Lan Wangji staring at the moon; bridge carry scene Scar from Zidian (Jiang Cheng) and curse from Jin Ling on leg Nie Huaisang back at the inn, sort-of recognizes Wei Wuxian Walker Ridge: man-eating ridge and bunker = ancestral grave Lan Wangji - booze wench at tavern Cursed blades need lots of evil spirits to fight Jin Ling's explosion dissolved a skeleton; swords needed replacement Sword ghost affected by Wei Wuxian's bad leg Lan Wangji carving flute for Wei Wuxian for calming spell Back to Walker Ridge with Nie Huaisang Unearthing skeletons; sword ghost not blade ghost Baxia (Nie Mingjue's blade) not present Nie Mingjue's death/murder (both Nie Huaisang and Meng Yao present) The search for Red Blade Master's body is on! Wei Wuxian offers to undress for Lan Wangji to show him the remainder of the evil spell on his body. heh. Two sides at play: muderer of Nie Mingjue vs resurrector of Wei Wuxian Haunted house/ massacre of the Chang clan nearby Xue Yang working for Jin Clan (tavern gossip); Xue Yang punished after Jin Guangshan died Xue Yang connected to Yiling Patriarch ("All bad things seem connected to me"). Not wrong, though Song Lan and Xiao Xingchen wandered off, never to be seen again Sixteen years ago, Xiao Xingchen's sword killed the last remainder of the Chang clan (lingchi - death of 3000 slices). Eyes were missing from Ping Chang Wei Wuxian admires them; Lan Wangji takes drink ("Things are so unpredictable")
Nie Huisang should *totally* recognize Wei Wuxian, since he brought him back from the dead.