Episode 44 (Tomb of the Sea)

**Episode 44 (Tomb of the Sea)** is the forty-fourth episode of the television series Tomb of the Sea.

## Synopsis

Li Cu starts to uncover how the Wang Clan lives. Yang Hao has to make a difficult decision and Su Wan struggles to come to terms with it.

## Story

Li Cu was being held down in the bed he had woken from while a foreign medical worker injected him with an anesthetic. He woke again, but this time Wang Cen was in a chair nearby. He told Li Cu that he was one of them now and it was Li Cu's only choice to be apart of them. Wang Cen gave him a meal card and a uniform. He also handed him a manifesto of the Wangs which said that the previous patriarchs of the Zhang Family were named Zhang Qiling. Zhang Qiling represented the position of the family leader. The word "Qiling" in ancient times meant to elimintate the spirit tablets of the dead. Thus, it is speculated that the Zhang family leader encoffins deceased family members in the Zhang Family Ancient Building. Wang Cen interrupted his reading and told him that Wang Xiaoyuan was there to help him acclimate. Wang Cen warned him not to go too far and that he was there to learn and be tested. Li Cu attempted to avoid Wang Xiaoyuan and didn't understand her real identity, but he knew she wasn't Shen Qiong. Later, he asked her where the real Shen Qiong was but she did not know. Li Cu thought back to the video of Shen Qiong that he saw. There she said that her family got sick and that she was sick too. She likely died in the desert. She also informed him of the ratio system of the Wang family. If his ratio is 30 or higher than he will be killed. His ratio was at 29. Li thought back to what Wu Xie had told him when he read the snake pheromones. Later, Li Cu used the phone that Wang Xiaoyuan left him to message her. She told him that she signed on to do the mission because she looked at his personal information and found him interesting. She didn't want other clan members to harm him.

Su Wan went to see Yang Hao after hearing what happened to his grandmother. He tried to console the other, but Yang Hao was still upset and wanted to be left alone. Later, they hung out together on the rooftop where Yang Hao confessed that he got a job working for Huo Daofu. Su Wan was upset hearing this and told him it was a bad decision and that Huo Daofu is not a good person. Yang Hao got upset in return and only invited him to drink together because they were once close friends. But he wanted to end their friendship and go separate ways. Yang Hao went to see Huo Daofu and asked him if he could join him so he could become stronger. Huo Daofu started insulting Yang Hao and told him his friends do not think well of him. Yang Hao disagreed and grabbed at Huo Daofu's collar. He eventually let go and Huo Daofu started to talk about himself. He said that his parents died shortly after he was born. He smuggled himself abroad and lived in fear. He didn't live too differently from Yang Hao, but unlike the other, he did not trust people. He only cares about himself. In the future, Yang Hao should think only about himself and live accordingly.

Liang Wan and Zhang Rishan tried to make the most of their new predicament and kept watch for the snake tree.

Wu Xie was planning on how they would escape the mountain with Su Nan. He calculated that it would take them two weeks to make it out and with the supplies they have, they could do it. Along the way, Wu Xie laid down in the snow. Su Nan kept trying to urge him to get up so they could continue on. Wu Xie knew that she was going to kill him once they got out of there, so he wanted to agree on some conditions first. One, he wanted her to take his ashes to Wushanju. On August 17 next year, he wanted her to go to Changbai Mountain to pass on a message to someone. The message was that he wouldn't be able to take that person home. Third, if one day the Wang Clan loses their trust in her or she runs into danger, then she can keep him company. He ran off smiling and laughing after telling her the last line and she had to chase after him.

## Characters

* Li Cu
* Wang Cen
* Zhang Qiling (mentioned)
* Wang Xiaoyuan
* Wu Xie
* Su Nan
* Yang Hao
* Su Wan
* Huo Daofu
* Zhang Rishan
* Liang Wan

## References

1. ↑ Volume 8 Novel Spoilers: Wu Xie is reffering to the promise he made to Zhang Qiling to take him home after spending the ten years behind the bronze gate.