Episode 41 (Tomb of the Sea)

**Episode 41 (Tomb of the Sea)** is the forty-first episode of the television series Tomb of the Sea.

## Synopsis

The Nine Clans Association pays a high price for entrance into the ancient city.

## Story

Hei Yanjing, Su Wan, and Liang Wan are still stuck near the cliffs. There is no water or food, and all three are exhausted. Hei Yanjing told them that he is the last person in his family and wanted Su Wan to have his pair of sunglasses. They cheered up and told stories of their past.

The Nine Clans got a scholar and asked him to interpret the contents of the broken monument they found. The monument was made of turquoise produced on the Qilian Mountains more than 2,000km from where they were. The writing on it was all ancient characters, and the old professor did not fully understand it, but the old professor recognized one of the words representing wealth. He concluded that what was recorded on the stone tablet must be a Gu Tongjing treasure. The Nine Clans started discussing how they were going to split the treasure once they found it. Boss Li said that it was tradition that the Nine Clans split things evenly, but Chen Jin Shui did not think it was fair since his clan suffered the greatest loss and helped find the monument. Yin Nanfeng came in and told Chen Jin Shui that he would be breaking the rules. She redirected their attention back to Yang Hao and Li Cu.

Yang Hao was beaten by the Nine Clans and Li Cu intervened trying to protect him. It worked and the scholar from before commented to Li Cu telling him that was why Wu Xie wanted to change the Nine Clans. The scholar was not who he said he was and removed a face mask to reveal Zhang Rishan. His appearance surprised the Nine Clans. They originally thought that Zhang Rishan was not involved in the affairs of Gu Tongjing. But Zhang Rishan didn't come for Gu Tongjing. He started pointing out people in the crowd and told those who were Wangs to step forward. He took a list and read many names of it. He called out Chen Dingju, Ji Shuang Cheng, Li Qing Nian, Huo Xu, Li Ming Xia, Zhao Jun, Jin Lei, and Zhu Kuang were all part of the Wang Clan. Zhang Rishan got the list from Xie Yuchen. However, the Wang family in the crowd didn't admit who they were and Huo Xu threw a knife at the list in Zhang Rishan's hand. When someone went to pick the list up, there was nothing on it. Zhang Rishan took out a USB flash drive, which recorded the secrets of Gu Tongjing. The Wang family outside had been eliminated. Zhang Rishan told them that as long as the people from Nine Clans catched the Wang family there, he will tell them the password of the USB.

Upon hearing this, Huo Dao Fu slit Chen Dingju's throat, claiming that it was better safe than sorry. Next, some of the others were killed off. Zhang Rishan threw the USB drive into the air and Huo Xu went to catch it but she was shot and killed. One of the Huo Clan members took the flashdrive from her dead hand and gave it to Huo You Xue. Huo Dao Fu instructed the Chen Clan to go after the Huo Clan for the flashdrive. The Wang Clan knew something had happened and moved in a stealthily planted explosives as everyone was fighting each other. Li Cu went to find Yang Hao to make an escape. However, Luo Que found the Wang Clan's bombs and informed everyone they were being ambushed. The Wang Clan moved in and attacked them. Luo Que grabbed Li Cu and tried to take him to safety. The bombs went off, injuring everybody.

Wang Cen found the monument the clans brought up but was interrupted by Zhang Rishan. Zhang Rishan was able to knock him down, but they managed to catch the attention of the Nine-Headed Cypress Tree. The tree caused chaos and made the ground they were standing on unstable and many fell below. The place they fell to had a tree in the middle and the tree started attacking them again. They used the Tianxin Rock powder to ward off the tree and they managed to escape through a tunnel.

Soon after they came to the ancient city of Tongjing. Zhang Rishan said that he had been there before a long time ago. The periphery was starting to collapse, so Zhang Rishan could only lead them through the city to get out. There were indeed treasures in it, but Zhang Rishan warned them they couldn't take it away. The Wang Clan also arrived at Gu Tongjing but on the other side, and they had Li Cu. On the gate of the ancient city was written 虺巳 (huisi), which means poisonous snake. 虺 was a type of dragon in ancient language. Essentially, the two characters both mean snake.

After entering, all of the monuments and statutes were gathered there. Zhang Rishan said they were able to gather and translate to find out most of the history of Gutong Jing. There's a river underneath the city called the River of the Afterlife. It nourished the entire ancient city. There's also a type of fish in the river called "Snake Eyebrow Copper Fish." On each of its eyesbrows, there was a snake. Gu Tongjing people worshipped this phenomenon. They would catch the fish, take out the snakes, and put them inside their own eyebrows. The snakes had a long life span. After the human's death, they would eat the human and continue to grow until they're big snakes. Humans and snakes lived symbiotically for thousands of years. The snakes also have an ability. Through their venom, they can preserve everything they see and transfer it to the brains of certain people with special skills.

## Characters

* Li Cu
* Yang Hao
* Su Wan
* Hei Yanjing
* Liang Wan
* Chen Jinshui
* Huo Daofu
* Huo Youxue
* Qi Anmei
* Li Qunao
* Yin Nanfeng
* Xie Yuchen (flashback)
* Luo Que