Mystic Nine Episode 8

Groups reunite with leaders and two of three step ritual performed

Wu and Zhang still disagree about whether or no Chsngsheng’s methods work. Wu is poisoned and has to stay behind while Zhang continues investigating. We get a quick view of Qi finding Xiao Yu and continuing search for others. Wu accidentally moves a vat lid and then thinks Runty is in another. He hears the dog’s cries and heads for it. His men and Huo are trying to locate him with their whistles. Zhang finds Qi and the Zhang clan. They go to the opera room that Qi believes was made in Qin Dynasty. He is shocked to learn Yin Changsheng made the room. They go back to the vat room but Woo isn’t there. Woo has found Huo and his clan but he is irrational and wants to get them all out. Back in the vat room Qi mentions an immortal that liked playing pranks. What was not clear is if this one was truly immortal or a mystic. Qi confirms that the vats are covered with suppression talismans and that evil things are inside. He also is pretty sure it’s a burial site and not a magical research area as Zhang and Wu initially thought. Qi gets out the tools of his trade and sees that the stage is connected to the way out. The Zhang clan follow Qi’s instructions on which character to give propers to and Xiao Yu blocks doors open as discovered. Two paths show and Zhang chooses opposite Qi’s choice🤣😂 They leave a mark for Wu. Wu’s group arrives and he isn’t happy Zhang already left. Whatever is inside him from the vat steers him away from one door so they take the other route. What isn’t clear is if this is the same passage Zhang chose because they did not acknowledge seeing the mark left behind for him. Huo asks about the button and whether or not his hand reached out to her. He cannot confirm or deny. Runty’s barking leads them to another sealed wall. Here Wu finds a yin yang lock that must be released together to open the wall. We see his two men and dog behind the wall with a dark creature in slime on the wall. Wu talks Huo into staying at the yang mechanism. They whistle instructions back and forth and at the last one his whistle command is changed. He tells them info is wrong and runs back. He sees everyone killed by a trap but is it real or illusion? He figures out that he must perform the three rites. So he lines his people up and lights the candles and burns the hair. The eyes on the mural open to look at him. He has kept the tnt with him to make sure the deal is kept. When he beats the mural in frustration he turns to find his people gone. He knows they are safe and hears whistle in background as episode ends. This was a suspenseful episode. The groups are divided but finding same end result with the murals. Eerie vibe continues and now to see if both groups find each other after this round.

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