Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II To the West Episode 6

Monks are not monks and walls are not walls

Turns out the temple is the least peaceful place to be. The artist’s sidekick goes postal. He practically worshiped a man that barely gave him the time of day. When he could not complete the eyes, the assistant snapped and vowed they would be finished with the flying light paint. Here for once I agreed with the artist and was horrified at the thought. Ironically his crazed look gave the painter his inspired vision of demon eyes and he completed the mural with one exception. By letting the darkness take hold he had sacrificed the light that would have finished the Buddha. By not finishing, it did more pointedly show the separation of good and evil. This is clarified by the Buddha being unable to witness the evil around him. He could stay in holy defiance against the sea of evil trying to overtake him. This was also some slick talking by XiJun to see from a different perspective. The fake monks are detained and can’t arrive to be reinforcements and the fake wall show the others that had taken root in the Ghost Market. The biggest irony is that the one most responsible for instigating the mess was the same administrator whispering in the emperor’s ear at the magic show. He was the annoying voice whispering from behind the scenes pitting the princess against nephew and steering the emperor out of range to be useful in forging the family as a united front. The royals are stunned but they are the most to blame. The factions of bickering royals and Tang and Sui dynasties have it out before the mural. The general with Mo blade was determined to kill Lu the adulterer. If he only was aware how that was something Lu was obviously unable and unwilling to do except for pretense to get invited in. The general’s case will be opened and the truth clear him. The artist blinds himself to atone for the deaths his mural and chilling remarks had caused. The other was burying his assistant. He finally had some gratitude for the servant’s service albeit posthumously. He definitely saw demon eyes in the wretched end of the one person that had put up with his crap for 13 yrs. Xi Jun should thank him every day for intervening and ending any possibility of being the painter’s disciple. The princess has openly called Lu her son several times now. But, this is the first time Lu has acknowledged her as mother. We now have to hope nobody heard.

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