The Immortal Ascension Episode 5

Exchanging treasures and on to Tainan Valley

The first portion of episode was a very sweet interlude with Caihuan. 🥰 She finds where the golem took Han Li and brings her treasure, the sunwarm jade. It was her dowry. What I am wondering is if the crafty doc Mo had visions of these two? She gives him the jade but he is too far gone with the poison and collapses. She comes into the room and assists with the healing process. I like that she shows such respect in treating him. She covers him up and only bares what is required to treat him. She really does seem to have her father’s gift of medicine. When he wakes up, they both note the jade absorbed the silver demon poisoning from him and he is truly cured. She even offers him the stone, her simple request was to go with him. He sees how sweet she is and how much of a treasure she is, but he also knows she cannot accompany him on the immortal path any more than her father could stay with his family. He doesn’t wish to cause her more pain, but I am sure he will see this as the one one he wished he could have stayed with. He leaves his golem with her as family protector and wishes her well. He then heads to Tainan Valley where he runs into a very chatty new friend. There is a brief scene where we learn the moon shadow sect is in charge of the Immortal Ascension Trials this year. Han Li’s new friend Wan takes him to the bazaar and introduces him to various artifacts and items that help with defense and cultivating. The Grandmaster is keeping an eye on things because rogue cultivators have been disappearing. Her colleagues discovered a Yan sect crest at the scene of a murder. The Grandmaster is trying to keep this under wraps due to the trials coming up but she is putting more security in place to monitor things. A member of the Yan clan is here for the trials and an incident with the guards has her meeting with the GrandMaster. She claims they were framed but is a bit less cocky when tested for truth telling. There is then a candid chat between the two that some entity is trying to sow discord amongst the seven sects. An incident at the bazaar introduces Han Li and new friend to a group of rogue cultivators. Han Li knows instinctively they are trouble, but his chatty friend has dropped his name to them. They are given a lesson about fake roots and true roots. There is a girl selling a cloth that makes things invisible. A rich jerk is trying to cheat her and Han Li intervenes. He takes his purchase and leaves but the rich guy isn’t done “bargaining”. So far, Han Li has learned that the real commerce most coveted are pills. This is where his training with doc Mo will come in very handy. Now to see how rich jerk is dealt with. I am most annoyed that his peers help him cheat a poor merchant. It does not say much for their characters.😝

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