Episode 20 recap: Lu Zi Zheng was so heartbroken
He couldn't believe that Gu Qing Qiao didn't trust him He admitted that he did kill Mian Tian Xing, but he had no regrets Ruan Shi Qiong said that he was no longer a disciple of Xi Ling and told him to leave Lu Zi Zheng left sadly, questioning Gu Qing Qiao about all he had done for her and what she really thought of him
Gu Qing Qiao said that he was her best friend. But Lu Zi Zheng rebutted, saying he was not her friend, just a straw she grasped when she was desperate.
Gu Qing Qiao and Ruan Shi Qiong felt this was too coincidental, as if someone was trying to create a diversion. They thought the culprit might still be in the inn, so they wanted to check the guest list from yesterday.
But the innkeeper's assistant said the list was with the innkeeper, who hadn't arrived yet. Song Qi examined the bodies but didn't find any unusual martial arts traces. Gu Qing Qiao felt it was unsafe there and wanted to go back to Xi Ling first to make a plan. But just as they were about to leave, they found the innkeeper had also been killed.
Gu Qing Qiao noticed the names of the dead formed an anagram of "Qing Mu Ren Xing Jian", and guessed the killer was after that sword. If she didn't hand over the sword, the killer would keep killing. Suddenly, Gu Qing Qiao grabbed the sword and pointed it at Ruan Shi Qiong, saying she couldn't control herself and told him to leave quickly. But Ruan Shi Qiong refused to go, and Lu Hua Hua also came and was knocked out by Gu Qing Qiao.
Ruan Shi Qiong realized someone was controlling Gu Qing Qiao, and when he opened the window, he saw it was Shen You, the Sect Master of Yao Wang Valley, controlling her with puppet strings. Shen You had killed Guan Mu and Mian Tian Xing, and was forcing Ruan Shi Qiong to reveal the whereabouts of the Qing Mu Ren Xing Jian. Gu Qing Qiao said only the Grand Elder knew, but to save her, Ruan Shi Qiong got stabbed by Gu Qing Qiao.
Shen You took Gu Qing Qiao away. The Eldest Martial Brother and Eldest Martial Sister arrived, and Ruan Shi Qiong asked them to go rescue Gu Qing Qiao.
The senior disciple was killed by Shen You while trying to save Gu Qingqiao. Gu Qingqiao tricked Shen You by saying that Ruan Shiqiong had already been killed by her, so no one knew the whereabouts of the Qingmu Human Shaped Sword.
Shen You got angry and wanted to kill Gu Qingqiao, but was killed by Ruan Shiqiong in retaliation. It turns out Ruan Shiqiong was not dead after all!
Gu Qingqiao found puppet silk on Shen You, and they suspected Shen You had someone backing her. They took the puppet silk to find Song Qi and ask which sect the puppet silk belonged to.
Song Qi sent Gu Qingqiao away and had a private conversation with Ruan Shiqiong. He asked if Ruan Shiqiong used the power of the Qingmu Human Shaped Sword to become the number one in the world. Ruan Shiqiong admitted it. Song Qi was very dissatisfied, because he had used the puppet silk to repair his extraordinary meridians just to take revenge on Ruan Shiqiong.
Ruan Shiqiong was very sad, feeling that this was a personal grudge between them, and she didn't understand why Song Qi had to target the disciples of Xiling.
Gu Qingqiao discovered that there was a new tomb of Song Qi next to Shangyao's tomb, and the kite string was also acting strange. She realized something was wrong, went to knock on the door, and found out that the person behind Shen You was actually Song Qi! Song Qi had been controlling Ruan Shiqiong, and Gu Qingqiao had to burn Shangyao's portrait to rescue Ruan Shiqiong.
Song Qi perished in the fire.
Gu Qingqiao, carrying the bodies of the senior disciple and Mantianchan, prepared to return to Xiling, and encountered Duan Yu and Xingsi. Gu Qingqiao thought they were coming to arrest her, but Ruan Shiqiong said she was Xiling Sect's Xiao Qing, and didn't know Duan Yu, so she wanted to take Gu Qingqiao back to Xiling.
Xingsi deliberately injured Duan Yu's arm, but in the end they all went back to Xiling together. However, Gu Qingqiao was very cold towards Duan Yu, which made Xingsi very unhappy, and Duan Yu also lamented that he had hurt her too deeply.
Wang Tianshan was very saddened by the death of his disciple, and also learned that Lu Zizheng had killed Mantianchan. Ruan Shiqiong expelled Lu Zizheng from the Xiling Sect.
They held a funeral for the deceased disciples, and Gu Qingqiao felt that Xiling might be her final destination.
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