I love the conversation with Zhang Shi and Zhao Xinci as that one scene adds so much context for their actions throughout the series. My first rewatch was so much richer for being able to pick apart ZS from ZXC; for instance, the book about Kunlun and the Hallows which ZS left in the SID library ended up being fairly important.
YUP! It's a very good scene, and I greatly enjoy Zhao Xinci as a character, even if he's not the most heroic and agreeable of characters. There are layers! And reasons! And contradictions!

On the other hand, Zhu Hong's aggressive unrequited affections are very difficult to watch or sympathize with. He's not interested! Back off! But no, she keeps pushing, like if she just pushes hard enough he'll want her back. That's not how it works.
And she does it at such a crappy time, too! Like, episode 17, or the eternal Merit Brush arc? Eh, whatever, won't work but at least they're not in the middle of a crisis. Keep your heterosexuality in your pants for a bit longer, please!

I still wonder what Ye Zun was doing during the rescue, since he was still voring passersby nearby at the end of 33.
Perhaps speaking to Ya Qing at the surface? (Imagine how incensed he'd be at gege escaping his grasp while he was instructing a minion!)