Noble Aspirations Episode 29

ep 29 spoilers ahead

A lot happens this episode.

1.The Azhure Dragon (Qi Long/Bi Yao's 'brother'), Jing Yu and Satou (the new city leader) discuss their next move. Qi Long is surprised his sister is in love with Xiao Fan, Jing Yu continues to be impressed by Xiao Fan's good luck (personally, it is hard to say if it is luck or skill either way he owes a lot of his success to Bi Yao's help). Satou announces his desire to avenge the deaths of his clansmen by killing Yang Zi (Long Life Sect Leader).

2.Xiao Fan & Bi Yao sink beneath the lake. (This is green screen but it is pretty. Like outerspace-looking). Meanwhile Yang Zi is furious that they have disappeared. He orders his troops to surround the city and make sure no one escapes and focuses his powers on finding them.

3.Xiao Fan and Bi Yao learn that they are not beneath the lake but inside the second heavenly scroll. A disembodied voice speaks to them and calls them 'descendants of Si Tu'. He says he is the memory of the first city leader and will fade away once the scroll has been taken. He says he has been waiting 1000 years.

4.Meanwhile, Sitoue chases down a cloaked figure. It is Yun Shu, the mute girl who we all thought jumped to her death. She tells him that she is of the sea clan, and that the tidal wave was her fault(!) the result of her sorrow. Yang Zi directed it at his family, ,killing so many people. She has felt a lot of guilt. Her parents gave her half of their life so she could return to say good bye. Essentially they proclaim their life, promise to be together forever, but she uses the rest of her power to prevent Yang Zi from obtaining the heavenly scroll. She dies in Sitoue'sarms...

5.Xiao Fan is told that if he has the second scroll he will be strong enough to defeat Yang Zi. But because he is a commoner, he might 'explode and die' (yes) Xiao Fan doesn't care about this (I would) and agrees to accept it. He receives it, but is unable to tolerate it. Bi Yao uses her magic to remove it.

6.Yue watches Bi Yao lower, cradling Xiao Fan. They clearly look like lovers....

7. The scene changes and Bi Yao is making medicine for Xiao Fan. Her Aunt (the woman dressed as a dancer) lectures her for risking her life and tells her she is behaving recklessly and that no matter what she does the noble sects will lump her together with evil people.

8.Bi Yao sends the medicine over. Yue takes it (Xiao Fan is not there). He tells her to give him the scroll, that they must have it because it is an order from their sect leader (also, just before this their senior brother yells at them for working with a demon girl I don't like him). Yue accuses her of taking the scroll, proving all along that she should not be trusted. Bi Yao doesn't tell him she took it out to save him. She turns it around and accuses him of using her. Yue does not respond. She says he will have to kill her--Yue seems prepared to but her Aunt intervenes.

9.As Bi Yao leaves she tells him to be wary of Cai (I think she should stop helping them). Xiao Fan tells Yue that of course she wouldn't just hand it over.

---This show is so odd. It has some interesting plot points but so much unnecessary filler.....

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