Blood River Episode 12

Assessing the players

The Yellow Springs pawnshop was an interesting place. For all the wealth and weaponry revealed, I think the only thing Muyu would ever really want from there is his father’s sword. That room showed him the lifeblood of the people he grew up with and that sword had a major impact on him. Changhe is adding up the riches and i\brings out his hell palm with the three from Soul Reapers hall. It is interesting that the water rep is most sympathetic with their cause. He recognizes that the labels placed on them wasn’t by choice and he wants to go with the group that simply wants to live their lives as they see fit without being an enslaved blade. The one holding the token left out the detail that it was a fake and would not help in the least in retrieving any items. The key is essential to neutralize all traps but the token is required to take out anything. They did have the surprise of finding out that they had already paid the fee for anything they would want. Changhe and Muyu have separated and Muyu is accepting the invitation in the city. Changhe shows up with the current head of Mu clan and has declared the ferryman his. This is where he finds out that the shadow sect holds the token they need. For unknown reasons he has made HongYing a Mu and promises whatever purchases her to be paid when they get the token. She agrees and has no problem with this exchange. The pawnshop owner is less enthused but seems willing to go along with the exchange. Muyu is tested by the shadow sect. They want to control Blood River as their own enforcement personnel. They have all intel to include pics of every assassin and the leader uses this to blackmail Muyu to kill the Prince. Muyu surprises him and the eunuch by being very aware of what they are asking and who truly benefits. His deal is to have all intel destroyed and that they will be separate entities with no ties if he agrees to have the Prince killed and anger the entire world. The leader isn’t biting and calls the negotiation finished. Muyu downs two more shots and says that they don’t have to strike a bargain but that Blood River would stop at Tianqi City first and wipe the shadow sect off the face of the world. He was quite serious and gave them something to think about. Muyu tried to visit the Imperial Astronomical Bureau his father took him to as a child, but he was rebuffed. I wonder if the elder would have felt the same if he knew Muyu’s origins. It also seems that the favors for the shadow sect included dealing with the elder Tang and drawing out Lianyue. It is said he was also killed but I hope this to not be true. We will now get to see how the ghost and undertaker take on the political machinations behind the scenes of Blood River.

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