Has Yunnan Worm Valley been deleted to only 16 episodes?

Yes. From the initial 21 episodes to the current 16 episodes, it can be said that a quarter has been deleted. For "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Yunnan Worm Valley" is just one of the stories. Refer to the 18 episodes of "Longling Labyrinth" In terms of episodes, 21 episodes is also very suitable, both in terms of narrative and plot.

It is said that what was deleted was the part about the female ghost in red from Lingyun Palace, so there must be a gap in the plot. Although compared to the Southern faction's third uncle digging holes and not filling them in "Tomb Robbers Notes", Tian Xia Ba Sing has made scientific explanations for unreasonable phenomena in the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series. But when it is put on the big screen, it will definitely be different.

Yunnan Worm Valley plot synopsis:

The web drama "Yunnan Worm Valley" is adapted from the world-famous novel "Yunnan Worm Valley" and follows the plot of "Longling Mysterious Cave" , tells the story of an exploring trio composed of Hu Bayi (played by Pan Yueming), Shirley Yang (played by Zhang Yuqi), and Fatty Wang (played by Jiang Chao) who found out that the Muchen Bead, which was rumored to save people's lives, became the king of the ancient Dian Kingdom. The funerary objects in the tomb tell the story of going deep into the plagued land to search for the Muchen Bead.

The three of them followed a human skin map and passed through the secret underground sewers of the ancient Dian Kingdom under the Zhelong Mountain. Unexpectedly, they encountered a millennium evil trap. Thousands of "terrible figurines" made by slaves were like bombs. Hanging upside down from the ceiling of the cave, when they fell into the water one after another, what they triggered was a series of predators, one after another.

The "SOS" code that appears in the jungle at night is either the ghost of a member of the Flying Tigers who was buried here or a puzzle set by the high priest who sacrificed himself to the king.