Rakshasa Street Episode 11 Recap
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Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling arrived at Mingjing village after traversing a stone array. Xia Ling remarked that the Bodhi tree towering above them was even taller than the Ling Huai tree at Cao Yanbing’s home. Cao Yanbing, in a rare serious moment, reminded Xia Ling to be careful in unfamiliar territory and to keep Li Xuanyuan awake. Xia Ling tapped her head and called out Li Xuanyuan’s name, to which he promptly responded, "Master, I'm here."
As they entered the village, they witnessed villagers in a state of panic, scattering and yelling that Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling were demons. Amidst the chaos, a little girl named Dog remained unafraid. She had previously been trying to leave the village, despite other adults warning her about the dangers outside and the fact that Lord Nan had not yet emerged from seclusion.
Cao Yanbing jokingly confirmed that he and Xia Ling were indeed terrifying man-eating demons, but Dog simply asked if they had seen a girl named Shuier near the village entrance. Shuier was ill and had run out; Dog was worried she would be eaten by the demons outside. She declared she would find her even if it meant being eaten herself.
Meanwhile, the fleeing villagers armed themselves, accusing Xia Ling of being a fox spirit and Cao Yanbing a civet cat demon. To pacify them, Xia Ling volunteered to stay as a hostage while Cao Yanbing and Dog went to search for Shuier. Outside the village, they quickly found Shuier lying unconscious in the street, muttering "Bai Shimen." Cao Yanbing gently picked her up and carried her back to Mingjing village.
Back in the village, Shuier recovered, expressing surprise that she had run out of the village, claiming no memory of doing so. She thanked Cao Yanbing for saving her, believing she would have been eaten by demons if left outside. Xia Ling, puzzled, noted the villagers believed outsiders were demons, while people outside the village considered the villagers to be demons.
Dog explained that Lord Nan and Lord Men had warned them that the outside world was full of demons that ate people, especially children, and that their current illness originated from someone who had ventured out and contracted a disease from these demons, which then spread upon their return. Cao Yanbing, curious, asked about Lord Nan and Lord Men. Dog explained that Lord Men was Beiluo Shimen, the zhenhun General of Yulin Street, who was currently out fighting monsters.
Lord Nan, a learned scholar, was in seclusion under the Bodhi tree and would emerge the following morning. Having rescued Shuier, Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling gained the trust of the villagers, who arranged guest rooms for them. Xia Ling asked about their next move, and Cao Yanbing decided they would "wait for the rabbit," as Ghost Axe Three Tong had predicted the Bodhi tree would soon undergo its enlightenment.
Xia Ling found the villagers' beliefs strange, but Cao Yanbing suggested that perhaps neither side was lying. Meanwhile, Shuier confided in Dog that she often recalled things during her illness but forgot them upon waking. Dog reassured her, suggesting they were merely forgetting repetitive daily routines.
Shuier worried their illness might be incurable, but Dog insisted they must not give up, praising Lord Nan, the learned scholar, and Lord Men, the Yulin Street zhenhun General, for their tireless efforts to help them. Dog also commented that Xia Ling felt strangely familiar, as if she had seen her before.
Later, Xia Ling observed Cao Yanbing cleaning his weapon, noting its complex mechanisms and wondering why an ancestor of Cao Cao would use such a weapon instead of a great saber. Cao Yanbing recalled Ghost Axe Three Tong’s explanation that an advanced civilization, the Precursors, ruled Earth before humans and speculated that the Ten Halls of Yama might be their legacy. Xia Ling asked for more details about Beiluo Shimen.
Cao Yanbing admitted he didn't know Bai Shimen, whom Shuier had mumbled, but he knew of Beiluo Shimen, whom he jokingly described as a star in the sky and a monkey on the ground. He clarified that Beiluo Shimen was a renowned zhenhun General of Yulin Street, a formidable man of incredible skill who showed no mercy to supernatural beings. People in Yulin Street called him General Men, revering him as the God of War.
Xia Ling humorously commented that General Men, the God of War, sounded like a "door god." Coincidentally, as they discussed General Men, Beiluo Shimen himself appeared at their door. In the Kingdom Organization, calculations were underway regarding the Bodhi tree's enlightenment. They determined that when the southernmost bright star, Beiluo Shimen, dimmed, the Bodhi tree would bear the Supreme Fruit.
Hattori reported that Beiluo Shimen had completely annihilated the Tianganglong Flag General's elite team, and Cao Yanbing had also arrived at Mingjing village. The Kingdom leadership acknowledged that Cao Yanbing's capabilities were exceeding their expectations.
