Episode 20 recap: Jiang Bu Ting urged Song Divine Doctor to stop using outsiders for experiments.
At a critical moment, Huo Xing Chen threw the incense powder from the sandalwood burner onto Song Divine Doctor's face and took the opportunity to escape with Jiang Bu Ting. Mu Bing He, worried that Huo Xing Chen might be in danger since she hadn't returned for a long time, decided to go look for her. Before heading to the Star-Picking Gate, he made an agreement with Mu Yao Guang and Jiang Bu Ying that if they encountered Huo Xing Chen, they would send a signal.
Mu Bing He arrived at the Star-Picking Gate and straightforwardly stated his purpose. However, Gate Master Liao Qing Shan said she hadn't seen Huo Xing Chen. Frustrated, Mu Bing He had to pretend to visit the Star-Picking Gate and search around.
After Mu Bing He left, Liao Qing Shan ordered her subordinates to pursue and kill Jiang Bu Ting and Huo Xing Chen, ensuring they wouldn't leave the Star-Picking Gate alive. Huo Xing Chen and Jiang Bu Ting fled to a bamboo forest, but due to the poison taking effect, both of them collapsed on the ground. Just as several people from the Star-Picking Gate approached with swords, an old man suddenly appeared and rescued them.
The old man revived them and introduced himself as Lu Zhang Lao, a senior fellow disciple of Song Divine Doctor in the Star-Picking Gate. Lu Zhang Lao had been living in seclusion within the Star-Picking Gate and, upon learning that Jiang Bu Ting was Song Divine Doctor's disciple, assumed that he was being pursued because of their joint experimentation on living subjects. Jiang Bu Ting clearly expressed his opposition to his master's use of living subjects for experiments. Lu Zhang Lao examined Jiang Bu Ting's pulse and found his body to be weak, so he planned to prepare some medicine to ensure he could safely reach the Heavenly Extinction Gate.
After bidding farewell to Lu Zhang Lao, Jiang Bu Ting and Huo Xing Chen returned to the inn. Yao Guang, seeing that Mu Bing He hadn't returned, became particularly anxious. Jiang Bu Ying went to the Star-Picking Gate to find Mu Bing He and, upon seeing that he was unharmed, persuaded him to return to the inn.
Mu Bing He stated his intention to stay at the Star-Picking Gate for a few more days to investigate thoroughly. Knowing that her brother was safe, Yao Guang finally felt relieved. The recent news in the martial arts bulletin reported that Huo Xing Chen was causing chaos in the martial world and deliberately tarnishing the reputation of the Star Picking Gate by relying on her divine skills.
Yao Guang and Jiang Bu Ying traced the person responsible for the bulletin and arrived at the Star-Picking Gate, uncovering the mastermind behind the scenes. After returning to the inn, they informed Huo Xing Chen and Jiang Bu Ting about the situation. Jiang Bu Ting realized that throughout their journey, it seemed like an invisible hand was manipulating everything behind the scenes. Huo Xing Chen sorted out some thoughts: Medicine King Village controlled the outsiders as minions, Hidden Spirit Valley enhanced their martial strength through pharmaceuticals, and the Star-Picking Gate used public opinion to disrupt the martial world.
A group of martial artists, influenced by unknown individuals, went to the inn where Huo Xing Chen was staying and forced them to return to the Five Peaks Sect. Yao Guang, seeing that these people were biased and unfair, decided to reveal the truth and seek justice for Huo Xing Chen. In the latest issue of the Jianghu Express, Mu Yao Guang exposed the Star-Picking Gate for concealing Song Divine Doctor's use of outsiders for experiments and slandering Huo Xing Chen, demanding justice for the martial world.
Upon reading the article written by Yao Guang, those who had previously attacked Huo Xing Chen went to the Star-Picking Gate to demand an explanation. Jiang Bu Ting took this opportunity to find his master. Huo Xing Chen decided to meet with Liao Qing Shan. Once they met, Liao Qing Shan believed that Huo Xing Chen was not worthy of possessing such internal power, and they started fighting. Liao Qing Shan was no match for Huo Xing Chen, and after subduing her, Huo Xing Chen discovered that Liao Qing Shan was also a woman.
Huo Xing Chen admired Liao Qing Shan, who despite being a woman, had achieved so much. Convinced by Huo Xing Chen, Liao Qing Shan used her daughter's identity to threaten her and spread false information about Huo Xing Chen in the Jianghu Express. The masked person promised her that if she handled this matter well, she would become a martial arts supreme like Huo Xing Chen.
Jiang Bu Ting found Song Divine Doctor and informed him that many people outside wanted to confront him, but Song Divine Doctor didn't care. He wanted to help Jiang Bu Ting with his physical condition, but Jiang Bu Ting advised him to stop. Seeing his obsession, Jiang Bu Ting tried to take him away, but Song Divine Doctor stabbed Jiang Bu Ting with a knife, just like when they were young. Jiang Bu Ting didn't dodge.
Huo Xing Chen, angry at seeing Jiang Bu Ting injured, asked him why he didn't dodge, but Jiang Bu Ting didn't answer. However, when they returned to the inn, Huo Xing Chen noticed that Jiang Bu Ting was downcast and tried to cheer him up.
Jiang Bu Ying overheard Huo Xing Chen and Jiang Bu Ting discussing Mu Yao Guang and learned that Huo Xing Chen's "big brother" was Mu Bing He's sister, Mu Yao Guang, the author of the Jianghu Express.
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