Heh. Jin Ling can't stand not being involved Cat corpses left around to trace; 'hunter' directed them to Coffin Town Spicy glutinous congee to cure poisoning "The taste is so terrible it almost brings around a sense of deja vu" Jin Ling and the gang tricked into examing undead A-Qing A-Qing blind and missing tongue - using bamboo stick to communicate 'Xiao Xingchen' appears all in black (first hint) with Frostwork Wei Wuxian uses Summoning of Painted Eyes - originally used on funeral puppets Jin Ling skeptical of rescuing newcomer - he's not wrong Juniors offer blood to Wei Wuxian for summoning spells Zombie Song Lan (sans tongue) drops from roof to attack Wei Wuxian soothes and subdues with music; removes controlling pin Lan Shizhui uses guqin to find out that Xiao Xingchen killed Song Lan Person controlling him sitting in room (fake Xiao Xingchen) - second hint Song Lan gets upper hand; Lan Sizhui wants to stay to help Candy to cure corpse poisoning (third hint) Favor asked of Wei Wuxian: restore soul in soul-capture bag Not much spirit - no desire to live so unable to be restored Xue Yang revealed, disguised as Xiao Xingchen Xue Yang has a friend with even better acting Xue Yang views the Yiling Patriarch as his cultivation senior Used Yin Iron to create his Stygian Tiger amulet Chang clan never had piece of Yin Iron (four directions plus Tortoise of Slaughter) Xue Yang slaughtering entire clans (Chang & Snow White Pavilion) including dogs Ghost General vs Song Lan! Sneak attack on Wei Wuxian (fighting to injure, not kill) Lan Wangji returns to defend Wei Wuxian and his low cultivation skill; takes Frostwork sword back Xue Yang wields Looming Disaster sword Two major sets of fights: Wen Ning vs Song Lan and Lan Wangji vs Xue Yang Lan Jingyi brags about Lan Wangji's fighting skills Ditching Lan Wangji to find A-Qing in Coffing House Dead Xiao Xingchen in coffin, with a slit neck, surrounded by talismans Wei Wuxian to use Empathy with A-Qing (Jing?) to figure out what happened