Mystic Nine Episode 5

The Three Primes Sun-Moon Great Peace Fasting Rite

The lech in pleasure house is a very ancient eunuch. He is a string puller, but not clear if he is the brains behind the strings. He has appealed to the Huo clan member in Ministry of War to oust Zhang as leader of Mystic Nine. Huo seems cold and calculating as he goes through all the members listing off strengths and weaknesses. He also cannot rule out popularity of the masses which is why he cannot start with Zhang as much as he really wants to. He also prefers to save Ms Huo who is embedded with the tower explorers, but he is not above letting her go if she goes outside the line drawn for the females in their clan. While he speculates on his move, the explorers know it’s safe to end of waterway. Huo sees the palanquin with her morning glory symbol on the lantern. Wu did not see it. She also saw a mirror with the image of the other world patriarch. The only thing they all agree on while traversing the waterway is wanting Qi to shut up.🤣Zhang ordered his man to retrieve a skull to study later. He is dismissed and the skull set aside when they see what’s before them. Qi figures out is it a ritual to open a gate via the patriarch figure before them. The Three Primes Sun-Moon Great Peace Fasting Rite is the name. Qi again sounds long winded so they want the cliff notes version. They found the dog’s collar so they know their people have been there, but the room is completely sealed off with dead bodies having extra body parts coming out of them. Qi does the rite and the others are somewhat underwhelmed. They are focusing on the last lady with no extra body part where they guesstimate the gate opens…however Zhang has disappeared from the group so the gate did open and he left through it. Wu wants Qi to do the rite again so he can assist Zhang. After the rite he too disappears but what everyone missed was the change in the skull they had brought from the waterway. The eyes have opened. This episode has the Ministry of War involved on the outside. Whether it’s to help or hurt the Mystic Nine is unclear. The Eunuch is the messenger boy but it is not clear what power, if any, he has to the political machinations wanting to change leadership or overthrow how the mystic nine operates. They are moving the story along inside and outside while still keeping the majority of the characters locked in place. The one constant has been forcing them to work together and move forward.

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