The Legend of White Snake Episode 4 Recap
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Xu Xian noticed a strong scent of Dragon Powder from a sachet left by Changsheng. Connecting this with the fact that all missing children were only sons, he deduced that the culprit must be using the Dragon Powder as a marker. His brother-in-law, Li Gongfu, confirmed this theory after days of patrols and inquiries revealed that all missing children had purchased exquisitely embroidered pouches or shoes.
The two then focused their search on embroidery shops that specialized in the "double-needle stitch" of Bian embroidery. Soon, Li Gongfu investigated all the embroidery shops in Lin'an and identified Ms. Wu as the primary suspect. Meanwhile, Xiao Qing, ever loyal and spirited, refused to back down from her promise to Bai Suzhen, even knowing the centipede demon's power far surpassed her own by a thousand years.
During a conversation with her companions, Xiao Qing learned that centipedes are afraid of roosters, and the rooster with the strongest Yang energy, the first to crow at dawn in Lin'an, was kept in Xu Xian's sister's courtyard. Thus, Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing stealthily infiltrated the Li family residence to "borrow" the rooster. Before they could succeed, Xu Xian’s sister, Xu Jiaorong, caught them.
The embarrassing misunderstanding left Bai Suzhen mortified, but Xu Xian intervened, and with Xiao Qing's seamless fabrication, they managed to convince Xu Jiaorong. Xiao Qing claimed they were looking for Xu Xian to inquire about Changsheng and got lost in Quyuan Lane. Xu Jiaorong, who had already sensed an affection between Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen, was delighted to see them talking so amicably.
When Xu Jiaorong asked about Bai Suzhen's background, Xiao Qing cleverly spun a tale: her mistress was Miss Bai, a high-born daughter from the Bai Mansion in Furong City, Sichuan, whose parents, a general and his wife, had passed away prematurely. They had then traveled to the south to seek relatives, only to find those relatives had also moved. Xiao Qing's story was so convincing that even Bai Suzhen almost believed it.
Hearing of Bai Suzhen's plight, Xu Jiaorong expressed even greater warmth towards the two young women from afar. During their chat, Bai Suzhen discreetly gave Xu Xian a sachet of Chinese mugwort powder, instructing him to give it to Li Gongfu, explaining its effectiveness against centipedes. Xu Xian, realizing the powder was meant to counter centipedes, deduced that Bai Suzhen must have also learned about the creature from Changsheng's sachet.
Filled with joy and a hint of excitement, Xu Jiaorong promptly cooked the prized rooster, which Bai Suzhen had discreetly requested, into a delicious soup. Without the rooster, Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing returned to their temporary home, a magnificent mansion conjured by their illusionary arts. As they pondered how to find the centipede demon, Jing Song arrived.
Jing Song, a golden mouse under the Buddha, commanded all mice as his eyes and ears, making the task of locating the centipede easy for him. However, he warned of the immense danger; the centipede demon possessed formidable powers, fearing neither gods nor ghosts, and even their combined strength might not be enough. But Bai Suzhen, concerned for the common people, refused to give up. With persistent persuasion, she brought Jing Song onto their side.
Xiao Qing, realizing her own cultivation was too shallow for a direct assault, suggested enlisting Fahai. Jing Song's informants swiftly located Ms. Wu and discovered her horrifying plan to slaughter all the children the next day to enhance her own cultivation. With no time to lose, the trio decided to act at noon the following day, when the centipede demon's Yin energy would be at its weakest. The next day, they split into two groups.
Bai Suzhen and Jing Song headed directly to Ms. Wu's lair. Xiao Qing went into the inner city to intentionally provoke Fahai to join their cause. Bai Suzhen arrived just in time to save Li Gongfu, whose life was in peril. Panicked that she would miss the optimal time for her ritual, Ms. Wu abandoned the fight and fled into a confined space. Bai Suzhen and Jing Song quickly pursued her.
Ms. Wu desperately sought to consume the life essence of all the captured children to increase her cultivation and open the reincarnation gate. Her sole purpose was to return to a specific moment in the past to save her innocent daughter. The image of her daughter's face remained vivid in her memory, and the kind girl had promised to always keep a Naga Pearl in her mouth, ensuring they would be together through all future lives.
Because of this promise, Ms. Wu had searched for a thousand years, tragically killing only male children, fearing she might accidentally harm her beloved daughter. But fate was cruel; Ms. Wu had once jokingly wished for her daughter to be a boy. Consequently, her daughter was reborn as a male child in every reincarnation, only to be brutally murdered by Ms. Wu herself. In this current life, her child was Changsheng.
With Changsheng's passing, the Naga Pearl, which Bai Suzhen had kept, began to glow. This pearl's spiritual energy had always been used to nourish Changsheng's soul, remaining dim until now. With his soul's return, the energy flowed back into the pearl, causing it to radiate brilliantly. Only at this moment did Ms. Wu painfully realize that she had, in fact, murdered the child she had sought for a thousand years.
Overwhelmed with grief, Ms. Wu recklessly attempted to force open the reincarnation gate, despite lacking sufficient power and choosing the wrong time. The centipede within her frantically tried to stop her, but could not sway a mother's resolve to save her child. When Xiao Qing and Fahai finally reached the confined space, the three—Bai Suzhen, Jing Song, and Ms. Wu—had already been dragged by the reincarnation gate to the Bridge of Helplessness, in search of Changsheng's freshly departed soul.
Ms. Wu activated the Three-Life Stone, hoping to read Changsheng's soul and make him return to the human world with his memories. Alas, the unfortunate child, having suffered countless reincarnations and being killed by his own mother each time, was now completely dissipated, his soul scattered, making his return impossible. Seeing that Changsheng's soul was lost, the centipede then declared that it would take Bai Suzhen's demon core instead.
