Love of the Divine Tree Episode 14 Recap
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The four disciples went down the mountain to train. Along the way, Qiu Xier casually mentioned the auspicious pair of clouds she had seen a few days ago. This made Xue Ranran suspicious, as she had seen the clouds herself, only for them to disappear immediately. She was certain that someone had used a method to obscure her vision.
Considering that there were only a few disciples at Mount Wester, the only person capable of such a move was Su Yishui. She then speculated that Su Yishui must like her as well, but was afraid it would disrupt his path, and so he might want her to retreat. Thinking this, Xue Ranran actually felt even happier.
Prince Ping Qinwang’s sorcerer was preparing to arrange a meeting between Su Yishui and Xue Ranran at the foot of the mountain to break Su Yishui’s defenses and uncover the location of the Spiritual Spring. As Xue Ranran and her companions passed by an inn, they overheard news that soldiers stationed at a nearby military camp had been dying under mysterious circumstances.
Disguising herself as an illusionist, Xue Ranran entered the camp and, after finding the morgue, used the “Eye of the Sunflower” technique to trace the memories of the bodies before they died. She discovered that the killer was a cat demon that was adept at hiding in places with dense yin energy. Su Yishui entered the camp to search for the source of the demonic energy.
After searching for a long time without any results, he used a drop of his blood to summon a Earth Immortal. This Immortal had been toyed with by Su Yishui three hundred years ago and still harbored resentment. Upon being forcibly summoned, the Earth Immortal was displeased. Just then, Xue Ranran arrived, and the Earth Immortal set up a spiritual barrier to leave, leaving Su Yishui unable to move from his spot.
Several officers mistook Su Yishui for a demon, and Xue Ranran rushed forward to defend him. Qin Xuanji then stepped in to explain Su Yishui’s identity. Hearing Xue Ranran mention the extermination of demons, Qin Xuanji was puzzled, as the matter in the camp hadn’t been made public, yet even Su Yishui’s disciple seemed to know about it.
Su Yishui and Xue Ranran both sensed the demonic energy and realized that the demon responsible for the soldiers’ deaths was the same one that had destroyed the compass. There was indeed a cat in the camp. Qin Xuanji explained that it was a stray he had found, but insisted that it was not a demon. The officers had already gathered, waiting for an illusion show, so Xue Ranran had no choice but to perform.
Suddenly, Xue Ranran remembered that she had noticed cat scratches on the soldiers’ arms. She then instructed all the officers to raise their hands and receive a bit of good fortune. When they did, she saw that each soldier had scratch marks on their arms. As she distributed peach blossom petals, Xue Ranran’s energy was running low, so Su Yishui played the flute from the side to help. The officers were delighted.
That evening, Xue Ranran asked Qin Xuanji to arrange a banquet for the soldiers. Using the opportunity, she drank with them and gathered more information. She learned that all the soldiers who had died during patrols had a common background—each had been from the Elite Guard. Two officers asked Xue Ranran to drink with them, and Su Yishui immediately knocked them down.
Xue Ranran planned to offer a toast to clear up the misunderstanding, but Su Yishui stepped forward to stop her, only to pass out after drinking a cup. He fell into Xue Ranran’s arms. Qin Xuanji explained that no outsiders were allowed to stay in the camp overnight, but he could introduce them to a familiar inn.
Still unconscious, Su Yishui was helped by Xue Ranran using her magic to stand up, and they followed Qin Xuanji out of the military camp, eventually checking into the Wu Niang Inn, which Qin Xuanji recommended. Su Yishui woke up in the inn and found Xue Ranran sitting by his side. He couldn't bring himself to reproach her for the incident with the spiritual barrier. Moreover, Xue Ranran had prepared dried longan for him.
Xue Ranran then asked if she had been a bad person in her previous life, to which Su Yishui quickly denied. Qin Xuanji came to visit them at the inn, and Xue Ranran recalled noticing a missing claw on each soldier’s arm from the scratches. She asked Qin Xuanji if the stray cat he had taken in showed any similar features. After thinking for a moment, Qin Xuanji confirmed it.
Xue Ranran then handed him a demon-sealing talisman and instructed him to place it on the cat. After returning to the military camp, Qin Xuanji followed Xue Ranran’s instructions. When the talisman was placed on the wild cat, it immediately grew larger. Qin Xuanji rushed back to the inn to inform Su Yishui, but when he arrived, Su Yishui was nowhere to be found. Wu Niang came by with a basket of buns and invited everyone to eat.
Xue Ranran remained focused on the peach blossom branches, and that evening, something strange indeed happened again. Xue Ranran and her companions hurried to the riverbank. They stopped a soldier who had fallen under the demon’s influence, and the wild cat appeared again at the riverbank. However, Xue Ranran didn’t believe the wild cat was the one performing the dark magic. To explore the source of the demonic energy, she instructed the others to form a formation.
After a while, the three of them passed out, and from the river rose a woman in black who began fighting with Xue Ranran. Xue Ranran remembered the broken Star River spell she had seen in her sea of consciousness and used it against the woman in black. Sure enough, the woman was defeated. Mu Ranwu felt her spiritual energy being drained and realized that Mu Qingge was still alive. Su Yishui quickly appeared next to Xue Ranran and asked if she was hurt.
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