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Traveling incognito

Sima Jiao and Tingyan take the identities of Mu twins to give him healing and investigating time. Neither particularly like going back to school but Tingyan appreciates the lessons more. Their teacher is the ‘Doogie Howzer” of first level spell teaching. 😂 When she struggled with lesson, Sima Jiao taught her to shift spell to her element strengths. She is far more successful and uses it to discourage a classmate’s overtures. Ruling is teaming up with Shi even knowing what he’s done. It never crosses her mind to team up with Tingyan and form a plan not requiring killing. She thinks she is protecting her friend and using Nianju. She is finding that part harder with attractive man telling her how beautiful her eyes are😂 Tingyan is invited to an outing with classmates, and since good food is promised, decides to go. She is tested by the handsy colleague’s cousin, but she agrees to everything said and finds no offense at being low man on totem pole or lacking a partner to cultivate with. She listens to their gossip and hears how Shi has altered the truth and disseminated false information. She was happily eating earlier but now sad she can’t conjure up Sima Jiao’s presence at will. After thinking this he shows up and episode ends. While he was gone, Sima Jiao planted a fire flower in the Shi pool to stir things up. He has hypnotized a guard to tell him when it starts growing. Things are going to get interesting.

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His healer the demon

Shi is outraged his work has been destroyed. There is hint that another flame has been created. I am still unsure if it was destroyed or has hidden itself. Sima Jiao was very close to success in killing himself along with the bloodthirsty elders. Tingyan is resigned to die with him but really wants to live. He adjusts his efforts at last second to fly off. While he is gone, Shi assesses the damage. His son wants to know where Anxue is and Shi lies that Sima Jiao killed her. He wants romance torn from his son to complete his diabolical plan and his son almost fell for it. He pieces together things his dad told him and decides to respond this way….that he would avenge Anxue. Shi never considered that his son would consider love THE most important thing. He has created his own secondary nemesis but doesn’t realize it yet. Tingyan finds them transported to a beautiful location with a fisherman waiting for them. Sima Jiao knows who he is and asks if he is to be killed or saved….the reply was either one. The fisherman is an immortal that put a bead on Sima Jiao to give him mercy. If he found the one that could teach him this, he could be saved. The proof would be sg]he could break the cord and feed him the bead. She is stunned when she breaks the cord. The immortal is somehow tied to Fengshan line. When she proves she can heal him, the immortal declares his tie completed and severed. He disappears and little flame takes over. Sima Jiao’s body is healing nicely, but his soul is a mess and still fading. Tingyan is challenged to enter his spirit realm and heal him. She manages to get inside where it is a fiery mess and his life experiences floating by. She resonates with his pain and hugs him, refusing to let go. Her fish surrounds his being and stops the flames. Seems three joinings will cure him. After second time his spirit world is a spring garden, all blooming and beautiful. For the third time he is much more aware….and episode ends. There is a brief aside where Nianju wakes up and Ruling lies to him. She convinces him to stay hidden while she goes to look for them. I cannot decide if I am going to like her or resent her tie to black snake. The jury is still out.😝

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The FL is so childish...

When I first started this show I kept seeing reviews about how people didn't like the FL. People said she was too feminine and not general-like. At first, I thought it was weird because why is it wrong for a FL to be feminine? But that's not even the issue here. Her femininity is good, but the FL acts like a CHILD. Sure, she's supposedly just playing it up so she can get close to Xiao Jue, but we don't even see her "real" personality. It's so exhausting to have to watch her mannerism. I completely understand what other people were saying. She is SO annoying. The only times I liked her is the one or two scenes she wasn't pretending to be a soldier. And what's confusing to me is that she KNOWS the ML knows she's a girl, yet she still puts on this childish act.

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Obstacles removed

The emperor divides the generals in three different cities and He Yan gets put in Rundu. This is the city that has no action but ready to provide support to either city under attack. He Yan is restless and unhappy. Yan needs assistance and she arrives as quickly as possible. Unfortunately he is killed even as his wife is giving birth. Chu is realizing he lost a friendship that mattered to him. He Yan levels him when she returns, blaming him for the division of power that has resulted in weakening the efforts in both cities. She takes his wine bottle and tells him he doesn’t merit it. That he needs to be sober and feel the loss of the men that died because of his advice to the emperor. That Yan’s daughter will never see him because of his actions. The daughter is named Muxia. Yan had names picked for both genders before heading out. I like to think the butterfly that visits is daddy looking over his little girl. Xiao Jue is losing ground but will never give up. He has become a tireless fighting machine and continues to inspire his troops to move forward. When we see him he is surrounded by pikes and the Wutuo General is getting ready to finish him off. His avenging angel sends two arrows that knock the general back. I love the sword switch as they finish him off together. When they look at each other….it’s like long time no see .. now let’s go kick their ass. I have to chuckle as they scream victory surrounded by burning buildings. They return home and report to the emperor. They are told rewards will greet them when they get home. They give him a polite thank you and have no other words for him. Secretariat Chu has been dismissed due to his poor advice and banished to border lands. When they get to He Yan’s house they enjoy a more intimate hug. Feinu again shows up to interrupt and tell them there is an edict. They arrive to hear their list of rewards and given permission to marry. A very pleased official leaves after sharing the news. One month later our generals get married. They look stunning in their red robes subdued with black. She shines like the sun with her bright gold headdress. He is kinder than Cheng and her saddle is on the ground to step over😂 The ceremony is perfect and they are surrounded by all their friends and family. When the Cheng’s go to find them, our generals have disappeared and not to be found. They are horseback in an isolated spot to view the moon with no distraction but each other. They speculate about their future and enjoy the beauty and silence together. It is a good ending for them. May they be blessed with many years of moon viewing and children to share their happiness. Uncle Feinu will always be available to babysit.😂

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No, just no

I was really enjoying this show so far, but the way episode 2 handled domestic abuse was just absolutely horrendous. There is no „oooh I‘m sorry I beat you before, now that you sacred me half to death I will be a better man“, just no. We don’t go around victim blaming and having the VICTIM say sorry to the abusive husband! I don’t care if she was possessed and wanted to hurt him, she should never ever be made to apologise to him. And Khem had this whole speech earlier in the episode about domestic abuse, just to throw it out the window later on. He went from „You need to do something about domestic abuse“ to „oooh look they REKINDLED their love“ real fast. There is no rekindling love in an abusive household, the best thing you can do is escape. I know Khem is supposed to be this innocent cutie who believes in the good of people, but an abusive marriage is the wrong place to make that point. You already established that side of him by having him be a complete fool for the whole of the first episode, you don’t need to make that point again, especially not at the cost of dragging women who experienced domestic abuse through the dirt.

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