Episode 45 (Tomb of the Sea)

**Episode 45 (Tomb of the Sea)** is the forty-fifth episode of the television series Tomb of the Sea.

## Synopsis

The Wang Clan teaches Li Cu the history of the Wangs and the Zhang Clan. Su Wan turns to Hei Yanjing for help with Yang Hao. Huo Daofu starts his attack on the remaining Nine Clans Association.

## Story

Li Cu and Wang Xiaoyuan try to get more familiar with each other throughout the episode. They have friendly conversations and bond over beer and barbecue.

Su Wan visited the glasses shop on the glasses he was given by Hei Yanjing. He was redirected to a food stall where Hei Yanjing was eating and Su Wan joined him. Su Wan wanted help with Yang Hao now that the other joined Huo Daofu. He wanted to stop him from joining but Hei Yanjing told him that he couldn't. He did have a solution that could make the situation better. He told Su Wan to join Yang Hao. Su Wan was not happy with this solution. Hei Yanjing brought Wu Xie and what he was like back in the days. He said that Wu Xie had the opportunity to leave and to continue to live being the naive little master three. But he decided to accompany them. He didn't think Su Wan would understand brotherhood. Su Wan decided he wanted to stay by Yang Hao's side and that one day he will drag him out. He asked Hei Yanjing to be his teacher. Hei Yanjing only agreed if he passed his tests and pay a tuition fee.

Wu Xie and Su Nan continued to struggle to make their way out of the mountain. Su Nan fainted due to exhaustion and Wu Xie tried to help her but he too collapsed. Eventually, some lamas from a temple nearby found them and brought them to safety.

Li Cu joined Wang Cen in a teaching room where Wang Cen gave his little presentation. 3,000 years ago, King Zhou Mu went to the Kunlun Mountains. He met the Queen Mother of the West and she gave him a treasure, an immortality pill. The pill was supposed to make a person immortal, but it was not perfect. Whoever took it would have to sleep for 3,000 years. King Zhou Mu wanted to take the pill and found a skilled master to create two jade figurines. He sealed himself in one of the figurines and put an unborn fetus in another. Then 3,000 years later, when the baby would grow up, King Zhou Mu would wake up and be immortal. But the baby became immortal, not him. Wang Cen said the baby was their mortal enemy, Zhang Qiling. Without Zhang Qiling, their ancestors would not have existed. However, Wang Cen asked Li Cu which part of the story sounds unreasonable. With Xiaoyuan's help mouthing the word "pill" from a hidden place so only Li Cu could see, Li Cu guessed correctly. The pill, according to Wang Cen, does not really exist and was a symbol of something that people desired. It's not important, but what was important was Zhang Qiling. Li Cu thought it was Zhang Qiling who had become a dominating idol that people desired. Wang Cen never confirmed what Li Cu thought.

Later, Li Cu and Wang Xiaoyuan joined Wang Cen for another presentation. This time, the presentation was a video with audio playing. It started describing grave robbers before the founding of the country. The people were poor and would find antiques in tombs to exchange for food. Eventually, they began to discover a strange type of fish in many tombs. It was the Snake Brow Copper Fish. The fishes contained inscriptions with information and after combining all of the information, it revealed the story of the Zhang family's secret. The Zhangs kept the secret to their longevity for generations and for thousands of years, no one found out. However, one day, a Feng Shui master, Wang Zanghai, found out about their secret. He also found out that the family was controlling people's lives and their fate. Wang Zanghai wanted everyone to be free of their control and decide their own fate, so he fought back. But he could not fight the Zhang family alone during his lifetime. Thus, he put his plan inside the Snake Brow Copper Fish and hoped his descendants would continue his fight. Anyone who wanted to accomplish his plans was part of the Wang Clan. The voice on the video then says "that is us," "Are you ready to become a Wang Clan member?" The people of the Wang Clan are not blood related to Wang Zanghai but share the same values.

After hearing the presentation, Li Cu was worried that he would have to change his last name to Wang. Wang Cu sounded rather odd to him. Wang Cen was not amused and told him it was the end of his white lesson today. Tomorrow they would have a black lesson. Wang Xiaoyuan seemed concerned upon hearing this. She took him outside and challenged him to a fight. He lost many times and had to buy her dumplings.

For the first lesson, Su Wan picked out his weapon, a dagger. Hei Yanjing told him to take it with him everywhere.

Yang Hao and others attacked the Huo Clan and drove them from their place. Someone called Yang Hao to inform him that the Li Clan's Li Cai Company had been taken care of as well.

Su Nan and Wu Xie woke up in the temple. Wu Xie had made Su Nan some food and he wanted to take care of her while she was there. Su Nan still had her mission on her mind and she still had to kill Wu Xie. She also became suspicious because Wu Xie seemed so familar with the place. She didn't believe his excuse when he said he visited relatives while there. She found it strange that there was three fire pits burning when resources are so scarce there. There was also an item to worship crows there which was really only common of Manchu people. Wu Xie said it may be related to the person who built the temple. he started to tell its legend and said there was a roaming lama who had gone to the same mountain. He got trapped for five days but eventually saw three rays of light ahead of him and followed in that direction. But when he got closer, he saw it was a three-eyed crow. The crow flew away but when he looked around there was fruit and a hot spring which allowed him to live another four months there before the snow melted. The lama came back to the same spot and built the temple there. The three fire pits represent the crow and are also a beacon of hope for travelers who get stuck in the snow. Su Nan asked him if he believed in the story and Wu Xie did not directly answer. She thought he was tiresome and he laughed because they still had to spend four more months together waiting out the snow.

On a desk in Li Cu's room was a calendar that said Thursday, August 10. Xiaoyuan started explaining that black lessons are about fighting. She wanted him to pick her as his partner so he would be safe. Li Cu went to his lesson and met Mr. Wang. He was speaking English but told Li Cu he could call him Wang Xian Sheng or Mr. Wang. Li Cu looked to his right and saw jars with what seemed to be human organs. The labels on them were different names and one of them was Wang Zanghai but that jar was empty. Mr. Wang started speaking Chinese and explained the rules of the lesson to Li Cu. When Li Cu went to pick his partner, he did not choose Xiaoyuan.

## Characters

* Li Cu
* Wang Xiaoyuan
* Su Wan
* Wu Xie
* Su Nan
* Liang Wan
* Zhang Rishan
* Wang Cen
* Hei Yanjing
* Yang Hao
* Mr. Wang
* Wang Can
* Zhang Qiling (mentioned)
* Wang Zanghai (mentioned)

## References

1. ↑ In the past ten years, the only year that August 10 appears on a Thursday is in 2017. Other props have also shown dates in 2017. However, the show was filmed in 2017 and some props (cellphones) indicate different months in the year. Moreover, Yang Jingmi indicated that the events of the show took place during March and June of that year in Episode 52.