Resumen del episodio 34 de Zhan Zhao Adventures
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Zhan Zhao and his companions managed to rescue Si Ming, but the captive had been heavily drugged and was completely delirious. Despite his fractured state of mind, Si Ming locked his eyes onto Huo Linglong. Gesturing for her to approach, he muttered that he could only reveal his secret to her alone. He whispered a chilling truth: Shangui was hiding within her own family.
He mocked her for assisting Zhan Zhao in investigating her own kin, laughing at the sheer absurdity of their situation. The revelation left Huo Linglong deeply shaken. Speaking privately with Zhan Zhao, she presented an item she once assumed her aunt had brought from the Lin family, now realizing it actually belonged to the Huo family.
Zhan Zhao confessed that his suspicions regarding the Huo family's connection to the Lord of Xiangyang had been growing since a previous identification event, though he had suppressed those unsettling thoughts. It was only when they discovered the gold mine in Wanshan County that the reality became impossible to ignore. Huo Linglong explained that while Linglong Manor was renowned throughout the martial world, few knew they were originally swordsmiths who built their legacy on metallurgy.
Determined to uncover the truth, she resolved to return to the manor and confront her father and brother. Bai Yutang soon arrived, presenting her with a fine steed for her journey. Before riding off, Huo Linglong urged Bai Yutang to watch over Zhan Zhao, warning that a Yaksha had appeared that morning and was likely targeting him.
Once Huo Linglong departed, Zhan Zhao handed his token to Bai Yutang, instructing him to take the two young boys to the county court to retrieve Si Ming. They were to deliver him to the imperial envoy, Lord Chu, in Xiangyang, where the boys would stay for safety. Zhan Zhao himself chose to remain in Gucheng County, anticipating that the local magistrate would be Zhou Ji Liang's next target.
Bai Yutang pleaded with him to reconsider, pointing out the dark poison marks on his shoulder. He warned Zhan Zhao that while he might survive a month by refraining from martial arts, forcing his inner energy would prove fatal. Despite the warning, Zhan Zhao remained steadfast, feeling a profound duty to make amends for the lives lost to the fake Yaksha.
Seeing his resolve, Bai Yutang relented, demanding a promise that Zhan Zhao would stay alive until his return from Xiangyang. Meanwhile, Zhu Ming Yuan informed Hu Xiaochen that the gold requested by the Lord of Xiangyang had been successfully gathered from the resentful yet obedient populace. He reported that Zhou Ji Liang had executed his plan, Zhan Zhao remained in Gucheng County, and Huo Linglong had returned home.
Hu Xiaochen, consumed by paranoia, ordered a strict lockdown of the city gates, instructing the guards and townspeople to stay vigilant to prevent Bai Yutang from slipping into the county. Upon arriving at Linglong Manor, Huo Linglong was confronted by her father, Huo Tian Xing, who questioned why she had returned despite his warnings. Shao Ji Zu was also waiting, gloating that he knew she would eventually come back.
He mocked her for forcing him to expose the Huo family's secrets to Zhan Zhao's group and declared that the wedding date would be moved up. When she demanded to know the identity of Shangui, Shao Ji Zu sneered that she herself was the new Shangui, and told her to ask her Great-Aunt, the previous Shangui, for the truth.
Elsewhere, Zhou Ji Liang intercepted Zhan Zhao, noting with dry amusement that he had arrived too late to stop the magistrate's departure. However, he casually revealed that the coroner who handled the old case had already been killed and that the academy's chancellor was currently in mortal danger. He taunted Zhan Zhao, urging him to rush to the academy if he wanted to play the hero once more.
Meanwhile, Huo Linglong met with her Great-Aunt, who finally unveiled the painful history of the Huo family. The family's legacy and its tragedies were bound to the Linglong mental method. The founding ancestors of Linglong Manor were a couple; the husband created the lightness skill A Fleeting Glimpse along with the Yin Yang An, while the wife, Lady Huo Xiao, established the Soaring Cloud Swordplay and the Linglong mental method.
Because the mental method was deeply feminine, it could only be mastered by women. Once a practitioner reached the fourth level and paired it with the Yin Yang An, they could sense the subtle energy pathways of the earth to locate gold mines, a secret known as the Linglong Eye. To prevent the world's greed from tearing them apart, the Huo family attempted to keep the technique hidden. However, a disciple leaked the secret, inviting relentless attacks from various sects.
In the chaos, the method was split into six scrolls, with the original copy remaining with the Huo family while the others scattered across the martial world. The warring sects eventually destroyed themselves over the useless fragments, allowing the Huo family to enjoy generations of peace. That peace ended when Xuanqing Palace discovered the Huo family held the original scrolls, using their own copy of the third level to blackmail the family into a marriage alliance.
To preserve her clan, the Great-Aunt reluctantly married their leader. When their greed escalated in an attempt to seize the remaining scrolls and the Yin Yang An, she fought back and reclaimed the third scroll. Yet, the torment continued. The Lin family, who served He Bo, sought an alliance and leaked the secrets to him. He Bo proposed retrieving the lost scrolls if Huo's aunt would serve the Lord of Xiangyang as the Fourth Divine Lord to search for gold.
Huo Tian Xing refused, and the persistent harassment drove the aunt to flee to the Lin family to break off her engagement and retrieve the fourth scroll. She arrived too late, only to witness He Bo and his men slaughter the entire Lin family. Eventually, the lost scrolls fell into the hands of the Lord of Xiangyang, who used them to subjugate the Huo family.
Following the aunt's passing, the Great-Aunt had no choice but to become the Lord of Xiangyang's Shangui, locating the Wanshan County gold mine to buy a temporary peace. However, the Lord of Xiangyang was insatiable, demanding Huo Linglong's marriage to Shao Ji Zu in exchange for the remaining scrolls. The Great-Aunt urged Huo Linglong not to resent her father, who only acted to protect the future of the family.
Zhan Zhao rushed to the academy, only to find Hu Xiaochen waiting for him. The chancellor was unharmed; the threat had been a mere ruse to lure him into a confrontation. Hu Xiaochen invited him for a drink to reminisce about their old school days, attempting to use their bond to persuade Zhan Zhao to drop the gold mine case and retire quietly. He warned him that his enemies in the court had uncovered his secret identity as the Yaksha.
He threatened to submit a written petition that would ruin Zhan Zhao, explaining that the court would not distinguish between a true or false Yaksha but would simply punish an official who took the law into his own hands. When Zhan Zhao refused to back down, Hu Xiaochen flew into a rage, threatening to target the people around Zhan Zhao, leading to a complete severance of their past friendship.
He attempted to justify his horrific deeds, claiming he saved the people of Wanshan County from the brutal, fatal conditions of the Lord of Xiangyang's previous mining operations. Zhan Zhao countered by listing Hu Xiaochen's crimes: orchestrating a massacre with the Xiuluo Cult, turning the citizens into accomplices, and murdering innocents to protect Zhao Yue An. Desperate and unrepentant, Hu Xiaochen declared that if he fell, he would drag Zhan Zhao down with him.
Zhan Zhao firmly told him to withdraw his men and face him directly rather than hiding behind Zhou Ji Liang. Guided by the markers left by his brothers, Bai Yutang met with Han Zhang and Jiang Ping near the Lord of Xiangyang's heavily guarded private villa. His brothers explained that while the city was on high alert for the Jinmao Rat, they had easily slipped inside.
They teased Bai Yutang about acting as Zhan Zhao's errand boy and involving their sister-in-law in brewing the Lament Pill. Jiang Ping noted that she was making progress but they still needed to wait. Having observed the villa, the brothers suspected the Lord of Xiangyang's accumulated wealth was hidden inside Chongxiao Tower. Bai Yutang asked them to keep watch while he prepared to slip inside to investigate.
Back at Linglong Manor, Huo Linglong served her father porridge, refusing to leave him to face the Lord of Xiangyang alone. Huo Tian Xing handed her a letter from the Baihua Sect originally addressed to her Great-Aunt, urging her to flee while he held off their enemies. Huo Linglong steadfastly refused, declaring that a daughter of the Huo family does not run.
She agreed to the marriage with Shao Ji Zu but begged her father to reveal why the Lord of Xiangyang was so desperate to force the union despite already possessing the gold mine. Zhan Zhao passed by the city gates and heard the commoners discussing how the Yaksha case had reached the capital, leaving the imperial court in an uproar.
Meanwhile, in the county court's records archive, Ming Zhu Er desperately searched the files for clues about his family's past, while Zhao Zhi Er tried to soothe his anxiety. Later, Zhan Zhao encountered Zhao Zhi Er, who explained that the Emperor wanted to protect him but was pressured by outraged officials, forcing him to dispatch Zhao Zhuoqing to investigate secretly.
Zhao Zhi Er warned that the copycats in the capital were likely the Lord of Xiangyang's doing to get Zhan Zhao dismissed. She added that the imperial envoy, Lord Chu, was in league with Zhan Zhao's enemies, attached great importance to the case files, and had been seeking the Yaksha records, urging Zhan Zhao to be cautious. Inside the archives, Lord Chu found Ming Zhu Er searching through the documents.
He led the boy to a private room, revealing that while Prince Hui had denied him access to the official Yaksha files, he had obtained a secret copy. Lord Chu produced the document detailing the slaughter of the Ming family in Nanzhang County ten years ago. He offered to let Ming Zhu Er examine it, but only on the condition that the boy testify that the Yaksha murdered his family.
When a confused Ming Zhu Er pointed out that Zhou Ji Liang had already been sentenced to death for the crime, Lord Chu replied coldly that Zhan Zhao had lied to him.
