Episode 20 (Ultimate Note)

**Episode 20 (Ultimate Note)** is the twentieth episode of the television series Ultimate Note.

## Story

Enticed by the food resources of the exploration team, Panma and his three friends decided to rob them of some of it. They are surprised by one of the team members and in shock and fear, they kill the man. Not wanting to end up executed, they take the man into the forest to bury him but are seen by another member. Panma slices the man's throat and overtaken by bloodlust the four friends kill the rest of the team as well and throw their bodies into the lake. They return home with resources. Checking the lake the next day, Panma is shocked to find all of them alive and well. Shortly after everyone of his friends visits the camp, they die of suicide. Not believing in how they died, Panma concludes demons from the lake must have killed them. Wu Xie not believing in the story, decides to explore the lake.

Thinking there to be two exploration teams, one exchanged for the other, they decide to hike to the lake. Their local host and his daughter, Yun Cai, who caught Wang Pangzi's fancy, accompany them and show them the way.

While they are up on the mountain, Xie Yuchen explores the Xiangxi Guzhang Yi Waterway and finds out it had been explored decades prior. Someone even went through all the layers of a sealed coffin without breaking it. Xie Yuchen reveals he only knows the Zhang Clan's two finger technique which could manage this. Xie Yuchen and Huo Xiuxiu decide to contact the Xin Yue Restaurant with Yin Nanfeng and Zhang Rishan to find out more about the tattoo and the Waterway exploration but Zhang Rishan only tells them "I don't know". Thinking Zhang Rishan does not want to give them the answers they are searching for, Xie Yuchen decides to contact an old acquaintance, Mr. He, to find out more.

Mr. He tells Xie Yuchen about Zhang Qishan's belongings being split between going to the government, the Xin Yue Restaurant and supposedly a secret room, hidden somewhere. Asking about the tattoo, Mr. He tells them about the Zhang Clan. There are two lines in the Clan, one of them the Northeastern line of true Zhangs with the Qilin tattoo and the other line of Changsha with the Qiongqi tattoo, which Zhang Qishan belonged to. Realizing Zhang Rishan must have seen the Qiongqi tattoo after all, Mr. He helps them realize the hidden clue inside Zhang Rishan's answer "I don't know". Figuring it meant he does not know where the secret room is, they start exploring on their own. Drawing a Fuxi Vein on a map and combining important places of Zhang Qishan, they manage to circle in on the position of the secret room location.

Up on the mountain, Yun Cai seems to be interested in Zhang Qiling but Wang Pangzi refuses to give up. Realising they have to go dive into the lake which may be deeper than they thought, Wu Xie goes back to the village to find scuba diving equipment, while Wang Pangzi, Zhang Qiling and Yun Cai stay on the mountain.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Wang Pangzi
* Zhang Qiling
* Xie Yuchen
* Huo Xiuxiu
* Tuoba
* Uncle Panma
* "Rag"
* Chen Wenjin (flashback)
* Zhang Rishan
* Yin Nanfeng
* Yun Cai

## Locations

* Banai village
* Xin Yue Restaurant