering from extreme dehydration, Xin Mei staggered forward for help but collapsed just as Lu Qianqiao arrived.
Lu Qianqiao carried the unconscious Xin Mei back to his residence. Su Taiyi rushed to the scene so frantically that he lost a shoe, eager to see the woman his master had rescued. Upon examination, they determined that Xin Mei was suffering from the Spell of Utterance, a rare and powerful magic that forces the victim to obey a command—in this case, an order not to drink water.
Lu explained that the spell could only be broken by killing the caster. Because her cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, she had been an easy target for someone with higher power. When Xin Mei regained consciousness, Lu Qianqiao informed her of the spell. She suddenly recalled an encounter in Pingxiang Town with a madman from the north who had warned her that the water was poisonous.
Lu realized the madman had likely served as a medium for the spell. Knowing that she would eventually die of thirst if they didn't act, Lu promised to protect her. He led her toward Qiyue Lake, a place of intense spiritual energy, intending to use the Fish-Sucking Technique to hydrate her without triggering the spell's lethal symptoms.
