The Seven Relics of ill Omen Episode 20 Recap
> The Seven Relics of ill Omen Recap
After calling Thirteen-Thousand from the entrance of the village to let him know he was safe, Cao Yanhua entered the village. Just as he arrived, Cao Jinhua also returned—only moments apart. Cao Jinhua said she had changed her name to Cao Jianni and made a point of emphasizing it to Old Master Shi. Cao Yanhua went to find his cousin Cao Qingshan and asked him to keep his return to the village a secret.
Cao Qingshan was about to marry a girl named Yafeng. After settling Cao Yanhua in, he went off to attend the wedding banquet. Cao Yanhua found it odd that both the front and back doors of Cao Qingshan’s house were locked. Cao Qingshan explained that it was because there were now valuable items in the house. Cao Yanhua remembered the strange handwriting he saw on the letter he’d received earlier: “Cousin, save me. I was abducted.”
So he secretly pried open the locked room door. Inside, he saw Yafeng curled up on the bed, trembling. Thirteen-Thousand told Luo Ren and Mu Dai about the situation. Luo Ren decided to have Wan Fenghuo investigate the situation in Caojia Village first. When he picked up the letter, Luo Ren unexpectedly noticed a long string of numbers and a drawing of a tiger descending the mountain on the wall. His expression instantly turned tense and alarmed.
Luo Ren decoded the numbers using the messaging cipher—it turned out to be a phone number. When he called, it was Qingmu who answered and arranged to meet him. Luo Ren sent Mu Dai and Thirteen-Thousand to the airport, saying he had urgent matters to handle and asking them to go ahead. He told Mu Dai to call once a day. Before leaving, Mu Dai told Luo Ren that if he was hiding something to protect her, it wasn't necessary.
She didn’t want to hide under his wings all the time—she wanted to face the storms with him. Luo Ren said nothing, simply pulled her into his arms. The mystic learned from Mr. Yin that back then, the great sage carried wood of immortality—it couldn’t be burned or soaked. As for its origin, Mr. Yin said it was from a place called Feng-something Ridge. After collecting the Heart Brands, the sage carved ancient symbols into each one.
The three divine birds represented the Phoenix-Luan clasp; once clasped, the Heart Brands could no longer escape. The mystic wanted to confirm the full name of Feng-something Ridge, but Mr. Yin had already passed out drunk. Thirteen-Thousand and Mu Dai arrived at Caojia Village. Cao Qingshan brought them to his home and said he hadn’t seen Cao Yanhua. Thirteen-Thousand suspected that Cao Yanhua never made it back to the village and might have gone missing on the way.
Old Master Shi at the village entrance said Cao Yanhua and Cao Jinhua had arrived one after the other. Thirteen-Thousand guessed that Cao Jinhua might have done something to Cao Yanhua. Hearing that Thirteen-Thousand and Mu Dai had arrived, Cao Jinhua, driven by the instincts of a salesperson, started pitching insurance products to them.
Seeing how enthusiastic she was, Mu Dai wrote down Luo Ren’s number and gave it to her, telling her to call that number if anything came up. Thirteen-Thousand ruled out Cao Jinhua as a suspect and didn’t think there was anything wrong with Cao Qingshan either. So together with Mu Dai, he requested to meet Yafeng. Mu Dai was taken to see Yafeng. Cao Yanhua’s mother opened door after door, each with a lock, which made Mu Dai uneasy.
Her suspicions grew stronger after seeing the injuries on Yafeng’s head. Mr. Yin brought the mystic to the Star Viewing Terrace, saying that the stone in the middle had fallen from the sky. The mystic observed only five reflective points on the stone. Mr. Yin said there were dimmer ones too. Looking closer, the mystic indeed found seven reflective points in the shape of the Tian Kui constellation. Each star corresponded to a Heart Brand. As for why only five were glowing, the mystic couldn’t figure it out.
