Tiger and Crane (2023) Episode 1

Oct 13, 2023

A long time ago, a group of demons were raging in the Eastern Continent. For a time, all life was in ruins and the people were in dire straits. In order to maintain peace in all directions, five young demon slayers led a group of demon masters to the Peak Valley, the place where demons were born. They killed the demon emperor and sacrificed themselves to save the common people. The blood of the demon emperor turned into the sea of darkness and burned the sky and destroyed the earth. The originally unified continent was divided into Fulong, Qianyu and Julu. In order to resist the underworld sea, the three great national masters formed an alliance and used red beads to build a thousand-mile array to block the invasion of the underworld sea and protect the people of the mainland. From now on, the mountains and rivers are safe, and the world is safe. There is peace in the city of Fulong. A storyteller tells about the past of subduing demons five hundred years ago, which fascinates all the children. Qi Xiaoxuan, the commander of Baiyingying, the imperial demon master, was drinking tea in Juxian Tower, waiting for the arrival of the monster.

The monster was very cunning. Baiying chased him down three streets in a row, but Qi Xiaoxuan had long expected that the monster would come this way, so he waited here. The monster kidnapped a woman holding a baby in her arms and attempted to use the woman and baby as hostages to force Qi Xiaoxuan to let him go. However, to the south is the Tiangang Hall of the Imperial Demon Master, and to the north is the Demon Prison of Yama. The monster has no way to escape, and is eventually killed by Qi Xiaoxuan. The baby is rescued by the old man who is actually Zijin Langhao. The red pearl on the Fulong Bay tower broke, and the magic circle disappeared and appeared. The sea of hell here was in danger of bursting at any time. The elders of the Presbyterian Church did not believe it at all, but the rupture of the red pearl was not a trivial matter. Both the chief shopkeeper of Disha Palace and the master of Tiangang Palace, Shuai Qi Zilu, agreed to send people to Jiuqu Mountain to find the new red pearl.

Qi Zilu originally wanted to send his daughter Qi Yanran to Jiuqu Mountain, but Jiang Xici, the chief shopkeeper, wanted his grandson Qi Xiaoxuan to go and experience it, and also gave him a traction talisman that resonated with the red beads. There are evil spirits in Jiuqu Mountain. Qi Xiaoxuan fell into a trap after getting the red pearl. The person who carried out the trap was Lang Huzi, a young man from Ruyun Village. The people brought by Qi Xiaoxuan were all poisoned by the incense. Huzi took advantage of the situation and became arrogant. However, when he found that Qi Xiaoxuan could not be trapped in a mere net bag, he immediately cried and begged for mercy. Seeing his appearance, Qi Xiaoxuan didn't care about it and let him go. Unexpectedly, Huzi stole the red pearl. Huzi quickly returned to Ruyun Village. Everyone in the village, old and young, knew him, so he was doing well. He gave the stolen red beads as a reward to a child in the village named Coyotito.

The bounty sorcerer Zhao Xintong deliberately drove away the guests in the teahouse because the boss here was the evil spirit, but the evil spirit was extremely cunning and Zhao Xintong failed to catch him. Late at night, Ruyun Village suddenly caught fire. Huzi woke up from his dream and went to save people non-stop. After the fire was extinguished, Qi Xiaoxuan said in public that the fire was not man-made but caused by magic. The red beads stolen by Hu Zi attracted evil spirits to this place. If the red pearl is obtained by a demon, it can increase one's skill for a hundred years, so the demon deliberately sets fire to cause commotion. After learning that Qi Xiaoxuan was a descendant of Qi Wuji, the ancestor of demon slayers, the village chief quickly asked Huzi to take him to retrieve the red beads. When Coyotito saw the monster, Huzi froze in fear. Huzi learned that the red beads were not in Coyotito's hands and guessed that the red beads might have fallen into his home. Huzi took Qi Xiaoxuan home.

Finally, the red pearl was found in the smelly shoes. Thanks to the smell of the shoes, the smell of the red pearl was covered up, so the monster didn't find it. But before Qi Xiaoxuan left the village, the red pearl was snatched away by a monster disguised as a tiger. Then Qi Xiaoxuan thought the real Huzi was a monster and almost killed him, but was stopped by Zhao Xintong who came to catch the monster. The elder told them that this demon should be a demon-level blood-mouthed demon. The blood-mouthed demon controls the whole village, and Huzi can't bear to let Zhao Xintong attack the villagers.