Rakshasa Street Episode 2 Recap
> Rakshasa Street Recap
Xia Ling found herself bewildered upon entering Luocha Street, a strange and fantastical place. She observed residents joking about memories and asking about strange things like "bird size." When she inquired about a courtyard with a large locust tree, a local pointed her further down the street. Meanwhile, Cao Yanbing, trying to grab a large red envelope on his phone, was frustrated when bird droppings landed on his screen.
His brother, Cao Xuanliang (Xiaoliang), then reported a large group of "artists" approaching from the west. Cao Yanbing, still annoyed, saw this as a convenient outlet for his anger. Before heading out, he instructed Xiaoliang to guard the spirit of locust tree, threatening to kill anyone who trespassed without mercy. As Cao Yanbing stepped out, he encountered Xia Ling, who recognized him as the delivery driver she had previously assaulted, and the approaching group of "artists."
Realizing the "artists'" identity, Cao Yanbing urged Xia Ling to take cover inside his home with Xiaoliang, as he prepared to face them alone. He quickly identified them as the No. 1 artist group from Luocha Street, serving General Fu Shi. Despite their numbers, Cao Yanbing wielded his ten halls, slaying many. The "artists," realizing his reliance on the powerful weapon, resorted to a provocation, challenging him to fight them bare-handed.
Confident, Cao Yanbing dropped his weapon, proclaiming he could defeat them even by tearing them apart with his bare hands. Inside the courtyard, Xiaoliang, remembering his brother's stern warning, threw a knife towards Xia Ling. However, the blade bypassed her, striking an invisible demon behind her. Xiaoliang, unable to smell the invisible entity, was at a disadvantage.
It was only when the demon inadvertently tore Xia Ling's clothes, causing her to have a nosebleed due to anemia, that her blood exposed its location. Seizing the opportunity, Xiaoliang quickly subdued the invisible demon. Cao Yanbing initially struggled fighting the "artists" bare-handed, but after discovering the secret ability of the twin brothers among them—their skin scattering light to render them invisible—he managed to defeat them. The remaining minions quickly fled.
That night, Cao Yanbing awoke from a nightmare, haunted by voices telling him he couldn't protect others and that his guardian spirit would die for him. Xia Ling, checking on him, was astonished by his rapid recovery, to which Xiaoliang casually remarked that as a Messenger, his brother naturally healed quickly. Attempting to change his clothes, Cao Yanbing rudely told Xia Ling to leave his room.
Instead of complying, she assaulted him again, leaving him bewildered as to why he had saved this "violent woman" twice. When Xiaoliang brought out dinner, Xia Ling found the food unappetizing and wondered if the invisible demon they captured would eat. Cao Yanbing then explained that the invisible demon was a "mutant" like those from X-Men, responsible for the series of attacks Xia Ling had endured in the human world.
He added that the demon was unable to speak because its tongue had been removed to prevent it from leaking secrets if captured. As Cao Yanbing prepared to execute the demon, Xia Ling, overcome with compassion, intervened. She insisted he couldn't harm a helpless being, even though Cao Yanbing, as Luocha Street's zhenhun general, was merely performing his duty.
He warned her that she would regret letting the demon go, but Xia Ling, revealing her shoulder, confidently declared she had found a way to protect herself, causing the demon to have another nosebleed from seeing her. Xia Ling then recounted how she came to Luocha Street, guided by a video email from Ghost axe three-way pair, who warned about an extreme organization called Kingdom.
She explained that she could see Ghost axe three-way pair's spirit message, a feat Cao Xuanliang noted would place her at "black rope" level or higher. Cao Yanbing concluded that her ability to see the spirit message and survive in Luocha Street meant she was undoubtedly a Messenger.
When Xia Ling asked what a Messenger was, Cao Yanbing teasingly told her it meant a soul resided in her body, a "ghost possession," and ominously warned that the ghost would eventually consume her. Cao Xuanliang quickly stepped in, telling his brother to stop scaring Xia Ling. He patiently explained that their world, the spiritual domain, was an "alternate dimension" or "human secret realm," not the underworld.
He showed her a diagram, pointing out the spiritual domain's central hub, overseen by the Jade spirit envoy, and the countless streets called zhenhun streets, including Luocha Street, where Cao Yanbing served as the zhenhun general. He clarified that a Messenger is someone whose body hosts a guardian spirit, allowing them to safely traverse between the human and spiritual realms, which usually prove poisonous to ordinary humans. The guardian spirit also makes Messengers healthier than average people.
Xia Ling was relieved to learn she was alive and would not die soon. Cao Yanbing announced he had to leave, instructing Xiaoliang to look after Xia Ling. Xia Ling asked where he was going, and Xiaoliang revealed that after delivering takeout, Cao Yanbing planned to destroy General Fu Shi's lair to eliminate any further threats to Xia Ling's life. Meanwhile, after their defeat by Cao Yanbing, the "artist group" reported back to General Fu Shi.
Fu Shi was furious and confirmed Cao Yanbing's identity as a descendant of Wei Wu. He worried that even if they retreated now, Cao Yanbing wouldn't spare them, and "that person" must not discover their failures. At that moment, a seductive woman appeared. She expressed displeasure with Fu Shi's cowardice and his fear of Cao Yanbing's "Wei Wuzhi blood" and "fighting soul of Cao Wei," dismissing his concerns about the "Mark of the rebel" on his subordinates.
Fearing Fu Shi might fall into Cao Yanbing's hands and leak sensitive information, the woman executed him and the remaining "artist group," appointing a new "bone craftsman" to control the street.
