Legend of Fei Episode 45 Recap
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Zhou Fei sought help from the Travelers' Aid Gang to intercept Gu Tianxian first. Coincidentally, Wu Chuchu also sent a secret letter seeking help from Madam Rainbow Robe. Forces from both sides annihilated Gu Tianxian and his group, leaving only Gu Tianxian to be used later. Without Gu Tianxian's support, Li Sheng and the others could better execute their plan to sow discord.
Li Sheng already knew that Hu Tianying's sneak attack on the Forty-Eight Strongholds was in collusion with Yu Wenzhi. Thus, he could use Yu Wenzhi's name to provoke a rift between them. He guessed that Hu Tianying, seeking self-preservation, would not easily hand over the tokens to Shen Tianshu. Regardless of Shen Tianshu and Hu Tianying's relationship, as long as Hu Tianying secretly met with Yu Wenzhi, it would surely cause suspicion and resentment in Shen Tianshu's heart towards her.
Li Sheng and the others temporarily lay low in an uninhabited village outside Hanshui Town. The Travelers' Aid Gang also sent a message to Mr. Bai, reporting that a man and a woman had entered Hanshui Town, the woman carrying a saber. They presumed this was Zhou Fei and Xie Yun. Receiving the message from the Travelers' Aid Gang, Zhou Fei and Xie Yun first sought to rendezvous with Li Sheng. Li Yan was still controlled by Di Sha.
Although she was frightened and timid, she did not reveal the poem that indicated the hiding place of Hai Tian Yi Se. Shen Tianshu was quite patient with Li Yan, coaxing her gently on the surface, but threatening the secret contact person. Li Yan could not bear to see others suffer because of her involvement, so she had no choice but to write the poem on paper, and demanded that Shen Tianshu release the innocent people.
Shen Tianshu was cautious and had Li Yan recite the poem to determine if she was deceiving him with a fake one, as it's difficult to recite something written randomly in panic without a single mistake. After finally confirming the authenticity of the poem, Shen Tianshu actually kept his promise and released the secret contact person. Shen Tianshu's patience with Li Yan, however, made Hu Tianying feel dissatisfied and even suspect that he disliked her for growing old.
Hu Tianying had been teased by Li Yan at Qingyun Gorge and desperately wanted to kill her, but Shen Tianshu repeatedly refused her request, which inevitably filled Hu Tianying with resentment. Lian Shen Hu Tianying, known for her cunning in the martial arts world, surprisingly displayed the jealous behavior of a young girl. Zhou Fei and Xie Yun met up with Li Sheng and the others.
After making a plan, they happened to hear the sound of Shen Tianshu and Li Yan arguing outside the secret post. If Xie Yun hadn't asked Li Yan to go down the mountain to buy things, she wouldn't have been implicated and fallen into danger. Xie Yun immediately offered himself in exchange for Li Yan.
Whether it was because Xie Yun's father had saved Shen Tianshu's life, or because Gu Tianxian had fallen into their hands, since Xie Yun was willing to swap hostages and release Gu Tianxian, Shen Tianshu, weighing the pros and cons, naturally agreed. The two sat alone in the hall, chatting about the past. Anyone who didn't know the situation would think they were truly old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.
Back then, Shen Tianshu's life was saved by Xie Yun's father, and he was recruited into the Anping Army. However, he was dissatisfied with Zhou Yitang forbidding the killing of prisoners of war and the burning, killing, and looting of civilians, so he defected from the Anping Army, voluntarily leaving one hand behind. Shen Tianshu wanted to obtain Hai Tian Yi Se precisely to create an army a thousand times stronger than the Anping Army, to compete with Zhou Yitang.
Late at night, Yang Jin impersonated Yu Wenzhi to arrange a meeting with Hu Tianying. Besides creating suspicion between her and Shen Tianshu, it was also intended to assassinate Hu Tianying. Unexpectedly, she still managed to escape. At this moment, Shen Tianshu learned that Hu Tianying was meeting Yu Wenzhi with the tokens. He no longer entangled himself with Zhou Fei and the other person who had come to rescue Xie Yun, and hurried away in pursuit.
Zhou Fei and Xie Yun ambushed and killed Hu Tianying midway. Protected by the invulnerable Xie Yun, Zhou Fei easily severely wounded the opponent. Just then, Li Sheng and the others arrived in time to rendezvous and informed them that Shen Tianshu had already withdrawn. It turned out Hu Tianying had left a secret code earlier, leaving the real tokens with Shen Tianshu, while she met Yu Wenzhi with fake tokens.
By now, Shen Tianshu, who had obtained the tokens, had long since left, and Hu Tianying was merely a pawn he used to distract Zhou Fei and the others. Shen Tianshu had already decided to sacrifice a pawn to save the king. Severely wounded and unwilling to believe her lover's betrayal, Hu Tianying's old injuries flared up. Filled with unwillingness, she thus drew her last breath.
