Love in Pavilion Episode 2 Recap
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The three of them charged out from the Xuanwu position, but the poison formation closed again. Dongfang Huaizhu couldn't help but worry about the Sword Master’s safety. However, the Sword Master was far more powerful than she imagined; within moments, he broke the Poison King of Nan Chui’s poison formation. The Sword Master’s strength genuinely surprised the Poison King of Nan Chui and even made him feel some admiration, deciding not to wipe them out completely.
Nevertheless, the Sword Master had come for the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord’s demon core and would not leave empty-handed, while the Poison King, fiercely protective of his own, would never let him succeed, even if it meant inviting a bloody reprisal from the Nangong family against Nan Chui. The prophecy "Eradicating emotions, pursuing hatred, eternal night descends" was a warning for both humans and demons to stop their conflicts, but upon hearing it, the Poison King only snorted coldly.
At that moment, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord appeared with Lady Poison. He was already wavering, and with the Sword Master’s added promise—that if he obtained the demon core, he would do everything in his power to save Nan Chui and make Nangong ye pay the price—the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord willingly offered up his demon core, choosing to atone for his sins by turning back into a powerless little spider.
Dongfang Huaizhu entrusted the little spider to Lady Poison, letting her take the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord to start anew at the Star Picking Tower—a new beginning of sorts. Dongfang Huaizhu’s spiritual fire restrained poison, allowing her to remain unharmed within the poison formation, but the Sword Master, having stayed too long, showed signs of poisoning. Dongfang Huaizhu handed him a small medicinal pill, instructing him to take it and circulate his energy for a while to detoxify.
She carved two lines of words onto the Sword Master’s scabbard, inviting him to meet her at the Bamboo Pavilion By River Huai on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. After all, the Poison King was still the Poison King, with exceptionally sharp eyes. Although the Sword Master used a different sword technique to conceal his identity, the Poison King still recognized that he was from the Wangquan family.
"The sword comes from Wangquan, the fire from Dongfang"—the Poison King saw clearly that they were there to help Nan Chui, and that Nangong Ye, who was slaughtering both great and small demons of Nan Chui, was about to face his retribution. While Nangong Ye was hunting down minor demons, he was stopped by Wangquan Zui and Yang Yitan. Nangong Ye’s subordinates were no match for them, and they even managed to seize the map of Nangong Ye’s Sword Furnace.
The Sword Master’s true identity was Wangquan Hongye, the young master of Wangquan Manor, who had long been plagued by a certain dream. To conceal his identity, Wangquan Hongye, along with Li Zizai and Li Quzhuo, wore masks. After obtaining the map, Wangquan Zui and Yang Yitan hurried back to Po Tian Temple to regroup with the three masked individuals. At Divine Fire Villa, countless suitors sent betrothal gifts and marriage proposals for Dongfang Huaizhu.
Dongfang Qinlan and their father Dongfang Churi even used the stacks of proposals to play cards, only to be exposed by Dongfang Huaizhu, leaving them both embarrassed. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of Wangquan Shouzhuo, the head of the Wangquan family, remained unknown. The Wangquan family claimed he had gone traveling and had not yet returned, and thus the young master Wangquan Hongye was acting on his behalf.
Several family heads gathered in the council hall, and Housekeeper Fei reminded Wangquan Hongye to be wary of Nangong Ye’s ambitions to seize power. Nangong Ye was the first to ask when they would launch an attack on Nan Chui, but just then, the Poison King's letter of surrender and the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord’s demon core were delivered. Wangquan Hongye used this as a pretext to halt the planned assault on Nan Chui.
Yang Yan of the Tianyan Yang family was a close friend of Dongfang Huaizhu. Her beloved, Mu Xiaowu, worked at a mine and once, out of kindness, released a minor demon. This incident was reported to the Yiqi Alliance, and subsequently, Mu Xiaowu was taken away by the Inspectors. The Nangong family controlled the Inspectors, using them to threaten the major families and Wangquan Manor. As the Yang family was of low influence, they couldn't intervene to help Mu Xiaowu.
Yang Yan was very worried about him, and Dongfang Huaizhu comforted her, assuring her that a solution would be found. Nangong Ye sought to win over Divine Fire Villa, hidden from the world for years, to weaken the Wangquan family and thus seize power. The moment the long-honed Demon Sword appeared would be the moment Nangong Ye’s ambitions were revealed.
As Dongfang Huaizhu fretted over not being able to help Yang Yan, Nangong Ye arrived with an offer: if Divine Fire Villa helped him capture and kill Wangquan Hongye, he would grant any request. The moment the invitation for Nangong Ye’s Sword Unveiling Ceremony arrived, Wangquan Hongye knew it was a trap. The ceremony was set for ten days later, and he instructed Housekeeper Fei to have Wangquan Zui and Yang Yitan accompany him to attend.
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